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(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK. May 12. — The decls
ion to abandon the intercollegiate re
gatta, held annually at Poughkeepsie
this season owing to the war, upset th<
plans of the rowing authorities at th<
University of Washington. Coach Con
ibeer and his advisers had devclopec
another remarkable 'varsity eight ant
the easy manner in which the crev
won the Pacific coast championshii
from Stanford and California, verl
fled the belief that the Washingtoi
combination would have had an excel
lent chance of capturing first plact
in the Hudson regatta.
In view of the power and skill o
the eight, the Washington crew wai
eager to make another try at Pough
keepsie and would have unhesitatingl;
accepted the invitation to enter thi
eastern championship races. When i
was found that this regatta was off
informal efforts were made to securi
a dual regatta, either in the east or a
Seattle, with one of the leading east
ern universities which supports row
ing.
Several were approached. One wai
found to be favorably disposed to suet
a proposition, and it appeared ai
though the race would be arranged
Before the details could be completed
however, national affairs took sucl
a serious turn that the University o
Washington authorities hesitated t<
send the crew across the continent fo
fear that the action would appear t<
be an unpatriotic one. While th<
matter was still under consideratioi
several members of the crew enlistei
in the army and all chances for rowiip
honors were laid aside until anothe
year.
Officers of the American Powe
Boat Association have decided b
stage the more important motor boa
races this season with the idea tha
such action will increase interest ii
motor boating and motor boats at
time when the government require
the co-operation of every high powe
boat owner. The racing commissioi
is now working overtime allottim
sanctions for the principal races o
the A. P. B. A. throughout the cour
try. Dates have already been set fo
Buch events as the New York to Al
bany and return race (June 30) am
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nouncement was recently made tha
the Thousand Islands Yacht Club cu;
races for the championship of the SI
Lawrence river will be held at Ales
andria bay on August 8 to 10. Th<
greatest motor boat races of thi
world — those for the championshii
of North America and the A. P. B. A
gold cup—will be held late in August
but whether at Minneapolis or in east
ern waters has yet to be determined
The United States Golf Associatior
has pledged its most hearty co-opera
tion with a plan initiated by the Dun
woodie Country Club to till, by volun
teer work of its members, unused por
tions of its golf course and devote the
proceeds to the purposes of national
defense. This announcement has been
greeted with the approval of all the
prominent golf clubs in the United
States, and President Perrin says he
believes that a great many of the
clubs throughout the country will
adopt the plan.
As there are about 2,000 golf clubs
affiliated with the United States Golf
Association, it is reasonable to antici
pate that the combined efforts of their
membership will realize hundreds of
thousands of dollars for this patriotic
purpose. Fertilizer and seeds, as well
as necessary tools have been donated
by clubs and many individual mem
bers, and hundreds of players have
given pledges to perform at least 40
hours of work in this direction during
the season. In many districts women
member sand wives of members have
formed auxiliary committees for en
couragement of the enterprise.
Homer Baker, one of the best Ameri
can half milers developed in recent
years, has announced his permanept
retirement from track athletics, diie
to inquries received in a fall from
a railway station stairway. Baker won
the national half mile championship
in 1913 and 1914, and the English
championship at about the same
period, his time of 1:54 2-5 being 2-5
of a second slower than that made
by M. W. Sheppard, when the lutter
established the English record, which
still stands. Baker holds one Ameri
can record at present, his time of
1:21 2-5 for the G60 yards being the
best in the A. A. U, books.
William A. Lamed, seven times na
tional tennis champion in singles, first
in ranking for many years and a for
mer officer of the National Associa
tion, has entered the government war
service. Larned has been assigned
to administrative work in the Signal
Corps, and has settled in Washington
for a protracted stay.
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The latest women's sport coats, in
the newest colors, just received at
Clayson's. Drop in and look at them.
(By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, May 11. — If all the
land crops of the United States should
fail in 1917, one source of food supply
could bo counted on with certainty
this year from Puget Sound — the
quadrennial run of sockeye salmon and
the biennial run of humpback salmon.
Records of a century show that these
enormous runs of fish in late summers
have not failed or even varied ma
terially, and the Indians told the ear
1 liest settlers that the traditions of the
red man were that the salmon had
always been running so — big runs
of soekeyes each four years, and of
humpbacks every second year, and
smaller runs of fish in intervening
years.
There are three other species of
salmon, but among them there are
no such irregularities. During the big
years the sockeye salmon are taken
in incredible numbers — thousands in
■ one haul of a net. All are adult fish,
weighing three to seven pounds and
bound to the spawning grounds in the
Fraser river and the rivers that empty
into Puget Sound. The millions of
fish that leave the ocean perish, either
1 in the cannery barges or from natural
1 causes after spawning.
The sockeye salmon pack of 1913
on Puget Sound was 1,758,000 cases,
valued at $10,000. The run of that
1 year was as large as any ever ob
served notwithstanding predictions of
' extermination made the preceding
year. The sockeye is practically as
’ good in flavor and color as the fa
; mous Chinook salmon of the Columbia
1 river, and is known in the trade as
' red salmon.
■ In the big years of the sockeye the
humpback is neglected, although the
latter fish runs in number equal to
those of the sockeye. Thus in 1913
■ only 105,000 cases of humpbacks were
i packed. Fishermen refused to catch
t them, because the canneries were busy
I packing the more valuable soekeyes.
i The humpback is a smaller fish and
i the flesh is paler. Humpbacks are
i known in the trade as pink salmon.
• They bring a low price, and-the pack
i is sold principally in the southern
; states to the negroes.
f It is the 0ream Qf fisli culturists to
- build up the salmon runs so that every
r year will be a big year.
Two large canneries on Puget Sound
1 are packing the dogfish, which is now
ouU‘n and relished under ^its , new
I shark, but a decidedly clean looking
> fish. Until last year fishermen had
• looked on the grayfish as a nuisance.
- Traveling in schools, the grayfish mu
• tilated the salmon in the nets and de
! stroyed the nets. On hauling the nets
i the fishermen threw the grayfish
■ ashore to die. Now the fish is salable,
■ although not yet offered in the city
markets. Two additional large can
neries are preparing to pack gray
fish, and one of these canneries al
ready has an order from the southern
states for 15,000 cases. The grayfish
will be a cheap fish, like the pink sal
mon. It is caught the year round in
Puget Sound, but is irregular in its
habits, roving about in droves, hence
the original name dogfish.
Shipment of carloads of Columbia
ri\er smelts to New York during the
food shortage in that city last win
ter called attention to an extraordi
nary fish. The net smelt is eight or
nine inches long. In January the
smelt appears oft the mouth of the
Columbia river in millions, and when
the water from the great river is of
the right temperature the fish ascend
the stream until they reach the Cow- j
litz river, on the Washington side, and ;
the Sandy river on the Oregon side, *
where they deposit their eggs. Great
numbers of men engage in catching •
the fish with dip nets. They are of i
excellent flavor, but do not keep well, I
hence the effort is made to market :
them speedily. In January, when the •
weather is cool, the smelts may be i
kept longer, and the wholesale price j
goes as high as 2 1-2 cents a pound, :
while in April, when the weather is '
warm, the fish are disposed of at a i
cent a pound. The irregularities of ji
the runs of smelts, like those of the i;
runs of salmon, are due to the fish 3
declining to leave salt water until •:
the fresh water is of the right tern- :■
perature to please them. 5
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HEALTH NOTICE.
Property owners are hereby notified 4
that the time has expired for cleaning
up premises. Starting Wednesday, Jr
May 2, the city will clean all unsani- g
tary places and assess cost of same
to the property.
GEO. DOOLEY, Chief of Police. |
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Recent arrivals at Fairbanks from ,
C'hena state that George Jestal and .
Alois Frederichs reached bedrock at
that place with their outfit, but the
expected paystreak did not shjw up. *
Not disheartened, they will drift on
the paystreak found about fifty feet .
down, where the strata of gravel show
ed as high as $2 per pan.
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The Nome Nugget states that na
tives may be seen almost any day on
Front street with two or three car
cases of seals. They look too repul
sive to eat, but are an important ar
ticle of diet among the Eskimos. White
men who have been compelled by cir
cumstances to subsist on seal meat,
say it is not so bad and has the taste
of good pork.
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Simon Johanson, an employe of the
government railroad on TurnpRain
arm, was recently killed by powder
gas. Johanson and a partner fired a
big shot in a coyote hole and later
Johanson went into the hole to ascer
tain the result of the shot. He was
found about half an hour later lying
face downward in a pool of water £0
feet from the face of the hole. All
efforts to resuscitate him were un
availing.
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M. D. Snodgrass, the government
expert agriculturist, has been making
an exhaustive investigation of the big
marl deposit recently discovered on
the homestead of P. Lynch, near An
chorage. Mr. Snodgrass is of the
opinion tnat tne deposit nns consid
erable fertilizer value, and some of
the material will be tested by the
Anchorage gardeners this season. The
deposits are practically unlimited.
N THE DISTRICT COURT FOI
THE TERRITORY OF ALA8K/
THIRD DIVISION.
No. C 120.
SUMMONS.
.akona Copper Company, a Corpon
tlon, plaintiff, vs. J. L. Harper an
Ora Harper, defendants.
"he President of the United State
of America, to the Defendants, J
L. Harper and Ora Harper:
You are hereby required to appea
n the district court of Alaska, Thlr
livision, within thirty days after th
late of the completion of the publict
ion of summons, nnd answer the con
ilalnt of plaintiff herein, which allege
hat you have violated the terms c
. certain contract, lease and bond er
ered into between you nnd the plalr
iff herein, and asking that said cor
eyance, lease and bond be set asid
nd annulled, as will fully appear b
he plaintiff’s complaint which i
rdered served upon you.
And unless you do appear and ar
wer the complaint of the plalntif
erein, the plaintiff will apply to th
ourt for the relief asked in said com
laint ^
Date or order of publication the 7tl
ay of April, 1917.
Witness: The Honorable Fred M
Irown, Judge of said Court, this 7tl
ay of April, 1917.
Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of Said Court.
M. Frazier, Attorney for Plaintlfl
First publication, April 7, 1917.
Windsor Hotel
L. Wain, Prop.
Where You flet
Comfort and Service.
And the Rates Are Right.
Cordova Alaska
EXPERT
PIANO TUNER
George Anderson, piano expert and
factory representative, will be In Cor
dova this coming summer. Expert
work in piano and organ tuning and
repairing guaranteed. For prices on
new and second hand pianos and or
gans, also pianos for rental, address,
P. O. BOX 991, JUNEAU, ALASKA.
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and two log caches and one cabin.
Also a full line of groceries, hay, oats, &c.
Business on good paying basis.
For particulars apply at the
DAILY TIMES OFFICE. ^
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General Electric Motors 11
Roebling Tramways
Pelton Water Wheels 11
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
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An Alaskan Product
Real Old German Lager
A Refreshing Drink
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Under New Management
Patronize Home Industry
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BAR AND BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION.
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric
Lights, Steam Heat, Suites With Bath.
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Experienced Capable Employes \
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Quick Work - Reliable - Courteous
Out of I own Work Given
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Manufacturers and Dealers in Rough and
Dressed Lumber.
Also Outside Lumber.
Wo Ilavo Succeeded the Arctic Lumber Company and
All Mail Orders Should be Addressed to I s.
Orders Fiona up the Line Office and Mill Opposite
Promptly Attended to. Railroad Depot. Phone 5
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Developing and Printing Phonographs
Views and Postcards Columbia Records
Art Pictures, Art Supplies .. .
Picture Frames Sheet Music
Picture Framing Candies Always Fresh
Toilet Articles Cigars and Tobacco
MAIL ORDERS GIVEN IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
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ALL THE LIGHT ON THE BOOK,
and none In the eyes is what makes
the electric light so superior for night
reading. And its brilliancy bring* out
the type with the utmost distinctive
ness so that reading is accompanied
by no strain on the eyes whatever.
Have you electricity in your hornet
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS WATER PHONES POWER
4 Office: FIRST STREET.
| Copper River & 1
| Northwestern Ry. |
i Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. gi
jjjj Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thun- gi
| days and Saturdays. |
|i Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and §5
|| Fridays.
|| Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thun- ||
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| Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, i|
Thursdays and Saturdays. %
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Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Peaiengor Trains Ba
gi tween Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova wharf
:| from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays. &
& Tickets on salt* at Second Street depot, office one ^
| hour before departure of trains. ig;
| Caleb Corser W. E. Brown |
| Superintendent. Agent Cordova Wharf.
| R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent. |