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C. E. Brainerd, wife and son Jack
came in from Tiekel on today’s train.
The steamship Alaska, is due from
the westward on her southbound trip
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Harry Christie has finished his ^e
contract at Alganik for the railroad
company, but has secured another
contract, and he has purchased a team
of horses from Reilly & Tibbs, who
have completed their contract.
An alarm of fire was turned in at
2:30 o’clock this afternoon from a
cabin on Third street occupied by
Jake Hoover, but the flames were ex
tinguished without the assistance of
the department, which responded
promptly to the call.
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Fred Stone, who will be the attrac
tion at the Empress theater tonight in
“Under the Top,” will be remembered
by many Cordovans who met him and
Rex Beach while they were on a big
hunting trip to this section about ten
years ago.
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Captain Ben Durkee will return to
Katalla in a couple of days, and will
take wuth him a crew' of men to build
the auto-truck road for the Bering
River Coal Company, over which it
will transport coal to tidewater this
summer. The coal will be brought
to Cordova in barges.
The Woman's Guild of the Episcopal
church will have for sale on Saturday
afternoon at Mrs. Hegg’s shop home
made cakes, cookies, pies, doughnuts,
bread, rolls, baked beans and brown
bread, salads, etc. This will be your
opportunity to purchase the best of
foodstuffs, made by the best of cooks,
at most moderate prices. The sale w'ill
begin at 2 o’clock and last while the
things last,‘so it behooves you to be
on hand early.
At a meeting of the Cordova fire
department, held last night, the fol
lowing officers wTere elected for the
ensuing year: Chief, Harry Nettle
ton; asssitant chief, George Mosser;
secretary-treasurer, Fred Frederick
son; board of managers, C. P. Mickel
son, D. T. Phillips and Ed Lee. It
was decided to leave in the treasury
all money received from the eity coun
cil for attendance at fires - and drills
until the sum of $500 is accumulated.
NEW MAIL BOAT FOR
WESTWARD ARRIVES
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i The power schooner Joseph Pulitzer
i is now at Seward, where she will su
persede the gasboat Eloise on the mail
! run from there to the westward.
The Joseph Pulitzer is a motor
| schooner of 69 gross tons and 35 net,
! 75 feet long, 22 feet in width and 7
I feet 4 inches in depth. She was built
' in 1S94 at Essex, Mass., for a pilot
! boat, and in that capacity has been
stationed at the Columbia river bar
for many years. She is powered with
an 80 horse-power engine and carries a
crew of five men.
The Pulitzer will take the mail run
to the Alaska peninsula and the Aleu
tian islands, on which the Dora be
came famous. The Eloise, a converted
yacht belonging to a Portland physi
cian who now holds the mail contract,
will be replaced by the Pulitzer.
HEY, MIKE! THE CIRCUS
IS HERE, AT EMPRESS
Tonight at the Empress a real cir-;
cus, complete with clowns, lions and i
lion tamers, bareback riders ’n’ every
thing, will be seen. In “Under the
Top” Fred Stone, world-famous as
dancing and pantomimic comedian,
does all the wonderful stunts that
gained-him the title of king of musical
comedy on the stage. The supporting
cast is excellent, and Mr. Stone gives
an exhibition of high vaulting, tight
rope walking,, parachuting, trapeze
work and general acrobatic marvels
such as never been screened before.
Completing the program will be shown
| a comedy and a Pathe News.
An especially good picture is billed
| for Sunday—“On Trial,” a first Na
tional production with an all-star
i cast. An intensely dramatic play of
i absorbing interest, featuring one of
i the most soul-stirring court room
I scenes ever screened, is the claim
| made for it. Don’t forget this in plan
| ning your Sunday evening.
UNION OFFICIAL
IS SENT TO JAIL
FOR CONTEMPT
OLDSBURG, Kan., April 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Alexander Howat,
president of the Kansas district of the
United Mine Workers of America,
was sentenced to jail today for con
tempt of court. He will be held until
I he will agree to testify before the
| Kansas court of industrial relations.
Howat says he refused to testify be
cause he does not recognize the court,
which is, he says, “an institution
founded for the purpose of enslaving
the workingmen.”
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THREE STATES WILL
CONTEST NEXT WEEK
MISSOULA, Mont., April 9 (by As
sociated Press).—A triangular debate,
between teams representing the Uni
versities of Montana, Idaho and Utah
will take place on Friday, April 16,
it is announced at the state univer
sity here. The question will be, “Re
solved, That congress should enact a
compulsory arbitration law for set
tling labor disputes that are connected
with public utilities.”
William H. Higanbotham and J. A.
Farmer will comprise the Montana
team which will debate with Idaho in
the university auditorium. A nega
tive team will be sent to debate Utah.
This team will consist of George Wit
ter and Paul Smith. Utah will debate
Idaho. In each case the affirmative
team remains at home.
CALIFORNIA INDIANS
TO HOLD BIG POW-WOW
DEL MONTE, Cal., April 9 (by As
sociated Press).—The California In
dians have scheduled their annual
pow-wow at Del Monte on May 17 to
23. At the pow-wow they will pro
mote a registered trap shooting
tournament, a four day golf tourna
ment, a swimming meet and a tennis
tournament. Some 250 men are al
ready members of the Association. ‘
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