SHORT STORIES
ABOUT ALASKA
The Standard Oil Company is con
structing two 95-foot steel tanks at
Ketchikan.
The Petersburg Sawmill Company
has begun work on a foreign contract
for 59,000,000 of lumber.
The Petersburg Packing Company
put up 80,000 cases of salmon this sea
son. The Washington bay plant packed
42,000 cases.
“John the Greek,” or John Klonos,
a former resident of the Iditarod sec
tion, is now an inmate of the Pioneers’
Home at Sitka.
The Richardson post of the Ameri
can Legion is being formed at Valdez
by returned soldiers. About twenty
members will be on the charter roll.
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to the University of Washington this
year from Alaska, seven are from
Skagway, a fine showing for the gate
way to the Yukon.
A crew of men have been working
for several months on the Basin road,
near Juneau. Several bridges and cul
verts have been put in, and the road
has been placed in fine shape.
Mrs. E. M. Kelly, who has been con
nected with the Fashion store at Ju
neau for three years, left recently for
Port Angeles, Washington, accompa
nied by her daughter Ellanore.
The store of the Juneau Hardware
Company was visited by petty thieves
recently, who climbed up on a pack
ing case at the rear of the building
and pried off the window sash.
Taylor, Drury, Pedlar & Co. have
opened negotiations to purchase the
Yukon river steamer Thistle. The
steamer Kluane, belonging to them,
is too small to supply the five trading
stations which the company maintains.
Mrs. Anna E. Young, a dry goods
dealer of Flat, and a pioneer of the
Northland, recently sold her stock of
goods to Mrs. Luella Dunn and left
fro Seattle. She will live with her
son, Harold Young, who recently re
turned from overseas.
Citizens of Nome are working hard
to prevent the fort from being taken
away from that city. Senator Key
Pitman, who used to reside in Nome
in the early days, is working with the
war department to prevent the fort
from being abandoned.
Captain Peterson of the Fish Hawk,
owned and operated by the P. E. Har
ris Packing Company, has sailed with
the boat for Seattle for the winter.
The company made a pack of 45,000
cases of fish. The crew at Haw inlet
was taken out on the Evans.
Officers of the revenue cutter Bear
report that an enormous herd of wal
rus was seen on the lower edge of the
Arctic ice pack during the recent trip
of the cutter along the coast. Thou
sands upon thousands of the huge
niammala warp sighted an unusual
occurrence.
Ketchikan may have another indus
try located there by the end of the
year. Milo Cauighrah, an engineer
of the city, has perfected a new lamp
for automobiles and has been granted
a patent on it. A company has been
formed by local men to manufacture
the new ight.
The governor’s office at Juneau has
been busy the past month making out
the official report, which has been
forwarded to Washington. The gov
ernor’s annual report will be interest
ing this year, as it will deal with many
questions of vital importance to Alas
kans.
The new boat Ambassador, being
built at Tacoma for the Chichagof
company, is nearly completed, and
will be brought North soon. The boat
is being made exceptionally strong to
buck the great gales of Southeastern
Alaska. She will cost about $150,000
when completed.
1 Major Mehaffey, who was formerly
stationed in Valdez with the road
commission as engineer, is shown in
the Pathe News views of Americans
returning from Russia. A close-up
is given of the troops of Brigadier
eneral Richardson, and Mehaffey is
plainly recognized. The picture was
shown at Ketchikan recently.
The sister of George Edward Boyle
is searching for some trace of him.
He is aged 35, hair red, eyes gray,
height 5 feet 6 inches. He originally
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came from Ottawa, Ontario, and was
in the Canadian engineers, C. E. F.,
and was discharged March 3, 1919.
He stated his intention of proceeding
to Vancouver, B. C., and since then
no trace of his has been found. If
any information is received, notify
Royal Northwest , mounted police,
Prince Rupert, B. C.
Fred Higgins, a former Douglas
baseball player and member of the
Douglas fire department, died recently
in the Juneau hospital of heart disease.
He was first taken ill during a ball
game in Douglas, when he went into
the box to relieve a local man. He
threw one ball and then collapsed. He
was ill for weeks, and when he recov
ered his strength left on a fishing trip.
He leaves a wife and three young
sons. His mother and sister live in
Alberta.
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[ Bank of Alaska |
■ REPORT OF CONDITION OCTOBER 6, 1919 H
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;;j , CAPITAL $170,000.00 j|
Ej ASSETS Liabilities •
jj Loans .$107,321.93 Capital assigned to
I Overdrafts . 863.26 this branch .$ 25,000.00 jg
U. S. bonds (par value Profit and loss. 1,564.32 jj
$12,800) . 12,165.27 Due headquarters. 21,756.06 jj
H Other securities . 23,507.86 Deposits . 141,763.31 jj
U Banking house, furni- Letters of credit. 2,678.90 m
ture and fixtures .... I7,625.95 Reserved for interest.. 255.00 jjj
| Customer’s liability j|
| under letter of credit 2,678.90 $193,017.59 gg
jj Cash and exchange.... 28,854.42 (§
$193,017.59 jl
jjj Branches at Skagway, Wrangell and Anchorage
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ALASKA TRANSFER COMPANY
TRANSFER AND STORAGE
COAL AND WOOD
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AUTO SERVICE
DAY OR NIGHT
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Office, Northern Hotel Bldg. Phone 85
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OSBORNE BROS.
JEWELERS AND
OPTICIANS
WATCH REPAIRING
JEWELRY TO ORDER
CORDOVA, ALASKA
Cordova
Adjustment
Company
K. G. ROBINSON, Mgr.
Collections, Reports,
Insurance
Ostrander Bldg., Cordova, Alaska
The Club
I Pool and |
I Billiard Hall |
I A Clean, Cozy Place Where Good Fellows ■
Congregate H
TOBACCOS, CIGARS, CIGAR- |
ETTES AND SOFT DRINKS J
Meet Your Friends at The Club jj
I TOM CLONINGER, , 1
| MANAGER. |
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* DR. W. W. COUNCIL *
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and Residence, Cordova
General Hospital tOstrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store.
Residence, Alaska Hotel.
DR. W. D’ARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
WINDSOR HOTEL
Hours:
1 p. m. to 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 8 p. m.
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DR. CHAS. DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
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CORDOVA, ALASKA
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DR. CORA DAGGETT
SPECIALIST
Pyorrhea and Dental Prophylaxis
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DR. VON ZESCH
Dentist
ADAMS BUILDING
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DR. CHARLES M. RODSETH
CHIROPRACTIC. PHYSICIAN
Northern Hotel,
Phone 158
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DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
FRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
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E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams K'ock
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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R. H. L. NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
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THE ALPHA
SCHOOL OF DANCING
Private lessons every evening.
American Bakery. Phone 203.
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NORTHWESTERN CLEAN
ING AND DYEING HOUSE
TAILORING
All kinds of Repair Work. Fancy
Garments a Specialty. All Work
Guaranteed. Goods called for and
delivered
In John Nelson’s Store
J. LEEN.
Phone 90
YOUR FURS MADE TO ORDER
Best work guaranteed. Low
est prices. Over 2,000 Alaska
customers.
R. W. Drew
Tacoma’s Expert Furreir
11th and B’dw’y, Tacoma, Wash.
I t'vraiin
Ivory
In our Ivory Show Case we are displaying a
big assortment of the Genuine Pyralin Ilvory
—various items and in many styles
Ladies’ Hair Brushes
Military Brush Sets
Ladies’ and Men’s Combs
Manicure Articles
Large and Small Hand Mirrors
Hair Receivers
Powder Puff Boxes
Trinket Trays
Soap Boxes
Picture Frames, etc.
Cordova Drug Co.
The Store
SERVICE WITH A SMILE
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! Alaska
Steamship Company
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Regular Sailings Between Seattle,
Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Valdez,
Eliamar, Liscum, Latouche, Seward
FROM SEATTLE— SAILS SOUTH —
Oct. 4.NORTHWESTERN.Oct. 14
Oct. 9. ALASKA...Oct. 19
Oct. 16. ALAMEDA ... Oct. 26
Oct. 23.NORTHWESTERN .Nov. 2 i
Steamer Alameda, will make trip to Anchorage.
Frequent sailings of freighters carrying explosives.
This schedule subject to change without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Agent
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Alaska—Washington—California ALASKA ROUTE
Safety Courtesy Service Speed
OFFICE EMPRESS BUILDING
| WEST BOUND SOUTH BOUND
| LEAVE CORDOVA LEAVE CORDOVA
About Oct. 15.WATSON.Oct. 25
j Three Sailings per Week from Seattle for San Francisco, Los An
geles and San Diego. For further information call
Office phone 223. L. A. COUNTS, AGENT Residence Windsor hotel
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Trains leave Cordova for Chitina Monday and Thursday.
Trains leave Chitina for Kennecott Tuesday and Friday.
Trains leave Kennecott for Chitina Sunday and Thursday.
Trains leave Chitina for Cordova Tuesday and Friday.
Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from b a. in. to 5 p mM except Sundays.
Th-k'-is on sale at Second Street Depot office
cm* ”> r before departure of trains.
CALF J CORSER Superintendent
D. L. LEATON, Ticket Agent
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