THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1919
A PROBLEM OF PEACE
During the world war more than
four and a half million of our sol
diers, sailors and marines had their
lives insured by the United States
government for a term of five years,
in sums ranging from $1,000 to $10,000,
.the average policy approximating
$8,700. Because of the rapid demo
bilization and the confusion attending
a resumption of civil life, a great
many of those who were insured have
allowed their insurance to lapse or
be canceled. The problem now is to
get them back.
Co-operating with the bureau of war
risk insurance in a general educa
tional campaign are leading social
welfare organizations and thousands
of volunteer units, making up an enor
mous field force for spreading the gos
of permanent government insure |
ance.
\ This insurance is not for everyone
—it is only for the former service
men and women of our army, navy
and marine corps. Congress wanted
them to enjoy certain privileges of life
insurance protection during the war,
and it wants them to continue the pro
tection now that peace has come. The
terms of government insurance are
low, the provisions liberal and attrac
tive, and behind every policy stands
the security of the United States.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
All hot-headed radicals should profit
by observing the cool, deliberate, gen
tle but firm manner in which congress
handed Victor Berger his hat.—Sew
ard Gateway.
The man who makes the best of
conditions as he finds them is best
prepared to gain better conditions for
himself and those similarly situated,
and best prepared to make use of the
improved conditions when they are
brought about.—Juneau Empire.
The cry has been for years that
the halibut have all been fished out.
Noty comes the biggest run of those
fish that fishermen have ever seen
in a lifetime. It would be an awful
joke on all of us if the salmon would
come back stronger next year and set
at rest the notion that is now preval
ent that the salmon belqngs to a
vanishing specie. Stranger things
have happened.—Douglas News.
The Miner has authoritative infor
mation to the effect that there will be
a full-fledged water works system in
operation here by the first of next July.
Full details are not available at this
time, nor has the man at the head of
the enterprise authorized the use of
his name. However, he has been writ
ten and asked to come through with
the whole story.—Hyder Miner.
Delegate Grigsby’s bill for a full
territorial form of government should
be encouraged by the people of Alas
ka. They have wanted it for a long
time and will not be happy until they
get it. Alaskans should have their
own destinies in their hands. They
should have the power to make or
mar their futures. Then if the Ter
ritory should meet with trials, trib
ulations or other mishaps no one
would have any come-back whatever.
—Douglas News.
Scarborough Pictures that please at
prices that are right. Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
If you change your address, do not
notify the carrier boy—report your
new address to the office.
LOCAL LAUNDRY
GIVES STOCK TO
ITS EMPLOYES
For the first time in Cordova, and,
it is believed, in Alaska, an estab
lished business has been incorporated
and its employes given shares of
stock permitting them a voice in the
management and a share in the prof
its oi the business.
Jones’ Laundry, formerly known as
the Modern Laundry, was incorpoi’
ated in November, and as a Christmas
present all regularly-employed work
men were given shares in the cor
poration. When questioned as to the
reason for the incorporation, F. A.
Jones, president and general manager
of the laundry, declared that the rapid
growth of his business during the last
few years had made it necessary, and
also that he desires to be prepared
for the period of great prosperity of
which he believes Cordova is now on
the eve.
The officers of the corporation are:
F. A. Jones, president and treasurer;
Mrs. F. A. Jones, vice president; and
R. H. L. Noaks, secretary.
Ten years ago Mr. Jones started the
present laundry, then known as the
Cordova Steam Laundry. In 1913 he
entered into partnership with his
strongest competitor, N. A. Clasen,
owner of the Keystone laundry, the
partners naming their enterprise the
Modern laundry. In 1916 Mr. Jones
purchased the interest of Mr. Clasen,
and since this time has had the active
management of the business.
Mr. Jones launched his business in
1910 on a capital of $500. The pres
ent corporation is capitalized at $20,
000. There are now from eleven to
fourteen workmen regularly on the
payroll, and at rush times as many as
sixteen. This represents a yearly
payroll of over $20,000.
Jones’ laundry handles about 90 per
cent of the laundry work of the city,
anu mi’. Jones states that, his busi
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liUVrtth. During the laundry strike in
Seattle a few years ago he handled
the entire work of the ships and crews
of the Alaska Steamship Company.
That the work was done satisfactorily,
is shown by the fact that Mr. Jones
received the commendations of the
company and retained part of the
work after the strike was over, al
though he was competiing directly
with the larger laundries of Seattle.
Mr. Jones declares with pride that
his equipment is thoroughly up to
date, saying that although there may
be larger laundries in the territory,
there are none more modern in equip- ■
ment or methods.
Mr. Jones is modest about his suc
cess in Cordova, declaring he has tried
only to make “service ahd satisfac
tion to my customers’’ his constant
endeavor. But his friends give addi
tional reasons, saying that his progres
siveness, courtesy and unfailing en
ergy have established him in the con
fidence of his customers.
Mr. Jones is a member of the Na
tional Laundry Association, and sub
scribes to all the larger trade jour
i
nals, through which he is enabled to
keep abreast of the latest improve
ments and methods of his business. ,
“After service to your customers,
the next thing of importance is adver
tising,” Mr. Jones declared. He is a
firm believer in all forms of advertis
ing suitable to his business, and has
aroused considerable local interest by
the methods he has employed. In ex
plaining the reason for the amount of
advertising he does he declared that
the increasing of his list of customers
is chiefly a matter of educating the
people of the community to the advan
tage of having a modern laundry to do
their work for them. “We always
treat your clothes—white,” is one of
his advertising slogans.
Mr. Jones is as aggressive in pub
lic affairs as in business, and for years
has taken an active and conspicuous
part in municipal movements.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
WANTED—Cannery on Prince Wil
liam Sound. Desire a good outside
man fully understanding the fish
ing game, handling of traps, and
placing of men to get results. Ad
dress Dept. 4, 127 Harvard North,
Seattle, Wash. 29-5t
FOR SALE—L. C. Smith typewriter;
first-class condition, $40. See Cor
dova Adjustment Co. 27tf
THREE-ROOM furnished house to let.
Apply The Blum-O’Neill Co.
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins. See
Dooley.
MASQUERADE BALL BIGGEST
AND BEST AFFAIR OF KIND
EVER HELD IN THIS CITY
More than three hundred persons
attended the masquerade ball at Eagle
hall last night, and the Cordova fire
department can well feel proud of the
great success of their annual social
event, as it is generally conceded to
have been one of the finest affairs of
the kind ever given here. Early in
the evening the masqueraders, repre
senting almost every known charac
ter, began to arrive at the hall, and
when the Cordova jazz orchestra
played the first waltz the floor was
filled with those in costume, while
the balcony and sides of the hall were
lined with onlookers. Fun reigned su
preme, and there was not a dull mo
ment until after the sounds of the
“Home, Sweet Home” waltz had died
away.
The grand march started at 11:30
o’clock, and when the clock struck the
hour of midnight the new year was
ushered in amid the blowing of hun
dreds of horns and other noise-making
contrivances, while confetti was show
ered on the merry-makers.
In the awarding of the prizes the
judges only took into consideration
those whc were present at the ap
pointed hour, 10 o’clock, which ac
counts for the fact that some of the
late comers, who represented some of
the best-sustained characters, were
not among those who carried home the
bacon.
The two contests that excited the
most interest were the prize waltz and
the jazz waltz, in which there were
many competitors, and when it came
to the final test the enthusiasm ran
high.
The award of prizes was as follows:
Best-dressed couple—Lady $20 pho
tos, Scarborough; man, $20 in
sash, Bank of Alaska $10 and First
Bank of Cordoya $10. J^ady, Mrs. Len
DfiX; man, J, V, Lydipk,
Most Original Couple—Lady $15,
Nelson the tailor $5, and C. R. & N. W.
Ry. $10; man, $15, Alaska Steamship
Do. $5, Pacific Steamship Company $5,
Northern Hotel $5. Lady, Miss Clara
Rosswog; man, Captain Aiken.
Best Fire Girl—Toilet set, Cordova
Drug Co. Mrs. I. D. Bogart.
Best Old Lady—Sewing rocker,
Kiest second-hand store. Mrs. Lam
prey.
Best Old Man—Box 50 cigars, The
Dlub. Lee Rawley.
Best Ballet Girl—Pair silk,, hose,
Rolfe’s. Miss Dorothy Dooley.
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Best Patriotic Character—Electric
stand lamp, A. P. U. Miss Catherine
Boyce.
Best-sustained Character—$10 in
merchandise, Finkelstein & Sapiro,
'Louis Laska.
Best Impersonator—Lady, silk pet
ticoat, Doughertys; man, box cigars,
Horseshoe. Lady, Mrs. K. E. Holden;
man, Ben Farrell.
Best Clown—Two prizes. Razor and
shaving brush, Northwestern Hard
ware Co.; French briar pipe, Alaskan
hotel. First, Charles Cerney; second,
George Greenlee.
Most Ridiculous Character—$10
coupon book, Cash Grocery. Mrs. H.
M. Nelson.
Best Topsy—Lady’s apron, Cordova
Dry Goods Co., and half dozen hand
kerchiefs, Aunty Keating. Mrs. Wal
ter Smith.
Best Group—Oysters for six at Lin
dig’s Stag Grill and box of cigars,
Cordova House. Harry Nettleton, D.
T. Phillips, E. P. Harwood, Fred W.
Thompson, K. E. Holden and Hub Bol
linger.
Best Blackface—Box 50 cigars,
Northern Club. Thomas Hubbert.
Best Wild Man—Slab of bacon.
Northern Market. Walter Smith.
Prize Waltz—Lady, silver set, Os
borne Bros.; man, pair Florsheim
shoes, Blum-O’Neill Co. Lady, Mrs.
M. McDonald; man, Fred LaBelle.
Jazz Contest—Lady, silk umbrella,
Style Shop; man, $10 meal ticket,
Alaskan Grill. Lady, Miss Ethel Gra
ham; man, Abe Morris.
Jazz Contest, second prize—Half
ton coal, Alaska Transfer Company,
and $5 jn merchandise at Hegg’s.
Lady, Mrs, M, Laska; man, Lewis
Laska,
Children’s Prizes—First, $5, Elaine
Bollinger; second, $3, Ophelia How
i
ard; third, box candy, Margaret Por
ter; fourth, $1, Buster Sherman,
i
Special prizes—$15 fancy cake, City
Bakery, Miss Josephine Bond, Mrs.
Tillman; week’s room rent, Windsor
Hotel, Warren Taylor; half dozen
i
cashmere hose, Rawson’s, Parke Gris- ‘
wold; box fancy stationery. Northern '
Drug Company, Mrs. D. C. Fairman; -
fancy cake, American Bakery, Mrs.
Thompson; box fancy stationery, Ross
wogg’s, Mrs. William Urquhart; silk
waist, Clayson’s, Mrs. V. J. Swanberg.
Your eyes fitted. Compound and
Rigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
aorne.
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CORDOVA
SHEET METAL WORKS
SKATE
SHARPENERS
SECOND STREET, ACROSS
FROM JAIL
PHONE 143
NORTHWESTERN CLEAN
ING AND DYEING HOUSE
TAILORING
All kinds of Repair Work. Fancy
Garments a Specialty. All Work
Guaranteed. Goods called for and
delivered
J. LEEN
Next to Hegg’s, on C Street
Telephone 190
Why have the dirt rubbed and
pressed in when we have the ma
chine for renovating your clothes?
It costs no more and the satisfac
tion is great. Suits Made to Order.
T. N. HUBBERT New Woolens Just Arrived
Tailor Across from Blum-O’Neiii Store |
[trappers traders
SHIP TO
I 0 iGE R. I OSH A W k
DEALER IN
RAW FURS
SEATTLE # NEW YORK
Alaska Building 127 W. 27th St
Ship direct to New York for highest prices paid for Raw
Purs. Your shipments are handled by expert graders and New York
market prices are paid on correct grading the day received. If de
sired, your shipments will be kept separate, in order that our prices
may be approved by you. Providing that our valuation does not prove
satisfactory, the Purs will be returned to you, transportation charges
prepaid. Ship by Insured Parcel Post or Express. Ship in a dry
condition. Always inclose an itemized list of contents with name and
address. All payments are made by check on the Seattle. National
Bank, or in any other manner desired. Special Instructions, if any, to
accompany shipment.
SHIP NOW
TAX NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the
town taxes for the town of Cordova
for the year 1919 are now due and
payable to the undersigned at his of
fice. Taxes will be delinquent on
Monday, February 9, 1920, at 6 p. m.,
and thereafter a penalty of 5 per cent
will be added. THOS. S. SCOTT,
Town Treasurer.
Dec. 24, 1919—Jan. 7, 1920.
POOL
MAHT
IS NOW ON
TONIGHT
AT 7:30
Tim Eckstrom
vs.
Oscar Anderson
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THREE PRIZES
FIRST—SUIT OF CLOTHES
SECOND—PAIR OF SHOES
fHIRP—STETSON HAT
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ROSSWOG
CANDY
THE FINEST AS
SORTMENT
OF
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SALE
AT
C. M. ROSSWOG
STATIONER, NEWSDEALER,
NOTIONS,
TOBACCOS, CONFECTIONERY.
/ SHAMPOOING
\ FACIAL AND
For MANICURING
CALL
1101 -3 RINGS
MRS. SWANBERG
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Keist Furniture f,
Company
Is the Place to Buy
New and Second-Hand
Household Goods
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
We Sell Goods on Commission
Next door to Alaska S. S. Office
Teyser
THE TAILOR
Opposite Kenny
Holden’s
Phone 188
SHOE REPAIRING
DIMON NICKALOFF
Currier Building,
C Street. P. O. Box M8.
LAUNCHES
PIONEER AND SWAN
Wm. J. Crooker, Owner and Master
REGULAR TRIPS TO KATALLA
FREIGHTING AND TOWING ^
To All Parts of the Sound
Phone 57—2 Rings
: t,
Aunty Keating’s
Wee Shop
Wishes all
A Happy
New Year
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CORDOVA MACHINE ,
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair- i
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES ,
REPAIRED 1
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention. j
TRY THE
WINDSOR
For Rooms that are 1
Comfortable
JUST RECEIVED
A LARGE SHIPMENT OF i
LIVE CHICKENS
Good Roasters
JOE FREY •
Phone 22