HAPPENINGS OF
NORTHLAND
BRIEFLY TOLD
Steady prices for halibut have pre
vailed at Alaskan ports and Prince
Rupert, B. C.
• J. J. McGrath, formerly engaged in
newspaper work in Alaska and Seat
tle, formerly working at Nome, Sew
ard and Juneau, is employed on the
Brooklyn, N. Y., Standard-Union. He
writes that he is living with an aunt
in Brooklyn borough.
Mining men in the Tolovana dis
trict who suffered a severe loss last
seasen through shortage of water,
have conceived a plan to overcome
the possibility of future trouble. The
project involves construction of a
tunnel through the hill at the head of
Livengood creek to tap Alabama creek
on the other side of the divide. The
•tunnel would be 2,500 feet long.
Molybdenum ore from the Dry Delta
country is to be brought to Fairbanks
for a test run by the bureau of mines
to ascertain the values contained in
the quartz. Several large bodies of
mineral-bearing rock are said to exist
in the Delta^ section, and if the test
run proves favorable, considerable
development work during the coming
season is anticipated.
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Halibut fishermen of the Alaska
coast, for the first time in ten years,
have been able to fish in Icy Strait,
north of Chichagoff island, this strait
having been clear of ice during No
vember and December last. In addi
tion, the unusual situation has saved
the halibut crews much loss in torn
out gear caused by floating ice.
For generations popular concep
tion has pictured the North Pole as
the coldest place on earth, although
scientists and explorers have proved
otherwise. In fact Nansen apd other
explorers said that 46 or 50 degrees j
below zero was cold weather for the
75th to 80th parallels. Birches,
Alaska, however, 55 miles below Fort
Gibbon, has several times hit the 87
and 88 mark below zero, and Is there
fore believed to be the coldest spot
In the north, if not in the world.
BARGAIN SALE OF
LADIES’ FURNISHINGS
In order to dispose of our entire
stock of ladles’ furnishings, am selling
same at prices that will interest you.
MRS. J. C. FUNK,
Windsor Hotel.
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Fresh shipment of Brookfield saus
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NOTES OF INTEREST
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The Pidneer returned from Katalla
last night with a cargo of gasoline.
About twenty-five Fairbanksans are
reported on their way out via Chitlna
to Cordova.
The flreboys meet tonight, and they
would like to see a full attendance of
the members.
All quarantine regulations have
been removed at Chitina and along
the government trail.
The Bible study class in "Prophecy”
will meet at the manse at 8 o’clock
this evening. All are welcome.
Attorney Leroy Tozser of Fairbanks
is now on the trail, and is expected
n Cordova within a couple of days.
W. R. Hillery and B. E. *Lee left to
day on a launch to make a cruise of
the bay, inspecting their fish inter
ests, and expect to be gone several
days.
The cable is still out of commission,
but it is expected to be in working
order tonight. In the meantime the
Daily Times has not been receiving its
full Associated Press report.
G. K. Betts, who has been connected
with the hepd office of the Bank of
Alaska at Skagway, has arrived here
and will be associated with the Per
dova branch of that Institution.
The government trail was never in
better condition, and exceptionally
fast time will be made between Fair
banks and Chitina now that the quar
antine stations have been closed.
United States Marshal Erwin of
Fairbanks, who was recently married
to Mrs. Hattie Bell Burrell of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, is in Seattle, and will
come to Cordova on the next steamer,
en route to his home in the Fourth
division.
Our former townsmen, Jack Court
ney and A. C. Elliott, who are with
the American expeditionary force in
France, are forging to the front as ex
perienced railroaders. Courtney is
now yard foreman of the engineers’
terminal and Elliott is master engi
neer. The latter expects to go with a
New York construction company in
France as soon as discharged from
the army.
E. B. Collins and A. J. Nordale of
Fairbanks, members of the territorial
house of representatives, arrived in
Cordova on yesterday's train, on their
way to Juneau. They made a record
trip from Copper Center to Chitina
for this season of the year, covering
the distance by auto in three hours
and ten minutes. This is Mr. Collins’
third term as a legislator from the
Fourth division. Mr. Nordale has not
been to the coast for twenty-three
years, and his friends are keeping
close tab on him.
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AMERICAN HOSPITALS
ARE WELL EQUIPPED
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF
OCCUPATION, Jan. 10 (Correspon
dence of the Associated Press).—One
of the most modern ^capitals in
Europe today is in Coblenz, operated
by the medical corps of the army of
occupation. The hospital is a com
bination of American and German ad
vancement in this line. During the
war this hospital, now used for sur
gical cases, and known as American
hospital No. 6, was a part of the gar
rison of Coblenz. When the Germans
withdrew they left all the modern elec
trical appliances, and the Americans
brought with them the latest improve
ments in hospital equipment, which
was used in furnishing No. 6.
Four other hospitals, under Ameri
can supervision, are being operated in
Coblenz, one of them with fifteen hun
dred beds. Within the occupied area
there are nine American hospitals,
including the five in Coblenz. Two of
these are in Trier, one in Prum and
another in Mayen.
While these are known as evacua
tion hospitals, each of them is
equipped and is functioning as a base
hospital, being located in buildings
either used by the Germans for the
same purpose or in old German army
barracks. The hospital staffs consist
of about forty officers each. Approxi
mately one hundred nurses have been
assigned to each of the nine hospitals,1
in addition to a large number of en
listed men.
The medical corps of' the Third
army is headed by Colonel J. W.
Grissinger of Philadelphia, as chief
surgeon, with Colonel H. C. Maddux
of Orange, Va., in charge of the hos
pitals.
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GERMANS IN MEXICO
ANXIOUS ABOUT LOANS
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 20 (by mail).—
The German colony in Mexico City
recently held a meeting at which was
discussed the problem of securing
some sort of guarantees from the pres
ent German government for the 10,
000,000 marks which were loaned to
the recalled German minister here.
H. Von Eckhardt, during the war, for
propaganda and other purposes. The
lenders at present have nothing more
than “scraps of paper” issued by the
former minister to show for their
money.
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WOMEN PRAYING FOR PEACE
AUBURN, Cal., Feb. 12.—A daily
angelus for the success of a league of
nation^ for a permanent peace is be
ing held in this foothilil town. At
11 o’clock each forenoon the church
bells are rung as a signal for prayer.
The arrangements were made by
the Women’s Improvement Club, and
various churches have signified ap
proval of the plan. At some of the
churches brief services are held daily.
Relays of high school hoys attend to
the ringing of the bells.
CORDOVA
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNE8. Prop.
Residence shop
Phone 101-S. Phone 1S2
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmlthlng, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding end Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and 8hop: City Dock
Cordova, Alaaka.
Out of Town Joba Given Strict
Attention.
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1 Firemen’s Ball
| The Annual Masquerade
Ball of the Cordova Fire
I Department, which was
postponed from New
Years Eve on account of 1
the flu, will be held at
EAGLES’ HALL
Washington's Birthday
Saturday, Feb. 22, 1918 •
Admission $1.50
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