JUST RECEIVED
Large Quantity Of
Watermans Fountain Pens
Northern Drug Company
CORDOVA
PAUL BLOEDHORN
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER
THE HOME OF THE
HOWARD and HAMILTON
Watch—Railroad Grade Watches of All Kinds—
Smith & Barnes Cabinet Grand Piano, Self Player for
Sale. Price $500.
KENDRICK BUILDING FIRST STREET
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Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish aud Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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SAVE MONEY!
COME TO THE BARGAIN STORE I
And see what we have in the line of workmen’s clothing,
beds, mattresses and canvas goods of all kinds, tents and
shovels, kitchenware, furniture, stoves, etc. We also
carry a full line of mirrors—plate glass and plain.
THE NORTHERN BLOCK
First Street
LARGE SHIPMENT OF
Live Chickens
BEST FRYERS EVER BROUGHT )TO CORDOVA
JOE FRY
FRESH EGGS FOR SALE PHONE 22
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Copper River
& Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tues
A days and Fridays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays. •
The above schedule subject to change with
out notice.
Dining Car in Connection With all Regular
Passenger Trains Between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from 9 a. m. to 5 p. in., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot
office, one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER, W. E. BROWN,
Superintendent. Agt. Cordova Wharf
R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent.
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(By Associated Press)
SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Dec. 12.—The
Lagunas-Paradise of Indian lore,
whose solitude has been broken at
rare intervals in the last half cen
tury by a ranger off the beaten trail
or a steer straying from the herd, are
to be made a national play place.
The Lagunas, a wide sweep of per
ennially green glades nestled pictur
esquely in a cup of the Laguna moun
tain range in this county, are closed
in on all sides by the vast reaches
of the Cleveland National forest.
They form a pristine, elemental fast
ness lifted high above the hot, dusty
valleys below. Throughout the years
they have known no sound save the
rolling of the thunder clouds down
the sheer canyons which give them
entrance and exist or the murmur of
countless springs and brooks in the
pleasant seasons.
A recent “recreation renaissance’’
during which the whole nation seem
ed in search for new breathing places,
prompted agents of the United States
forestry service to find other YoRem
ite and Yellowstones. They "re-dis
covered” the Lagunas.
i o reacn it tney nad to blaze a
trail through copse-like growths. The
mountains that were tumbled all
about them offered many an added
barrier. But their Indian guides kept
steadfastly ahead, until at last they
gazed down upon the new Paradise.
Indian lore had woven a tale around'
every tree and brook in the favored
spot. The Redmen told or how. many
moons ago. a host of palefaces came
and cut gashes in the Coulter pines
for (lie odorous, water like substance
they gave off. The palefaces said
that far toward the rising sun many
palefaces were engaged in a great
war and the side which got the most
waterlike substance would win. The
substance was turpentine.
Descending to the Bats the party
saw many pineH with old gashes over
which nature was trying to throw lips
of thick bark. Many of the lips had
closed together completely hiding the
gash.
The forestry men secured enough
information from the Indians to de
termine that during the Civil War the
South had cut off the turpentine sup
ply of the North, and it was neces
sary for the Union forces to seek
new fields for this necessary war
fluid. A party pioneered its way into
the Lagunas, and, hidden from all
eyes, kept a continual supply of tur
pentine going to the Northern camps.
The war ended. The turpentine tap
pers left and the Lagunas were left
to their ancient solitude.
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The forestry service lost no time.
Plans were immediately drawn for
the construction of a road from the
San Diego-imperial highway, through
the mountain barriers and into the
heart of the l^agunas. San Diego and
other cities planned municipal camps
in this great play place of 5.000 or
more acres. Soon the honk of the
automobile will alternate with the
roar of the thunder clouds down the
canyons, so like the bowlers of Hen
drik Hudson at their game in the
Katskills gorge.
The government s road is to be be
tween 10 and 12 miles long, and will
be ll1^ feet wide. The government
engineers are following ancient trails
which will made the grade no more
than 8 per cent in any one place. The
average grade will be 5 per cent.
The new play place, which although
smaller than other national parks,
could lend many things to them, per
haps, in the way of both rugged and
refined scenery, will open its canyon
gates to the world some time in Feb
ruary. It is 20 miles front the near
est railroad, but will be easily access
ible from the highway. It is meant
for an all-year camping place, and
the government is going to spare no
pains in putting it before the world
as one of the wonder spots of the
western continent. The Indians will
remain as guides and will tell the
legend of each tree and brooR to all
who wish to hear it.
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JEST SERVICE
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 11—Despite
fires, storms and other adverse cir
cumstances, which decreased the na
tional forests in California by 171,
600 acres, the United States forest
service presents figures showing a
striking increase in cattle, horses,
sheep and goats grazed during the
fiscal year ending June 30 over the
preceding year. The increase was
brought about by the service in or
der that it might "do its bit” in food
conservation, and a record is prom
ised for the present fiscal year.
In the fiscal year of 1916-17 204,935
cattle and horses and 465,752 sheep
and goats were grazed in national
forests in the state as compared with
193,668 cattle and horses and 417,052
sheep and goats during the fiscal
year of 1915-16. The decreased acre
age was more than made up by the
attractive terms offered stockmen and
the unusually excellent grazing in Das.
sen, Shasta. Trinity, Calaveras. Plum
as and the northern coast counties.
Another factor which helped great
ly in increased grazing was the con
struction of roads and trails which
opened up new grazing areas, and!
the construction of other Improve
ments such as drift fences and cor
rals. The intensive campaign of the
forest service to induce stockmen to
increase their flocks and herds was
the biggest single factor however in
increasing this particular food source.
Under the regulations of the forest
service the grazing lands In the na
tional forests are allotted to stock
men upon the payment of certain fees
based upon the number of head graz
ed. I.ands allotted must be used only
by the stock of the person to whom
they are allotted and care is taken to
see that the range is not deteriorated
through too close grazing or that in
jury is not done to the young timber.
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Advertise in the Times
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL
ACCOUNT.
Third Division, Cordova Precinct, at
Cordova. No. 104. In the matter
of the Estate of J. Y. Ostrander, de
ceased,
In accordance with the order of the
above named probate court, issued on
the 19th day of November, 1917, no
tice is hereby given that the under
signed administrator has filed his fin
al account, asking that the same be
allowed and approved, and that the
probate judge of the above named
court has set the 19th day of January
1918, as the day for a hearing on said
final account; on which day in the
office of the above probae court, in
Cordova, Alaska, at the hour of 10
o’clock a. m. any person interested
may appear and file objections in
writing to said final account and the
allowance of the same.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 19th
day of November, 1917.
THOS. S. SCOTT.
Administrator of the Estate of J. Y.
Ostrander, Deceased.
First publication Nov. 22, 1917.
Last publication Dec. 16, 1917.
Capt A E. I.athrop has purchased
lot 24, In block 2. from George D.
Reed, for $3500 cash, the deal har
ing been Consummated by the Cor
dova Abstract and Realty company.
This gives Capt. Eathrop a frontage
of seventy-five feet for the erection
of his new Empress theatre in the
spring, he having purchased the two
adjoining lots from the Olympia
Brewing company some time ago.
Mr Reed is at present a member of
the Canadian army in France.
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MACHINE WORKS ,
E. R. GARNE8, Prop,
Residence *ij"“ Srtop
Phone 101-3. Phone 132
Machine Wo: it of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
HARMON MACHINERY 1
BUILDING
Cordova, Alaska.
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LOGGERS, ATTENTION!
We pay $10 per thousand for
i spruce logs and $9 for hemlock,
delivered.
CORDOVA MILL & LUMBER
COMPANY
D P CJ ITT TO CJ oar Sure Death
H. Ij IJ I J Capaalr* by U. S. Forest
n ■«*r.Ch.,le.F Griwna
, lXmk> «***•■• Price 3 >c per dosen; $2.25 per hundred,
express prepaid oa
4 doxeo or more.
They contain the
most deadly com
bination of (husomi
know n to science.
Kills Wolves .Foxes
and Sheep-killing
Doga almost in
stantly and in no
wayinjurwthefur.
Indorsed and ne
comm ended byths
U. S. Government.
Order today. Ful
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ed tree on request, also catalogue of trappers' supphasaud
bide aad fur price lbt
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