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Uncle Sam Must Tell the World the Result of the
Third Liberty Loan Campaign
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Our boys in France will know if you are doing YOUR BIT while they are
giving THEIR ALL for the cause
TOMORROW
WILL BE YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A THIRD LIBERTY LOAN BOND
CAN YOU AFFORD
TO PASS UP THIS OPPORTUNITY?
I FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
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SEATTLE, May 3.—Winter Ice is
melting rapidly in the Yukon river,
the great 2,100-mile summer highway
of Interior Alaska and the Yukon ter
ritory, according to reports reaching
here from the north. The big river
ba been frozen since last fall.
Dispatches are expected from Daw
son, Y. T., at any time stating that
the ice has jammed its way ocean
ward past the town, leaving the upper
river clear for navigation. Once tjje
long, jagged ribbon of ice moves it
piles and jams and bucks and roars
its entire length. Often the ice will
dam the river and back water up over
the banks.
As soon as the Yukon is clear rivet
steamboats will take to Dawson
Eagle, Circle, Ruby, Tanana, Fort Yu
hon and other river points the first
fresh fruit, vegetables and other shp
plies the towns have received sinc<
last fall. During the winter dog trail;
over the packed snows afford the onl;
means of reaching these inland points
Ice generally leaves the upper rive
first and it is reported here that then
are long stretches already near Whit
Horse, Y. T., the head of navigatior
The last ice to go is generally in Lak
Labergc, an enlargement of the rive
below White Korse. No boats ca
reach Dawson from White Horse unti
the lake is open.
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LONDON BANK CLERK
BECOMES FAMOUS
LONDON, May 3.—Captain Hack
well, the airman who downed a Ger
man Gotha after a fifteen-minute ma
chine gun fight 13,000 feet over Lon
don, was a bank c'erk at the outbreak
of the war.
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Use less wheat and meat. Buy local
foods. Serve just enough. Use what
Is left.
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FOR RENT—Cabins. See Dooley.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 3—The de
mand for airplane timber has greatly
stimulated the interest of logging op
erators in the spruce woods of South
eastern Alaska, according to W. G.
Weigle, supervisor of the Tongass
National forest, who is in--Portland
■ for a conference with District For
| ester George H. Cecil. Work was
done on five sales of national forest
spruce, aggregating five million feet
of timber, during the first two weeks
of April. One million board feet lo
cated on Pillar bay, Kuiu island, is
offered at a minimum price of $2 per
thousand. There are now being ad
vertised 400,000 board feet on Heceta
island at a minimum price of $2.75
per thousand, and a half million feet
on Klakas inlet, Prince of Wales
island, at $3 per thousand. The nec
essary examinations have been made
, of 800,000 board feet of spruce on
, Long island, and two million board
, feet on Tusikan pass, Prince of Wales
island. Both of these tracts will be
r put on the market in the near future
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SEATTLE, May 3'.—One Seattle
shipyard, expanding to meet the de
mand for more ships, has moved back
its fences until they inclose what once
was a Lake Washington beach resort.
The boundary of the yard also ex
tends beyond the mouth of a stream
where trout have been caught in num
bers.
A “Candy and Ice Cream” sign
hangs over what is now the machine
shop, and the bid dance hall has been
converted into a mold loft. Drum
fire riveting machines have driven
most of the trout from the stream.
The yard Is located at Houghton,
a Lake Washington point. The re
sort was known as the Atlanta picnic
grounds.
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Madame Lydia, the pairntst, will be
found in the Currier & Mickelson
building on C. street. 16-tf
NOTICE.
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United States of America. Territory of
Alaska. 8s. to A. F. Stowe:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the year 1916
three hundred dollars in labor and im
provements upon the “Big 4,” “Mof
fett” and "Crow’s Nest” lode mining
claims, known as the Big Four group,
which are contiguous and in one
group, situate on right limit of Chitti
stone river, about eight miles from the
mouth thereof, in Nizina mining dis
trict, Chitina recording precinct, Al
aska, the location certificates of which
are found of record in book 9, pages
, 142, 143 and 144 in the office of the
' recorder of Chitina recording precinct,
at McCarthy, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions of
section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, and the amend
ments thereto, approved January 22nd,
1880, concerning annual labor upon
mining claims, being the amount re
quired to hold said lodes for the period
ending on the 31st day of Dec. 1916.
And if within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or
within ninety days after the publica
tion thereof, you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such ex
penditure as a co-owner, which
amounts to seventy-five dollars, youi
interest in said claims will become
the property of the subscribers, youi
co-owners, who have made the requir
ed expenditures, by the terms of sale
section.
J. J. MILLER.
If you have found
the key you will
Vote For
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that on the
21st day of May, 1918, between the
hours of 8 o’clock a. m. and 7 o’clock
p. m., an election will be held in the
town of Cordova, Alaska, and in the
territory hereinafter described, to de
termine whether or not there shall
be annexed to said town of Cordova
that certain territory adjoining said
town on the north described as fol
lows, to wit:
Commencing at Cor. No. 1 of U. S.
Survey No. 449, thence south 89 deg.
20 min. west 521.5 feet to the point of
beginning; thence north 30 deg. 30
min. east 663.4 feet; thence north 10
deg. east 1,715 feet; thence north 37
deg. east 1,630 feet; thence south 53
deg. east 1,025 feet to Cor. No. 2 of
U. S. Survey No. 829; thence south
39 deg. 40 min. west 1,510 feet; thence
south 19 deg. 30 min. west 490 feet;
thence south 0 deg. 40 min. east 1,320
feet to the northeast corner of that
portion-of said town of Cordova com
monly called the Thirteen-Acre Tract,
but which contains 13.65 acres, which
corner is on the north boundary line
of said town; thence south 89 deg. 20
min 1,313.5 feet to the point of be
ginning.
All qualified voters are entitled to
vote at said election by placing upon
their ballots the words, “For annexa
tion to the town of Cordova,” or
“Against annexation to the town of
Cordova,” or words equivalent thereto.
The polling place in the town of
Cordova shall be on the second floor
of the city hall, on Second street,
therein. The polling place in the ter
ritory proposed to be annexed shall
be in the office of the Pioneer Pack
ing Company, on second floor of their
warehouse, situated on the approach
to the Ocean dock.
The officers of election in the town
of Cordova shall be the following:
Fred Rayer, D. A. Mosser and R. E
Hegg, judges; and George Kennedy
and H. I. Lewis, clerks. The officers
of election in the territory proposed
to be annexed shall be John Glllis
and A. E. Black, judges, and Emms
Shepard, clerk.
Dated this 17th day of April, 1918.
NATHANAEL GREENE,
(Town Seal) Town Clerk.
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Cigar is the largest-selling high-grade
cigar in the United States?
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Tan Cigar and be convinced; they are
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Railroad Grade and Best Timepieces Made
Alarm Clocks from $1.75 to $4.00
Snow Glasses, in Smoked and Amber, from 50c to $1.50
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PHONE 43 JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER
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