• PLAN TO BUILD
MANY TRAILS
IN INTERIOR
A vast network of trails eventually j
to be developed into truck highways ;
• covering practically every district in!
interior Alaska is the end aimed at |
t inter-J
departmental committee, made recent- j
ly to Secretary John Barton Payne of
the interior department according to
a complete report which just been re
ceived at Juneau. The program re
commends the construction and main
tenance of 16 main trunk lines by the
federal authorities which shall con
stitute the main highway system of
Alaska, feeders for which shall be lo
cal projects and supported by the ter
ritorial authorities.
The completion of the program
would give Alaska a total of approxi-1
mately 2,200 miles of new roads and '
would connect Valdez with Kiwalik,;
on the Kotzebue Sound almost 200 j
miles north of Nome. It would also
render easy of accomplishment the
connection of Juneau, through Haines,
and Rainy Pass, contemplated Yukon !
territory roads, and thence over the i
routes already proposed by the com
mittee to Fairbanks and on to Kiwal
ik. If the recommendations made by ^
Dr Brooks and his associates are car
ried cut the establishment of a Jun- j
eau-Nome highway is not only possi
ble but entirely feasib’e in the opin
ion rf road builders both Territorial
* an l Federal.
The system is to permit the de
velopment of the districts v;'herein
promising discoveries of minerals
have been made. In some of these
districts production has already been
started and is increasing despite poor
transportation facilities. In others,!
where high costs of operation, are
largely a matter of transportation
rates, relief would be brought to
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dwindling industries and a population (
gradually lessening.
“A wagon road from Alaska railroad
to the Valdez Creek placer district, I
to be subsequently connected with!
te Valdez-Fairbanks trail.” Such a
highway woud have a length of 120
miles. This is another of the pro
jects which has already been given
study by the Alaska Road Commis-!
sion and a route will be cruised out'
by that organization during the pres- j
ent season, according to Col. Gotwals. j
The fifth road. “A wagon road i
from the Copper River Railroad into j
the Nizina placer district, and its;
eventual extension into the upper j
Chitina valley,” is also a present Alas-1
ka Road Commission project Jn part. j
The road from McCarthy on the Cop-1
per River railroad to the Niizini plac- j
ers is now being constructed and will
be completed this fall. It has a j
length of 12 miles. From there into
the upper Chitina valley is approxi- J
mately 20 miles, making a total
length for the project of 32 miles.
Ths sixth contemplated project is
“A wagon road from the Valdez
Fairbanks road to the Chistochina;
(Slate Creek) district, to be later ex-!
tended to the Chisana district and
eventually to White river and also a j
branch connecting Forty Mile road at
the Tanana river.” The location of;
the first, portion of such a route will
be made this season and it is probable
that construction will be started, ac
cording to Col. Gotwals. This will
cover from either Paxson or Meirs:
roadhous, on the Richardson high- j
way, into the Slate Creek country, for 1
the purpose of opening up for devel
opment placer ground of known value \
upon which considerable work has al- !
ready been carried out. This stretch
of road will be about 30 miles long.1
From there, through the Chisana dis- -
trict, going across the Forty-Mile-Tan- i
^ ana road, to the White river is ap-1
proximately 180 miles, making a total j
length of trail approximately 180
miles.
Eventually forming a branch of this
road is another project of the Com
mittee, “The extension of the Eagle
O’Brien creek road into the Forty-Mile
district, later to be built through to
the Tanana river.” The route pro
posed would be about the same as the
old Eagle Ketchumstoek- Gulkana
trail, but instead of continuing on to
the Richardson highway at Gulkana,
would tap the Slate creek project and
would connect up with the Valdez
trail through that route. This route
would be approximately 200 miles
long and open up a large section of
practically virgin ground for develop-!
ment and give the Forty-Mile people
an all-American route for the ship
ment of supplies through American
territory and ports.
Pianos for rent. Phone Anderson
piano expert. Windsor hotel. 13-3t
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Silk underwear and skirts at Mrs.
Reed's O-T-O Shop. Windsor hotel
BODIES OF DEAD TAKEN
TO CEMETERY IN CARS
MEXICO, CITY, July 16 (by Associ
ated Press).—Street car funerals are
not uncommon in Mexico. A string
of eight or ten cars, heavily draped in
black, may be seen occasionally pass
ing through the principal streets. The
first car carries the body, the next two
or three containing huge floral offer
ings and the last cars are filled with
mourners.
JAMAICA WANTS
LARGE LOAN TO
BUILD HARBOR
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 16 (by
Associated Press). — The Jamaican
government is planning to borrow in
London $15,000,000 in order to make
the port of Kingston a first class one
by deepening of the channel to the
piers and other improvements. It is
proposed to extend the railway to the
wharves, to construct additional piers,
erect a big drydock and a wireless sta
tion and establish an oil and coaling
depot for ships. One purpose of this
program is to make Kingston a port
of call for vessels passing through the
Panama canal. Members of the legis
lature assert that Kingston should be
as well equipped as Cristobal, the At
lantic entrance to the Panama canal.
MEMORIAL TREES ALONG
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY
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LODI, Cal., July 16 (by Associated i
Press).—Mrs. May Crocker of the LodL
Woman’s Club announces that the
American Forestry Association has
registered the memorial trees planted
by the club on its national honor roll.
The trees have been planted on the
highway near here as the first unit
in a Roads of Remembrance.
WIMBLEDON, July 16 by Associ
ated Press).—William M. Johnston of
California defeated B. C. Harke in the
first match of the Davis cup elimina
tion series. Tilden ”defeated Kings.
Both Americans now meet the Holland
team for the right to contend with the
Australians for the cup.
LATE ALASKA NEWS
An empty rowboat Avith an Evin
rde engine attached was picked up
at Da\'is’ point where it had lodged
on a bar, by Tolovana parties last
week. The boat had a small raft in
toAv and a number of tools and box
of dynamite. The branch of a tree
found in the boat gives rise to the be
lief that the occupant Avas swept into
the rrver by a sweeper. The boat is
clinker, built and was seen farther up
the river with a single occupant.
Improvements to the Admiral line
dock^at Juneau involve the dumping
of several hundred tons of rock, be
neath the Avharf. The material will
be obtained from one of the adjacent
mines and the work will entail the ex
penditure of about ten thousand dol
lars. The rock fill Avill be brought
to the level of the dock making a
foundation Avhich it is hoped will last
until the end of time.
Fired with the love of excitement
and probably not realizing the enor
mity of their crime, a group of small
boys in Juneau have forsaken the
straight and narrow path and formed
a gang of bandits, patterning after
the most lawless hero of the movies.
Their latest exploit is the looting of
a Aracant house, during the process of
which they opened trunks, broke
open the closet# and saturated the !
floors with oil, intending to bring
about the speedy destruction of the
house and a good show for the boys, j
Max Minard and son who have been
prospecting in the Fairbanks district !
for a number of years and who have
sunk a number of holes to bedi’ock on ,
Emma creek, just over the divide from
Eva, are reported to have found good
pay in Avhat was to have been their
last effort on that creek. The father
•wanted to quit -work after the next
to the last hole had been sunk, but j
his son persuaded him to sink just j
one more in a place where Minard
thought was very unlikely. The fath
er kept at work until they hit bed
rock when they encountered a real
pay streak.
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House dresses and notions at the
O.-T.-O. Shop. Windsor Hotel. 16-tf
Cordova Jazz Orchestra Dance at
Eagle Hall on Wednesday and Satur
day nights. Music by the Ragtime
Trio.
USES FOR PLAIDS
May Afford Decoration for Chif
fon and Other Fabrics.
Wool Jersey One of the Most Desir
able for Plaited or Gathered
Sport Skirts.
One of the most interesting de
velopments of modern design is the
subtlety with which plaids have been
incorporated into its schemes.
Once upon a time plaids were plaids
and no bones were made about it. Con
sequently the brilliant and startling
woolens were relegated to the chil
dren’s wardrobe or to the realm of
sports skirts.
Now plaids have become a motif in
design which may be carried out in
bead or silk embroidery and is as like
ly to be used in decoration of chiffon
and other silken fabrics as it is in
the cheerful and childish ginghams
and woolens.
Wool jersey is one of the most de
sirable fabrics for the gathered or
plaited plaid sport skirt, and it is
expected that later the cartridge silk
which was left on the hands of the
war department at the signing of the
armistice and which is being dyed and
utilized most successfully fey dress
purposes, will come into its own as
a sports fabric, a use to which it is
especially adapted. In this interesting
silk there Is an excellent choice of
plaids among the many designs and
plain colors.
With the plaid skirts, whether they
are worn on the golf course or the
street, the solid color blouse or coat,
repeating either the most conspicuous
or the most neutral tone of the plaid,
is a foregone conclusion. With the
suit coat, the trimming accessories,
pocket flaps, scarf collar or revers are
usually of the plaid. By contrast to
this rule of plain above and plaid be
low, plaid taffeta blouses of an ador
able crispness and smartness have
been provided to add a gay touch to
the plain navy blue gabardine suit.
Serge is embroidered in raised lines
in a plaided pattern, either in color or
In black, and this decoration is ap
Fashionable for Sport Wear.
plied to both suits, coats and frocks.
A simple georgette frock may be
plaided all over diagonally with lines
of beads. The squares are large, the
lines fragile and the color combina
tions infinite.
Foulards are blocked off in large
squares, with a solid line and a con
ventional motif is planted in the mid
dle of each square.
Many lovely cottonsrf>esides our old
friend gingham, are treated to a deco
ration of plaid design, and such deli
cate fabrics as voile are patterned in
heavy raised lines resembling em
broidery.
Certain fashion authorities profess
to see a return to Victorian modes in
the recrudescence of plaids and stripes.
Two more of the Schang family,
brothers of Wally and Bob, are going
to break into professional baseball.
They have been signed by the Balti
more Internationals.
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B E T T E R
MILLWORK
means better sat
isfaction in your
, new home. Be
proud of your
home. Better Millwork
will help you realize
this. Send for our cata
log. It contains many
suggestions and low
prices in sash and doors,
millwork, built-in ef
fects. Rovig, 2229 First
Avenue South. Seattle.
“Better Millwork.”
BLUE FOXES FOR SALE
Fifty pair of very best blue foxes
for sale from our Long Island ranch,
either in pairs or can furnish foxes
of either sex. Can ship in October
or November. Prices given on appli
cation.—Kodiak Fox Farm, Kodiak
Alaska. 6-2w.
Don’t argue. The Club Billiard Hall
carries fresh tobacco. 27-tf
Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatie lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
Restaurant for sale. See Dooley
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
WANTED—A first-class woman cook
wants position in camp. Apply at the
Times Office, l€-tf
WANTED—Waitress. Apply to Alaskan
Grill. 15-tf
WANTED—An Ironing girl. Apply at
Northern Laundry. 15-tf
FOR SALE—Remington Typewriter, No.
10. New. Phone 35-4 rings. 17-tf
FOUND—Key in front of Alaska Public
Utilities office. Owner can secure same
at Times office. 14-tf
FOR SALE—Half or whole Interest In
American Bakery. 12-3t
FOR RENT—An unfurnished three-room
apartment, with steam heat and run
ning water. Apply Northern Hotel. 15tf _
WANTED—Two tie makers. Pay TiTty
cents straight for both first and second.
Parties to batch themselves. Apply
Blum, O’Neill Co., Cordova or Harry
Christie, Mile 19. tf
FOR SALE—Three-room partly fur
nished house at ocean dock. Phone
167-2 rings. 14-tf
FOR SALE—First-class pool tabled in
good condition, Price $150. See F. H.
Foster. 11-tf
FOR RENT—Apartments In the Burk
hart flats. Phone 61. 3-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins.. Apply
to Cordova Abstract & Realty Co. 22-tf
FOR RENY—Furnished Cabins. See
Dooley.
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JUST ARRIVED
A NEW LINE OF
SILKALINE
SATEEN
AT
AUNTY KEATING’S -
WEE SHOP
YOUR FURS MADE TO ORDER
Best work guaranteed. Low
est prices. Over 2,000 Alaska
customers.
R. W. Drew
Tacoma's Expert Furrelr
11th and B’dw’y, Tacoma, Wash.
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You a Cigar We Can
Guess the Answer!
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Think of the number of let
ters iu the name of your favorite
: tobacco or cigar.
Double this number.
Add eight.
Divide by two.
Subtract the number you
started with. v
Multiply by three.
Add one.
Subtract six.
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Come into the Horseshoe, and
if the man at the counter can
not tell you the correct answer
he will treat you to a cigar.
We are as certain of the su
perior quality of our cigars and
tobacco as we are of solving
this problem.
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I E. L. HARWOOD, Prop.
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A LOOK IN THE MIRROR
after you have used our cold cream, talcum
powder and other toilet requisite will show
what wonderful complexion improvments
they are. Their continued use will improve
even the most obstinate complexion and pre
serve the finest one. A visit will show why our
toilet wares are the preference of the daintest
women.
NORTHERN IROG CO
THE DRUG STORE OF ALASKA
“Service’' is Our Motto
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CHIROPRACTIC
RECOGNIZED
BY THE FOLLOWING BENEFIT ORDERS IN ACCEPTING THE
SIGNATURES OF CHIROPRACTORS IN THE PAYMENT OF THEIR
CLAIMS.
Accident Fihe and Life Corporation, Ltd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Aetna Life Insurance Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
Atlas Casualty Co.
Brotherhood Accident Co., Boston, Massachusetts.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. v
Business Men’s Accident Association of America.
Commercial Accident Co., Springfield, Illinois.
Danes Brotherhood Camp No. 139, Viborg, South Dakota.
Eastern Casualty Co.
Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Insurance Department.
Knights of Pythias.
Loyal Order of Moose.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York.
Mutual Benefit Health a#d Accident Association, Omaha, Nebraska.
National Travelers’ Benefit Association.
Old Line Accident Insurance Co., Lincoln, Nebraska.
Order of Railway Conductors.
Prudential Insurance Company.
Royal Indemnity Co., 84 William Street, New York City.
The Employers’ Liability Assurance Corporation, London, England,
Montreal Canada.
The Fidelity and Casualty Co., Dallas, Texas.
The Maccabees’ Great Camp of Ohio.
The Maccabees, New York.
The Merchants Life and Casualty Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Ltd., New York City.
The Order of United Commercial Travelers, Columbus, Ohio.
The Pullman Company.
The Traveler’s Insurance Co., Hartford. Connecticut.
The War Risk Insurance Bureau of the Treasury Department.
United Association of Journeyman Plumbers and Steam Fitters,
United States and Canada.
Western Accident Insurance Co.
Wisconsin Accident and Health Insurance Co.
AND FORTY OTHERS. LIST ON FILE AT MY OFFICE.
THANKING YOU
NORTHERN HOTEL CECIL J' WIG“T
11 a. m. to 8:30 p. m. ELLA W. WIGHT
After August 1st, Mickelson-Currier Building. Chiropractors.
CORDOVA BEVERAGE AND
DAIRY COMPANY
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
CORDOVA, ALASKA
Distributors of Ice Cream Manufacturers from
BLUE STAR DAIRY MILK Fresh Milk and Cream
From Certified Cows We specialize in family trade
BUSINESS HOURS: 8 A. M. TO 7 P. M.
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MY LINE IN
HOWARD, HAMILTON AND ELGIN
WATCHES
IS NOW COMPLETE—THOSE WATCHES HAVE STANDARD
PRICES AND ARE SOLD HERE AT THE SAME PRICE AS ALL
OVER THE STATES
PAUL BLOEDHORN’S
Jeweler and Watchmaker. Phone 132
WHOLESALE RETAIL
Prompt Attention Given to Small as Well as
Large Orders
CORDOVA MILL & LUMBER COMPANY
Phone 5 P. 0. Box 218
THE NORTHERN CLUB
FRED HAEF, PROP.
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POOL, CARDS, TOBACCO
Soft Drinks of All Kinds
The Popular Corner
PHONE 47 CORDOVA, ALASKA