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(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO. May 19. — Pre
season predictions of the strength and
weakness of the various teams in the
Pacific Coast Baseball League have
been more or less set at naught as the
result of the first month of play.
The San Francisco club thus far
has exceeded all expectations, and If
they are able to maintain the smooth
team work of the last few weeks, are
rated as among the formidable com
binations in the league. They started
out with a commanding lead as a re
sult of well sustained effort both in
the pitching and batting departments.
Oakland, which was more or less
derided during the practice season,
has shown an unexpected strength and
the experiment which Manager Del
Howard is trying out of using new
blood now- is receiving respectful at
tention.
Chief among the disappointments
thus far is the Los Angeles club,
which pretty generally was picked to
be the strongest aggregation in the
circuit. Manager Frank Chance’s men
have not been performing up to the
standard which had been set for them
by followers of the game.
Salt Lake, Vernon and Portland are
running closer to the pre-season con
ceptions of the baseball public than
the other three teams.
That the pitchers in the league are
only now beginning to get into their
stride is evident by the fact that the
high batting averages that prevailed
during the first few weeks of the sea
son gradually are being cut down to
normal figures. With the moundmen
gradually coming into their own it is
not unlikely that the work of the
various clubs will begin to conform
more to the pre-season ratings given
them. Heavy battings was a feature
of the season’s start.
One hundred and fifty holes in one
day of continuous golf is the mark set
for himself by William Gatelli, rated
as the second best golfer in the Port
land, Oregon, Golf Club. He will try
for this record over the links of that
club on June 21. Gatelli has chosen
June 21 for the attempt at this Mara
thon record, becatitf? it is the longest
in dTiT'’ year. According to the
■ices on this course, Gatelli will1'
nave to walk approximately thirty
miles to accomplish the feat. He fig
ures on doing the 150 holes in about
800 strokes.
wrestling niuy ue ci amicmitc
in the Rocky Mountain section next
year. Granville Johnson, gymnasium
athletic instructor at the University
of Denver, is working to this end.
Johnson, who is a great believer in
mat contests as a means of physical
development, recently took a team
wrestlers to Colorado College, where
they won all the events in which they
entered. Colorado Springs men, de
spite their defeat, were enthusiastic
over the sport and announced them
selves as favoring Johnson's plan to
include wrestling in the conference's
list of sports.
The Salt Lake team of the Pacific
Coast Baseball League has the un
usual distinction of neither winning
nor losing its first three series of the
season. It broke even on each of
them in the matter of games won and
lost.
Pentathlon swimming events are
popular in Honolulu. A recent com
petition of this kind held by the Hono
lulu Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion, included the following five
events: Seventy-five yard dash, any
stroke; fifty yard back stroke; 220
yards, any stroke; towing person, and
full dress swim. Duke Kahanamoku
was the principal point winner, with
3721. Other noted stars who com
peted were Clarence Lane, who placet
second: Harold Kruger, who wai
third; John Kelli and George Cunha
Kahanamoku won the 220 yard ant
towing events and placed second ii
the other three. Points are scored oi
the same principle as the land per
tathlons.
Ice hockey teams made up of gii
players have been competing recen
ly in San Francisco, and the Innovi
tion has proved so successful it i
likely that some sort of a women’
ice hockey league will be formed. Th
girls have taken to the game, an
show considerable aptitude in acqui
lng its finer points, such as team woi
and the manipulation of the puck.
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Billy Williams, the lower lake L
barge road house man, while on h
way home from Whitehorse recentl
had occasion to stop and leave h
team for a short time. Before his r
turn his horses became tired and stai
ed on and were almost out of sigt
He pursued diligently and made tl
17 miles home in the record time
three hourB, but the team beat him
that.
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ed on the world’s doings.
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LOS ANGELES. May 19. — Th
aviator, as well as the farmer and th
mariner, will pay close heed to th
daily reports of the weather man. B
scanning the official forecast th
army flier will know just what ai
conditions he may expect on that da;
in certain overhead areas.
The weather to the man thousand
of feet in the air, has become almos
as matter of fact as to the man 01
the ground. Mysteries of "holes in th*
sky," tricky currents and the hun
dreds of odd bits of information, thi
lack of which has been charged witl
the death of many aviators, are bein;
recorded by the United States weathe;
bureau, with all the exactness o
"rain today” and “fair and warmer'
reports.
Installation of instruments automa
tically registering wind velocities a
Mount Wilson Solar Observatory, 6,00(
feet above sea level, was completec
ten days ago. The direction, speed
habits of the air currents, represented
by these new records, similar obser
vations at San Diego and San Pedro
supplemented by the bureau's general
weather reports along the coast, now
are assembled under the direction ol
Dr. Ford A. Carpenter, meteorologisl
of the weather bureau office here, in
to forecasts for the airplanes aloft.
As the airplane has been taken from
art and given to science, knowledge
of the conditions governing its travel
has kept pace.
Up on Mount Wilson the weather
observer records the depth and extent
of fogs, facts about air currents, gen
eral conditions and views from his
high position, of the the coast stretch
ing down to Point Loma, near San
Diego. The tricks of the air now are
recorded, forming the basis for more
exact knowledge and predictions.
Since airplanes first flew in the
United States, Dr. Carpenter has giv
en attention to aviation, lecturing for
the war department at North Island
Bchool of Aviation at San Diego, ad
venturing into the air himself with
an army aviator to study at close
range treacherous spots that aviators
shunned, and going up to meet the
’louds which figure so largely in wea
ker conditions.
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30VT. WILL BLOW BACK
WITH TOWNSITE MONEY.
The bill introduced in congress pro
viding that fifty per cent of all moneys
received by the government from the
sale of town lots along the line of the
government railroad be used for mak
ing improvements in the towns from
which received, has passed.
A request has been made to the
local office of Andrew Christensen
head of the land department of thi
railroad, asking the amount of monej
received from each town.
The figures as compiled by Franl
A. Boyle, received of the local lam
office shows that 1154 lots were soli
in Anchorage for the sum of $222,210
and that of this amount $98,8881.01
has been actually paid to the govern
inent. At Matanuska 60 lots wen
sold at a purchase price of $9,840, o
which $3,468.40 has been paid. A
Seward 138 lots were sold at a pui
chase price of $27,180 and $15,170 ha
actually been paid in.
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A Mr. Folsom and his son Wilbu
arrived at Anchorage recently and wi
take up a homestead in that sectioi
He brought with him ten head of mile
cows and five horses. Folsom is froi
Washington and says that a number c
his neighbors are planning to com
north this summer.
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Henry Anderson, a trusty in the J
neau jail, took a stroll recently an
forgot to give notice that he was cor
ing back. He was captured while a
sent mindedly strolling along the ror
south of the Alaska Juneau mine ai
taken back to jail, where his liberti
have ueeii cut off for the remainder
| his term.
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i While superintending the placing
. some fish tanks at his cannery on K
diak, Capt. P. D. Blodgett was stru
on the head by a piece of timber; co
! pletely tearing the scalp from t
right side of his head, but mirai
lously his skull was not fractured. 1
is now on the road to recovery.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
THIRD DIVISION.
No. C 120.
SUMMONS.
Lakona Copper Company, a Corpora
tion, plaintiff, vs. J. L. Harper and
Ora Harper, defendants.
Tile President ot tne VTnUod -utatus
of America, to the Defendants, J.
L. Harper and Ora Harper:
You are hereby required to appear
ordered served upon you.
And unless you do appear and an
veyance, lease and bond be set aside "
and annulled, as will fully appear by
the plaintiff's complaint which is ;
court for the relief asked in said com- :
plaint.
tion of summons, and answer the com- ;
plaint of plaintiff herein, which alleges j
Witness: The Honorable Fred M. :
day of April, 1917.
division, within thirty days after the j
that you have violated the terms of
a certain contract, lease and bond en
! tered into between you and the plain
tiff herein, and aBking that said con
‘ swer the complaint of the plaintiff
! herein, the plaintiff will apply to the
1 date of the completion of the publics
Date or order of publication the 7th
i day of April, 1917.
Brown, Judge of said Court, this 7th
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
r Clerk of Said Court.
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i TRAINING CAMP
IN PILL BLAST
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(By Associated Press)
e SAN FRANCISCO. May 19. — The
s great military training ramp for offl
s cers of the reserve corps of the west
r ern department of the army, emhrac
? ing Washington. Oregon, California,
r Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and
• Alaska, has opened her# at the Pre
sidio.
i Approximately 2,500 stalwart youths
t enrolled from western department ter
i ritory, physically and mentally fit,
■ were prepared to begin the ninety
- days’ intensive military training un
! der the direction of a corps of fifty
i Instructors which will make them
; competent officers, thoroughly famll
’ iar with military tactics in all the
branches of the service.
Many of the candidates for commis
sions are college bred men and all
have educations equivalent to college
courses or have special technical train
ing as a basis for their military in
struction, which will be given them
for eight hours a day, seven days in .
the week. |
The men will be Instructed in infan
try tactics, including the use of the
rifle, physical drill, camping, tent
pitching, loading and unloading wa
gons, care of troops in the field, per
sonal hygiene, military map making
and principles of tactics, which Include
advance and rear guards, patrols, out
posts and combats, all of which will
be explained by lectures and war
games. Those who successfully mas
ter the training will receive commis
sions as officers for active duty with
the colors.
For the first month the officers in
training will be divided into fifteen
companies, then reassigned to nine in- “
fantry companies, two cavalry troops,
three field batteries and one engineer -
company.
Hundreds of citizens carrying flags
and dainties visited the tented city
today.
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work In piano and organ tuning and
repairing guaranteed. For prices on
new and second hand pianos and or
gans, also pianos for rental, address,
P. O. BOX 991, JUNEAU, ALASKA.
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\\ Foos Gas Engines |
14 to SCO Horse Power I
General Electric Motors |
Roebling Tramways
Pelton Water Wheels
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
Regal Boat Engines |
it! Harmon Machinery Co Inc |
|Oxy-Acetylene Welding.
t. CORDOVA, ALASKA
i f From the President’s Proclamation
f MARCH 15, 1917
j - 4 18 l,h<; t,me fof Amcrica to correct her unpardonable
J A fau,t of wastefulness and extravagance. Let every man and
1 % "Very .W',man a88ume the duty of careful, provident use and
: ! 5 expenditure as a public duty, as a dictate of patriotism which
i I ignoring8” "°W CXpect ever to be -used or forgiven for
| The First Bank
of Cordova
Territorial Depositary.
United States Depositary for Postal Savings Funds.
Commercial Department. Savings Department.
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Cordova Mill & Lumber Co.
LONG AND SHORT MILL WOID FOR SALE
Manufacturers and Dealers in Rough and
Dressed Lumber.
Also Outside Lumber.
We Have Succeeded the Arctic Lumber Company and
All Mail Orders Should be Addressed to Us!
Orders From up the Line Office and Mill Opposite
Promptly Attended to. Railroad Depot. Phone 5
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E. A. HEGG
STATIONERY AND PHOTO SUPPLIES
Developing and Printing Phonographs
Views and Postcards n , ,, „ ,
Art Pictures, Art Supplies Recorii3
Picture Frames Sheet Music
uunet flcruvivA y. Handies Alwavs Fresh
MAIL ORDERS GIVEN IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
ALL THE LIGHT ON THE BOOK,
and none In the eyes Is what makes
the electric light so superior for night
reading. And Us brilliancy brings out
the type with the utmost distinctive
ness so that reading is accompanied
by no strain on the eyes wha'sver.
Have you electricity in your homaT
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS WATER PHONES POWER
Office: FIRST STREET.
Copper River & j
| Northwest rn Ry. |
Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. |
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Tkurn- »
days and Saturdays. j|
| Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and |
Fridays. •§
1 Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thuia- |
| days and Fridays. ^
| Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, |
Thursdays and Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to change without notice. |
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Peaaenger Trains •* ^
tween Cordova and Chitina. ^
j| Freight received and delivered at Cordova wharf i
| from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays. |
i Tickets on sale at Second Street depot, office one |
1 hour before departure of trains. |
I Caleb Corser W. E. Brown I
| Superintendent. Agent Cordova Wharf. §
| R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent. |