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. SATURDAY,' JANUARY 17, 1920
NEW THRILLS FOR TOURISTS
The report of the scientific observa
tions of the party under the leader
ship of Professor Griggs of the Ohio
State University, which recently made
an extended visit to Katmai volcano
and the “Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes,’’ will be of less interest to
the ordinary tourist than the profes
sor’s suggestion of an automobile road
from tidewater, eighteen miles of the
scene of these inconceivably magnifi
cent works of nature,
i The “smokes” are clouds or jets of
steam. The entire valley gradually is
becoming solid under foot. Many
square miles covered with semi-liquid
hot mud a year ago may now be
crossed on foot in perfect safety. The
valley has three arms, in one of which
is a glacier that is rapidly melting.
The waters from this giacier run
through a basin into a declivity that
has become a lake of almost boiling
water. The adjoining arm is a good
place to avoid just at present, as down
its mountain face immense boulders
constantly are tumbling, being broken
off thousands of feet above, near the
snow-capped peaks, by variations of
temperature.
Among purely commercial attrac
tions of the valley are vast deposits
of virtually pure sulphur, arsenic and
other chemicals. Gold has also been
found in the vicinity.
One of the most interesting scien
tific features of the investigations is
the possibility that the uncovering of
external surfaces by the immense erup
tion of 1912 at Katmai* may disclose
the constituent elements of the in
terior of the earth, according to sci
entists in the party.—Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
Professor Porta was partly right.
Something has happened to this old
world'. This section of Alaska is hav
ing spring weather in January. Warm
rains have been falling* for the past
week, when by all the rules of conduct
the Taku wind should be howling and
the thermometer hovering around
zero.—Douglas News.
One of the greatest needs of Ketchi
kan is ft gentlemen’s club, one run
along high lines by the members, not
for profit, but for the better under
standing of each other, for the up
building of the town and for the en
tertainment of visitors of consequence
who come North either on business or
pleasure. Three other towns in
Alaska have demonstrated beyond
question the desirability andT*benefits
of good clubs. These are Fairbanks,
Nome and Valdez, and late reports
from Cordova say that an excellent
club has been formed there. Anyone
who has lived in any of these towns
and has seen the benefits reaped from
these clubs *or who has enjoyed them
can not but feel their absence.—Ket
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chikan Chronicle.
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Prohibition of the use of tobacco
Is going to be serious, indeed, if it
means that a fellow will have to slip
his lighted cigar hurriedly into his
hip pocket.
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Berlin reports that it lost only 178,
000 in population during the war, and
we can think of a couple ;of its most
prominent citizens on that list who
are almost no loss at all.
Those centenarians who say the
road to long life is through not worry
ing forget that there is so much more
to worry about now than there was
during most of their lives.
In England the exaction or more
than a reasonable profit is punishable
by jail sentences. Naturally, we may
expect England to be one of tine first
to solve the high cost of living.
DR. E. F. W. ALEXANDERSON
Dr. Ernst F. W. Alexanderson, who
invented the Alexanderson magnetic
alternator used in the transmission of j
wireless telephone messages across
thr* Atlantic. Doctor Alexanderson has
figured conspicuously in the develop
ment of radio machinery.
HE SLAPS ‘SPIDER' ON WOMAN
Whisky Soaked Imagination Leads 1
Oregon Man Into Police
Court.
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Portland. Ore.—It wasn’t a pink
elephant or a purple snake that John
Hick thought he saw upon the shoul
der of a woman pedestrian on the
downtown street, but the bibulous
John’s whisky-soaked imagination in
veigled him into believing that a large
crimson spider was crawling stealthily
upon the woman’s coat, near her
i liroat.
John crept slyly upon the woman
and his fist came down with undue
force where he thought the spider
was crawling. In another instant the
woman' called for help, and a few
moments later John was aboard a po
lice patrol on his way to the station.
In the police court John admitted
he had partaken too freely of a bottle
of “white mule” moonshine. He was
surprised to learn that the blood red
spider was but a figment of his whisky
soaked brain, but he sorrowfully ad
mitted that the liquor had been po
tent enough to produce almost any
result.
Judge Rossman prescribed a $10
tine and seven days in jail as a fitting
treatment for his ailment.
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| Bird, SToking Cigarette. |
| Sets College on Fire |
IZ A cigarette-smoking sparrow zZ
? set fi!-i to Geneva college at «
7 Reaver falls. Pa., and this fact ||
Z will he duly recorded in the ofli
4 rial report of Fire Chief Rich- <$
Z ard Timmons of the Reaver ?>
z Falls department when he makes v
t ft to the state. v A
I? A Student threw the butt of a A
? lighted cigarette from a window A
z to the grass. A sparrow pounced A
? upon if and soared to liis nest «
Z :n the eaves of the dormitory, v
Z Next came a fire alarm. Not >Z
{ much damage was done. zZ
The shop of Rudolph the shoemaker
is open again from 10 a. m. to 7 p. m. tf
Fresh French puffs daily at the City
Bakery. % 13-tf
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOR RENT—Furnished apartment.
Call 104. 17-tf
FOR PENT—An apartment. Apply to
fC. J. Goodall. 15-tf
WANTED—To buy or rent one female
canary for breeding. Call 29-2. 10-tf
FOR SALE—Drop-head Singer sewing
machine, for $25. Inquire P. O. Box
192. 10-tf
WANTED—Leather couch, in good
condition. Apply Times office. 8-tf
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FOR SALE—L. C. Smith typewriter;
first-class condition, $40. See Cor
dova Adjustment Co. 27tf
LOST—A monogram watch fob, with
two small diamonds in setting. Re
turn to Times office and receive re
ward. 8-tl
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins. See
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Dooley.
WANTED—Two tiemakers; good tim
ber; 40 t(\ 45c; ties to be put in
bunches not less than three in a
bunch; parties will batch. Apply
Harry Christie, Mile 19.
0 I SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARING SALE
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Be sure to make our store your shopping headquarters during this great
Clearing Sale. No one advertisement would hold all there is to tell, nor
would you have the time to read it. Come to the store and let us show you.
STARTS TOMORROW, JAN. 13TH
LASTS TEN DAYS ONLY
Let us say, first, that every article, in the store
IS REDUCED 15 PER CENT
Then we have manay special reductions which will
help you to materially reduce the H. C. of L.
READ READ
EVERY HAT IN STOCK AT
HALF PRICE
If you want the best of the best stock in the North,
come in early. They’re all Gage & Phipps’. That
tells the whole story. You’ll have many months’
wear yet out of your Winter Hats. Buy them now
at half. v ::::
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& i? Women’s Warm Woolen Unions, $8.00 val
| | ues,"selling at $5.00
11 WOMEN’S WOOLEN HOSIERY
i| $1.50 values, both black and white, at..$1.25
| 1 $1.25 values, both black and white, at 1.00
| | $ 1.00 values, both black and white, at.. .75
| j| All other Hosiery reduced 15 per cent, in
I U eluding Silk, Art Silk, Fiber Silk, Lisle and
|| Cotton
|| REMEMBER
1 | That our entire stock is reduced. Every arti
1 | cle in the store is a bargain that you’ll need
U I shortly, if you don’t need it now.
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CLEARING OF SHOES j|
Our entire stock of Footwear for Women ii|
and Children is offered in this sale at prices | |
which we can t duplicate at wholesale under j§ %
present conditions. I |
Frankly, we advise your buying at least two | p
pairs. You’ll need them, and if you don’t 1 |
buy .them now you 11 pay more. V< (k
ALL SHOES REDUCED 15 PER CENT 11
Our regular stock is priced from $4.50 to $ 15 1 1
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Make your own reductions and 1 !*
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Scarborough Pictures that please at
prices that are right. Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
Congoleum Rugs, suitable for every
room in your house, can be found at
the Northwestern Hardware Co.
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tf
Job printing at Daily Times office.
ROSSWOG
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CANDY
THE FINEST AS
SORTMENT
OF
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CANDY
ON
SALE
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C. M. ROSSWOG
STATIONER, NEWSDEALER,
NOTIONS,
TOBACCOS, CONFECTIONERY.
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IS NOW ON
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TONIGHT
AT 7:30
• Jerry Perry
vs.
Olaf Nygard
THREE PRIZES
FIRST—SUIT OF CLOTHES
SECOND—PAIR OF SHOES
THIRD—STETSON HAT
Aunty Keating’s
Wee Shop
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Just arrived, a large
shipment of the heav
iest weight
Canvas Gloves
For Men
peyseiT
THE TAILOR
Opposite Kenny
Helden’s
Phone 188
SHOE REPAIRING
DIMON NICKALOFF
Currier Building,
C Street. P. 0. Box 988.
Keist Furniture
Company
Is the Place to Buy
New and Second-Hand
Household Goods
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
We Sell Goods on Commission
Next door to Alaska S. S. Office
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LAUNCHES
PIONEER AND SWAN
Wm. J. Crooker, Owner and Master
REGULAR TRIPS TO KATALLA
FREIGHTING AND TOWING m
To All Parts of the Sound
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Phone 57—2 Rings
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TRY THE
WINiSOR
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For Rooms that are
Comfortable .
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JUST RECEIVED
A LARGE SHIPMENT OF
LIVE CHICKENS
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Good Roasters
JOE FREY .
Phone 22
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