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$ 6.50 Waists, Special At ... $3.50
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$10.00 Waists, Special At ... $6.95
Also A NEW SHIPMENT of Stylish Skirts, Corsets, Dresses and Underwear
CHILDREN’S DRESSES THE SPECIAL SALE PRICES
ALL THE VERY LATEST STYLES , rl>lrv. „ „
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LOCAL DOIIGS|
Chris Tjosevig returned yesterday
from a trip to the states.
Louis Stol and wife were outgoing
passengers on the Alameda.
The launch Waif will leave for
Katalla tomorrow morning.
The Home Guards will meet at the
various halls tonight for drill.
The freighter Valdez is in port with
a cargo of coal, lumber and rails.
C. S. Crider, auditor of the Wells
Fargo Express Company, is in town.
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W. H. Menahan, of Los Angeles,
was an arrival in town on yesterday’s
boat.
Miss Ellen Fraisure has accepted a
clerical position in the Northern drug
store.
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L. L. Middlecamp and wife of Ella
mar are aboard the Alameda, bound
for the States.
W. G. Stosser of Anchorage was in
town yesterday on his way to the
States to enlist.
Jack Sutherland, secretary of the
Alaska Labor Union, at Anchorage,
is a Cordova visitor.
More ideal weather than ,we have
been having during the past few days
could not be imagined.
R. E. Davis has left for Yakutat,
where he is in charge of a cannery,
having spent several dayc here.
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H. C. Feldman booked passage on
the Alaska for Anchorage, where he
is interested in a hardware firm.
Mrs. Roger E. Summy returned on
the Alameda from Anchorage, and
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will go to Katalla on the launch Wait.
George Fowder of Anchorage wTas
in towrn yesterday en route to the
States to enlist in the aviation serv
ice.
Robert Ashland returned on yester
day’s boat from a trip to Seward, and
will remain in Cordova for the pres
ent.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Finkelstein arrived
on the steamship Alaska yesterday,
and will remain in Cordova for some
time.
Attorney J. J. Finnegan and wife
of Seward spent yesterday here on I
their return home from a trip to the |
States.
Valdez purchased $76,000 worth of
third Liberty loan bonds, which is
more than three times its quota of
$23,000.
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Mrs. A. Goldman of Seattle wrns an
arrival yesterday, on a visit to her
sisters, Mrs. J. B. Sapiro and Mrs.
H. I. Lewis.
Jens H. Nelson, Svend Vigo Holm
and Carl Gustave Ollson are request
ed to report immediately to the local
exemption board.
L. D. Bracken, of the Northern
drug store left on the Alameda for
Seattle, where he was called on ac
count of business.
Lieutenant Faust, in charge of the
United States Signal Corps at Valdez,
spent last evening in town, inspecting
the local cable office.
Mr. and Mrs. Lamereaux and Mr.
and Mrs. John Mooney, of Belling
ham, are town visitors and will short
ly leave for Katalla.
O. E. Lambert, who purchased a
ranch in California, where he spent
the past winter, has returned to Cor
dova for the summer.
The Admiral Watson, which sailed
direct from Seattle to Bristol Bay,
will call at Cordova on its southbound
trip and is due here May 15.
Joe Campbell, one of Seward’s rep
resentative business men, was here
yesterday on his way to the States to
enlist in Uncle Sam’s service.
R. K. Brown and wife left on the
Alameda for a short trip to the states,
as the former has not been in the best
of health for some time past.
G. H. Birch of New York was an
arrival here yesterday, and will leave
on the next train for Nizina to look
after his mining interests there.
M. S. Bryant, of Three Forks, Mon
tana, arrived in Cordova yesterday
on the steamer Alaska, to visit his
sister, Mrs. George A. Harmon.
The Admiral Wainwright is due at
Katalla tomorrow morning at ten
o’clock and will be here Thursday
morning, bringing freight only.
Cordova’s honor flag has not yet
arrived, but the first blue star award
ed the town was received in yester
day’s mail by the First Bank of Cor
dova.
James E. Wilson of Valdez arrived
in town yesterday, and will leave on
the next boat for Nizina, where the
territorial road commission is build
ing a bridge.
J. F. A. Appleby and wife, who have
been at Anchorage for the past year
or two, returned on yesterday's
steamer to Cordova, where’ they will
likely remain.
W. R. Hillery has tendered his re
signation as federal food administA
tor, as the duties of that office are
constantly increasing and interfere
with his other work.
The steamship Admiral Wainwright
left Juneau Sunday night, but will not
reach Cordova until Thursday on ac
count of delivering the Admiral Far
ragut’s freight to canneries at way
points.
Fire Chief Phillips and Chief of
Police Brotherson had a force of men
on duty yesterday removing the dirt
from the accumulated snow and Ice,
preparatory to a general cleaning up
of the town.
A1 Shyman of the Bolte Hardware
Company of Anchorage was in town
yesterday on his way to the States to
eniist in the field service of the ord
nance department, and expects to be
sent to Camp Hancock, Georgia.
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William Maloney of Juneau, who
recently was defeated for the Demo
cratic nomination for delegate to con
gress from Alaska, was in town yes
terday on his way home from Anchor
age, where he closed his campaign.
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Winfield Dewey Metdorf, who has
been working for the Modern laundry,
left on the Alameda for the states to
join the aviation corps. His co-work
ers presented him with a beautiful
ring as a token of their friendship.
Dean Officer, John Pugh, Martin
Nelson, Ira Marker and Luther HydeM
who enlisted from here in the Twenty
seventh engineers regiment, are
aboard the Alameda for Fort Meade,
Md., having passed their physical ex
aminations at Fort Liscum.
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A meeting of the executive commit- J
tee of the Cordova Chapter, American
Red Cross, will be held tomorrow
evening and a full attendance of all
the members is requested to discuss
plans for the conduct of the war fund
drive, which starts May 20.
H. A. Slater, W. L. Fursman, L. H.
Keist, C. M. Rossway, Roy Hegg, G.
A. Greenlee, Louis Stein, Geo. Hick
man, L. H. Smith, A. C. Kramer and
Mrs. M. Book left on the Alaska this
morning for Valdez to attend district
court as jurors and witnesses.
Capt. J- G. Hunter, commander of
the steamer Northwestern, recently
celebrated his 75th birthday anniver
sary and the members of his crew
gave him a beautiful leopard skin
auto robe for his machine which he
purchased recently in Seattle.
Dan Dunlap, who last fall made the
surveys for Cordova’s new sewer sys
tem, is taking a course in military
aeronautics at the Institute of Tech
nology, Cambridge, Mass., and will
graduate in June and then get a com
mission. His present status is army
cadet.
The grand jury was called to meet
at Valdez this morning, but as many
of the jurors from this section were
unable to get there on time the or
ganization of that body did not take
I 'nee until latefc this afternoon. The
petit jury has been called for next
Monday.
The local merchants are handling
the Matanuska potatoes, and while
they may not be as good as the im
ported ones, the federal food adminis
trator advises their use. They are a
home product, cheaper in price than
the Outside spuds, and it is our patri
otic duty to purchase them.
Miner Mill, formerly of Cordova,
who has been employed at Treadwell
for several years past, was in town;
yesterday. He has been visiting his
mother at Valdez, and received a wire
from Juneau to immediately report for
military duty, being in Class 1, which
would indicate that the draft has been j
made in the First division.
As is customary at this season of
the year the bridge at Chitina went;
nut at 10 o’clock this morning, taking
i>ut five bents. Just as soon as the
ice stops running, a ferry will trans
port passengers across the river un
til the damage can be repaired, which
will take about two weeks. Trains
will leave here, as usual, on Monday
and Thursday mornings for Chitina.
A movement has been launched by
A. J. MacConnell for the erection of a
flagpole at the corner of First street
and D avenue, from which will be
floated the Cordova third Liberty loan
honor flag, with its three blue stars.
A number of voluntary subscriptions
already have been received, and in or
der that all may have an opportunity
of contributing toward the pole, the
list will be placed at the Northern
drug store for the first three days
of this week and at the Cordova drug
store for the last three days of the
week.
Last evening George James and
Miss Vera Engstrom were united in
marriage, the ceremony being per
formed by Judge Edward F. Medley,
In fcfea presence of only a few inti
mate friends. Immediately after the
nuptial knot had been tied, a wed
ding supper was served at the Alas
kan Grill, which was attended by a
number of young people. L»»er the
party repaired to the new home of
Mr. and Mrs. James where dancing
was indulged in for several hours
ind when the hour for departure had
arrived, the guests showered the new
lyweds with expressions of good
wishes.
MEM MILS SOOTH
Mil IEIIES FOit WEST
The steamer Alameda sailed for
Seattle at 2 o’clock this morning with
the following passengers from Cor
dova: Mrs. L. Stole, L. Stole, R. K.
Brown, Mrs. R. K. Brown, Joe Brown,
D. W. Metzdorf, E. Glenn, W. E. Wil
liams, Jno. Nelson, Vic Enstrom, Mrs.
E. E. Taylor, L. D. Bracken, E. A.
Graham, Miss I. Engstrom, G. A.
Johnson, Mrs. M. Du Val, Madaline
Burton, A. M. Keating, D. C. Sargent,
Oscar Obberstad, Milo Asnovich, War
ren Doyle, Mrs. Felemina Oliver, S.
Sahagka, John Vestern, P. Nicholet,
W. Burch, E. E. Taylor, W. Devors.
Sim Eolow, Jno. A. Crowl, G. A. Ha
gan, Frank Pagan, E. Hoile, J. J.
Page, Ben Day, C. Erickson, C. Nel
son and T. J. Cook.
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The following Cordovans were
booked for the westward on the
steamer Alaska, leaving at 9 o’clock
this morning: W. L. Fursman. Capt.
G. R. Koehler, L. H. Kirst, R. Koska,
W. Koska, Mrs. M. Swanson, M. G.
Severson, Mrs. M. Book, Henry Sla
ter, C. R. Rosswag, Lt. M. H. Faust,
Curly Hickman, H. Feldman, Louis
Stein, G. A. Greenlee, L. H. Smith,
A. C. Kramer, Roy Hegg, H. V. Hos
kins, A. Zeisier, P. Shamrock, Pete
Olmed, A. Barnstein. F. Graham, J.
W. Neplin, Bill Neldellc, Frank Stadt.
Joe Kompolo and T. Gordon.
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Quality talks. Smoke an El Roi
Tan Cigar and be convinced; they are
mild. tf
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Uncle Same is today the quarter
master of a hungry world. He is play
ing the game square and counts on
every American to do the same.
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If you saved a slice a day, eat corn
bread and save a loaf.
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Quality talks. Smoke an El Roi
Tan Cigar and be convinced; they are
mild. tf
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“Make your acres tote double,’’
says the Progressive Farmer.