PURELY LOCAL
GOSSIP ABOUT
YOUR FRIENDS
R. L. Clifton, of Valdez, is a Cor
dova visitor.
J. F. Appleby, a fox rancher from
Naked island, is spending a few days
in town.
Attorney B. O. Graham has return
ed from Valdez, where he was attend
ing court.
There were four baptisms at the
Episcopal church yesterday afternoon
at 3 o’clock.
Dick Lewis returned yesterday from
Fort Lewis, where he was mustered
out of the service.
Nels McCrary and wife came over
from Middleton island where they are
conducting a fox ranch.
Dr. W. D’Arcy Chace has returned
from Valdez, where he was attending
court as an expert witness.
George Buchanan was excused from
jury duty before the district court,
and returned from Valdez yesterday.
Mrs. C. C. Keenan, who has been
seriously ill for some time past was
today removed to the general hospital.
Miss Jean Dugger has accepted a
position at the Cordova Style Shop
and entered upon her new duties this
morning.
H. N. Wilson and J. L. Brown, who
are on the north branch of the Cop
per River railway, arrived in town
yesterday.
Hugh Hood, superintendent of the
Perseverance mine, Juneau, was in
town yesterday and left on this morn
ing's train to visit the mines at Ken
necott.
Dr. J. M. Sloan, of Seward, who was
attending court at Valdez took advan
tage of the opportunity to come to
Cordova on the Northwestern and
greet his Cordova friends. He will re
turn home on the Alaska.
There were two cases against the
Kennecott Copper Corporation tried
at the Valdez term of court last week,
under the compensation act. Mike W.
Ulrich received a verdict of $1800 and
Eli Radovlch for $480. Both plaintiffs
worked at the Latouche mines.
Dr. Hill and wife came down from
Kennecott and left on the Northwest
ern for their home in the South. Dr.
Hili has been the surgeon in charge
of the hospuital at the copper mines
and the many friends of both he and
his wife regret to see them leave
Alaska.
The steamer Alaska left Juneau
today for Skagway and Is dde here
Wednesday morning.
Miss Dorothy Ballard will leave
Seattle on Thursday for Cordova to
visit her brother, Howard Ballard.
R. W. Ferrel and Chris Mattson
have purchased the gasoline boat Rat
tler and will go into the halibut fish
ing game.
John Reinken was today found
guilty in the commissioner's court of
violating the Alaska dry law and fined
$150 and costs.
Early yesterday morning the
steamer Northwestern arrived from
Seward and sailed for Seattle at 8
o’clock last night.
Tom Cloninger has a force of men
at work today tearing out the floor
and partitions at the old Empress
theatre, which he will transform into
a pool and billiard hall.
With the opening of the new Em
press theatre the prices of admission
will be raised to 35 and 15 cents, the
same prices as are now in effect at
the other houses on this circuit.
Dr. W. H. Chase has undertaken to
raise funds for a two day celebration,
boginning Friday, July 4, and ending
the next day. He is circulating a sub
scription list today and the program to
be arranged will depend upon the
amount of money secured.
While at the city dock yesterday
afternoon M. Finkelstein was precipi
tated into the bay by stepping onto a
dory, which slid from under him. He
was pulled out of the water by by
standers and suffered no ill effects,
other than being given a good ducking.
In publishing an acount of a party
given by Mrs. A. J. MacConnell, in
honor of Miss Thelma MacConnell, the
names of the following guests present
were inadvertently omitted from the
list published in Saturday’s paper:
Misses Ethel Graham, Edna Purvis,
Margaret Foster, Beulah Bacon, Harrs
Atchison and Dick Kerwood.
PRICE HELD FOR I
ASSAULT AND
Yesterday morning Gus Ohm and
Jack Price had some words at the
ocean dock, which resulted in Price
drawing a gun and firing two shots
at Ohm, neither ot which took effect.
Price was later arrested and Is now
in the federal jail awaiting the arrival
of District Attorney Munley, who is a
pasenger on the steamer Alaska, for
trial.
While the above altercation was
taking place Deputy Marshals Furs
man and Kavanaugh and Special
Agent Burke were down the bay mak
ing a search of Price’s cabin, which
is near the Ohm plant, where they lo
cated an illicit still for the manu
facture of “hootch.” They also found
two bottles of the brew in the cabin.
The still was located in the brush
near by, and a boiler, barrels and mash
not far away, all of which were
brought to town, to be produced when
needed. A warrant was then sworn
out for Price on the charge of manu
facturing “moonshine.” This case will
also be tried upon the arrival of Dis
trict Attorney Munley.
SOVIETGOVERNMENT
LITERATURE CIRCULATED
WINNIPEG, June 9 (by Associated
Press).—Returned soldiers found lit
erature advocating a soviet govern
ment at Winnipeg. They allege the
literature was printed by the Winnipeg
Labor News, the strikers’ publication.
TELEGRAPHERS PLANNING
NATION WIDE STRIKE
CHICAGO. June 9 (by Associated
Press).—Kohenkamp, president of the
telegraphers, said that he is taking
the final steps for a nation-wide strike
of seventy-five thousand telegraphers
next Wednesday.
Get your fresh milk and cream at
the Blum, O’Neill Company and Cash
Grocery Stores. T. U. Pirtle. 28-3t
Special dinner served from 11:30
o’clock every day at the City Bakery.
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GRIGSBY GAINS
IN HIS LEAD
FOR DELEGATE
Additional returns from the delegate
election last week increase the lead of
George B. Grigsby for that office and
absolutely insure his getting the cer
tificate of election.
Wick Carries Afognak
Afognak showed its determination
to hew to the line, letting the chips
fall where they may, by giving James
Wickersham 8 votes; Grigsby 4, and
Connolly 1. Connolly ran last year
on the Socialist ticket.
Forgot Jones Was-Running
Ouzinkie gave Grigsby 16 votes,
and Jones none in the delegate elec
tion acording to a wireless dispatch
received from there.
Kodiak Strong For Grigsby
In the delegate election Kodiak
piled up a good vote, considering that
most of the men are out fishing.
Grigsby received 53 votes and Wick
ersham 2.
Was an Even Break
But six votes were polled at Copper
Center and Grigsby and Wickersham
each received three.
WILLARD JUMPS PRICE
TO S WORK OUT
TOLEDO, June 9 (by Associated
Press).—Willard is increasing the
length of his boxing until he reaches
twelve rounds, which is the limit of
the Fourth of July fight. Willard is
criticised because he raised the ad
mission price to the camp to fifty
cents. He took in $2,000. Dempsey
charged only twenty-five centB.
Bulgarian and sweet butermllk. Call
Northwest Soda Works. Phone 187.
The best and quickest route to Fair
banks and interior points. Burgess
Karstens Auto Line, Chitlna, Alaska.
Best coffee in town at the City
Bakery. 2-6t
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