TRY THE NEW
Shoemaker
Open for Business at
John Rawson’s Store,
FRONT STREET
EXPERT
PIANO TUNER
George Anderson, ptano expert and
factory representative, will be In Cor
dova this coming summer. Expert
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.
Take a Victrola
rtrl yonv, mping tljp
A Victrola is looked upon as a regular part of
a camping outfit nowadays.
It is always sure of a rousing welcome.
Its delightful music is one of the real joys of
camp life.
Whether you are gc\y camping or not, come in and get acquainted j
with the Victrola. We' ! £ ' idly play any music you wish to hear.
\ Victrolas $15 to $150. Victors $10 to $100. Terms to suit your
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Northern Drug Co.
CORDOVA
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Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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GERMAN SUPPLY!
OF TORPEDOES ;
WEAKENING 1
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, July 31. — There
is reason to believe that the German j
torpedo supply is weakening, say: a
statement issued at the Navy League |
headquarters today.
The increasing frequency with which
press dispatches report merchant
ships as successfully dodging Gorman
torpedoes, says the statement, sug
gests to the technically trained mind
that the German torpedo is deterior
atlng in speed, and hence in accuracy
of fire at long range.
At the outset, the statement con
tinues, the Germans were extremely
careful to conserve their torpedoes
Merchant ships were sunk by gunfire
wherever possible. But the arming
of merchant ships and the constant
Improvement in the allies’ system ol
defense against submarine attack has
driven the submarines under water
and they are now forced to use tor
pedoes in almost every attack. The
increase In the number of submarine:
has further added to the strain upon
the German stock of torpedoes.
An analysis of reports on submarine
attacks now indicates that this unpre
cedented expenditure of torpedoes I;
beginning to tell upon the effective
ness of the U-boat warfare. The Ger
mans are pressing their submarim
campaign with all possible vigor and
the number of attacks on merchant
ships appepis to be increasing. Also
the zone of submarine operations is
constantly widening. Yet this in
creased fury with which the U-boat
warfare is being waged has failed tc
increase the number of merchant ship;
sunk. The Germans apparently art
being forced to constantly greater ef
forts to maintain their average ol
sinkings, and even so, are slipping
back slightly.
The explanation of this offered by
certain naval experts is that the Ger
mans are being so pressed for time in
the construction of torpedoes that
Giey can no longer maintain their
sptwu ana their accuracy or rire. it
Is estimated that the German torpodo
has lost nearly ten knots In speed
from the standard torpedo used at thi
outset of the war.
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construct a torpedo and costs many
thousand dollars. There is also a
chance of Germany running short in
some material essential in their man
ufacture. Whether this has occurred
is not known, but the conclusion has
been reached that the individual Gcr
man torpedo is losing in efficiency.
The U-boat warfare as now being
waged, it fs said, was undoubtedly no!
thought out and prepared for by Ger
many before the war. Therefore the
stock of torpedoes was not sufficient
for the purpose. The efficiency has
been made up by increasing the out
put of torpedoes. But with the tre
mendouB land operations she has es
sayed, Germany could not have de
voted a maximum of labor or mater
ials to the making of torpedoes. Had
she done this it is not doubted she
could have kept up the supply. But
sacrifices in the torpedo supply were
made to sar.lsfy the folly of the crown
prince at Verdun.
Naval experts are rightly continu
ing to stress the vital importance of
attempting to destroy the power of
the submarine by some new develop
ment in naval strategy. No "degree
of deterioration in the effectiveness of
Gorman torpedo attack would lesson
these efforts at effective warfare
against the submarines. Yet the in
terest of naval experts has been at
tracted by this recent record of per
formance of the German torpedoes.
They are wondering whether Germany
can stand much longer the strain of
this staggering expenditure of tor
pedoes.
The only wide open camp In Alaska
Just now Is Dime Creek. Hocking with
consolidated drunkenness, gambling
and dance halls, the new Camp lias
dug itself a nice little ulcer on the tri
butary of the Koyuk, says the Nome
Nugget.
A little log cabin shellers the
gamesters, where the gamblers havo
a high old time and rakeoffs mount
as high as three hundred a night
Currency runs short and checks en
dorsed by a dozen different people,
mudstained and tobacco odored pass
for the chips when the gold and sll
ver fall. Panglggl. black jack, poker
or such other games as separate a
man playfully front his money are to
be had for the asking. The camp is
without a deputy, and when the com
missioner shows up in the vicinity
everything is innocent looking.
But that'a not all. They have a
dance hall, popularly known as the
Monte Carlo, where a couple of ladles
have initiated the lightH of Dime
Into the terpslchorean and o her bac
chanallan mysteries that may be re
ferred to only as generalizations. Here 1
he tv o reaches that stage of socia
bility wherein he Is willing to whoop j
t up, and whoop It up he daes, with
he help of the steersman who guide i
lim to the cabin where the re.il games
ire played. The delightful condition
if things has raised the mischief with
the camp, but some of the sharks are
i lot richer by their visits and it is
a pretty prosperous field. No gold
mine along the deposits of Dime creek
have produced the wealth that that
cabin has returned to those who have
aperated the games, and tha figures
ire prodigious as to the limits played
It Is evidently no place fur pl'-ors. One
man lost as high as fourteen hundred
mother four hundred and another a
couple of hundred within a short time.
If this keeps up the green cloth will
be ablo to buy steam yachts. So too
with the ladies. A recent fair one
from the direction of St. Mcbaels is
said to have amassed a fortune in the
lance hall, ami put her a-'sterhood j
from otherwheres In the shade.
It ’s a pretty easy camp with the lid j
>ff and the limit thrown Into the
rock. lha'‘s tue statement of fact
which returning Dlmeitcs bring to
Nome.
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; Soda Works l
♦ Manufacturers un<l ♦
^ Bottlers #
♦ Soda Water, all Flavors, ♦
♦ Gingerale, «
♦ Root Beer, ♦
♦ Coco Cola. *
♦ Mail Orders Given Prompt ♦
♦ Attention. ♦
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MEET ME AT
TheHORSESHOE
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE
Whore W'e Can Always Kind Our
Friends.
Finest Billiard and Pool 1 ablet It
Alaska.
BEST GRADES OF STANDARD
BRANDS OF CIGARS.
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Will I
Make You
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Ragular Patron
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Private Poxes
For
Large or Small
Parties
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PAINTERS AND
DECORATORS
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Eet Us Estimate Your Work.
PHONE 129
CTffTMoP
PHONE 127.
Second St., opposite Postoffice
Best of Hand Work. Give IJs:
a Call.
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Windsor Hotel
L. Wain, Prop.
Whore You Oet
Comfort and Service.
And the Rates Are Right.
Cordova Alaska
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“That some are rich shows that others may become
rich."—Lincoln.
The riches of one stimulate others to energy and » n
terprise—the prime factors in the acquisition of property.
Moral: A bank account here is a helpmate to energy
and enterprise.
THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
Territorial Depositary.
United States Depositary for Postal Savings Funds.
Commercial Department. Savings Department.
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Howard & Lund
Contractors and Builders
Estimates Furnished.
PHONE 68.
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INSURANCE
FIRE, MARINE, LIFE and ACCIDENT
Insure your property against nre In
reliable Insurance Companies.
We represent the Niagara. London.
Phoenix, Hartford, Northern, Globe
and Rutgers, and others; all strong
Board Companies.
We also represent the Maryland
Casualty Company, and Issue Fidelity
and Surety Bonds.
Northwestern Realty & Trust Co.
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ROBERT GOTTSCHALK—Proprietor*—ART CLONINGER
^ “The House of Comfort."
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN
| ALASKA
Bar and Barber Shop in Connection. 1
| Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, U
Electric Lights, Steam Heat, Suites
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CORDOVA . ALASKA
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WHY NOT OWN YOUR OWN HOME?
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Many families are Paying out from $200 to $500 in $
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rent each year. Why not put that into a home of your %
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Call on Geo. C. Hazelet, Trustee of the Townsite, and |j
Bee if it can’t be arranged. $
Cordova Mill & Lumber Co.
LONG AND SHORT MILL WOOD 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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MATCHLESS INDEED
is the electric light in more
ways than one. In the first
place it is the most brilliant
and sunlike light known to
man. In the next place no
matches are required, just
a turn of a button or a pull
on a chain. It is the light of
power, safety and conven
ience. lta use means more
comfort and less labor.
Cordova Power Co.