HOUSE FURNISHERS, TOOLS, BUILDER’S HARDWARE
GAS ENGINES AND BOAT SUPPLIES
NORTHWESTERN HARDWARE CO.
Pacific Steamship Co.
| Safety Courtesy Serviv..
S. S. Admiral Farragut
From Seattle Due Cordova Sails South
May 30 June 5 June 11
Through tickets sold to all California points.
Three sailings a week from Seattle.
Steamers President, Governor, Queen, Admiral ■
Schley and Admiral Dewey.
See agent for special summer excursion rates.
W. A. NOURSE, Agent EMPRESS BLDG.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Leaves Seattle For Seattle
May 1.ALASKA .May 12
8..NORTHWESTERN . 19
16.ALAMEDA . 27
The freighters Cordova, Latouche, Juneau, Valdez
and Ketchikan also make regular trips.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska 8teamshlp Bldg. Bag
gage or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour
before sailing time.
J- H. BUNCH, G. F. & P. Agt S. R. HEDGES, Agent.
I ALASKA TRANSFER !
| COMPANY
| Transfer Storage Coal & Wood |
| AUTO SERVICE-DAY or NIGHT |
g Office—Northern Hotel Building. Phone 86. |
THE NORTHERN CLUB
FRED HAEF, PROP. PHONE A-~7
POOL, CARDS, TOBACCO
SOFT DRINKS OF ALL KINDS
THE POPULAR CORNER
CORDOVA ALASKA
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HANDY ANDY’S TIN SHOP
B Phones— SHOP 143 RES. 160-2R
B General Sheet Metal Work. tove Pipes and Smoke Stacks Made
B and Repaired (any size). gj
H Now that the weather Is warmer go take a look at your smoke pipes
I TODAY and have them repal ed before another cold snap comes
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Loggers Attention!
\fter February 1st we will pav $10.00 for
Flemlock and $1150 for Spruce
GOVERNMENT SCALE
Cordova Mili & Lumber Co.
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CAMP LEWIS IS
CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, Wn„ May
14.—Handling the transportation of
a city of 30,000 to 50,000 by means of
automobiles when as many as 20,000
of the population want to go in one
direction at once, is one of the prob
lems of Camp Lewis which is left in
the hands of the Camp Lewis Trans
portation company for settlement.
There are no street cars and the dis
tance from the entrance to camp to
the farthermost barracks of the can
tonment is more than three miles.
The Camp Lewis Transjfortation
company, with a line of busses, has
the contract for carrying the men
back and forth within the canton
ment for a consideration of a five-cent
fare. And for four days of the seven
in each week it is a comparatively
simple matter because there is little
travel of the enlisted men from their
barracks to the Tacoma bus station
on these days. But Wednesday af
ternoon’s and Sundays probably two
thirds of the camp is deserted and
the thousands of men must be mov
ed within a space of about two hours.
For this purpose twenty busses are
in use and they prove insufficient for
thousands of the men walk the full
distance from their baracks U the
Tacoma bus station or to the rajvay
station from which place special
trains are run on the holidays to take
the men to Tacoma and Seattle.
For months, before the pavement
of many of the streets of the camp,
the hauling of these men was an un
profitable venture. The streets were
rough, full of chuck holes and ruts
and broken springs more than ate up
the profits from the industry, officials |
of the company estimating that it
cost two and one-half cents per pas
senger more than the bus fare of five
cents. But with the pavement of
California and Washington Avenues,
the cost of repairs to the machines
has decreased and a fair profit now is
realized.
The big rush hours are from noon
to two o’clock Wednesdays and Sat
urdays and from 6 o’clock Sunday
night to reveille Monday morning,
when all soldiers must be back in
their barracks ready for their military
duties of the new week. Nearly 10,
000 men have been carried from the
Tacoma bus station at camp to their
barracks by the, transportation com
pany between six o’clock Sunday
night and Monday morning and not
one of the men is kept waiting more
than fifteen minutes.
The crowds are handled in the camp
bus station with all the precision
with which large crowds are handled
in city street railway terminals and
there is little confusion, the men pay
ing their fares and falling into line,
ready to leave as soon as the bus en
ters the station.
Plans for handling the big crowds
even more rapidly are under way It
is planned to install larger busses
with trailers attached for running on j
the paved streets, virtually doubling!
the capacity of the busses. Orders
have been placed for the larger bus
ses and within a few weeks they will
be in camp ready to move quickly
the thousands of soldiers seeking to
get away for a holiday in the city.
The busses are run on California
avenue for soldiers living on the
north side of the parade grounds and
on Washington avenue for those liv
ing on the south side. The barracks
are built along California and Mon
tana avenues on the one side and
Oregon and Washington avenues on
the other so that the soldiers can be
taken by the busses within two
blocks of their quarters.
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RECOGNIZES SAILORS
SEATTLE, May 14.—That the sea
gull is one of the most intelligent of
birds is asserted by Ensign H. M.
Delanty, of the naval training station
here. The officer says that while on
recruiting duty in an automobile re
cently, he and his party found, far
inland, a lone sea-gull, sitting on a
fence post, apparently registering de
spair, having flown so far inland that
it seemingly lost its way back to salt
water, if such were possible. On see
ing the machine filled with blue clad
men-’o-warsmen, the gull, with a
weird cry that might have expressed
recognition of the familiar uniform,
flapped off the post and followed the
car, which was headed in a westerly
direction toward the sea. When the
party stopped at a small town for
dinner, the gull continued his flight
toward the general direction of the
nearest arm of the ocean.
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PROVIDE INSTRUMENTS
BY THEIR OWN EFFORTS
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FORT BLISS. Tex., May 14.—The!
musicians of the quartermaster ma
chine repair shop unit needed new
instruments. The government, not]
having authorized the machinists to
organize a band, had not furnished
them. The entertainers in the unit
organized a home talent show which
was given down town at one of the
El Paso theaters and netted enough
to buy a complete set of instruments
from the brass drum to the piccolo..
The program included a Russian bal
let and a boxing match.
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UNIQUE IDEA
OF YOUNG PATRIOT
SAN ANGELO, Tex., May 14.—Dig
ging fishing worms for fish bait in or
der to buy war stamps is the original
idea of Chris. Sullivan, aged nine, of
this city. Chris, found the fishermen
' desired worms and they are willing
to pay for them. He has bought sev
eral books of war stamps with the
money made in this way.
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Quality talks. Smoke an El Roi
Tan Cigar and be convinced: they are>
mild. tf
NEW MUSEUM
LONDON, May 14.—In order to
house the national collection of war
relics now being formed, the govern
ment plans to build a great museum
which the Commissioner of Works
says will be one of the most remark
able buildings in Europe.
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DO YOUR BIT.
Back from the trenches I saw him
one day,
Back from the battle—an arm shot
away;
But his air was brave and his smile
was gay
And it stirred my heart to hear him
say:
“Ah lads, Its not much the arm that
I gave
There’s many a chap thats gone down
in the wave
With never a chance from the blow
in the dark,
That sends the torpedo straight to
its mark.
There are lads in the trenches, who
day after day
Are doing their part in the heat of
the fray
Helping a cause which must win the
fight
To prove to the world that right con
quers might
There are lads who are dying—your
brothers and mine
Away from their land while hearts
sadly pine
And eyese shall grow dim watching
in vain
For loved ones who’ll never return
home again.
Oh, can’t you see what we’re fighting
for
And do your share to win the war.
Your brothers are taking a chance
miss or hit
They’re dying for you—are you doing
your bit?”
—J. A. SOMERS,
San Francisco
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Your eyes fitted. Compound and
letlgmatic lenses replaced. See Os
korne.
Quality talks. Smoke an El Roi
Tan Cigar and be convinced; they are
mild. u
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Use less wheat and meat. Buy local
foods. Serve just enough. Use what
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Madame Lydia, the parmtst, will be
found in the Currier & Mickelson
building on C. street. 16-tf
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M. E. HOLBEN, Prop.
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Everything In Season
Service The BEST
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R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
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