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Everyman’s Literary Society meets
tonight.
A regular meeting of the city coun
cil will be held tonight.
Ben Sherman is now associated with
•he Horseshoe barber shop.
The freighter Latouche is in port
with a cargo of lumber and explo
sives.
There was seven days’ mail on the
Watson and three days’ mail on the
Northwestern.
Mrs. Helen Van Campen, author of
short stories, spent the day in town
on her way to Seward.
W. J. Shepherd has been appointed
census enumerator for this section by
the bureau of education.
Persons having costumes rented for
the firemen’s ball are requested to at I
once return them to the city hall.
Thomas S. Scott, cashier of the
First Bank of Cordova, returned home
this morning after an extended busi
ness trip to Seattle.
John Sapiro returned today from
Seattle, where he was called on ac
count of the death of his partner, the
late M. Finkelstein.
Frank Doverspike, a former resident
of Cordova, is one of the owners of
- the Payroll group of claims in the
Portland canal district.
Bill Brown, former local agent for
the Pacific Steamship Company, is
acting freight clerk on the present trip
of the Admiral Watson.
Clifford L. Wolf,*J. M. Wells, W. E.
Reilly and F. M. Ledlie were arrivals
on yesterday’s boat from San Fran- ^
cisco, to be connected with the local
navy wireless stations.
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H. E. Cleveland was an arrival on
today’s boat, and brought a tractor
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with him, which he will use in freight
ing supplies and material from Chit
ina to his Slate creek mining prop
erty, where he will install a hydraulic
plant.
There was a train this morning for
Chitina and Kennecott.
Many people are wondering what is
to occur on February 1*1, but we are
not at liberty to divulge the plans
that are in the makinig for a big
stunt to be pulled off on that date.
In The Club pool tournament Satur
day night William Hayes won two
games from William Fursman, play
ing 50 to his 60 points. The scores
were 49 to 60, 50 to 42 and 50 to 54.
Clyde A. Nettleton, who has served
in the Katalla district as forest ranger
for some time, has resigned from the
service, effective December 31. Mr.
Nettleton will be employed at the coal
mines near Katalla as engineer.
Mrs. Mary D. McCormac, formerly
of Cordova, is now chief nurse in the
office of Dr. Carlos M. White at Vi
salia, Cal. Her twp sons, Donald and
Kenneth, are attending school, but
seem anxious to get back to Alaska.
The steamship Northwestern ar
rived from Seattle at 8 o’clock this
morning, after an unusually rough
trip. Her Cordova passengers'were:
H. Ellinlund. J. F. Maloney, F. Perry,
J. Sapiro, E. Paulson and T. S. Scott.
Tom Teets and N. Casperson, for
merly of Cordova, have organized the
Teets Fish Company in Seattle. Be
sides handling their own pack from
Seldovia, they are also conducting a
general brokerage and commission
business, and have ample storage fa
cilities.
The Admiral Watson arrived here
early Sunday morning with the fol
lowing passengers from Seattle: W.
E. Reilley, John M. Wells, Clifford L.
Wolfe, P. J. Reed, Anton Jurich, Fred
3cott, J. H. Page, F M. Ladlie, Sam
\nkeny, Ben Gunn, John Picco and
EL Buckley.
Dr. W. H. Chase received a wire
Tom Joseph Ibach stating that b
lad landed Jack Dustin safely at La
;oueh on the launch Rolfe two days
ifter leaving here, and that on the
’eturn trip he would visit his fox
■anch on Middleton island, which ac
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counts for the fact that he has not
shown up here sooner.
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Three games were played in the
billiard tournament at the Horseshoe
yesterday, resulting as follows: F.
H. Foster 92, Charles Derry 75;
William Crooker 96, William Clayson
53; Charles Game 140, Dr. W. H.
Chase 96. The latter won, as his
handicap was 144 to 96.
Charles H. Flory, superintendent of
Alaska forests, with headquarters at
Ketchikan, who is spending three
weeks at the local forest office, will
spend the next week or ten days at
Chitina and Kennecott. He will be ac
companied on the trip by Supervisor
Beach of the local office. Upon their
return from up the line they will
make a short trip to Valdez. Mr.
Flory expects to return to Ketchika^
on the next south-hound trip of the
Alaska.
FOREST TIMBER
SALES ARE ON
THE INCREASE
During the month of December the
local forest office executed eight tim
ber sale contracts, involving 83,100
board feet of saw tmiber, 81,393 linear
feet of piling, and 30 cords of fuel.
The receipts from these transactions
aggregated $553.18. Four of the sales
were in the Cook inlet region and
four in Prince William sound.
Since the first of the fiscal year
(July 1) 74 sales have been executed,
covering a total of 3,365,140 board
feet of timber, valued at $5,760.95.
During the same period last year
there were but 44 sales consummated,
covering 2,469,220 feet of timber, with
a value of $3,599.74.
The steady development of the fish
ing industry in the Prince William
sound region is creating an increased
demand for national forest timber.
Scarborough Pictures that please at
prices that are right. Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
FOR RENT — Bachelor apartments.
Phone 185. 3-tf
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