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Five days from Chitina
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Company
LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
25 and 40 Watt Lamps.35c. ' ';
60 Watt Lamps.50c. •.
100 Watt Lamps..75c
250 Watt Lamps.$2.00
200 Watt, Gas Tilled Lamps.$3.00
Office: EIRST STREET.
AN OFFER FOR SIXTY DAYS ONLY. j
575 T«wn Lots in Cordova.
Ranging in price from $50 up to $3000, and GOO ;1
Town lots in Chitina from $50 to $1000. Any 5s
or all of them on easy terms.
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GEO. C. IIAZELET, I
Cordova, Alaska. Trustee and Agent, I
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_The Leading Hotel of Alaska
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^ H0TEL
; CORDOVA, ALASKA
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LONDON, June 28.—There is no
halt In the advance In the cost of the
cost of living In England. The Index
figures In the London Statist show
that the average Increase In prices ol
foodstuffs since the beginning of the
war 1b 43 per cent. This represent?
an Increase of about a billion dollar?
In the sum expended for food since
August 1. The disconcerting thing
about these figures to the English
student of statistics Is that the greater
part of the profit from higher price?
will accrue to farmers In foreign coun
tries, whereas a hundred years ago
during the Napoleanlc wars, prac
tically the whole advantage of the
high prices then current was reaped
by British fanners and landowners.
In normal times a great rise In
prices checks consumption, but so far
as England is concerned, the present
advance has failed to do this, the
enormous war expenditure having
brought much additional Income to
the Industrial classes, with the result
that the purchasing power of the mass
of people has increased more than suf
ficiently to provide for the advance In
the cost of living. Consequently there
has been no reduction In consumption
In fact, the consumption of food in
recent months has shown expansion
rather than contraction.
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LOOKED JETER
PARIS, Juno 28.—Throo hundred
and fifty little Belgian child-refugees
have just arrived in Paris from the
region of the Yser, which has latelj
been the Beene of bitter fighting. Mosi
of the 360 are orphans. In othei
cases their parents refused to leave
their fields, but were anxious that the
children should be taken away fron
the constant danger of bombardment
For months most of these chlldrer
have lived In ruined houses, In caves
in bams, and even with the soldiers ii
the trenches. Colonies for them have
now been arranged in Southen
France, where they will be lookee
after by Belgian school teachers ant
Belgian nuns.
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BERLIN, June 28—The war, with It
countless deaths, has aroused In Berlii
and other cities a heretofore unprc
cedented Interest in orphan chlldrei
and their rearing, and an increasing):
keen desire on the part of childlesi
couples to adopt a waif.
The orphan department of the Ger
man Headquarters for Child Care re
ports that the number of out-and-ou
adoptions in Berlin mounted from 1
In 1913 to 33 in 1914, and that tn thi
first four months of 1915 23 havi
already been completed.
In 1913 about 500 orphans weri
placed In families, without a lega
adoption being consumated. Thi
figure Increased to 1,000 tn 1914, mos
of the Increase being noted in thi
months from August to December, o
since the beginning of the war. Fron
present Indications that record will hi
broken this year.
Early In August of last year thi
headquarters sent out an appeal fo
the cure, without pay, of children, am
, received 70 responses almost at once
[ II receives, every week, requests fo
[ the adoption of “war babies" fron
J childless couples, frequently with tli
1 unthinking addition that the “wa
| baby” preferably should be a “two
1 year-old girl with light hair" or
L “three-year-old boy with fine features.
! To secure adopted parents of a d€
[ slruble kind for lllleglmate chlldrei
f has always proved a perplexing prob
I lem for the society, but there appea
> now to be an increasing number o
R people who nre willing to overlook th
! misfortune of the child's birth and u
[ their share In rearing a generation tha
J shall fill the gapH caused by the war.
DUTCH KEEN ON
STOPPING OF
COPENHAGEN, June 28.—A few
heavy fines and Imprisonments at the
beginning of the war have relieved the
government of serious difficulties 1n
preventing the smuggling of contra
band. The only Important trade In
contraband which the authorities
failed to stop took place five months
ago, when a director of an Important
corn company was caught shipping
two cargoes of corn to Germany and
was fined about $7,000.
The authorities detected the own
ers of the “Carmen" attempting to
send copper to Germany. All con
nected with the attempt were heavily
fined and two of the owners were
sentenced to three years at hard
labor. Their vessel wns confiscated
by the state.
Here was also a futile attempt of
a Swedish firm to send a cargo of
Danish rifles to Germany. Those Im
plicated were heavily fined.
Since war broke out the trade with
Germany In foodstuffs has been
heavily Increased. An extraordinary
trade In horses took place until five
months ago. Animals valued at no
less than $25,000,000 were exported
and peasants received as much as
$300 each for Inferior horses, but this
trade was stopped before the end of
1914.
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MANY WOMEN
POLICE
LONDON, June 28—It Is announced
that over 11,000 women have been en
rolled In Great Britain under the
scheme authorized by the Home Secre
tary for organizing women police.
At Brighton, Winchester, and other
places, women police have been in
evidence for some months, but they
have been the result of local effort
rather than of a general nation-wide
movement. The Home Office author
ization was Intended to give official
recognition to the scheme and en
courage its general adoption.
The women police are Intended par
ticularly to take care of young women
! and children in their respective dis
tricts. The chief recruiting efforts
are being put forward in tho vicinity
of the great military camps such as
Colchester, Chelmsford, Canterbury,
I Dover, Winchester, and Enter.
The policewomen are given a course
of special physical training and wear
a distinctive, form with an armlet not
unlike that worn by Special Constables
enrolled soon after the beginning ol
the war for use in case of aerial attack
and for home defense.
ALBERT PEARCE LOSES
LIFE NEAR ANCHORAGE
Albert Pearce, an employe of the
government, was drowned at Eagle
River, near Anchorage, two weeks ago
Pearce departed from Anchorage en
route to Eagle River, to accept em
ployment on a railway Job there. He
was last seen aboard a scow that had
been used in conveying supplies for
the work there. A bundle containing
a roll of blankets and clothing, belong
ing to Pearce, and also his coat, were
found on the scow. The pike polo was
missing. It Is supposed that Pearce
in navigating the scow with the pike
pole In the river, lost his balance and
fel> overboard. His remains have not
been found, although search has been
Instituted.
Pearce was well known in Seward
Cordova and Katalla, where he for
inerly resided. He went to the west
ward a month ago to seek employ mem
with the government. He was gener
ally called "Silvers” by his Intimates
He leaves a wife and daughter, wh(
are In Seattle.
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Notice of Meeting
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Ratnler-Orand Company
will be held at the office of the cot
poratlon la Cordova, Alaska, at 4 p. m
r July 1, 1916.
f CEO ROE DOOLEY, Secretary
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t STYLERLU8 Clotbee at 8. BLUM l
Co.
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WARSAW, Russia, June 28.—While
the German army generally effects
concentrations and strategic move
ments by railway or automobile trans- .
port, the Russians are generally com
pelled to travel on foot. During the
latest fighting, with its continual play
of advance and retreat, some of the
Russian corps marched six days and
nights without a single break.
The Russians mnrch fifty minutes
and halt ten minutes every hour. Dur
ing the halt the footgear is often
changed and always readjusted. There
are halts of half an hour and two
hours several times a day for meals,
hut when movements which necessi
tated six days and nights of tramping,
the steady marching continued without
interruption, the men sometimes sleep- j:
Ing as they walked and waking only
they stumbled and fell. In the last
periods of this splendid march even
the regulation halts were curtailed.
These men are now In the fighting line,
having come to the front by forced
marches in order to reinforce places
threatened by the German phalanx
attacks.
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Restoration to Entry of Lands In
National Forest
Lists 6-1496,-1512,-1513,-1541.
Notice Is hereby given that the
lands described below, embracing
469.88 acres, within the Chugach Na
tional Forest, Alaska, will be subject
to settlement and entry under the pro
visions of the homestead laws of the
United States and the act of June 11,
1906 (34 Stat., 233), at the United
States land office at Juneau, Alaska,
on August 16, 1915. Any settler who
was actually and in good faith claim
ing any of said lands for agricultural
purposes prior to January 1, 1906, and
has not abandoned $ame, has a pref
erence right to make a homestead
entry for the lands actually occupied.
Said lands were listed upon the appli
cations of the persons mentioned
below, who have a preference right
subject to the prior right of any such
settler, provided such settler or appli
cant is qualified to make homestead
entry and the preference right is
exercised prior to August 16, 1916, on
which date the lands will be subject
to settlement and entry by any quali
fied person. The lands embrace a
tract of 160 acres, described by metes
and bounds as follows: Beginning at
Corner No. 1, situated on the bench
immediately north of the town of
Nlnllchlc, east shore of Cook Inlet, a
post marked H-l whence U. S. L. M.
No. 1, bears 3. 49 deg., 45 min. W.,
17.88 chs.; extending thence N. 14 deg.
E., 15.15 chs.; thence meandering east
shore of Cook Inlet 60 feet buck from
ilne of ordinary high tide, N. 41 deg.
E., 7.63 chs.; thence N. 28 deg. E.,
17.27 chs., to Corner No. 3; thence E.
35.17 chs.; thence S. 35.75 chs.;
thence W. 51.82 chs., to the place of
beginning, listed upon application of
Alex Roman, Homer, Alaska; List
6-1496.
A tract of 153.80 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 a spruce post set
In ground 60 feet distant from mean
tide line on east bank of Laida Creek,
east shore of Cook Inlet approxi
mately % mile northerly from Ape*
of Anchor I’oint, marked H-l, whence
Forest Service Monument No. 10 at
tlranross Creek east hank Laida
Creek, bears N. 20 deg. E., 44 chs.;
extending thence along the east bank
of Laida Creek N. 51 deg. E., 7 chs.;
thence N. 21 deg. E., 14 chs.; thence
N. 28 deg. E., 4.44 chs., to Corner No.
2; thence E. 66.81 chs.; thence S.
21.4# chs.; thence W. 79.27 chs., to
the place of beginning, listed upon
application of Jacob Petaja, Homer,
a i i „a. /» 1 r 1 ii
A tract of 86.78 acres, described
by metes and bounds as follows. Be
ginning at Comer No. 1, Forest Ser
vice Monument (hereinafter de
scribed) bears N. 24 deg. W., 90 links;
extending thence along the east shore
of Forberg Bay 60 feet back from line
of ordinary high tide S. 54 deg. W„
2.90 chs.; S. 43 deg. W., 5.16 chs.; S.
34 deg. W., 5.80 chs.; S. 22 deg. \V„
3.33 chs.; S. 60 deg. W„ 6.88 chs.; S.
46 deg. W., 6.33 chs., and S. 40 deg.
W„ 9.60 chs.; to Corner No. 2; thence
S. 24 deg. E. 18.30 chs.; thence N. 58
deg. E., 36.58 chs.; thence N. 24 deg.
W., 29.55 chs., to the place of begin
ning. Forest Service Monument con
sists of a post set in mound of stones
on top of bluff 10 feet above high
tide line on east shore of Forberg Bay,
marked F. S. M. H. whence Passage
Point bears N. 7 deg. E., and Observa
tion Point bears N. 48 deg. E. Listed
upon application of Peter Forberg,
Cordova, Alaska; List 6-1613.
A tract of 69.50 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows; Begin
ning at Corner No. 1 situated on the
south shore of Boswell Buy a post
marked H-l; extending thence N.
63 deg. 45 min. E„ 10.59 chs., to Cor
p ner No. 2, Identical with Forest Ser
vice Monument, whence Northernmost
point of Boswell Uock, a conspicuous
lone rock 80 feet high on tnud flat
near south shore of Boswell Bay,
bears N. 87 deg. 30 mLn. W„ 36.43
. chs.; thence N. 45 dog. E„ 9:41 chs.;
thence E. 24 chs.; thence S. 26 deg.
■ 30 min. E„ 20 chs.; thence S. 76 deg.
. 30 min. W.. 1.69 chs.; thence \V. 49.12
cha.; thence N. 7.15 chs., to the place
’ of beginning listed upon application of
William Boswell, Cordova. Alaska;
List 6-1641.
C. M. BHUCK,
Assistant Commissioner of the
f General Land Office.
t Dated April 17. 1915,
First Publication June 16, 1916.
Last Publication July 7, 1916.
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TUB NORTHERN LIKE INSURANCE COMPANY ha*
again to report a successful year, with marked gains
in every direction.
The nssets were increased One hundred and Thirty five
Thousand Dollars! the resrve for the protection of Policy
holders. One Hundred and Sixteen Thousand Dollars.
Accident and Sickness Claims of $28,478.00 were paid,
and Death Claims of $33,463.00.
No death Claim has ever been disputed.
All claims are paid imcneditely on receipt of proofs.
Total paid to policyholders in 1914 was $116,209.26.
The Company's yearly income was increased to $415,
606.00.
After paying dividends of eight per cent, to stockholders
and dividends of $32,661.24 to policyholders—
The net surplus of the Company was increased more
than seventeen per cent, over the preceeding year
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wife and children, but you want iasuranee for more
than that alone.
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thousand and one mishaps which arc liable to take place
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'""rc" A. E. RANSOM
Dlv. Supt. for Alaska
Age:. A. J. Adams, Local Represerv
' _ tative, Cordova, Alaska.
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