The launch Jean returned yesterday
from Katalla.
The interior of the First Bank of i
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Cordova is being redecorated.
The Admiral Watson will be here
from Seattle at 7 o’clock tonight.
J. B. Carlyle has been seriously ill
at his home during the past few days.
Mrs. James Hodnett and Miss
Sophie Durkey of Katalla are spend
ing a few days in town.
The steamship Alameda left Juneau
at 1:30 yesterday afternoon and is due
in port at 11 o’clock tonight.
This is the anniversary of the
queen’s birthday and is generally ob
served throughout the Yukon terri
tory.
Mrs. C. V. Goettel returned yester
day from Katalla, where she visited
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
White.
Mrs. H. D. Counts and Miss Mary
Edelbrock will be round-trip passen
gers to Kodiak on the Admiral Watson .
tonight.
Jerry Perry has taken a half inter
est in the Alaskan hotel pool room 1
and hereafter his many friends will
find him in charge there.
Assistant District Attorney J. B.
Truitt, of Anchorage, who has been
in Cordova during the last week, will
leave for his home tonight.
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Two new tenders for the Pioneer
Packing Company left the States to
day on their way to Cordova. They
are the “Smile” and “Pioneer.”
Miss Margaret Kolbesen, who has
been one of the efficient school
teachers here during the past two
years, has accepted a position in the
schools at Bellingham, WTash.
J. M. Myers, representative of the
department of agriculture, who is in |
charge of road building in this section, |
has returned from a trip to KatalLa,
where he started work on a trail from
there to the Chilkat oil fields.
The next train for Chitina and Ken
necott will leave Wednesday morning.
Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy of Port
land, sister of our townsman, Will
Clayson, is the Democratic nominee
for congress in the Third district of
Oregon.
HORSERACING AFTER
DARK IS POPULAR
PASTIME IN MANILA
MANILA, P. I., May 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—TTorse racing after
dark has become popular here and
draws large crowds to the electric
lighted tracks. Some times the last
event is not finished before 11:30
o’clock.
From 9 o’clock a. m. until 11 p. m.
on the first Sunday of every month
and on all legal holidays, except dur
ing the rainy season from June to
October, racing meets are held here.
The entrants are native ponies
from 47 to 53 inches in height, ex
aept for a few horses imported from
Australia. Some of the ponies are so
small that the jockeys’ legs must
be strapped up to prevent their feet
from dragging on the ground.
“Rick,” a pony that was discovered
aauling a carrameta or native cab
aere and purchased by his present
)wner for $250, is credited with hav
ng won $25,000 in purses on the track
luring the past year.
Purses range from $125 to $1,0C0
’or the big special races.
NEGRO WASHERWOMEN
STRIKE FOR MORE PAY
MERCHANTVILLE, N. J., May 24
(by Associated Press).—Merchanville
bas a soap and suds war on its hands.
Washerwomen want more money and
housewives have declared a lockout.
When the negro women formed a
union and posted a scale of $3 a day
foi doing the family wash and S3.50
for a day’s housework, the employers
became indignant.
The Women’s Club of Merchanville
voted a lockout and refuse to pay more
than $2.50 a day.
So, in face of the paper shortage,
Merchantville has issued an emergen
cy call for paper collars and cuffs
and reversible paper shirt fronts.
MEXICO WANTS
RELIEF FROM
CAR TROUBLE;
SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Abolition of the pres
ent system whereby Americans ship
ping freight in through cars to Mex
ican points are required to put up a
bond for the safe return of the cars
and also pay 60 cents a day for the
first 30 days the cars are in Mexico
is being sought by the National Rail
ways of Mexico, according to R. M.
Campos, its western agent.
The National Railways proposes to
facilitate commerce with Mexico by
absorbing the perdiem charge itself
and having the Mexican government
put up th bond for the safe return
of the cars, Campos said. P. Fontes,
general director of the lines, and L.
Valdes, the general freight and pas
senger traffic manager, are in the
United States now, he stated, attempt
ing to adjust the matter with the var
ious railroad companies.
The plan they are seeking to have
adopted was in force in regard to in
terchange of Mexican and American
cars before the revolutions began in
Mexico, according to Campos, and the
Mexican railways still offer this con
venience to Mexican business men
shipping into the United States.
TORNADO DOES MUCH
DAMAGE IN MINNESOTA
ST. PAUL, May 24 (by Associated
Press).—A tornado swept Castle Rock
and the vicinity of Redwing. One
dead and ten injured include the cas
ualty list so far reported.
K. OF P. NOTICE
Regular meeting Tuesday evening
at 8 o’clock, Masonic hall. Work in
R. O. E. Members urged to attend.
GEO. STEELE, K. R. & S.
New and Second-hand Un-called-for
Suits for sale at Peyser’s Tailor Shop.
PIONEERS MEET TONIGHT
Cordova Igloo Pioneers of Alaska,
meets tonight and a full attendance
of members is requested.
GEO. DOOLEY, Secy.
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