SHORT STORIES
ABOUTALASKA
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Many of the cannery crews to the
westward are returning to the States
on account of the short pack.
Harry Williams recently had the
misfortune to break his leg. The ac
cident happened this side of Richard
son on the Valdez-Fairbanks trail.
Experience in raising Swiss milk
goats, of the Saanen-Toggenburg
strain, are to be attempted at the
government farm near Fairbanks.
Sheep raising also will be experiment
ed with at the farm.
At a meeting of the Douglas City
Council the other evening, a tax levy
of 17 mills was adopted, taxes to be
come delinquent September 30, a dis
count of 5 per cent to be given on all
taxes paid before that date, making
the levy practically the same as last
year. The city released the dock
from the Treadwell people for a pe
riod of ten years.
J. M. Dougherty, one of the oldest
of old-timers in Alaska, known as
“Nigger Jim,” registered recently at
the Overland, in Seward. He was the
first man to get a piano into Dawson
after the big strike. Various for
tunes have been made and have
slipped through his hands, but he is
as happy today as in the palmy days
of the big strikes.
An American eagle with a stretch of
wing of 7 feet 2 inches was shot a
few Sundays ago at the mouth of
Campbell creek in the Turnagain
Ann district by E. P. Heddberg, mas
ter mechanic for the Alaskan engin
eering commission. The eagle is the
largest of its species ever seen by An
chorage residents. It will be mount
ed and will perch in the future in
stuffed glory in the office of the
master mechanic.
Instructions have been received
by A. E. Lucy, special fish war
den, to prosecute any persons found
fishing for salmon in Ketchikan
•4 creek, either with a net, fishing line
or in any way. By order of Decem
ber 21, 1918, Ketchikan creek is made
a reservation and no one is permitted
to take salmon from the stream in
any way. It was reported to Mr.
Lucy that there have been violations
of the law recently.
“It looks bad for the canneries
this year. The run should be at its
height now,” said John Hume, owner
of the Nakat inlet, who was in Ju
neau a few days ago. “There may be
a run but the prospects are not the
best.” The Nakat cannery put up six
teen hundred cases Wednesday ac
cording to Mr. Hume, while their ca
pacity is twenty-five hundred cases.
They are practically up with the pack
of last year at this time, being one
thousand cases behind at the close
of work on Wednesday.
William Hiltz was found dead in
his bed at Chickaloon the morning of
the Fourth of July. He was em
ployed as hoisting engineer for the
Alaskan engineering commission, in
the coal mines. He was 69 years old
and left a brother in Montana and a
niece in Portland. He was familiarly
known as “Montana Bill,” deriving
the name from the state of Montana,
his birthplace. The deceased was an
old-timer in the coastal district of
Alaska and was well known, espe
cially among the prospectors, which
vocation he followed for many years.
His death same as a surprise, as
he appeared perfectly normal the af
ternoon of July third.
There is no certainty regarding the
richness of the reported placer strike
on the Northern Teslin, according to
Marion Goldstein, who returned to
Juneau from the Atlin country re
cently. He says one stampeder re
turned to Atlin after mushing eighty
miles, saying that there had not been
sufficient work done to reach bedrock
in the new diggings and the surface
prospects did not justify a stampede.
The little work done has been mostly
by Indians. Goldstein reports good
clean-ups in the Atlin district, one
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property on Spruce shipping a heavy
consignment of placer gold. He also
reports about thirty Teslin Indians
at Taku coming out to work in the
canneries during the summer.
“Playing with a bear is no fun, es
pecially when you are unarmed,” is
the way that L. B. Robinson, James
Dixon and J. J. O’Neil describe a re
cent encounter at Short Arm. They
had been landed at the creek while it
was still dark and the boat, taking
the rest of a last Sunday’s fishing
party, had started on when the craft
was called back by requests for a
gun. A bear had loomed up directly
across the creek from the men, and
refused to move away; on the con
trary, had begun a slow but unmis
takable march toward them. A
couple of shots frightened the bear
away when the boat returned.
R. L. Sumner, the man who drove
the first nail in the first house built
in New Town and who is one of the
pioneers of Alaska, is now running
out of Ketchikan on the motor ship
Tillamook, which has just left after
its first call on its new run. He is
mate and pilot abdard. Mr. Sum
ner is on e of the oldest members of
the Master Mates’ and Pilots’ Ocean
Association of Seattle, which recent
ly presented the boat Seattle Spirit,
launched by the Duthie yard in Seat
tle, with a beautiful flower anchor.
This anchor, which will be the boat’s
mascot, according to Mr. Sumner is
composed entirely of flowers and in
cludes the emblem of every state in
the Union.*
Harmony Club, Eagle hall, Labor day.
Just the covering for your kitchen!
Congelum Art Rugs. They are clean
sanitary and durable. Northwestern
Hardware Company. tr
Special dinner served from 11:3G
o’clock every day at the City Bakery
If you change your address, do not
notify the carrier boy—report youi
new address to the office.
NOTICE
The Copper River Gun Club will
meet at the Cordova House, Friday
evening at 8 oclock.
27-3 GEO. DOOLEY, Secretary.
Job printing at Daily Times office
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LOST
on Prince William Sound, a House
Scow, same having gone adrift in
heavy gale.
For identification, both ends plainly
marked A. S. F. Co. No. 2.
REGISTRY NO. 166,675.
Finder please deliver to, or commu
nicate with, the undersigned and se
cure liberal reward.
ALASKA SEA FOODS CO.,
Cordova.
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Georgette Waists... .$35.00, $20.00
Georgette Waists.... 15.00, 6.00
All Waists. 9.00, 6.00
All Waists. .$6.50 and $7.50, 4.00
Drummer Boys’ Stockings, 35c to
50c. Good bargains.
No goods taken back. No credit
on this sale.
Best bargains ever offered in
Alaska.
Sale Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday.
Sale of Table Cloths is still on.
THE REGENT
(MRS. JOHN NELSON)
Across St. from Modern Laundry
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Do you know the Horseshoe
Billiard Hall carries one of the
most complete stocks of Tobacco
and Cigars handled by any store
in Alaska?
We have special facilities for
storing tobacco to preserve its
strength and insure it reaching
you in perfect condition. You
will find your favorite brand
here, moist and fragrant.
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Standard Brands of
Cigars
including large sizes in the
Mozart, Lovera, Optimo, Up
mann, Roi-Tan and La Prefer
j entia.
2 for 25c
$6.00 per box of 50
I Popular brands of Smoking To
baccos in tins, such as Velvet,
Prince Albert, Tuxedo.
We carry a full line of Pipes,
Tobacco Pouches and other
Smokers’ Accessories.
THE HORSESHOE
BILLIARD HALL
E. L. HARWOOD, Prop.
JUST RECEIVED
A LARGE SHIPMENT OF
LIVE CHICKENS
Good Friers
FRESH EGGS
FOR SALE
JOElREY
Phone 22
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The Modern Laundry wants a good
outside man. A chance for the
right man to get an interest in the
business.
PROFESSIONAL
* DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office and Residence, Cordova
General Hospital vOstrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store.
Residence, Alaska Hotel.
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I DR. W. D’ARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
WINDSOR HOTEL
Hours:
1 p. m. to 3 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 8 p. m. j
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DR. CHAS. DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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DR. CORA DAGGETT
SPECIALIST
Pyorrhea and Dental Prophylaxis
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DR. VON ZESCH
Dentist
ADAMS BUILDING
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Vr. CHARLES M. RODSETH
CHIROPRACTIC PHYSICIAN
Northern Hotel,
Phone 158
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D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
FRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1, OSTRANDER BUILDING
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E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams Block
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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R. H. L. NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
♦ MERCY R. MURRAY
Shampooing, Manicuring, Facial
and Scalp Treatment, Bleaching
ind Dyeing. Room 22, Hospital bldg.
Telephone 163, three Rings.
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H. I. CALL
Piano Tuning and Regulating
C St., Opp. Hegg’s
Phone 123—2 Rings
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THE ALPHA
SCHOOL OF DANCING
Private lessons every evening.
American Bakery. Phone 203.
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I Unseen F< >es
of Good Health
lurk all about us—in the air, on |
our clothes. We know that
clothes that merely look clean
may be highly impure. To be
truly clean, clothes must be ster
ilized. £
That is but one of the many
reasons why our laundry service £:
should appeal to you. When you ;§
send them to us your bed linen,
garments and household things |
are more than washed—they are §
purified.
We are able to do this be- ji;i|
cause we change from nine to
twelve times the waters in |i
which we wash your clothes. j|
| Dr. H. G. Ellidge of the Millon Institute of Industrial Re- |
| search, who has investigated laundry methods, says: |
I “There is absolutely no chance for disease being
spread through a Modern Steam laundry.”
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jl|: Can you be sure of this
$; cleanliness and sterilization
| when you intrust your clothes |
| to unknown persons whose |
jiji methods are dubious—or even &
| to the home methods?
, jij: Once too often you will
j| take the chance—and will it
| have paid you? Safeguard the |
| health of your family. Have |
| your work done under the su- |
| pervision of one who has had |i
|j fifteen years’ experience. i|
Send it to
The Modern Laundry
Phone 66
CORDOVA
IS ON THE EVE OF
GREATER PROSPERITY
AND THE WISE ONES WILL
TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE
GOOD THINGS
IN STORE BY BRANCHING OUT-AND ALSO
ADVERTISING IN^THE DAILY TIMES
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