PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST
O. E. Williams left today on a trip
to the States.
The steamer Alaska will leave Se
attle tomorrow for Cordova.
The launch Waif returned from Ka
talla last night, bringing over a ship
ment of gasoline.
The Pinnacle Rock Packing Com
party will begin the operation of ip
clam plant April 1st.
The freighter Ketchikan is in por
with a cargo of coal, most of which it
for the railroad company
The freighter Cordova is now a
Drier Bay and will go from there t(
Latouche and then come to Cordova.
Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Crowell and t!\(
latter’s sister. Miss Rargeant, wen
outgoing passengers on today’s boat.
AI McLaren, who has spent the pas
six or seven months in the Bering
river coal fields, returned to Oordovt
last night.
The average price of copper foi
February w'as 16.7(53 cents a pound
according to the Engineering and Min
ing Journal.
Mayor W. K. Hillery and son Wil
lard left toda.y for Reattle and expect
to return to Cordova on the boat leav
ing Reattle March 27.
Master Woodrow (Wilson) Hil
celebrated his sixth birthday vaster
day afternoon by entertaining a mini
ber of his little friends.
R. B. Giles was an outgoing pas
scnger on the Northwestern for Ta
coma, where he has accepted a posi
tion in a large jewelry store.
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Stannard re
turned this morning from a trip to La
touche and will leave on Saturday
morning's train for Kennecott.
Sherman Haines, who conducted a
salmon cannery at Sawmill Bay, is a
passenger aboard the Northwestern
for Seattle, accompanied by his wife.
Miss Ruby DeGraff left on the
steamer Northwestern this afternoon
for Chicago to visit her mother, who
is seriously ill.
The Woman’s Christian Temper
ance Union will meet tomorrow (Fri
day) afternoon at the home of Mrs. T.
N. Hubbert, at 2:30. Everybody wel
come.
The gas boat Pioneer will leave for
Katalla tomorrow, taking over about
fifteen men for Contractor John
, Palmer, who is driving a tunnel at
Clark Davis’ coal mine in the Bering
field.
Captain William Jensen is again in
command of his favorite vessel, the
Northwestern, after having made a
couple of trips North on other ves
sels of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany.
Cordova Aerie, Fraternal Order of
Eagles, held a well attended meeting
last night at which several candidates
were initiated, followed by a social
session at which refreshments were
served.
The steamer Northwestern sailed
for Seattle this afternoon with the
following passengers from Cordova:
Mrs. A. G. Morey, Miss Gra< : Sargent,
H. A. Crowell and wife, Captain A. E.
Lath’-op, Miss Ruby DeGraff, W. R.
Cilery and sen Willard, It. B. Giles
'liarles Lovell, William Baxter, O. C
Wiliams, for Seattle; E. til. Murphy,
I. A. Mudge, Charles Hcoker, Mis?
tuby Blanchiield, for Juneau.
J. S. Whitman, who recently came
town from Kennecott, left on today's
boat for the States.
P. W. Van Campen, who has re
signed as superintendent of the Ber
ng River Coal company, arrived in
Cordova last night from Katalla or
lie launch Waif.
The launch Rolfe left today foi
Vakutat, taking over Captain R. A
Davis and a number of men who will
be employed by the Boon- h packing
company. Among the latter are
Charles Cerney and Prank Saunders
C. P. Topliff, Louis McCulluin and
W. A. Biglow will leave tomorrow
morrow morning oil the latter's launch
'or Whitshed to visit the copper
claims owned by the two latter men
md which are to be developed by a
company of which Mr. Topliff js man
iger.
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ALASKA PATROL BOATS
Patrolling of the waters of Alaska
by the cruiser Vicksburg and a fio
tillai of submarine chasers will lie be
gun early in March, according to an
nouncement made by Rear Admiral
William P. Pullam at San Biego re
jently.
Admiral Pullam lias recommended
that the submarine chasers now being
outfitted for the Alaska cruise at the
Bremerton navy yard have their hullf
iheathed with copper before starting
for Juneau. The Vicksburg and th<
other craft will take the place of the
roast guard cutters which formerly
patrolled the Alaska coast.
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Advertise in the Daily Times.
IF ALASKANS
WANT ACTION
THEY SAY SO
"Most of these fellow lied their way
into the arni,y and now they tire fol
lowing the same trail to get out of it."
This is the manner in which an
army officer connected with the divi
sion that has to do with early dis
charges sized up the situation with
regard to a number of Alaskan sour
doughs who are making frantic efforts
to get released from further service.
Last. year, when the war was at its
height, and particularly hist spring
when the German drive was in prog
ress. ji number of these Northerners
conceived the idea that General Per
shing could not very well get along
without their assistance. They hast
ened to Seattle and enlisted in vari
ous branches of the service, most of
them, because of previous experience,
choosing the tank corps.
Knew About Machinery.
This does not mean that they
showed unusual aptitude in the stor
age of liquids. The majority of them
had worked on steam thawers or
steam shovels or dredgers or quartz
mills and had more or less knowledge
in the manipulation of machinery of
various kinds. The tank is a shell
covering a lot of nuts and bolts and
cams and aecentrie gears and tilings
of that kind. Therefore, it was in
this branch of the service that the
majority of the Northerners thought
they would have a more "homey" sort
of feeling.
Besides, the name of the corps—the
“treat-’em-rough" outfit—appealed to
them. Alaskans, taken by and large,
are not strong for wrist watches and
carrying handkerchiefs in their
sleeves. The part of dilettanti is not
their forte. No ordinarily observant
individual would mistake a well-sea
soned sourdough for a dude.
Most Beyond Age Limit.
To be sure, most of them were be
yond the age limit, but what did a
little matter of a few years amount to
if Pershing needed them? A man is
only as old as he feels; you can't tell
a man’s age by looking at his teeth, is
the way they argued to themselves.
And razors and manicurists can work
wonders, anyway.
"Some of these guys had lost their
milk teeth when Mr. Atlantic discov
ered the ocean," is the way one officer
sized up a bunch of tank experts from
Alaska when they arrived at his camp.
He liked their rugged looks, however,
and passed them.
A few of them got in early enough
to be sent overseas, but most of them
were still in the training camps when
the armistice was signed. When Mar
shal Foch signed that now justly fa
| mous document, he took all of the joy
lout of life for the Alaska volunteers
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in Uncle Sam’s army.
Wanderlust Again Upon Them.
Since that memorable dry of de
lirons celebration, the Alaskans have
found the routine work of the camps
becoming more and more irksome and
disagreeable, and now with (he ap
| proneh of spring the wanderlust is
again upon them. They yearn to be
back where they can hear the call of
the moose and the gurgling of the
sluice box.
An Alaskan never goes at anything
half-heartedly. He is a whole-hog-or
nothing sort of person. He has an
utter disregard of expense, and if he
hasn’t any money of his own he very
cheerfully borrows it from some other
sourdough, who just as cheerfully
lends it.
These propensities of the Alaskan
account for the manner in which the
telegraph lines to Washington have
been congested for several months
past. The Alaskan rarely writes a
letter—he uses the telegraph. The
Northerners have invented at least a
million different reasons why they
should be immediately discharged
from service.
Keep Worrying Everybody.
It would not be so bad if they would
confine themselves to personal effort
in telegraphing, but they worry sen
ators, congressment, cabinet officers,
army officials, bankers and even news
paper men with telegrams from their
home town chambers of commerce
and their Alaskan friends. A member
of the Times Washington bureau, who
once lived in Alaska, but who has no
more official influence than a halibut
has side, tftid whose occupation would
proscribe him from using this influ
ence, even if he had any, has received
about a dozen of these telegrams in
the past month.
The Alaskan, as might be noted, is
extravagant to the point of profligacy
In telegraph tolls expenditures, and it
is not at all unlikely that several ca
hies have been sent to President Wil
son and General Pershing depicting
the awful plight in which those poor
Northerners are placed, together with
generous helpings of advice on how
important it is to the economic wel
fare of the nation to get these men
back to Alaska at the earliest possible
moment.
Officials Run and Hide.
War department officials have been
so worried that they run and hide
every time they hear the name of
Uncle Sam’s most treasured insular
possession. A few days ago a commit
tee of Alaskans, made up of men who
had been discharged, and headed by j
10. F. Jenkins, formerly of Fairbanks,
hut later of Camp Grant, arrived at the
capital. Together with Delegate Wick
ersham .they called upon Secretary of
War NewtongG. Baker. They had no
trouble, at all in interesting the cab
inet officer in their cause.
They just told Mr. Baker what they
wanted, and an hour or two later,
when everybody’s throat was parched
and their voices hud become so hoarse
they couldn’t talk above a whisper,
the secretary signed an order direct- |
ing that all Alaskans in the service
who can be spared be immediately
released. The secretary saw to it, at
the same time, that there are a good
many of them who will come under
the classification of those “who can
be spared." The committee departed
and. dividing its forces, has gone to
the various training camps, finding
out how many Northerners are left in
the service and telling them how to
get out of it. *
Order Gets Quick Action.
The order signed by the secretary
of war got quick action. More than
half the Alaskans were discharged in
the first three days after it was issued, j
The execution of that order was one
of the things on which departmental
clerks manifested speed.
“We are working overtime getting j
these records caught up,” nr.Id a tired,
haggard-looking clerk today. "Be
lieve me, these fellows are not more i
anxious to get out of the army than
we are to got. them out. And 1 hope j
that after they are discharged they ,
will go so far into Alaska that it will ,
cost a million dollars to send them a
postcard. They’re good soldiers and
all that, but when they start after
anything such as a discharge, oh.
boy!”—Jack Underwood in Seattle
Times.
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COURT DISMISSES CASE
In the commissioner's court this
morning tlie case of Captain Rates vs.
Carlisle Hacking company, for an al
leged debt, was tried. After hearing
the evidence Judge Adams dismissed
the suit and taxed the costs against,
the plaintiff.
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MASONIC MEETING.
A regular meeting of Alt. McKinley
Lodge. Ft & A. At., will be held tonight,
at 8 o'clock.
1). T. PHILLIPS, Secy.
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Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
CLASSIFIED ADVERT I
FOR SALE—Frisco Cafe, pool table,
boat 18 feet long, equipped with
•f',2 horse-power engine; typewriter,
and kitchen range. Apply Ous Coz
okas, next door to Times office, at
10 o'clock a. m. 6-6t
LOST—A pocketbook, containing reg
istration card, receipt for a Liberty
Bond, and a Red Cross card. Re
ward for its return to Ilailv Times.
3-61.
FOUND—-A child’s gold engraved
bracelet. Owner can secure same
by calling OS. 3tf
WANTED—Woman wants work by
day or hour. Phone 3S—two rings.
28tf.
FOR SALE—Gas boat; length 27 feet,
beam, 6 feet. Equipped with 4 h. p.
Vulcan engine. Inquire the Blum
O’Neill Co. 2Stf
LOST—A lady’s pair of black woolen
mittens. Return to Times Office.
19-tr.
ROOM AND BOARD at Lakevlew
house. Call 38—two rings.
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Marine ^
11—\l ° Practical
Ji^migmes
Frisco Standard 4, 5 and 8 h. p.
Vulcan 4hp
Standard Kid jw>.p.
East-Hope 3 i k. p.
Koban 2-cyl. outboard
FRISCO STANDARD Engines need no introduction to
boat owners of Alaska, as hundreds of them, in all sizes,
are in use every day.
We stock the 4, 5 and 8 h. p. and have made special ar
rangement with the factory whereby a “Frisco-Stand
ard” of any size can be secured upon short notice.
We invite you to visit our Marine Department
With the arrival of new Ship Chandlery on last boat
our stock is complete
THE “VULCAN” THE “STANDARD-KID" AND
| is a medium-weight, me- “EAST-HOPE"
dium - speed, four - cycle
motor—built with the engines are 3£ h. p., high
aim of simplicity and speed, designed for pleas
guaranteeing years of ure or light work boats,
i service to owners.
CATALOGUES AND PRICES ON REQUEST
HIE BUl-OWl CO.
Grocery Phone 6 Hardware 48 * Office 154
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The famous HEADLIGHT
guarantee still holds good.
“Wear a pair 30 days, if,
at the end of that time you
do not say that the Head
light is the best overall you
ever wore, your money will
be refunded cheerfully.”
We’ve got a big, new stock
made of the same highest
quality denim of pre-war days.
The price is right.
Headlight Headlight Come in, right away and look
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“THE STORE THAT SATISFIES”
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In the Five-Act Thrilling Drama
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Two-Reel Mack Sennett Comedy
“HIS HIDDEN PURPOSE”
Tonight at 8 Sharp Admission 30c and 10c.