PURELY LOCAL
GOSSIP ABOUT
YOUR FRIENDS
The freighter Ketchican is in port.
The Libery loan flag polo has been
repainted.
D. R. Stein, of Dawson, is a recent
arrival in town.
The large new brcyize bell for the
Episcopal church has arrived.
There are a number of sidewalks
about town that need repairing.
C. H. DeWitt, of Gulkana, came to
Cordova on this afternoon’s train.
The Woman’s Guild will meet at
the Red Dragon tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock.
The Northland Club is today mov
ing into its new quarters in the Os
trander building.
Charles Rosenberg and wife today
came over from Katalla and will
make Cordova their future home.
John Gillis has moved his cold
storage plant from Alganick to the
ocean dock, where it will be installed.
The launch Swan returned this
afternoon from Katalla where it took
fourteen men for the Alaska-Anthra
cite railway.
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Property owners should heed the
notice of the health officer and clean
up the winter’s accumulation of rub
bish about their premises.
Hegg’s have a very attractive win
dow display of Eastman kodaks and
supplies. The line shown would do
credit to any store in the large cities.
Everybody declared that Louise
Glaum in “Love and Justice” as
shown at the Empress theatre last
evening, was one of the best pictures
yet seen here, so don’t fail to go this
evening as it will be on the screen
for the last time.
Henry A. Slater has received from
the Boyle Anchor Works at Juneau a
sample of the concrete anchor which
they are manufacturing there. It
weighs 3,800 pounds and wil' be
placed on exhibition here by Mr.
Slater, who represents this company.
These anchors are made in four sizes,
THREE BROWN
BEARS KILLED
BYCORDOVANS
Last evening Dr. W. W. Council and
Jack Dustin returned home from a
forty-mile tramp in the hills after big
game and although gone but thirty
six hours they were fortunate enough
to bring back the skins of three bears,
not to mention the big beast slain—
but that is another story.
Leaving here Sunday morning the
local huntsmen hiked to Mile 8%
along the railroad, and from there
struck off through the woods for the
glacier. A number of brown bear and
mountain goats were encountered but
they decided that it was brown bear
they would bag or none at all. Late
in the afternoon a “brownie” was
spied in the distance and bjr_ a simul
taneous crack of the guns the beast
lay dead on a high cliff. Then began
the work of skinnning the bear, the
hide of which measures nine feet.
After this was accomplished Council
and Dustin turned in for the night on
a bed of boughs, but not until after
the former had roped himself to a
tree in order that ho would not roll
over the precipice during the night.
"Doc,” however, failed to get any
sleep and he says the snoring of
Jack was enough to give anyone an
acute attack of insomnia.
Yesterday morning two small
brown bears were seen, but as they
were on a hillside close to a gulch
it was thought advisable to await a
better opportunity for a shot, for fear
of losing them in case their aim
proved inaccurate. Both men laid in
the snow for about an hour and when
the cubs were within three hundred
yards of them they blazed away, each
killing one.
As to the getting of the biggest
bear that ever roamed the Alaska
mountains the hunters say that they
were unable to bring back the evi
dence. So huge was the bear that its
grunts weighed over 150 pounds, its
footprints 300 pounds and when the
pelt was quartered the exhausted men
admit that it was a physical impossible
for them to pack even a quarter of
the hide, after their desperate “fight
for life” in the killing of the beast.
2,500, 3,800, 5,800 and 7,800 pounds
and have proven to be very satis
factory.
MORE MYSTERY
IS REPORTED
FROM YUKON
Another mystery of the North is in
the making.
It Is more than likely that some
where above the Arctic Circle lie the
bodies of two men whose taking off
will probably remain a mystery, in
keeping with the other mysterious
deaths that have happened north of
the Yukon within the past few years.
The first report to be received con
concerning the affair was brought to
Fort Yukon by William Johnson, a
trader in the Old Crow river just
across the boundary line. He stated
that two brothers by the name of
Kingtson had been'missing for some
time and their whereabouts was un
known. They had left Fort Yukon
for the Old Crow regions last July
and since their arrival there and the
establishing of a camp nothing has
been seen or heard of them. Their
cabin, in which was stored their sup
plies, had not /been visited by a
an Indian being the messenger.
The mounted police on being in
formed of the circumstances early in
the winter instituted a search but
found no traces of the men. A thor
ough search of the flats surrounding
the Old Crow country was made and
not the vestige of a clew could be
found. This information was brought
to Fort Yukon on the 28th of April,
an Indian being the messengr.
A dog was picked up some time ago
on the East Fork of the Chandlar
river in a starved condition. Parties
familiar with the outfit of the King
ston boy3 state that the dog undoubt
edly belonged to the outfit. T'he dog
is at the present, time being kept at
Fort Yukon.
It may be possible that in the dis
appearance of the Kingston boys
there may bo some connection with
the reported killing of\wo white men
by a native last winter on the Chris
tian river. At that time it was stated
that a native saw two white men
sneaking up on him while he was out
hunting. He fired upon them, killing
one and on the second shot he killed
the other. An investigation was made
regarding this affair but a definite re
port covering it has never been re
ceived.
Whatever has happened to th^
Kingston boys is shrouded in mys
tery.
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Dr. Von Zesch, who has opened den
tal offices in the Adams building, took
a post graduate course at the North
western University, Chicago, before
returning to Cordova, which was at
tended by some of the most celebrated
dentists in the country, including Dr.
Meyer who established the first dental
unit in England. Among the instruct
ors were Dr. Billian, of France, who
was present upon the request of the
American government.
A public library is being started by
the Deep Sea Fishermen’s Union at
Petersburg. They are receiving do
nations of books of all kinds from
anyone caring to donate them. These
will be placed in a large bookcase lo
cated in the Union hali on Main
street and will be at the disposal of
anyone desiring to secure reading
matter.
Privates George Hadley. Oscar F.
Hendrickson, Morris Pascoff and A.
Thompson, victims of the influenza
epidemic at Nome last winter were
buried at Fort Davis last month, a
number of Nomeites attending the
funeral. Rev. Charles Shank read the
burial services, Company C, 30th in
fantry providing the pall bearers and
firing the salute over the graves of
their comrades.
Sneak thieves entered Milo’s res
taurant at Nome lost month and ab
stracted $30 in silver in the cash reg
ister. In their haste to get away the
thieves overlooked $40 in gold in an
other compartment in the register.
Frank J. McDonald, who left Valdez
at the beginning of the war with Don
Shannon and a number of Valdez vol
unteers, has won recognition for valor
by being awarded the war cross by
General Pershing. Mr. McDonald for
merly worked at the Cliff mine and
at. various places around Valdez.
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MASONIC MEETING
A special meeting of Mount McKin
ley Lodge, F. * A. M„ will be held
on Tuesday evening at S o'clock.
Work in third degree. Visitors wel
come.
EDWARD F. MEDLEY, W. M.
A. FIELD, Secretary.
Wilson butcher knives, French laba
tier, salmon splitters, vegetable
knives. If its a knife, we have it.
Northwestern Hardware Co. 1-tf
Tub and shower baths at the Holden
pool room barber shop. 9-tf
Messenger service by Lamprey
boys before and after school. Phone
172. tf
A 3Vi horsepower Evinrude engine,
with new housing, gears, and shaft
for 75.00 at Northwestern Hardware
Co. 1-tf
•lob printing at Daily Times office.
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