INDIAN MERCHANT’S WILL
BEQUEATHS FORTUNE TO
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
LONDON, July 12 (by Associated
Press).—Under the will of the late C.
W. Wallace, an Indian merchant,
$1,250,000 is left to the British gov
ernment in the event of his sons fail
ing to acquire “a baronetcy or superior
title.”
The testator’s only surviving son,
Captain W. W. Wallace, has not re
ceived a baronetcy, and the executors
are seeking to set aside the clause
in the will on the ground that it is
opposed to public policy. Such wills,
they contend, embarrass officers of
the crown in the distribution of hon
ors and induce other persons con
cerned to adopt improper means to
obtain titles.
Mr. Wallace explained his condi
tional gift by saying in his will:
“I do this because I hold the view
that, subject to the testator’s right to
make ample provision for his chil
' dren, all possessions, great or small,
if acquired from or through the peo
ple, as mine were, should return to
the people. I am not acting fully up
to this view in the case of my chil
dren, because the law does not en
force it upon all others.”
AMERICAN EQUIPMENT
BRINGS BIG PRICES
ROME, July 12 (by Associated
Press).—The American army reaped
a harvest in Italy when it disposed of
its surplus equipment. Automobiles
which sell for but $900 when new in
America brought $2,000. Typewriters
which sold for $100 in the United
States Avere bought for $200. All the
material was second-hand, the auto
mobiles having been used on the Ital
ian front. The importation restric
tions and the scarcity of material is
the cause attributed for the high
prices.
NORWEGIAN WIRELESS TO
OPERATE WITH AMERICA
CHRISTIANIA, July 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The NorAvegian trans
Atlantic wireless station at Stavanger,
Avhich has been ready for use over a
year, Avill soon commence service to
the first American zone station, by
permission of the United States gov
ernment.
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Do You Know Meter and Liter? Better Brush Up
IF YOU do not understand the metric system of measurement, look it up
and learn it. For there are strong indications that the meter and the liter
will soon displace the yard and the quart in all your dealings. A movement
r DacKed by scientific and business or
ganizations in all parts of the country
has been started to accomplish this
change. And the meter propagandists
have made a strong case. The chief
reasons why we should abandon our
system for the metric system are that
the latter is much simpler and easier
to learn, that it is more accurate, and,
above all, that it is now the compul
sory system in every civilized country
in the world except the United States 4
and Great Britain. That is the big
fact. In all of our dealings with foreign peoples and governments we are
handicapped because we do not use the same system of measurements.
American scientists were compelled long since to adopt the metric system,
with the result that many of their publications are incomprehensible. Now
the war has convinced thousands of persons of the necessity for using the
universal language of measurement in this country, with the result that
the meter has many new and influential backers.
“This country has lagged behind the rest of the world by neglecting to
adopt a system of cpiantity expression so simple that the average child of ten
can learn its essential features in ten minutes,” is the way H. D. Hubbard,
one of the experts on weights and measures at the bureau of standards,
puts it.
He also says that our failure to cast aside a clumsy medieval system
for one that is modern and practical has greatly handicapped us in business
abroad and at home.
Officials of the United States bureau of standards feel certain that this
country will ultimately use the metric system.
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Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
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Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
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LOVERA MONARCH CIGARS.
2 for 25c
OPTIMO STANDARD CIGARS.
2 for 25c
OPTIMO SENATOR CIGARS.
2 for 25c
MOZART MAGNIFICENT CIGARS
2 for 25c
MOZART CORONA FINA.
2 for 25c
VELVET TOBACCO, TINS.—
3 for 50c
TUXEDO TOBACCO, TINS -
3 for 50c
PRINCE ALBERT, TINS_
3 for 50c
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STATIONER, NEWSDEALER,
NOTIONS,
TOBACCOS, CONFECTIONERY.
The well-known “Westinghouse”
electric heaters are now for sale by
the Northwestern Hardware Co.
The Daily Times Job plant is
well equipped for all classe of com
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Keating’s
Wee Shop
Take a peep in the Wee Shop,
And I’ll bet you my all
You'll want to stop in
If only to call.
There are lots of Toys,
Picture Books and Games,
Marbles and Candies and
Dolls without names—
Silks and Laces,
Ribbons by the mile—
And Frances Fraisure there
To give you a smile.
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Brick and Lime
CORDOVA MILL AND
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Electric Wiring
and Repairs—
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Sheet Metal Works.
Phone 143
Sanitary
GARBAGE CANS
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Phones
Shop, 143 Res., 133-2
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Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
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