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CORDOVA
PAUL BLOEDHORN
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER
, THE HOME OF THE
HOWARD and HAMILTON
Watch—Railroad Grade Watches of All Kinds—
Smith & Barnes Cabinet Grand Piano, Self Player for
Sale. Price $500. <
KENDRICK BUILDING FIRST STREET
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Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot AVater. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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* TO THE BARGAIN STORE
^^vhat we liave in the line of workmen’s clothing,
and canvas goods of all kinds, tents and
. ^-bhOv«t^kitcheilware, furniture, stoves, etc. YVe also
carry a full line of mirrors—plate glass and plain.
THE NORTHERN BLOCK
First Street
LARGE SHIPMENT OF
f Live Chickens
BEST FRYERS EVER BROUGHT ,TO CORDOVA
JOE FRY
? FRESH EGGS FOR SALE PHONE 22
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Copper River
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FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tues
days and Fridays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wedneg
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
j The above schedule subject to change with
. { out notice.
j Dining Car in Connection With all Regular
j Passenger Trains Between Cordova and Chitina.
1 Freight received and delivered at Cordova
^yi, ^ hart from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays.
-j| lickets on sale at Second Street Depot
office, one hour before departure of trains.
| CALEB CORSER, W. E. BROWN,
* Superintendent. Agt. Cordova YVbarf
^ R K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent.
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GOVERNOR M’OALL LEADS THE LEXINGTON MINUTE MEN
Governor McCall of Massachusetts (second from left) leading Lexington Minute men of 1917 to the Lexington
battle ground, where he hade them Godspeed as they le't for the National army camp. The send-off was a memor
able one for everyone present. All the townsfolk turned out to bid farewell to their departing sons and brothers.
FRENCH FRONT, Dec. 6.—The en
tente armies have not been alone in
recognizing the greater value of ar
tillery as compared with infantry in
the method of warfare in operation
on all the European fronts since the
cessation of the war nlovement at
the end of 1914.
A glance at the strength of the Ger
man field artillery branch at the
opening of hostilities shows that it
then consisted of 641 batteries. At
present it is composed of 2,000 batter
ies at least. As the batteries now
contain only four pieces instead of
six as at the beginning of the war,
the calculation of the power of the
artillery in the field must be based
> on the number of guns rather than
that of batteries. Whereas in 1914
the German army possessed only 3,
852 fieldguns it now disposes of 8,
000 If the minimum figure of 2,000
batteries with which it was furnished
at the end of 1910 is taken as the
basis of calculation.
These field artillery batteries are
divided into two kinds—those armed
with the 77-centlmetre cannon (the
Srlnch) and those armed with light
4-inch field howitzers. The German
3-inch cannon has been much improv
ed and its range greatly increased
since 1914.
As to the German heavy artillery,
the increase in the number of pieces
has been even greater in proportion
than that of the field artillery. In
peace-time the German empire had
organized twenty-four regiments of
heavy artillery. Each regiment, was
composed of two battalions of four
batteries formed from among the third
ed with four guns, thus totalling 768
heavy guns.
As soon as the army had been mo
bilized in 1914, the German military
authorities established new heavy ar
tillery formations. Soon each artil
lery regiment of the regular army
had attached to it a reserve regiment
consisting of four batteries of skilled
gunners, also a battalion of four bat
teries of landwehr, or second reserv
ists, and, finally, a battalion of four
bateries formed from among the third
reservists or landsturm. When the
arsenals^and shell factories later had
reached a higher level of production
of guns and ammunition further bat
teries were formed from among the
men of the Ersatz reserve. Since the
first year of the war large numbers
of the recruits of the younger classes
which have been called out for serv
ice have been sent to the artillery
branch. By the end of 1916 the num
ber of heavy batteries had been ’mul-i
tiplied more than five times and in
the course of 1917 further additions
have been made to the total.
Of the German big guns, 25 per
| cent are long range cannon and the
remaining 75 per cent howitzers. The
most numerous of their long range!
guns are 4-iijch, 4 '^-inch, 5-inch and
- *5-inch; but they possess also batter- j
ies of 8.7-inch, 9.7-inch, 11-inch and
15-inch long range guns, although
these are very few in number. Their
howitzers are for the most part of fl
inch calibre; but besides these they
have in line batteries of 11-inch, 12
inch and 17-inch howitzers.
Germany had not developed any
liking for mountain guns before this
war, but she has been forced to
change her views by the develop
ments of the fighting, in the Vosges
for instance, and now has twenty
batteries of mountain-guns, six pieces1
of 3-inch calibre rapid fire to a bat-J
tery, and also has formed several bat
teries of 4-inch mountain howitzers. !
Trench artillery as well has been
a development of this war, and the
* German army is now well provided
with weapons of various kinds for
use in the advanced lines. Its trench
j mortars range in calibre from 3 inches
to 10 inches. Finally, the small trench
I
cannon of 1 Vfc-inch. 2 inch and 2Vi
1 inch calibre have become very num
erous in all sectors of the line.
The personnel of the gunnery'
branch of the German army has be
come nearly as great in numbers as
that-of the infantry.
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1 FOOTBALL
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5.—As a
j result of Its decisive defeat of the
California eleven at Eugene, Oregon,
os Saturday, November 17, the Ore
gon University football team is now
in possession of the Pacific Coast con.
ference rhampionship for 1917. Cali
fornia was downed by a ssore of 21
to 0. j
California's defeat held particular
interest in view of the fact that the
blue and gold beat the Oregon Agri
cultural college 14 tp three while the
agricultural boys held the Oregon
' Oregon university players to one
touchdown.
' While the Californians were being
beaten in the north the California
freshmen rolled up a 30 to 7 score'
against the first year men of the
University of Southern California.!
The proposition of matching Ore-'
gon against some fast eastern team
is still being discussed unofficially, j
A native engaged in putting up
storm windows at Nome made a mis
step and fell from his ladder serious
ly Injuring himself.
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The night school recently establish
ed at Anchorage has an average at
tendance of 110 pupils and the en
rollment is steadily increasing
NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL
ACCOUNT.
Third Division, Cordova Precinct, at
Cordova. No. 104. In the matter
of the Estate of J. Y. Ostrander, de
ceased.
In accordance with the order of the
above named probate court, issued on
the 19th day of November, 1917, no
tice is hereby given that the under
signed administrator has filed his fin
al account, asking that the same be
allowed and approved, and that the
probate judge of the above named
court has set the 19th day of January
1918, as the day for a hearing on said
final account; on which day in the
office of the above probae court, in
Cordova, Alaska, at the hour of 10
o'clock a. m. any person interested
may appear and file objections in
waiting to said final account and the
allowance of the same.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, this 19th
day of November, 1917.
THOS. S. SCOTT.
Administrator of the Estate of J. Y.
Ostrander, Deceased.
First publication Nov. 22, 1917.
Last publication Dec. 16, 1917.
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MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Shop
Phone 101-3. Phone 182
Machine 'Wo: k of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Aeety
lene Welding and Cutting.
HARMON MACHINERY
BUILDING
Cordova, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
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LOGGERS, ATTENTION!
We pay $10 per thousand fot
spruce logs and $9 for hemlock,
delivered.
CORDOVA MILL & LUMBER
COMPANY
M. C. Thompfto* E C. Murphy
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Thompson a Murphy, Props
Dealers la
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 1»7.
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KLallLl IS Ssssat/itt
12.25 per hundred,
express prepaid oa
4 doteu or more.
They contain the
most deadly com
bination of poiixn*
known to science.
Kills Wolves, Foxes
and Sheep - killing.
Dogs almost in
stantly and in no
way injuranthefur.
Indorsed and re
commended byth#
U. S. Government.
Order tedav. FuS
__ _ particularsfurnish
d freo oa requeet. also catalogue of trappers supplies and
“•« aed Imr price list *
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