BATTLEFIELDS
ARE VISITED j
BY M. BLUM
Mr. Meyer Blum, who recently re
turned from a trip abroad, accom
panied by Mrs. Blum, is a Cordova vis
itor, and he gives a most graphic and
interesting account of his three
♦ months’ sojourn in the war stricken
countries. He left New York on the
palatial steamship Lapland and re
turned on the big liner Amsterdam,
* the voyage both ways being all that
could be desired. Parts of England,
France, Italy and Switzerland were
visited. The longest stay was made
at Strasbourg, close to his old home,
where there is considerable unrest
and much labor trouble. In fact, this
condition prevails in most of the cities
and larger towns abroad, while in the
agricultural sections the crops are
all good and everybody is working.
“France as a nation is poor, but
there are lots of rich French people,”
said Mr. Blum. “There is consider
able travel and much apparent pros
perity in the places not invaded by
the war but lots of poverty in the de
vastated sections. Everything is
high, the prices being from fiev to
twenty-five times above normal. This
is particularly true of coal, which is
rationed, and as a result the railroad
service could not be much worse.
^ ' “While we visited many places of
historical interest it was distressing
to view the havoc wrought by the war.
Entire towns were obliterated, while
at Strasbourg the principal damage
done by shell fire was the riddling of
the roofs of houses. In the trip from
Paris to Rheims we had an oppor
tunity of witnessing the destruction
that follows in the wake of battle,
also at Soisson and Chemin de Danes.
All of the trenches have been filled
and the French are still shipping
shells that had accumulated and are
on hand.”
Mr. and Mrs. Blum spent a day at
'Versaillers, where the peace treaty
was signed; visited the ampitheater
and cathedrals of Rome; went from
Pompeii to Sorrento and back to Na
pies; took in the sights at Monte
Carlo; spent Easter at Naples, on ac
count of being unable to get hotel ac
commodations at Rome during that
, week; enjoyed the gaiety of Paris;
visited London and Plymouth; made
side trips to Geneva, Switzerland, and
many other places.
A new sidewalk is being laid in
front of Dougherty’s store.
P. J. Heaney is an arrival from
Ketchikan and he will make a report
upon the water power site at the head
of Eyak lake for an outside company.
Developing and printing for the
amatuer. Scarborough
(Conducted by National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America.)
SEA SCOUTS DO GOOD TURNS
Sea scouts, as well as thfeir land
brothers, thoroughly believe in the
good turn daily; and examples in work
peculiar to the water are not uncom
mon. When breaking camp at Larch
mont, N. Y., the “Curlew” expedition
wanted to show their appreciation of
the courtesy of the Larehmont Yacht
club, so all hands tumbled up unusual
ly early and gave the broad piazzas
a cleaning that made the old caretak
er say: “Well, now, 1 ain’t seen that
done so well for years!”
Wilkinsburg, Pa., sea scouts of the
schooner “Pennsylvania” are plan
ning to maintain a “beach patrol” of
the summer resort beaches during the
coming summer. Sea scouts will con
stantly be on patrol to see that no
drownings occur off their strip of
beach and to act as instructors in
swimming and watermanship.
The B. S. A. sloop “Essex” of South
Orange, N. J., sent details of sea scouts
to New York city to help the National
Marine league in its exhibit at the
Grand Central palace.
Sea scouts of Philadelphia, Pa., no
ticed the soldiers playing indoor quoits
with rope rings joined together with
wooden bands. “We can do better
than that,” quoth the sea scouts, and
promptly made up a large number of
smooth rope grommets, which made a
much better ring than the purchased
article.
Ask for quality bread, the City
Bakery’s famous Cream Loaf
SPECIAL FILMS j
ARE BOOKED j
FOR EMPRESS
The appearance of Douglas Fair
banks in “His Majesty the Ameri
can,” marks the first release of the
United Artists Corporation, known as
the “Big Four.” In January, 1919,
the entire amusement world was
startled by the formation of this as
sociation, which is composed of Mary
Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas
Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith. These
artists, conceded throughout the en
tire world to be the scren’s foremost
producers, after having released their
pictures for a number of years
through various distributing agencies,
decided that, to assure their best
work, and to have full independence
for the highest expression of their
art, they would, upon the completion
of their then existing contracts, re
lease their own pictures direct to
the theaters of the country.
It means fewer and better pictures.
It means the perfection of motion
picture entertainment is in sight.
“His Majesty the American,” is the
finest release under these ideal con
ditions- It is the most ambitious pro
duction that Fairbanks has, ever un
dertaken. An idea of its enormity
can be gathered from the fact that
he spent over $40,000 for the erection
of one “set” alone. This is an en
tire section of a little French town,
and was built complete to the last de
tail, from palace to hovel, from city
hall to railroad station. Another city
of an entirely different character is
the Mexican village, erected on a
hill side. Still another episode de
manded a New York tenement, and
“Doug” built it.
Th story of “His Majesty the Amer
ican,” is a knockout. It gives
“Doug” a chance to do a lot of en
tirely new tricks, and we do not hes
itate to say that the picture is far
and away the best and biggest pro
duction he has ever turned out.
It will be shown at the Empress
next week. * I
CANADA TO FURTHER
RESTRICT EXPORTATION
OF NEWS PRINT PAPER
OTTAWA, June 16 (by Associated
Press).—Legislation which it is be
lieved will further restrict exporta
tion of news print paper will come
before the house of commons today
in the form of a bill drawn for the
benefit of Canadian publishers. The
bill does not specifically mention news
print but provides the governor-in
council can make regulations relat
ing to the export of any article de
sirable for use of the Canadian people
or the preservation of any trade in
dustry.
HENRY ANTHONY MARSH
Peggy Marsh, former London chorus
girl, is suing for a share in the estate
of the late Marshall Field of Chicago,
because the late Henry Field, grand
son of the multimillionaire merchant,
is the father of her three-year-oid
;hild% Henry Anthony Marsh.
In spite of tlie light shortage, gaso
line shows its usual .unwillingness to
serve the purpose of kerosene in a
lamp.
If the world fancies that bolshevism
is a novelty, let it read again the
tenth, ninth, eighth and sixth com
mandments.
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WANTED—Girl for general housework.
Apply to Mrs. M. Brock. 16-tf I.
FOR SALE—Three-room partly fur
nished house at ocean dock. Phone
167,_ 14-tf
FOR RENT—Two-room apartment with
bath; down town. Phone 29—4 rings.
10-5t
WANTiD—Woman desi res steady work ! I :
or will go out by the day or hour. Ap
ply at Room 33, Northern hotel. 9-tf
WANTED—Two tie makers. Pay fifty
cents straight for both first and second.
Apply H. Christie. Mile 19 tf
WANTED—Good shoe repairer at Dimon
Nickaloff’s shoe repair shop. 27-tf
FOR SALE—Three and one-half horse
power Standard Kid gosolene engine,
$115. Apply to Will Clayson 25-tf
WANTED—Limited number of roomers
and boarders will be taken at the
Lakeview Hotel. Strictly home cook
cooking,_ 15_tf
FOR SALE—First-class pool table, In
good condition, Price $150. See F. H.
Foster._ n_tf
F?R RFNT—Apartments In the Burk
hart flats. Phsne 61. 3-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins.. Apply
to Cordova Abstract & Realty Co. 22-tf
CALL FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that in ac
cordance with a resolution of the
Common Council of the Town of Cor
dova. Alaska, sealed bids will be re
ceived up to noon of the 21st day of
June, 1920 for the construction and
excavation of a sewer to extend
down A street, from where the pres
end contract for sewer ends, to the
west building line on Fourth street
according to the plans and specifi
cations on file at the city clerk’s
office.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to enter into a good and suf
ficient bond, condition to the proper
performance of his contract.
The City Council reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Bids will be opened at the next
regular meeting of the City Council
at the council chambers, in the
City hall, June 21st, 1920.
K. G. ROBINSON
Town Clerk
CALL FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that in ac
cordance with a resolution of the
Common Council of the Town of Cor
dova, Alaska, sealed bids will be
received up to noon 01 the 21st day
of June, 1920 for the construction
and excavation of a sewer to extend
down the alley between A and B
streets, from where the present con
tract for sewer ends, to a point 25
feet from B street, according to the
plans and specifications on file in
the City Clerk’s office.
The successful bidder will be re- __
quired to enter into a good and suffi- -
cient bond condition to the proper
performance of his contract.
The City Council reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
Bids will be opened at the next
regular meeting of the City Council
at the council chambers in the City
hall, June 21st, 1920.
K. G. ROBINSON,
Town Clerk
You have a
Fire Insurance
Policy
THE home is safe—but how
about the bread winner, is
he safe? Is his earning capac
ity protected while incapacitated
from sickness or injury? A fire
insurance policy i3 net enough.
Adversity strikes from an unex
pected quarter. Complete pro
tection costs a good deal less than
you might lose by the least of the
misfortunes which could happen
to you. Come in and learn how the
Insurance Service
OF THE
HARTFORD*
protects you against any form of
financial loss due to accident ox
misfortune.
* Cordova Abstract and
Realty Co.
100 PER CENT AMERICAN
Ostrander Building C Avenue
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TAILORING 1
It is the highest type of tailoring possible
to produce—and this without the burden |
of unreasonable expense. &
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warrant investigation, and men I
who think for themselves are
making this one of the busiest |
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purpose
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ALWAYS UNIFORM
NO VARIATION
Once a housewife gives FISHER’S BLEND FLOUR a
trial, she continues to use it... Due to the great care we
display in selecting the wheats and our scientific milling
FISHER’S BLEND FLOUR is always uniform in quality.
There Is no variation.
Being a scientific combination of choicest Eastern
hard wheat and the choicest of Western wheats, FISHER’S
BLEND is a perfect flour for every purpose, as good for
cakes and pastry as for bread.
Manufactured in “America’s Finest Flouring Mills” by
FISHER FLOURING MILLS CO.
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You a Cigar We Can
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Guess the Answer!
Think of the number of let
ters in the name of your favorite
tobacco or cigar.
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Add eight.
Divide by two.
Subtract the number you
| started with.
Multiply by three.
Add one.
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Subtract six.
Come into the Horseshoe, and
if the man at the counter can
not tell you the correct answer
he will treat you to a cigar.
We are as certain of the su- !
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perior quality of our cigars and
tobacco as we are of solving
this problem.
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