ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Leaves Seattle F°r Seattle
August 1—ALASKA .August 14
August 8—NORTHWESTERN .August 21
August 16—ALAMEDA .August 29
The freighters Cordova, Latouche, Juneau, Valdez
and Ketchikan also make regular trips.
Tickets on aale at up-town office Alaaka Steamship Bldg. Bag
gage or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour
before tailing tlma.
J H. BUNCH, G. F. & P. Agt S. R. HEDGES, Agent.
■
Pacific Steamship Co.
Safety Courtesy Service
Two Sailings per Month via Inside Passage
Through Tickets to All California and Eastern Points
For information as to rates and sailing dates see agent
J. H. KLINE, Agent
Phone 22.'!; Residence 222 Empress Building
_
ARE YOU GOING OUT THIS FALL?
Visit San Francisco and Stop with
Mark C. Thompson
at his new hotel in the heart of the city between
I’owell and Mason Streets.
The Dale-Tallac Hotel
140 ELLIS STREET
Special Rates and Headquarters for Alaskans.
! ALASKA TRANSFER I
| COMPANY |
_ v‘
| Transfer Storage Coal & Wood gj
| AUTO SERVICE-DAY or NIGHT |
Office—Northern Hotel Building. Phone 86.
THE NORTHERN CLUB
FRED HAEF. PROP. PHONE A~7
POOL, CARDS, TOBACCO
SOFTJDRINKS OF ALL KINDS
THE POPULAR CORNER:
CORDOVA ALASKA
j NORTHERN MEAT MARKET I
i;i; Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
I FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON AND PRO 1
VISIONS
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from $•
<;i Ijl;
Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points
Halibut and Other Fresh Fish of All Kinds Will Be Kept p
in Stock When Available
SMITH & (JLASSBRENNER, Props. |
IDIMQIND
■muss
A dispatch dated "With the Ameri
can Armies, August 3," says:
“For Ills succchs In carrying out
the first American gaB projector at
tack against the Germans and stand
Ing for two hours In gas which the
Germans had thrown. Major George
Lincoln Watson of the - engi
neers has received the legion of
Honor and Croix de Guerre with
palm. Twenty-five other Americans
who aided in the attack have received
the Croix de Guerre.”
In the latter part of April, 1917, less
than a month after America had de
clared war, Major Houtelle, army re
cruiting officer In Seattle, was sit
ting at his desk about 9 o'clock one
morning when there was a sharp rap
on the door casing.
In response to the major's "Come
in!" there entered a typical sour
dough. the kind one sees in the gold
diggings of Alaska and on the stage.
He was big, but with bone and mus
cle, not fat; swarthy of complexion,
clear-eyed, firm of step; he was
dressed in a heavy wool suit, dark
colored, wore a dark gray flannel shirt
with a black string tie; on his feet
were a pair of heavy shoes and in his
hand he carried a black slouch hat.
His "Good morning" greeting to the
major indicated alertness, good humor
and determination. When the ma.or
took his visitor's proferred hand the
Arm grasp confirmed his lirst impi"S
j sion that here was a true man. Imn
| est and unafraid.
j "1 have just come from Alaska and
! 1 want to enlist in the army; 1 want
i you to put me where I will get action
[ damn quick." said this early morning
J taller, ills manner, and tile fact that
he had dropped a small traveling bag
i at Hie doorway as lie came in. told
the major that lie bad come dir' t
I trom tin- boat without waiting or
In -aktast.
"I'm from the Iditarod district, a id
j just as soon as 1 heard this country
had got into the game 1 started >r
Seattle," he explained.
Major Houtelle's long exporters o
| had taught him to detect faulty teeth
j without looking at them, and he re
•Tin afraid 1 can't take you. JuSJ
step over to the light here and open
your mouth." The Alaskan scarcely
had a good tooth in his head.
"No. sir. the army rules are very
strict. 1 can not take then who have
no teeth." said the major.
"Do you mean to tell me that 1 can't
get into the army after coming all
the way down here from Alaska? 1
don't give a damn whether 1 have got
any teeth or not; I can eat all right.
Look at me." He certainly looked
like a man who ate enough and whose
food was assimilated.
Major lloutelle agreed with him; he
sympathized with him; but army rules
are not elastic. The fellow, however,
was insistent.
"There is one chance." said the ma
jor, and the fellow’s eyes brightened.
"Have you got plenty of money?"
"I've got all the damn money 1
need; what's the idea?"
Major lloutelle told him that if he
had the money to pay for having his
mouth fixed up and would have it
done, the army would accept him. A
telephone conversation with a dentist,
another with the army surgeon at Fort
Lawton, and after the dentist had ex
amined the Alaskan's mouth, a con
versation, between the dentist and the
army surgeon, completed the arrange
ment.
I Three weeks passed. Major Bou
telle. rushed with hundreds of enlist
ments, quite forgot his Alaskan, but
one afternoon he came in.
"Now I'm fixed and 1 want you to
put me where 1 will get across right
away. 1 want action." He looked the
same as on his first visit, but he had
a full set of teeth. He was a speci
men of perfect physical manhood,
about 36 years old.
The only .branch of the service In
which Major Boutelle could place a
man and be sure that he would go
straight to the battle front was the
"gas and flame" division The papers! I
were completed In fifteen minutes,
and Leonard Regan took the after
noon train eastward.
Before leaving the city, at Major ^
Boutelle's suggestion, Regan went to
the Red Cross for a "ditty" bag. There
he met a lady to whom he must have
briefly told his story, for the lady
asked him to write and tell her how
he got along.
A few days ago the mails brought
a picture of Regan, standing with a
comrade, and a clipping from a Paris
paper containing the dispatch repro
duced ut tlie head of this article Re
gan's name was among the twenty
fivo.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
A Thorough Alatka Patriot
Aside from the fact that Regan's
enlistment took place In October last
instead of in April, and that he was
nearer 46 years old than 36, a resi
dent of Cordova who came out from
the Yukon last year on the same boat
with him, and who knew him in the
Idltarod, vouches for the truth of tho
enlistment part of the story. Regan,
he says, was employed by George
Riley on Otter creek, and for months
beforo tho declaration of war was im
patient over the delay of the United '
States in taking its place alongside
Ihe allies in the world war. When
tlie announcement came he was eager
to do his part, but continued at work
until the last boat left in order to
provide himself with sufficient money
for his trip Outside. Arrived in Se-j
aftle. his first business was with the!
recruiting officer. The dentist work
spoken of cost him the considerable
sum of $2Uh, and when he received
his uniform and paraded before his
Alaska friends he was the proudest
man in Seattle lie was particularly
gratified that Instead of being sent to |
one of the cantonments he was placed
m the regular army and ordered to ■
Fort Meade, Maryland, immediately, i
A delegation of Alaska friends saw |
him off on the train ami cheered him
<in his way.
♦
For a well rook'-I meal, properly
served, drop in af the Frisco t'at'e.
■-» -—- -—
Your eyes fitted Compound and
stigmatie lenses replaced See t)s
borne,
.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE:
Cboico business and resi
dence property.
FOR RENT
Furnished and unfurnished
apartments and cottages
INSURANCE
Fire and marine, life and ae
cident
BONDS
Fidelity and surety.
CORDOVA ABSTRACT and
REALTY COMPANY
ROOM 1, ADAMS BUILDING.
. .. .
IN NEW LOCATION
Keist Furniture
Company
has moved into the building next
to Alaska Steamship Co-’s office.
NEW AND SECOND HAND
FURNITURE.
Pay Highest Price for
Used Furniture.
AREYOU
AWAKE
?
To the fact that the
CORDOVA
DAILY TIMES
bias one of the largest
paid circulations of any
paper in Alaska?
By advertising in its
:olumns you are speak
ing to every resident of
Cordova and the Copper
River Valley.
IT PAYS TO
ADVERTISE
■■ :v :■&< 'c&p
Alta
Coffee
and Tea
Given
Highest Award |
At the
P. P. I. I
EXPOSITION] |
When ordering
Coffee or Tea
Why not order
The Best-They
Will Cost You|
No More - - - -
I BLUM,O’NEIL I
COMPANY |
DISTRIBUTORS
a-—a
When Ordering Job Work Don't |
Think It I* Your Duty tc Build Up
Concerni In the State*, But Glv* |
Th* People Who Are Paying
Wage* and Spending Their Money (
In Cordov* ■ Chance to Live.
a---——fc'
JUST RECEIVED
A Lagre Shipment of
LIVE
CHICKENS
Excellent Fryers
FRESH EGGS
FOR SALE
JOE FREY
Phone 22
Cordova
Sheet Metal Works
J. A. COHRS, Prop.
Phone*
8hop, 143 Re*., 160—2-R.
General Sheet Metal Work,
Smokeitack*, Boat* and other
Tank*, all alzea; Boat Flywheel
Pans, Garbage and Aah Can*.
I
REPAIR WORK DONE
Alaska’s
■fJriiU'
lUwraiir
“Beats Them All”
Non-intoxicating
Cereal Products
ALASKA
BEVERAGE Co.
JUNEAU ALASKA
r— ™— —■—
Manhattan Hotel
R. W. TERRELL, Prop.
blloctrie Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
MINING MACHINERY MARINE - HARDWARE CANNERY SUPPLIES jj
HARMON MACHINERY COMPANY, INC.
CORDOVA. ALASKA jj