LOCAL AND PERSONAL GOSSIP I
George Osborne, the local jeweler,
was a passenger on the Watson for
Anchorage last night.
Sam Klein of the freight depart
ment of the Admiral line was a pas
senger on the Watson for the west
ward.
Mrs. Juanita Anderson of Seldovia,
who has been on a purchasing trip
to the States, was a homeward-bound
passenger on the Admiral Watson.
Mrs. Erskine, wife of the Kodiak
merchant, was a homeward-bound
passenger from the States on the Ad
miral Watson. She has been visiting
Outside for several months.
Miss Elizabeht O’Loughlin, public
school librarian, requests that all
books taken out during the summer
vacation be returned on Monday af
ternoon next, when she will be in at
tendance at the school house at 2
p. m.
In a wire from Valdez this
morning E. F. Medley received notice
that Judge Bunnell would be here to
open court in September. Judge
Brown, who has been expected from
the States, has, in all probability, not
fully recovered.
All reservations for the south
bound voyage, both first and second
class, have been sold out. Agent
Counts reports that the rush of can
nery employes for the States is res
ponsible for the crowded condition
Of steamship traffic south.
The false work of the new Empi ess
theater building is being removed,
and the imposing front of that struc
ture is now revealed to public view.
Some of the store tenants already
are making preparations for occu
pying their new quarters.
The Cordova Chamber of Com
merce will soon have in print a fine
booklet dealing with the possibilities
and realities of this end of the terri
tory. Some fine half-tone cuts will
be used, giving the reader a more ac
curate and comprehensive idea of
our locality.
Mrs. James Smith, accompanied by
her nephew, Raymond Overton, re
turned from a pleasant visit in Santa
Cruz, San Francisco and Seattle on
last night’s steamer. Mrs. Smith
says California is a great and glori
ous place but she is glad to be back
in Cordova.
Miss Bess Sjoberg, on her way to
Kodiak, was greeted by a number of
Cordova friends while the Watson
was in port last night.
At the Empress tonight Roy Stewart
will be seen in “One-Shot Ross,” to
gether with a Pathe News and the
clever monkey comedians, Sally and
Napoleon. It is said to be a good
bill.
Agent Tracy of the Alaska Steam
ship Company announces that the
steamship Northwestern, which was to
have sailed from Seattle yesterday,
will not depart from that port until
tomorrow.
Fifteen natives from Yakatat ar
rived on the Watson last night en
route to Juneau. On account of
there being no boat service between
Yakatat and Juneau, they are making
this round-about course.
A young Cordova boy is reported to
have fallen off a log in Eyak lake the
other evening, and but for the quick
action of a man who was passing the
scene of the accident, the lad might
have drowned. As it was, when the
boy was fished from the lake it took
some time to bring him around. Boys
have often been warned of the danger
of the kind of sport they find at the
lake, but they continue to jeopardize
their lives.
Sneak thieves are evidently abroad
in Cordova. A few nights ago some
night marauder evidently intended
to make his getaway with two sacks
of coal from the home of one of our
prominent citizens. But, alas! the
contents of the sacks were not coal
but fertilizer intended for garden use,
and the unknown parties had to con
tent themselves With slashing the
sacks. Cordova in the past has been
free of these varmints and it is safe
to say. if they continue to operate,
they will be caught and severely
dealt with.
BOY SCOUT NOTICE
B. S. A. Troop 1, Cordova, will
meet at headquarters, city hall,
this evening at 7.30 All Boy
Scouts are earnestly requested to be
present. Certificates and badges will
be given scouts who are paid up.
D. C. CZERWENIvA, Scoutmaster.
MEXICO PLANS
BIG SCHEME OF
COLOMZATIO
Undeveloped Land to Be Of
fered to Prospective
Settlers There
MEXICO CITY, July 30 (by mail).
—How to make homes for a million
prospective new colonists, how to
make these persons fit into the
scheme of life here and how best to
distribute them over the republic are
questions of immigration receiving
the attention of a special commission
appointed by President Carranza.
According to data collected by this
committee on articles of first neces
sity one million persons will migrate
from various European and Asiatic
countries to Mexico, within the next
year. They are expected to leave
their native lands because of disrupt
ed conditions due to the war. Com
munications received here from Eng
land, France, Germany and Russia
indicate that colonies of those na
tions are already being formed and
will embark for Mexico at an oppor
tune moment.
Louis Luderty Rul, president of the
investigating committee, has been
quoted as saying that Mexico wel
comes all dependable colonists.
The committee has made no an
nouncement as to the location of the
various colonies; whether they are
to receive grants of land or are to be
assimilated among the natives. It
is believed, however, that there is
sufficient undeveloped land in the
republic to accommodate all home
seekers and that equitable distribu
tion will be made as occasion de
mands.
Lower California at present ap
pears to be the goal of a large num
ber of repatriated Mexicans, who
for the past few years have been
living in the United States. El Dem
ocrata asserts that within the next
few months 5,000 new Mexican fam
ilies will be established there.
Electric irons, 3 pounds to 6 1-2
pounds. Prices $3.50 to $6.50 at the
Northwestern Hardware Company.
If you do not receive your copy of
the Times regularly, please notify the
circulation manager. __
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WATSON ARRIVES AND
DEPARTS WESTWARD
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The steamship Admiral Watson j
was in port about two hours last
night and left for the westward about
midnight. She had the following pas
sengers for Cordova:
Mrs. Laurel Smith, Raymond
Smith, P. L. Burr, Geo. Snorween,
John Hutchinson, C. Bartholomew.
Passengers for the westward were:
Louis Anderson, Latouche; Mrs. A.
G. King, Anchorage, and George Os
borne, Anchorage.
MAURICE LEEHEY RETURNS
TO CONSULT OFFICIALS
Maurice D. Leehey, selected by the
Alaska Territorial Shipping Board to
conduct an investigation into the
transportation situation in Alaska un
der the terms of the recent act of
the territorial legislature, and Rich
ard M. Semmes, traffic expert em
ployed by him, arrived in Juneau re
cently to consult with Governor
Thomas Riggs, Jr., and Territorial
Treasurer Walstein G. Smith, mem
bers of the shipping board. The data
and information gathered by Mr.
Leehey and Mr. Semmes and their
recommendations will be given very
careful consideration.
Mr. Semmes is an old steamship
traffic man, and is regarded as a
very capable expert in his line. His
home is in Seattle, where he was
actively connected with shipping un
til he joined the army during the war.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
LOST — Diamond-shaped old ivory
nugget pin, between Northern hotel
and Pioneer cottages. Return to
Pioneer Packing Co. 22-2
LOST.—Case containing pair of
glasses and keys; name “Walter
Robinson” on back of case. Re
turn to Pioneer Packing Co. 22-2
BOY WANTED—Intelligent youth to
learn printing trade. Apply Daily
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FOR SALE—Upright Piano. Apply to
F. H. Foster 14-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins, ice
Dooley.
FOR SALE—Good stock of rabbits for
breeding purposes. Apply A. Cohen.
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