4 '
TODAY
is the
TOMORROW
that we worried
about
YESTERDAY
and it didn’t
HAPPEN
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS
This Company has spared neither time
nor expense to give Cordova a continuous
WATER SUPPLY. To do this the Company
must have your co-operation to stop the waste
% that occurs from letting the water run to avoid
freezing the pipes. Where we find this con
dition still to exist we shall SHUT OFF THE j§
WATER for the winter without further notice.
ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES |
First Street Phone I 3
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RELEGATE GETS
How Del, gale Charles A Sul/'T oi
Alaska secured quick action 1>> con
gn-s on the hill extending th* tine
lor tiling affidavits as to ass* mien!
work on mining claims in Alaska i
tlius recorded by Asiunun Drown, lie
Washington correspondent of the Sc
attic Post-Intelligencer
"Delegate Sulzer of Alaska he e
still delegate, you know, the lions*
no* having accepted the report of th*
committee holding that he was not
elected established a record in
speedy election Monday, right in th*
midst of the rush to get the session
over.
"Under one of th** war laws min*
claimants were exempted from assess
merit work for a year, provided they
filed necessary affidavits with record
ers before December Ml This law. it
is held, applies to Alaska. Th* result
has been a rush to get papers to re
(•orders before the end of th* year.
The influenza epidemic, however, has
resulted in delays. Cables from
Alaska have been busy for ten ‘lays
telling Mr Sulzer of the situation. Ac
eordinglv lie prepared a resolution ex
tending the time to April 1 for Alaska
claimants to lib* papers. To b any
good tie* resolution had to get through
before January 1
"So in on** day he introduced a res
(dill ion. obtained a favor ilde report
from the house committc* on mines
and mining, got it through that body,
ru de d it t*> tie .-■•nate. go' it through
the trines aud mining committee there
and e\ eiituaih . by tearing into tin*
program of tie reveiiu* bill, r *f if
: through fie* -*na!e. Now it is » n its
wa> to tie Pr* ideiit fot bis ign.e
: t up* "
inq UI/T’W rOfH\!!lrr.
LiUu x .u'i v>i i 1 in ULiJ
BAN ON SUGAR BOWLS
I.OS ANUKI.KS. .Ian 11. Sugar
limvl.s again have vanish) I from the
tables of a chain of popular rvstau
: rants here. This time it is by no edict
of Herbert Hoover, but by that of
the owner of the restateantsj -who
! found that Angelenos had gone so
long on a short sugar ration that when
the bowls were returned patron used
the granulated sweetening in their
soup and sprinkled over their meat.
'Can’t afford to place sugar on the
table for a while yet. until people
learn to use it temperately again." re
marked one attendant to a customer
who commented on the fact that he
was fore d to ask for sugar in ills
coffee. "We've caught half a dozen
carting away sugar in little paper
, bags, and many of our customers eat
it on everything."
"How many—one or two?”
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TWO FISHERMEN
LOSE LIVES IN
Fringing tin* first details of tie
tragedy in which he lost John Jen
sen and Finer Kllesen. two of her
fishermen, in tie- stormy Yakataga
hanks hot ween Cape Si Klias and
Yakutat. tie* stout halibut schooner
Panama. eommanded |»y Captain
Henry Austremm. arrived at Seattle
to undergo repairs that will keep her
in tie shipyard close to a month.
Jensen and Kllesen were lost
shortly after o'clock tie- evening of
Deeemmber !*. wle-n tledr dory cap
sized in treacherous dead breakers
caused by tie- ne-eting of violent seas
and southwest swells. Kllesen was
27 years old and leave a bride of
three months in Seattle Jensen was
a bachelor. 21 years old, leaves a
father in Tromsoe. Norway.
For seventeen days before the
tragedy the Panama had h*-en hove
to because of storms. In one gale a
great sea broke over the schooner,
carrying away her forecastle light and
dashing into the forecastle with such
force that it burled one of the fish
ermati out of his hunk.
\\ lin mr iiau mug m 1>*< .-mcr '
the weather moderated Might
skates of fishing gear w< r* let out
in the afternoon, each skate being
composed of seven of the long lines
with which the halibut men tish.
While the weather continued mol
erate, with a nsiing haromet.-: . Mae?
Austrein. on nf the i . i known and
most skillful of the halibut ib * ? in a
t e r S, beea file Ml' picioil - of tll“ eb
me!'.t . ami af 1 o’cloek order m1 oui
the dorii - t<» haul in tin- gear.
tbit t inm tin r- * wa a turn -t .1 tie •:
< ilt.1 !!• : »r lotir a >■ »b r :i com
in.' from tie nort least t hat rain
• leant!.' 1 ’ 1 . a 1 • 1 ■ : *e• . . .
As a pi • * nit uni <■'•. • \ • 1 r m
.»■ an running tile 1 .iimm.i at lull
speed from dm y to dor> . on-sing tie
dory in which Jensen and Mlb- en
v « re at work only live minutes befmv
tie ;, went to their watery graves. Tie
purpose in running tie- .schooner from
dory to dory was to have her Close at
hand in the event of an accident. A
furious wind sprang up at fl o’clock
When tin* dory of Jensen and Mile
sen capsized, darkness had fallen, but
each of the small boats had a light
Austrein had just started picking up
the dories when tie- light of the Jen
sen and Mllesen boat disappeared. An
otb“r dory, hauling on the same skate
as the capsized boat, cut the gear and
made a desperate effort to reach tie
two men, but was handicapped by the
darkness Both ne-n sank to death
in tie* raging seas.
Tie* sane* evening Pierre Anselme.
tie* cook of the Panama, was thrown
oil bis feet by the violet milling of
the schooner and three <*i his ribs
■ were broken. He is now 1 a hospi
tal in Prince Rupert. B where
the vessel sold her catch before head
ing for Seattle. TI11 catch, 62,000
Mini.', •. yi l ied Mini that gave each
'id man .r P.C. »1
■ It was one of the hardest experi
ences 1 have had on the banks in
years,” said (’aptain Austrein. "and
tlit* Panama suffered to such an extent
that repairs will take nearly a month."
SALVAGE FITTINGS FROM
WRECKED MARIPOSA
Fittings salvaged from the steam
ship Mariposa w> re recently taken to
Seattle In the Ueiiomlo. according to
the followinlg item taken from the
Seattle Times:
With a .shipment of fittings from
tile wreck of the steamship Mariposa,
off Strait island. Sumner strait, the
steamship Redondo, Captain Jeremiah
Flynn, of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany. arrived in Seattle recently. The
Re lomio was at the scene of the
wreck one day, and her officers and
crew were able to salvage a quantity
of brass fittings, the vessel's steer
ing gear and her binnacle.
While the crew of the Redondo was
at work on tho Mariposa a southeast
gale came up and she was forced to
steam for Seattle.
In addition to the shipment sal
vaged from the Mariposa, the Re
dondo brought 37.000 cases of canned
salmon from Southeastern Alaska.
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THE POWER OF WILSON
One dusky citizen was In uniform
and the other clung to his civilian
garli and railed against the draft. "1
ain't a-goln'," ho asserteed, "and no
one Is goln’ to make me."
"IVte," replied the other, earnestly.
"If Mr. Woodrow Wilson wants you,
you go! That man Just took an hour
of daylight away from God Almighty.
Then he took all the railroads away
from white folka and gave 'em to hia
aon In-law. What chance has you
got’"—Jefferaon Bee.
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WILLOW CREEK,
ALASKA
will soon become a second
Cripple Creek
$100 Invested Today in the
Little Gem Mine
will make you several thousand dollars within
a year or two.
1 am authorized to place a limited amount
of sluires at
TEN CENTS A SHARE
and will accept Liberty Ronds at par value.
Will be at Smith’s Hotel for one week
only.
R. DAVID REESE
Mining Engineer
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Alaskan Grill
FRANK A. DOUGLAS, Proprietor
“The Home of Quality and Attention”
The Popular Restaurant of Cordova, Everything First-Class
Special Attention Given to Parties
One \ Lit tu tin* A . 'k;i (IriII W ill Make Aon a
Regular I’at ron
I Mecca \
I ROOMING HOUSE j
| J Over Lindig’s Grill {
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NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton
| and Provisions
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Order* from
Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points
Halibut and Other Fresh Fish of All Kinds Will Be Kept |
in Stock When Available
SMITH & GLASSBRENNBR, Props. |
Copper River
and Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays
and Friday*
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
The above schedule subject to change without
notice.
Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
W harf from !! a. m. to 5 p m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office
tun' hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER Superintendent
D. L. LEATON, Ticket Agent
The Times Will Do that Job of Printing RIGHT