THE CORDOVA J)AILY TIMES
Entered at the Pi.stofflre at Cordova,
Alaska, as second class matter.
Subscription Rates
■Ingle Copies .6 10
One Month . 100
■lx Months (in advance). 6.00
One Year (in advance). 10.00
H. G. STEEL
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use for republlcatlon of
all news credited to it or not otherwise
sredited In this paper, and also the local
credited in this paper, and also the local
news published herein.
All rigtits of republlcatlon of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER lfi, 1919
BIOGRAPHY OF L. BEER
Now that we are standing with
bowed head about the bier of that
great American citizen, Lager Beer—
thirst in war, thirst in peace, etc.—
many are inquiring as to the spot
where this hero, first saw the light of
day. As in the case of many other
great characters, the birthplace of
this greatest of all American mixers
seems to be somewhat in dispute.
The honor is contended for by Phila
delphia and New York city.
Prior to 1S44 only about as many
Americans were familiar with the
taste of lager beer as are now familiar
with it. Other beer had been made
in this country—English beer and ale
—and some lager had been imported
for the ultra-fastidious. But whisky,
being then unhampered by the inter
nal revenue, was the poor man’s drink.
About the first effort to mitigate
the Great American desert of which
we have any record was that of old
Governor Van Twiller, who put up a
place more than 250 years ago' on the
farm of the West India Company in
Manhattan. Another brewery started
out salesmen from Albany at about
the same time. This plant was still
making beer up to recent date. These
two humidifiers ran for 200 years
before lager beer was discovered.
They made ale, table beer, *mall beer
and what is now known as barley
wine.
But it was left for a plant in the
suburbs of Philadelphia or one which
stood at Nineteenth street and Broad
way in New York city, to begin the
domestic manufacture of the late la
mented L. Beer. The books of this
%
first Manhattan brewery are still in
existence. Sebastian Sommers was its
owner, and the first customer was J.
F. Luther. On September 3, 1843,
Luther arrived at the brewery, pre
sumably with a tub on a wheelbarrow,
or else with an awful accumulated
thirst, and ordered five gallons of suds.
This cost him 50 cents. Persons in
those days could hardly afford to stay
sober, in which condition they would
require food, raiment and shelter.
News of Luther’s good work must
have spread about rapidly—probably
he was seen walking up and down
the street that evening—for on the
second day of business one Peter §>tolz
arrived with a dray and took home
for himself ten gallons. Among the
customers of the next few days was
W. F. Havemeyer, later mayor of New
York and progenitor of the sugar
trust.
Lager soon became the fashionable
drink, as the list of customers shows.
Plain folks with no pretentions stuck
to red-eye, but citizens with any social
standing found it necessary to display
a knowledge of and taste for the new,
expensive beverage. Progress in roll
ing back the Great American desert
was slow, however, as the books show
that the daily output of the first plant
was only worth $10 or $15. This the
customers called for in their ov?n
Ford cars, or otherwise. Sophisticat
ed city folks used to drive their coun
try relatives out for a taste of the
new brew. In a few years business
had increased so that a new brewery
had to be erected. Sufficient thirst
and interest had been aroused to call
for' enlarged capacity. But it was
not until some keen mind discovered
that ice could be used in connection
with the new liquor that its success
became such as to lend to its recent
national prominence. Up to the in
troduction of ice the brew was kept
in cellars and drunk for the most part
in the winter time, when no one was
thirsty. But when a way of handling
and drinking beer in the heated
months was evolved, then the con
quest of the Great American desert
was assured.
But alas! as the poets say. Au
thorities have questioned whether irri
gation ever permanently succeeds.
The desert, for the time, was van
quished. But today it again spreads
its dry and sandy way from seaboard
to coast, and from boundary to gulf.
Delicious mince pie at the City
Bakery. 13-tf
[just received
A LARGE SHIPMENT OF
LIVE CHICKENS
Good Roasters
JOE FREY
Phone 22
TRY THE
WINDSOR
For Rooms that are
Comfortable
1 CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
- Shop Phone 182
i
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmlthing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock'
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
CORDOVA
SHEET METAL WORKS
SKATE
SHARPENERS
SECOND STREET, ACROSS
FROM JAIL
PHONE 143
V/AVAV/AV/A%\VA-.\%VA%%VAV/.%V/.V.\\\\V.\V*V.
POOL
TOURNAMENT
IS NOW ON
tonTght
AT 7:30
Elmer Games
Plays
William Snyder
THREE PRIZES
FIRST—SUIT OF CLOTHES
SECOND—PAIR OF SHOES
THIRD—STETSON HAT
, . z-C— --— ■ "
t
r
*
(SHAMPOOING
FACIAL AND
For MANICURING
CALL
1101-3 RINGS
MRS. SWANBERG
White Wash Goods
Georgettes, Flannel, Laces,
Silks, Nettings, Handkerchiefs,
Umbrellas, Hand-knitted Sweat
ers, Belts, Hosiery, Muslin Un
derwear, Silk Petticoats, Sheet
ing by the yard, Babies’ Romp
ers, Babies’ Shoo-Flies.
Now is the time to select your
XMAS TOYS
AUNTY KEATING'S
“WEE SHOP"
___________ j
Send the Saturday Times to a Friend Outside
YOUR FURS MADE TO ORDER
Best work guaranteed. Low
est prices. . Over 2,000 Alaska
customers.
R. W. Drew
Tacoma's Expert Furreir
11th and B’dw’y, Tacoma, Wash.
NORTHWESTERN CLEAN
ING AND DYEING HOUSE
TAILORING
All kinds of Repair Work. Fancy
Garments a Specialty. All Work
Guaranteed. Goods called for andi
delivered
J. LEEN*
Next to Hegg’s, on C Street
Phone 123-4
PEYSER
THE TAILOR <
Opposite Kenny
Holden’s
Phone 188
SHOE REPAIRING
>— ^.—
DIMON NICKALOFF
Currier Building,
C Sireet. . P. O. Box 988.