THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1920
THIS YEAR LOOKS BRIGHTER
Alaska’s mineral output in 1919 was
the smallest of any year since 1910,
and its value was less than half that
of 1916, preliminary estimates of the
geological survey, just made public,
show. The output for the year brought
only about $18,500,000, as compared
with $28,254,000 in 1918 and $48,600,
000 in 1916.
The decline was attributed princi
pally to the reverting of the copper
Industry to normal conditions as a re
sult of the price of the metal since
1916, when the war demanded greatly
stimulated production. High operat
ing costs also caused a depression in
gold mining.
Eight copper mines were operated
in Alaska in 1919, producing about
44.800,000 pounds, valued at $8,500,000.
The production in 1918 was 69,225,000
pounds, valued at $17,099,000.
The value of the annual outpct of
gold declined from $16,700,000 in 1916
to $9,000,000 in 1919.
Alaska still contains large reserves
of gold-bearing gravels that can be
mined profitably when transportation
conditions are improved, the report
said, adding that “the most important
event of the year for the future in min
ing in Alaska was the continuation of
the work on the government railroad
and the assurance by congressional ac
tion of the money needed to complete
the line.”
“Better and cheaper steamboat
service, on both ocean and river, is
also imperative,” the report said.
“Moreover, the railroad must be sup
plemented by trails and wagon
• roads.”
As a by-product to gold and copper
mining 590,000 ounces of silver and
800 tons of lead were mined during
the year.
The value of the gold mined in
Alaska from the discovery of the pre
cious metal in 1880 to 1919 was placed
at $437,000,000. .
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
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With all our game laws, with open
and closed seasons, and the bounty
that is being paid on different pests,
why not have an open season and put
a bounty on Bolshevists in Alaska?
Lots of sourdoughs could get a grub
stake very easily and do the terri
tory a good turn by unlimbering “Old
meat-in-the-Pot” and going out and
getting a “Bol” or two before break
fast.—Douglas News.
The outlook for Alaska is for con
tinued improvement. The signs of a
revival of interest in mining are too
plaih to be mistaken, and when min
ing is on the up-grade Alaska is al
ways prosperous. Letters and inter
views that constantly pour in on us
from all sections of the country bring
stories of former Alaskans who con
template returning to the territory. If
'Alaska can get back her own during
the year that is coming it will be
fine, prosperous and joyous. And if
she gets back her own, there will be
many more to come with them. Ju
heau Empire.
Numerous scenes of gay night life
in New York’s gay lobster palaces as
it is lived by many of the wealthy
Bohemians of the metropolis, will add
splendor to the production of “Ali
mony,” which will be seen at the Em
press tonight. To depict these scenes
as accurately as possible, several
elaborate and costly settings were
built. These will represent various
lobster palaces on the “gay white
way,” and within them the action will
reflect some of the countless extrava
gant parties that are held there by the
idle rich. This production is in seven
sig acts, and as there will be no in
troductory picture, please be on time.
RELEASED FROM PRISON,
WILL NOW BE DEPORTED
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TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 5 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Wilhelm Von Brinck
en, former German consulate attache
at San Francisco, was released from
the federal penitentiary at McNeil’s
island Friday last, after serving two
years’ imprisonment for seditious con
spiracy. He will be deported
WILL SEND GREETINGS
TO FELLOW DEMOCRATS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (by Associ
ated Press).—The White House re
ports that President Wilson will send
important word of greeting to the
Democrats at the Jackson day dinner.
Much conjecture is being indulged
in as to whether President Wilson
will state in his message his decision
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as to becoming a candidate for a third
term. Close friends of the President
insist that he will not become a can
didate.
WARREN, Ohio, Jan. 5 (by Associ
ated Press).—Former City Treasurer
Charles B. Kistler pleaded guilty here
Saturday to embezzling $50,000 in
city funds.
SHE IS A REAL MINER
Mabel J. Gray, an attractive young
business woman of Tonopah, Nev., is
probably the only woman president of
ii mining company. She is shown here
■t work on one of her claims. Mrs.
'ray wears a man’s clothing while on
<sr prospecting and mining trips, and
ie is a familiar figure in this garb on
* streets of Tonopah.
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tI
Fresh French puffs daily at the Gity
Bakery. 1‘3-tf
Delicious mince pie at the City
Bakery. 13-tf
oummuiNO
No. C-170
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.—Auralee
P. Pritchard, plaintiff, vs. Carl A.
Pritchard, defendant.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting to the above
named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the territory
of Alaska, Third division, within thirty
days after the completion of the pub
lication of this summons, to wit,
within thirty days after the 23d day
of January, 1920, to answer the com
plaint of the above-named plaintiff in
the above-entitled action, wherein
said plaintiff prays that she be given
an absolute decree of divorce from
you forever dissolving the bonds of
matrimony heretofore existing be
tween you and said plaintiff.
And unless you so appear and an
swer, the plaintiff will take judgment
against you for want thereof and will
apply to the court for the relief de
manded in her said complaint as here
inabove set out.
The date of the order for service
by publication herein is December 8,
1919, and such order was duly made
and entered and filed herein on said
date.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is December 9, 1919,
and the date of its last publication is
January 22, 1920.
Witness: The Honorable CHARLES
E. BUNNELL, Judge of the said
Court, and the seal of said Court,
on this 8th day of December, 1919.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court for
the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division.
By JOHN B. MILLER, Deputy.
R. H. L. Noakes, Attorney for
Plaintiff.
First publication, Dec. 9, 1919.
Last publication, Jan. 6, 1920.
LORD TOLD HER
TO MURDER FATHER
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Sixteen-Year-Old Daughter Puts
Fatal End to Family
Quarrel.
Philadelphia.—“The Lord told me to
do it as I lay in bed.” This reason has
he°n advanced to the authorities for
her act by sixteen-year-old Clara P>ar
tell, daughter of a railroad signalman
of Edgewood, who shot and instantly
killed her parent.
The first news of the tragedy came
when a physician was called to the
Bartell home. He found Barlell lying
on the floor, sprawled face downward,
with a gaping wound in the chest just
below the shoulder blade. The full
force of a charge of shot had struck
him, and death was instantaneous.
The victim’s wife, almost insane from
grief, and his four children still were
in the house and seemed too dazed to
give a coherent story.
State policemen soon were on the
scene and finally obtained some details
of the tragedy. According to the wife
and other children, whose story later
was sobbingly substantiated by Clara,
the father came home from work in the
morning, and at breakfast an argu
ment, which frequently occurred in the
family relative to moving to Philadel
phia, broke out again.
The children wanted to live in Phil
adelphia where they could have the ad
vantages of L itter educational and so
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Bartell Sank to the Floor Without a
Word.
dal surroundings, the mother said, hut
the father opposed the suggestion,
maintaining that the morals of young
people too often are ruined in the
cities.
Argument was especially vehement,
the mother said, and was principally
between the father and the daughter,
Clara. Finally, becoming enraged,
Clara is said to have stepped back
ward, picked up a shotgun and pulled
the trigger. The weapon was fired'at
dose range, and Bartell sank to the
floor without a word.
Further investigation convinced the
authorities that there were inconsist
encies in the story and Clara again
was questioned. She finally blurted
out:
“The Lord told me to do it last
night, while I was in bed.”
Scarborough Pictures that please at
prices that are right Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOR SALE—Cash register. See
Kenny Holden.
FOR SALE—Lakeview Hotel; 14 fur
nished bedrooms, dining room,
kitchen, store room, sitting room;
also 80 chickens. Will sell cheap
if taken at once. Owner sick and
must leave.
WANTED—Cannery on Prince Wil
liam Sound. Desire a good outside
man fully understanding the fish
ing game, handling of traps, and
placing of men to get results. Ad
dress Dept. 4, 127 Harvard North,
Seattle, Wash. 29-5t
FOR SALE—L. C. Smith typewriter;
first-class condition, $40. See Cor
dova Adjustment Co. 27tf
THREE-ROOM furnished house to let.
Apply The Blum-O’Neill Co.
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins. See
Dooley.
GOOD board and room at Lakeview.
FOR SALE
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FOR SALE
Choice business and residence
property.
FOR RENT—
Furnished and unfurnished
apartments and cottages.
INSURANCE—
Fire and marine, life and ac
cident.
BONDS
Fidelity and surety.
CORDOVA ABSTRACT &
REALTY COMPANY
ROOM 1 ADAMS BUILDING
Why have the dirt rubbed and
pressed in when we have the ma
chine for renovating.your clothes?
It costs no more and the satisfac
tion is great. Suits Made to Order.
T. N. HUBBERT New Woolens Just Arrived
Tailor Across from Blum-O’Neill Store
TAX NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the
town taxes for the town of Cordova
for the year 1919 are now due and
payable to the undersigned at his of
fice. Taxes will be delinquent on
Monday, February 9, 1920, at 6 p. m.,
and thereafter a penalty of 5 per cent
will be added. THOS. S. SCOTT,
Town Treasurer.
Dec. 24, 1919—Jan. 7, 1920.
POOL
TOURNAMENT
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FIRST—SUIT OF CL0THE8
SECOND—PAIR OF SHOES
THIRD—STETSON HAT
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8TATIONER, NEWSDEALER,
NOTIONS,
TOBACCOS, CONFECTIONERY.
/ SHAMPOOING
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For MANICURING
CALL 1
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MRS. SWANBERG
Keist Furniture
Company
la the Place to Buy
New and Second-Hand
Household Goods
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
We Sell Goods on Commission
Next door to Alaska S. S. Office
Ieyser
THE TAILOR
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Opposite Kenny
Holden’s
Phone 188
SHOE REPAIRING
DIMON NICKALOFF
Currier Building,
C Street. P. o. Box 986.
LAUNCHES
PIONEER AND SWAN
Wm. J. Crooker, Owner and Master
REGULAR TRIPS TO KATALLA d
FREIGHTING AND TOWING
To AH Part8 of the Sound
Phone 57—2 Rings
Aunty Keating’s '
Wee Shop
Specialties for this week in
CHINA AND GLASSWARE
After-dinner Coffees (Nippon
ware).
CHILDREN’S NAZARETH
WAISTS
A new line just received, of
riisse Crepe; colors, pink and !
white. '
Also a complete line of Bur
lington Hosiery.
Hand-crocheted Yokes.
Silk Underwear made to
| order.
CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
1 Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, 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. L/
TRY THE
WINDSOR
For Rooms that are
Comfortable
Mini
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A LARGE SHIPMENT OF
LIVE CHICKENS
Good Roasters
JOE FREY '
Phone 22
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