THE BURKHART
Hand Laundry and Baths
BURKHART BUILDING, REAR OF HERALD OFFICE
Newly Fitted Up With Large Porcelain Tubs.
Everything Clean and Sanitary.
WATER ALWAYS HOT. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
PHONE 61—3 RINGS
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Bargain Store
JUST RECEIVED
A LINE OF SHIRTS, PANTS, WOOL BLANKETS
QUILTS, ETC. FROM F. A. PATRICK AND CO.
We also handle the Hirsch-Weis and Co. “Rose City”
brand of Mackinaws, Loggers’ Shirts, Rainset and Au
apelle Clothing.
Black Bear brand of union made Overalls and Jackets.
! A complete line of Wool and Cotton Blankets, Quilts of all kinds,
Bed Spreads, Sheets and Pillow Slips, Wool Sox and Insoles.
Parkees, Gloves and Mittens. Shoe Paos and Rubber Overshoes.
Tents, Bed Sheets, Pack Sacks and Clothes Bags.
Towers’ Fish Brand Oil Coats.
THE NORTHERN BLOCK
First Street
THE CITY BAKERY
WE ARE SPECIALISTS IN FINE CAKES AND PASTRY
FOR
Parties and Receptions
Makers of the Famous "Cream Loaf’ Bread
Sun “Maid” Raisin Bread—A Treat Indeed
Rye Bread Graham Bread
LUNCH ROOM —WHERE YOU GET THOSE EXCELLENT
LUNCHES
f.FRiSCO CAFE]
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Everything in Season Served
•iji Two Doors Below Modern Laundry.
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For Fairbanks and Interior Points
Travel via Sheldon Auto Stage Line, tin* pioneer auto
line on the Chitina Fairbanks trail. Carrying F. S. mail
and assuring patrons the very best auto service to Fair
banks obtainable. For further particulars call on or ad
dress communications to
ROBERT E. SHELDON
< tu ner and Manager, Chitina, Alaska
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 Fridays
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
'1 lie above schedule subject to change without
not ice.
Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
!■ loiaht received and delivered at Cordova
hacf from !> a. in. to 5 p in., except Sundays.
. ickets on sale at Second Street Depot office
orr before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER .''Uin i intemlimt
D. L. LEATON, Ticket Agent
WORTH MORE
AS JUNK THAN
AS RAILROAD
TONOPAH. Nov., Dec. 7 Because
lit is more valuable as junk than as a
I railroad, that portion of the Las Vegas
Tonopah “system" lying between
Las Vegas and Beatty has been aban
doned and will be sold. The last train
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has thundered over its rails.
That portion of the railroad extend
ing between Beatty and Goldfield, a
distance of 79 miles, will be operated
by the Tonopah & Tidewater, the old
K. M (Borax) Smith line. The total
mileage of the Las Vegas and Tono
pah railroad, extending from Las Ve
gas to Goldfield, is 197 miles.
The Las Vegas A- Tonopah was pro
jected by "Borax" Smith and financed
by Senator William A Clark Smith
planned to operate the road in con
junction with the Salt Lake route and
tap the mining districts of Bullfrog.
Khyclite. Beatty. Greenwater. Gold
field and Tonopah. as well as to re
move borax from Death valley.
Since the taking over of most of
the railroads by the government the
business of the Las Vegas & Tonopah
has dwindled to almost nothing. All
freight and passenger traffic was
[routed over to the Tonopah & Tide
i water.
After having been operated for 12
[years, the railroad as a physical prop
erty is worth more today than when
the rails were laid. It is estimated
‘that the rails are worth more thffti
j double their value \fhen they were
j laid in 190*1. It is expected that part
| of railroad which has been abandoned
will bring a good price.
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SCANDINAVIANS HELPED
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Thai the Scandinavian Americans
have played an important part in the
developing of the North I'acitie states
is the opinion expressed by N. A.
t'.rcvestad, who has just completed a
trip through tile Northwest. Mr.
Kirevstad. who formerly was I'nited
Stubs minister to ITitguai and Para
guay, is i lie of the prominent mem
| hers of the Scandinavian group in
(this country. During his recent stay
tin the state of Washington he had ex
ierlle.it opportunities to observe and
study the activities of his people who
have settled there.
One of the industries in which they
have been engaged is fishing This
refers particularly to tile development
of tile ocean fisheries off tile banks,
extending from i'ligot sound to
Alaska, and including the catching of
! halibut, cod and herring. The Puget
sound fishing was started on a large
scale hy Norwegian settlers, and still
ivimiius principally In their hands
The Norwegians. Swedes and Danes
are also more widely represented In
[agricultural pursuits than any other
[ foreign-born people. Thus, in one of
; tile largest and most fertile valleys in
jibe western part of the state of Wash
ington more than three-fourths of the
I farmers are Norwegians.
Ill Seattle, the metropolis of the
North Paeifle coast. Mr. Grevstad
i found the S andiiiavi.ius well repre
; seated in business and official clr
elos. The present mayor of Seattle.
, Die Hanson, is of Scandinavian blood,
the son of a Norwegian farmer of
Racine. Wiw. There are three Scan
dfnavian banks In Seattle and two
Norwegian newspapers, one of which,
the Washington Poston, is one of the
oldest Norwegian publications in the
country The cities of Tacoma and
Spokane are two other centers of
i Scandinavian activity.
A matter of considerable interest
mentioned by Mr. Grevstad in connee
(ion with the operations of his people
| on the Pacific coast is the fact that
the first discoverey of gold at Nome.
Alaska, was made by a party of
Swedes and Norwegians. In the sub
sequent rush of gold-seekers to the
Alaskan fields many Scandinavians
took part,
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Misconstrued Silence.
“lie who says nothing Is never mis
quoted,” remarks a philosopher. No,
but sometimes his wife accuses him of
sitting; there thinking things.—Itoston
Transcript.
Work for Better Times.
To what signifies wishing and hop
ing for better times? We may make
these times better. If we bestir our
selves.—Franklin.
Spasmodic Sermon.
Men areTnown by the company they
keep and companies are known by the
men they keep.
Optimistic Thought.
It Is a sure Indication of good sense
to be diffident of lb
WOMAN SPY IS
TRAPPED AT KEY
Telegraph Operator Kept Ger
man Secret Agents in This
Country Informed.
MAKES STIFF FIGHT
In Discharge of Duties She Memorized
Messages About Munitions and
Repeated Them to Enemies
of America.
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New York.—Miss Wanda Kreutzlng
er, forty-two .veins old, declared by de
partment agents to lie one of the most
dangerous Herman spies in the United
[ States, wus arrested us she sat at her
telegraph key in the operating room of
1 the Postal Telegraph company In New
York city. Her desperate struggle
' with the department agents, in the
presence of i>00 men and women opera
tors, was due to ic-r endeavor to de
stroy a paper whi h she was scruti
nizing at her desk when the depart
ment oflirers confronted her and In
formed tier that she was under arrest.
The woman Is accused of attempting
to supply information to the enemy
ahoi^^idjimeiits of munitions.
TfeJ.cn to the New York otllre of the
degariment of Justice, Miss Kreutzing
«t»o auHY she came to this country
frdr* en, (iermany, HO years ago,
Stated between 1914 and 1910, she
was approached by a representative of
tin* Herman government who seemed
acquainted with the fact that she was
an expert telegraph operator and. be
; cause of that fact, bad been assigned
by the postal officials t<* handle mili
tary. naval and administration men
sages to and from *he munitions ren
ters in Connecticut. She consented to
turn *r,y, she said, at the first meet
ing.
Repeated Messages to German Spy.
Having a good memory. Miss Kreutz
luger seldom copied the messages but
usually memorized each of them. Kvery
evening sit the conclusion of her work
Mot a Representative of the German
Spy System.
she met a representative of the Ger
man spy system, sometimes Iti the
shadow of the federal building, In the
city hall park, where she repeated
from memory messages she had sent or
received during the day. Sometimes,
when a message was too long or con
tained complicated phraseology, she
copied It. This Information was con
veyed, Miss Kreutzlnger stated, to sev
eral Germans connected with the spy
system, all of whom had been intro
duced to her by the man who had tlrst '
branched the scheme to her.
When President Wilson declared war
on Germany, she said, the representa
tives ol the German spy system disap
peared and she did not supply any
more information until about six I
weeks ago when sin* resumed her spy
work on the government messages, giv
ing her information to a man who Is In
the custody of the department of Jus
tice agents and through whom her no- j
tlvltlea were ascertained.
DOES “HOUDINI” OUT OF JAIL
Girl Squeezes Through Space It Was
Not Believed a Cat Could
Get Through.
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Atlanta, On.—Houdlnl had nothing ;
whatever on Marie Johnson, who J
when locked up In the matron’s ward j
at the police station, climbed from a j
chair to the transom over the door !
and out between two of the three burs
that guard the opening. It was be- j.
Ueved nothing larger than a eat could j
squeeze through the open space. Ma
rie, lithe and slender and twenty, was
found the next morning hiding under j
a bench in the court anteroom, unable ;
to escape to the street. She was
charged with robbing Joseph Ilalsted
of $85 while they were Joy, riding.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. NOTICE
On Monday evening. December ft. j
there will he nil important .business j
meeting of the Knights of Pvthias I
lodge, and all member* are requested J
to alte id. 0. A. HARMON. M of A.
AN INCOMPLETE CAREER
*‘I nin sorry to hour ttint your auto
iiiolillf has boon completely wroeked.'
"Yes; It's tough; It had never killed
Its man."
HIS SHAKE.
Yount? Wife—
Everybody tells
me how nice I
look In my new
1 dress, but you
haven't said a
word.
Hubby — Your
friends, my dear,
* pay you compli
m e n t s; I pay
your bills.
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WANTED—To buy cabin. State price,
I’. <). Hox 975. 27-41
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WANTED—A range and furniture in
Rood condition. Apply at Times
office. 20-tf
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<T«e the classified ad column of the
Times if you want results
CHUTTER &
INGALLS
Producers—Selling Agents
Fresh, Frozen, Salt I
and Mild-Cured
FISH
Correspondence and Consign
ments Solicited.
COLMAN BLDG. SEATTLE
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Cordova
Sheet Metal Works
J. A. COHRS, Prop.
Phone*
Shop, 143 Res., 160—2-R
General Sheet Metal Work,
Smokestacks, Boats and other
Tanks, all sizes; Boat Flywheel
Pans, Garbage and Ash Cans.
REPAIR WORK DONE
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TOKENS OF RESPECT
A well conducted funeral is a
token of respect to the deceased.
Our methods of conducting a
funeral have given us an oppor
tunity to serve you in a manner
that will command respect. We
are equipped to serve you sat
isfactorily.
K. E. HOLDEN PARLOR
Second Street, between
A and B Ave
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Windsor Hotel ♦
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Where You Got *
Comfort and Service 4
And the Rates Are Ri^ht. 4
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FOR SALE
FOR SALE:
Choice business and resi
dence property,
FOR RENT
Furnished und unfurnished
apartments and cottages.
INSURANCE
Fire and marine, life and ac
cident.
BONDS
Fidelity and surety.
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CORDOVA ABSTRACT and
REALTY COMPANY
ROOM 1, ADAMS BUILDING.
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WHEN YOU ARE IN
McCarthy
Stop at the
Ketterer
House
The Very Finest Rooms and
Bath in McCarthy, Alaska.
CORDOVA
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNES. Prop.
Residence Shop
Phone 1015. Phone 182
Machine Woi t of all Kinds.
Blacksmlthlng General Repair
log. Horse Shoeing. Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
Cordova, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
MEET ME AT
THE
‘HORSESHOE’
POPULAR RECREA
TION PLACE
Where we can always find our
frlenda
Finest Billiard and Pool Ta
bles In Alaska
BEST GRADES OF STAND
ARD BRANDS OF CIGARS
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Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish nud Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL. CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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