BROUGHT IB
Another big shipment of equipment
used in the construction of the Uana
ma canal will be sent from Balboa to
Anchorage, Cook Inlet, and placed at
the disposal of the army of men build
ing the government railroad in the
north, according to \V. C. Edes, chair
man of the Alaska engineering com
mission, who recently arrived in Se
attle.
As soon as vessels are available four
locomotives, two steam shovels, about
fifty flat cars and other equipment
which was used in digging the leg
^ waterway will be shipped to Anchor
age. Banana canal equipment valued
at $250,000 and consisting of two
steam shovels, four locomotives Snd a
miscellaneous variety of cars, is now
being used in the building of the gov
ernment railroad in Alaska.
Edes said that an effort will be
made to charter steamships carrying
supplies from San Francisco to the
canal zone and which have no cargo
booked for the return voyage, lie
explained that the army transports
are not suitable for handling this cla s
of cargo.
"We are planning to make some al
terations to the United States army
transport Crook, which will make her
a more desirable vessel for the com
mission,” said Edes. "We expect to
enlarge her hatches and equip her
with new winches so that she will lie
better able to handle shipments of
supplies for the railroad. The vessel
will be laid up as soon as she reaches
Seattle from Anchorage and the work
will then be done.
"A great deal of money has been
spent for building equipment, supplies,
and homes for employees," said Edes,
“and now more of the money will go
directly into the building of the rail
road, We did not even have a shovel
when we started to build the road, and
all of the equipment had to be pur
chased.
u e now luive largt: uiimiuiil m i
equipment in the north, vessels for
transporting supplies, about eighty
miles of seventy-pound rail not used,
. ties, bridge lumber and supplies, and
next year the work of building the
railroad will be carried on rapidly.
The line will probably be connected
up from Seward to Fairbanks by the
fall of 1919."
The population of Anchorage, which
is the main construction base on the
railroad, is between 4,000 and 5,000. !
At Matanuska, Ihe junction of the
Matanuska branch with the main line,
a townsite was recently surveyed by
the government, and a town is now
In course of development. There is
also a small town at Moose Creek,
about fifty miles from Anchorage,
where tiro first mine on the railroad
Is in operation. At Wassilla, the name
of the town where the railroad crosses
the Knik-Willow creek wagon road,
persons are gathering, Wassilla will
be the distributing point for freight
and supplies for the Willow creek min
ing district. The government is tak
ing immediate steps to survey small
townsites at these places.
The railroad north and south from
Anchorage passes through and devel
ops a large agricultural country. There
tore between 500 and 1,000 homestead
ers along the line of the railroad in
this section, and the agricultural land
is being rapidly developed. The home
steaders are supplying a consider
able portion of the lodstuffs for^the
railroad employees and others in that
section of the country. Recently the
Alaskan engineering commission con
tracted for 400 tons, or more than
13,000 bushels, of potatoes with the
Matanuska farmers.
Products are being hauled by Ihe
farmers to Matanuska and shipped
over the railroad to Anchorage and
other points along the line. There is
still room in the vicinity of *the rail
road and the government hopes to en
courage farmers from the states to
come to Alaska and take up home
steads in the territory tributary to the
railroad, in order to develop the agri
cultural lands so that the country may
some day in the near future be self
supporting.
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SUPPLE RUBGLH NIPPIES
■ IN GERMANY
BERLIN, Nov. 27. — To make sure
that as a result of the rubber shortage
In Germany, Infants will not have to
go without rubber nipples on the milk
bottle, the bundersrat has ordered
that the entire available supply within
the empire, and all that are import
ed, shall be turned over to a specially
created company that in turn Is to
have charge of the equable distribu
tion of this small but necessary article
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NOTICE.
Coasting on all hills about town is
strictly prohibited, and the only hill
that coasting will be tolerated on is
on C street, from Third to First, Par
ents are requested to admonish the
youngsters, as their help will possibly
avoid a aerioua accident.
This warning iB especially issued in
regard to coasting on any and all side
walks. GEO, DOOLEY,
Chief of Police.
A THANKSGIVING
OF LONG AGO
■‘^V^HB fondest memory I cherish
is of my boyhood Thanksgiv
JL log," snid Chauncey M. De
pew, “and, although Thanks
givings may bo now just the same as
they were then, they do not seem the
same to me—not by a long shot.
“When I was a lad I lived at Pecks
kill upon a farm, our country estate
and the same which now belongs to I
me. We awoke on Thanksgiving day
at early dawn and were up dancing
and singing with glee. There were to
be no gifts, of course, but the house
was full of company, who were with
us to spend the day, and that fact, to
gether with the presence of about a
dozen little cousins, made the Depew
boys and girls very early risers and
merry from the minute the sun awoke.
“My father and mother were very
strict. They did not think Thanksgiv
"WE ALL BUNDLED INTO A GREAT SLEIGH."
iiig n day for play or merriment of any
sort until one had been to cburcb and
given thanks. So my mother always
got up early to keep us 'hushed up.’
and my father also arose to be sure
that we did not do any laughing. We
always had a good breakfast.
“Then came church lime! And into
a great sleigh we all bundled. It
seems to me now that we had snow
earlier in those days, for I ran remem
ber being stowed away under the robes
like a little unlimited mummy not ex
ported to see light until unveiled at the !
end of the journey. There always was
a very long ohurrh service, and poor
mother employed all her time comfort
ing or frowning upon us ns the occa
sion seemed to demand After a time
church was out. Then came the din
ner and the fun For in the old time
Thanksgiving celebrations the whole
character of the day changed after |
church, and what Imd before been the
strictest Sunday conduct became as
riotous as the revelers could make It.
“Oh. what a dinner we had! I think
now we must have been very rich folk
to afford so much. In those days no
one had course dinners. And the table
was 'set' when the family tiled Into
the room, and the center of the feast
was turkey nothing but turkey.
“After dinner came the dessert. This j
always consisted of thirteen different
kinds of pie. i used to cut ail thirteen,
and my father was proud of me for It.
If anything happened so that I could
not get beyond the twelfth kind of pie
father rallied tne upon growing weak
and mother looked anxious for my
health. 1 can see those triangles of
pie now. There was mince, of course.
Then came Tmnkin,' apple, custard, eo
coanut, lemon, prune, blackberry (can
ned), dried peach and several others,
winding up with cranberry, it was a
great treat for us boys, who never at
any other time in the year really had
all the |de we could eat. After dinner
we sat down quietly in the parlor and
my grandmother told us stories. We
were, ourselves, quite too full for ut
terance. Surely too full for play.
"Hut the sequel to Thanksgiving day
was most interesting of all. It fol
lowed on Thanksgiving night. Just like
a Nemesis. And its program was this:
When It came time for ull to go to bed
my mother would call us children in
the pantry, and then came the little
dose which w as to counteract all bud
effects of the overstaffing process. My
dose was always castor oil And well
1 remember how it was prepared.
First Into the cup went a great deal
of molasses. Then came a spoonful of
the oil. Then more molasses This I
had to drink. Since then I have spent
many Thanksgiving days. l>qt I never
enjoyed any as well as those except
the castor oil afterward "
NEARLY HALF OF BERLIN
WORKERS ARE WOMEN
BERLIN, Nov. 27. — According to
the official municipal insurance bu
reaus, the number of women now em
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IE. A. HEGG
PHOTOGRAPHER
PHOTO SUPPLIES
Views and Post Cards
STATIONERY
PICTURES and FRAMES
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ployed Industrially has advanced to
47.6 per cent of all workers, as against
20.6 per cent a little over thirty years
ago. It rose">from 24.5 per cent in
1907, an average year, to 36.3 in 1914,
to 42.2 in 1915, and to 47.5 in 1916.
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BOOSTING MT. MeKINLEY
AS NATIONAL PARK, j
An effort on foot in congress to
have the Mt. McKinley section includ
ed in a national park should be sup
ported by Alaskans. It will prove a
great asset to Alaska in time. More
over, it will prove a harbor for wild
game as the territory becomes more
thickly settled. Also, it would prove
a great tourist resort when the gov
ernment railroad is finished.
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Today’s news in the Times today.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Cordova’s Progressive Merchants and
Professional Men.
HOTELS.
Alaskan Hotel.
Windsor Hotel.
Cordova House.
Manhattan Hotel.
GROCERIES.
The Blum, O’Neill Co.
CLOTHING.
W. Clayson.
The Blum, O’Neill Co.
Finkelstein & Sapiro.
RAILROADS.
Copper River & N. W. Ry.
Chicago, Milwauke & St. Paul.
Southern Pacific Railway.
LIGHTS, WATER AND PHONES.
Cordova Power Co.
BARBER SHOP.
Alaskan Hotel Barber Shop.
AUTO SERVICE.
City Express.
Frame's Auto Stage.
Sheldon Auto Stage.
RESTAURANTS.
Slater’s Restaurant.
Alaskan Grill.
Good. Eats Cafe.
THEATRE.
Empress Theatre.
• HARDWARE.
Northwestern Hardware Co.
The Blum, O’Neil Co.
BANK.
First Bank of Cordova.
DRUG STORE.
Northern Drug Co.
TRANSFER COMPANY.
City Express.
SALOONS.
The Horseshoe.
The Mecca.
The Mint.
The Northern.
The Mecca, McCarthy.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Howard & Lund.
STEAMSHIP LINES.
Alaska Steamship Co.
Pacific-Alaska Nav. Co.
MERCHANT TAILORING.
Van, The Tailor.
Hub, The Tailor.
LAUNDRY.
City Laundry.
PHOTOGRAPHER.
E. A. Hegg.
MACHINERY, &c.
Harmon Machinery Co., Inc.
MEAT MARKET.
Northern Meat Market.
SUMMER RESORTS.
Mountain Inn, Alganick.
INSURANCE.
Northwestern Trust & Realty Co.
STOVE MANUFACTURER.
F. S. Long Mfg. Co., Seattle.
SECONDHAND STORE.
John Rawson.
PROFESSIONAL.
Dr. W. IL Chase, Physician.
Dr. W. W. Council, Physician.
Dr. C. L. Hale, Dentist.
E. F. Medley. Attorney.
W. A. Hesse, Mining Engineer.
Asa C. Baldwin, Civil Eng., Valdez.
REAL ESTATE.
Geo. C. llazelet.
TYPEWRITERS.
E. S. Hewitt & Co., Juneau.
BREWING COMPANY.
Rainier Brew. Co., San Francisco.
Howard & Lund
Contractors and Builders
Estimates Furnished.
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Sheldon Auto Stage
SERVICE,
CHITINA TO FAIRBANKS.
Starts June 15.
Cars Now Running Regularly.
Weekly Trips.
Fare $76.00.
40 Rounds Baggage Free,
f Office: Chitina Hotel. Chitina,
Alaska.
Cordova Cafe
IN THE OYSTER BUSINESS
Phone 184.
Don’t forget when you come
to Cordova to have a refreshing
eat of fresh Olympia and East
ern Oysters and Fresh Crabs.
CHARLEY MORE, Prop.
P. O. BOX 101.
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Windsor Hotel
L. Wain, Prop.
Where You Get
Comfort and Service.
And the Rates Are Right.
Cordova Alaska
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New Samples
JUST ARRIVED.
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Ladles’ Tailored Suits and
Dresses Made to Order at Seat
tle Prices. ,
CLEANING AND PRESSING
Dry Cleaning Our Specialty. !
Van, Tailor
PHONE 130.
For Rent—House of five rooms. Ap
ply at Bank.
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Wanted — To rent or buy piano.
Inquire at Times office.
| Foos Gas Engines |
4 to 5C0 Horse Power
General Electric Motors
Roehling Tramways
Pelton Water Wheels
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
Regal Boat Engines |
Harmon MachineryCo Inc |
Oxy-Acetylene Welding.
| CORDOVA, ALASKA |
I When Ordering Beer
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| Rainier Pale
JOB PRINTING
I
AT DAILY TIMES
WHY NOT OWN YOUR OWN HOME? \
Many families aje Paying out from $200 to $500 im»
;| rent each year. Why not put that into a home of your |
own? |
Call on Geo. C. Hazelet, Trustee of the Townsite, *od j
| see if it can’t be arranged. I *
{northern meat market^
g WHOLESALE AIIO RETAIL DEALERS IN
Is t- it A-1 n i_ ir i ii
I;!;: rieSll I3VJC1, l'Ul K, v€itlt iVlUltUlL
and Provisions
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Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to order* from
MINING CAMPS, ROADHOUSES AND j
INTERIOR POINTS f
SMITH & ULASBUBNNEH, Props.,
Prepare by Saving
1 erhaps you may wish to take a trip next year.
Perhaps you may wish to buy yourself a home some
dav.
' .
1 erhaps you may wish to make a stake or an invest
ment.
Perhaps you may wish to start in business for your
self.
Perhaps you may wish to prepare against loss of
work.
Perhaps you may wish to send your children to school
outside.
A savings account and so much out of your pay en
velope every month will find you prepared when your
plans mature.
Remember you will receive compound interest on all
you save.
START NOW AND KEEP IT UP.
THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
SECURITY SERVICE SATISFACTION
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY GOVERNMENT INSPECTED RESOURCES OVER $450,000.
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CIII LAUNDRY
PHONE 127.
Second St., opposite Postoffice.
Best of Hand Work. Give Is
a Call.
INSURANCE
FIRE, MARINE. LIFE and ACCIDENT
Insure your property against fire in
reliable Insurance Companies.
We represent the Niagara. London,
Phoenix, Hartford, Northern, Globe
and Rutgers, and others; all strong
Board Companies.
We also represent the Maryland
Casually Company, and Issue Fidelity
and Surety Bonds.
| Northwestern Realty & Trust Co.
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The Lang Stove, horn in Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Body made of Artneo Ilust-Resist
ing Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will hold fire overnight with wood
or coal.
Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer lor a Lang Stove.
If he cannot supply you write us.
Our line is complete from the
smallest camp stove to the larg
est hotel ’ange.
Any sourdough will tell you about tha
Lang Stove, They all know it.
F. S. LANG MFG. CO.
SEATTLE. WN.
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TO THE EAST ”
via CALIFORNIA sapety
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I This is the Comfortable Wav to (io. Interesting, too.
Via SEATTLE, PORTLAND and SAN FRANCISCO.
Three Trains Daily on the
SHASTA ROUTE
>•> Direct connection made at San Francisco to all points in
e the East or South. Liberal Stopovers allowed. Write
for Booklets and other information.
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712 Second Avenue.
I Seattle - .Washington
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