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THEY LIE FLAT AND WON’T “KICK UP” AT EDGES
A Damp Mop Cleans Them.
NORTHWESTERN HARDWARE CO.
Pacific Steamship Co. j I
I Safety Courtesy Servi^
S. S. Admiral Wainwright I
With Admiral Farragut’s Freight
Due in Cordova May 5
Through tickets sold to all California points.
Three sailings a week from Seattle.
Steamers President, Governor, Queen, Admiral ■
Schley and Admiral Dewey.
See agent for special summer excursion rates.
W. A. NOUESE, Agent EMPRESS BLDG. ■
1 NORTHERN MEAT MARKET I
ij:; Wholesale and Retail Dealers in ;i;i
1 FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON AND PRO- 8
| VISIONS
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from •••'
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|i Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points
| Halibut and Other Fresh Fish of All Kinds Will Be Kept 8
| in Stock When Available $
| SMITH & GLASSBRENNER, Props. |
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of ateamers
without notlcs.
LEAVES SEATTLE LEAVES CORDOVA
APRIL l , ALAMEDA *** ' APRIL 9
APRIL 8 ALASKA APRIL 19
APRIL 16 NORTHWESTERN APRIL 27
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The freighters Cordova, Latouche, Juneau, Valdez
and Ketchikan also make regular trips.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg, Bag
gage or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour
before sailing time.
J H. BUNCH, G. F. & P. Agt S. R. HEDGES, Agent.
THE NORTHERN CLUB
FRED HAEF, PROP. PHONE 47
POOL, CARDS, TOBACCO
SOFT DRINKS OF ALL KINDS
THE POPULAR CORNER
CORDOVA ALASKA
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I Cordova Sheet Metal Works
HANDY ANDY’S TIN SHOP
■ Phones SHOP 143 RES. 160-2R |
H General Sheet Metal Work. tove Pipes aid Smoke Stacks Made §1
E and Repaired (any size). 3
■ Now' that the weather Is warmer go take a look at your smoke pipes
■ TODAY and have them repal ed before another cold snap comes 1
| HANDY ANDY
Loggers Attention!
Xfter February 1st we will pav $10.00 for
Flemlock and $11.70 for Spruce
GOVERNMENT SCALE
Cordova Mill & Lumber Co.
CAMP LEWIS, Tacoma, April 29.—
No matter at what time of the night
or day the newly-drafted man arrives
at camp, a Young Men’s Christian As
sociation man is there to greet the
newcomer, welcome him and "show
him the ropes.” He isn’t part of the
army, but he is representing the pub
lic-spirited persons of the Northwest
who have placed him there to make
the w-ay easier for the soldier.
Scores of the men in the latest draft
contingent have been unfortunate
enough to arrive at Camp Lewis in
the dead of night. There is no brass
j band to welcome the men. There are
no brilliantly-lighted streets and all
night cafes where the new arrival can
find a little cheer for his loneliness.
When the drafted man steps from
the train he beholds a vast stretch of
| inky darkness, broken here and there
| by an occasional light in one of the
.camp buildings where the “lights out
at 9:30” order does not apply. There
■ is nothing else, except a soldier in
uniform, who welcomes them with a
"This wmy, men.”
The first view of camp is discour
aging. It takes an experienced hand
to find his way about camp at night.
There is not a light to guide the vay
along the road. And there is a l>ng
tramp from the railway station, down
past the Liberty theater, the Y. M. C.
A. buildings, the barracks of the 361st
infantry, numerous warehouses and
the depot brigade's headquarters to
the receiving station of the casual of
fice, where the civilian life is left
behind.
It is depressing enough to a stran
ger trying to find his w-ay about camp
at night. But the tramp, tramp, down
the paved street through the oppres
sive darkness, to these men who are
leaving behind them all they hold dear
to enter something—they know not
what, except that it is for their uoun
try—this brings them into the re
ceiving station with long faces and
discouraged step, which are not light
ened when the examining officer or
ders tongues out and chests bare so
that contagious diseases may be kepi
out.
And when the man steps forth from
the long runway, again into the dark
ness, expecting anything and wishing
he were anywhere but here, a han
is thrust before him into his. A
cheerful voice greets him and bids
him welcome to the building across
the way any time he has a little leis
ure. A little card is left in his hand
and he goes on with the knowledge
that he has at least one friend among
those present.
It is the Y. M. C. A. secretary, one
of the men from building No. 5, which
is located within a few paces of the
receiving station.
During the two weeks of quarantine
and drill, when the new arrival is not
allowed the freedom of the canton
CLAM DIGGER CLAIMS I
HE IS SKILLED ARTISAN
Digging clams is appraised by a
Cordova gent engaged in that gainful
act as “skilled labor employed in a
necessary industrial enterprise.” This
is the gent's second season at that
difficult profession, and his reason
stated in writing for claiming deferred
classification in the military conscrip
tion is that “clam diggers are scarce.”
The Cordova board refused to rec
ognize the clam digger's industrial
value to the military establishment,
and placed him in the first class of
prospective trench diggers. The dis
trict board, on appeal, upheld the lo
cal board. As the cannery interested
has only eighty clam miners, it may
soon have to scuttle along with only
seventy-nine.
Several shipbuilding artisans as
serted their weighty value to the ship
ping Industry, but as the regulations
require that their demand for deferred
classification be accompanied by a re
quest from the shipping board, and as
none of them had it, they were all
turned down. Answering the rigid
cross-examination contained in the
questionnaire, one of them stated that
he was a laborer, that he did not
know the name of the plant he ,wa,s
working in, that he had been there]
three weeks, and had never worked
in a shipbuilding plant before. There'
was a blacksmith’s helper with briefl
service; another claimed to be r
skilled artisan because he could wheel
a barrow over a twelve-inch plank.
Several homesteaders in the Mat
anuska valley asked to be classed as
engaged in important agricultural
work, and several small ranchers
elsewhere, with a cow or two, asked
deferred classification because of their
great value in agricultural and food
production.
Various claimants appeared in the
record who have “dependents” not
living with them to whom they send
small sums. One party was passed
by a local board because he sent $9
a month last year to a small daughter
in Sweden. The district board pro
moted him to Class 1A, because they I
instantly remembered that if he goes
to war he will have to allot $15 a
month of his pay to the kid, and the
government will give her $5 more.—
Valdez Miner.
ment, the Y. M. C. A. secretary is
keeping in touch with the men, sup
plying them with reading matter, writ
ing materials and games for leisure
moments. And occasionally an en
ter'ainment is given for the men to
make the time pass more quickly.
The Knights of Columbus secre
taries. the representatives of the Jew
ish Welfare Board and other religious
organizations also are doing their
part in caring for the new arrivals,
and soon the first impression of camp
life, received in the darkness, is but
a memory, for the men soon learn
that army life isn’t half bad, and they
thrive on it.
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POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
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VOTE FOR
JAMES L. GALEN 1
Republican Candidate for
Road Commissioner (
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3rlmary Election Tuesday, April 30
JAMES E. WILSON
Road Commissioner
Solicits Your Vote for Re-election
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
VOTE FOR
HARVEY P. SULLIVAN
Republican Candidate for
Road Commissioner :
Primary Election, Tuesday, April 30. ?
VOTE FOR
HENRY A. SLATER
Republican Candidate for
Representative
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
VOTE FOR
JOSEPH H. MURRAY
Republican Candidate for 1
Representative
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
VOTE FOR
ED. WOOD
Republican Candidate for
Road Commissienor
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
FISH OF ALL KINDS
HALIBUT, CODFISH and
RED SNAPPER
ce Box for Perishables. Big Stock
Always on Hand
JORDOVA FRUIT MARKET
Alaskan Hotel
|Barber Shop!
and BATHS I
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| Baths Open to the |
>• Public at All Hours
Alaska's
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“Beats Them All”
Non-intoxicating
Cereal Products
ALASKA
BE VER AGE Co.
VALDEZ^^JUNEAU
KENNY HOLDEN’S
Pool and Billiard Parlors
CIGARS, SOFT DRINKS AND TOBACCO
FIRST-CLASS BARBER SHOP
IN CONNECTION
MUSIC EVERY NIGHT PHONE >5
Alaskan Grill
M. E. HOLBEN, Prop.
The Place To Eat
Everything In Season
Service The BEST
Boxes For Large Or Tray Service
Small Parties Our Specialty
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Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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