HAPPENINGS OF
LOCAL INTEREST
AROUND TOWN
Malcolm Brock left on this morn
ing's train for a business trip to Ken
necott.
Dr. W. H. Chase reports the ar
rival of a baby boy at the home of C.
L. Richards.
The steamer Northwestern is not
expected here, on her southbound
trip, until Monday.
During the past thirty days United
States Commissioner Noaks has unit
ed eight couples in marriage.
Attorney T. J. Donohoe left on the
Admiral Watson this morning for
Valdez on a short business trip.
John Muller left on this morning’s
train for Slate creek, where he ex
pects to spend a couple of weeks.
Mrs. Barbara Keating left on the
Watson today on a trip to the west
ward and will visit Kodiak and An
chorage before returning.
Miss Nell Isabelle, of Spokane, who
is making a tour of Alaska, has
stopped off between boats in Cordova
and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry A. Slater.
W. A. Dorn assistant treasurer of
the Pacific Steamship Company, ac
companied by his wife, is making a
tour of the coast towns of Alaska on
the Admiral Watson.
Miss Bessie Counts arrived this
morning on the Admiral Watson from
the states. Miss Counts will remain
here for a month as the guest of Mrs.
H. A. Counts and Mr. and Mrs. L- A.
Counts,
Mrs. J. H. McGowan of New York,
wife of the president of the Feder
al Steamship Company, and her two
daughters, Misses Mildred and Helen
MacGowan, are among the tourists on
board the Admiral Watson.
In the commissioner's court yester
day the cases of the United States vs.
the Carlisle Packing Company and
Moore Packing Company, charged
with illegal fishing were heard. The
jury in the former case rendered a
verdict of not guilty and in the lat
ter case disagreed, whereupon the
judge dismissed the action. Attorney
E. F. Medley represented the defen
dants.
At 5 o’clock this morning shortly
after the arrival of the Admiral Wat
son^ one of its passengers, Miss
Jetret Iona Stryker was united in
marriage 'to Allan L. Peterson, prin
cipal of the schools at Seldovia, who
came here to meet his bride, who
also formerly taught school at that
place. The ceremony was performed
at the commissioner’s office by Judge
Noaks, the witnesses being Capt. C.
A. Glasscock and T. E. Flint. The
groom saw service in France being
connected with the engineers. Mr.
and Mrs. Peterson left on the Watson
for Seldovia where they will make
their future home.
The steamer Admiral Watson ar
rived from Seattle at 3 o’clock this
morning. Her Cordova passengers
were Miss Bessie Counts, W. L. Mc
Allister, L. Lackman, E. Zarge, J.
Goodman and J. G. Olson. Those
leaving Cordova for 'the westward in
cluded Miss Frances Marin, Rev.
McMillan, F. J. Donohue, J. A. John
son for Valdez; Fred Dozier, Michael
Thompson, Robt. Lehman for La
touche; A. L. Peterson for Seldovia;
Martin McLean, H. Hackerson, E. L.
Jack for Seward; C. W. Tibett for
Anchorage; Mr. and Mrs. Mank, Mrs.
Mary McCormick, Miss Barbara Keat
ing, Fred S. Clark, Bessie Comstock,
Grace B. Lincoln, Mary C. Lincoln for
Kodiak.
CANADIAN NEAR-BEER
NOT WITHIN THE LAW
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 7 (by
Associated Press).—A sheaf of war
rants has been prepared to be
served on hotel keepers and others
in the Huntingdon vicinity as the re
suit of a raid on the border near
beer saloons made by provincial
authorities recently. Samples of the
near-beer and stout received show
that the nearest near-beer came to
conforming with the law was five
per cent. The highest analysis
shows it to have wandered up to the
8.40 mark.
The annual report of vessels doc
umented in the district of Alaska for
the fiscal year ending June 30 shows
1,111 vessels registered and enrolled
at the port of Juneau. The total ton
nage of the Alaska vessels is 82,
028. This was an increase for the
year of 93 vessels and 2,444 tons.
Of these 1,111 vessels documented
in Alaska, 630 with a tonnage of 73,
972 are registtred for foreign trade
Not all of them, however, are en
gaged in that commerce.
Seventy-two of the vessels of over
20 tons each are enrolled for domes
tic trade in Alaska. Their average
tonnage is 8,892.
There are also registered in Alas
ka 409 vessels which are under 20
tons each their aggregate tonnage
being 5,164.
Of the vessels documented in
Alaska 25 are sailing ships, 98 steam
and 712 gas. Twenty of the sailing
vessels are between 5 and 15 tons
in size, four between 50 and 100
and one of more than 100 tons.
Twenty of the steam vessels are be
tween 5 and 50 tons in size, eighteen
between 50 and 100, ithirty-one be
tween 100 and 500 tons, twenty-five
between 500 and 1,000 tons and four
over 1,000 tons each. Of the gas
boats 685 are under 50 tons and 27
between 50 and 100 tons.
; There are 276 barges of a tonnage
of 36,317.
OIL APPLICATIONS
COVER MANY ACRES
Five oil applications have been re
ceived in the United States land of
fice. They are Keystone Oil com
pany, 2,560 acres of the west field of
the Cold bay district; Alaska Oil
company, 2, 560 acres of the Cold
bay district; George W. Wolfe, Mrs.
J. Iback, Mrs. J. B. Carlyle, August
Strand, 2,560 acres each in the Ka
talla oil fields.
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Cordova Jazz Orchestra Dance at
Eagle Hall on Wednesday and Satur
day nights. Music by the Ragtime
Trio. —
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