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The steamer Alaska is due from the
westward some time tomorrow.
There was quite a heavy fall- ol
snow this morning accompanied by
some wind.
The next big event will be the
Eagles carnival on Wednesday night
.and you can’t afford to miss it.
In the billiard tournament last
night Jake Hoover won from Malcom
Brock, the score being 84 to 78.
, If you want to jazz or enjoy a
dreamy waltz attend the dance at
Eagle hall tonight. No postponment
on account of weather.
Municipal taxes become delinquent
after Mbnday and if you want to save
that five per cent penalty see that
they are paid at once.
The freighter Latouche and Ketch
ikan are in port. The former brought
lumber and explosives for the Cop
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iper River Railroad and the latter
coal for Cordova.
Jerry Perry won the second game of
pool from Alfred Guio in a match
fo/ 2,000 points which is being con
ducted nightly at The Club. The
.score was 100 to 86.
Chas. M. Rosswog is in receipt of a
letter from Oak Olson, stating that
he is now vice-president of the In
dependent Candy Company at Seat
tle and expects to shortly make a trip
to Alaska.
Attorney T. M. Reed, of Nome, who
was reading clerk at the last Terri
torial legislature, is a candidate for
delegate to the Republican National
Convention, according to information
received from his friends.
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The many friends of W. S. Newlin
will be grieved to learn that he has
suffered another stroke of paralysis
in Seattle and is in no condition to
travel, hence the trip to his Pennsyl
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vania home has been indefinitely
postponed.
Tommorrow will be the regular com
munion Sunday for the Children of
Mary.
Kenneth Betts, son of G. K. Betts,
vice-president of the Bank of Alaska,
and who spent last summer in Cordo
va, was the winner of a $25 prize of
fered to the high school pupils of
Seattle by a clearing house associa
tion for the best essay on “The Im
portance of Saving.”
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The melodrama “Sporting Life” will
! be shown at the Empress theater on
Sunday. night. The story of the pic
ture deals with the fortunes of an
impoverished British nobleman who is
a thorough sportsman and who wins
love and wealth against insuperable
odds. The scenes of the photoplay in
clude views of the National Sporting
Club of London, Epsom Downs on
Derby day and many others, all of
which add to the suspensive interest
of a most captivating story.
The Cordova Chamber of Commerce
met last night and transacted consid
erable business. The committee on
the extension of the mail service re
ported that it was gathering data and
would soon be ready to submit its
findings to the Postmaster General.
It was announced that copies of the
illustrated booklet being gotten out
by the Chamber of Commerce would
be ready for distribution in about two
weeks. The secretary was instructed
to collect six months dues from No
vember 1 last, with the understanding
that no further dues would be as
sessed until the funds on hand had
been used.
POLICE ARE SEEKING
MAN WHO DECAMPED
WITH LIBERTY BONDS
CHICAGO, Feb. 7 (by Associated
Press). The police are seeking
George Franze, who mysteriously dis
appeared with thirty-eight negotiable
Liberty bonds, the property of the
Harris Trust and Savings Bank. It
has not been ascertained whether
Franze was the victim of a robbery
j or is a thief.
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! Your eyes fitted. Compound and
stigmatic lenses replaced. See Os
borne.
EAGLE BAZAAR
PROMISES TO BE
A BIG AFFAIR
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The big Eagles bazaar next Wed
nesday will offer the greatest variety
of entertainment ever given in Cordo
va before.
There will be a Japanese Tea Gar
den, which will be open for the pub
lic at 3 p. in. Promptly at 5 p. m.
the restaurant will open when meals,
may be obtained at popular prices.
At 7 p. m. all the booths will open
and the vaudeville entertainment will
commence. This will include a var
iety of specialties. The Klondike
gambling house and saloon will also
open at 7 p. m. There will be no limit
and we will remove the roof if you
should reach it.
The big jitney dance will start at
9:30 sharp.
Every young lady and woman will
be given a prize check for each four
bits spent during the evening and the
three having the greatest number of
checks at the close of the Bazaar
will receive cash prizes.
The general admission will be four
bits.
Remember the Japanese tea garden
will be open during the p. m. from
3 to 5 o’clock that the ladies* and
children my make it a social affair
and then at 5 p. m. the big restaurant
will open in charge of that popular
restaurant man Fred Schringer. This
will afford an opportunity for the
business men to enjoy a good square
meal and will also relieve the wives
from preparing dinner that evening.
'' Return door checks will be given
those who visit the bazaar in the p.
m. so there will be no extra charge
to those who may desire to leaye
during the dinner hour. All children
accompanied by their parents will be
admitted free.
There will be many booths where
everything from a needle to an ele
phant may be secured. Fortune tell
ers will be there to guide your future.
Remember the date and don’t make
any other engagements.
This will be the one big affair.
Read the Daily Times ror the latest
and most reliable world news.
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HAVANA ENDS
IN COSTLY FIRE
; f “ HAVANA, Feb. 7 (by Associated
Fress).—Fire last night destroyed the
principal buildings of the American
Agricultural and Chemical Company,
in this city, with their contents. The
loss is estimated at $10,000,000.
The flames are said to have origi
nated on board the American freighter
Brooked, loaded with a thousand tons
of nitrate, which was moored at the
Regia docks.
Explosions created* panic among the
inhabitants of the village, and several
hundred firemen were injured.
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COMPROMISE
ON TREATY
IS UNLIKELY
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (by Asso
ciated Press).—After hearing read a
letter from President Wilson, reaf
firming his stand against any but in
terpretative reservations to the peace
treaty, the Democratic senators at a
conference today decided to proceed
with the plan of bringing up the treaty
in the senate Monday, and to work
for a reservations compromise.
It is understood that some of the
Democratic senator^ at the confer
ence urged the Democrats to be more
compromising.
CLOSEHOCKEYGAME
WON BY VANCOUVER
VICTORIA, B. C., Feb. 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—Vancouver defeated Vic
toria in last night’s hockey game by a
score of 3 to 1.
Congoleum Rugs, suitable for every
room in your house, can be found at
the Northwestern Hardware Co.
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