The Cordova daily times. [volume], December 31, 1914, Image 4

About The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947

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Happy New Year
To All
O’NEILL <S SLATER COMPANY
THE STORE OF QUALITY
WRITER
Mrs. Helen Van Campen, wife of the
superintendent of the Beatson mine
at Latouchfe, and a magazine writer,
has Just returned from a trip to the
states and while in Seattle the Post
Intelllngencer published the following
article of one of the most successful
•writers of short stories about tjfye
stage or the race track:
"I have been loafing for eight
months,” she said in introduction yes
terday. “And I have been in New
York and Philadelphia, and Chicago
and Denver, and San Francisco, and
I’ve been homesick for Latouche a
good deal of the time. Because that’s
the only home I ever had.
"1 went to New York because I
handn't been there for five years, and
I was afraid I was getting rusty on It.
But I wasn’t. It is just the same,
just as stupid as ever. I write about
New York, but I’m not in love with It.
It's too dirty, and noisy, and close.
They don’t have air in New York.
They Just have drafts. And tl*ey
don’t even have that In their art gal
leries and museums. I kind of skidd
ed around the edges while I was there,
though.”
I asked her how long she had been
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In Latouche, and If she was writing
any stories of the North.
“I’ve been there three years,” she
answered, "but I haven’t written any
thing about the North yet. There
isn't much of a market for Alaska
stories, and there is a good market for
stories, of New York. And I write the
kind that there is a demand for. I
guess I’m not a genius. A great com- (
edlan usually wants to play Hamlet,
and a humorist would rather write a
serious book; they all want to do
something else. But I don’t. It all
amounts to the same thing in the end,
though. They all do what they get the
money for, after a struggle. I gave
up without any struggle,” she added
with a bewitching smile.
“The Saturday Evening Post put it
up to me in just the usual way,” she
went on. “They were kind enough to
say that they would be glad to take
anything that I wrote—that is, any
thing they could use.”
Mrs. Van Campen gets her know
ledge of the theatre and the race
track, which she uses so successfully
in her stories, from an experience of
six years on the New York Telegraph,
a paper largely devoted to these two
things, for which she wrote theatrical
fiction during her whole connection
With it. She was brought up in Eng
land and Algiers and Australia, in ad
dition to America.
“But I don’t use them in my stories,”
she said: “I have only a child knowl
edge of them, and that isn't nearly in
timate enough."
She works more or less wherever
she goes, carrying a little portable
typewriter for the purpose.
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TALA TIME PROMISED ;
AT FIREMEN’S DANCE
Of course you are going to the
Firemen’s Dance tonight. Everybody
else is. nnd there promises to be a
record crowd, which, of course means
more fun. The decorations have been
completed at the hall, and lend a very
pleasing appearance to the ballroom.
The floor Is In fine shape, and with
the excellent music, which will be In
attendance, one will be unable to re
frain from dancing. The refresh
ments—well they will be just a little
better than are usual. The committee
has two or three little surprises that
will be sprung during the evening, and
which will add materially to the en
joyment of the occasion. Get a ticket,
go to Eagle Hall, and welcome the
New Year right.
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Marked reductions in staple gro
ceries—Call and get our prices
O'Neill A Slater Co.
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SANITARY CANERY PLANT
TO BE INSTALLED AT MILE 55
The Copper River Packing Co.
which constructed buildings for a sal
mon cannery at Mile 55, on the Copper
River A Northwestern railway, has
purchased a two-line sanitary plant
from the American Can Compnny and
it will be installed next month. The
new collapsible cans of the American
Can Co. will be used. The lines will
include the vacuum machines of the
Vacuum Can Co., which have been
tested out for two years at the Paci
fic American Fisheries plant at Belling
ham. Gill nets will be used for shing,
and the fish will be carried from the
fishing stations to the cannery on the
railroad. C. A. Leonard will be the
superintendent of the new cannery.
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S-A-T-l-S-F-A-C-T-l-O-N a big word,
a bigger thing: You'll get it in big
measure by buying your GROCERIES
at S. BLUM A CO.
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CATHOLIC CHURCH
SERVICE FRIDAY
New Year’s Day, Holy day of Obli
gation, and first Friday of the month.
Mass, with exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament, and Communion of Re
paration, 9 a. m.
W. A. SHEPARD, S. J.
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Month in and Month out you'll be
money ahead if you use our groceries.
S. BLUM A CO.
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Printing Worth While.
If you want printing of any kind you
ca nsecure the best results at reason
able prices at The Daily Times office.
K.inney has a corner on Coffee.
What we mean is COFFEE, not the
wishy-wishy kind you have been
buying and nicknamed coffee. One
can of Dwight Edwards will convince
Daily Times gets Associated Press
lispatches.
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WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE
THANKS FOR THEIR PAST PAT
RONAGE AND
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PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR
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It is with genuine pleasure that we again thank the com
munity for the business given us the past year. Whether it has
been small or great, our appreciation is just as hearty, and our
gratitude just as sincere.
We hope Health and Happiness will surround you and
yours, and a Most Successful New Year you have ever enjoyed.
WILL CLAYSON. '
EMPRESS THEATRE j
The stars of the mimic world appear regularly for our patrons The !
photoplay has brought the very best lustnonir talent within the leach
of the most modest purse.
PROGRAM FOR FRIDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 1, 10ir>.
PERILS OF PAULINE, The Fifth Episode, in Two Reels.
PATHE WEEKLY, The German, French and Russian Annies
AT WAR.
SURPRISE FOR FOUR, A Lubin Comedy. j
BUT
..The special feature of the evening will bo the Latest Hit,
I LOVE THE LADIES,
A Song by “ The Government Official” and Tenas Feldman,
the Solder-pot. I
DON’T FORGET—NEW YEARS NIGHT at the EMPR*lSS.
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S. BLUM, Pres. M. BROCK, Vice-Pres. THOS. SCOTT, Cashier
FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
CAPITAL STOCK $25,000
DESPOSITORY FOR TERRITORIAL FUNDS.
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I No, this isn’t an appeal for funds. It’s a sug
gestion to put in your “Jimmy 1’ipe” and smoke.
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Do a little publicity work for your business and
Cordova. Carve your name in the Hall of Fame.
The Cordova Daily Times wants your advertising, f,
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THE WONDER RANGES!
ARE PERFECT BAKERS AND FUEL SAVERS
We have Patterns to Suit your Fancy and
a Price to fit your Purse
4f>* NORTHWESTERN HARDWARE CO.
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**’• Stove Service you want
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AN OFFER FOR SIXTY DAYS ONLY.
575 Town Lots in Cordova.
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Ranging in price from $50 up to $5000, and COO
Town lots in Chitina from $50 to $1000. Any
or all of them on easy terms.
Now is the time to buy.
For particulars—Call on or write to
GKO. C. IIAZKLKT,
Cordova, Alaska. Trustee and Agent.
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