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DOINGS OF THE VAN LOONS _At last Father found something good In the neighborhood . A.NMHfcR NELrHSDft HAS 'J.., I l-AL.i_B.c> ors us AMD Tng WAV I NV&. LOofc > T^A. 'you E£C6iVE , MIM UNTIL \NE WCSS up V A- BIT' s^ f NOW IA'.1A | Kind OR f\ NEil^H-BOfi HAS \ ! O-ALUfeC I 1/vt cf6_-r-nN<; ~TlfRED OfS’ -rnSfsAj' 3^ ■■'///y/xxx MEXICAN OIL LANDS TO COME UNDER TAX MEXICO CITY, March 29.—Under a proposed taxation scheme for oil lands which has been approved by the coun cil of ministers and President Car ranza, it is expected to raise a million and a half pesos yearly. Under the powers granted him by congress, Pres ident Carranza has the power to make this effective by decree but he has not yet made use of this right. If not made effective by presidential decree, it must be passed upon by congress, which reconvenes in September. Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted Hot and Cold Water in Every Room With or Without Bath. I Cordova House DOOLEY AND GREEN1G Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men % Satisfaction Guranteed Rates Reasonable THE NORTHERN CLUB FRED HAEF, PROP. PHONE A “7 POOL. CARDS, TOBACCO SOFT DRINKS OF ALL KINDS THE POPULAR CORNER CORDOVA ALASKA I frQltTRERN MEAT MARKET % Wholesale and Retail Dealers in I FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON AND PRO VISIONS Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points •ji; Halibut and Other Fresh Fish of All Kinds Will Be Kept in Stock When Available | SMITH & GLASSBRENNER, Props. !v ' * BlimillllllliIn ii,.. ItlillfflIllllillIllllllllBfflHIlBfflHIlIlllllIllIllIHIIIIill till ■ II. I ' ' 'n Cordova Sheet Metal Works 1 HANDY ANDY’S TIN SHOP M Phones— SHOP 143 RES. 160-2R p General Sheet Metal Work. tove Pipes and Smoke Stacks Made H and Repaired (any size). k 1 S p Now that the weather Is warmer go take a look at your smoke pipes S TODAY and have them repai ed before another cold snap comes HANDY ANDY Loggers Attention! After February 1st we will pav*#IO.OO for Hemlock and #11 TO for Spruce GOVERNMENT SCALE Cordova Mill & Lumber Co. JOB PRINTING Done At the TIMES OFFICE and Delivered when promised LONDON, Feb. 18 (by mail).— j “Both the Germans and ourselves have to admit that neither guns nor de fensive planes can always stop a raid er who knows his business and is equipped with a first-class machine j gun,” writes an aeronautical expert j commenting in the Evening Standard j on the recent air raids on London. “The intensive battle barrage in j Flanders is crossed and recrossed in cessantly by airplanes. Our raids on Mannheim and other German towns show that the enemy cannot bar our | machines from reaching their objec tives, and the recent raids indicate that Germans can penetrate the Lon I don defenses. “But there is a tremendous change in the conditions governing the raids as compared with those existing less than a year ago. Of the many airplanes which may now approach London very few indeed 'get through. The massed fleet raid has given away to attacks by single machines or very small groups. Never again are we likely to have the humiliating spectacle of a big formation of enemy machines mov ) ing with impunity nbove ot>.MH>ital. “In this respect we h;yp« reduced , the danger very considerably, for with 1 modern bombs, and modern improve ; ments in bomb release, a fleet of raid ' ers could now do terrible damage in 1 1 London. The massed attaci has been ! broken up, however, and now our dan ger comes from units and very small j groups. We cannot make-light of this ! development, all the same, for the i Germans have formed the habit of I 1 running their raids in a kind of Indian ! file, group after group coming over to England, and each endeavoring to send one or more machines over Lon j don. | “The single or small group of raiders I is most elusive, and no agency yet put into practice has been able to stop :; this form of attack. The heaviest , barrage is jumped over by a daring . pilot, and, so immense is the sky space . j and so defective is visibility at night 1, that great fleets of pursuers often fail i to bring him down. “But our airplanes are growing II more skillful in breaking up the fleets, i and with further experience, aided by I more liberal use of very fast ma I chines, we should be able to give i every solo raider a terrific chase from \ the coast to London and back again. For this chasing we require the best 7 brain work, coupled with a lavish sup II ply of the best hachines. Until this system is carried to perfection we „ must continue our gunnery barrage. - The object of this fire is not so much to hit the raider as to drive him very high as thereby we force him to come rather lightly loaded with bombs and in addition his accuracy of aim is ! diminished.” -♦ i MARC! GRAS GIVES WAY 10 CHINESE NEW YEAR PARIS, Feb. 13 (by mail).—Mardi | Gras again passed uncelebrated and " almost unperceived in Paris. The tra ditional pancake, victim of M. Boret’s flour restrictions, was absent this year, and the high cost of paper made confetti rare. The children and the recruits of the contingent of 1918 eele brating their acceptation by the tnedi cal examiners had the streets to them selves. The only real celebrations were among the Chinese munition workers whose celestial New Year came with the opening of the carnival. Several thousand of them, divided into groups, were treated to free exhibitions at the circuses and cinemas, while real Chin ese celebrations were organized at the refectories of the different con tingents. Chinese feasts were served and presents distributed as nearly in accord with custom at home as pos sible. But the Chinese celebrate too quietly to make their festival at all re semble the Mardi Gras of other days in Paris. -»— Oliver C. Field, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Field, of Ketchikan, is now in San Francisco engaged in making lib erty motors for the airplane industry. He is very anxious to get into the navy and had turned down an offer as instructor in one of the aviation schools there. -♦ Notice is hereby given that the registration book for the registering of voters for the municipal election to be held in the town hall, in Cordova, on Tuesday, April 2, 1918, will be closed on Saturday, March 30, 1918, at 4 o’clock p. m. CHARLES M. ROSSWOG, Registrar of Voters. -# Use less wheat and meat. Buy local foods. Serve just enough. Use what is left. MEET ME AT POPULAR RECREA TION PLACE Where we can always find our friends I Finest Billiard and Pool Ta bles in Alaska BEST GRADES OF STAND ARD BRANDS OF CIGARS Alta j Coffee and 1 ea 1 Given Highest Award | At the P. P. I. I I! EXPOSITION | When ordering Coffee or Tea Why not order I op The Best-They | ff-Will Cost You No More - - - - f BLUM,O’NEILL 1 COMPANY 1 DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT VOTE FOR JAMES L. GALEN Republican Candidate for Road Commissioner Primary 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 Representative Primary Election Tuesday, April 30 CLIFFORD H. PHILLIPS Announces His Candidacy for Clerk of School Board CALVIN C. HAZELET Announces His Candidacy for Clerk of School Board Madame Lydia, the papist, will be found in the Currier & Mickelson building on C. street. lS-tf One Visit Will Make you | A Regular Patron § I . ■ I Private Boxes For Large or, Small Parties Cordova, Alaska | KENNY HOLDEN’S Pool and Billiard Parlors CIGARS, SOFT DRINKS AND TOBACCO FIRST-CLASS BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION MUSIC EVERY NIGHT PHONE 15 Alaskan Grill M. E. HOLBEN, Prop. The Place To Eat ! n__ , Everything In Season Service The BEST Boxes For Large Or Tray Service Small Parties Our Specialty . i ■in— .1.11— .. ■——mm—mm— --—---—-v Manhattan Hotel R. W. FERRELL, Prop. _ Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub Baths. OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA. PHONE 99 ^ .■■ ■ mJ