The Cordova daily times., 1919-02-05

PIPE
ORGAN TO Be
THE FINEST

E. O. Mccormick, chairman of the
federal commission that visited
Alaska last season, writes interest
iEgly to Captain A. E. Lathrop, and
at the close says:
81 hope to see you again next year
and to enjoy at your hands more OF
the hospitality and kindness shown
us on the occasion TO our recent visit.
I think of Alaska, dream Of Alaska,
and today will take drink to Alaska.
Consider this an engagement"
Mr. Mccormick is an old-time friend |
of E. S. Conway, president of the
Kimball Piano Company of Chicago,
which manufactures pipe organs, pi-
| amos, etc., and was much Interested
| in seeing a fine Kimball pipe organ
installed at the Anchorage theater,
and also with the information that
Capt. Lathrop planned to equip his
handsome theater at Cordova with a
similar musical equipment. knowing
| President Conway so well, Mr.. Nc
| Cormick told the captain that he pro-
| posed to write the pipe organ manu-
| facturer and tell him to put in a few
extra trimmings on the new equip
ment Mr.. McCormick's letter to Mr..
| Conway is in part as follows:
Dear Mr.. Conway: have just
returned from Alaska, where l made
history. Will tell you all about that
| in another.
| "You are also making history upl
| there by means of Kimball organ
which you have established in the
alter in Anchorage.
| ut is a good organ.
"And has a good organist These
two should always go together, but
where you can't get a good organist,
| even bum organist is good thing,
because maybe someone will volun-
teer, or you can obtain a recruit who
| can organ on good organ.
cat any rate, this organ is one OF
the best and bears the name of your
company. I, of course, don't know
| who manufactured it.
"Now then, to the point At my
| suggestion, having furnished a most
| wonderful organ for Frank Miller at
Riverside, and at my suggestion hav-
ing provided a crackerjack for the |
h,,i
Worlds Fair building, San Francisco,
and understanding that you are to |
furnish the organ which is to 60 into
the fine new playhouse at Coriova,
built by Captain Lathrop, the same
man who provided the playhouse at
| Anchorage with a Kimball organ, II
want to ask you to personally see to
it that the organ which goes to Cor
dova shall be the best ever, in order
| that your name may be held In low
ing memory by those now living in
Cordova, those to live there later on,
and those who will be entertained at
| this house during visit.
| II propose sending a copy of this
letter to Captain Lathrop, asking him
to show it to Captain George D. Pur-
Wis, the old Chicago theater builder,
| and simply let me know personally
If they don't get what Cordova. is en-
titled to, in which case I will prob
ably talk to you again.
Replying to Mr.. Mccormick, Mr..
Conway says in part:
my Dear Sir: I am in receipt OF
your letter of the 7th, and want to
thank you for your letter.
You can assure your good friend
that l will take proper care of him
and see that he gets an organ that
Is up to and possibly little better
than the high standard of the Kim
ball organ. I appreciate more than
words can express your continued in
terest In our welfare and can only say
in return that you have my love and
best wishes all the time.
Mrs. Conway and l and Mrs. Aims
lie Will reach Riverside, CAL, Tuesday,
the 21st day Of January. and remain
there until about the first week in
April. Should you be down that way
during that time, certainly want to
see you and will be glad once more
to make the trip over the Roosevelt
trail. Cordially yours,
"E CONWAY