The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-17
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ANS1ohAIE, l)eC. .--beSlUllHS course of studies of French and Norwegian artists the art and litera- ture department of the Anchorage | Womans Club met with the chair man, Mrs. A. G. Thompson, at Pio- neer hall
 Following a paper presented by the club president, Mrs. F. A. Hansen, in which the writer made original com parisons between the French states men Millerand and Deschanel, Mrs. I. Bayles contributed paper on Des- chanel. A biographical sketch of Jo- han Bojer, Norwegian author, was fol- lowed by book review of one of his late works, "The Great Hunger" by Mrs. Thompson. Mrs Oscar Anderson furnished a contribution from the tion of Jennie Lind," which was SUD- plemented by Mrs Harry Cribb, who told of the American production of the centennials held for this great singer. Mrs. D. B. Rose prepared and ursented a paper giving a review of the works of Edward Hagerup Greig, Norwegian composer. Mrs. Roses paper was interspersed with selec- tions from one of his best known works, Peer Gynt."
 Jim Burns is back in Anchorage from a trip to Seattle, where he spent several weeks transacting business MT. Burns says he met many form CT Anchorageites who expressed their intentions of returning to Anchorage next spring. The lumber business in Washington and the northwest, MT. Burns states, is at a low ebb, and there are many idle men in Seattle Chickalo0n, are guests at the Hotel Anchorage
 Bert Ferris, raucher from Matanus- ka, is spending a few days in town.
 T, o. Hagelstead, commission em- ploye, formerly located at Birchwood, has moved to Anchorage for the bal ance of the winter.
 The program of the local Elks Me morial service was appropriate to the occasion. The memorial services by the officers of the lodge were es- pecially impressive. Prof. w. F. Par ish delivered an address, dealing principally with patriotism, which was we'll received. The delightful vocal solo, The Way of Peace,"| rendered by Miss Una North, was fitting climax to an exceptionally well prepared and conducted pro- gram.
 Frank w. Marshall, section fore man from Sunshine, is spending few days in town.
 Owing to the short days and cold weather the Anchorage Oil & Devel- opment Go, will suspend operations.
 The cold weather prevailing at this time freezes the cable, making it necessary to drain the boiler, engine and all pipes at night, besides other delays, which seriously interfere with the work; consequently the directors deem it inadvisable to continue the weather conditions are more favor able.
 Jim Wilson, who has the large freighting contract with the Cache Creek Dredging Company, left for Seattle to buy twenty head of horses, to be used in transporting the sup plies and mining equipment from Tal- keetna to Cache creek.
 J. K. Moore, section foreman at Moose creek, and H. H. Drake, also of Moose creek, were at the Parsons last week, leaving to take passage on the Northwestern for the Tena- kee hot springs, seeking relief from serious attacks of rheumatism.
 Hugo Fels has returned from the Willow creek quartz district where he recently finished a contract for the erection of buildings on the Little Gem property.
 w. B. Hood, bridge engineer from Susitna, Is in town for a few days.