The Cordova daily times., 1920-12-24

 has had a good opportunity to study the other towns of Alaska and we ap- preciate the fact that he selected Cordova as promising greatest returns for leisure time invested On December 5, special services ! services were held at the Trinity Parish church in Seattle in honor of the 18th anniversary of the consecra tion of the Right Rev P T. Rowe as bishop of Alaska.
 The Right Rev. Frederic w, Keat- or, bishop of Olympia, preached ser mon of eulogy on Bishop Rowe's work in Alaska Bishop Keator laid stress on Bishop Rowe's entire consecration to his work, ever taking the strenu- ous path he spoke of his human sym pathy, which put the bishop in touch with all classes; and of his patience and kindness. all of which the people of the north can bear witness to.
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 Chas. Crawford, of Valdez and La touche and well known in Cordova, is running grocery store in the Green lake district in Seattle. MT. Craw- ford prefers Alaska, however, and is coming north again in the spring
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 Mrs. I. D. Dogart returned to Cor dova on the last boat after a pro longed visit to the outside Mrs Bogart is accompanied by her niece, Miss Helen Vandeveer. of Spokane, who will prove a welcome addition to the younger set in Cordova.
 Tim Marcum. of Valdez, came near being the victim of tragedy in Seat tie recently. Seattle is getting more than her share of the wave of crime" passing over the country and holpups are becoming uncomfortably numer ous. Tim was walking down Second avenue one afternoon in half day dream when suddenly he felt some thing sharp and hard pressed against his ribs. Tim immediately shot his arms upward, ready to pass his valu- ables over to the bold highwayman but changed his mind on looking down into the kindly face of a Salvation Army man who only wanted to sell Tim ticket for something or other.
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 1t is reported that Dr. Rex SWartz, formerly of katala and Cordova, has received the position of doctor on a new liner which the Pacific Steam ship Co. is putting into the Oriental trade.
 Roy Walker is in Seattle while Mrs. Walker and the boys are visit in Portland for the time being.
 Mrs. Emmens, who formerly ran a mess house here, but who had to give up her work on account of suffering from paralytic stroke is in Port land at present and her friends will be glad to hear that she is now enjoying much better health
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 When Cox was nominated at the convention, Cordovans in San Fran cisco received decided jolt; for there, leading the Democratic parade down Market street, the most prom inent man in the procession, was our old friend Ben Ferrel. We sure do step to the front when we get outside
 Frank Ford, Tom Tallant and Art Cloninger all former Cordovans, are now living in San Francisco.
 Walter StOesser and wife, Mrs. Lou Hegg, of Cordova and Dr. Swartz of Katalla are stopping at the Windsor apartments in Seattle.
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 Walter Summers and wife and baby of Mccarthy, are visiting in Cali fornia.
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 M. E. Holben, former proprietor of the Alaskan hotel and Miss Alfa Ol- sen, of Cordova were united in mar riage on the 11th of December Miss Olsen was formerly connected with the Two Girls cafe here. | * < ,k
 On Thursday evening, the Ladies Auxiliary, Pioneers of Alaska, enter tained large number of Pioneers at Christmas Tree party in the Eagles lodge room. Games were played and Santa arrived midst the jingling of