The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-12
Village Gossip
By MARY BAEN WRIGHT

Mr. and Mrs. o. w. Brehmer, who arrived on the Alaska from Seattle, are, moving into their new home,. Apartment D in the Lathrop build ing. They were married May IF in San Francisco. The bride will be remembered here as Miss Carrie Thompson. MT. Brehmer managed the Northern drug store for about year, when he left to start in the drug business at Mccarthy. After an absence of over two years he is returning to Cordova to open a new drug store in the corner room of the street floor of the Lathrop building as soon as the room is fin ished. The store will be known as the Brehmer Drug Company. Many friends are glad to welcome MT. Brehmer and his pretty bride back to Cordova.
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 Miss Nell Nash and Miss Gertrude Kendall, teachers from Seward, were on the Northwestern en route to their homes in the states to spend a vacation Miss Nash lives in Aber- deen, N. D., and Miss Kendall in ! Seattle.
 # # # The Boy Scouts gave their boat it's first outing Wednesday evening" Six of them manned it and roWed down the bay The boat is twenty three feet long, large enough to hold the entire troop, and was given them by the Hillery-scott can nery company. They expect to take trips in it practically every Satur- day when the weather permits.
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 William McGoWan, son of MT and Mrs. J. D. McGowan, has received from the commissioner of education, his diploma of graduation from tue eighth grade of the Cordova school, William is working for Fincklestein and Sapiro during his vacation.
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 Carl Hutton, of Seward, arrived here this morning on the Evans to work as brakeman on the railroad. He reports everything quite at Sew ard but rumors of oil strikes on Kenai Peninsula are expected to improve conditions before long.
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 Mrs. Edna Birgfeld, bookkeeper for the Jones laundry, left on the Evans today for a two months va cation in the state Miss Leona Churchill will take her work during her absence,
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 Mrs. William McNeilly, we'll known pioneer of Seward, and own CT of the Seward hotel in that city, has returned west from stay in New York City, and is now in Taco ma recovering from severe at tack of the "flu."
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 Mrs. Iris Brimmer, well known here, is a passenger to CordOva on the Alameda, and will be employed at the new Brehmer Company drug store. She has been living in Stock tou, California. Her husband, the late Albert Brimmer, worked at the Kennecott for the mining company for several years and died about year ago in California.
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 Miss Jennie Peterson returned on the Alaska to her home in Seward after spending the winter in Seattle.
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 If the government enters into the Alaska field with steamship lines, it is safe to say that it will not be in competition with the Alaska lines, but in cooperation with them. The plan first suggested that the government operate lines to one or two ports, it is now conceded would hurt rather than help the situation, because it would compel the. steam ship companies to curtail the serv ice to those points not served by such government line. It generally is admitted that as nearly all the Alaskan traffic as possible should be called into the service of main 1