The Cordova daily times., 1920-11-26
HOTEL NEARLY DESTROYED BY
 ClCARET FIRE

Dy CnleI DOlduQ Iue llCdl llIe ue- partment quickly responded to hurry-up call from the Washington hotel, on Third and c. The Wash ington is a two-story frame structure and owned by Sidney Anderson of the Bank of Anchorage. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is SUD- posed that one of the roomers dropped a lighted cigarette, which caught the flimsy curtain. The up stairs interior was practically gut ted by the flames, which also de- stroyed household effects, consisting of bedding, furniture and clothing. Mrs. Thompson, the landlady, lost all of her personal property and clothing. The loss is confined to the second floor, as everything down stairs was removed to safety The building was fully insured. With the coming of winter and the extra fires needed as we'll as the in- creasing difficulty of fighting blazes in the snow Fire Chief Dolan urges all owners and tenants the necessity of using all precaution to avoid the fire menace.
 Unofficial reports have been re- ceived here to the effect that the majority of voters cast Republican ballots at both Seldovia and Kenai on election day. Dan Patterson, R. M Tucker and Ed. Meredith arrived from Seldovia on the steamer King fisher with the report, which was not at all complete in detail. The gentlemen all agree that Sutherland beat Grigsby in Seldovia and carried kenai They also advise that Arthur Frame, candidate for the legislature, ran ahead of his ticket in both of the fish towns.
 Other than this scant report no- thing has been received from the in- lSL tONuS. l ie Ollltldl lGlulno VIII be received from Valdez within the next few weeks.
 on business connected with fishing and coal operations.
 The land and industrial depart
  ment of the A. E. C., has recently received a few copies of Geological Survey Bulletin No. 712, Mineral Resources of Alaska, Report on Pro- gross of Investigations in 1918 by G. c. Martin and Others"
 G. c. Haneman, forest ranger at Anchorage has gone to Seward for week or ten days on official business.
 B. A. Grier, who spent the sum- mer doing preliminary work for next seasons placer operations on Mar tin creek is in town.
 Ross Kiney, in charge of the Cache creek wagon road work, was in town last week.
 According to advice received from Seattle, two former Anchorage citi- zens, Dick Doherty and Max Nelson, { have obtained passports and sailed for the west coast of Mexico. Arthur H. Miller, who so success. fully managed the local Red Cross drive for membership that the total has reached $1,357.21 with several adjacent towns and camps to, hear from. The people of Talkeetna for warded their contribution of $27 today
 Chas. L. Mason, campaign man. aged, tourned in $6O6 collected from government employees.
 l Ht IlSHl5 Ol suffrage SuOuiu C6T- | tainly be granted Mrs. M. J. Conroy, who, out of approximately fifty con- testants, won the political pool by correctly naming the political com pjleXion of thrity-three out of pos sible thirty-five candidates. Ray c. Larson and Hermann Gentsch tied for second honors with thirty-one out of thirty-five. Mrs. Conroy is very much enjoying telling her husband, q told you so," and Joe gracefully admits his inferiority on political matters.
 Mike Yakashoff, a native living in the south part of town, accidentally | I. L