The Cordova daily times., 1920-04-03

George Dooley made business trip Thursday to the Chas. Ross raHEh on Hinchinbrook Island, and returned Friday on the fishboat belonging to tLc Pinnacle Rock Packing Company. Sergeant Elmquist of the sIocaT cable office expect to leave" shortly for Valdez to get his discharge. He enlisted at Saltwater, Minn., in 1916. 2 sI like Alaska, and expect to remain in the Territory" he says.
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 Corporal Parent arrived on the Northwestern last night from Valdez, and will take the train out Sunday to Chitina enroute to Copper Center, where he will run an auto truck on the Fairbanks trail
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 The Northwestern brought to Cor dova party of thirteen, composed of George J. Strachan, mining super intendent, J. P. Furbeck, electrical engineer, A. Gibson, of Seattle, E. Wickman and wife, of Seattle, o. Lund, c. Mantheny, J. Charlton, J. Pogan, A. Berry, George A1hausen, and Mrs. Pike, of Portland All are registered at the Windsor, awaiting train out the line. It is believed that the drifts will be cleared off enough to allow a train to leave on Sunday. The party will go to Chit ina$by rail, thence by stage to Mier's roadhouse, thence by dog-team about seventy miles west to Valdez creek, where they will take charge of the outfit. Several of the party are well known in mining circles. MT. Eb bert's parents are old-time residents of Dawson.
 * # # The silver-tongued eloquence of Auctioneer George Dooley, together with the elements of chance and mys- tery, made an irresistibly fascinating combination at the unclaimed-baggage sale held by the Alaska Transfer Com pany Thursday afternoon. Trunks suit cases and duff1e-bags which had just been ''settin' around for years were lugged out and piled up before the crowd, whereupon Mir. Dooley mounted the stack and, assuming, Goddess Liberty -in-N New York- -Harbor s. attitude, began to sell the pedestal out from under himself on the install Anent plan It was awfully exciting. don't you know! Somebody eagerly bid up $15 on a duffle-bag which he was sure con tained fur robe, only to haul out of it an agglomeration of old shoes, over alls, ex-socks and pillow. John Oden paid $2 for a box, and after investigat- ing it's contents, announced that he wouldn't take fifty for it. Another paid SIG for box, only to sell it gladly to the auctioneer himself for 8 dollar-ffty. Gus Wilson bought seven boxes and suit cases for a total of S1925. They contained for the most part quilts and blankets. Cap" Lath- rop paid $40 for a likely-looking trunk, and has been kept pretty busy ever since explaining about the sale to callers, who looking inquiringly at the eostrich plumes, silk skirts, silver mounted powder boxes, small kid pumps, etc, which adorn his office. G # * x
 The cannery tender Northland left this morning for Katalla, taking Cap tain Davis, superintendent of the Chil- eat Cannery, Mrs. Thos. White and c. w. Tut, foreman of the Boring River Coal Company.
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 John Strelic of Seattle is register ed at the Windsor He will leave to- morrow for the interior, to operate steamboats on the Panama river
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 Captain Ben Durkee, one of the best known old-timers of this part of the country arrived in town last night on the southbound Northwest ern. He has been in Anchorage and Seward, and is awaiting boat to