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roKhQVA, ALASKA. \VKI>XKSI>AV, AIMMI, I-’. l!Hfi.
REAL SELF GOVERNMENT.
The Wiekersham statehood hill provides tor real self-gov
ernment. When adopted Alaska shall have two l iiited States
senators and four representatives in Congress. .Just let that
thought sink in for a minute. 1 nstead of having a delegate who
Jias no vote w<> shall have six congressional representatives to
light for Alaska. It is not every territory that has been fortu
nate enough to be represented in Congress by so able and call
able a person as the present delegate, .lames \\ ickersham. lie
is a big man even among the national big men who are sent to
Washington. Time and again lie has been “sat upon hard” and
told’ to go u ay back and sit down behind the “colored represen
tative” from the insular possessions, but somehow our dele
gate would not “stay put.” He has made himself a live force;
be has insisted upon being heard upon Alaska affairs, and he
has finally won more recognition than is true of many of the
representatives who have an actual vote.
Moreover, his statehood bill is progressive. Its provisions
protect the rights of the people. It makes liberal terms for
educational facilities and' reserves to the people of their natu
ral lights. Some of the provisions may be briefly summarized
as follows:
Every section No. 13 is reserved in each township reserved ■
for universities.
Every section No. 23 reserved for state buildings, chan
table, etc.
Reservation of 400,000 acres of forest lands in each division ,
for state forest purposes.
Leasing of all mine, I lands which shall not be sold before
January 1, 103."), to be In !d in trust for the state, and not more
than (14-0 acres to be least d to any one person or corporation.
Five per cent from the sale of all public lands to be con
verted into a school fund.
A grant of 400,000 acres of land for an agricultural college;
same for a school of mines; 300,000 acres for a state norma!
school, and 200,000 acres for a school of forestry.
The state shall be divided into two judicial divisions, to be
known as the southern and northern divisions, the former to
consist of the First and Third divisions, and the latter of the
Second and Fourth divisions. < >ne judge, l iiited States attor
ney, marshal and clerk for each division, the clerks to have
their headquarters in Juneau and Fairbanks, respectively, and
court to be held in all of the main towns of dnch division thus
created.
Provision is made for the election of 4b delegates, 12 from
each of the present divisions, and one at large, for a constitu
tional state convention.—Juneau Dispatch.
THE WEDDING FEE.
Bight is l ight, wrong is wrong, and ever has been, but the
line of demarkation between them often is indistinct. Times
change and the line shifts. The unblushing acceptance of a
railroad pass or other gratuity of yesterday is branded a crime
by statute today; the legal fee fearlessly taken by the lawyer
legislator a few decades ago is by court decision a bribe today
—and now comes a Chicago preacher and church characteriz
ing the bridegroom’s gift to the minister who nuptinlly ties
him up for better or worse as a “tip” to be scorned, or near- ^
graft, when it is not promptly turned into the church coffers
and a rigid accounting made thereof.
Possible this Chicago pastor and his church board are
right, but the ministers wo have known were wont to accept
the marriage fee as the parson’s wife’s perquisite, dropped- into
<her lap with a loving admonition to buy herself a new bonnet
or the baby a new coat. It may be the premonitory symptoms
of better salaries for ministers, more businesslike connection
between congregation and ministers, and therefore a new spirit
of independence in the minister.
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A LITTLE TALK ON SILVER.
If silver goes to GO 1-4 cents per ounce after the great
bankers of New York and London have done their utmost for
:<n l\ four years to decry and degrade it, and to teach fools that 1
to think of it as a money metal would taint their minds, whatj,
would happen were congress to have an insjoration, decide that)
our country lias been robbed and wronged long enough, and
pass a law instructing the mint to receive silver at one dollar
per ounce and to treat it at that price precisely as silver was
accepted prior to 147b, and make it a legal tender for all debts,
as it formerly was. Does any one doubt that it would not be
worth one dollar per ounce everywhere, so soon as the table
could carry the news of the passage of the law around the
world ■
So long as silver had that recognition it never wavered
one iota in price side by side with gold; indeed it was the
steadier metal of the two;,were legal recognition restored to it,
the . line result would follow. Is Congress hypnotized by the
same bankers and afraid to do its duty?
A pause in the German offensive in the west may easily be
connected with the paws of the Russians in the east. (
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Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
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Rooms With Bath First Class Dining Room
COMMERCIAL HOTEL
Mrs. Catherine J. Palmer, Proprietor
Steam Heated Modern in Every Respect
Headquarters for Chamberlain’s Auto Service
CHITINA - - - ALASKA
DR. W. H CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence.
Alaskan Hotel
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
CLOTHES
CLEANED AND PRESSED
All Work Given Prompt
Attention
CHARLES GAME
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E. A. HEGG
PHOTOGRAPHER
PHOTO SUPPLIES
Views and Post Cards
STATIONERY
PICTURES and FRAMES
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ALASKA"
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodn.ua steamer* sailing between 8eattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau. Skagway, Cordova. Valdez. Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
tSnils from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
April 11.NORTHWESTERN.April 20 ,
April 20.ALASKA . April 28 7 1
Regular freight service ror Ketcnikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ive*. S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; S. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT, t
General Agent_ Ticket Agent £]
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
FARRAGUT .April 16
WATSON.April 23
EVANS.April 30
Via the INSIOE PASSAGE for Ketcnlkan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
(Copper River &
| Northwestern Ry. I
Effective October 4th, 1915.
Two trains every six days between Cordova and £
| Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making £
£ connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving £
| from Seattle. j|
£ Trains leave Cordova depot, at foot of Second Avenue, £
£ Mondays and Thursdays. !§
£ Leave Kennecott, Tuesdays and Fridays. £
£ Leave Kennecott for Chitina, Wednesday and Saturdays.
£ Leave Chitina for Cordova, Tuesdays and Fridays.
The above schedule subject to change without notice. £
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Trains Be
tween Cordova and Chitina. £
£ Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 I*. M.
Tickets on sale it Depot or up town office, Alaska £
5: Steamship Company building £
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| Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges
£ Superintendent Cordova Agent £
REGAL
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Aeroplane Motors
Investigate these motors for driving aeroplanes, £
flying boats, pleasure and fishing boats, scows, etc. Can :$
I be attached in half an hour; 16 to 80 horse-power. ;§
; Adopted by railroad commission.
K.-W. Spark Coils and Magnetos. Everything for p
the boat.
i £
| Harmon Machinery Co Inc J
Oxy-Acetylene Welding.
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