The Cordova Daily Times
Entered at the Postofllce at Cordova, Alaska, as second-class matter.
ASSOCIATED PRE88 TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES^
Single Copies .9 -10 Six Months (In advance) ... 9 6 00
One Month . 1.00 One Tear (In advance) .... 10.00
H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1917.
CONSULTING THE CRYSTAL
The arm-chair specialists with which Washington city is
becoming pretty well congested, again have looked into the
crystal and report that another trouble with the country is that
the farmer isn’t paying enough to get efficient and regular
farm help. The situation this summer, it is predicted, can be
met by using boys, and men released for a time from factory
and other employment.
The general health of the nation would be improved by
shifting from factory and store those able for two or three
weeks tojlo farm labor. The anaemic bookkeeper whose optic
apparatus long has been sifting out and discarding every shade
except dark blue, and the young thing who is bleaching out her
sweetness in the millinery department might come back from
the farm, the one with sanity refunded and his peristalsis re
freshed and awakened by the magic hay fork, and the other
with the rouge replaced by the kisses of the sun and her whole
being revived and exalted.
Who knows but that war conditions may not work out some
plan by which even thepink and unblemished digits of feminine
do-nothingism may be removed from the languid boudoirs of
perpetual boredom and made to realize that berry picking
is one way of serving one’s country with distinctiont
Back to the matter of the “hired man,” his wage has risen
in thirty years from about $16 to as high as $60 and found. The
present average is not high compared with some-other employ
meats — perhaps high enough, but higher than many farmers
can pay except in years when food prices are abnormal.
There enters into thi* problem the ever-recurring question
of canneries and adequate distributing facilities. Each year
a bounteous nature fertilizes the earth with a lavish over-pro
duction which would yield something to the farmer were he
able to get it to a market at a favorable price. All remember,
for example, the hundreds of tons of peaches that rotted be
neath the trees in the Yakinnf country while thousands of house
wives within a comparatively short distance of the orchard
wanted peaches. In hundreds of orchards over the nation tin'
fruit never is picked, and orchard owners buy factory dried
apples in the village grocery rather than to harness the sun and
a woodhouse roof for drying their own.
For farm life, like city life, has changed immensely. The
city woman whose grandmother grew and dried pole beans
enough for each winter’s supply, now gets hers from Manchuria
at a robber’s price, and puts the fireless cooker on the job while
she gi vT‘s absent treatment to Tasmanian idolatry or tier strict
personal attention to knitted sweaters. The globe has been
turned inside out.
The “hired hand” who used to become a member of the
family, and remained for years at one place, has been smitten
with tin; factory fever and possesses bis own player piano. The
farm hand of today is too often a derelict; if able-bodied and
ambitious he lets himself to the best bidder for a season and
then moves on. He may drop anchor and stay put when wages
are improved, and wages will improve only when a large addi
tional proportion of the amounts we pay for our food is kept
out of middlemen’s pockets and left with the farmers.
-:0:
The elimination of the “bean ball” from the organized dia
mond removes a theoretical barbarity, but, in its practical work
ings, a comparatively harmless bit of tactics. The “bean ball”
was a ball thrown by the pitcher at the head of the batter with
the aim of laying him out. Sounds almost as brutal as the
milder lingo of the football field, but poor marksmanship and
artful dodging gave the batters'almost a perfect immunity. The
elimination removes a source of considerable fun, for the sud
den dissolution of an angry pitcher’s wind-up as he catapulted
the sphere at the “bean” of the batter, the batter’s haughty
nonchalance and insolent taunt, always gave the “fan” his
money’s worth.
-:o:
It looks as if the Prince of Peace were earnestly at work in
the Presbyterian church. There has been an approach toward
healing the fifty year old wounds between the church of the
north and the church of the south. The whole country ought to
get together now and stay together while a proud old gentleman
on the other side is having the harness wax removed from his
moustache.
• ■ :o: ■
The submarine seems to be losing ground, as the landlub
ber would put it. Recent reports indicate a diminishing catch
of allied ships. While these reports come from allied sources
and may be spiced for United States consumption, still there
are other reasons for believing that the warfare on undersea
boats has been increasingly successful.
-:o:—
Great Britain is said to have enough rum and whisky on
hand to last until 1921, but importations continue. It is charged
that ships actually continue to be used for transporting liquor
importations, though ships are sorely needed for carrying food
and munitions.
-&-:o:
The Jones bill, giving the President the power to seize all
the intoxicating liquors in the United States again excites our
fears of a germinating autocracy. What couldn’t one man
achieve with all the booze in America at his command.
-:o:
An equlibrium, once lost, is often difficult to recover. The
nation is not starving.
-to:
There has been some uneasiness felt in regard to the gov
ernment commandeering vessels in the Alaska trade for trans
atlantic traffic, but there is no fear of any such move, accord
ing to a telegram recently sent out from Washington by Dele
gate Charles A. Sulzer. At least Alaskan shippers will be noti
fied in time of any action the government may take regarding
the matter in ample time to provide for their shipments of
goods before the vessels are withdrawn from the Pacific coast
to carry men and supplies to Europe.
-:o:
There were many inquiries at the Daily Times yesterday
by patriotic young Americans as to where they could register
for the conscription draft. The time has not as yet been set
for a day of registration in Alaska, but as soon as it is the fact
will be published in this paper.
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. 8. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA
gg!Sil'
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cdrdova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug 8tore. Reatdence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND 8URGEON.
Office and Residence: Cordova
General Hospital (Ostrander Build
Ing).
Phones—Residence 116; office 132.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Specialty of
Porcelain, Inlay, Bridge Work
Office: Over Blum, O'Neill's Store. ,
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
AND
DR. HOMER BLYTH
DENTAL OFFICES
Suite 1, Northern Hotel Block.
Phone 200. Cordova,
P. O. Box 186. Alaska.
Hours: 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Evenings by Appointment.
ROBERT SIMPSON
JUNEAU,ALASKA
Glasses Fitted. Lenses Ground, j
HUBBELL & WALLER
Civil and Mining Engineers.
U. S. Mineral and Deputy Land Sur
veyors for Alaska.
1102 L. C. SMITH BLDG., SEATTLE.)
WILLIAM PALLISTER, M.D.
Specialist In the treatment of
diseases and deformities of the
eye, ear, note and throat; Blasses
fitted.
JUNEAU GENERAL H08PITAL.
Will be in Cordova for a few
days. Appointments may be made
at Dr. Daggett's office.
LV-IM-- .1—.■»'. rn '-5J1
PATENT SURVEYS
A. C. BALDWIN,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor.
VALDEZ . ALASKA
SMITH & McCONAGHY
PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS.
j
Cor. Front and B Streets.
Office Open Evenings.
I-1
One Visit
Will
Make You
A
Regular Patron
At
Slater’s
Restaurant
Private Boxes
For
Large or Small
Parties
WHY LIGHT A MATCH?!
To See What Time It Is. I
Ingersoll Radiolite Watches Require No i
Additional Illumination. The Dial May Be P
Read In The Darkest Places.
Come and See These Attractive 1
Watches In All Styles And Prices From |
$2.oO Up I
Northern Drug (° |
-■———' ‘' - — —-— ----’ *
Alaskan Grill
M. E. HOLBEN, Prop.
The Place To Eat
Everything In Season
Service The BEST
Boxes For Large Or Tray Service
Small Parties Our Specialty
I_ I ... _.
Mining Supplies - - Sporting Goods
Stoves
Northwestern Hardware Co.
Boat Supplies
Agents Uegnl and Gray Gas Engines
- ,'hVV 7 -=a;rr.iST=rlTr:.==ss;-..r.. - . ;r..- -r — -,r
WHY NOT OWN YOUR OWN HOME?
I
Many families are Paying out from $200 to $500 in ;i
rent each year. Why not put that into a home of your |
own? », 1
Gall on Geo. G. Hazelet, Trustee of the Townsite, and |
see if it can’t be arranged.
i X\iy\\X\:x'x’\‘X*x*Xwc*x’x'x*x*xx*x*XvvA\vX'X,xxvXvXvXvXvXvXvXvXvXvX*X\vXvXvX\vXvXv
MEET ME AT
TheHORSESHOE
POPULAR RECREATION PLAC E
Where We Can Always Find Our
Friends.
rineat Billiard and Pool Tables In
Alaska.
JEST GRADES OF STANDARD
BRANDS OF CIGAR8.
The |
«>
Northern
< ►
«WenitaSIISnMen!« ;;
For the Best Brands of
WINES,
liquors ::
AND
CIGARS
< •
< -
4 '
Call at the
POPULAR CORNER ::
First Areas* sad C Street
■
F” '-■■■■■ .-. » .
Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eietric 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
RaWs Reasonable
■- i_i
PACIFIC STEAMSHIP <°
ADMIRAL LINE
Sailings From Seattle—May 19,28, June 4 12 20 28.
SAILINGS FROM CORDOVA
8outhbound Westbound
ADMIRAL WATSON ADMIRAL EVANS
JUNE 10 JUNE 10
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Sailings From Seattle- Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays.
Steamers President, Governor, Admirals Schley and Dewey, Queen.
Through Tickets to All Parts of the United States and Canada.
Right Reserved to Chance Schedule of Steamsrs Without Notice.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY
W. A. NOURSE, Agent. Empress Building. |
. - i_
I NORTHERN MEAT MARKETj
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL: DEALERS IN
| Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton |
and Provisions |
j| Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to order, from ijS
MINING CAMPS, ROADHOUSES AND
I INTERIOR POINTS
1 SMITH & GLASERKNNER Props. §
■ I ..————I
Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water..'Turkish' and Tab
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
5—j—E—sagas— 5. ag
I Foos Gas Engines |
| 4 to 500 Horse Power
General Electric Motors |
Roebling Tramways I
Pelton Water Wheels |
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
Regal Boat Engines
\ Harmon Machinery Go Inc |
Oxy-Acetylene Welding!
CORDOVA, ALASKA
The Time’s Want Ads Bring Results