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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 191fi.
TO OUR MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.
The Times is doing all in its power to insure the prompt
delivery of the paper along the line of the Copper River &
Northwestern Railway. Many complaints have reached us that
the paper is not being received regularly. Our subscribers will
confer a favor on the Times if they will write us, specifying the
dates which are missed, in the future, and we will take steps to
find out where the trouble lies.
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IS YOUR SUBSCRIPTION PAID?
On Juno 15 tIn- Times sent a circular letter to its mail sub
scribers, in which it was announced that all who are in arrears
on July 15 will he dropped from the list.
The increased cost of paper makes it impossible for the
Times to carry the large number of accounts as it has in the
past. VVe want a large circulation, hut it must he a paid cir
dilation.
If you miss your paper of July 1C you will know it is be
cause you neglected to send' in the money due for past papers.
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YAPPING.
Papers in other parts of Alaska seem to be quite interested
in the “scrap” between Seward and Anchorage, at least they
are interested enough to mention it about three times to every
once that it is mentioned in either of the towns which are sup
posed to be scrapping. So far as the Seward Post is concerned,
the town of Anchorage has our well wishes, and the more it
prospers the better, so long as it does not prosper through
false representations at Seward’s expense.
The Post has taken occasion to state that there are vested
interests in Alaska which would rather have had the coal fields
of the territory and the interior remain tied up without a rail
road'for the next ten generations than have the road built from
Seward under conditions which they could not control.
Representatives of these interests started in early after
the Seward Fairbanks route was named to force every possible
bit of business within their power away from Seward..
But they are not making much permanent headway, and
that’s why there is a lot of yapping from their representatives
and hirelings both at Anchorage and at other points through
out Alaska. _ % | «-»l
The above is from the Seward Post, and we would respect
fully ask our Alaskan contemporaries what they think of it.
it is to laugh.
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MR. HUGHES DEFINES AMERICANISM.
Americanism expressed in the terms of men; not in the
broad sweep of fertile lands, the rush for wealth, desire for per
sonal comforts or delights-—that is the Americanism which
Charles Evans Hughes told of in his impromptu speech at East
Hampton yesterday.
He paid touching tribute to fhe men who fought that a new
nation should be born.
“It is because we had men who were willing to suffer, to
die, to venture and to sacrifice that we have the country,” he
said, “and it is only by that spirit that we will ever be able to
keep a country. 1 love to think of those hardy men. Quiet
men, not noisy men; sensible men, not foolish men; straight
men, honest men, dependable men, real men—that is what we
mean by Americanism.”—Tacoma News.
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Rumors are current on Wall Street that a “billion dollar
copper merger” is to-be organized for the purpose of consoli
dating or combining, in a manner not described, all “the big
copper mines in the west and Alaska.” We believe this to be
untrue, for no sound economic basis exists for such an agglom
eration. The copper company units are big enough. Some of
them—like the Kennecott affair—are already more conducive
to stock manipulation than to cheapness of operation. Any
idea of controlling the price of the metal by restriction of out
put or domination of the market is preposterous, having in
mind two previous efforts to do so. If the Secretan syndicate
failed in 1899 when the world’s copper production was only
476,000 metric tons, what chance of success is there now with
an output of over 1,200,000 tons per annum? We assume that
the talk is made in order to excite speculation.—Mining and
Scientific Press.
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In a few months Seward will be the gateway for an im
mense amount of travel whatever progress the railroad will or
will not make. First of all ,there are several thousands of ad
ditional people in the districts north of us this year. Those are
the people brought in by the railroad work. Many others from
interior Alaska who would take some other winter route to the
outside will now be tempted to come this way to see the devel
opments. But it is quite possible that the greatest Seward
travel of all will be created by the strike in the Tolstoi.
If that strike is anything like as good as it was reported to be
there ought to be hundreds and hundreds of stampeders this
way. Seward is easily the best and shortest route to it from the
outside and from points along the Alaska coast. There is, in
deed, no other route to compete at all with it.—Gateway.
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The war has made a real open door for American enter
prise in China, judging from reports that American capital and
American contractors are to build railroads there.
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The allies comment on the failure of their offensive to stop
the Germans’ pounding at Verdun. It’s hard to break a habit.
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The Mexican crisis is reported passed, but will the Ameri
can patience recover?
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The Russian pendulum seems to have no intention of
stopping.
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SPOKANE. July 6. — By defeating
Kenneth Bench, of Lewiston, Idaho,
yesterday, A. G. Pringle, of Tacoma,
won the Inland Empire tennis cham
pionship. The Tacoma player showed
a lot of tennis skill and was easily the
better player, although the Idaho lad
gave him a strong contest for supre
macy.
It was the excellent placing of his
shots than won for Pringle. Beach
forced him tp play his best, and he
did. It was one of the best matches
of the tournament. The score was 1-6,
6 2, 6-4. 2-6, 9-7.
Miss Mayme McDonald, of Seattle
won the championship In the women's
singles by defeating Miss Bernice
Stuht, a local high school champion
6-0, 6-1 :
The men's doubles went to Gray and
White, of Lewiston, when they de
feated Byrd and Ware, of Spokane
4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1*
The mixed doubles championshif
was won by Gray and Tillisch. The)
defeated Shannon and Williams.
McLOUGHLIN AND DAWSON WIN
LONG nEAGH, Cal., July 5. — Mau
rice E. McLoughlin "came back" yes
terday when he and his new double)
partner, Ward Dawson of Los Angeles
won the Pacific coast sectional men')
doubles tennis championship by de
feating Thomas C. Bundy, McLough
lin's teammate in many champion
ships, and Clifton Herd of Pasadena
The score was 9-7, 6-7, 6-3, 6-8, 6-2.
WRESTLE FIVE HOURS.
OMAHA, July 6. — Joe Stetcher am
"Strangler” Lewis battled on the ma
for five hours yesterday, at the end o
which time the referee called it )
draw. Stetcher had Lewis on tin
defensive most of the time the mei
occupied the mat. It was a great con
test and thrilled the big crowd.
Once Stetcher laid down on the ma
and offered Lewis any hold he wanted
but the “Strangler" passed up the in
vilation.
This is the second time these tw
wrestlers have met in long draws. On
year ago at Evansville they grapple*
two hours and ten minute*.
Ed W. Smith, the Chicago sportin
writer, acted as referee. The matcl
started at 4 o'clock and at 9 o’clocl
Smith decided that it could not b
finished and called it a draw.
CREATES NEW ROWING RECORD
PHILADELPHIA, July 5. — What i
declared to be a new record for row
ing in this country was established b:
John B. Kelly, of the Vesper Club,
Philadelphia, yesterday when he
brought the number of victories In
which he had participated this season
lip to 22. Kdward Hedley, also of the
Vesper, held the former record for
winning races in one season, with 20.
Kelly yesterday won the single
sculls and was a member of the crews
winning the senior double sculls and
the senior eight-oared events in the
people's regatta. He had previously
sat in 19 winning crews In sanctioned
regnttas this season.
DO MOVIES HURT BASEBALL?
Dick Klnsella, the (Hants' scout,
claims that the moving picture the
atres are taking the fans out of the
bleachers. This former owner of the
Springfield club in the Three I league
and now scout of the (Hants, travelled
oust recently with a former sporting
editor, who Is now in the movie busi- j
ness. ‘
"Ho you know, I believe the bleach-!
or business has been more than cut'
in half by the film houses." said Kip '
sella. "It's got so bad that I gave r|
quarter to a boy friend of mine lasC
summer to take in a ball game. I kept
my eyes pooled for him that after
noon, but couldn’t locate him.
“That night I asked him how he:
liked the game. He seemed to act se-j
crotive, and finally admitted he had
spent the two bits for five moving j
picture shows."
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$40,000,000 BRIDGE ACROSS SAN
FRANCISCO BAY MAY BE BUILT.
WASHINGTON, July 13. — At the
request of civic organizations of San
Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and
Alameda, California, the war depart
nient has ordered an Investigation of
the feasibility of constructing a $40,
000,000 bridge across San Franciaco
bay to connect the four cities.
I IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD
DIVISION.
Notice of Term of Court at Cordova,
Alaska.
1 The President of the United States of
America, to the Residents of the
Third Division of the Territory of
Alaska, and to All Whom It May
Concern, Greeting:
You, and each and all of you, will
please take notice that by an order of
1 the court, duly made and entered, a
5 term of the District Court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Division, has
been called and will be held in Cor
’ dova, Alaska, beginning on the 17th
1 day of July, 191G, and will continue as
; long thereafter as the public welfare
5 may require.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 13th
day of June, 1916.
FRED M. BROWN,
i District Judge.
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’ Attest: Arthur Lang, Clerk.
Advertising
Not an Expense
ADVERTISING IS AN
INVESTMENT
Not An Expense, and Should Be Treated as Such.
Because it has teen the habit of
some merchants to look upon it as an
expense, A WRONG VIEW HAS
BEEN GAINED. Pci haps the miscon
ception arose from the fact that In
bookkeeping it has been the habit to
charge advertising to expense.
ADVERTING PRODUCES NEW
BUSINESS — It SWELLS THE VOL
UME OF BUSINESS AND PROFlt—
THEREFORE IT IS AN INVEST
MENT.
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Only the man who looks upon ad
vertising as an expense, who is afraid
of It, prejudiced against it, loses
money In advertising.
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THE MAN WHO TREATS ADVER
TISING AS AN INVESTMENT AND
GIVES IT THE ATTENTION AN IN
VESTMENT REQUIRES — KNOWS
THAT EVERY DOLLAR RIGHTLY
INVESTED IN THIS DIRECTION
YIELDS COMPOUND INTEREST —
AND MORE.
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. 8. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 358. CORDOVA, ALASKA.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHY8ICIAN and 8URQEON
Office ever Cordova Drug Store.
Calle may be left at Cofdova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office Hours—10 a. m. to 12 noon, j
Railroad Hospital; 2 to 5 p. m , Adams;
Building. Room 6.
Phones—Residence, 116; Hospital,
46; Office, 132.
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA. ALASKA.
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
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Patent Surveys
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Address: Valdez, Alaska
DR. C. L. HALE
O E N T I 8 T
Office In Adams Building
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Alaskan Hotel
I Barber Shop
Baths at All Hours, Bay and
Night.
Accommodations for Ladies.
Ladies’ Facial Massage and
Shampooing.
Razors Honed, Children’s Hair
cutting.
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EVERYTHING BOUGHT
AND SOLD
For anything you can’t find In
town, go to J. Rawson’s Second
Hand 8tore and see wliat he has i
got. We carry new and second
hand goods of all kinds, clothing
and kitchenware.
We have an experienced man
who does all kinds of repair work.
Give us a call.
JOHN RAWSON,
First Street.
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M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson & Murphy, Props
Dealers <n
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
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Choice Tobaccos, Cigars and
8mokers Sundries—Wholesale
and Retail Cigar Store.
The
Horseshoe
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE *
■Billiards and Pool
Headquarters for the Petersen,
Wellington, Calabash and
Garrick Pipes.
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GOING TO FAIRBANKS !
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Take
PRAME’8 AUTO STAGE
Leaves Chitina for Fairbanks
on July 6 and every sis days
thereafter.
Wire Chitina Hotel for reser
vations.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO. L
Fait and commodious steamers sailing betwsen Seattle, Katctt
Ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward- and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Kails frotD Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
July 3. NORTHWESTERN.July 13
July 6 .MARIPOSA .July 17
. July 12 ..ALASKA .July 23
Regular freight aervlce Tor Ketcntkan, Juneau, Sheep Creek, .
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Exploe
Ives, S. S. Seward. 8. 8. Seward, 5th; S. 8. Latouche, 15th; 8. 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,
General Agent Agent
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Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALA8KA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL WATSON . July 16
ADMIRAL EVANS . July 23
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT. .July 30
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, 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.
3chedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Locnl Agents
The World’s Mightiest Locomotives
Now haul the ‘‘Olympian” and the "Columbian" over the
Hitter Hoots and Rockies—with the electrification of 4 to
miles of its main line, the "MILWAUKEE" is better
than ever prepared to look after the comfort and a< co
modations of its patrons.
Remember this when you come outside.
TOM TALLENT. Agent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. E. Harris, T. P. A., Juneau. Alaska.
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I Copper River &
| Northwestern Ry. f *
| EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916. |
g Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. g
Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. g
g Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs- g
fj days and Saturdays. g
|! Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and g
g Fridays. g
g Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs- if
if days and Fridays. g
g Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, g
g Thursdays and Saturdays. g
g The above schedule subject to change without notice, g
gi Dining Car in Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train* Be- fi-i
tween Cordova and Chitina.
g Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 I’. M. g
g Tickets on sale at Depot or up-town office, Alaska g
g Steamship Company building g
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| Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges
f Superintendent Cordova Agent g
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Cordova Power
Company i
LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
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25 and 40 Watt Lamps.35c.
60 Watt Lamps.50c.
100 Watt Lamps.75c
250 Watt Lamps.$2.00
200 Watt, Gas Filled Lamps.$3.00
Office: FIRST STREET.