DEWEY’S DEATH MASK SAVED FOR'POSTERITY
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L'li-lc S. J. Dunbar, the Washington sculptor, working on the death mask of the hero of Manila Bay. The mask
In Its rough state Is seen on the right.
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\ PLENTL OF PULP
\IN Ural FOB
4 MILLS
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j^That there are seventy billion feet
of spruce and hemlock in the national
forests of Alaska Is the statement of
Secretary Houston, of the department
of agriculture, who is now recom
mending the establishment of govern
ment pulp mills in this territory.
The following is part of a statement
recently issued by him:
“The forest service has estimated
the pulp wood in the national forests
at three hundred billion feet. This
means six hundred million cords, and
for all paper of all kinds we use but
seven million cords a year. There are
other large supplies of pulp wood on
privately owned lands in the west.
These western raw materials are much
cheaper than the woods now used by
paper mills in the northwest. While
pulp wood stumpage in the northern
states costs from $2.50 to $5.00 per
cord standing in the forest, first class
western timbers are available at prices
ranging from 25 cents to $1.50 per
cord. Long distance transportation
and the large investments tied up in
paper plants necessarily will retard
♦he westward expansion or migration
of this industry; but unquestionably
It should afford one means of increas
ing the production of paper to keep
pace with current demands.
The Two Western Paper Wood Belts.
“From the standpoint of geographi
cal location and transportation to the
bulk of paper users in the central and
eastern states, the western paper
woods fall into two broad belts. The
first is available to tidewater ship
ments from the Pacific coast, lying
principally on the west slope of the
Cascade mountains, Oregon and Wash
ington, including vast areas tributary
to Puget Sound, and running up along
the seaboard in southeastern Alaska.
There are seventy billion feet of
spruce and hemlock in the national
forests of Alaska alone. In many re
spects, its conditions as to abundant
forests of paper making woods, water
power, and direct tidewater transpor
tation duplicate that of Norway, the
leading country of the world in its
paper industry. It is a safe predic
tion that in the last analysis the value
of Alaska to the United States as a
source of paper will be found to ex
ceed the value of any other of her en
ormous resources, coal, minerals, or
fisheries.
me nr»L piun iuoi ui puwuv
sales of raw material to the manufac
turers. This already is being done to
some extent. During the last year na
tional forest timber sales to lumber
companies, railroads and mining com
panies and one western paper mill
amounted to $1,750,000. This plan calls
for contractual relations between the
government and private capital. New
mills might be erected in Alaska, the
Puget Sound country, or the Rockj
mountain region, under agreements
with the government for a long tern1
supply of raw material, guaranteed un
der an equitable adjustment of prices
from time to time. This already is
being done in the case of certain saw
mills. Such contracts may readll;
contain provisions which give th<
public effective control of possible in
duBtrial combinations or monopolies.
Alaska News Print Factories Practlca
"Experts of the forest service re
port that it is entirely practicable t<
manufacture news print in Alaska am
deliver it to New York throught thi
Panama canal at a cost of not mor
than $35 a ton. When It Is considerei
that recent prices have ranged fron
$60 a ton upward, it is evident tha
an excellent competitive basis exist
for the introduction of western papers
“The development of private pape
plants in the west might be suppls
mented by the erection of mills by th
federal government itself. It Is est
mated that a mill with a capacity t
one hundred tons of news print a da
can be built In Alaska for two and
half million dollars. Even if the ou
put of the mill was confined to tb
needs of the government alone, it :
probable to such a mill would pa
for Itself in no great length of tim
while adding something to the paper
supply of the nation.”
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SPORTS
Gossip About Events of National
Importance and the Persons
Who Are In the Head
Liner Classes.
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, March 29.—The
plan inaugurated by two Colorado uni
versities to hold a series of track
meets throughout the spring and sum
mer, in which each team will compete
on Its home track, presents the pos
sibility of east vs. west track and field
meets without the necessity of taking
long transcontinental trips.
For instance, on the supposition that
Yale in New Haven and Stanford Uni
versity in California are competing,
should Stanford’s three shot putters
register 4G, 45 and 42 feet as against
Yale’s 46.2, 44 and 41, this would give
Yale a first, Stanford a second and
third places. Thus in all of the field
events there would be no trouble ex
perienced out of the ordinary. In the
case of the sprints and runs, however,
in order to get the times of the men
other than the winner, it would be ne
cessary to have timers for the second
and third men in such event.
That these dual “telegraphic” meets
staged simultaneously in two widely
separated sections of the country are
feasible and would stimulate interest
is the concensus of opinion among
such sport followers as have given the
matter consideration.
“Telegraphic” chess and checker
tournaments, as well as bowling
matches, already are of common oc
currence.
Dr. J. Fred Bohler, director of ath
letics of the State College of Wash
ington, at Pullman, who also is a mem
ber of the basketball rules committee
of the National Collegiate Athletic As
sociation, has picked an all-coast bas
ketball team and also an all-northwest
baseetball team for an eastern sport
ing magazine. Dr. Bohler’s selections
follow:
All coast Basketball Team — Price,
W. S. C., forward; Sieberts, O. A. C.,
forward; Hjelte, U. of C., center; Boh
ler, U. of W., guard.
All-northwest Basketball Team —
Price, W. S. C„ forward; Gray, U. of
I., forward; Dement, Whitman, center;
Bohler, W. S. C., guard; Copeland, W.
S. C., guard.
The Washington State College team
won the championship of the north
west this season and tied with the
University of California for the cham
pionship of the Pacific coast confer
ence.
With the approach of better weather
than this winter’s unusual snows have
provided, and with the announcement
of the dates for the Colorado tourna
ment made recently, golfers all over
the state are polishing up their irons
and painting up the veteran gutts
percha used last season in prepara
tion for a spring and summer of prac
tice for an entrance into the Coloradc
contest. The tournament is to b(
played at the Lakewood Country Clul
August 21 to 25.
The state governing body of gol
has named the handicappers commit
tee for the tournament. It is as fol
lows: F. W. Maxwell, Denver Coun
I try Club, chairman; Walter B. Kin
• kead, Lakewood; C. J. Niehaus, Inter
i lachen Golf Club, and W. R. Morris
l of the Denver City Park Club.
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) Denver supporters of the movemen
I to popularize tennis are pleased at th
i recent designation of that that clt;
t has been named as one of the “ns
i tlonal tennis centers’ ’in the Mountai
. states region. Salt Lake City is th
r other point so designated,
i; This designation predicates th
e holding in Denver of a tournamen
I- the winners of which will be ellglbi
f to compete for the national boys’ c
y national juniors’ championships I
n tournaments at Forest Hills, Long I
t- land, during the week of the nation)
e tennis championship, which begins o
s August 30.
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), A new phase in the automobile ra
ing game in the southwest, which al
ready has begun to develop its "clas
sics" in the way of long distance road
races, seems likely from succession
of the old Albuquerque Automobile
Racing Association by the Albuquer
que Speedway Association.
The reorganized body has obtained
control of a plot of land on the mesa
near Albuquerque, N. M., and expects
soon to begin construction of a mile
and a half elliptical track.
Whether the association will aban
don its summer road races is not yet
determined.
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To cross-breed Galloway and Hol
stein cattle for Alaska is now the task
laid out for himself by Professor
Georgeson, the manager of the gov
ernment experimental stations in the
territory.
The Galloways have long hair, are
good rustlers, and are, therefore, best
fitted for this climate, while the Hol
steins are good mllchers, and Profes
sor Georgeson believes that from the
two breeds a fine brand of cattle for
Alaska can be produced. He will use
Holstein bulls with Galloway cows, and
vice versa.
The professor, who was here yes
terday, waiting for a boat to take him
to Sitka, says the cows suffering from
tuberculosis at Kodiak have been sep
arated from the healthy cattle and
will be bred to prove that healthy
calves can come from such cattle.
The new agricultural experimental
station will be established on April 1,
and a manager will be appointed at
that time. It is the Intention to send
some tons of seeds of grains suitable
for Alaska crops from the experimen
tal stations of the interior and to dis
tribute them to the farmers of the
Matanuska.
The government has now provided
the caretakers of cattle on Kodiak
island with rifles and Bhells to pro
tect the cattle from the brown bear
which prey on them whenever they
get a chance.—Ex.
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APPEAL MADE WQRKRES
REMAIN ON FARM
(By Associated Press)
TOKIO, March 30. — Owing to the
scarcity of labor, an increasing dif
ficulty is felt in western Siberia in ob
taining food, and hunger riots are tak
ing place in different sections, accord
ing to a special dispatch to the Jiji
from Harbin. The correspondent as
serts that a rather serious riot oc
curred at Irkutsk, in which women
played a leading part. Stores, ware
houses and government offices were
looted until the troops restored order.
Another riot is said to have oc
curred at Chita, where the services
of the military forces were requisi
tioned. Much anxiety was felt by the
authorities, as 40,000 war prisoners
are quartered in the town.
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4 for some folks. — Old Man Sage. 4
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> Have your Job printing done at th<
r Times office.
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l NOTICE.
3 Notice is hereby given that the reg
istration book for the registering o
b voters tor the municipal election ti
^ be held in tte Town Hall, in Cordova
e on Tuesday, April 3, 1917, is now opei
r in the office of Charles M. Rosswog
n the registrar, at the Postofflce Store
i- on Second street, Cordova, and tha
.1 said registration book will be closei
n on Saturday, March 31, 1917, at
o’clock p. m.
CHARLES M. ROSSWOG,
Registrar of Voters,
In the district court for the terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
Notice of ter mof court at Cordova
Alaska.
The president of the United State!
of America, to the residents of th
Third division of the Territory o
Alaska, and to all whom It may con
tern, greeting:
You and each and all of you, wil
please take notice that by an orde
of the court, duly made and entered
a term of the district court for th<
territory of Alaska, Third division
has been called and will be held It
Cordova, Alaska, beginning on Ihi
2nd day of April, 1917, and contfmo
as long thereafter as the public wel
fare may require.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23rt
day of February, 1916.
(District FRED M. BROWN.
Court Seal) District Judge.
Attest: Arthur Lang, Clerk.
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When Ordering Job Work Don't
Think It It Your Duty to Build Up
Concerns In the States, But Give
The People Who Are Paying
Wages and Spending Their Money
In Cordova a Chance to Live.
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W. E. TERRILL
FREIGHTER
Baggage and Freight Taken
over the Trail to Fairbanks.
TEAMS LEAVE CHITINA
FEBRUARY 5
MARCH 15
Baggage can be left at the
Chitina Hotel, Chitina, or Alas
kan Hotel, Cordova.
Of courso you are reading the Daily
Times, Why not save a dollar by pay
ing six months' subscription in ad
vance; $5 will do the trick.
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The Daily Times la a member of tha
Associated Press. Got I be news
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A good investment — the Daily ,
Times six months for $5.
FRESH FISH ■
Halibut, Herring, Red Snappers and Codfish Sold
by the pound and ton, wholesale and retail.
Delivered Wednesday and Thursday.
Shipping Day—Thursday (on railroad). ji
Orders can be left at the Blum, O’Neill Co. store or
write to mo at Cordova. \
_ GUS OHM.
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Cordova Mill &
Lumber Company
Manufacturers and Dealers in Rough and
Dressed Lumber.
Also Outside Lumber.
Orders From up the Line Office and Mill Opposite
Promptly Attended to. Railroad Depot. Phone 5
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| Foos Gas Engines |
i| 4 to SCO Horse Power
General Electric Motors
Roebling Tramways |
if Pelton Water Wheels i|
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors |
Regal Boat Engines I
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| Harmon Machinery Co Inc |
if Oxy-Acetylene Welding. ip
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
: Cordova House
i H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
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i Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
t Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
' The Hank Will Discontinue Its ^
| 1 Saturday Night Service Banking f
! ! Hours Will Be From » a. m. to 3 H
y p. m. As Formerly. y
I The First Bank jj
l| Of Cordova f
Territorial Depositary. H
United States Depositary for Postal Savings Funds. ^
Commercial Department. Savings Department.
Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
I Alaskan Hotel 1
THE HOUSE OF COMFORT gi
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THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL
INALASKA 1
BAR AND BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION.
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric
Lights, Steam Heat, Suites With Bath.
Bar in Connection |
ROBERT GOTT8CHALK Proprlteora ART CLONINGER !g
;l CORDOVA, .... ALASKA |
ALL THE LIGHT ON THE BOOK,
and none in the eyes is what makes
the electric light so superior (or night
reading. And its brilliancy bring* out
the type with the utmost distinctive
ness so that reading is accompanied
by no strain on the eyes whatever.
Have you electricity in your horn*?
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS WATER — PHONES POWER
Office: FIRST STREET.
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5 Copper River & |
| Northwestern Ry. I
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916.
g Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. g
Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott g
ij:'; Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thun- g
I days and Saturdays. |
g Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays aad |
U Fridays. * t I
| Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thun- |
I days and Fridays. |
i Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, |
| Thursdays and Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to change without notice. S
g Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pesaenger Train# •#- |
i;| tween Cordova and Chitina. §
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. J
Tickets on sale nt Depot or up-town office, Alaska S
I Steamship Company building
I Caleb Corser W. E. Brown 1
5 Superintendent Cordova Agent 1