THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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H. G. STEEL
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
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ALIVE TO SITUATION
We may rest assured that our Cana
dian brethren are alive to the poten
tial possibilities of the great Ameri
can-Canadian mineral belt that lies in
the region of the Portland canal, in
Southeastern Alaska, and in the Cana
dian territory adjacent. Our news
dispatches of this week tell of the
completion of a good, substantial road
connecting the town of Stewart, in
British Columbia, and the town of Hy
der, on American soil. This road was
built at a considerable cost, due to the
heavy rock work incident to its con
struction. It skirts along the base of a
big, forbidding mountain. The Cana
dians did not build this wagon road
just to connect with the American
town. Rather they built it so that the
town of Stewart might stand a show
to become the supply base for the big
silves mines along the American-Ca
ftadian border, the Salmon river be
ing the natural boundary line. Most
of the big mines in the Portland canal
district, so far discovered and devel
oped to any appreciable extent, hap
pen to be on the Canadian side, but
their location is such that it is neces
sary to pass through American terri
tory for some ten to twenty miles to
get to them. Indeed, the only pres
ent feasible way to reach these mines
is via the American side of the Salmon
river valley. The road from Stewart
to Hyder. of course, taps the Ameri
can road running up the Salmon river
valley to the mines. So the building
of this Stewart-Hvder road has but
one object in view, namely, to bring
the big mines in touch with the Cana
dian town.
Now, this is all very commendable
on the part of our Canadian brethren.
They are reaching out for future trade,
as they haveva perfect right to do. If
Stewart, a Canadian town, is made the
supply base of the big silves mines,
it follows as a logical result that Ca
nadian firms will garner in the greater
part of the commercial business inci
dent thereto. Canadian steamers will
likewise get the biggest part of the
freight and passenger traffic that is
certain to ensue with the development
of these mineral properties.
Here is but an instance of the con
structive policy that the Canadian
government has adopted. This gov
ernmen ■sees big business in sight for
its people and wastes no time in lend
ing a helping hand.
What is the American government
doing in the matter? Did it build a
wagon road from Hyder, the American
town, up the Salmon river valley to
the mines, so that Americans might
get a share of this valuable trade? It
did nothing, of course. Private people
hewed out this road themselves, un
aided by Uncle Sam. Did it build a
dock at Hyder, or do anything at all
to gather trade to the American 'side?
No; no funds available for that pur
pose, or some other excuse employed
to put the matter off indefinitely.
Thanks to the progressive spirit of
Americans, a company of hardy
Alaska sourdoughs proposes to build
a good wharf at Hyder, the thing most
needed to bring trade to the American
side. This dock will also permit
American steamers to make Hyder a
port of call, en route to Alaska. With
out a dock there would be a fat chance
for Americans to gain a portion of the
very desirable trade that will follow
and precede the extensive mining de
velopments planned for the Portlanc
canal district.
The business concerns of Seattle
are advised that there is a very de
sirable trade opened to them by the
great mineral discoveries made In the
Portland canal district. This is goim
to be one of the biggest mining camps
on the American continent. Make no
mistake about this, and make your
commercial preparations accordingly.
We understand that the two big
l Alaska steamship lines, alive to the
i
situation, will send boats to Hyder
as soon as dockage facilities are com
j pleted, which will be- in the early
| spring.
There are some things about the
Canadian government that the Alas
kan is compelled to admire. One of
these things is the constructive policy
that it pursues rigidly with respect to
the development of its frontier do
mains. Let Canadian prospectors dis
cover a likely mineral field and the
Canadian government with commend
able promptness will provide a good
means of ingress and egress. Let
American prospectors find a prospec
tive mining camp in Alaska and a
young man’s hair would turn gray be
fore Uncle Sam would contribute a
dollar toward roads or trails.—Ex.
RELIEF URGED
FOR DISABLED
EX - FIGHTERS
NEW YORK, Jan. 7 (by Associated
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Press).—Disabled war veterans in
Boston, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Balti
more, Milwaukee, Detroit, Columbus,
O., San Francisco, Denver, New Or
leans and Minneapolis, handicapped
for life and unable to more than barely
live on the government allowance of
$80 a month during their vocational
training, have written to 'the head
quarters of the Carry-On Association
here requesting the establishment of
Carry-On Clubs in the cities named.
According to the projectors of the
association, which provides the
wounded soldier with a good home,
nourishing food, laundi^', dental and
medical care, transportation and an
allowance for clothes, all for $10 a
week, a dependent ex-fighter is thus
left with money enough to keep up his
war risk insurance and have some
amusement beside. Since last April,
when the first experimental club was
opened in New York at Thirty-eighth
street and Madison avenue, accommo
dating forty men and ten extra for
meals, its work is said to have shown
great possibilities. The organization
opened another New York club on
Christmas .-day, and the week previ
ously one with a capacity for 150 men
was opened in Washington.
The enterprise is said to have the
approval of the American Legion,
which is reported to be raising $50,000
in New Orleans for a Carry-On Club
there. Denver, with 3.000 arrested
tubercular cases, is also reported to be
preparing for a club drive. Altogether
there are between 230,000 and 260,000
disabled ex-service men in the United
States.
The “boys” in the Carry-On club
houses do much of the housework and
enforce their own regulations. A big,
sunny living room filled with ex-sol
diers, playing, reading and chatting or
singing to the accompaniment of a
phonograph or piano, is the chief fea
ture of the institution. One young ex
fighter said he gained thirty-one
pounds in thirty days as a result of
the good food and care he had re
ceived. The first club was formed,
it was said, because it was shown by
carefully-compiled statistics that while
an invalid young man might be able
to live on $80 a month in many parts
of the country, it was impossible to do
so in a large city.
The first census of the United States
was taken in 1790, during the admin
istration of George Washin|ton. It
related solely to population.
| FOR SALE
i FOR SALE
Choice business and residence
property.
| FOR RENT—
Furnished and unfurnished
apartments and cottages.
INSURANCE—
Fire and marine, life and ac
cident.
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BONDS
Fidelity and surety.
CORDOVA ABSTRACT &
REALTY COMPANY
ROOM 1 ADAMS BUILDING
SPEEDY BOAT WAS SPEEDILY BUILT
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The U. S. S. Iteid tearing through the waters of Boston harbor at a speed
of 80 knots an hour. A heavy fog hung over tlie harbor at the time the pho
tograph was taken. The destroyer holds the shipbuilding record for speed in
construction as well as in the water. From the time the keel was laid until
she steamed Upon her trial trip was exactly 40 days.
WANTS TO ABOLISH I
INSURANCE BUREAU
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (by Associ
ated Press).—Senator Smoot of Utah
has introduced a bill to abolish the
war risk insurance bureau and to
transfer its functions to other depart
ments.
A census of the country’s manufac
tures was made for the first time in
1810. Under the present law a man- (
ufactures census is to be taken in
connection with the fourteenth decen
nial census and every two years there
after.
Scarborough Pictures that please at
prices that are right Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tf
Congoleum Rugs, suitable for every
room in your house, can be found at
the Northwestern Hardware Co.
Mrs. Dunham’s home-made mince
meat at Finkelstein & Sapiro’s. 10-tf
The Daily Times job plant Is
well equipped for all classe of com
mercial printing.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOR RENT—Nicely furnished apart
ments for. bachelors. Phone 185—
2 rings. 7-tf
LOST—$10 bill, between postoffice
and Presbyterian church. Please re
turn to Rev. A. G. Shriver and re
ceive reward.
WANTED—Two tiemakers; good tim
her; 40 to 45c; ties to be put in
bunches not less than three in a
bunch; parties will batch. Apply
Harry Christie, Mile 10.
FOR SALE—Fumed oak buffet, round
dining table with three leaves, large
French mirror, fine mattress; sacri
fice; or will sell furnishings com
plete. Call Apartment M, Lathrop
building, this week. 6-5t
FOR SALE—Cash register. See
Kenny Holden.
FOR SALE—Lakeview Hotel; 14 fur
nished bedrooms, dining room,
kitchen, store room, sitting room;
also 80 chickens. Will sell cheap
if taken at once. Owner sick and
must leave.
WANTED—Cannery on Prince Wil
liam Sound. Desire a good outside
man fully understanding the fish
ing game, handling of traps, and
placing of men to get results. Ad
dress Dept. 4, 127 Harvard North,
Seattle, Wash. 29-5t
FOR SALE—L. C. Smith typewriter;
first-class condition, $40. See Cor
dova Adjustment Co. 27t£
THREE-ROOM furnished house to let.
Apply The Blum-O’Neill Co.
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins. See
Dooley.
GOOD board and room at Lakeview.
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M I B- A AI B AIM pressed in when we have the ma
| B Bl ll IV B BAB A „ chine for renovating your clothes?
1 jl j| ill I A B I A m B 14 costs no more and tbe satisfac
WJ u, rDDirn'T ** tion ls great Sults Made 10 0rder
I. IN. nUDDLK 1 New Woolens Just Arrived
Tailor Across from Blum-O’Neill Store j
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TAX NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the
town taxes for the town of Cordova
for the year 1919 are now due and
payable to the undersigned at his of
fice. Taxes will be delinquent on
Monday, February 9, 1920, at 6 p. m.,
and thereafter a penalty of 5 per cent
will be added. THOS. S. SCOTT,
« Town Treasurer.
Dec. 24, 1919—Jan. 7, 1920.
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POOL
TOURNAMENT
IS NOW ON
TONII ’
AT 7:30
, I. D. Bogart
vs.
' William Snyder
THREE PRIZES
FIRST—SUIT OF CLOTHES
SECOND—PAIR OF SHOES
THIRD—STETSON HAT
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The Club
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CANDY
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SORTMENT
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SALE
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C.M. ROSSWOG ;
STATIONER, NEWSDEALER,
NOTIONS,
TOBACCOS, CONFECTIONERY.
I SHAMPOOING
FACIAL AND
For, MANICURING
CALL 1
\ 101-3 RINGS
MRS. SWANBERG
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Keist Furniture
Company
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Is the Place to Buy
New and Second-Hand
Household Goods
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
We Sell Goods on Commission
Next door to Alaska S. S. Office
PEYSElT
THE TAILOR
Opposite Kenny
Holden’s
Phone 188
Hshoe repairing
DIMON NICKALOFF
Currier Building,
C Street. P. O. Box 986. 1
LAUNCHES
PIONEER AND SWAN
Wm. J. Crooker, Owner and Master
REGULAR TRIPS TO KATALLA
FREIGHTING AND TOWING
To All Parts of the Sound j
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Phone 57—2 Rings
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Aunty Keating’s
Wee Shop
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Specialties for this week is
CHINA AND GLASSWARE
After-dinner Coffees (Nippon
ware).
CHILDREN’S NAZARETH
WAISTS
A new line just received, of
riisse Crepe; colors, pink and
white.
Also a complete line of Bur
lington Hosiery.
Hand-crocheted Yokes.
Silk Underwear made to
order.
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1 CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS i
E. R. GARNES, Prop. *
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
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Blacksmithing. General Repair- •
Ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Aeety- $
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock vC
CORDOVA, Alaska. I fl
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention*.
TRY. THE 4
WINDSOR
For Rooms that are
Comfortable
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JUST RECEIVED
A LARGE SHIPMENT OF
LIVE CHICKENS
Good Roasters
JOE FREY
Phone 22