THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
That Valdez holds the record for
orderliness is shown by the fact that
not a single arrest has been made in
the city for any cause for the past
seven months. We believe that this
is the record for any town of the same
size in the United States.—Valdez
M iner.
A dispatch told us yesterday that
the government was trying to “un
load Alaska’s White Klephant” on a
private concern That is to say. the
government wants a certain firm to
finish the Alaska railroad. Kvidently.
our fatherly government has had
enough of it Ketchikan Miner.
Those arriving here from the in
ferior say that tin* people are taking
nr chances on the influenza epidemic.
All travelers are barred from going
inside and two husky guards have
been stationed at the Koai river
<'ri swing, on lie- northern side of the
Alaska range. Seward Gateway.
The complaint is unanimous, locally
speaking, concerning the wholly in
adequate and inefficient mail service
accorded this community this winter.
It is the most inefficient service ever
given the Took inlet country within
the memory of men who have lived
in these parts for the past ton years,
i: not for a longer p< riod than that
What i1- the cause, and wherein does
the blame lie?
Broadly speaking, the fault lies at
the door of the postoffiee department
at Washington, which has inaugu
rated .1 parsimonious policy in order
to save a little money and make a
favorable financial showing. The ac
commodation of people living in far
off Alaska seems not to concern the
gentlemen occupying softcushioned
chairs in Washington if a record for
economy can he gained The failure
of the postoffiee department to renew
mail contracts with the Seattle Alaska
steamship lines Is the root of the In
efficient service.—Anchorage Times.
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There is a revival of the minlnlg de
velopment In Portland canal and Ket
chikan should not let the golden op
portunity pass by to obtain a good
shrre of the trade and business that
will come from that part. As the es
tablishment of a permanent camp is
assured, there is no question. Many
of the property holders on the Sal
mon river havo held on to their
claims for over ten years, as they had
faith in the district. Some have
made small fortunes, while others did
not, as the boom days passed by and
the camp suffered through wildcat
schemes, but the day of legitimate
mining has arrived and new stimulus
given to mining activity. Ketchikan
Pioneer.
One by one the old-time Alaskans
are being summoned by the messen
ger of death Against the immutable
laws of nature there is no appeal that
can prevail no staying the hand of
death when the time of the victim
comes. Scarcely a day passes now
but we hear of the sudden demise of
some sourdough whom we have long
known. We accept nature's decree
as philosophically as we can. however
regretful we may feel, because wo
can do nothing else. The departed
are going on a journey that must be
taken, in the course of a few fleeting
years at best, by all of us.
To those who knew him in life, the
sudden death of fir Charles K. Hale
of Cordova comes as a much more
than ordinary shock. A strong man ,
in the prime of life, there was every
reason to suppose, in the ordinary
course of events, that he would live!
to a ripe old age. He lived a clean,
wholesome life, conducive to longevity. I
ile was a handsome fellow, genial,
warm hearted, and his pleasing per- j
sonality and charming manneres natur
ally won him hosts of friends.
His sudden demise serves to remind
ail of us that "in the midst of life
we are in death.”-- Anchorage Times.
I II*- i ui/.i'ii min mi.
Alaska slogan:
"Alaska can pay the nation's war !
debt."
Alaska can do it and will do it If
the people of the United States and
the government will only awake to
Alaska's boundless riches and re
sources. Properly developed under
government encouragement. Alaska's
taxable wealth (during the period
pending the maturity of the Liberty
bond and Victory bond issues l should
so Increase as to produce a sufficient
fund to discharge that debt.
One mine in Alaska alone paid j
$2.-!uu.oou income tax last year Hun
dreds of equally profitable investments |
await development. Let our govern- j
moot exercise as much foresight in
helping to bring other properties to
tin- productive stage as private in
vestors have shown and there will be
literally hundreds of such properties
producing gold, silver, copper, plati
num. tungsten and tin.
Now is the time to start the cam
paign for all Alaska. Millions of
money made in munitions will be idle,
Heckling investment. If Uncle fjam
will take up the Alaska problem in
serious earnest many of those mil
lions will come here for investment.
If we start a campaign based upon
that war cry, "Alaska can pay the na
tion's war debt," that war cry will be
echoed by every newspaper in the
United States.
Keep it before the people. Stamp
it on every envelope you send Out
side. Print It on your letterheads.
Insert it in your advertisements.
Carry It at the head of every news
paper in Alaska. Send the word
around the world, "Alaska can pay
the nation's war debt. Fairbanks
Citizen.
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RAISING OF
STOCK IS NOT
PROFITABLE
There have been repeated attempts
made to raise stock, cat’le, sheep and J
hogs in large quantities with in the !
borders of Alaska; so far without sue- 1
cess owing to the prolonged winters |
and high prices for feed. The sub-!
ject is one in which the Hessians nat
urally took a great deal of interst,
for they wore a nation fond of good
living and were desirous of having
the best beef or mutton or tit* sweet
est pork on their tables
They brought over hard selections
f.v.m their Siberian*stock placing the
cattle at almost every point of impor
tance for trial. The result after years
of endeavor was that the herds on
Kodiak Island throve the best and
became of real service In maintain
ing the settlement. Here there is a
very fine pasturage for cattle and in
the summer there is an abundance of
nutritious grasses, but when the
fierce storms of October, freighted
with snow and sleet, accompanied by !
cold and piercing gales arrive and j
hold their own until the following
May. the sleek, fat herds of rattle be
come very much worn and emaciated
hv June. These severe winters have
given the owners of stock an undue
amount of worry and trouble to feed
and shelter tholr animals.
Hay, however, suitable for cattle,
or a tleast to keep cattlo nllce, can be
cut In almost any quantity desired for
that purpose, but the stress of weath
er alone, even with an abundance of
this native feed depresses as It were
and enfee-bles th<> vitality of the ani
mals bo that the herds on the Islands
o the wostward have novor increas
ed to anything aproxlmatlng a herd,
and may bo said to rarely excoed over
several hundred head at any one
time. II is true that cattle are raised
and that they are raised in quantities
to supply fine beef a portion of the
year, but they cannot be raised in
sufficient numbers to make the time
and trouble expended anything but a
loss.
Many small flocks of sheep which i
lu vc been brought from the states :
and turned out at I'nga. Fnalaskn,
the Atlu and Alkali island. . have ap
prrontly done well up to a certain
time. The mutton of lh,. Alaska sheep
when it is rolling in fat and sweet
and juicy is said to be as good or bet
ter than in any other part of the
world. Hut the severe winters, which
are not so cold as so protracted, when
the weather is so violent that the ani
mals are forced to huddle for weeks j
in some dark low shelter, cause a
sweating or heating of tho wool.
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CORDOVA
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Shop
Phone 1014. Phone 182
Machine Woi* of all Kinds,
lllackemlthing, General Repair
ing, Horen Hhoelng. Oiv Acety
lene Welding and Cutting
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
Cordova, Alaska.
Out o* Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
REAL CLEANING
Give us a trial and
you'll be convinced
that we know our
business.
SUITS $45 TO $68
Tom Hubbert
TAILOR
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Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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BANK OF ALASKA
MOVED TO PERMANENT LOCATION OPPOSITE
NEW LATHROP BUILDING. BETTER FACILITIES
FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF CUSTOMERS ARE
NOW AFFORDED TO THE PUBLIC. YOUR AC
COUNT IS INVITED.
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NICHOLLS TRANSPORTATION CO.
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Plying Between
Chitina and Fairbanks
Carrying Passengers and Freight from
Either End
Rates and other information can be obtained
from bred Nicholls, at Paxson’s, or Oscar S
Breedman, at Chitina
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Perfect The Best Guaranteed
MODERN LAUNDRY
F. A. JONES, Proprietor
PHONE 66
First Avenue, Below Alaskan Hotel
ARE YOU GOING OUT THIS FALL? v
Visit San Francisco and Stop with
Mark C. Thompson
at his new hotel in the* heart of the city between
Powell and Mason Streets.
The Dale-Tallac Hotel
140 ELLIS STREET
Special Rates and Headquarters for Alaskans.
Daily Times classified advertisements <yct the results.
We ave G< it ti i Have i mey
So For the Next 15 Days We Are Going
to Slash Prices On All Our Lines
Of Merchandise.
Mattresses, Quilts, Wool and Cotton Blankets, Pillows, Sheets, etc., Springs and Folding Cots. All
kinds of Men’s wear, including Underwear, Top Shirts, Loggers’ Shirts, Mackinaws, Parkas, Leather
Vests, Felder Shoes and other furnishings too numerous to mention. Cutlery, Kitchenware, Wooden
ware, etc. Come! Look! See! At the
BARGAIN STORE ,N THE BLOCK
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