The Cordova Daily Times
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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
LoKDoYA, ALASKA, MONDAY, FLUID’AKY ID. 1D1 7.
ARE SIMPLY “HELPING FATHER.”
Since November 7 we have often warned our readers that
they will not know who is elected delegate from Alaska until the
canvassing board at Juneau renders its decision; that even
after that there will probably be a contest. In the waiting
time all that the interior newspapers can do is publish the re
sults of the work of the canassing board ns it is submitted
from day to day, and the story of their work must be taken
from the newspapermen of Juneau, as that work appears to
them. There are two newspapers at Juneau. There’s the Em
pire, the paper started by Governor Strong, and continued un
der his ownership after he took the governorship, and to which
he will return when he steps out of office, and it is the Demo
cratic paper. As a Democratic paper we take our Juneau
stories from the Empire. Then, there’s the Dispatch, Ed' Rus
sell’s Wickersham-Independent paper, and the Citizen takes its
stories from that source. Roth those papers have been in the
campaign for nearly a year past, and although the voting is
over, they are both still working hard to elect their candidates.
The results of the day’s work of the canvassing board looks
differently to each paper each night, and they report it differ
ently — they are “helping father” to win, whereas they really
have no influence on the result, now that the vote has been cast.
Their intentions are perfectly honorable, but their point of view
differs.
The Empire sent us word that Vault precinct had been
thrown out by the canvassing hoard, and we printed the story
as sent. It did not sound reasonable, but it was so stated and
so repeated. It now transpires that it was not thrown out —
simply set aside until the returns had been received from Vault,
but the Sulzer reporters considered it another “victory” for
Sulzer and so reported. Like many other reports which have
been sent to Fairbanks papers regarding the actions of the
canvassing board, the ultimate truth did not bear out the story.
As we have often stated, you will know who has been elect
ed when all tin* returns are in from the canvassing board, but
even then you may not know who will serve; not until after the
contests are decided. This paper is for Sulzer, but we want
nothing but tin* verdict of tin* people to decide the matter—we
do not look for or desire any action upon the part of the canvas
sing board which will change any declaration of the people at
the polls. We hope that no precinct will be thrown out, no mat
ter how that precinct went, for we do not think it right that the
ignorance or usages of some cheap returning officer should in
validate the votes of free Alaskans anywhere. We do not hesi
tate to state that for some time it has looked to us that Wicker
sham has a shade the best of it in the returns, and if the voters
iu Alaska voted for him in excess of the votes for Sulzer, we
want to see Wickersham declared elected. Whatever the re
sult, it appears to us that Wickersham has been taught a les
son, and we believe that if he pays attention to the word from
home he can for the next two years be all that could be expected
from a delegate from Alaska and' probably more than even Sul
zer could be in his first term. Therefore, we are not worried
over the possible findings of the canvassing board, nor would
we intentionally print any misleading story of their work.
When the canvassing board quits work we will know who
will represent Alaska at Washington for two years to come, and
we will not know until then. What any newspaper or any re
porter or any correspondent may say regarding the result will
not at feet it or change it in the least, and Governor Strong is
right in saying that you can’t believe everything that creeps
into the newspapers—we never saw an issue of a Strong news
paper that would warrant everybody believing every word
therein.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
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THAT LARGE ORDER FOR STEEL.
Thirteen hundred tons of 50-pound rails were recently or
dered for “our railroad’,” and the contract was let to the United
States Steel Company, and the event called for tinkling cymbal
and sounding brass. There was much rejoicing in the land of
“eternal snow” until our statistician got out his pencil, and
then our hopes toboganned to the gravel pit with a dull thud.
Fifty pound rails would mean one hundred pounds to the yard
of track laid; and in 1,300 tonsithere are 2,000,000 pounds; at
100 pound's to the running yard this would equal 26,000 yards
of track this “large order” would complete, or about fifteen
miles. As the road, when completed, will be somewhere in the
neighborhood of 370 miles long, it will take nearly 30 years to
complete it at the rate the contracts for steel are being let. And
50 pound rails in a country which gets 45 to 80 below, will be a
constant menace to life, as the frost will render them so brittle
that they will break under the slightest strain. Fifty pound
rails are considered too light fqr a Shay logging engine, and
they cannot be expected to transport very heavy loads where
the frost renders steel as brittle as ice. The steel should be at
least heavy enough to stand the immense 50-ton Engines ordered
for the road.—Valdez Prospector.
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FUNDS FOR TERRITORIAL SCHOOLS.
It is clear now that the territorial legislature at its coming
session must take up the question of supplying the funds for
education. There can be no doubt that we shall have no liquor
license funds to draw from for the purpose next year, and the
schools must be maintained at their full efficiency wherever the
money comes froiii. In future the fisheries,.the mines, the for
ests and the territorial sources of revenue must provide for the
territory’s educational institutions, at least to some extent. At
the present time the schools of incorporated Alaska towns cost
hundreds of thousands of dollars and it is hardly likely that the
full amount can be taken from the territorial treasury. This
means that the taxpayers of the cities will have to dig a little
more deeply. The law prohibiting a higher levy than 2 per
cent must be repealed or municipalities must raise the assesse
ment of property. But if the fisheries taxation money goes
to the schools it will look like the irony of fate that men who
make their living from water must pay instead of the men who
make their living from booze.
When Ordering Job Work Don’t
Think It Is 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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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Cordova's Progressive Merchants and
Professional Men.
HOTELS.
Alaskan Hotel.
Windsor Hotel.
Cordova House.
Manhattan Hotel.
GROCERIES.
The Blum, O'Neill Co.
Flnkelsteln & Saplro.
CLOTHING.
W. Clayson.
The Blum, O’Neill Co.
Flnkelsteln & Saplro.
RAILROADS.
Copper lllver & N. W. Ily.
LIGHTS, WATER AND PHONES.
Cordova Power Co.
AUTO SERVICE.
City Express.
Alaska Transfer Company.
Sheldon Auto Stage.
RESTAURANTS.
Slater’s Restaurant.
THEATRE.
Empress Theatre.
HARDWARE.
Northwestern Hardware Co.
The Blum, O’Neil Co.
BANK.
First Bank of Cordova.
PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS.
Fuqua & McConaghy.
DRUG STORE.
Northern Drug Co.
TRANSFER COMPANY.
City Express.
Alaska Transfer Company.
SALOONS.
The Horseshoe.
The Mecca.
The Northern.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Howard & Lund.
STEAMSHIP LINES.
Alaska Steamship Co.
Paclfic-Alaska Nav. Co.
BAKERY.
Boss Bakery and Coffee House. ... |
LAUNDRY.
Modern Steam Laundry.
City Laundry.
PHOTOGRAPHER.
E. A. Hegg.
MACHINERY, Ac.
Harmon Machinery Co., Inc.
MEAT MARKET.
Northern Meat Market.
INSURANCE.
Northwestern Trust & Realty Co.
PROFESSIONAL.
Dr. W. H. Chase, Physician.
Dr. W. W. Council, Physician.
Dr. C. L. Hale, Dentist.
Dr. Charles Dagget, Dentist.
E. F. Medley, Attorney.
W. A. Hesse, Mining Engineer.
Asa C. Baldwin, Civil Eng., Valdez.
Leone Langdon, Piano Lessons.
Dr. Robert Simpson, Classes Fitted.
REAL ESTATE.
Geo. C. Hazelet.
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Sheldon
AUTO STAGE LINE
Giving an all-year auto ser
vice between Chitina and Fair
banks, Alaska.
Enquire about them at Chitina <
Hotel, ^Chitina, Alaska, before
making reservations elsewhere.
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INSURANCE
FIRE, MARINE, LIFE and ACCIDENT
insure your property against fire In
reliable Insurance Companies.
We represent the Niagara, London,
Phoenix, Hartford, Northern, Globe
tnd Hutgers, and others; all strung
Board Companies.
We also represent the Maryland1
Casualty Company, and Issue Fidelity!
tnd Surety Bonds.
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Northwestern Realty & Trust Co. i
M. O. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson 4k Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phons 107.
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Candy, Stationery
and Toilet
Articles
Agents For
Victrolas and
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The Northern Drug Co.
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LEONE LANGDON
PIANO AND VOICE LESSONS.
Empress Building, Room 21. Phone 85
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and 8URGEON
Office over Cordova Drug 8tore.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug 8tore. Rsaldsnoa,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Residence: Cordova
General Hospital (Ostrander Build
ing).
PhoneB—Residence 115; office 132.
DR. 0. L. HALE
B ( N T lVT
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 18C. Alaska.
Hours: 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Evenings by Appointment.
ROBERT SIMPSON
JUNEAU, ALASKA
classes Fitted. Lenses Ground.
cm pli,
PHONE 127.
•Second St.,, opposite I’ostoffice.
3est of Hand Work. Give Us
a Call.
Howard & Lund :
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Contractors and Builders j
Estimates Furnished. 1
PHONE 68. I
Windsor Hotel
L. Wain, Prop.
Where You Get
Comfort and Service.
And the Rates Are Right. •
Cordova Alaska j
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ikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward.
Feb. 16 - - Alaska - - Feb. 23
Hail from Cordova seven days later.
> The freighters Cordova, Latouche, Juneau, Valdez
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FOR GENERAL TEAMING, BAGGAGE
TRANSFERRED, AUTO SERVICE,
COAL AND WOOD.
ALASKA TRANSFER
COMPANY
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For Storing and Insuring Baggage,
Mdse and Household Goods.
Office-EMPRESS BUILDING, CORDOVA-Phone 85
CITY EXPRESS
And Transfer Company
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