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FIRST SERMON OF
SFRIFS ON
CORDOVA
Lack of moral public opinion is
one of the ailments of Cordova, If a
correct dignosis of the case was made
by Rev. Jas. McBride yesterday, in the
first of his series of three sermons on
"What Is the Matter With Cordova?”
This subdivision of the subject he
labeled "Symptoms.”
"What Is there here to show for the
twenty millions spent along the line
of the Copper River & Northwestern
railway? What of civilization and
comfort." he asked, “A few came,
made their stakes and went away.”
The speaker insisted that there had
been a lack of spiritual valuation in
the building of the road and the town
and while he was not here during the
first construction, he hopes to aid in
the reconstruction and in making
Cordova and Alaska better places in
which women and children as well as
men live. Placing liis fingers on the
public pulse, figuratively speaking,
and leaving the congreation to say if
his diagnosis was correct, he asked:
"Is it true that some men say and
do and get away with things you are
ashamed of? That they can do so
just because there is lack of moral
public opinion to hold them back?
Cordova is not a bad place, but things
are done here in the open that are
done ‘under the rose' in other com
munities. Some seem to think every
thing is all right ‘so long as It don’t
interfere with business.' ’’
No matter how much money is
spent here, usless it ministers more
to spiritual needs and values, little
permanent good will be accomplished,
he belives.
The speaker suggested that more
good would result if more thought was
given to the future of the city and
territory than to the present. ‘‘Some
day this is going to be the best land
in the nation, but how soon depends on
the men and women of Alaska.
"I am putting my fingers on the
pulse of Cordova and not naming in
dividuals or specifying the nature of
offenses," he said.
‘‘The Causes” will be the subject of
next Sunday’s address.
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LATOUCHE SAILS NORTH
FRIDAY WITH EXPLOSIoES
The freighter La touche will sail
from Seattle on the 5th with powder,
gasoline and coal for Alaska points.
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With my hair in a braid Feb. 6th.
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12-inch Shoe Pacs at $3.50 now at S.
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LODE
Yesterday's train from Chitlna
brought in five cars of ore from the
Mother Ijode Copper Mines Co. prope
rty at Kennecott, aggregating 260
tons, which will go out on the Mari
posa this afternoon. This Is the
second shipment made by the com
pany during the month of January,
making a total of 600 tons for the
month. As this ore is copper glance,
averaging better thnn 70 per cent cop
per, with some silver, the shipments
for January are equivalent to 700,000
pounds of pure copper, valued, at its
mnrket figure of 14 cents per pound,
of $98,000.
The company nt present has to sled
its ore from the mine to McCarthy,
and has several teams employed in the
work. During the past summer a
large amount of ore was taken out
during the work of development, and
shipments will continue as long as
there is snow enough to permit of
sledding. It is estimated that several
thousand tons of ore will be sent to
the smelter this season, which will
yield a handsome revenue.
This property is one of the big
mines of the territory, ranking with
the world famous Bonanza, of the
Name district, winch is reported to be
the richest in the world.
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SIX WEEKS MORE
OF WINTER WEATHER
Today is "Groundhog" Day. Ac
cording to tradition, the groundhog
comes out of his hole today, after his
winter hybernating, to size up the
weather conditions. if he sees his
shadow, that is if the sun is shining,
he at once returns to his nap, for
that means six weeks more of win
ter. If, on the contrary, it is cloudy,
and he sees no shadow, the winter is
broken, and he begins preparations
for the coming summer. The sun is
shining today, therefore we may ex
pect six weeks more of winter.
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FEDERAL BANK EXAMINER
ENROUTE TO FAIRBANKS
G. E. Wilcox, United States National
Hank Examiner, was an arrival on the
steamer Admiral Evans last evening,
and left on this morning’s train en
route to Fairbanks, where he will ex
amine the bank there. Mr. Wilcox
came from San Francisco, and made
the trip between that place and Cor
dova in eight days, including a stop of
two days in Juneau.
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So will 1 Feb. 6th.
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MARIPOSA SAILS SOUTH
The steamer Evans arrived from the
south shortly after nine o'clock last
night., and Railed for the westward
about mlndlnght, stopping at Port
Wells both ways. She had aboard a
large quantity of freight for the
Granite mine: The passenger list fol
lows:
Cordova—Otto C. Miller, Hal Ball
ley, J. Hendricks, H. J. Brown, Bob
I^ee, W. E. Wllcok, R. D. Gray.
Valdez—Earl Grey, J. D. Hamilton,
Elsie Brown, Gordon McGovern, Mrs.
M. M. McDonald. M. H. Matino.
Seward—C. N. Anderson, B. L. Hap
in, W. A. Wolf, Wm. Martland, Mrs.
Wayne Blue, Geo. Bales. W. Halder
man.
The steamer Mariposa sailed for
Seattle about 1 o'clock this afternoon.
Her passengers hooked from Cordova
were William Hull, Ed. Berry, Jack
Laurie, J. H. Van Iderstlne, Mrs. J.
M. White, P. L. Bernard, E. Stroecker,
Miss Bessie King, Joe Protopapas,, P.
Hanson, O. Sander and two steerage.
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Women's Society To Meet.
The Women's Society of Church
Workers will meet at the home ol
Mrs. McBride Wedensday afternoon
at 2:30. All members and women ol
the congregation are requested to b<
present. Business of Importance will
be transacted.
MBS. WALN, Secretary.
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But meantime Secretary Lane is
having facts marshalled in the coming
report of the Alaskan Engineering
commission to demonstrate Mint the
government can in a measure he inde
pendent of the Alaska Northern.
Portage bay is one of his best argu
ments. It is reported that he has esti
mates that the tunnel from Portage
bay could be construeuted at a cost of
not to exceed $2,000,000, and be com
pleted within two years’ time, bring
ing the road out at the base of Kenia
peninsula at a point which required
sevety-two miles of construction on
the Alaska Northern to reach.
If terms are not made soon with the
Alaska Northern—and it looks very
much as if the situation was to be
permitted to drag—there is a strong
possibility that the summer’s activity
in the western part of the territory
will be confined to one and possibly
two things.
The First Step.
The first of these is the construction
of the government’s own new line from
Ship creek to the Matanuska coal field.
It Is ealulated that Cook inlet, by
i which Ship creek is reached, is ice free
and open to navigation at least six
months a year, and possibly eight
months. The latter figure has been
;lven to the secretary. Reports only
i few days old from Cook inlet are
hat the Inlet has been open so fnr
his winter, and free to navigation,
nit it is admitted that this is an un
tsually mild winter.
Six months operation, it is calulat
*d, would haul out a lot of Matanuska
•onl.
Moreover, the work would not be
lend work In any event. Every mile
>f it would be used when the Susitinn
rnnk line Is built, whether that trunk
darts front Seward or Portage bay.
The second possible activity is con
d met Mon work on the Portage bay
erminal.
Tonnage on Cordova Road.
To return to the more eastern sys
em; no one here seems to entertain
iny thought that the Copper River *
Northwestern will not be acquired in
tome mnnner.
For one thing, stress is being laid
>n the tonnage possibilities of that
road, it being argued that better op
sent Ion and an extension of that line
will do more to promote the speedy in
dustrial nnd mining development ol
the territory than could he Retired any
Fhere else.
It is expected that the report of the
Commission also will show that the
richer agricultural regions of the Tan
ana cnn lie reached sooner and cheaper
by building up the Topper and down
the Tanana than in any other way.
From facts which have leaked out It
Je believed that the irport on the agri
cultural resources of the Snsitna val
ley. to bo contained in the report of
the Alaskan engineering commission,
will not be flattering.
The full report is rapidly taking
form. Before it Is quite finished there
will be another conference at the
White House when the whole situation
will be gone over again with the presi
dent and then the document will be
sent to the printer Kven after that
no speedy announcement may be ex
pected as to the executive decision.
Meantime file engineering commis
sion, in a body anil individually, is hav
ing many conferences with Secretary
Igine. He has absorbed a vast amount
of the information on the whole sub
ject and can talk as glibly as any
Alaska engineer on tonnage, grades,
eccntricities of glaciers and the like.
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PATHE DAILY NEWS SERVICE No. 58 The German Army
on the Battlefield.
PERILS OF PAULINE—Seventh Episode. Showing;
some marvelous horsemanship.
THE RISE OF OFFICER CASEY A Lubin Comedy
that’s “rich.”
I* irst show nt 8:00 P. M. sharp. Regular Admission.
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