The Cordova Daily Times
GREATER CORDOVA'S GREATEST NEW8PAPER
ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
H. G. STEEL. C. H. WILCOX. C. H. SCHEFFLER, Publisher*
H. G. STEEL, Editor and Manager
C. H. WILCOX, City Editor.
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Entered at the Postotflce at Cordova, Alaska, as second-class matter.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, MARCH 1, l!Uf>.
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OUR PREPAREDNESS FOR WAR
AND THE IMPLEMENTS NECESSARY
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WHILE investigating our preparedness or unpreparetl
ness for war there is one question connected with it
which should receive most earnest consideration.
That is, how do our implements of war compare with best in use
in the old world? It is presumable that this question is being
perpetually studied by our army and navy oflicers, but is there
any central board where the chemistry and the mechanics and
all the j»ttenant demand's are under constant investigation ami
experiment ?
After the first two weeks of the present war the general
belief was that this was to be more an artillery war than the
world had ever seen. That has proved to ho the case so far.
Now we have before us a long article declaring that after
years of enlightened industry, the Krupps have been able to
produce a nickel-steel gun which is lighter, longer-ranged and
with more tensile strength than any other ever cast. In some
late dispatches it has been claimed that the French have pro
duced'a gun superior to the Krupps. Is the United States pre
pared, in the event of war, to meet those foreign guns?
The matter of explosives is just as important. In the Rus
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anese explosives was most marked; that they were the inven
tions of a Japanese who had worked for years to produced.
A year or two since a brief dispatch said an officer of our
army had invented a powder superior to anything ever made in
any country. It true what facilities has our country for sup
plying it in large quantities?
We have millions of men who would make superb soldiers
but should'they ever be called upon it would be a fatal mistake
not to give them instruments of death the equal of the very best.
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If the situation does not swiftly improve in Mexico, it
looks as though congress will some morning declare* war against
that country, despite all the president and secretary of state
can do. That is what congress did with Spain after the blow
ing up of tlu* battleship Maine, though President McKinley was
doing his utmost to ward off the inevitable.
Heretofore the bandits in Mexico have been under three or
four leaders all of whom paid some little regard' to the rights of
foreigners, now all coherence seems to be lost. Each one of
the petty scoundrels who can keep around him a few brother
scoundrels seems to I>e going up and down that land with no
loftier object than to gratify his love for rapine and loot. There
will have to be a stop sometime and as we interpret the temper
of congress a few more outrages will bring on the climax. Why
should our country be annoyed year after by a serpent’s nest of
assassins?
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Austria did not plan the present war, but she commenced it.
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>»uuiu it, net in- queer u nanny, will) me Help or Kussia,
Hungary should declare and achieve her independence from
Austria, if about the same time tough old Emperor Fraucis
Josepli should be summoned with the result that South Ger
many, which is Austria, should be consolidated with North Ger
many and the kaiser should be hailed as emperor of all the
Germans? Stranger things have happened.
It might be best for the peace of Europe. It would give all
Germany ample sea room in the south, and make the planning
ot th<‘ next great war easier and make a German wedge through
central Europe from the Baltic to the Adriatic which it would
be hard to break.
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It has been suggested, and'very-properly, that the com
mercial bodies ot Alaska should impress upon Secretary of In
terior Lane the justice of giving employment to residents of the
territory in any government railroad work that may bo under
taken this summer. As a whole tin* people of Alaska are bet
ter qualified to perform the work required, than would' be those
imported from the spates, to say nothing of the fact that Alas
kaps are entitled to first claim on these jobs.
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The election is but five weeks off and' it is none too early
to register. Thus far over one hundred have declared their in
terest in the coming municipal contest by enrolling their names
with Registrar Mickelson. Let all who are legally entitled to
a ballot on April (> attend to this necessary preliminary.
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According to telegraphic advices Delegate Wickersham’s
bill to establish an agricultural college in Alaska was put to
sleep in congress because Fairbanks was designated as the town
where this new institution was to be located, while other places
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Germany and Austria are said to have agreed' upon the in
dependence of Poland, though the Russians have not yet been
driven from its blood-soaked soil. The Germans have complete
faith in their ability to clear the Slavs out of it, and freedom
lovers will hid God speed to the proceedings.
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Housekeepers and cooks aplenty are longing to come to
Alaska and if the boys will just he patient there is every reason
to believe that when the railroad route has been selected there
will be swarms of females into the territory.
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An outside exchange remarks that “the tide of reform
surges swiftly in ever widening circles. It is now rising high
along the rock-bound coasts of Alaska.’’—Ex.
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Italy may have to abandon flour and eat bread made of rioe
imd bonus Tlio war is doing things to the dinner table all over
tlio world. It is giving us long-needed lessons in thrift.
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An Illinois woman drank herself to death, using water,'
not alcohol. Intemperance is the race’s besetting sin. Life is
just one excess after another for the most of ns.
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I he local fire department responded promptly to this
morning s amnn and the members acquitted themselves most
creditably in keeping the flames confined to the place of orgin,
ami thus averted what might have boon a serious conflagration.
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From the beginning our German friends have predicted
with perfect confidence tin* collapse of the Russian movement in
Prussia. Has It come to pass?
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The clerkship of the federal court in the Fourth division
having been disposed of then1 is little left for the interior politi
cians to squabble over.
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The war is not in vain. Belgium is learning the delights
of United States pork and beans.
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
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Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHY8ICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Offics In Adams Building
ROBERT E. CAPERS
Attorney at Law
General Civil Practice
Suite 3, Adams Block
CORDOVA, .... ALASKA
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at I aw
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
V. A. SCHMITZ
PRACTICAL OPTICIAN
Office at
CORNER DRUG STORE
J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
“hone 4. CORDOVA, ALASKA
THE ARCTIC I
. LUMBER CO:
Still in Bu*lne*a and Carry
LUMBER OF ALL
DESCRIPTIONS
And Building Material
Price* Made on Order* for
Material
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THE MODERN LAUNDRY I
Phone 66
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FANCY FLANNELS AND
STARCH WORK OUR
SPECIALTY
N. A. CLASEN, Prop.
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HOUSEBUILDERS
ATTENTION
We make a apaclalty of WalF
papering, Kaleomlnlng, Painting,
Tinting and Sign Painting
Compare Our Price* With Corn
Competitor* Before
Ordering
W M. WOLF
Hegg Bldg. C Street
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One Visit
Will
Make You
A
Regular Patron
At
Slater’s
Restaurant
Private Boxes
For ' ‘
Lar^e or Small
Parties
CLOTHES
CLEANED AND PRESSED
All Work Given Prompt
Attention
CHARLES GAME
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If your shoes need Repairing,
bring then to
RUDOLF
The Shoemaker
He does firsf class work. Satis
faction guaranteed. Prices Rea
sonable.
Opposite Dally Times
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LIQUORS
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Call at the
POPULAR CORNER
First Avenue and C Street
The
MINT
Tho». Davis, Prop.
STRAIGHT WHI8KEYS
IMPORTED WINES
KEY WE8T CIGARS
BONDED GOODS
NOTHING BUT THE BEST
M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson & Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Rhone 107,
THOS. PRICE i:
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PLUMBER
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SHEET METAL WORKER :'
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Shop on Second Areuue Opposite ' ’
Windsor Hotel < 1
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Junwu, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and 8eward, via
INSIDE PASSAGE.
Sails frcm lnM»» Salts from Cordova_
February 24.MARIPOSA .March 3
March 2.ALAMEDA.March 9
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juntau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co,
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS, February 15
ADMIRAL WATSON, February 25
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
% Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island. ,
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Seattle San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
1M | I | t I I t i I .t..1..;.4->-».+*+«*
•; Copper River &
I Northwestern Ry.
:: EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 24, 1914. I ►
;: Trains leave Cordova, depot at foot of Second Ave- • ■
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;; Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays 1,
;; Chitina for Kennecott— ‘ : I
;; Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays ' -
;; Kennecott for Chitina— 1 ►
;; Wednesdays, Saturdays and Mondays.
;; Chitina for Cordova— " - •
:: Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays ;;
II 1 lie above schedule subject to change without notice. ;;
'I Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. j;
;; Tickets on sale at Depot or up-town ofliee, Alaska ■'
;; Steamship Company building \ *
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:: Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges j =
;; Superintendent Cordova Agent '
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Travel East
OVER THE
“MILWAUKEE”
: The Newest and Shortest Line to the East
Crossing the Cascade Mountains, the Kittitas Valley, the Colum
bia River, the Hitter Root Mountains and Montana Canyon, trav
ersing a country of surpassing scenic grandeur, historical interest
and wonderful development.
TWO FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAILY
Tbe Olympian and wTbe Columbian”
The NEW ALL-STEEL TRAINS to
BUTTE. MILES CITY. SIOUX CITY.
MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL, MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO
For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations, etc..
call on or address 9 \ i
City Ticket Offices, Alaska Steamship Co. or Alaska Coast S. S. Co.
Cordova, Alaska,
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
44J Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B C.
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Second Ave. and Cherry St., Seattle
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Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS, WATER; PHONES
AND POWER
Office: FIRST STREET.