FIRST BA OF CORDOVA
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points on the Government Trail.
Fare to Fairbanks $75
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
25 and 40 Watt Lamps.35c.
60 Watt Lamps.50c.
100 Watt Lamps.75c
• 250 Watt Lamps.$2.00
200 Watt, Gas Filled Lamps.$3.00
Office: FIRST STREET.
AN OFFER FOR SIXTY DAYS ONLY.
575 Town Lots in Cordova.
Ranging in price from $50 up to $3000, and GOO
Town lots in Chitina from $50 to $1000. Any
or all of them on easy terms.
Now is the time to buy.
For particulars—Call on or write to
GKO. C. HAZELET,
| Cordova, Alaska. Trustee and Agent.
IMmilllMMllllllllllliai
The Leading Hotel of Alaska
I! I WINDSOR
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JAPAN REACHES
OUT AFTER
TRADE
TOKIO, July 28.—Making an excep
tion to her present day policy of
^ gradually discontinuing foreign nd
m vlsers, Japan has recently enlisted
the services of such an adviser to the
department of commerce. The object
is to secure expert counsel In the
movement now undertaken by the Jap
anese to push their trade in all direc
tions. The nppolntee Is Alexander S.
Browne, an Australian, and his spe
cial work will be to advise the depart
ment of commerce In the development
of trade to Australia and the South
Reas generally.
The gradual relinquishment of for
eign advisers Is a striking evidence
of growing Japanese convidlon that
Jnpan Is now able to deal with
foreign nations In her own way and
through the medium of her own peo
ple. It Is an Indication that Japan
feels she has absorbed sufficient
knowledge of the West to make her
efficient by herself in dealing with the
West. The abandonment of foreign
advisers has been brought about by
refraining from appointing successors
to the able men who have rendered
valuable aid In the past when either
resignation or death has terminated
their services. The most important
Instance of this consciousness that
Japan Is able now to carry on her
afTairs without foreign aid was the
decision not to fill the place when
left vacant by the death of the late
i Henry W. Dennison, the distinguished
American, who occupied the post of
adviser to the department of foreign
affairs.
I The great war, with the temporary
elimination of Germany as a com
petitor In the markets of the world
and Japan's natural desire to expand
her trade, led to the decision to em
ploy a commercial expert.
The Japanese point of view is that
to compete successfully with the for
eign countries she must adopt the
standard of these countries and be
familiar with all the commercial and
industrial methods which obtain
abroad. Some Japanese business men
have been very desirous lately of rais
ing the standard of their commercial
products and of convincing the foreign
buyers that they can expect the same
efficiency and reliability In Japanese
products and manufactured goods as
in any other country.
_ Mr. Browne talked this matter over
very frankly with members of the
Toklo Chamber of Commerce. He said
he was sorry that Japanese exporters
did not bear the best name In Aus
tralia. Inferior goods and Irregular
shipments had caused no end of
worry and inconvenience and some
exporters even refuse to deal directly
with Japan aB their experience has
been very unsatisfactory. This repu
tation was due to the fact that some
firms want to "get rich quick and
grasp the shadow instead of the sub
stance.” He had discovered, he said,
while visiting Japanese factories that
very often exporters receive larger
orders than they can handle. The
orders are then distributed among
several small factories with the result
that products of different grades,
shapes and finish are shipped. Jap
anese exporters should establish a
thorough system of Inspection and
have only one standard for export.
Mr. Browne said he thought the
reason why Germans had secured
such a vast trade was the fact that
they had applied science to produc
tion. Now Japan has her groat oppor
tunity and If she takes advantage of
it and lives up to a higher standard of
commerce and Industry she would not
only be able to obtain but to keep an
important part of Australian trade and
that of the Southern Seas generally.
Of course, Great Britain and the
United States would be competitors in
the southern markets, but Japan
would be sure to get her share If she
convinced the buyers that she will
oppose inferior goods and indifferent
I shipments.
I There are many other indications
II of Japan's determination to extend
- her markets in all directions, espe
cially China where her interests are
. constantly augmenting.
Next to the American Pacific Mall
steamers the great bulk of merchan
dise Is now carried acroRs the Pnclflc
in Japanese steamships which are
constantly increasing in number.
Japan Is desirous to increase her
trade relations with the United States
and American business men here re
gard this as a powerful incentive to
establish her friendship with America
on a Bolld and lasting footing. Now
that she has taken an Important part
In the exposition at San Francisco.
Japan’s leading business men are ar
ranging ot send a delegation of promt
nent merchants to the exposition a
an added Indication of the desire fo
wider relations. It Is expected lha
Itaron Shlbusawa, who Is one of (hi
foremost and most popular of Jan
anese business men, In company wltl
many other lending merchants, will gi
to San Francisco and perhaps visl
other parts of the United States.
ITALIANS SET FIRE
TO CASTLE OP
ROME, July 28.—The castle 01
Dulno, set on fire during the bombard
ment of Monfalcone, near Triest, by
the Italians, was a most Interesting
survival of mediaeval times. Situated
on a cliff rising sheer from the sea. It
was constructed In the Fifteenth cen
tury.
Italians have a sentimental interest
In the fortress as Dante was truest
after his exile from Florence, trad!
tlon showing, even at the present day
a "Real of Dante” where he used to sit
for hours contemplating the "Divine
Smile of the Adrla." It now belong?
to the Princes of Hohenlohe. of the
Dulno branch, and was some years ago
sumptuously furnished and contained
several works of art of great value.
Victor Hugo In his “Tollers of the
Sea” pictures Franklin aB studying the
phenomenal of the electric spark at
Dulno.
Although set on fire through the
fortunes of war It Is hoped that the
castle is really not much damaged.
AERIAL DETAILS
<• I.
LONDON, July 28.—Since the cen
sorship has shut down on the publl
cation of the details of the visits ol
German aircraft London Is full of dally
rumors that spread all over town
There has been no general criticism o(
withholding the locality of the raids
as It may be helpful to the Gormans
to hear where their bombs dropped.
But suppression of details has had Its
customary effect and every day there
are storlee of raids that never hap
pened and of destruction that never
took place. In fairness to the censors
it should be admitted that while their
facts when published are meagre they
are regarded as true though the delay
In Issuing them Is hopelessly need
less from a newspaper point of view
In the case of the worst raid, happen
Ing around midnight, as usual, the
facts were not published in time fot
the regular issues of the afternoon
papers of the following day. Mean
while rumors had piled on rumors and
the man in the street was prepared to
hear that hundreds had been killed,
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NOW WANT AAEN
FOR KING'S ARMY
LONDON. July 28.—When the last
call for 300,000 men was issued it was
"Lord Kitchener wants men" and
“Kitchener's army," that the big ad
vertisements called to public atten
tion. Since the Northcliffe papers
criticized this part of the recruiting
campaign there has been a change In
the advertising. The reference now is
to “the King's army" and the “God
save the King,” which was in small
type at the bottom of the first adver
tisements is now in large type at ths
top of the recent ones.
AUSTRALIA FAVORS
COALITION GOVERNMENT
MELBOURNE, Australia, July 28.
The movement for a coalition govern
innt for the Commonwealth of Aus
tralia until the end of the war appear
to be growing In strength.
Both the Age (Radical) and thi
Argus (Liberal) urge the gravity o
the situation and demand a real sink
ing of party politics in the nations
arena.
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:ATTEMPT MADE
: ASSASSINATE
TIE KING
, SOFIA, Dplgaria, July 28.-—An
anarchistic plot to assassinate King
Ferdinand has been disclosed In tho
courtmartlal trial of seven persons
accused of complicity in the bomb out
rage at the Sofia Casino The ac.
cused described themselves “Satan- •
Ists,” this being the title of the an
archlstlc group to which they belong
and which, under the leadership of
a man named Anastasoff, was con
cerned in a conspiracy to assassinate
the king two years ago.
The February bomb outrage oc
curred In the midst of an official ball,
and resulted in the death of four
prominent young people and the in
jury of many others. Those killed in
eluded the son of the minister of war
and a daughter of a former war min
ister.
What the details were of the plot
against the king have not been made
public. |
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QUEEN OF SWEDEN
RETURNS FROM GERMANY!
STOCKHOLM, July 28.—The news
that the Queen of Sweden Is return
Ing from her long visit to Germany, Is
received with enthusiastic approval
by the newspapers. The press haB
frequently criticized sharply her
presence In a belligerent country at
this time.
The Queen has been at Karlsruhe,
visiting her mother, the Dowager
Grand Duchess of Baden. Her re
turn has been delayed by the serious
Illness of her grandson, Prince Len
nart.
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COED STORAGE MEAT
FOR AEEIED ARMIES
LONDON, Juy 128.—“The allied
armies are today depending on
frozen meat,” said the lion. Thomas
MacKenzie, High Commissioner for
New Zealand, at the annual meeting
of the Cold Storage and Ice Associa
tion of which is the new president.
"We were told after the Boer war,”
he continued, ’’that ‘frozen meat saved
the situation.’ After the present Euro
pean war is over we shall find that
frozen meat has performed as vital a
function on an Incomparably larger
scale.”
LETTERS UNCALLED
FOR AT POSTOFFICE
The following letters remain un
called for at the Cordova. Alaska,
postoffice. for the period ending July
27. 1915. Parties calling for same
will please say advertised:
Alexander, W. L. (7)
Anderson. C. E., (2)
Arntzen, Nick J.
Brown, H.
Dltmos, Alef.
Drake, H. H.
Dzalaff, Jim (2)
Dezon, Therntlne.
Gillespie, David
Johnson, Mrs. Allice.
Jones. Geo. W. (2)
Keith, Thomas.
Keller, A1
Kilford, E. J.
Kuretlch, Nick
Larson, John
McCurty, Dave
McGowen, J. A. (2)
McLean, Murdock
McRee, Gust
McMahan, Geo. H.
Millier, Elsie
Moore, Catherine
W. O'Laughlan
Park, James
Plamenos, Stevo
Redmond, George
Silvertsen, C. J., (31
Vogt, Ralph
Voras, James
Vuklcevlch, Andrlja.
1 H. G. STEEL, Postmsater.
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For Sale
f One black fox; a beauty; either
' male or female. Price $500. Five
* cross female foxes go at $50 each
Three extra dark cross male foxes go
at $50 each. Sixteen mink, $7.50 each.
f Foxes were most all raised on my farm
* and are 14 months old. Address H.
Christie, Alganik Fur Farm, Alganlk,
Alaska.
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The Company's yearly income was increased to $416
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than seventeen per cent, over the preceeding year
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