The Cordova Daily Times
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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1917.
GET THE SPIRIT
Spring! Get the spirit!
Awaken, stir, circulate!
Let the blood and ambition of youth be in the ascendant.
Orient yourself. Do something.
And the best way to do something for a starter in and about
Cordova just now is to get the broom. Also get the rake.
Clean up.
Enlist in the army of health. Fumigate, sanitate and reno
vate. Declare war on filth and microbes.
Full down that old shack, shovel up that old trash, call tin
garbage man. Shi]) the rubbish.
Then get out and get a tree from the hills. Do it before tin
sap begins to well in the bud and the frost to get go on the dor
mant life in the roots. Then you will have a tree that will liv*
and Will throw out its leaves to rejoice and make beautiful youi
promises. Plant a flower beside it. Let the aesthetic side liavi
an inning. Help beauty flourish!
Cordova can be beautiful this spring ns never before. Tin
town has those vacant lots. Too long have those lots been a
lowed to be eyesores. Why not convert them into places o
pride, as is done in other cities. Why not make Cordova a gar
den city?
Everything here is favorable. Peace and prosperity ii
Cordova, and nature is more than bountiful. The midnight sui
is stalking in the arena. Soon the heavens will blaze at nigh
with ineffable effulgence. Cordova can be made a summer gen
—an opal in the eye of any visitor from afar. And many ar
the strangers to come this year.
Civic pride is all that is necessary for the sturt. Then a lit
tie energy. Get the two in alliance with the broom and the rak<
the shovel, and the paint pot. Results will be inevitable.
Make the town presentable. Put it in a dress that wi
move none to apologize for being in such environment. Nov
all together—get the spirit.
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GIVE THE AIRMEN A CHANCE
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With the LnFnyette squadrilla and individual voluntec
airmen so brilliantly proving their skill and daring of America
airmen on the French battle front the failure of the America
government properly to develop and equip this branch of wi
service is shameful.
Nowhere in modern warfare other than in air fighting
there opportunity so effectively to display the John Paul Jom
spirit, and that individual initiative and dauntlessness tin
made the American sea feighter at the beginning of the nin
teentli century famed the world over.
American airmen in France have proved that that spiri
that individual initiative and dauntlessness stilUouyfa-riArTm
o.M.»~ xiix-f nave made have proved that Amer
can inventive genius is not dead by any means. For the Unite
States government not to make of aeronautics a great denari
nieiit where the John Paul Jones spirit and the inventige geniu
of the \\ rights, the Fdisons and many others can be develope
jointly is a great mistake. Rear Admiral Peary’s efforts alon
this line are commendable and his plea worthy of the most care
iul consideration.
“The most vital and immediate matter in our national nre
paredness is air preparedness,” says the Arctic explorer in tie
<fnlvdefni atVy NeWS‘ <‘InIt,lis at the Prosent time we are no
> ficient—we are absolutely lacking, and yet the ITnitei
States gave flight to the world.
“The remedy for this extremely dangerous condition is
the immediate creation by congress of a separate, independent
department of aeronautics, with one of the biggest executive*
controloftl?" TmT ^ jtS hwMl’to l,ave ful1 undivided
control of the upbuilding of a great air service for the nation
mrtlv hvrth"nSerViem11 • ,1<nV handled Partl>’ % the army and
pait > by the navy. I his manner—it cannot be called system—
bilitvier<Tl y Wr°n?-' Ft .means divided and dispersed responsi
l „I.t, n?eans diversion of officers from the imperative
"°ik of tinar respective departments at this crucial time • It
means that aeronautics is the last and least of the numerous
duties devolving upon these officers.
An air fleet for the United States is a too intensely vital
matter to be handled by boards or commissions or different de
partments—by diluted authority or divided attention. It must
be handled by concentrated, undivided one-man control and re
aftTr^O venrs fV8 F’uilt the Pai'ama canal
alter 400 years of fussing, and it is the only way.”
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- fcvery goose egg.-added to the war loan is another inning
the game in which the kaiser eventually must be shut out.
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. }f tlle ra!ns keeP UP and the flags still fly—as they are go
wWW ft® W biC°me Tvinml a,mo8t that y°u cannot make
without Cteiman dyes an American flag that won’t run.
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_ If the weather is favorable the local baseballists will try
their prowess at the park tomorrow, and get in shape for the
big contests that are to follow during the present season.
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latn/Llln 1Ame[iCan Pf0ple kfe.P °n &ettin» uuid at the specu
lator who hoards great quantities of food supplies, the cold
storage plant promises to become as popular as a distillery in a
prohibition state. J
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R "Wouldn’t. BiUy Sunday make a grand chaplain for the
Roosevelt diviamn, says tlie New York Telegraph. Yes, and
make Tom Lawson chief bugler. ITe knows how to toot his own
horn. Then there s George M. Cohan for standard bearer.
Maine, the oldest “dry” state, has decided to quit her tip
ping. After having „„ the statute books for years a dry law so
oose ns to give the “wets” their best arguments ngntaet pro
Jitb,lion enactments m other states, Maine has decided to put
teeth m tile aw. For tile most part it is done by ohangiin
t,,e"by “*bb*
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MRS. V. P. ABBOTT ^
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER
Windsor Hotel • • Cordova.
E. F. MEDLEY.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Room 1
I Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. 8. Mineral Surveyor,
U. 8. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA |
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHY8ICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store. |
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug 8tore. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
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DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
' Office and Residence: Cordova j
: General Hospital (Ostrander Build
ing).
Phones—Residence 116; office 132.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Specialty of
. Porcelain, Inlay, Bridge Work
Office: Over Blum. O’Neill’s Store.
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DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
AND
DR. HOMER BLYTH
DENTAL OFFICES
Suite 1, Northern Hotel Block.
r Phone 200. Cordova.
II P. O. Box 186. Alaska,
ft Hours: 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
T Evenings by Appointment.
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'ROBERT SIMPSON
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JUNEAU, ALASKA
& WALLER
| Civil and Mining Engineers.
_ U. S. Mineral and Deputy Land Sur
s veyors for Alaska,
j 1102 L. C. SMITH BLDG., SEATTLE.
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PATENT SURVEYS
A. C. BALDWIN,
U. 8. Mineral Surveyor.
VAL°EZ . ALASKA
SMITH & McCONAGHY
PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS
Cor. Front and B Streets.
Office Open Evenings.
One Visit
Will
Make You
A
Regular Patron
At
Slater's
Restaurant
Private Boxes
For
Large or Small
Parties j
WHY LIGHT A MATCH? I
To See What Time It Is.
Ingersoll Radiolite Watches Require No
Additional Illumination. The Dial May Be
Read In The Darkest Places.
Come and See These Attractive
Watches In All Styles And Prices From
$2.oo Up
Northern Drug <2.
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Alaskan Grill
M. E. HOLBEN, Prop.
The Place To Eat
Everything In Season
Service The BEST
Boxes For Large Or Tray Service
Small Parties Our Specialty
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Mining Supplies - - Sporting Goods
Stoves
Northwestern Hardware Co.
Boat Supplies
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JJOW ON DISPLAY
A Large Assortment of the Newest and Prettiest
Creations in
Waists
They are Chic and Stylish and What Every Woman De
mands in her spring outfit. Call and See them.
At ROLFI'S
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Howard & Lund
Contractors and Builders
: Estimates Furnished.
PHONE 6a
M. C. Thompson h. a Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson A Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 1*7.
MEET ME AT
The HORSESHOE
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE
Where We Can Always Find Our
Friends.
Finest Billiard and Pool Tables In
Alaska.
BEST Gr*DE8 OF STANDARD
’ BRAND8 OF CIGARS.
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Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
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PACIFIC STEAMSHIP C
ADMIRAL LINE
Sailings From Seattle—May 19,28, June 4 12-20 28.
SAILINGS FROM CORDOVA
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Southbound Westbound
ADMIRAL EVANS ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
MAY23 <SS^ may 25
[ CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Sailings From Seattle—Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays.
Steamers President, Governor, Admirals Schley and Dewey, Queen.
Through Tickets to All Parts of the United States and Canada.
Right Reserved to Chance Schedule of Steamers Without Notice.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY
W. A. NOURSE, Agent. Empress Building.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fait and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, 8kagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward.
April 28.MARIPOSA 7. May 8
May 4.NORTHWESTERN.May 14
i Sail from Cordova seven days later.
The freighters Cordova, Latouche, Juneau, Valdez
and Eureka also make regular trips.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale *t up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
salting time.
F. B. TRACY, S R. HEDGES,
General Agent Agent
FOR GENERAL TEAMING, BAGGAGE
TRANSFERRED, AUTO SERVICE,
COAL AND WOOD.
ALASKA TRANSFER
COMPANY
UNEXCELLED WAREHOUSE FACILITIES
For Storing and Insuring Baggage,
Mdse and Household Goods.
Office-EMPRESS BUILDING, CORDOVA-Phone 85
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WHY NOT OWN YOUR OWN HOME? |
I Many families are Paying out from $200 to $500 in $
| rent each year. Why not put that into a home of your |
|i °wn? fj
Call on Geo. C. Hazelet, Trustee of the Townsite, and I
ii see if it can’t be arranged.
| noIthern meat markftI
|ijt WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
| Fresh Beef; Pork, Yeal, Mutton j
II and Provisions |
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to ordera from
mining camps, roadhouses and
INTERIOR POINTS |
wa:^.*.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.w.& GLASBRENNER, Props. I
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Manhattan Hotel
R W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths. i
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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When Ordering Job Work Don’t
Think It le 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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