The Cordova Daily Times
GREATER CORDOVA’8 GREATEST NEWSPAPER
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H. G. STEEL. Editor and Manager
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1915.
THERE’LL BE SOMETHING DOING IN CORDOVA. ;
Last night’s Daily Times contained lots of cheerful news
even for the most pessimistic resident of the Copper River
valley, and for those, who are inclined to be at all optomistic
Cordova’s silver lining looms up big on the horizon. No matter
what your viewpoint, all must admit that the outlook for our
future is at least encouraging.
That there will be more trains run and more men employed
on the railroad this winter than ever before is certainly re
assuring. On account of the great demand' for copper the .
mines at Kennecott are going to be run to their capacity for
an indefinite period'. In order to handle this big tonnage
during the winter months an additional snow fleet will be re
quired and it takes experienced railroaders to handle the new
equipment. At least three trains, and possibly more, will be
run each week, and the travel to Fairbanks promises to be un
unusually heavy as a large number of interior people arte now
in the states, many of them attending the Panama exposition.
The establishment of a $50,000 clam and fish factory, em
ploying about a hundred men, is assured if President Sprague,
of tlie Lighterage Packing Company, of Oregon, who is now
here, finds that there are enough clam beds in this vicinity to
warrant an investment, and we believe he will.
T1 le United States Army Engineering Board will send a
party of engineers here shortly to spend a month in surveying
Hawkins Island and all the territory from the townsite of
Nelson to beyond Gravina bay to determine what land the gov
ernment wants for fortifications, and naval and military pur
puses and to return the balance of the reserves to the public
domain.
The Revenue cutter McCullough expects to stop on its
way to Seattle, within the next two weeks, when it returns the
floating court to Valdez.The flotilla of five torpedo boat des
troyers are scheduled to pay Cordova a visit about September 1,
and a few weeks later the collier Promthemus will be here for
a stay of two months.
A RADICAL CHANGE NEEDED.
It comes from Washington that Secretary of State Lansing
has never approved the policy of the administration toward
Mexico and that he contemplate a radical change. The Mexican
bandits that are running revolutions down there are certainly
pursuing a course to bring around that change. They are
demonstrating every day that if ever a country ought to be set
aside as a reservation, that country is Mexico.
The great body of the Mexican people are nearly pure In
dians. Those who are white or partly white, have as a rule,
all the vicious traits of both civilization and savagery. Up to
date the genius of the world has never discovered any way to
govern such a people except through force, and possibly the ad
ministration is “coming to that complexion” at. last.
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REMARKABLE ALASKA MOVEMENT.
Including the usual Nome movement, which practically has
no change from year to year, a grand total of approximately
55,000 passengers purchased tickets for Alaska during the four
months, April, May, June and July. This by far the greatest
number ever moved north during a similir period. Excluding
Nonle, St. Michael and Nkagway rushes, incident to the sailings
of early June, the bulk of the movement arranged as to volume
of business was to Anchorage, Juneau, Ketchikan and Seward.
When it is considered approximately 30,000 passengers were
ticketed for Northern ports during the entire calendar year
1914, four months of the year 1915 have already produced 50
per cent of the grand total northbound passenger movement of
1914.
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A comparison of the rainfall and cold days experienced at
Juneau and Sitka during the month of July, has been made and
was found to favor Juneau. This is easily accounted for. The
nearer one stands to hot stove the warmer it is. Juneau being
nearer to Ketchikan—the Banana Belt—than is Sitka, Juneau
gets the benefit of the reflection of our climate, which is a
decided advantage.-—Ketchikan Progressive.
‘‘Kennecott mine is close down,” is the scare line on an
article in the Valdez Prospector, which goes on to say that the
supply of provisions had run out and many of the men were
discharged, all of which is a base fabrication. Another case of
going away from home to learn the news-untrue as it is.
A mass meeting of the business men of Seward has been
held for the purpose of devising means of curtailing the ex
penses of that city, and as soon as a plan is worked out it will
be presented to the council, whose members have the final say.
The Russian duma adopts a resolution in praise of govern
mental “benevolence”—a rather new word in Russian govern
mental circles.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. C. L. HALE
T » —!-Mr, .
DENTIST
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Office In Adams Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
GEO. F. WHITE
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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Established 1911. Formerly 12 years
with Tacoma Smelter
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E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at Law
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Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
CLOTHES
CLEANED AND PRESSED
All Work Given Prompt
Attention
CHARLES GAME
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STATIONERY
PICTURES and FRAMES
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M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson & Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
One Visit
Will
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Regular Patron
At
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Private Boxes
For
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GOLD-COPPER
FOR SALE
A high grade Gold property, ten
mllee from Valdez with several
hundred sacks of high grade ore
on the dump. This property ad
joins a producing mine and sev
eral velng of high flrade ore are
exposed on the surface of this
ground.
Also four groups of copper
properties on Prince William
Sound, adjoining navigable water.
All of these properties could be
made producers with a small
amount of money and for a party
who can open same up or can se
cure the capital to do so, this Is
an opportunity to make a fortune.
For prices and terms apply to
S A. HEMPLE, Valdez, Alaska
GOLD
SHIELD
COFFEE
“ALWAYS” GOOD
SOLD IN SEALED CANS ONLY x
The Quality of Gold Shield Coffee has
Won Favor In all Home*
Roasted and Packed by
.SCHPBUBJOSi CO.
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SEATTLE, WASH.
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Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. 8. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
, Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS, JULY 27
ADMIRAL WATSON, AUGUST 5
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
8eattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California ports. ^
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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Two trains every six days between Cordova and
Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making i;i|
connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving
from 3eattle.
Trains between Chitina and Shushanna Junction,
and Kennecott connect with trains between Chitina and I
Cordova.
All trains from Cordova leave from Second Street S
Depot.
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train* Be- :j:j
tween Cordova and Chitina.
The above schedule subject to change without notice. j*
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Tickets on sale at Depot or up-town office, Alaska
Steamship Company building
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