CORDOVA
The seaport through which all the copper and gold
ore deposits of interior Alaska must pass to reach the
markets of the world.
The largest 3almon canning center in Southwestern
Alaska, with five salmon canneries in operation.
The natural outlet for the coal of the Bering river
coal fields; where the copper ore of the interior and of
Prince William Sound points will be reduced when the
coal is made available.
The nearest practicable harbor to the oil fields of
Katalla.
The seat of the only clam canning industry in
Alaska.
Oortlova has no indebtedness, and the lowest tax rate
of any city in the territory.
CORDOVA
If as the best harbor north of Puget Sound; ideally
created topographically for a naval station.
Has more natural beauty in its location and sur
roundings than any other city in Alaska.
Has doubled its population the past year through an
influx of permanent residents, brought here by the estab
lishment of new industries.
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Has a modern, broad gague railroad tapping the rich
copper deposits of the Kotsina-Chitina copper belt.
Has the largest dock in Alaska, taxed to its capacity
i.o handle the millions of pounds of copper and thousands
of cases of canned fish being shipped from here monthly.
Has seven passenger and six freight .steamships
making regular trips between it and Puget Sound points,
besides numerous tramp vessels.
Has the best lighted streets in Alaska, lined with
modern business blocks.
Has two navy wireless stations, one of which is equal
in power to any in the United States, and cable connection
with Seattle.
Has every line of business and profession well repre
sented.
Has a $10,000 school building, where high school
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good restaurants, telephone, electric lights, waterworks
and sewers.
Has splendid facilities for the sportsman; wild fowl
and game fish are abundant, while a short trip on the
railroad brings the hunter within easy reach of bear,
mountain goat and sheep, moose and caribou.
Has for the sightseer and tourist the greatest natu
ral wonders in the world, the Childs and Miles glaciers.
Cordova today is on a more permanent basis than
any other city in Alaska; is assured of continued prosper
ity and a steady growth, due to the progressive develop
ment which its natural resources are now undergoing.
When the coal of the Bering river fields, now but 25
miles from the present railroad, becomes available, smelt
ers will be erected here, and Cordova will become the
Butte of the North.
For more particular information regarding the in
dustries and resources of Cordova and vicinity, the oppor
tunity for investment and employment here, and descrip
tive literature, write *
Mill CRATER
REAL WORLD
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KODIAK, Aug. 26. — After a five
weeks' trip the National Geographic
Society's expedition to Katmui volcano
under Professor K. Griggs, report that
the great crater Is one of the world's
present day wonders, being miles
across and thousands of feet deep.
Visits to the crater were made on
July 1!) and again on July 3n, and the
main crater examined for the first
time.
Other volcanoes of the group have
been represented in former reports as
The Katmai crater, but they do not
compare to the real crater which was
\isited this time.
“The second visit was made on a
clear day when the crater Tould be
studied more in detail," said Professor
Griggs. "The ascent required many
hours of hard climbing, ocer ash and
pumice covered slopes, snow fields,
glacier ice, mud and drainage ditches,
I Init the party feels fully repaid for
the strenuous task.
“The walls of the crater are such
1 that one ran stand at the vorv rim
I and observe the sulphur patches,
steam jets and hissing crevices which
j suggests, as Walter Metroken, native
j Russian packer with the party, expres
sod it, 'A hell of a place.' One feature
: of contrast is the partial crater wall
! formation of glacier ice and the snow
patches near the steaming lake. A
large part of the crater wall is com
posed of igneous rock of various and
i brilliant colors.
"The crater, as also the simmering.
] sputtering, blue-green lake at the bot
tom of it, must be measured in miles
i and the depth in thousands of feet.”
Professor Roller F. Griggs, associ
ate professor of botany in the Univer
sity of Ohio, Columbus, visited the ash
covered district in the vicinity of Kat
mai In July, 1915, to study for the
National Geographic magazine the pro
' cess of revegetation, and is this year
: making his second visit for that maga
zine.
I’rofessor Griggs was accompanied
last year by Bentley K. Fulton, ento
mologist of Geneva, N. Y.. as photo
grapher, and by Lucius G. Folsom,
principal of Longwood school, Kodi
ak. He was assisted in the work this
year also by Mr, Folsom and by Dono
van Church, student of Columbus, as
1 photographer. This party has had
I many interesting and difficult proh
I lents to meet and experiences w ith
j swift flowing Alaska streams and
! treacherous mountain glaciers. They
j have also made many discoveries and ,
| observations important to science. |
complete records of which will appear
in due time in the National Geographic J
magazine.
Professor Griggs is enthusiastically
devoted to science, and emphasizes
! the scientific rather than the popular
; side of such exploration. He finds
I [ here absorbing studies in various
brunches of science other than bot
any, afforded by conditions existing
nowhere in the world, and is well
equipped by study and experience as
ju general scientist, hating made trips
for investigation to Guatemala and
I’orto Kico.
The tremendous size of this crater,
the great mass and variety of mater
ial ejected from it, the almost total '
destruction of vegetable and animal j
life, together with the other volcanoes i
of the group, and other remarkable
eruptive demonstrations discovered, j
explored and studied by the Griggs j
party, are fully worthy all the atten
tion the National Geographic associa- j
tion can give them.
INFORMATION IS WANTED
AS TO MISSING PEOPLE
J A. Atkinson, of 1928 Pearl street,
Denver, Colorado, wishes to locate his
br th»*r, F. 8. Atkinson, known to be j
in Nome In 1905.
Miss Louise Mueller, of 1361 West I
Twenty eighth street, Indianapolis,
wishes to rind her grandmother, who
is liiiiie "somewhere” in Alaska. The
whose name is Mrs. Kmelia Wright, is
| said to hate been a resident ->f this
territory for sixteen years.
Mrs. Walter Sunders, of 2019 Green
wich Road, Pueblo, Col., seeks infor
1 illation concerning George Rorer, for
j tnerly of Copper Center.
The mother, brothers and sisters of
j Harry it. Franklin, formerly of On
I tario, Canada, are swxii usly seeking
him, and any information received
! will be greatly appreciated. Address
Stuart Franklin, 36 I^oekwood street,
| Ashtabula, O.
John J. Rogers, of 225 Spring street.
West Hoboken, N. J., wishes to locate
hts brother, Michuel J. Rogers, last
heard from at Nome.
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smallest camp stove to the larg
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