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CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, HU5.
GOVERNOR STRONG’S REPORT.
Governor Strong’s annnnl report to Congress shows a
healthy condition in Alaska. He shows that the value of all
shipments between Alaska and the United States and other
countries for 1915 is $70,113,916, as against $61,076,692 for tin*
previous year, an increase of over $9,000,000. For instance,
he says:
“Shipments of domestic merchandise from the United
States to Alaska showed a decrease of $525,482 from the pre
vious fiscal year, while shipment* of domestic merchandise
from Alaska to the United States increased $4,321,035, and
shipments of domestic gold and silver increased' $3,172,154;
shipments of foreign gold and silver increased $928,588; and
the value of fish shipments of all kinds showed an increase of
$4,023,411. There was also an increase in copper production
of $1,305,593 over the previous year.
“The volume of business for the present calendar year
will show a large increase over the calendar year 191,4. Tn al
most every line of industry the shipments of merchandise from
the United States to Alaska have been larger than ever before.
This is due principally to the increased mining activity in the
vicinity of Juneau and elsewhere on the southeastern const.
In southwestern Alaska, or the third judicial division, there is
also increased commercial activity, due to the increased pro
duction of ores in the Copper River districts. There
is considerable activity in the Cook Inlet country, due to a
large influx of people to that section and the building of the
government railroad' and trade and commerce, therefore, in
that section shows a substantial advance. The volume of busi
ness of Seward peninsula and northwestern Alaska shows lit
tle change as compared with last year, and the total merchan
dise tonnage of interior Alaska, including Iditarod, Fairbanks
and Yukon River points, is about the same as in 1914.”
It is interesting to note that of the total value of $20,792,
609 for domestic merchandise shipped from the United States
to Alaska, one item was coal, valued at $255,810, whilst Alaska
excels in coal, and' another item was $712,199 for lumber,
whilst Alaska is covered with forests. Tn addition was received
“foreign coal” to the value of $141,480.
The fisheries lead in products shipped from Alaska with
a total of $18,375,053; gold and silver shipments totaled $15,
612.272, and copper ore alone $5,182,004. Tin represented a
value of $71,400. The total value of all exports reached the
sum of $45,836,995.
The governor dwells upon the agricultural possibilities of
Alaska for supporting a permanent population and estimates
that the population has increased' 5,000 over the estimate con
tained in his previous report. He places the white inhabitants
now at 44,000. He says:
“The population of a country should be judged by its!
character, and not by mere numbers. Efficiency is the cri
terion of its worth, and in this respect Alaska has been fortu
nate. Among the white population illiteracy is at a minimum,
although among its people many nationalities are represented.
Its people are self-respecting and law-abiding, and although
a frontier country, their moral and intellectual status is of a
high order.”
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ALL GREAT MEN WERE “NUTS.”
The practical joker who sent a squirrel to Henry Ford
may have overlooked the fact that the greatest events in the
world’s history have been started by “nuts.” Henry Ford will
not succeed in ending the war, but the suggestion that will be
carried into the darkened war zone by the bright hopes of the
Ford emissaries will not be entirely wasted. Henry Ford,
whether lie realizes it or not, is the embassador of millions in
this country whose prayers daily go forth for the ending of the
useless carnage.
The spectacle of Ford with his handful of Americans, most
of them little known, marching around the walls of Jericho,
suggests the idea of a “nut.” But those inclined to regard’
him so must not forget that Peter the Hermit, who started the
crusades, that great movement that rescued Europe from the
darkness of the middle ages, was a “nut.”
That Christopher Columbus, who opened the new world,
went from country to country, rejected repeatedly as a “nut.”
That the Puritans, who made the settlement of this coun
try possible, with their fanatical views, were “nuts.”
That John Brown, whose seizure of Harper’s Ferry carried
the suggestion of force to the abolitionists, was a “nut.”
Nor must it be forgotten that many of the greatest discov
ies were made by “nuts.” Fulton with the steamboat, Morse
with the telegraph, Westinghouse with the airbrake, are a few
of the best known examples of this kind of “nuts.”
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But a few days more and you will be able to put that good
resolution into effect.
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Mrs. Helen Mitchell McEvoy, formerly of Cordova, has
taken over the Juneau Sunday Post, and after a reorganization
that paper will likely be issued under a new name. Mrs. Mc
Evoy has had considerable experience in the newspaper game,
and will undoubtedly make a success of her latest undertaking.
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Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
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CHITINA - - • ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug 8tore. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamer* tailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan. Wranqell, Juneau, Skaqway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Kails from Seattle. Kails from Cordova.
December 21.NORTHWESTERN.December 29
December 30.ALAMEDA ..January 8
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, 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
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i Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND -ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
1®MIRAL EVANS.January 7
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.January 15
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and H*rA
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
j Copper River &
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j Northwestern Ry. J
Effective October 4th, 1915.
Two trains every six days between Cordova and p
Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making
J p connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving *|
- if from Seattle.
- 1 Trains leave Cordova depot, at foot of Second Avenue,
Mondays and Thursdays.
| Leave Kennecott, Tuesdays and Fridays.
If Leave Kennecott for Chitina, Wednesday and Saturdays, if
fi Leave Chitina for Cordova, Tuesdays and Fridays.
If The above schedule subject to change without notice, fi
$: Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pescenger Train* Be- £:
fi tween Cordova and Chitina.
fi Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. fi
Tickets on sale it Depot or up-town office, Alaska if
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