The Cordova Daily Times
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('< >|(| x )\~ ,\. ALASKA, TUESDAY, .ILLY 20, 1916.
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FIRE
The big conflagration in Valdez should teach a lesson to
.d the towns in Alaska. Alaska buildings as a rule are far
I rorn being fire proof, and the towns being small, generally with
1 ,e important business houses centered on one street, it is com
paratively easy for a fire to sweep through them from end to
end. We should all use the utmost care during the present
prolonged dry spell to prevent fires. No ashes should be placed
in wooden containers. A large number of fires are started this
i\uy. The city realizing the need of more protection until the
weather breaks, has employed an extra watchman, and every
body in Cordova should' constitute himself or herself a com
mittee of one to act as a volunteer watchman, and use every
precaution in their home to prevent fire. The risk is great,
while the required caution to prevent loss takes but little time
and no cost. All that is necessary is for the people to have a
proper conception of the importance of being careful at this
time. Let every one do their share, and the danger will be
averted.
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THE FIGHT ON AMERICAN SHIPPING
Mr. Albert S. Crocket lias a paper in tin* supplement of
the New York Times, giving a history of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company. It was started in 1848 to try to do busi
ness on the Pacific Ocean. The writer in the Times gives no
particulars of its career until 1893. It may be stated that it
began with three little paddle wheel steamers of about 1,200
tons each. That the discovery of gold and the rush to Cali
fornia made the company very rich; that from 1849 for 20
years it ran poor ships between New York and San Francisco
via Panama, and exacted shameful tribute from its patrons. Tt
in the late sixties extended its line to the Orient. The comple
tion of tin* first trans-continental railroad reduced its line
between New York and San Francisco to practically a freight
line, but it increased materially the trans Pacific business. The
Chinese exclusion act, and the putting on of the Canadian
Pacific railroad line of superior ships reduced its revenues to
below the amount needed to meet running expenses. By 1893
it was deeply in debt. Then the late C. P. Huntington took it
in charge. He sent for a young naval officer, R. P. Schwerin,
gave him the handling of the ships and made such a combina
tion between the railroad and the ships that the latter began!
to pay. When the Canadian Pacific ships were put on and a
Japanese line was started Schwerin recommended that the old
ships be withdrawn and confined to the central American trade
and' new and superior ships be built for the oriental trade,
which, was done. Mr. Huntington died and' was succeeded
by the late E. II. Harriman. Harriman seconded all
Schwerin’s efforts. But in the Roosevelt administration an
investigation was started on the charge that the relations
existing between the Southern Pacific Company and the Pacific
Mail company constituted a monopoly. it was just when
President Roosevelt quarreled with Harriman about a cam
paign contribution which Mr. Harriman made to help elect Mr.
Roosevelt. Mr. Taft as Roosevelt’s secretary of war, pressed
the investigation and found' that then* was a monopoly. The
monopoly harmed no American, but it was distasteful to certain
foreign shipping interests. The Pacific Mail was forced to
make new arrangements.
Next, in the Taft administration a law was passed that no
rail road-owned ships could have the use of the Panama canal.
The final blow was the passage of the La Follotte bill to compel
ships to employ seamen who could understand the orders
spoken by the commanders of the ships. Now the Pacific Mail
gives notice that its last ship will sail for the Orient on
November 2nd, and that the five great ships of the company
which have been sailing in that service will be sold.
There are a great many questions involved' in this business,
but out over all the fact stands out clear that since the Trem
miers of Tyre with their pinto sailed the Mediterranean, tin*
United States is the only government that for fifty years has
steadily pursued a course which has been an encouragement to
foreign ship owners, and a perpetual discouragement to its
own shipping interests.—(Ex.)
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WHO KNOWS?
Storms are the rule off Cape Hatteras, so it is said, gales
are always blowing off Biscay Bay. There are storm centers on
land as well as on the sea. Why should Belgium be torn with
war before the scars of Waterloo are worn away by the erosions
of a century? Why should the pusses through the Alps at brief
intervals be the objective of armies? Hannibal fought through
them, so did the Goths, so did the Huns; so did a dozen
chieftains in the medieval period, and now the Roman and the
Teuton.
And the Bosphorus. How many nations have struggled
there for supremacy? The fortune teller takes your hand and
gravely tells you under what conjunction of stars and planets
you were born and what must happen to you, no matter how
much you may seek to avoid the inevitable.
There is nothing that can happen more strange than what
has happened.
Who knows that this world is not, after all, only a Punch
and Judy show on a big scale, where unseen hands pull the
strings and make poor morality dance, whether it wishes to or
not?
Some millions of men, who have no grudge against each
other, are cutting each others throats in Europe. Is tin* upper
sphere tilled with devils who are laughing at the show?—(Ex.)
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
The great Kitchener, supreme dictator of the British
armies, is 65 years of age, and is facing the greatest task of a
long and remarkable career. He is in his second' war with
Germany. He was with the French arm yof the Loire iu 1870.
He was born in Ireland and he has the fire of the “old sod.”
W hen he subdfled Osman Cigna in Egypt lie was made a baron
and parliament gave him $150,000; when in 1892 the long war
finally was ended he was rewarded with the title of viscount,
was made a general and given $250,000 more, all of which goes
to show that monarchies are not always ungrateful.
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Poor old England. Beset by aeroplanes, floating mines
and Zeppelins with a gigantic war on her hands, and'sacrificing
her best blood on tin* field of battle, her workers and capitalists
pester her from the inside with labor disputes.
We trust that Governor Strong will visit us soon again,
and make a longer stay next time, for we would like to have
him examine the whole of the Copper River valley, and meet
the rest of our people along the line of tin* railroad.
That new submarine being built for the American navy is
likely to cause as great a change in naval warfare as the build
ing of the first ironclad by Ericson did.
We have had 95 days of sunshine, and 125 days of clear
weather altogether since the first of the year. This is a record
for Cordova to be proud of.
Yesterday our old cable had difficulty between Sitka
and Seattle, resulting in some delay in getting our paper out,
the blame for which we pass on with thanks.
The position of a neutral may not be a happy one; but
take one consideration with another; it’s a great deal happier
than that of any of the belligerents.—-Chicago Herald.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and 8URGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Call* may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Reildence,
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
DENTIST
Office In Adam* Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
GEO. F. WHITE
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Established 1911. Formerly 12 years
with Tacoma Smelter
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councilor at taw
Room 1
Adam* Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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GOLD-COPPER
FOR SALE
A high grade Gold property, ten
mile* from Valdez with several
hundred sacks of high grade ore
on the dump. This property ad
Jeln8 a producing mine and sev
eral veing 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
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau. Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
July 18.MARIPOSA .July 28
July 7.ALAMEDA.July 17
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
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND -ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL WATSON, JULY 15
ADMIRAL EVANS, JULY 27
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 Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents j
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; Copper River &
I Northwestern Ry.
;; Effective June 12th, 1915. i;
;; Two trains every six days between Cordova and !!
;; Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making ! 1
!. connection with Alaska Steamslii]) Co. steamers arriving ''
from Seattle. ;;
,, Trains between Chitina and chushauna Junction, <•
and Kennecctt connect with trains between Cnitina and -■
II Cordova. ;;
;; A11 trains from Cordova leave from Second Street ::
!! Depot. !!
, Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train* Be- ' •
! tween Cordova and Chitina. ! '<
; The above schedule subject to change without notice. ;;
; Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 |\ M. ;;
, Tickets on sale at Depot or up-town office, Ahc-Ta ■■
; .Steamship Company building
[ Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges
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