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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
( i >R|)( >VA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MOI ST 4, 191 ti.
WHEN THE WAR IS ENDEU.
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While tli<* central powers of Europe are locked within a
ring of steel ashore and afloat, it takes a submarine merchant
man to deliver a million dollar cargo of German merchandise
at one of our ports. There may be dozens, there inayay be
scores of these undersea voyagers to follow the Deutschland s
triumphant course and lay down in our markets dyestuffs and
other products of German enterprise and genius. Yet, at the
best, what this submarine transportation can put into our mar
kets will be as a few drops of rain spilling out of the clouds
into the sea,
Hut when the armies of the Old World have laid down their
arms, when twenty million warriors are twenty million work
men again, when every blockade has been lifted from every
port, when the highways of the Seven Seas are as open and' ak
free as ever they were to all ships under all flags, of the great
powers and of the small powers, of the victors and the van
quished, we shall not have mere submarine marvels seeking our
shores by stealthy and crooked voyages, with driblet cargoes
of SOU tons. We shall have countless argosies coming from the
Germans and the Austrians, as from the British and the French,
as from every nation that trades in any craft that can float.
They will he coming, ironi me peoples who are now ai
peace and from the peoples who are now at war, as they never
came before. For with the markets of belligerents restored to
the world, the nations that kept out of the war can find there
no rich and prosperous buyers, as they found them before Aug
ust, 1!»14, just as now they must seek them here.
And the belligerents of today sending their soldiers back
to work must ask of them, after all they have done on the fields
of battle, to find, at whatever pains, their livings on the field
of industry. All, as individuals and as nations, will work in
whatever way they must work, will do whatever way they must
do, will suffer whatever pinch they must suffer, to freight
their fleets with products of the farm and the mine, of the mill
and the factory, to get our gold—our gold which already is
piled high in our public and private vaults as never again it is
to be in the history of the human race. That is what is due
when the peace clock strikes, beyond our present imports. And
see what they are already.
For the fiscal year ending with June they were, in round
numbers, $2,000,000,000. But since the beginning of the calen
dar vear they have been coming at the rate of more than $2,250,
000,000. For several weeks they have been rushing in at the
rate of more than $2,500,000,000.
Let the war go on and this calendar year will surpass in im
ports $3,000,000,000. Let the war go on and this fiscal year just
begun will run hundreds of millions beyond $3,000,000,000.
And while the submarine merchantman Deutschland,
bringing her cargo of precious dyestuffs, was feeling her way
into tin* waters of Chesapeake bay, the present control of the
I'nited States congress was rejecting the Republican proposal
to place on dyestuffs an import duty which would save the Am
erican industries established since the allied blockade of the
central powers, to provide articles which are essential to the
industrial existence of this country. And' only a few days
earlier a great American industry announced that it was scrap
ping its munition plants and turning out of employment in
those plants hundreds of workmen because the war order dream
of fabulous wealth and endless prosperity is already beginning
to fade. " *
So shall all our war order business collapse, not after the
war, but even as the peace negotiations begin. So shall the
cream of our present exports become sour milk. So shall Am
erican wage earners troop out of the pay line and into the bread
line bv the tens and hundreds of thousands, if while we lose the
foreign war markets to the extent of hundred's of millions a year
there are no peace industries to which they may turn for their
bread and butter because the fleets of all the world will be
pouring their cargoes into our markets.
But at Washington, in this as in all other national dan
gers, there is nothing but watchful waiting. — American
Economist.
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Some people take the questions of the rivalries amongst the
various towns very seriously. If Seward happens to say some
thing distasteful to Anchorage and rice versa, and if Valdez
jumps Cordova once, and vice versa again, men are found in
both towns who get mighty hostile. But when Seward, Valdez,
Cordova and Anchorage people meet in person they all appear
to be quite friendly and pretty good fellows. As a matter of
fact they laugh over their interurban troubles and really show
there is nothing but a “josh” to that horrible rivalry. News
paper editorial writers who are short on ideas usually cause all
the trouble.—Seward Gateway.
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Those Cincinnati editors who have been throwing fits be
cause a shapely lass appeared on the shopping district streets
with her limbs bared almost to the knees should realize where
they are. After three years of high cost of living free trade
farce, we think the lady deserves to be congratulated on being
able to procure sufficient clothing to do even that well.
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Through the efforts of the Skagway Commercial Club the
cable tolls in Alaska are reduced. Quoting from the official
communication: “You are advised that the secretary of war
has approved' a general revision and reduction of the cable
rates on the Alaska system, effective as soon as practicable.”
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The clam beds of this section are attracting the attention
of investors, and another plant is likely to be established here
this summer.
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Enforcing the prohibition law in Seattle seems to be a real
wild west affair.
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The submarine schedule is “subject to change without
notice.”
The American party believes in Sulzer but not Seltzer.
SPORTS
Gossip About Events of National
Importance and the Persons
Who Are In the Head
Liner Classes.
GRAND LAKE, Colo., Aug. 4. —
Yachting at the "top of the world"
will be the feature of the sixteenth an
nual regetta of the Grand Lake Yacht
Club, which will be held here the week
of August 13 to 20. Entries have been
made from half a dozen states and this
year's events are expected to eclipad*
anything ever undertaken by the club.
The principal event will be the race
for the Lipton cup, presented three
years ago by 8lr Thomas Lipton, noted
English sportsman and philanthropist.
Sir Thomas Is an honorary member of
the club.
The Grand I.ake Yacht Club enjoys
the distinction of being the highest
Incorporated club of its kind in the
world. The lake Is situated in the
heart of the Rockies, at an altitude of
8,300 feet. The racing course is over
a placid lake three miles long by
two miles wide.
The program opens Sunday, Aug
ust 13, and concludes the following
Saturday night with a grand ball.
There also will be motorboat raring,
canoeing and other aquatic events.
Dancing and various social functions
are interspersed during the week.
The “Highball," owned by Thomas
Campbell, of Denver, Is the present
holder of the Lipton cup. ,T. E. Adams,
of 8an Antonio, Texas, holds the mo
torboat cup.
Yachting enthusiasts are expected
from New York, Chicago, New Or
leans, San Francisco, San Antonio and
other cities.
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GETS FREE PERMIT TO MINE
COAL IN CLAIM HE FOUND.
Dick Dougherty, who discovered coal
near the line of the government rail
road outside the known limits of the
Matnuska coal fields, has been given
a free permit to mine 10 acres of the
ground for two years by the land of
fice.
He has been selling coal to the com
mission at $ti per ton and will proba
bly sell some 6,000 tons during the
year.
The same coal can be delivered in
Anchorage for between $7 and $8 per
ton, and Andrew' Christensen, of the
land and industrial department, is
trying to arrange for its shipment to
local dealers. It is a finer grade of
coal than that now Imported from the
outside.
According to Christensen, several
applications are in for coal leases un
der the system devised by the depart
ment. These leases are to be handled
from Washington direct.
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Today's news in the Times today.
ENGLAND PLANS
BUILD MANY
VESSELS
IX)NOON. Aug. 4. — A new epoch
In shipbuilding which has been inau
guratefNhy the formation of a "Stand
ardized Ship Construction Company,”
with a capital of $1,500,000, had Its in
ception from the United States
whence the first suggestion of stand
nrdtzation emanated. The plans are
provided for the construction at Chep
stowe of ten large ships at the same
time, of a standardized type, 8,000
tons dead weight, with a length of
from 450 to 650 feet, while machinery
will also lie especially designed for
producing standard parts of hulls and
engines.
The scheme is backed by the lead
ing shipping interests of Great Bri
tain and the idea has been approved
in shipping circles, where the dearth
of vessels is being badly felt. The
craft to be built will be well suited for
I the South Wales ports, to carry coal
1 out and bring back grain.
I This preparation for current and af
' ter war needs will probably soon ex
tend to an empire shipbuilding devel
| opment and an addition to one large
British firm already engaged on ship
building in Canada, three others, Cick
| ers, Cammell Laird and John Brown
& Co. of Clydebank, are reported to be
planning to start shipbuilding in that
part of the empire. It is thought that
these Ideas or rumors if they come to
fruition will in a large measure solve
the difficulty of congestion of labor
and output in many of the crowded
areas of Great Britain, as the firms
mentioned are sure to take a large
number of workmen to their new
yards.
The establishment of the standard
ized idea and the extension of ship
building to other parts of the empire
, is necessary in view of the tremendous
boom now in progress In neutral coun
tries, especially the United States,
where it is thought the cost of produc
tion after the war will be very little
less than here — labor charges in
Great Britain being bound to rise af
ter peace is declared.
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Captain Alex Olson, a Matanuska
farmer, says that the land in that sec
tion will produce bigger crops than
| can be raised in Washington and Ore
gon. Alex must be a newcomer.
Fairbanks reports a considerable
boom in real sette since the Alaska
engineering commission started to
work there, with constantly increas
ing demand and a rapid rise in prices.
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It is expected that the salmon pack
Rh<; pod from Cordova this year will
bo about 300,000 cases.
Advertising
Not an Expense
ADVERTISING IS AN
INVESTMENT
Not An Expense, and Should Be Treated as Such.
Because it has been the habit of
some merchants to look upon it as an
expense, A WRONG VIEW HAS
BEEN GAINED. Perhaps the miscon
ception arose from the fact that In
bookkeeping it has been the habit to
charge advertising to expense.
ADVERTISING PRODUCES NEW
BUSINESS — It SWELLS THE VOL
UME OF BUSINESS AND PROFIT—
THEREFORE IT IS AN INVEST
MENT.
Only the man who looks upon ad
vertising as an expense, who is afraid
of it, prejudiced against It, loses
money in advertising.
THE MAN WHO TREATS ADVER
TISING AS AN INVESTMENT AND
GIVES IT THE ATTENTION AN IN
VESTMENT REQUIRES — KNOWS
THAT EVERY DOLLAR RIGHTLY
INVESTED IN THIS DIRECTION
YIELDS COMPOUND INTEREST —
AND MORE.
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WM A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 358. CORDOVA, ALASKA.
DR. W. H CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calla may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office Hours—10 a. m. to 12 noon.
Railroad Hospital; 2 to G p. m., Adams
Building, Koom 6.
Phonos—Residence, 116; Hospital,
46; Office. 132.
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adama Block CORDOVA. ALASKA.
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
DR. C. L. HALE
O E N T I 8 T
Office In Adams Building
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Alaskan Hotel
Barber Shop
Baths at All Hours, Day and
Night.
Accommodations for Ladles.
Ladies' Facial Massage nnd
Shampooing.
Razors Honed, Children's Hair
cutting.
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EVERYTHING BOUGHT
AND SOLD
For anything you can’t find In
town, go to J. Rawson's Second
Hand Store and see what he has
got. We carry new and second
hand goods of all kinds, clothing
and kitchenware.
We have an experienced man
who does all kinds of repair work.
Give us a call.
JOHN RAWSON,
First Street
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M. C Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson & Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
I
I Choice Tobacco*, Clgare and
8mokers Sundries—Wholesale
and Retail Cigar Store.
The
Horseshoe
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE *
•Billiards and Pool
Headquarter* for the Peteraen,
Wellington, Calabaah and
Qarrlck Pipes.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Faat and coWimodieua ateamera tailing between Seattle, Ketch
Ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagwa/, Cor.dcva, Valdez, Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Bails from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
July 25.NORTHWESTERN. Aug. 1
July 26.MARIPOSA.Aug. 5
Aug. 3.ALASKA.Aug. 13
Regular freight aervlce for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglaa, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Expioa d)r
Ivea, S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; 8. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month. .• —
Thia company reaervea the rl^ht to change echedule of ateameta
without notice.
Tlcketa on aale at up town office Alatka Steamahlp Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not bo received at the dock later than one hour before
Bailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Agent
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Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC 8. 3. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next tailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT . August 6
ADMIRAL WATSON . August 13
ADMIRAL EVANS .August 20
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
laland.
Seattle San Franclaco connecting with ateamera Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Porta.
Schedule aubject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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The World's Mightiest Locomotives
Now haul the "Olympian" and the "Columbian" over the
Hitter Hoots and Rockies—with the electrification of 440
miles of it* main line, the “MILWAUKEE” is better
than ever prepared to look after the comfort and acco
modations of its patrons.
Remember this when you come outside.
TOM TALLENT. Agent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. E. Harris, T. 1\ A„ Juneau, Alaska.
V. «t
| Copper River & |
| Northwestern Ry.
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916.
j| Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. jg
gj Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. jjjj
gj Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs- jjjj
jg days and Saturdays. jjjj
Ig Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and jjjj
gj Fridays. • jg
gj Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs- jjjj
| days and Fridays. gj!
gj Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, jjjj
g! Thursdays and Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to change without notice, gj
jij: Dining Car in Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train* Be- jjjj
jij: tween Cordova and Chitina.
jij: Freight received from 9 A. M. to f) P. M.
jjjj Tickets on sale at Depot or up town office, Alaska jjjj
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| Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges
jg Superintendent Cordova Agent jj:j
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Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
25 and 40 Watt Lamps.35c.
60 Watt Lamps.50c.
100 Watt Lamps.75c
250 Watt Lamps.$2.00
200 Watt, Gas Filled Lamps.$3.00
Office: FIRST STREET.