The Cordova Daily Times
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CHUGACH FOREST RESERVE.
Practically half of the Chugach forest reserve has been re
turned to the public domain. More than a third of the reserve
when orginally created contained water, and another good per
centage, according to the reason given for elimination, “did
not contain sufficient timber.”
When private capital was trying to build a railroad and
develop the mines and' settle the country it was charged a tim
ber tax and had to deal with redtape forest regulations. But
now that the government is building railroads and locating
townsites and wants timber for its own purposes and wants to
see the country developed so that it will produce tonnage for
the government railroad, the restrictions are removed. In fact,
the executive elimination is a striking lesson emphazing the
truth of the complaints of pioneers against former restrictions.
In the interior where there are really large areas of good
timber, and where the weather is dry and there is constant dan
gers from forest fires, there are no timber reserves. But most
of the scrub timber on the coast of Alaska in the rain belt is
included.
The Dispatch has no quarrel with the present forest offi
cials. It believes they are really tiying to make the burdens as
light as possible and aid legitimate development which would
allow the timber, no matter what its value, to fall into the hands
of a few spculators.
On the other hand, anyone who wants timber for pulp mills,
or for building purposes, or for mine timber or for any other
local development, that person should be allowed all the timber
he may need. Those locating farms should also be allowed to
sell the timber on their places when they have furnished' evi
dence of good faith that they intend to really farm, and not lo
cate a homestead for the value of the timber.
There is a common-sense middle course by which the tim
ber might he used to aid local development. Even if two-thirds
of the timber along the entire Alaskan coast was used in the
next few years there would still be enough left and a second
growth of much better timber would grow for the needs of the
coming generation.—Juneau Dispatch.
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THE SHIPS OF THE AIR. _
The submarine 1ms become the terror of the sea, a magnified
devil fish or shark. Rut we suspect that Secretary Daniel’s
commission of expert inventors will give more attention to the
aeroplane than to the submarine, for that surely is to become
the most potential of all the instruments of destruction.
A few days ago a fleet of French aeroplanes dropped
seventeen tons of shells on a railroad station which the Germans
had established for strategic purposes at an important point.
There were thirty-five aeroplanes in the squadron and every one
got safely away. The squadron worked in the face of a forty
mile an hour gale but it dropped 171 bombs of 90 kilograms
each—about 198 pounds.
Huge new German aeroplanes are being built, according
to news from Rasle. They are stated to have three tiers of
planes, with eight Maybach motors, such as are used in the
Zeppelins. The engines are coupled in pairs, each couple driv
ing a propeller, of which there are four. This type of aeroplane
is said to be able to carry twenty men. The whole machine is
armor-plated. Six of these big machines are declared to have
been completed.
When the war began the German cruiser Ivonigsberg found
refuge from the Rritish fleet in the Rufiji river, in German East
Africa. The ship was concealed by the surrounding jungle,
but an aeroplane detected it and directed the range of two river
monitors that went up the river and wrecked the ship with
shells.
The wonders of the aerplane are but half revealed as yet
and its possibilities should be one of the most earnest studies
of the experts who are considering the offensive and defensive
measures for our country.
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With the arrival of the collier Prothemus and the flotilla of
five torpedo boat destroyers next week there should be con
siderable activity in town. The lighthouse tender Kukui is
now here and with the addition of a couple of large freighters
and a passenger steamer this fleet of naval and merchant vessels
would certainly make a creditable showing for a photograph,
showing the facilities of the Cordova harbor.
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Carranza has sent an “ultimatum” to the president of
Argentina, warning him that participation in the Pan-American
conference looking toward peace in Mexico may bring on war
between two American nations. It’s new version of the good
peacemaker getting a wallop in the Mastoid zone.
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The Germans are holding leading citizens of Warsaw as
hostages to be shot if the German troops are attacked by the
people. The dispatches recently described the ecstacies of
Warsaw over the entry of the Germans, but evidently it'is not
regarded as a unanimous ecstacy.
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CHITINA - - ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHY8ICIAN 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
DENTIST
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
Established 1911. Formerly 12 years
with Tacoma Smelter
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E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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Phone 107.
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Private Boxes
For
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Parties
GOLD-COPPER
FOR SALE
A high grade Gold property, ten
miles 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
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Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wiangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
August 13.. ALAMEDA.August 23
August 20.NORTHWESTERN.August 29
Regular freight service Tor Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
Ivee, S. 8. Seward. 8. 8. 8eward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; 8. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
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or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before ^
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Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
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PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
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ADMIRAL EVANS, AUGUST 20. ~ V.
ADMIRAL WATSON, AUGUST 25
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.
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Effective June 12th, 1915.
Two trains every six days between Cordova and jjjj
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connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving
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Trains between Chitina and Shushanna Junction, jjjj
jiji and Kennecott connect with trains between Chitina and |
jjjj Cordova.
All trains from Cordova leave from Second Street iji;
| Depot.
j* Dining Car in Connection With all Regular Pessenger Trains Be- iji;
iji; tween Cordova and Chitina.
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Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
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iji! Steamship Company building
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