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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, WKDXKSDAY, JULY 5,1916.
TO OUR MAIL SUBSCRIBERS
The Times is doing all in its power to insure the prompt
delivery of the paper along the line of the Copper River &
Northwestern Railway. Many complaints have reached us that
the paper is not being received regularly. Our subscribers will
confer a favor on the Times if they will write us, specifying the
dates which are missed, in the future, and we will take steps to
find out where the trouble lies.
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YESTERDAY’S CELEBRATION.
The Fourth is over, and Cordova lias reason to be proud
of herself. The celebration here yesterday was sane and safe.
Everybody had a good time, and the visitors especially ex
pressed themselves with the treatment accorded them by the
people of Cordova.
It is in this spirit of the visitors, engendered by the endea
vor of the people of Cordova to do all in their power to enter
tain them, that the real results from such a celebration are
gained.
Every man who yesterday came to this city to enjoy the
Fourth will go away with an impression that the people of Cor
dova are the right sort, who are always ready to do all in their
power to promote good feeling among all Alaskans.
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THE RODONDO COMES IN.
The freighter Rodondo, with a full cargo of material for
the government railroad at Anchorage, arrived in jiort this
morning. On her decks were cars, big timber, rails and other
materials. She took on fuel and proceeded on her way.—Ket
chikan P r< ygressi ve-Mi ner.
With the exception of the fact that all the material men
tioned was bound for Cordova to be used on the Copper River
& Northwestern railway and in the erection of a new cannery
here, the above item is fairly correct. The people of Alaska
must not forget that there is a real railroad in operation, and
that it is at Cordova.
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A DOLLAR IS WORTH JUST 49y2c.
The U. 8. bureau of statistics have been investigating food
prices and find that staple articles have gone up over 200 per
cent, and that the workingman’s dollar has shrunk to 49 1-2
cents in value. In 1890 you could buy 8.1 pounds of round
steak for a dollar. Today you get 4.4 pounds for a dollar. Pork
chops in 1890 could be bought at $.108 j>er pound, or 9.3 pounds
for one dollar; today you get 4.9 pounds for the same money,
less than half. Eggs were 4.8 dozen for a dollar in 1890; today
you get 2.9 dozen for a dollar. Butter has advanced from 25 1-2
cents a pound in 1890 to 36.4 cents a )>ound in 1914. In 1890 14.7
quarts of fresh milk could be purchased for one dollar. In 1914
11 quarts for the same money, over a fourth less.
Other food commodities, such as flour, corn meal, sugar
and potatoes showed tin* same per cent of increase.
These figures show that while the workman is getting more
wages he is in reality getting less than in 1890, as his propor
tionate share of what $1 will buy is less than half of what it
would purchase then.
While the worker is better off apparently ,in reality lie is
worse off, as he gets less use of his money than formerly.
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AN ALASKA MILITIA.
A large number of recruits could be secured1 in Alaska for
the federal service where but a few would join in case the Alas
ka militia was to be used in the same sense as governs in the
states where the militia is called out to quell local trouble or to
assist the civil authorities.
In case of serious trouble again law and order and the
communal welfare in any camp in Alaska, there may be quickly
gathered enough volunteers to assist the civil officers. More
over, the United States troops are handy for that purpose.
Therefore, an Alaska militia for purely local purposes is not
needed and would be difficult to maintain.
On the other hand, if an Alaska militia could be organized
for federal service alone, to be depended upon in time of
trouble or emergency, there would be no trouble in organizing
active companies in every community.
Should the United States ever be so unfortunate as to get
into trouble with some foreign nation, Alaska would be at the
mercy of the enemy. In fact, any pirate ship might come along
and loot our homes and levy tribute upon the different coast
communities. In such a case an Alaska militia or rather an
Alaska federal reserve would prove a necessity. To wait until
the danger threatened and to meet invaders with unorganized
forces would be to pay a dear price from the lack of pre
paredness.—Juneau Dispatch.
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The Times wishes to congratulate Valdez upon the char
acter of the ball players who constitute the team sent over here
to play yesterday. They are fast, clean players, but more than
that, they at all times conducted themselves as gentlemen, and
the game, which in the early stages was close and culled for
many close decisions by Umpire Ed. Walsh, was free from the
discordant jangling and bickerings which so often mar an other
wise good game. We hope they will come again, and soon.
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Hetty Green ,the richest and most famous woman in Amer
ica, is dead. Aside from adding to her riches, which made her
famous, she did little in this world’ for which she will be re
membered.
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According to the latest dispatches the allies are pressing
the central powers hard on all fronts. It is now up to the Ger
mans to see if they are there on the “come back.”
NEW YORK, June 30. — The inva
slon of eastern and middle western
'varsity fields by Pacific Coast col
legiate teams as exemplified by the
California and Stanford track ath
letics this season will be conducted
upon a broader scale next spring. Rep
resentatives of the far coast univer
sities now in the east are planning for
a series of competitions In various
lines of sport which will surpass any
thing attempted In this direction in
past years.
Graduate Manager E. C. Behrens is
authority for the statement that the
Stanford university baseball team
will play a number of games in the
east and west during a tour to be
made In May and June. The Stanford
squad, consisting of about fifteen men,
will leave on May 10 and play games
with all the leading college and uni
versity nines, during its tour to the
Atlantic coast. Including Michigan,
Chicago, Illinois, Minnesota, Wiscon
sin. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell.
Pennsylvania, Columbia and other in
stitutions. The itinerary of the team,
which is now being arranged by Nat.
Strong, of this city, will include a
number of commencement day games
In the east.
ROWING.
Coach Hiram Conibear, of tho Uni
versity of Washington crews, who has
arrived here for the intercollegiate
and Iiarvard-Yale regettas, is plan
ning to Invade Poughkeepsie next
June with an eight oared ’varsity
crew, which is said to be the fastest
ever developed at Washington, so far
as can be judged from the material
and performances of the season just
closed. Stanford also desires to race
on the Hudson again in 1917, and it
may be that both crews will take part
in the regatta next year, unless it
should be shown that one is consider
ably superior to the other.
WEST TO GO EASJ.
The intercollegiate and Conference
Athletic Association officials have
been given to understand that Stan
ford, California and possibly a third
Pacific Coast university track team
will try for eastern honors in 1917,
provided the athletic material in
sight perforins up to the marks ex
pected by the coaches. A football
game or games between one or more
of the leading eastern elevents and
a university team from California or
the Northwest is also among the pos
sibilities. Correspondence looking to
ward such a contest is under way,
and the indications are favorable at
this time.
YACHTING.
An innovation in Atlantic coast
yachting will be Inaugurated at the
end of the month In an Inter-cluh
cruising week, open to the members
of the Yacht Racing Association of
Long Island Sound, the Ixing Island
Sound Power Boat Association and
the New York Yacht Club. It is the
first time in the history of the sport
that yacht owners have Invited the
power boat men to take part In a
cruise and the novelty has created
enthusiasm among the followers of
both types of yachts.
The committee has arranged a very
interesting program. It Is made up
of short dally runs, so arrangod that
the yachtsmen all will bo at anchor
in plenty of time to allow them to
take part in shore events. In the
case of a calm, the motor boat fleet
will be used to tow the sailing craft
to the finish line. The most Interest
ing feature of the week will be the
racing among the new forty footers
of the New York Yacht Club. Twelve
yachts compose the division. They
were built during the winter and
form the star class of the season. It
will be the first opportunity of their
owners to try out the new craft In
cruising trim.
CANOEING.
The American Canoe Association
has also planned for an Innovation In
connection with the international
meet, open to all amateur canoeists
in the United States and Canada, at
Sugar Island, August 4 to 12 of this
year. It will be the first meet open
to all amateur paddlers regardless
of whether they are members of the
American Canoe Association. The
championships of North America will
be awarded to the winners of con
tests of single blades, singles, tan
dems and fours In the Junior, Inter
mediate and senior classes. The meet
will be under the auspices of the
American Canoe Association, which
owns the 35-acre island known as Su
gar island, located on the St. Law
rence river, between Clayton, N. Y.,
and Gananoque. Ont.
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PHIL McGUIRE’S BOAT FOUND.
About, a year ago Phil McGuire
started from Delta for McCary In a
small boat. He disappeared and no
thing was over heard from him. Dur
ing the last few days, while coming
down the Tanana river, between Kich
urdson and Delta, William Llsinmin
gor found his boat in a twittered con
dition. There was enough left, how
ever to make the boat recognizable.
When he left in his polig boat last
summer McGuire sent some grub with
an outfit ahead to McCarty with a
freighter. His property has remained
there ever since, his friends hoping
that he would turn up for it some
time. Now, however, with the find
ing of tho boat all hope is gone —
Fairbanks News-Miner.
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W. B. White left Whitehorse re
cently with 8t> head of cattle Tor Fair
banks.
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. Pcrhnps the miscon
ception arose from the fa_t 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.
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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. 8. Mineral Surveyor,
U. 8. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 358. CORDOVA, ALASKA.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office ever Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
- Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND 8URGEON.
Office Hours—10 a. m. to 12 noon,
Railroad Hospital; 2 to 5 p. m., Adams
Building, Room 6.
Phones—Residence, 115; Hospital,
46; Office. 132.
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adame Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
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DR. C. L. HALE
D E N T I 8 T
Office In Adame Building
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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 kindB of repair work.
Give us a call.
JOHN RAWSON,
First Street,
M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson A Murphy, Props
Dealers In
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
I -
I Choice Tobaccos, Cigars and
8mokers Sundries—Wholesale
and Retail Cigar 8tore.
• The
Horseshoe
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE „
■Billiards and Pool
Headquartera for the Petersen,
Wellington, Calabash and
Qarrlck Pipes.
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Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward- and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Bails from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
June 23. ALASKA.July 3
June 27.ALAMEDA.July 7
June 30.NORTHWESTERN .July 11
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. 8. Latouche, 15th; 8. 8.
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 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.June 25
ADMIRAL EVANS . July 2
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT . July 9
A one and one-third rate from all Cook Inlet and Prince William
Sound ports to Seward will be granted for the Fourth of July celebra
tion. Tickets good on both lines, and limited to first boat preceding
and following the celebration.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
LOW ROUND TRIP FARES EAST via the
“MILWAUKEE”
JUNE 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1010.
Upturn Limit Three Months, Kilt Not Beyond October 31, 1619.
The “OLYMPIAN”—The “COLUMBIAN.”
Two Fast ALL-STEEL Trains Every Day.
For Additional Information Call on or Address
TOM TALLENT. Agent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. E. Harris, T. P. A., Juneau, Alaska.
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| Copper River &
| Northwestern Ry.
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916.
jg Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. jjjj
jg Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. jjjj
gj Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs- jjjj
gj days and Saturdays. jjjj
jjjj Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and jjjj
gj Fridays. jjjj
jjjj Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs- jjjj
jjjj days and Fridays. gj
jjjj Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, jg
gj Thursdays and Saturdays. jjjj
The above schedule subject to change without notice, jg
£: Dining Car in Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train* Be- -j-:
tween Cordova and Chitina. •;?
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jg Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. gj
Tickets on sale at Depot or up town office, Alaska gj
jjjj Steamship Company building- ^
| Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges
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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.
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