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tie better condition than the American
colonies were in about 1650.
"Imagine a situation in which you,
as engineer, were called upon to go
into the portion of the country which
would approximate in size that portion
of the United States extendingg on the
sea coast from Portland, Me., to
Raleigh, N. C., and extending back
into the interior to cover Detroit,
% Cleveland, Pittsburgh and West Vir
ginia, for the purpose of planning the
future commercial, agricultural and in
dustrial development, particularly of
the region named, and potentially of a
much greater region.
“Imagine»all this, and you will have
some idea of the task Uncle Sam has -
given the Alaskan engineering com
mission.”
Governor Riggs was also one of
the commission that marked the high
way line between the territory and
Canada. This is a task that should
go down in the annals of history as
another example of the overcoming of
seemingly unconquerable obstacles by
the indomitable American spirit.
Speaking of the work, Governor
Riggs said: "It was one thing for the
commission, sitting in comfortable
quarters in London, to lay a ruler on
a map and say: ‘This is where the
boundary shall run.’ It was another
thing to mark that line on the area
designated.”
Not a Foot-Rule Proposition s
The marking of this boundary is
one of the romances of Alaskan
> achievement. It is the straightest of
the world’s surveyed lines, and runs -
for 600 miles from the high peaks of
the St. Elias range to the Arctic
ocean. It sweeps over great moun
tain ranges, sarated glaciers, swift
rivers, quicksands, boggy tundras. It
consists of a vistat twenty feet wide,
cut through all timber, of monuments
set at intervisible points, and of a de
tailed map of the strip of country two
miles each side of the boundary. The
monuments are sectional shafts five
feet high, of aluminum-bronze, set in
^ a ton of concrete. No one except
those who know the country can real- ~
ize what it meant to get the necessary
supplies for such a work into the re
gions to be traversed and to complete
the task.
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Such things as these has Governor
Riggs done. He knows and loves
Alaska, and therefore his study door
is always open to anyone who comes
on an errand that will redound to
Alaska’s benefit, even though it may
be but a barefoot boy in overalls with
an item of news for the governor’s
eye.
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
teries, all sizes. Blum-O’Neill Co. 3-tf
Fresh French puffs daily at the City
Bakery. 1,51£
Just received supply of yarn rt Cor
dova dry goods store.
We always have a supply of
pasteurized sweet milk and cream on
hand. Also buttermilk and Bulgarian
buttermilk. City Dairy. Phone 187.
Cordova
Adjustment
Company
K. G. ROBINSON, Mgr.
Collections, Reports,
Insurance
Ostrander Bldg., Cordova, Alaska
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OSBORNE BROS.
JEWELERS AND
OPTICIANS
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JEWELRY TO ORDER
CORDOVA, ALASKA
SHOE REPAIRING
DIMON NICKALOFF
Currier Building,
C Street. P. O. Box 986.
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TABLEWARE
Full sets and single pieces, in Sterling Silver, Community and Rogers
1847.
My stock of Glasses is complete. Nippon Chinaware, in gold and
white, also decorated, in dinner sets, from $25 up. Single pieces of
sugar and cream, cake plates and vases.
PAUL BLOEDHORN
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER
Watch Repairing Phone 223
At Last
You can have
a quiet office
Install the “Silent Smith”
and do away with noise!
The slogan, “Ball-Bearing, Long-Wearing,” is the absolute truth.
The illustration above shows the balal bearings in each typebar
of the L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter. Ask for demonstration.
F.. S. HEWITT & CO., JUNEAU, ALASKA
FRED M. SCHAUPP
SANITARY PLUMBING
Steam-Fitting, Marine Pipe and Tank Work
Sheet Metal Work
SECOND STREET, NEXT DOOR TO FEDERAL JAIL
PHONE 72
Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
Keist Furniture
Company
Is the Place to Buy
New and Second-Hand
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Household Goods
OUR PRICES ARE- RIGHT
We Sell Goods on Commission
Next door to Alaska S. S. Office
NORTHWESTERN CLEAN
ING AND DYEING HOUSE
TAILORING
All kinds of Repair Work. Fancy
Garments a Specialty. All Work
Guaranteed. Goods called for and
delivered
J. LEEN
Next to Hegg’s, on C Street
Phone 123-4
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ROSSWOG
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And See Our Line
of
Christmas Cards
A
Greeting and a Cheer
to
Mother
Father
Sister
Brother
and
The Folks at Home
We Have a Fine Line
of
TOYS
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STATIONER, NEWSDEALER,
NOTIONS,
TOBACCOS, CONFECTIONERY.
The Dally Times job plant Is
well equipped for all classe of com
mercial printing.
Read the Daily Times lor the latest
and most reliable world news.
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SPECIAL ATTRACTION
AT THE
| AUNTY KEATING'S
“WEE SHOP''
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Men’s Sheep-Lined Coats and
Vests, Storm Rubbers, and a j
new line of Shoe Pacs
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Yama Yama Suits
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*or Wednesday Night !
SMITH &
M’CONAGHY
Plumbers and
Steamfitters
COR. FRONT and B STS.
BUILDING MATERIALS OF \
ALL KINDS
Brick and Lime
CORDOVA MEL AND
LUMBER CO.
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SIBERIAN FUR COMPANY
C. Leen, Mgr.
NOTICE TO TRAPPERS
We Buy All Kinds of Furs
Honest Prices Paid
We make up all kinds of Furs, also
do remodeling. We also do Tan
ning and Mounting. Fourteen
years’ experience.
Next to Hegg’s, on C Street
Phone 123-4
Sanitary
GARBAGE CANS
Plenty of Them at
CORDOVA
SHEET METAL WORKS
Phones
Shop, 143 Res., 133-2
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Sixty Steam-Heated Rooms, Electric-Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath
Cordova House
DOOLEY & GREENIG
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guaranteed :: Rates Reasonable