THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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SECRETARY ASSURES US RAILROAD
CONSTRUCTION WILL SOON BEGIN
HE first authentic information in reference to the plans of
the government for the building of a trunk line of rail
road in Alaska, was contained in our telegraphic, news
report yesterday. After a conference with President Wilson
and the Alaskan Engineering Commission Secretary of Interior
Lane gave out an interview to the Associated Press in which
lie said that the coining spring would witness the actual begin
ning of the construction of a government railroad in Alaska.
Mr. Lane also stated that the purchase of the Copper River &
Northwestern and' Alaska Northern railways was desired but
that agreement had not been reached with the owners of these
roads, and the routes and terminals were still undecided.
This is the most important piece of news that Cordovans
have received since the pasage of the railroad bill, and coming
as it does from an authentic source, means much to the people
of the Copper River valley. The extension of the present line
from Chitina to interior Alaska and the building of a branch to
the Bering river coal fields, neans the opening up and develop
ment of this section of Alaska, with Cordova as the gateway and
base of supplies. Thus will our hopes of renewed activity be
realized. Thousands of men will be employed in the construc
tion work, and the benefits to be derived, by this community, by
such a pay roll, will be manifold. Then, agian, with adequate
transportation facilities to the mineral section ol the interior
many capitalists will turn their attention in this direction
for investment.
We cannot help but feel optomistic over the outlook for
Cordova, and although the plans of President Wilson and Secre
tary Lane have not ben definitely decided upon, at least so fai
ns the public knows, there is now every reason to believe that
Cordova’s future is assured and ere long we will all be enjoying
that prosperity that we feel is our due and has been so long de
layed in arriving.
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AS PICTURED BEFORE THE WAR
GERMANY’S DAY OF DESTINY
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THE TIMES is in receipt of several copies of The Father
land, a paper published by Germans in New York for
the purpose of showing the German side of the question
in the present European conflict; also a book entitled “Ger
many’s Day of Destiny,” written by Col. Frobenius before the
war. In fact it was written last March and the extraordindrv
truth is that if it had been written months after beginning of the
war it could hardly be more descriptive of what has actually
happened.
Colonel Frobenius in the book warned Germany that war
was coming. He declared that it would come in the spring of
1915 when the French and Russians had completed the prepara
tions which he said they were then making.
But what is, perhaps, most interesting in the book, to those
who try to follow the war with unbiased judgment and accept
President Wilson’s injunction to be neutral, is that the writer
declares that Germany was faced with tin* danger of being over
run by five millions of hostile troops but that no more than that
number could be effective. He declared that great masses of
troops required tremendous spaces for their operations and that
only a certain number could be used by either side. This in
itself is most interesting and upon the fact Colonel Frobenius
exhorted Germany to base its hope.
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With its characteristic way of perverting the truth the
Alaskan says “The Chamber of Commerce went on record as
opposed to discussions such as those following the recent attack
of our contemporary on the mayor and a member of the city
council.” Had' a representative of the Alaskan been present at
the meeting of the Chamber, instead of getting his information
from an unriable source, Ik* would not have made the misstate
ment lie did. What the Chamber of Commerce did do was to
pass a resolution to the effect that the present style of con
troversy in the Cordova papers was not approved and this
correctly stated in yesterday’s Daily Times. The Secretary of
the Chamber gave the Alaskan the resolution adopted, which it
did not print.
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The Seward Gateway says “it is hard to understand how
the government could think of purchasing the railroad' at Cor
dova if it takes over this one. What would be the advantage
to be derived f” In order that our westward contemporary
may get a correct answer to its query we would respectfully
refer it to President Wilson, Secretary Lane and the Alaska
Enginering Commission who favor the purchase of existing rail
roads at both Cordova and Seward.
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Chicago women are advertising for the impossible in call
ing for an aldermanic candidate who is “progressive, aggres
sive, radical and a democratic deomcrat with a political record
which rings true.” A man of that kind is too successful in his
own business to have a political record'.
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In discarding those red pantaloons France displays the
same sentimental grief that comes to a mother when her son
dons long trousers—but the olinnge is inevitable when there is
a man’s job to be done.
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At Dawson a woman was sent to jail for four months for
using a knife on another woman. This is not tin* season for
pruning.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
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. C. L. HALE
D E N T I 8 T
Office In Adams Building
ROBERT E. CAPERS
Attorney at Law
General Civil Practice
Suite 3, Adams Block
CORDOVA, .... ALASKA
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at I aw
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
J. F. R. APPLEBY
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Phone 4. CORDOVA, ALASKA
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Sails from SeetftJ*— Sails from Cordova—
January 1. ALAMEDA .... January 9
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Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek
Treadwell, Douglas. Cordova. Ellamar, Valdez and Latouche. Explos
ives, 8. S. Seward. 8. 8. 8eward, 5thj S. 8. Latouche, 15th; S. s
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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ADMIRAL WATSON, January 11, Through to Kodiak
ADMIRAL EVANS, January 25, To Seward only
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat.
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
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