STAMPEDE TO
OIL FIELDS
DESCRIBED
The New York Motor Boat, in its
June issue, publishes the following
article on the rush for the Alaska
oil fields:
The following cable reached Seattle
from Cordova, Alaska, after the pres
ident had signed the oil land leasing
bill:
“Hundreds of old-time sourdoughs
are joining in a frenzied rush for new
fame and riches in Alaska’s richest
oil fields, Katalla and Yakataga. They
are racing at full speed in gasoline
motor boats, from Cordova, Seward
and Kodiak. The stampeders in the
various towns were roused from
anxious waiting by shrieking sirens,
tooting whistles and church bells.
The main rush is for the Alaska
peninsula fields, and others are rush
ing for Katalla, where prafine base
oil seeps through to the surface. The
stampede, in which are many Alas
kans who have participated in famous
gold rushes, started on news by press
wireless to the north.”
It was such a motor boat derby
as has never before been witnessed.
Trim new motor boats fresh with gay
paint, superannuated craft called by j
this great event into strenuous duty,
diminutive boats that should never
have risked so many leagues of open
sea, joined in this race to liquid
riches. Even the mail boats rued
the duty that kept them from going.
All others went, and there was no
lack of passengers. The boats from
Kodiak and Seward headed for the
Alaska peninsula. The staccato boats
at Cordova died away in the direc
tion of Katalla and Yakataga, the lat
ter over a hundred miles away, down
the coast to the east. The Yakataga
district has no harbor, and all land
ings must be made on a beach ex
posed to the full sweep of the Pacific.
It has always been practically inac
cessible. except by motor boats, which
for many years have brought in sup
plies for the few placer miners who
worked there, and which because of
the nature of the beach landed vio
lently and with danger even in
abated winds.
At present production is limited to
the few patented wells of the Katalla
district, from which about fifty bar
rels are pumped and refined per day.
This oil is of high grade and of par
afine base.
The Alaska peninsula field—Iniskin,
Oil and Dry bays, and Gold bay,
many miles to the southwest—is in
dented by harbors and is accessible,
with occasional ice flows throughout
the . year. Those Seward gasboats
that started out that night, loaded
with fortune seekers, had to round
Kenai penihsula .and cross Cook inlet,
traversing something like half a
thousand miles of practically open
sea before reaching their El Dorado
on the peninsula.
It is entirely appropriate that motor
boats should transport these stakers
of-oil claims in their mad rush, for
the Alaskan motor boat will come
into a rich and long needed reward.
Over twenty million gallons of petro
leum and petroleum products are an
nually shipped from the states to
Alaska. The combined mileage of
Alaskan motor boats would run into
a staggering figure. Cheap oil and
lots of it, flowing from territorial
wells, will be the greatest boon that
has come in many a year to the mul
titude of motor boat owners of
Alaska. At Nome, for instance, gas
oline is 51 cents a gallon.
In the states, high powered auto
mobiles were waiting the word that
a presidential signature had been
duly notoried. In Alaska, automobiles
and flying machines were, for all
practical purposes, at a time like
this, non-existent. But it is a safe
bet that the most aged craft of them
all, or the smallest that should not!
have put out to sea, landed its eager
passengers safely.
MURDERER’S PROPERTY !
GOES TO VICTIM’S HEIRS
REGINA, Sask., July 7 (by Asso
ciated Press).—For the first time in
the history of the courts of Saskat
chewan a ratification of settlement has
been made by a judge of the court
of King’s bench which give the pro
ceeds of the property of a murderer
to the heirs and assigns of the mur
derer’s victim. In April, 1918, Bierre
Guilloux shot and killed Jean Marie
Bourhis and his father. He was sen
tenced to hang October 3, 1918, but
the sentence was commuted to life
imprisonment
Developing and printing for the
amatuer. Scarborough
BUCHAREST TO
BE CENTER OF
COMMUNICATION
BUCHAREST, July 7 (by Associat
ed Press).—This city will become a
huge communication center for south
Europe, both for wireless and avia
tion. if present French plans are car
ried out. The Marconi Company has
offered to build a huge wireless sta
tion in Rumania, which would handle
business from the East as well as
local business to the West, but it ap
pears likely that the Rumanians will
either continue their own wireless
service in connection with the Eifel
tower and other stations in France,
or else permit the French to establish
such a station.
Both British and French firms,
backed up by their governments, are
attempting to arrange a complete
airplane service. The French pro
pose to connect Paris, Vienna, Buda
pest, Bucharest, and Constantinople,
in a general way, with branch ser
vices including Serbia, Bulgaria and
Greece. It is hoped later to extend
this service into Russia.
French army aviators began last
summer to establish a tentative post
service between Constantinople and
Bucharest, connecting with the ex
press train to Paris. This service is
being now developed, but owing to its
great cost it is felt necessary to have
each of the governments over "whose
terrritorv the airplane service will be
conducted, to contribute a pro-rata
share to maintain the service.
It is estimated that the cost aver
ages $100 for each hour the machine
is kept in the air.
In view of the poor conditions of
the railway systems in South Europe,
business men have generally given
their support to these plans.
Due to the mountains of Central and
Southern Europe and waters of the
Black sea, the Adriatic and the Med
iterranean, practical aviation is con
stantly severlv tested.
Flying into Russia does not present
the same difficulties. Since the arm
istice huge German machines carry
ing passengers and contraband
moneys and other articles of a spec
ulative nature, have made frequent
trips between Moscow and Berlin.
Now and then, these machines come
down, but it is generally because of
motor trouble. During the Bolsheviki
regime in Hungary, frequent trips
were made to Moscow, though the
aviators had to cross the Carpathian
mountains from Budapest.
From a passengers’ point of view,
such trips do not present any difficul
ty, once the passenger has overcome
the preliminary apprenhension of dan
ger. This apprehension is much dim
inished by the new limousine type of
machine, where the passenger suffers
neither from cold nor wind nor motor
noise.
The establishment of these wireless
and airplane communications are a
continuance of the French policy of
keeping Eastern and Western Europe
connected. It is due to the French
that since the armistice express
trains have been run between Paris
and Warsaw, passing the intervening
cities of Prague and Vienna, and also
between Paris and Bucharest, and fin
ally between Paris and Constanti
nople. These three which are known
as the Warsaw, Simplon and Orient
expresses, were first under French
army control and are now under com
mercial control of the International
Sleeping Car Company.
Read the Daily Times for the latest
md most reliable world news.
Restaurant for sale. See Dooley
S. J. Jones has taken over the
Goodall carpenter shop and is pre
pared to do all kinds of carpenter
and mill work. Phone 142-3 rings.
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Graham Bread fresh every day at
the City Bakery.
JUST ARRIVED
A NEW LINE OF
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SILKAUNE
SATEEN
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Universally known as the most delicious
Candies made by Man
They include
Olympian Chocolates
Fruit and Nut
Cherries and Cream
Chocolate Butter Crisp
After Dinner Mints
Assorted Chocolates
Nougatines
Brazil Glacial Chocolates
;rehmer~irug CO.
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SHOE REPAIRING
DIMON NICKALOFF
Currier Building,
C Street. P. O. Box 988.
CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
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Ootimo Cigars
Pepp and “Juno”
GUS GELLES, AGENT
JUNEAU, ALASKA
/SHAMPOOING
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F"r MANICURING
CALL
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MRS. SWANBERG
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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
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Alaska
Steamship Company
Regular Sailings Between Seattle,
Ketchikan, Juneau* Cordova, Valdez,
Ellamar, Liscum, Latouche, Seward.
FROM SEATTLE— SAILS SOUTH—
JULY 1. ALAMEDA .JULY 11
JULY 9. NORTHWESTERN .ZZZZuLY 18
JULY 15.*. ALASKA .JULY 24
JULY 22. ALAMEDA .AUG. 1
JULY 29. NORTHWESTERN ." AUG. 7 *
Frequent sailings of freighters carrying explosives.
This schedule subject to change without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Agent
|l- tPACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY^ il
Alaska—Washington—California ALASKA ROUTE
Safety Courtesy 8ervlee Speed
OFFICE EMPRESS BUILDING ' J 1
WEST BOUND SOUTH BOUND
LEAVE CORDOVA LEAVE CORDOVA !
WATSON, JULY 11 WATSON, JULY 17
CALLS ANCHORAGE AND KODIAK
L. A. COUNTS, AGENT Res. Lathrop Apts.
Phone 132—2
CLEANING
PRESSING g Tailoring
hat-blocking SU|TS {KOVERCOATS
HUBBERT
Guaranteed **// Pure Wool
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Trains leave Cordova for Chitina Monday and Thursday.
Trains leave Chitina for Kenneeott Tuesday and Friday.
Trains leave Kenneeott for Chitina Sunday and Thursday- *
Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m., except Sundays
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office
one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER, Superintendent
MARK ALLEN, Ticket Agent
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CITY BAKERY LUNCH ROOM
Special Carefully-Prepared Lunch served from 11:30 a. m. Our Fine
French Rolls with every meal
Big Variety of Pastries and Cakes, Always Fresh
Sanitary Machinery of Latest Model. Patent Brick Oven. Best Ma
terials used by Expert Workim * ironuclng our Famous Cream Loaf
Best Ccffee in Town
French Bread Rye Bread
SALE
ON
SPRINGS AND COTS
SELLING BELOW COST
CLOSING OUT THIS LINE
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FRED M. SCHAUPP
SANITARY PLUMBING
Steam-Fitting, Marine Pipe and Tank Work
Sheet Metal Work
SECOND STREET, NEXT DOOR TO FEDERAL JAIL
PHONE 72 ^
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