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E. AUSTIN
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! ALASKA MINING PROJECTS
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;■ savings banks of America. And it
i; dawned on the citizen that he had
been depreciating his own asets. Try
ing to wreak the foundations he had
laid for his own future, and for the |
protection of his wife and children, j
Of course the railroads were hurt, but!
i the insurance companies were hurt
too.
i And now America has found some
thing better to do than rap capital, j
:j Thank God for that. 80 when capital j
: comes to Alaska, give it a fair show, j
•: if the Guggenheims are making a lot
• of money out of the Kenecott mine
•: you can figure out that they are en
:• titled to it. Any man, or set of men,
j who build a twenty-five million dollar
railroad in Alaska is entitled to all
they can make. There are men living
v in the towns on this railroad, and
|i; traveling on it almost weekly, who
:J never overlook an opportunity to tell
tourists that the Guggenheims and
;!• Morgans have gobbled up everything
in the country that is worth a “tink
er's damn.” They del>ght to tell of
the insidious workings of the “t’op
per Trust.” One of these gentry (a
well educated man, by the way) told
lien that Mrs. Guggenheim had pain
Ilex Reach to write the "Iron Trail'
uid put the trust In a good light with
the people of America! Can you heal
it?
capital is needed In Alaska. Cap!
tai is headed this way. But capital if
like business—"only goes where ltf
wafited and only stays where it's wol
treated."
A Jewish friend of mine in the fui
business in Seattle expressed himsel
this way: “Say, they tell me that ir
1 !wd Morgan made twenty-five mil
lions. What about it? I made ter
thousand that year myself, and
haven't made, any since! •
"When the big fellows make rnonej
the little fellows make some, aln'
it? Well, let them make all the;
want.”
This year, and the years that fol
low will see Alaska’s great opportun
Ity. Let everybody stop knoekini
and begin to boost for the 'smile
will always win against the frowns,
and sugar catch more flies than vine
gar. Always has and always will!
think you.
GEORGE FRANCIS ROWE.
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Knglncer,
XT. S. Mineral Surveyor,
XT. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 358. CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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DR. V/. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
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• fftce over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adame Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
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1 Office I fours—10 a. m. to 12 noon,
Railroad Hospital; 2 to G p. in., Adams
DuildfnK, Room 6.
I'liones—Residence, 115; Hospital,
4f>; Office, 122.
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
: Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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PHOTOGRAPHER
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STATIONERY
PICTURES and FRAMES
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REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
THE
First Bank of Cordova
LOCATED AT CORDOVA. TERRITORY OF ALASKA, AT THE
CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE 15TH DAY OF MAY, 1916.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts.$133,049.23
Overdrafts. 747.50
Bonds, Warrants and Other Securities. 76,790.80
Furniture and Fixtures. 2,800.00
Checks on Other Banks and Other Cash Items 820.01
CASH ON HAND AND DUE
FROM BANKS.
Total.$328,276.89
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock Paid in.$ 25,000.00
Surplus Fund. 1,000.00
Contingent Fund. 2,500.00
Undivided Profits. 6,614.57
Due to Banks—Deposits. 854.45
Deposits . 291,978.84
Certified Checks. 329.03
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Total.•.$328,276.89
United States of America Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial Divi
sion, ss.
I. TIIOS. S. SCOTT, C tiler of the above named bank, do solemn
|y 8wear that the forogoln 'atement Is true to the best of nfy know
edge and belief. THOS. S. SCOTT, ('ashler.
Correct Attest:
GEO. C. HAZl l.KT, 1
FRED. Gt»ASl iil.NNER, (Directors.
M. BROCK, >
Subscribed and sworn in before me this 22nd day of May, 1910.
(Notarial Seal) EDWARD F. MEDLEY,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
4 Mv Commission Expires October 11. 1917.
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I To Provide Capital # I
for Alaska Mines I
I This Corporation is now prepared to finance legitimate I
j mining enterprises in this vicinity I
I A representative is leaving for New York City within a few days REFERENCES BY PERMISSION I
x . .. The Scandinavian-American Bank of Seattle,
to supervise a large stock flotation in the metropolis.
Other mining properties of merit will be considered. The National Bank of Commerce of Seattle.
^P* The president of the company is now at the Alaskan Hotel, and The Chemical National Bank, New Yoik City
will be glad to interview prospectors and owners of mining properties Dunn & ®°* I
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