The Cordova Daily Times
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CORDOVA, ALASKA. TUESDAY, OCTQKKR 5, 1915,
HOW THE EAST LOVES US.
From the Atlantic to the eastern base of the Rocky moun
tains the settlers helped themselves, as they advanced, to every
theing they could find in the then wilderness. The very most
they ever paid for th richest lands was $2.50 per acre—just
enough to pay for the surveys and the making out of the deeds.
Some three score years or more ago some crank startd the
idea that inasmuch as the government owned the public domain,
it in reality belonged to all the people and if it anywhere con
tained special treasures, like lead or zinc or coal or iron de
posits, the whole people should own the deposits. The idea
seemed a good one to the men in the far east, who knew nothing
of the frontier or the hardships incident upon its settlement
and redemption, and they caused a law to be passed to secure
to themselves their pro-rata of the undiscovered or undeveloped
wealth.
ft was tried for five years and' its unprodcutiveness and its
manifest injustice caused congress to repeal the law without
one dissenting vote.
But a few years ago the thought was revived in the east
and though in the interval between the repeal of the old law and
tlit* resurrection of the old thought, the west, and mostly the
deserts of the west, had supplied the means to the east to enable
it to make available its many resources and grow rich, this re
vived thought took a strong hold on eastern cupidity, and the
then President, one Theordore Roosevelt, selected a personal
friend, one Gifford Pinchot, to go west, spy out the land and see
what he could find and appropriate. Bv the way, it is under
stood that Mr. Pinchot, for his personal use draws large annual
revenues from coal mines in Pennsylvania which originally
cost liis ancestors only $2.50 per acre.
In the meantime because of the partial subduing of electri
city to man’s use, water power had become valuable. So had
timber lands, so had oil lands, so had iron and coal lands.
Thus when Mr. Pinchot came west, what lie did was in
effect to deliver an ultimatum to the men of the desert, which,
set to words, was about this:
“Our great and beneficient government Pv s th» men of
Alaska, almost as much as it does the lovable ir»r "nU in M
co; it wants you all to prosper and so opens tl»n v hole of this
domain to von. onlv keep in mind that if you discover anv for
ests, any stream th: 4 will mnk - >+ :• ... : uv < oal or iron
mines or oil lands, you must not disturb them for they are on
the public domain, they may become valuable after a while and'
all tin' people of the east have a common interest in them and
must realize their pro rata of any profits that may come from
Then he sent out a small army of his friends on govern
ment salaries, as spies to see that the greedy men of the west
and north should not appropriate anything in which his bene
volent friends in the east had their pro rata interest. In this
way about one-third of the state of Idaho was placed under a
timber reserve, including the streams that water power might
be created from In the same way Utah oil and coal and timber
lands were covered'. In Alaska some nervy men had begun to
make some coal lands available for the people, but the cry went
up that they were monopolists and the government immediately
sat down upon them, and so for six years past, the general
public here has, with ample coal measures at its doors, been
forced to buy coal from Japan and British Columbia.
But it is idle to inveigh against the mingled cupidity and
stupidity of tin* educated idiots who at long range feel it a duty
o mb tiie west and Alaska though they know no more about
the real conditions than they know of the God they pray for
blessings from. So they continue to pray to Good and to prey
upon the pioneers.
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EDITORIAL COMMENTS.
The report that Delegate James Wickersham has his eye on
the governor job has aroused some interest among politicians.
The delegate’s keen knowledge of political affairs convinces
him that the government will soon be looking for a good re
publican to fill the honorable position—Douglas Island News.
All Cordovians join the Daily Times in regretting that the
time draws near for the departure of the IT. S. S. Prometheus
from our midst. During their stay here of over a month the
officers and crew of the collier have formed many pleasant
acquaintanceships with our people, and the hope is expressed
that the Prometheus will return to our shores next summer to
instal the new wireless station at Mile 13.
The Daily Times acknowledges the receipt of a copy of
the Development.number of the Juneau Empire, which is one of
the largest and best editions of the kind ever printed in Alaska.
It consists of forty pages of interesting articles on timely sub
jects, profusely illustrated, and the information given speaks
volumes for the enterprise of the residents of Juneau and the
stability of that section as a mining camp. Typographically,
it is a credit to the Empire force and to Editor John W. Troy
Southeastern Alaska owes a debt of gratitude for the issuance
of such a stupendous publication which is sure to prove of in
calculable benefit to that section of this great Northland.
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Regular freight eervlce for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
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ive., S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; S. 8. Latouche, 15th; S. S.
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without notice.
Ticket, on .ale at up-town office Ala.ka Steam.hip Bldg. Baggage ”
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
■ailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
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Effective June 12th, 1915.
Two trains every six days between Cordova and g
| Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making •*
g connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving jjjj
from Seattle.
Trains between Chitina and Shushsnna Junction, g
jg and Kennecott cornect with trains between Chitina and jg
Cordova.
All trains trom Cordova leave from Second Street
Depot. g
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train* Be- :£
tween Cordova and Chitina.
The above schedule, subject tj change without notice,
g Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. ;j;j
Tickets on sale at Depot or up-town office, Alaska g
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