THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 19.H)
INEXCUSABLE IGNORANCE
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How easy a matter it is to give cir
culation to false news is well illus
trated in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
of March ti. which in its "Shipping
News," under display headlines, prints
the following:
"Pacific Steamship Company Liner
Unable to Make Cordova, Ellamar,
Valdez.
“Heavy ice three inches and more
in thickness barred the steamship Ad
miral Evans from entering the ports
of Cordova. Ellamar. Port Liscum and
Valdez on the initial voyage of that
vessel to Southwestern Alaska ports,
according to a message received from
Captain M. M. Jensen, master of the
ship, on his arrival at Seward.
"Captain Jensen reported to the Pa
cific Steamship Company that he had
carried all passengers bound for the
four points named to Seward, and that
unless the cold weather in the Gulf
of Alaska moderated he would leave
them there, as it would be impossible
to make the ports south-bound.
"The inability of the Admiral Evans
to make Cordova, Ellamar, Fort Lis
eum and Valdez, however, is not de
terring the steamship companies from
booking passengers for these points
by the steamships Admiral Watson,
which sails Sunday, and the Alaska,
which sails Wednesday, for by the
time these vessels arrive in that vicin
ity the weather will likely have mod
erated greatly, as heavy ice at this
season is an unusual event in that
vicinity.”
The closing sentence of the article
above quoted is quite true. "Heavy
ice" at this season is an unusual event
in that vicinity or at any otheV sea
son. And considering that three
inches ot ice is spoken of as "heavy
ice." it is even more unusual than
the Seattle newspaper man realizes.
The fact of the matter is that as far’
as Cordova is concerned the article
is entirely false. No steamship was
ever kept out of Orcas inlet or Cor
dova bay by ice, because ice i^'ver
forms there.
The story is built upon the phenom
enon of ice having formed in Valdez
bay for the first time in twenty years,
owing to a combination of unusual cir
cumstances zero weather, a heavy
snowfall and a dead calm. The Evans
on her west-bound trip failed to land
at Valdez on account of the ice, but
the Alameda, which followed her, cut
through the thin layer without diffi
culty and landed her passengers and
freight.
Of course Captain Jensen never
made such a report, and it is difficult
to conceive how any report he may
have made on the subject could have
been distorted into the story printed
in the Seattle newspaper.
PLENTY OF JUICE
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It looks as if the Lord was on the
side of the motor maniac. Anyway the
supply of gas bids fair to hold out.
For a time, when the Pennsylvania
field had gone dry, and Illinois and
Indiana had about played out. and
Texas and California only produced
that thick, gummy stuff which could
not be used, it looked as if gasoline
would become a prehistoric memory
and motor car owners would have to
depend on alcohol or soft coal. But
here lately oil has been discovered
in all sorts of odd corners. Texas
and eastern Mexico are drenched with
it. Report now has it that perhaps
the greatest fields yet found lie on
the west coast of Mexico or in the
eastern part of Canada. Down in Col
umbia, S. A., remarkable finds are re
ported and American, British and
other capital Is rushing in to exploit
the discoveries. The greatest field
of all, however, is asserted to he the
Dekka discoveries in French Algeria.
These oil sands were located about a
year ago by British scouts and now
the French government has granted
an exclusive franchise to the British
Cowdray (Pierson) interests. Already
a million barrels a day are pouring
into the pan, and work has hardly
started. Then the oil fields of Alaska
are about to be developed with about
a dozen producing wells already in
operation at Katalla.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
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“Owing to the unwelcome vacation
caused by the flu” reads an article
in the School News today. A’here
da ya get that ‘unwelcome’* stufff Or
can it be that youth is changing, that
it leally does regret the coming of
vacation time?—Ketchikan Times.
It is probably iu>t true that the vo
lets are budding already on the prair
ies near here, but it is an absolute
fact that the robins have been seen
i already. One robin does not make a
j spring, but they are a pretty good
' indication that spring is near.—Doug
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■ There is much talk in Seward and
other Alaska cities regarding a ten
j months school year. At present the
1 average cities in Alaska have only a
i nine month’s school year. Philadel
; phia and two other large cities in
| Pennsylvania have school every
; month of the year with several two
: Week's vacation periods. The ten
j month's school year is something
I every mother and father should con
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i sider and discuss.—Seward Gateway.
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They have an interesting contest
staged for the Territorial Senator
ship in the Fairbanks district, where
William T. Burns, who was a member
of the First. Second and Third Terr
itorial Legislature, and Earnest B.
Collins, who was a member of the
First. Second and Fourth Legislatures
and Speaker of the House in the First
and Second, will be pitted against
each other. Burns has been success
ful in every contest he has made in
the Fourth division, and Collins has
been victorious in three out of his
four contests, though he was the low
man among the successful candidates
two years ago.—Juneau Empire.
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For years the fairy tale has gone
forth that it rains in Ketchikan all
the time. Meet an outsider and one of
the first things he will say is that
he understands that it rains a great
deal in Ketchikan. And it's a lie. It
doesn’t rain as much in Ketchikan as
it does in many other towns along the
Pacific coast. During the last year
the rainfall has been very light;'the
sunshine has been enjoyed for weeks
at a time without a bit of rain. While
others have suffered with cold and
snow and even rain. Ketchikan has
enjoyed a most delightful fall and
winter and the spring has started in
beautifully, for it is actual spring
here now, ahead of other Pacific coast
cities.- Ketchikan Chronicle.
After doing the printing for the pri
mary election so far as this division
is concerned, earning every dollar we
will get for the printing and needing
it in our business; being protected by
the law made in Juneau which will
bring us this money in time, we can
not now but say, after we have
learned our lesson from said printing
—something we hadn’t the slightest
idea existed we are ashamed to take
the money. Of course, we will take
it, for we have earned it, but we are
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ashamed for the people of Interior
Alaska that our Territory is possessed
of such election laws, in which there
! is nothing good but the printing of
tln> election forms and ballots. So
rotten is the law that we are super
stitiouslv wondering if money we get
thataway will ever do us any good.—
Fa i rbanks Xews-M in er.
NOTICE
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The registration book of the town
of Cordova will be open at my office,
in the Ostrander building. Second
street. Cordova, every day from 9 a. m.
The registration book will be closed
at 4 o’clock p. in. Saturday, March
27, 1920. K. G. ROBINSON,
Registrar.
Scarborough pictures that ploase at
prices that art right. Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
If you change your address, do not
notify the carrier boy report your
new address to the office.
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Divide by two.
Subtract the number you
started with.
Multiply by three.
Add one.
Subtract six.
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if the man at the counter can
not tell you the correct answer
he will treat you to a cigar.
We are as certain of the su
perior quality of our cigars and
tobacco as we are of solving
this problem.
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Headquarters for Alaskans. Ted
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S. S. Alaska
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EASTER BUNNY
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He left blue eggs, pink
eggs, green eggs, eggs of
every color, Paas Egg
Dy es and gay Easter |
Cards.
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nest is full
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