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CORDOVA, W.Asity, SATURDAY, MA\ 27. 1916,
IS KATALLA COAL FIELDS TO OPEN?
Manx Alaskans in .Juneau are wry much interested in the
news that there is nan in a possibility of running a railroad from
the coast to the Bering coal fields.
One news item stated that Clark Davis plans a road
miles from Controller Bay to the fields, and another says that
the government i- seriously considering building from < 'ordova
to t.Jie coal fields, about tit) miles.
The Katalla district is probabh the greatest hoiicyard in
Alaska of broken hopes. 'There is many an Alaskan who was
a prospective millionaire when the (tuggenheims and the Bin -|
ner outfit and the ('lark Davis people and the English Syndi
rate picked Katalla for the terminus for the Bering river coal
fields and for the oil fields.
Property changed' hands at large advances and everyone
was anxious to get in on the ground floor. W hen the blight of
national politics changed the industrial map, many remained, j
knowing the value of the resources in that section, but year
after year they have been dropping off until but few now re
main. And somehow the announcement that the Bering river
coal fields may be tapped from two directions does not create
much enthusiasm. The old-timers have heard the same cry
of "wolf” so often that they will not believe it until a road is
actually constructed and begins hauling coal. There is no im -
mediate prospect of any rush to Katalla or vicinity .just yet,
from Juneau or any other part of A laska. Juneau Dispatch.
PEACE SEEMS REMOTE
Today is Hie time set for the speech by President Wilson
touching on tlie possibility of bringing together the warring
nations of Europe in a treaty wliieli will end for all time the
terrible conflict now raying.
Xo intimation has been given as to what basis the presi
dent will suggest, or whether lie has received encouragement
from either side in his efforts to end the war. It is certain,
however, that President W ilson is not going to suggest peace
along any line unless lie has received an intimation from at
least one of the belligerents that such a suggestion would' meet
w ith its approval.
In the face of the repeated assertions of the allies that
peace w ill he concluded only after Germany has been crushed,
it seems futile to hope that results can come from the efforts of
the president.
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LETTING THE BABIES DIE.
W hile theorists have been harping on the baneful effects
of race suicide. Prof. James Glover, of the University of Michi
gan, has been digging up facts for the census bureau which
point to the unnecessary waste of infant life as the thing to be
guarded' against. In spite of all that medical science has done,
Prof. Glover shows that an exceedingly high infantile death
rate, a largo proportion from preventable causes, still prevails.
Five* per cent of white boy babies die within a month of
birth and more than 12 per cent die the first year. Among the
girl babies tin* mortality is a little lower, about 4 1-2 per cent
dying the first month and 10 1-2 per cent the first year.
While some of the infant deaths are due to heredity causes
and pre-natal influences, physicians agree that the mortality
figures given by Prof. Glover could be very greatly reduced.
A more extended knowledge of the laws of hygiene, early fa
miliarity on the part of men and women with the requirements
of parenthood, and a full realization of the individual respon
sibility for the preservation of life, would ret luce the rate.
Prof. Glover also goes into the question of the relative j
mortality among city and country children. Notwithstanding
statements of other investigators that the city child, because
of usually better sanitary conditions, has an advantage over
one born in the country, Prof. Glover’s mortality tables indicate
that tin* mortality rate among country born children the first
year is 21 per cent loss than among city born children, lb* also
finds that the expectation of life of country born children at
birth averages 7.7 per cent greater than for city born.
Prof. Glover, however, finds one advantage on the side of
the city. While the expectation of life in the country is greater
than in the city up to the age of 81 years, the balance after that
is in favor of the city. Therefore, it is recommended that the
country octogenarians who desire to live to a ripe old age move
to the city.
Statistics being compiled by 1 rot. Glover are the first of
the kind ever prepared, and they will be published in a special
bulletin by the census bureau.—Tacoma News.
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It seems that some action has been taken by Congress look
ing to the construction of the railroad from Mile 38 to the
Bering coal fields. It is not much, merely the recommendation
of the senate committee. But all these preliminaries have to
be passed through before definite results can be obtained, and
it is a pleasure to notice that so far everything is going without
a hitch.
EFFICIENCY OF LABOR
PREPAREDNESS MEASURE
NK\V YORK, May 24. — I’ropani
lion of American industries for iti
crensed production in event of wu
whs d.tCussed at the meeting of th
evc-iiliie committee of the NaCotia
Consumers' League here today. 4ec
ret ary of War Baker, president of th'
league, was in the chair.
A resolution, unanimously passed
called pn the engineers, who, at tin
request of President Wilson are i ur
voying the nation's industries to be
tannine the production that emit,I ><
forced in time of war. to devote spe
< ai attention to working condithnf ii
faclories. Kngllsh reports, it wa ii i
liar) shown that Great Britain's in
efficn ncy in producing munitions it
(ho first year of the war was licet
ly at rlhutahie to fioor working con
diiion.-. among tin* *aborers.
Lack of suitable weekly res* o t r
lime work and ehiltl labor were con
detuned as lowering tiie general ei'fi
rtency of production.
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WOLF SKINS SOLD BY TERRITORV
The territory lias on hand most oi
Hie sum of $20,000 appropriated by tin
territory for paying out as a bounty
on wolves. Saturday Territorial Tea
surer Smith sold 33 wolf pelts if
Henry Moses for $ 111>. Charles Gold
stein was the one other bidder.
Most of the prime wolf skins d<
not come to the territory to he sold
They are sold to dealers direct, am
therefore the territory does not have
to pay the bounty. The territory ha
already paid out $600 on pelts.
Recently a large shipment of wot
hides from the interior was made ti
the outside, and most of the native
by making a canoe trip ran sell prinn
wolf hides in Canada for $1.1 and up
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Ladies' Kenyon Coats — Sprinj
shipment just received at Claysen's.
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For Sale—20 horse power gasolim
engine. See Dooley.
Ask for the "M. H.” anil "Williau
R. King” Cigars. Made in Cordova.
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
IT. H. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
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