The Cordova Daily Times
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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
COKDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1<>, 1017,
STRIKES BUT NO STAMPEDE.
Stampedes are mysterious things and come without regard
to the value of the discovery. Some of the wildest little stam
pedes in Alaska have been to creeks where there was about one
color to the square foot of bedrock.
There now exists in the Iditarod', lower Yukon, and lower
Ivuskokwim all the elements for a stampede and yet there is no
stampede.
The strike at Tolstoi is extensive and the pay has been
lined up on the creeks. It is going to be a good camp. Addi
tional discoveries would make it a regular bonanza.
Down at Marshall City pay has been lined up on a creek
running into the lower Yukon and more gold was taken out last
season than during the first year at Fairbanks. There was a
little stampede over that way from Nome last winter, but it was
nothing more than the tame migration of gold miners to a new
camp.
Pay has also been lined up on Spruce creek, a tributary to
bear, on the lower Kuskokwim.
The latter discoveries show that there is a gold' bearing
belt extending south from the Seward peninsula toward the
Bristol bay country, through a country where the trails of men
are few and far apart.
Past events in Alaska show that the rich pay in new dis
tricts is found as tin* result of stampedes. Men rush in and
find the creek where pay was discovered located, and then rush
to other creeks and put down not one hole, but hundreds. A
stampede to the lower Yukon would' have unlimited possibili
ties, but there is no stampede.
Where are the old timers of the “Camps of Chaos?”
Can it be that the boys of ’98 who have been in on every
camp worth while no longer get tin* “itching feeling” when
they see new pay of a strange run, or has Father Time worked
his will and made faint the limbs of those whose spirit is still
strong?
An explanation which is more plausible is that recent
stampedes to Khushanna and east of the Matanuska divide were
unwarranted and worked up, and the old timer is wary. With
age comes a certain keenness of perception and a desire to
stand back and let the younger generation rush hither and'yon,
but the younger generation isn’t showing much enthusiasm oil
rushes, hence the placer camps on the lower Yukon are dawd
ling along somewhat after the pattern of a quartz mining <1 is
trict. But who can tell what a dnv may bring forth?—Seward
Post.
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OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
The Associated Press lifted the bars a trifle in the report
of the insanity charge against Fracis P. (hvings, the first sky
scraper builder of Chicago, giving the public a peep into the
methods of newsgathering.
Instead of chopping off the report when it got through
telling the news the busy press wire carried the following addi
tion to the “story:”
“A reporter making the rounds asked an attendant if there
was anything new.
‘Nothing worth while,’ replied the attendant, ‘unless
you can dig something out of an old codged named Owings. lie
thinks he built the first skyscraper in Chicago.’ ”
The general reader, when lie picks up a newspaper and
finds an interesting yarn .never thinks of how it was gathered
and written. It just “got there” ns far as the reader is con
cerned.
But back of a great many of the best “stories” lies stories
of how the reporters got the tips, worked them up and made
they what they are.
When the true reporter once gets a tip he is like a blood
hound on a scent, and he will not stop until the story is worked
out in all its ramifications. He often has to use Sherlock
Holmes methods, and like the eminent sleuth of fiction, some
times is able to work tin* most interesting feature from the
most unpromising hint.
PRACTICAL SUPPLANTS THE PICTURESQUE.
The passing of Buffalo Bill calls forcibly to mind how sud
denly the great west has stepped from savagery to civilization,
it presents a contrasting picture of Indians’ tepees and con
crete skyscrapers; of trackless wilderness and paved highways;
of prairie schooner and d'e luxe limited train; of pony express
and transcontinental telephone. In no age in the history of the
world has the march of progress been so swift, and in no place
could it be more strikingly apparent than in the virgin west.
Buffalo Bill’s personality—his long hair, goatee and tilted
sombrero—stands for an age that has slipped away from us be
fore we were aware. We are reminded how much more sedate
and conservative we have become, how the practical has sup
planted the picturesque.
He was one of the leaders in that great movement that con
quered and built an empire inside the span of human life.
The enthusiasm Buffalo Bill kindles in the youth of today
must be turned into business, science and art instead' of buffalo
hunting and scouting and Indian killing.
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A coast exchange says that a candidate for the Alaska leg
islature received an application for a position as engrossing
clerk the fourth week after election. He was compelled to tell
the applicant, in acknowledging the receipt of her letter, that
in- did not know whether or not he was elected. Kmrbanks
Citizen.
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We are assured that the pride of the Roumanian army is
maintained. All things considered, it certainly has made a fine
race and its pugnacious generals have been able to find time
amid the choking dust and fatiguing turmoil of hurried pedes
t nanism to proclaim a number of florid prommeiamentos which
testify from A to Izzard that in spite of all disasters they have
saved the precious dictionary from the wicked clutch of the
pursuing foe.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Cordova's Progressive Merchants and
Professional Men.
HOTELS.
Alaskan Hotel.
Windsor Hotel.
Cordova House.
Manhattan Hotel.
GROCERIES.
The Blum, O'Neill Co.
CLOTHING.
W. Clayson.
The Blum, O’Neill Co.
Flnkelsteln & Saplro. I
JEWELERS.
B. Osborne.
RAILROADS.
Copper River & N. W. Ry.
Chicago. Milwauke & St. Paul.
LIGHTS, WATER AND PHONES.
Cordova Power Co.
BARBER SHOP.
Alaskan Hotel Barber Shop.
AUTO SERVICE.
City Express.
Alaska Transfer Company.
Sheldon Auto Stage.
RESTAURANTS.
Slater'B Restaurant.
THEATRE.
Empress Theatre.
HARDWARE.
Northwestern Hardware Co.
The Blum, O’Neil Co.
BANK.
First Bank of Cordova.
PLUMBERS AND STEAM FITTERS.
Fuqua & McConaghy.
DRUG STORE.
Northern Drug Co.
TRANSFER COMPANY.
City Express.
Alaska Transfer Company.
SALOONS.
The Horseshoe.
The Mecca.
The Mint.
The Northern.
The Mecca, McCarthy.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Howard & Lund.
STEAMSHIP LINES.
Alaska Steamship Co.
Paciflc-Alaska Nav. Co.
MERCHANT TAILORING.
| Van, The Tailor.
BAKERY.
Boss Bakery and Coffee House. ...
LAUNDRY.
City Laundry.
PHOTOGRAPHER.
K. A. Hogg.
MACHINERY, 4c.
Harmon Machinery Co., Inc.
MEAT MARKET.
NortHern Meat Market.
SUMMER RESORTS.
Mountain Inn, Alganlck.
INSURANCE.
Northwestern Trust & Realty Co.
SECONDHAND STORE.
John Rawson.
PROFESSIONAL.
Dr. W. H. Chase. Physician.
Dr. W. W. Council, Physician.
Dr. C. L. Hale, Dentist.
Dr. Charles Dagget, Dentist.
E. F. Medley, Attorney.
W. A. Hesse, Mining Engineer.
Asa C. Baldwin, Civil Eng., Valdez.
REAL ESTATE.
Geo. C. Hazelet.
TYPEWRITERS.
E. 8. Hewitt & Co., Juneau.
BREWING COMPANY.
Rainier Brew'. Co., San Francisco.
INSURANCE
FIRE, MARINE, LIFE and ACCIDENT
Insure your property against fire In
reliable Insurance Companies.
We represent the Niagara. London,
Phoenix, Hartford, Northern, Globe
and Rutgers, and others; all strong
Board Companies.
We also represent the Maryland
Casualty Company, and issue Fidelity
and Surety Bonds.
Northwestern Realty & Trust Co.
Howard <£ Lund
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Contractors and Builders
Estimates Furnished.
PHONE 68.
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E. A. HEGG
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PHOTO SUPPLIES
Views and Post Cards
STATIONERY
PICTURES and FRAMES
Largest and Most Complete
Stock of
Candy, Stationery
and Toilet
Articles
Agents For
j Victrolas and
Edison Phonographs
The Northern Drug Co.
LEONE LANGDON
PIANO AND VOICE LESSONS.
Empress Building, Room 21. Phone 85
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor,
U. 8. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Residence: Cordova
General Hospital (Ostrander Build
ing).
I’hones—Residence 115; office 132.
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DRr CJfr. JELALB
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Specialty of
Porcelain, Inlay, Bridge Work
Office: Over Blum, O’Neill's Store.
DR. CHARLES. DAGGETT
NORTHERN HOTEL BLDG.
Phone 200. Cordova.
Dental Offices Will be Ready About
January 20th.
E F. MEDLEY.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA
cimpiy
phone 127.
Second St., opposite Postoffice.
Best of Hand Work. Give Us
a Call.
Start tho Year Right by Having the
Modern Laundry
I)o Your Laundry Work.
Phont 60.
Out of Town Work Solicited.
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Windsor Hotel
L. Wain, Prop.
Where You Get
Comfort and Service.
And the Itutes Are Kight.
Cordova Alaska
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SAILINGS FROM CORDOVA SEATTLE TO CALIFORNIA
Steamer Spokane about Jan. 11. Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays
To Seattle and Alaska Ports Steamers—President, Governor,
SEATTLE TO CORDOVA Queen, Umatilla, Admiral Schley
10th, 20tb, 30th of each month and Admiral Dewey.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ROUTE
San Francisco and Los Angeles .Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco and San Diego.Monday, Thursday Saturday
Steamers—Harvard, Yale, President, Governor, Admirals Schley, and
Dewey.
Full Particulars—A. E. Lathrop, Agt., Cordova Alaska.
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~ ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fait and commodtoua ateamara tailing between Seattle, Ketch
Ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward.
Jan. 12 .ALAMEDA Jan. 19
Jan. 19.MARIPOSA .Jan. 26
Sail from Cordova seven days later.
The freighters Cordova, Latouclie, Juneau, Valdez
and Eureka also make regular trips.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
salting time.
F. B. TRACY, S. R HEDGES,
general Agent Agent J
Make It a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to Klee
triiicatien, you’ll enjoy the comfortable aeeeoin
modations and you’ll iike the little courtesies m
cident to ‘Milwaukee” service.
S. R. HEDGES, Agent, Cordova, Alaska. Phone 70.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
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ALASKA TRANSFER
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For Storing and Insuring Baggage,
Mdse and Household Goods.
Office-EMPRESS BUILDING, CORDOVA—Phone 85
CITY EXPRKSS
And Transfer Company
STANTON & JOHNSON.
Meet All Trains and All Boats—Day or Night.
PHONE 141.
OFFICE - . . OPPOSITE ALASKAN HOTEL
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