The Cordova Daily Times
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H. G. STEEL. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 13,1917.
DOWN TO HARD TACKS.
HISTORY OF ALASKA.
V hen we go in modern times to see a Shakespeare play we
lind all the characters highly cultured, all the women beautiful
and everyone perfectly refined and clean. If we go back and
read Homer we find all his characters magnificent creatures.
His Achilles looks like a god and his Helen is a Venus.
\\ e seldom stop to think that Helen never used any soap
and that Queen Elizabeth and her courtiers were blissfully ig
norant of any sort of a fork except their fingers. The chances
are that if Andromache came hack to life as she was she’d look
like one of our own romantic squaws, just as perfectly bathed,
groomed and scented.
And now it is coming to pass that the old days in Alaska
are assuming the romantic halo that only time can impart. We
read of them good old days when the natives were warriors and
their women were princesses, when they fought valorouslv and
-squaws loved exquisitely. Then apparently they were all
washed and now they are all siwashed. But the history of
Alaska and every detail of it should be carefully recorded and
preserved. This will be a country of great population some
day, and the historian of the future will have his work made
easier while the people of the future will be biassed.
It is a question, though, whether real history should over
look the exact truth in sociological matters. There will be high
class people sprung from the present Indian population, but a
full knowledge of conditions as they were should be useful to
them and to all others. Any of us Whites would give a good
deal now if we could only glance back and see what our ances
tors were. We need not go quite so far buck as the ancestor
that hung by his tail to receive quite a shock. A lady that
lives off blubber, after all, is very little different from the wo
man that lives off crabs at Newport—or lobsters.—Juneau
Dispatch.
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It is a phase of human nature to utter'the guess about this
true of year that, spring in »it. Inm.] and winter is over. Kverv
sunshiny day encourages the opinion. But experience cautions,
and the weather records show that March has staged blizzards
and freezes like an old hand' at the business. Murch’s sur
prises probably have damaged more plumbing than any other
winter month. Don’t let the fire go out.
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One thing that the people of the United States do not want
—no matter how much they think they want it—is a referendum
on war. It’s a weapon with a kick fully equal to its muzzle
velocity.
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A Texas senator declares that William Jennings Bryan is
not a Democrat, but a heretic, yet lie’s nothing more than a pa
cific at any price.
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Will it come to this—King George exclaiming, after the
fashion of his ancestor, “A ship, a ship, my kingdom fora
Bhip!”
In tho district court for the terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
Notice of tor mof court at Cordova,
Alaska.
The president pf the United States
of Amerlra, to the residents of tho
Third division of the Territory of
Alaska, and to »l! whom it may cor.
.ern, greeting:
You and each and all of you, will
please take notice that by an order
of the court, duly made and entered,
a term of tho district court for the
territory of Alaska, Third division,
has been called and will be hold In
Cordova, Alaska, beginning on the
2nd day of April, t!* 17. and continue
as long thereafter ns tho public wel
fare may require.
Dated at Valdez, Alaskn, this 23rd
day of February, 191(1.
(District FRED M. BROWN,
Court Seal) District Judge.
Attest: Arthur l.ang. Clerk.
MEET ME AT
The HORSESHOE
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE
Where We Can Always Find Our
Friends.
Finest Billiard and Pool Tahles in
Alaska.
BEST GRADES OF STANDARD
BRANDS OF CIGARS.
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EXPERT
PIANO TUNER
(ieorge Anderson, piano expert and
factory representative, will bo in Cor
dova this coming summer. Expert
work in piano and organ tuning and
repairing guaranteed. For prices on
new and second hand pianos and or
gans, also pianos for rental, address,
P. O. BOX 991, JUNEAU, ALASKA.
CITY UHIDHT
PHONE 127.
Second St., opposite Postoffice.
Best of Hand Work. Give Us
a Call.
Sheldon
AUT O STAGE LINE
Giving an all-year auto ser
vice between Chltina and Fair
banks, Alaska.
Enquire about them at Chltina
Hotel, Chitlna, Alaska, before
making reservations elsewhere.
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
Cnmisliy (V..n|....y nn,| Htlrllty
and Surety Bonds.
Northwestern Realty & Trust Co.
M. O. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson A Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phons 107.
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When Ordering Job Work Don't
Think It is Your Duty to Build Up
j Concerns In the States, But Give
I The People Who Are Paying
| Wages and Spending Their Money
In Cordova a Chance to Live.
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WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
II. S. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H CHASE
PHYSICIAN ano SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug 8tore
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug 8tore. Residence.
Alaskan Hotel
DR W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON,
ornce wnd fCisaiance- CorJavs
General Hospital (Ostrander Build
Ing).
Phones—Residence 115; office 132.
DR. C. L. HALE
O E N T I 8 T
Specialty of
Porcelain, Inlay, Bridge Work
Office: Over Blum, O'Neill’s Store.
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
AND
DR. HOMER BLYTH
DENTAL OFFICES
Suite 1, Northern Hotel Block.
Phone 200. Cordova,
P. O. Hox 180. Alaska.
Hours: 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Evenings by Appointment.
ROBERT SIMPSON
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted. Lenses Ground.
HUBBELL & WALLER
Civil and Mining Engineers.
U. S. Mineral and Deputy Land Sur
veyors for Alaska.
1102 L. C. SMITH BLDG., SEATTLE.
Windsor Hotel
L. Wain, Prop.
Where You Get
Comfort and Service.
And the Rates Are Right.
Cordova Alaska
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LEONE LANGDON
PIANO AND VOICE LESSONS.
j Empress Building, Room 21. Phone 85
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One Visit
Will
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A
Regular Patron
At
Slater’s
Restaurant
Private Boxes
For |
Large or Small
Parties
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FUQUA & McCONAGHY
PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS.
Cor. Front and C Street*.
Office Open Evenlnge.
when in McCarthy
You Will Find Your
Friends at
THE MECCA
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LIQUORS
AND
CIGARS
Call at the
POPULAR CORNER :
First Aveane and C Street
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PACIFIC STEAMSHIP
COMPANY
ADMIRAL LINE
SAILINGS FROM CORDOVA SEATTLE TO CALIFORNIA
Evans About February 10 Mnndav*. Frldava and Saturdays
To Beattie and Alaska Psrts Steamers-Pre*Mm,l. Governor.
ATTLE TO CORDOVA Queen. Umatilla, Admiral Bcbley
Jan 24, Feb. 3. Feb. IB-- and Admiral Imwey
BOUT HERN CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Ban Franc,soo and Ix>s An^le..Dally Kxrept SuBday
8an Francisco and Ban Dle*e.Monday. Thursday Saturday
Steamers Harvard. Yale, President. Governor, Admirals Schlev. and
Dewey.
Full Particulars—A. E. Lathrop. Agt., Cordova Alaska.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fas* and commodious e,tamers tailing between Seattle, Ketch
Ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward
March 1 .ALAMEDAr. March 8
Sail from Cordova seven days Inter.
1 he freighters Cordova, Latouche, Juneau, Y'aldrz
tind Eureka also make regular trips.
This company reserves th# right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on tale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not bs received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing tlma.
F. B. TRACY, 3. R. HEDGES,
General Agent A
Agent
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FOR GENERAL TEAMING, BAGGAGE
TRANSFERRED, AUTO SERVICE,
COAL AND WOOD.
ALASKA TRANSFER
COMPANY
UNEXCELLED WAREHOUSE FACILITIES
For Storing and Insuring Baggage,
Mdse and Household Goods.
Office—EMPRESS BUILDING, CORDOVA—Phone 8rj
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FOR SALE CHEAP
Two storeys, 22x5G feet; stable for twenty horses,
and two log caches and one cabin.
Also a full line of groceries, hay, oats, &e.
Business on good paying basis.
For particulars apply at the
DAILY TIMES OFFICE.
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Submarine warfare, added to poor crops, at last lias
brought from Great Britain what nearly all good guessers had
been guessing—a confession that her food' situation had now
reached a crisis. All Europe is hungry and fearful.
Lloyd George, than whom a greater man has not appeared
in this greatest of great wars, faces the menace resolutely and
points the way out—if there is a way out. He believes that sac
rifice and pluck will deliver his beloved country. Whether that
shall be so remains locked in the secret archives of the gods.
The utmost sacrifice and persistence may not save England.
The divine finger is not yet pointed to her deliverance.
But whether she wins or loses this war—and it makes little
difference to the pendulum of eternity whether she wins or
loses—the sacrifices which Lloyd George calls for will be of
much value to her in the conduct of her affairs in the next few
years. Compulsory tillage of the soil heretofore held' by land
lords for pleasure purposes, the reduction in the consumption of
alcohol, the elimination of luxuries, the intensive co-operation
which the premier demands, light the way to a truer demo
crac, a more sober England and a nation more closely knit.
All of the European battlers are down to essentials. Arti
ficial lustration that is the child of vanity has been scraped
away. One begins to see in the nakedness of things a worthier
manhood; less of the material inutilities and more of the spirit
ual desirables.
The south never would have been the section it now is
without tlie sacrifice of the civil war. The southern army, fat,
well fed and well clothed, never would have won its diadems.
It won when it lost, though it failed to win the prize it sought.
The individual grows by sacrifice; so also do armies and na
tions. The south made nightshirts from piano covers, over
coats from Brussels carpets, and leached its salt from earth dug
from old smoke houses. England may not be tailed upon to do
as much; yet she may. And having been reduced’to painful ex
tremities she may yet lose the fight. But having lost it she is
thrice armed for the future. Knowledge that one has battled to
the utmost largely removes the sting of defeat.
Germany is very hungry. As her predicament increases
her wolfishness increases. Her U-boat campaign is likely to
become more terrible with warmer weather. England , too,
grows more wolfish and hems in additional corners of the
“free” seas in the hope of strangling her enemy.
The war appears to be in its last stages. It will be settled
at sea, and its final outcry is likely to be the moan of a famish
ing nation, rather than the exultant shout of a brilliant army,
charging through the ranks of a defeated foe. The contest has
lost what little picturesqueness it had in the beginning. Its
panorama is one of mud, stench, desolation and squalid tun
neling. Swift strategy, the cheering of solid' ranks lunging
with bayonet, the glorious battleflag, the human element—
none is present. Machinery has subordinated the man and as
signed him to a wet hole in the earth, and the brass tacks of
the present situation is hardtacks. Whose cracker will last the
longest?
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