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CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25,1915.
MORE COAL DISCOVERED.
Anthracite coal of a quality much superior to the finest
product of Pennsylvania totaling more than three billon tons
has been found in Whatcom County, Wash., owned by Alexan
der Poison, near railway communications, according to the
Seattle Times.
Should this prove; it serves in emphazing the rabid “con
servation crime” visited upon Alaska. Even the small pros
pect of supplying from Alaska the part of the American navy
which still burns coal, goes glimmering other than what might
be furnished by the government through government agencies.
In other words the most attractive bait now held out to
private companiees on leasing coal lands in Alaska is the possi
bility of a market created for naval coal. The mines will neces
sarily have to compete with California oil even in the local mar
ket which will be limited at the beginning.
Therefore, it is likely that the government in order to se
cure naval coal fro mAlaska will have to not only build a gov
ernment railroad, but will have to mine its own coal.
Again we are reminded that even when the Pinchot craze
was at its height, and when figures were juggled by alarmists
to try and prove that coal was rapidly disappearing from the
face of the earth, it was known that Alaska was practically
underlaid with coal from Ketchikan to the Arctic all along the
coast and throughout the great interior. Still Alaskans were
denied the use of that coal. They were compelled to burn a
cheap grade oftimes from Canada at almost prohibitive prices.
They were not allowed even to bum timber from the forests
without paying a tax. Railroads and steamship lines running
to Alaska changed from coal burners to oil burners because they
coud not secure Alaskan coal.
It was also shown the so-called conservationists that water
power was being rapidly developed to take the place of coal
for fuel and heat, but they continued to raise the cry that (Jug
genheims were trying to steal all the coal in Alaska, and as
a result industrial enterprises planned on a large scale which
would have given employment to thousands of men were para
lyzed.
Though there is no use in now “crying over spilled milk”
the fact must be brought home to our representtatives in Con
gress that the great need of the Pacific Coast is cheap fuel.
Every encouragement should be given to those who desire to
open coal mines in Alaska or any part of the Northwest. All
kinds of factories and payrolls depend upon getting the coal
opened. To allow it to reman in the ground will not benefit this
nor any succeeding generation. No doubt many other coal
deposists will be found in both Washington and Oregon, as well
as in Alaska.
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A FORGOTTEN CHAPTER.
A little known and almost forgotten chapter in the life of
Abraham Lincoln has just been revealed by a veteran clerk in
the government land office in Washington. It shows now nar
rowly Lincoln escaped the fate of a routine department officer
in Washington—a fate which would have made it impossible
for him to become President and emancipator.
Just after the expiration of his term as a representative in
congress Lincoln, who had no visible prospects elsewhere, ap
plied for the position of commissioner of the general land office.
As thoroughness was one of his guiding principles in life he
went after the job aggressively and' insistently and filed with his
application so many letters as to make it necessary to provide
a special receptacle for them on top of the desk. Mr. Lincoln
would call daily with a number of letters and cheerily great the
clerks with, “Good morning, gentlemen; here are some more to
add to the pile.” Then he would reach his long arm over and
drop them in the box.
After a few weeks, when Gen. Ewing, secretary of interior,
was attending a cabinet meeting, a messenger called for the
papers on file for this appointment. A clerk hastily did the
papers of each applicant up into a bundle and, whether or not,
he bundled up only a small portion from Mr. Lincoln’s box.
These were sent to the President and the result was unfavorable
to Lincoln.
Learning of the decision he went to the President and asked
him if he had certain letters and received the reply that he had
not. He thereupon called on the secretary of interior, who at
once inquired into the matter and found many letters that had
not been sent to the President. The clerk who made the mis
take was punished'by being transferred to a land office out west.
The secretary of interior wanted Lincoln to accept some other
position but the offer was declined.
“I have often thought,” said the old clerk, “that the young
man did a good deed for the American people, accidentally or
otherwise, for had Mr. Lincoln become commissioner of the land
office he most likely never would have been President. If he
had not settled clown the commonplace rouiine of a department
al office, but few occupants of that job can serve their full terms
without making powerful enemies.”
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
3fflce over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
GEO. F. WHITE
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Established 1911. Formerly 12 years
with Tacoma Smelter
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
E. A. HEGG
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Dealers in
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i exposed on the surface of this
ground.
Also four groups of copper
j properties on Prince William
Sound, adjoining navigable water.
All of these properties could be
made producers with a small
amount of money and for a party
who can open same up or can se
cure the capital to do so, this is
an opportunity to make a fortune.
For prices and terms apply to
S A. HEMPLE, Valdez, Alaska
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I [ Lovera Cigars are Sold
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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, and
SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from 8eattle— ' Salle from Cordova—
August 13.ALAMEDA.August 23
August 20.NORTHWESTERN.August 29
Regular freight service ror Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, 8. S. Seward. 8. S. Seward, 5th; 8. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month. ' k
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 wl|| not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co. k
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS, AUGUST 20.
ADMIRAL WATSON, AUGUST 25
Via the INSIDE PASSAOE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports. I
Schedule subject to change without Notice. V
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents j
I Copper River &
j Northwestern Ry.
Effective June 12th, 1915.
Two trains every six days between Cordova and if
if Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making if
connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving
if from Seattle.
Trains between Chitina and Shushanna Junction, if
fi and Kennecott connect with trains between Chitina and if
if Cordova.
All trains from Cordova leave from Second Street if
if Depot.
j:j: Dining Car in Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train* Be- :£
tween Cordova and Chitina.
if The above schedule subject to change without notice. fj
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Tickets on sale at Depot or up-town office, Alaska if
if Steamship Company building
| Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges. |
fi Superintendent Cordova Agent if
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