CORDOVA
The seaport through which all the copper and gold
ore deposits of interior Alaska must pass to reach the
markets of the world.
The largest salmon canning center in Southwestern
Alaska, with five salmon canneries in operation.
The natural outlet for the coal of the Bering river
coal fields; where the copper ore of the interior and of
Prince William Sound points will be reduced when the
coal is made available.
The nearest practicable harbor to the oil fields of
Katalla.
The seat of the only clam canning industry in
Alaska.
Cordova has no indebtedness, and the lowest tax rate
of any city in the territory.
CORDOVA
Has the best harbor north of Puget Sound; ideally
created topographically for a naval station.
Has more natural beauty in its location and sur
roundings than any other city in Alaska.
Has doubled its population the past year through an
influx of permanent residents, brought here by the estab
lishment of new industries.
Has a modern, broad-gague railroad tapping the rich
copper deposits of the Kotsina-Chitina copper belt.
Has the largest dock in Alaska, taxed to its capacity
to handle the millions of pounds of copper and thousands
of cases of canned fish being shipped from here monthly.
Has seven passenger and six freight steamships
making regular trips between it and Puget Sound points,
besides numerous tramp vessels.
Has the best lighted streets in Alaska, lined with
modern business blocks.
Has two navy wireless stations, one of which is equal
in power to any in the United States, and cable connection
with Seattle.
Has every line of business and profession well repre
sented. , w
Has a $10,000 school building, where high school
grades are taught; four churches, four modern hotels,
good restaurants, telephone, electric lights, waterworks
and sewers.
Has splendid facilities for the sportsman; wild fowl
and game fish are abundant, while a short trip on the
railroad' brings the hunter within easy reach of bear,
mountain goat and sheep, moose and caribou.
Has for the sightseer and tourist the greatest natu
ral wonders in the world, the Childs and Miles glaciers.
Cordova today is on a more permanent basis than
any other city in Alaska; is assured of continued prosper
ity and a steady growth, due to the progressive develop
ment which its natural resources are now undergoing.
When the coal of the Bering river fields, now but 36
miles from the present railroad, becomes available, smelt
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ers will be erected here, and Cordova will become the
Butte of the North.
For more particular information regarding the in
dustries and resources of Cordova and vicinity, the oppor
tunity for investment and employment here, and descrip
tive literature, write
Cordova Chamber of Commerce
Cordova, Alaska
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. — Intersei
tlonal games stand out as the featur
of the football season of 19lfi, whlcl
will he under way before another thre
weeks have been checked from th
calendar. Almost every section of th
country will be represented in thes
■ gridiron clashes and Indications poin
to unusual interest and enthusiasm li
the great American college game thi
fall. Close to three months' play wil
be witnessed this season, as the oper
ing game Is scheduled for Septembe
16, and the closing contests will no
be staged until December 9.
Each year the number of games In
creases and the coming season find
more games scheduled than was th'
case twelve months ago, According tc
the list prepared in connection witl
the revised rules of play, the teami
of the leading colleges and university
of the country will figure In mon
than thirteen hundred contests, whib
the preparatory and high school elev
ens will compete in more than twin
that number, bringing the total olo*<
to the five thousand mark,
A comparison of the schedules fo
the coming season and those of th<
past few years shows a number o
changes. The Carlisle Indian schoo
eleven, which has made football his
torv in the past, does not appeal
among the leading competitors foi
gridiron honors, and Columbia uni
I \ v ntrtiit) l'oim/1 lido.)
with colleges which are close to thf
first flight of eastern football instl
tutions.
There Is an unusual number of con
tests scheduled for Fridays, although
the Saturday games are still over
whelmingly in the majority. Although
the so-called championship games arc
not scheduled until the closing weeks
of November, the height of the sea
son, so far as the number of games
is concerned, will be reached late in
October, and the following two Satur
days when the principal college con
tests each day alone pass the hundred
mark. The climax comes with the
, playing of the Harvard-Yale game at
New Haven, and the Army-Navv game
at New York on the same day, Novem
ber 25. On th$“ basis of past attend
ance and receipts these two games
should attract close to 150,000 spec
tators while the gate receipts will pro
bably exceed $200,000.
Among the more important inter
sectional games are those between
Syracuse and Ohio. Army vs. Wash
ington and Lee. Yale and Virginia,
Harvard vs. North Carolina, Illinois
and Colgate. Minnesota and North Da
kota, Virginia Poly vs Yale, George
town and Dartmouth, Michigan meet
ing with Syracuse, Pennsylvania and
Cornell, during the season; Harvard
and Virginia, Notre Dame vs. Army,
Missouri vs. Texas, Dartmouth vs
West Virginia, llucknell and Washing
ton and Lee. Efforts are still beinf!
made to bring a Pacific Coast univer
sity eleven east for one or two big
games and there will be the usual in
tersectlonal contests between the lead
Ing school teams of the middle west
and the east immediately following tin
close of the regular interscholastli
schedules.
The University of California will b«
| the first on the gridiron this fall, the
| Berkeley team getting into action or
, Saturday, September 16. Seven days
later Dartmouth, Harvard and George
town will be among the larger colleges
to start active football competition
On the last Saturday of September
Cornell, Princeton. Syracuse, Army
Navy, Pennsylvania, Yale, Tennessee
Texas, Virginia and a few of the mid
die western colleges will play their
opening games. Michigan starts her
gridiron campaign on the foHowinf
Wednesday, and on Saturday, October
7, Chicago, Ilinois, Minnesota, Mis
souri, Wisconsin and other member!
of the conference follow' suit.
Yale will depart from the conven
tional on Friday, October 20, by play
ing Virginia Poly at New Haven, bu
this is an exceptional move, made ne
[ cessary by the fact that the Yale bow
! will be used on Saturday for the stag
ing of a special pageant. The las
Saturday of October will witness th<
initial meetings of the elevens of th
larger universities of both the eas
and west, and the results of thea
games will have a direct bearing 01
the final outcome of the champlor
ship cla'ms of the contending team»
Cornell will line up against Harvard
Dartmouth will tackle Princeton, M
chigan will have Syracuse as an oppr
nent; Pennsylvania and Pittsburg v.il
clash; Notth and South Dakota nice
in their annual game; Tennessee play
the University of Florida; Vanderbll
nnd Virginia come together, and Yal
will seek to defeat Washington an
Jefferson.
The opening Saturday of Novembt
' will witness the following Important
! games: Harvard vs, Virginia. Dart
mouth vs. Syracuse, Army vs. Notre
Dame, Minnesota vs. Illinois, Missouri
1 vs. Texas, California vs. Southern
California, Yale vs. Colgate, Pennsyl
vania vs. Lafayette, Washington vs.
Oregon. Chicago vs, Purdue, and
Georgetown vs. Louisville. A week
later Harvard and Princeton. Cornell
and Michigan and Pennsylvania and
Dartmouth will furnish the feature
games of the east, while Tennessee I
] and Vanderbilt, Virginia and South !
] Carolina, Washington and Lee vs.1
Baeknell are dividing honors on the
south. Few', if any, of the conference
college teams will play, but the fol
lowing Saturday will find them all hat
tling for football glory.
On that day Wisconsin and Minne
sota, Chicago and Illinois, will he the ’
big contests in the middle west; Yale I
vs. Princeton, Harvard vs. Brown and j
Syracuse and Colgate the eastern fca ]
ture games; Pennsylvania will jour ]
ney to Ann Arbor for her annual meet
ing with Michigan; Notre Dame will]
face the Michigan Aggies; California]
and Washington hold rorth on the |
Pacific coast, while the big scholastic]
game of the east will be staged when
Andover and Exeter meet.
An exceptional situation will con
front football fans of the east on Sat
urday, November 25, for the Harvard
Yale game will be played at New
Haven while the annual Army-Navy
game will be at New York. In the
middle west Chicago meets Minnesota :
and Wisconsin plavs Illinois. Penn
sylvanla will depart from her usual
custom of resting previous to the;
Thanksgiving Day game with Cornell,
and will meet West Virginia Wesley
an. The Cornell Pennsylvania contest ]
will be the feature of Thanksgiving I
Day with the Brown Colgate and the]
Pittsburg-Penns. State games a close ]
second In the east. In the south Van
derbilt ys. University of the South;
Kentucky vs. Tennessee, Alabama vs.
Georgia and Virginia vs North Caro
linn will all be start contests, in the
west. Nebraska vs. Notre Dame, Cali
fornia vs. Washington. South Carolina
vs. Oregon Aggies, and several other
contests between state universities
and agricultural schools will be among
the more prominent games. The sea
son will end on Saturday, December a,
with two intersectional games, in
which Georgetown will play Tulane
at New Orleans and Southern Califor
nia will face Arizona at Tucson.
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lopes now.
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COPPER PROPERTY
EXCELLENT SHOWING.
Near lieataon Mine, Latouche.
Close to tidewater. An excellent
opportunity for man with lit'le money
to make large profit. Price and terms
reasonable. Apply
PETER CANAVARA,
Latouche, Alaska.
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to haul to any part of the inter
ior inquire for
Mike Johnson
in care of CHIT1NA CASH
STORE, Chitlna, Alaska.
| ANNOUNCEMENT I
THE FIRST BANK OF
COR 1)< )\ A wishes to an
nounce that on or about
September first it will
open a
SAVINGS
DEPARTMENT.
» INTEREST will be paid
i upon deposits made for
» savings account at. the
e prevailing rate paid by
» outside banks.
? 1’HIS BANK appreciates
t the convenience to deposi
i tors of having a Savings
< Department at home, in
ij stead of being obliged to
- transact business of this
nature at a distance, and
t the desire of this Bank to
offer th<> public every
banking facility has re
. suited in the determina
> tion to establish a SAV
, INGS DEPARTMENT.
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First Bank Cordova |
CAPITAL STOCK 125,000
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We Sell Travellers' Checks
Gold Dust Bought at Highest Market Prices
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The Leading Hctel of Alaska ::
WINDSOR
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_ CORDOVA. ALASKA i:
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Alaskan Hotel
THE HOUSE OF COMFORT
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL
IN ALASKA
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric
Lights, Steam Heat, Suites With Bath.
Bar in Connection
ROBERT GOTTSCHALK Proprlteor* ART CLONINGER
CORDOVA, .... ALASKA
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Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
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1 Ur Isilll^ DIUM', Duril in .MilhKil.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
Hotly made of Armco Rust Resist
ing Iron.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will Imhl fire overnight with wood
or coal.
Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Hang Stove.
If lie cannot supply you write us.
Our line is complete from tins
smallest eamp stove to the larg
est hotel range.
Any ?«otir»lotierh will tell ymj about tho
Lang: Stove. They all know it.
F. S. LANG MFG. CO.
SEATTLE, WN.
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WHEN YOU HAVE A
PRESCRIPTION FILLED.
here you run rest assured that the in
gredients and compounding are just
as they should be. I'hysh ians and
nurses know that we i ill prescrip
tions with absolute accuracy They
know that we use the best drugs only
and that we use a checking system
that makes mistakes impossible.
Northern Drug Co.
MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION
Foos Gas Engines
4 to 5 0 Horse Power
General Electric Motors
Roebling Tramways
Pelton Water Wheels
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
Regal Boat Engines
Harmon Machinery Co Inc
Oxy-Acetylene Welding.
CORDOVA. ALASKA
NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton |
and Provisions
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Particular Attention and Prompt Service Qlven to orders from &
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MINING CAMPS, ROADHOUSES AND
INTERIOR POINTS
SMITH & GLASBHHNNKR Props.