The Cordova Daily Times
GREATER CORDOVA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER
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C. H. WILCOX, City Editor.
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, APRIL 19,1915.
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WHAT STATEHOOD FOR ALASKA MEANS
TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS TERRITORY
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WHILE the territorial legislators at Juneau were pre
paring bills to give Alaska fuller form of local gov
ernment Delegate Wiekersham arrives on the scene
announces that lie will introduce a bill in (the next Con
gress for statehood for Alaska, and presto Senator Hubbard
and Sutherland at once get busy and start a campaign in the
legislature for a statehood measure.
Under the caption of “Wiekersham and Statehood"’ the
Fairbanks Citizen thus editorially comments on a subject that
is of considerable interest to Alaskans:
The act introducing a bill asking for statehood for Alaska
may be a harmless thing in away, but it will certainly have the
the tendency to discourage the federal government in appro
priating funds for the development of the territory. It is only
by being a territory that we can get congress to pay for our de
velopment, and everybody who keeps in touch with political
affairs knows that congress does not go out of its way to aid
a people who do not appreciate such aid'.
There are about 60,000 people in Alaska, including the
Indians who are about half the entire population. This
leaves probably 30,000 white people in the territory. These
people do not own titles to land that can be taxed, with the
exception of the people who live in incorporated towns, and
these are already taxed to the fullest of their capacity to sup
port such towns.
As soon as Alaska becomes a state, the law will prevent
congress from supporting our local government. There will be
no more money sent here for schools, no more for local courts,
no money to support the legislature, no money for keeping up
trails and roads, no more money from the federal government
for the care of our insane and our indigent charges, no money
for running down ordinary fugitives from justice, no money to
pay the governor and local officials, and, in short, there will be
“nothing doing,” when it comes to federal expenditure, with
the exception of maintaining probably one court, which will
handle only such cases as involve federal law.
Just at present there is so much that Alaska has to ask for
from congress that it is not quite clear why Delegate Wicker
sham should weaken his own influence in congress and dis
courage the national government from further aiding us by ask
ing for such an impossible thing as statehood, where there are
not enough sources of revenue in the whole of Alaska to support
a modest city government.
One of the chief concerns of the present session of the
legislature was to figure out how the revenues can be increased
in order to give the legislature money for carrying out its vari
ous projects. It was first decided to ask for the revenues from
the forest reserves for building road's and trails, but as much
of this money already goes to the territory, it seems that the
plan was abandoned.
Since then bills have been introduced for taxing people in
order to support the limited government we now have. The
poll tax is to bo enforced, it seems from present indications,
and every kind of property that can be taxed will be force to
pay for the support of our present legislature.
When it is remembered that congress already pays for all
necessary expenses of the territory, it is hard to understand
how the people will appreciate this proposed heavy taxation.
Certainly the average taxpayer, or even the man who must
pay poll taxes and may be required to pay increased poll taxes
in order to support the plans of our lawmakers, will not look
kindly upon any suggestion that tends to increase his burdens.
Delegate Wiekersham and the Juneau officials who are sug
gesting statehood should center their energies in an effort to
aid the people of the territory rather than to suggest placing
on them increased burdens, and at the same time making con
gress believe that it made a mistake when it appropriated $35,^
000,000 for building a road to develop this territory.
If this is an attempt on the part of Mr. Wiekersham to
“play to the galleries” and temporarily please a few cheap
politicians in Juneau who want a chance to spend public funds
which are not controlled by the federal government, it will cer
tainly do him no permanent good. He was elected because the
people thought he was a conservative man of good political
judgment, and he should endeavor to maintain that confidence
of the public.
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To Col. Goethals and Brig. Gen. Gorgas promotion to the
rank of Major General comes by undisputed right of pre-emi
nent merit. Their names must be linked at all times with the
building of the Panama canal. What they have contributed
personally to the Nation’s honor and success in that epochmak
ing achievement has fixed their place irrevocably among the
greatest Americans of their time. In its gratitude the coun
try has but inadequate means of repaying them through the
Government for their services. To raise them to the highest,
rank open to them in the army is the only recognition within its
power.
Goethals executed the greatest engineering work in the
world. To Gorgas’s credit stands the greatest sanitary work
known to modern science.
The whole undertaking in which these two soldiers, one
an engineer, the other a doctor, were engaged, was untouched
by scandal. Their devotion to the national service and their
brilliant record' of achievement is one of the finest chapters
in the history of the United States army.
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Some day before very long Alaska may get as cheap as
any place else. Thoughtless people who come from the outside
even now object to paying good prices for meals and everything
else but they should remend>er that if meals were fifteen cents
wages would be low accordingly. Get us hope that the Demo
cratic government of the United States will set a good example.
This does not mean that excessive prices should be paid for
anything. Just enough to keep wages at a fair figure to com
pensate people for coming north.—Seward Gateway.
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There is evidently Something wrong with the coal leasing
bill, passed by Congress, as not a single claim has been filed to
open a mine in either the Bering river or Matanuska fields since
the passage of that act. There are great stores of coal in Alas
ka awaiting development, and when it is placed on the market
the other resources of the Northland will be opened up and a
general reign of prosperity follow, which will be shared by the
residents of the entire territory.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHY8ICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug 8tore.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug 8tore. 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
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
Phone 4. CORDOVA. ALASKA
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Kinney has a corner on Coffee.
What we mean is COFFEE, not the
wlahy-wlshy kind you have been
buying and nicknamed coffee. One
can of Dwight Edwards will convince
E. A. HEGG
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Four big groups of fine copper
properties on navigable water on
Prince William Sound. Large
amount of shipping ore In sight on
these properties and ore could be
taken out at once In from two to
three places on each group to help
the expense of opening same up.
Prices and terms reasonable.
S. A. HEMPLE,
Valdez, Alaska.
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Fast and commodious stsamsrs sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward via
INSIDE PA83AOC.
Sails frcm Seattle— SaHs from Cordova_
April 12.NORTHWESTERN. April 22
April 18.MARIPOSA.APRIL 27
Regular freight service ror Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche Expio*
Ives. 8. S. Seward. 8. 8. 8eward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche. 15th; 8. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
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without notice.
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or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
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Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC 8. 8. CO. ALA8KA COA8T CO.
PUGET SOUND- ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS, April 15
ADMIRAL WATSON, April 25
Via the INSIDE PA8SAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Kataila, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
i Copper River &
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EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1915. 11
I: Trains leave Cordova, depot at foot of Second Ave- i i
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;; Mondays and Thursdays i:
;; Chitina for Kennecott— ;;
;; Tuesdays and Fridays 11
;; Kennecott for Chitina— 11
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!! Chitina for Cordova— !!
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