Cordova Daily Times
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H. Q. STEEL
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
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•■titled to the use for republtcatlon of
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the local news published herein.
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WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1!HX
PARSIMONIOUS POSTOFFICE
DEPARTMENT
In a lengthy editorial on the postal
nice now given this territory, the
Anchorage Times lambasts the de
partment and makes a strong appeal
In- a change in the present system of
.-a .uling mail lo Alaska, from which
iii.- pillowing excerpts are taken:
'll is perhaps fair in say that in
tic' large center of population the
in.il facilities afforded are equal to
tin- demands, and may he said to he
i| ite satisfactory, on the whole. Hut
. tlu* remote ami sparsely-populated I
p, its of the country, and especially
11: overseas possessions like Alaska,
• - mail i rvire given is entirely in
equate to meet the needs of those
om it seeks to serve
• 11 j . common knowledge that this
i >, die public -on ice in many
],, ,-t the most important -is the
most impecunious. Its employes all
,i, »-r tin nation are poorly paid and
i crunched, as compared with fed
al employes in other lines of en-i
deavor.
-•To make a poor situation here
worse, the United States mail now
comes to us by freight or express.
The post of flee department, faithful to
i s established custom, ami having no
thought of the convenience of the
public, failed to renew the mail con
11.ids wiili the steamship lines plying
tuisti Seattle and this port, just
! cl ause oitie official hack in Wash
ington thought the contract price too
high. That's why the mail clerks on
the boats were discharged and that's
, hy is il now comes to us hy ex
pr« ,- s to trefght And more itnpor
.ant than .11 else, that is why it is
impossible to answer an important let
i r by return boat, for tile reason that
the letter lines not reach the patron
until tin boat l*'s sailed on its re
tarn vo ag •.
■•This produces a serious situation
in a eonitnunitv where mails reach us,
tilt out e every week or ten days, es-‘
pecialb ai a lime wh"n business men
nil-1 see to i' that tlveir winter stocks
re ordered in lime.
• We now have two Rood, legitimate,
v.eI 1<-i11111>]><< 1 steamship lines plying
tioats on the run from Seattle to this
port. It would lie a very serious mat
ter, Indeed, if either of these two
steamship lines found it necessary, »
through mounting costs ot operating
boats during these war times, to with- ,
draw from this route a single boat.
Waska would soon suffer a lack of
adequate transportation facilities with
tile outside world In the past the
mail contracts have been a big aid
in paying the expenses of these
lengthy voyages, and now that this
source of revenue has been cut off it
can hardly be expected that the steant
shpi lines can afford to operate boats
at a loss, and when that time conies
tile service will lie reduced. That’s
all there is to that.
“Other countries, in order to main
tain adequate transportation facilities
with outlying possessions, pay a lib
eral subsidy to the steamship lines
While this policy has not been estab
lished in the United States, it does
seem that the postoffice department
should be less parsimonious with re
spect to Alaska mail contracts. We
are not advised as to the price asked
by tile steamship lines for carrying
the mails to Alaska ports, hut we have
I mg he :i conversant w ith the lack of
liberality on the part of the postofllce
department through the whole of its
activities, and we prefer to think that
the luttli here may he charged ill
rcctly to tliis branch of the public
■ twi e. it.; ; record of cheapness
naturally makes the public blame it
in this Instance.
"An I while Alaskans arc income
nieaccJ and dlscommr led by the pres
ent poor and Inadequate mail service,
the cabinet officer back in Washing
ton in charge of this department
amuses himself by giving interviews
and Issuing statements in which he
tells of the wonderful success of the
affairs under his jurisdiction "
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SOLDIER IS HERO
OF ALL ITALIANS
Col. Pietro Gieifese, commander of
the gallant Fifty-second Infantry regi
ment which held the upper Place lino
for three days against the onrush of
the Teuton hordes. Although greatly
outnumbered the gallant troops held
the enemy at hay until re-enforce
ments could he brought up. In doing
so they saved the entire Place line
the loss of which would probably have
meant a rout of the Italian army. Col
onel Gieifese. who commanded the
brace soldiers in their wonderful de
fense has become the idol of all Ital
ians.
BRITISH RESCUED
BY YANK AVIATORS
Save Crew of Seaplane Forced
Down in Fight With Five
• Foe Flyers.
The feat of two American aviators
in rescuing the crew of a British sea
plane which had been forced to land
on the surface of the North sea after
an encounter with a group of German
airplanes, received mention in a Brit
ish communique. The official state
ment, however, said only:
“In one case a stray bullet shot
away a control, and the British ma
chine was forced to alight. The crew
were subsequently rescued hy another
British seaplane which had been sent
to search for them."
Tlie rescuing machine was manned
by Ensigns Benjamin Lee and J. J.
Schieffelln of the American naval avi
ation service. Ensigu Lee gave thu
Associated Press the following account
of the tlight:
“our commanding officer and two
men left the station at 3:30 In the
morning on a flight toward tlie Dutch
coast. Shortly after Sunrise they suw
on the horizon live spots which rapid
ly assumed the outlines of German
seaplanes.
“Five to one is hardly a tight, so the
commanding officer, after a tlrst diving
charge through the enemy's formation,
shoved down the nosh of his plane and
headed homeward. His two men fired
sharply from the after guns, forcing
the German scouts to keep their dis
tance. They were getting away all
right, even leading the enemy into
dangerous territory, when suddenly a
chance shot from one of the Germans
took away a control and the Hying
boat crashed nose down. The three
men fought clear of the wreckage and
got hold of a floating spar, while the
Germans, realizing that they were in
dangerous country, scooted away
homeward.
“It was four hours later, when the
patrol was long overdue, that we were
sent out to search for them. We
searched tlie horizon as we speeded
along eastward, covering, at the visi
bility, a band itliout twenty miles wide.
Finally one of us picked up a black
speck, which soon grew Into a piece
of wreckage with three men on it.
“Dropping cur bombs at a safe dis
tance, we throttled down our motors
and landed neur the crashed seaplane.
It was a delicate operation, but we
managed to taxi over to the wreckage
and pick off the four men, meanwhile
sending back the good news hy wire
1, S>„
“The only comment the commanding
officer had to make on his experience
was: ‘What's a ducking? Just n bit
of experience!' ”
SAVE SUGAK
FOR THE --rv
MAJ^ / &
'WHO W, fuW
FIGHTS
OF PORTO RICO
SAN JUAN, i’orto Rico, Sept. t.—K.
C. Roberts, special agent in charge of
the United States employment serv
ire here, has announced that within
a short time several thousand women
will be registered and ready to go to
the United States to help In war
work. , . »• i ■ . | ,
The women, as well as the men, are
being classified in such a way that
particular types of workers can be
supplied to meet any particular re
quirement Mr. Roberts said that a
considerable number of women who
are enrolled have had sufficient com
mercial training to make them valu
able in the offices of exporting houses
having business in Spanish-speaking
countries.
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UTAH WAR GARDENS
ARE GREAT PRODUGERS
SALT LAKH (TTY. Sept. 3 - Ac
cording to estimates of Walter J.
Sloan, supervisor of community war
gardens in this city until two weeks
ago, food products to tie* value of
from $750,000 to $1,000,000 will be
raised in war gardens here this year.
Mr. Sloan’s report shows that 1. 4H 5
acres were planted this year in a total
ot N.515 gardens.
\pplieations tor free water to the
number of 4,'Jlo were made to the
city water works department for war
garden use. and the department dis
tributed packages of tree seed
and 4o,ooo books and pamphlet- on
gardening which had been issue*; by
the government. (lenerosity on th**
part ot the pr**>s is given much ci**d;f
tor tin sucres* of this year’s war or
den campaign
Mr. Sloan, who has given up t uch
ot tin- work because of other v. >rk.
in reporting to the water work de
partment. recommends that the city
v ar garden bureau be organized as a
permanent institution, at least uptil
the end of the war. and possibly mr a
considerable period thereafter, dec Tar
ing that the necessity for increased
food production will not end at the
signing of peace. Mr Sloan also has
MM-nmmended that war gardens by
turned into wheat fields this fall and
. growth of winter wheat be pro
duced.
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Times classified ads get the results
Stop at the
cbtel Golden
WHEN IN
McCarthy
Alaska
The Cordova
Dining Room
Next Cordova House
Just a little bit better place than
any other to eat
Max Rosenberg, Prop.
SMITH & McCONAGHY
PLUMBERS AND STEAM FITTE R*
Cor. Front and B Streata
Office Open Evenings
FRANK H. FOSTER
Attorney at Law
Room 1 Alaskan Hotel
E F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Couneetlor at Lav.
Room 1.
Adami Block CORDOVA. At.ASK »
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| CLASSIFIED
Advertising
HELP WANTED
WANTED—Men and women for pack
ing herring. See Blum-O’Nelll Co.
WANTED—Work by day or hour, or
care of children In evening Apply
Burkhart flat No 1 30-3t
WANTED — Cabin, furnished or un
furnished; rent or buy. State price
P. O. Box 973. 26-3t
WANTED—Ship carpenters and boat
builders Ohm Kish & Packing Co.
Apply Blum-O'Neill Co. 31-tf
FOR SALE
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FORSALE —18-foot round-bottom boat
with new Cohen engine, at half
price C. A McQuarrie. Horse dtoe
pool room. 4-3t
FOR SALE — House and lot next to
Forestry building, on way to dock.
Apply on premises or phone 141
4 rings 4-tf
FOR SALE — Household furniture and i
an Kdison phonograph with Victor1
attachment. Apply to It A Wilcox.
Apartment 3 or 4. Ball Park. 3-tf
FOR SALE — Fruit jars .and jelly
glasses Mrs Randall. Oldtown 3t
SNAP—For sale cheap to right par
ties, one-half interest in paying fox '
farm; two men required to conduct |
the business; must have six or;
seven hundred dollars cash to Hose j
the deal; must make sale bv loth1
of September. For more informa
tion call at the Bargain Store, or
address P () Box 17df» John Raw
son. L’T-dt
FOR SALE—22 Remington. 1.000
shells; 3o (iovernment 19<Jb Win
Chester, two boxes of shells; J’.n.Jo
Savage. L‘C boxes -hells, automatic
shotgun. 12-gauge Apply c \ M<
Qunrrie. llor.'. dim* |*»nl room L".# ;;
i
MAMMOTH Belgian hares for sale:
breeding stock and youngsters. J.
F. Randall. Cordova 20-tit,’
FOR SALE—Sohmes upright piano.
See Edgar Davis or Thomas S.
Scott. First Bank of Cordova. 19-tf
LOST
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LOST—A 1.000-ton scow, marked "A.
A. R in Hawkins eut-ofT, about
August 1"; $;,•» reward will be paid
lot any information leading to its
recovery; -c; w js painted black, haa
eight a. * v\x tanchions. and tish
bvixes 2x1 l. new spruce Tele
phone ll.#>:iih Packing Company.
Katalla. or notify the Hlum-O'Neill
30-bt |
LOST—Small locket, with letter *T’
engraved on it. and chain Finder
return to this office 27-3t *
FOUND
FOUND—Three stray sled dogs. Tele
phone Mile 49. 28-3t
}t PROFESSIONAL f,
DRS. DAGGETT & BLYTE
Northern Hotel Building.
Cordova.
DENTISTRY
Hours I a. m, to 9 p. m
Special Attention to
Prophylaxla and Pyorrhea.
PHONE 200
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and 8URGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store
Celle Mey be Left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence.
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. C 0 U N C I L
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Residence: Cordovs
Genenil Hospital tOstriuider Bulk r
In*-.
Phones—Residence 115; office lit
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DR. C L. HALE
DENTIST
Office: Ov$r ®K.m. O'Nellt'e
$193,000.00 RESOURCES
$140,000.00 DEPOSITS
Reserve, 40 per cent (double legal requirements)
The Cordova Branch of the Bank of Alaska opened one
year ago (August 20, 1017). A solid year of growth Ls re
fleeted in the figures given above. But the biggest gain
has been in the loyal friends and patrons of the
Bank of Alaska
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KENNY HOLDEN’S ]
Pool and Billiard Parlors
CIGARS, SOFT DRINKS AND TOBACCO
FIRST-CLASS BARBER SHOP
IN CONNECTION
MUSIC EVERY NIGHT PHONE 15
“Bevo" Is Here
It’s a drink that surely fills the bill.
Delivered to the trade or families in
large or small quantities
FRFJ) HAEF, Distributor
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Alaskan Grill
JAMES & DOUGLAS. Proprietors
“Tiie Home of Quality and Attention'
The Popular Restaurant of Cordova. Everything First Class
Special Attention Given to Parties
• hie \ isit t<> the Alaska (frill Will Make You a
-Regular Patron
| Alaskan Hotel
GOTTSCHALK A TERRELL. Propri etur* ;;j:
"The Houie of Comfort.'* :•>
c: i<
•; THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN
ALASKA |
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i BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION I
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Hot and Col<i Water. Electric Bells, $
i Electric Lights, Steam Heat, Suites £
\ With Bath. |
l CORDOVA . ALASKA |
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[8SWi8SS«i86S ~m jm'
Mecca J
ROOMING HOUSE j
J Over Lindig’s Grill j
i PHONE 173 /
H LINDIG’S GRILL H
FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT
The Best of Everything to Eat Served in the
Most Attractive Manner
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
Steaks, Chops and All Meats Cooked as They Should Be.
All Fruits and Vegetables on the Market
TAILORED SUITS
330.CD to 355.0:
Made f’-'ir l>«'?!v.«r' : M\\ >• ! woolens Lit 5 *i ran ton I or no sale.
Order early, as woolen* are sear
TOM HUBBERT
TAILOR AND CLEANER
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