The Cordova Daily Times
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Entered at the Postofflce at Cordova. Alaska, as second-class matter.
ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORT8.
H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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('«>K*Ix >\ A, ALASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 191ti.
WORSE THAN BULL CALVES.
Tim parcel post is becoming an important common carrier.
< hie of tbe most interesting of recent shipments consisted of 49
handles of shingles, mailed from Spokane to Spring Camp,
Idaho. This shipment consisted of 12,250 shingles. The bun
dles weighed 42 to 4X pounds. The shingles had to be specially
packed and stamped to come within the requirements. They
were an inch too long at first. The government received $23.05
for transporting them, but comes out a loser, as it had to pay
more than that to get them hauled over the last leg of the .jour
ney. from (irangeville to Spring Camp, that being uphill and'
cost h.
The postofficc officials say the department would not have
permitted such a shipment if it had been appraised in advance,
but it would have put a limitation on the weight of shingles that
could Im\ < been transported each day, which would not have
interfered with the regular traffic.
The department has instructed postmasters that whenever
■ \t i nordinary shipments are proposed by parcel post they are
to telegraph the department for instructions, but this was not
done by the Spokane postmaster.
A day or two ago the postmaster of Salt Lake City wired'
to 1 lie department that a would-be consignor desired to send
l,5uo pounds of iron pipe bv parcel post. The department in
structed him that he should not accept more than 50 pounds
of iron pipe a day from one person to one consignee. At this
rate ii w ould require 30 days to move that shipment. The same
post master informed the department some time ago that several
Puis nf cement were offered for shipment.
Postmasters frequently are asked to transport a ton of salt
or a ton of meal. Half a ton of chestnuts went into Washing
ton, I). C., postofficc the other day by parcel post. Many milk
cans, axes, hatchets, shovels, picks and farm implements are
In-in" -hipped by parcel post. Some years ago there was a great
hullaballoo in congress when a member of that body was ae
a -i d of sending a bull calf through the mails under bis frank,
but >lraiigvr things than bull calves arc now moving by parcel
I Hist.
“The people in the east, where there are so many easy
mi iu> of communication, have absolutely no idea what a great
Inmiii the parcel post is to the people of the states out west
when the geography is rough and transportation facilities are
crude,” says < > 11 o I'raeger, second assistant postmaster general.
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GOVERNMENT GRATITUDE.
Suppose you should work for one employer for fifty years
at tin same old salary and that at the expiration of half a con
ui_\ he should take you into his private office and give you a
diglit raise -would you exude gratitude at every pore!
Dr. Caroline A scant h Grant Burghardt is in a position to
a .m i this question, for after fifty years of continuous sendee
with the government Dr. Burghardt has been given her first
promotion, from clerk at $900 a year to clerk at $1,000 in the
bureau of navigation of the department of commerce. Count
ing $ 1.2no ;i> the average salary of a government clerk, Dr.
Burehardl will reach that goal at the end of a century and a
half of service, if she keeps on moving. Dr. Burghardt is a na
tive of Massachusetts, is a graduate of Howard University Me
dical College of Washington, and was in the medical corps of
tin arinv during the Civil war. She was appointed to the gov
ernment service in the treasury department in I860 at the re
request of William Cullen Bryant.
Dr. Burghardt lias done her work well. In private employ
ment she would have won promotion long ago. Her case is but
mi. of thousand's of examples illuminating the reason why there
is sc little real vivacity in the government sendee.
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Benson, the Socialist nominee for the presidency, says the
i oimtry is not enjoying, but suffering from the “boasted pros
per'd} of the nation.” Isn’t it true! The prices of edibles at a
near famine stage; wheat and other cereals pouring from the
eountr} in an unending stream, meats at unprecedented heights
and no attempt whatever being made in Washington either
to check kiting in foodstuffs, or to conserve the supplies against
what appears to be a certain shortage, or to lower the cost of liv
ing in anv way, though that was the soul of the Democratic plat
form four years ago.
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The next step in the military program according to word
from Washington, is the weeding out of the “slackers” who
refused or failed to respond to the president’s call for troops
for the border. The department’s position is that as these men
could be depended upon when the call came it would be poor
policy to continue them as militiamen for the reason that they
probahh would do the same thing again if another call should
come, which is not unlikely, and that their places should be
tilled by men who would obey.
“1 desire government through two houses and not three,”
half humorously declares Nominee Hughes, in directing atten
tion to an autocratic state of affairs in the White House not
paralleled in this government’s history.
EVERY TOILET ACCESSORY
you can Imagine Is Included In our
display of such specialties. For the
bathroom and dressing table we offer
a line of high grade articles such as
are used by refined people. You will
not find an unworthy or meretricious
article In the entire display. They are
the "Just right” kind, the sort *.i know
will appeal to you.
Northern Drug Co.
MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION.
If You Have Any
FREIGHT
to haul to any part of the inter
ior inquire for
Mike Johnson
in care of CHIT1NA CASH
8TOIIE, Chitlna, Alaska.
Howard <& Lund
Contractors and Builders
Estimates Furnished.
THE GOOD EATS CAFE
Michelson & Currier Building.
FOR HOME COOKING.
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Fancy IMes, Cakes and Jellies.
Hot Waffles with Home-made
Jelly.
Home-made Bread.
Board by the Month.
MRS. BOURKE,
Proprietor,
Sheldon Auto Stage
SERVICE,
CHITINA TO FAIRBANKS.
Starts June 15.
Cars Now Running Regularly.
Weekly Trips.
Fare $75.00.
40 Pounds Baggage Free.
Office: Chitina Hotel, Chitina, |
Alaska.
I Alaskan Hotel
% THE HOUSE OF COMFORT
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THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL
IN ALASKA
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric
Lights, Steam Heat, Suites With Bath.
Bar in Connection
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S ROBERT GOTTSCHALK proprlteors ART CLONINGER
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| 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.
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Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men »
Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
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MANHATTAN HOTEL
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B. W. FERRELL, PROP.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF ALASKA
George Grigsby
Election November 7.
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CALIFORNIA REACHED QUICKLY via SEATTLE
PORTLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO ON THE ALL
RAIL
SCENIC SHASTA
ROUTE
Three Trains Daily.
SHASTA LIMITED, CALIFORNIA EXPRESS,
SAN FRANCISCO EXPRESS.
Through Standard Sleeping Cars from Seattle and
Portland to San Francisco and Los Angeles. Dining
and Observation Cars.
ARE YOU GOING EAST?
The cost via California is practically the same as on
the Northern Routes.
For Information Call on or White to
Southern Pacific Ry.
C. M. ANDREWS.D. F. & P. A.,
712 Second Avenue,
SEATTLE.WASHINGTON
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 358. CORDOVA, ALASKA.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
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DR. W W. COUNCIL ,
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Residence: Cordova
General Hospital (Ostrander liuild
Ing).
Phones- Residence 115; office 132.
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Specialty of
J*orc(>liiiti, I n],mv, Britltrc Work
Office In Adams Building
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Alaskan Hotel
Barber Shop
I laths at All Hours, Hay and
Night.
Accommodations for Ladles.
Ladles’ l*’a.da! Massage and
Shampooing.
Razors I toned, Children’s Hair
culling.
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EVERYTHING BOUGHT
AND SOLD
for anything you can't find In
town, go to ,1. Lawson’s Second
Hard f 01 ■■ aid sen what tie has
got. We carry new and second
hand goods of all kinds, clothing
and kitchenware.
We have an experienced man
* ho does a!! kinds of repair work
(live us n call.
JOHN RAWSON,
First Street.
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M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompiott <x murphy, Prop#
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
Choice Tobacco*, Cigar* and
Smoker* Sundries—Wholesale
and Retail Cigar Store.
The
Horseshoe
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE
Billiards and Pool»
Headquarter* for the Petersen,
Wellington, Calabash and
Garrick Pipes.
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ALASKA
_ STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward
ANCHORAGE, vis INSIOE PASSAGE.
Kails from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
> t. 7.NORTHWESTERN.Oct. 17
) t.'i2 .ALAMEDA.Oct. 22
Reyuiar freight service for Ketchikan, JuntuU, Sheep Cretk,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
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 will not be received at the dock later tha" ne hour before
sailing time.
F. B TRACY, S Z. E IDGES,
General Agent Agent
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Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALAoKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
' ' '-'7 -GUT.October 18
EVANS.October «
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Seattle San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
3chedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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Over the Top of the World
By Electric Power
* Hyni|ii;tn and the “Columbian," tlx*
.Milwaukee's crack transcontinental trains are
now hauled over mountain barriers by elf trie po vver
Take these smooth riding AU/-STKEL trains and avoid
the smoke, soot and cinders incident to steam travel.
S. I{. HEDGES, Agent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. E. Harris, T. I\ A., Juneau, Alaska. (
I Copper River &
Northwestern Ry.
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916.
3 Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina.
II Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott.
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs- S
3 days and Saturdays. 3
i| Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and
3 Fridays.
j 3 Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs- 3
days and Fridays.
i Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, 3
i-: Thursdays and Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to change without notice. £
jij: Dining Car in Connection With alt Regular Pessenger Train. Be- 3
tween Cordova and Chitina.
3 Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
3 ^ Pickets on sale il Depot <>r uptown office, Alaska
•;>: Steamship Company building
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| Caleb Corser W. F. Brown
3. Superintendent Cordova Agent g
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THE WOMAN WHO RECEIVES
her guests under the sort light or elec
trlelty looks her best arid knowing
v ,hlB fee,B at her best. No other light
Is so adaptable to artistic arrangement
or more convenient adjustment If
>our home Is not equipped tor anil
with electricity let us show you wh>
you should have it so at once.
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS WATER PHONES POWER
Office: FIRST STREET.