The Cordova Daily Times
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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1!H7.
CRITICISING WOODEN SHIPS
Reading t lie exchanges, one cannot fathom the reason for
tin' seeming tirade against the wooden ship. Even some ship- ■
ping papers in the cast are seriously criticising the plan, yet
these American writers seemingly overlook the fact that it was
in a wooden ship that Columbus made his voyage o! discovery
of America, that it was in wooden ships that tin* ten and spices ,
of the Indies were brought to Boston to enrich the Yankee ship i
owners, who for half a century, with these same wooden ships,
made tin* l ulled States supreme on the Seven Seas. They ig- _
no re the fact that (’apt. Robert Gray in a wooden ship sailed
around the Horn, discovered Grays Harbor, the Columbia river
and entered Puget Sound, to say nothing of building a vessel
of Douglas fir on these shores. No well versed man would ever
compare wood with steel, but owing to the impossibility of pro
curing steel there seems to be a splendid opening for the wooden
ship, and here on the northwest coast many wooden ships have
boon built within the last year, and are even now transporting
cargoes to the Antipodes and to our American territories in the
Pacific. A wholesale denuncition of wood and wooden ships ,
leads to the suspicion that those leading in the propaganda are
influenced, to say nothing of their ignorance as to exact condi
tions. Wooden ships are successfully operating on this coast,
many are going to be built immediately and in the future, de
spite the attacks made. As before stated, those planning the
construction of ships on this coast are fully aware of their capa
bilities and the comparative cost of operation in relation to the
large steel steamship. That, however, is not the question. The
wooden ship can fit in very nicely at the present moment, even
if it be discarded after the war is over.
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MUST RALLY LOYALLY
“There is not a man of us who must not hold himself
ready to serve the government under which he lives,” says Pre
sident Wilson, and his words inspire the reflection that it is
time for patriotic Americans to make “government” synony
mous with “country.”
Everyone with a spark of manhood or womanhood is will
ing to serve, or if need be, die for America and what it stands
for — the idea of country wreathed with all the embellishments
of eloquence and poetry, glorified by tradition, and endeared by
the realization of all the benefits of freedom and opportunity
that it gives.
But unfortunately the word government has been loaded
down with an incubus of less inspiring repute. Unsavory odors
of pork have been associated with the word, and with many it
lias been the equivalent of sinecures, soft snaps, fat plums, pat
ronage. The ordinary citizen often has come into contact with
it in the persons of indifferent if not actually uncivil, civil ser
vice crrrproves.
But the government is the machine that runs the country;
if is the authorized guardian of our liberties, and the supreme
emergency the country faces must sanctify the government in
flic estimation of nil. II the nation is not to face humiliation
and disaster the people must rally loyally to the support of that
machine.
The urgency of the hour culls for unselfish devotion, not to ‘
selfish grabbing from the institution that is our most precious
heritage.
1 he pure sentiment with which we regard the flag must
be poured forth abundantly.
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PERSHING IN ENGLAND
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Momentous words, those three, pregnant with definitions “
\ct tn come to us out ot the new order of things, but great
enough in their smallest, circumstance to give a new color to
American history.
A n American major general and his staff have been trans
port! il to foreign soil, there to assume command of an American
aimy, which, so iar as we know, already may be on the way.
An American army in Europe! Ten years ago probably not an
American ot consequence would so much as have suggested that
within 50 or 100 years such a step might he taken, and he would
ha\e quoted \\ ashington and others of the fathers very earnest- i
ly against even the hint of it.
Destiny—mysterious foreordination—drives us on and on. !
Whether we would or no, we became a factor in the far east in
the Spanish American war; whether we would or not, we are
now at the Pont in l1 ranee, and soon a factor in Europe, despite
a century of warnings.
rl he chariot in which w'e ride is driven by a Phoebus who
consults not his passengers nor wields them a guiding rein. His
course is his own.
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Save every ewe lamb,” says an appealing bulletin from
the department of agriculture. Each one is needed to produce
other little1 ewes, and only those positively unfitted for mother
hood should be killed, says the government. Experts in govern
ment service predict that those who go into wool and mutton on
a large scale just now will have no cause to regret, even though
stock now is at a high price. The Jasons are coming into their
golden fleeces.
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1 he most hazardous service in the present war is the medi
cal department, and not in the aviation department or with
the infantry in the front trenches. The statement, which is a
surprising one, is made by a bulletin issued by the United
States government. Their duties in succoring the wounded im
pel tin* medical department men to run the greatest risks. It is
a commentary upon the brutal illogic of war that those who en
ter it to make it less terrible should suffer most.
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Between June I, 1916, and June 1, 1917, prices there is a
yawning abyss across which the most of us feel we’re walking
on a tight rope, wearing a chaplet of grindstones. The first
price given below is the average on June 1 last year: Wheat,
283.5 and 100.0 cents a bushel; corn, 160.1 and 74.1 cents; oats’,
09.9 and 42.1 cents; potatoes, 274.0 and 98.8 cents; hay, $15.25
and $12.46 a ton; cotton, 20.2 and 12.2 cents a pound; eggs, 31.1
and 10.0 cents a dozen.
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At American Lake the Q. M. D. will be P. D. Q.
WM. A. HESSE
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Mining Engineer,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
IOX 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHY8ICIAN and BURGEON
Ifflce over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaekan Hotel
DR W. W COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Residence: Cordova
leneral Hospital (Ostrander Build
ng).
Phones—Residence 116; office 132.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Specialty of
Porcelain, Inlay, Bridge Work
Office: Over Blum, O'NelH'a Store.
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
AND
DR. HOMER BLYTH
DENTAL OFFICES
Suite 1, Northern Hotel Block,
’hone 200. Cordova,
’. O. Box 186. Alaska.
Hours: 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Evenings by Appointment.
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JOS. MILLER
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
loom 10, O’Brien 4 Simpson Bldg.
ROBERT SIMPSON
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Gilasses Fitted. Lenses Ground.
HUBBELL & WALLER
Civil and Mining Engineers.
U. S. Mineral and Deputy Land Sur
veyors for Alaska.
1102 L. C. SMITH BLDG., SEATTLE.
WILLIAM PALLISTER, M D.
Specialist in the treatment of
diseases and deformities of the
eye, ear, note and throat; glasses
fitted.
JUNEAU GENERAL HOSPITAL.
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PATENT SURVEYS
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A. C. BALDWIN,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor.
IALDEZ . ALASKA
SMITH & McCONAGHY
PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS.
Cor. Front and B Streets.
Office Open Evenings.
One Visit
Will
Make You
A
Regular Patron
At
Slater's
Restaurant
Private Boxes
For
Large or Small
Parties
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RECEIVED ON THE MARIPOSA !
... A Full Line of ... |
-Children s Novelties- |
KEWPIES. LARGE
KEWPIES, SMALL
QUACKY DOODLES
CELLULOID ANIMALS FOR THE
KIDDIES' BATH |
TEETHING RINGS
j CHILDREN'S PURSES
M And Many Other Items of a Similar
Character.
I The NORTHERN DRUG CO. j
THE DRUG STORE OF ALASKA S !
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11 mi !»»■*« »«u—, -
Alaskan Grill
M. E. HOLBEN, Prop.
The Place To Eat
Everything In Season
Service The BEST
Boxes For Large Or Tray Service
Small Parties Our Specialty
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WHY NOT OWN YOUR OWN HOME?
:£ £
Many families are Paying out from $200 to $500 in §
« X
S rent each year. Wliy not put that into a home of your ;!•
;iji own?
Call on Geo. C. Hazelet, Trustee of the Townsite, and i|:
s g
:i:; Bee if it can’t be arranged.
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MEET ME AT
ThoHORSESHOE
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE
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Where We Can Always Kind Our
FrlendB.
Finest Billiard and Pool Tables In
Alaska.
BEST GRADES OF STANDARD
BRANDS OF CIGARS.
I The I
I Northern j
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For the Best Brsnds of X .
WINES,
LIQUORS
AND
CIGARS l
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Call at the t
POPULAR CORNER X
First Arenas and C Street |
E. F. MEDLEY. *
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA I
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BATHS
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Tub and Shower. ♦;
Bath House Open Day and «I
Night. *!
First Class BarberShop in ♦
Connection. ^
ALASKAN HOTEL ♦
BARBER SHOP, l
Frank Cunningham, Prop. *
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Howard & Lund
Contractors and Builders
Estimates Furnished.
PHONE 68.
M. C. Tbomps«“ H. C. Murphy
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The MECCA |
Thompson A Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phono 107.
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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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PACIFIC STEAMSHIP <S
ADMIRAL LINE
Sailings From Seattle—May 19,28, June 4 12 20-28.
SAILINGS FROM CORDOVA
Southbound Westbound
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT *~’\ ADMIRAL WATSON
JUNE 24 ■ - JUNE 2C
£s.s <yy
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CALIFORNfA ROUTE
Sailings From Seattle Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays.
Steamers President. Governor. Admi r.Is Schley and Dewey, Queen.
Through Tickets to All Parts of the United States and Canada.
Right Reserved to Chance Schedule cf Steamers Without Notice.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY
W. A NOURSE, Agent. Empress Building, j
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\® ALASKA
\ T"4 STEAMSHIP CO.
Faet and commodiuu* steamers tailing between 8eattle, Ketch
ikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez. Seward.
June 2.ALAMEDA.June 12
June 7 . ALASKA . June 17
Sail from Cordova seven davs later.
The freighters Cordova, Latouehe, Juneau, Valdez
and Eureka also make regular trips.
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 Le received at the deck later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, S R HEDGES,
General Agent Agent
FOR GENERAL TEAMING, BAGGAGE
TRANSFERRED, AUTO SERVICE,
COAL AND WOOD.
ALASKA TRANSFER
COMPANY
UNEXCELLED WAREHOUSE FACILITIES
For Storing and Insuring Baggage,
Mdse and Household Goods,
Office- EMPRESS BUILDING, CORDOVA-Phone 85
| NORTHERN MEAT MARKET 1
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
| fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton I
and Provisions
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Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to orders from i’j;
I' MINING CAMPS, ROADHOUSES AND
| INTERIOR POINTS
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I SMITH & (iLASBRENNER. Props
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Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish am] Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
| Foos Gas Engines |
| 4 to 5CO Horse Power
? i$
General Electric Motors |
1 Roebling Tramways
Pelton Water Wheels |
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
! Harmon Machinery Co Inc I
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• Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting §
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CORDOVA, ALASKA
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