• MUST DEVELOP
GREAT RICHES
OF TERRITORY
SEATTLE, May 7 (Special to the
Daily Times).—To the advisory com
mittee composed of Otto Praeger, sec
assistant postmaster general; Harry
Y. Saint, a member of the Shipping
Board, and Alfred H. Brooks, chair- j
^.ian, to call hearings in Seattle on
Alaska conditions, the Alaska and
transportation bureaus of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce prepared a re
print and trustees of the chamber gave
unanimous approval to it. The report
states that Alaska is the proper place
xo study Alaska conditions, urges ade
quate and low-cost water transporta
tion, pleads that mail be carried as
mail, and not as freight, suggests coast
.surveys, and reimbursement by the
government to steamship lines for the
excess rate demanded because of per
ils of Northern waters, due to lack of
/coast surveys.
The report also urges development
vi Alaska, and careful attention to
transportation problems of the terri
tory. The report of the Alaska and
transportation bureaus was approved
yesterday, and as it will be submitted
to the advisory committee when it
opens hearings in the Federal build
ing, May 7, says:
“Alaska conditions can only be sat
isfactorily studied by visiting the
Alaska centers of population and learn
ing the views of the Alaskans whose
ii&erest is paramount, and it is hoped
that the advisory committee will so
provide.
"Water transportation to and from
Alaska and between Alaska ports
should be at the lowest possible cost,
and adequate service should always
he assured. During the last few years
this service has been contending
against a heavy increase in operating
costs, with a decrease of business, re
sulting in increased cost and decreased
-service to the Alaskans.
* "A policy looking to a future of great
traffic at lower cost is imperatively
necessary. The policy of higher cost
and less traffic is ruinous. One will
make the country, the other will break
it. These conditions will be righted
only through a decrease of operating
cost and increase of business.
"This is the problem that affects
both the people of Alaska and the peo
ple of the entire country, for any con
dition that tends to retard the devel
opment of Alaska is of national im
portance. There is much that the gov
ernment can do toward improving
these conditions.
"Mails to and from Alaska are now
handled as freight, and we are ad
vised that the steamship companies
prefer this arrangement to any con
tract our postoffice department is will
ing to offer. This is probably the only
mail service in the world handled on
such a basis. Something is radically
wrong, and it is in the power of the
government to remedy this condition
and pay a proper compensation for
the service. Any apparent saving to
the government in the handling of
Alaska mail under present methods is
being paid for by the citizens of Alaska
and at the cost of Alaska’s develop
ment.
“There is an imperative need “for
•coast surveys and aids to navigation,
the lack of which has been responsible
for great loss of life and property,
which has resulted in a heavy loss for
insurance and which has had to be
borne by Alaska commerce. As a re
sult of the lack of coast surveys and
aids to navigation, steamship lines op
erating in Alaska now pay for insur
ance of their vessels premiums amount
ing to approximately 10 per cent of
their gross operating revenues derived
from that traffic. It would assist to
ward reducing operating costs if the
government would assume the cost of
marine insurance in excess of normal
rates applicable to vessels operating
in other waters.
“Local freight and passenger service
should be provided for outlying locali
ties not served by the local carriers,
and all necessary aid should be ex
tended by the government in securing
an adequate service for such locali
ties.
“Fuel oil for the Alaska service is
now transported from California at
great cost, despite the fact that in
Alaska is the finest steaming coal on
the Pacific coast. A solution of this
uneconomic condition should be found
and Alaska coal used for what it was
intended—Alaska industries and com
merce.
“In considering the possibilities of
■ government operation of water trans
W portation ot Alaska, careful thought
F must be given to the effect that such
operation will have in curtailing the
| service of private carriers and in
i
stifling individual activity, which are
all-essential to the successful develop
ment of the country.
“If government operation has the ef
fect of driving from the field the pri
vate carriers, it can not be otherwise •
than disastrous. If this operation is
limited to only one section of Alaska
it will then mean a loss of revenue
to be derived from other sections. Or
it will result in increase of cost and
decrease of service to all other sec
tions not served by the government.
“This will limit Alaska development
to that section directly served by the
government carriers, and if individual
effort and competition are not encour
aged it must inevitably lead to cessa
tion of all individual effort and re
sultant dependency on the govern
ment. In the pioneer development of
our Western states and of Alaska,
where pioneer railroads centered their
effort toward building up certain lo
calities, the result has been curtail
ment of individual and community ef
fort and loss of business and increased
cost to other localities.”
Scarborough pictures that please at
prices that are right. Over Cordova
drug store. Phone 140—3 rings.
PROFESSIONAL
* DR. W. W. COUNCIL *
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office arid Residence, Cordova
General Hospital vOstrander
Building).
Phones—Residence, 115; Office, 132
DR. W H CHASE
Physician and Surgeon
Lathrop Building
Phone 9
Established Cordova 1908
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W. D’ARCY CHACE, M. D.
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CHICHAGOFF, ALASKA
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DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
DENTAL OFFICES
LATHROP BLDG. PHONE 200
CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. CORA DAGGETT *
SPECIALIST
DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS
PYORRHEA X-RAY
OFFICES WITH
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
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DR. VON ZESCH
Dentist
ADAMS BUILDING
D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT* LAW
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Offices:
CORDOVA and VALDEZ
FRANK H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
ROOM 1. OSTRANDER BUILDING
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E. F. MEDLEY
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT LAW
Room 1, Adams Block
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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R. H. L NOAKS
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SECOND ST., OPP. HOSPITAL
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D. C. FAIRMAN
TEACHER OF PIANO
WILLIAM A. HESSE
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Bedford-McNeill Code
Cordova, Alaska
FRANK A. METCALF
CIVIL AND MINING ENGINEER
U. S. MINERAL SURVEYOR
Juneau, Alaska
LIFE INSURANCE
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Accident and Health Insurance
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
THOS. S. SCOTT
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WHEN IN
KATALLA
STOP AT
THE BREAKERS
THOMPSON & CHADWICK
Wear, Washing and Your Clothes
Why do clothes wear out? Is day fallen on a cloth, holes will develop
to day use a principal factor ? Has during the first washing,
laddering a weakening or strength- a starched collar that has never
ening effect? How much has the been worn—such a collar as is com- ;
quality of the manufacturer’s work monly favored by men—can be con
to do with wear? What can rea- tinuously washed in laundries like
sonably be expected of a given piece ours as many as 40 times before it
of fabric ? will begin to fray. But if the collar
In behalf of the housewives whom is worn between washings, it can be
we serve, these questions have been laundered only 20 times or less. In
searchingly inquired into. a word, the wearing of a collar—the
Tablecloths of real linen, well putting it on and taking it off
woven, can be laundered as many shortens its life by 50 per cent or
as 100 to 150 times before showing more.
wear. This is the average of our Personal apparel and household
methods of handling linen that has linen are bleached, dyed, woven,
been finely made and properly cared tailored, packed, shipped, stored, un
for by the housewife. packed and used before they come to
Flaws often appear in curtains at us. If at any stage there has been
the point below the shade, where poor workmanship, misuse or abuse,
i they are most exposed to dust-laden “it all comes out in the wash.”
air and the action of the sun’s rays. But when you have purchased
To check these corrosive influences with judgment, and used your things
many housewives have their curtains with care, our cleansing methods
Curtains wear washed oftener than cleanliness alone will help you prolong their usefulness.
°t£pZntwLarl requires. ——----——— Laundering and
they teat a- If a few drops of nr t - conservation of
Trtheopen^in- a harmful fluid,like We 1 f0H.t clothes have be
dow- the solution in an Your Clothing come an art with
3 ! automobile stor- \l/k *i- ^ us. Send us your
age battery, have W fllte family washing.
LAUNDRY 11
mm -nr-irnr miir- i.——--—.-..—
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CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
SMITH &
M’CONAGHY
Plumbers and
Steamiitters
COR. FRONT and B STS.
NORTHWESTERN CLEAN
ING AND DYEING HOUSE
TAILORING
All kinds of Repair Work. Pancy
Garments a Specialty. All Work
Guaranteed. Goods called for and
delivered
L. LEEN
Next to Hegg’s, on C 8t.
Telephone 190
_ _
/SHAMPOOING
\ FACIAL AND
For: MANICURING
I CALL
1-7-3
MRS. SWANBERG
i
My New and Complete
Hat - Blocking
Outfit
is now in operation. Bring In
your old hats and have them
made like new.
PEYSER THE TAILOR
PHONE 188
FRESH
SWEET MILK
DELIVERED DAILY
Guaranteed Pure and 8anltary
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CORDOVA DAIRY
OLDTOWN
Phone 139—2 Rings
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GRADUATION TIME IS HERE
Your boy or girl will be proud of a watch that will last a life
time.
A signet ring will be a reminder of the day for many, many years.
Birthstone rings, lavaliers and many other articles at
PAUL BLOEDHORN’S
Jeweler and Watchmaker. Phone 132—2
WORK
WITH WELL-MADE WORKING CLOTH ES—ALWAYS
SATISFACTORY
Overalls and Jackets, Rain-test Clothing, Shirts, Sox, Un
derwear, Shoes, Pacs, Boots, Mosquito Head and Bed
Nets.
MAIL YOUR ORDER
KENNEDY’S
BROWER
MAIL STAGE LINE
TRAVEL SAFELY, COMFORTABLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY WITH
THE U. S. MAIL-CARS AT EITHER END OF THE TRAIL
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FREQUENT CHANGES OF HOR8E8
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FARE CHITINA TO FAIRBANKS
$75.00 AND WAR TAX