The Cordova Daily Times
GREATER CORDOVA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER
ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
H. G. STEEL. C. H. WILCOX, C. H. SCHEFFLER, Publither*
H. G. STEEL, Editor and Manager
C. H. WILCOX, City Editor.
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Entered at the Postofflce at Cordova. Alaska, as second-class matter.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1915.
INTERIOR WINTER MAIL SERVICE
FROM AN IDITAROD STANDPOINT
IN i lengthy editorial on the Seward-Iditarod winter mail
service the Pioneer of tin* latter place says among other
things:
“As the time approaches when the change from trail to
water transportation of mail will take place, a retrospective
glance at the winter mail service furnished Iditarod during the
past winter, by way of comparison with former years, may be
of interest. It may serve also to point out in what direction
efforts for its improvement should be directed.
“A letter from Iditarod forwarded over the Seward route
simultaneously with one over the old route from Iditarod to
Fairbanks reached its destination, San Francisco, sixteen days
earlier than the one forwarded through Fairbanks. So far as
first-class mail is concerned, the people of this district have en
joyed a service that could hardly be excelled.
“Coining to the matter of second-class mail, however, quite
the reverse is true. To the people of Interior Alaska, isolated
from the rest of the world for several months in the year, the
question of supplying newspapers, magazines, etc., is one of
almost as much importance as supplying letter mail. The man
ner of handling this class of mail over the Seward route shows
conclusively that those in charge either do not realize its im
portance to the people, that they are extremely careless, or that
they are hampered by red tape or senseless departmental rules.
“The good people of Ruby have also been making complaint
concerning their mail service, and have received but little satis
faction. With the routing of the Iditarod mail by way of Se
ward, Ruby should have received’ the benfit of increased mail
service, as the consignments to Fairbanks were not diminished
by reason of the establishment of the new route.
“During the winter of 1913-14 Iditarod enjoyed an excel
lent mail service, even though the time made over the Oordova
Fairbanks route was considerably greater than over the pres
ent Seward-Iditarod route. This was due to the fact that the
consignment consisted of fiOO pounds weekly, all of which was
destined for the Iditarod district. This enabled the con
tractors to supply the district with practically all the mail con
signed to it. A similiar weight limit over the Seward Iditarod
route would furnish a mail service that would meet all needs, if
the full consignment were delivered here. But the fact is that
the small consignment now handled is made to do service to too
large a territory, and' the limit should be doubled.”
The dispatches say “meat is higher in London.” Cow,
horse or human!
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There is a famine of postage stamps at Anchorage, the gov
ernment terminal town.
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As yet no arrangements have been made for the proper
observance of Memorial Day.
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Reports from the westward arc* to the* effect that all Cor
dovans who established branch lines of business there, arc* do
ing well.
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Col. Roosevelt is the* only man in the progressive* or re
publican parties who can “tear Wilson to pieces.” He* him
self hath said it.
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Senator Poindexter need not remind the* public that he* is
a contortionist. When lie returned to the republican party
it was quite certain lie would find he had always stood for those
principles which he had been voting against. The past is
one thing he ought not to present.
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The promiscuous use of firecrackers during this dry spell,
is an invitation to the fire fiend to get busy, and Chief of Police
Dooley has issued a warning against the use of them. The
playing of ball in the streets has also been complained against,
and this practice should also be* continued'.
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Gabriel d’Annunzio, haranguing the* Italian people, de
clares war is sacred, purifying and exalting. Some very able
thinkers seem to be able to extract these three beatitudes from
war. But on the other hand—stinking trenches, choking
smoke, rotting dead men, typhus, cholera, lice, licentiousness,
ruined homes, squalid orphans, crooked army contracts, wormy
beef, the jealousies of ambitious men— and possible defeat with
dishonor.
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In today’s local columns we publish letters from two spec
ial correspondents at Anchorage, and from these the reader
can glean a fairly good idea of conditions at the new* railroad
terminal. One of them covers the work contemplated, while
the other tells how it is to be done. In other words the latter
correspondent does not take a very optimistic view of the class
of labor employed on the government work, and to quote his
language “the shadow of the Russian flag looms up at every
turn.” This is not published for the purpose of “knocking” An
chorage, but for just what it is worth.
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Probably no fallacy is more firmly established than the
belief that the moon’s phases have certain effects upon the
weather. This is especially noticeable among Alaskans, and
perhaps is an inheritance from bucolic forebears. In the farm
• ing districts of the great Middle West the belief is general.
The most widespread idea with regard to lunar influences, says
Americana, is its supposed connection with the changes in tile
weather. Many an old saying exists, handed down from the
a^es, giving a rule for prophesying the weather by its condi
tion at certain stages of the moon. Since the time when care
tally daily record's have been kept of the temperature, height
of the barometer, rainfall, etc., science has been kept in ex
amining whether any kind of period can be traced in them, and
especially periods connected with the moon’s changes. Little
positive success has attended these efforts, but there is plenty
of negative evidence. Every attempt to connect a periodical
change in the weather with one in tin* moon’s motion has re
sulted in a failure. Undoubtedly some slight connection of a
tidal nature must exist, but it is very small, and is entirely
marked by variations of tlx* weather due to unknown causes.
A reason for the popular error is not far to seek. The weather
changes, especially in countries lying within the temperate zone,
follow one another in short and seemingly intervals; tlx* changes
of the moon’s phases occur also at short but irregular intervals.
Coincidences between the two must frequently occur, hut hu
manity is apt to notice these ami to forgot the failures of coinci
dence, which are just as numerous, if not more so.—Americana, j
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
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Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
May 18 .NORTHWESTERN.May 27
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Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
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Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
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