BOATS MAY BE'
FORCED FROM
ALASKAROUTE
Agent W. A. Browne o£ the Pacific
Steamship company has received the
following self-explanatory letter from
A. F. Haines, general manager of that
company, in reference to the transpor
tation situation in Alaska:
Cable dispatches report that Gov
ernor Riggs has sent a special mes
sage to the legislature urging that the
territory enter the steamship business
immediately, placing not less than
four vessels on the run between Alas
ka and Puget Sound, chartering gov
ernment ships for the purpose; also
the establishment of an Alaska ship
ping board, comprised of the governor
attorney general and a commission tc
be appointed, the commissioners tc
have not less than ten years’ shippinj
experience and to receive a salary o:
not less than $10,000; the vessels tc
operate—one to Cape Nome, one tc
Southwestern and two to Southeaster!
Alaska.
This company does not wish to take
any official notice of the propose!
legislation and we are not going tc
protest, but for your information and
in order that you may express such an
opinion, I wish to say that the people
of Alaska will be sorely disappointed
if the proposed plan is followed. Priv
ate operators are not going into com
petition with the government, and il
the government operates vessels il
will mean the gradual withdraway
and elimination of independent serv
Ice.
This company lost money on all ol
Its Alaska business last year and we
■ do not expect to make any money this
year, notwithstanding the somewhat
increased rates. We have made re
, peated attempts to charter govern
ment vessels, but always found that
1 it would mean a very heavy loss to
do so. It is an impossibility for any
i one to come out even on any Alaska
business at the charter rates now in
effect, and if the territory goes into
the steamship business with chartered
boats they want to be prepared to
lose a good many thousands of dollars
cn each vessel each year.
If the government should put a boat
on the run to Cape Nome it would
simply mean that we would withdraw
cur steamer Senator, as she is profit
ably employed in other trade, and un
less we can get all the business, and
at increased rates, she would lose
money. The same remarks apply to
Southwestern and Southeastern
Alaska.
There is only so much business to
handle, and if the territory puts on
vessels it will leave us free to with
draw some of ours for more profitable
trades. We are hanging on to the Alas
ka business and providing the best
service we can, with the hope that the
future may reward us.
It is useless for us to openly oppose
the proposed legislation, as we would
be accused of mis-statements and vari
ous other crimes, whereas we are
playing an honest steamship game,
with every desire to build up Alaska
and all of her industries, realizing that
we can have no success unless we do
assist in building up Alaska. Our
cards are all on the table and if the
people of Alaska wish to freeze out
the legitimate transportation com
panies there will still be cargo and
passengers to carry in other trades.
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MAKING SUNFLOWER MILK
MOSCOW, Idaho, April 11.—Making
milk for stock out of sunflowers. That’s
what cattle men of this vicinity are
doing. The practice has come about
as the result of experiments at the
University of Idaho. These experi
ments show- sunflowers make excellent
cattle feed in the form df silage. The
cattle like this feed and thrive on it.
PURELY LOCAL
GOSSIP ABOUT
YOURFRIENDS
Mrs. H. J. MacDonald and son came
down from Kennecott on this after
noon’s train.
Mrs. J. B. Carlisle will leave Sun
day on an extended visit to Seattle
and San Francisco.
Captain Alexander Allan, an Arctic
explorer, is a Cordova visitor, on his
return to the States.
Mrs. H. E. McDaniels will leave on
the Northwestern for Omaha on a
visit to her mother.
A special meeting of the Northland
club will be held on Saturday evening
to elect four new members.
Alex Simon, one of Fairbank’s
young business men, arrived here to
day on his way to the States.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Ibach re
turned yesterday afternoon from a
five weeks' stay with Charles Ross at
his ranch near Pinnacle Rock.
Ji;. (ji. rora, insurance adjuster rrom
Seattle, returned today to Cordova
from a trip to McCarthy, where he ad
justed the losses of the recent fire
there.
Evensong and confirmation class
will be held this evening at the Epis
copal mission Red Dragon club house
at 7:30. Choir rehearsal immediately
following. •
J. W. Barnes, keeper of the light
house at Cape St. Elias, returned yes
terday to his post, after having re
covered from an operation performed
at the Cordova general hospital. ^
There will be a dance at Hegg’s hall
tonight, to which the townspeople as
well as all the arrivals on the boat are
invited. If you want to spend a few
hours pleasantly be sure and attend
it.
Lee Wittenberg, who conducts a
trading post at Bank’s Line, north
west of Herschell Island, reached Cor
dova today, en route to the outside.
He came as far as Chitina with his
dog team.
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W. S. Newlin, storekeeper for the
Copper River railway, will leave on
the Northwestern for California,
where he will spend some time at the
springs in the hope of recuperating
his health.
■ The program at the Empress tonight
includes Sessue Hayakawa in the five
act drama “The Soul of Kura San,”
and a two-reel Mack Sennett comedy,
| "Sheriff Nell's Tussle.” ’fhis is an
j excellent program, so be sure to take
it in.
John Gillis received a wire today
from his wife, who is in Seattle, stat
ing that she and her sister, Dr. von
Zesch, would sail for Cordova on May '
1, it being the earliest date upon
which they could secure passage on a
boat for here.
At a mpetinp nf thp PnrHnvn fire dp
partment, held last night, the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensu
ing year: Fire chief, George A. Mos
ser; assistant chief, R. R. Kirwood;
secretary-treasurer, F. A. Frederick
son; trustees, K. E. Holden, Calvin j
Hazlet, and W. J. McDonald.
The U. S. S. Saturn is due in Cor-!
dova the latter part of this month, and
will leave a working crew of thirty
or forty men at the navy wireless sta
tion for a couple of months. Two new
antennae will be installed and repairs
made to both plants. At Mile 7 the
homes of the crew will be placed on
more substantial foundations.
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WOMEN RAILWAY WORKERS
REPLACED BY 80LDIERS
CEDAR RAPIDS, La., April 11 —
Exit the girl who took the place on
railroads of men who went to war.
Railroads here are the first of the big
corporations to discharge their women
workers for returning soldiers.
Practically every woman employe
of the Rock Island here who took the
place of a man who went to war has
been discharged. Most of them were
freight handlers. Other roads, it Is
said, are also discharging women.
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Tub and shower baths at the Holden
pool room barber shop. 9-tf
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Job printing at Daily Times office.
TREAT ’EM ROUGH—RATS
MUNCIE, Ind., April 11.—Muncie is
joing to treat ’em rough. Who? Oh!
rats. The Delavfrare County Health
commission is going to have a “rat
extermination day” this spring. On
:hat day traps, cats, dogs and poison
will he mobilized for the purpose of
lecreasing the rat population.
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MAKE NEAT HOUSEGOWNS
OUT OF BAGS OF BURLAP
ORONO, Me., April 11.—They’re
naking presentable housegowns out
>f burlap hags at the University of
Maine. The home demonstration de
partment takes the meal bags and by
a process removes the brand letters
and figures. Then the cloth is dyed
and housegowns are fashioned. Suits
for farm work have also been made
from the burlap.
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KODAKS
This year we will have a larger
i supply of Kodaks and Kodak sup- |
| plies than ever. Our line will be jg
1 complete in every detail.
Amateur
I Finishing
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This department has been enlarged jj
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p die the increase in business.
Commencing April 15, we will give |
I four-hour service, meaning that a roll of I
I films brought in before 2 p. m. will be de- jj
1 veloped and printed by 6 the same after- |
1 noon. Our work is all guaranteed, and 1
| we use Eastman goods exclusively.
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Tonight Only, at 8 Sharp
Sessue Hayakawa
In the Five-Actoama *
‘The Soul of
•Kura San’
Mack Sennett Comedy
“Sheriff Nell’s Tussle”
A Scream in Two Parts
Admission 30c and 10c i
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