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Entered at the Postofflce at Cordova. Alaaka, a* aecond-claa* matter.
H. G. 8TEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1916f
THE ANSWER OF CORDOVA.
The news that the leaders of southeastern Alaska’s big
mining enterprises art* turning their attention to the Copper
River valley is good news to Cordova. It is good news if for
no other rerson than that it proves the answer made by Cor
dovans to the statements of representatives of big mining in
terests.
“Show us a developed prospect, show us a sufficient dem
onstrated' tonnage so that we may mine at a profit under our
scheme of operation, and we will talk business,” these repre
sentatives have said, scorning to look at all else. Copper River
prospectors have not talked business. They have been unable
to produce projierties of this type, for the reason, that, devel
oped to such a stage, no capital would be sought or needed for
their prospects.
The Copper River district has many prospects, but its pros
pects are of a different type than those of other sections. In
the Copper River country a prospect of today is a mine tomor
row. The fact that there have been no developed prospects to
offer these representatives of capital has delayed development.
Lack of capital no doubt is the great need of the district, but
capital up to this time has not been willing to touch anything
that was not far above the ordinary prospect class.
The action of Mr. Than** is the answer of Cordova and the
Copper River valley to these too-warv guardians of capital’s
pursestrings. Copper River prospects have been deemed good
enough to look at. The prospects will do the rest.
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SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
It is indeed an encouraging sign to witness the conning of
a term of court to Cordova with the prospect of so little work
before it. Time was, during the flush of boom days, when the
jurists could take up temporary homes in the city, so numerous
were the trials, both criminal and' civil, that came up for at
tention.
Now it is different. The court officials come in one day
and scarcely before the bailiff’s gable falls on the table the
next afternoon, the court is ready to adjourn. There is not a
single criminal case now on the calendar, and but one civil
matter that needs straightening out.
Particularly encouraging is the large number of applica
tions for naturalization that are being acted upon. Eighteen
men took out their first papers when the court visited Mc
Carthy, and two filed their petitions for complete naturaliza
tion. All this but indicates a national trend, a widespread de
sire on the part of America’s industrial citizenry to become a
more intense part of the life of the country.
To a large degree, the activities of the Third Division’s
court during the stay in Cordova also will depict the hope and
desire of Alaska’s alien workers to bind themselves closer to
the government, both of the territory and of the nation.
These are good signs. They show that Cordova and the
adjacent territory possesses rugged civic health and well being.
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OPENING THE DOOR.
Probably no greater friend of Alaska, no greater believer
in the consistent development of the territory exists than
Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior. What he writes
concerning the utilization of the nation’s resources is a charac
teristic statement of the attitude of Alaska’s friend.
“There is in non-use in the United’States enough water pow
er to equal, if harnessed to tin* wheels of industry, the daily
labor of 1,800,000,000 men, or thirty times our present adult
population,” he says.
“We have billions of accumulated wealth, but we have
mined only the surface of our natural resources.
“In the development and utilization of natural resources,
particularly of water powers, we have fallen behind the rest' of
the world.
“While we are bickering over the terms of legislation to
make our water powers available other countries have devel
oped theirs and created vast new industries.
“We are depleting our fuel supply in the manufacturing
sections of the east and middle west, while in the far west are
mountains of undeveloped raw materials adjacent to unused
water powers whose development would mean the establish
ment of great new industries in new manufacturing centers.
“We must depend upon private enterprise and capital to
secure this development. To enlist private enterprise our leg
islation must offer the security of investment and hope of rea
sonable reward which will put money and brains into these en
terprises. The door must be securely locked against exploita
tion. But there must be no improper barriers or handicaps.”
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HANDED A SOCKDOLOGER.
Expatriated' Americans do not please blue blooded Boston
ese, the Boston Transcript indicates. Lord Astor still likes to
glean American dollars, it says, and it gives the following ac
count of a large real estate transaction:
“Lord Astor—the Astor who didn’t fight for his native
country in 1898—pockets much money for the lease of a site for
still another great new hotel in New York city—at the north
east comer of Fifth avenue and Fifty-sixth street. This
thoroughfare, once the brown-stone Faubourg of ^ the Flora
Flimseys, is now decorated by such palaces of trade and enter
tainment as that which the money of the Guggenheims will now
rear on the site named. Fifteen stories high, costing $2,000,000,
it will take the place of a lot of those old brown-stone homes, so
uniform, so respectable, so placid in their way, and it will still
further jolt the Fifth avenue skyline. The multiplication of
these vast hotels in New York is one of the social wonders of
the time. It seems to prove the whole American world on the
go. But let us note the fact that Lord Astor does not sell the
land for the site. He only leases it. American real estate and
the American dollars that go with it are still good enough for
his lordship.”—Tacoma News. •
AMERICANS ARE
IN THICK OF
FIGHT
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, July IS. — Amerlcaif citi
zens have seen hotter fighting In the
last two weeks than nny American
since the Appomatox campaign. They
have endured as heavy shell fire as
the German guns ever directed at the
British front, and know what it was
to charge into the German trenches
with bayonet and bomb in pouring
rain through the mud in the small
hours of the morning.
There are more Americans scattered
among the Canadian battalions than
most people realize. Some of these
were living in Canada when the war
began; some crossed the border and
enlisted for the sake of being in a
“scrap;" some felt a duty to strike a
blow for the allies.
If a man took the oath and put on
a uniform a Canadian recruiting ser
geant did not ordinarily bother, if he
were a sound man, which side of the
border he came from. Besides, the re
cruit sometimes had a bad memory on
that score himself. “What part of
Canada are you from?" a British of
ficer asked a Canadian private.
“Oat w'est. sir.”
"What part of the west?"
"The Far went, sir.”
"What part. I asked. Haven't you
learned yet to give a definite answer
to an officer's question?’’
"Spokane, sir.”
"Where Is that; in Manitoba?”
"In that neighborhood, sir.”
After a man has been wounded the
truth Is more likely to come out. Af
ter an examination of a bad jaw frac
ture the surgeon said to one wounded
American:
“You have a bad smash, but we
shall pull you through and fix you
up as good as new."
"Are you giving it to me straight,"
was the feeble question.
“Yes, you can depend on it."
“Well, if that's the dope and no kid
ding. I wish you'd write to my mother
out in Ohio and tell her.”
Those who were looking for a scrap
frankly admit they have had it. No
one questions how they stood up to it
along with their Canadian comrades.
Nor are they all privates. Three of
ficers who were killed in the retaking
of Observatory hill were Americans.
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The Alaska Labor Union at Anchor
age has telegraphed to Seattle for
lumber with which to cover the
dance floor of the union hall, making
it the best, as well as the largest danc
ing surface in Alaska. It is expected
that this improvement will be com
CYCLING REVIVAL STRIKES
ENGLAND
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LONDON, July 17. — The war has !
caused a distinct revival of cycling
In England. More bicycles are to be
seen than at any time In the past
twenty yenrs. This cheapest of all
sports Is to a large extent taking the
place of motor cars, which are gradu
ally being given up for reasons of eco
nomy. Women find that the fashion 1
of short, widt^ skirts and high boots
is ideal for cycling.
No sooner did the government’s
campaign against the use of motor
cars for pleasure begin to bear fruit
than all the veteran cyclists arranged
a merry rally on a road leading out
of London that was poplar with thorn
In years gone by. For one day the ,
historic road was almost like It was
in the golden days. Wheel behind
wheel, the machines came purring
down the last hill, and the villagers
stood by their gates, as they stood
every fine Sunday twenty years ago,
to watch and Identify by familiar
names the men who were once worn
kings of the road.
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MANY KRUPP WORKMEN
CLAIM ILLNESS BENEFITS.
VIENNA, July 17. — The annual re-j
port of the great Krupp works at Es-j
sen says that out of every 100 women |
employed there 77 claimed relief from
the sick fund during the year, as com
pared with 62 men put of every 100.
The number of women employed by
Krupps has risen more than tenfold.l
In August, 1914, just before the war
broke out, the company's payroll in
cluded 36,880 men and only 1,214 wo
men. At the end of April last these
figures had risen to 55,949 men and
13.032 women?
Bertha Krupp, the "Cannon Queen,"
is credited with having received an
Income from the works last year of
more than a hundred million marks,
or $25,000000.
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DWELLING BURNED.
VALDEZ, July 12. — Following the
removal of the body of Robert Eich
ler from the building on Broadway,
where it was found, on Monday after
noon, a mysterious fire caused the de
struction of the dwelling. Although
the fire broke out early in the after
noon, no one appeared to have seen
anyone near it about the time the fire
started, and its origin must ever re
main shrouded in mystery.
All day Monday there was much
talk about town concerning the burn
ing of the structure, many advising
such a course to prevent possible con
tagion, as the body of Elchler was in
a badly decomposed condition, and the
stench was intolerable.
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Order your letter heads and enve
lopes now.
Advertising
Not an Expense
ADVERTISING IS AN
INVESTMENT
Not An Expense, and Should Be Treated as Such.
Because it has been the habit of
some merchants to look upon It as an
expense, A WRONG VIEW HAS
BEEN GAINED. Perhaps the miscon
ception arose from the fact that In
bookkeeping it has been the habit to
charge advertising to expense.
ADVERTISING PRODUCES NEW
BUSINESS — It SWELLS THE VOL
UME OF BUSINESS AND PROFIT—
THEREFORE IT IS AN INVEST
MENT.
• Only the man who looks upon ad
vertising as an expense, who is afraid
of it, prejudiced against it, loses
money In advertising. j
THE MAN WHO TREATS ADVER
TISING AS AN INVESTMENT AND
GIVES IT THE ATTENTION AN IN
VESTMENT REQUIRES — KNOWS
THAT EVERY DOLLAR RIGHTLY
INVESTED IN THIS DIRECTION
YIELDS COMPOUND INTERE8T —
AND MORE.
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WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. 8. Mineral Surveyor,
U. 8. Deputy Surveyor.
3OX 358. CORDOVA, ALASKA.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calla may be left at Cordova
Drug 8tore. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office Hours—10 a. m. to 12 noon,
to 11 road Hospital; 2 to 5 p. m., Adams
[lullding, Room 6.
Phones—Residence, 115; Hospital, -
16; Office, 132. !
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
kdams Block CORDOVA, ALA8KA. '
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
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Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
DR. 0. L. HALE
O F. N T I 8 T
Office In Adame Building
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Alaskan Hotel i
Barber Shop
Baths at All Hours, Day and
Night.
Accommodations for Ladles.
Ladles' Facial Massage and <
Shampooing.
Razors Honed, Children's Halr
cuttlng. ,
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EVERYTHING BOUGHT
AND SOLD
For anything you can’t find In
town, go to J. Rawson’s Second
Hand Store and see what he has
got. We carry new and second
hand goods of all kinds, clothing
and kitchenware.
We have an experienced man
who does all kinds of repair work.
Give us a call.
JOHN RAWSON,
FlPit 8treet, >J
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Choice Tobaccos, Cigars and
8mokers Sundries—Wholesale
and Retail Cigar 8tore.
The |
Horseshoe j
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE I
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•Billiards and Pool
Headquarters for ths Petersen,
Wellington, Calabash and
Garrick Pipes. |
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GOING TO FAIRBANKS
Take «
FRAME’S AUTO 8TAGE
Leaves Chttlna for Fairbanks
on July 6 and every six days
thereafter.
Wire Chitlna Hotel for reser
vations.
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® ALASKA
_ STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers salllr% between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Bails from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
July 3. NORTHWESTERN.July 13
July 13. ALASKA .July 23
July 15.ALAMEDA . July 25
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. 8. S. Seward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; 8. 8. q
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 than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COA8T CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next tailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL WATSON .July 16
ADMIRAL EVANS . July 23
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.July 30
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet point* and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Port*.
3chedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
The World’s Mightiest Locomotives
Now haul the ‘‘Olympian” and the ‘‘Columbian” over tho
Hitter Hoots and Hockies—with the electrification of 410
miles of its main line, the "MILWAUKEE” is better
than ever prepared to look after the comfort and acco
modations of Its patrons.
Remember this when you come outside.
TOM TALLENT. ,{gent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. E. Harris, T. I*. A., Juneau, Alaska.
Copper River &
Northwestern Ry.
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916. |
Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. i|
Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. |
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs- |
days and Saturdays. g
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and g
Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs- |
days and Fridays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, |
Thursdays and Saturdays. l|
The above schedule subject to change without notice. |
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train* Be- g
tween Cordova and Chitina. g
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. g
Tickets on sale /it Depot or up town office, Alaska g
Steamship Company building 8
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Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges
Superintendent Cordova Agent g
Cordova Power
Company #
LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
25 and 40 Watt Lamps.35c. ^4
60 Watt Lamps.50c.
100 Watt Lamps.75c
250 Watt Lamps.$2,00
200 Watt, Gas Filled Lamps.$3.00
Office: FIRST STREET.