THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
GREATER CORDOVA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER
ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
H. G. STEEL, C. H. WILCOX, C. H. SCHEFFLER, Publishers
H. G. STEEL, Editor and Manager
C H. WILCOX, City Editor.
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1015.
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“RED TAPE IN ALASKA”
AS VIEWED BY SECRETARY LANE
T11F, SECRETARY of the* Interior is an earnest advocate
of a befter system of administrative machinery in Alas
ka, which, solution he believes lies in a Development
Board to be appointed by the President, and for the creation of
such a body a bill is now before Congress.
A number of'pertinent statements are contained in an
article, “Red Tape in Alaska,” recently written Mr. Lane.
Among the government handicaps, in this territory, are en
umerated the following:
Nino national departanents-denl with the public business of
Alaska, through twenty-three separate offices or bureaus.
As a result it took a woman seven years to obtain patent on
her mineral entry for lode; this despite the fact that there was
no protest.
Other results are: Brown bears come under the jurisdiction
of the department of agriculture; black bear under the juris
tion of the department of commerce; this though the offspring
any season of two black bears may be one black and' one
brown cub.
A citizen who wanted to lease an Alaskan island for fox
farming corresponded with three governmental departments.
All finally sent separate replies that none was possessed of
jurisdiction.
There is one procedure for making homestead, mineral and
other land entries within the national forests; another for such
lands without the forest reserve.
The general laws permit exportation of pulp made from
Alaska timber, but withhold' the timber from shipment.
Patents for homesteads often are delayed for approximate
ly three years while the question of the land’s mineral bearing
feature is discussed. Patents then are issued WITHOUT IN
VESTIGATION BEING MADE.
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UNCLE SAM’S OFFICIAL KIDDER
IS THERE IN LIVELY, RACY STYLE
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THU Press agent of the United States public health ser
vice is the champion kidder of the United States. The
average governmental press agent punishes you with
dry statistical stuff until you wish you had never been born.
Not so with this one. He kids you along in lively, racy style,
forcing you to read on from one paragrph to another .just to see
how he throw’s the gaff into you.
He is a great josher, as is shown by Bulletin No. 40, just hot
off of his mimeograph. The title of this bulletin brings you
up-standing. In this. “Do you know your age and birth
day?” Listen at the way he goes after you, the innocent
reader:
How old are you? When were you born? See If you really know. See
If your children know how old they are. •
Do not laugh at these simple questions until you try the test. Assume
that you were born on March 16 and that you are 16 years old, in what year
were you born.
According to a recent issue of the public health reports it is a common
occurance to find school children, even high school pupils in the junior and
senior years, who cannot tell bow old they are, or who, if they know their
age, cannot tell accurately in what year they were born.
You will need this information when you apply for a marriage license,
or in registering for voting, or in seeking a government position, or in case
you claim that you are heir to a fortune that is going to some other person.
You may have to go under oath as to your age when you pay your customs
duties upon return from your next European trip, so you should practice up.
In some of our states there is no birth registration, so you may not be
able to prove from the records that you ever were born. This might be em
barrassing to you if you want to marry in Europe.
The press agent closes with the following side-splitting
josh:
Perhaps the easiet way to remember your age is to form some jingle
or rhyme on your birth year. For instance: “In 1897 little Johnnie came
rh™ h®av®n> or "In 1882 titt,e Susie began to boo." Never mind what the
rhyme is, just so you remember it and if, after reaching the age of 40 von
want to prove that you are only 23 years old. Just change the rhyme and
perhaps people will believe you when you repeat the jingle to prove your
Uncle Sam, who enjoys this press agent and pays all of the
cost of the service, made a find in getting him. He ought to be
called the “official kidder” of the administration, for he cer
tainly has earned the title.
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It is something to live in a country where a man never
needs a passport.
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How seriously we sometimes take ourselves is not always
fully appreciated by the public.
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The attempt to fan public interest into (laming indignation
is not always successful, and no wonder.
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Senator Qallinger moves to amend the Government' Ship
Purchase Bill by substituting “subsidy.” Of course.
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Reports of a “fashionable” Sioux wedding mention the
bride had a dowry of $150,000 but omit to say whether any
number of uninvited crawled through a coal-hole to witness
the ceremony.
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New York State has organized a bank for the puruose of
making loans on farms. It is is proposed to offer those farmers
who have savings a fair rate of interest and to lend the money
to those farmers who need it for improvements or to purchase
farms.
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The city council last night extended the time for the com
pletion of the proposed new light plant. Two weeks ago the
same body granted Mr. Knox an extension of time for la-gin
ning the work of construction. In fact he has been given all he
he asked for and everybody should lx- happy.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
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DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store. '
Call* may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
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DR. C. L. HALE
D E N T I 8 T
Office In Adama Building
ROBERT E. CAPERS
Attorney at Law
General Civil Practice
Suite 3, Adams Block
CORDOVA, .... ALASKA
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E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at l aw j
Room 1 i
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA, i
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J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER 3
Phone 4. CORDOVA, ALASKA j
V. A. SCHMITZ
PRACTICAL OPTICIAN
Office at
CORNER DRUG STORE
THE ARCTIC _
LUMBER CO.
Still In Business and Carry
LUMBER OF ALL
DESCRIPTIONS
And Building Material
Prices Made on Orders for
Material
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If your shoes need Repairing,
bring then to
RUDOLF
The Shoemaker
He does firi^-class work. Satis
faction guaranteed. Prices Rea
sonable.
Opposite Dally Times
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CAPITAL STOCK $25,000
4% on Time Deposits
Our Stockholders Are
S. BLUM GEORGE C. HAZELET
M. BROCK FRED GLASBRENNER
A. E. LATHOP DELIA LYONS
JAFET LINDEBERG
DESPOSITORY FOR TERRITORIAL FUNDS.
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STEAMSHIP CO.
Fait and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Junasu, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward via
INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails frcm SsaHI*— 8i.Ha from Cordova—
February 1.... ALAMEDA .. February 8
February 8 .MARIPOSA .February 15
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creel
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and Latouche. Explos
ives, S. 8. Seward. 8. S. Seward, 5th; 8. S. Latouche, 15th- S s
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 Ticket ’ABent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. 8. CO* ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS, January 25, To Seward only
ADMIRAL WATSON, February 5, Through to Kodiak.
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau. Yakutat.
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern Ca#fornla Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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Copper River &
Northwestern Ry.
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 24, 1914. ' -
Trains leave Cordova, depot at foot of Second Ave- ■ *
, nue— ; ;
Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays :i
Chitina for Kennecott— ;;
Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. ::
Kennecott for Chitina— ! I
: Wednesdays, Saturdays and Mondays.
Chitina for Cordova— ! '■
Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays ;;
I lie above schedule subject to change without notice. ;;
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. ;;
I’lckets on sale at Depot or up town office, Alaska >'
Steamship Company building I
: Caleb Carser S. R. Hedges
Superintendent Cordova Agent I!
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