The Cordova Daily Times
Entered at the Postofflce at. Cordova, Alaska, as aecond-olaai matter.
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H. Q. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
rnKUdVA, ALASKA. \V KPN' LSI >A V, Al'IMI. J.A. I!M7. R
CO ORDINATION NEEDED *
Recently Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior, writ
ing for the National Geographic magazine concerning the work
of his department, had tin* following to say regarding the spirit
of national development:
“An intense nationalism has been the marking note of the
past year. Facli American has realized with keener conscious
ness the meaning of this land to him, and has sought for a larger e
view of its many aspects, and, if possible, to gain a glimpse of
its future. To each has come his dream. We know that there
is more to national feeling than pride in the possession of a land
that is rare and valuable or the splendid memory of a history
of struggle for those things of a spirit which men call principles, c
The highest sense of nationality comes with a sense of purpose
—a sense of common purpose—for the United States is not yet
ours in the proudest sense, and cannot be until we are doing all
that can be done to give to all its people and to the world the
full expression of its highest intelligence applied alike to its re
sources and to the life of the people.”
Alaska is, from a point of settlement, a new land, one of the
youngest. Handicaps to its being thickly habitated have arisen '
from more sources than one. One of the first of these is, ot 1
course, an exaggerated conception of the rigors of the climate;
another the absence of adequate means of transportation and -
communication. During the last few years a systematic cam
paign carried on simultaneously by all the* towns of the territory
lias been greatly beneficial in exploding the “land of eternal
snows and mountains of ice” myth, and people are beginning to
realize that we have up here things besides placer mines. The
railroad being built by the government will cut the distance
from Fairbanks to coast from days to hours and eventually put
the northernmost town within week-end visiting touch of the
states. Thus the drawback of slow communication will be done 1
away with.
In tin* history of the development of any country there are,
roughly speaking, four stages. First comes the pioneer who
lives off the country’s obvious supplies, killing the game for his
food and trapping the fur bearing animals for his clothing. Next
we become producers of raw materials, grains, minerals, lum
ber, etc. Following this comes the manufacturing stage, in
which only the coarser things are touched. This eventually ex
pands into wider markets and more varied industries, accom
panied by more economical methods of production and ex
change.
For a large part of Alaska the first stage has passed, al
though some of the territory has not quite emerged from it yet.
But for the remainder of the country the second phase has just
been entered. Large tracts of mineralized ground are un
touched, and the ring of axes in vast stretches of forest has
never been heard. The agriculture of the country is still in its
int‘n rirtsr
We are just now standing at the threshold of our period
of greatest opportunity. We should take advantage of the les
sons taught in the development of other lands and profit by
them as we endeavor to build up our own land. In this land of
the last frontier, larger than some of the first class nations of
the world, are foundations for many varied industries, and
homes for millions ready for occupancy with the expenditure
of almost no money, and very little real labor. The time is com- ,
ing when all these will be taken up, and it rests a great deal with
us, who are already here, as to how rapidly they are occupied.
There is at present a crying need for a co-ordination of pur
pose and effort, which, successfully applied, will surely revolu
tionize the entire life of the territory. Start in the schools and
identify them with the work that must be done in the different
industries. The schools as mere scholastic institutions of learn
ing have outlived their usefulness and must be carried out on :
broader lines if they are to play their part in the future of the
land.
Towns must lay aside sectional differences, outlying sec
tions get in closer touch with the towns. No longer will indi
vidual effort serve our aims or achieve our ends. The will of
the individual must be fused into the will of the mass, and a
unity of purpose take the place of the present haphazard, hit
or-miss system that prevails. All of us may not live to see this
accomplished, but we can help start the work so that it will be (
easy of continuance, and in so doing we will have done our
“bit,” for this is the surest aud quickest way to realize our .
dreams of making Alaska the ideal home spot of the world. '
AN IDEALIST FAITHLESS
With all the biographies of the czar that are being written
now as his send-off into oblivion some interesting stories of
the recent ruler are told. Mr. Gardner in a well known bi
ography repeats the story told by a Mr. Heath, English tutor
to the czar when he was in his teens, before ascending the
throne. The story is that one day tutor and czar-to-be were
reading together “The Lady of the Lake.” When they came
to that passage telling of the swinging open of the gates of
Stirling castle, where King James rode out and the populace
cried, “Long live the commons’ king, King James!” the boy,
said Mr. Heath, cried out eagerly, “The commons’ king? That
is what L should like to be!” The biographer’s note on this is
that Nicholas II was one of those misantlirops in whom “emo
tion is divorced from conduct, an idealist faithless to his ideals,
a visionary doomed to violate his visions.”
Nicholas, it seems, was as human as the rest of us—each
bora to kingdoms and princedoms and pride and power )f his
own kind, each with a wealth of good intentions and the most
honest and sincere longings to rise above the circumstance and
condition that would withhold or prevent full realization of that
birthright. Nicholas was not big enough to rise. He is down
and out and done for. His life holds a lesson.
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On account of the great interest in the high cost of food
stuffs and in order that our readers may keep fully informed
as to the fluctuation in prices, which is principally upward, the
Daily Times has arranged to publish a market report, which it
will receive twice a week by telegraph from the states. We feel
sure that this new feature will be fully appreciated and warrant
the extra expense that will be incurred in placing these quota
tions before the public. At the present time no other news
paper in Alaska is publishing this news and the innovation is
more in the nature of an experiment.
MRS. V. P. ABBOTT I
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER
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'indsor Hotel • • Cordova, i
E F. MEDLEY.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
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dams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. 8. Mineral Surveyor,
U. 8. Deputy Surveyor,
OX 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
fflce over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug 8tore. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Residence: Cordova
leueral Hospital (Ostrander Build <
ng).
Phones—Residence 110; office 132.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Specialty of
’orcelain, Inlay, Bridge Work
Ifflce: Over Blum, O’Neill's Store.
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT )
AND
DR. HOMER BLYTH
DENTAL OFFICES
Suite 1, Northern Hotel Block.
’hone 200. Cordova,
>. O. Box 180. Alaska. ;
Hours: 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Evenings by Appointment.
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ROBERT SIMPSON
JUNEAU, ALASKA
I »n»e« Ground
HUBBELL & WALLER
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Civil and Mining Engineers.
J. S. Mineral and Deputy Land Sur
veyors for Alaska.
1102 L. C. SMITH BLDG., SEATTLE.
PATENT SURVEYS
A. C. BALDWIN,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor.
/ALDEZ . ALASKA
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SMITH & McCONAGHY
PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS.
Cor. Front and B Streets.
Ifflce Open Evenings.
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WHY LIGHT A MATCH?I
To See What Time It Is. I
Ingersoll Radiolite Watches Require Nol
Additional Illumination. The Dial May Bel
Read In The Darkest Places. I
Come and See These Attractive!
Watches In All Styles And Pric s From!
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Sheldon Auto
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STAGE LINE
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Fastest and Cheapest Service to Fairbanks and
Interior Points.
Try our new service this spring and be convinced.
Fare $100.00} 40 pounds baggage free. After June 1st,
Fare $7f>.00.
S. 0. BREEDMAN, Chitina Agent.
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Mining Supplies - - Sporting Goods
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NorthwQSiern Hardware Co.
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LADIES OF CORDOVA J
Just Received, a Full l.ine of
MIDDIES
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SPORT SKIRTS
Drop in and see Them While the Selection Is Good.
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POPULAR RECREATION PUCE
Where We Can Always Find Our
Friends.
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nest Billiard and Pool Tablet In
Alaska.
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BRANDS OF CIGARS.
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HOTEL ZYNDA *
(Formerly New Cain) ♦
Centrally Located Between ^
Uostoffice and Government +
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W. A. C. BALDWIN * \
Lessee and Manager. ♦ :•
ALASKA'S EXCLUSIVE* i.
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Only Motel In Alaska With ^ •:
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Five Stories of Solid Comfort ^ 1
Encased in Concrete. + “
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For the Best Brandt of ’ j
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LIQUORS
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First Avtnue and C Strut
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When Ordering Job Work Don’t
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Concerns In the States. But Give
The People Who Are Paying
Wage* and Spending Their Money
^ In Cordova a Chance to Live.
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PACIFIC STEAMSHIP C°
ADMIRAL LINE
! -SAILINGS
From Cordova
Westbound Southbound
MAY 1st APPTT
admiral farraqut ADMIRAL*EVANS
Sailings from Seattle—April 25, May 3, 11, 10, 28. !
CALIFORNIA ROUTE |
Sailings From Seattle—Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays.
8tsamer« President, Governor. Admirals Schley mid Dewey. Queen.
Through Ticket, to All Part, of the United States and Canada.
IWght Reserved to Chance Schedule of Steamers Without Notice.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY
_W. A. NOURSE, Agent._Empress Building.
ALASKA
STEAM SI 111* CO.
Feel and commodiuue eteamere ealllny between Seattle, Ketch
Ikan, Wrangell, Juneau. Skaqwa/. Cordova. Valdez, Seward
April 9.NORTHWESTERN . April 18
April 17 . ALAMEDA April
Sail from Cordova seven days later. •
The freighters Cordova, Latouelie, .Juneau, Valdez
and Eureka also make regular trips.
This company reaervea the right to change echedule of ateamera
without notice.
Tickets on tale at up-town office Alaska Steamenlp Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the deck later than one hour before
tailing lima.
R B. TRACY, S R HEDGES,
_Agant___ Agent |
FOR GENERAL TEAMING, BAGGAGE
TRANSFERRED, AUTO SERVICE,
GOAL AND WOOD.
ALASKA TRANSFER
COMPANY
UNEXCELLED WAREHOUSE FACILITIES
For Storing and Insuring Baggage,
Mdse and Household Goods.
Office—EMPRESS BUILDING, CORDOVA- Phone 85
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GOOD ROADHOUSE
FOR SALE CHEAP
Two storeys, 22x50 feet; stable fur twenty horses,
and two log caches and one cabin.
Also a full line of groceries, hay, oats, \c.
Business ou good paying basis.
For particulars apply at the
DAILY TIMES OFFICE.
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WHY NOT OWN YOUR OWN HOME?
Many families are Paying out from $200 to $500 in |
i rant each year. Why not put that into a home of your #
j »wn? |
Call on Geo. C. Hazelet, Trustee of the Townsite, and £'
i tea if it can’t be arranged.
NORTHERN MEAT MARKET }
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal* Mutton |
and Provisions I
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to order* from
MININQ CAMPS, ROADHOUSES AND
INTERIOR POINTS
SMITH & (1LAKBKENNER Props. 1
XvXvX xxx-x • w# y **<***;«
Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub j
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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