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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
COUDOVA. ALASKA. SATURDAY, MARCH 4. i;nn.
AN AERIAL MAIL SERVICE
Alaska is to have an aerial rtiail service. The mere an
nouncement is sufficient to emphasize Hie marvellous progress
that lias been made in aerial navigation since the outbreak of
the European war, since which time the science of aeronautics
has been developed to an astonishing degree. Necessity, the
mother of invention, is largely responsible for the great im
provements that have been made in flying machines and flying
machinery. The actualities of a great war demanded them,
and the demand has been met to a degree that would' not even
have been dreamed of a decade ago. Aeroplanes, in a sense,
have become to the air what battleships are to the sea, and air
battles have been fought, not on a large scale, to be sure, but
large enough to forecast, in part at least, to what usese they
might be ultimately put in the arbitrament of war. As scouts
they have completely replaced men; battlefields are accurately
mapped by the air scouts, and the disposition of armies exactly
reported, with many other details, including numerical esti
mates that otherwise it would be impossible for hostile forces
10 learn concerning each other. The air machine known as the
Zeppelin, has been anathematized because of its ruthless raids
on sleeping, defenceless towns and cities, and so has the smaller
aeroplane. Such have been some of the uses to which these
things of the air have been put in the last eighteen months in
Europe.
But here in America their mission is to be peaceful, to
link distant towns more closely together, and to emphasize the
triumph of American genius and skill. Aerial mail routes have
been tried in some portions of the States, merely as experi
meats, and the results obtained were satisfactory enough to
induei- the postoffiee department to still further experiment
in Alaska, for, after all, the delivery of mail in Alaska, be
tween such widely separated points ns Cordova and Fairbanks,
for instance, and Fairbanks and Nome, can only be regard’d
in the nature of an experiment. That it will be successful,
however, is probable, for the aeroplane has been developed to
such perfection that there is small room for doubt as to the
results. But, if failure should come at first, through unknown
aerial and climatic conditions, which may have to be studied’,
even these and other aerial problems which may develop will
be ultimately overcome.
The success of this aerial mail service means much for the
interior towns, and those of northwestern Alaska, and the en
terprise of the postoffice department is to be highly com
mended.
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POSTHUMOUS PROSPERITY.
Robert Louis Stevenson spent the last years of his life in
a struggle for a livelihood against heavy odds. He was weak
with disease. He worked to the limit of 11is strength, and' he
suffered much.
For two days past his letters, books, manuscripts and
paintings have been under the auction hammer in New York,
and the proceeds therefrom reached a total of more than $S.'?,
000—a sum sufficient to have made the miserable man more
comfortable in a pecuniary way in his last years, had the
world’s homage to genius been paid then instead of now.
Death, however, usually is the agent that attaches to greatness
its final insignia of reality. History is speckled with similar
instances.
One of Stevenson’s letters, written when he was nineteen,
describes a visit to the Shetland islands, and at auction it
brought $3.S7. Stevenson at nineteen couldn’t have sold it
for $d.H7. A letter to his mother brought $'2f>0. ft mentions
that lie received only $100 for his “Virginibus Puiris.”
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A PHILIPPINE PROTEST.
Comes a sharp protest from Americans who have put
money in Philippine enterprises, declaring that the four-year
freedom bill which Congress proposes, and which President
Wilson does not oppose, will result in confiscation of American
capital invested in good faith, and in the belief that some sort
of friendly guardianship would be exorcised for a time at least.
Pfobably this will be one of the results of the law, if passed', but i
it is a minor consideration when contrasted with other prob
able effects.
The news that the Japanese already are investing largely
in the islands is but the forerunner of broader visions.
If it be our intention to give freedom to the Filipinos the
Clarke amendment is futile; if it be our intention merely to rid
ourselves of the islands, then the Clarke amendment is a de
sirable thing. But instead of freeing the Filipinos it merely
will hand them over to the exploitation of the Japanese.
That would be a cold-blooded abandonment of the prom
ises we heretofore have made to give the Filipinos their free
dom when they shall have demonstrated their ability to gov
ern themselves.
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Even Dame Nature is handing it to William Jennings
Bryan. It is announced that his Florida ranch has produced!
an enormous lemon crop.
Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
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Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
Rooms With Bath First Class Dining Room
COMMERCIAL HOTEL
Mrs. Catherine J. Palmer, Proprietor
Steam Heated Modern in Every Respect
Headquarters for Chamberlain’s Auto Service
CHITINA - - - ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. C. L. HALE
O E N T I S T
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Office In Adams Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
CLOTHES
CLEANED AND PRESSED
All Work Given Prompt
Attention
CHARLES GAME
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E. A. HEGG
PHOTOGRAPHER
PHOTO SUPPLIES
Views and Post Cards
STATIONERY
PICTURES and FRAMES
ife
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M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson & Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
One Visit
Will
Make You
A
Regular Patron
At
Slater’s
Restaurant
Private Boxes
For
Large or Small
Parties
Northern Drug Co.
Phone 94.
“Things as They Ought to Be.”
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EASTMAN KODAK SUPPLIES.
CHOICE LINE OF FRESH CANDIES.
VICTOR VICTROLAS AND LATEST SELECTED
RECORDS.
PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED.
COMPLETE LINE OF STATIONERY.
ALASKA I
STEAMSHIP CO. *11
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between 8eattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Hails from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
Msrch 1.ALASKA .March 10
March 10.NORTHWESTERN.March 19
Regular freight service Tor Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos- 1
Ives, S. 8. Seward. 8. 8. Seward, 5th; 8. S. Latouche, 15th; S. 8.
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 Agent j
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Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co. *
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT. February 9
ADMIRAL WATSON.February 18
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE fop 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 California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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Copper River &
Northwestern Ry.
Effective October 4th, 1915.
| Two trains every six days between Cordova and 1
if Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making
connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving if
If from Seattle.
iij Trains leave Cordova depot, at foot of Second Avenue, S|
Mondays and Thursdays.
|iji Leave Kennecott, Tuesdays and Fridays.
;ij: Leave Kennecott for Chitina, Wednesday and Saturdays.
•jij Leave Chitina for Cordova, Tuesdays and Fridays.
The above schedule subject to change without notice, if
•jij Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Traint Be
ijij tween Cordova and Chitina.
f: Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 1*. M. if
Tickets on sale it Depot or up town office, Alaska fi
ijj: Steamship Company building
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| Caleb Carser S. R. Hedges
if Superintendent Cordova Agent if
1 REGAL I
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ENGINES
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THE 1916 MODELS.
55 / THE 1916 PRICES.
5 SAFE < THEIR CONSTRI CTION.
w \ THEIR GUARANTEE.
jq 116 MODELS.
: SOUND H race boats.
-h \ PLEASURE BOATS. S .
O /WORK BOATS.
>/4 TO 50 HORSE-POWER. |
SANE H LIGHT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY.
w \ ELECTRIC STARTERS.
! 1916 Promises New Records for Alaska’s Fishing In
dustry. Prepare Now.
I Harmon Machinery Co Inc I
ALASKA AGENTS.
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