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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, .JURY (J. 191H.
TO OUR MAIL SUBSCRIBERS.
The Times is doing all in its power to insure the prompt
delivery oi the paper along the line of the Copper River &
Northwestern Railway. Many complaints have reached us that
the paper is not being received regularly. Our subscribers will
confer a favor on the Times if they will write us, specifying the
dates which are missed, in the future, and we will take steps to
find out where the trouble lies.
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RESULTS OF THE WAR.
While probably the greatest curse that has been visited
U|xhi mankiud for centuries is the great war now in progress
in Europe, yet the evil is not unmixed' with good. As a direct
result of the terrible conflict there has been a great change in
conditions throughout the world ,mnny of which are for the
lasting good of the whole people.
It is claimed that the horrible struggle in which the world
is now engaged will mark the end of all great wars. The peo
ples of the different nations, horrified by the terrible toll of
life which the modern war exacts, will in the future respond
less readily to the call to arms when sounded for some motive
which to them is not .just and real. The day when kings and
rulers can make war for pastime will pass with the ending of
the great war in Europe.
In England the war has brought home to the people the
advantages of efficiency as applied' to a whole nation. The
wonderful record made by that country in establishing and or
ganizing munition plants and factories is one of the marvels
of the great fight. The French people, aside from astonishing
the world as to their abilities as fighters, have astonished them
selves. They have proved themselves the peers of any soldiers
on earth, and the resultant self-confidence has wrought a great
change in the French character, which will have a wonderful
influence on the world in years to come.
In mechanics, the rapid strides have been nothing less than
miraculous. Aviation, in its infancy at the beginning of the
war, is now a finished art; artillery, considered the best five
years ago, is now accorded a secondary position; the super
dreadnought, supreme until two years ago, must make way for
the swift battle cruiser; the submarine is a more potent weapon
than ever; and so down the line ,the whole .,orld is topsy turvy
as a result of the war.
Tn considering the many changes due directly to the great
conflict, it is a relief to notice a small matter printed in the
Times yesterday, in which it appears that the world struggle
has resulted in at last proving to the world that the despised
divining rod, since time immemorial denied the virtuses which
its supporters claimed for it, at last has come into its own.
An officer, high in the German army, stand's sponsor for
the efficiency of the divining rod. In time of peace no man
high in the counsels of his country would have the hardihood
to make such an assertion, but in time of great stress, when
only facts count, this officer prepares a report, in which he
recounts the success with which the rod was used in Egypt in
the search for subterranean streams.
The officer makes no attempt to tell why the rod is effi
cient. He tells only what lie has accomplished.
The divining rod has been ridiculed for years in the face
of many real accomplishments, always because there was no
apparent reason why it should have the power to find water.
The fact that water may be located brings up the query,
if water, why not mineral?
Who knows, but that in years to come the only equipment
of the up-to-date prospector may be a divining rod. If such is
the case the hills of Alaska some day may be covered with scur
rying figures, each carrying a carefully balanced divining rod.
Stranger things have happened.
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OUR IDEAS OF OURSELVES.
If people just knew us, appreciated the virtues of our mind,
the soaring qualities of our thought, the real springs within
the case, how much different would they act toward us! From
what many writers have revealed’, that is a common attitude
of man toward his fellow man. Whatever may be his part in
life, his vices, his apparent cruelty and callousness, down deep
he thinks lie’s a pretty fine sort of fellow.
There i§ optimism in Stevenson’s words: “All men are
better than this disguise that grows about them and stifles
them,’’ but pessimism in Tolstoi’s: “Why was it that all the
beauty and clarity which my soul then contained came out so
inisshapenly on paper (as in life itself) when I was wishing to
apply those qualities to what I was thinking at the moment?’’
—Tacoma News.
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The people of McCarthy express the modest hope that the
Alaska road commission will see its way clear to build a bridge
and repair the trails to the Nizina. The request they are mak
ing is not unreasonable, and it is to be hoped the commission
will see its way clear to do the work.
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The action of the city council in authorizing the construc
tion of an outdoor play room for the school children meets
with the unqualified approval of the entire community. The
children long have needed such a place for recreation during
stormy weather.
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The time over the Fairbanks-Chitina trail is steadily being
cut down. The latest record is forty-eight hours. We predict
that the trip will be made in one day before the summer is over.
Watch and see if we are good prophets.
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If political campaigns are of no other use than to keep the
noble art of oratory from going into the discard in these days
of type and typewriters they are worth while.
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Twelve deaths and twenty-six persons injured is a high
price for even Chicago to pay for a day’s celebration.
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SAN FHANCISCO. July 1. — While
Seattle boasts of a 20 year obi one
armed boy, named Louis l’enz, who
can pitch, bat, run bases and general
ly play a star game of baseball, Van
couver owns a deaf and dumb foreign
born grammar school lad with little
knowledge of the English language,
who is said to have signed a contract<
with Walter McCredle, of the Portland
club of the Pacific Coast League, for
1SH7. His name is Louis Kotula.
Pen* was a shortstop until he fell
one day while hunting, and his gun
was accidentally discharged, the shot j
lodging in his left'forearm, which was
amputated. He turned his attention
to pitching and has succeeded. He
says his right arm has developed ex
traordinarily since he has had to use
it exclusively, and believes it has ac
uulred the additional strength which
was In his left arm. Those who have
faced his pitching declare he has un
usual speed.
The remarkable part about this
player is that Instead of falling off,
in his batting, his percentage is high
er since being compelled to use his
right hand. In a recent game which
Pen* pitched and won, he made five
hits out of six at bat, two of them
being for doubles.
Kotula is also 20 years old and a
pitcher, and the strikeout sensation
of the Woodland club of the Inter-City
league. He first attracted attention
last spring by pitching {pur games in
five days and winning three of them.
In a game with the Benson Polytech
nic players this season he struck out
20 batters, and a week later fanned
20 men of Company H, 21st U. S. In
fantry.
Like Pen*, Kotula's forte is said to
be in his ability to bat the balls not
withstanding the fact that pitchers
generally are not conceded to figure
in the batting averages of a club. His
record includes a large proportion of
hits that went for extra bases. His
contract with Portland is said to call
for $175 a month.
FIRES DESTROY BIRDS.
Sportsmen of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,
appreciating the havoc occasioned by
forest fires among game birds and ani
mals, are taking an active part in the
installation of an effective fire fight
ing and fire prevention organization
in that district. In co-operation with
their local forestry headquarters,
much preliminary work has also been
done, and in a few weeks it is ex
pected that adequate preparedness
against possible fires will be estali-.
lisbed.
According to Meyer H. Wolff, dis
trict supervisor of the Coeur d’Alene 1
national forest, the records show that
from 55 to 50 per cent of the forest
fires in that region are due to light
ning. The remainder he classes.as
“preventable" fires, concerning which
many hunters, campers and hikers are
in need of cautionary instructions.
Aside from the organization of pa
trols, lookout men and fire fighting
crews, he points out the fact that to
minimize the "preventable" fires lies
largely with the public as to the haz
ard of abandoned camp fires or cigar
stubs thrown carelessly along the
trails.
In this connection, it is said, hunts
men are beginning to realize more
and more the necessity for their in
terest and active co-operation in the
matter of forest fire prevention for
the sake of protecting their own sport.
No available data is obtainable con
cerning the loss of life which occurs in
these fires among the wild game, but
it is known to be large and in a large
measure counteracts the efforts mude(
for their protection and propagation.
KELLY TO GO EAST.
It is rumored in sporting circles
that Fred Kelly, of Los Angeles, for-1
mer world's record holder in the high'
hurdles, has ambitions to shine at
all round athletics. Gossip goes so far
as to say that Kelly is grooming him-,
self for the test at the national A. A.
U. championships, which will be held
in Newark next September. Accord-\
ing to report, John Anderson, the
Swedish athlete, who is employed by j
the Russian government to teach the,
(Tzar's young men how to comport
themselves on field and track, and
who is here studying American meth
ods, is responsible for Kelly’s ambi-1
tion. Anderson is said to have told
Kelly that he thought the hurdler
would make a success at the all-round
event.
Followers of track athletics general
ly coincide in Anderson's view. There
are ten events contested in the test
for all-round supremacy. In six of
these Kelly already has shown himself
to be considerably above par. These
are the 100 meter hurdles, 100 meter
dash, 400 meter run, javelin throw,
broad jump and shot put. I * is weak
ness probably would lie in the pole
vault, high jump, mile run and discus
throw. Anderson, who is an expert
in the discus and javelin throws, is
reported to have spent several after
noons instructing Kelly in the finer
points of these events,
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Ed Atchison, a graduate of the
Oregon Agricultural College, and for
the past four years employed with the
Treadwell Company, received word
that he has been awarded a scholar
ship of $800 by the governor of Utah,
in connection with the department of
government research.
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Moses Bains, 80 years of age, a Met
lakahtlan, and a devoted follower of
Father Duncan, died recently at Mot
lkahtla.
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 u^on it as an
expense, A WRONG VIEW HAS
BEEN GAINED. Pj. ' aps 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.
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 INTEREST —
AND MORE.
WM A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. 8. Mineral Surveyor,
U. 8. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 358. CORDOVA, ALASKA.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calla may be left at Cordova
Drug 8tore. Reeldenca,
Alaekan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office Hours—10 a. m. to 12 noon,
Railroad Hospital; 2 to 6 p. m.. Adams
Building, Room 6.
Phones—Residence, 115; Hospital,
4G; Office, 132.
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adama Block CORDOVA, ALA8KA.
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez. Alaska
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adama Building
Alaskan Hotel
Barber Shop
Baths at All Hours, Day and
Night.
Accommodations for Ladles.
Ladies' Facial Massage and
Shampooing.
Razors Honed, Children's Hair
ctittlng.
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EVERYTHING BOUGHT
AND SOLD
For anything you can't find In
town, go to J. Rawaon'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 doea all kinds of repair work.
Give us a call.
JOHN RAWSON,
First Street.
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M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson & Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
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Choice Tobaccos, Cigars and
8mokers Sundries—Wholesale
and Retail Cigar Store.
The
Horseshoe j
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE *
■Billiards and Pool
Headquarters for the Petersen,
Wellington, Calabash and
Garrick Pipes.
GOING TO FAIRBANKS
Take
FRAME’8 AUTO STAGE
Leaves Chltlna for Fairbanks
on July 6 and every six days
thereafter.
Wire Chltlna Hotel for reser
vations.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Faat and commodicua ateamera tailing between Beattie, Ketch
ikan, Wranqell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova. Valdez, Seward, and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Kails from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
June 23. ALASKA .July 3
June 27.ALAMEDA.July 7
June 30.NORTHWESTERN.July 11
Regular freight eervice for Kefcnrvan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglaa, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Exploe
Ivea, S. S. Seward. 8. 8. Seward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; 8. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
Thia company reecrvei the right to change achedule of ateamera
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 8. 8. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Next tailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL WATSON.June 25
ADMIRAL EVANS . July 2
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT . July 9
A one and one-third rate from all Cook Inlet and Prince William
Sound ports to Seward will be granted for the Fourth of July celebra
tion. Tickets good on both lines, and limited to first boat preceding
and following the celebration.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
LOW ROUND TRIP FARES EAST via the
“MILWAUKEE”
.TUNE 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1910.
Return Limit Three Months, But Not Beyond October 31, 1619.
The “OLYMPIAN”—The “COLUMBIAN.”
Two Fast ALL-STEEL Trains Every Lay.
For Additional Information Call on or Address
TOM TALLENT. Agent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. E. Harris, T. P. A., Juneau, Alaska.
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I Copper River & |
j Northwestern Ry. |
| EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916. |
jjj Jhree Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina.
jjj Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. jjjj
jj: Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs- j|
jjj days and Saturdays. jjjj
jjj Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and jjjj
jjj Fridays. jjjj
jjj Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs- jjjj
jjj days and Fridays. jj$
jjj Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, jjjj
jjj Thursdays and Saturdays. j|
>: The above schedule subject to chaHge without notice, jij!
>j Dining Car in Connection With ail Regular Pessenger Tralna Be- -jjj
:j tween Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. jjjj
Tickets on sale .'it Depot or up town office, Alaska !j;j
jj Steamship Company building |
Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges
Superintendent Cordova Agent j|
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
25 and 40 Watt Lamps.35c.
60 Watt Lamps.50c.
100 Watt Lamps.75c
250 Watt Lamps.$2.00
200 Watt, Gas Filled Lamps.$3.00
Office: FIRST STREET.