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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
(’(>KI)< »Y.\, ALASKA. MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 191(5.
ALASKA’S GREAT TRADE.
The figures which the department of commerce has fur
nished in a bulletin on the commerce of the United States with
non contiguous territories show a large expansion in the trade
with Porto Rico and Alaska and comparatively insignificant
gains in the trade with Hawaii and the Philippines. The x\las
ka figures are important in volume and are also of far more lo
cal interest.
They show that during May of this year we shipped to
Alaska substantially double the value of goods shipped in May
of last year, and that Alaska’s shipments to the United States
were more than four times as great as they were during May,
1915.
For th*> eleven month period the total shipments to Alaska
were valued at more than $24,000,000, as compared with $18,
000,000 during the same period of the last fiscal year, while
shipments from Alaska to the United States reached the extra
* ordinary figures of $45,000,000, an increase of more than $20,
000,000 over those of last year. The total commerce of Alaska
with the United States for the fiscal year was about $80,000,000
in value. The trade of Alaska, with its relatively small number
of inhabitants, is greater, both on the import and the export
side, than the trade of the Philippines, and it is expanding far
faster.
The prosperity of Alaska, as shown by these figures, is a
factor in the prosperity of this state and this city of tin* largest
importance, for here is the entrepot of practically all Alaska’s
trade, and here also is where much of it is handled directly.
Another feature is that this enormous and expanding com
merce is carried on by water, through inland passages in great
part which are the poorest lighted of any waters on the globe
and have fewer aids to navigation than can be found elsewhere
The congressional appropriations for aids to navigation in Alas
ka waters this year are less than they are for the coast of Vir
ginia, and no larger than were made for small single ports.—
Seattle Post-Tntelligencer.
ALASKANS FORM TYPE.
Alaskans are said to form a distinct type. It is just as pro
nounced as is that of the Southerner, the Westerner or tin
down-east Yankee. Environments undoubtedly have a great
deal to do in forging type. In an earlier stage of embroyo civi
lization, or advanced savagery, the Indian tribes of the North
American continent were distinctive according to local climatic
and geographical conditions governing.
The Alaskan type carries with it the idea of bigness, ol
self-confidence, of wide charity, of quickened sympathies, ol
direct honesty and of impatience with petty conventions and
the placing of money value above everything else. The Alas
kan is a strong individualist. His opinions are positive and ex
pressed sometimes without regard to that of the other fellow
Hence the hitter factional fights often engendered.
The Alaskan is never of the cringing sort. President Wil
son or Roosevelt or Hughes or Morgan could walk the streets
of any of the towns of Alaska without creating any more excite
ment than the arrival of some sourdough from the hills. Indeed,
should either one of those persons be making a speech and a
miner come to town with news of a new strike the whole crowd
would stampede to the mines and forget the existence of the
celebrity.
In short, in the makeup of the average Alaskan are many
of the characteristics of the country—the pure, free air, not
tainted with the city’s breath which sweeps over wide distances
of mountains and plains, the nearness to nature where wonder
fill sermons are preached; tin* close association of dangers
which teach confidence and self-reliance, and a wide charity
for the poor devil who gets up against it. Everywhere Outside
the term Alaskan is beginning to convey a meaning thoroughly
distinctive of a type of empire builders of a large calibre. —
Fairbanks Times.
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NOT QUITE SO CENSORIOUS.
One of the significant things of the second year of the wai
was the raising of the curtain to reveal many of the military
operations. So insistent were the demands of the people, par
ticularly of the entente nations, for news of what their own folk
were doing on the firing line that when the British drive began
much leeway was given to correspondents. From now on the
public will probably be able to get a clearer view of the opera
tions.
In the first period of the war, even the leaders perhaps
were hazy as to the exact situations on the various fronts. It
was a sort of a motley affair, so gigantic as to bedazzle even the
most active of the actors. Unitl the situation began to clarify
it was, perhaps, natural that the censorship should be exceed
ingly strict. The atmosphere seems to have clarified* sufficient
ly now so that more information can be given.
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It is now definitely announced that Secretary Lane will be
unable to make his intended visit to Alaska this summer. This
is unfortunate, as we were in hopes that his visit to Cordova
might convince him of the necessity of the government extend
ing a branch line from the Copper River railway to the Bering
river coal fields.
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The Daily Times is in receipt of the initial number of the
Avalanch, published at McCarthy by M. V. Lattin. It is a
newsy weekly, and contains the advertisements of practically
all of the merchants at our neighboring camp. Success to the
new venture.
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The next session of the district court will be held at Valdez
on September 11, and a number of Cordovans have been drawn
to serve as grand and petit .jurors.
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The excursion travel continues and has been larger this
year than during any previous season. _ ^
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NOTES FROM
MCCARTHY. Aug. 10. — The trail to
Nlzina is reported to be In fine con
dition, due to the dry weather.
Sam Seltenrich was In from the
banana belt last week and is pleased
with the outlook.
8. O. Breedman went to Oliltlna on
Thursday to arrange for the remodel-!
ic.g of the Ohitlna hotel.
Chris Tjosevig will take supplies
and men to the Tjosevig claims, and
complete the assessment work on that j
property.
John Barrett and A. V. Doze re-1
turned from a prospecting trip on the j
C'hltina, and brought in some fine!
specimens of high grade copper ore. j
Jack Crowe will have the Jim Crow j
phone line connected with McCarthy j
in two weeks. We can then say hello 1
to Chltitu and Dan creek.
McCarthy Is the coming town of.
the Copper river valley, and a com
munity of boosters. There are no
knockers here, now and then you meet
a grumpy grouch or know It all. but
they are perfectly harfhless.
Ed Mullen, at Long lake, is prepared
to accommodate fishing parties with
tents set up and ready to be occupied
and will also furnish fresh vegetables ,
from his gardens.
Jack Lawson and E. G. Roberts have
returned from Strelna, where they i
I have been building a bungalow for j
j V. J. Dwyer. Mr. Dwyer will soon be-'
j gin work on the large building he ]
started last fall, this will be completed '
as soon as lumber arrives.
A. V. Doze has returned from a
j prospecting trip to the head of Rex
j creek. He comes back filled with en
thusiasm and loaded with samples
from a new find he has located.
A number of copper experts have
visited this section recently in the
interest of various mine owners and
promoters. Several deals of consider
able magnitude are pending.
There is an opening in McCarthy
j for one church, one steam laundry,
| one assay office and several other
enterprises. With the present high
price of gasoline, an electric light
plant would make big money.
Mike Knowles, Oscar Beckman and
j Ole Farstadt are in from the Chisana,
j and report that sluicing is in full blast
in the interior camp and that the out
look is good for a good cleanup, al
though the shortage of water is handi
capping operators.
Otto Lubbe has five acres of as fine
| oats and wheat as anyone ever saw on
J his homestead on Sourdough Hill.
! There are hundreds of homesteads as
! good as Lubbe's to be had for the tak
I ing. Uncle Sam gives them away, and
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trill go ho far an to stake you to the
ieee»sary seed In case you are shy.
The Nlzina section will produce
lomething over $300,000 this summer,
rhere are five large outfits hydraulic
rig, as well as a dozen or more small
>nos. The benches are just beginning
o be prospected and each hole sunk
nakes the future of the camp look
irighter.
COURT DECIDES AGAINST
ACHORRGE WOMAN
In the habeas corpus proceedings
brought by Attorney L. V. Hay, in the
Interests of Mrs. Alofar Dunlap, of An
chorage. the court decided against the
woman. Judge Brown's decision is di
rectly opposite to a recent decision
by Judge Jennings in the First district.
Attorney Hay based his argument
on the cases on which Judge Jennings
rendered his decision that all criminal
cases brought before a commissioner
should lie tried liy jury. Mrs. Dunlap
had waived trial by jury, and been
found guilty of selling liquor unlaw
fully, and sentenced to one year in
jail and also fined $1,500.
Judge Brown denied the writ of
habeas corpus, upholding the action
of the commissioner’s court.. Attor
ney Hay will probably appeal from the
commissioner’s court.
BRIEF m JOTTINGS HU
PARTS DF ALASKA
Authority has been granted to the
Juneau postmaster to establish a sub
postoffice in that city.
The lowest wages at the Fairbanks
end of the government railroad wort
is 50 cents an hour, a little more thar
10 per cent higher than the wages oi
the coast end.
Tourists to the Fairbanks sectioi
have nearly cleaned out the merchanti
of their stocks of skins and curios.
A 75 foot ledge has been located oi
the Kklutna river about a mile fron
the railroad track, that gives value:
of from $4 to $24 per ton.
The launch Hustler, Captain Balder
strom, ran aground in the Kichatm
river and the captain had to returi
,S5 miles in a rowboat to Snsltna sta
tion to obtain means to float her.
Forest fires and a high wind calle(
out all the residents of Brooks, ti
fight flames which threatened to de
stroy several mining plants and men
aced the town.
Simpson McKinninj, recently af
pointed as a cadet at Appanolis fron
Juneau, has left to enter the U. S. Na
val Academy preparatory school a
Annapolis.'
Hartley Thane, manager of th
Alaska-Juneau mines, states that 8
700 tons of ore were milled by th
company in 24 hours recently.
Advertising
Not an Expense
ADVERTISING IS AN
INVESTMENT
ij| 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.
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.
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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
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug 8tore. Residence,
Alaakan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office Hours—10 a. m. to 12 noon,
Railroad Hospital; 2 to 5 p. in., Adams
Building, Room 6.
Phones—Residence, 115; Hospital,
46; Office. 132.
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E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
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Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adame Building
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Alaskan Hotel
Barber Shop
Baths at All Hours, Day ami
Night
Accommodations for Ladies.
Ladles' Facial Massage and
Shampooing.
Razors Honed, Children's Hair
cutting.
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EVERYTHING BOUGHT
AND SOLD
i For anything you can't find in
i town, go to J. Rawson’s Second
Hand Store and see what he has
got. We carry new and second
I hand goods of all kinds, clothing
i and kitchenware.
We have an experienced man
who does all kinds of repair work.
Give us a call.
JOHN RAWSON,
i First Street
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5 M. O. Thompson H. C. Murphy
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The MECCA
Thompson & Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Faat and cofhmodivua steamers tailing between Seattla, Ketch- ^
Ikan, Wrangell. Juneau, Skagway, Cordova. Valdez, Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Sri ils from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
Aug. 4.ALASKA.Aug. 15
Aug. 5.ALAMEDA .Aug. 16
Aug. 16 MARIPOSA.Aug. 27
Regular freight service ror Ketcnikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. 8. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; S. 8. Wt
Cordova, 25th of each month. ■ »
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamer*
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not bn 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 COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT . August-6
ADMIRAL WATSON . August 13
ADMIRAL EVANS.August 20
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
laland.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Porta.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
NEW LOW FARES EFFECTIVE AUGUST 20TH
Through Tickets from S. W. Alaskan ports to Minne
apolis, St. Paul, Chicago and all points East will be
on sale via Seattle and the ‘Milwaukee” Railway at
the low fares on and after August 20th by the
Alaska S. S. Co. and the Pacific Alaska Nav. C. Full
information from
TOM TALLENT. Agent.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. E. Harris, T. P. A., Juneau, Alaska.
Copper River & 1
I Northwestern Ry. |
| EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916. |
g Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. ijjj
g Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. !§
, jiji Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs- j|
jiji days and Saturdays. fjj
jjj: Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and ijij
jjij Fridays. jjij
g Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs- &
jjjj days and Fridays. i|
jjjj Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, g
jiji Thursdays and Saturdays. g
jiji The above schedule subject to change without notice, g
;ij: Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Trains Be- jtj:
j:j: tween Cordova and Chitina. ijij
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
ijij Tickets on sale at Depot nr up town office, Alaska g
ijjj Steamship Company building ^
| Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges
jjj: Superintendent Cordova Agent j|
Cordova Power
Company
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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.