The Cordova Daily Times
GREATER CORDOVA’S GREATEST NEWSPAPER
ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
H. G. STEEL. C. H. WILCOX. C. H. SCHEFFLER, Publisher*
H. G. STEEL, Editor and Manager
C. H. WILCOX, City Editor.
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Entered at the Postofflce at Cordova, Alaska, as secondclass matter.
COIpDVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY I. 19*5
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ROADHOUSES MUST KEEP REGISTERS
OF MEN WHO MUSH OVER TRAILS
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HE net recently passed by the territorial legislature re
quiring roadhouse men to keep a record of their guests
will meet with general approval throughout Alaska. In
discussing the measure the Fairbanks Times says:
The adoption of some such system as is provided for in
the bill in question has been advocated by the Times for a num
ber of years. The question is one which concerns the entire
territory, and especially the people of the interior, who are com
pelled to risk their lives on the trails in traveling to and from
the coast.
Under present conditions it is impossible to keep track of
the movement of travelers, and experience has proved that it
is equally impossible to ascertain the identity of persons guil
ty of crimes committed along the trails, for the reason that they
are not required to disclose their names at any of the stopping
places between the coast and' points in the interior. Persons
may disappear completely between Fairbanks and Ohitina,
leaving no record behind them to assist in determining the date
and place of their disappearance.
Many of the roadhouses have registers, and occasionally
a guest is invited to leave his autograph as a souvenir of his
visit; but invitations of that sort are exceptional. The great
majority of travelers pass unnoticed, insofar as their identity
and destination are concerned.
The owners of trail establishments should be compelled
to keep a record, not only of their guests, but of all passers by.
And the requirement to register should be binding upon travel*
ers as well as roadhouse keepers. Otherwise the record will
be incomplete and' of small value as a protection to mushers
and an aid to the officials.
The fact that the authorities have been unable to appre
hend those responsible for the Willow Creek murders is due
very largely to the fact that ‘'mushers have been permitted to
come and go without effort on the part of the government to
provide for their protection. Roadhouse registration is a
simple safeguard and should be required without further de
lay.
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THE ESKIMO AND SOAP, AS VIEWED
BY THE U, S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
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THAT the Alaska Eskimo can give tin1 average citizen
of the United States valuable pointers in the matter of
cleanliness is the rather startling assertion made by the
United States Public Health Service, which tells how the na
tives have banished' the “deadly roller towel” and the “com
mon drinking cup’’ and have shown other evidences of ad
vanced civilization. Commenting on the progress which the
Eskimo has made against dirt and disease, the Public Health
Service says:
In the majority of the settlements the teacher is the only doctor, but
medical officers of the public health service make frequent visits to the var
ious communities and teach both the natives and the whites the methods by
which tuberculosos, eye diseases and other common ailments are spread and
the way in which they may be prevented. The warfare against disease has
resulted in the abolition of the deadly roller towel and the common drink
ing cup by the natives in general, and this hygienic reform has spread even
B8 far as Point Barrow, the most northerly point in Notrli America.
A part of the appropriation for the education of the natives in Alas
ka is being expended for the maintenance of three improvised hospitals. All
schools are provided with simple remedies and medical handbook of instruc
tions. Lectures on tuberculosis, eye diseases, ventilation, care of infants,
preparation of food and other subjects pertaining to disease—preventive
measures are delivered. These talks are supplemented by individual in
structions in the home. Pamphlets on the cause, prevention and cure of tu
berculosis have been issued to pupils throughout the school service and
“How to Keep Well” cards placed in the homes. Paper towels and indi
vidual drinking cups are being used in the schools in place of the common
articles and their value explained to the children.
This campaign of warfare against disease is showing results. The
natives are being educated to hygienic living, care being taken not to incul
cate the customs of the white man unless they will bring about betterment
of health and economic conditions. This has resulted in a general improve
ment in the health of the natives of Alaska and already the morbidity and
Mortality rates from the various diseases have begun to fall. The natives
have co-operated heartily in this work. It is interesting to think what re
sults would follow a similar co-operation on the part of the whites in the
United States.
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President Wilson’s advice usually is good. When he
tells the jieople to subdue their emotions, exercise restraint,
and not lose their head's over the European war, we all listen
with deep respect. But the presidential admonition would
have a longer taproot if the Atlantic coast were not just now
getting rich on war supplies. Those shipments arouse the
indignation of those of German and Austrian blood, and even
some or Irish and Scotch blood, and on the other side tin- ex'
cite the enthusiasm of all those who smypathize with the allies
and those who are beneficiaries of the traffic. With this bus
iness widening the chasm, an amalgamated and peaceful citi
zenship is not iiossible.
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School houses are the temples which we erect to the god of
childhood; they are also the homes of onr children for a large
part of the day through the most important years of their
lives, the years in which they are most responsive to impres
sions of beauty and ugliness.
That young chauffeur who married “above bis station”
and who now is suing his rich daddy in law for a great sum
tor alienating of love, testifies that bis wife taught him to
smoke cigarettes. It’s a new version of that garden episode
in which Father Adam ate not wisely but too willingly.
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A California newspaper is booming Henry Ford for pres
ident of the Unibsl States, and one can foresee, if la- nine,
another bitter contrast between democracy and the money pow
er. Nobody owning a car costing more than $49") will vote
for him.
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A photograph of Mellish’s comet, made at Flagstaff, Ari
zona, shows the tail of the wonder to be 3,000,000 miles in
length, being a little longer than an after-dinner speech but
not quite so long as a woman’s club paper.
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The lectures on sweetness and light which John D. Rocke*'
feller, jr., has been delivering to his Sunday school class, look
like a boquet of rotten gourds in company with the Walsh
charges.
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The French are using bombs that make the German sol
diers throw up their sausages, rendering the German food
problem a little more serious.
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Pretty hard to tell which is enjoying himself more—Col.
Roosevelt or his cross-examiner.
DR W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Call* may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
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Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. C. L. HALE
D E N T I 8 T
Office in Adams Building
E, F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
Phone 4. CORDOVA, ALASKA
THE ARCTIC
LUMBER CO.
Still in Business and Carry
LUMBER OF ALL
DESCRIPTIONS
And Build ng Material
Prices Made on Orders for
Material
THE MODERN LAUNDRY!
Phone 66
FANCY FLANNELS AND;
STARCH WORK OUR
SPECIALTY
N. A. CLASEN, Prop.
For Sale
Four big groups of fine copper
properties on navigable water on
Prince William Sound. Large
amount of shipping ore in sight on
these properties and ore could be
taken out at once in from two to
three places on each group to help
the expense of opening same up.
Prices and terms reasonable.
S. A. HEMPLE,
Valdez, Alaska.
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Fast and commodious steamers sailing between 8eatt!e, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Kenal
Anchorage and SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
April 18 . MARIPOSA. April 28
April 24.ALAMEDA. May 4
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. 8. S. Seward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; 8. 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
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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 EVANS, April 15
ADMIRAL WATSON, April 25
Vis 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 California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
I Copper River &
I Northwestern Ry.
:: EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1915. \\
' ’ Trains leave Cordova, depot at foot of Second Ave- ::
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;; Chitina for Kennecott— ; I
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!; Chitina for Cordova— • ’
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TWO FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAILY
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? For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations, etc..
call on or address I
City Ticket Offices, Alaska Steamship Co. or Alaska Coast S. S. Co. j
Cordova, Alaska, l
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
443 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, R. C.
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