The Cordova Daily Times
GREATER CORDOVA'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER
ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS.
H. G. STEEL. C. H. WILCOX, C. H. 8CHEFFLER, Publisher.^
H. G. STEEL, Editor and Manager
C. H. WILCOX, City Editor.
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1915.
ARCHDEACON CALLED TO ACCOUNT
FOR RASH STATEMENTS ABOUT ALASKA
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(From the Fairbanks News-Miner)
F HAVE with us this evening Hudson Stuck, second
in command and Archdeacon under Peter Trimble
Rowe, Bishop ot Alaska. I In* Reverend gentleman
returns from a year spent mushing over tin* trails of Europe
and the United States in plush-upholstered roadhouses, and
he brings back with him the beliefs ho so freely expressed in
the civilized world—that our railroad is a mistake, and should*
be a wagon road; that the name of Mount McKinley is “Den
ali;” that the name of most of the white people of Alaska is
“Dennis” because our agricultural possibilities are imaginary
short time, only the Indians will be left to hold interior Alaska
are liars, ami that “The Yellow Rose of Texas” beats “The
Belle of Tennessee.” Gentlemen, Archdeacon Stuck (at St.
Matthew’s on Sunday next.)
Belief is a condition of the mind, and we welcome to our
city the leader of the pessimistic opposition, although he seems
to pack with him two extremes—the Gospel of Hope and the
Religion of Despair. Arguing from his standpoint, the pos
sible and actual resources of interior Alaska are (1) Indians,
and (2) mining. After tin* mines are played out, a relatively
short time, only the Indians will lx* left t ohold interior Alaska
together—therefore a railroad is a luxury and unwarranted;
agriculture is a delusion and a snare in interior Alaska, and
the Indians have been unable or unwilling to make head or tail
of agriculture; “Denali” sounds better than McKinley, and
besides the sourdough is never sure of his pronunciation of
Denali. Therefore “Indiana for the Indians and Denali for
the Daniels-come-to-judgment. ’ ’
it mere is anything worth while in the point of view of
Archdeacon Stuck, it is a regrettable occurrence that he did not
arrive among us much sooner and when youth was thick and
fast upon us, and our powers of recovery the greater; also our
adaptability. We of the White-trash contingent of Interior
Alaska have gone on, year after year, making ourselves believe
that we have a great country and a great people, and that there
is a brilliant future before the country. We have imbided be
liefs that the agricutural possibilities of Interior Alaska are
immeasurably great, and that a railroad is better than a wagon
road, in that it is less expensive to maintain, makes freights
cheaper and development corresponding cheaper and easier.
The Indian has “never done nothing” for us, or for any people
or clime we ever heard of, and we have never felt inspired to
leave our prosperity and the future to the uplifting efforts or
grace of the Indians, and we are too old to learn. We will
simply have to play the string out in our own way: Believe in
our country and its imaginary possibilities and resources; re
member Mt. McKinley by that name, and hold the fort against
Archdeacon Stuck and the Indians until the final judgment is
rendered, after which it will be time enough to build nioun
inents to the memory of “The Man Who KNOWS!”
W hile it may be possible that we are right in our beliefs
that our farming experts know as much about the agricultural
possibilities and probabilities of Interior Alaska as was learned
by Archdeacon Stuck in his hurried trips across the tundra, we
are willing to admit that upon one subject Archdeacon Stuck is
the last word, and that is the subject of mountain climbing, Mt.
McKinley or Denali in particular. In the interests of the dis
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take advantage of Archdeacon Stuck’s presence in this city to
endeavor to obtain the inside dope upon—we will call it Denali,
to show that we are anxious to be convinced. In this city today
are four men who claim to have skelped the rise on M—Denali;
Archdeacon Stuck, Harry Karstens, Bill Taylor and Tom Lloyd.
As an earnest seeker after information, and in the interests of
our pet charity, we will engage to furnish a suitable hall in
which to bring there four mountaineers together, that they may
their stories of the ascent of (the mountain.) Each story teller
is to allow five minutes after his story in which th^ other story
tellers may ask questions of him; the admission will be $1, so
that all may go, and the proceeds will go to the Belgian Flour
Fund. This is a great opportunity to educate our people upon
their own country and its landmarks, and at the same time help
> a suffering people. The entire receipts will be net benefit to
the Belgians, and although Archdeacon Stuck is the only real
platform speaker of the four, they may all have something to
contribute to our education.
Are you there, Archdeacon?
The Belgians need the flour.
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The editorial piffle that emanates from adjoining base
ment is affording the public considerable amusement and the
writer of them is now doubbed the “Town Jester.”
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The snow shovelers performed good service this morning
and as a result most of the sidewalks have been cleared of the
heaviest fall of the “beautiful” that Cordova had this winter.
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Now that Bunnell has received from Wilson the reward it
will be in order for the Honorable James to find some other
name for bis political can than the Wilson Progressive Demo
crat brand. Bunnell seems to loiv« n u .... v...* i...
—Nome Industrial Worker.
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Another bloody battle has been fought, but the heavy artil
lery work of our basement contemporary went wide of its mark,
as usual, and no damage was done, excepting to slightly dimin’
ish the supply of ammunition of the enemy, which is apparently
running short. Dum-dums are now its last resort.
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hioin the expressions of the several members ^)f the legis
lature win* have passed through Cordova on their way to .Fune
aii it is evident that an effort is to lx* made to have the present
territorial mining law repealed at the coming session.
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A writer uses some beautiful language in an endeavor to
convince his readers that “life is best after 50.” It may be so,
ami it will be hoped that this idealist is correct in his views.
But it will be a hard proposition to convince the average old
codger of jO that he can view lit** through the same roseate per
spective as when he was 21.
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The Alaskan knows that it is deliberately falsifying when
it attempts to create the impression that The Daily Times is
either owned or controlled by any persons other than those
whose names appear at the masthead as the editors and pub
lishers, and tin* insinuation that, a number of prominent busi
ness men are its financial backers is in keeping with the rest of
the silly and unreliable stuff that finds its way into tin* columns
ot the “near-great.” If, as alleged, we are losing several him
dred dollars a month with more than double the amount of live
advertising carried by our contemporary, that little* pocket edi
tion ot an attemon paper must be verging on bankruptcy. But
whey this concern about the business affairs of The Times,
which meets all of its financial obligations ami is craning a little
money besides. Fortunately, when we embarked in business
our patronage was sufficient to meet expenses and it was not
necessary to give notes for $4,000, ninety-nine per cent of which
amount remained unpaid' for lo these mnnv vents.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
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ROBERT E CAPERS
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General Civil Practice
Suite 3, Adams Block
CORDOVA, .... ALASKA1
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Sails frcm tultlt- Sails from Cordova—
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Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
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Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
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F. B TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
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ADMIRAL EVANS, February 15
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Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
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Chitina for Cordova— 11
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