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CORDOVA, ALASKA, WKDXKSDAV. PECEMBKH 8. 1P1.Y
A STORY WITH A MORAL.
A few days since, near Takola, thirty miles from Aberdeen
in the State of Washington, Mrs. B. E. Burkhead started out
over a trail to where her husband was at work. She was carry*
ing her baby on her back, when she suddenly came upon a cou
gar chasing a fox. Seeing her, the cougar dropped the chase
of the fox and sprang at the woman, tearing her gown with the
first spring.
Fortunately a piece of iron plate lay beside the trail. The
woman seized this and then a battle royal began between the
woman and the cougar.
The woman’s dress was torn to ribbons, but she never lost
her nerve, and the result was that the cougar retired with a
look on his face as though he was sorry that he gave up the
chase of the fox. The youngster clung around’ its mother’s
ueck all through the battle, and was not injured, and the
woman received only a few scratches.
There is a moral in the story. There are plenty of cougars
outside the woods of Washington, only they are known by dif
ferent names, such as cares, sorrows, want, poverty, heartaches
and many other titles. They are persistent in their attacks,
they haunt the paths of men and women by day, they invade
their homes at night. The moral of the story is that the only
thing to do is to fight them until they skulk away. The heav
ier they are to bear the more need there is to make a brave
fight. Had the woman in the deep woods on the narrow trail
not boon encumbered' by the child, the chances are that she
would have screamed, fainted and have been torn to pieces.
As it was, the burden sin1 boro gave her the courage to make
the fight and she won.
A cynic might say: “She won because she happened to
find the piece of iron pipe.”
There is no point in the criticism, because the soul really
determined to fight back the world’s oppressions will always
find the iron pipe with which to meet the unequal battle.
Many men and women fail because they do not realize that
a desperate struggle, if bravely waged, will develop resources
in themselves that they did not dream that they possessed.
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THE METAL MARKETS.
Early in December sees all of the metal markets, in a
blaze of glory. In each case there is a large production, prob
ably phenomenal production, but the demand is so large that,
the output is readily absorbed on a scale upward. \ orily, this
is a bull market in the metals.
Some characteristics of the existing copper market are
deserving of comment. Buyers appear to have abandoned the
policy of coming into the market together, contracting tor
Huge blocks, and then remaining away for a long time. During
the last month there has been good business from day to day,
each buyer playing his own hand and contracting for copper as
be thought it wise to do. On the other hand, the producers
fiave displayed no tendency to dangle'copper over the buyers’
beads, but have supplied it liberally on a scale upward*. Not
yet has copper been put to an extravagant price.
Within a month the price for lead has risen from 4 1-2
cents to 5 1-4 cent's, the successive advances following large and
satisfactory selling at each previous price. The demand for
lead, both for domestic consumption and for export, continues
large, but in this metal, as in copper, the producers have fob
lowed the policy of making hay while the sun in shining, and
have deemed it wise to convert load into money as fast as they
could*.
The demand for spelter appears to be insatiable, for in
spite of the rapidly increasing production prices have risen
again. The great mystery is how so much of it is being used,
for the domestic galvanizing business for peaceful purposes
continues all but paralyzed.
England promises to put 4,000,000 Britishers and 6,000,000
[Russians in the field in March, and German mothers go on
hearing hoys six times as fast as they’re shot, according to
Hudson Maxim, so that anybody now can calculate the length
of the war.
Giving parliament members penny wooden penholders, and
cutting down their supply of note paper to remind them that
economy should be practiced is obeying Law, it it is defying
custom, for Bonar Law just recently impressed upon England
the need of saving. »
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Germany is postponing the Lusitania accounting as far as
possible. But we don’t want to wait until we have to deal
with a bankrupt concern.
If Greece would be threatening to disleg the allied troops
instead of to disarm them, it might keep them from running
back all the time.
A big run of salmon is reported in the east. There were
27 carloads from the Pacific Coast through Chicago yesterday.
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ikan. Wrangell, Juneau. Sragway, Cordova. Valdez, Seward and
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Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
December 3 .... NORTHWESTERN .. December 12
December 10 . ALAMEDA . December 19^
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VDMIRAL EVANS . December 15
\DMIRAL FARRAGUT . December 26
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
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| Northwestern Ry. I
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Effective October 4th, 1915.
Two trains every six days between Cordova and $j
|! Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making |i
& connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving g
g from Seattle.
g Trains leave Cordova depot at foot of Second Avenue,
Mondays and Thursdays,
g Leave Kennecott, Tuesdays and Fridays.
;:.;i Leave Kennecott for Chitina, Wednesday and Saturdays, g
% Leave Chitina for Cordova, Tuesdays and Fridays. g
The above schedule subject to change without notice, g
g Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Tralna Be- ?!
g tween Cordova and Chitina. £
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g Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. g
Tickets on sale it Depot or up-town office, Alaska 5
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|| Superintendent Cordova Agent
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