rhe Cordova Daily Times
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1915.
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SAN FRANCISCO AND ALASKA
Our Seattle friends had better beware for San Francisco is
joing after the trade of Alaska, and going after it right. What
s more, if the people of Alaska ever get a chance to trade with
he California city on the same terms as with the Spirit City,
here will be an awful lot of Alaskans who will prefer to trade
vitli the Golden Gate merchants. The reason of this is the
itrong impression that has continually increased' throughout
Alaska, that our Seattle friends look upon us in the north as
somebody to exploit, and that they have not always given us a
fair deal. That this is killing the goose who laid the* golden
?gg, even the Seattleites can see, and the most far sighted of
the business men of that city have not been at fault. That
Alaskans have had much to complain of concerning Seattle,
nobody can deny They might have the same complaints about
San Francisco, if the trade had gone there. San Francisco will
be the gainer however, because her astute business men know
the sentiment in Alaska, and will take pains not to make the
lame mistakes that our Washington friends have made. At
times the most stupid o factions in regard to Alaska must be
credited to the Seattle commercial bodies. Witness the action
of the Seattle Commercial Club in adopting a resolution
protesting to the President against the government purchase
of tho Copper River & Northwestern Railway. Kven a man
with half an eye could see that it was the duty of the Seattle
business men to boost for Alaska railroads in general and not
for anyone section of Alaska, or knock any particular section.
Of course the people of Cordova and the Copper River valley
should gratefully take whatever crumbs thp Seattle Commer
cial Club hands out to us, and be glad that they favor us by
allowing us to buy goods from them. What do the business
men of Seattle think the merchants of this section would do if
they had a chance to buy goods in Frisco as well as they can in
Seattle? The Spirit City at times acts as if it had imbibed the
wrong kind of spirits. Now we learn that the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce is circularizing the business men of that
great city in an endeavor to secure a direct steamer service
with Alaska. A blank has been prepared and the business
men are asked to tell the Chamber what their business with
Alaska now amounts to, how much of it is shipped direct, how
much through Seattle, whether they would ship direet if they
had' steamer service from Seattle, and other questions to guide
the Chamber on the matter. It is evident that this would not
be going on if the Chamber had not been assured that a direct
i steamer service would be installed provided a reasonable
amount of freight could be secured. The passenger service
would be easy for Sau Francisco to get, as most Alaskans
would prefer to go direct to that city when they go outside. We
in C'oi'dpva heartily wish the San Francisco Chamber of
Commerce success with their undertaking, and' trust that their
steamboats will be running direct to our ports within a short i
time.
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FUR COATS IN ALASKA
One of our subscribers recently brought to the Times office
an advertisement he had clipped from the Seattle P.-I. The
ad read that somebody had a fur coat for sale, “suitable for
an Alaska tourist.” This is the way some enterprising
Seattleite, probably a member of the Commercial Club, attempts
to boost Alaska. Tries to palm off a a second-hand fur coat by ;
telling the tourists that Alaska in summer is wintry, and that .
they bad better not come here without a fur coat. Would it
not be better to inform the world that Alaska in summer is a
place where straw hats and B. V. D’s are the rule. Where the
sun shines at night, and you can play baseball at any hour. No
wonder that people outside get the impression that Alaska is
a land of snow and ice, glaciers and polar bears,, for even our
Seattle friends, who should know us better than anyone else
help to spread such delusions.
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jfci LEO FRANK
The following editorial from the Juneau Empire on the 1
Frank case, is indicative of what the sober thought of the
people of Georgia should be. Instead they are rioting because
Governor Slaton did his plain duty. Such men as Slaton are
the justification of our system of representative government,
and the southerners should be proud of him, If the violation
and' murder of a white woman was not mixed up in the matter
the Georgians would admire the courageous attitude of their
chief executive, but that is one case where the average
Southerner goes off at a tangent. Speaking from the following
editorial the judge who condemned Frank would have
supported the action of Slaton.
“There is an element of the dramatic as well as a high
persuasiveness in the appearance at the hearing of the Georgia
prison commission of that letter from the judge who presided
^at the trial of Leo M. Frank. It is a veritable voice from the
p-ave—for Judge Roan died soon after presiding at the trial
nd writing this letter; a voice suggesting the existence of a
strong doubt as to the guilt of the man now condemned to die;
a voice admitting that the Judge himself felt that he might
have erred in paying undue deference to the verdict of the jury
and refusing the motion for a new trial.
“ ‘After many months of continued deliberation,’—so it
runs—‘I am still uncertain of Frank’s guilt: This state of ,
uncertainty is largely due to the character of the negro Conley’s (
testimony, by which the verdict was evidently reached. I wish
to say that at the proper time I shall ask the prison commission
to recommend and the governor to commute Frank’s sentence
to life imprisonment. ’
“This letter strengthens the appeal for clemency im
measurably. The main argument is that, irrespective of the
question of guilt or innocence, the defendant, on account of the
state of public feeling at the time, did not have a fair trial. Here
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ive have the judge who presided at the trial—the man who had
he best of opportunities to form an unbiased opinion—
leclaring that, irrespective of the .juestion of the fairness of
the trial, he has strong doubts as to the actual guilt of tin*
recused.
“With the doubt as to the fairness of the trial supported
fry a variety of strong circumstances and the weight of the
dissenting opinion of Justice Holmes and the doubt as to the
actual guilt supported by this voice from the grave of the dead
trial judge, it would seem safe to assume that the Governor of
Georgia will commute the sentence.”
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THIS IS A NATION
“Our country'! In her intercourse with foreign
nntions may she always be in the right; tint our
country, right or wrong.”—Stephen Decatur.
Consider the position of a great neutral nation trying to
keep its equilibrium, says the Chicago Tribune, when all the
foundations of trade are unsteady; looked to for supplies by
the belligerent nations; anxious to preserve peace with honor;
anxious to comport itselt in fairness to all nations; anxious to
lx* the instrument for the restoration of peace when possible.
Half the world is desperate and' the other half is
perplexed.
The l nited States is in tin* hands of its government, and
the power of decision and disposal which rests with the govern
ment is, in fact, as absolute in these matters of foreign relations
as might be if this were an autocracy Instead of a democracy’.
We know that the government of the United States has
no other desire than to treat American honor sensibly and our
foreign obligations honorably. We know that President Wilson
is as sensitive on these questions as the highest-minded Ameri
can could' wish him to be. Government policies will be formu
lated with only one intent, and that to be considerate of our
honorable interests and of the necessities of other nations.
We may trust our government, composed as it is, to go to
the extreme of practical humanitarianism in its decisions upon
nil vexed questions. It will be even indulgent and tolerant. It
will not take offense hastily. It will not bristle at the first
opportunity. It will remain cool-headed and considerate.
In the emergency which a collected and composed prophet
may see among the near possibilities the obligation of American
citizenship is to support the government. The Tribune has
criticised President Wilson, Secretary Bryan, and the important
personages of the government upon innumerable occasions;
but here division of opinion almost comes to an end.
There are high occasions when a nation must solidify itself j
behind the government. Decatur, whose words head this
editorial, put that thought in a phrase which has lived. Tn
America this devotion has not meant and it cannot conceivably
mean in our times, or in times which we might forsee, a devo
tion to low and sordid practices. Our foreign policy might be
mistaken, but we may trust it to be sincere. The people of
the United States will not be betrayed by the designs of their
government. But, with error, or without error, a nation as a
unit is needed.
In questions which may arise our government stands for
us and we stand for the government.
This is a nation, not a difference of opinion.
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. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
flours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at Law
Room 1
kdams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
*hone 4. CORDOVA, ALASKA
E. A. HEGG
PHOTOGRPHER
PHOTO SUPPLIES
Views and Post Cards
STATIONERY
PICTURES and FRAMES
CLOTHES
CLEANED AND PRESSED
All Work Given Prompt
Attention
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The
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HOUSEBUILDERS
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W M. WOLF
Hegg Bldg. C 8treet
gold-copperI
FOR 8ALE
A high grade Gold property, ten
miles from Valdez with several
hundred sacks of high grade ore
on the dump. This property ad
joins a producing mine and sev
eral velng of high firade ore are
exposed on the surface of this
ground.
Also four groups of copper
properties on Prince William
Sound, adjoining navigable water.
All of these properties could be
made producers with a small
amount of money and for a party
who can open same up or can se
cure the capital to do so, this Is
an opportunity to make a fortune.
For prices and terms apply to
S A. HEMPLE, Valdez, Alaska
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HOTEL NORTHERN
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OSTRANDER BLDG. CORDOVA, ALASKA
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Private Boxes
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PRACTICAL OPTICIAN
Office at
CORNER DRUO STORE
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SILVER FOX and MARTEN
ALASKA SILVER FOX A FUR
FARMS COMPANY
J. S. Sterling, Mgr.
FAIRBANKS • - . ALASKA
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N. A. CLASEN, Prop.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skaqway, Cordova, Valdez, 8eward and
SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
June 12.MARIPOSA .June 22
June 18.ALAMEDA. June 28
Regular freight service Tor Ketchikan, Juntau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, 8. S. Seward. 8. 8. 8eward, 5th; S. 8. Latouche, 15th; 8. 8.
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 be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COA8T CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS, JUNE 15
ADMIRAL WATSON, JUNE 25
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, 8eward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-Saa Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and H«>
vard for Southern California Ports. *
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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Copper River &
Northwestern Ry.
Effective June 12th, 1915. ;;
Two trains every six days between Cordova and I I
Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making '!
connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving '
from Seattle. !;
Trains between Chitina and Shushanna Junction, ''
and Kennecott connect with trains between Chitina and
Cordova. ’
All trains from Cordova leave from Second Street ;;
Depot.
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pesienger Train* Be- ‘ ’
tween Cordova and Chitina. « >
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The above schedule subject to change without notice. !!
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Tickets on sale at Depot or up town office, Alaska ;;
Steamship Company building
Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges ~~ ||
Superintendent Cordova Agent ;;
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