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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CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1915.
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PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION OPENS TOMORROW.
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THE big fair at San Francisco, which opens tomorrow, is
the first of the great world’s expositions to celebrate a
contemporaneous event and it is quite probable that it
will be the last of the unversal expositions to he held within the
present generation.
Those who have followed with interest the progress of
the exposition since its inception will be still more interested
in learning what effect, if any, the present cataclysm in Europe
has had upon the forthcoming celebration. As a begining it may
be stated that the war has caused none of the nations to witrn
draw their participation, that since the outbreak of the war the
number of conventions voting to meet in San Francisco has in
creased at greater proportionate rate than before, and that the
applications for exhibit space have been unprecedented in their
volume.
The exposition grounds are equal to the combined areas
of the World’s Columbian exposition at Chicago and the Pan
American exposition at Buffalo. The exhibit palaces are the
lofiest exposition buildings ever ercted and through the plan
by which they are grouped, the buildings of the main exhibit
section occupying the central portion of the site, blend together
architecturally as the palaces of a vast oriental city. The plan
was the outgrowth of the efforts of a commission of many of
the most notable architects in America who worked in fro col
laboration with their professional brothers abroad. This com
mission held many meetings and the final plan to group the
buildings in great masses was reached after consultation
with Mr. Edward H. Bennett, the noted expert in
city planning. The plan as adopted presents two great charms.
In the first place it will not be necesary to walk vast distances
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day of siglit-seeing and in the second place the buildings present
an almost indescrible effect of magnificence and splendor. The
grounds lie in the city limits of San Francisco, just inside the
Golden Gate, and face north on San Francisco bay for two and
one-third miles. Their total lengths is almost three miles, hut
a part of the eastern area is separated from the bay by the
Fort Mason Military reservation, beneath which a tunnel was
recently dug, permitting the “belt line” railroad, constructed'
by the State Harbor commission, to enter the site.
On the south, east and west, which is some six feet above
high tide and rises gradually, it is encircled by successive ranges
of hills, presenting the effect as of enfolding walls of a vast
semi-amphitheatre. From tin* bay the exhibit section, which
occupies the center of the grounds, stands out in splendid con
trast with its impressive natural setting, with tin* bay and with
the lofty hills to contend with small or detached buildings
would' have been dwarfed by the contrast, but not these. The
walls of the exhibit places are as high as the average six-story
city block; transverse naves one hundred and ten feet above the
ground run north and south and east and west through the
buildings and colossal domes and towers and minarets, gorge
ous with color rise as the domes and spires of a vast oriental
city to heights of one hundred and sixty, one and twenty-seven
and two hundred and thrity-five feet. There is no doubt that
nowhere in the world at the present time is there such a collec
tion of architectural marvels to be seen as at San Francisco.
In Paris, London, or Constantinople you may see details which
will, perhaps, rival those in the City of Palces by the Golden
Gatp and will, ot course, have behind them a historic interest,
but nowhere can you see so great a mass of architectural mar
\els, each equally bcautitul and facinating, all reproducing the
l>est features of Furopean architecture and adapting it to the
environments, as in tins stupendous architectural creation.
1 lie great main buildings, however, have formidable com
petitors in their beauty and originality, in the wonderful struc
tures on the Zone, which occupies the east Hank of the grounds,
as well as in the huge pavilions of the nations of the west Hank
and nearest the Golden Gate. In their architecture, distinctive
ot the countries that they represent, the foreign pavilions have*
never been surpassed' or even equalled. The Danish pavilion
foi example, presents the archtiecture of the famous Ivronberg
(aist le, lamiliai to devotees of Shakespeare as the abode of the
melancholy, irresolute Hamlet. The Turkish pavilion, on the
other hand', in part suggests the mosque of St. Sophia’s at
Constantinople; the Italian pavilion, which is comprised of
seven interconnected structures, suggests nothing more than a
section of a charming Italian city and one really feels he is
gaining a glimpse of the charms of Italy as portrayed in the
late Marion Crawford’s works. Nothing would be of greater
fascination than the quaint oriental touch presented in the
architecture of the ('hinesc and Japanese pavilions and gardens.
The Chinese pavilion, after the Forbidden City, while the Jap
anese recalls the famous temple of Kin Ka Ku Ji at Kioto,
which is more than one thousand years old. Both of these
structures and their surrounding gardens are fashioned' by na
tive artisans brought from China and Japan in either case and
even the materials, the rare shrubs and ornaments, were im
poi ted at a tremndous cost. rl li«* Imperial government of
Japan appropriated six hundred thousand dollars for its parti
cipation and the awakening republic of China appropriated
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Most of the great
foreign pavilions do not require an entablature for their identi
fication. 1 he visitor will at once recognize the Netherlands
pavilion as in every way typical of the most interesting architec
ture of that country. Among the state buildings many bis
tone structures are represented. There is the old State House
at Boston for the Massachuseets building; then* an* the Tren
ton Barracks for the New Jersey building, and Washington’s
olu homo Mt. \ onion for V irginia.
Altogether forty foreign nations and forty four American
states and territories are Represented at the exposition; also
many thousands of exhibitors and associations of exhibitors will
lake part, even Gorman and Knglish exhibitors being presented
upon a large scale, although it will be recalled that Germany
and Kngland were the two great loading Kuropenn nations that
declined to participate officially in the exposition.
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Yes, a little publicity is a good thing now and then. Since
The Times called the attention of our contemporary to its de
ception by proclaiming that the Alaskan “is the only daily
newspaper published at Cordova” it now lays claim, at the
head of its editorial page, to being tin* “only permanent daily.”
Of course it would be expecting too much for the “near-great”
to tell the whole truth.
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T» the Oregon Legislature are two women, one in the Sen
ate and one in the House. Both are Misses, and, of course,
both are described as young and pretty. Miss (’lark, the Sena
tor, is a niece of former Gov. Oswald West. Miss Towne is the
member of the House, and, like with Senator Clarke, she is a
school teacher. Both are Democrats, and both defeated' male
candidates on the Republican and Progressive tickets.
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 4 to 6 p. m.
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
ROBERT E. CAPERS
Attorney at Law
General Civil Practice
Suite 3, Adams Block
CORDOVA, .... ALASKA
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at law
Room I
Adams Block CORDOVA. ALASKA.
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V. A. SCHMITZ
PRACTICAL OPTICIAN
Office at
CORNER DRUG STORE
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J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
Phone 4. CORDOVA, ALA8KA
THE ARCTIC
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| ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between 3eattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward, via
INSIDE PA8SAQK.
Saits frcm Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
February 16.ALAMEDA.February 23
"February 24.MARIPOSA.March 2
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juntau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. 8. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S.
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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ALASKA PACIFIC S. ,S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND -ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS, February 15
ADMIRAL WATSON, February 25
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Vakutat,
Kataila, 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 IRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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:: EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 24, 1914, j \
;: Trains leave Cordova, depot at foot of Second Ave- :I
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;; Chitina for Kennecott— ; I
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Wednesdays, Saturdays and Mondays.
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Steamship Company building
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LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
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Office: FIRST STREET.