THE BURKHART
Hand Laundry and Baths
BURKHART BUILDING, REAR OF HERALD OFFICE
Newly Fitted Up With Large Porcelain Tubs.
Everything Clean and Sanitary.
WATER ALWAYS HOT. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
PHONE 61—3 RINGS
____ '
^ _
Bargain Store
JUST RECEIVED
A LINE OF SHIRTS, PANTS, WOOL BLANKETS
QUILTS, ETC. FROM F. A. PATRICK AND CO.
We also handle the Hirsch-Weis and Co. “Rose City”
brand of Mackinaws, Loggers’ Shirts, Rainset and Au
apelle Clothing.
Black Bear brand of union made Overalls and Jackets.
A complete line of Wool and Cotton Blankets, Quilts of all kinds,
Bed Spreads, Sheets and Pillow Slips, Wool Sox and Insoles.
Parkees, Gloves and Mittens. Shoe Pass and Rubber Overshoes.
Tents, Bed She«*», Pack Sacks and Clothes Bags.
Towers’ Fish Brand Oil Coats.
THE NORTHERN BLOCK
First Street
THE CITY BAKERY
WE ARE SPECIALISTS IN FINE CAKE8 AND PASTRY
FOR
Parties and Receptions
Maker* of the Famou* "Cream Loaf” Bread
Sun "Maid” Raisin Bread—A Treat Indeed
Rye Bread Graham Bread
LUNCH ROOM—WHERE YOU GET THOSE EXCELLENT
LUNCHES
i FRISCO CAFE)
!v Vi
!v !v
Everything in Season Served
j:ji Two Doors Below Modern Laundry. 1
I YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
4;: X;
<.VXvt<\<\v*vXvX;l>vXv'vXv,'vXvXvX;!f.vIvXvt;X;Xv;v!v:v‘.;'.;XvX;Xv!v!vX\;:\^Xv'.vXv.’y/jXvXvX;XvX*.‘*?;
For Fairbanks and Interior Points
Travel via Sheldon Auto Stage Line, the pioneer auto
line on the Chitina-Fairbanks trail. Carrying U. S. mail
and assuring patrons the very best auto service to Fair
banks obtainable. For further particulars call on or ad
dress communications to
ROBERT E. SHELDON
< hvner and Manager, Chitina, Alaska
Copper River
and Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays
and Fridays
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
The above schedule subject to change without
notice.
Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
barf from a. in. to 5 p m., except Sundays.
i ickcts on sale at Second Street Depot office
■"iir before departure of trains.
UA.L3B C0RS3R Superintendent
D. L. LEATON, Ticket Agent
M’ADOO DEALS
WITH FUTURE
OF RAILWAYS
WASHINGTON, Dec !*. Regardless
or whether railroads finally go back
to private management or remain in j
the hands of the government, radical j
changes .should l;e made in their meth
ods and theories of operation to pro I
vide a partial merger under some sort
or government regulation, the Inter
state Commerce commission says in
its annual report made public today.
The commission believes the time is
not ripe to recommend concrete pro
posals for legislation relating to the
future policy toward railroads, but
says whatever he the nation’s decision
there should be provision for com
plete unification of the railways in
war time, partial merger in ordinary
times, limitation of railway construe
tion to public necessity, and system
atic encouragement of the develop
ment of inland waterways, and their
co-ordination with rail carriers.
In other words, the commission is
opposed tu restoration of the old con
ditions of individual competition, in
which pooling of traffic was forbidden •
by law. and to the* building of new
lines without proof to the government
I that they are economically necessary
If it is finally decided to restore
railroads to private management, says j
the commission, there should he legis
lation to permit their co-operation. !
emancipation of railway operation j
from financial dictation, government j
regulation of security issues; clearing!
away of the existing twilight zone
between the authority of state and
federal authorities in railroad super
j vision; efficient use of equipment and
! common use of terminals.
I On the other hand, if the policy of
j government ownership should he fin
! ally adopted, the principal questions
I to he considered are: The price to
] bo paid for the roads; means of pr*
i venting the railroads from being made |
| sources of revenue to the government. I
i and also to maintain them as self-sup- j
'porting; measures to define carefully)
the responsibility of the railway ad
ministration into congress and other
! federal and state authorities; guar
* antees against intrusion of partisan
j politics into railway management, and
! creation of a tribunal to settle con
! trov“risles over railroad matters.
Some sort of government regula
tion is suggested by the commission
, in connection with each of the fire
I alternatives of future policy which
^ 111 11V III* UPt t’nrlh l»v illffnrnnl intornulu
ill the near future. These alternatives
are: Continuation of the present sys
tem of government control with prl
vate ownership, public ownership with
private operation, private operation
with government regulation and guar
antees, complete control and owner
ship and complete public ownership
and operation.
The report deals at length with the
upheaval of railroad relations caused
| by the war and the government’s as
| sumption of operation, and the rela
! lions of the Interstate Commerce com
| mission to Director General McAdoo
and the railroad administration. The
commission has co-operated fully with
the government management, says the
report, but the commission still re
tains its authority to review rates
initiated by the director general.
Railroad valuation work of the com
mission, which will become of great
| importance in ease of government pur
; chase, is' proceeding with little inter
! ferenee on account of the war. Safety
I work has been assumed partly by the
' railroad administration, but educa
I tional work is being continued over
j the country. The commission in the
last year has made great strides in
seeking to promote uniform rate clr.ss
iticatlons, and has undertaken a num
j her of other investigations of rates
; and practices.
The report, including the statement
concerning future policies toward rail
roads, is signed by all the commis
sioners, except George \V. Anderson,
who recently resigned to accept an
other federal appointment. Others are
Winthrop M. Daniels, chairman; Ed
gar E. Clark, James S. Harlan, Charles
('. McChord, Dalthasar 11. Meyer, 11.
C. Hall, Clyde li. Aitchison, and Robert
W. Wooley.
—4
————11 1 ~ ■
UI1 TO THE MINUTE.
"Is Mabel still devoted to that
young man who owns the twelve
cylinder car?”
"No. She passed him up for an
army aviator.”
The Job printing department of the
St. Nicholas
In Camp
’Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the camp
Not a sound could be heard but the
sentry’s tramp, tramp.
The boys were all sleeping quite
snug in their bunks
With occasional snoring in good
solid chunks.
Some were a-drcarning of homes far
away
And mothers preparing for the
world’s holiday;
Others of sweethearts and what they
rniirht. KiMul
To brighten the
day and hap
piness lend—
When all of a
sudden there
rose such a
clatter,
All sprang up to
see what the
world was the
matter;
They rushed to
w a r d the
trenches ex
pecting the
Bodies,
Aohing to give
mem some rattier rougn punches—•
When what to their wondering eyes
should appear
But a convoy deep loaded with
Christmastide cheer—
Parcels and boxes and everything
good—
While high on the pile old St. Nich
olas stood,
A-bowing, and smiling, and beck’
ning to all
And easily looking as though he
might fall.
His face was familiar to all within
sight,
He was given no challenge, so great
was delight.
With a wink of his eye and a twist
of his head
He gave all to know thev had noth
ing to dread,
For pausing a moment, he went
straight to _
work,
And selecting a
package h e
gave it a jerk
And sent it a
flying while
c a 1 li n g a
name,
As the boy it
was sent to
was answ’ring
the same;
Then to one and
another a par
cel he gave,
J ill each hut was still as a newly
made grave
As the boys, filled with joy at the
gifts they received.
Hugged them and kissed them, us
though they believed
Those gifts were ’most human. And
Santa looked on
Tight gripping his wheel and toot
ing his horn,
Still bowing and smiling; then
turned to the right
And said “Merry Christinas,” and
“to all a good night.”
5 Some say that ever ’gainst ]?
5 that season comes ij
S Wherein our Saviour’s birth ]?
5 was celebrated
3 The bird of dawning singeth <5
\ all night long, X
5 So hallow’d and so gracious J?
5 is the time. <5
J —Shakespeare.
x>ooco<>x>oooooooc>ooooooooo
nineiiiyaia.
Tile best amethysts are brought from
Cambay, in India, and from Siberia,
Ceylon and Persia. The chief supply
of the blue turquoise Is drawn from the
peninsula of Sinai, the great mining
district of the ancient Egyptians.
Found.
"Aha!" hissed the Pullman porter.
“I have found the secret of his berth !”
And lie took a Husk from under the
passenger’s pillow.—Cartoons Maga
zine.
Daily Thought.
Charity itself consists in acting just
ly and faithfully in whatever office,
business and employment a person is
engaged.—Swedenborg.
Young Lady Across the Way.
The young lady across the way says
her father bus cut down on the size of
his cigars and Is now smoking punta
lcttas.
Jute Substitute.
Fiber from pine leaves, as a substi
tute for jute or ilax, is used in the man
ufacture of carpets.
Trebles Hardness of Leather.
A Norwegian engineer claim* thnt
lie has discovered a process by which
leather can he made two or three times
as hard as It Is normally, says Popu
lar Mechanic* Magazine. Tills Is of i
very special Interest In these days of !
high prices for footwear and other j
leather goods. While the leather can
he mad; as hard as wood, It does not i
lose Its elasticity, It Is said, and also
acquires greater resistance to both
heat and moisture.
Roman Soldiers’ "Smokes.”
Records recently discovered show
that the Roman soldiers In Caesar’s
lime had their pipes. Of course they
knew nothing about real tobacco, as
that had not at that period been dis
covered. However, they did have pipes
and they smoked lavender and hemp,
and from all accounts they liked it '
and It served almost the same purpose.
In fact, It Is said to have been a great
solace and stimulus to the soldiers.
—
Liberty.
Two lovers were sitting side by side
In Battery park, New York, one (‘ve
iling. “1 wonder," he whispered as he
glanced out across the beautiful buy
and saw the Statue of Liberty In the
shadowy gloom, “why they have Its
light so small." “Perhaps,” replied
the girl ns she blushed and tried to
slip from his embrace, “the smaller the
light the greater the liberty.”
—.-«
WANTED—To buy cabin. State price.
P. O. Box 975 27-41 j
-♦
I
WANTED—A range and furniture in
good condition. Apply at Times
office. 20-tf
— -*
Use the classified ad column of the
Times If you want results
. ' 11
CHUTTER &
INGALLS
Producers—Selling Agents
Fresh, Frozen, Salt
and Mild-Cured
FISH
Correspondence and Consign
ments Solicited.
COLMAN BLDG. SEATTLE
Cordova
Sheet Metal Works
J. A. COHRS, Prop.
Phones
Shop, 143 Res., 160—2R
General 8heet Metal Work,
Smokestacks, Boats and other
Tanks, all sizes; Boat Flywheel
Pane, Garbage and Ash Cane.
REPAIR WORK DONE
TOKENS OF RESPECT
A well conducted funeral is a
token of respect to the deceased.
Our methods of conducting a
funeral have given us an oppor
tunity to serve you in a manner
that will command respect. We
are equipped to serve you sat
isfactorily.
K. E. HOLDEN PARLOR
Second Street, between
A and I) Ave
4
Windsor Hotel «
«
L. Wain, Prop. *
———————————— «
Where You Get *
Comfort and Service *
And the Rates Are Ritflit. ♦
«
ZHZ^HZHZHZ^Z ♦
♦
Cordova Alaska ♦
«
FOR SALE
FOR 6 ALE:
Choice business and resi
dence property.
FOR RENT
Furnished and unfurnished
apartments and cottages.
INSURANCE
Fire and marine, life and ae
cident.
BONDS
Fidelity and surety.
CORDOVA ABSTRACT and
REALTY COMPANY
ROOM 1, ADAMS BUILDING.
---m___ m
I-1
WHEN YOU ARE IN
McCarthy
Stop at the
Ketterer
House
The Very Finest Rooms and
Bath In McCarthy, Alaska,
—. I
~ " . ■ — ■ ' _
— ... ,
FOR SALE
A-1 cannery site, with un
limited water power, a ftrve
wharf site on deep water,
good fishing grounds close
by; short run to Valdez.
I nquire
S. R. CARLSON
VALDEZ, ALASKA
CORDOVA
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNE8, Prop.
Residence Shop
Phone 101-8. Phone 182
Machine Wmk of all Kinds,
Biackamlthlng, General Repair
ing. Horae Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
Cordova, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
i i
«
MEET ME AT
THE
‘HORSESHOE’
5»*K '
POPULAR RECREA
TION PLACE
Where we can always And our
friends
Finest Billiard and Pool Ta
bles In Alaska
BEST GRADE8 OF STAND
ARD BRANDS OF CIGARS
II. - — ——. «
Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
> ■■ .1 ... .. • , *