FIRST BANK CORDOVA
CAPITAL STOCK $25,000
4% On Time Deposits
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Gold Dust Bought at Highest Market Prices
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Lights, Steam Heat, Suites With Bath.
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ROBERT GOTT8CHALK Proprlteor* ART CLONINGER
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Steam Heated Centrally Located.
HOTEL NORTHERN
V. G. VANCE, Prop.
OSTRANDER BLDG. CORDOVA, ALASKA
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Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
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25 and 40 Watt Lamps.35c.
60 Watt Lamps.50c.
100 Watt Lamps.75c
250 Watt Lamps.$2.00
200 Watt, Gas Filled Lamps.$3.00
Office: FIRST STREET.
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Get*‘More Money” lor your Foxes
Black, Silver, Cross, Red, White and Blue, Lynx,
Bear, Marten and other For bearers collected la yoar section
SHIP YOUR FURS DIRECT to "SUU BERT** the laraest
house In the Wsrld dealing delusively In NORTH AMERICAN RAW ECRS
n reliable—reapotisible—safe Fur House with un unblemished rep
utation existing for 'more than a third of a century.” a long suc
cessful record of sending Fur Shippers prompt. SATIS FACTORY
AND PROFITABLE returns. Write for '*1* •bubrrt •feigner.'*
the only reliable, accurate market report and price list published
Writs lor it—NOW—lt*n FREE
A D CI4ITRPPT Inc 28-27 WEST AUSTIN AVE.
A. D. OHUDE.IV 1, me. D.pt62 CHICAGO,UJ.A.
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£: in the annual report of Governor
£: Strong arc the following:
g; Opening of coal mines so ns to pro
ig vide cheap fuel.
ig Aid from the government even to
g: the point of loaning money nt a low
rate of interest for taking up fnrm
_ lands.
Removal of restrictions so that the
, resources may be developed.
Competent regulations of the fish
ing interests by the bureau of fish
eries In order to conserve this natu
ral wealth.
| Government ownership and opera
tion of hatcheries.
The granting, if possible, of termi
nal rates to the Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway to shippers of halibut at Ket
chikan. to keep the halibut industry
in Alaska.
Prohibit the use of herring for fer
tilizer and oil.
To have the government make sur
veys for settlers without any cost to
♦ the latter.
Reindeer Industry should be en
~ eotiraged among the Aleuts.
The early completion of government
g railroads.
g Larger appropriations for medical
g care of natives.
£ Natives should not be placed in
g reservations.
£ More aids to navigation imperative.,
"It should be within the power of
some executive branch of the govern
£ ment to regulate the shipping froyi
£ Alaska of wild fur-bearing animals,
:g and likewise to regulate the Indls
5? criminate digging by irresponsible
£ parties of young foxes from their
£ nests for the ostensible purpose of
g utilizing them for fox farming."
•: Uncertainty of title of hot springs
•i land has retarded their development
g and should be attended to.
Insane persons should be cared for
in Alaska.
1 Detention hospitals should be util
ized.
mere are many peculiarities in
the Alaska game laws which need fix
ing.
Brown bear should be protected.
New cables should be laid to re
place the old ones and there should
be an additional cahle laid between
J Alaska and Seattle.
“Press rates between Seattle and
the coast towns of the territory are
— still high and should be reduced."
Additional powers for the enact
ment of laws by the territorial legis
I lature.
The sooner “statehood” is granted
the greater will be the benefits ac
| cruing to the people.
Weight limit of mail to the interior
: towns should be increased.
Regarding Metlakatla — "Legisla
tion is needed defining the political
status of these Indians, and to en
able them to attain citizenship should
they possess the necessary qualifica
tions. Surveys of lands of the An
ette islands should be made and the
Indians given title to them in sever
alty.”
Launch for the use of special em
ployes in prosecuting those giving li
quor to Indians.
White men should be prohibited
from occupying land in Indian vil
lages.
Need of trails is strongly urged.
Library and museum building n
necessity.
More funds for schools are neces
sary to keep present school districts
- going.
Sum of $1,000 for building school
house should be increased to $2,000.
Number children for forming dis
trict should be reduced from 20 to 16.
Mine experiment station to be es
tablished near Juneau.
Legislation for the utilization of
water power.
Federal building in Juneau to house
various departments to cost not less
than $360,000.
Government, Instead of the terri
tory. should pay the clerk hire in the I
governor’s office.
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NIZINA SHOWS UP WELL DURING
SUMMER.
C. C. Clasen. who arrived from the
Nizina reports that section as show
ing up well. The past summer has |
been an active one for the miners In j
that section, according to Mr. Clasen,
sad some good cleanups are expected
in the spring. The large companies t
operating there have lnrge dumps out1
and all of the smaller prospectors j
have made good showings during the j
past summer.
Mr. Clasen Is on his way to Sitka
Hot Springs to seek relief from a
number of strains and bruises rr- j
reived several weeks ago, when he
fell from a bridge a. distance of 35
feet and was severely injured. The
accident happened while Clasen was
on his way from Nizina to Valdez, i
and he says he never expected to
come out of it alive.—Juneau Empire.
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PLENTY OF WORK ANCHORAGE
IF APPROPRIATION MADE.
If Congress makes the necessary
appropriation for the continuation of
work on the government railroad
about 1,500 idle men who are winter
ing at Anchorage, will be put to work
immediately. The railroad engineer
ing commission has let it be known
that there will be enough work for
:‘ c men now at Anchorage, if Con
gress ratifies the estimates submit
ted to the appropriations committee
by Secretary Lane, of the Interior de
partment.
NEW MANIFESTS IN EFFECT
AFTER JANUARY 1.
According to Collector of Customs
Pugh, the new shippers' manifests
which will be in effect January 1 may
be supplied by either the shippers or
the government. The government’s
charge for blanks is a half cent each.
The manifest, which is to be made
out in duplicate, must be signed by
the actual shipper and must list ac
curately the articles shipped. One
copy is kept on file in tho customs
office, the other going to the steam
shin
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OUTSIDE CAPITAL MAY TAKE
OVER JUNEAU BREWERY.
Owing to the fact that the large
brewing companies of Washington
state will automatically go out of
business January 1. owing to the pro
hibition law. representatives of the
same are said to be in negotiations
with S. Zynda. of the Eagle Brewing
Company, to make the Juneau brew
ery the supply center for the trade
of Alaska.
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One-fourth off on fancy china at
the Blum. O'Neill Co.
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All the music of all the world—
Columbia Records. E. A. Hegg,
Agent.
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One-fourth off on fancy china at
the Blum. O’Neill Co.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
Notice is hereby given that the
taxes on real and personal property
within the corporate limits of the
Town of Cordova for the year 1915,
are now due and payable at my of
fice, on First Street, Cordova, Alaska.
The said taxes shall be deltquent
at 6 p. m. on the second Monday in
February, 1916, and unless paid prior
thereto 5 per cent will be added to
the amount thereof.
H. I. O’NEILL. Town Treasurer.
Cordova, Alaska, December 22, 1915.
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Don’t overlook Fuller’s Barber
Shop. Located at Alaskan Hotel, not
Cordova House.
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Latest sheet music at Hegg's.
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One-fourth off on all cut glass at
the Ilium, O'Neill Co.
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EVERYTHING BOUGHT
AND SOLD
For anything you can’t find In
town, go to J. Rawson’s Second
Hand Store and see what he has
got. We carry new and second
hand goods of all kinds, clothing
and kitchenware.
We have an experienced man
who does all kinds of rejialr work.
Give us a call.
JOHN RAWSON,
First Street.
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HOUSEBUILDERS
ATTENTION
We make a specialty of Wall
papering, Kalaominlng, Painting,
Tinting and Sign Painting
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Hegg Bldg. C Street
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Billiards and Pool»
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1 575 TOWN LOTS IN CORDOVA i
Hanging in price from $50 up to $3,000, and 600
Town lots in Chitina ranging in price from $50
to $1,000.
Will sell any or all on terms to suit purchaser.
For particulars—Call or write to
GEO. C. HAZELET,
Cordova, Alaska. Trustee and Agent.
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