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, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1915.
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SOME TALK OF DIVIDING ALASKA
INTO A STATE AND A TERRITORY
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THERE is a movement on in Southeastern Alaska to di
vide the territory, and the matter may be taken up at
the present session of the legislature. The idea is to
make a state of the coast section, including the First and
Third divisions, running as far as the Alaska range towards
the interior, and as far as the Aleutian chain of islands or penin
sula. In this area are included practically all of the gold and
copper quartz mines of Alaska, and the conditions throughout
are similhr and differ materially from those of the interior,
where placer mining is the chief industry. This coast sec
tion as a state would be self-supporting, and the government
could still exercise its territorial functions over tlu^rest of the
territory. ,
Just what procedure would be necessary to bring about
this result is a question which the legislature will have to
grapple with, providing the proposed division is brought up
in that body.
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And now comes word from Washington that Cordova’s
new federal building is on the list for which plans will be made
during the coming year, and within twelve months the actual
construction is likely to be under way.
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Of course the voters will decide who shall constitute the
next council and the verdict promises to be so emphatic that the
affairs of the city will in the future be looked after by officials
who have the confidence and co-operation of the public.
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The Juneau Commercial club has adopted for its slogan
“Buy in Alaska,” in connection with the purchase of supplies
for the government railroad. That this question is of prime
importance to Alaska and that Alaska by reason of its facili
ties for applying material is entitled to a share of the rail
road business were facts which members proved in speeches
delivered at the meeting.
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OLD TIMERS AT KETCHIKAN
SAY A CLEANUP IS NECESSARY
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CORDOVA is not the only section of Alaska where a
fight is being made for a cleaner town. Following in
the footsteps of Juneau and other places Ketchikan now
comes to the front and under the caption “A Cleanup Neces
sary,” the Progressive says:
“It we look back just a few weeks, we find that a great
deal of depredations in the way of petty larcenies, holdups,
stabbing affrays and what not, have been committed in our
‘sleepy-like-town.” It we care to investigate we will find that
90 per cent of these acts have been committed against the peace
and dignity of our law-abiding citizens by a class of men al
together foreign to our population; men who have no regard
tor law and order. Men who are here today and elsewhere to
morrow. Men who have never paid, nor never will pay a
cent of taxes. Here we are paying all kinds of taxes in sup
port of the government, municipal and federal, to pay salaries
of officials whose duty it is to attend to that class of men.
Why not save some of that money for local improvements in
stead ol spending it in taking care of a class of men who never
contribute. The little they spend with our business men is
only a drop compared with the amount spent on salaries for
officials, due to the presence of these men in our midst.
“A law-abiding community can be made of this by the sim
ple process of weeding out some of the undesirables who are
conspicuous by the manner they make their living, or rather
by the manner they spend their time, their association and
inclination. Many old residents are getting tired of holding
their hands up in self-protection.”
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A New York man who left his wife and baby on Saturday
evening 21 years ago to buy groceries has just returned, with
the groceries. After all there may be something slower than
the United States government.
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One by one the groups of Alaska coal claims, title to which
has been pending for several years, are being adversely dis
posed of, and our only hope of the development of this fuel
industry now lies in individual leases.
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Councilman Slater did a thoughtful act last night when
he had the council arrange a time when tin* registrar would be
at the city hall and thus give the women voters an opportunity
of registering, so that they can cast their ballotts at the munici
pal election.
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The following truism from the Juneau Dispatch is applic
able to a certain few in Cordova, who ate raising the “Holier
Than Thou” cry: “It’s a pretty good' thing for this old
world of ours that some people cannot have things all their
own way in making rules for the conduct of others.” j
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The Department of Agriculture says that the United
States can export a million bushels of wheat daily until the
harvest without endangering the food supply, while the Depart
ment of Diplomacy and the International Law says we can
export all the missiles of war we please without damage to
our virtue. !
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The official acts of some of the majority members of the
present city council will in truth be submitted to the voters at
the proper time, and we doubt very much if they will reflect
much credit on them.
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Another effort is being made to have tin* War Department
reduce the cable tolls in Alaska. For several years past the
newspapers and people generally of the territory have protested
against tin* exhorbitant rates charged by the government and
if anything can be accomplished in the way of a reduction it
will certainly be appreciated.
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The exuberance with which Seattle went into the dock
building business has been converted into something strongly
resembling vinegar and a demand for the repeal of the port
commission law in order to escape an incubus, a fierce deficit
and a merciless disappointment is being sounded in seven tig
ures. Seattle has spent, or has to spend, nearly $10,000,000,
with an upkeep, overhead and interest charge of $500,000 a
year. And there is an awakening to the realization that
the income is not going to come within cannon shot of meet
ing the outgo.
The spree is pasfing. It has been a riotous old toot, to
be sure, and one wonders wkj*t he taxpayers are going to think
of themselves when the sprtW over. A city can’t lift itself
by its bootstraps.
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and 8URGEON
Office over Cordova Drug 8tore.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR C. L. HALE
D E N T I 8 T
Office In Adams Building
ROBERT E. CAPERS
Attorney at Law
General Civil Practice
Suite 3, Adams Block
CORDOVA, .... ALASKA
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councilor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
V. A. SCHMITZ
PRACTICAL OPTICIAN
Office at
CORNER DRUG STORE
J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
Phone 4. CORDOVA, ALA8KA
[the arctic
LUMBER CO.
8tlll In Business and Carry
LUMBER OF ALL
DESCRIPTIONS
And Building Material
Prices Made on Orders for
Material
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THE MODERN LAUNDRY j
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© ALASKA
\ _ STEAMSHIP CO.
Fait and commodloui iteamers tailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez and Seward via
INSIDE PASSAQK.
Sail* frcm BaetMa SaHa from Cordova—
February 24.MARIPOSA.March 3
March 2.ALAMEDA.March 9
Regular freight eervlce for Ketchikan, Juntau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglaa, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Expios
Ivei, S. S. Seward. 8. S. Seward, 5th; S. 8. I.itouche, 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
Thie company reiervei the right to change schedule of iteameri
without notice.
Ticket! 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 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, Yakutat,
Katalla, 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 shange without Notice.
ALASKA IRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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j Copper River &
; Northwestern Ry.
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 24, 1914. 11
: Trains Isave Cordova, depot at foot of Second Ave- i!
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; Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays : i
; Chitina for Kennecott— t ;;
; Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays ■ I
; Kennecott for Chitina— ::
, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Mondays •1
; Chitina for Cordova— !!
| Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays ;;
, I lie above schedule subject to change without notice.
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. ;;
■ o. 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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Cordova, Alaska, \
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway !
443 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B C. j
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Second Ave. and Cherry St., Seattle
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Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
Office: FIRST STREET.