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HUMAN FUNGUS.
.Just so long as the Postoffice Department sees fit to semi
men of the calibre of Inspector I\ D. Neil to Alaska and are
willing to act upon his recommendations regardless of how
they affect the efficiency of the postal service in this territory,!
little sympathy or consideration should be extended', and so
far as the people of this nortliland are concerned we do not
think that they propose to stand for having the present mail
service smashed to smithereens, even to satisfy a whim of
liinkimpoop.
Unfortunately the officials at Washington are too apt to
listen to any recommendation that reduces the expenses ot a
subordinate, and some of the “gum shoe” inspectors know
this and are every ready to court favor at the foundation head.
Possibility ’tis well they do, for otherwise they would' have no
excuse for earning their own salaries- They, like wolves at
night, make such a noise, about trivial affairs, as to carry the
idea that the woods rae full of people trying to impose upon
the government, and the cry for a cut in some poor devil’s
salary who earns thrice what is paid the inspector, myl is only
allowed a living stipend, goes forth. But a little sunlight of
justice shining down upon such an inspector, would show
him as a single vagrant coyote who, when left to himself can
fill the night with howls, but sulks shambling away under the
light of the dawn. It is a shame that such creatures should
be permitted to vitiate weak brains and make loyal and faith
ful employes of the postal service apprehensive of their fool
recommendations.
So far as the postmaster of Cordova is personally con
cerned he don’t give a picayune for anything such creatures as
Neil may do or say. His measure was taken early in the game
and a refusal to kow-tow to this inflated bubble -no doublit
aroused his ire, but what of it. Who is lie that any honest
and capable federal official should fear- He may succeed in
wrecking his vengenance on an individual, but one who is
independent fears him not, but might defy him.
In justice to the conduct of the Cordova postoffice it can
be truthfully said that it enjoys a rating that well might be
the envy of many other offices. Even Neil had to give it this
rating but a couple of months ago, and tin* office has the dis
tinction of being in the A 1 class under its entire present re
gime.
'l i PANAMA CANAL FAILURE.
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The expected lias happened in the complete blocking of
the Panama Canal by continued slides in the Culebra cut. At
fids writing there seems to bo no doubt as to the extent of tin*
disaster and the canal is not expected to be reopened for many
months to come- One announcement was to the effect that
30,000,000 cubic yards of material had moved and' this would
have to be dredged or otherwise removed from the cut before
the waterway will be opened for passage. Figured at the rate
of 1,000,000" cubic yards removed each months, this would
mean ten months to complete ths gigantic contract- It is sad
to have to make the admission but from the viewpoint of the
average practical man the Panama Canal has been largely
constructed and more recently operated upon a political rather
than a practical basis and to experienced engineers it no,w
appears that the hour has come when some practical dredge
and engineering experts might be called into consultation to
bring order out of chaos. It will he recalled that in 1906 the
Government was completely powerless to stop the on-rush of
the waters of the Colorado River from destroying its expensive
dam and rendering homeless the stricken people of the Im
perial Valley. At the request of the Government the Southern
Pacific Co. was called into consultation and requested to mend
the break- The work was swiftly and capably accomplished.
It was one of the greatest engineering feats on record and on
the 86th day the flood’s progress was checked by the dam
thrown up by the railroad men, working 24 hours each day.
In parenthesis, it might be interesting that the company’s
claim for services connected with that great work has never
been paid, although, as a Los Angeles paper said at the time,
it was a debt of honor and the company was entitled to the
thanks of the nation and to the worship of the rescued coun
try. There are many other similar incidents where genius
under private ownership has been enabled to accomplish
wonders in the industrial field'. Certainly the failure of the
Panama Canal through political micmanagernent is a case so
serious that the Government might forget its pride and requi
sition practical men to repair the break upon lines ot engineer
ing efficiency that would prevent the occurrence of the present
from becoming a national disgrace. True the slide is*“an act
of Providence,” hut it could have been prevented by digging
the cut in the right way,
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Information from the interior is to the effect that Judge
Bunnell will spend his vacation in a trip to the coast.
Whether it be to combine politics with pleasure deponeth
navetli not, but in any event the Judge’s many friends on
Prince William Sound will be glad to see him and intertwine
digits with a man who has made good on the bench in the |
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CHITINA - - - ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calle may be left at Cordova
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Alaskan Hotel
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DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m. ■
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
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Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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Private Boxes
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GOLD-COPPER
FOR SALE
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 tirade ore are
properties on Prince William
exposed on the surface of this
ground.
Also four groups of copper
Sound, adjoining navigable water.
All of these properties could be
made producers with a smalt
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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COFFEE 8
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SOLD IN SEALED CANS ONLY g
The Quality of Gold Shield Coffee has j
Won Favor in all Homes
Roasted and Packed by
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Incorporated
SEATTLE, WASH.
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Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA'COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND--ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, October 17
ADMIRAL EVENS, October 25
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet point* and Kodiak
Island. ^
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Port*.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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| Northwestern Ry.
Effective October 4th, 1915.
Two trains every six days between Cordova and fi;
* Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making :
| connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving :
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* Trains leave Cordova depot, at foot of Second Avenue,
Mondays and Thursdays.
Leave Kennecott, Tuesdays and Fridays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitina, Wednesday and Saturdays.
Leave Chitina for Cordova, Tuesdays and Fridays.
The above schedule subject to change without notice, gi
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train* Be
tween Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. if.
Tickets on sale at Depot or up-town office. Alaska lii;
Steamship Company building
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