The Cordova Daily Times
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MEARS SLAMS OLD TIMERS.
If our special correspondent at Anchorage, who is a trained
and thoroughly reliable newspaper man, has correctly reported
Commissioner Hears in reference to his attitude on the labor
question in connection with the construction of the government
railroad, there is little hope of the Alaskan pioneers being given
any consideration. We cannot conceive, however, of any offi
cial deliberately throwing down the gaunlet to the Sourdoughs
of this north land and giving preference in employment to aliens
and “bolxunks.” This condition appears to exist at Anchor
age, and the residents of the territory have a just grievance and
one that will be aired' before the next session of Congress.
Commissioner Hears is credited with saying in substance:
“We’re going to show the Sourdoghs we can build this road
without their assistance.” Such a sweeping satement is not
only unfair to old-timers but entirely uncalled for and if untrue
should be promptly denied by Mr. Hears.
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LIKE A BIRD.
There is a bird that has its home on the sea shore. It is
not a game bird like the eagle; it is not a food bird like the duck
or snipe; it has not beautiful plumage like the aigret; it is not
graceful like the swan; it is not a singer like the lark or the
eannarv; it is famous because when a storm blows out from the
land or in from thesea, it having faith in its own wings, loves
to mount the storm and ride it and to scream and scream and
scream. It is called the stormy petrel, and through the ages
has, by its acts, won a reputation of loving, when the elements
are all at war, to increase the discord by its screams. There
are men who, had they been hatched birds, would have been
stormy petrels. That German-American in New York who
offers to pay the colonel $10,000 if he will go to England' and en
list, should keep the above facts in mind, and the further
fact that the colonel is also preparing for next year’s presiden
tial campaign.
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THE WAR’S COST.
The experts give the figures for the cost of the war in
Europe for the first year at $4.1,739,500,000.
Our gnat Civil war cost the North one-fifteenth of that
amount, and though since then our population lias increased
300 per cent, and though the volume of the products of'field and
mine have averaged $1,000,000,000 annually ever since, one
tliird of that war debt still remains, upon which the people are
paying interest.
If any .judgment can be formed from that, it is that Europe
is already hopelessly bankrupt; that the respective govern
ments cannot maintain themselves and pay the interest on their
debts.
There is another item that must be included—the pension
roll. It is said that to meet the pensions Germany will have to
raise, for that purpose alone, as much money annually as her
entire annual revenue was before the war.
There is no reason to suppose that the burden is any lighter
on the other powers.
If the war continues another year there will be nothing to
do except to sponge the debts off the board and begin anew.
Even Great Britain is trying to borrow money on the out
side, something she has never done before.
Under such circumstances; the only way the war can be
much longer prolonged is through an appeal to the people to
fight for national life and not to expect any reward.
And still soldiers cannot fight without food and clothing
and the winter is only a little way off. It looks as though the
war would have to soon stop from utter exheustion.
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The steamer Corwin recently returned to Nome without
having found a trace of Explorer Stefansson on the Siberian
coast. He may be on Wrangell island, but the probabilities are
that he is dead, somewhere in the great white waste, a martyr to
the lure of the mysterious Arctic. Is it not a strange thing that
man is so made that he constantly contrives to overthrow that
of which he is fondest—life!
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Valdez is now holding its full term of court and Judge
Brown has announced that a jury term will be held at Seward
in November. Cordova does not seem to figure in the schedule
of the federal officials, notwithstanding that much litigation
emanates from the Copper River Valley, the cases usually being
tried in Valdez, at an increased expense to the government and
great inconvenience to our people.
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We wonder if our naval authorities ever dropped on the
fact that an improved monitor, long and broad and swift and
with an outer bottom and beam, for torpedoes to explode
against, with two great guns, two machine guns and a savage
ram, would be the device with which to cope with submarines.
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“The Truth About Alaska,” the first of a series of articles
by Col. John A. Kleicher, appears in the current number of
Leslie’s Weekly, and deals principally with conditions in South
eastern Alaska.
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DR. W. H. CHASE
PHY8ICI AN and 8URGE0N
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Call* may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
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
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Office In Adam* Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
GEO. F. WHITE
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Established 1911. Formerly 12 years
with Tacoma Smelter
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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A high grade Gold property, ten
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Also tour groups of copper
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All of these properties could be
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amount of money and for a party
who can open same up or can se
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an opportunity to make a fortune.
For prices and terms apply to
S A. HEMPLE, Valdez, Alaska
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STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau. Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Sails from 8eattle— Sails from Cordova—
September 9 NORTHWESTERN September 18
September 14.. MARIPOSA.September 23
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. 8. Seward. 8. 8. Seward, 6th; 8. 8. Latouche, 16th; 8. 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
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. 8. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Next tailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, September 5
ADMIRAL EVANS, September 15
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet polnta and Kodiak
laland.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Porta.
Schedule aubject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER UO., Local Agents
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Effective June 12th, 1915.
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Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making i|
connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving
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Trains between Chitina and Shushanna Junction, 1
;!;! and Kennecott connect with trains between Chitina and |
£ Cordova.
All trains from Cordova leave from Second Street I
g Depot. £
iji; Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Peesenger Tralnt Be- £
:|i; tween Cordova and Chitina.
The above schedule subject to change without notice.
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Tickets on sale at Depot or up-town office, Alaska £
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