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H. G. 8TEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
• CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1916.
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ALASKA NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL.
Most persons living in Alaska have a yearning, no matter
how well hidden, for life on the outside. They are satisfied here
because they do well in a material way, but most ot them feel
that they are as “flowers doomed to waste their sweetness on
the desert air.”
Complaints are heard about the inconveniences of Alaskan
houses, the lack of amusements; and the dearth of variety which
makes life worth living.
The facts of the matter are that those who complain the
loudest usually come to Alaska from small cities in the West
and Middle West, and except for brief visits to Senttle, never
before lived in cities as large as Cordova.
This country has no cities to compare with London, Paris
and New York, but it can be said without fear of contradiction
that no place in the world' can cities of the same size be found
which are so far advanced as in Alaska. Cordova has every
thing necessary for the happiness and convenience of any per
son who is rightly constituted, and if one can not be happy here,
it is not the fault of the community nor its people, but the fault
lies within the dissatisfied person.
When one reads the daily reports about the little children
dying by scores daily in New York; of the deaths from heat in
Chicago; of tin* strike riots along the coast; the bomb outrage
in San Francisco, a silent prayer of thankfulness should be of
fered to the good God that such communities of peace, happi
ness and prosperity as Cordova exist.
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COME ON NORTH.
It is all right to take measures against a stampede of labor
ers to Alaska and wire out every week or two warning workers
to keep out, but when labor is so scarce that a contractor has
to go around town and keep raising his offer until he gives six
dollars a day for common labor, it’s time for a few more work
men to come in.
After all, why this uproar about an oversupply of labor?
There was no one to warn people to keep away from San
Francisco and Seattle in the early days or to keep thousands
from migrating over the Rockies by wagon when it was a two
year trip. Tt is true that these pioneers suffered much hard
ship, but that is what one must expect in a new land.
Compare the “hardships” of Alaska to the life of the av
erage family in the ghetto of New York and few here would
choose the latter.
Compare the trip by steerage from Seattle to Seward, or
suppose your worker spends a little more and comes first class
at a cost of fifty dollars, with the trips of the men who first
came north in small boats, taking a whole season or two to get
here. The worst that can happen your present day “pioneer”
is a little seasickness. He lands here in good health with all
the opportunities that were ever before the thousands upon
thousands of pioneers who landed on the Pacific coast between
1850 and 1885.
What if he can’t get a job?
Well, if not getting a job will teach him independence,
force him to rustle for himself and impress upon him that there
is something else better in life beside working for wages, it
will be better for him a thousand' times over to miss the job.
This warning people away from Alaska has been carried
to an extreme.
How can this country be developed if all who can’t get
jobs are kept away until there are jobs for them?
The studied policy of certain interests has been to do that
very thing—the idea being to grab the cannery sites, the mines,
the townsites, the water power and everything else worth
while FIRST, and then let the people come in and work for
wages after fixing it so as to reap a profit at every turn.
Down with this crv of “stay away from Alaska.”
Come on north. Alaska has barely been scratched for its
mineral. There are as many opportunities today as there were
before the discovery of Nome and Fairbanks, and the chance of
winning is many times greater than in the more thickly settled
sections of the domain.—Seward Post.
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WORTH REMEBERING.
While it detracts nothing from the glory of the feat per
formed by the German submarine blockade runner, it is worth
while to remember that the first submarine to cross the Atlantic
was American built. Several submarines have gone from Am
erica to Europe under their own power, among them one com
manded by Captain Barney Johnston, formerly of the Grand
Trunk Steamship Company, who sailed from Montreal with the
same craft which he afterwards piloted through the great North
sea naval battle in such manner as to earn a naval promotion
for himself.—Exchange.
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Invention of a subterranean wireless telephone is an
nounced. The Indians and politicians learned to put their
“ears to the ground” long ago.
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England is to have a “war savings” week. That will be
a novelty. We hadn’t heard of the war saving anything.
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Promise of more civil rights for the peasants of Russia is
not acting as a drawback to the Russian drive.
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The British find the flower of the German army hard to
pick.
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Yesterday was Villa’s off day. He lost 500 men (in the
press reports) and one of his trusted lieutenants was killed. But
he wasn’t captured.
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It now looks as though the longshoremen’s strike will be
ended. The sooner the better.
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Today is the last working day in the Times contest. The
winners will be announced Monday.
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Gossip About Events of National
Importance and the Persons
Who Are in the Head
Liner Classes.
With protests the order of the day,
Ed. Barrow, president of the Interna
tional league, has been handed a fancy
one to decide.
In a game In which Providence was
playing Toronto, Aragon tripled, driv
ing nnotlur runner home from third
base. Powell, the centre fielder, threw
to Shean, the second baseman, for a
relay. The run had scored, but Ara
gon was taking a lead off third. Shean
threw to that sack. The ball hit Ara
gon on the head and knocked him un
conscious.
Right there two Toronto players
started an argument by picking up
their mate and carrying him to the
plate. There was an easy chance for
this, as the ball bounced off the play
er’s head behind the stand, and out
of sight of the umpires.
Providence claims that the rule
that prohibits a coacher at third from
holding or touching a player applies
to the case, though these coachers
were aiding rather than holding the
unconscious base runner.
There are several fine points to be
decided, as no rule directly decides
such a controversy. The ball was out
of sight for one thing, and Barrow
may rule that action was suspended
and that the runner should have been
sent back to third.
GROH'S WHIRL FOOLS ’EM.
Heine Oroh’s stand at the plate is
the most peculiar of any man in base
ball. The other big leaguers, when
at bat, face either toward first or
third base, according to whether they
are left or right handed hitters. They
watch the pitcher with one eye — the
optic nearest the twirler.
But the Red Sox third baseman, in
taking his position, stands squarely
facing the pitcher. His back — the
whole of it — is toward the grand
stand. Heine stands that way until
the pitcher has completed his wind
up. Then, as the arm swings, Heine,
who is a right handed sticker, wheels
into the same position that the other
batters assume at the start.
Heine swings around at the same
moment that the pitcher is about to
let loose the ball, and the sudden
“dervish” of the Redleg is disconcert
ing to the bulk of pitchers.
SPORT NOTES.
Umpires have no kick coming. They
never have to referee any women’s
tennis tournaments.
Fickle Fan Contest — What is the
name of the oldest bow-legged infield
er on the Pittsburg team? First
prize, $.01 1-5; second prize, $.001;
third prize, $.000 1-2.
JOKES!
Some Are Funny; Others |
Are Not; But All Are
Nonsensical.
A $5,000 TIP.
A wild eyed, disheveled gentleman,;
apparently from the country, rushed
Into the police station, shouting he i
had been robbed.
Sergeant Pat Murnane finally suc
ceeded In soothing him into coherency.
"Now, let's hear all about It,” said
Murnane.
"Well, half an hour before we
reached St. Paul l had $5,000 In paper
that I was bringing here to put In the
bank. When I got outside the depot
I couldn't find it anywhere. That
money means a whole lot to me. If I
don't—’’
“Now, now. Don't get excited
again,” exclaimed Murnane. "That
train breaks up here. Maybe the por
ter saw your money when he was
cleaning up. I’ll send for him.”
"Did you see anything of a small
package when you were cleaning up
your car?” Murnane asked when the
porter arrived.
"Yes, sah. It's a lot of money, sah.”
“Where is it now?”
“Here, sah," and he produced itj
from an inside pocket.
The gentleman from the country j
cheered up perceptibly when he saw
the roll.
“That's it," he exclaimed. “And It's
all here, the whole $5,000.“
"Now, look here, porter," said Mur
nane severely. “I want to know why
you didn't turn that package in the
minute you found it?”
“Why, sah," he replied in an Injured
tone, “1 s’posed de gemman had left
it for a tip.”—St. Paul Pioneer Press.
NOBODY HOME.
“Don’t seem to be anybody at home.
Where's the family?" asked the Dill
ville visitor.
"Well,” was the reply, "the child-1
ren are off at school, an' last week
[the old lady ieft to take millinery
i trainin’ in the preparedness camp.”
“But, where's the old man?”
“Bast seen of him he was crawlin’
into a storm pit an' shuttin’ the lid af
ter him.
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ASTORIA HOLDS SAME FREIGHT
RATES AS OTHER PORTS.
WASHINGTON, July 29. — The
right of the city of Astoria, Ore., to
the same freight rates as Seattle, Ta
coma and Portland was reaffirmed to
day by the interstate commerce com
mission in denying a petition by west
ern railroads for a rehearing of its
decision of January 22, 1916, which
ordered Astoria to be placed on a
pa !*y with other north Pacific coast
ports.
Advertising
Not an Expense
ADVERTISING IS AN
INVESTMENT
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Not An Expense, and Should Be Treated as Such.
Because it has been the habit of
some merchants to look upon it as an
expense, A WRONG VIEW HAS
BEEN GAINED. Perhaps the miscon
ception arose from the fact that in
bookkeeping it has been the habit to
charge advertising to expense.
ADVERTISING PRODUCES NEW
BUSINESS — It SWELLS THE VOL
UME OF BUSINESS AND PROFIT—
THEREFORE IT IS AN INVEST
MENT.
Only the man who looks upon ad
vertising as an expense, who is afraid
of it, prejudiced against It, loses
money in advertising.
THE MAN WHO TREATS ADVER
TISING AS AN INVESTMENT AND
GIVES IT THE ATTENTION AN IN
VESTMENT REQUIRES — KNOWS
THAT EVERY DOLLAR RIGHTLY
INVESTED IN THIS DIRECTION
YIELDS COMPOUND INTEREST —
AND MORE.
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 358. CORDOVA, ALASKA,
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DR. W H. CHASE
PHY8ICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calle may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office Hours—10 a. m. to 12 noon,
Railroad Hospital; 2 to 6 p. m.. Adams
Building, Room 6.
Phones—Residence. 115; Hospital,
46; Office, 132.
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adame Building
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Alaskan Hotel
Barber Shop
Baths at All Hours, Bay and
Night.
Accommodations for Ladles.
Ladles' Facial Massage and
Shampooing.
Razors Honed, Children’s Hair
cutting.
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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 repair work.
Give us a call.
JOHN RAWSON,
First Street.
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M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson A Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
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Choice Tobaccos, Cigars and
8mokers Sundries—Wholesale
and Retail Cigar Store.
The
Horseshoe
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE X
■Billiards and Pool'
Headquarters for the Petersen,
Wellington, Calabaeh and
Garrick Pipes.
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GOING TO FAIRBANKS
Take
FRAME'S AUTO STAGE
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Leaves Chltina for Fairbanks
on July 6 and every sis days
thereafter.
Wire Chltina Hotel for reser
vations.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers tailing between Seattle, Ketch
• Ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cor.dova, Valdez, Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Hails from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
July 13.ALASKA .July 24
July 16.ALAMEDA .July 26
July 25. NORTHWESTERN .Aug. 2
Regular freight service for Ketcnrkan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; 8. 8.
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 Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC 8. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.July 30
ADMIRAL WATSON.August 6
ADMIRAL EVANS.August 13
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattte-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
The World's Mightiest Locomotives
Now haul the “Olympian" and the “Columbian" over the
Hitter Kootx and Hookies—with the electrification of 410
miles of its main line, the “MILWAUKEE" is better
than e\er prepared to look after the comfort and acco
modations of its patrons.
Kemember this when you come outside.
TOM TAM,ENT. Agent
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. E. Harris, T. P. A., Juneau, Alaska.
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| Copper River & |
| Northwestern Ry.
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916. |
jjji Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. j;!;
p Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. |j
p Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs- |
| days and Saturdays.
;ij! Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and p
jcji Fridays. i|
| Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Fridays. §j
I? Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, |i
ij:| Thursdays and Saturdays. p
The above schedule subject to change without notice, j-j
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Peseenger Train* Be
•:|i tween Cordova and Chitina.
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;§ Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
:§ Tickets on sale at Depot or up town office, Alaska i|
P Steamship Company building |j
1 Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges
Superintendent Cordova Agent p
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
AND POWER
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.