EIGHT PAGJBB
ALASKA'S BABY
METROPOLIS.
Cordova to Be Gateway For
New Rash This Year.
1 Want
Ms
Rail of the Copper River and North
western Will B Laid to tho Mouth
of tho Chitlna by July, Whan Inv
monaoly Rioh Mineral Area Will Be
Aoceeilble A Dramatio Chapter In
Railroad Construction.
Br CAR.LYLB ELLIS.
On Its second birthday the Copper
.River and Northwestern railroad, of
which Cordova, Alaska, la the termi
nus, finds Itself stretched 100 miles In
land up the Copper river. By next
July, it Is now practically assured, the
road will have reached the mouth of
the Chitlna river, where It branches,
beading for the Kennlcott copper
mines, fifty-eight miles to the east
ward. The road's arrival at the Chitlna
means that tbereat Kotslna-Chltina
copper region is finally made easily
- available for mining and prospecting.
This will be flu event of considerable
'Importance In Alaskan history. Ex
. coDtlna' Its two treat coal fields, this
la the richest known mineral field IdI
the territory. Its area Is very large,
and the opportunities for prospectors
and small operators there are almost
- unlimited. It la absolutely safe to ex
pect spectacular developments at once.
In all of this Cordova la destined
to play a conspicuous part, and the
: alxteen-montb-old baby metropolis Is
preparing for It with quite amatlng
energy. With the Copper River rail
road being driven Inland by the power
ful Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate to
tap the coal and copper fields and the
' vast golden interior, Cordova becomes
Inevitably the Alaskan gateway ' par
excellence, and for such a future she
was chosen.
The essentials for an Alaskan gate
way are a harbor, a town site, a rail
- road route and proved resources to
run the road to.
Cordova baa all four, each of more or
less excellence, and her railroad has
now passed the hundredth mile. The
combination is a richly promising one.
Road to Copper, Coal and Oold.
The harbor, though not large, is ex
cellent and susceptible of unlimited de
velopment, while Immediately avail
able for ordinary tonnage without
dredging. The town site la a tundra
covered, rocky and Irregular hillside,
offering most unpromising material,
bnt which has yielded astonishingly
well to vigorous treatment Tbe rail
road route, while containing some of
the worst obstacles to construction
ever encountered, is rapidly pushing
forward despite these dllllcultles and
Teaching out to the copper region and
the coal fields of Bering river as well
aa those vast Interior regions, the
riches of which apart from placer gold
are still but guessed at
Almost every foot of Cordova's
streets had either to be blasted out of
solid rock, cat out of four feet or more
of mushy tundra or built over the
tundra. Tbe main streets, in places
cut through thirty feet of hill. In oth
ers bad to be built up aa much. Tb
cross streets climb a steep Irregular
rock bill. Over all there waa heavy
'timber.
It la typical of Alaska and tbe Alas
kans who have built and are making
Cordova that these difficulties should
have been ao lightly regarded and so
valiantly met. In her first year of life
tbe baby town baa been making such
Improvements as usually begin to be
planned when a city baa reached tbe
60,000 mark and feels tbe weight of
wealth. She is still in swaddling
clothes, ragged, unkempt, unfinished,
but lusty with youth. Tbe rapidity of
ber growth Is amaslng. In the year
she baa boused a thousand souls, built
churches, schools, clubs, warehouses
nd shops that would be creditable In
large city. Bhe haa fitted herself
with electric light, water supply,
sewers and a telephone system and
developed a complete municipal organ
isation. She has also attracted to her
self two newspapers, each of which
receives a dally cable service from tbe
outside, giving the cream of tbe
world's news, and special service from
each of tbt Alaskan cities connected
by wire or wireless Seward, Valdes,
Fairbanks, Juneau, Skagway, Ketchi
kan, St Michael's and Nome.
Region of Opportunities.
These are some of Cordova's external
Indications of vitality. Even more
significant Is tbe spirit of ber people,
tthe dauntless adventure loving, chance
taking spirit of the foreloper. They
are opportunists all and wido eyed to
the opportunity at their door.
As I have sold, Cordova's reason for
being is tho Copper River and North
western railroad. Without the rail
road or the hope of It she would
quickly cease to exist Her neighbor,
Katalla-on-the-Scn, which blossomed
when two railroads made a false start
from there, still lives, though in grant-
ly reduced circumstances, In the hope
of their return.
Meanwhile the millions from below
are pouring through Cordova In sup'
Dlies and matorlnls and cash for the
forcing through of tho railroad to the
famous Bonanza mine and nciguuor
ing properties In the region around the
head of the Chitlna river, me miner
lng of this road U one of the most
daring railroad enterprises since the
Rocky mountains were first penetrat
ed. The Copper river valley, up
Which the rond must run, Is notorious
for Its violent winter windstorms, Its
shifting, uncertain, silt falls; racing,
vatrabond streams: deep snow; rocky,
allde scoured canyona and advancing
glaciers. The river. Itself, the oaiy
tions, Walls, Fences and Curbing. It looks better
See my many beautiful designs in concrete blocks
Detore you build your home.
I will furnish your estimates for any class of
work on application.
D. K. Y
Contractor! andf&uiider
Cor. Railroad amd WElow SU. Pendleton. Ore
large stream emptying rroin tue Alas
ka n interior to tbe southward, is a
turbulent, silt laden, ice bearing tor
rent In which no man can swim twen
ty strokes. At one place It runs be
tween great living glaciers that dis
charge millions of tons of Ice Into Its
current each day of the summer
months, and here the railroad must
run too.
8cenery Will Become World Famous.
Tbe scenery is of unique grandeur,
but these scenic features, so soon to
become world famous, have represent
ed to the engineers problems of unex
ampled complexity. Many of these
problems were repeatedly declured to
be ' Impossible of solution even under
the most favorable conditions of
weather and with unlimited time.
Two years ago next month tbe first
lot of material and supplies arrived In
Cordova. Since then construction has
been pushed forward with almost un
believable momentum.
In these two years a permanent road
of a high standard has been completed
to the mouth of the Tiekel river, 102
miles from Cordova. Three great steel
bridges have been aet over tbe swift
flowing Copper river, and a fourth
across a great Ice scoured channel be
low the berg lake of Miles glacier la
far advanced and will be one of the
engineering wonders of tbe world.
Long stretches of tunnel and rock cut
and piling. have been finished and a
fleet of river steamers built and placed
In commission.
At Cordova end. where there were
no problems of Importance, much mon
ey baa been spent in preparing for the
handling of a heavy train Bervica to
and from tbe mines.
Tbe Iron In the blood of tbe men who
are building this road shows apparent
ly In the blood of Cordova, for also
there has been fighting to do. "Made"
towns like this one do not grow of
their own volition In a single year. It
takes organisation, confidence and
much toll where one's borne must, aa
here, actually be carved from tbe eter
nal hilla.
PULP WOOD IN ALASKA.
Transportation Facilities Only Needed
to Open Up Enormous Forests.
Another valuable Item has been add
ed to Alaska's growing list of undevel
oped resources. Recent expert exami
nation of tbe timber in the Sushltna
basin has confirmed tbe belief that It
la pulp wood of a high quality. The
timber Is poplar, cotton wood and
spruce, but little of which Is of com
mercial value for lumber. The land on
which this growth stands Includes tbe
3,500.000 or more acres estimated as
grazing and farming land and on
which homesteadlng recently began.
This area, distributed among tbe vari
ous valleys of the basin, is for tbe
most part covered with a luxuriant
growth of wild redtop grass, with little
underbrush and only a moderate stand
of timber. It Is obvious that with a
reasonably convenient market for pulp
wood and water transportation, of
which there Is much, the cost of clear
ing these lauds might be greatly re
duced If not made a profit by tbe sale
of tbe timber as a byproduct
On Kenal peninsula, along tbe line of
tbe seventy mile Alaska Central rail
road, alono there are many thousands
of acres of available pulp wood, and
this will be lnorensed with almost
every mile of tho road's exteuslon to
ward the Miitnnuska coal fields. The
value of this supply of pulp wood In
American territory aud the practicabil
ity of utilizing It was first pointed out
by Levi Cbubbuck of the department
of agriculture, who visited the region
last summer. Still more recently Sena
tor George J. Ra'trd of Canada went iu
to the Matanuska coal fields and was
greatly Impressed by the vast area of
pulp woods as well us tho splendid
grazing lnnds they stood on. lie pre
dicts tbe rapid settlement of this re
glou by farmers and cattlemen.
Too Much Face.
You feel as It you had one face too
many when you have neuralgia, don't
you Save the face, you may need
It; but get rid of the neuralgia by
applying Ballard's Snow Liniment
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Brine Ue Your Ragat
We pay cash for Urge, soft, eleaa
rags. Bring them to the Bast Ore-
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ITJhen You BUILD,
Build to STAY!
Re-enforced concrete and concrete blocks
are cheaper in the end; are prettier, more
substantial and far more comfortable in
either cold or warm weather.
Concrete stands unsurpassed for Basements, Founda
Tons of Alaska copper.
Report of Geologist Brooks 8hows
Enormous Yield This Year.
, "The season of mining In Alaska haa
been -a prosperous one," says Alfred
H. Brooks, geologist In charge of tb
Alaska work of the United States geo
logical survey, who baa just returned
to Washington from his annual "swing
around the circle" in the far north
west "While dry weather and other
unfavorable conditions have curtailed
tbe placer gold production at Nome,
most of tbe other camps have either
maintained or Increased their output
"Figures of gold output are not yet
available, but It seems probable that
tbe production for 1009 will be be
tween nineteen and twenty million
dollars. The low price of copper baa
not encouraged mining of that metal,
but about half a dozen properties ship
ped ore during 1000. It appears proba
ble that the Alaska copper output for
the year will exceed 4,000,000 pounds."
One Light In Two Thousand Miles.
For the first time the great southern
coast of Alaska, more than 2,000 mUea
long, baa this winter a lighthouse.
Though one of tbe most dangerous and
stormy coasts In tbe world and diffi
cult of navigation, even in summer,
this area haa been wholly neglected
until now. The first light Is on Capo
Hlncnlnbrook, at one of the entrances
to Prince William sound. There are
many other places where lights and
fog signals are almost as urgently
needed, notably Cape St Ellas, where
I team era are often held up for days
because of fogs and a long, bidden
reef. Other lights are, however, to be
added next year.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Laces
county so.
Frank J. Chene luk oatb that be la
Senior partner of tbe first of K. i. Cneoey
co., aomg easiness in ue city or Toieao,
!oantv end Bute aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay Uie sum of ONB HCNDBED
DOLLAkS for each and every case of ca
tarrh that cannot be cared by we nee of
Hall's Catarrb Care.
rBANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before dm aad sabeeribed la sir
freeence, this St day of December. a. D
880.
t Seel J A. W. OLCAsON,
Notary Public.
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snrrsree or in. systess. aes lor
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One span ef eerrel geldings some
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tonic, whoa merit ha been every
where established.
The New South Park playground in
Chicago will be electric lighted with
metal filament incandescent lamps.
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Pendleton, Oregon, and from M. P.
White, architect, 1917 First street,
Baker City, Oregon.
Dated January 18, 1911.
Slam has only one city lighted by
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