CONVENIENT BANKING
No time lost, no trip to town or to the bank, no waiting in lin^.
Let Uncle Sam do the work in the easy modern way. This bank is as
close as tho nearest mail box.
CHECKING ACCOUNT OR SAVINGS ACCOUNT. YOU CAN DEPOSIT OR
WITHDRAW MONEY THROUGH THE MAIL. WE WILL BE GLAD TO MAIL YOU
OUR FOLDER ‘‘BANKING BY MAIL"UPON REQUEST.
THE FIRST BANK 2F CORDOVA
PIONEER INSTITUTION OF THE COPPER RIVER VALLEY
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THE PLACE WHERE FRIENDS MEET
ComfortaMe R iurmskrcl Rooms
Soft Drink Bar and Card Tables
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THE SIMPLICITY OP
GOOD CITIZENSHIP •
Thousands of years ago, be
for the dawn of civilization, when
mankind had begun to associate
together in tribes good citizen—
•hip was concerned principally
with the relation of the individual
to his family and to his tribe. The
principles of good citizenship in
our day have not changed much
trom those holding in tribal times.
Due to invention and the organiz
ation of society, the me thods have
changed somewhat and the proce
dure has increased somewhat in
complexity, but. after all, today
as then the measure of good cit*
izenship is concerned with the re
sponsibility of the individual to—
ward his family and with the
reaction of the individual to the
social life of those around him.
There has never been a time
when man could live to himself
alone sueessfclly. The successor
failure of the individual hasalway
been concerned with the actions
• >f those about him. The individual
who is not conscious of this rel
ation loses somethin**- for himself
and is somewhat of a loss to the
commonwealth which protects
him and gives him opportunity.
The man who wishes to be a
good citizen will not be indi' fei-ent
to public affairs. He will realize
that next to establishing a family
and promoting his private busi
ness he owes a debt to that society
\' hith protects his family and
makes his business possible.
The individual owes a tithe
of his time to organized society.
He owes to his family and to him
sell a study of the laws and gov
rnments about him such as will
enable him to participate intelli
gently in public affairs. Just as his
interest should first be concern
ed with his immediate family, so
should his social interest be con
cerned next with the immediate
community in which he lives.
Many citizens who inconsist
ently concern themselvss very
much with national affairs, taue
little or no active part in the do
ings of their community. They
pride themselves on their astut
eness in political affairs overlook
ing the fact that governments can
not grow justly and successfully
and retain# t lie greatest possible
democracy unless they are built
from the bottom up.
When we come to a clear re
alization of this fact and devote
our principle social energies to
the doings < four own eommun*
ity, reform may be looked for in
many directions. It is difficult if
not impossible to influence to any
great extent our hundred millions
of inhabitants by working from
above through departments of
national and state legislative bod
ies and commissions of invest—
igations. 1 iut leteach of on r 50,000
American communities consider
itself a common Wealth in minitu r
let each of thesecomm unities seek
to put its own house in order: let
each of its individual citizens pa
rticipate with his neibors in de
veloping every force for good to
the utmost. If tins be done, the
moral force ol’ these 5b,C OO com
munities, each alive and active m
its own interest will prove to be
an irresistible force which will
permeate every department of
the governments above and make
impossible the waste and ineffic
! iency and corruption of which
universal complaint is made.
These are the principles of
good citizenship: that an individ
ual owes his first responsibility
to Ids family and Ids next near -
est interest to his immediate com
mun ty. It may be taken as gen
erally true that the individual who
thinks himself too important to
participate in local community
life and who thinks himself too
busy to work with his neighbors
would become more valuable to
himself, to his community, and so
to the nation, by practicing what
has bemi so constantly taught,
that patriotism begins at home.
The Outlook
THOSE WERE HAPPY DAYS
Cl’ Dobbin may have had his
faults—but when he cast a shoe
you didn’t have to get out and
jack him up while yon put on a
new one. In his day “going home
on the rim” was his bad luck not
yours.