The Cordova Daily Times
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COKDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1915.
LIFE CHEAP IN ALASKA.
If the federal government gave as much care to the pro
tection of human lives in Alaska as it does to the protection of
the brown bear, or the conservation of forests and a few other
things which look after themselves, there might be less cold
blooded murders.
In the past three years there have been twelve or more
murders without a single conviction and only one arrest, which
was in connection with the Shushanna murder.
If the government does not care to entrust United States
marsals in Alaska with funds to endeavor to trace the mur
derers, it might spare a secret service detective or two from
Wellington to work awhile in Alaska. It might offer a re
ward large enough to attract detectives from private agencies.
As the governor states, there is a similarity between the
several brutal murders which indicates that they may be due
to the same source. Should this prove true the government is
all the more culpable in thus allowing more lives to be sacri
ficed for the sake of funds.
There was a time in Alaska when men and women could
travel the most lonely trails without fear of bandits or mur
derers. That time is past. A person traveling alone will
money now seems to be placing a premium upon his life.
Commercial clubs and citizens individually and collectively
should rouse themselves and voice such a vigorous protest to
Washington as to make the officials set up and take notice.
Again, also, are we reminded' of the advantages of the
proposed Lanes’s Alaska development board. With such a
board in control in Alaska any emergency like the present
woudl be met promptly. The necessary funds would be provid
ed without waiting for license money to come in.—Juneau
Dispacth.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
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It begins to appear that perjury by wholesale, as well graft,
festooned the Becker case.
It is most consoling to most of us to think that the other
fellow always is wrong—and dosen’t know it.
Last time the volcanoes to the westward were active there
followed a rainy season, but no such luck this summer.
It is reported that the J. I*. Morgan interests have bought
into the famous Speel river power plant in Southeastern Alaska.
Tlie cable being out of commission has deprived the readers
of the Daily Times from receiving its ysual excellent telegra
phic news report.
Now that a grand stand has been erected and the ball
grounds improved arrangements should at once be made for
a game on Labor Day.
Conditions along the railroad are daily improving and
ere long trains will again be running on schedule ime, due to the
fact that the high water is receeding.
Alfalfa is our hope and refuge. It not only cures dyspep
sia, but will make one tight, the scientists sav, and we know
what the chief crop in the states will be in 1916.
AVliile a retrenchment policy' is being followed by the city
council the members of that body do not propose to in any way
allow the efficiency of the fire department to suffer. They
believe in safety first.
tormer Governor John AI. Slaton, of Georgia, who com
muted the death sentence of Leo Frank to life imprisonment
just before retiring from office, recently visited Juneau and
paid Alaskans the compliment of thinking for themselves.
Too much care cannot be exercised these days for the pre
vention of fire. The destruction of valuable propehrty along
the Copper River & Northwestern railway should be a warning
to Cordovans of the danger that confronts us during this ex
ceptionally dry and warm spell.
Anchorage just now is undergoing the experience of all
camps that have triends and toes. AIen who are interested
there tell us its future is brilliant and' men who quit it tell us
in language that is anything but picturesque that it aint so
much. These different opinions are published so that people
might get all sides.—Seward Gateway.
1 he Seattle P.-I. says the British press bureau is again
at its smooth work, this time in an attempt to keep down Ameri
can wheat prices, by publishing reports of an enormous yield
abroad. The farmer should demand from England' a profit on
wheat at least equal to the hunderd per cent or more which she
is paying to American manufacturers of war munitions.
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CHITINA - - - ALASKA
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Calls may be left at Cordova
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ASA C. BALDWIN
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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an opportunity to make a fortune.
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