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CORDOVA. ALASKA, THl’RSDAV, .11WM 17, 1915.
THE DISAPPEARING HYPHEN
IIow true it is that it takes a great national crisis—
or something that for the moment bears the look of a
crisis—to show the world' what a nation is. The dis
appearing “hyphen” furnishes a splendidly instructive
case in point. For many months—almost, in fact, since
the war broke out—our citizens of Herman birth or
parentage have been strong, not to say fiery, in their pro
testations of affection for the Fatherland and of their
convictions that the cause of the Kaiser was the cause of
justice and right. Sometimes these statements, whether
ns speeches or interviews or letters or editorials, have
gone a bit beyond the lira* that the great bulk of Ameri
can citizens have thought proper. They have seemed to
take sides with Germany as against the President of the
United States, and that has been very serious indeed.
Some few- wrho did not understand' the German’s under
lying stability have called their loyalty into question.
It has been more than hinted that high authorities in
Germany have deluded themselves into thinking that the
Germans in America might even go so far as to revolt
against the constituted authority in case of hostilities
between Germany and the United States.
How vain that delusion, how absolutely baseless all
such thoughts, how unjust to think that these adopted
children of our great republic were any less staunch and
true in their devotion than others to the land that has
held out its hand when they decided to leave their own
country—all has been made clear in the twinkling of an
eye.
The influence that caused the disappearance of the
hyphen wras a tragedy—it often is the case that a tragedy
brings out great virtues. When the Lusitania was sunk
and the President of the American republic sent his firm
protest to Germany the hyphen vanished. Not that all
the American citizens of German blood were less con
vinced that Germany’s cause was just as between
Germany and the allies, but that they were quick to
proclaim that, in any case, the United States was their
United' States, and that if there were any fighting to
be done they would do it for the Stars and Stripes.
At a meeting of new citizens in Philadelphia the
other day stout old Mayor Blankenburg, a man of
German birth, thus spoke to his audience and to the
world: “I am getting old, but I am not too old to fight
in defense of the flag if necessary. Native or naturalized,
we must be a unit, for there is no more beautiful emblem
in all the world than the dear old Stars and' Stripes.”
And on the same platform Colonel Andrew Cowan, who
commanded the famous Cowan’s battery that held' the
“Bloody Angle” at Gettysburg, told the audience that
the mayor was not a German-Amorican any more than
he, Cowan, was a Scotch-American. “ We are Ameri
cans,” he said, “ and should war be forced upon us by
Kaiser, King or any other power, we would willingly give
our lives for our lives for the United States. With one
'heart, one hand', we are united underd one flag.”
Who doubts that such spirit as that fills the hearts
of all our citizens from other lands, no matter what ? In
times like these there is no hyphen any more.
Fifty years ago today there passed in review before
the president of the United States at Washington the sec
ond part of the groat armies of the republic. The war
wra8 over; the flag was safe. Today tin1 review is one of
spirit, but there may be imagined as passing by the Presi
dent the grand army of citizens of tin* United States,
Americans all, loyal to the core and ready for any event
that may test their pride and their love for their country
and the emblem of their liberty.
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llio lull meaning of Lowell’s famous poem is being brought
>me to the residents of Cordova these last few days. W«
1 know and appreciate the poetic beauty of the following
ies.
“What is so rare as a day in June?
Then if ever come perfect days.
Then Heaven tries the Earth if it be in tune,,
Aand' over it softly her ear lays.”
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Cordova is to have a special day set aside for her anti
imed after the town at the Panama exposition. The Chamber
Commerce has appointed a representative to act for the
isiness men of the Copper River valley on that day, and the
wn will give its credentials to a representative citizen. All
which will help to make the advantages of this section better
lown to the out side world.
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This is tin* off season for politicians, for everyone is too
isy talking about Anchorage, fishing, motor boating, and
lire enjoyable things, and the loud voice gentlemen whose
ecialty is telling the people that the country is galloping
its road to damanation has put the soft pedal on his vocal
ords, and is trying to earn an honest living once more.
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Let us paraphrase a bit:
To dance or not to dance,
That is the question.
Whether to take nnns against the light fantastic
And refuse to be enthralled
Or to admit our secret desires
An by application learn to tango.
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One would be astonished to learn of the number of differ
t wild flowers that may be found growing around Cordovu.
autiful pond lilies, iris, daisies, violets, and numerous others
lose names are unknown to the editor abound, and you may
ijuire a beautiful bouquet in a short time, if you care to roam
3 woods or the flat near the lake.
DISCARDED CORONETS
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The waste heap of insignia of British aristocracy is piling
up high with discarded coronets and other emblems of fictitious
eminence. Only the other day the monarch stripped the
garter from the limbs of sundry German cousins and other
relatives and pulled down their banners from the decorations
in St. George’s Chapel. And now comes the voluntary reRigna
i tion of one of his Privy Councillors, of German blood, with
1 the demnnd that his charter as baron of the British empire be
revoked.
So much for the flummery with which the personality of
class in a monarchy is decorated. It counts for nothing, its
beneficiaries cun be stripped of their trappings at the will of
him who bedecked them, or they can toss them back with
repudiation and contempt when they happen to feel resentful.
The case of Sir Edward Speyer is exceptional; he has
served conspicuously in positions important to the public
service. But the contemptuous manner in which he casts aside
the ranks ot knighthood, along with his resignation from tin*
Privy Council, measures the real significance of class distinc
tion in Great Britain.
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The time is fast approaching when the dog tax will be due,
and it can confidently be expected that the present city admin
istration will use its utmost endeavors to rid the town of the
plague of noimadic dogs, who now infest our streets, and raise
their discordant voices in baying at the SUN these fine nights.
THE SEA IS HIS
A war poem, hearty and old-fashioned. The third stanza, with Its noble
opening line, would Justify Its existence, even If the other stanzas were less
forceful. It Is presented because of Its poetic quality. The poem originally
appeared In the London Evening Standard.
The Sea Is Ills: He made It,
Black gulf and sunlit shoal
From barriered bight to where the long
Leagues of Atlantic roll:
Small strait and ceaseless ocean
He bade each one to be,
The Sea Is His: He made It—
And England keeps It free.
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By pain and stress and striving
Beyond the nations’ ken,
By vigils stem when others slept,
By many lives of men;
Through nights of storm, through dawnlngs
Blacker than midnights be—
This Sea that God created,
England has kept It free.
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Count me the splendid captains
Who sailed with courage high
To chart the perilous ways unknown—
Tell me where these men lie!
To light a path for ships to come
They moored at Dead Man's Quay;
The Sea is God’s: He made It— *
And these men kept it free.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and 8URGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Call* may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
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Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
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E. F, MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA
J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
Phone 4. CORDOVA. ALA8KA
E. A. HEGG
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Also four groups of copper
properties on Prince William
Sound, adjoining navigable water.
All of these properties could be
made producers with a small
amount of money and for a party
who can open same up or can ee
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SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
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Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, 8heep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Eltamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
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or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
salting time.
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ADMIRAL EVANS, JUNE 15
ADMIRAL WATSON, JUNE 25
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Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
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