THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1920
REPUBLICAN TICKET
For President—
WARREN G. HARDING.
For Vice President—
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
For Delegate to Congress-—
DAN SUTHERLAND.
For Attorney General—
JOHN RUSTGARD
For Senator—
E. E. CHAMBERLAIN.
For Representatives—
A. E. LATHROP
JOS. H. MURRAY
R. E. ELSNER
A. H. FRAME.
For Road Commissioner—
GUST JOHNSON
FRESH FISH SHIPMENTS
For years the fish shippers of
Ketchikan have been having difficul
ty in securing space to ship fresh
fish to the market in Seattle and to
other points. Almost every boat com
ing in to port from the north was
filled to capacity with freight from
the north and westward to the ex- j
elusion of Ketchikan fresh fish. The
result has been that the buyers
have been over crowded at times and
that the fishermen have been unable
to dispose of their product.
Comes now as good news, there
fore, the announcement of the Alaska
Steamship Company, that it will re
serve space on every boat for at
least 400 boxes of fresh fish provid
ed, of course, that the shippers oc
cupy the space and do not let it go
to waste when it could be filled up
with freight from other points to the
northward. It is strictly a matter of
dollars and cents, both to the com
pany and to Ketchikan and everyone
should lend his efforts to see that
the space on these boats is taken.
The buck is passed directly to the,
fish buyers. No longer will they be
in a position to say that they will
not buy because they cannot get ship
ping space. If all the buyers would
co-operate to a slight extent, they
could find little difficulty in filling
the 400 box spaqg and for the sake!
of Ketchikan and the fishing industry
it is to be hoped that they will.—
Ketchikan Chronicle.
THE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
The principal educational forces
working in the modern community
might be grouped under three heads:
1. The public schools. 2. The col
leges, technical schools and academ
ies. 3. The newspaper press.
Public schools represent the pur
pose of the entire state, and their suc
cess and efficiency are guaranteed
by the taxing power of the govern
ment. The colleges and other pri
vate schools represent humanitar
ian and cultural sentiment, with vast
reserves of money to draw from.
The newspaper press is more of a
self-made institution. It is an individ
ualistic enterprise, with no help from
state or philanthropy. It could be
said to be the creation of a type of
people having a certain tempera
ment in common. The so-called love
for “printer’s ink” which holds them
to their calling, would seem to grow
out of an exceptionally keen interest
in human life and development and 1
in civic and political progress.
The newspaper press started from
small beginnings, and has fought
against great obstacles. Every suc
cessful newspaper has passed through
its period of struggle, when it had to
Jive on faith and hope, but not often
on charity because it rendered an
equivalent.
The newspaper press has reached
the point where many people feel it is
a greater power than either public
shools or colleges. Schools and col
leges exercise a dominating in flu
ence—for a few years. Then their
influence upon the individual largely
ceases, and they turn attention to a
new group. But the newspaper press
exerts its influence from the day a
child learns to read until the day he
dies. Which is the greater force?
The community has no greater prob
lem than the evolution of this mighty
force up to its highest possibilities
of service and leadership.
WHAT YOU GONNA DO?
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What you gonna do next week
when the airships get thick around
these diggings and the people come
for miles to see—what you gonna do?
Are you business men going to or
ganize, just a few of you, and take
charge of a celebration and run it
for the good of the camp, to give
the people who come a run for their
money, or are you goin’ to “Let
George do it,” when George isn’t
here?
There’s an opportunity coming up
and the way things have been going
here for some time, about all the old
boys are losing interest in trying
to start or maintain anything worth
while in an entertainment or amuse
ment way, for it costs them too much
and doesn’t bring returns equal to the
time and money expended.—Fair
banks News-Miner.
IbKKUUKlAL NUIEs
E. Coke Hill, of Ruby, and Miss Ella
M. Wilson, a trained nurse from Mex
ico City, who made a tour of the in
terior last winter, were married at
Ruby on July 4. Mr. Hill is an old
timer of the interior and is now as
sistant district attorney and special
agent for the government.
Word has been received of the
death of J. C. Dehn, government ob
server of the weather bureau and
United States commissioner at Tan
ana on July 12. Upon the recom
mendation of the Juneau weather
government observer through Wash
ington, D. C., Mrs. J. C. Dehn has
been appointed to succeed her hus
band in the office of government ob
server.
Alaska’s first museum is being
completed at Juneau to house several
thousand articles from all parts of
the territory. One big exhibit, to be
brought to the museum from Washing
ton, D. C., was on display at the St.
Louis world’s fair. Another exhibit,
to be loaned to the museum by Dr.
Daniel S. Neuman, is considered the
most complete collection of Eskimo
curious in existence. The territorial
government is building the museum.
DARING VOYAGE '
COMES TO AN END
Boston Family Crosses the At
lantic Ocean in F.fty
Foot Boat.
Baston.—In a little 52-foot schooner
rigged knockabout, the Lucy B. Winsor,
carrying only two auxiliary engines
of 30-horsepower for use in bad
weather, Graciauo F. Rio, Boston lob
ster merchant, his wife, son, nine-year
oid grandson and one hired navigator
have crossed the Atlantic ocean to the
Azores, and have undoubtedly by this
time reached Portugal, their destina
tion.
In the whole library of New Eng
land sealore there is recorded no
more audacious feat than the voyage
of the Boston family, which was un
dertaken as a pleasure trip.
No little effort had been expended
in vain attempts to have Mr. Rio give
up the project. He was told that it
was foolhardy. But the merchant is
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Crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
an experienced sailor. His skill in
handling any kind of craft is recog
nised in Boston harbor. He bought
Marriage Licenses Give Out; 15 Marriages Upset
ENVER.—No announcement of increases in the H. C. L. line can possibly
cause one-tenth of the consternation that resulted the other morning when
some fifteen couples were informed by the clerk of the marriage license bu
reau: “No marriage licenses today,
We’re all out.”
"But I’ve got to have a license,'’
protested one of the applicants. “The
girl is waiting for me at the minister’s.
We were going right from the cere
mony to the station.”
Henry L. Doud, marriage license
clerk, agreed that the situation was
unfortunate. “But we haven’t a li
cense in the place,” he repeated.
“They’ve been ordered from the print
er’s since December 1, but the short
age of paper and the flu have delayed their delivery. Can’t you marry the
girl at your first stop?” he suggested hopefully.
“Not on your life. Her mother won't let us start until she sees us safely
married,” was the response. “Say, how long does it take to get to Littleton by
taxi?”
The next applicant was accompanied by the blushing girl of his choice.
He seemed to labor under the impression that the marriage license shortage
was an attempt to raise the price of the commodity.
“Howr much does a license cost?” he demanded. He was told that the
regular price was $2.50. “All right. I’ll give you $5—$10—I’ll pay anything
you ask—I’m desperate.”
One young woman who accompanied her swain to the counter insisted
that their failure to obtain a permit to wed was a “bad omen,” and it looked,
when they left, as if the man would have a hard time convincing her to the
contrary.
Proud Congressmen Boast of Record Corn Yields
PROCEEDINGS that went in brief about like this produced ranch laughter
and applause in the house the other day: Rubey of Missouri began it
by saying: “Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to speak for about three
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little. I have in my hand a letter
from the editor of a farm paper stat
ing that a prize of $1,000 for the best
five acres of corn in the United States
has been awarded to J. R. Shelton of
Holden, Johnson county, Mo., the av
erage yield being 127^ bushels an
acre.
Mr. Wood of Indiana. The same ^
first prize that you are talking about
went to Washington. (Laughter.)
Mr. Bankhead. Mr. Speaker, I
want to say to the gentleman from Missouri, w7ho is manifesting so much
state pride, that Alabama has the record of 237% bushels. (Laughter.)
Mr. Kitchin. I want to say if they continue to encourage these farmers
in Missouri and in Alabama they may possibly get up to the record, eventually,
of North Carolina, wrhich holds a record of 250 bushels per acre, the largest
in the history of the country. (Laughter.)
Mr. Mann of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, it was reported to me the other day
(hat a former member of this house, Joseph C. Sibley, had raised on 12 acres
of ground 331 bushels of corn to the acre.
Mr. Hadley. In the prize contest the first three prizes on wheat went to
the state of Washington. Fred De Wilde, Oak Harbor, Wash., 83.96 bushels
per acre; John Le Sourd, Ceupeville, Wash., 81.33 bushels; Justus L. Hancock,
Coupeville, Wash., 81.24 bushels.
Mr. Rubey. From what has been said by my colleagues, It looks like the
mistake I made was in reporting my yield first. (Laughter.)
Mr. Hersey. Mr. Speaker, there were three prizes oITered last year for
the largest yield of an acre of potatoes and Aroostook county, in my dis
trict, obtained all three prizes. (Applause.)
(lie Winsor some years ago and all
last winter and during the preceding
summer he had spent most of his
spare time in remodeling the boat for
the long voyage. The frail craft sailed
from Boston harbor late in August.
Cablegrams, letters and clippings from
Portuguese newspapers published in
the Azores reported the safe arrival of
the vessel at the port of Angra one
month later.
Friends of the Rio family said that
they have every reason to believe the
voyage achieved a happy conclusion
recently in the harbor of Lisbon, a few
miles from Mr. Rio’s boyhood home.
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i not molested. !
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