THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1920
BELLIGERENT ALASKANS
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Th hearings before the senate com
mittee on commerce on the bill pro- j
posing to extend the powers of the |
Alaska shipping board offer addition
al proof that the hardest thing hi the
world to Eccomplish is to get two or
more professional Alaskans to agree
to anything. The Post-Intelligencer
does not presume to say which side i
oi the controversy is right; but out
of the charges and counter charges
the only impression possible is that
each side is right in saying that the
other is wrong. Certainly the senate
cannot find it helpful when Alaska
factions decide that the most stylish
battle zone is a public hearing in a
committee room.
The country has become accustom- j
ed to the complaint that few persons
in congress or in public life under
stand Alaska’s problems. By a care
ful campaign of education Eastern
congressmen were put into posses
sion of certain basic facts concerning
Alaska’s magnificent size and its
splendid resources, but when some
measure designed to benefit the North
land was under consideration, oppos
ing factions of outside Alaskans
moved in and staged a family row.
It appeared that never did one side
attribute an honest purpose to the
other. This spirit of intolerance and
habit of making reckless charges have
done more to retard progress in
Alaska than anything else.
The tendency to take sides in a
controversy is a human trait, posses
sed by congressmen as well as others.
Acrimonious debate, immoderate
speech and mutual recriminations
have a tendency to align members of
congress on one side or the other.
This conflict of opinion has .the ef
fect of retarding action on any bill
no matter how meritorious it may be.
The anger displayed by the in-and-out
Alaskans is usually reflected in the
congressional committees which have
the measures under consideration.
Perhaps it would be too much to j
hope that Alaskans compose their
differences at home so that congress j
mignt nave tne benefit of an orderly j
presentation of facts. A get-together
meeting in advance of a congressional
hearing would be a welcome relief
from the quarrels and bickerings at
Washington. Even in a territory of
such magnificent distances as the
Northland, a display of community
spirit is among the possibilities. The
trouble appears to be that the pro
fessional Alaskans so seldom meet
each other in or out of Alaska that
their opinions are unknown until a
congressional committee makes a
reeord of all the ugly charges and
reckless statements. It has been
rather convincingly demonstrated that
staging quarrels before congress does
not make for progress, so that the
kindlier and more diplomatic way
might be tried just once.—Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
Before this nearly-ended week
dwindles and dies and is interred in
the graveyard of weeks and years, it
will be safe to say that fifty people
hitherto noticeable here mostly for
their absence are on their way to
Fairbanks over the Long Trail, either
between Chitina and here or Cordova
and Fairbanks—all of which will help
a little, each man in his own peculiar
way.—Fairbanks News-Miner.
Seward will have many boats in
port during the coming summer in all
probability. The Saturn will perhaps
be here for a few weeks next month
and then the coast and geodetic sur
rey steamers which will be on patrol
duly will drop in occassionally. The
training ahip Vicksburg with many of
ficers and sixty-five cadets will be
here perhaps in July or the first part
of August.—Seward Gateway.
The shipping board’s plan to run a
main line of steamers from Seattle
to Seward or Anchorage with smaller
vessels plying as feeders for the main
line boats is not calculated to arouse
any degrees of enthusiasm In the
breasts of the residents of those
towns which happen to be on the pro
posed spurs. Such a plan would build
up the terminals and tear down the
towns situated at any considerable
distance from the line of travel. If
this is the best way to develop
Alaska that Washington can present
to our people we fear their efforts
are wasted.—Valdez Miner.
There are no flue cases in Interior
Alaska, none in Cordova and none in
Anchorage, according to a statement
issued by the local board of health.
Health Officer Dr. M. E. Smith and
Robert Joseph Diven, who, as presi
dent of the school board, is a member
of the board of health, met with Engi
neer in Charge Frederick D. Browne
recently for the purpose of investiga
ting certain reports current in Nena
na regarding the approach of the flu,
and they declare that they have been
unable to find a trace of the disease
in the Interior country or at any point
on the coast sufficiently close to en
danger the health of interiorites.—
Nenana News.
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The Club Barber Shop. 12-tf
Delicious mince pie at the City
Bakery. 13-tf
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