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SATURDAY. AUfiUST 31. 1918
BIG OFFENSIVE BEGINS SEPT. 2f
The dement of surprise has conn
1" play such an important part in tin
hting on the western front that tin
< • rnian press explained tin* backim
<>i tin* late lamented trip towarc
laris by charging that “deserter
from our army gave the enemy tin
i :n* and place of the attack."
One gigantic offensive may bo sect
in the offing which is violating tin
. ■ copied rules of the game of war b\
ing tin Huns full information, h
i an American drive, and there up
1 i ^ no desire to hide th.* date, flu
, > hi of attack and the obi** ti\**>
I: is generally agreed that the opera
l 111 will b** successful, although vie
y hi t conn* with the hardest kind
* . effort.
Tin* campaign will begin at nooi:
•*pt ••ml • ■ L’S ; i In* I rout on w hid
f; •* a i.i• i to b»* mad** is i roin tin
! *«•??*<• lo tin* Ntlaii’i* Mexico to (’an
ada. the objectiv- are six or eight
• .limn dollars, aim the time allow'd
lb* "•* w **ek1 In* div idons to 1m
caged indud** • *.*r> red-hloodct
*. mencan.
Our part begins now. Plan at least
t » double the investment you madt
the last Liberty loan, because tin
loiirth will be at least double tin* siz.
ot the last one Our boys never hu
in tin* attack. They meet the bodu
.ml his bullets more than half way
Let's back them up with our paltrs
dollars. Let's give them a squar*
deal. Let's lend as they fight, and
i;it mean crowd tin* hanks the ver>
-t hour of the fourth Liberty loar
oftensiv e.
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A POOR PLAN
It is proposed that tin Herman pris
( tiers captured by our Hoops on tin
v est trout be snipped to this country
id [iut to work at some useful occu
, nion. And to lake the sting out ol
i >li enloreed servitude, those whu
h. . • suggested the 'rheme would
lu.ve the r.t; lives [mid veil tor their
services.
At lirst blush the proposal to utilize
1111r pri .mers ot war hi this lushioi
is lull i or less appealing. Inti the
chances are that it would prove a
ii.slly and unsatisfactory experiment
nil around II only eennomic cnttsid
orations entered into the problem ol
the disposition ot the captured Her
mans it probably would bo best to pul
tln-in tu wink. This country is uu
eomtortably short in labor and car
make good use of every able hodiei
man. lint this thought arises: Would
it ifbt lie more bother than it is worth
In undertake to transport such labot
across the Atlantic and arrange lot
ils useful employment? Then, too
it is doubtful whether efficient serv
ice could be gotten out of such labor
except at the point of a gun. which
t-:ieumstances would be sure to pui
Amtrka in a bad light before the
world
As matters stand, it might not provi
a bad idea to try the plan out witt
some of our own shiftless citizens ant
slackers before we run the risk o
getting ourselves in bad abroad. Thu
was how old Fritz of Prussia lirst in
duced his subjects to plant potatoes
by pointing a bayonet at the back o
every unwilling planter—ami t h<
scheme was a great success. It i
safe to say that were a similar plat
resorted to in this country in the util
i/ation ot the labor already available
the government might accomplisl
wonders In solving the labor shorl
age.
Bui no matter how necessary it ma
be, we ttre not yet ready to adoi
such a drastic policy with respect to
-■ir.selves. and certainly we can not
consistently contemplate the use of
alien ! i!v>r in this fashion, even
thou’h the . liens l-e enemies. More
over. (iermany would retaliate with a
| vengeance We might as well make
up our minds to do the work our
I selves.
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WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME.
The superb John A. Logan, of Civil
' war and subsequent Congressional
fame, never tired of telling the fol
, lowing story on Colonel "Hilly" Mor
rison. a fellow volunteer from the
^ stati* of Illinois. As it happened, both
o; *hese famous bghters were wound
ed before UoneLon and were carried
to the rear in the -aine atnhulanee.
I The latter was severely wounded in
I one leg
"Looks like til* Lobs gave you a
| It 1 of a !i< k," observed I .ogan as
i '.*• . /.isl up liis ri< ken comrade.
"Ye-. I got a good lick, all right,"
replied Morrison, rather optimistic
ally "C.ood enough, at any rate, tor
tii** t«» go hack home after while and
beat I 'li i 1 Kouke tor Congress.'
I And tli -n Logan would always wind
up tin* st< ry by saying " \nd that's
1 exactly what Hilly finally did
Hy way of clearing up all the points
! Involved itt tin* story, it should be
| sai l that Kouke was one of the old
time politicians and officeholders
whom tbe younger element had tried
;n vain to heat before the war. Hut
, attet the war. when th*- "hoys from
, Illinois arm* home and decided to
fake a lend in tin game tor the sake
j of their old comrade, they* managed
to pry old Kouke out of his seat in
Congress in short order. \nd so they
I seer "Hilly" Morrison to Congress and
j from there to the Senate, and then
las v. e now recall, they* elected him
governor, and for thirty years In* was
, champion of good government and
j a c redit t » hi- state and In glorious
, career was a matter ot personal pride
' to every one of tin* boys who had
\x orn ihe old hi i * unitorin.
i And what happened in Illinois was
hut one of hundreds of similar in
stanees throughout flu* other -fat*
! in the years fallowing the ( 1ms.. nf
the ('ivil war Is if too much t*i say
♦ hat w hen tin boy > c ome home fr om
i'i Mice we will history repeat It
•* lt and the old-lin* office-holder'- h*
forced to vacate* their position.-, while
the men who wore the khaki warm
the seats ot honor and public trust
for the* next quarter of a century?
_a.__
telling the tV?UTR
It is worth while noting that our
war news i» coining straight from the
front tlese days, that the casualty
lists arc being announced daily, and
that no less a personage than General
March, tin- chief of staff, is meeting
with the newspaper men at frequent
intervals and spreading before tin m
th« real significance of the shifting
cones at the front. Meanwhile we
hear little from linker and nothing
from Creel. The administration, it
< would seem, has finally sensed the
advantage of taking the people into
its confidence and of telling the truth
This marked change of attitude ha
already had a tremendous effect for
good the people are beginning to
li'dieve v h;.t they read again, and
thus they are coming to manifest a
spirit of confidence and good will to
wards the authorities the »>» 11*1 no
where he found a short time ago. In
• hi.' we see one of tin m :s: cheering
sign.-- ■>; the times
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There are em*m\ aliens and there
are native aliens. The American who
does not do his part toward winning
, tlie war. who neither tights nor works,
nor lends for victory, is as much an
alien to Vmerba’s purposes and Amer
ica's cause as the rankest Prussian
I interned in this country This is a
war of peoples as well as of nations,
and each individual has a place and
a duty -Pendleton Tribune.
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To achieve victory we must have
two armies one that fights, one that
saves. Kvery patriot will be a mem
her of one of these armies.
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Dll BRUGES BY
ll LONDON, auk :'.l. An official
j statement says that on Thursday Brit
I ish aviators shot down eleven hostile
! machines and drove ten down out oi
i control. On** Berman observation bal
■I loon also was destroyed, and fifteen
I tons of bombs were dropped on vari*
' ous targets, including the docl > at
I Bruges.
GO OVER TOP IN
The Armenian and Syrian drive con
tinues to make progress in the valley
and in our midst. The last reports
state that McCarthy "went over the
top” with $l"u to the good, their quota
being $300. The people in and about
McCarthy are certainly liberal, and
they did splendidly in this drive. Ken
necott likewise "went over the top”
and sustained its reputation as a gen
erous giver. Strelna and Chitina are
just getting into the drive, and we
may expert the same results from
these towns In view of this Cordova
<•*111 not afford to drop into last place,
bur must try to meet her quota of
$!»oo, ns these other towns did theirs.
President Wilson and the Red Cross
officials are asking the people in the
I'nited States to support this drive,
a - ii is uiiiv a supplementary drive
for Red Cross work. The Red Cross
is not working directly in western
\sia. but is working through this Ar
menian committee and givim what
funds it can spare, but if it i.ive all
that I-' needed to relieve the offer
ing the Red Cross would not have
enough left to meet the demands of
our army and navy.
In view of these conditions tin Red
Cross officials ask that this Artie man
ommittee put on a special drive for
funds to meet the needs of tin work.
This drive has been on in the states
since march.
The fund are handled thpiiuli the
Swedish consulates and neutral offi
cials and special representati.es of
the American committee of Art ■ nian
and Syrian relief committee
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DEFEATED 1
HKLKNA. Mont , Aim 31 I»r.
Lan (ruin leads MUs !• anette R.tnkin
by 2,540 votes tor the Keyublt^Eip
"nomination for United States *en
ator. with 2'M) rural precincts still
rnissiim The primaries were held on
Tuesday last.
I >r. Lanstrum is a practicing ;ihy>i*
< ian of this city and for some wars
has been chairman of the Republican
state* committee
MOUNT VESUVIUS IS
AGAIN IN ERUPTION
N AI’I.KS. Auu. :'.l. Mount Veer. in
is attain in eruption, for the first linn
sinuu November of Iasi year.
Stop at the
Hotel Golden
WHEN IN
McCarthy
Alaska
The Cordova
Dining Room
Next Cordova House
Just a little bit better place than
any other to eat
Max Rosenberg, Prop.
SMITH & McCONAGHY
PLUMBERS AND STEAM FITTER*
Cor. Front and B Street*
Office Open Evenings
FRANK H. FOSTER
Attorney at Law
Room 1 Alaskan Hotel
I
CLASSIFIED
Advertising
HELP WANTED
WANTED—Work by day or hour, or
can- of children in evening. Apply
Burkhart Hat No 1 Hu nt
WANTED—Man fully qualified as
foreman; must have experience in
the handling of tish in general and
also he able to handle a crew, ohm
Fish and Packing Co. Apply Times
office. L'f,tf
WANTED — Cabin, furnished or un
furnished; rent or buy. State price
P O. Box it7a. L'H 3t
WANTED—Ship carpenters and boat;
builders. Ohm Fish A Packing Co.
Apply lilum O'Neill Co. HI tf
FOR SALE
FOR RENT—Single room, furnished.
Phone 185. 30-tf
FOR SALE—Fruit jars and jelly
glasses Mrs Randall. Oldtoun 3t .
'
SNAP—For sale cheap to right par
ties. one-half Interest in paying fox !
farm; two men required to conduct
the business; must have six or
seven hundred dollars cash to close
| the deal; must make sale by 15th
of September. For more informa
tion call at the Bargain Store, or i
address P O. Box 17»#5. John Raw
son. 27-»>t
FOR SALE—22 Remington, 1.000
shells; ,*»u Government lien; Win
chester, two boxes of shells; .3o-:’,o
Savage. IF. boxes shells; automatic
shotgun. 12-gauge Apply r \ Me
Q iarrb . Horseshoe pool room 2h 2
MAMMOTH Belgian hares for sale;
breeding stock and youngsters. .1
F. Randall. Cordova L*• • Ct
FOR SALE—Sohmes uprght piano.
See Kdgar Davis or Thomas S.
Scott. First Bank of Cordova 19-tf
LOST
LOST—A 1,000-ton scow, marked “A.
A. R." in Hawkins cut-off, about
reward
for any information leading to its
recovery; scow is painted black, has
eight new v\s stanchions, and fish
boxes 2x12. of new spruce Tele
phone lioonah Packing Company.
Katalla. or notify the Blum-t)’Neill
Co 3‘)-6t
LOST—Small locket, with letter “I”
engraved or. i\ and chain Finder
return to this o:flee 27-3t
FOUND
FOUND—Three stray sled dogs. Tele
phone Mile IT 28-3t
DRS. DAGGETT & BLYTB
Northern Hotel Building.
Cordova.
DENTISTRY
Hours B a. m. to 9 p. m.
Special Attention to
Prophylaxis and Pyorrhea.
PHONE 200
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store
Calls May bs Left at Cordovs
Drug Store. rlesldence
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. C 0 U N C IL
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office amt Residence: Cordovs
General Uosplta! (Ostrander Build
Ing-.
Phones—Residence 115; office lit
DR. C. L. HALE
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DENTIST
Office: Over Slum, O'Neill’s Storv
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Room 1.
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALAS'*.
I”. ...
$193,000.00 RESOURCES
$140,000.00 DEPOSITS
Reserve, 40 per cent (double legal requirements)
The Cordova Branch of the Bank of Alaska opened one
year ago (August 20, 1017). A solid year of growth i.s re
flected in the figures given above. But the biggest gain
has been in the loyal friends and patrons of the
Bank of Alaska
KENNY HOLDEN’S
Pool and Billiard Parlors
CIGARS, SOFT DRINKS AND TOBACCO
FIRST-CLASS BARBER SHOP
IN CONNECTION
MUSIC EVERY NIGHT PHONE 15
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“Bevo" Is Here
It’s a drink that surely fills the bill.
Delivered to the trade or families in
large or small quantities
FRED HAEF, Distributor
1. . . , _ .. _ ... . _I
Alaskan Grill i
JAMES & DOUGLAS, Proprietors
“The Home of Quality and Attention'’
The Popular Restaurant of Cordova. Everyttong First-Class
Special Attention Given to Parties
One Visit to tile Alaska Grill Will Make 'i on a
Regular Patron
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Alaskan Hotel
GOTTSCHALK <& TERRELL. Proprietors
"The House of Comfort." :::*
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN
ALASKA |
BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION.
Hut and Cold Water, Electric Bells, S;
Electric Lights, Steam Heat, Suites :£
With Bath. |
| CORDOVA . ALASKA |
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When Planning a Visit to
McCarthy stop at
Marshall’s
Rooms Large, Light
Sunny and Commodious
Good Printing
Is Essential to Good Business
Better Let Us Figure on your
tMUE Work and Save Money.
The Daily Times Job Dept.
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TAILORED SUITS
33G.CJ to s>o5.0u
Mat'* f n: Dot:, or’ : w 1 oel'T.s. Kit • arartoe \ or " salt*
Order early, as woolen- are sour <
TOM HUBBERT
TAILOR AND CLEANER
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