Cordova Daily Times
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TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1918
NEW COUNCIL TAKES OFFICE
The affairs of the municipality last
night passed into the hands of the
recently-elected councilmen, who en
ter upon their new duties with the
full confidence and co-operation of
the residents of Cordova. The body
is composed of representative busi
ness men, and we have every reason
to believe that it will give the tax
payers an efficient and economical
administration.
TO Mayor Hillery and his col
leagues, Councilmen Brock, Adams,
McConnell, Clayson, Sapiro and Ross
wog, the Daily Times extends its best
wishes and desires to assure them of
its hearty support in all matters that
are for the welfare of Cordova. Be
ing familiar with the needs of the!
city and possessing the ability to dis-'
Charge the trust imposed in them, the
new councilmen will undoubterly give j
the same personal attention to the
government of the city that has been
largely responsible for the success !
they have achieved in their own line
of business.
■ With the annexation of outlying ter
ritory to the corporate limits, the rev
enues of the city will be materially
increased, and we understand the j
council has in view a number of puD
lic improvements that will redound ,
to the credit of Cordova. There is
no more prosperous town in the ter-j
Titory. and it is incumbent upon local
legislators to see that the city keeps
pace with its steady and permanent
growth, in providing those necessities
and conveniences that will make Cor
dova the most desirable home town
in Alaska.
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.GERMANY’S INDEBTEDNESS
’ Germany’s total indebtedness is
$31 "000,000,000, which means that each
one of her 68,000,000 inhabitants, men,
women and children, will be in debt
$456. Here in America, with a popu
lation of 110,000,000, our total indebt
edness is only $6,000,000,000, or a per
capita indebtedness of only one-eighth
that of the German citizen, a matter
of $57 each. We can run our Liberty
bond flotations up to $50,000,000,000
before each one of us owes as much
as each German across the Rhine.
in other words, wre can run this
war at our present rate of expendi
tures for eight years before we are
as bad off as the Germans are today.
Doxa’t be frightened at the money we
are spending. We are not “breaking”
ourselves. We are spending very lit
tle of our national wealth. Buy bonds.
If this war lasts for eight years Ger
many will be so badly “broke” it can
never be put together again.
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CORDOVA’S FINE SHOWING
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Cordova was yesterday awarded a
Liberty loan honor flag for having
reached Its quota of subscriptions,
$47,000, In the third Liberty loan. It
will be 36x54 inches, with a red bor
1 der around a white field, crossed ver
tically with three blue bars. For each
community increasing the quota by
100 per cent a blue star is added to
the flag, and in order to receive this
special mark of patriotic response to
the call of the government Cordova
must subscribe for $94,000 worth of
bonds. This it will easily do before
the end of the week, as the amount
has already reached nearly $80,000.
The treasury department has de
cided to give every purchaser of a
Liberty bond a poster reproduction
of the flag, with space for his name
and the right to hang the poster in
his window. Is your name on the
honor roll?
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It is now safe to assert that no
other town in Alaska, population con
sidered, will make a better showing
than Cordova in the purchase of third
Liberty loan bonds.
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There has been a general shaking
up among the federal officials at Mc
Carthy, and as a result a new com
missioner and a new deputy marshal
have been appointed for that place.
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Attention, members of the local
Home Guard company! Let every
man enrolled show his loyalty and pa
triotism by attending the organiza
tion meeting at Eagle hall tonight.
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TOWN'S BOUNDS
Announcement was made by Com
missioner Edward F. Medley at the
council meeting last night tnat he
had just received a wire stating that
Judge Brown had signed the order
authorizing the town of Cordova to
hold a special election to decide
whether or not it wished to take in,
as part of the town, that territory
north of the municipality which em
braces the Pioneer and Carlisle can
neries and the docks. The order also
authorizes an election to be held in
that district, to ascertain whether or
not the people there wish to have the j
territory included within the corpor-t
ate limits.
By the annexation of this territory i
the town of Cordova will obtain the
benefit of all the wharfage taxes paid
the federal government, as well as all
license taxes imposed on the canner
ies. The annual amount of these is
not known definitely, but it is esti
mated by several, in a position to
know, that the revenues from these
sources will amount to approximately
$30,000 per year.
On every ton of freight passing
over the dock in either direction a tax
of 10 cents is imposed. The license
tax in the salmon cannery amounts to
4 cents per case, and the output at
the Carlisle plant will be from 100,000
to 150,000 cases. Whether or not the
clam cannery will be required to pay
the same tax remains to be deter
mined, as the matter is to be put up
to the district court for decision
within the next few months. If the
clam cannery is required to pay the
license tax, it will mean an increase
of several thousand dollars also.
Election Called
After the matter was presented to
the council an ordinance was intro
duced calling for a special election
to be held on May 21 within the cor
porate limits of the town and within
he bounds of the territory suggested
for annexation.
The judges and clerks of election
chosen for the election in town are:
Judges—George Mosser, Fred Rayer
and Roy E. Hegg.
Clerks—George Kennedy and H. I.
j Lewis.
The judges and clerk of election
chosen to act in the unincorporated
district are:
Judges—John Gillis and a E.
Black.
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Clerk—Miss Emma Sheppard.
A canvass of the unincorporated
district has been made, and it has
been found that the companies af
fected and other residents fav0r the
plan of making the territory part of
the town, so that there is no doubt as
to the outcome of the special election.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 16—The
Union Oil Company of California to
day subscribed to $1,000,000 worth of
third Liberty loan bonds. The Anglo
& London-Paris National Bank of San
Francisco handled the transaction.
The subscription was allocated to
various cities and states in the
Twelfth federal reserve district as
follows:
Washington state .$ fjo.OOO
0reS°n . 32,000
Oakland, Cal. 12,000
Sacramento, Cal. 28,000
Stockton, Cal. 16,000
San Jose, Cal. 24,000
Fresno, Cal. 28,000
San Diego, Cal. 16,000
El Centro, Cal. 8,000
Phoenix', Aria. 16,000
Los Angeles, Cal. 120,000
San Francisco,Cal. 40,000
Allocation of the remaining $600,000
was marked “various,” meaning that
this sum will be distributed later
among cities and states where the
company does business.
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Do you know that the El Roi Tan
Cigar is the largest-selling high-grade
cigar in the United States?
An investment in Liberty bonds will
show the man in the trenches that
he is not forgotten, and will hearten
him to strive for an earlier victory.
WATER
Until Further Notice
CHANGE WATER SERVICE
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H On Wednesday, April 10, water will
be turned on between 7 and 8 o'clock
in the morning and between 4 and 5
o’clock in the afternoon. On Thurs
day if conditions do not improve water
will be turned on one hour each day,
from 4 to 5 o’clock in the afternoon.
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Also remember: A man on the spot with a
bucket of water at the outbreak of a fire
is worth more than an auto pumping engine of
1,000 gallons per minute capacity a half hour
later. So fill your pails and tubs.
Cordova Power
Company
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You have gone “over the top” admirably, fel
low townsmen. Now hold the ground you have
taken. Plan to meet your Liberty Loan pay
ments on the dot and put by something for the
next advance. Remember, to insure victory you
must not only have your battle line strength but
powerful reserves. Begin now to mobilize your
reserves for the emergency moment.
Will to win and work
We will help you
BANK OF ALASKA
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PAID ADVERTISEMENT
CHAS. A. SULZER
Candidate for Re election
As
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
“In deciding to enter the primaries as a candidate for Delegate to Congress
from Alaska, I feel impelled to make a brief statement to the people of the
territory. It is now nearly a year since I was seated in the House as Alaska’s
representative to congress. During the most of this time the United States
has been engaged in a world war, and every resource of the nation, including
money and man power, is being devoted to the single purpose of winning this
great war. Every member of congress in considering legislation for the na
tion has placed the country’s war needs above all needs and requirements and
has subordinated his desires to the military establishment of the United States
“Alaska has responded nobly to the nation’s call. She has given her share
willingly and unstintingly. When the Democratic party went before the peo
ple of Alaska in November, 1916, it stood for a certain constructive
program which embodied as its principal elements a wider measure of
home rule for the territory, and a sane and rational policy in the develop
ment of natural resources and every possible aid to the pioneers of the coun
try.
“I have introduced among others the following bills in congress which I
am pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
“Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home rule the
dominating principle.
“Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair to all, and
the protection of the salmon supply from depletion.
“Making changes in the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty rod
reservation.
“Authorizing free surveys of homesteads in isolated sections.
“Changing the game laws so as to give the people a better opportunity to
use the game of the country without its being slaughtered.
“Extending the federal farm loan act to Alaska.
“Providing for the care of Alaska’s insane within the territory.
“At all times I have endeavored to keep constantly in mind the needs of
the territory and the people of the territory. In spite of the war some meas
ure of progress has been achieved. I have assisted in passing a law which
helped the prospector by suspending assessment work on claims during the
years 1917 and 1918. The extension of the w'ireless and cable system in°Alas
ka has been accomplished with bright prospects for a further extension.*
“Recognition has been forced for Alaska in the matter of appointments to
the second series of training camps for officers. Contracts which prevented
the farmers of the interior from supplying army posts with their vegetables
are canceled.
“Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of Alaska have
come to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reiterating my desire to
serve the best interests of Alaska I am submitting my name as a candidate
for the democratic nomination for Delegate to Congress.”
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