ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of stearrers
without notice.
Steamers Alaska, Alameda and Northwestern
for Speed and Comfort.
Tli,. freighters Cordova, Latouehe, .Juneau, Valdez
and Ketchikan also make regular trips.
j Tickets on sale at uptown office, Alaska Steamship Bldg. Bag
\ gage or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour
before sailing time.
J. H. Bunch, G.F.& P.A. S. R. Hedges, Agt.
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Pacific Steamship Co.
Safety Courtesy Service
Two Sailings per Month via Inside Passage
Through Tickets to All t'alilornia and Kastern Points
For information as to rates and sailing dates see agent
J. H. KLINE, Agent
Phone 'J'J.'l; Residence 222 Km press Pudding
ARE YOU GOING OUT THIS FALL?
Visit San Francisco and Stop with
Mark C. Thompson
at his new lintel iii the heart of the city hot ween
I’nweil and .Milson Streets.
The Dale- Tallac Hotel
140 ELLIS STREET
Special Rates and Headquarters for Alaskans.
i ALASKA TRANSFER i
COMPANY
Transfer Storage Coal & Wood
( AUTO SERVICE-DAY or NIGHT
Office—Northern Hotel Building. Phone 86.
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THE NORTHERN CLUB
FRED HAEF, PROP. PHONE -4-7
POOL, CARDS. TOBACCO
SOFT|DRINKS OF ALL KINDS
THE POPULAR CORNER!
CORDOVA ALASKA
NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
1 FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON AND PRO
VISIONS
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from
Si Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points
Halibut and Other Fresh Fish of All Kinds Will Be Kept
|i in Stock When Available
SMITH & GLASSBRENNER, Props. |
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
Something About Its History and the Tremendous ^
Work for Humanity in Which
It Is Engaged.
III.
<>n* of tin* most insidious of th
slanders of th** Led Cross has bee
t*> th** effect that enormous salarie
have h.*en and arc being paid to it
officers.
Almost without exception," say
tin* report of tin* war council of worl
done up to November 1. 1!*17, "th
important posts of tin* Hod Cross ar
tilled by men and women who arc ac
« ustomed to large affairs, hut are nov
giving (heir services absolutely witl
out pay for tin* lessening of humai
' suffering. Throughout th** organizu
tion persons ar**, similarly, either giv
ing their tint** or are serving for nomi
mil salaries." The report continues
"Had lh«* i:* d Cross been obliged b
j pay salaries to all th** heads of d*
partments at national headquarter
th** pres**nt organization would hav<
been impossible. The development o
a -tall of executives who bring to tic
Led Cn».s sin'll large business am
pri ssiona 1 experience has been po:
Silde mily because of the many vo!
ant' < rs who liave put their time am
energy freelv at th** command of th
U*d Cross
"Counting onlv members of tin* staf
oi national ln*adquart«*rs. and tie divi
'ion man igers. and omitting . mini
her ot assi stants ami clerks at head
i quarter - and thousands of \ oPmfe**
’ j • •.*" it iv • - and assistants * onne* t**'
Jin various «apa*iti**s with th* cha|
j t• *i there an* sixty thr**«* o: ticial:
• : mi. vv ,? lm.it cost to t in* Led 1 ’ros.,
A number of otli« r t iff work* •; ari
bull to tin* Led Cr*» . by t In* <•. rp* »ra
lion- "ii institutions vv hidi « rnphv
: th* a nr are paid by the he ds «»
; their respeetiv»* departments "
In til* Milliner o! 1!* 1 *i. vv h< n th*
!v' >i <'i" •. aon a p* a< ba . tin
m* nil *• i -hip vv a • ""immih, and then
■■ e 11 a In nit "'mi i lit pt **r -. the } iid of
1 .111* 1 emplov *• at he.idq art'-r
. wen* 7. and tlmse whose s laric
ranged tnmi to >7.'"" i ae **\
! t rein** lim it i. "'.*.
1 1 Mi Ini;. I 17, with a n tuber
! hip nf ... and nearlv l.xui
; chapter- . t he paid oflic**rs a: I *ni
• pl"y«*s at headquarters number- i 7"h
. jarni tlios*' tn whom salaries of b vve**i
; i and $7.f»un wer** paid nut here*
RESIDENT OF
SKAGWAY IS
PENALIZED
| A one hundred-pound sack of sugar
'Which had been ordered from (leorge
I! Ilalgeson. hy Kdward’ Hestnes of
! Kkagway. Alaska, without the pur
chaser first obtaining a permit from
the District Food administrator at
Kkagway. was confiscated by the bit
j ter otticlai and sold to a merchant in
| Kkagway for the sum of $9.00, which
j amount was turned over to the Skag
way branch of the American Hed
('l oss
This action was taken by tin- Fed
eral Food administration for Alaska
because if involved tile question of
boarding and buying sugar without a
special permit.
Kdward Hestnes is section foreman
on the White 1’ass A.- Yukon railroad,
living at Kkagway He has a family
of live On July 29 he was given a
special permit to buy twenty live
pounds of sugar for canning, and a
permit on August 19 for canning pur
poses; and on September 7 was issued
his sugar ration card allowing him
ten pounds of sugar per month for
bis family; yet in addition to all this,
iiotwlthhstanding instructions from
the Kkagway food administrator, he
..Is to buy sugar and flour in
the Ktates without first procuring the
necessary permits. During the month
of March he procured a hundred
pounds of sugar and two hundred
pounds of wheat flour from Ilalgeson.
of .Seattle, without permit being is
sued The sack of sugar confiscated
on September 17 arrived from Seattle
on the steamer Humboldt September
II In answer to questions put to him
by F J Vandewall. district food ad ;
lull 4.'!
) On Xovomher I, I :> 17. when the
t membership was more than lire mil
t lions, and the chapters numbered
t -.7S7. there were 477 paid officers and
employes at headquarters, and the
< number to whom salaries of $7,mm to
‘ .. were paid numbered 7.7. both
o' whirh latter designations showed 1
' a decided fa 11 i rip; oft since Hie previous ;
j dale
I lie salary list under peaei* eondi
- lions, which is still continued in op
I ; oration, included one oflleer with a
salary of $7,fain, one al $i;.ooo, four'
- al $l,uon, two at $7.doll, two at $7,aim. ,
- one at $7,77.11. nine at $7.mm, one at
I7.75H, and elcht at $7,mlu.
1 Of the 7.7 officers or employes who
are paid salaries of $7.mill or more,
s fourteen have been added since Hie1
■.appointment of the war council; one
f with a salary of $d,iiiiii. one at $t,r,iu.
• one al $4,0011, two at .., one at
I $7.7rni. one at $7.7,mi. three between
$7.mill and $7. Pm, and loin at $7.m.u
Aside from the officers or employ.
I receiving salaries of $7,0110 or above
' all other paid employes at headquar
fers are i leri.s ..r messengers (if the
I clerks. 71 receive salaries in >\r.
"I *1"" a month. 7 : are paid $|.,„ a
month, and d"7 are paid h Hum j
»>"" a npinlli Mam employes re
■ i civ e only nominal salaries, w h. i , \
I ' Ite.v are .11 custom,-.1 .. much
more This sen ice is tli'ir eontriliti 1
i thm to the Red Cross
Volunteers at Washington
file lull tine V olllllleer .'. Ill her
I ho an a idiiu; in admini .teriui; Hi"
! affair id the Hod i t- d nim; Hie
j war. include the le ad oi ill. I irip t :
I copper I Oinpany in I le- world a l.anh
1 i’r* !*l**!ii. a ra ilroad vim presjden i
and mini* n, i no i m .. and
' , (iron l i 11 e II1 e 11 I,III all lull !,' III.
I ’nit'd Still. 1 11. ability and , nth i ■
■ i is ill w In. h ha v i he. n placed i rm I',
ai I Im d; posal o! i lie Hml ('ross in
this situation i - ..ne of Hie most re
ciarknlde leatiu-s ot lies eni.-rprie
Menihei oi I Im v. nr route I] and
1 their i ill oi u I- bin! , touelher w iili
■ many heads of departments created
. specially tor war service, are serv
itiK without salary from the Hml
l Cross.
tninistrutor at Skagway, Hestnes ad
mlttel that lie wrote the merchant
llnlgesoii and asked him to send as
much sugar as he could. Several
hours after this conversation he ap
proached the food admlnlsiralor and
said he thought he would send tin- j
sugar hack to the dealer in Seattle
lli- was directed to hold tin- sugar
subject to Instructions from the Fed
eral food administration in Juneau
When tin- Juneau otliee was apprised
of whal IF--.tnes had dime it author
l/.ed tile eontisealion of ihe sugar, its ”
sale, and tin- turning over of the pro G1
eeeds to tin- American Red Cross.
Inquiries regarding Kdward llest _
lies developed the fact that, apiiar
eutly. In- is not in sympathy with the Ej
cause of the I nited States and does FI
not take kindly in the activities of itj
the food administration. Red Cross &jj
and other war institutions. The dis
triet food administrator at Skagway T
reports that the action of the Federal
food administration In the matter of
eontlseating the sugar In the posses- ;
slot! of 1 lest ties is having a good ef
fect on the few kickers in that com w
inanity.
Food regulations for the eonserva- ri
Hon of ossontial foodstuffs an* only g
mado whoro absolutely nooossary. and
i vory consideration has boon and will
ho shown tho consumer It is tho in
tontlon of tho food administration to •»
penalize all violations of food rules
iind regulations where the facts war —
rant.
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Times is equipped with the latest and
best type faces 'or artistic work.
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(Paid Advertisement)
CHAS. A. SULZER
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
FOR DELEGATE
CHARLES A. SULZER
l or Senator
THOMAS C. PRICE
I'or Representatives
JOHN NOON JAS. H. PATTERSON
ELBERT E. RAY ROBERT D. SMALL
For Road Commissioner
JAMES E. WILSON
The above are the regular nominees of the Democratic
.rty. They are men who are heartily in accord with President
ilson in the conduct of the war and his policies, and with
iveraor Riggs in his program for Alaska's development.
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Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletrir Lighted
Hm and Cold Water in Eveiv Room
r i
With or Without Bath
Cordova House
DOOLEY AND GREENIG jj
Headquarters for Railroad and Mima* lY-i.
Satisfaction Guraiiieed
R »*i»c m *cnr r> h I r
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Manhattan Hotel
R W FERRELL, Prop.
Khetne I,itrl11«•*I Hut Water. Turkish aial Tuh
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA
PHONE 99
FOOD
WILL WIN
THE
WAX.
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