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* COKDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, m7.
A JOB FOR THE RED CROSS
Dr. Albert Fitch, a Red Cross in
spector just back from France, made a
special appeal in Washington the ot
her day for the boys who are to make
up Pershing’s army.
He pointed out that when French
soldiers get leave of absence from the
trench he goes straight home to his
dear ones. The English Tomy is sent
across the channel. But the Ameri
can boy can’t travel 3,000 miles. He
will be bound to spend/his little hol
iday somewhere in France.
Natural!;," most Americans will turn
to Paris, the great romantic city of
dreams. And that is where the Red
Cross should come in, according to
Dr. Fitqh. Flore is the vision:
A great building right on the Place
de 1’Opera in the very heart of the
liveliest section of Paris. In this
building ample quarters where many
men could get a clean bath and bed.
and enjoy smoking and lounging in
the pleasent rooms.
But. best of all, there should be a
big, clean restaurant, something like
the popular chain of restaurants fam
iliar in many of the large American
cities. In this place a specialty should
be made of American dishes—corned
beef hash, Boston Baked beans, corn
bread, hot biscuits — all the things
especially dear to the American pa
late.
And right next door there should
be an American candy store where the
boys could purchase sweets of the.
kind they are used to and where they
could imbibe endless ice cream sodas.
To finish off. Dr. Fitch would have
the Lambs Flub of New York co-oper
ate with the Red Cross, so some of
the cleverest actors and comedy sing
ers in the country could take turns
at entertaining the boys.
A very good program. It is ambi
tious. It will cost some money. But
the American Red Cross is ambitious
and it has the money.
The soldiers in the trenches will
not have much time to become home
sick. But when they are on leave
the longing for home will hit them
ripht atr-*-* *
The Fitch plan would give them a
bit of America, a bit of home in the
very center of Paris. They would en
joy every minute of It. They would
go back to the stern business at the
front refreshed both in body end in
snirit.
UNADULTERATED LOYALTY
So much has had to be written late
ly concerning the sub-normal Ameri
canism of certain German language
publishers, that it is a pleasure to
quote the following by A. Bucher,
who is the editor of “Haus and Herd'’,
published at Cincinnati, Ohio. ,
The lines of duty are very dear
for everyone that has sworn the oath
of naturalization. Under all possible
circumstances we have to stand by the
Star-Spangled Banner. The indivi
dual will has to yield to the will of
the Nation, as it is expressed by our
Congress and our President. And
no former connections whatever nor
any personal sympathies or apathies,
• allowed to influence our sense of duty
however strong they may tie, must be
in this respect. To America, which
we, prompted by love and gratitude,
have chosen as our new homeland, we
owe everything which it may justly re
quire from us as citizens. When con
science speaks, the heart must be si
lent.
Let us remember the terrible con
flict of feelings under which many a
father and husband bade farewell to
wife atid children during the civil
War to join armies and to level his
gun against friends or even relatives
whose sympathies were on the other
side. Such- painfully difficult decis
ions are being repeated a million times
during the present war, and we must
not shun .them. There is but one
authority for us to go by in such cases
—conscience combined with duty? Be
fore these solemn and stern majesties
we have to bow in absolute submis
sion in the present crisis. Let us do
it in gratitude toward America, which
has welcomed us to Its hospitable
shores and has given us opportunities
such as the old country simply could
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not offer to most of us, and which has
granted us golden liberty for every
thing noble and good, which has
showered an abundance of blessings
upon us.
“With these convictions we Ameri
cans of German descent or birth shall
stand by our flag whatever may come
—with hands ■ folded for intercession,
but ready as well for sacrifices, if need
be, to fight. Let us support our govern
ment and pray God to protect our be
loved American homeland!’’
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN FACTS.
The following facts set forth by the
treasury department regarding the
second issue of the Liberty loan, show
in concise form, the advantages of
these bonds as an investment for the
people. They are as follows:
Amount—*3,000,000,000. »
Interest—Four per cent, paid twice
a year.
Exemptions—From all taxes except
estate taxes, surtaxes and excess pro
fit taxes.
Redeemable—In 25 years, or at gov
ernments option after ten years.
Payments—Four in number by gov
ernment’s plan, last payment, Janu
ary 15, 1918—or payable over a period
of one year by savings banks and em
ployers’ plan.
Twelfth District Allotment—*210,
000,000 minimum; *350,000,000 de
sired. ,
Alaska’s Quota—Not yet computed.
When to Buy—NOW.
1. More than 99 per cent of the peo
ple of the United States can invest in
the second Liberty loan 4 per cent
bonds without being in any way affect
ed by their taxable features.
2. The new fours are exempt from
all state and local taxes.
3. The income from the new 4 per
cent Liberty bonds is subject only
to surtaxes.
4. Surtaxes are levied only on in
comes in excess df *5,000.
5. Out of a total population of 110,
000,000 in the United States, only 400,
000 persons paid the income taxes in
1916.
o. only 246,000 paid surtaxes.
7. *5,000 face value of new 4 per
cent Liberty bonds are exempt from
all taxes whatsoever. Dresent or fu
ture.
8. An individual may own (provid
ing he has no other capital^ $150,000
in Liberty loan, and pay no taxes.
The income of an individual from
Liberty loan bonds (providing he haR
no other income) is exempt up to $5,
200. Of this exemption $5,000 repre
sents the 4 per cent-interest on bonds
of a face value of $125,000 (exempt
from all normal taxes) and1 $200 rep
resents the interest at 4 per cent on
bonds of a face value of $5,000 exemp
ted from all taxes (Paragraph 2. Lib
erty Loan Act).
More than a thousand saloons and
retail liquor stores in Greater New
York went out of business October 1
on account of high taxes. The opera
tion of the new state law, providing
that after September 30, there shall
be only one saloon to every 500 Inhabi
tants in political subdivisions having
less than 55,000 population, will result
in closing 1,500 saloons In the state.
Business must be good in New York,
where the bank clearings for the year
ending September 30 aggregated $181,
534,000,000, an increase of more than
$34,600,000,000 compared with the pre
vious year, and double the total for
1915. The figures are staggering, and
give one the eye strain.
Bolo Pasha was in the lobster busi
ness before he caught a rich widow.
Women generally are too smart to run
into a "lobster” net.
It is a safe bet that tlie kaiser will
not enjoy his Thanksgiving dinner
when he hears of the turkey spread
set before the American troops in the
French trenches.
Prices for mules are soaring owing
to the heavy demand and their value
has been tripled in the past three
years. Hereafter they will be petted
and pampered instead of being lam
med and damned by their drivers.
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(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. A small
army of clergs. operating flies cover
ing 40,000 square feet of floor space,
soon will be employed by the statisti
cal division of the war department
to keep the individual record of every j
man wearing Uncle Sam’s uniform.
Announcement of the details of this
gigantic filing system forcibly brings
home the fact that American soldiers
will be killed, wounded and Imprison
ed in Europe.
The main purpose o(. the statistics •
Is to provide an accurate means of!
checking casualty reports. Bidden-i
tally, however, the complete army his j
tory of the men will be recorded.
Major .J. J. James has charge of the !
central office in Washington. '-An
other will be established lu Europe.
Weekly reports will be made to cell
: tral offices by divisional bureatfs,
which In turn will receive information
from three members of each regiment
i specially detailed to the work.
Two filing systems will he main
tained. One, containing In alpha
order the/names of every man In the
service, will serve as a check In re
ferring to the regimental files.
The record of each man will con
tain the name and address of his near
est relative, to serve as an aid In the
prompt transmission of cabled reports
of death and serious illness. The war
department also will undertake to
give relatives reports of military fun
erals, location of burial places and
j information concerning Americans
held In enemy prison camps.
XTntII the Bed Cross came to Its aid,
the British government experienced
great difficulty In handling casualty
reports, and by the establishment of
this system thle war department in
tends to avoid similar confusion.
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MEXICANS VERY FOND
OF ICE CREAM CONES.
(By Associated Press)
JUAREZ, Mex„ Oct. 26—The Unit,
ted States has given Mexico a new
word. When Ice cream cones first
appeared here there was an instant
aneous ruch for them as the Mexicans
like frozen dainties. But there was no
word In the Mexican language for cone
vendors so the Mexicans called them;
‘‘Nieve Cone.”
Sporting KOOds,xuilAdfc naubtf.hisi
at me Nbrtnwestern Hardware Co.
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PIANO TUNER
George Anderson, expert and
factory representative for high
grade pianos, players and elec
tric pianos, will be in Cordova
in the near future.
GEORGE ANDER80N
Box 991. Juneau, Alaska.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
United States Land Office, Juneau,
Alaska.
August 25, 1917.
Notice is hereby given that Nels
Hawklnson, of Cordova. Alaska, has
filed application under the provisfbns
of Sections 2305-2806, R. S., as as
signee of Joel W. Hevern, to make
entry of the lands embraced in U. S.
surveys 1216 and 1217, situate on the
north shore of Miles Glacier Lake and
on the west side of the Copper (River
& Northwestern Railway at Mile 50.
Lat. 60 degrees 41 minutes 24 seconds
N., Longitude 144 degrees 45 minutes
W„ and latitude 60 degrees 42 minutes
00 seconds N.,JLongitude 144 degrees
45 minutes W„ and more particularly
described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at M. C. No. 1 on Miles
Glacier Lake, whence U. S. L. M. SAIL
NH bears S. 38 degrees 05 minutes
W. 4.41 chs. thence W to Cor. No. 2
6.18 chs, thence S. 28.97 chs to Cor.
No. 3, M. ('. on Milos Glacier Lake,
thence meandering N. 56 degrees 30
minutes K„ 6.93 chs; No. 27 degrees
50 minutes 16., 4.72 chs; N. 5 degrees
53 minutes E.., 5.12 chs; N. 8 degrees
21 minutes W„ 16.05 chs., to M. C.
No. 1, the place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 19.84 acres, Mag. Var.
29 degrees 15 minutes E„ and known
as U. S. Survey 1216.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, whence U. S.
L. M. SAH-NH bears S. 2 degrees 31
minutes W. 36.14 chs,, thence N. 15.08
chs. to Co. No. 2, thence W. 4.82 chs
to Cor. No. 3, thence S. 15.08 chs. to
Cor. No. 4, thence E. 4.82 chs. to Cor.
No. 1, the place of beginning, contain
ing an area of 7.27 acres, Mag. Var.
29 degrees 46 minutes E., and known
as U. 8. Survey 1217.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
First publication. Sept 4, 1917.
Last publication, Nov. 14, 1917.
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DO YOU SEE THE BIG
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ON ALL THE POSTERS
Do You Realize That Your American j
Goverment Needs Your Help? All
Banks Are Paying For Their Liberty
Loan “Ads” As The Bank of Alaska is Paying
For This One, Also Postage Incidentals And
Time Given For Liberty Loan. Now We Want
I To Do Our Part That is Why We iClake You
This Proposition;
You pay $T.OO on a $50.00 Bond or $2.00 on
a $100.00 Bond to the Government with your
l application for the Bond and Bank of Alaska
. will take your note, charging no interest and
will allow liberal time for you to pay the bal
ance of the payments.
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REMEMBER
The Sale Closes on the!
27th
^_of This Month
Bank of Alaska
Banking Hours After October 24th.
Are 10 To 3:00, Saturdays 10 To 1:00
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