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H. G. STEEL
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MONDAY. AUGUST 10, l'UH
DANGER THREATENS ALASKA
The people of Alaska have showt
themselves, in the matter of subscrip
lions to Liberty loans. Red Cros;
funds, Y. M. (' A and Knights of Co
iambus funds, and other war relic
measures of lesser magnitude, to lit
imbued with a patriotism which is u
matter of great satisfaction to tht
territory. In every instance the sum
allotted to the territory has beet
oversubscribed, in some eases severs
limes. In matters pertaining to wai
finance the Alaskan has shown him
self true to tradition by digging'
cheerfully into his pocket and pro
during generously.
Hut in this big-hearted patriotism
and generosity lies a danger to Alaska
1 hich heretofore has escaped atten
tion. Alaska has suffered from the
effects of war conditions far more
greatly than has any other section of
the United States Elsewhere the
war industries have more than com
pensated for the withdrawals of im
t tense sums of money from trade and
industry by again putting that same
money, and more, into circulation by
reason or the increased employment of
labor, enormous purchases of ma
t-rial, and the inauguration of new
enterprises.
In Alaska the very opposite has
been lh<> result The different war
funds have woefully depleted the finan
< i: t I ft . ;t 111 i-i «• r .it iltu i.irriturv o nH
haw taken capital needed for the de
velopment of its industries, leaving its
people with occupation gone and no
immediate prospect of a revival In
sight In one instance a bank was
comjs lied to liquidate arid go out of
business because of the great with
drawal of deposits which enabled the
community to oversubscribe its Lib
erty bond quota more than live times.
Added to all this is the tact that the
increased cost of supplies has com
pelled the shutting down of mining
enterprises because they would not
yield a profit under present conditions.
The editor of an Interior Alaska news
paper recently complained that so
great had been the drain on the finan
cial resources of the camp that
whereas it had been heretofore the
easiest of tasks to raise a fund for
my worthy object of charity or public
enterprise, now it was Impossible to
even suggest a subscription for any
purpose, so great was the stress
Because of the war all of Alaska's
industries have suffered severely,
and there has been nothing in the na
ture of new enterprises to offset the
loss. Gold mining, already on the
wane, probably has been the indus
try most seriously affected, and Alas
kans will look with favor upon the
efforts of Delegate Sulzer to secure
some measure of relief for the oper
ators, working in conjunction with
public officials from other gold-mining
sections. Copper mining, which has
become the greatest of all the terri
tory's activities in point of value ol
product, also has been a sufferer
through lack of labor, inadequate
transportation and other results ol
war conditions. Even the fishing in
dustry, which the government has en
couraged to the utmost in the en
deavor to Increase the world's food
supply, has lmd trials and tribula
tioiiH which only the increased prici
of Its products will permit it to over
come. Absolutely nothing of conse
quence in the wuy of new enterprise*
growing out of the war has beet
added to Alaska's activities. And ir
addition to all this is the fact thal
the unsatisfactory condition of affairs
on the government railroad work is
inducing him ip*ds of people to per
mciicntly leave the territory.
\ serious condition confronts the
pen | 1« nf Alaska The government
i di nt to f'oat ano’her Liberty loan,
:ud it is expected that during the
^ coining year at least three* more such
) i- n] bonds will be offered for
} public subscription. I; Vl.tska's pro
portion of these loans is in the < tine
• lias been the case in pre
\ inns issues it is likely that business
5 really essential to tin* prosecution <>t
J tin* war. as well as vital to the pros
^ polity of Alaska, will be seriously
) crippled by the withdrawal of money
from the territory. Already this
v. tress is in evidence at a time when
. money was never more actively circu
lated in the States
It would be unpatriotic and even
j criminal tor any newspaper or indi
! vidua! to endeavor to discourage sub
j seriptions to these* many war funds,
I and at the srme time a newspaper
, w: old be lacking in its fidelity to tin*
I community which it serves were it
| silent as to the* serious condition con
J fronting its people. As long as a cer
tain sum is apportioned to Alaska to
! be* contributed by its people, just so
! long will these quotas be raised, even
j to the limit of their possessions, so
j jealous are* Alaskans of their roputn
; tion for liberality and patriotism. L
behooves the citizens of the* territory
1 to consider the advisability of taking
I steps to have* future* quotas reduced
: to such sums as are commensurate
i with the resource's of the territory in
i the way of productive industries, and
I to point out to the* officials responsi
ble for these apportionments the fact
that little, if any. of the expenditures
for war purposes are returned to the
coffers of its people for the carrying
on of legitimate and needful business
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Use the classified ad column of the
Times if you want results.
01 ROUTE HERE
An Alaska Steamship Company ves
- r| coming via the outside passage is
due in Cordova tomorrow with the
following passengers for here: .1. D.
MacCormac, .1 V. Lydlck, Robert
Gottschalk, Mrs. It I, Leaton, Mrs.
W A Taylor, Mrs. II I. Call and
daughter and Miss June Allen
An Admiral line steamship is due
here Wednesday morning. Among
the Cordova passengers are D. C. Sar
gent, Mr and Mrs. Joe Stewart. Mrs.
Leslie Hash. Mrs Charles Grahn. F.
B. Bard. George D Burbank, Harold
Almgreett and V. Sarusal.
There w ill also he an Alaska Steam
ship Company boat here Wednesday.
Those who booked passage on this
vessel front Seattle for here are: Mrs.
Carl Anderson, Mrs. K Remson. Carl
Anderson, Beatrice Conner, Fontelle
Conner, Mrs. F. K Conner, William
Conner, Warren .Nelson, Jack Lewis
and Walter Lornell.
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Have you looked over our stock of
Congoleum rugs? The Northwestern
Hardware store.
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T W. Berry, assistant fish commis
sioner, returned on yesterday's train
from a trip of Inspection through the
Copper River valley.
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The "anglers" say "we have the
right kind of tackle to get the big
ones.” Better outfit from the North
western Hardware Co
rmtes fRon
0lGCITlCS->
Boy, Look Up Present Address of Joe Mulhatton
HA V A VA, CUBA.—Nat 1 vi's of a small Island off the west coast of Ctaba
won- recently thrown Into the highest pitch of excitement and terror
when a gigantic animal of the illnosaunis or dlplodocus species suddenly
crawled forth from the sea and con
tinued to make Its slow and flestru%,
ttvo way toward the prlnrlpaPilUegw
on the Island. The island Is not more
than 20 miles In circumference and 1*
mostly given over to the cultivation
of gmis'frult.
The monstrous creature, described
ns being more than 00 feet In length,
according to Its Imprints in the soil
over which It passed, and weighing
many tons, has been pronounced by
scientists of tills city to be u genuine
and probably tlx- only living remnant of the gigantic reptilians that prevailed
In tile western part of the United States lu prehistoric times, the bout's of
whleh are still Itelng unearthed from time to time by scientists and archeo
logical explorers.
The monstrous specimen that lias almost depopulated the Island alluded
to through hasty flight of scores of natives by small boats to a neighboring
Isle, broke down fences over which It crawled, knocked over small outbuild
ings. uprooted palm treat and cut big swaths through fields of crops.
While ll hus been pronounced to be the only known living speelmen of
the thought to-be-extinct gigantlcus amphlbl dlplodoohlae, so far us Is known,
und while It disappeared after crossing the narrowest point of the Island,
those who saw It and so far recovered from their fright as to be able to dis
cuss It, declare that it was the most terrifying thing they liave ever seen or
wish to see again, and all agree that It bud eyes thut shone like searchlights,
huge teeth and mustaches exactly like the kaiser's.
Its wblulugN amt other noises as It passed over the Island were not ns
unnerving to the natives as was Its mammoth size, which was awe-lnsplrtug.
Some of the natives declare they will never return to the Island.
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CLASSIFIED
Advertising
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HELP WANTED
WANTED—Girl for general house
work. Apply Mrs Calvin Hszrlet
WANTED—A tool dresser and cook
for George Morris, Camp 7, Katalla
Apply Alaskan Hotel. 1 .> tf
WANTED—Girl for general house
work: good wages. Thomas S
Scott, care the First Bank of Cor
dova i _
WANTED—A boy to learn laundry
business; inside work; chance to
learn good paying trade Modern
laundry. 25 If
WANTED—Women and men for can
nery work. Apply to George Dooley.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE—Sohmes upright piano
See Kdgar Davis or Thomas S. |
i Scott. First Bank of Cordova F.Mf
FOR SALE — House with shed in Old
town Also good overcoat, fruit
jars and jelly glasses For particu
, lars see () W. Dresser. Oldtown tf _„
FOR SALE—Small cook stove, $12
Phone 36. 2 rings. 17-61
FOR SALE—A skiff and Evinrude;
just right for duck hunting Apply
Times office 9 tf
FOR SALE — Barber shop doing good
business; with baths; strap if taken
i at once P. O Box 1782 S-lm
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cottage. Cull Northern Laundry, tf
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FOR SALE — Empty gasoline carers In
quire Times office. —
FOR SALE—A piano and an electric
washing machine. Phone 218 2*>2
j FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Three-room cottage; fur
niture for sale Apply BlumO’Neill
FOR RENT—One room. Apply Mrs.
W. \\ Council. 15-tf
, FOR RENT—Two-room cabin. Apply
r Mecca Tnoming house. Phone 172
19-tf
LOST
LOST—A gold braided bracelet. —
Kinder please return to Dally j ^
Times. ft
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FOUND |
FOUND—Gou !o-ket; “F. O. E.” on >:
one side owner can have same %<
by teleph oning M2-2r 1-2 8
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HUNGER*
For three years America has
fought Starvation in Belgium
Will you Eat lns - wheat
meat —fat* and sugar .
that w* may still send
food in ship loads ?
mmtrao irarti <*• min i irsiridM
FORFEITURE NOTICE
To (lust Carlstrom
You are hereby notified that I have!
expended during the years 1914 and
1919 $20ii in labor and improvements
upon the "Deep Ouleh'' placer mining
claim, situate on right limit of Chititu
cr ek, adjoining No s creek claim and |
on first tier of benches, in \izina
mining district, McCarthy recording |
precinct, Alaska, the location i <*rtifl-(:■:!
cate of which Is found of record in I*
Book 9. Cage 41, in the office of the ■:•:
recorder of said recording precinct.
in order to hold said claim under tlie,
provisions of Section 2224 ot the Ke-jt;P
vised Statutes of the United States!:;;:
and the amendments thereto approved
January 22. 1899. concerning annual | jij:
labor upon mining claims, being the :&
I amount required to hold said claim J g;
for the period ending on the 21st day
of December, 1914. and the 21st day j S:
of December. 1916: and if within
ninety days after the publication of —
this notice, you fail or refuse to con -| —
tribute your proportion of such ex-j
pendlture as a co-owner, which
amounts to $100. vour interest in the!
claim will become the property of the
subscriber, your co-owner, who has
made the required expenditure, by
the terms of said section
F. PETER MILLER.
First publication, Aug. 10, 1918
Lust publication, Nov. 16. 1918.
Win the War
With
Men : Food ; Money
rTHH NATION is Itirnishiiu; the men; you must
* save the food; and you should help raise the
money. Do not delap in opening vour aeeount at
Bank of Alaska
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Little
Americans
Do your bit
Eat Corn meal mush
Oatmeal- Com flakes -
Hominy and rice with
milk^,£at,no wheat cereals.
Leave nothing on.your plate. US®
U N ITBO STATES POOD ADMIN l STEATION
“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
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Alaskan Grill
JAMES & DOUGLAS, Proprietors
“The Home of Quality and Attention”
The Popular Restaurant of Cordova. Everything First-Class
Special Attention Given to Parties
One \ Pit to the Alaska Grill Will Make You a
Regular Patron
... ■ -.Tf IMtittr mrtMfl
Alaskan Hotel
GOTTSCHALK A TERRELL, Proprietors £;
“The House of Comfort.”
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THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN
ALASKA I
BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bella, !
Electric Lights, Steam Heat, Suite* i
With Bath.
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CORDOVA . ALASKA |
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When Planning a Visit to
McCarthy stop at
Marshall’s
Rooms Large, Light
Sunny and Commodious
Good Prin ting
MCT Is Essential to Good Business
Bettor Let Us Figure on your
Work and Save Money.
The Daily Times Job Dept. |
FALL SAMPLES JUST RECEIVED
Lamm &. Co-'s Suits. fl't.CO and up. Fit cr no sals
Expect Detmer's Woolens on Next Ilont
TAILOR AND CLEANEn
TOM HUBBERT