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One of the acts passed by the last
territorial legislature relating to the
holding of elections in Alaska, and
designated to materially change the
methods heretofore in vogue in the
country for choosing candidates for
the several territorial offices, is
known as Chapter 48, “to provide for
the holding of primary elections in )
the Territory of Alaska, etc."
By the provisions of this act all
nominees for office under the terri- (
torial government and the delegate
to congress from Alaska must be chos
en by a direct vote of the people. By
the provisions of this act all persons
desiring to become candidates for dele
gate to congress, for attorney general
or any other office created by act of
congress or the territorial legislature
shall, not less than sixty days before
the date of the primary election (the
last Tuesday in April, 1918, and simi
larly every second year thereafter)
file with the secretary of the terri
tory a declaration of candidacv. signed
and acknowledged, and certified to by j
five electors of the territory who are i
members of the political party to i
which such candidate belongs, and he ,
shall pay to the secretary of the ter
ritory the proper fee with the filing
of such declaration.
All candidates for members of the
territorial legislature, and all candi
dates for the office of road commis
sioner or other provisional office, shall .
also, sixty days prior to the date of
such primary election, file with the
clerk of the district court for the divis
ion in which they reside, similar dec
laration of candidacy as those requir
I ed from candidates for delegate to
I congress, and attorney general, and
j shall also deposit with the clerk of
j court the proper fee, the fee to be
; turned over to the territorial treasur
j er.
The form of the declaration of can
didacy is prescribed in the act, and
in it the candidates pledge themselves
j if nominated and elected to qualify for
, the office, and that they will support
j and abide by the principles enumer
ated by the party to which they be
i long in its national and territorial
platforms. |
The election shall be. under this
i act, conducted in all respects in ac
; eordance with the rules and regula
tions pertaining to general elections
in the territory, with the exception
j that instead of the Australian ballot
system being employed, there will be
provided separate tickets for each of
the political parties represented by
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lots there shall be plainly stated the
political party whose nomination the ■
candidate thereon seeks. These bal
lots are to be provided by the clerks
of the courts of the respective judicial
divisions, and these, together with
the customary election supplies, shall
be forwarded by such clerks to the
election officials at such primary elec
tions shall be the same as those act
ing at general territorial elections. j
Under the provisions of the act,
the polls at such primary elections
shall remain open during the same
hours, and the balloting shall be done
in the same manner, as nearly as
practicable, except that a ballot box
is provided for each political party
represented by candidates, and each
voter who offers to cast a ballot
shall announce his name, place of
residence and party affiliation. Upon f
this announcement and its registration ■
the voters will be handed a ballot of
the political party with which he'
claims to be affiliated, and after hav-'
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ing marked and folded such ballot it
shall be deposited in the box desig
nated for the same political party.
The clerks of the courts for the;
several divisions are canvassers of
votes for their respective divisions.
As soon as poslble after the receipt
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of the returns from the various pre-,
clncts, and not later than 45 days after
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mch pTimary election, or as soon as
he clerk of any division shall be
atisfleii that the returns from any
nlssinc precincts cannot alter the re
mit of^the election, it is his duty to
anvas^the same publicly, and tele
traph tjie result to the secretary of
he feretory, who may avail himself
if such telegraphic returns in decld
ng whd have been nominated by the
espectl^e parties as candidates for
he sevetal territorial offices.
The filing fee required of all candi
lates is one per cent of the annual
lalary of the office each aspires to,
>ut In no instance shall such fee ex
eed the sum of forty dollars. From
he fees thus received by the territor
al treasurer shall be paid all the ex
>enses of the primary election.
The candidates on each ticket re
eiving the highest number of votes
or any office shall be placed on the
)fficial ballot of the general election,
ogether with the designation of the
lolftical party by whom nominated,
ind there shall also be placed on the
ifficial pabblot, but without the desig
lation of their party affiliation, the
lames of all candidates filing nomin
ition papers in conformity to the pro
visions of Section 11, 1. and 13 of
’hapter 25 of the Session Laws of
he Territory of Alaska for the year
915.
T he qualifications of the electors
it the primary election shall be the
lame as at the general election, and
he penal provisions of the general
•lection law prescribing punishment
or violation of the law, are also ap
llioable to elections held under the
provisions of the primary election act.
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30DMOTHER IDEA FAILS
TO GET APPROVAL
The securing of American godmoth
ers for U. S. soldiers at the front is
mother activity that is causing no lit
le embarrassment to the officials at
ATashington.
The idea of the godmother pledg
ng herself to carry on correspondence
md send packages of comfort to an
American soldier abroad has failed to
ditain the approval of the war depart
ment, and the Red Cross is unable to
landle packages consigned to desig
lated individuals.
For this reasos chapters are asked
o discourage any attempt to organize
In this direction, since the Red Cross
cannot endorse the idea of accepting
such activities as auxiliaries.
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Don't miss seeing our shoe line. We
lave a full line of them, os smart as,
any made, Clayson. The Clothier.
2100 AMERICAN
GIRLS ON
10 DUTY
(By United rPess)
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WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—
There are now more than two thous
and American girls on active Red
Cross nurse service in France, it was
learned at National headquarters here
today.
Cables have just been received tell
ing of one extraordinary branch of
their work at the military hospitals
behind fhe front and elsewhere
throughout the land of the tricolor.
Their working day is eighteen hours.
When the hospital train arrive they
are kept busy tending the wounded, j
Between times however, they have
brief half hours, during which they
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tend the—war gardens.
War gardens are as much a part
of the French military hospital rou-j
tine as the patients themselves. The'
nurses and convalescing patients have
a lot of fun growing things.
Surrounding the hospital at Hericy
is a garden of more than six acres
where potatoes, haricot beans, “fopin
ambours'' and wheat are being raised j
Marshal Joffre. who had occasion to
visit this garden was much pleased'
with the efforts of the Red Cross j
nurses and addressed many words ofj
praise and encouragement to the work
ers for their enterprise, who also
received from the inspection commit
tee the first prize for products of this
kind. To the chief of the cultivators j
was given a silver medal and 'ne ad-!
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ininistrator received a gold one.
At evreux there is a garden of more;
than an acre of land under cultivation
producing mainly potatoes with a feW|
other varieties of vegetables, lhoj
garden work is said to he a very bene
ficial and enjoyable form of " rchf.no-,
therapeutics for limbering up the
muscles of the patients At the samej
time, it lessens the expenses of the
establishments by providing vege
tables for home consumption. The
commission awarded this hospital a
bronze medal and a prize of fifty
francs.
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A number of Russians in Fairbanks1
are preparing to leave for the outside
on their way home. They stated that,
they feared drafting and if they had
to fight would rather go back to Rus-j
sia and fight under their own flag.
The local district attorney’s office
is In receipt of full instructions from
the attorney general with regard to
the prosecution of all wilful distor
tion of statements in answe-ing the
questionnaires which will soon be sent
out to all those who have regtsreied
under the selective draft law Form
erly slightly untrue statements were
overlooked so long as the main facts
were truthful, but now every small
untruth will be prosecuted severely.
With regard to false statements
made in answering questionnaires,
there is no legal excuse. Every law
yer in the city is enrolled as helper
for registrants, and when organized
by the local legal advisory board will
be prepared to furnish information so
that registrants may answer every
question legally and truthfully, accord
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The attorney general has made the
following statement with regard to
the prosecution of all evasions of the
draft law:
“False statements in support or
claims for exemption or deferred
classification constitute a grave men
ace to the fair and equitable en
forcement of conscription. The Unit
ed States attorneys are requisted to
give wide publicity to the fact that
such material false statements, even
when the facts have been distorted
only slightly, will be prosecuted.
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A few natives from Eldorado re
cently made a trip to Nome carrying
with them some splendid specimens
of greyling and salmon trout which
they disposed of at twenty-five cents
each.
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Jos. Riau, an old-timer of Dawson,
recently located a fox nest within two
hundred feet of where he was work
ing. He captured the inmates secur
ing two fine black fox pups and four
cross pups which were sent to the
Northern Fox Farm at Dawson.
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James Ernest Malcom Beattie re
cently went to discovery. Otter creek,
with a string of fifteen dogs. Early
in the evening the dogs finding them
selves free started for home without
a pilot and arrived there about ten
o'clock that evening with not a par
ticle of rigging broken and the sled
right side up. ,
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A cod fishing station has been open
ed at Kodiak by the Northern Fisher
ies company. The W. J. Erskine com.
pany is also interested in the enter
prise as their boats form a part of
the equipment of the new company.
There is no longer any need for the
natives around Kodiak to be without
food as they can fish for cod and make
good money.
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Clyde Bremmer and Walter Bust re
cently discovered promising quartz
leads on Turnagain Arm along the
government right of way. The two
men are making extensive prepara
tion to work the find on a large scale.
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NOTICE.
All parties who are indebted to the
Cordova Mill & Lumber Co. for more
than 30 days will please call at the
office and settle or make satisfactory
arrangements. 14-3t
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For dancing lessons phone Dan Mc
Kenzie, 170, or call Hegg’s hall even
ings 11-Tt
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North west
Soda Works J
Manufacturers and ♦
Bottlers *
Soda Water, all Flavors, ♦
Gingerale, *
Root Beer, ♦
Coco Cola. *
Mail Orders Given Prompt ♦
Attention. ♦
Cordova. Alaska. *
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\ | NOTICE
| F rom now on until further notice |
this store will be open from
| 9:00 A. M. until 10:00 P. M. |
| Sundays
10:00 A. M. until Noon
4:00 P. M. until 10:00 P. M.
j NORTHERN DRUG CO. 1
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Every Article
In My Store Makes k f
A Suitable Gift
and 1 Have thousands of §
| them for Young and Old.
Come in and inspect our selected stock
for the Holiday trade
!_ PAUL BLOEDHORN
JEWELER AND WATCHMAKER
KENDRICK BUILDING FIRST STREET
THE CITY BAKERY
WE ARE SPECIALISTS IN. FINE CAKES AND PASTRY
FOR
Parties and Receptions
MAKERS OF THE FAMOUS ."CREAM LOAF” BREAD
SUN “MAID” RAISIN BREAD—A TREAT INDEED
RYE BREAD GRAHAM BREAD
LUNCH ROOM -WH :Rt YOU GET THOSE EXCELL
ENT LUNCHES
SAVE MONEY!
COME TO THE BARGAIN STORE
Anil see what we have in the line ot‘ workmen’s clothing,
beds, mattresses and canvas goods of all kinds, tents and
shovels, kitchenware, furniture, stoves, etc. We also
cany a lull line of mirrors—plate glass and plain.
THE NORTHERN BLOCK
First Street
Copper River
j & Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays
days, Thursdays and Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tues
days and Fridays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
lhe above schedule subject to change with
out notice.
Dining Car in Connection With all Regular
Passenger Trains Between Cordova and Chitina.
freight received and delivered at Cordova
\\ hart from 9 a. m. to 5 p. in., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot
office, one hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER, W. E. BROWN,
Superintendent. Agt. Cordova Wharf
R. K. BROWN, Jr., Ticket Agent.
MAKE FRIENDS
WITH YOUR FEET |
THERE’S no sense in wear
ing boots that make your
feet yell for mercy. Try a pair
of “Hipress** Boots and see how
pleased your feet feel.
“Hipress” Boots are built foot-easy
—that’s the reason—by the leading
rubber experts of the world. Anoth
er thing—“Hipress” Boots are built
all in one piece without a seam, so
they can’t possibly leak. The same
tough stock goes into them that is
used in Goodrich Tire3. The only
boots made this vtav. That’s why
they outwear any footwear made.
40,000 Dealers
THE IF. GOODRICH C
Seattle Branch: 113 King
Factories: AKRON, OHIO
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