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TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1920
DESERVING YOUR SUPPORT
The Republicans of the territory
and those of Cordova and the Copper
River valley in particular should cast
a solid vote for George C. Hazelet
in his candidacy for delegate to the
Republican national convention at
Chicago in June. He is a pioneer of
Alaska, having blazed trails in the
early days, which resulted in the
development of interior mining pro
perty. Being one of our representa
tive and substantial citizens Mr.
Hazelet would make a most creditable
delegate to the G. O. P. convention
which will select the next president
of the United States.
GOOD WORK, HENRY
Old Hank Ford may not know the
difference between a hypochondriac
and a baked apple, but he’s got a good
heart, he has, and a good business
bean. Just recently he has given
away about $10,000,000 in Christmas
bonusus and has inaugurated a profit
sharing plan by which all his work
men who want to save can get in on
the ground floor in earnings. Henry
knows that the best way to keep
strikes out is to give the men a stake
in the business. With every profit
sharing certificate put away, the
chances of a walk-out of hs best
mechanics grows less. Mr. Ford en
j©ys paying out these bonusus and the
interest on his profit-sharing certi
•ieates for two reasons—the one just
stated, and the other one, his honest
satisfaction at helping the boys along.
BETTER CARRY PYRENE
Here is something new—the explo
sive stocking. It is not explosive in
color but in fiber. Before the war gun
e©tton and smokeless powder had to
he made. Then along came some gem
ms and discovered that these violent
compounds could be based on desic
cated tree stumps. It was not at that
time in his mind to make silk stock
ings of the same material. But, the
pressure of munitions production past,
he turned his thoughts to developing
a silk stocking out cf his reserve
stock of explosive material. He
found great difficulty in obtaining a
stocking that would not go off with
a loud hang. But he now has on the
Market an article that is believed to
he explosion proof. Jokesmiths have
a seat, opportunity here in associating
the idea of stumps and wooden legs,
with the silken hosiery now in vogue.
NATIVE SCHOOLS IN ALASKA
ft was 43 years ago that the first
school for Natives was established in
Alaska. ’"There were no white chil
dren here then. The first school was
©pened at Wrangell in 1877. One year
later a home for girls was opened at
the same place, which in 1880 had
thirty inmates, the school having an
average of sixty.
At Sitka, a school was opened in
April, 1872, and kept open with vary
ing success until April 1890. One of
the naval officers stationed at Sitka
introduced upon his own initiative a
system of compulsory education, ap
pointing a regular truant officer; each
child was labeled, and if found on the
streets during school hours, was ar
rested, and the head of the house to
which the child belonged was fined
•r imprisoned. The extraordinary and
arbitrary measure worked so effec
tively that the average attendance
was suddenly forced up to 230 and
250, one day reaching 271, a result
highly gratifying to the Presbyterian
teacher, whatever objections the pub
lic had to his modus operandi on con
stitutional grounds. This school for
Indian children exclusively, a school
lor the Creole children of Sitka hav
ing been opened the previous year.—
Petersburg Reporter.
A FALSE WITNESS
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The Saturday Evening Post in an
editorial printed in the issue of Feb.
21 says:
“Today the old parties stand for
nothing except appetite for office, and
the real issue between them is simply
which one is going to get the most
power and the offices and the salaries
that go with it.”
This is a false, a stupid and an un
patriotic statement. It is an attack
from a source not entirely disinter
ested, upon the good faith and devo
i tion to the country qf millions of men
and women who profess and feel
party allegiance in this country, and
who have in their keeping the future
of the two “old political parties.”
The Saturday Evening Post is just
now carrying on a definite propagan
da in behalf of a candidate for Pres
ident of its own choosing. It’s a case
of “drop a nickle in the slot” and get
a presidential candidate. The zeal of
the Post in behalf of its own hand
picked candidate for the Presidency,
however much or from whatever mo
tive it may be so much interested in
putting over what it has in mind, is
no justification for its insults to mil
lions of men and women who object
to having their motives impugned as
members of “the old political part
ies.” While these millions have not
attended any dinners given by Colonel
House and Lord Grey to the publish
ers of the Saturday Evening Post and
New York World, their allegiance to
political parties is perhaps founded on
quite as patriotic reasons as the fealty
of the Post to whatever may be its
control, when every possible influ
ence is being employed to subordi
nate American interests, rights and
ideals to the purposes of alien powers
and commercialized internationalism.
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Dresses French Dry Cleaned $3 and up
Plain Skirts, French Dry cleaned $1.75
Plain Sweaters, French Dry Cl’d 2.00
Plain Waists, French Dry Crd.... 1.50
Gloves Cleaned.25c and 50c
Fancy Dresses Dyed.$6.75 and up
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Suits Dyed . 6.00 to 7.50
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Mississippi Valley States.
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By W. G. EDENS, Illinois Highway Improvement Ass’n.
The most important happening of 1919, and one that promises most
•esnlts in 1920, is the spreading of the Illinois good roads idea to the other
states of the Mississippi valley. The Illinois idea emphasized two facts.
First, that the good roads problem is essentially a local problem.
Second, that in its .widest development it necessitates a combination
of local interests of such widespread character that each state must combine
with the surrounding states in developing chief local highways into main
interstate highways.
The Illinois idea in perfecting state roads has been crystalized in the
*tate bond issue scheme, under which automobile licenses are capitalized
in such a way as to finance maintenance and construction of the main
highways of the state, as well as supervise the construction and maintenance
of the chief feeders.
The Illinois idea as applied to the national highway system was
adopted by the Mississippi valley convention at Washington early in De
cember. This is a constitutional co-operation between the bureau of agri
culture and the state highway department on the so-called federal aid
roads. It is opposed to the concentration of full control over federal high
ways in any federal commission.
A few' states were whiling to divest themselves of any interest in fed
eral aid roads and turn their pow'er over to a federal commission or a
federal bureau. Other states had no well formulated plan on this subject
and were willing to go either way. Illinois, however, stood for the develop
ment of the federal aid road bureau, as well as the perfecting of the stated
entity.
The result will be a general adoption of the Illinois plan in all the
Mississippi valley states, and within a short time the main roads to this
state will pick up the main roads in the adjoining states and will gradually
extend as far north as Canada and as far south as New' Orleans and the
Gulf of Mexico, as well as to the Hookies and the Alleghenies. ]
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Alaska Building 127 W. 27th St
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market prices are paid on correct grading the day received. If de
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satisfactory, the Furs will be returned to you, transportation charges
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