THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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H. G. STEEL
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SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1920
LIKE JACK A SHORE
By the way, someone ought to
preach a sermon on the fact that more
diamonds were imported into the
United States during the last fascal
year than ever before. As a result of
the nation-wide propaganda for thrift,
we find all classes of citizens selling
Liberty bonds and buying sparklers.
Uncut diamonds were imported dur
ing the year ending June 30 last to
the amount of $15,000,000 as compared
with only $3,000,000 worth in 1915.
Of cut stones, $29,000,000 were im
ported as against $14,000,000 in 1918.
The people of the United States now
own more than $1,000,000,000 worth
of these gems, or more than half of
all the known diamonds in the world.
Diamonds tell the story of Amer
ican extravagance but there are other
voices raised to the same effect. I
was talking recently with a retail
clothier from down south in the cot
ton mill district. He said: “My great
trouble is getting silk shirts that are
expensive enough. I can’t supply the
demand. I get the best that I can
find but they won’t do. Those mill
hands come in and raise all kinds of
trouble if I haven’t a lot of $15 shirts
for them to buy.” A similar account
reaches me from New England. A
New York silk buyer recently, I am
told, contracted for silk shirts at $40
a dozen by the thousand dozen. When
they were ready the maker offered
him $50 for them. He accepted the
profit. The maker then called up a
Lawrence, Mass., jobber and offered
the shirts at $70 a dozen. The jobber
could sell them to retailers at $90 a
dozen, w'ho could dispose of them at
a profit to the factory and mill oper
atives, who demanded fine wear.
The other day I heard of a steel
worker who had been making $400 a
month for the last two or three years.
That is not at all a high wage as
those things go. The point of the
story was that the man hadn’t saved
up a cent. He had been enjoying what
would, until the last few years, been
regarded as wonderful pay. But if
he should be taken ill tomorrow, the
county would have to take care of him.
He was in the same class as the of
fice girl who upon finishing payments
on a $50 Victory bond cashed in on it
and bought a $30 skirt and a $16 pair
of dancing pumps.
Of another Chicago girl, a friend
said: “I was in a west side store and
she hurried in at 5 o’clock. The pro
prietor started to joke her, but she
protested. ‘Why, what’s your hurry,’
said he. ‘You’re through for the day,
aren’t you?” ‘Through,’ she said, ‘gosh,
no. I work nights and Sunday now and
go without lunch, and ever’thing.
’Cause, you know, I was the only girl
in the factory that hadn’t got a fur
coat and I just hadda have my seal
skin—couldn’t stand being the only
one—see. Well, good-bye; I gotta
rush.’ Ex.
ATTENDANCE AT CHURCH AND
ELSEWHERE
Recently a “survey” of New York
City church life was made and a
report of the facts therein disclosed
mentioning among other things that
“it was ascertained many church
members spend more for chewing
gum in a day than, ,t^ey give to the
church in a ^ear.”# ,
Church Attend aiic&!> always has
been a perplexing problem and it
does not seem to be any nearer
solution today. This New York City
survey of the situation it discloses
harks back to the question of church
attendance. It isn’t that the aver
age church member is a “tight-wad.”
It isn’t that he fails to contribute
when he is present. The trouble
is that he seldom goes.
There is a tremendous lot of “dead
• wood” in churches as a rule- These
persons no doubt, believe in religion
and recognize the importance of the
church in the community—provided
someone else does all the work and
church-going. They attend church
once or twice a year and apparently
feel then that they have done their
full duty.
What to do with these drones
is a question. Someone, no doubt,
critices the church for not strik
ing their names from the member
ship rolls. However, the same criti
cism would apply to practically
every other organization. Take the
men’s and the women’s clubs, the
various social, business and profes
sional organizations with which
every well-ordered community now
abounds. The same state of affairs
prevails there. A mere handful, com
pared with the total membership,
carries on the work, attends the
meetings regularly and keeps the
movement, whatever it may be,
alive. It isn’t the church alone that
suffers by reason of the indifference
of its members. Practically every
organization is in the same plight.
There are a few notable excep
tions. Occasionally there is an or
ganization that has managed to
solve the “unsolvable,” and has a
membership that is literally on its
toes all of the time. Generally this
is attributable to wise, capable and
resourceful leadership that has man
aged to arouse and to maintain the
interest of the membership. But not
all of us can be wise, resourceful
or magnetic, and it seems hardly
fair to place the entire responsibil
ity upon those whom we have
elected to lead us. Does not an
equal dgeree of responsibility rest
upon the rank and file?
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
Alaskans as a people are not
bloodthirsty. They are, as a rule,
kind-hearted. They unite almost to
a man, however, in deploring the
fact that William Dempsey, con
fessed slayer of Margeret Lavore
and Isaac Evans, should have the
sentence of death imposed upon him
by an Alaskan judge commuted to
life imprisonment. If ever a man
deserved hanging, it is Dempsey,
and people in the territory are be
gining to wonder what kind of a
killing must be done for the death
penalty.—Douglas News.
The Dawson News tells about wild
ducks roosting in trees. That’s noth
ing. Fish live out of watei around
Juneau.—Juneau Capital.
Governor Riggs has informed the
Fourth of July committee of Jun
eau that he has arranged for three
war vessels allotted to Alaska to
spend the Fourth in that city. We
have contended all a?ong that the
principal use of these vessels was
to boost the payroll of the capital
city but we see that we were wrong.
—Valdez Miner.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
CALL FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that in ac
cordance with a resolution of the
^Common Council of the Town of Cor
dova. Alaska, sealed bids will be re
ceived up to noon of the 21st day of
June, 1920 for the construction and
excavation of a sewer to extend
down A street, from where the pres
end contract for sewer ends, to the
west building line on Fourth street
according to* the plans and specifi
cations on file at the city clerk’s
i office.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to enter into a good and suf
| ficient bond, condition to the proper
performance of his- contract.
The City Council reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
Bids will be opened at the next
regular meeting of the City Council
at the council chambers, in the
City hall, June 21st. 1920.
K. G. ROBINSON
Town Clerk
CALL FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that in ac
cordance with a resolution of the
Common Council of the Town of Cor
dova, Alaska, sealed bids will be
received up to noon ot the 21st day
of June, 1920 for the construction
and excavation of a sewer to extend
down the alley between A and B
streets, from where the present con
tract for sewer ends, to a point 25
feet from B street, according to the
plans and specifications on file in
the City Clerk’s office.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to enter into a good and suffi
cient bond condition to the proper
performance of his contract.
The City Council reserves the right
to reject any and all bids.
Bids will be opened at the next
regular meeting of the City Council
at the council chambers in the City
hall, June 21st, 1920.
K. G. ROBINSON,
Town Clerk
FIVE DROWNED j
BY CAPSIZING
OF RIVER BOAT
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PHILADELPHIA, June 12 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Five of the crew of
the boat Eagle were drowned when
it was struck by a squall and capsized
in the Delaware river. Forty-six t;s
caped and were rescued. One man
chiseled a hole through the hull where
he was imprisoned while the boat was
bottom side up and was saved.
CHARLEY RAY PULLS
GOOD STUNTS TONIGHT
BIG PROGRAM SUNDAY
Charles Ray in “A Nine O’clock
Town” is shown again tonight for
the last time. After seeing how
Mr. Ray, in the character of a
young man who has ideas of his own,
instills new life into the big store
of a small town, you’ll admit that
“he’s a corker.”
Sunday night only, Constance Tal
madge plays in “The Shuttle,”
adapted from the novel of that name,
written by Frances Hodgson Bur
nett. It’s a fast moving story, full
of actions, excitement and interest
Miss Talmadge, as an independent,
rich and energetic American girl,
“breaks into” English society, and
shows them a few things. Inci
dentally she’s caught in her own
game, and a pretty love story runs
through the more dramatic action.
An appealing and powerful picture.
A Pathe News and a comedy will
complete the Sunday program.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT ON
LIFE EGYPTIAN PREMIER
CAIRO, June 12 (by Associated
Press).—The second unsuccessful at
tempt within six months to assassin
ate the Egyptian premier, Yusef Was
ba Pasha, was made today.
VANITIE WINS FIFTH TRIAL RACE
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NEWPORT, June 11 (by Associated
Press).—The Vanitie defeated the Res
olute yesterday in the fifth trial yacht
race.
Cordova
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Collections, Reports,
Insurance
Ostrander Bldg., Corvoda, Alaska
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your old hats and have them
made like new.
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mon door price.
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WORKS
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Phone 143
Second St., Next to Hospital
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Is the Place to Buy
New and Second-Hand
Household Goods
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
We Sell Goods on Commission
Next door to Alaska S. 8. Office
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POPULAR PRICES
hotel nog
Corner First Ave. and Pine SL
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Proprietors
Headquarters for Alaskans. Ted
Taylor, formerly chief steward
S. S. Alaska
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