STREET GAMINS
IN POSITIONS OF
RESPONSIBILITY
NKW YORK. Jan. 1<).—America a
a land of opportunity even for stree
waits orphans and foundlings was r*
(ailed bv the recent death in Sitk;
Alaska, of John (I. Rrady, former gov
ernor of that territory, and the far
that when a child young Rrady hai
been taken from an almshouse an
pin* ed in the custody of the Chib
ron's Aid society of N w York whie
educated him and placed him on th
road to fame and fortune.
Hundreds (f other case:; similar t
ex (Jovernor Brady's it is said, coul
be cited by the organization which fo
more than half a century has beet
taking homeless boys and girls ol
city streets and sending them t
farms in the west where they gre\
up to be self-reliant, trustworthy am
honored citizens A certain delicac;
surrounds the publication of th
names of the more noted of thes
former waifs but, the report of th
Children's Aid society for 191S show
the following of "carers" up to date
One governor of a state, one gov
ernor of a territory (John (1. Brad
of Alaska); two members of cor
gress, two district attorneys, tw
sheriffs, two mayors, a justice, of th
supreme court, a federal judge, fou
state judges, two college professor*
seven high school principals, t vv«
school superintendents, an auditoi
general of a state, nine members o
state legislatures; 24 clergymen, on
cashier of a life insurance companv
two artists, a senate clerk, six rai
road officials, eighteen journalists. 3
lawyers. 12 postmasters, 3 contract
ors. 97 teachers, 4 civil enginers “am
a vast number of other business am
professional men, clerks, mechanic*
farmers and their wives and other
who have acquired property and fillei
positions of honor and trust."
Among the American forces sent
overseas, it is pointed out in the re
port. are twelve commissioned offi
cers and about 7,000 soldiers and > *
sailors who were once wards of the,
Children’s Aid society. All were res
j cued front the streets or from ;
asylums and corrective institutions.
The society, since is foundation on
January 1*. 1855, has placed 32,031 or
phans ami deserted children in good
homes in the country where many of
them wore later adopted. In addition
Si.472 older boys and girls have been
have been put on their feet and. be
coming owners of ranches, have
1 shown their appreciation in later
years by taking orphans into their
own homes.
It has been estimated that the cost
of sal\ .i^ing a child from the streets,
t | aconling to the plan of the society,
| is $."»n which not only defrays the
) Cost of placing the youngster in a
j • comfortable country home but pro
' \ ides for supervision so long as it is
necessarv. The societv keeps in touch
( with the boys or girls thus sent out
and has on file thousands of grateful
letters written by them alter they
j | have grown to manhod and wottian
1 hood.
An instance of this gratitude, was
afforded in the report for 1 *.♦ 1 s of
Edwin (I Merill. treasurer of the
society, who acknowledged a bequest
of $5,000 from the estate of I)r.
Michael A. Jordan, a physician and
educator of Logansport. Indiana. Dr.
Jordan many years ago was a friend
, less orphan in New York city and was
befriended by the (’hildren’s Aid ho
r ciety Many similar legacies from
; former wards have been left to the
) organization in tho past.
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1 NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY
NAMES FOOTBALL CHIEF
l ST. Lons. Jan. lo.— Ernest C.
Quigley. National league umpire and ,
i coach of the St. Louis Lniversity
I football team during the 1!»1X season,
, will return next year as football
* rnurh. according to an announcement
I at the university.
JANUARY
CLEARANCE SALE
In Order to Make Room For New Spring
Merchandise on the Way. We Will
Give a Discount of From 10 to
35 Per Cent Off On
COATS, S ITS,
Hats, Sweaters and Shoes.
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MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION
Phone 171
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AN OPPORTUNITY IS OFFERED YO
To Share In the Immense Wealth Which Every Season Is Taken From Local
Waters By the Canneries.
Local Company Organized to Engage in the Salmon Industry and Keep the Profits at Home
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LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUR FUTURE INDEPENDENCE
The Hinchinbrook Packing Company has been or
ganized at Cordova for the purpose of operating a two
line cannery on the site now occupied by the Ohm Fish
and Packing Company.
The new company has taken over the Ohm Fish and
Packing Company and will use the boats, gear, buildings
and other equipment of the latter company.
Gus Ohm, V. J. Swanberg and William H. King are
the organizers of the new company.
Everyone in Cordova knows of Gus Ohm. He started
at Cordova with a dory and fished for the local market.
By using sound business methods he prospered and soon
had a number of other fishermen working for him. Busi
ness men of the city became interested and he was given
capital to operate on a large scale, and finally the Ohm
Fish and Packing Company was formed, with him at |
its head.
Now Mr. Ohm is convinced that although he has
made a success of the company there is more money to
be made in a salmon cannery than in fish packing, and
with the two men who have been closely identified with
him in the Ohm Fish and Packing Company he has de
cided to take over the latter plant and turn it into a
salmon cannery.
But to do this will require a large sum of money.
The new company will have a good start in possessing
the boats, buildings and equipment of the old company,
but money will be needed to buy additional machinery
and equipment.
The usual plan in such enterprises is to seek outside
capital—to go to the States and place the proposition
among men who are always on the lookout foiysuch be
ginnings of successful industries.
But in this case the men interested have decided
that instead of going Outside for capital, and eventually
turning the largest part of the profits to people not of
the community, they will first offer people of Cordova
an opportunity to become interested.
The people here know something of canneries. They
know of the past successes of this industry in this imme
diate vicinity. They know that despite cries from the
cannerymen every year that their plants are on the verge
of ruin, yet every plant in the district is being enlarged
and improved and employs more men every season.
Fish packing is not a gamble, as is gold mining or
oil mining. The fish are in Prince William sound, and
when they are taken out they have a ready sale. The
industry yet is in its infancy.
Naturally it is impossible to guarantee a large return
on the stock, but people of Cordova who have seen the
canneries rise and prosper about the city can not doubt
the success of the new cannery.
Shares of the Hinchiubrook Packing Company have
a par value of SI.00 each, and will be placed on the mar
ket at par. All stock will share equally in the profits of
the company. Any quantity, small or large, will be sold.
No exaggerated statements about the company will
be made. A large and profitable fish-packing company
which has every assurance of continued success is being
turned into a cannery because the men in charge believe
a greater success can be made. A man will be in charge
of the new cannery who ha.f spent practically his entire
life in work connected with fishing and fish packing, and
who has made a success in this very community. Every
possible supply for the canneery will be purchased here
and local help and fishermen will be employed. The
profits will go to people of Cordova. Thus instead of
the largest part of the money going outside the city,
Cordova will reap the benefits in supplies purchased, sal- I
aries paid and profits distributed. I
This is an open statement of the new company and 1
its aims. H
Remember there has never been a salmon cannery jf
in this district that has failed. ■
Look Into This Matter; Get In the Fish Game
For Further Information See V. J. Swanberg
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