By “OPTIMO”
“Puff to the end, let the smoke float
where it will”
They say it rains so much in Ketchi
kan that the Alaska dry law never
took effect there.
* * *
The Alaska Daily Capital is .1 good
name for a newspaper in Alaska. Lots
of it is needed to keep going. Brother
Herron has the system.
* * *
The question has been raised as to
whether if the reformeres succeed in
flawing a prohibitory law on tobacco
this column would have to discontinue.
No. Childhood memories of dried
leaves and other substitutes might
sustain it.
* # *
In these days of H. C. L. every child
should be considerate enough of its
parents not to be born twins.
¥ * *
In France they say the laws make
it difficult to get married. The sys
tem is reversed in some states in this
country, where it is made easy to be
come unmarried. Certain cynics insist
that they approve of both conditions.
^ ¥
The sugar planters have been rais
ing cane, and the sugar consumers
raising Cain.
* if. *
#This is quoted: “Bob Sullivan at
tributes the present outrageous price
of cabbages to the fact that they are
putting^most of the material into the
15-cent cigars.”
* * *
■
A pessimist is an optimist who found
out that it wasn’t so,
* * *
They say that love is blind. It is
questionable whether the little naked
god could do any better if his optic
nerves were unaffected. He makes
lots of bull’s-eyes.
* * *
The Indian name for Mount McKin
ley is Denali. A rude, literal transla
tions means “the father of mountains.”
With all due respect to our martyred
President, it would seem proper to
agree with Archdeacon Stuck (for
once) when he said that the Indian
name was more beautiful and more
appropriate.
¥ V ¥
We are often cheered up by being
^reminded that a barking dog never
bites. This may be true, but he keeps
i^tany a man awake when that same
man would prefer to be sleeping.
“Ain’t it the truth?”
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The height to which an aviator can
fly is limited by the fact that the
higher he goes the colder it gets. A
miner is limited in the extent of his
burrowing by the fact that the deeper
he digs the hotter it gets. Note the
difference between temperamental and
physical things. When a man blows
up he gets hot under the collar, and
when he calms down he cools off.
# * *
The kaiser’s favorite song. “There
is no place like home, sweet home.”
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Nature Notes
The sparrow is a bird that flies.
A cabbage grows but Brussels
^sprouts. •
The rabbit is not an advocate of
birth control.
* * *
why Is a Chamber of Commerce?
Rudyard Kipling answers:
“It ain't the guns nor armament, nor
funds that they can pay.
But the close co-operation that makes
them win the day.
It ain’t the individual, nor the army
as a whole,
But the everlastin’ team work of
every bloomin’ soul.”
# * *
There have been men who thought
they could not afford to put electric
lights in their stores. They used ker
osene lamps until the sheriff came
after them. In like manner there have
been business men who thought they
could not afford to advertise. Their
creditors closed down on them in time.
9f.9f.Sf.
The Commonplace
* “To earn one’s bread; to perpetuate
one’s species; to create duties and re
sponsibilities, to meet them like a
brave man; to put the new generation
upon the right path; to look back upon
it all and say, ‘I have fulfilled my func
tions,’ and pass forth quietly into the'
eternal laboratory—is not that Life in
its truth and essence? The Common
place. The welcome of wife and chil
dren—and the tossing of the crowing
babe in one’s arms."—W. J. Locke.
9f.9f.9f.
From “The Young Visitors," by
Daisy Ashford, where the hero pro
poses to the heroine: “ ‘No! no!’ cried
Bernard, and taking the bull by both
horns, he kissed her violently on her
dainty face.”
* * *
Why will cities and towns spend 1
their money to make the school build-1
ings the finest structures in the com- 1
munity, irrespective of expense, and i
then by a policy of inconsistent parsi- '
mony render the buildings helpless by
making teachers' wages so lowr as to :
effectually prohibit competent teach
ers from continuing in the profession? :
* * *
The Alaska lawmakers in 1915
passed a compensation act applicable j
to employes in the mining industry, j
In it they attempted to put a value on
various parts of a man’s anatomy in |
case of injury and loss of member. ,
You can get $300 for loss of a great (
toe, $240 for loss of an ear and $480
for loss of a nose. What system was ,
used in determining these amounts is (
hard to tell. A nose may be Greek, (
Roman. Irish or Hebrew, but its for
tunate possessor would hardly value
it as low as $480. And who would be
willing to swap an ear for a great
«
toe and say that it was an even thing?
One wonders if the legislators them
selves value"d their own noses at only
$4S0. Some of the aspiring candidate's
for the territorial legislature would do
well to study this act and come out
publicly for an increase in the amounts
of compensation. Under the law as it
stands, if a man lose his thumb he
gets various amounts, depending on
whether he is married, single, or mar
ried with children. The same is true
if he lose his index finger. However,
if he lose any other finger, or any of
his toes, or his nose, or his ear. he
gets the same amount irrespective of
whether he is married, single, or mar
ried with children. If it makes a dif
ference in respect to a thumb or in
dex finger it would seem that it would
also make a difference in respect to
any other finger, or a toe. etc.
V V. .V.
Remarkable Remarks, from The
I independent
Emma Goldman: 1 am coming
back.
Mary Garret Hay: I don’t think
there are women fit to be President.
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr.: Blondes seem
to be fewer today than they used
to be.
Republican Chairman Will N. Hays:
T would rather a woman join with our
opponents than belong to no party.
Herbert C. Hoover: 1 am perfectly
contented with my present work.
Herbert N. Casson: When the devil
can’t go himself he sends a lawyer.
E. C. Gordon: Secrets in business
are merely the camouflage of ineffi
ciency.
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 29th day of
March, 1920 for the construction and
excavation of a sewer to extend down
A street crossing First street involv
ing the excavation of 167 feet of
trench, three feet, eight inches wide;
225 feet of tunnel, the opening to be
four feet, four inches by six feet and
the timbering of the same and the
construction of a wooden sewer thirty
inches wide by twenty-four inches
high, inside measurment, according to
the plans and specifications on file in
the office of the town clerk.
The successful bidder will be re
quired to enter into a good and suffi
cient bond in the sum of two thousand
dollars, condition to the proper per
formance of his contract.
The City Council reserves the right
to reject and and all bids.
Bids will be opened at a special
meeting of the City Council to be
held at 2:00 p. m. at the mayor’s of
fice, Monday, March 29, 1920.
K. G. ROBINSON
Town Clerk.
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Best coffee in town served at the
City Bakery. 13-tf
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NOTICE
In order to give those working dur
ing the day an opportunity to register
for the municipal election, April 6, I
will be at my office in the Hospital
building every evening this week be
tween the hours of 7 and 8 o’clock.
The registration books close Saturday
night. K. G. ROBINSON,
22-6t Tpwn Clerk.
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CORDOVA
SHEET METAL
WORKS
Goods Manufactured to Order, of
Sheet Iron, Galvanized Iron, Tin
and Zinc
Phone 143
Second St., Next to Hospital
Church Facts
1. So long as half the children of
ndia die before their second year our
)\vn children are not safe.
So long as China has only one
loetor for every 400,000 people, every
’hip from China to our shores threat
ms the health of our nation.
o. Half the world is illiterate and a
nenace to democracy.
4. Over one million people have
o be turned away from church hos
pitals each year for lack of room.
Jp. 100,000 destitute children must
low be turned away from homes an
nstitutions.
6. A godless Russia with a soviet
f •
jovernment is a menace to the world’s
lemocracy and the, Christian civiliza
ion.
Men and money are needed to make
he world safe for this and future gen
erations. Christ’s are the world’s rem
edy. Will you help us?
-IRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
"The Church with a Message'’
11 a. m. 8 p, m.
j SHAMPOOING
\ FACIAL AND
For, MANICURING
CALL
1101-3 RINGS
MRS. SWANBERG
GEORGE
ANDERSON
PIANO EXPERT
And Factory Representative
High-Grade Pianos
Will be in ordova in the near
future
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I | March 10, 1920. Any other day reveals similar in- 11
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B | Cash on hand and in banks (first reserve).$176,383.79—25% of our deposits [| ^
1 I Btmds (secondary reserve). 193.415.22—28% of our deposits U |]
Commercial Paper (secondary reserve). 65,000.00— 9 of our deposits
H | First Reserve . 25% Si jj|
H 1 Secondary reserve . gj H
~ ^ Total . 62% ^ p=j
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TIMES ADS FOR SURE RESULTS
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CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & COMPANY
JUNEAU,ALASKA
“ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD—PAYING THE TOP OF THE MARKET
In presenting the following quotations we want you to understand we pay
what we quote. If the market advances after the issuance of this circular
we give the shipper the benefit of the increase. Upon request wo shall be
pleased to keep you advised of market changes. Bear in mind that because
of our policy of dealing directly with the trader and trapper we can afford
to, and do, PAY THE HIGHEST PRICES FOR FURS OF ALL KINDS
Black bear-No. 1 silky. $ 15.00 to $ 30 00
Coyotes—Extra large No. 1.:. 20 00 to *>5 00
Fox. cross-large dark.ZZZZZ Zoo to lZoo
Fox, red—large dark . 40.00 to 60.00
Fox, white . 50.00 to 65.00
Fox, blue—Prices vary according to color and quality;
prices average from. 75.00 to 200 00
Fox, silver—We have a big outlet for silver fox, and guar
antee top prices for same. Be sure to ship us your silver
foxes and we will show you we are there with the
goods. Prices range from. 150.00 to S50.00
Marten, dark and extra large No. 1. 75 00 to 100 00
Fisher, large dark . 75.00 to 125d)0
Mink, extra large No. 1 dark. 12.00 to 16.00
Muskrat, fall Alaskan, large No. 1.1 50 to 2 00
Lynx, extra large No. 1. 40^0 to 6o!o0
Land otter (Interior) . 30.00 to 40.00
Land otter (Coast) . 20.00 to 27.50
White weasel, large No. 1. 1.25 to 2.00
'Wolf, large No. 1, cased . 25.00 to 30.00
Wolf, largo No. 1 open. 18.00 to 25.00
Wolverine, large dark . 20.00 to 25.00
Prices above quoted are all for No. 1 best grade furs. Lower grades, in
cluding pale skins, priced in proportion.
WE ARE THE LARGEST DEALERS IN RAW AND MANUFACTURED
FURS IN THE NORTHWEST, and all we ask of you, Mr. Shipper, is to give
us the chance of a trial shipment and we will convince you that we pay raorw
for furs and make quicker returns than you can get anywhere in the country
We have been in business in Alaska for 36 years and have built up a very
extensive trade. Wre sell manufactured furs in all parts of the United States.
Canada, and in a great many European cities.
By shipping to us you are not only helping an Alaska Industry but you are
helping yourself to build up a business that belongs to Alaska.
We eliminate the middleman entirely, as we buy direct from the trapper aaat
trader and sell direct to the consumer; thus we are able to pay you a better
price than you can get elsewhere. WTE MAKE RETURNS THE SAME DAY
SHIPMENT IS RECEIVED.
If so desired, when your shipment amounts to $100 or more, we will wire our
bid, and if not entirely satisfactory you may wire at our expense and we will
ship to any place you designate.
All we ask of you is to be fair with yourself as well as with us, and make usr
a trial shipment; the result will make you a steady shipper.
References: Any bank in Alaska, the B. M. Behrends Bank, Juneau; National
Bank of Tacoma, Tacoma, Wash.; Dexter Horton National Bank of Seattle*.
FIELD GLASSES
Binoculars, Barometers, Pocket Compasses,
Ships’ Clocks and Snow Glasses
We also fit glasses for reading. If you are particular about having
e correct time, have your watch repaired by
PAUL BLOEDHORN
PHONE 2—2—3
Good Printing
A Specialty at The Dailv Times Office
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