The Cordova Daily Times
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H. G. 8TEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1917.
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THE VULNERABLE POINT
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Should an American army be sent to the foreign wart Our
belief is that it would be more efficient, at least, in final results,
on the east front than in France. England and France can en
tertain the Germans successfully there, but in the east Armenia
is to be freed from Turkish murders, the Holy Land is to be
wrenched from the Turk, and the way of Germany to the rich
lands of western Asia is to be stopped.
This last is a sensitive subject to Germany. Western Asia,
with the Balkans, is the region in which she expects to begin
her rehabilitation. There are vast fields to be cultivated; vast
opportunities for industrial enterprises; practically unlimited
opportunities for expanding the vast empire which five years
ago Germany counted upon as a mighty future empire to sup
plement her own in western Europe.
There would be a type of romance attached to a struggle
there; the awakening from the sleep of nineteen hundred years;
the making good of the failure of the Crusaders nine hundred
years ago; the triumph of the Cross over the Crescent; the an
swer to Christian prayers that have been offered for a thousand
years—all the romance of a thousand years made into reality;
and, over all, the shutting off of the food supply for Germany
and her hope of building a mighty empire in Asia.
Our belief is that the present war will soon end; not so
much from exhaustion as from a fear of what is to come if long
er continued. A fleet of American dreadnaughts, thundering
at the gates of Constantinople and backed by some army corps
of American soldiers, would be an inspiration to the world and
cause a great fear to those who are now trying to force a settle
ment of the present war on terms that will not cripple their
power or future expansion.
Why the simple slogan: “On to restore the Holy Sepul
chre,” would recall the crusades of Peter the Hermit, and Rich
ard the Lion-hearted, and kindle the desire to win where they
had failed.
But aside from all romance, even now, while the great war
is raging, German engineers are planning the building of a
canal to connect the North sea with the Danube, so that boats of
a thousand tons may carry their cargoes all the way between
the North sea and the mouth of the Danube, and thereby mono
polize the trade with all the Balkan states. Moreover, they are
waiting for the war to close to perfect their railway system
from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates.
One cannot but admire the energy and farsightedness of
this, but to grasp the thought of what would follow were this
accomplished, only awakens the other thought that the most
afti ration tor m'e extension'of Teutonic power. ’
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CAN THE PESSIMIST
Take a reef in yourself. Don’t quit and say the town is
going to hell if you chance to see a bohunk heading toward the
dock with a suitcase in his hand. Several families have left
here in the recent past and more are going in the near future,
but they are not all, or half or quarter going. Besides, people
are going and coming all the time, and Douglas will continue
to be a good town. Just bide a weo until the fish trade heads
this way. Douglas will get a big portion of it, and the trade
of one fish boat a month is worth more to a town than that of
four dozen of the class that invests all they earn in postoffice
money orders, which they sew up in the lining of their vests.
Cut out the grouching and wear a smile even if you have to
fasten it on with face enamel.—Douglas News.
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The early digger gets the worm.
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The war tax furnishes the acid test of patriotism.
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The situation in Russia is growing ripe for the ^advent of
a Napoleon.
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It’s right to charge the enemy in war, but it isn’t right to
overcharge fellow countrymen.
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If the American commission arrives in Petrograd in time it
will er a bit the shaky provisional government to take Root.
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The congress 01 Haiti has refused to declare war on Ger
me iy—it's not a Ilate-I var, but a Hate-U war, you understand.
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ii rood gamblers actually were strung up on lamp posts,
M senators valiantly continue to suggest, the housekeeper’s
burden would be lightened.
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One is inclined to infer from the vigorous frontal and
flank attacks made upon Von Bethmann-Hollweg that Ger
mans, too, glory is swatting the hyphen.
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The allies continue their great drives in i.^rthern France
and it looks as though the day is not far distant who tile Ger
mans will be forced to evacuate that territory.
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The noisy, flag-waving welcome tendered that grim old
fighter, General Joffre, and the other French commissioners,
at Washington, April 25, was a sure enough indication of our
warm friendship for the gallant republic of France.
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One of the greatest safeguards to a man’s business is to
carry fire insurance in a reputable company, so that in case of
a conflagration he is not entirely wiped off the map. This is
an important matter, but one which few people give serious con
sideration. Think it over.
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The country needs every man—and every woman, boy and
girl, too. It only wants a very small percentage of the men to
enter the army. The remainder can do the highest service in
the garden and in the field. The man, woman, boy or girl who
will make two or three potatoes grow where one or none grew
last year, is helping the country as effectually as if carrying a
gun.
MRS. V. P. ABBOTT
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER
Windsor Hotel • - Cordova, i
E. F. MEDLEY.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Residence: Cordova
General Hospital (Ostrander Build
ing).
Phones—Residence 115; office 132.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Specialty of
Porcelain, Inlay, Bridge Work
Office: Over Blum, O’Neill's Store.
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
AND
DR. HOMER BLYTH
DENTAL OFFICES
Suite 1, Northern Hotel Block.
Phone 200. Cordova.
P. O. Box 186. Alaska.
Hours: 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Evenings by Appointment.
ROBERT SIMPSON
Glasses Fitted. Lenses Ground.
HUBBELL & WALLER
Civil and Mining Engineers.
U. S. Mineral and Deputy Land Sur
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1102 L. C. SMITH BLDG., SEATTLE.
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