The Cordova Daily Times
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1917
JOIN THE HONOR ROLL.
Next Monday the big drive
starts for 1918 memberships of
the American Red Cross. A
thorough canvass of the town
is to be made in the effort to
have every resident on the hon
or roll. Cordova is responding
nobly to the country’s call and
an'i 11 continue to add its mite to
aid a patriotic organization in
alleviating world-wide suffer
ing. What a satisfaction it will
be to know that while you are
preparing to have a joyous
holiday season that you have
at least done some little thing
to add to the comfort of the
boys who are doing service in
the trenches. .
NEARO THE ENDO.
It is surprising to note the
number of so-called soft drinks i
now being put on the market
bv brewers. The American
Brewers’ Review, under the
caption, “Patents, Trade
Marks, Prints and Labels,’’ in
troduces a few of these brew
ery products to the public.
From the long list of trade
marks in this article the fol
lowing selection is made: Bone-,
drv, Vivo, (.^uencho, Nulo, No
al-ko. Zero, Alcho, :Teeto, Ta
ka, 'etc. Many others are on
the market, among them, Bevo,
.Tesno, Freeino, Milo, Mulo,
Nearo, Beerella, Sumsuds, and
so on, almost without end.
Which leads to the conclusion
that the beer makers have
come to believe that the endo
is nearo at kando for the beer
business.
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This is a good time to give
the stove pipes and flues the
once over.
“Eat cottage cheese and
save the meat” advises an ex
change. That is probably good
advice where the ingredients
for making cottage cheese can
be had, but here in Alaska peo
ple might as well be told to eat
gold fish and humming birds.
NO SLACKERS HERE.
Ever since congress passer!
the selective draft act making
it compulsory for every man
between certain ages to regis
ter we have maintained that
there were no slackers in Alas
ka; and despite the fact that
several convictions have been
secured against men charged
with the offense, we still main
tain that we have none; be
cause the few who have boon
convicted were merely ignor
ant of their duty to their
adopted country; due no doubt
to their training and associa
tion with men too feeble ment
ally to think intelligently. Men
with faulty minds together
with lack of proper environ
ments and education, soon be
come viciously inclined and as
a general rule vent their feel
ings freely, resulting in im
planting in others their per
verted ideas of what consti
tutes individual rights. And
.just think, such men are mere
ly given jail sentences as pun
ishment for their disregard for
our laws. As though such pun
ishment would atone for the
trouble they are causing. This
is not reassuring for the future
tranquility or safety of the
country. And right here \ve as
sert that the only punishment
suitable for the offense is to
send them back to the country
of their origin. You can never
hope to make good citizens out
of that class of men. They are
ornry by both nature and
choice. v
This is not a criticism of the
court or any official of the de
partment of justice; but mere
lv an expression of our comic
tion of what would constitute
the proper punishment foi
such men. To put them in .jai
is simply taxing the people tin
support of worthless crabs
Such men are not slackers
they are mentally defective
and consequently dangerous
Boot them out of tin1 country
is the only remedy.—Ketchi
kan Miner.
PROT^DOF OUR BOYS.
\\ e mp*>t our young friends
on their 'fay to office or store
or factory or on errands of
business, and we respect their
industrious young manhood.
Hut if "Ve meet these same
young mtfn in khaki or in the
uniform elf the Jackies, why is
it that wei at once feel a more
intimate relationship to them?
They belong to us; they have
become “o ar boys” not simply
by the wearing'of a uniform,
but becaus e of what it means
—that these young men who
wear the kJfiaki or the blue have
pledged tlleir lives, if need be,
to defend <hur country.
Could thlere be a more altru
istic or a Higher mission ?
We do wjell to call them “our
boys” for i they are our own
sworn defenders—our only de
tense againist a ruthless and a
bitterly i inti- American foe.
These yoitng men have put
aside the ambitions of their
business or industrial life to
lay all on t ie altar of our com
mon country. And this is why
you hear men and women say
proudly as they are passing:
“God bless them!” The men
feel fatherly ownership in each
one of them, n$d the women,
in true motherly fashion, are
knitting sweaters and socks
for “some of our boys.” Even
at the Roosevelt meeting many
of the women were knitting
and the needles were flying
fast except when the workers
stopped to cheer.
We shall not cease in this
generation, at least, to have a
very intimate feeling of rela
tionship for “our boys,” just
| as another generation loved
| “the boys in blue.”—Chicago
Evening Post. .!» •
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‘ Have you signed a food con
| serration card. If not you
I have failed to perform a patn
I otic duty.
-A.
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Less than two weeks until
Christmas and*the j^areful buy
i er is now looking around for
the choice of gifts,
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Tliere is one resolution that
all can make on New Year’s
day—to attend the funeral of
- John Barleycorn.
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■ Meatless and wheatless days
. are now being rigidly observed
, by the Cordova restaurants, in
• accordance with ihe lloovei
program to conserve the food
r of the nation for the soldiei
hoys. ;
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The one big social event that
| everybody is looking forward
\ to with much pleasure is th<
annual masquerade ball of tin
Cordova volunteer fire depart
ment on New Year’s eve. El
aborate preparations, are being
made for this event and the list
of prizes to be offered will be
well worth contesting for.
ADVOCATE HOME RULE FOR
IRELAND UNABLE COME ALASKA
Editor Times:
Mrs. H. S. Skeffington, the noted
Irish lecturer who has been making
a tour of Seattle, Portland, San Fran
cisco and other Pacific coast cities
has returned to New York where she
took an active part in the city elec
tion just closed. Mrs. Skeffingtor
whose husband, an Irish editor, was
shot by soldiers, has been trying tc
awaken this country to the need oi
the Irish people to be allowed to gov
ern themselves and one of her au
diences in San Francisco numbered
no less than 14000 people.
An effort was made to bring Mrs
Skeffington to Alaska hut the un
certainties of the long trip caused her
to decline the invitation.
& A SUBSCRIBER
We Are
Prepared!
TO DO YOUR PRINTING
AND DO IT EIGHT!—IN A
WAY THAT WILL PLEASE
THE EYE AND A PRICE
THAT WILL SUIT THE
P< )CKET-BOOK.
GIVE US A TRIAL AND WE
WILL PROVE IT TO YOU.
“NufSed”
CORDOVA TIMES
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CORDOVA OFFICERS
ANDREW STEVENSON j
I President
W. R. HILLERY B. R. COLKETT
Vice-Pres. (Managing) Asst. Cashier
W11 11 ill ■! HI BBB——M,
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Stops
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BRANDS OF CIGARS.
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CORDOVA, ALASKA
A club house for everyman.
Recreation, re a d i n g, pool
room, circulating library and
late periodicals.
Founded 1908 by Episcopal
Church.
Hours 2 p. m. to 11 p. m.
REV. E. P. ZIEGLER, Supt.
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Think It l« Your Duty to Build Up
Concerns In the States, But Give
The People Who Are Paying
Wages and Spending Their Money
In Cordova a Chance to Live.
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