w WHY FAIRBANKS
FAILED TO TAKE
A REFERENDUM
Occasionally the Fairbanks Commer
cial Club gets a letter or a parcel
which is of some importance which
has been in an encounter with the
Alaska mail service and emerged sec
ond best from the contact. Some of
these happen to come from the United
States Chamber of Commerce, a cen
tral organization of all the affiliated
commercial bodies in the country, and
one which is accustomed to doing
things on schedule time.
Such a case was recently brought
to light when the national organiza
tion mailed out a referendum question
to all members asking for a vote from
each club and calling for returns in
Washington, D. C., by June 1, 1919.
The question reached Fairbanks on
June 27, and consequently no vote was
taken by the local club.
Thinking it a good chance to boost
for a better mail service, Secretary
Erwin immediately sent an explana
tion of the failure to comply with in
structions and asked for a referen
dum on “Shall Alaska Be Given an
Adequate Mail Service?” This letter
follows:
“Fairbanks, Alaska, June 27, 1919.
“Chamber of Commerce of the United
States, Riggs Building, Washing
ton, D. C.
“Gentlemen: Referendum No. 27,
mailed by you to us on April 16, 1919,
was received today (June 27) at 10
o’clock a. m. I notice that balloting
closed on this May 31, 1919. I have
had several letters from you stating
That you had not received the vote, but
as I have taken the matter up with
you several times before on these ref
erendum s and explained how, on ac
count of our poor mail service, it was
impossible for us to get our vote in in
time to be counted, I did not answer
any of your letters.
“Perhaps you might get out a ref
erendum something like this:
“ ‘Shall Alaska be given an ade
quate mail service?—All the mail all
the time.’
“If you look up the statistics you
will find that Alaska is always doing
her part, and more. According to pop
ulation we lead every state in the
Union in Liberty loan buying, and we
had more boys in the draft, and they
averaged higher physically, than from
any place in the United States.
“What do we get in exchange? Our
mail is sent by freight to ocean ports
in Alaska. Our second-class matter
for the Interior is held up from Oc
tober until the following June; at
least a great portion of it is. On the
first through down-river boat this
spring, which arrived here on June
21, there were fourteen hundred
(1,400) sacks of mail, and we are now
getting our last year’s magazines out
of the postoffice.
“Alaska can pay the nation’s war
debt” if the United States will only
do what it is in duty bound to do—
give us a mail service. Why not come
to Alaska with their experimentation
in ariplane mail service, where there
is an absolute need of it? There are
postoffices in Alaska that only get
about two mails a year that could be
reached in two or three hours’ flight
by airplane. This is the logical place
to give the air service a try.
“Can your organization help
Alaska?”
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Residence Phone 101-3
‘ Shop Phone 182
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Blacksmithing, General Repair
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lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
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Brick and Lime
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Electric Wiring
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Sheet Metal Works.
Phone 143
Sanitary
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Shop, 143 Res., 133-2
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Aunty
Keating’s
Wee Shop
Take a peep in the Wee Shop,
And I’ll bet you my all
You’ll want to stop in
If only to call.
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Picture Books and Games,
Marbles and Candies and
Dolls without names—
Silks and Laces,
Ribbons by the mile—
And Frances Fraisure there
To give you a smile.
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M’CONAGHY
Plumbers and
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COR. FRONT and B STS.
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Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath
Cordova House
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