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CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11,1918.
ALASKA IS ALL RIGHT.
Alaska is all Tight. Those
who remain were never in a
better position to reap the re
ward for their long wait and
patience, Lading confident that
sooner or later congress would j
furnish legislation by which
known resources could be open j
•‘d up. That time is at hand.'
The war lias shown congress'
that Alaska contains the great-!
est war assets. Congress is be
ginning to realize that conser
vation has been misapplied in!
Alaska and lias throttled and
strangled development
W ith the east freezing and
■industries elosed for lack of
coal, Alaska has deposits large,
enough to supply the world,
once they are opened. With the
government needing every
“ounce” of gasoline and oil it
ean secure, crude oil is running
waste into the sea in Alaska.!
Alaska has all tin* raw prod-'
nets for manufacturing explo-j
sives; and its innumerable pow
er sites and tumbling water-1
falls, instead of being harnes
sed, are still unfettered by
mankind. Kven though it is
true that most of the shortage
of coal in the east at the pres
ent time is due to lack of labor,
the reason still bolds good that
the coal in Alaska should be
made available for use as
quickly as possible. It can
not be done under the present
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eminent itself is willing to go
extensively into the coal busi
ness. The fact that one con
cern alleged to have* $1,500,000
capital back of it has leased
some coal land at Midaiiuska
is no argument in favor of tin*
leasing system. One* million is
merely pocket change in trying
to ope*n e*onl mines. It will re
quire a good many million dol
lars to make* e*ve*n a start. The*
government will never have
any trouble in regulating the
coal industry and preventing
monopoly On the other hand,
unless it vets busy and removes
some of the restrictions engen
dered by hot air reformers who
never lived in Alaska, or ac
complished a practical task in
their whole lives, the coal will
continue to be conserved for
generations yet unborn; the
vast tracts of timber most of
is only fit for pulp, will con
tinue to rot; the oil will con
tinue* te> oo/e out of the ground
and mix with the* sea; the wa
terfalls will continue to be* of
no service* to man, and the* pop
ulation of Alaska continue to
elwindh* until only the* howl of
the* wolf w ill echo from one end
let the either. It is about time
to cease* the* howl of bobble
gobble, (Juggenheims, dema
gogic chorus for effect only
against the* Morgenheims and
invite and welcome the* invest
ment etf nioneer capital, the
same as pioneer efforts in any
other direction. The-conditions
in Alaska are harsh, requiring
eeiurage and endurance wheth
er taking up a farm, running a
sawmill, starting a small local
plant, or opening up a mine.
AYe hear a great deal about
theise who have lost their
“pile*” in Alaska, but very lit
tl * about those* who have lost
their “pile,” or of the skele
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tons which line trails, or the
blasted hopes of those who
have been hanging on year
after year in the belief that
congress would allow the re
sources to be opened up and
fulfill contracts which bona
fide locators entered into in
good faith. If congressmen
would follow tin* common sense
dictates gleaned from their
own experiences, rather than
the whispers poured into their
ears by bureaucratic chiefs, or
the vaporings of demagogues
and impractical theorists, Al-J
aska would be conserved for
Americans and white men in-1
stead of for wolves and crea-;
tures of the world. So far n
the experience of civilization;
no resources yet has been ex
hausted, but that something
better has replaced it. Central
Africa and parts of South Am-'
erica furnish the best examples
of conservation of resources—i
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SAVING HUMAN CAPITAL
The struggle of nine of the
waning countries to strength
en their human resources by j
making labor conditions toler
able for children who must
must work, and by providing
schools to teach them how to
do better work, are recounted
in child labor in warring coun
tries, a brief review of foreign!
reports recently issued by the
National Children’s bureau.
The prospect for better in
dustrial education for England (
has lately been strengthened
by the bill introduced in the!
British parliament by Mr Her-j
belt Fisher, president of t In
board of education. The bill
fixes the compulsory school at-'
tendance ago at 14 without the
present exemptions and re
quires that all working child
ren under IS spend at least M'2()
hours a year in continuation j
schools.
In Italy, as well as in France
and England, standards of la
bor protection were relaxed at
the beginning of the war only;
to be restored and strengthen-!
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ed as experience showed that
long hours, night and Sunday
work, with their evil effects on
health and efficiency, did not
pay. i
Canada, New Zealand and
Australia have maintained
practically unchanged through
three years of war strain their
high standards of protection
for working children.
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CHANCE SHOW LOYALTY
Tin- week of February 4
every man of German birth in
the United States must regist
er with the government, furn
ish photographs of himself, al
low prints of his fingers to be
taken, and carry a card which
he must show when accosted
by an officer. He must also
notify the police when lie
changes his domciile.
The government is taking
this action, not to fetter natur
alized Germans who are good
citizens, but to make a check
on enemy sympathizers who
have greatly hampered the
worl< of carrying on the war.
Enemies at home are to be
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squelched, and that quickly
ami effectually.
No man who has former
ly been a German citizen can
rind fault with the arrange
ment. In Germany all citizens
are always registered with the
government, and they must
have passports to pass from
city to city, and these passports
he presented to the city author
ities of each town and city vis
ited.
A German from this section
went to his birthplace a short
time before the war to visit
his parents. They would not
allow him to sleep in their
home over night until lie had
registered his passport with
tin* police. He finally tied his
papers to his coat lapel in trav
eling over Germany in order to
evade the necessity of continu
ally digging in his pockets for
them. In one city lie was ar
rested and lodged in jail be
cause a magistrate believed his
passports false. He had to call
on the American consul, who
got him released.
This governmelH recognizes
that as a whole the Germans in
this country are among the
most patriotic and stable citi
zens. They have another
chance to prove this belief is
well founded by registering un
complainingly and quickly in
order that the few scoundrels
among them may be fettered
out.
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Aii Everett man lias been ar
rested for tearing up a ton dol
lar bill. An additional charge
against him is that lie did not
register and show his inclina
tion to tear Kaiser Bill.
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If you do not believe every
cloud has a silver lining con
sider the case of the men con
fined in a Kansal&aU who had
to be released on account of the
coal shortage.
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Having been around packing
plants at various times, we can
say that the probers should
have little difficulty in stirring
up quite a stink.
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The government has chosen
a new head to the shipping
board lx ’cause it felt that
Charles A. 1’iez cun make tin*
ships that will make peace.
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Don't miss seeing our shoe line. We
have a full line of them, as smart as
any made. Clayson, The Clothier.
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NOTICE
ON ACCOUNT OF REPEATED INQUIRIES FROM EM
PLOYEES OF KENNECOT1 COPPER CORPORATION
AND OF COPPER RIVER & NORTHWESTERN RAIL
ROAD WHETHER
Bank of Alaska
WOULD ACCEPT THEIR PAY CHECKS FOR DEPOSIT,
WE BELIEVE IT BUT JUST TO OURSELVES TO AD
VISE THE ABOVE EMPLOYEES AND ALL EMPLOYERS
AND EMPLOYEES IN THE COPPER RIVER DISTRICT
THAT NO CHARGE ATTACHES ON LOCAL CHECKS
WHETHER DEPOSITED OR CASHED. SELDOM IS
THERE ANY CHARGE ON OUTSIDE CHECKS WHEN
DEPOSITED, AND NO CHARGE ON MONEY ORDERS
OR TRAVELERS CHECKS WHEN EITHER DEPOSIT
ED OR CASHED.
W. R. HILLERY, Vice President
(Managing)
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Recreation, read i n g, pool
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delivered.
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