THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
Entered at the Postoffice at Cordova,
Alaska, as second-class matter.
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H. G. STEEL
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
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ALASKA’S LARGEST NEWSPAPER.
,The Daily Times today greets its
readers in a twelve page form, which
has been made possible by increased
advertising patronage and the desire
to give the public the best paper in
Alaska. That our effort to issue the
largest daily in the territory every
Saturday are appreciated we have no
doubt, and it will be our aim to make
it better and more interesting each
week. The best is none too good for
Cordovans and we propose to furnish
them with it, at least so far as a
newspaper is concerned.
ARE YOU A SUBSCRIBER?
The first week of the Victory loan
drive has passed and although we have
not made as good a showing during
the same period as it did in former
campaigns, there’s a reason, but be
fore May 10 we will agin go “over the
top” and subscribe more than our
quota of $90,000.
The rainy season set in this week
and greatly retarded the work of the
committees, and especially among the
women workers. But just as soon as
the weather clears the drive will be
on in earnest and everybody given an
opportunity to show whether or not
they are one hundred per cent Ameri
can by backing up the government in
its loan sale. We have every con
fidence that the people will show
their patriotism in such a substantial
manner that it will redown to their
credit and also that of Cordova.
CALIFORNIA’S ESCAPE.
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Fanaticized Californias wanted the
state to go into the health insurance
business, but the people voted down
the plan.
The influenza epidemic should be a
convincing argument, it was brought
to light that insurance companies, as
a result of the epidemic, are called
upon to pay $100,000,000 in death
claims alone in California.
Had the people adopted the plan in
1918 there would have been disaster
.at the very beginning. It can be taken
for granted that no reserve sufficient
to cope with the epidemic would have
been provided. That is the history of
the earlier experiments with state in
surance. The failure to provide suffi
went reserves quicaiy empuea tne in
surance funds and the taxpayers were
compelled to make up the deficits.
It is interesting to speculate upon
the amount of the deficit in California
had the health insurance law been in
effect at the outbreak of the influenza
epidemic.
DELEGATE ELECTION.
Five weeks from next Tuesday the
voters of Alaska will be called upon
to elect a delegate to congress, caused
by the vacancy due to the death of
Charles A. Sulzer, who was chosen by
the people of the territory to be their
standard bearer as Washington for
the next two years.
Thus far there are no announced
candidates in the field.Those talked of
as receptive candidates in the Re
publican party are Senator Hickman,
of Ketchikan, and Representative E.
B. Collins, of Fairbanks. Just what
Widkersham’s intentions are has not
been announced.
The Democrats are likely to concen
trate on Attorney General George B.
Grigsby. Judge Bunnell has refused
to enter the race and the friends of
Attorney A. J. Dimond of Valdez, are
trying to prevail upon him to be a
candidate. The local Democrats will
caucus tonight and elect fourteen
delegates to their convention which
will be held at Juneau on May 2.
As the incoming congress will be
Republican there are many who be
lieve that a Republican should be sent
to Washington and have expressed a
willingness to support any good man
of that politcal faith who has the in
terests of the territory at heart.
RECEPTION ON DECORATION DAY
One big soldier reception to be held
on Decoration Day is the plan of Com
munity Service workers in St. Paul
instead of daily receptions as the men
return in small groups. A meeting of
representatives of the War CampCom
munity Service and Bureau for Re
turning Soldiers and Sailors has been
held and plans are under way for a
mammoth reception May 30.
St. Paul employers are being asked
by the Central Service Bureau to give
employment to soldiers and sailors,
even if only on half time, and the ap
peal is meeting with encouraging
responses.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS.
If the spring weather continues, the
scent of newly-turned loam will soon
greet the passersby at those spots
where “Victory” gardens are to be
planted this season.—Douglas News.
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What is imperatively needed, if the
Cook inlet herring industry is to en
large and expand to considerable pro
portions, is for the United States gov
ernment through action by the na
tional congress, to impose a duty of
say three cents a pound on foreign
packed herring. The impositon of
such a duty would enable the Cook
inlet packers to compete and get a
large share of the trade that is now
almost exclusively enjoyed ty the
New Foundland herring packers. Here
is a matter that may well be put into
the hands of our delegate to congress
—if we have a delegate. Perhaps,
after all, it would be best to rely on
the Washington delegation in con
gress, because it begins to look as if
this territory will be denied adequate
representation in congress for an
other long period, due to the election
contest.—Anchorage Times.
The Empire agrees absolutely that
the restoration of pre-war conditions,
as nearly as may be, is something
u,;\i an masKans snuum smve jlui.
The sooner things become so that
gold mining may become profitable
the sooner will the territory begin to
forge ahead. It believes that all the
people should do all within their
power to bring about that end. And
it believes the transportation com
panies should work with them. They
cannot do that by constantly raising
freight and passenger rates. There
has been a substantial raise in these
since the armistice was signed.
Higher tranportation tariffs do not
promote a restoration of pre-war con
ditions. They add to those abnormal
features which count for uncertainty.
They make prices higher, and they
make more distant the hoped for day
of profitable gold mining.—Juneau
Empire.
The pamphlet to be issued under
the auspices of the Anchorage Cham
ber of Commerce will be a plain state
ment of facts with respect to the rail
way construction. It will be non
political in character and will seek to
convey a correct idea of the Alaskan
Engineering Commission’s work since
arrival in 1915. Copies will be sent
where they are most needed, if we
may judge by a reading of the Con
gressional Record. The Times has
consistently maintained that the rail
way work should not be dragged into
politics, and we are hero to bear wit
ness to the fact that the head men of
the commission, in the Anchorage
division, have steered clear of all ter
ritorial, as well as local election con
tests. We are not in harmony with
those who charge otherwise. We are
on the ground and we think we know
the facts.—Anchorage Times.
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The question now agitating the
breasts of the local polltcians is:
Who will be the standard bearer for
the democratic party to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Dele
gate Charles A. Sulzer. That an elec
tion will be called for this purpose is
a foregone conclusion, and that the
election will be hotly contested by Mr.
Wickersham also goes without saying.
Whether Mr. Wickersham has injur
ed his chances for re-election by his
injudicious letter to Secretary Lane
is unknown; but it is hardly probable
as the Wickersham complaint is like
typhoid fever, once in your system,
hard to eradicate. Whoever the can
didate may be, he should be from one
of the north divisions, as the First
has every other office of any impor
tance in the territory, and the man
who goes to congress to represent us
should he well posted about condi
tions In interior Alaska as well as
coastal points.—Valdez Miner.
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LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS
ARE NOW INCREASING
Previous subscriptions .$11,400
Today’s subsctriptions . 3,500
Total .$14,950
Slowly, but surely, Cordovans arc
coining to the front with their Victory
loan subscriptions and from now on
there will be an active campaign con
ducted to have all our citizens make
an investment with Uncle Sam and
thus assist in paying off the big war
debt. Those subscribing today were:
Finkelstein & Sapiro, Inc., Eyak
River Packing Company, Harold Gra
ham, Mavis Aloe Field, William Lam
bert Archibald Field, Rose Luella
Field, Archibald McNellago Field,
Margaret Kolbenson, W. H. Gilbert, G.
B. Cederholm, A. W. Wittig, Ethel
Wittig, Nels Hawkinson, Newall Haw
kinson, Anna Hawkinson, Irene Haw
kinson, Thressa Hawkinson, Chin On.
On account of likely damage to the
Ctitina bridge there will be no
through service on Monday’s train be
yond Chitina, except by transfer.
Advertise In the Dally Times.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
FOR SALE—McCarthy Greenhouse.
Everything modern and up-to-date;
doing fine business; will sell cheap
if sold right away. Owner must
leave for states. Wire or write Mr.
Norman A. Erickson, Box 383, Mc
Carthy, Alaska.
LOST—Eastman metal tripod; liberal
reward. Return Times. 23-3t
FOR RENT—Furnished three-room
apartment. See K. C. Robinson. 20-tf
L08T—A pocket book. Liberal re
ward for return of same to Times
office. 16-tf
WANTED — Woman for general
housework. Apply to Mrs. Geo.
Dooley. 16-tf
FOR SALE—’Two 20-foot and 26-foot
boats, equipped with three, five and
six horse-power engines. WILL
CLAYSON. 4-tf
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins. 8e«
Dooley. 31-tf
IMPRISONED PREMIER I
DIES IN PETRQGRAD
LONDON, April 26 (by Associated
Press).—A Vienna dispatch says that
Dr. Alexander Wekerle, the former
Hungarian premier, recently died at
Petrograd, where he had been impris
oned by the soviets.
ASSASSIN IS LYNCHED
BY BAVARIAN MOB
BERLIN, April 26 (by Associated
Press).—It is reported that Count
Arcovalley, who assassinated Kurt
Eisner, the Bavarian premier, has
been taken from a hospital by a mob
and lynched.
FAIRBANKSANS WILL
MAKE MERRY TONIGHT
SEATTLE, April 26 (by Associated
Press).—Former residents of - Fair
banks, Alaska, will gather here to
night to celebrate the coming break
up of the Tanana river ice. The Post
Iintelligencer says that two thousand
persons are expected to be present.
FUNERAL OF SULZER
TAKES PLACE MONDAY
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WASHINGTON, April 26. (by Asso
ciated Press).—The funeral of Charles
A. Sulzer, Alaska delegate to congress,
will be held Monday at Elizabeth, N.
.1. Committees from both houses of
congress will attend the funeral.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
TO HOLD RIFLE SHOOT
LEMANS, France, April 26 (by As
sociated Press).—A great rifle and
pistol match for American soldiers
will take place here in May on the
d’Auvours rifle range. One soldier
from each infantry and engineer com
pany and one from each cavalry troop
will take part in rifle contests. Four
i soldiers representing each infantry
I and artillery regiment, two from each
engineer regiment and one from each
cavalry regiment will participate in
I the pistol contests. Medals and tro
J phies will be awarded.
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Fresh shipment of Brookfield saus
i age arrived on this boat. Blum,
O’Neill Co.
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