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MONDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1918
Where! and () where! is William
Jennings Bryan! Echo answers,
Where?
Don't he in too great haste >o join
any stampede to far-off lands. Re
member the Shushanna.
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The "flu" has laid a heavy hand on
many of the homes throughout Alaska,
but thus far Cordova has been fortu
nate enough to escape the ravages of
this dreaded disease.
It will go down as a matter of his
tory that the lighting in the great
world war stopped at the eleventh
hour on the eleventh day of the elev
enth month of the year.
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If the allies have difficulty in deter
mining what to do with the kaiser
they might hunt up some place as ob
scure as that to which C.eneral Leon
ard Wood, the pioneer of prepared
ness, was banished, and send him
there.
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Our esteemed morning contempo
rary says "the prisoners returned are
greatly emancipated," whatever that
means. No doubt it intended to use
the word emaciated. For a paper that
is ever ready to criticize others it
should keel) a Webster's unabridged
handy for ready reference.
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Already we read reports of how
France and tiermany and other Faro
pean countries are planning to re
build their beet sugar industry. Thi
only emphasizes the necessity of the
t'nited States doing everything pos
sible to cm mirage this same industry
at home, for it has been a life-saver
in a great crisis.
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The dispatches relate that a French
lieutenant who now is in thin country
for the pur mse of marrying a New
York delni ate, predicts that 250,000
American ’ us will marry French
girls before n turning home Maybe
so: but the waiting American girls
need not worry. R is a safe bet that
the American boys will not bring back
with them 10 per cent of the lot
A.
Having wasted lad pages of a
pamphb" on "Effect of Air Hammers
on the Hands of Stone Workers."
when the Information could have been
riven just as well in live pages. Secre
tary of lather Wilson should now Issue
a pamphlet on "The Effect of Hu
reaucrae\ op the Ballots of Voters."
He must have acquired some interest
ing information at the recent election.
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To read some of the newspapers on
the necessity for the continued sav
ing of food, one is apt to believe that
the American people contemplate in
augurating an era of excessive over
eating These writers seem to forget
that the wings of extravagance have
hern pretty well clipped by the high
cost of living and subscriptions to Bib
ertv bonds, so much so that the Amer
ean |>eople will have to live econom
ically for wears to come.
The French theater in New York,
the only one now in the United States,
has taken the place of the old French
opera house In New Orleans, which
appears to have gone the way of so
many revered institutions since the
war undid so mnnv of our customs as
the home of French art in this coun
try The Now York playhouse, while
primarily devoted to the drama, is to
Introduce p number of musical after
noons the artists Including many and
of wide variety.
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The initiative, energy and aettvlty
ef the American people was what
brought about the termination of the
war. Surely it must be apparent to
the administration at Washington
that a people of such characteristics
can safely depend upon their own ef
forts to accomplish great things rather
Ilian the socialistic paternalism which
the government at Washington appar
ently is endeavoring to. bring about.
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A fair sample of the chicanery of
ilte present administration where
party politics is to be subserved was
illustrated by the order of Fuel Ad
ministrator (larfield in raising the
wages of tin1 coal miners just before
election and then waiting until after
election to announce an increase in
the price of coal, with the date the
increase took effect set back to
November 1 If there are any people
left in the United States who have
any confidence in the fuel adminis
tration they should be investigated as
to their eligibility for admission to a
home for the feeble-minded.
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It is said tli.it one hundred million
dollars’ worth of building plans are
in the hands of New' York architects,
awaiting permission of the war Indus
tries board to be put in the form of
specifications and proposals for bids.
To a degree, the same situation ob
tains in every other thriving business
center of the country, until the fig
ures reach a colossal sum. These
contracts will call for steel, stone,
concrete, timber, glass and every form
of huildirg material. This situation
is typical of other lines of industry.
For at hast a year and a half the ma
chinery of production which in nor
null times met the demands of peace
has been serving the requirements af
war. during which period a constant
stream of business and orders has
been pouring into a great reservoir
and there stored until the war sup
plies have ceased to take precedence.
The national stock of everything rrom
a peanut to a palace has been de
pleted; meanwhile the wants of not
only the nation but the world have
been increasing at more than a nor
mal ratio. i
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UTAH AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE HAS LARGE
ARMY SERVICE FLAG
1,0(1 AM, Utah. Dec. 2—The Utah
agricultural college has just issued a
report of its activities during the war
which shows that U!7.r> former students
of the college have entered the army
and that there are 41 faculty and
former faculty members enrolled In
the service. On this vast service flag
are 33 gold stars. The institution
gave military training to 1880 men
during the last two years, the report
shows.
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ANCHORAGE EARTHQUAKE
CAUSES SLIGHT FIRE
ANCHOR AGE, Dec 2.—Ah the re
suit of an earthquake, the Alaskan
engineering conunisHion recently ex
perienced a fire that, involved a loss I
of $.'>,000 The trembler disconnected !
the pipe of a heating stove in the !
commission's warehouse at Talkeetna, I
about 110 miles north of Anchorage,
before the flames could be extin '
guished a considerable quantity of
supplies and part of the warehouse .
were destroyed.
NOTICE TO FISHERMEN
Will buy any amount of codfish.
;od and shark liver.
5-tf OHM FISH & PACKING CO.
HEARD aniiSJIN
si Ac CAPITAL
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Outdid Soldier Son in His Military Swagger
WASHINGTON.—Tlie Union Million Is filled with soldiers at every hour of
the day and night, going to oatnj> or coming from It. off to the battlefields
or hack from them; the raw recruit, the doughty officer, the wounded man
and the man who never has felt a bul
let’s sting—all of them are there.
It Is the raw recruit that Interests
me most. Catch him either when he
is entraining for camp for the first
time or just getting back on his first
leave. Then the women are In the
picture In large numbers. When he
goes away to camp—with tearful eyes
and apprehension. Hut when he re
turns—ah, then, there Is a change.
The woman folks come with faces
beaming pride and hearts thumping
martial music. After he has been In the service long his coming to town or
going across ceases to lie as interesting as it was at first, and he Is not sur- j
poinded by n crowd of proud or apprehensive women, and he Is not half as
Interesting as lie was when lie first forsook the civilian life.
I saw a striking illustration of this on a recent day. A senator who Is
well along In years came to the train with his son, a husky youth of twenty
one, perhaps, who reared ills shoulders back In grand style and carried a
general air of confidence that lie could whip all of the lleinies in the world.
It was evident from Ills new suit that lie hud not tieen in the service long,
hut this fact was evident by the manner In which Ills father carried himself.
If there ever was any doubt In the father's mind as to the final result of the
war it evidently had been wiped out by the admission of his son to the army.
As they swung down the huge train shed the fattier assumed a far more mili
tary air than ills sou, and when I last saw them the senator was clicking Ids
heels along in a fashion which fairly shouted: “Here we are, Huns; what
are you going to do about It?" They had no woman folk with them, for the
senator Is from way out West, but through the actions of the father I could
visualize the proud bearing of the entire family.
FAIR PRICES FOR CORDOVA
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 30, 1918
(Official Announcement by the United States Food Administration)
The prices consumers should pay are based on the cost to rotallers plus |
a reasonable percentage to cover cost of doing business and a reasonable j
proft. Any charges in excess of the amounts here named will be deemed as
unfair and unreasonable by the food administration.
Consumer
Commodity Retailer 1’uys Should Pay
Oats Hour. JUr . .79Vi 1.00
Flour. 49-lb. sack. $3.29 ’ $3.75
Flour. 24Va-lb. sack. 1.70 1.90
Rye flour. 10s . .76 .95
Rice flour. 10s . 1 11 Vi 1.35
Corn flour, 10s . 76 Vi 1.00
Corn meal, 10s . .70 .85
Rolled eats, 9s . .78 Vi 1.00
Rice. Jap, 50-lb. sack. .11 ,13Vi
Rice, Jap, per lb. .11 .16
Sugar, per lb. .10Vi .12
Eggs, ranch, per dozen. .88 1.00
Eggs, storage, per doz. .53 .65
Butter, boat creamery . .66 Vi .75
Butter, second grade, per lb. .52Vi .62Vi
Cheese, per lb. .33 Vi .40
Prunes, per lb. .17Vi .22Vi
Evaporated Apples, per lb.20Vi .27Vi
Dried apricots, fancy, per lb. .22 .27Vis
Dried Apples, per lb. .17Vi .2!Vi
Hams, Premium . 41 Vi .60
Bacon, Premium . .57Vi .67Vi
Potatoes, sack lots, per pound. .03 V4 .04 Vi
Potatoes, half sack lots, per pound. .03Vi .04Vi
Panned mil. per case. $7,400)7.95 $8,250)8.75
Canned milk, per dozen. * .... 2.25
Canned Milk, per can. . .20
Beef, plate boiling, por lb. .20 .25
Beef, round steak, por lb. .28 .40
Beof, pot roast, per lb. .26 .36
Beef, prime rib roast. ,32Vi .45
Canned Goods— Por Can. Per Can Doz.
Peas, Extra Standard . .22 .30 $3.35
Peas, Standard . .18 .25 2.76
Tomatoes, solid pack, 3s. .. .30 3.35
Tomatoes, solid pack, 2Vi» . .. .25 2.75
Pineapples, sliced . .26Vi 2 for.75 ....
Pears, 2Vis . .36 .60 6.75
JUST RECEIVED
A Large Shipment of
LIVE
^CHICKENS
Excellent Fryers
FRESH EGGSJ
FOR SALE
JOE FREY
t Phone 22|
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BANK OF ALASKA
MOVED TO PERMANENT LOCATION OPPOSITE
NEW LATHROP BUILDING. BETTER FACILITIES
FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF CUSTOMERS ARE
NOW AFFORDED TO THE PUBLIC. YOUR AC
COUNT IS INVITED.
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