The Cordova Daily Times
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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917. ,
THE MOST EFFECTIVE GUNS. n
The great Napoleon, when a boy in the military school of
Brienne, declared that the effective arm of a perfect army must
be its artillery, and was sent to Paris to specialize in that par
ticular branch of the service. He held to the same belief all his
life. When his army, on the first day of Waterloo, was taking
the positions assigned to each division, a battery of twenty-four
guns passed near where Napoleon was stationed and to a staff i
officer standing with him he expressed his unbounded admira- ■
tion of the artillery.
Napoleon has been in his final sleep for ninety-six years,
but in a greater war than he ever awakened his judgment is be
ing vindicated. The great arm is artillery. It has now devel
oped that trench warfare must be abandoned because the latest
cannons pulverize any works that man has yet devised to offset
them.
In this arm, the English seem to have produced a gun su
perior to any that have come from the Krupps. An old soldier
declares the guns which the English use are American guns;
and then discussed the reason why they must be superior to any
guns ever made. Speaking of the great howitzers, lie said that
they were merely to crush things at comparatively short range
by the weight of the missiles thrown; but then he added that
the real gun must be rifled, and that the Americans had for
years been practicing just how much rifling was necessary to
make the most effective guns in all the various sizes from the
smallest to the utmost calibre.
If this is true, when the first enemy assails the United
States there will Ik- cannons to meet that will equal, if not ex
cel, the best that the enemy has. It is further stated that the
United States has more effective powder than any used by any
other foreign power. And so it would seem that we will get
along all right in this war.
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BACON AND BEANS.
In the rush to.exchange all that men make for food enough
to live on, it is slowly dawning upon the minds of men that the
foods most essential to make and preserve us as a nation is, af
ter all, bacon and beans. That combination really has created
and preserved and made great the American people.
Of course, a few other things have contributed. Tn -the
south the hoe cake has been a factor; in the west hot cakes for
breakfast have demoralized many a stomach; other things have
contributed—such as pumpkin, mince and’ sweet potato pies—
but the old reliables have been bacon and beans.
When the boys were working out the placers of California,
of course they would go into the mining camps on Saturday
nights, sell their dust, then hunt for a restaurant and eat every
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thing in sight, and then go back to the diggings and satisfy
their appetites and restore their stomachs by the use of the in
fallible remedy—bacon and beans. This was equally true in the
Klondike days, while in Alaska the bean has the same standing
as a strawberry does on the “outside,” and the excellence of
the bacon—whether it should be cornfed or not—-is one of the
luxuries of the territory. Many a warm discussion has been
awakened as to the relative upbuilding factors in the bacon and
the navy bean, but the bean is, after all, the real undisputed
lord—no matter in what form or under what disguise it is
dished up. So, too, does its side partner, good old bacon, hold
a warm spot in the hearts of most people.
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ALL IN THE TRAINING.
There are demonstrations of loyalty all over the country—
the flying of flags, marching bands playing, speeches, etc.
That is all good, but it is a kind of hot house cultivation at
best. It would be better to have the people prepared, by train
ing the plastic bodies and minds of our youth until loyalty and
devotion became a matter of course.
Fifteen years ago an American visited a school in Tokio,
Japan, and asked one of the boys there what he was going to
do when he became a man. Quick as a flash came the response:
“lam going to fight Russia.”
No demonstrations of loyalty are needed in Japan. Every
boy is trained to be ready to fight any nation that Japan holds
as its enemy. All demonstrations aside, we are just what we are
trained to be, and not much more.
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Of course there are some men who are not in sympathy
with our country in its war move, but they are foreign-born
men, who cannot refrain from showing their sympathy for their
native lands; but even so, what are they in numbers compared
with the millions who drew in patriotism with their mothers’
milk, and who stand ready to make any needed sacrifice for the
great republic whose aegis is just now the world’s shield!
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The peasantry of central Europe are adopting iron money.
The little republic of Cuba is contemplating issuing scrip as its
measure of values. The aristocracy of the United States shrink
from having two quarters and a half dollar of silver in their
clothes, lest their backs be broken by the great weight of the
coins. It was old Billie, was it not, who made Puck explain:
“What fools these mortals be!”
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We do not desire to be exacting, but we would suggest to
the weather man that such weather as lie sent last night would
be more appropriate a month or two ago than in the latter part
of April. While the light fall of snow is not lasting, it is a
gentle reminder that winter is still lingering, while we are
ready to enjoy a little spring weather.
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The argument that Germany put out, pleading that Great
Britain having blockaded her own ports against enemies, she is
justified in sinking all ships approaching those ports, will not
long carry the approval of the German people themselves. It
begins to look as though “whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad.”
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If Villa offers to agree not to make the United States
trouble in case our country becomes involved in real war with
Germany, the agreement, to be of any account, should be under
written by Japan’s alies, Great Britain and Russia.
MRS. V. P. ABBOTT
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER j
Vlndsor Hotel • • Cordova.
E F. MEDLEY.
Attorney and Couneellor at Law.
loom 1
kdams Block CORDOVA. ALASKA
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. 8. Mineral Surveyor,
U. 8. Deputy Surveyor.
JOX 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Call* may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaakan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL [
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON. I.
Office and Residence: Cordova j
Senerul Hospital (Ostrander Build 1
Ing).
Phones—Residence 115; office 132.
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Specialty of
Porcelain, Inlay, Bridge Work
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Office: Over Blum, O’Neill's Store.
DR. CHARLES DAGGETT
AND i
DR. HOMER BLYTH
DENTAL OFFICES
Suite 1, Northern Hotel Block.
Phone 200. Cordova, j
P. O. Box 186. Alaska. !
Hours: 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Evenings by Appointment.
ROBERT SIMPSON
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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Glasses Fitted. Lenses Ground.
HUBBELL & WALLER
Civil and Mining Engineers.
U. S. Mineral and Deputy Land Sur
veyors for Alaska.
1102 L. C. SMITH BLDG., SEATTLE.
PATENT SURVEYS
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A. C. BALDWIN,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor.
VALDEZ . ALASKA
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Fare $100.00 ; 40 pounds baggage free. After June 1st,
Fare $75.00.
S. O. BREEDMAN, Chitina Agent.
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Westbound Southbound
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CALIFORNIA ROUTE
SailingB From Seattle—Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays.
Steamers President, Governor, Admirals Schley and Dewey. Queen.
Through Tickets to All Parts of the United States and Canada.
Right Reserved to Chance Schedule of Steamers Without Notice.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY >j
W. A. NOURSE, Agent. Empress Building.
I ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodloui steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
Ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skaaway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward
April 9.NORTHWESTERN April 18
April 17 . ALAMEDA . April 25
Sail from Cordova seven days later.
The freighters Cordova, La touche, Juneau, Valdez
and Eureka also make regular trips.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of eteamer*
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, S R. HEDGES,
General Agent Agent
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FOR GENERAL TEAMING, BAGGAGE
TRANSFERRED, AUTO SERVICE,
COAL AND WOOD.
ALASKA TRANSFER
COMPANY
; UNEXCELLED WAREHOUSE FACILITIES
For Storing and Insuring Baggage,
Mdse and Household Goods.
Office—EMPRESS BUILDING, CORDOVA- -Phone 85
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GOOD ROADHOUSE
FOR SALE CHEAP
Two storeys, 22x5t> feet; stable for twenty horses,
and two log caches and one cabin.
Also a full line of groceries, hay, oats, &c.
Business on good paying basis.
For particulars apply at the
DAILY TIMES OFFICE.
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wnx nui UWH YUUK OWN HOME?
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Many families are Paying out from $200 to $500 in g
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g rent each year. Why not put that into a home of your $
S own? Si
Call on Geo. C. Hazelet, Trustee of the Townsite, and g
!?! see if it can’t be arranged.
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1 SMITH & GLASBRKNNER Props. 1
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R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub i
| Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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