The Cordova Daily Times
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('()HI)()VA, ALASKA, TTKS DAY, OCTOBER 16, 1917.
THE ROMANCE OF THE BEAN
The story goes that a southern his
torian with a savings sense of humor
once declared that the defeat of the
Confederacy was due to the fact that
the North had a never-failing supply
of “beans, bacon and bullets.” It
was a fairly sensible explanation, at
that, and despite the radical develop
ment in the machinery and maneu
vers of modern warfare, the old “army
bean” still seems to have lost none
of its flavor or fighting properties.
We are told that, notwithstanding
all the mighty armament that science
has wroght since the Civil War, the
fate of battles is still decided by the
preponderance of man power, and so
it is that the belligerent nations hope
to sustain the stamina of their man
power by the liberal use of this an
cient article of food.
We use the word "ancient” advis
edly, for while we did not become a
bean-eating nation until the early
“sixties” of the last century, the bean
itself is much older than this count
ry, older even than medieval times;
in fact, it has been immortalized in
the traditions of the ancient peoples
and might almost be said to antedate
civilization itself. We have it from
no less an authority than history it
self that the earliest races ate beans
and flourished until they ruled the
world in their time.
This being true, may we not apply
the converse of the rule and say that
when these mighty peoples stopped
eating beans and cultivated their ap
petites to the point w'here they crav
ed only fancy foods, then their power
began to wane and finally they van
ished altogether.
A famous student of bibical times
tells us that the locusts which John
the Baptist ate in the wilderness were
in fact the carob beans and thus they
were called St. John's Bread. Also
we know that in the ancient govern
ment beans took the place of ballots.
In this usage in the early times a
white bean stood for absolution and
a black one for condemnation. The
process of blackballing now so com
mon in many of our modern clubs
and secret, orders undoubtedly origi
nated from this ancient custom. And
in this respect, we are reminded that
f’ythagoras, the ancient Greek philos
opher, admonished his fellow citizens
to “shun the bean". This was an
other way of saying “leave politics
alone”, which leads one to believe
that the bean in those days was as
uncertain for the practical politician
as the ballot is today.
i'ui m udtit lu uur own count
ry. For more than two centuries the
people of Boston were partial to baked
beans and the practice become so/firm
ly established as to develop into one
of our most humorous traditions. Am
ericans everywhere throughout the
country poked no end of fun at the
residents of the Old Bay State, on the
assumption that bean-eating tended
to develop lofty snobbishness and a
superficial intellectual aristocracy.
The rush of the Massachusetts troops
to the defense of Washington at the
outset of tho Rebellion—the first sol
diery to reach the National Capital—
went a long way toward disproving
the theory that beans as a steady ar
ticle of diet had a damaging effect
upon the red corpuscles of the aver
age American citizen. On the con
trary, it was not long before the gov
ernment considered them just as es
sential to the successful campaigning
of its armies as bullets. Beans and
pork became the principal rations for
the Northern armies and when the
war closed the soldiers carried their
acquired appetite for beans home
with them.
Since that time we have become
a bean-eating nation. The old vet
erans of the Rebellion have celebrated
many a reunion,, sitting by their im
-provised ‘campfires” eating bean
soup boiled in great cast-iron kettles,
in some parts of the country these
affairs are still known by the common
name, “The Annual Bean Soup.” Thus
has the custom grown upon us. Then
too, beans have formed a prominent
part of the regular army rations for
years. Our soldiers ate great quan
tities of them duriqg the war with
Spain and on the Mexican border,
and the British and French soldiers
are now eating them along the West
ern front—American beans, at that.
It goes without saying that our own
soldiers will likewise be abundantly
supplied with the foodstuff that “will
stick to the ribbs", and that so long as
the beans and bullets hold out the for
ces that will follow Old Glory will
never sound retreat.
Colonel ltaosevelt fails to see how
our failure to prepare could possibly
give anyone “delight,” and asserts
that while it is useless to cry over
spilt milk, “it is much worse than use
less, it is mischievous, and it may be
ruinous, to pretend that the milk was
not spilt.”
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SIGNS OF DECADENCE.
The summary of the United States
government last week on the state o
the war frankly admits that the Ger
mans are still strong and far from de
feat.
The report, however, makes a state
ment, if true, and no doubt it is cor
rect, contains reasons for the mosi
brilliant hopes.
The government makes the officia
declaration that the German soldiei
has lost hlg stamina, his morale.
An army had better lose its faires1
positions; it could easier give up its
artillery; it would be in better shapt
if it lost its leading generals than t(
lose its morale.
Napoleon said that three-fourths o
an army's success depended upon tha1
spiritual and vague essence known af
I morale.
It’s the will to victory that wrins :
war.
The same stamina that wins in th<
fields of peace conquers on the bloody
fields of Mars.
The German army, minus morale
has lost its greatest armament, and its
defeat is certain.
| BANNING THE RICE SHOWERS.
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After a great amount of hard work
; the expenditure of time, some money
j and more pains than would ordinarily
be devoted to such research. The Cor
dova (Alaska) Daily Times has an
nounced the statistical fact that 1,
000,000 pounds of rice are wasted each
year in showering brides. It urgently
recommends, therefore, that this "rep
rehensible w'aste of good rice on new
ly married couples should cease and
determine in these days of food con
servation.”
And, come right down to it, there is
economic sense back of the idea; and,
appropriately enough, the suggestion
for the abandonment of an extrava
gant and altogether senseless custom
that is as old as history comes out of
the girorous, extreme northwest,
where rice is rice and food in any
form is a commodity not to be wasted.
The million pounds of rice thrown
annually upon the heads and should
ers of American newly weds — ut
terly wasted, except, perhaps, for the
small portion of it that might be
picked up by hungry birds—The
Times' statistician and food expert
concludes, contains 1,630,000 calories.
Which .all must admit is quite a size
able number of perfectly good calories
to be let run wild and to no purpose,
like an unharnessed cataract, and a
million pounds of rice at from 8 3-4
to 10 or 11 cents a pound represents
too much good money to literally
throw away.
The Alaska newspaper is keenly
aroused to the deplorableness of this
wastage, and would correct it by law,
prohibiting the use of rice for "show
ering purposes,” in the belief that old
shoes and boots would answer the pur
pose fully as well.—Atlanta (Ga.) Con
stitution.
The Cordova Times. says ,that the
Democratic machine in Alaska was
given a knockout blow yesterday by
President Wilson, when he reappoint
ed United States Marshal Jordan at
Nome, despite the protests of all the
leaders of the party in power, because
Jordan supported Wickersham at the
last delegate election, all of which,
' while bitter to admit, is true. The
appointment of Marshal Jordan was a
hard blow to the supporters qf Presi
dent Wilson, becdhse he was the hard
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cat worker In the Second division
against the Democrats, and gloried
In his work. It Is stated, using his of
ficial position to round up recalcit
rants and her dthom Into the Wicker
sham corral.—Valdez Prospector.
For the want of a dime, a dollar
was lost; for the want of a dollar a
bond was lost; for the want of a bond,
a ship was lost; for the want of a ship,
an army was lost; for the want of an
army, a nation was lost— and all for
the want of a dime. Bought your Lib
erty bond yet?
f'alifornia patriots, denouncing pa
cifists. shouted. “Our colors nre red
white and blue, not yellow.’’ Refer
ring to the yellow streak of the Ger
man gold?
Maybe we said It before, but with
the reopened campaign we can repeat
that Liberty bonds are shackles for
the kalRer.
When a French aviator destroys five
enemies he becomes an "ace.’’ And
then he goes on playing the deuce
more than ever.
Norway has been forced to steel
money. Scarcity of metallic currency
iB the cause.
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SLACKERS MUST
BE PUSHED
UPON ARREST
(By Associated Press)
PHOENIX, Arlz., Oct. 16. — Colonel
Fred Breen, of the Arizona district
exemption board, in writing the local
selection board, denied permission to
return to America to enlist without
being punished, the men who fled to
Mexico to evade draft. Many who fled
are now penniless. The men are said
, to be classed as deserters and a re
ward of $50 each was offered for their
arrest at Nogales. The local selection
board recommended that Colonel
Breen permit the men to return.
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The case of the administrators of
the estates of Sam Zell and Richard
Fenlon vs. The Alaska Steamship Co.
was among the first cases heard dur
ing the September term of the district
court at Nome. These cases are the
aftermath of the fatal accident last
year when the deceased persons fell
from the gangway of the steamer
Northwestern while going aboard from
a lighter at shlpside. Fenlon fell, pull
ing Zell with him, and both died from
the injuries sustained.
Sporting goods, cutlery, flashlights,
at The Northwestern Hardware Co.
SOMETHING NEW!
Our Expert Candy Maker has just
finished a batch of FRESH PEA
NUT BRITTLE and CHOCOLATE
CREAMS made right here In Cor
dova from the purest of Ingredi
ent$. Drop around and take a
look at our window. It it equlve
lant to buying for you can’t resist
the temptation once you see this
display of deliciousness. Just
think! You can purchase these
Cordova-Made Candies for the
same price that you pay for the
factory-made article. “Seeing is
believing", make it a point to call
around at the “Den of Sweets”
and enjoy the treat of your life.
SANITARYCANDY KITCHEN
Next To Cordova House
Watch
this
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The‘Secretary of the Treasury has requested all banks
throughout the United States to assist the Governnient *
• in selling the new issue of Liberty Bonds.
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We understand that the rate of 4 per cent, will be paid.
It is our opinion that you will have no trouble in selling
the Bonds after the war should you wish to do so.
Victory for America will advance civijization. You must assist
and do your bit. All you need pay row is 2 per cent, on the
amount you wish to purchase or you can deposit the entire amout.
You Must Act Quickly for the
Sale ends this Month
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CORDOVA. ALASKA i
A club house for everyman.
Recreation, re a d 1 n g, pool
room, circulating library and
late periodicals.
Founded 1908 by Episcopal
Church.
Hours 2 p. m. to 11 p. m.
REV. E. P. ZIEGLtR, Supt.
PIANO TUNER 1
George Anderson, expert and
factory representative for high
grade pianos, players and elec
tric pianos, will lie in Cordova
in the near future.
GEORGE ANDERSON
Box 991. Juneau, Alaska.
M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
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Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phons 1*7.
? DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU ?
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That Halt Your Lile is spent in fixing food—
Each Year you and your Range are companions
In cooking over a thousand meals. Surely you
deserve the best; “The Great Majestic”, The
Range with the Reputation.
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If you are going to build see
us for your hardware.
"Don't forget" that when you
go hunting that we carry all
kinds of guns, rifles and ammu
nition.
Behold the duck hunter. He
riseth early in the morning and
disturbeth the whole household.
Mighty are his preparations. He
goeth forth full of hope. When
the day is far spent he return
ed, smelling of strong drink
and the truth is not in him.
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CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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Bath House Open Day and
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LOGGERS, ATTENTION!
We pay $10 per thousand for
spruce logs and $9 for hemlock,
delivered.
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