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CORDOVA, ALASKA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1!H7
A DUTY WE OWE.
V\ e have gone to war to
make the world safe for dem
ocracy. This declaration of
our intentions implies that we
have expended our blood and
treasurer with the stint to save
democracy from the assaults of
autocracy. That we will win
there is no doubt, provided we
aiv able to save democracy!
from itself in the meanwhile.
.Just now the democracies
abroad are blowing off entire
ly too much steam to obtain
results commensurate with the
energy expended. Also, it is1
only fair to say that our af
fairs at home do not feel any
too comfortable. Boilers have
b'vm 1-nrwn to bui'st, even with'
the safety valve wide open. So!
tar, to use the language of tin*
streets, the autocratic enemy
seems to be ‘'‘holding down the!
lid in better fashion than are
any of our allies
It goes without saying that
underneath the surface the
long slumbering fires of social
unrest are being fanned into
fierce flames. The thin crust
ot civilized customs and os
fnbhslied law and order alone
screens humanity from a world
wide conflagration. \V<> in
America are more secure
against an Upheaval than art*
any other people and oven wo
can hear an ugly rumbling that
is growing louder all the time.
It is always so when tin* war
dogs are turned loose but nev
er was the civilized world so
close to tin* verge of a univers
al reign ot terror as right now.
\\ hat do we see across the
waters;' Socialism running
rampant across Kurope and
gaining converts by the mil
lions. (bice given control of
governments, it is only a short
stop from socialism to anarchy.1
Fngland is uneasy; Franco is
fighting with her hack against
the wall; Italy is hard pressed;
Belgium is over run and under
the heel of the conqueror;
Greece is sulking in her tent;
and the red furies are riding
like the wind throughout the
vast domains of Russia. Who
knows what the morrow will
bring forth?
And it is into this awful un
certainty. this impending cata
cysm. that America has plung
ed. It had to be. There was
no other choice. But we should
• no longer fool ourselves with
fine phrases into the belief that
ours is an altogether altruistic
crusade. We are fighting for
democracy, yes—our own dem
ocracy—and for something
more. \\ e are fighting for our
liberty and our lives, and we
are all too slow to realize that
everything is at stake.
If we would survive the
sweep of events, it behooves
us as a nation to immediately
take stock of the situation. Our
duty to ourselves and the
world does not lie altogether
on foreign shores. We can
best stem the ..tide abroad when
we have settled the growing
unrest and made matters -ate
at home. This involves tin* ur
gent necessity of ruling with
an iron hand in this country
and all good citizens will vol
untarily submit to its demands.
The others must be forced to
submit. Things cannot con
tinue as they are. Wealth that
will not seive must be con
scripted. The same is true of
labor. Strikers, slackers and
profiteers are all of the same
stripe. In these troublesome
times as man is measured by
his mettle and all creeds and
classes must be leveled even
if it takes cannon to accom
plish this.
We Americans are at war
for democracy. The old order
of things is shaking to pieces
and still we fiddle within easy
sound of impending disaster.
It we would save our democ
racy, even though we change
the superstructure, we must
first make secure the old foun
dations. And as we build our
new temple, each citizen, re
gardless of previous condition
and class, must eventually take
his turn in the treadmill and
serve with all his might. Our
only opportunity now is that
o! equal service in tin* cause of
a common country and our
only privilege is that of saying
V- hot her we will serve willing
ly or under the lash.
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INCREASED RATES.
We are threatened with an
increased steamship passenger
and freight rate raise after the
first of the year, which is not
the most cheering news. \'<>f
withstanding the fact that it
costs more to operate ships
Ilian before the war, it is also
11 in* that the conservation pol
icy of the government has tied
up tlx* resources of the country
and there has been a great ex
odus of people from Alaska to
the States during tin* past six
months. This and tin* further
tact that the steamers have
good cargoes both ways has
materially increased tin* ['(‘ven
ues of the companies. Of course
they are entitled to a good rate
of interest on their investment,
but with added war taxes on
fares and freight the laymon
I eels that he is carrying his
share of the burden.
VALDEZ HAS GROUCH.
Running a daily paper in a
town of thirty or forty inhabi
tants is a greater strain than
the imagination can conceive
ot. Despite the fact that every
act ot John Doe and Richard
Roe is chronicled assiduously,
tlie results when compiled in
type are so small as to be neg
1 ligible. Nearly every coast
town in Alaska has been prac
tically evacuated this winter,
thanks to the policy of conser
vation and the ravages of tin*
war. If a reporter could only
write up the snowbirds and the
dogs, an eight column paper
j could be quickly filled, but
alas, our prominent citizens
have seen their names in print
| so often they are like the man
who ate mush three times a
1 day for six months—it gets
rather wearisome. — Valdez
Prospector.
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The local merchants are
| making an attractive display
of articles appropriate for
j Christmas gifts
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Mining Engineer,
C. S. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 13~CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Offlca over Cordova Drug Stor*
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence.
Alaskan Hotel
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PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Residence: Cordov*
General Hospital (Ostrander Build
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Phones—Residence U6; office 132
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office: Over Blum. O’Nelirs Store
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JUNEAU. ALASKA
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Specialist in the treatment of
diseases and deformities of the
eye, ear, note and throat; glasses
fitted.
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E. F. MEDLEY.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Room 1
.dams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA
SMITH & McCONAGHY
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Owns a choice location on First Avenue which will h<
occupied when necessary alterations are completed.
Fays both federal and local taxes into your treasury. It
is your local permanent hank with all the' strength of the
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CORDOVA OFFICERS I
ANDREW STEVENSON I
President 1
V.W-K- hillery b R. COLKETT % J
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A club house for everyman.
Recreation, read i n g, pool
room, circulating library ami
late periodicals.
Founded liWS by Kpiscopal
Church.
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We pay $10 per thousand for
spruce logs and $9 for hemlock,
delivered.
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