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the local news published herein
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MONDAY, Jl'DY L".», 1018
THE MAIL CONTRACTS
The news from Seattle, to the ef
fect that the bids of the steamship
companies for the carrying of Alaska
mail have been rejected; that here
after the mail is to be carried as
freight and express, and that the car
rying of mail clerks on the steamships
is to he discontinued, will be received
throughout Alaska with a feeling ot
intense disappointment.
No newspaper, individual or organ
ization. not being in complete posses
sion oi the facts, would he warranted;
in denouncing the postotflee depart-1
ment officials for their actions, hut j
all may and should insist that these |
circumstances he brought to light with;
a view to preventing an intolerable
situation.
In these war’times it is presumed
that oflicials are working first for the
winning of the war. and second, for
the infliction of as little interruption
to the business and community life of
the country as is absolutely neces
sary. If it be found that the hardship
which it is intended to impose on
Alaskans is a war necessity, it will lie
borne without complaining. But if it
should l>e found that there is no ne
cessity for the changed conditions,
with their inevitable loss and incon
venience. the people of Alaska will
demand that the service heretofore in
vogue he restored.
GOOD TIES AT
VALDEZ AND FOOT
F
The launch Rolfe returned from'
\ a lilt / a limit -t o'clock this afternoon,
bringing back aliout thirty Cordovans
n ho were the guests ol llie soldier
Imvs ;ii Fort l.iseuiu and lhe residents
I,r Valdez Saturday and Sunday, who
extended to the visitors a most royal
welcome \ 11 returned home loud in
th* ir praise of the hospitality and ell
tertainment extended them. Some ol
the Cordovans remained over for a
tew days and will return on one of:
the large steamers
On Saturday evening a lug athletic,
meet was staged in the open air on J
the grounds at the tort An arena i
bud been erected and bleachers ar
ranged. There were three boxing coll
vests and a wrestling match. 1 he
first was a found-round go between
'ills Cillis and "Fighting" .Iordan,
which was won by the latter.
What proved to he one of th - fast
est as well as lies! events was a four
round bout bet ween Hilly Nourse and
at all times, and from ten to lilteen
‘he tap of the gong and fought hard
all the time they were in the ring
While many thought Nourse should
have been awarded a decision, the ret
vree declared il a draw.
There was a wrestling match he
tween .Art Lee of Cordova and Basil,
which lasted for twenty minutes with
uut a fall As Lee was the aggressor
tit all times, and from ten to fifteen
pounds lighter than his opponent, the
referee game him the decision.
The main event yvus a six-round go
between Bed Mann and Earl Rutter,
both of whom gave a good account of
themselves. Mann, however, stood the
punishment better than Reutter, and
as he had the lalter groggy in the
last two rounds, was declared the vic
tor.
Saturday evening there was a dance
for the hoys at Eagle hall, which was
largely attended and a big stiecess
Refreshments were served at Moose
hall, and a farewell dance was given j
at Moose ball on Sunday night.
The ball game on Sunday afternoon
was won by Fori Llscum by a score
of 10 to 7. the Cordovans scoring all
of their runs In the first four Innings,
while the soldiers were unable to get
a man across the home plate. Later
the local team blew up. Mendoza be
ing batted freely and his support not
being of the best.
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Universal Military Service Is the Great
Preparedness Program
By EDWARD W. PICKARD ol the Vifpl.nte.
The great war, whatever may be its efTeet on th<
fate of dynasties and oil national boundaries, is certain
to he followed by a ‘'leveling” process wider than the
world has ever known. Already the movement is well j
I under wav in many of the countries of the old world,
and its spread to the new world is inevitable. The in
sistent will of the great mass of the people is imposing 1
itself on the governments of the nations. Where it is
not expressed by their legislative representatives it will
he given voice more directly.
The ancient fiction that there are no “classes" in
America has long been discarded, hut before many
years we will have approached much nearer to that
ideal state of equality. The nations that are best prepared for the coming
change will suffer the least disturbance from it. The United Slates now
has under consideration a plan potent to prepare it—universal military
training.
In the working of this plan the young men of all stations of life will
be brought together on terms of absolute equality. The sons of the farm
er, the miner, the artisan, the professional man, the capitalist, tin1 con- t
gresstnun, will drill together, hike together, dig trenches together, mess
together, sleep together, and no man will be better than his comrades. In
this close association they are bound (o thresh out their differences, to
learn one another's needs and views, and from this must come mutual re
spect for varying opinions. At the end of their term of service tlie.-e young
men will return to civil life with a knowledge of their fellow citizens such
as their ancestors never have had.
What the people of America want they ran have. The whole coun
try, rather than congress or any one administration, was to blame for our
lack of preparedness for the war. Universal military service is the great
preparedness program for after-the-war conditions. The whole country
will be to blame if it is not adopted.
To the average American farmer the world war is still a far-off event.
Wien he does wake up to the true significance of this great struggle,
he will see that preservation of breeding stock on farms is one of the most
vital factors to all the people of every nation, in order that the world’s
rapidly disappearing supply of meats, wool and leather may be replen
ished. Everything points to a continuance of the war for some time to
come. The world’s needs will increase as the war goes on.
Is it not plain that the demands upon agriculture for food and cloth- i
ing will grow greater and greater with each month of destruction; that
it will be impossible to produce an adequate supply, especially of ani
mal products, such as meats, leather and wool, unless breeding herds are
maintained, ami that those American farmers who arc wise enough to
realize this fact and prepare for the world's corning greatest needs, which
are inevitable, will reap the great, -t rewards for their foresight, both in
money and the gratitude of their fellow men?
There was an estimated yield la-t year in the I nited States of
;»,v; 111,(100,000 bushels of corn, which is an increase ..f ti.’I.OOO.OiM) l.ii-tii l
i,\, r the crop of 1:• 1 <">. It is easily seen that the u-iial quantity .if cru
thrown up.m the grain market and sold as corn will be more than doubled
.luring the season just about t.. open.
The amount of corn consumed directly as human food is so small
compared to that fed to live stock that any probable increase in the
former would scarcely affect the proportions of the entire crop; so, in
spite of the great world demand for cereals, there is more than likely
during the coining year to lie a large surplus of corn thrown upon the
markets for grain, with resulting declines in market value. At the same
tune conditions give a positive assurance of sustained prices for li\e
stock of all kinds.
The logic of the whole situation points to liberal profits for those
who study it broadly in the light of facts and hold on to r young and
feeding stock until matured.
Him m umif
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CHERADAME'S GREAT IDEA
Andre < 'herudumc, recognized au
thority on pan Germanism, lay s before
the allies a (hiring plan for organizing
scientifically a revolution against pan
Germany within its very boundaries,
lb* is confident that Wl.ooo.OooGerman
hating people of Bohemia, Galicia,
Herzegovina, Transylvania. ftukowlna
and Poland can be aroused to active
rebellion and that they can be supplied
with arms and ammunition by squad
runs of giant airplanes like* tin* Ca
proids. This, says M. Cheradame, is
the sure way to end the war.
When Andre Cheradame states
facts about middle Kurope and the
Balkans in* speaks as a very high an
thority on such questions. Also, when
he suggests a practical course of ac
tion based on those facts he demands
most serious attention as a man whose
previous foresights, enunciated in
minute detail through more than two
decades, have been strikingly and
completely borne out by the course of events. Thirteen years before the war
came, (’heradame, from investigations made on the ground not merely pre
dicted Its coming, but in hi*' book, "Kurope and the Question of Austria on tin*
Threshold of the Twentieth (Votary," foretold precisely the strategy which
(lermuny would pursue to bring her to the position she holds today, with her
prewar aims more than nine-tenths attained. Ten years before the collapse of
Russia, ('hcrudnnio, from studies made on the ground, pointed out in his book,
“The World and the Russo-Japanese War,” that Russia was eliminated for ut
least a generation as a military power and would crumble if put to the test. In
both cases his statements were treated with mildly superior scorn.
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NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION >
FOR LETTERS OF ADMIN
ISTRATION ^
lu Cnited States Commissioners
Court in and tor Cordova Precinct,*
Territory of alVska In Probate.
In the matter «>! the Estate of Andrew
Nelson, deceased '
Notice si hereby given that K K
Holden has tiled with tTie above-on
titled court b • petition ill manlier,
and form as required by law, wherein
lie pra> > that lie » e granted letters <>
administration o: the estate of An
drew Nelson, deceased, and that Sat
in day, the -4th day o: August. l!'b
at the hour of 1" a. m. on said day. at
the office of the undersigned Cnited
States commissioner and ex officio
probate judge, at Cordova, Alaska, has
been fixed as the time and place for i
said hearing, at which any and all ,
persons interested may appear and
show cause, if any there be. why the
prayer of said petition should not be
granted. EDWARD F. MKDDM.
Cnited States commissioner, ex of
ficio Probate Judge j
Little
Americans
Do your bit
Eat Corn meal mush
Oatmeal- Corn flakes -
Hominy and rice with
milk^, Eat no wheat cereals.
Leave nothing on.your plate.
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35 Per Cent. Payment is due on
Third Liberty Loan Bond
Installments not later than JULY 18th
This means $17.50 on a $50.00
Bond or $35.00 on a $100 Bond.
Do not fail n your payments 11
Bank of Alaska
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