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CORDOVA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1917.
LET CORDOVA DO ITS “Bl.T.”
President Wilson has declared next
Wednesday, Liberty Day, a national
legal holiday, and in accordance with
this proclamation. Governor Strong
has asked ail Alaskans to cast aside
their other duties and devote the day
to a patriotic effort in behalf of their
country, and especially in a drive for
the selling of the second issue of Lib
erty loan bonds. A large amount of
money, $3,000,006,000, must be raised
by October 27, and the subscription
is bound to make g dent in our pocket
books—but only temporarily; so that
there is no occasion for anyone hav
ing a nightmare over the outlook.
Sane citizens will view the situation
from two angles; first, the patriotic
duty of each individual to invest in
the bonds, even at a financial sacri
fice. and second, the actual attractions
afforded by the bonds as a war-time
investment. A careful survey of the
facta cannot fail to convince even the
most skeptical person that it is not
only good citizenship but good busi
ness to buy the bonds.
Contrary to current opinion, the ef
fect of the proposed bond issue will
not be to impair the resources of the
nation. It will merely involve a shift
ing of credits. Our assets and indus
tries w'ill all remain intact. The money
realized from the sale of the bonds
will immediately be put in circulation
and used for the purchase of the sup
plies this country has to sell. Instead
of injuring or destroying the produc
tivity of our fields and factories,
mines and mills, it will serve to speed
them up to still greater capacity.
How then can the flotation of the
bond issue hurt us financially? It Is
true that there is waste in war—count
ies* wealth will be sunk at sea and
shot away in battle—but what mater
ial loss this country suffers will be
more than compensated for In It* com
merce with other nations. The one
loss that we can never replace will be
the loss of some of our best blood, and
even this may be reduced to a mini
mum if tBe civilians do their duty by
providing the government with the
funds necessary to surround the men
in khaki with every safeguard and
comfort.
t nc wr i nc nuun.
When Klihu Root speaks to men in
these troublesome times they give
heed to what he says. His country
men hafe come to believe that he rep
resents the very best thought of the
nation. There was a day when he
was grievously misunderstood; when
he was popularly regarded as a reac
tionary of the worst type, a corpora
tion hireling, a public servant without
conscience, an intellectual aristocrat
»f narrow' vision and no sympathy
for the rights of the rank and file of
his fellow men. Happily, all this is
changed; the false impression has
been corrected, and Americans no
longer refer to their previous esti
mate of the man, save to make apolo
gies for their mestake. It is fortu
nate for the veteran statesman that
he should live to reap the rightful re
gard of his country, and it is doubly
fortunate for his fellow citizens that
they should come to hold him in the
highest estimation at a time when he
is performing a matchless service to
the republic.
It is given to no other one man of
this generation to speak with such
freedom from partisanship and such
fearlessness of purpose as this distin
guished American. A private citizen,
in voluntary retirement from public
life and with no personal end to gain
save to dojiis duty to his country as
he finds it to do, he looms large on
the horizon of national ®nd interna
tional affairs and personifies the high
est type of citizenship that the repub
lic has developed. Rich in experience
and with rare insight of the drift of
affairs that are changing the whole
complexion of the civilized world, his
utterances now fall upon open ears,
and men have come to carefully weigh
his words. So it is that he is able to
speak frankly to his countrymen and
when he chides them for their short
comings they no longer mock him as
a carping critic. His warnings
strike home.
When a crisis comes upon a nation
the exigencies of the hour require that
some man shall arise and lay bare
the situation. It is not a pleasant task
to remind a great people of their in
consistencies and indifference to duty,
and only a man bearing an inspired
message may hope to gain respectful
attention. This is Elihu Roots mis
sion and he is performing it with a
delicacy, yet decisiveness, that is truly
remarkable. When America went to
war to make the world safe for demo
cracy, he was selected to carry our
pledge of moral and material support
to the new-born republic of Russia.
That mission performed, he returned
home bearing a message of his own
accord that prompts all honest Ameri
cans to blush for shame.
We are reminded not to concern our
selves with Russia, but to take stock
of our own situation at home. We are
told that the new republic is meeting
the extraordinary demands of thp mo
ment more sattsihctorily than are we,
and that Russia is accomplishing her
drastic reforms in shorter order and
with less discord than is America.
When we feel inclined to criticize the
internal dissension of our Russian
ally, we are admonished of our own
race riots, I. W. W. agitators, suffra
gist propaganda, pacifist movements,
political manoeuvring, opposition to
the draft and countless claims for ex
emption from military service.
And we are three thousand miles
away while Russia is invaded by the
hordes of the enemy and put to the ad
ditional tael* of holding two million
men at bay. Mr. Root quite aptly
puts the question: what would Ameri
ca be able to do in a similar situation?
It requires supreme courage to criti
cize one's own country in such a crisis,
but the criticism comes from an in
spired American, who senses the high
duty of his country and sorrows in
■the shortcomings of his felltaw citlaens.
His message should make a profound
impression on the nation.
JEANETTE RANKIN’S CHANGE.
Sad to say, the I. W.-'W. seem to
have found a new recruit In the person
of the honorable Jeanette Rankin, the
congresswoman from Montana. The
lady made a speech in the house just
before adjournment that was disap
pointing to her real friends. Of course
the pacifists applauded — and so did
the I. W. W. Her avowed friendliness
for the agitators who are causing so
much trouble in her home state was
a shock to her substantial constitu
ents.
One can hardly reconcile her indi
rect endorsement of thiB band of plun
derers with her conscientious objec
tion to militancy, as shown in her re
fusal to support the declaration of
iwar against Germany. Perhaps Its all
a mistake, but she has much to do to
set herself aright with her constitu
ents and with the country at large.
ANSWERS WAGON ROAD CRITICS.
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It requires only a bare assertion of
the facts in connection with the coast
to Fairbanks wagon road to put to
flight those who are disposed to criti
cise the work that has been done on
U- The fact that automobiles are mak
ing the trip in two and a half days
this year when contrasted' with condi
tions in the recent past, tells its own
story so plainly that it makes the car
pers seem ridiculous.
Answering some of the critics of
this great work recently the Fairbanks
News-Miner said:
"You can remember, for it was only
a few years ago, when certain ventur
ous souls, to us known as Jimmy Ham
11. Captain Barnette, Falcon Joslin and
Kd and Lee Jesson one early fall de
cided that they would attempt the
seeming Impossible feat of going out
to Valdez on the military post road on
horseback! You can remember how
everyone thought it was a fool trip,
and they they would never get
through. You can remember the sur
prise and pleasure with which we re
ceived the news by wire that they had
made the trip and had made it in
shorter time than it ever had been
made before. After that we were ready
to believe that In time somebody
might make tbe trip iu a two-wheeled
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cart before snow fell. Finally we
worked up the belief that In time it
tnigb^ be made by powerful light
autos, and Bobby Sheldon proved that.
Now anybody can make the trip over
that Post road in an auto and most
people prefer to go that way. All this
in but a few years' time—we have
only been here eleven years, which Ik
not long.”—Empire.
In a recent issue of the Official Bul
letin of the administration, Secretary
Baker admits that there Is "difficulty,
disorder and confusion in getting
things started.” Then he adds: "But
it is a happy confusion. 1 delight in
the fact that when we entered this
war we were not, like our adversary,
ready for it. anxious for it, prepared
for It and Inviting it.”
Cordova has already subscribed for
$19,000 worth of the- second issue of
Liberty bonds, and it is expected this
amount will reach $26,000 or $30,000
before the end of the month.
Next Wednesday will be a national
legal holiday. President Wilson having
designated it Liberty Loan Day.
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CRACK REGIMENTS OF FRANCE
HONORED FOR BRAVERY.
PARIS, Oct. 20—Of the methods of
honoring soldiers for distinguished
service on the field of battle, the
“fourragers" conferred upon the crack
regiments of France Is one of the most
original. It consists of a colored cord
ending in a brass tag, the name being
derived from the French word for a
tethering rope for horses. Every of
ficer and man In a regiment reward
ed for gallantry in action by the four
ragers has the right to wear this cord
round the left shoulder. There are
two classes of the distinction, one
having a green and red cord to cor
respond with the Croix de Guerre, and
the other being in green and yellow,
on the lines of the rarer Medaille
Militaire. j
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A report from Nenana indicates that
there are about thirty men of military
age in that district who failed to re
gister under the conscription act. Most
of them are in the engineering com
mission. They will soon be rounded up.
ARE Y OUI LONGING
For a toothsome dainty some
thing that will hit thg spot ? If
so. Just drop Into the "Den of. ,
8w^ets" and try some of our f
licions candies, made right here
In Cerdova every day. The qual
ity is the highest, the price the
lowest of anywhere in Alaska. :
SANITARY CANDY KITCHEN
Next To Cordova House i
IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD
DIVISION.
No. C-1S0. )
Mabel E. Sprague, Plaintiff, va. Her
bert A. Sprague, Defendant.
SUMMON8. j
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting:
To Herbert A Sprague, the above
named defendant.
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court far the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of the
publication of this summons, to-wit,
within thirty days after the 22nd day
of October, 1917, and answer the com
plaint of Mabel E. Sprague, the above
named plaintiff, in the above entitled
cause, which cause is an action for e
divorce in one of the cases prescribed r
by law wherein the plaintiff prays for
a decree dissolving the bonds of mar- ,
riage between herself and you and for
such other and further relief as to the
court may seem right and proper in the
premises. And you are hereby noti
fied that if you fail to appear and an
swer said complaint as herein re
quired, the said plaintiff will take
Judgment against you for want there
of, and will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in her complaint, as
hereinbefore set out.
The order for %ie publication of this
summons was duly made and entered
on the 6th day of September, 1917.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown, judge of said court, and the
seal thereof this 6th day of Septem
ber, in the year of our Lord the one
thousand nine hundred and seven
teenth and of our Independence the
one hundred and forty-first.
(Seal of the District Court,
Territory of Alaska, 2
Third Division.) g
ARTHUR LANG.
Clerk District Court, Third Division.
Territory of Alaska,
By C. H. Wilcox, Deputy.
First Publication, Sept. 11, 1917.
Last publication, Oct. 22, 1917. g
You Are A
Committee of One
DO YOU SEE THE BIG
ON ALL THE POSTERS
Do You Realize That Your American
Goverment Needs Your Help? All
Banks Are Paying For Their Liberty
Loan “Ads” As The Bank of Alaska is Paying
* For This One, Also Postage Incidentals And
Time Given For Liberty Loan. Now We Want
To Do Our Part That is Why We Make You
This Proposition;
You pay $1.00 on a $50.00 Bond or $2.00 on
a $100.00 Bond to the Government with your
application for the Bond and Bank of Alaska
will take your note, charging no interest and
will allow liberal time for you to pay the bal
ance of the payments.
REMEMBER
The Sale Closes on the
27th
of This Month
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Bank of Alaska
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Banking Hours After October 24th.
Are 10 To 3
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