TEDDY’S HAT IN
DOUBLE BING
■LANSING, Jan. 4. — Roosevelt will
be a candidate in the Michigan prim
aries for the presidential nomination
of both the Progressive and Republi
can parties. Teddy has had petitions
filed, putting his name on the ballot
as the standard bearer for both
parties.
NO FAMINE AT ANCHORAGE.
('has. Brown, of the firm of Brown
& Hawkins, Seward and Anchorage,
says there is no lack of provisions at
the new railroad town, and that fresh
eggs are selling in Anchorage nt 50
cents per dozen. The reported short
age of milk has also been denied.
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Wanted to Buy—An interest or all
of established merchandise business
In mining district. Give particulars,
sales, cash required, stock on hand,
etc. Address “Merchant.” care The
Times.
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Furniture and fixtures repaired and
refinished. Organs cleaned and re
finished. Pianos refinlshed and
polished. Upholstered goods repaired.
Prices reasonable. Leave orders at
Alaska Times Office. .1. Powers.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
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Notice is hereby given that the
taxes on real and personal property
within the corporate limits of the
Town of Cordova for the year 1915,
are now due and payable at my of
fice, on First Street, Cordova, Alaska.
The said taxes shall be doliquent
at 6 p. m. on the second Monday in
February, 191G, and unless paid prior
thereto 5 per cent will be added to
the amount thereof.
H. I. O'NEILL, Town Treasurer.
Cordova, Alaska, December 22, 1915.
KILLING OF VICIOUS DOGS IS
AUTHORIZED BY STATUTE.
An act passed by the last legislature
authorizes killing of vicious dogs un
der certain conditions, and is here
with reproduced for the informatlor
of the public:
"It shall be lawful for any persor
at any time to kill any vicious or mat
dog found running at large.
“Any dog which, when unprovoked
has ever bitten or attacked a humar
being shall be deemed vicious.
"Whenever any dog habitually an
noys reindeer, sheep, cattle or horses
or domestic animals or domestic fowls
or evinces a disposition which renders
I It likely that it will without provoca
tion bite such animals or fowls, il
shall be lawful for any person to kil
such tlog when at large; Provided
however, that the owner or keeper
of sueh dog, if known, shall be noti
fied and given reasonable opportunity
to restrain such dog before it shall
become lawful to kill it under thf
provisions of this section.”
The city council met in regular
| semi monthly session last night nnt]
transacted routine business.
ALASKA HAS
The Daily Times is In receipt of
the following communication from
j Thomas B. Drayton, of Kern Creek, j
who has begun a systematic cam
paigin in favor of an Alaska State
hood League. We have not the pleas
ure of Mr. Drayton's acquaintance,
but understand that he has been a
resident of the westward for a ehort
' time. While we are heartily In favor
of Secretary Lane's plan of a devel
opment board for this territory, we
herewith publish the communication,
as received, for what it is worth:
Kern Creek, Mile 71, Dec. 18, 1915.
My Dear Sir:—Knowing your loyal
ty to our territorial interests to be
. beyond question, your Judgment wise ]
and unselfish, and your influence cor
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respondlngly helpful, I am writing you
with a view to ascertaining your in
dividual opinion touching the admis
sion of Alaska to statehood, and so
far as you have observed, the gen
eral sentiment of our fellow citizens
In your section of the territory with
reference to that issue. Also, of
course, any opinions or suggestions
you may care to advance in respect
of the other matters and things
touched upon in this letter will be
highly valued.
There appear to be many good and
sufficient reasons for believing that
the time is at hand when the agita
tion for statehood should he intelli
gently and comprehensively begun,
and systematically continued; the j
chief reason for which. It seems to
me, is that to further delay the mat
ter will correspondingly delay the ac
quisition of material, political and so-!
cial benefits which statehood would
bring; and which It is Idle to suppose
or hope we will ever enjoy until
statehood is attained.
We all realize, of course, that a
very considerable period of ti ne will
certainly elapse before we can secure
the passage of an enabling act even
after nil are convinced and admit
that we possess every necessary
qualification for statehood.
Then, yet more time must pass be
fore we could expect to agree upon
a provisional constitution acceptable
to Congress. In other words, to be
come a state at all we ourselves must
take the initiative, and under the
most favorable conditions statehood
cannot ue auniueu until lung aner
we deserve It,
Furthermore, if the agitation Ijp not
soon commenced, and maintained with
vigor, it is inevitable that a develop
ment board, administrative commis
sion or some similar contrivance will
be foisted upon us; the adoption of
which will most assuredly tighten the'
claws of bureaucratic government
upon our people, and thus postpone
self-government indefinitely. Indeed,
It seems to me, this is the most press
ing danger of the moment; and expe
diency would suggest that we con
tinue a little longer to bear the ills
we have, intolerable as they are.
rather than fly to others we know not
of. I feel entirely confident that the
American people, our brothers, our
kindred, our friends, will not long
deny us the rights of freemen; but
should we sit still now. and compla
cently sub nit to some new, untried,
experimental device being yoked upon
us, vou may be sure that the people
of the Republic will require of us that j
we give it what its sponsors will spe
ciously designate a fair trial.
This would mean simply a continu
ance for an indefinite number of
years—under a new name and form,
but in the main under the same men
—of the administrative inefficiency.
Industrial stagnation, and political de
pendency from which we now suffer
and have suffered until our hearts |
are sick. The odor of a skunk is not
improved by changing its name; and
we may be sure, no governmental j
makeshift will materially improve our,
interests until the agents '"who govern i
us are answerable directly to us. For j
my part. I refuse to be deceived into
accepting any other solution of our
problem.
statehood agitation, it has occurred
to me that a convention of representa
tive citizens favorable to the idea
could he arranged and a permanent
organization be effected under some
such name as Alaska Statehood
League, or other designation, indica
tive of its object and purpose, and
provision be made for securing the
co-operation of all Alaskans in sym
pathy therewith.
If you favor this idea please indi
cate your preference as to time and
place, and if your name may be
signed to a call for such convention.
When I shall have received your
answer and the answers of a substan
tial number of other influential citi
zens throughout the territory to whom
I am sending a similar letter, I shall
mall you a detailed summary of the
responses and also a copy of a thesis
in behalf of statehood, which 1 am
preparing, and which in addition to
Its main purpose, will attempt in a
modest way to anticipate and answer
such adverse arguments ns may be
presented.
Thanking you now for such consid
eration as you may give this com
tminicatlon, I remain, with assurances
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of the highest esteem. Sincerely
yours,
THOMAS B DRAYTON.
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the Blum, O'Neill Co.
The Bhim, O’Neill Company la to
day placing a handsome electric slg^
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1916.
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LOVE AMONG THE FLOWERS,
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THE MAN WHO VANISHED,
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Howard Estabrook and Barbara Tennant in the Leads
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Admission 25 Cents. First Show 8 p. m.
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