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CORDOVA, ALASKA, THTR SPAY, JANUARY 10, 1918.
GUNNING FOR LIARS.
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During tlu> recent Red Cross
membership campaign the
Seattle “Star” offered a $500
reward for the “nailing” of
lies told about the American1
Red Cross and its activities.
Says the “Star”: “You’ve
heard the lie about the logger
who was supposed to have
written an old lady telling her
he had bought the socks she
made for soldiers.”
“You’ve heard the lie about
all Red Cross speakers who
were supposed to be getting
rich from Red Cross receipts.”
“You've heard the lie which
tried to brand every worker in
the Red Cross as a war graft
er.” 1
“You’ve heard the lie that
the women taking member
ships. got a commission.”
“All these stories are lies—
lies, originated by traitors, but
sometimes carried by fools ” 1
Dozens of these stories have
boon traced down by Red Cross
otfieials themselves and every
single story has proved false.
The “Star” in the heat of its
patriotic indignation, offers
the $.)00 reward in the hope of
deterring some of the agitators'
whom it designates as “fools”,
or “traitors.”
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WORTH WHILE TRAINING
Roys and girls of tlio pres
ent are getting a training in pa
triot em end sacrifice that
should mean much in the gen
eration'that is just ahead.
Tn Tacoma and in other cities
and towns pupils in the public
schools have taken an active
part in selling liberty bonds;
thev are aetivelv pushing tin*
Bed f ''‘os. campaign that is un
derway; ami with knitting
needle and hammer they are
doing war work.
in their voufh matters that
lead to good citizenship are be
ing concretely brought to their
attention.
Will not the brains and the
hearts of the men and women
of tomorrow he more human
for the experience and will not
the countiw bo better off that
this is so?—Tacoma News.
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REINDEER FAIRS.
Tin-. f-o’-Mty fair, as a means
o£ spreading farm knowledge,
common i*v enterprise, good
citizenship and neighhorliness,
is vindicated again. And this
time it is among the Eskimo of
Alaska
The government, through
<]i,. hi”--‘mi of education, has
been a t tempting to spread civ
ilization among the natives of
our A-rmit territory. Tt has been
a difficult task to interest the
Eskimo.
Finallv the government hit
upon the idea of fairs. Tn vari
ous nieces the Eskimos were
notified that they were to bring
in their reindeer, together with
samples of what they made and
grew, and display them.
The idea took. And while
Pia Eskimo men compared
their best reindeer, and while
4- :.;vo« *nld how thev made
their prize winning whale blub
ber pudding, or whatever it is
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they make, a pride developed,
in the Eskimo.
The spirit of contest was on
Reindeer increased in number
and quality, the girls took up
domestic science, the boys
planted gardens, a community
spirit developed, and Eskimo
leaders are appearing whom
the people are glad to recog
nize and follow.
The reindeer fairs, as they
are called, are held for two
weeks in the various communi
ties. Those who attend are
developing an Eskimo senti
ment and a race pride that is
doing a great deal of good.
It must be a great sight to
see one of these fairs. There
are contests in lassoing, driv
ing, herding, and butchering
the animals, and dm exhibits
of hand-made harness, sleds
and fur clothing and snow
shoes are said to be wonder
ful. j
If one cares to read a govern
ment report, full of romance
and the spread of knowledge in
out of the way places, lie
should send for the Report of
the Work of the Bureau of Ed
ucation for the Natives of Al
aska.
This report shows that some
government officials know how
to get out good reading rather
than dry statistics.
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WE NEED SHIPS.
It does not take much intelli
gence to see that shipping is
the neck of the bottle through
which all our war preparations
on the western front must pass
before they can become effec
t ive.
Tf we are to expend 20 bill
ions the first year in support of
the cause of the allies and to
maintain from one to two mill
ion soldiers in Kurope we must
have six to ten million tons of
shipping.
This government has now
two hundred thousand soldiers
in Fiance and to place them
there and supply them with
munitions, equipment, food
and transport we are using
shipping formerly used by
France.
One to two million tons mun
itions and supplies of food and
raw materials for France and
French munition factories are
piled up on the dock of Atlan
tic seaports awaiting ships to
carry them across.
Tt is a great deal easier to
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m uijiiui a uui^iii v ini^rn
tion than to relieve one, and
thousands of car loads of cop
per, steel and other materials
are standng in the cars on the
terminal tracks.
The enthusiasm of the ship
building industry was chilled
by the criminally foolish
Ooethals-Denman quarrel over
shipbuilding policies and by
the illiberal policies employed
on the Pacific coast.
The whole shipping world
shouted its warnings for six
months, asking that every ship
yard build ships, wooden ships,
steel ships, any kind of ships,
but there has been no adequate
response
There are hundreds of places
on the Pacific coast where
ships can be erected and this
coast has tin* finest timber for
i
building enough vessels to
float provisions and ammuni
tions for the allies and the
United States as well.
PEOPLE ALWAYS RIGHT.
It has been the conviction of
the greatest statesmen of all
ages and all countries that one
could safely trust the decision
of the majority of the people on
any question that affected
them. The public mind and
conscience is nicely attuned to
the public welfare and seldom
goes astray. Given a free hand
in the working out of their des
tiny, no people would ever
come to grief. It is only when
self-seeking and deceitful lead
ers becloud issues for their
own selfish purposes that the
people are seduced.
So much is preliminary to
the assertion that the Ameri
can ppople, tlu* great sober,
reasoning majority—are right
today. Without fuss and feath
ers they have decreed a course
of action that shall preserve
the national weal and the na
tional honor, and they are not
likely to he lightly turned from
that course.
“Vox populi. vox Dei,” nev
er had a more direct applica
tion than to the attitude of Un
American people in the present)
world crisis. Being, then, the
supreme power, the voice of the
people should not only have,
hut exercise supreme author
ity.
This we are failing to do.
Our government is putting
forth most herculean efforts to
pilot the ship of state through
the troubled waters, but it is
bumpered on every hand by
those who from a selfish inter
est that exceeds their loyalty,'
persist in throwing every ob
struction possible in the way.
This should not lie. must not
he. The lives of tUttdpSffsands
of young men who ljiave res-1
ponded to their country’s call
must not be jeopardized by the:
Judas at borne. It is time that
the great loyal majority de
mand that the voice of the ob
jectors and obstructionists he1
silenced
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NOTICE
ON ACCOUNT OF REPEATED INQUIRIES FROM EM
l PLOYEES OF KENNECOT1 COPPER CORPORATION
AND OF COPPER RIVER & NORTHWESTERN RAIL
ROAD WHETHER
' Bank of Alaska
WOULD ACCEPT THEIR PAY CHECKS FOR DEPOSIT
WE BELIEVE IT BUT JUST TO OURSELVES TO AD
VISE THE ABOVE EMPLOYEES AND ALL EMPLOYERS
I AND EMPLOYEES IN THE COPPER RIVER DISTRICT
THAT NO CHARGE ATTACHES ON LOCAL CHECKS
WHETHER DEPOSITED OR CASHED. SELDOM IS
THERE ANY CHARGE ON OUTSIDE CHECKS WHEN
DEPOSITED, AND NO CHARGE ON MONEY ORDERS
OR TRAVELERS CHECKS WHEN EITHER DEPOSIT
ED OR CASHED.
IW. R. HILLERY, Vice President
(Managing)
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