THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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Alaska, as second-class matter.
H. Q. STEEL
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1919
SHOULD BE RELEASED.
The Alaska boys who are in the
service of Uncle Sam at the different
forts in the territory should be im
mediately released. When they en
listed or were drafted it was with the
understanding that it was for the dur
ation of the war, which was practi
cally over with the signing of the
armistice. Since then the soldiers at
the cantonments in the States and
those who went overseas have been
demobilized by the thousands daily.
Here in Alaska, where patriotism
reached the high water mark in all
war activities, the men are not being
released as rapidly as they should be.
While they were all anxious to join
the colors and remain with Uncle
Sam as long as their services were
needed) they can certainly be of more
service to themselves and the terri
tory by following their regular voca
tions, instead of being compelled to
remain at some isolated fort and put
in most of their time shoveling snow
and doing other similar stunts.
Cordova and the Copper River val
ley has contributed its full quota of
young men to Fort Liscum and else
where, but feels that the time has
arrived for their release from mili
tary duty, especially as most of them
j*jr hav* positions swatting them at hontej
Captain Hewes must certainly appre
ciate the fact that the sentiment here
and throughout Alhska is strongly in
favor of these men being returned to
civilian life. One of the reasons given
by him for the retention of the men
at Fort Liscum is their need as guards
at different towns. So far as Cordova
is concerned, and we feel confident
the same applies to other sections,
there is absolutely no further use for
soldiers in guarding property. The
Department of Justice has dispensed
with guards at the ocean dock and
there no longer exists any necessity
of having soldiers stationed at bridges
or along the railroad.
The Territorial council of defense
has interested itfeelf in the demand of
the men that they be released, and
took the matter up with the war de
partment. It is gratifying to note
that yesterday forty-two soldiers were
discharged at Fort Liscum and it is
hoped that within a very short time
all of the Alaska boys will again be
back home at their old positions and
with their friends. ,
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VALUE OF NEWSPAPER ADVER
~ TISING.
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The experienced newspaper man—
indeed, the experienced, successful
business man—doesn’t have to go to
a given city or town to know who are
the live, energetic, get-the-business
type of men of that particular local
ity. All he has to do is to get hold of
a newspaper published in the town.
A perusal of the advertising columns
tells the' story in a nutshell. We dis
tinctly recall the day when a certain
very successful business man estab
lish himself in an Alaskan town in
this part of the territory. He didn’t
have much money and he didn't have
much credit. Now he has both. He
started with a small stock of goods,
and the opening of his modest store
was heralded throughout the com
munity and the vicinity by a full page
advertisement in the local newspaper.
Opposition stores said he was a
"nut,” and merely smiled at bis ad
vertising campaign. But he got ^re
sults from the start, and has kept on
getting them. He let everybody know
that he had goods for sale and to
"come and^ have a look.” They came,
they bought and they have since been
coming.
Just along this line is an article
from the pen. of Edwin T. Jones, an
advertising expert, published in the
Fourth Estate, a publication devoted
to newspaper men. For the informa
, f t
tion It conveys about tho benefits of
advertising, wo reproduce it, as fol
lows:
For many years the strongest talk
ing point in favor of newspaper ad
vertising has been Its great value ns a
general selling power.
Local and national udvertlsers have
proven to their entire satisfaction
that newspaper advertising stands for
“most effective selling”—quickest and
most direct method for "universal an
nouncement."
It has stood the severest test of
merchants and manufacturers for
many years past. It is still subjected
to tests and there are still to be found
doubters, but. tho proof of the wonder
ful aid to business building of news
paper advertising Is found doily in
the advertising columns of newspa
pers.
The great volume of business car
ried by the newspapers Is the strong
est demonstrable proof of newspaper
advertising value.
A close study has convinced me that
many opportunities offered by the
world-wide influence of the dally
newspapers through their advertising
columns are still awaiting keen bust
ness appreciation and acceptance.
A careful stury of the classified
columns of a newspaper, devoting con
siderable space to this important and
profitable branch would be the means
of developing many new ideas for,ad
vertising, managers and salesmen.
I recall a remark made to me years
ago by the late Grbnt Good: “Read
ers of newspapers throughout the
United States and Canada are and
have been for many years accustomed
to see the well-known advertisement
of ‘Carter’s Little Liver Pills.’ ”
Brent Good was not a large space
user, but "the year around” -user of
newspaper space. I am probably one
of the few men to whom he gave large
copy. I ran a half page copy of
“Carter’s Little Liver Pills” fre
quently.
It was the result of this advertising
that brought this admission from him,
that “the half page copy has been
doubly profitable. It increased the
sale of the article advertised and it
enabled me to contract for advertising
space at better rates, in many cases,
than I had ever made before.”
This incident is but one of the many
that might be related, which would
demonstrate my claim that newspaper
advertising sells, stimulates and cre
ates the most desired and necessary
objective of every enterprise.
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ALASKA PRESS COMMENTS
We would like to suggest that the
Seward postoffice employes wor^ a
little overtime occasionally.—Anchor
age Times.
Cordova sympathizes with Valdez
in the poor mail service it alleges this
city receives. While our service has
not been up to the standard we are a
long ways ' from needing sympathy
yet. Business has been good and the
paucity of vessels has kept our citi
zens from imbibing too much Seattle
Spirit.—Valdez Miner..
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One wonders what the Salvation
Army thinks the Red Cross chapters
have been doing, but what is the use
of wondering when the government,
as was announced several weeks ago,
intends sending cowboys to Alaska to
herd musk ox from Iceland to Seward
peninsula. t
The Salvation Army has been doing
a great work in the war, but some
rightfully informed gentleman well
posted on Alaska, like Chairman Edes
of the Alaskan engineering commis
sion, should take an hour off from “ap
propriation” duties at Washington
and run up to New York city and set
the Salvation Army right about the
“desolate, God-forsaken Matanuska re
gion.”—Seward Gateway.
Long distance administration of
Alaskan affairs by men, for the most
part unfamiliar with Northern needs
and conditions, has long been a handi
cap to the Territory. Denied the right
to govern themselves, Alaskans are
dependent upon congress and the
heads of departments for practically
every form of relief required to im
prove conditions In the Territory, and
lack of sympathy and understanding
at Washington constitute a'constant
menace to the welfare of Alaskans
and the development of Alaska’s re
sources, notwithstanding the fact that
we have, at the national capital, many
staunch friends wllliiig at all times to
render us, such assistance as lies with
in thpir power.—Nenana News.
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MA30NIC MEETING
.A meeting of Mount McKllnley
Lodge No. M3, F. & A. M„ will be
held Thursday evening at 8 o’clock.
D. T. PHILLIPS, Secretary.
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_ Steve Oroa has purchased John Ol
son’s shoe repairing outfit and Is now
ready for business at Tom Hubbert’s
tailor shpp- 18-8t
LIBRARY FOR
THEURRITORY
IS ADVOCATED
A movement is on foot for the estab
lishment of a circulating library in
Alaska for the benefit, primarily, of
the men in the hills and the people
living in the remote parts of the ter
ritory. The plan comprehends the
naming of some town within a central
location as headquarters for the li
brary and with branch headquarters
in each of the divisions of Alaska. A
draft of a bill that will be introduced
at the coming session of the Alaska
legislative assembly is herewith repro
duced, to give an idea of the plan in
view. Of course, this bill is only a
tentative one and it is expected that
revisions and amendments may be
made by the members of the legisla
ture, when the matter comes up for
consideration.
The bill follows:
Be it enacted, that the sum of |25,
vvv jaitill 1U1 IUC co
tablishment and maintenance of a cir
culating library in the Territory or
Alaska. #
The territory shall be divided into
four library districts whose boundar
ies shall be approximately the same
as the boundaries of the four judicial
districts of the territory.
One territorial and three district li
braries shall be maintained. The ter:
ritorial library shall b> located at
Seward and the district libraries shall
be located at Juneau, Nome and Fair
banks, respectively. Provided that the
territorial library shall serve as a dis
trict library in the third district.
The control of the library shall be
vested in a territorial libra^l board of
five members. Four of thfe merttbers
shall be appointed by thq governor,
one from each library district. The
commissioner of education shall be
the fifth member of the bd&fd and he
shall be ex-officio its treasurer,- The
members of the board shall receive no
compensation for their services.
The library board shall be empow
ered to employ a territorial librarian
who shall be the purchasing agent of
the board, and to employ such other
helpers as the work may demanjf* to
determine the regulations under which
the district and branch ifthHtfles^jiWy
be established; to act^ ulWrftfl appli
cations for branch libraries, to pro
vide, quarters for the territorial and
district libraries and to perform such
other acts as the work may demand.
Any city, town or community shall
be eligible to secure a branch library
when it Shall have elected or ap
pointed a library committee of one or
more members and shall have arrang
ed in the manner prescribed by the
library board for the custody and dis
tribution of the books.
The use of the library shall be free
to all residents of the territory-^pro
vided that the usual penalties to in
sure promptness and good care miy
be imposed; provided further, that
nothing in this act shall be construed
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TEACHER HAD
CLOSE CALL
FROMDEATH
By recent advices from the lower
river it was learned that Miss Alice
Gwaltney, the teacher of the public
schools at Ruby, had a narrow escape
from being burned alive.
It appears that Miss Gwaltney was
cleaning a woolen garment with gaso
line, when in the usual not under
standable manner the fluid became
ignited, enveloping her in flames.
With rare presence of mind she seized
a rug off the floor, wrapped her head
and shoulders in it. , Struggling
through the flames she at last suc
ceeded in gaining the outer air and
threw herself into a snow-bank, ex
tinguishing the ames.
Miss Gwaltney was severely
burned about the face and arms and
her presence of mind is all that saved
her life, the whole interior of the
house being gutted before the flames
could be put out. The unfortunate
young lady has the sympathy of the
whole of the Ruby section, as she was
immensely popular, both with the
adults as well as the children. Her
recovery is looked for within a short
time, as the burns were of a super
ficial nature. The Light home, which
she is occupying, will require consid
erable repairs, as it was gutted com
pletely.
as to prevent the library board at its
discretion from requiring of each
Adult borrower a deposit not to
exceed the sum of two dollars, said
deposit to be. refunded at borrower’s
request when all claims for loss, or
damage, other than ordinary wear,
shall have been met. All unrefunded
deposits shall become a part of the
territorial library fund.
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CORDOVA
MACHINE WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Shop
Phono 1014 Phono 1S2
•V . I" ■ . v ' ! < ' ‘
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing. Ganoral Repair
..‘Wfc.fprcc fhosing. Oxy-Acety
ieno welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and 8hop: Cjty Dock
Cordova, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strlet
Attention.
NEW NEEDLE ART SHOP
All kinds of Stamped Em
broidery Goods, Fancy Knitting
Yams. Sweaters and Socks
< knit to order.
Lessons Given in
EMBROIDERY, KNITTING
AND CROCHET WORK
IDA DOWALDER
C St., Adams Bldg.
Keist Furniture
Company
Is the Place to Buy
New and Second-Hand
Household Goods
OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
Next door to Alaska 8. 8. Office
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FOR SALE
FOR SALE:
Choice business and resi
dence property.
FOR RENT
Furnished and unfurnished
apartments and cottages.
INSURANCE
Fire and marine, life and ac
cident.
BONDS
Fidelity and surety.
CORDOVA ABSTRACT and
REALTY COMPANY
ROOM 1, ADAMS BUILDINS.
THE CITY BAKERY
WE ARE 8PECIAU8T3 IN FINE CAKE8 AND PASTRY
FOR
Parties and Reception*
Makers of the Famous "Cream Loaf" Bread
8un '‘Maid”. Raisin Bread—A Treat Indeed
, Rye Bread Graham Bread
' LUNCH ROOM»WHERE YOU GET TH08E EXCELLENT
LUNCHES
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4‘Help make the world safe for men who
are trying to make reverence for law the polit
ical religion of the nations.”
Ponder on this utterance and let it be a guide to your
action in the reforms that should resolve from the pres
ent social unrest. j
The variety of our industries Insures a wonderful
future for us, jjut without a bank account you will be
handicapped.
Don’t be afraid to come in and talk your affairs
over, so that you can open an account now with the
BANK OF ALASKA
Capital $170,000.00
ALASKA’S BRANCH BANKING SYSTEM ;
Cordova Skagway Wrangell Anchorage
NICHOLLS TRANSPORTATION CO.
Plying Between
Chitina and Fairbanks
Carrying Passengers and Freight from
Either End
Rates and other information can be obtained j
from Fred Nicholls, at Paxson’s, or Oscar j
Breedman, at Chitina I
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SANITATION SERVICE SATISFACTION
Perfect The Best Guaranteed
MODERN LAUNDRY
F. A. JONES, Proprietor
PHONE 66
First Avenue, Below Alaskan Hotel
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ARE YOU GOING OUT THIS FALL?
Visit San Francisco and Stop with
Mark C. Thompson ‘
at his new hotel in the heart of the city between
Powell and Mason Streets.
The Dale-Tallac Hotel
140 ELLIS STREET
Special Rates and Headquarters for Alaskans.
Manhattan Hotel
S. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish a*d Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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largain Stor
JUST RECEIVED
A LINE OF SHIRTS, PANTS, WOOL BLANKETS
QUILTS, ETC. FROM F. A. PATRICK AND CO.
We also handle the Hirsch-Weis and Co. “Rose City!’
brand of Mackinaws, Loggers’ Shirts, Rainset and Au
apelle Clothing.
Black Boar brand of union made Overall* and Jacket*.
A complete line of Wool and Cotton Blanket*, Quilt* of all kind*,
Bod Spreads, Sheet* and Pillow 8llpa, Wool 80J and Insole*.
Parks**, Oloves and Mitten*, Shoe Pao* and Rubber Overshoe*.
Tents, Bed Sheets, Pack Saoks and Cloth** Bag*.
Towers’ Fish Brand Oil Coata.