The Cordova Daily Times
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1917
IT’S UP TO YOU.
No matter how much or how
little you know about world
affairs and world wars, it must
he plain to you today that the
threat against the United
States is greater than it was a
week ago today. The defection
of Russia must necessarily
Hi an go tin1 betting and not in
favor of Hit' Allies. Whatever
the result may be from Rus
sia’s laying down, it cannot be
to tlm advantage of the Allies.
Therefore, today we all
know that we must hi* uni
formly and intensely serious
over this war business until it
is' decided. We must all do
our bit and keep on doing it
and our “bit” is EVERY
THING WE CAN DO. We
must deny ourselves many
things; as many as we can. We
must forget ourselves and re-,
member our country. Most of
us have never before been call
ed upon to do anything of this
kind, never expected to he and
are not prepared to know what
our “hit” is, hut with half a
thought we can understand to
day that our bit must be or is J
the LIMIT. We can’t let go;!
we must GO THROUGH!
From now on scarcely a day
will pass but that some good
woman or women will appeal
to you in person or through'
the columns of the local news
papers for support to some pa
triotic proposition—Red Cross
needs, Hospital beds, comforts
for the soldiers and dozens of
other needs which must be met
and which the mothers and
wives of Americans must and
are glad to attend to in the in
terest of the Nation. These
women arc* working night and ;
day and giving, giving, giving
of their all, and when they ask !
you to patronize a delicatessen
they offer you better goods
than you could buy otherwise
ami at probably half what they
are worth; when they ask you
to buy a dance ticket they of
fer you and deliver to you two ;
dollars in entertainment for
every dollar you pay; when
they ask von for a two-bit
piece to help in Red Cross work
they offer you the opportunity
to alleviate distress—distress
that YOU would not suffer for
a million two-bit pieces; when
they ask you for a dollar for a
comfort box for some soldier
lying in the slime and ooze and
filth of the trenches potshot
ting and being potshotted—
well, you can partially realize
how much REAL comfort it is
to that poor fellow to be able
to know that even the men ;,nd
women of remote Alaska have
him and his work in their
minds and their hearts ALL
the time. These are cases
where it is blessed both to give
and to receive.
it will be entirely new to
most of us to be up against
this constant drain o nour fin
ances or lack of finances, but
we must face it and go
through—WE can’t (put, nor
do we wish to. On our work
and the work of the Allies de
pends our existence, and money
is nothing compared with our
existence and the •existence of
the American republic.
Let’s go the limit, and then
go further, if necessary. -Ex.
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HELPING BUSINESS.
Sagacious business men look
for transactions in the west to
be greatly stimulated as a re
sult of the large government
orders that will be placed in
consequence of the successful
sale of the second Liberty loan.
Immense contracts will be giv
en out for war material, foot
stuffs and other supplies.
All this buying makes for
better business, not alone in
the industry directly affected,
but in kindred industries and
often in widely separated com
munities. The government or
der is still, therefore, the dom
inating factor in the business
situation, and since it repres
ents many strong governments,
the total business covered is
probably greater than that rep
resented by any similar buying
movement that has taken place
in the United States.
There has been a renewed in
quiry for pig iron, and it is re
ported that Russia has given
; out orders for 25,OCX) or 30,000
cars. Some branches of busi
ness are still a good deal un
settled by the uncertainties of
the price-fixing campaign and
by the action of various con
sumers in withholding orders
until conditions are more
stable.
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WHEAT CROP SHORT
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\\ ith the wheat crop pretty
generally garnered it is con
sidered salt? to count upon an
aggregate yield of 660,(XX),(XX)
bushels. With the small re
serve stocks carried over from
last year, the indications are j
for a total supply of about 710,
000,000 bushels. This would
be nearly 100,000,000 bushels
short of last year’s supply, but
with the large yields of other
crops and the curtailment in
home consumption, it is ex
pected from this country and
probably as much more from
Canada.
If these expectations are
realized, there will be 350,000,
000 bushels of wheat available
from North America for the
allied countries. This amount
it is estimated would be, how
ever, 150,000,000 bushels below
the European requirements, so
that a considerable amount
must be provided by Australia,
Argentina and other countries.
The farmers are sure to en
joy another year of prosperity,
as with prices as high as they
are today, it is evident' that the
total valuation of the principal
crops this year will break all
records. The farmers may be
expected also to plant an im
mense acreage to wheat this
year, so as to make sure of a
record production next year,
which will command very high
average prices.
PETER SCHAEFER
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Peter Schaefer, president of the
Philadelphia Tageblatt, who Is under
heavy bail, to answer charges of sedi
tion brought by the government.
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Bink of Alaska
I ALASKA’S BRANCH BANKING SYSTEM
| Banks At
CORDOVA
| Anchorage Skagway Wrangell
j CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $105,500.00
| Resources Over $1,000,000.00
j CORDOVA OFFICERS
ANDREW STEVENSON W. R. HILLERY
1 lesident Vice-Pres. (Managing)
B. R. COLKETT
Asst. Cashier
COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
Safe Deposit Boxes Travelers Checks
The NATIONAL ARMY is Neither wage-earner nor mer
p" drawn from our reserves of chant can afford to always
men. If you are drawn will live close to the margin of
!you leave a cash reserve in the their resources. Whether you i
bank? You may not need it join the colors or not, start
during the war but you cer- now building up a reserve by
tainly will when you are mus- depositing with the BANK OF
tered out. ALASKA, an institution that I
carries ample reserves and I
builds for the future. f
I If You
ARE LAID UP IN THE HOSPITAL
YOUR EARNING POWER
Stops
Does your Insurance cover you? If not
Get s S' IN 1 P0LICY IN THE J- D- Hollenbeck
^ NORTHERN LIFE District Agent, Cordova
MEET ME AT
The HORSESHOE
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Where We Can Always Find Our
Friends.
Finest Billiard and Pool Tables In
Alaska.
BEST GRADES OF STANDARD
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REV. E. P. ZIEGLER, Supt.
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Think It Is Your Duty to Build Up
Concerns In the States, But Give
The People. Who Are Paying
Wages and Spending Their Money
In Cordova a Chance to Live,
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Boots, made all in one piec$
—soles and uppers—without a
seam to work loose. That’s one
reason why they’re so different from
the ordinary boot, the sole and
upper of which are stuck together
by hand.
‘HTPRESS’’ Boots are made out of
such tough stock—actually the same that
goes into Goodrich Tires — that they
outwear any other boot made. And
they’re the foot-easiest boot you ever
wore. 40,000 dealers.
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