THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1919
A bolshevist seldom takes water—
nor soap.
The genius who evolved the soviet
did not invent much.
From what country did they get the
name for Turkish baths?
During the rainiy weather a fly swat
ter is as essential as a hoe.
Not all other uplift movements are
keeping pace with the prices.
The high cost of explosive material
never discouraged an anarchist.
The bolshevik revolution helps to
explain some of the Russian ballets.
Since hobble skirts came in, the
fashion of arriving on time has gone
out.
No need to go further—we are con
vinced that you can’t down a dande
lion.
It takes more time now to pay the
luxury tax than it does to select a suit
of clothes.
When the world does settle down
to peace and quiet, how it will enjoy
the novelty!
The fellow whose feet interefere has
no business wearing white hose with
his low shoes.
As to those British automobiles of
concrete, will they run again after
they once get set?
Turkey has lost Smyrna. Conse
quently it can no longer use that place
as a first-class rug.
If the war tax schedule gives you a
headache, it will be noted there is no
tax on bromo seltzer.
But does the demand for compe
tent stenographers exceed the demand
for good-looking ones?
The returned soldier who finds a
woman holding down his old job might
do well to marry her.
Germany’s digestion, accustomed to
many strange viands, can not seem
to adapt itself to crow.
Europe now defines an “intellec
tual” as a person with an abiding con
tempt for common sense.
China and Japan are in the class of
twins with the colic. As soon as one
is quieted the other yells.
Formerly the most-sought-for thing
in the world was perpetual motion.
Now it is perpetual peace.
Does the protest of the United
States against German dyes mean that
something has been stained?
The fellow with nerve will often
gain success while the man with
brains is still hunting for it.
Others may hold the records for dis
tance flight, but for altitude the cosl
of living had no competitor.
Men have been arrested for steal
ing $80,000 worth of governmeni
sugar. This is a sweet mess.
One of the troubles of the world is
that it has too many imperative needs
that conflict with one another.
Japanese ought to practice some o:
their well-known jiu jitsu on that vi
cious anti-American propaganda.
We’re for Stefansson if he can mak(
Northern Canada produce anything
except cold waves and blizzards.
London is reported as crazy on “jaz:
weddings,” and soon may be expected
to specialize on ragtime divorces.
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What has become of the fellow wh<
used to carry three silver dollars ir
his pocket just to hear them jingle*
SHORT STORIES
ABOUTALASKA
OCCURRENCES
Edward Fahey, who formerly ran a
hotel at Dawson, and is somewhere in
Alaska, is asked to communicate with
C. White Mortimeer, attorney at law,
904 International Bank building, Los
Angeles, Cal.
H. J. Amend, an Alaska boy sta
tioned at Fort Gibbon last summer and
at Fort Dodge during the winter,
writes that he does not think much
of the chances for getting ahead in
the States. Mr. Amend says that it
is no trouble to find a $25 to $30 a
week job, but that a bare living is all
that can be had after bills are paid.
Charles Isenberg left for the Kan
tishna district recently to search the
hills for gold. He expects to spend
the summer and perhaps next winter
in the district, and if unsuccessful in
his hunt for precious metals he will
return to Nenana at the end of that
time to accumulate another grubstake.
The Anchorage Chamber of Corn
Commerce does things. When the
members of the Beaux-Arts Moving
Picture Company, who recently went
to Kodiak, arrived at Anchorage, they
were met by a committee and shown
over the town and invited to locate
their studio there. Such enterprise
is certain to bring results.
Martin A. Pinska, the pioneer mer
chant of Dawson, has retired from
business, selling his store to Dave
Krause. Pinska began business in
Dawson in 1898, in partnership with
Laney Hibbard, and later became as
sociated with Charles Sargent. After
the establishment of a branch store
in Fairbanks Sargent retired from the
firm. Pinska has a wide acquaintance
among the old-timers.
Tub and shower baths at the Holden
pool room barber shop. 9-tf
BREMERTON TO
GET FINEST OF
BIG WARSHIPS
BREMERTON, July 17 (by Associ
ated Press).—Eight of the finest new
battleships of the navy have been as
signed to the navy yard here. They
are the Tennessee, incomplete; the
Idaho, built this year; the New Mex
ico, built last year; the Mississippi,
built in 1917; the New York, Texas,
Wyoming and Arkansas.
FILIPINOS IN FAVOR OF
PROHIBITION OF LIQUOR
MANILA, July 17 (by Associated
Press).—The Philippines legislative as
sembly purposes the enactment of a
prohibition measure if the federal
amendment, recently ratified, is held
not to apply to the Philippine islands.
CHARTER WHOLE FLEET
GET RID OF ALIENS
WASHINGTON, July 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Commissioner of Im
migration Caminetti said today that a
special steamship may be necessary
to transport the thirty-six hundred un
desirables from the United States.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL
PASSES HOUSE TODAY
WASHINGTON, July 17 (by Asso
ciated Press).—The house today
passed the sundry civil bill, amended
to provide $14,000,000 instead of
$6,000,000 for the rehabilitation of
wounded soldiers and sailors.
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