THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1919
SLACKERS RUN TRUE TO FORM
A Chicago judge is authority for the
statement that the slacker marriages
of the first (tays of the war constitute
the grist of the divorce mills today.”
"This,” according to the Salt Lake
Herald, “only makes clear the fulfill
ment of a prophecy,” and it continues:
“Humorists have made much of
comparisons of war and the marriage
state, often overdrawing the picture,
hut occasionally seasoning it with the
salt of truth. What the entertainers
have said in jest is based on fact, and
is bound to command solemn respect
as the pathetic side is revealed in the
divorce courts.
“The deluded look upon marriage
as the cure of the ills of discontent,
forgetting the essential qualities of a
happy union. The man without the
courage to face war does not possess
the character of a good husband. In
hiding behind a petticoat to avoid con
flict he has merely buried his head in
the sand. Time is relentless, and
sooner or later must present problems
even more complex than the original
enignjrf.
"Being without the courage to face
war, he lacks the stamina to fare the
trials and tribulations of mutual mis
fortunes. As a husband he is no more
stable than he was as a warrior, and
he solves his problems by running
away from them. A coward at heart,
he deserts a holy union in selfish pro
tection.
“The wreckage of the matrimonial
craft of the first days of war can serve
only as a beacon light to the coming
generations. The man who won’t fight
for his country won’t fight for his wife
and family. He is to be discovered
before misplaced confidence becomes a
lasting regret. It is not entirely a
masculine problem, because the girl
who marrires to quit work too often
finds her hours increased and her pay
reduced. Divorces fail to solve these
problems, for they only ease burdens
where there should be no burdens."
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In answer to inquiries received at
the governor’s office. Governor Riggs
recently sent a telegram to Washing
ton and received an answer from the
commissioner of the general land of
fice that the bill providing for the
abolishment of the eighty-rod strip
between homesteads in Alaska along
navigable rivers and channels died in
the senate, and therefore the old act
in which the strips are reserved is still
in effect.
PUBLIC DEBTS, THEN AND NOW
How horrible expensive the war has
been one does not realize until he
compares the present military outlay
with that of preceding wars. The to
tal cost of the war of all belligerents,
central powers, entente and United
States combined, is now estimated at
$179,000,000,000. To this staggering
sum the kaiser’s side contributed $59,
419.000. 000 and the allies and the
United States $119,581,000,000. The
United States up to date has blown
away $18,481,000,000 of national
wealth, Great Britain has spent $57,
100.000. 000 and France $27,000,000,000.
The American debt will shortly be
augmented by another five or six bil
lions.
Turning now from this ghastly
array of costs one finds, almost with a
chuckle of surprise, that In the Ameri
can war of 1812, that taxed the re
sources of. the young republic, the
total army and navy outlays amounted
to only $02,989,000. For the Mexican
war the army and navy bills on the
part of the United States amounted to
only $117,048,000. The Civil War so
nearly wrecked American public
finance that the greenback depreci
ated until, at one time, It was worth
only 85 cents. Tet the total army and
navy bill for the Northern states In
that contest was $3,091,165,000—a sum
that a few bankers in a back office on
Wall street might now almost pledge
in a few minutes. When we come
down to the Spanish-American war we
find that the army and navy cost to
the United States in that conflict was
$718,836,900.
Compare these figures with the $18,
481,000,000 already spent by the Unit
ed States in the world war, and rea
lize, for the first time, perhaps, what
a really great war it has been.
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SOUTH SEA HISTORY
If the United States should, through
the formation of the league of nations,
be granted the mandatory for some of
the German Pacific colonies, an inter
esting chapter might be added to the
political romance of the Samoan
islands. To begin with in the dim
distant past this group was subju
gated by a kaiserliche coalition of the
Tongan and Fiji islanders. After a
hundred years of life in the high bhsh
the Samoans succeeded in driving the
invaders from their shores. Then fol
lowed independence and serenity. But
the whale ships of the American oil
fleets of the days before the Civil
war brought many pleasant white men
to the islands and they were so well
liked that, the natives decided to an
nex the United States. They sent a
delegation of chiefs to Washington to
propose the union of the two coun
tries but Washington scornfully re
fused. Next the British prepared to
annex the group but the Germans
were too quick for. them and got such
a foothold that neither could get an
advantage. The United States, hav
ing declined Samoa as a gift, next
tried to edge in and take it away from
Britain and Germany. A tripartite
rule, interrupted every four years or
so with civil war, followed. This be
coming an impossible condition, the
islands were divided, Germany paying
Great Britain a tremendous price to
give up the two big islands, and the
United States satisfying itself with
the third in size, too small and moun
tainous to b« of commercial worth,
but containing Pango Pango, one of
the two storm-proof and shell-proof
harbors In the mid-Faciflc. There we
are to build up—if congress ever
makes the appropriation—a Heligo
land to guard the western approach to
Panama. As for the German two
thirds of the group, that was snapped
up by the New Zealand navy immedi
ately after war broke out in 1914.
The Japs were a day or two too late.
The group is still In the, hands of the
New Zealanders but the Paris confer
ence may eventually award it to Uncle
Sam, in which case the natives will
get their original wi3h.
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AT WARWICK CASTLE
You can’t awe a Yank. You can
feast his eyes and his mind on history
and castles and things that are so old
they are sacred. But y6u can’t awe
him.
You can, as has been done for in
stance, take him to Warwick Castle
and show him the moat, the portcullis,
Caesar’s Tower and wonders that date
from 900 A. D. Then when he sees
the broad rampart on the castle wall
he thinks what a fine place it would
be to dance; and he does.
Recently a hundred Yanks on leave
in England made a two-day tour. They
played baseball at the home of the
late William Shakespeare, Stratford
or.-Avon; visited Leamington Spa,
Coventry. Warwick Castle and the
ruins of the famous Kenilworth
Castle.
Just to add a sort of finishing
American touch to the tour they had
peanuts at Warwick—think of it, pea
nuts at sacred Warwick.
But lest the Yanks be falsely ac
cused of carrying peanuts to Warwick
let it be noted that Harry Gordon Self
ridge, a former Chicagoan, now a de
partment store man in London, sent
up fifty pounds of the delectable goob
ers just to make the boys feel at home
while gallivanting about the castle’s
moats and ramparts and towers and
places.
The soldiers were shown through
the castle by their hostess, Mrs. H.
Marsh. They saw the armor worn
when knights were bold; they saw
v/onderful tapestries from 1604; price
less originals by such artists as Van
Dyke, Hans Holbein, Rubens, Hobday,
Velasquez, and what , struck them as
a picture of a funny little fat king,
namely, Holbein’s portrait of Henry
the Eighth.
And to get straight on Henry’s
many wives they learned the little
rhyme;
Divorced, beheaded, died;
Divorced, beheaded, survived.
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VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
By the way bills are rolling into
the territorial legislature it would
seem that the people will get their
money’s worth of new laws this seh
SiKSi!K;5i.'V'■ -■ ‘A - ■ i..'*' '■>- ■
sion ’at least. After all Is said and
done, It Is quality and not qmntlty
that counts in most things, and this
would be a good rule to follow in
legislation.—Douglas News.
If we are to make the most of our
opportunities we must profit by: ex
periences elsewhere, and it is agreed
without exception that experiences
everywhere have demonstrated! the
superior efficiency of the budget j sys
tem. Alaska should not wait pntll
slovenly habits are so completely
established that they cannot be Over
come without the expenditure of jreat
energy. The best is none too good for
this territory.—Juneau mpire.
While you are about it, pass a law
for the protection of the prospector.
What do you say Messrs, Legislators;
Don’t you think it time to change tlie
law that protects the bear so as to to
give the prospectors a little protec
tion? Our game law in that reipect
is a huge joke for those of us who
stay at home. It is no joke, however,
with the prospectors.
As the law is today, the black bear,
which is but a playful animal fifll of
curiosity, nothing more, yet it Iris no
protection by law. It is otherwise
with the brown bear, which nature
has created with a disposition like the
kaiser, and loves a prospector like a
cat loves a mouse. Yet it is protected
by law. Can you beat it?—Ketchikan
Miner.
FREE LECTURE SERIES
FOR WORKING PEOPLE
DENVER, March 27.—The Univers
ity of Denver has arranged to give a
series of free lectures for working peo
ple every Friday night during the next
two months.
These lectures are designed to offer
university advantages to people wlio
have neither time nor money to spend
in colleges. They cover a variety of
topics. The twelve topics to be dis
cussed follow: y
“The Pleasantness of American
Life.”
“The Economy of High Wages.”
“Self-Cultivation.”
"Political Causes of the Great War.”
“What Is Success?”
“Immigration and Labor.”
"Manners as a Factor in Human
Happiness.”
“The World Is Growing Better.”
“Government Efficiency in a Democ
racy.”
“The Spirit of Russian Literattife.”
“From Isolation to Leadership."
“Race Problem in Europe.”
THOUSAND GALLONS OF
COFFEE FURNISHED DAILY
PITTSBURG, Pa., March 26.—Sol
diers and sailors who passed through
Pittsburg during the first twenty-one
days of February drank on an average
of 1,000 gallons of coffee a day, ac
cording to a report just issued by the
canteen service of the Red Cross. In
the time stated, 33,491 soldiers and
sailors entered' the city. Tile report
sl\rws that in that time 38,249 sand
wiches, 21,000 gallons of coffee, more
than 7,500 doughnuts and other arti
cles were distributed to the fighting
men.
AGE UMIT INCREASED -
FOR GIRL MESSENGERS
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 26.—
Girls under 18 years of age may not
be employed in public messenger
service after May 1, 1919, according
to a ruling made today by the indus
trial board of the department of labor
and industry.
The ruling is made following a hear
ing held recently by the Industrial
board in Philadelphia at the request of
tlie consumers’ league, and attended
by representatives of the teleghaph
companies.
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WANTED—Scandinavian baker at
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FOR SALE—Boat 30 feet long, 10 h.p.
engine. Apply Harry O’Neill. 19-2w
FOR SALE—The Golden Pool Room
and Rooming House. Easy terms to
right party. Enquire at Times of
fice or John Amler, McCarthy,
Alaska. 21-tf
WANTED—A girl for general house
work. Inquire Thos. S. Scott, at
the First Bank of Cordova.
FOR RENT—One three-room fur
nished apartment and one three
room unfurnished apartment. Apply
K. G. Robinson. 10-tf
LOST—A lady’s pair of black woolen
mittens. Return to Times Office.
19-tf.
ROOM AND BOARD at Lakevlew
house. Call 38—two rings.
FOR SALE—Boat 18 feet long, r
equipped with 4>4 horse-power en
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to Times office, at 10 o’clock a. m.
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JUST RECEIVED
A LARGE SHIPMENT OF
LIVE CHICKENS
Excellent Roasters
FRESH EGGS
FOR SALE
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Phone 22
LUMBER
BUILDING MATERIALS OF
ALL KIND8
Brick and Lime
CORDOVA MILL AND
LUMBER CO.
FOR SALE 1
FOR SALE
Choice business and residence
property. »
FOR RENT
Furnished and unfurnished
apartments and cottages.
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Firo and marine, life and ac
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The final installment of Fourth Liberty Loan
Bonds purchased through this Bank has been
received. Owners please call for same.
Arrangements can be made for the safe keep
ing of Liberty Bonds without charge.
BANK OF ALASKA
Capital $170,000.00 ,
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We do business direct with you and solicit all Raw Furs Your ship
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viding that our valuation does not prove satisfactory, the furs will be
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WEEKLY TRIPS BETWEEN
Chitina and Fairbanks
Carrying Passengers and Freight from
Either End
Fred Nicholle and Ed Bartlett have joined forces and are now prepared
to give a Regular Service to and from the Interior
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Mark C. Thompson
at his new hotel in the heart of the city between
Powell and Mason Streets.
The Dale- Tallac Hotel
140 ELLI8 STREET
Special Rates and Headquarters for Alaskans.
Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
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argain Store]
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 Macftinaws, Loggers’ Shirts, Rainset and Au
apelle Clothing.
Black Bear brand of union made Overalle and Jackete.
A complete line of Wool and Cotton Blanketa, Qullta of all klnda,
Bad 8preadd, SHeeta and Pillow Sllpa, Wool 8ox and Inaolea.
Parkeea, Olovea and Mlttena, 8hoe Pace and Rubber Ovarahoee.
Tenta, Bed 8heeta, Paok Saoka and Clothaa Baga.
Towara’ Flab Brand Oil Cqata.