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CORDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1!>17
ANCHORAGE IS LAWLESS
Anchorage, the city by the
7?)let, is oim of the most lawless
towns' in Alaska. •
Anchorage is a den of in
iquity and there is no chance
to suppress vice.
Anchorage is a dry town,
blit liquor is sold openly and
consumption of it by the case,
not by the bottle.
Anchorage is so honeycomb-'
ed by a-lawless element that;
Unless matters are changed
quickly, an appeal will be sent1
direct to Washington. t
Anchorage resorts are said
to be the scenes of immoral
orgies.
Sounds like a page out of
some Diamond Dick novel,
doesn’t it?
But the above is the truth,
the real unsuppressed facts, as
given to the world by the AN
CHORAGE TIMES. ‘
The Anchorage Times, a
week ago last Saturday, sent
to all papers in Alaska, with
the exception of the Seward
Gateway, and to the papers in
the States, a long news dis
patch setting forth that resorts
in Anchorage would put to
blush the degenerated resorts
of tin* Barbary Coast of San
h rancisco in their balmiest
days. flu* Anchorage Times
said in this long news dispatch
that Anchorage was lawless;
liquor was sold everywhere,
anytime to anybody; crime
was unsuppressed and condi
tions were simply fierce.
Now all this comes from flm
Anchorage Times. The news
dispatch was sent out “paid
press” which shows that the
Anchorage Times is telling
tlie real facts of that city, and
what a cleaning njp there will
he when all this pretty stuff is!
flaunted in the faces of the*
people of Anchorage. Why the*
Anchorage Times desires to
'ell the plain truth about its
own town; why the Anchorage
Tinies sends out such a'horr
ible orgy of a knock, is past
reasoning.
How does the Gateway know
nt these facts—because the
papers that, printed the s'tory
of "'Anchorage’s lawlessness
have been received on the Ex
change desk. And they all
puote the Anchorage Times as
saying all of the above horr
ible things.
< hie newspaper, which re
ceived the dispatch, in a two
column bloody head line type
says: “Anchorage resorts
scenes of immoral orgies-—
Railroad town paper declares
an appeal will be made to the
President of the United States
to stop disgraceful perform
ances. ’ ’
Great advertising—isn’t it?
Here is another headline in
another newspaper which re
ceived the Anchorage Times
own report: “Government
town of Anchorage steeped in
vice, Federal government at
Washington will be called up
on to stop orgies.”
My—but what a homey little
town Anchorage is!
Here is another headline
from another newspaper which
received the Anchorage Times’
press dispatch; “Dens of vice
flourish in Anchorage—gov
ernment at Washington will
he asked to stop orgies.”
Isn’t Anchorage the sweet
smelling / little burg—.just the
place for a man with a family
to live in—it is such a lovely
place!
And if the Gateway had said
tin1 above things—which it has
known for two months—the
Anchorage Times and the
weakly Democrat would have
veiled their little heads hollow.
But the great and only daily
in Anchorage sends out the
real information to the world
—flares it’s wickedness to the
four winds and then gloats
over its debauchery.
What a nice story this is for
government officials, who are
supposed to be making Anch
orage, to see published in Al
aska newspapers and in the
newspapers in the United
States, the newspapers down
below. What an honor it is to
live in such a town and to have
to be forced to ask the govern
ment to step in and command
the little burg to clean up, wipe
its nose and be good.
Disgusting, filthy, rotten
publicity.
But it must be the truth, for
the Anchorage Times says so
—paid to put it on the cable to
enlighten the world.
Beautiful—that town of An
ehorage.-»-Seward Gateway.
LET THE HUN WORRY.
News from Russia and from
Italy is disquieting. But Haig
plugs right along.
Mixed in with the dark tales
of disaster to some of our al
lies, and making up the color
ful and dreadful warp and
woof of war, are the bright re
citals of the success of the
British armies in northern
France.
.Allied strategists have in
sisted from tin* beginning that
this war will be divided on the
western front. They will let
the Germans have their inn
ings in Russia, Rumania and
Italy while they continue to
hit the line of the invaders in
France and Belgium. They
have a line of action mapped
out, and this they intend to
follow. It reminds one of
Grant’s message to Lincoln;
“We will fight it out on this
line if it takes all summer.”
Haig is “biting” into tiie
German line, a bit at a time.
His progress is necessarily
slow, but when the “bite” is
deep enough the results will be
colossal. He is aiming at noth
ing less than forcing the Ger
man lines to withdraw from
practically all of France. This
will force German evacuation
of Ostend and Zeebruge, their
Belgian submarine bases.
The German line was drawn
in once. When it draws again,
as is inevitable, tin* allies will
be within striking distance of
German territory. A little
“biting” then will transfer
war to enemy soil and bring
the horrors of warfare still
more vividly to the German
populace.
Active warfare will soon end
for the winter. The snows and i
\tfinds of the Alps and the mis
erable, rainy weather that af
flicts northern France will
force active campaigning to
cease. The kaiser, with a suc
cessful Italian campaign to his
credit and with Russia on the
j borders nf civil war, will make
his strongest hid for peace
through his newly appointed
Catholic chancellor.
For Germany is whipped,
and German leaders know that.
I lie war is a problem of math
ematics, of addition aiyl sub-j
traction. There is onlv one re- j
V
suit m arithmetic.
Germany is .wanting to get
nut of the war in the easiest
way. But the allies want noth
ing but a just peace, and if
Germany continues to fight,
the cards are stacked for her
to receive a drubbing from
wliicji sin* will he years in re
covering. *
There is no ground for al
lied' discouragement. Let the
Germans do the worrying.
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GIFTS FOR THE SOLDIERS
There is the opportunity to
spread more cheer Christmas,
1917, than in any Christinas
season in the past.
In France, in cantonments,
in mobilization camps, at forts,
at navy yards, on the high seas,
there will he two million Am
erican young men under army
when tl 10 Christmas season
comes.
Separated from home, just
becoming inured to a life that
is unfamiliar to America, ev
ery heart in tin1 two million
will beat with a singular emo
tion when a Christmas pack
age is unwrapped.
The Red Cross will send i
thousands of Christmas pack
ages. Relatives will remember
their loved ones under arms for
Uncle Same.
Let us hope that not a smgle
American soldier or sailor,
though bereft of near jifhLUear
ones, will fail to have the
strings of his heart played
upon Christmas day by the re
ceipt of a package that shows'
that he, too, is remembered.
On tin1 steamer Alaska,
leaving here this morning, Cor
dova sent its contribution to
the northwest headquarters at
Seattle for Christmas gifts for
129 of the American soldiers.
This town had been allotted
100 of these packages and jnsr
to show its patriotic interest
in the hoys who are to do the
fighting for the United States
did a little better than was
asked or expected.
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When Kerensky threw tip his
hands and wailed about a
“war-weary Russia” lie prac
tically invited his enemies to
come and tal^e his job. Just
imagine Dictator Napoleon do- j
ing anything of the kind!
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The Pennsylvania school of
agriculture has been experi
menting with fertilizers on
wornout land and has found a
way to utilize 12,000,000 acres
! of such lands now lying waste.
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The young man who com
j plains because the government
: is cutting down the output of
I candy is probably too proud to
• fight.
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The fish dealer who raises
j prices on meatless days will
1 find that not all of his custom
ers are suckers.
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\\ hat is most needed in Rus
sia is a dictator who can die
i tate.
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Don’t miss seeing our ^6oe line. We
have a full line of them, as smart as
any made. Clayson, The Clothier.
I ALASKA’S BRANCH BANKING SYSTEM
Banks At
CORDOVA
Anchorage Skagway Wrangell
I CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $105,500.00
5| Resources Over $1,000,000.00
jj CORDOVA OFFICERS
ANDREW STEVENSON W. R. HILLERY
I ' President Vice-Pros. (Managing) I
I B. R. COLKETT . 1
S Asst. Cashier
COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
Safe Deposit Boxes Travelers Checks
The NATIONAL ARMY is Neither wage-earner nor mer
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men. If you are drawn will live close to the margin of
you leave a cash reserve in the their resources. Whether you
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
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carries ample reserves and
builds "for the future.
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