PIOHIB. LEADER
WRITES IF THE
DRY FIGHT
\V \V. Shorthill, formerly chief clerk
for the Copper River & Northwestern
railway, and at present secretary to
Governor Strong, writes from Juneau
to the New Republic, published at
Waterville, Ohio, by the National Pro
hibition party, as follows:
Returns from Alaska are as yet
quite incomplete, although sufficient
data is at hand to show that the ter
ritory has gone dry by a large ma
jority.
In the First judicial division (coast
section, extending from Ketchikan to
Yakutat, commonly called southeast
ern Alaska), the vote is practically
two to one in favor of prohibition. All
but a very few of the small outlying
precincts have been heard from, and
but one shows a wet majority, and
that is the little community of Tena
kee, some 60 miles from Juneau, which
voted 21 to 18 in favor of the wets
The incorporated towns of Ketchikan
Wrangell, Petersburg, Douglas, Sitka,
Haines, Skagway and Juneau arc all
in this division, and all gave large
dry majorities. Two of these towns,
Skagway and Sitka, are now dry un
der our local option law — Sitka hav
ing been dry for more than two years
while Skagway voted dry in June last
It is at present estimated that some
14,000 votes were cast on the seventh
of November, and that the drys car
ried by a majority of from three to
four thousand.
Much good work has been done in
various parts of the territory by the
W. C. T. U. organizations, which are
now found in nearly all of the incor
porated towns, and by other local or
ganizations, as well as individuals. But
after giving due credit to all of these,
the result shows that the vote repre
sents not only a recent change of sen
timent on the part of many, hut a gen
eral feeling that the liquor traffic has
long enough dominated affairs, and
that the people have grown weary of
tolerating In their midst such a men
ace to the best interests of the ter
ritory.
The wave of resentment which has
been gradually rising against the li
quor traffic in this territory (and
which here as elsewhere flaunted itself
in the face of all that is decent) at last
broke in an overwhelming flood of dry
ballots on the 7th of November, and
the liquorites had no difficulty in read
ing their doom in the returns.
Some accept the decisions with
philosophic resignation; others talk of
fighting. However, the main fact is
that the people of Alaska have spoken
and in no uncertain manner, and the
rest is simply a matter of working
out the details and securing the en
actment of the law to carry out the
wishes of the people as expressed at
the polls. Plans are already under
way to this end, and the next session
of congress will be asked to pass a
prohibition law for Alaska, which
shall be not only whisky tight, but
“water tight"—no leaks in it.
The dry workers in Alaska are in
debted to the Anti-Saloon League for
valuuble aid in the campaign in the
way of posters, some 50 sets of the
Scientific Temperance posters having
been donated for the work, which were
distributed to the most strategic
points in the territory. Heports from
various workers show that these were
used and that they helped In moulding
public sentiment.
in me rourm juuiciai envision (in
terior Alaska, with Fairbanks as the
center) a splendid dry organization
accomplished most gratifying results,
not the least of which was the defeat
of Tom McGowan, attorney and paid
agent of the liquor dealers, who was a
candidate for the territorial senate
(an exhibition of asinine judgment on
his part as well as that of the politi
cians who acquesced in the scheme),
and who was elected by a good major
ity—to stay at home. The fight in this
division was led by Miss Margaret
Keenan, territorial vice-president ol
the Alaska W. C. T. U., and principal
of the Fairbanks public schools. Dr
Aline Bradley, of Fairbanks, a woman
of splendid executive ability, who took
personal charge of the circularizinj
of the voters of the division, and man)
other prominent Fairbanksans aided it
securing a large dry majority for thu'
division. The slogan was "2 to 1
Dry," and they came very close t<
making it
The work of the Second (Nome re
gion) division, and the Third (centra
and western coast section, Yakutat t<
end of the Aleutian island chain) wai
not carried on under any general or
ganization, but depended upon the ef
forts of local \V. C. T. U. and other or
ganizations, missionaries and citizen:
generally. Splendid results were ob
tained in these two divisions, as showi
by the fact that nearly every precinc
went dry, and every incorporated towi
did so.
Alaskans have always been a lit
eral minded people, free and opei
hearted to a fault; but they have als:
been a law abiding and peaceful pet
pie, who have never looked with favo
upon injustice and lawlessness Th
saloons of the territory, from the ver
first, have been run in the most d<
spicable manner, with few exceptions
every means being used to Induce me
to spend their money, and not Infn
quently they have been drugged an
robbed before having time to spend
their money voluntarily. The license
fee of $1,000 has only limited the
number of saloons; the licensing ol
them in no sense gave any protection
to the public, but rather strengthened
the saloons. True, the license moneys
have gone into the municipal treasur
ies and have helped to pay the ex
penses of the towns — in some cases
they have covered all such expenses,
no taxes being levied — and the peo
pie have been slow to express a wil
lingness to do without this money.
And the saloon men have been quick
to take advantage of this situation,
particularly as it affected the public
schools, which at best have none too
much money at their disposal.
But the public has at last reached
the point where such bribery no longer
controls. They resent having their
children educated on booze traffic, as
it really is. and have written its doom
in their vote of the seventh; and the
saloon man who reads that doom In
the election returns may well run.
HO Pits FDR
Prlcefl nskod for pjirmod nnlnmn ron
tinue to soar and have already reached
the highest point ever known in the
history of the business in the Pacific
Northw-est. Not only are the asked
prices away up, but actual sales have
been made at these prices, and it be
gins to look as if the present levels
would reach still higher altitudes, says
a Portland dispatch.
P. E. Harris, of Seattle, owner of a
big salmon cannery in Alaska and in
terested in others, announced Satur
day while visiting the, fish hatchery
at Bonneville, that he had sold 5,000
cases of pink tails at $1.25. This is
15 cents over the previous record, and
he stated he could sell more at the
same figure. The half pounds are now
quoted at 75 cents. When it is consid
ered that these opened at 85 cents for
pound cans, the extreme firmness of
the market is readily seen. There is
a wonderful demand and stocks are
light.
It is asserted by Mr. Harries that
not to exceed 160,000 cases of salmon
remain in Seattle, while, according to
Senator Robert S. Farrell, of the Pil
lar Rock cannery, there are today not
more than 4,000 cases remaining in
Portland, and these have been sold.
“It will be the prettiest cleanup in
the history of the salmon packing bus
iness," said Senator Farrell. “We will
come into the next pack with the mar
ket bare. The other day I tried to
buy canned salmon in this market and
was able to get only 350 cases. I
wanted several times this, but there
was no more to be had. With prices
for chums and pinks at new records,
it looks as if holders were in line to
reap a harvest. As nearly as 1 can
learn, however, no salmon is being
held here.”
The next packing season will not
open until May 1. This is five months
away and in that time probably every
can unsold will have been disposed of.
It will be at least a fortnight after the
new packing season opens before pack
ing is actually done, which gives that
much longer time for the small stocks
remaining to be sold. Everything is
decidedly favorable for the nackers
STUDENTS LIVE
MEALS
BEREA, Ky., Jan. 3. — In order to
prove that the high cost of living has
not reached every part of the country,
Berea college, in the Kentucky moun
tains. is responsible for the statement
that its fourteen hundred students are
fed at a cost of seven cents per meal,
that they gained “several tons" in
weight and that the boarding hall
made a net gain of $559.49.
In explaining this record President
h rost, of the college, refers first to
the economy of numbers, some four
teen hundred students being in con
stant attendance in the five depart
inents. Another explanation of the
, seven cent meal is the fact that most
of the students are accustomed tc
plain fare, so that they almost unani
mously choose to go without tea, cof
, fee and butter to reduce expenses. Tc
offset these omissions the “balanci
ration" has keen Introduced on th<
assumption that it is Jpst as importan
for students as “for any other live
stock.”
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STUDENTS SEE ANTARCTIC FILM!
SEATTLE, Jan 3. — The Sir Doug
las Mawson travel pictures, which de
pict the plunge of an exploring ei
p«niiuou mtO cue uukuuWii AutnivU
, regions, were shown recently on th
> campus of the University of Washing
. ton. Sixty-six college graduates con)
f posed the exploring party.
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t NOTICE.
Parents with children having th
, measles are hereby notified to mail
i tain a strict quarantine on them.
W. W. COUNCIL,
1 Health Officer.
ALASKA DOGS ARE
USED IN
ALSACE :
IN THE VOSGES MOUNTAINS, A1
Race, Jan. 2. — The extent to which ,
the resources of America have been
called upon during this war is perhaps
nowhere more in evidence than in the
reconquered mountain districts of the
former German province of Alsace.
While making a trip through that por
tion of the province now occupied by
French troops, the Associated Press
correspondent came into contact at
many points with signs of the wide
range of America’s resources.
Immediately after crossing the for
mer frontier between Alsace and
France the correspondent passed a
mule train, most of the animals com
posing which had been imported from
Algeria, but many from Missouri, Loui
siana and other states, and had served
in transport columns ever since the
early days of hostilities with great
satisfaction to the army authorities.
The sure footedness of these mules
and their reliability have been great
factors In keeping the men entrenched
on the slopes and summits of the Vos
ges supplied with food and munitions
during the long winter months when
other traffic is next to Impossible.
Another method of transport ema
nating from across the Atlantic is com
posed of teams of dogs from Alaska
and Labrador. When snow puts out
of thp miPMtiftn nnv nttior monne
conveying supplies to the troops, these |
animals are harnessed to sleds In
teams of eight, with a leader or guide
chosen from the most Intelligent
among them, and they make rapid
progress with heavy loads over the
snow fields. On the day of the corres
pondent’s visit one kennel containing
150 dogs had just completed four suc
cessive days’ work after a heavy fall
of snow, and had in that period eon
veyed from the valley to the front
line upwards of fifty tons of food and
other supplies. Resides the dogs from
Alaska and Labrador there are many
breeds of animals kept in the kennels,
usually dug into the rock at three or
four thousand feet up the hiil slope.
They comprise sheep dogs from Al
sace, Scottish collies, mastiffs, and
cross breeds. All of them apparently
enjoy the work, and they are of ines
timable service to the troops. The
correspondent had the opportunity of
seeing their training at a kennel on
one of the high peaks of the Vosges.
When a team was chosen and the dogs -
composing it released from their
leashes, all their companions with one
accord leaped and barked in jealousy.
The team selected wras harnessed to
a sled capable of carrying several hun
dred pounds, on which two soldiers
took their seats. No guiding reins
were used, the men in charge relying
on the perfect training of the animals,
who turned to right or left as their
leader in answer to the driver’s voice,
went one way or another with absolute
precision and at a high rate of speed.
The j ransatlantic dogs have become
so well accustomed to their new sur
roundings that many of them have
started family life and several strings -
of puppies play about the vicinity of •:
the kennel. j:
In the transport of the wounded :j
from the summit to the hospitals be- ji
low many American motor cara are i
used. They have been chosen for this jj
work owing to their lightness and the •’
facility with which they surmount the :•
inequalities of the mountain roads, •:
over which the cars of the French and jj
British ambulances cannot go. In j:
nearly every instance these cars are :j
driven by American boys, some of •:
them straight from college or unlver- :•
sity. The Associated Press correspon
dent met young men from nearly every ji
wtate of America on rtn*v at nim.mt
accessible spots on many of the peaks
of the Vosges. They were taking their
turn In the risky work of conveying
the wounded from the most advanced $
positions of the front Every French
surgeon who has seen them at their .
work is full of praise for their spirit
of self-sacrifice.
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MYTHICAL AVERAGE STUDENT
EATS 53 CENTS WORTH DAILY.
SEATTLE, Jan. 3. — The latest my
thical quality to he attributed to the
mythical average student at the Uni
versity of Washington is that his av
erage appetite sets him back 53 esnts
a day. This is the average daily cost
of meals served in the commons on
the campus. Breakfast averages 12
cents a plate, luncheon 19 centB and
dinner 22 to 24 cents.
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Wanted — Furnished cabin for
i housekeeping rooms. Call at Times
office.
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I Ladies1 and gent's shoes oiled and
- shined. Alaskan Hotel barber shop.
Prompt delivery.
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TOWN Or CCRCCVA.
s Municipal Taxes.
Town taxes are now due and pay
able to the town treasurer, H. I.
O’Neill, at his office.
Bald taxes will be delinquent on
the second Monday In February, 1917,
a at the hour of 6 o’clock p. in. Upon
all unpaid taxes after that time a pen
alty of five per cent will ve collected
H. L O’NEILL,
Town Treasurer.
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NOTICE.
Atl creditors of the Cordova Pack
ng Company, who have not bereto
ore presented their claims to M.
Jrock, at the Blum, O'Neill store, are
equested to do so at once.
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Big assortment of ladies’ embrol
ered handkerchiefs Just received at
’layson's. Drop In and see them.
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Be a Daily Times reader.
A Penny Saved
Is a Penny
Gained.
By BREEN.
The wise housewife
saves many a penny read- |(
ing the newspapers.
If there is a bargain
advertised she’ll not miss
it. She constantly is j
looking for it.
It is up to I he mer
chant. Keep the house
wife posted. I xt her
know through the news
paper what you have to
offer. Incidentally men
today ransack the news
papers for bargains as
assiduously as do women.
If you want to sell
your wares advertise.
Advertise in the best
medium, the newspaper.
Also if you want to buy
successfully read the ad
vertisements.
—
M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson & Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
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Alaska.
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Baths.
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PHONE 99
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I N A L A S K A
| BAR AND BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION.
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ROBERT GOTTSCHALK Proprlteor* ART CLONINGER 8
I CORDOVA, .... ALASKA |
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THE WOMAN WHO RECEIVES
her guests under the soft light of elec
tricity looks her best and knowing
this feels at her best. No other light
Is so adaptable to artistic arrangement
—b> I or more convenient adjustment. If
■ i Vr* / your home is not equipped for and
^ with electricity let us show you why
Mm you should have it so at once.
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS WATER PHONES POWER
Office: FIRST STREET.
1 Copper River &
Northwestern Ry.
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916.
iji; Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina.
Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. §
|j Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs- pi
days and Saturdays.
If Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and
ii;; Fridays.
pi Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs- ip
days and Fridays.
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, S
ii Thursdays and Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to change without notice, g
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Petaenger Tralna Se
tween Cordova and Chitina.
$ I
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Tickets on sale at Depot or up-town office, Alaska ip
jj Steamship Company building i|
| Caleb Corser W. E. Brown
Superintendent Cordova Agent pi
Foos Gas Engines 1
4 to 5CO Horse Power
General Electric Motors |
Roebling Tramways
Pelton Water Wheels
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
Regal Boat Engines
Harmon Machinery Co Inc I
Oxy-Acetylene Welding.
CORDOVA, ALASKA
When Ordering Beer
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Rainier Pale
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I Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
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Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
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Your New Years Resolution
Let us suggest the following New Year’s resolution to you:
‘‘I will start a Savings Account with my first pay cheek this
month and will deposit every month so much to my account.”
If you do so you will get the habit of depositing every
month, and these deposits, together with the compound inter
est which the bank adds twice a year, will soon make a substan
tial total.
FOR THE INFORMATION OF OUR PRESENT SAVINGS
DEPOSITORS.
We wish to inform you that on January 2nd we have cred
ited to your savings account the interest due you. You may
have this interest entered in your book any time it is conven
ient to you. \\ hetlier you have the same entered or not your
interest will draw interest from January 1, and thus automati
cally increase your savings account.
THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
United States Depository for Postal Savings Funds.
Territorial Depository. Government Inspected.
Security—Service—Satisfaction