THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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Alaska, as second-class matter.
H. G. STEEL
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SALARIES OF TEACHERS
It is gratifying to know that there
is a general movement throughout
the country in favor of properly com
pensating school teachers for the
services they render. It is at present
a poorly paid profession and offers
but little encouragement for any one
to devote the time and money neces
sary to equip themselves to engage in
this life’s work. Cordova has an ex
ceptionally efficient staff of instruct
ors and it is up to the local board to
show its appreciation of good service
by giving the members a substantial
increase in salary. Other Alaskan
towns are setting the pace and Cor
dova can afford to do no less than
reward its teachers by making their
salaries in keeping with those paid
elsewhere if it hopes to retain com
petent instructors. On the subject,
Salaries of Teachers, the Seattle Post
Intelligencer says:
The disparity between the salaries
ordinarily paid to teachers, and es
pecially common school teachers, and
the salaries earned by men and
women in other professions requiring
equal intelligence and education, is
not only inducing many teachers to
take up other pursuits, but it is de
creasing the attendance in some of
the normal schools and cuting down
the annual supply of graduate
teachers. The number of teachers
turned out by the normal schools is
steadily decreasing, while the demand
for them is growing year by year.
Under the law of supply and demand
salaries are thus due for a rise, what
ever views individual members of
school boards may entertain.
Wisconsin newspapers report that
the shortage of teachers in that state
is largely due to the shrinkage in the
number of normal school graduates,
and the condition is paralleled in
many other states. In 1916 the num
ber of normal school graduates were
2,900, whie 3,800 new teachers were
required that year. In 1919 Wisconsin
normal schools will turn out only
2,900, while 3,800 new teachers were
half the number that will be required
next September when the new school
year begins.
Falling off in normal school at
tendance is attributed wholly to the
scant promise that graduation offers
for lucrative work. Capable young
men and women simply see larger
opportunities in earning power and
for advancement in other fields, and
they are going into business and into
professions not so exacting, with
more individual liberty and less need
for close personal economies.
The marked increase in the cost
of living, of clothing,. food, rents and
every item of human need, is showing
no signs of being merely a temporary
condition. Wage scales controlled by
organized labor have been pushed up
accordingly, and are likely to remain
up. With higher labor costs, the mar
ket prices of commodities are not
going to recede very much. This con
dition leaves the unorganized class
with income and outgo running a very
close race, and either their earnings
must be increased or there is going
to be great loss of intent and of an
nual supply in these vocations.
GET INTO THE GAME
Life is like a game of cards. Some
must win. Some must lose. It all
depends upon the player and on the
gambling chances that may favor or
disappoint him.
^11 have the same gambling chance,
so the player’s ability really deter
mines whether he shall be a loser
or a winner. Assiduity, persistence,
practice and patience all help to make
him a winner, and the lack of these
a loser.
Those who win make their gains
at the expense of those who !<>•*•
There must always be winners and
losers, the winners rejoicing and the
losers disappointed, complaining and
JealouB of the winners.
How much like the experience of
every-day life! Some succeed because
of their diligence, earnestness and
ceaseless ambition, others lose be
cause of the lack of these winning
qualities.
Some live in well-deserved ease
and comfort on the proceeds of their
success, others in discomfort, pro
claiming that they suffer from in
justice.
Everybody must play the game of
life, and, like the game of cards, in
the end every gamester must be a
loser. Only the Grim Reaper is sure
to be the winner in the end.—Leslie’s.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
Valdez has one city official who
has not earned his salary since his
installation in office. It is Fire Chief
Levy, who has not had a chance to
display his uniform since he took of
fice over a year ago. Some of Mr.
Levy’s friends are figuring on start
ing a small blaze to give him a chance
to display his ability.—Valdez Miner.
The Arctic explorer, Stefansson,
seems to appreciate the potential pos
sibilities of the Arctic regions, and to
see in the reindeer and musk oxen
a great meat supply for generations
yet unborn, if the industry is devel
oped. The Times is among those who
have been trying to encourage the
reindeer industry in Alaska. There
should be several herds of reindeer
in this part of Alaska, where there is
adequate grazing grounds for them.
Caribou are native to the Nelchina
and upper Susitna regions, and the
reindeer is nothing more nor less than
the barren ground caribou. Hence,
where caribou can live, reindeer can
subsist.—Anchorage Times.
At the head of the Portland canal
lies a rich mining district, both on
the American and Canadian sides. On
the American side is the thriving lit
tle town of Hyder, and back of it are
a number of prospectors, miners op
eratnig on a small scale, and prop
erties which give evidence that they
will develop into big prdoucers.
Although but a comparatively short
distance from Ketchikan, little or no
business from that district is coming
to town. Prospectors from that coun
try, as well as men in other lines of
industries, have indicated time and
time again that they would like to
trade with Ketchikan, if they could
get the facilities.
At the present time, passengers and
freight go by Canadian vessels and
are transshipped at Prince Rupert
and then shipped to Hyder.
Through an unwarranted spirit of
magnanimity, Uncle Sam, when the
boundary lines were to be located, did
not follow the natural dividing line
north from the head of Portland
canal, and now it develops that a rich
mining property was presented our
neighbors across the line. But even
a part of the trade of that mine may
be secured if a boat service is estab
lished between Ketchikan and Hyder,
with stops at camps along the canal.
—Ketchikan Times.
CLEAN-UP NOTICE
If you have not cleaned up your
premises you had better do so at
once. Prosecutions will be started
immediately against those who have
failed to do so.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
W. H. Chase, Health Officer.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
LOST—Ladies’ broach with Alaskan
design of pick, shovel and pan.
Finder return to Times office.
WANTED — Finnish woman wants
work by day or hour. Address A.
L., postoffice.
FOR SALE—Edison Diamond Disc
Phonograph, wijh 55 records; all
for $70. Inquire C. H. Phillips, care
Blum, O’Neill Co., furniture depart
ment. 7-4t
FOR RENT—Rooms over Bank of
Alaska, formerly occupied by North
land Club. Will be altered to suit
satisfactory tenants. Apply Bank of
Alaska. 3-tf
WANTED — Woman for general
housework. Apply to Mrs. Geo.
Dooley. 16-tf
WANTED — Woman baker. Apply
Northland Bakery. 29-tf
FOR SALE—McCarthy Greenhouse.
Everything modern and up-to-date;
doing Ityte business; will sell cheap
If sold, right away. Owner must
leave for states. Wire or write Mr.
Norman A. Erickson. Box 888, Mc
Carthy, Alaska.
FOR RENT—Furnished cabins. See
Dooley. 81-tf
WANTED—A marble elab. Inquire
Times office.
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| IN THE AIR OR UNDER THE SEA |
Is there to be another race for the
North pole, this time between Rear
Admiral Robert E. Peary, U. S. N„ in
an airplane, and Vilhjalmur Stefans
son, the Canadian explorer, in a sub
marine? Anyway, Peary says he’s go
ing in an airplane and that it is just
the thing. Stefansson intimates that
the airplane is useless, but that the
submarine looks good to him and he
may go in one. In Chicago, the other
day, the man who has lived in the
arctic region five of the last six years
had this to say about the Windy City:
“Tour Chicago atmosphere re
minds me of where I came from. It Is
so much like the inside of an Eskimo
hut, with its open Are and ita odor of
Ash oil.” Having freed his mind con
cerning Chicago smoke, he said:
“The wireless will not help us
much in the arctic. The airplane has
no uses there. But In a submarine I
Believe it win De possiDie to penetrate ,
hundreds of miles farther Into the frozen parts of the earth. My next expe
dition may he made in an undersea boat. It all depends on whether the idea
has the practical value which I believe it presents.”
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NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
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Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton
and Provisions
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from
Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points. Halibut and other
Fresh Fish of all kinds will be kept In stock when available.
SMITH & GLASSBRENNER, Props.
“Bevo” Is Here
It’s a drink that surely fills the bill.
Delivered to the trade or families in
large or small quantities
FRED HAEF, Distributor