Cordova Daily] Times
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H. G. STEEL
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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KKIDAY. DBCKMHKK 6, 1S1R
The people may look upon the "tin
lizzy" «.s something akin to a neces
sity. but that did not prevent the peo
ple of Michigan from turning down
llenry Ford when he tried to get to
the United Staten senate.
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IVon't forget to write to the con
gressman from your former home
town and urge upon them the im
portance of going to the treasury de
partment and insisting that the $100,
000 appropriated for a federal build
ing at Cordova be given action.
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li is to he hoped that the winnings
of the crown prime for i li - - safety of
"father and me will not result in
any maudlin sviupathy lining extended
to tin' pair of an ilmurderers. These j
brutes in human term are naturally
uneasy as to their ran- Let justice I
lie Sll;< and quick.
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Mm worm is beginning to turn. The
«nnt»nue<! raising of prices o;i all cum
nu dities on the excuse put t. rth that
the increases were due to the war
mu: t stop The ultimate consumer,
the deciding factor, has made it plain
that increasing of prices must he
topped voluntarily or by official
order
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In Mew of the many fake stories j
M t:g sent out by rival and irrespon
silde news agencie. . the \ssoeiated
Press h is very wisely decided that
its dispatches must carry a credit j
1mm. : o that the public will know j
v la I news it is furnishing and also
the class of stories received by the
papers from other sources.
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Now is a good time to get yourself (
right 'let yourself right for a big
ger. better and more prosperous (’or
dov. (let in the frame of mind that
v ill make of you a good booster for j
your home town, morning, noon and J
night We have the resources and ’
opportunities, and what we need is
more capital to develop them The
ua\ to get capital to come into the
territory i for every man and woman
to keep hsmmeriu:: incessantly that
il.i i tin* pin e where prosperity
live . and i; you would he prosperous,
come within tin* boundaries of Maakn.
"lonev into circulation, and
>' ill i u e again and again.
FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS
An important revision and exten
sion of the monthly, quarterly and an
nual foreign-trade statistics published
by the bureau of foreign and domes
ti< commerce, department, of com
merce. is announced to take effect in
the near future, probably on the first
of January. More than fifteen hun
dred news Items will be adder! to the
export classification and the number
of import items shown will hr* materi
ally increased.
The work of revising and extending
the classifications has berm carried
out under the direction of C». R Roor
back of the Shipping Board, well
known for his work at the Wharton
school, who has been detailed to do
(he work for the department of com
merce. and who has had the assist
ance of numerous experts connected
with the treasury department, the
shipping hoard, the war trade hoard.
I lie war industries hoard, and the co
operation of the tariff commission,
the bureau of the census of the de
partment of commerce, and other gov
eminent organizations. It is one of
the steps being taken to enlarge the
practical usefulness of the department
of commerce to the business com
munity.
The plans now nearly completed
irovido for an enlarged classification
for both imports and exports, instead
>f the two classifications at present
used, and instead of the present alpha
betical arrangement of items by com
modifies there will be a more general
assembling of items under great
groups. As early as last spring the
bureau of foreign and domestic com
merce publicly invited suggestions
from business men. Adaptability to
mechanical tabulation has been k *•>(
in mind in making the changes.
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A number Of our exchanges have
iron speculating oil whni would hap
;>pii if tin' government took over the
lews papers. Well, the first thing the
ebseription price would be raised
ibout r.o per cent and the sheriff
,vould be kept busy chasing del ill
ipients The next step would be to
raise the wage L’f* per cent and edi
tors who hadn't bad a cent in \
months the-, could call their own
would be pl-o-ed on a alary 'I'll*'
merchants who failed I' get them
• d ropy in until press dev would be
hauled up before tin* council of de
ei!;■ i• and our linotype nice who hired
act for two weeks and quit their jobs
in a week would be sent to Leaven
worth for about ten years as deserf
-•vs It looks like a good proposition,
ind we are for it Fairbury. Neb.
News.
a.
Accuracy Better Than Speed.
People who p» in for speed records
fire not ns wise ns they think they are,
for speed without accuracy is of no
avail. True, time is at a premium in
every line these days and we should
not under any eireumstanees waste a
minute unnecessarily. Hut if we aren’t
sure about any phase of our work we
must take suffieient time to go into It
and not rely on chance to help us
where we can possibly help ourselves.
SPEED.
“Any news from the hoy at train
totf « amp."
• ■>. II. writes us that he's the
fastest potato peeler In his com
pany."
GREAT RECORD IN MATRIMONY
Chicago Salesman Has Had Three
Wives, Two Divorces and Mar
ries a Fourth.
Chicago.—WI11lir.il K. Nourse, n
sales manager of a piano concern
here, has in the thirty-five years of
Ills husv life acquired the following
matrimonial record: three wives, an
irate father-in-law. two divorces, a
marriage annulment, and two years
and nine months In the penitentiary
for bigamy. And now, with that nice
ly out of tlie way—the latter event,
we mean—he has Just obtained a
license to wed his fourth, a chit of
a girl by the name of Georgia Burton,
age twenty.
House Blessing.
The beauty of the house Is order;
the blessing of the house Is content*
| merit; the glory of the house is hospi
tality; the crown of the house is god
liness.
All Should Know the Bible.
No man can he wholly uneducated
who really knows the Bible, nor can
anyone he considered u truly educated
man who Is Ignorant of It.—Exchange.
No Real Difficulty.
A man who insists on paying the
nlll for the whole crowd can usually
have his way if lie Is persistent.—St.
I.ouis Globe-Democrat.
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Paradoxical.
Said the observing cuss; "When a
fellow's mind is preoccupied he al
ways wears a vacant stare."
Daily Thought.
Man Is created free, and Is free,
even though horn in chains.—Schiller.
Smith and
McConaghy
Plumbers and
Steamfitters
COR. FRONT and B STS.
JUST RECEIVED
A Large Shipment of
LIVE
CHICKENS
Excellent Fryers
FRESH EGGS
FOR SALE
JOE FREY
Phone 22
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MOVED TO PERMANENT LOCATION OPPOSITE
NEW LATHROP BUILDING. BETTER FACILITIES
FOR THE ACCOMMODATION OF CUSTOMERS ARE
NOW AFFORDED TO THE PUBLIC. YOUR AC
COUNT IS INVITED
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140 ELLIS STREET
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