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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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('< >I»*I>< >V.\, ALASKA, ITKSDAV, OCTOBKK 24, 1!H<>. j
A WARNING TO ALASKA.
I lie frightful conditions at Seattle, where graft, bribery,
corrupt ion and lawlessness of all sorts resulting from the ef
fort* of t lie nutliorities to enforce the prohibition law, should be
a warning to the people of Alaska.
1 his condition at Seattle—where it is admitted that vice
nourishes throughout the city, that intoxicating liquors are be
ing sold illicitly everywhere, that $50,000 is being monthly eon
11 United in bribes tor protection, where police officers and para
sites are equally involved in a carnival of corruption—is in a
country where the authorities have all the powers of state, r
county and city governments that are old-established and in
smooth working order with powers clearly defined.
In the light of Seattle’s experience under conditions there,
what might we expect with prohibition in Alaska? No one has
any authority here to prevent crime. We have only power to
punish criminals -and then only after a grand jury has in
dieted. A “dry squad” would be impossible in this territory.
I lie legislature has no power to prohibit the importation of li
quor. There is a great deal of uncertainty as to whether or not
it lias power to prohibit its sale. The people of the territory
are struggling now over the forms and powers of government,
i hey are seeking to secure the necessary authority to govern
themselves at all. We have no jurisdiction over our schools
outside of the municipalities. We have no power to raise the
revenues that are necessary to conduct our municipal govern
meats ,iih| municipal schools except under restrictions made by
restrictions that would make our funds inadequate
without the revenues from the liquor licenses. We have no au
thority to create county governments with their police powers.
We are laboring with the very simplest problems of govern
ment. We are in the early childhood of governmental devel
opment. We have not got self-government launched in the ter
ritory.
T<> inject the problem of prohibition, with all that it in
volves, including invested money and property interests, into
such a situation as exists in Alaska at this time would be the
height of folly. It would be foolish to the point of criminality.
It would impair the chance of any immediate settlement of the
first steps in government.
In Alaska.it is not a question as to whether prohibition is
rielit or wrong. We have not reached that point. It is a ques
tion of placing a task on governmental machinery that is too
weak for it to perform, and having the liquor traffic running
riot instead of being controlled. Prohibition would be like
turning reservoirs into pipes that are incapable of pressure. It
would be a Johnstown flood.
Self protection and common sense demand that the people
of Alaska vote down prohibition in Alaska next month regard
h ss of w hat they might think of the liquor traffic.—Juneau
Empire.
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‘’I lie government will, of course, first inform itself as to
all tic facts,” quoth President Wilson recently, discussing his
proposal to hold Germany “to a strict accountability” for in
fraction.', of sea rules by her ubiquitous divers. In this case, lie
promises, there will be investigation before legislation. And
now let ii- hope, and pray, and watchfully wait.
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Ford 's peace secretary lias been sent for in great haste and
is now scurrying across the Atlantic with his foot on the ac
celerator, so to speak, to meet his chief at the earliest'possible
moment. Ford, it is said, has new plans for bringing about
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ignorance, becomes laughable.
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Senator Cummins declares that the effect of the Adamson
law will he to lengthen, instead of to shorten, the hours of labor,
lint lie also says that congress was not coerced into passing the
ihoasiiro. Then, was congress aware all the time that the mea
sure actually was designed to lengthen the hours of labor? The
plot obfuscates us. I
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Nominee Hughes refuses to discuss-the new German diver -
campaign, fearing be might embarrass the administration. His
silence, it must be assumed from what has gone before, will be
charged by his opponents to a fear of saying what he would do
if he were in W ilson’s place. Hughes’ adversaries are very
hard to please.
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There’s likely to be a change of sentiment among the ultra
swell set. It has been a defender of the allies, but at the fag
end of the Newport season, when all the ordinary forms of in
toxication had been frazzled', along comes a German submarine
and introduces a perfect garden of thrills.
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Carranza has issued an order putting a stop to bull fight?
in Mexico, in line with a policy of “stamping out customs that
are opposed to culture.” Mexico is not likely to submit to that
kind of a jolt. She prefers her culture gorily saturated.
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Japan and her friends are now giving us a sly lesson in the
art of capturing and choking down a dragon.
EVERY TOILET ACCESSORY
you can imagine la Included in our
display of such specialties. For tins
bathroom and dressing table we offer
a line of high grade articles such as
are used by refined people. You will
not find an unworthy or meretricious
article in the entire display. They are
the "Just right” kind, the sort we know
will appeal to you.
Northern Drug Co.
MAIL ORDERS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION. *
If You Have Any
FREIGHT
to haul to any part of the inter
ior inquire for
Mike Johnson
in care of CH1TINA CASH
STORE, Chitlna, Alaska.
Howard <& Lund
Contractors and Builders
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Est i tna tes Fu rn islied.
THE GOOD EATS CAFE
Michelsorr & Currier Building.
FOR HOME COOKING.
Fancy Pies, Cakes and Jellies.
Hot Waffles with Home-made
Jelly.
Home-made Bread.
Board by the Month.
MRS. BOURKE,
Proprietor.
Sheldon Auto Stage
SERVICE,
CHITINA TO FAIRBANKS.
Starts June 15.
Cars Now Running Regularly.
Weekly Trips.
Fare $75.00.
40 Rounds Baggage Free.
Office: Chitina Hotel, Chitina,
Alaska.
I Alaskan Hotel
THE HOUSE OF COMFORT £
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL
I N A L A S K A
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric
| Lights, Steam Heat, Suites With Bath.
$ Bar in Connection
ROBERT GOTTSCHALK Proprlteort ART CLONINGER
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| CORDOVA, .... ALASKA
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Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Pr^rietor.
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
MANHATTAN HOTEL
B. W. FERRELL, PROP.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
• . FOR
ATTORNEY GENERAL
OF ALASKA
George Grigsby
Election November 7.
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CALIFORNIA REACHED QUICKLY via SEATTLE
PORTLAND AND SAN FRANCISCO ON THE ALL
RAIL
SCENIC SHASTA
_ROUTE
. Three Trains Daily.
SHASTA LIMITED, CALIFORNIA EXPRESS,
SAN FRANCISCO EXPRESS.
Through Standard Sleeping Cars from Seattle and
Portland to San Francisco qnd Los Angeles. Dining
and Observation Cars.
ARE YOU GOING EAST?
The cost via California is practically the same as on
the Northern Routes.
For Information T'all on or White to
Southern Pacific Ry.
C. M. ANDREWS.D. F. & P. A.,
712 Second Avenue,
SEATTLE.WASHINGTON
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WM. A. HESSE
* Mining Engineer,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 358. CORDOVA, ALASKA.
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at (Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
j Office and Residence: Cordova
General Hospital (Ostrander Guild
ing).
Phonos -Residence 115; office 132.
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Specialty of
Porcelain, Inlay, Uriel<r<> Work
Office In Adams Building
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Alaskan Hotel
Barber Shop
Hatha at All Hours, Hay and
Night.
Accommodations for Ladles.
Ladles' Facial Massage and
Shampooing.
Razors Honed, Children’s Hair
cutting.
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EVERYTHING BOUGHT
AND SOLD
For anything you can't find in
town, go to J. Lawson's Second
H.vid Flore and see what he has
got. We cany new and second
hand goods of all kinds, clothing
and kitchenware.
VVo have an experienced man
who does all kiuds of repair work.
Give us a call.
JOHN RAWSON,
First Street.
M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson & Murphy, Props
Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
I
Choice Tobaccos, Cigars and
| Smokers Sundries—Wholesale
and Retail Cigar Store.
The
Horseshoe
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE
Billiards and Pool»
t
Headquarters for the Petersen,
Wellington, Calabash and
Garrick Pipes.
GOING TO FAIRBANKS
Take
FRAME'S AUTO STAGE
Leaves Chitlna for Fairbanks
on July C und every six days
thereafter.
Wire Chitlna Hotel for reser
vations.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Bails from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
>ct. 7.NORTHWESTERN.Oct. 17
Vet. 12 7.ALAMEDA.Oct. 22
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
1 This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, S. R. HEDCES,
__General Agent _ Agent
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Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND -ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
— n “tP.AGUT.October 18
*T1.R EVANS.October 8
Seattle San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
3chedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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Over the Top of the World
By Tlectric Power
1 lie “Olympian ’ and the “Columliian,” the
Milwaukee s crack transcontinental trains are
now hauled over mountain barriers by electric power.
Take these smooth riding AI.l.-STKKI, trains and avoid
, t,li? smoke, soot and cinders incident to steam travel.
S. It. IIKIXJKS, Agent.
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. h. Harris, T. I’. A., Juneau, Alaska.
Copper River &
J Northwestern Ry. |
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916.
Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. I
:|i; Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. !§
jij: Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs- U
I days and Saturdays.
;■;• Leave Chitina lor Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and S
| Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs- :':l
days and Fridays. ’ S
| Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays
£ Thursdays and Saturdays.
The above schedule subject to change without notice £
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train, Be- S
tween Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received from !) A. M. to 5 p. M.
jg l'ickets on sale it Depot or up town office, Alaska I
jg Stetmislnp Company building
i if is
•Caleb Corser W. F. Brown |
Snporial.adoat Cordova |
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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
or more convenient adjustment. If
your home is not equipped for and
with electricity let ua show you why
you should have it so at once.
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS WATER PHONES POWER
Office: FIRST STREET.