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575 Town Lots in Cordova.
Ranging in price from $50 up to $15000, and 000
Town lots in Chitina from $50 to $1000. Any
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GEO. C. HAZELET,
Cordova, Alaska. Trustee and Agent.
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FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
CAPITAL 8TOCK $26,000
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Our Stockholders Are
S. BLUM GEORGE C. HAZELET
M. BROCK FRED GLASBRENNER
A. E. LATHOP DELIA LYONS
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DESPOSITORY FOR TERRITORIAL FUNDS.
MOTIVE BEHIND ABUSE
Editor Dally Times:
The torrent of abuse and ridicule,
misstatement and misrepresentation,
that has poured from the press of the
Daily Alaskan, both editorially and
otherwise, for the past month upon
one of Cordova's most respected cit
izens, has called forth a storm of pro
test on all sides. "That's going al
together too strong,” is a remark that
is frequently heard, even from those
people whose politics differ form those
of George C. Hazelet.
This article Is not intended as a
defense of Mr. Hazelet. To those
who know him well, he needs none,
but there may be in this commu
nity those who are not familiar with
the man and his record, and to them
_ some enlightenment may be welcome.
Ill N° °n<> Can <i0ny that ,ho a,tncks
of the Daily Alaskan have been vi
J cious and vitu|>erattve; that they
9 were launched in n most cowardly
9 manner behind the back of a man
M who is not present to reply. That
■ the pen of the writer is inspired by
I an animus and a spirit of revengeful
I vindictiveness is patent to all fair
9 minded people.
a The question then is, what is the
g motive behind these attacks?
P Is anyone so foolish as to believe
_ that Will Steel’s political conscience
( lias been shocked and outraged, and
that he is endeavoring to defeat Mr.
Hazelet out of purity of purpose. If
so let him read the following to un
derstand that nothing but a spirit of
revenge actuates his motives.
In order to clearly comprehend his
motive, it is necessary to go back to
the time two years ago, when the ed
itor of the Daily Alaskan submitted
his candidacy for the office of school
director to the suffrage of she voters
of Cordova, and met with an over
whelming and ignominious defeat.
Prior to that time Will Steel had al
ways been an ardent supporter of Mr.
Hazelet. He hnd supported him in
his candidacy for town council, and
was one of his warmest advocates at
the time Mr. Ilazelet's name was men
tioned as an aspirant for the territor
ial senatorship. On the occasion a
bove referred to A. J. Adams had been
nominated for the office of school di
rector. Mr. Steel at once became vi
olently opposed to Mr. Adams’ candi
dacy, and endeavored to induce peo
ple to run against him. Failing to
do this, he, at the eleventh hour, on
the Sunday previous to election Tues
day, announced his own candidacy
* in opposition to Mr. Adams. Adams
having been nominated the party felt
obligated to support him in spite of
Steel's protests, and the result, as
stated above, was the defeat of Steel.
George Hazelet was one of those who
supported Mr. Adams, and from that
that time dates the beginning of Will
Steel’s “Conversion."
Does anyone mean to say that at
the time Mr. Steel was such an ardent
advocate of Mr. Ilazelet’s, that he did
not then know all of the things that
he now so venomously urges against
him. Why then this hypocritical
change of political raiment. Is it a
spirit of political purity that actuates
him? Picture if you can for a mo
ment this paragon of civic virtue,
this Messiah of political chastity re
| ally doing*,.anything out of pure mo
a
g five It is to laugh.
| And now let us turn the spotlight
I of inquiry for a moment upon this
man who is doing his utmost to en
compass the defeat of George C. Haze
let. What is his record? Whereby
or wherefore does he earn -the title
1 of Supreme Judge of the character of
1 men? Is it because of a superior in
§j tellectuality, a purer moral code, a
g| higher citizenship or a greater pub
1 lie Bpirit, or Is it because in this com
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= munlty he has been so fair-minded in
a
| his dealings with all publis matters,
s
^g has been so loth and unwilling to stir
If up strife and discord, and has re
1 frained so carefully from keeping the
® town in a condition of constant tur
moil and a ilibbing-up of personal ani
mosities? Is this the record that en
titles him to judge?
We say again, that the articles that
Will Steel writes, and apologetically
attempts to excuse as personal attacks
and to justify as criticisms of public
officials, are actuated by other de
sires than an attempt to improve
political conditions.
Is there anyone in Cordova who for
ft moment doubts that Goodall, Cur
rier and Steel are interested in the
Knox water and fight franchise for
what it might profit them in dollars
and cents. Didn’t Will Steel go to
] Seattle and even to San Francisco in
i an endeavor to float a company to
I put through thiB light and power deal?
Isn't It intimated that that was the
business that took Kd. Currier to Se
attle for three months during the past
year? Does anyone believe but that
these men expect to reap a financial
reward 1f successful?
As a matter of fact isn’t It well
known that Will Steel is the real
"Boss" of the present majority mem
bers of the council? That he Is the
power behind the throne? That
these men, Boyle, Goodall and Cur
rier nre his mere pawns, pulling his
chestnuts from the fire? Could we
have any plainer evidence of this
than on the occasion of the trial of
Commissioner Adams, arrested at the
Instance of Steel because he had ad
ministered a deserved chastisement,
in that case the municipal judge and
the municipal attorney used every
endeavor In their power to instruct
a jury to convict Adams, a proceed
ing absolutely contrary to law, and one
never heard of in a misdemeanor case,
and were only prevented from doing
so by the defendant’s attorney urg
ing so strong an objection, and show
ing so clearly the "frame-up" that
the magistrate reluctantly desisted.
Many disinterested people who wit
nessed that trial were heard to re
mark that it was a disgrace to the
community that Steel should be able
to control the municipal officers, and
that with such conditions existing in
the community, no citizen could feel
safe from persecution.
This man Steel Is now engaged, to
to hear hllm tell It, in a great "fight
for the people.’’ He is using his ut
most endeavor, by cunningly worded
articles, to create a class sentiment,
to give the impression that the "High
brows,” as he terms them, are on one
side of an issue, and the common peo
ple on the other. This is nothllng
more than political buncombe calcu
lated to catch votes, and has long
since ceased to fool the people. Pub
lishing articles alleging that the par
ty known as the "People's party” are
calling their opponents "Roughnecks”
is probably calculated by Steel to cre
ate and foster prejudice, but every
one knows that these statements are
absolutely false, and the creature of
his own vtivid imagination.
Now let us turn to George C. Haze
let. What right has he to be re
turned to the council, and by the way
Mr. Hazelet was nominate, during his
absence in Washington, D. C„ and
has not returned, so that he, himself
has not sought this nomination, but
at a party meeting of sixty-two of
Cordova’s citizens he was unanimously
chosen as a candidate of the People’s
party.
Mr Hazelet has resided in Cordova
since its birth. He represented the
Townsite Company, and it was under
his supervision that the town of Cor
dova was hewn from the hillside of
Orca bay.
Almost one hundred thousand dol
lars was expended In laying out the
town, all under the direction of Mr.
Hazelet, and to the satisfaction of
the Townsite Company. All of Mr.
Hazelet’s interests are in Cordova,
his home, his property, his business.
Cordova’s success spells success for
him. He has been loyal to the town
in every way that a man can prove
bis loyalty.
It is not our Intention here to re
fute the charges that Steel has brought
against him, more than to say that
he has twisted and distorted every
fact Where he has quoted from the
records he has quoted only such parts
as would seem to Justify his conten
tions, omitting such parts as would
prove his statements false. Were
Mr. Hazelet here he would success
fully brnnd these charges as fnlse. As
he is not, others are doing It for him.
It ought not to be necessary to call
the voters' attention to these facts—
That Hazelet was the man who con
ceived the Idea of the glacier trail
into the Sushanna, and constructed
it without a dollar of compensation,
but at a personal sacrifice to his time
and business here, thus maiding It
possible for Cordova to enjoy a trade
and traffic that otherwise would have
been lost to her.
That he alone originated the idea
of furnishing the Alaska Knglneering
Commission with a report of the ton
nage tributary to the C. R. & N. W.
Ry , and collected the data and sub
mitted the same, together with a well
written brief as to the reasons why
the government road should run from
Cordova; that in support of this rep
resentation be went to Washington,
D. C., and has been there for the past
four months, at no cost to the cit
izens of Cordova, and that it has been
this very tonnage report conceived and
executed by Mr. Hazelet that has to
such a large extent commanded the at
tention of the commission, Secretary
Cano and President Wilson
While in Washington Mr. Hazelet
has labored unceasingly to advance
the interest of our town. Through
his efforts the site for a government
building was finally selected, assur
ing the construction of the building
sooner than otherwise.
He has worked for the locating or
the large naval wtireless at Mile It!
with success. He has been active
in endeavoring to obtain lower cable
rates for the territory ns well as oth
er beneficial measures.
Hazelet's right to be elected lies In
his citizenship and in his public spirit.
This Is the man that the People’s
party ask the voters to return to
councilmanic office at the polls on
April 6. Will you do it, and show
your appreciation of an able and rep
resentative citizen, or will you turn
him down and endorse the skunky
tactics of the Daily Alaskan and elect
for THE RULE OF STEEL?
JUSTICE AND FAIR PLAY.
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smoke why not try a BARRETT.
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Fresn shipments or corn on tlio cob
at Kinney’s.
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We will not be responsible for any
debt* contracted by any of our crew.
Northwestern Fisheries Co.
Orca Cannery
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LAWRENCE BARRETT a mild
Havana smoke at all dealers.
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A fresh supply of Augustine & Key
er's Candies received on the last
atenmer. S. BLUM & CO.
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Kinney has a corner on Coffee.
What we mean is COFFEE, not the
wishy-wishy kind you have been
buying and nicknamed coffee. One
can of Dwight Edwards will convince
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J. F. R. APPLEBY
CIVIL ENGINEER
Phone 4. CORDOVA, ALASKA
ForJ>alel
Four b!g groups .of fine copper
properties on navigable water on
Prince William Sound. Large
amount of shipping ore In sight on
these properties and ore could be
taken out at once In from two to
three places on each group to help
the expense of opening same up.
Prices and terms reasonable.
S. A. HEMPLE,
Valdez, Alaska.
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Prices Made on Orders for
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The asseta were Increased One hundred and Thirty five
T housand Dollars! the rosrvo for the protection of Policy
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Accident and Sickness Claims of *28,478.00 were paid,
and Death Claims of *33,453.00.
No death Claim has ever been disputed. i
All claims are paid immedltely on receipt of proofs.
Total paid to policyholders In 1914 was J118.20J.28.
The Company's yearly Income was increased to *415,
505.00.
After paying dividends of eight per cent, to stockholders
end dividends of *32.881.24 to policyholders—
I he net surplus of the Company was Increased more
than seventeen percent, over the preceedlng year.
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