THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1919
MR. BURLESON AND ALASKA
During an address recently at At
lantic City, Mr. Burleson, postmaster
general of the United States, for
the first time publicly defended
himself and the department against
the attacks that have been directed
against him for months by a great
majority of the leading publications
of the United States.
The efficiency of the department
is marvelous, Mr. Burleson told the
Manufacturers' association; just mar
velous, or words to that effect.
Throughout every one of the 48
states of the Union that may be cor
rect. All of these attacks on the
postmaster general may have been
unwarranted. But, believes the Ketch
ikan Chronicle, the average Alaskan,
assuming that the rest of the country
has been given the same treatment
as the Territory, without any desire
to accuse the postmaster general of
favoritism, would say that the-admin
istration has been a fizzle.
mail is naiiuicu in iuc name man
ner as canned salmon or copper ore
—by freight and then only when the
whim hits the steamboats or the
shipping clerks of Seattle. And yet
Mr. Burleson talks of efficiency.
That is one of the main mail con
tentions—the lack of consideration,
the disregard of whether it ever gets
here or not, and the other is the
outlying sections.
Millions are spent annually by M:.
Burleson in extending the rural free
delivery service in the States. Farmers
v ith their own automobiles who
* would just as soon take a joy ride
in the evening to get their mail, are
not permitted to do so. They must
have it delivered at their doors. All
farmers are not in a position to run
to town every evening, but today a
great many of them are, and they
would be glad to get their neighbor’s
letters or papers for him, too, if there
was no rural free delivery.
Yet the farmer is entitled to that
delivery, and, if he is. the prospec
tors and settlers of the remote corners
of Alaska are a thousand times more
deserving of consideration. But they
don’t get it.
Now opportunity after opportunity
presents itself in the North wherein
the postal department could be of
assistance in developing the country,
but no helping hand is extended.
Witness the demand for a mail sub
sidy from Ketchikan to the Hyder
district, to give Americans trade that
is now going to foreign ports.
Throughout, the postal administra
tion with respect to Alaska has been
a disgrace and a fizzle, Mr. Burleson
to the contrary notwithstanding. His
boasted efficiency like that of the
kaiser’s army, breaks down before the
actual test.
VOICE OF THE ALASKA PRESS
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The Commission at Seattle reso
luted to prevent fishing in Alaska
streams but we venture to predict
that next year will find the canneries
doing business in the same old way.
—Valdez Miner.
At that, we are glad we are not
living in Seattle. Almost every min
ute of the day or night some one is
being beaned and his roll taken from
him there. Here at least, if we had
a roll, we would not be afraid of
someone sneaking up from behind and
separating us from it.—Douglas Is
land News.
The temporary adjustment of rail
road affairs, during which men are
laid off, means nothing. The chang
ing of the railroad from a construction
period to the time when an operating
department takes charge, naturally
results in the forming of new plans,
carrying them out and getting them
down to a new basis. Men laid off
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for a short time would do well to
remain right in the north and be
read to take the new job when it
i, ij'f . sf1. because there will be l:ua
dreds coning to Alafdca soon a.Uer
the first of the year coming out cf
the hot bed of unsettledness in the
states to the land of plenty of work
and no chance of strikes, as long as
the I. W. W. element is kept out.
This element will be kept out in this
particular division for United States
Marshal Brenneman and his deputies
and United States Attorney Munley
will see that they are given short
shift if found.—Seward Gateway.
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I HERE'S A HOST OF HOLIDAY HINTS
| IN PRACTICAL GIFTS AT MOD- .
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_ Dress she has been wishing for TASTEFUL GIFTS
pii rp ijrn Hosiery, Umbrellas,
***"4*^ Purses, Lingerie Sets and
A BLOUSE OR SWEATER Vanity Bags
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SHOE REPAIRING
DIMON NICKALOFF
Currier Building,
C Street. P. O. Box 988.
LAUNCHES
PIONEER AND SWAN
Wm. J. Crooker, Owner and Master
REGULAR TRIPS TO KATALLA
FREIGHTING AND TOWING
To All Parts of the Sound
Phone 57—2 Rings
/ SHAMPOOING
FACIAL AND
For, MANICURING
CALL
\ 101-3 RINGS
MRS. SWANBERG
CORDOVA MACHINE
WORKS
E. R. GARNES, Prop.
Residence Phone 101-3
Shop Phone 182
Machine Work of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General Repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Acety
lene Welding and Cutting.
AUTOMOBILES
REPAIRED
Office and Shop: City Dock
CORDOVA, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
A Big
Slaughter Sale
at
Aunty Keating’s
Wee Shop
TOYS
AT COST
PEYSER
THE TAILOR
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Opposite Kenny
Holden’s
Phone 188
CORDOVA
SHEET METAL WORKS
SKATE
SHARPENERS
SECOND STREET, ACROS8
FROM JAIL
PHONE 143
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NORTHWESTERN CLEAN
ING AND DYEING HOUSE
TAILORING
All kinds of Repair Work. Fancy
Garments a Specialty. All Work
Guaranteed. Goods called for and
delivered
J. LEEN
Next to Hegg’s. on C Street
Telephone 190
TRY THE
WINDSOR
For Rooms that are
Comfortable
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JUST RECEIVED
A LARGE SHIPMENT OF
LIVE CHICKENS
Good Roasters
A
JOE FREY
Phone 22
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