THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1920
IT’S RIGHT AFTER THEM
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William Randolph Hearst prints a
page article in his publications show
ing that there is a big popular de
mand for his nomination to the pres
idency. But he modestly declares that
they will have to throw' him down
and tie to him before he will submit.
Colonel Bryan seems to be in the
same position. There are others. It
is really surprising how many distin
guished citizens are being pursued
by the Presidency, and are being com
pelled to flee from the office. There
is some consolation in the sweetly
solemn thought that the Presidency
never was, as a matter of fact, thrust
on a man who didn’t w^ant it. A posi
tion that even a Lincoln had to seek
is not going to run itself to death
♦basing any of the statesmen or near
statesmen of the present period. As
for Mr. Hearst and Mr. Bryan, they
really ought to rest for the present
on their record of having helped put
the present national administration in
powder. That ought to be glory enough
to last them for a life time.
DID OUR SOLDIERS FIGHT FOR
ARTICLE X
The soldiers of America who fared
forth to fight upon a foreign soil did
mot go because they had any wish
that the United States change the
political lines of the earth by a re-'
division of nations, and they never had
sueh an idea notwithstanding such
•eems to be Mr. Wilson’s conception of
it. They did not fight to make the
United States the Meddlesome Mattie
ef Europe, but to protect our own
rights as Americans and to help the
•a«se of humanity by safeguarding the
weak peoples from the menace of Ger
man imperialism.
Now Mr. Wilson seeks justification
lor his stand in favor of his pet Ar
ticle X in the League of Nations cov
enant as written, on the theory that
he "could not look the soldiers of our
gallant army in the face again if I
<lii not do everything in my power to
remove every obstacle that lies in the
way of the adoption of this particular
srtiele of the covenant."
In the language of the moment,
"Hew does he get that way?” Who
beside hmiself has ever given him
the opinion that our soldiers are will
ing, for instance, to precipitate an in
ternational disturbance over the mat
ter of the boundaries of Jugo-Slavia
and the question of whether Fiume
shall belong to Italy or to Jugo-Slavia
•r be internationalized?
What right have we to suppose that
Mm territorial boundaries as finally
agreed upon in Europe will be the
best possible arrangement of things,
am«i that they should endure and that
we should use our own force to make
hhem endure? What business of ours
fcs it, anyway?
We can well imagine the indigna
tion in this country if the countries
m4 Europe should assume, following
cay a war in which we had engaged
with Mexico or Japan, to tell us what
»b®uld be our boundaries and what
should not.
And let us not misunderstand,
cither, the fact that our agreement to
Article X means our willingness to
participate in the future wars of
B*rope quite as much as if it were
w®rded in just that way. Either Ar
ticle X means that or it means noth
ing. If we hind ourselves to main
tain “the territorial integrity and ex
isting political independence” of na
tions about which we have no con
cern, we mean that we shall do this
thing by force if it become necessary
—and all this in spite of the fact that
the constitution of the United States
specifically sets out that the sole war
making body so far as the United
States is concerned is the congress.
And if anybody has any doubt about
how “our gallant soldiers,” as the
President prefers to, them, think upon
this subject, just ask them—the first
soldiers or former soldiers you meet
as you walk down the street. Ask
them if they think the United States
is betraying a sacred trust by not
agreeing to guarantee boundary line's
and political independence of the
European states, and particularly ask
them whether it was in order to do
this that they went to France to fight.
And then, as soon as you’ve asked
these questions, you’d better run.
Another way to cure bolshevism is
by surgery, the amputation beginning
right behind the ears.
There is probably no truth in the
rumor that sugar and coal are being
sold by apothecary weight.
Consider, too. how the sugar short
age has embittered the young life of
the matutinal grapefruit!
In politics men and women should
he neither capitalists nor laborers.
They should be Americans.
One might remark that the unorgan
ized housewife has no delusions about
what constitutes a day’s work.
The import trade for 1919 shows a
big increase and the family purse
shows no decrease in exports.
Dealing with sugar and candled eggs,
the fair price commission may pose as
an apostle of sweetness and light.
Well, there is one consolation about
butter and eggs. Unlike sugar, you
can get them—if yon have the price.
Distribution of everything seems to
be wrong save that of advice, which is
4ust as freely and widely spread as
ever.
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been duly appointed
school tax collector for Cordova, in
conformity with Chapter 29, Alaska
Session Laws, 1919.
All male persons between the ages
of 21 and 50 years, except sailors in
the United States army or revenue
cotter service, volunteer fiemen, pau
pers and insane persons, are subject
to tax in the sum of five ($5.00) dol
lars.
Should you be living in Alaska on
or prior to the first Monday in April,
1920, said tax shall be due and payable
on said first date and shall be delin
quent after May 1, 1920. Should you
arrive in Alaska later than first date
above mentioned, tax will be delin
quent thirty (30) days after your ar
rival, or within ten (10) days after
notice is given you.
All persons, firms and corporations
employing labor shall furnish list of
employes to collector and are author
ized by law to deduct amount of tax
from wages of employes.
Fines and imprisonment are pro
vided by the act above quoted for
those who failw or neglect to pay tax
or furnish list of employes. Upon ap
plication undersigned will show com
plete text of law.
Dated at Cordova, Alaska, March
17, 1920. K. G. ROBINSON,
School Tax Collector for Cordova.
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Subtract the number y®u
started with.
Multiply by three.
Add one.
Subtract six.
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if the man at the counter can
not tell you the correct answer
he will treat you to a cigar.
We are as certain of the su
perior quality of our cigars and
tobacco as we are of solving
this problem.
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