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RESOURCES OVER V 11 '/ A MUTUAL
TWO MILLION xX ***** ) SAVINGS
DOLLARS SOCIETY l
The Modern Way of Saving
is by mail where Uncle Sam protects
your funds until they reach ua.
Our funds are invested onlp in first mart- j;
£a£es on improved real estate, in dtp,
state and U. S. Government Bonds
For over 17 years /"» per annum
we have never *yQ on aavings
paid less than ^ left with ua T
BOOKLET MAILED FREE
PUGET SOUND SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION
Founded 1901 jij||
Third & Pilte St. ♦ ' v '• ♦ Seattle, ^^a«h. JJ|j|
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS
This Company has spared neither time
nor expense to give Cordova a continuous
WATER SUPPLY. To do this the Company
must have your co-operation to stop the waste
that occurs from letting the water run to avoid
freezing the pipes. Where we find this con
dition still to exist we shall SHUT OFF THE
WATER for the winter without further notice.
ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES
First Street Phone 1 3
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COL. MEARS COMMANDS
RAILROADS IN FRANCE
Colonel Frederick Mears, who re
signed as a member of the Alaskan
irailroad commission to lead the Thirty
first regiment of engineers to France,
| is no longer directly connected with
the Thirty first, having been appointed
before the signing of the armistice
general manager of American rail
ways in France, and Captain C. (I
Jones, formerly roadmaster on the
Anchorage division of the government
railroad, who is with the Thirty-first,
was made general roadmaster over
mo miles of main line track and .‘too
| miles of yard track. This news Is
contained in a letter dated "With the
American expeditionary Force" from
( Captain Jones. The letter is as fol
j lows:
"The regiment is getting along fine
j lf has done lots of good work since
its arrival in France. We have had
full charge of the construction of a
large terminal. We have erected a
railway machine shop, a holler house*,
an oil house. German prison camps, a
fiftv-thohsand gallon wafer tank and
a railroad yard five miles long. All
these are completed and in operation,
j The machine* shop takes in daily ’ .V)
i locomotives.
"Since* the completion of this work
1 have* he*e*n made general roaelmaste*r
°ver 400 miles of main line* track and
100 miles of yard track. 1 have* about
: fifte*e*n roadmasters under me*. Some
of them are* captains and some lieu
tenants. I am kept busy looking afte*r
this work.
"Colomd Meant is not with the* Thir
| tv-first engineers any more*. He* is
! general manager of American rail
1 roads in France, and If is some* big
iob He* is putting a lot of pe*p info
the outfit and making every post a
w inner."
♦
Walter Freeman Ford died of pneu
monia at the- home* of his wife’s pa
rents in Juneau rec. ntly. Mr Ford
o.iiu,* to Juneau nearly five ye ars ago
a a member of Juneau's seuni-pm
Sessional baseball team, lb* remained
jin .Inman as an •■mplove* of the
Alaska Gastineau Muting Company,
and married Miss Nina Jorgenson. a
Juneau girl.
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NOTICE
j In the Matter of the Mutate of Charles
I-eslie Hale, Det eased.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been the United
States commissioner and ex-officio
probate judge, Cordova precinct, ap
pointed administrator of the estate of
Charles Leslie Hale, deceased.
All parties having claims against
the said estate are hereby required
to present them with proper vouchers
within six months from the date of
this notice to the undersigned at the
office of the Alaska Steamship Com
pany. Cordova, Alaska.
Dated Cordova, Alaska. Jan. 10.
1919.
FRKD Ti TRACY. Administrator.
First publication, Jan. 10, 1919.
Last publication, Feb. 7. 1919.
ALASKA LEADS
IN STANDARD
OF TEACHERS
Theme arc some 700.000 publi
school teachers jo the United States.
Ami statistics show, it is pointed out
by Territorial Superintendent of Ed
ucation [.ester 1). Henderson, in a
recent edition of the Alaska School
Bulletin, that approximately 300.000
of this number have had no education
beyond a high school, and that be
tween 50,000 and 100.000 have had no
schooling beyond the eighth grade.
The average American teacher gets
her experience at IS or 10 years of
age and remains in the profession
four years. Statistics further show
that city school systems suffer much
less from untrained, uneducated anil
immature teachers than is the ease
with country school districts. This
latter fact is proof conclusive that
there is not equality of educational
opportunity in the United States, al
though, he It said to their credit,
many children of the rural districts
rise above the level which circum
stances place around them and sur
pass their more fortunate brothers
and sisters in the struggle to achieve.!
"hen we compare Alaska teachers
with those of the nation, says .Mr.
Henderson, we find that both in edit-j
cation and experience they have a
long lead. During the school year of
1317 Ibis there were 115 teachers em
ployed in the public high and elemen
tary schools of the territory. These
teachers were distributed among till
school districts, both inside and out
side incorporated towns, a-- follows
One teacher schools -I t
Two teacln r schools 1
Three teacher schools 5 '
l-’our teachor school,- 5
Fix ■■ I' seller -i In.-ils S 1
Six teacher , bools 1
Fight teacher schools 2
.Nine teacher schools 2
Four teacher schools 1
<>f the 115 teacher-. Hu have at
tended schools of a higher rank than
a high school, and all have had edu-1
cation equivalent to that represented
by graduation from a four-year high
school. Two-thirds of the Alaska
teachers are either normal or college
graduates. Approximately SO per cent j
of the 87 teachers in Incorporated
towns and districts are either college j
or normal graduates, and in addition, j
more than two-thirds of this number i
have taken post-graduate work. Ap j
proxlmately 58 per cent of the 58
teaehers In districts outside Incorpor
ated towns are either normal or col
lege graduates, and in addition nearly
one half of this number have taken |
post-graduate work.
The average experience of Alaska [
teachers is Seven and one-half years, j
exclusive of the year for which the j
statistics are compiled. Approxl-1
mutely fiO per cent have had previous j
teaching in Alaska, while 50 per cent
have had experience both inside and |
outside Alaska. Hut 17 out of the 145
teachers had no previous experience.
The figures given apply to those
schools under the direction of this de
partment. and do not include schools
for Alaska natives, which arc under
the direct control of the federal gov
ernment through the bureau of edu
cation. While information on the sub
ject is not at hand, we very much
doubt if any state In the Union can
equal the record set forth above.
Training Is an essential part of any
teacher's equipment, and when to this
we adil the right kind of experience,
the resulting combination should
make for larger growth in the chil
dren who arc privileged to receive in
struction in the schools of Alaska.
The principal reason why Alaska
has been able to attract and hold
teachers so well qualified to give In
struction is that, in addition to the
general interest which attaches to
such a country as this, its people have
recognized the fact that a teacher
should receive a salary commensurate
with the Importance of the work
which she accomplishes. There is at
present a shortage of teaehers
throughout the nation, due to the de
mands which the war is making upon
professions of all kinds. It is hoped,
however, that the cause of education
in this territory will not suffer more
than necessary, and that the past edu
cational standards will be maintained,
"to the end that no boy or girl shall
have less opportunity for education
because of the war and that the na
tlon may be strengthened as It can
only he through the right education
of all of its people."
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Joe Kelly has received a new ship
ment of CheBterfleld underwear, luiU.
gent's furnishing goods and ladles'
waists He also has a One assortment
of furs, which will be sold at reason
able prices.
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Read the Dally Times for the latest
and most tellable world saws.
WILLOW CREEK,
ALASKA
will soon become a second
Cripple Creek
$100 Invested Today in the
Little Gem Mine
will make you several thousand dollars within
a year or two.
I am authorized to place a limited amount
of shares at
TEN CENTS A SHARE i
and will accept Liberty Bonds at par value.
Will be at Smith s Hotel for one week
only.
R. DAVID REESE
Mining Engineer
Alaskan Grill
FRANK A. DOUGLAS, Proprietor
“The Home of Quality and Attention”
The Popular Restaurant of Cordova. Everything First-Class
Special Attention Given to Parties
()ne \ isit to tlie Alaska Grill Will Make ^ uu a
Regular Patron
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| NORTHERN MEAT MARKET 1
ijij W holesaie mid Retail Dealers in Si
Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton
and Provisions 3; *
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Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Order* from *i
is Mining Camps, Roadhouses and Interior Points
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| Halibut and Other Fresh Fish of All Kinds Will Be Kept 1
£ in Stock When Available j|
| SMITH & GLASSBEENNBE, PropB. | '
Copper River
and Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays
and Fridays
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
The above schedule subject to change without
notice.
Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
Freight received and delivered at Cordova
\\ harf from 9 a. m. to 5 p m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office
om* hour before departure of trains.
CALEB CORSER Superintendent
D. L. LEATON, Ticket Agent
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