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CORDOVA, ALASKA, TITKS DAY, XOVKMBKR 13, 1917
ALASKA ASSESSMENT
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Alaska Inis been exempted
bv the United States Congress
from representation of placer
and lodemining claims for the
years ltd7 and 1918. No more
important news to the mining
fraternity of Alaska has been
announced in years. Tt effects
thousands of mining claim!
owners in every part of the
vast territory and eisewhere in
1 nited States Territory.
The new law was the out
growth of opinion that men go
ing to tli(> front from Alaska
should not suffer chances of
the loss of their claims while
absent lighting for their coun
try. A law prevails in the Yu
kon Territory exempting all
claim owners actually with the
colors, hut no others. Uncle
Sam thought it better to go a
stop further and to exempt all
claims in the Territory from
representation whether owned
by men at the front or not.
The stand was taken on the
ground that labor was scarce
in Alaska and that the time of
the claim owners could be spent
to better advantage in produc
ing occupations. No doubt but
what there is something to
this argument.
i^abor will Ih> much more
scarce in Alaska before the
war is over by reason of many
men being taken out of the
territory for army service and
the railway work continuing
and many men of the country
being engaged in rushing the
output in the region of cop
per, a product much needed for
war purposes. Alaska also is
looked to to produce much oil
and coal to aid in the war pur
poses. Her fish are much more
in demand, and a new and un
expected demand lias develop
ed lately for native spruce,
for the building of aeroplanes.
The scarcity of pulp on the
continent also has brought Al
aska forward as a pulp pro
ducer. Alaska agricultural pro
duction also is claiming atten
tion, and many of her products
of the soil are being look to
as a relief in the North food
question, while not an incon
siderable share of her products
are going south to help feed
the people of the state's. Even
her reindeer meat and her
whales are cutting a figure in
the markets of the States. All
these items means an increased
demand on her labor supply
which will thus divert labor
from her mines.
The increased cost of living
has imposed a new burden on
men carrying on the mining in
Alaska. Again the exemption
comes in as a relief. The inves
tor who has found goal reduc
ing in purchasing power, also
gets much relief from the new
law. The man who puts up the
grubstake has been a hard hit
angel in many a case. Now he
gets a respite.
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Scientists have found that
children grow very little from
the end of November to the
end of March. Well, what is
the use of feeding them in the
interim ?—Ex.
OUR RESOURCES
Topper production of Alaska
now averages each year three
times the price paid for the
territory, while the total min
eral produpction of the terri
tory, while the total mineral
production of the territory dur
ing l nolo Sam’s possession of
ia would run into hundreds of
millions. The last annual report |
showed an export aside from
minerals of more than the sum !
of $27,000,000.
With extensive possibilities!
in fishiers, agricultures gar/
ing, lumbering, coal, gold and
other mining and varied indus
tries Alaska would become!
famous in time even if not a!
grain of gold had been found
there. But gold was the first
lure that drew tin* mass of star- j
dy people who have laid tile!
I emulations of her rapid (level-1
opulent. Tin* country now has!
approximately 75,000 peoples!
and it will not be* long until
she reaches the* stature e>fi
statehooel. A vast railway is!
being built athwart the coun
try by the government and
many enterprise's are* claiming1
the attention of her people.
Alaska’s star is in the asee*n-,
danev. It will not fade. The!
|young territory will continue]
to wax in wealth and import- j
mice. Her greatest days by far
arc in the future. The prosper
ity she shares will spread be
yond her shores, eve*n as the!
impetus of the first great rush i
to the 5 ukon spread beyond i
the* borders of that line*. The*!
two great Territories of the j
North happily are in utmost!
sympathy, as to future aspira
tions and ideals. Fraternally j
speaking, as the motto of the
Arctic Brotherhood, which
covers both of these* territories i
says, “No Boundary Tine”
here expresse the spirit ofj
good fellowship and mutual
esteem which exists among the!
peoples of these two Northern !
countries.
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SEWARD’S WISDOM
Confirmation of tlie report
that Alaska has platinum de
posits worth working will give
more proof of the far-sighted
ness of William II. Seward’s
purchase at a time when pub
lic opinion, so far as express
ed, was against the purchase of
tin* Russian Territory. Alaska
already has been a most profi
table investment. The discov-;
cry of a few ounces of platinum !
in Alaska .justifies the plans
of the government for a thor- i
ougli investigation. With the
normal supply from the Ural i
mountains cut off no effort!
should be spared in the exami-!
nation of new fields. Alaska is;
a territory especially worth an
exhaustive survey, for the find-!
iug ot a small quantity of plat-;
inum encourages expectation
of larger deposits. The need of;
this metal in war supplies is;
emphasized by the advance in
price from $45 to $105 an ounce
since 1914, and the fact that
the supply on hand may be ex
hausted during the coming
year.
THE KAISER HARD HIT 1
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Whenever the ruler of a
country finds himself in ser
ious trouble — whenever the
masses of people show a dis
position to oppose him—he al
ways sends for the editors of
his subsidized newspapers and
for the favored ones of com
merce and tells them that
something must be done to
turn the minds of the people
back into proper (to him)
channels.
Woodrow Wilson, president
of the I'nited States recently
wrote indictment of Wilhelm
Alohenzollern, czar of Germany
and sent it to Pope Benedict.
Also lie gave it to the world to
read. In his Indictment Pres
ident Wilson describes the
kaiser as unfit to associate
with honest men and refused
to give credence to any prom
ises he might make.
William tried to prevent the
uncomplimentary remarks con
cerning himself from reaching |
his people, but has failed. This
is made manifest by develop
ments of the last few 'lays in
Germany. Commercial institu
tions have been busily engaged
in passing resolutions and con
demnatory of President Wil
son. Inspired newspapers are
giving these resolutions much
prominence and are indulging
in carefully written comments
calculated to inspire loyalty
toward the German ruler and!'
hatred against America and '
her president.
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i nr KniHi’r nas oecn Hard
hit. The people have begun
to realize the full import ofj
America’s refusal to deal with!
him and that pence is far off
unless unmistakable modifica-j
tions are made in the present!
German form of government.
Being hard hit the kaiser has
called in his editors and his
favored ones and has put them
to work to save himself. The
end is not yet for Wilhelm, but
is nearing. Tin* leavenous word
of Wilson is finding a fertile
element in which to work.
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The man who invented tin*
rest to be hung at one end of
the bath tub to hold a person’s <
feet above the water should
now turn his attention to some
contraption that would prevent
the water from escaping into
the tub in the first place.
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To tens of thousands of us
this appalling war has at last
come to our very doors. When
a son who has been trained to
hate all the cruelty of war and
the advantages of peace looks
into your face and says, “I
must go. I can die but once,
and never in defense of what is 1
to me a more holy cause,” the
distance from your heartstone
to the battlefields of Prance :
seems but a step. j
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rlie New Era published by
the inmates of the Leaven
worth federal prison, remarks
that “being a slacker is a far
greater disgrace than being in
prison.” And some of the said
slackers, it is well to note, are
on the road to prison also.
It many more persons leave
Valdez for the outside it may
pay the rest of us who are left
to move in together and save
fuel and light.—Valdez Pros
pector.
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In China they call a fisher
man a catcher of lively ones”
but in this country he might be
called a “teller of long ones.” s
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Six weeks from today and Xmas
will be here. It Is none to early for
our merchants to begin advertising
their holiday goods In order that all
purchases of gifts may be made at
home. |
$1,000,000.00
And More In Resources Is Now Possessed \\
by the Bank of Alaska System
A Young Institution to be sure but conservative handling of j
Funds and Considerate Treatment of Patrons is
producing what it’s organizers intended,
“An Institution of Strength
and Character.”
Bank of Alaska
Looking ahead to November 15th, 1942, can see the thrifty
citizens, children who now possess Liberty Bonds, arranging
redemption of their Bonds and receiving the accumulated
--interest.
Checking Accounts Savings Accounts
Time Deposits Traveler’s Checks
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent
If You
ARE LAID UP IN THE HOSPITAL
YOUR EARNING POWER
Stops
Does your Insurance cover you? If not
* Got Q IN 1 P0LICY ,N THE J* D* Hollenbeck
O 1 NORTHERN LIFE District Agent, Cordova
MEET ME AT
The HORSESHOE
POPULAR RECREATION PLACE
Where We Can Always Find Our
Friends.
rlnest Billiard and Pool 1 ablea In
Alaska.
3EST GRADES OF STANDARD
BRANDS OF CIGAR8.
The Red Dragon
CORDOVA. ALASKA
A club house for everyman.
Recreation, read 1 n g, pool
room, circulating library and
late periodicals.
Founded 190S by Episcopal
Church.
Hours 2 p. m. to 11 p. m.
REV. E. P. ZIEGLER, Supt.
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When Ordering Job Work Don’t
Think It le Your Duty to Guild Up
Concerns In the States, But Give
The People Who Are Paying
Wages and Spending Their Money
In Cordova a Chance to Ltvo.
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FORGET TH E
HALF SOLES
FIT yourself out with Good
rich ‘ ‘ 11 i press’ ’ Boots and say
“So Long” to the cobbler for
good. “Hipress” Boots—just
as they come—are made of such
tough stuff that they will way
outwear any other boot, even
after it has been tapped with
the best leather half sole you
can buy.
And they’re the one boot that CAN’T
LEAK, because they’re molded into one
piece, sole and upper without a seam.
.Just try the real comfort of a pair of
‘Hipress.”
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\
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with the RED LINE’round the top
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._That Outwears Steel
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