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"('IIRIHIVA, ALASKA, SATTUPAV, Al'ttl'ST liHo.
THE LUST OF BRUTAL RULERS.
A writer of note thinks that one of the greatest losses of
the present war is one that is not much thought of now, that is
represented by the empty cradles in all the countries of Europe.
We are not sure that they represent a loss. They are a
sorrow to many a devoted woman, but if not better use can be
made of men than to kill them, they might as well not be.
Wars are necessary sometimes and to die in them is a sublime
act of devotion, but behind the present war, there were no suf
ficient reasons. Down deep it was lust of power, lust for land,
and the commercial lust.
If the war could kill those desires on the part of rulers, it
would not be fought in vain, but we fear that it will have no
other effect on the minds of those rulers than to give them new
ideas of how the next war can be so conducted as tQ avoid the
mistakes of this one, and if that proves true, the empty cradles
will represent no loss.
We suspect that up to date three millions of brave men
have died or been hopelessly crippled; that means that fifteen
millions of men and women and little children are in mourning
at home. There can be no compensation for that suffering and
the young mothers of the old world who have empty cradles
should decorate them with flowers and thank God that they are
empty, rather than being occupied by rosy children who would
grow up simply to be sacrificed to feed the lusts of brutal
rulers.
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NO TIME TO ROCK THE BOAT.
National friendships are not unlike neighborhood friend
ships.
Two neighboring families may be most intimate, but if one
member of one family quarrels with a member of the other
family, in nine cases out of ten the families are estranged.
Before our great Civil war the men and' women of the
northern state met the women and men of the southern states
on most cordial terms, often intermarried; the feeling was of
mutual respect and friendship which often culminates in family
alliance. There were, of course, some abolitionists in the
north, some fire-eaters in the south fomenting trouble, but they
did not count—though some of them the brightest ’repre
sentatives of the race—until a little band in the south led by
Davis, Toombs, Hammond and a few others called a convention
and induced three or four state conventions to pass ordinances
of secession, on the ground that the election of a Republican
president was an intolerable menance to slavery which was
an institution which under the constitution the whole nation
was bound to respect. This did not much arose the northern
states, the people would not believe that a real war was intend
ed. Even the firing upon the “Star of the West” steamship
was construed as the mob work of a few southern firebrands.
But when the news of the firing upon and capture of Fort
Sumpter was Hashed over the country it smote northern men
like a blow in the face and then nothing would do but a war
that had to be waged until slavery ceased to exist.
From the first there has never been any clashings be
tween our government and the German government and her
people by millions have come to our country to find homes.
In the same way except in one little diplomatic wrangle our
relations with France have been most cordial and many evi
dences of mutual respect and friendship between the two
governments and people are on record.
Our government has had some sharp wrangling with the
British government but no hostile gun has been fired on either
side for a century,while the business and social relations be
tween the two peoples have been most cordial, nine-tenths of
the immigrants from the United Kingdom to Canada, up to
seven years ago, had, within a year after landing in Canada,
drifted across the line into our country.
When the war with Spain was sprung, the lists of the
names of the officers and men who went out to the war on sea
and land, showed that the Germans, the French, the English,
the Scotch and Irish of the United States were all Americans.
Now the most terrible of modern wars is raging beyond
the sea, and the blood which is thicker than water is throbbing
in the breasts of all these people on our soil. It is not only
natural but inevitable that it should be so. While our govern
ment must insist that international laws must not be violated,
and while all native Americans back their government in that
insistance, still it is their duty to keep in mind that the foreign
born neighbor who was a close friend a year ago, has not
changed', and is entitled to just as kindly thoughts as ever.
His sympathy for native land has not changed him; his boys
will be American soldiers if needs be, his girls will be the
mothers of American soldiers. There is the utmost need, on
the part of Americans who love their country to be most care
ful and to nurse no ungenerous prejudices in these days when
the fate of nations is hanging in the balances beyond the sea,
for there are men in our country who would gladly,involve
our country at any time in war, if they could’ see a commecrial
gain by so doing. This is a time when hearts should be kept
open and heads should' be kept level. It is no time to rock the
boat; it is a time when only high thoughts should be cherished,
to help direct the public opinion of the country into fair chan
nels that when the fighting ceases through exhaustion our
country may be a potent factor in framing a platform of peace.
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DR. W. H. CHASE ,
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
Physician and Surgeon
Office at Company Hospital
Hours—10 to 12; 1 to 6 p. m.
DR. C. L. HALE *
D E N T I 8 T
Office In Adams Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
GEO. F. WHITE
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Established 1911. Formerly 12 years
with Tacoma Smelter
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E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Councellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
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A. HEGG
PHOTOGRPHER
PHOTO SUPPLIES
Views and Post Cards
STATIONERY
PICTURES and FRAMES
[gold-copper
FOR SALE
A high grade Gold property, ten
miles from Valdez with several
hundred sacks of high grade ore
on the dump. This property ad
joins a producing mine and sev
eral veing of high flrade ore are
exposed on the surface of this
! ground.
1 Also four groups of copper
properties on Prince William
Sound, adjoining navigable water.
All of these properties could be
made producers with a small
amount of money and for a party
who can open same up or can se
cure the capital to do so, this Is
an opportunity to make a fortune.
For prices and terms apply to
S A. HEMPLE, Valdez, Alaska
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CLEAR HAVANA
CIGARS
MADE IN BOND
Lovera Cigars are Sold
by all Best Dealers
Schwabacher Bros, and Co. Inc.
-Distributors
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between 8eattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, and
SHIP CREEK, via INSIDE PASSAGE
Sails from Seattle— Sails from Cordova—
August 13.ALAMEDA.August 23
August 20.NORTHWESTERN.August 29
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, 8. S. Seward. 8. 8. Seward, 5th; 8. 8. Latouche, 15th; 8. 8.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up-town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage 1
or freight will not b« received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT,
General Agent Ticket Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO. t
PUGET SOUND--ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
ADMIRAL EVANS, AUGUST 20.
ADMIRAL WATSON, AUGUST 25
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Porta.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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I Copper River &
I Northwestern Ry.
Effective June 12th, 1915.
| Two trains every six days between Cordova and §1
| Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making
connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving i;i;
j| from Seattle.
Trains between Chitina and Shushanna Junction, fj
| and Kennecott connect with trains between Chitina and i|i|
!§ Cordova. iji
All trains from Cordova leave from Second Street !;i|
;ij: Depot. j:j:
Dining Car in Connection With all Regular Pessenger Trains Be- :j:j
tween Cordova and Chitina.
The above schedule subject to change without notice.
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Tickets on sale at Depot or up-town office, Alaska •§
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| Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges
•jlj Superintendent Cordova Agent
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