The Cordova Daily Times
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CORDOVA, ALASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 11)17.
NO PAPER TOMORROW
In order that the employes
of the Daily Times may partici
' pate in the Christmas festivi
ties and also enjoy their turkey
dinner with the rest of man
kind there will be no paper is
sued tomorrow. On the eve of
that Christian holiday we de
sire to extend to all our read
ers the wisi} that they may en
joy a most merry Christmas.
CORDOVA’S PROGRESS
Cordova and the Copper
River valley may well rejoice.
The region of marvelous re-i
sources looks forward with
greater promise than ever be
fore. During the past year,
more than thirty million dol-1
lars in copper ore has been,
shipped from this port.' And!
more than that sum will be’pro
duced during 1918.
There is virgin gold of un
fold wealth being mined at the,
interior placer camps. Copper
mines are being opened up on
a more extensive scale than
ever, and three more proper-;
ties will be on a good shipping j
basis this winter. We have
the Bering river coal fields and,
if the government extends to'
Alaska the same privileges it|
accords operators in the States
this coal can be worked as long
as man has need of fuel. Cor
dova has five large salmon can.1
neries and at least three clam
plants mat win rurmsn me
United States and our allies
with the best foodstuff the sea
contains.
The growth of Cordova has
been slow but permanent and
is now looked upon by all as
the most prosperous and sub-'
stantial town in Alaska. Our
first concrete building is about
completed and contracts have
already been let for three or
four more concrete buildings
in the spring and this is only
the beginning of our tidal wave
of future security and happi
ness in the coming metropolis
of Alaska. The government
lias already appropriated $34,
500 for the erection oni federal
building here and another ap
propriation of $65,500 is now
before congress for the comple
tion of this structure, for which
the CordoVa Townsite com
pany donated a large plot of
ground.
Alaska yields the most op
portunities and the best re
. turns of any land to man whose
sole capital is brawn. It also
yields to him whose capital is
brain and whose investment is
dollars. Every step of exploi
tation on the part of the United
Stab's, of tlie territory and of
eamtalists and individuals
will yield returns. No land
shows the profits of Alaska,,
and particularly that section
adjacent to Cordova. Alaska
is on the top grade, and Cor
dova’s best days are to come.
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CHRISTMAS TOMORROW
Nineteen hundred and seven
teen years ago the dawn of a
new era flushed o’er the moun
tains of Judea. The whole
world had been looking with
eanust expectation to that
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time—the silent juncture of
eras, as it has been well term
ed. The sages of the east had
prophesied it. The magic of
Chaldea had determined it, as-!
tronomically, reading its ad
vent in the stars. The Greeks
had prefigured it in the story1
of the god impelled to leave
the upper heaven and come to
earth to expiate some mystic
sin. The Latins had caught a
glimpse of it, and Virgil and
others had ceased to put the
golden age in the past in theJ
old Saturnian reign, and set
their hopes on the future and
on the coming of a king who1
should restore the reign of
righteousness.
It came upon the midnight
clear, that glorious song of old;
of angels bending near the
earth to touch their harps of
old. They sang of peace on
earth and good will to men.
The wondering shepherds
heard the voice of tin* heavens
and saw tlx* radiance of that
presence that is not far from
any one of us. The weary earth
heaved in one sigh of relief.
For that brief moment poverty
ceased to mourn, disease fled
from its prey, and hope breath
ed a dream of heaven into the
darkness and despair.
Nineteen hundred and seven
teen years have sped since that
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shuttle or the clouds that chase
each other across a storm
blown sky. Man, with his
hopes, his fears, his intolerance
Ids distrust, his bigotry and
his narrowness, has often lost
sight of the divine vision and
promise; but nowhere has
there been any advance beyond
it. Nowhere has there been!
rr.v higher ideal or surer hope I
than that which the Son of
(tod brought to earth on the
wings of love on that first
Christmas. Human blindness
lias often overlooked the heav
enly vision; but the poor, the
sick, the sorrowful and the
dying have ever lifted up
their eyes to its light and re
joiced.
It is fitting that at this
Christmas season the pioneers
of civilization who stand on
this far northern frontier, the
last confines of the United
States, isolated from the world
and relying on themselves,
should turn with earnest1
thoughts to the vision of the
Christ who lighteneth every
man that cometh into the
world. In this land of light
and beauty men can feel the
presence of that light that
never shone on land and sea.1
It draws them together in
bonds of human sympathy. It
dispels the mists of misappre-,
hension and makes to blossom
in ineffable radufnee that
Christian kindness and tolera
tion which were so conspicu
ous in the Son of God.
Largeness of heart, sym
pathy of soul, the white flow
er of a blameless life and an
impulse of spirit that can
pierce to the center of all
good should dawn in exeyy
heart at this blessed season.
Old doubts, old disputes, old
dogmas, old mental bugbears,
old obstruction to progress—
let them pass away, let the
Christmas of 1917 behold ini
Cordova and in Alaska the up
growth of a'spirif of hope and
faith, trust in the future of the ;
territory, in the growth of its j
institutions and in the estab- !
bailment of its position among
the States.
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Alaska has gone beyond any
other state or territory of the
Cnion in the limitation of the
hours of labor, a recent act pro
viding that “a period of em
ployment for all wage earners
and salary earners In the Ter
ritory of Alaska shall not ex
ceed eight hours within any
one calendar day, except in
eases when life or property is
in imminent danger.”—Kansas
City Star.
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May Santa Claus remember
every good little boy and girl
in Cordova tomorrow, who is
anxiously awaiting the annual
visitation of this kind and gen
erous personage.
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How about that New Year
resolution ? Of course all Al
askans will decide to part com
pany forever with .John Bar
leycorn.
MAJ. STANLEY WASHBURN
MaJ. Stanley Washburn, U. S. A., for!
three years special correspondent wiffi
the Russian armies at the front, is
making a tour of the principal cities
in the United States with Russian rep
resentatives to tell about the military '
situation. He probably knows more
about conditions in Russia from a m li
tary standpoint than any ot ter
American.
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FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Hegg’s store has just received a
shipment of carnations, violets and
chrysantheums from the States which
would make most acceptable Christ
mas presents.
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Cannot be nor could the war be won under normal
conditions. Conservative methods are necessary in
the conduct of your business: likewise your domestic
affairs.
j Bank of Alaska
therefore wishes patrons, friends, and all others who
in time at least will be friends, a Merry war Xmas
H and always remember it could be worse.
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Friends.
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Alaska.
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CORDOVA. ALASKA
A club house for every man.
Recreation, re a d i n g, pool
room, circulating library and
late periodicals.
Founded 11*08 by Episcopal
Church.
Hours 2 p. m. to 11 p. nt.
REV. E. P. ZIEGLER, Supt.
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delivered.
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