The Cordova Daily Timesj
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H. G STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
COKPOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1917.
CORDOVA HOUSEWIVES HAVE DUTY TO PERFORM
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Postmaster Scheffler, noting upon instruction from the de
partment at Washington, slipped a little application blank into
all of the postoffice boxes yesterday, which gives the Cordova
housewives an opportunity to join the United States food ad
ministration by pledging themselves to carry out the instruc
tions, directions and advice of the food administrator in their
homes. The latter simply wishes all of those handling food in
the home to join and then assist the government. You do not
have to pungle an initiation fee or dues to join the national or
ganization. .Just sign the card and return it to the postmaster.
In his letter of instruction to all |M>stal employees Post
master General Burleson says: -
“It is the purpose to furnish to each person signing one
of the pledge cards a household window tag entitled “Member
of United States Food Administration,” and a card bearing the
first instructions of the food administrator. You will, there
fore, after the return to your office of all the cards distributed
by you, or such portion thereof as may reasonably be expected
to be signed, but not later than one week after the date of their
distribution, notify the Food Administrator, Washington, I). C.,
of the number of persons signing the cards and hold the cards
in your office until you receive a supply*of household window
tags and instruction cards, one crtpy of each of which you will
deliver to every person who signed a pledge card.
“After you have received and delivered the household win
dow tags and instruction cards to the signers of the pledge
cards, you will then please put up the pledge cards in one or
more packages and send them under a penalty envelope or label
of your office to the Food Administrator, Washington, D. C.
“It is the desire of this department to have the postal ser
vice co-operate to the fullest possible extent with the food (ad
ministration in carrying out the important and vital work
which it has undertaken with a view to supporting and assist
ing the country in these momentous times, thereby assuring the
successful prosecution of the war, and to this end you are re
quested to give this matter your prompt and careful personal
attention. In order that interest may be aroused in the work
of the food administration and the full measure of its purposes
be achieved, you will please give the project the widest public
ity possible.”
PUTTING AN END TO SHADY PRACTICES
There s a goodly quantum of satisfaction in the stricter en
forcement of the neutrality laws and the vigilant use of the em
bargoes, all oi which is putting to an^end a traffic into Germany
that was as profitable as it was selfish and a form of dishonor
•winked at in -Europe a§ it would not have been winked at in the
United States.
Early in tin* war it was made quite clear that citizens of
Great Britain were not phlegmatic in gathering in what
amounted to smugglers’ coin, but they were shamed out of it
months ago. Some parts of France have been selling fats to
Germany. Every neutral in Europe has been guilty of law vio
lation in buying and selling. Switzerland did a tremendous
business for a while. Perhaps the smooth Italian did most for
his pocketbook. His Was a gold mine for a time.
Indications now are that United States insistence and care
ful espionage have eliminated the shady practices and assisted
in reshaping the scruples of our brethren beyond the sea so that
they may be able to see hereafter what serious offenses against
oneself may be committed by permitting a temporary prosj>er
;ty to direct the course of business.
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And does Senator Borah lay down as a condition of peace
that the United States shall be permitted to say what sort of
governn. nt Germany shall havel If that flamboyant nation
gets a good toe hold upon our national conscience it will fix us
up good and plenty for a ten years’ war.
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They are thinking aliout impeaching the governor of
Texas. There’s always something the matter with the peach 1
in Texas. Early in the spring it was said there was only half "
a crop.
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The Russians sally forth and capture a few miles of front
and then retire to hear the result of tbe'hmpty-steenth ballot.
MAKING THE WAR POPULAR
Censorship, applied solely because there is the power to1
apply it, or exercised with a vanity of such power, promises to
do more than anything else to thwart the one thing that can
bring success to America and the domacracy for which we arc
trying to make the world a safe place.
This is not Mr. Daniels’ war, nor Mr. Baker’s. It is the
~Tt>Le WVfeldt
and they, like loyal undergraduates, are massed in the bleach
ers and the grandstands hoping to see what they can of the
game.
Aaid it is the duty of the executive officials at Washington
and at the front to let the people see all that can be seen with
out adding to the dangers and the difficulties of the men on the
field.
More men will be needed from those crowds4n the Ameri
can stands. As our boys are carried off the field, downed as
many of them will be as the onslaughts grow in force and
fierceness, more men must lie hustled out from these bleachers
and grandstands to take the place of the fallen. We have pro
vided for this in our draft army, but let us give the newcomers
that spirit of determination to win that will come only with the
glimpses that they may be given of the fighting.
England went censor-mad in the early stages of the war,
and it is now admitted to have been a great mistake. Let us
not make the same mistake. So important is this feature that
with all his duties and responsibilities the president well might
stop once in each day to determine how much he could let the
people see, how much he could take them into his confidence
that day without hurting our cause or adding to our army’s
and navy’s dangers. -
* NOTICE
We have just received a new line of Dress Materials,
Piece Goods, Silks, Crepe de Chene and Ginghams. Also
Pretty Middy Blouses and Aprons.
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:: Rolfe’s Store::
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City Bakery and Dairy Lunch
THE STAFF OF LIFE FRESH EVERY MORNING
B.G VARIETY OF DELICIOUS PASTRY AND FANCY
LIGHT LUNCHES SERVED
AT AJ,L HOURS y
FRESH CAKES EVERY DAY
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF OUR COFFEE, WHICH
IS THE BEST THAT CAN BE MADE •• •’ ..
SAVE MONEY!
come;roTHE BARGAIN STORE
Ami see wliat we liave in the line of workmen’s clothing,
beds, mattresses and canvas goods of all kinds, tents and
shovels, kitchenware, furniture, stoves, etc. We also
carry a full line of mirrors—plate glass and plain.
THE NORTHERN BLOCK
First Street
Mining Supplies - - Sporting Goods 1
Stoves
Northwestern Hardware Co.
Boat Supplies
Agents for Regal and Gray Gas Engines
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Alaskan Grill
M, E. HOLBEN, Prop.
The Place To Eat
Everything In Season j
Service The BEST
Boxes For Large Or' Tray Service
Small Parties Our Specialty
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I SAFETY FIRST
MODERN LAUNDRY
F. A. Jones, Proprietor
An Up lo Date Steam Laundry
I Experienced Capable Employes \
SANITARY I
Clothes Thoroughly Washed and k
Sterilized No Contamination f
SERVICE 1
Quick Work - Reliable - Courteous P ’
Out of Town Work Given i ;
Careful, Prompt Attention 1 ;
PHONE 66 8:
WE AIM TO PLEASE 1
1st Avenue Below Alaskan Hotel 1
ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING
Done At the TIMES OFFICE and
Delivered when promised
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WM. A. HESSE
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Mining Engineer,
U. 8. Mineral Surveyor,
U. 8. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Cello may bo left, at Cordova
Drug Store. Reeldenee,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHY8ICAN AND SURGEON.
Office and Kesldence: Cordova
General Hospital (OBtrander Build
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Phones—flesldence U5; office 132.
DR. C. L. HALE
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Specialty of
Porcelain, lulay, Bridge Work
Office: Over Blum, O’Neill’s Store.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Faat and commodioui atcamara tailing batwaan Saattla, Katch
Ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagwa/, Cordova, Valdez, 8eward
Aug. 1 .MARIPOSA ., Aug. 11
Aug. 4.,. NORTHWESTERN.Aug. 16.
Sail from Cordova seven days later.
The freighters Cordova, Latoucho, Juneau, Valdez
and Eureka also make regular trips.
Thl, company reserve, the right to change schedule of ateamara
without notice.
Ticket, on sale at up town office Alaaka Steamahlp Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not bo received at the dock later than one hour before
calling time.
P. B. TRACY, S R. HEDGES,
_OonoralAiont_ Agent
DR. CHARLES’DAGGETT
AND
DR. HOMER BLYTH
DENTAL OFFICES
Suite 1, Northern Hotel Block.
Phone 200. • Cordova,
P. O. Box' 186. AlaHka.
Hours: 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Evenings by Appointment.
ROBERT SIMPSON
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted. Lenses Ground
HUBBELL & WALLER
Civil and Mining Engineers.
U. 8. Mineral and Deputy Land Sur
veyors for Alaska.
1102 L. C. SMITH BLDG., SEATTLE
"I'L.X- —» " 1i
WILLIAM PALLISTER, M.D
Specialist In the treatment of
disease)) and deformities of the
eye. ear. note and throat; glasses
JUNEAU GENERAL HOSPITAL.
PATENT SURVEYS
A. C. BALDWIN,
U. S. Mineral Surveyor.
VALDEZ . ALASKA
E. F. MEDLEY.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Room 1
'dams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA
SMITH & McCONAGHY
PLUMBERS AND STEAMFITTERS.
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' Cor. Front and B Streets.
Office Open Evenings.
Wind sor Hotel I
L. Wain, Prop.
Where You Get
- Comfort and Service.
And the Rates Are Right.
Cordova Alaska
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Northern I
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For in# Boot Brando of < ► $
WINES, '
LIQUORS i!
AND
CIGARS
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Call at the
POPULAR CORNER
First Avenae and C Street I 1
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PACIFIC STEAMSHIP ®.
ADMIRAL LINE
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SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE AUGUST 715-23-31
SAILINGS FROM CORDOVA
Westbound
August Gth
August 13th
August 21st
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Steamers President, Governor, Admirals Schley and Dewey, Queen.
Through Tickets to All Parts of the United States and Canada.
Right Reserved to Chance Schedule of Steamers Without Notice.
FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY
W. A. NOURSE, Agent. Empress Building.
FOR GENERAL TEAMING, BAGGAGE
TRANSFERRED, AUTO SERVICE,
COAL AND WOOD.
ALASKA TRANSFER
| COMPANY
UNEXCELLED WAREHOUSE FACILITIES
For Storing and Insuring Baggage,
Mdse and Household Goods.
Office—EMPRESS BUILDING, CORDOVA—Phone 85
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j NORTHERN MEAT MARKET j
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL'DEALERS IN
| Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton I
I and Provisions |
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to ordere from
MINING CAMPS, ROADHOUSES AND
' INTERIOR POINTS
.SMITH & GLASBRENNERj Props. §
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Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
. Cordova. House
H. C. ROSS^ Proprietor.
Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
. Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
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! Foos Gas Engines
jj 4 to SCO Horse Power
i General Electric Motors
Roebling Tramways
} Pelton Water Wheels
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
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I Harmon Machinery Co Inc
Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting
CORDOVA, ALASKA
ASK FOR THE “SHELDON SERVICE *• 1
Sheldon Auto Stage Line 1
Twice-a-Week Service, Chitiua to Fairbanks. 8
Cars Leave Facli Fnd Tuesdays and Fridays. H
FARE >75.00 40 POUNDS BAGGAGE FREE. I
FOR FCRTHER information addrfss m
ROBERT SHELDON, Ownw and Manager CHITTNA, ALASKA |