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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CORDOVA, ALASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1917.
LET ALASKA BE FORTIFIED.
It is respectfully suggested that the very first joint mem
orial sent by the territorial legislature to congress should be one
demanding the fortification of Alaska.
The memorial should be drawn up by the most vigorous
minds in the legislature and should be worded in a manner that
would' leave no doubt in the minds of the national legislators
that the matter is one of supreme and vital importance. The
fortification of our coasts should not be requested; it should
be demanded with all the vigor and earnestness of which we are
capable. It is our right and nothing less than our right to be
protected and not to be abandoned an easy prey to the forces
of tin* first hostile power that wishes to strike the United States
in its most vulnerable point.
Of all the territories belonging to the United States this
alone is left unguarded. The capital city of Alaska today, with
all its wealth in mineral and merchandise, is powerless against
tin* smallest warship of any class of any of the great powers.
As Juneau is today without a gun this city and its great mining
plants could be blown to pieces in twenty-four hours unless we
surrendered it to the first gunboat crew of the enemy that came
along. The same is true of Cordova, and the government rail
road terminals which are the gateways to the coal fields.
It is all very well to talk of organizing military companies
or guards here, but they would be absolutely powerless to save
the city from one cannon operating from a boat several miles
away.
In addition to the loss of our wealth resources Alaska
would furnish the enemy with a base from which to direct oper
ations against the cities on the Pacific coast of the United
States. To an enemy who desired to attack the United States
it is a positive fact that Alaska would be of greater advantage
to him than any other bit of land outside the states proper
themselves.
Now, therefore, let us get to work and if Washington is not
possessed of a full sense of the danger arising from an unpro
tected Alaska, let us drive home to the mind of the national gov
ernment and of the whole nation the tremendous importance of
having the territory fortified against attack. Alaska is the
weakest spot in the armor of Uncle Sam. If war came tomor
row, especially against an Oriental power, and if Alaska was
touud unfortified when the war broke out it would be better fori
the United States if no Alaska had ever existed. It is situated
in such a manner that it actually serves as something on which
an enemy could stand to reach Uncle Sam’s throat. This is no
exaggeration, but gospel truth. It is up to Alaskans to get the
national government to see it if they do not see it now, and if
they see it to act accordingly.
If the legislature never did anything else this session but to
impress Washington with the paramount importance of defend
ing Alaska the legislature would be doing the greatest benefit
not only to the territory, but to the whole nation.
Since this editorial was set >n type such a memorial was in
treduced in the territorial senate.—Juneau Dispatch.
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OPPOSES REVISION MINING LAWS.
Maurice D. Leehey, of Seattle, writing to Mining and Scien
tific Press on the subject of “Revision of the Mining Law,” ,
lakes issue with Horace V. Winchell. He wrote, in part: “The
great objection, from a western standpoint, to any general re
vision of the mining laws at this time, is that such revision will
be made by a congress which is both ignorant and unappreci
ative of the fundamental principles involved, a congress just
now far less responsive to western sentiment than it is to the
inllucnce of the well-mentioned but misinformed and' impracti
cal theorists who would place all our public-mineral lands under
a leasing system. It would surely result also in an increase of
federal control and red tape, and limit or destroy the present
power of our state legislatures to meet the varying conditions.
Really, I think we had better go slow at this time in changing ■
a law that has stood the test of 45 fruitful years, and permitted
—if not fostered—the wonderful era of mining development
throughout the west. * * Until congress at least demon
strates the ability to provide the much-needed new legislation
for the relief of our forbidden industries, we prefer to get along
with our present metal mining laws.”
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WESTERN FRONT HOLDS EYES.
Important battles on the western front have developed
without any overwhelming “spring drive,” which is the toy
of the amateur tacticians when they hold their “stove league”
sessions in the winter time. The British offensive toward Ba
pauiue and Peronne has had a large measure of success, if the
allies’ reporters are in strict sense correct. The readiness of the ,
Germans to fall back has caused no end of speculation. Even
tl e allies seem to be suspicious that their initiative is not the i
only cause; it looks sometimes as if the Germans merely were
holding their advanced line as a “false front” and were pre- i
pared to fight it out, either in the open or behind especially con- i
st meted d'ugouts and redoubts which may be fitted with wea- 1
p( us of a terribleness never yet demonstrated. There promises
to be more of a variety on the western front this year, anyhow, *
and the eye comes back to it with new interest after a sketchy 1
view of the far east, which at most affects only the hem of the
affair.
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There will be no danger of trouble with* Japan so long as
the United States remains her best customer.
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In case of war the Panama canal would be a joint in our
armor into which the enemy would like to insert his sword.
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What chance have the U-boats and the war for fame and
notice with milady, with spring style openings in their zenith?
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Winston Spencer Churchill thinks starvation will force
Germany to yield by 1918 without needless waste of life in mili
tary operations. Not in a mood to advise any more Dardanel
les exploits, colonel ?
In the district court for the terrl-'
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
Notice of ter mof court at Cordova,
Alaska.
The president of the United Slates
of America, to the residents of the
Third division of the Territory of
Alaska, and to all whom It may con
tern, greeting:
You and each and all of you, will
please take notice that by an order
of the court, duly made and entered,
a term of the district court for the
territory of Alaska, Third division,
has been called and will be held in
Cordova, Alaska, beginning on the
2nd day of April, 1B17, and continue
ns long thereafter as the public wel
fare may require.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, tills 2.2rd
day of February, lBlfi.
(District FRED M. BROWN.
Court Seal) District Judge.
Attest: Arthur Dang, Clerk.
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WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
LI. S. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 13. CORDOVA, ALASKA
DR. W. H CHASE
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ADMIRAL LINE
SAILINGS FROM CORDOVA 8EATTLE TO CALIFORNIA
8teamer Kvamt April 7. | ; Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays
To Seattle and Alaska Ports 8teamers—President, Governor,
8EATTLE TO CORDOVA Queen, Umatilla, Admiral Subley
March 25, April 1 and 8. and Admiral Dewey.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ROUTE
San Francisco and Los Angeles.Dally Except Sunday
Han Francisco and San Dlege.Monday, Thursday Saturday
I 8teamers—Harvard, Yale. President. Governor, Admirals Schley, and
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Full Particulars—A. E. Lathrop, Agt., Cordova Alaska.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
Ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, 8kagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward
March 8.ALASKA.March 13
March 16 . NORTHWESTERN .... March 24
Hail from Cordova Beven days later.
The freighters Cordova, laitouclic, Juneau, Valdez
and Eureka also make regular trips.
Thl* company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notlca.
Tloketa on aale at up town office Ataaka Steamship Bldg. Baggage
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
calling time.
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