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FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
CAPITAL STOCK $25,000
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Our Stockholders Are
S. BLUM GEORGE C. HAZELET
M. BROCK FRED GLASBRENNER
A. E. LATHOP DELIA LYONS
JAFET LINDEBERG
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VITAL STATISTICS
81 TERRITORIAL
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Territorial Secretary Davidson, in
submitting his report to the legisla
ture, says that the total amount ot
fees received from foreign and domes
tic corporations since the law went
Into effect, to wit, July 23, 1913, In
eluding license fees and filing fees, is
$21,770,10, which has been deposited
with the territorial treasurer, as pro
vided in said act.
I Following is a report of the corpo
rations on file.
' For. JDom. Total
I Number of “Dead"
corporations .515 169 713
Number of “live”
corporations .426 410 836
Number of corpora
tions having paid
! license fees .333 159 492
No. of corporations
filed since July 23,
1913 (date Chapter
11„ 1913 Session
Lnws went into ef
fect . 66 62 128
In connection with the registration
of vital statistics under the present
law as set forth in Chapter 35 of the
1913 Session laws, the following sug
gestions and recommendations are re
spectfully submitted:
1. Said act reoulres a rw-nni
births, deaths and marriages in the
territory to be made first In the office
of the United States commissioner,
second in the office of the clerk of the
district court; and finally in the office
of the secretary of Alaska, thus cre
ating three separate and distinct offic
es of record.
In my opinion it is unnecessary and
of no avail to require the registration
of the vieal statistics of the territory
in more than two offices at most, and
it might prove to be more efficacious
to have but one general office of rec
ord, all reports being forwarded direct
to the office of the secretary.
2. Section 8 of said Chapter 35 pro
vides a fee of $1.00 ns compensation
to tlie United States commissioners for
recording each certificate of birth and
death, and provides that the fees shall
be included by the commissioner in
his quarterly account of fees due from
the United States. The federal gov
ernment has disallowed the payment
of such fees and as a result some of
the commissioners, notably those nt
Fairbanks, Ruby, Fort Yukon and Idit
arod, in the Fourth judicial division ot
Alaska, have refused to comply with
the provisions of Chapter 35 as to the
registration of births and deaths,
although urgently requested by this
office to do so. Other commissioners,
particularly those at Juneau, Skag
way, Haines, Ketchikan, and in fact
practically all of the commissioners in
hte First and Second judicial divis
ions of Alaska have been very ener
getic and thorough in the performance
of their duties in connection with the
registration of vital statistics, even
though there was considerable doubt
whether they W'ould receive any com
pensation for their services.
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I an appropriation be made sufficient
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: to reimburse the commissioners for
fees due them for services already
| rendered in recording the certificates
; of births and deaths, which will a
' mount to approximately $f,500, and an
! additional appropriation to cover the
\ fees which will become due in the fu
; lure for such services rendered by
said commissioners, their accounts to
be submitted to this office and paid
from the funds of the territory.
Generally speaking this law has not
been adhered to as closely as it
should have been and provision should
be made for its strict enforcement.
If the records are to be filed with
[ commissioners, as the present law re
quires, record books and indices fot
tile records of the commissioners ol
the territory should be furnished im
mediately, at an approximately cost 01
$600.
Attached hereto is a record of tilt
births, deaths and marriages whict
have been recorded:
Births
prior to
1913 1913 1914 1915 Totn
1st Div. . . 253 108 248 19 021
2d Div. . . 11 22 08 0 10
3rd Dlv. .. 4 56 127 10 197
4th Dlv. ..1548 53 23 0 1624
Total... 1816 239 466 29 2550
Deaths
Prior to
1913 1913 1914 1915 Total
1st Dlv. .. 78 56 186 14 334
2d Dlv. .. 14 36. 56 0 106
3rd Dlv. .. 67 107 162 9 335
4th Dlv. .. 851 67 20 0 938
Total... 1010 266 414 23 1713
Marriages
Prior to
1913 1913 1914 1916 Total
1st Dlv. .. 22 78 210 11 321
2d Dlv. .. 40 18 47 1 106
3rd Dlv. .. 63 37 98 6 203
4th Dlv. .. 646 30 37 1 604
Ttoal... 671 163 382 18 1234
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NEWSPAPER AAEN IN
THE LEGISLATURE
There are two newspaper men in
the Alaska legislature—both from the
Fourth division. 8euator O. P.
Oaustad and Representative C. K.
Snow have both been engaged in
newspaper work at different times dur
ing their careers though both of them
have devoted most of their time while
In Alaska to mining.
Representative Snow was one of
the editors and publishers of the
Ruby Record-Citizen at the time of
his election, though he spent a good
deal of his time In mining and pros
pecting. Upon leaving Ruby his
place in the newspaper was taken by
[ Sam Callahan, one of the pioneer
newspaper men of Interior Alaska.
Senator Oaustad did service in the
newspaper and printing game from
boyhood until he left North Dakota
to make his fortune In Alaska. Me
began as a "devil" and became a mas
ter printer and all-round newspaper
man. Upon coming north he devoted
his attention to mining and prospered.
As the senior member of the firm of
Oaustad & TrosBeth, he operated one
of the good claims on Cleary creek,
near Chatanika, and that place Is
still his post-office when at home.
WHERE PATRIOTISM
IS NOT LACKING
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
BERLIN, Keb. 23—In proportion to
its size, a little village in the prov
ince of Brandenberg claims a record
for patriotic zeal. The town has not
quite 700 inhabitants, but according
to the burgomaster's boast, it has
contributed nearly $1,200 toward the
Red Cross, gifts for soldiers and care
of widows. At the outbreak of the
war every man in the village paid his
war tax in advance, without accept
ing the rebate which this action en
titled him to. Twelve youths of the
village volunteered for service the
first day of mobilization; eighty of
the men wetft ofT to join the army,
while since the war the 200 or so of
women in the town have knitted near
ly a thousand socks, shirts, wristlets,
and other comforts for the troops,
besides collecting more than a thous
and pounds of woolen articles during
a single week.
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GREAT SCARCITY OF
METAL IN GERMANY
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
GENEVA, Keb. 23—Swiss newspa
per reports of a meeting of the iron
manufacturers at Dusseldorf. Keby.
say that Dr. Shuster stated to the
meeting that the lack of metal was
becoming a grave question in Ger
many, and suggested, the report adds,
that it might easily be solved if all
the bronze monuments raised to mem
bers of the royal family were melted
down.
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PRIEST WAS NOT
AFRAID TO DIE
(By Associated Pres* Correspondence)
PARIS, Keb. 23—The Rev. Krere
Jean Baptiste Jeanmarie, who died of
wounds received in the battle of Vrig
ny, Nov. 12, was the thirty-first of
the Redemptlonist Brothers killed in
this war. ‘‘I am not afraid to die;
1 shall only regret not to have been
able to say mass” were his last
words.
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Today's hisws in today's Daily Times
UNCLE SAM TO
1 OF IDLE
MEN
—
A federal employment bureau has
been inaugurated at Seattle, which ts
In charge of the commissioner of im
migration for the state of Washington.
The work relating to the new sys
tem of employment and distribution
of wage eurners, as established by the
department of labor and assisted by
the post-office and agricultural depart
ments, is for the purpose of bringing
together the employer and the man
or woman seeking employment.
The department, through the division
of information of the bureau of im
migration has established distribution
offices throughout the country with
the view og betting the welfare of
the wage earners and inspiring tWeir
opportunity for employment; also with
the view of affording the employers a :
method whereby they may apply for •.
help. jj
It is especially desired by the do- 5
partment to encourage the return of
laborers to the farm and rural oceu- :
pations. Applications will be received }
from employers for domestic help; •;
male or female; also applications from •:
ownerds of land desiring settlers or :j
tenant.s :i
Careful attention will be given to •:
the selection of applicats with a view’ ■:
to directing to employers only such i
help as is specified in the applica- .
tlons. No fee will be charged either
the employer or the employee.
The Cordova post office has been
supplied with the necessary blanks on
which employers and those seeking
employment may make application.
Blank applications may also be ob
tained from agents of the department
of agriculture. The application will
be mailed by the postmaster to the
proper distribution office.
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AMBULANCE DOGS ARE
VERY FAITHFUL
(By Associated Press Correspondence)
PARIS, Feb. 23—Among the ambu
lance dogs sent to the front recently
by Madame Kresser, president of the
Ambulance Dog Society, was "True"
a French shepherd, who was captured
by the Germans and kept for several
weeks. He managed to escape and
find his way back to his kennel In
Paris, a distance of over 100 miles.
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DRISCOLL RILL IS
ELECTION REVISION'
The Driscol election bill, in addi
tion to providing for the Australian
ballot, would permit, if it should be
come a law, one possessing the quali
fications of an elector at any place
within any of the Alaska judicial di
visions to vote at any precinct within
that division at general elections. In
other words, a qualified elector in
Cordova could cast his ballot at Val
dez and vice versa.
It also provides for a system of reg
istration on election day—that is, it
requires every one desiring to vote
to sign a statement which would set
forth his residential, citizenship and
other qualifications.
As to the journeyman voter, the
Driscol bill sayB in Section 22: "Any
person who can qualify as a legal
voter in the division in which he or
she attempts or offers to vote may
qualify and vote in any election pre
cinct in such division by subscribing
to the qualifications required for regie
tration in this section.”
The same section also says: “Ab
sence from the territory or said judic
ial division or city or town wherein
election is held, on business, shall
not effect the question of residence;
provided lie or she has not claimed
such right elsewhere. One of the
said judges shall keep the said regis
tration book, and he or she shall sign
his or tier name In said book, which
signature shall be a statement of said
voter to the effect that he or she is
qualified to vote under this act."
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Kdnney has a corner on Coffee,
What we mean is COFFEE, not the
wishy-wishy kind you have been
buying and nicknamed coffee. One
can of Dwight Edwards will convince
I Northern Meat Market I
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WHOLESALE AI1D RETAIL DEALERS IN
Fresh Beef, Pork, Veal and |
Provisions
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INTERIOR POINTS
BRANCH MARKET AT CHITINA
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Manufacturers of
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STEAM AND HORSE POWER PLACER DRILLS
Dealers In
STEAM FITTINGS, CABLE, DRIVE PIPE. STEAM BOILERS
CONVEYING AND TRANSMISSION MACHINERY
AND GAS ENGINES
MACHINE SHOP AND FOUNDRY WORK
HARMON & DEEVER
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