REDIVISION OF
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PARIS. Jan. 3. — France Is likely
to come out of the war with a new
map whether her exterior boundaries
are changed or not. Napoleon's or
ganization of her 86 departments, dat
ing from 1799. lias been condemned
by nearly all French statesmen as in
adequate for modern France. A strong
movement that has, since the war, de
veloped into an effective experiment
in the organization of “regional eco
nomic consultative committees" may
bring about a political redivision of
the country into something like 18
administrative and legislative "re
gions."
The object of concentration of re
gional interests now scattered among
the departments, with a decentraliza
tion of administrative measures. It
would bring the French republic into
closer analogy with the government
of the United States by giving the
proposed “regions’ 'independence as
to local regulations and economic pro
blems such as the 86 departments
have never had.
The man who has directed the move
is one of the younger men in public
life, Jean Hennessy, deputy for the de
partment of Charente and a member
of the well known Hennessy family of
Southwestern France. He introduced
a bill to that end in the chamber in
1913. It was still unacted upon when
the mobilization was ordered, and M.
Henessy joined his regiment. In the
interval before the government re
turned from Bordeaux to Paris, he had '
earned the French military medal and
the British distinguished service or
der. With the reassembling of parlia
ment he came back to push his pro
ject and succeeded in passing a com
promise measure for the organization
of economic conceiting committees in
each of the 19 military regions of
France. A committee of the chamber
has reported that the results of the
experiment are excellent; they have
furnished a forceful argument in
favor of M. Hennessy's original propo
sition.
“The task of the French citizens af
ter the war will be a hard one," said
M. Hennessy to the Associated Press,
“and they must not be handicapped
by a superannuated system of govern
mental administration that centralizes
the administrative machinery in the
, capital, despite the 86 departmental
divisions, and cramps the economic
life of the country Heretofore every
thing has gone to Paris or by way
of Paris. All the big railway lines
converged upon the capital and left
the provincial regions out of touch j
with each other and without adequate (
direct communications with foreign
countries.
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France from adapting herself to the
economic transformation of the epoch.
She failed to profit from her inconi
parable geographical position and she
left a great part of her enormous na
tural riches unexploited; her economic
installations were too slow in devel
oping; her waterways were neither
properly developed nor organized; in
dustrial organization was perfected in
only isolated cases and not general
ized; several hundred thousand horse
power in natural waterfall was ne
glected ; agriculture even did not pro
duce the maximum; there was no co
operation between scientists and prac
tical business men; our capital was
mostly applied to the development of
other countries than our own.
“The only cure for all that is the
cutting of the red tape that binds
those regions to the capital and pro
vents the free play of local initiative.
“The interests and occupations of
different regions of France are quite
as varied as those • of the United
States; their customs are even more
varied; they should have the facili
ties for looking after their own inter
ests — legislating for themselves and
by a regrouping politically into re
gions that are homogeneous in their
natural resources, occupations and re
quirements, left free to pursue their
economic development unhindered by
the local considerations of other re
gions that huve not the same inter
ests.
“Of all the great belligerent coun
tries, France is the only one in which
younger generations will not be ready
to repair the losses and replace the
social work of those that are dead it
will take us at least twenty years to
bring our adult population up to that
of 1914. This deficit of population, if
we are not careful, will weigh heavily
upon our destiny; all the more so
since the wur will result in an in
creased activity in the entire world.
It will not only transform the politi
cal map of continents, but will have
upon the development of countries
which are engaged in it, as upon neu
tral countries, immense consequences
A new world will emerge from the
great convulsion.
“The French must no longer revel
in words; they must act. The govern
ment and representatives of the states
no longer capable of supervising the
direction of all the public affairs aris
ing from modern life, and the parlia
ment overloaded with responsibility
and at times subservient to particu
lar interests, must leave what they
are no longer able to do to regional as
sembiles.
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"It Is proposed to reorganize the
administration of affairs into 18 re
gions. Their suggested boundaries
have been only approximately outlined
in a map prepared by M. Vidal de la
Blanche, the celebrated geographer,
but they will probably have for cen
tral points the following cities: Paris,
Rouen, Rennes, Lille, Nancy, Nantes,
La Rochelle, Bourges, Dijon, Bordeaux,
Limoges, Clermont-Ferrand, Lyons,
Orenoble, Toulouse, Montpelier, Mar
seilles and Ajaccio."
It is proposed to elect the regional
assemblies by universal suffrage, but
in new groupings of voters according
to their occupations or professions, so
that ail interests will be represented.
In addition to a general group, the
following professional groups are pro
posed: Agriculturists and laborers,
merchants and clerks, manufacturers
and mechanics, professional men and
office holders.
Each of these categories would have
representation in the regional assem
bly proportionate to its voting strength
and in the professional categories the
proportionate representation of the
group would be divided between em
ployers an demployed.
The voter may register either In the
general group or in the professional
group for which his occupation makes
him eligible.
These regional councils would ap
proach nearer state legislatures than
any bodies existing in France. They
would absorb a considerable part of
the work of the parliament and have
far wider and more effective powers
than those of the present general
councils of the. 8t> departments which
correspond to boards or supervisors
in New York state, longer and more
frequent sessions.
It is proposed to elect a member of
he regional assembly for every 20,
>00 inhabitants or fraction thereof;
ind the members will not be eligible,
is are the members of the general
'ounclls, for seats in parliament.
“Interior reforms so vast as those
se have in view,” concluded M. Hen
vessy, “are made easier by momen
tous events that have come into the
ife ot peoples. The great reform of
1790 was effected at the dawn of the
revolution and the laws now govern
ng the departmental organization in
France were voted at the close of the
Franco-Prusaian war. This regional
egislative and administrative reform
n France may come out of the great
European conflict."
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BIG PROFIT IN THEj
Frank Stanley, a prospector who
ias just returned to the states from
'ape Nome, relates interesting facts
oncerning the new white whale in
lustry that has lately sprung up in
Uaskan waters, and which is being
ollowed with considerable success, es
lecially by Ben Nygren and his part
ner, Sam Torkelson, whose headquar
ers are at Nome.
According to Nygren, who was in
'lome, white whales have been plen
iful during the fall. The white whales
ire in comparatively poor condition
his season, owing to the fact, Nygren
relieves, that a great many killer
whales are chasing them. Nygren and
?rew saw an ocean tragedy recently.
\ killer rushed into a school of white
whales and came up with a big one in
ts mouth.
At the white whale plant at Cape
Nome no part of the animal is wasted.
Hides, flesh, oil and hones are all uti
lized. The hides bring a big price
and are made into the strongest kind
of leather. After the oil is extracted
the meat is dried and sold for dog
meat. The meat is good, tasting like
beef. In Norway It is eagerly sought
after, and Is Bold as ‘‘steer of the
sea."
The oil of the white whale is said
to excel the oil of any fish. Some of
the product now held In Nome is so
clear and transparent that one can
look through it and easily read a pa
per held on the other Bide. It sells
In England at the remarkable price
of $500 a barrel. One single fleet car
rying the products of the Norwegian
white whale Industry has sold its car
go for the astounding total of 80,600,
000 crowns, or over $26,000,000, ac
cording to report.
At Cape Nome long nets are used to
catch the white whale, which averages
12 to 13 feet In length. When en
tangled In the net they are shot with
a rifle so as to Injure the skin as lit
tle as possible.
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NOTICE.
Parents with children having the
measles are hereby notified to main
tain a strict quarantine on them.
W. W. COUNCIL,
Health Officer.
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TOWN OF CORDOVA.
Municipal Taxes.
Town taxes are now due and pay
able to the town treasurer, H. I
O’Neill, at his office.
Bald taxes will be delinquent or
the second Mouday In February, 1817
at the hour of 6 o'clock p. m. Upor
all unpaid taxes after that time a pen
alty of five per cent will ve collected
H. I. O'NEILL.
Town Treaaurer.
PRINCE WILLIAM
SOUND MINES
BONDED
Under an agreement entered into
between the Alaska Bonding & Devel
opment Company, a Juneau concern,
and the owners of the Mayfield gold
quartb property, located on I’rince
William sound, the negotiations hav
ing been completed, the corporation
takes over that valuable property, and
will take steps for its development in
the near future.
The property thus taken over is
generally conceded to be an extreme
ly valuable one. It consists of a group
of five claims, covering three parallel
veins of gold quartz, the main vein
running from six to fifteen feet in
width and the two smaller veins aver
aging one foot and two feet in width
respectively. considerable develop
ment work has already been done on
the property, consisting of 670 feet of
I tunnel.
Tunnel No. 1, on the main lead, has
been run In a distance of more than
100 feet, cutting the two smaller leads,
which with the depth attained, about
60 feet, shows these veins to have in
creased in width to about double the
surface showing. The main lead also
shows a large Increase In size, show
ing eight feet of ore in the face of
the tunnel. In drifting on the main
vein an offshoot was encountered,
which showed a face of about six
feet, a drift was run on this offshoot
a distance of about 48 feet and in that
distance it held up to this width.
In tunnel No. 2, which has been
run in a distance of more than 400
reet, and w hich attained a depth on the j
vein of about 220 feet, the ore body
maintained Its width and values the
same as in the upper tunnel, and the
same offshoot was encountered as in
the upper workings. A fair average
sample taken in this tunnel across the '
face of the vein gave assay returns .
of about $25 per ton. Surface assays
gave slightly higher results. It is es
timated that an average value of $20
per ton is an extremely conservative
estimate of the value of the ore al
read blocked out, and it is believed
by competent mining men that an en
ormous tonnage of ore of this value
can be developed on the property at
a moderate cost. A prominent mining
engineer who visited the property
within a short time, estimated that
no less than 9,000 tons of ore ha<j al
ready been blocked out, having an av
erage value of not less than $20 per 1
ton, or $180,000 worth of ore in Bight I
This property is situated on the di
vide between Shoup bay and Colum
bia bay, at an elevation of about 2,200
feet. Near it are both timber and
water in abundance for all mining and
milling purposes, and ample water
supply for power being available with
in a short distance of the tunnel. In
fact, the property is well situated for
economical working and under effi
dent management bids fair to become
a big producer.
This is the second property now
held by the company, the first group
of claims covering an extensive de
posit of gold quartz in the l’ort Wells
section, is owned outright by the com
pany. The present acsquisition is sur
rounded by such properties as the
Gold King, which has the richest sur
face showings ever discovered in this
locality, and the Eagle group, another
rich property. In fact, the Shoup bay
district is conceded to be one of the
richest in the vicinity of Valdez and
the Mayfield Is believed to be one of
the most valuable properties in that
section.
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The Russian government has ap
proved reports of engineers advocat
ing the linking of the Volga and Don
rivers with a canal to develop large
areas in southeastern Russia.
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Government experts are investigat
ing the recently discovered bone de
posits of the Priblloff islands, believed
to be the world's greatest supply of
fertilizer of that kind.
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shined. Alaskan Hotel barber shop.
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IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA, THIRD
DIVISION, CORDOVA PRECINCT,
AT CORDOVA.
No. 112.
In the Matter of the Estate of J. W.
Durnen, Deceased.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
The undersigned executor of the es
tate of J. W. Durnen. deceased, here
by gives notice that all persons hav
ing claims against the said estate, are
. JJ~.QniuWa(l un«J rati u I raxrl tn JirPUPM l
the same, with the proper vouchers,
within six inonthB from the date here
of, to the undersigned executor at his
office and place of business, namely at
Hlater's Restaurant, on First Street,
In said Cordu»a.
Dated Cordova, Alaska this 27th
day of December, 1919.
HENRY A. SLATER,
Executor of the estate of J. W. Durnen,
Deceased.
Date of first publication, December
29, 1919.
Date of last publication, January 26,
1917. m
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NOTICE.
All creditors of the Oordova Pack
ing Company, who have not hereto
fore presented their < lalms to M
Brock, at the Blum, O'Neill store, art
requested to do so at once.
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dered handkerchiefs Just received at
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advertised she’ll not miss
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looking for it.
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chant. Keep the house
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know through the news
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offer. Incidentally men
today ransack the news
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assiduously as do w omen.
If you want to sell
your wares advertise.
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medium, the newspaper.
Also if you want to buy
successfully read the ad
vertisements.
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WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phons 107.
Your New Years Resolution
Let us suggest the following New Year’s resolution to you:
“I will start a Savings Account with niv first pay check this
month and will deposit every month so much to my account.”
If you do so you will get the habit of depositing every
month, and these deposits, together with the compound inter
est which the bank adds twice a year, will soon make a substan
tial total.
FOR THE INFORMATION OF OUR PRESENT SAVINGS
DEPOSITORS
We wish to inform you that on January 2nd we have cred
ited to your savings account the interest due you. You may
have this interest entered in your book any time it is conven
ient to you. Whether you have the same entered or not vour
interest will draw interest from January 1, and thus automati
cally increase your savings account.
THE FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
United States Depository for Postal Savings Funds,
Territorial Depository. Government Inspected.
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Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
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her guests under the Boft light of elec
tricity looks her best and knowing
this feels at her best. No other light
Is so adaptable to artistic arrangement
or more convenient adjustment. If
your home is not equipped for and
with electricity let us show you why
you should have It so at once.
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS WATER PHONES POWER
Office: FIRST STREET.
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(Copper River
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EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916.
j| Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. ;|
Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott.
p Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Tkure- p
days and Saturdays.
I Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and !§
pi Fridays.
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Fridays.
| Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, §
Thursdays and Saturdays.
ig The above schedule subject to change without notice.
:¥ Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Peaaenger Tralna Re- $
tween Cordova and Chitina.
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Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Tickets on sale at Depot or up town office, Alasl a §
Steamship Company building
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