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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 20. 1918.
LIBERTY LOAN INTEREST RATE
Secretary McAdoo has not yet set
tled on the amount of interest that
the third liberty loan will bear. It is
said that he is considering again rais
ing the rate to make the third loan
bear 4y2 per cent. The first loan was
placed at 3^ per cent, the second at
4 per cent, and there may be another
bait- per cent raise for the third loan.
Should the rate be fixed at 4x/2 per
cent bonds of the first two loans will
be convertible into third loan bonds
bearing the higher interest rate. The
government could not afford to pay a
lower rate of interest to those who
bought bonds early and patriotically
than to those who waited for the third
loan.
There is arising some opposition to
increasing the interest percentage on
the third loan. There is only one way
for the government to sell the bonds
orjickly and easily. They must be an
attractive form of investment and
ibeir interest rate must be high
•enough to draw money. There have
been many thousands who purchased
'fibeTty bonds through patriotism, but
ft has been demonstrated that the
people will not take up a loan of sev
eral billions for that reason alone.
That is the condition no matter how
much we would wish it to be other
wise.
No one need worry about an addi
tion being made to the interest rate.
The taxpayers of the country are buy
ing the bonds, and the taxpayers of
the country will pay the interest on
the bonds, and taxpayers include every
person, for none fail to pay direct
or indirect taxes.
As we see it, the only man who will
lose by an increase in the interest
on the loan is the man who does not
buy a bond and who pays the interest
on another man’s bond.
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RUSSIA NEEDS A DANTON
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The Russian people seem not to be
as spiritless as' the Bolsheviki had
presurffed. Popular anger at the ac
tion of the Lenine government in sign
ing away large stretches of Russian
territory as pay for a peace with Ger
many has become so widespread thal
the Bolsheviki are likely to refuse tc
live up to their agreement with tht
haiser.
A military committee has been ap
pointed in Russia, every man has beet
ordered to arm, and Petrograd is be
lug evacuated.
"We will fall back even as far a
the Ural mountains in order to circum
vent the Germans,” says Trotskj
move re-tppnsible hin any other man
for Russia's present predioaiiipm
Til • p:er.ent times in Russia rail for
a man who willl talk of advancing
instead of falling back.
1 Conditions in Russia arc much like
* !hcy were in France when Danton
I called a nation to arms against the in
vaders. The burning words of Danton
made an army spring from the ground,
Carnot organized the fighters, and
’ j they went forth onto the battlefields
' of Europe and defeated every foe they
.[met for a score of years,
i France was as disorganized as Rus
sia when she turned and showed her
* fangs, drove the invading armies out
of her territories, and began that
march that carried French armies into
every capital of continental Europe
Russia could do the same. But
where is her bold Danton?
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A WAY TO SAVE TONNAGE
American troops are being carried to
France as fast as possible on all avail,
able transports.
The amount of food stuffs being sent
from this nation to Europe is re
stricted only By he scarcity of bot
toms. The United States must largeH
feed the allies.
Why would it not be a good plan to
have every transport that goes to
France return here filled with wound
ed allied soldiers, German prisoners
of war and orphans and other helpless
elements in the French and Belgian
! populations?
We must feed these people. Instead
■ of sending the food across to them,
it would save time and ships to bring
them to the food. The transports
then could return to the United Slates
with capacity loads.
, German prisoners could be made to
do much necessary work in this coun
try. The wounded could be repaired
and brought back to health. The or
phans could be sustained and perhaps
many thousands of them could he
adoptetl in this country.
WE WILL MAKE GERMANS SEE
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Millions of copies of the addresses
of President Wilson ana Premier
Lloyd George have been printed in the
German language, and every possible
means of distribution is being used to
get the booklets into the hands pf the
common people of Germany.
This may or may not pay; at least
it is worth trying.
The German people one day will
see the light but that day will come only
after they have been swatted so hard
across the head by allied arms that
they will begin to think. It is as dif
ficult to break down decades of mili
tarism as it is to take the Christian
religion to the pagans. The one has
been largely accomplished—some
times, it is true, with a gun. The
! other can and will be—and American
guns to help shoot decency and com
j mon sense into the Germans, must not
. be permitted to get cold while the
President preaches the gospel or dem
ocracy for all.
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CONSERVATION IN ALASKA
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Ordinarily one thinks of the United
y
States food conservation program as
! limited to the forty-eight states. But
i that this is not the case may be dis
covered by a. glance at what Alaska
and the Hawaiian Island are doing in
this regard.
In Honolulu, where bananas are one
of the principal crops, the native bak
eries are making a “war bread’’ con
taining 50 per cent of banana pulp
flour. The movement was begun un
1 der the auspices of a branch of the
Nation defense society. Homes and
i business houses are asked to buy at
•1 least oe bunch of bananas each week
i to be used in this manner. The aver
;1 age bunch of bananas costs anywhere
- from fifty cents to one dollar, and
, weighs about one hundred pounds.
iThe use of this kind of war bread
I serves a twofold purpose. In the first
place wheat is saved; and, in the
second place, bananas are used which
otherwise would have rotted oir the
wharves for lack of transportation!
In Alaska the food conservation
movement is as rigidly observed as in
any cne of the states. The natives
| declare that, inasmuch as the United
States has given them free schools and
| many other privileges, they are more
'than willing to repay their debt by
j economizing in food as much as pos
isible. All tile school children have
|signed the food pledges; the hotel*
land public eating houses have joined
• the United States food administra
tion, and the '‘less-’ days are ob
served in exactly the same manner as
they are in that part of the United
States south of Canada.
Thus, the United States is reaping
the benefit of the good government
j begun in its outlying possessions years
jago. And. incidentally, the natives of
: Hawaii and Alaska are shaming by
j their performances many inhabitants
|of the states who are supporting the
j Hoover program more by lip service
than by genuine effort—Dallas. Texas.
Morning News,
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING.
WAITED—Woman wants work by
the (fey or position as cook. Apply
downstairs of old meat market, on
Burkhardt way. 20-(it
WANTED—To rent typewriters for
the Cordiwa Commercial School, I
any standard make; nrast be in good I
working condition; $3.00 a month
Communicate at once with srrs. V.
P. Abbott, First Bank of Cordova.
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FOR SALE—Two smaN skiffs. Cheap;
three barrels cured! codfish Phone
95-2 rings. t \
FOR SALE—20-acre apple o-rshard
near North Yakima; produced -1,500
boxes of apples last year; will sac
rifice at $7,000; $5,000 cash’required.
Apply D. D. Bracken, Cordova.
WANTED—Dinner cook; good wages.
Schiller’s restaurant. ISdfj
FOR RENT—Three room furnished'
house, apply Blum, O'Neill Company I
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WANTED—A good camp coofc,' good
wages. Apply to Gus Ohm, Blum,
G'rNeiTt store. \
FOR RENT—Three furnished looms
in new building, or furniture for
sale. Munsell, Ball Park. 9>-tf
FOR SALE—New Home sewing ma
chine. Almost new. At the Bar
gain Store.
WANTED—Chambermaid wants work
Apply this office. T-4t
FOR SALE—One ton Kelly-Springfietid
motor truck, nearly new, run abowt
800 mites, A1 condition, all but roar
tires. Cost f o. b. $2,350 (some new
parts extra). Will sell for $750 cash,
if taken soon. Owner going Outside
Call or write O. L. Johansen, Chitixsa,
Alaska.
FOR RENT—Two rooms for house
keeping. Inquire American Bakery
Ml
FOR RENT—Three furnished rooms
for housekeeping, downstairs in. old
meat market. 5-Ot
WANTED—Range, heating stove and
tugs. Must be iu good condBlibn.
Phone 171.
i FOR RENT—Three furnished roams,
downstairs in old Meat Market.
WANTED—Woman cook. Apply this
office 25-tf
1 FOR RENT—CaDlns. See Dooley.
WANTED—Girls to work in clam
plant Apply Pioneer Packing Com
pany. 25-6t
WANTED—A girl for general house
work. Apply to Mrs. E. L. Harwood.
| “We Are a Nation j
or Economic Illiterates ” *
I FRANK A. VANDERLIP, THE HEAD OF
THE BIGGEST AMERICAN NATIONAL
BANK, SAID THAT. HOWEVER, THE FI
NANCIAL EFFORTS OF OUR GOVERN
MENT ARE PROVING THAT AS A NATION
WE ARE LEARNING.
THIS BANK ADVERTISES COMMERCIAL
ACCOUNTS, SAVINGS ACCOUNTS AND
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. BUT DO
YOU KNOW WHAT THESE ARE?
YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME AND ASK
US QUESTIONS WHETHER YOU DECIDE
TO PLACE YOUR MONEY WITH US OR
NOT. WE ARE AS COURTEOUS TO THOSE
WHO DO NO BUSINESS WITH US AS WE
ARE TO THOSE WHO DO.
| Bank of Alaska j
Alaska’s Branch Banking System
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FOR SALE
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Walker’s Inn at Alganic. Two
houses completed/ furnished and
stocked with stores and pro
visions. An ice house with five
tons of ice. Exceptional oppor
tunity for man desiring to go
into business for himself. Must
be sold with;n thirty days.
For terms, apply to Cordova
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Abstract & Realty Co, Adams
8uilding, Cordova.
We have a number of excep
tional good bargains in business
and residential lots.
REAL ESTATE INSURANCE
SURETY BONDS
ABSTRACTS
CORDOVA ABSTRACT and
REALTY COMPANY
ROOM 1, ADAMS BUILDING.
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j When Ordering dob Work Don’t j
1 Think It is Your Duty to Build Up
| Concerns In the States, But Give
j The People Who Are Paying
j Wages and Spending Their Money
j In Cordova a Chance to Live. F'
Just Received |
JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT EASTER
Merchandise will not be shipped before March
1. On. or about March 15 we will have on dis
play Gage and Fiske Millinery, Silk Sweaters,
Dress Skirts, Suits, Dresses, Baronette and Roy
alty Satins, Yosan Silks, Chinese Silks, Broad
cloth Coats and Suits, Tricotines, Poiret Jerseys,
Silver Tone and Serges, Shoes, Waists, Petti
coats, Gloves, Underwear, Gossard Corsets and
Silk Hosiery. A most complete line of staples
and domestics. Best and most complete line
ever brought into Cordova
DOU UY’S
First Avenue Opp. The Horseshoe
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I Alaskan Hotel I
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if ROBERT G0TT8CHALK—Proprietor* *
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Jj “The House of Comfort.” Ja
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL IN
ALASKA |
BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION.
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells,
Electric Lights, Steam Heat, Suites £
| With Bath. 1
£ __
| CORDOVA . ALASKA
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