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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
CORDOVA^ ALASKA. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26. 1916.
OUR SOLDIER BOYS.
The work that our little army has been doing, and is do
ing in northern Mexico ought to be a lasting object lesson to
ihe mongrels who people that region. A sleuth hound chase,
dividing into little bands to pursue that chase in all directions
and indifferent to the odds that might be brought against
1 hem; to face the dust, heat by day the cold by night; the climb
ing and trailless mountains, the lack of water, the cavalry ride
of fifty-five miles in a day and a night and then without a rest
storming tin* lair of the ragmuffin bandits; a nemesis that heeds
neither (listless nor danger, nor any of the obstacles that can
lie heaped in its path, and only intent on one settled purpose;
adapting and outdoing all the inventions of the enemy, a race
superiority which must convince those treacherous braggarts
and murderers that it is a dangerous experiment to try too
much the forbearance of a nation of free men.
We have doubted from the first that Villa would ever be
caught The vast ness of those inhospitable hills offer him re
luge, among those ignorant people everyone is ready to shield
him and lies about his whereabouts, but they are learning some
thing new every day about the character of his pursuers, and
certainly are learning that it is dangerous to try the patience of
the men of the United States and to awake to action the deter
mination of the police of that nation to execute justice.
And we at home would be worse than ingrates if we did not
give that police the full mead of praise and all our lives hold
them in grateful meinorv.
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REVIVING HAPPY CUSTOMS.
Lawton, Oklahoma, added something to tin* literature ol’
anarchy the other day by lynching a negro, after which his hodv
was dragged through the streets of the town hitched to an
automobile. This is a revival of a happy custom that used to
please the citizens of Koine. They adopted the frivolity per
haps from the Assyrians. The Greeks practiced it at times with
manifestations of delight. Of course they had nothing more
than horse-drawn vehicles, and modern America is entitled to
the credit of first using the automobile. In the olden times it
was the custom to “snake” the vanquished commander of the
enemy through the business district, this being regarded as a
lesson in patriotism, and it deeply stirred the emotions of the
best citizens, so that the soldiery never lacked' for cordial sup
port.
Lawton used the method as a crime deterrent and a les
son on the necessity of obedience to law, and of impressing upon
the minds of the little girls and boys who saw the dead negro
being dragged through the streets that the law must be held
in the highest reverence. But will some of them, as they grow
older, be pestered with tlie* thought that perhaps their parents
were a bit headstrong in taking from the highest county offi
cer a man who had not been convicted, who had not had his
day in court, who had not been heard by a jury of his peers, who
„ had not been permitted to face* his accusers, and who was de
prived of the benefit of the humane and just axiom that every
man is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty ? Will
there germinate in their minds a lack of faith in the courts and
in peace officers and even in the substantiality and desirability
of the American form of government. And how deep will be
their respect for their own eoyununity?—Tacoma News.
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OUR LITTLE ARMY.
Our little army is quickly dissipated. We have disposed of
it in the pursuit of a bandit and 500 of his retainers. General
Funston has sent the last available troops down into the greaser
country, and while ariuv officers still though the force wholly
inadequate that was the best the commanding officer could do.
It is not meant to convey the impression that our entire
army is in Mexico, d roops are scattered about over the United i
States at places where it is deemed worth while to keep them
for emergencies that might grow out of affairs even more dan-!
gerous than Mexican. But this distribution is so thin that a
half way serious contingency might make a travesty out of it.
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In Munich a dress censorship lias been established/but in'
the United .States there is no need of it, as the women already
are saving all they can. Economy is being practiced from the
ground up. - . » \ j
Senator Stone’s declaration in favor of withdrawing the
American troops from Me.yico looks like a little administration
press agent work.
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I he war is not without its compensation to the steamship
companies. The enormous losses in torpedo and mine disasters
are offset largely by the enormous earnings.
Peace is peeking through a crack iu the fence, and wants
to be let in. Both England'and Germany would like to lift tin*
gate latch and each is awaiting an opportunity to do it without
being seen. v
I Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
With or Without Bath.
I Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
Headquarters fjr Railroad and Mining Men
Satisfaction Guranteed
Rates Reasonable
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I Rooms With Bath First Class Dining Room
COMMERCIAL HOTEL
Mr*. Catherine J. Palmer, Proprietor
Steam Heated Modern in Every Respect
Headquarters for Chamberlain’s Auto Service
CHITINA - - ALASKA
DR. W. H CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence.
Alaskan Hotel
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DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office In Adams Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adame Block CORDOVA, ALASKA.
CLOTHES
CLEANED AND PRESSED
All Work Given Prompt
Attention
CHARLES GAME
E. A. HEGG i
PHOTOGRAPHER
PHOTO SUPPLIES
Views and Post Cards
STATIONERY
PICTURES and FRAMES
M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
1 1C MECCA
Thompson & Murphy, Props
Dealers in
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CIGARS
Phone 107.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO. ‘
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordova, Valdez, Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
April' 11 . NORTHWESTERN . April 23
April 2 . ALASKA.May 3
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez ard Latouche. Explos
ives, S. S. Seward. 8. S. Seward, 5th; S. S. Latouche, 15th; S. S. -.
Cordova, 25th of each month.
This company reserves the right to change schedule of steamers
without notice.
Tickets on sale at up town office Alaska Steamship Bldg. Baggage |
or freight will not be received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY, T. J. TALLENT, \
General Agent Ticket Agent |
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co. *
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
FARRAGUT.April 16
WATSON.April 23
EVANS.April 30
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Porta.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFER CO., Local Agents
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| Copper River & |
| Northwestern Ry.
Effective October 4th, 1915.
Two trains every six days between Cordova and g
8 Chitina, one of these trains leaving Cordova making .Wm
g connection with Alaska Steamship Co. steamers arriving ;?>
from Seattle. §i
g Trains leave Cordova depot, at foot of Second Avenue, g
Mondays and Thursdays.
If Leave Kennecott, Tuesdays and Fridays. fl
g Leave Kennecott for Chitina, Wednesday and Saturdays, 8
g Leave Chitina for Cordova, Tuesdays and Fridays.
The above schedule subject to change without notice.
Dining Car in Connection With all Regular Peesenger Trains Be- 9
g tween Cordova and Chitina.
If Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Tickets on sale .it Depot or up town office, Alaska l§
g Steamship Company building
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| Caleb Corser S. R. Hedges
|| Superintendent Cordova Agent g
REGAL
| MARINE 1
ENGINES
KEMP
Aeroplane Motors
Investigate these motors for driving aeroplanes,
flying boats, pleasure and fishing boats, scows, etc. Can
i be attached in half an hour; 16 to 80 horse-power.
! Adopted by railroad commission.
K.-W. Spark Coils and Magnetos. Everything for
: the boat.
Harmon Machinery Co Inc
Oxy-Acetylene Welding.
CORDOVA - - ALASKA
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