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H. G. STEEL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
< ’<)RDOVA, ALASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1916.
A HEALTHY STATE OF PUBLIC OPINION.
If the official returns of the prohibition plebiscite confirm
the reports already received, viz., a majority of three votes out
of a total of 1,745 in favor of granting licenses in Yukon terri
tory for the importation, manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors within its boundaries, it is a remarkable showing and
to our way of thinking proves that a very healthy state of pub
lie opinion exists in this northern possession of the Dominion,
for it is clear that the fight was not carried on by coercive or
arbitrary methods on either side, but that it was left to the
voter’s own sense of his responsibility to his country, his fam
ily and his fellow man to make a wise use of his prerogatives as
a citizen of the mighty empire to which he owes allegiance.
The vote is so close it will have* a very salutary effect upon
the traffic in intoxicating liquors in future, for it is an unmis
takable warning to dealers that henceforth the intent as well
as the letter of the law in relation to tin* importation, manufac
ture and salt* of this class of goods will have to In* strictly ob
served, for even the most trifling infraction of its mandates may
be sufficient in the present evenly balanced scale of public opin
ion to change negative into the affirmative, for there can be no
doubt but that at tin* earliest possible date the people who
favor prohibition will again try conclusions, and anv change in
sentiment on the part of those who last week voted to perpetu
ate for a time the present condition of affairs, though it bo of
but infinitesimal proportions, and as light as down, will wit
ness the inauguration of a new regime.— Whitehorse Star.
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AFTER THE HARVEST.
It was high time the United State's did something besides
engaging in rhetorical flights over the allies’ conduct in arti
trarily hindering this country’s shipping, seizing its mails, sub
jecting its citizens to delay and hindrance on tin* high seas. The
senate’s action may bring tin* results desired'. Let’s hope so
Some retaliatory steps that cut at the* free and untrammeled
sea trade of Britain is so proud to indulge in while interfering
with others must be taken, if this country is to have justice.
There has been no reason for putting off such action until
this time. The frequent protests to (treat Britain have been
puerile, popgun tactics. To get under thick hides, use some
thing a little sharper than a stylus.
The allies’ representatives are alarmed at the turn affairs
are taking. If the administration had wanted, it could ha\r(
started a similar panic months ago and saved much trouble foi
the American shipper. Why wait until after harvest time?
Tacoma News.
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WHY NOT A SMALL PAPER MILL?
Tht* present high cost of print paper, with every indication
that it will further increase in price, is leading manufacturer*
and others concerned directly or indirectly in this industry tc
look about lor timber available for making wood pulp, the pro
duct used very largely in tin* manufactuer of paper. It i>
known that the cottonwood, which is native to the Cook Inlet
country, is adapted to the making of wood' pulp. Indeed, it b
considered one of the very best materials that can be found foi
this purpose.
Cottonwood being native to this region and being adapted
to the making of wood pulp, it would seem that the establish
ment of a paper mill in the Cook Inlet country is one of the in
dustries that may be looked forward to with some degree ot
hope. It is hardly likely that there is a sufficient cottonwood
forest to justify a large paper mill in this region, but a mill with
a somewhat limited capacity could probably find ample timber
for its requirements for years to come. -Anchorage Times.
CHINESE SHOW SPIRIT.
Reports from China indicate that some of the Chinese sol
diers have recovered from their legendary attitude of “too
proud to fight.” They have attacked the Japanese again in
Mongolia. The spirit of the Chinese seems to have been defi
nitely stirred. The Japanese demands are not of the kind to
which any self respecting people could yield for a moment.
Though the Chinese rulers have given in several times, when
the questions, at issue seemed to involve the very suzerainty of
the nation, the people themselves are now openly rebellious.
It is a good sign of awakened Chinese intelligence, but it may
lead to another trouncing at the hands of the Japanese. Ameri
ca’s position is distinctly a difficult one. The issue may seem
a small one over which to go to war, but if the United States
does not protest at the arbitrary spread of Japanese power in
the Far Fast, the results may be calamitous for this country
later.—Tacoma News.
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Steel throated orators, is the war correspondent’s pictur
esque term for the big guns on the Somme. It seems that elo
quenee of their kind is the only thing that will settle the Euro
pean argument.
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Fifteen years ago this powerful play was one of the great
est of the William A. Brady stage successes. Wine and a vam
pire in woman form tempt a young college boy to his fall. He
is accused of a murder while drunk, but is proved innocent and*
starts life anew with a clean leaf.
French soldiers have been ordered to shave their beards and
the pens of French satirtsts, poets and philosophers are rat
tling away ut a merry clip, some for, some against, some non
committal. The general trend of thought is that intellect and
whiskers are interdependent. “Visage is matter, while beard
is mind,” writes Bergson. Rosland sings that the beard is a
symbol of “All Beauty of all France, a soul, a jewel, a torch
and a prod.” If the removal of the beard removes what little
intellect some of these writings betray, what will become of
France! _. . .
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Citizens of McCarthy have started a
violent agitation for the establishment
of a recording office at that point.
W. J. Whorf, of Seldovia, has taken
up a cannery site at the mouth of Sel
dovia hay, and will start a clam can
nery there.
Residents on the beach along the
government terminal tract at Seward,
have been warned to move before Oc
tober 1.
The Kougarok country is reported
to tie busy, the shortage of water in
that section having been relieved by
heavy rains.
Mrs. S. L. Perris has been elected
president of (he Douglas Island Wo
men's Club, vice Mrs. T. V. O'Connor,
resigned.
Prank Skeen and Charles Ernswel
j ler, of Seward, report the finding of
a rich copper ledge at Porcupine bay,
near that city.
Josephine Stalinsky won the first
prize offered by the Seward Civic
League for the best proportioned baby
in the city.
Don S. Rae, a Knik mining man, has
borganized a company to work a group
of quartz claims in the Willow creek
section.
Fairbanks restaurants are all serv
ing moose meat to their patrons, a
j boat load having been brought in by
; market hunters.
j Knute Duram, a member of the
j Douglas Island Rifle Club, claims to
j have killed a deer at 1 ,iiO(l yards with
! a Krag-Jorgenson.
Charles Goldstein, one of the popu
lar merchants of Juneau, is in Seat
tie, where he will undergo an opera
tion for appendicitis.
Mrs. Samuel Kohti, who was horn
at Wrangell 52 years ago, died re
cently in the government hospital at
I Juneau from cancer.
The bridge across the Snake river
J near Nome, being constructed by the
I Alaska road commission, is rapidly
' nearing completion.
The salmon pack at Kodiak island
I is the largest for years, according to
j reports brought to Valdez by i)r. Sil
j verman of that place,
d Prof. Ernest Blue, deputy supreme
j dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose,
is visiting the various lodges in south
western Alaska.
The citizens of Anchorage are re
ported as being busted, ns a result of
the series of ball games recently
played with Seward.
Judge Moran, of Kobuk. is reported
to have found a large deposit of ala
nium clay.
Skagway is now officially on the
dry list, the saloons in that town hav
ing closed August 28.
It is reported that Luther C Hess
will operate a dredge on Marvel creek
in the Kuskokwim district.
It is announced that the last ship
ment from Seattle for Fairbanks left
Seattle on September in.
The Atlin district is reported to
have enjoyed one of the most pros
perous seasons in its history
It is reported that Frank Waskey
Is $12,000 to the good as the result
' of his season's work at Fortune Ledge.
The payroll on the government rail
road at Nenana for the month of Aug
ust is said to have been $30,000.
Wanted General work during the
afternoon. Apply ('has. Mare, the
Mecca.
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E. A. HEGG
PHOTOGRAPHER
PHOTO SUPPLIES
Views and Post Cards
STATIONERY
PICTURES and FRAMES
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
TO BE ENFORCED.
The following Is the Compulsory
education bill passed by the Alaska
legislature and approved April 25,
1913:
He it enacted by the legislature of the
territory of Alaska:
Sec. 1. That every parent, guardian
or other person having possession or
control of any white child or child of
mired blood living a civilized life in
the territory of Alaska between the
ages of eight and sixteen years, resid
ing within two miles of any school
outside of an incorporated town where
a school to which such child is entitled
to admission is maintained, or within
the limits of an incorporated town
whore a school to which such child
is entitled to admission is maintained,
shall cause such child regularly to at
tend school during the entire school
year, unless the physical or mental
condition of such child is such as to
render such attendance inexpedient or
impracticable, or such child as has
been .excused in writing signed by the
majority of the school hoard. Pro
vided that any child who has complet
ed a course of study equal to that cov
ered by the public schools of the ter
ritory shall not be required to attend
school.
Sec. 2. That every parent, guardian
or other person having possession of
or control of any white child or child
of mixed blood living a civilized life,
as hereinbefore described, who shall,
without legal excuse, permit such
child to be absent from school for a
total of five days on which sessions
are held during any one school quar
ter shall be deemed guilty of a misde
meanor and be punished by a fine of
not less than five nor more than twen
ty dollars and the cost of the prose
cation, and shall be imprisoned in th«
federal jail until such fine and costs
are paid; provided that such person
so convicted shall he imprisoned one
day for every two dollars of such fine
and costs; and each absence of five
days shall constitute a separate of
fense; provided, further that the court
may suspend sentence, stay or post
pone the enforcement of execution, or
release from custody any person found
guilty in any case under this act upon
such conditions as .shall seem to he
to the best interests of the child and
fair under the circumstances, but no
sentence shall be suspended or final
judgment or execution stayed in the
case of any person found guilty under
this act for a period not to exceed the
end of the school year during which
such person is convicted. If at any
time prior thereto it shall appear to
the satisfaction of the court that such
person Jias complied faithfully with
the conditions of any suspended sen
fence, judgment or execution, or is for
any cause in the opinion of the court
entitled to he released therefrom, the
court may suspend such sentence in
definitely, in which case such person
shall he released and discharged, as
he shall he in any event at the expir
ation of the school year from the Im
position of any such fine. It shall be
the duly of the principals of the
schools hereinbefore described nearest
the plate at which offending parent,
guardian or person resides to report
such case and violation of this act to
the school board, and such board shall
if it seems fit to, lay the case before
the United States commissioner in
whnttA Hlifh gi'lnml id uif
and the said United States commis
sioner shall thereupon issue a warrant
for the arrest of the said delinquent
and have power and jurisdiction to
act upon the complaint of the school
hoard, and take such action or Impose
siii h fine, under this act, as the cir
cumstances justify.
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NOTICE.
All parents are hereby notified that
all children will be Bunt home, upon
being found playing on the streets of
the town, during the present epidemic
of whooping cough. Assistant Health
Commissioner chase and Health Offi
cer Council are doing all that can be
done, and without some heed Is given
to this final notice a quarantine will
he declared.
GEORGE DOOLEY.
Chief of Colice.
For Rent—House of five rooms. Ap
ply at Ilank.
file Lang Stove, bom in Alaska.
Is the Stove for Alaskans.
tody made of Armco Rust-Resist
ing lion.
Polished Cooking Surface.
Will bold fire overnight with wood
or coal.
Will burn green wood.
Ask your dealer for a Lang Stove.
If he cannot supply you write us.
Our line is complete from the
smallest camp stove to the larg
est hotel range.
Any sourdough will tell you about the
Lang Stove, They ail know It.
F. S. LANG MFG. CO.
SEATTLE, WN.
WM. A. HESSE
Mining Engineer,
U. 8. Mineral Surveyor,
U. S. Deputy Surveyor.
BOX 358. CORDOVA, ALASKA.
DR. W. H CHASE
PHY8ICIAN and SURGEON
Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug 8tore. Residence,
Alaskan Hotel
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICAN AND SURGEON.
Office Hours—10 a. m. to 12 noon.
Railroad Hospital; 2 to 5 p, m„ Adams
Building, Room 6.
Phones—Residence, 115; Hospital,
46; Office, 132.
E. F. MEDLEY
Attorney and Counsellor at Law
Room 1
Adams Block CORDOVA, ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer
Patent Surveys
Address: Valdez, Alaska
DR. C. L. HALE
O E N T t 8 T
Office In Adams Building
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Alaskan Hotel
Barber Shop
Baths at All Hours, Day and
Night.
Accommodations for Radies.
Toadies' Facial Massage and
Shampooing.
Razors Honed. Children's Hair
cutting.
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EVERYTHING BOUGHT
AND SOLD
For anything you can’t find In
town, go to J. Rawson’s Second
Hand Store and see what he has
got. We carry new and second
hand goods of all kinds, clothing
and kitchenware.
We have an experienced man
who does all kinds of repair work.
Give us a call.
JOHN RAWSON,
First Street.
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M. C. Thompson H. C. Murphy
The MECCA
Thompson & Murphy, Props
j . Dealers in
WINES, LIQUORS AND
CIGARS
Phone 107.
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GOING TO FAIRBANKS
Take
FRAME'S AUTO STAGE
Leaves Chitlna for Fairbanks
on July 6 and every sis days
thereafter.
Wire Chitlna Hotel for reser
vations.
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A L A S K A
STEAMSHIP CO.
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
ikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, Cordcva, Valdez, Seward and
ANCHORAGE, via INSIDE PASSAGE.
Kails from Seattle. Sails from Cordova.
Aug. 31.ALASKA .Sept. 7
Sept. 7.MARIPOSA .Sept, 16
Sept 14 . . . ALAMEDA .Sept. 24
Regular frelf- i servtce ror Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek,
Treadwell, Douglas Cordova. Ellamar. Valdez ard Latouche. Eyplos
Ives. S. S. Seward. S. S. Seward. 5th, S. 3. 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 bn received at the dock later than one hour before
sailing time.
F. B. TRACY. F R. HEDGES,
__General Agent Agent
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Next sailing from Seattle will be
i ADMIRAL FARRAGUT ... September 1
\ ia Outside Passage. First. Stop will be Cordova.
ADMIRAL WATSON ...... . .September 3
; Making nil regular calls.
I ADMIRAL EVANS.. September 10
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice.
ALASKA TRANSFF.R CO., Local A pouts
Hit the Hleetrie Trail
\ Across the Continent
It you want a •*!<■;ui wav to
travol an*I a uoml wav to -o
TAKE THE 'MILWAUKEE”
Siml, smoke and cinders have now been eliminated
through the oiectriiit ation of Ms mountain divisions
S. If. HKIXfKS. \K.nt.
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. K. Harris, T. i'. a , Juneau. Alaska.
I.
I Copper River &
j Northwestern Ry.
! EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916.
| Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina.
;£ Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. %
; | Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thurs
jiji days and Saturdays. ;£
| Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and i|
& Fridays.
£i Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thurs
! | days and Fridays. :£
| Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, %
£i Thursdays and Saturdays.
fl lie above schedule subject to ehunsto without notice. £
jl: Dining Car in Connection With all Regular Pessenger Train* Be §•
tween Cordova and Chitina. x
Freight received from 9 A. M to 5 I’. M
Tickets oil stilt* it Depot of uptown ofliee, Alaska £'.
Steiljnsliip Companv huildhltg £
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I Caleb Corser S. K. Hedges
II Sui eriuf cudeilt D.od Ax ui £:
I..-.y.
WE HOLD THE ELECTRICALLY
LIGHTED HOME
n economic proposition of excep
tional ath untunes. The insurance rate
tie .ill o\\ ell in l he air is
net . nnsume.l or vitiated, and the pow
er at i eiiimuiid offe:s many lime and
labor tviiiR devpvs. |.,'t ns explain
le you a 11 1 in either here or at your
homo.
Cordova Power
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Company
LIGHTS WATER PHONES POWER
Ofllce: FIRST STREET.