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H. G. STEEL, Editor and Manager
C. H. WILCOX, City Editor.
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<'PRIMP A, ALASKA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1914.
THE GREATEST SUFFERERS
ARE THOSE LEFT BEHIND.
WE READ of the carnage beyond the Atlantic and
sometmes forget that on an average every man thus
killed leaves at least five near relatives ns mourners;
lli.’it in half the cases at least the chief support of a family is
liikon away; that each one maimed ceases to be a producer and
becomes a burden on his family or on the state, and the reven
ues ol tin* state come originally from the people.
As the war is going on all Europe will in a little time be
one vast house of mourning and more than half the people left
will he bankrupt.
It will be as it was in Egypt on that dreadful night when
the first horn died, “When there was not a house where there
w as not one dead and there was a great cry throughout all the
land of Egypt such as there was none like it.”
And it will be no comfort to stricken mothers, wives and
sisters ii some one has the temerity to sing: “I will sing unto
the Lord for He hath triumphed gloriously. Pharaoh’s chari
ots and his host hath he cast into tin* sea; his chosen captains
also are drowned.”
For this war in its destruction is next thing to that cata
clysm which science designates as “a geological period,” which
extingushes all animal life on the earth.
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IMPROVED MINING LAWS
NEEDED IN TERRITORY
HE legislature will have a hard job in the coining session
trying to find something to do, says the Seward Gateway.
The taxes were fixed by the last legislature and all the
oilier hills that anyone could imagine were put through whether
the legislature had power or not.
The only important work which seems to offer any grounds
for an expenditure of time in the final adjustment of the min
ing laws if tin* legislature really has the ability of making min
ing laws at all.
The members of the legislature certainly have th efinest
chance in the world to perform a good bit of legislation if they
onl ytake advantage of their opportunities to learn just exactly
what the people of the territory want. It is evident that the
mining laws passed in the last session have caused very serious
controversies. Many of the most prominent people in Alaska
have stated that no mining laws would have been better, but
there are other who seem to think that they were all right.
There seems to be a general opinion that the last legislature
passed too many laws and that its time could have* been used
to much better advantage by giving more attention to make
the laws distinguished for quality rather than for quantity.
The mining laws of the territory have been so badly mixed
up that a prospector today hardly knows where he stands. If
the coming legislature can straighten out that muddle it will
earn the thanks of all Alaskans.
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BELGIUM SUFFERING FROM
STARVATION—NOT MERE POVERTY.
VERY news dispatch from Belgium adds to the horror of
conditions there. It is not a condition of poverty, but
one of abject starvation and indescrible misery. We of
America see nothing whatever about us that is comparable to
it. King Albert of Belgium says 7,000,000 non-combatants are
near starvation. American relief committee says 500,000 tons
of I >od will bo needed to carry this miserable legion through
th(> winter. Keep in mind the fact that it is not mere poverty
that confronts our generosity, but starvation, unhoused, even
indented, cold starvation, in a war-swept desolation out of
which women and children have not the slightest hope of sur
vival unless your magnanimity is extended.
The men and women of the world never have been called
upon to meet a situation like this. Here in America we have
suffering, in isolated cast's. But we have the public machinery
and the charitable organizations and the food, clothing and
shelter for relieving it. Belgium is without any of these re
medial agents. A charitable organization there, even if it ex
isted, is helpless, because there is no food for it to bestow. And
then' are few, if any, charitable organizations. For Belgium
is a chaos in every way, except perhaps for an iron military rule
which has not in its power the extending of the needed succor.
Americans must sacrifice; they must sacrifice for starva
tion wherever it is found—at home, or in Belgium, China or the
uttermost corners of the earth. Sacrifice is a duty, to be per
formed without complaint so long as sacrifice is nessary.
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In yesterday’s Daily Times we inadverently stated that
President Wilson had delivered his message to Congress, when
we should have stated that lie read it to the members of his
eabinet.. This important document goes to Congress when that
body convenes next Monday, but the fact remains that salient
features of the message have already been made publi0 in Cor
dova.
BALTIMORE society,girls have signed pledges to abstain
from extravagance. There’s ton much misery in the world, as
they sensibly view it, for people to be engaging in frivolous dis
play. Cannot we all get the habit
As has been'well said the old adage, “He gives twice who
gives quickly,” is particularly applicable in getting prompt aid
to the non-combatant sufferers from the war in Europe.
Lines of battle are being prepared for a stiff engagement
between mmbers of Congress and the administration over war
preparations.
PBDFE55IDML DIHECTOBY.
DR. W. W. COUNCIL
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
Office hours: 10 to 12 a. m., Katalla
Company Hospital; 2 to 4 and
7 to 8 p. m. at office In the
Windsor Hotel
DR W. H. CHASE
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
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Office over Cordova Drug Store.
Calls may be left at Cordova
Drug Store. Residence,
Rainier-Grand Hotel
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Office in Adams Building
ROBERT E. CAPERS
Attorneyat-Law
GENEPAL CIVIL PRACTICE
Suit 3, Adams Block Cordova, Alaska !
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Attorney and Councellor at I aw
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CIVIL ENGINEER
Phone 4. CORDOVA, ALASKA
V. A. SCHMITZ
PRACTICAL OPTICIAN j
Office at ]j
CORNER DRUG STORE \
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If your shoes need Repairing,
bring then to
RUDOLF
The Shoemaker
He does first-class work. Satis
faction guaranteed. Prices Rea
sonable.
Opposite Dally Times
LIVE AND DRESSED
POULTRY
AND EGGS
Broilers, Fryers and
Roasters
F. A. JONES
Phone 66 j j
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N. A. CLASEN, Prop.
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FIREMEN’S
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You had
A GOOD TIME
There will be another
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* THIS YEAR
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NOW ON DISPLAY.
Wo are ready for the Holiday Season with
an unusually large line of Christmas Gifts.
Here you will find the useful combined with
the ornamental, and such variety that it will
be easy to decide the perplexing question.
WHAT SHULL I GIVE THEM FOR CHRISTMAS
The line consists of Handsome Toilet Sets,
Hand Painted China, Cut Glass, Smoking Sets,
Percolators, Shaving Sets, Manicure Sets, Carv
ing Sets, Jewel Boxes, and many other appro
priate gifts that go to make
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EASY
Make your selections now and wo will re- I
serve them for you until Christmas.
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WILL THERE BE A VICTROLA IN YOUR
HOME THIS CHRISTMAS?
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Northern Drug Co.
THE CORNER DRUG STORE
Pacific-Alaska Navigation Co.
ALASKA PACIFIC S. S. CO. ALASKA COAST CO.
PUGET SOUND ALASKA ROUTE
Steamer ADMIRAL EVANS sails from Seattle on
DECEMBER 5 T H
Via the INSIDE PASSAGE for Ketchikan, Juneau, Vakutat,
Katalla, Cordova, Valdez, Seward, Cook Inlet points and Kodiak
Island.
Seattle-San Francisco connecting with steamers Yale and Har
vard for Southern California Ports.
Schedule subject to change without Notice
ALASKA 1 nANSI* LK ('()., Local Agents
A I A ^ V A STEAMSHIP
ALnOAfi COMPANY
Fast and commodious steamers sailing between Seattle, Ketch
INSIDI^rpASSAGJEnCaU’ Ska9Way> Cordova' Valdez and Seward, via
Sails from Seattle- Sails from Cordova_
December 1. ALAMEDA .December 8
| December 8.MARIPOSA December 1G
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau, Sheep Creek
Treadwell, Douglas, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and Latouche. Explos
ives S. S. Seward. S. 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.
. Tjck'ts sa'e a* 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,
j_General A9ent Ticket Agent
I Copper River &
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I! lorthwestern Ry.
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.. Trains leave Cordova, depot at foot of Second Ave- '•
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;; Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays ! .
;; Chitina for Kennecott— 11
!: Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. ::
!: Kennecott for Chitina— !!
:: W ednesdays, Saturdays and Mondays. ■ ■
i1 Chitina for Cordova— i!
II Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays ;;
1. I lie above schedule subject to change without notice. ’’
Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M !!
;; rickets on sale at Depot or up-town office, Alaska '•
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LIGHTS, WATER, PHONES
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Office: FIRST STREET.
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