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CORDOVA, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1017
FIRE PROTECTION.
Fire Chief Dooley says it is
uji to the people of Cordpva to
take extra precautions right
now to combat the likelihood
of fires and he is right. This is
the danger season. Stoves,
furnaces, pipes and other
heating equipment have been
out of service for months.
Rust and other agencies have
wrought their defects.
Impaired and flimsy heating
apparatus is a constant men
ace. When one considers that
the profits of years may bej
wiped out in a few minutes be
cause of defective equipment,
no room is left for excusing
one for failing to make repairs.
The sooner repairs are made
the greater the measure of pro
tect ion for the same outlay.
Reliable equipment is the best
and least expensive of fire in
surance. Fire brigades may be
efficient, but there is no way
of combatting a fire like strik
ing that which makes the fire
possible.
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Alaska’s Greatest Need
What does Alaska need
most? Adequate lines of
transportation, from the coast
to the interior, reasonable
freight rates from the United
States proper to the territory;
further and larger agricultural
experimentation by the IT. S.
department of agriculture;
needed fish legislation to the
(“ini of building up a perman
ent fishing population, better
school and mail facilities, and
above all it needs people.
We can get all of the things
first mentioned and if we are
unable to secure a large per
manent population our efforts
will surely meet failure.
It seems to us that Secretary
Lane from the first saw the
great need and he was for
shaping the railroad building
project to that end. The
world’s war came on and the
United States found itself con
fronted with more questions
calling for immediate action
han it has in the past forty
years, so that our little rail
road relief venture is apt to be
side-tracked to a large extent
from the public mind. But any
one in Alaska who has the real
interest of the country at heart
should bend every energy to
wards seeing that people, and
the right kind of people, come
to this territory in large num
bers. There is ample work for
them to do, and the best oppor
tunities in America for busi
ness and home building are to
be found in Alaska. But one
thing is a certainty and that is
we can never hope to make a
success out of this land of ours
until such time as the popula
tion is many times that of what
it is today.—Anchorage Dem
ocrat.
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The Oregonian says: “At
last a straight Republican has
got an appointment at Wash
ington and he got it on sheer
merit.” How else would a
straight Republican expect or
want to get an appointment?
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The kaiser’s invitation to
Premier Painleve of France to
“come and get” Alsace and
Lorraine may prove embarras
sing to his German Nibs. M.
Painleve seems to be on the
way. It is safe to guess that
he will leave a pain when he
recovers the prize.
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Somebody has suggested
that instead of an exchange of
Christmas presents this year
everboHy take the money they
would spend in that manner
| and use it for war relief. But
there is no evidence yet that
there is not enough money for
war purposes without ruining
manufacturers and dealers.
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There is a lot of German
four-flushers in this country
who will be among our most
loyal citizens as soon as they
become convinced that Ger
many has no possible chance
of winning. They are simply
| dirty cowards w ho are afraid
i of getting in wrong with a vic
torious kaiser.— Seattle Argus.
DODGING ALIMONY.
Those who hold lightly the
uptiai tie in the State of Wash
ington are due for a rude
shock. The Supreme Court of
the State has .just handed
down a decision that is of in
terest to every married man
who has grown tired of his
bargain. That decision has to
do with the question of ali
mony.
It has been customary for
those who have made a finan*
cial failure of life, or who have
become so deeply involved
early in business that there is
little chance of squaring ac
counts with the world, to seek
relief through bankruptcy pro
ceedings.
Comes now before the Su
preme Court of Washington a
gentleman who finds himself
financially embarrassed large
ly because of moneys due to a
divorced wife. He is $:?')() in
arrears. Happy thought: bank
ruptcy. Nay, nay, says the
the court of first instance. Dit
to, says the court of last re
sort. And the gentleman now
is working tooth and nail to
catch up on back payments as
well as to keep up with-cur
rent accounts due his former
spouse.
In effect the ruling of the
Supreme Court makes alimony
a continuing debt—one that
may not lightly be cast aside
through Hear Ye proceedings.
The further effect of the rul
ing will be to make considera
tion of the marriage step, in
Washington, at least, more
serious.
There is much virtue in the
bankruptcy law. To many it
is a lift* saver, for it gives them
an opportunity to start afresh
free from hounding creditors.
I sed to avoid supporting a
family brought into the world
through no act of their own,
however, it would prove an
evil. The Supreme Court of
Washington has found against
such a practice—and rightly
so. The man responsible for a
family, and for the dependency
of the wife who bore him that
family, should be made to meet
that responsibility in full.
The world do move. Five
Chicago milkmen have been in
dicted for trying to gouge the
people through increased
prices.
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The food pledge drive at Juneau
was successfully carried out, fully
eighty per cent of the Juneau side
of the channel being signed up. At
2:30 on the afternoons designated
the whistles of the Gastineau Chan
nel broke loose and the well coached
canvassers started out.
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Bank of Alaska
ALASKA’S BRANCH BANKING SYSTEM
Banks As
CORDOVA
Anchorage Skagway Wrangell
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $105,500.00
Resources Over $1,000,000.00
I CORDOVA OFFICERS
ANDREW STEVENSON W. R. HILLERY
p President Vice-Pres. (Managing) '
I * B. R. C0LKETT
■ Asst. Cashier
PI COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
I Safe Deposit Boxes Travelers Checks
I The NATIONAL ARMY is Neither wage-earner nor mer
n drawn from our reserves of chant can afford to always
I men. If you are drawn will live close to the margin of
you leave a cash reserve in the their resources. Whether you
bank? You may not need it join the colors or not, start j
during the war but you cer- now building up a reserve by
tainly will when you are mus- depositing with the BANK OF
tered out. ALASKA, an institution that
carries ample reserves and ; |
builds for the future. f
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If You
ARE LAID UP IN THE HOSPITAL
YOUR EARNING POWER
Stops
Does your Insurance cover you? If not
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A club house for everymun.
Recreation, re u d tug. pool
room, circulating library and
late periodicals.
Founded 1908 by Episcopal
Church.
Hours 2 p. m. to 11 p. m.
REV. E. P. ZIEGLER, Supt.
Mr. J. H. Seun and son recently
arrived In Skagway, Mr. Senn intend
i ing to start a fur business, having
been engaged In that line of business
(or fourteen years. Mr. Senn Is a
wholesale fur man and does most of
his business through the mails.
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“HIPRESS" Boots are made out of
such tough sti>ck—actually the same that
goes into Goodrich Tires — that they
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they’re the foot-easiest boot you ever
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