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RESOURCES OVER I ^^311 | A MUTUAL
TWO MILLION vA A Cm, A A J) SAVINGS
DOLLARS V SOCIETY
The Modern Way of Saving
in by mail where Uncle Sam protecta
your funda until they reach ua.
Our funds are invested only in first mort
faQes on improved real estate, in city,
state and U. S. Government Bonds
For over 1? years AY syj Rcr annum
we have never rY »" savings
paid leas than I left with us
BOOKLET MAILED FREE
PUGET SOUND SAVINGS GT LOAN ASSOCIATION
Founded i90i
Third & Pihe St. * <• <• * Seattle, Wash.
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS
This Company has spared neither time
• nor expense to give Cordova a continuous
WATER SUPPLY. To do this the Company
must have your co-operation to stop the waste
that occurs from letting the water run to avoid
freezing the pipes. Where we find this con
dition still to exist we shall SHUT OFF THE
WATER for the winter without further notice.
ALASKA PUBLIC UTILITIES
F irst Street Phone 1 3
AMERICANISM
TO BE TAUGHT
TO FOREIGNERS
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With the coming of peace, the bu
j re; u of naturalization of the Uniter
iStates department of labor Is charged
with continuing the work, which th<
war lias shown to have been already
so well established, of cementing tin
many rates and peoples represented
In this country's population into om
homogenous nation. The nchievemen
of national unity, involving the assim
| ilation of 17,500,000 alien-born res!
(dents of this country, is the peculiai
task of this bureau, which is begin
i ning this season the greatest cam
ipalgn in its history to effect its aims
Realization of the Ideal of Americs
ias the melting pot in which the peo
! plea of many lands are fused into t
new and characteristic national typt
is the purpose of this bureau’s Ameri
conization work. Last May congresi
I passed a law to Americanize every
man and woman of foreign birth ii
this country, and it chose the bureat
I of naturalization to have charge o
the citizenship training which will hi
carried on through the public schools
Foreigners arc becoming citizens by
the hundreds of thousands every year
and the war has done much to pro
mote Interest in America among thi
aliens living here. There are still
however, many difficulties in the way
of a successful accomplishment of thi
j great plan to make every inhabitant
]of this country American in thought
word and action.
* For example, there are 500,000 for
“ieigners in New York city who can not
read, write or speak Knglish. Frob
r» ably one hundred languages and dia
loots are spoken here. There are be
tween ten and twelve million persons
in this country who owe allegianci
! to other nations. In no other country
in the world is there so great a per
scutage of aliens.
The bureau of naturalization h
more closely in touch with the foreigt
born thin any other government or
conization. Through its naturalizatior
examiners it has gained acquaintanct
with about three million immigrants
land during the last four years thi
s-Illinois have begun their great work
! of instructing the millions oi other!
in the essentials of American JStizen
ship
This great educational work is go
ing on in nearly L’.O'H) communities
the home cities of millions of immi
giants. Hundreds of thousands o
these have taken out their first paper;
and the bureau lias prevailed upor
the school authorities wherever thesi
candidates live to open evenim
Classes in which first-paper men am
their wives may be taught what they
ought to know about the America!
government.
The first tiling taught is the Kngllsl
_
language ^conversation, reading and ^
writing Every foreigner is ambitious
to be told that he speaks English like
an American. The government sends
an urgent appeal to every applicant
for citizenship asking him to go to an
[evening class in the public schools of
jhis city. It also furnishes free text
hooks to these men and women, and
I will recognize the work of the public
schools in a certificate of graduation.
; presented jointly by the government
jand the schools to foreigners when
they come Into American citizenship.
Thus far the surface has been
barely s latched, for less than ii per
Icent of the aliens in this country have
applied for citizenship instruction.
The Americanization of the other 98
tier cent is the almost herculean task
(the bureau of naturalization faces. The
aid of every resident of the commu
nity must he enlisted in the work i! ;
■ it is to he effective.
Employers of aliens can aid in the
•' work by having their workmen, par-;
ticularly those who are deficient in
their knowledge of English or of ,
American institutions, enter the even
. ing citizenship classes at once Those ;
who have foreign-horn friends or no- j
quaintanees who are not thoroughly |
naturalized can see to it that they
throw off the foreign Influence by
urging them, in a friendly manner, to
ienroll in one of the classes.
Our foreign born soldiers, many of
whom have become naturalized since
entering the army either in camps ^
at home or on tile fields of France
will have American homes to return;
| to if the bureau's program is carried
1 out properly here The relatives and
friends of these young men can have j
the meaning of Americanization
brought home, to them, just as the j
young men themselves discover it in
the army.
The doors of thousands of schools
[are open to the foreigner who sin-i
cerely wishes to become an American,
and the teachers will receive him with
a cordial welcome. The schools have j
already accomplished a great work in j
the naturalization program, hut there
ts much more to he done. Many other |
schools will be opened in the near
future, it is expected.
The government, through its bu- [ _
| real! of naturalization and in co oper j
ation with the public schools, is ex
; tending a helping hand to every alien ;y
who comes here It they realize their
opportunity they will embrace it g
gladly. It is the duty of Americans X
: to make sure that foreigners under :[:[
stand what is being done for them.
The courts are showing through up- g:
predation of what the bureau and the
schools are doing, for they have in
the last two years recommended that jx
,,75,0011 aliens take tin* citizenship ;X
courses more than the total number
df aliens admitted to citizenship in :v.
I three years of the last do'ado.
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CORDOVAN !S PROUD
OF HIS GRANDSON I
W. 15. Akers is in receipt of a clip !
ping from the Philadelphia Bulletin v
which contains the following interest
ir.g article in reference to his grand
son: $
Lieutenant Franke \. Howe, a gr id
uate of Hi raid Hollegc. who is now in j:j
France, has been into the Herman x
third line ti cliches He has writien y
the following interesting letter t<> his
mother: ! j
“Mv Dear Mother I came Wilt of v
the 11 cnelics \N'i dm sday a week ago.
and in about another week we will he •£
in again l: i a v« i y interesting Ilf** _
full in thrills M> specialty is snip _
ing and scouting, and I handle all tin* '
patrolling in No Man's Land for my j
empuny 1 like the work, and al ,
though I have had an encounter or J
two with old friend Fritz out there m .
the dark, yet there is no cause of
worry I have a knack ot smelling
the boehe first. Have been hack to
the boehe third line trench twice. Heal
nice of me to he so sociable! He has
endeavored to return my formal calls,
hut without success.
“The Americans are the best and
most adaptable soldiers in the
trenches. They learn quicker, they
are more supple and are the bravest
men 1 have ever seen in tin* trenches
and I have seen Belgian. British.
French and Italians.
1 have been well of late all 1 had j
•: before was a cold, and a near case j
iof diphtheria, which I warded out by j
going to the hospital in April.
"1 have been to Paris twtee. both i
when the big gun and airplanes canto.
Have seen aii sides to the war."
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I Now Is the time to have your shoes
> repaired by J. Olson. Don't wait un- j
I til wet weather. 13-fit J
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WILLOW CREEK,
ALASKA
will soon become a second
Cripple Creek
$100 Invested Today in the
Little Gem Mine
will make you several thousand dollars within
a year or two.
I am authorized to place a limited amount
of shares at
TEN CENTS A SHARE
and will accept Liberty Bonds at par value.
Will be at Smith’s Hotel for one week
only.
R. DAVID REESE
Mining Engineer
Alaskan Grill
FRANK A DOUGLAS, Proprietor
“The Home of Quality and Attention”
The Popular Restaurant of Cordova. Everything First-Class
Special Attention Given to Parties
One Visit to the Alaska Grill Will Make You a
Regular l’atron
Mecca !
\ ROOMING HOUSE \
Over Lindig’s Grill J
f PHONE 173 J
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NORTHERN MEAT MARKET
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
FRESH BEEF, PORK, VEAL, MUTTON AND PRO- 1
VISIONS
Particular Attention and Prompt Service Given to Orders from
Mining Gamps, Roadhouses and Interior Points
Halibut and Other Fresh Fish of All Kinds Will Be Kept ;
in Stock When Available
SMITH & ULAKSBRENNKR, Drops.
Copper River
and Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN
CHITINA AND KENNECOTT
Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays
Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays
and Fridays
Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednes
days, Thursdays and Saturdays
Tin* above schedule subject to change without
notice.
Dining Car in Connection with all Regular
Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina.
freight received and delivered at Cordova
Wharf from !> a. m. to 5 p m., except Sundays.
Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office
o hour before departure of trains.
oALEB CORSER > . i nt. r .mm
D. L. LEATON, Ticket Agent