PJULT
This is the story of a man in an In
diana town. He sent to an out-of-town
for his bathroom outfit. When it ar
rived — several weeks later — no
plumber in the home town would take
the job of tapping the main and con
necting the pipes. So he hired an un
licensed "jack of all trades” to make
the connections. This fellow did a
poor job, naturally the connections
leaked, and the city officials had him
arrested for tapping a wate rmain
without a license.
If you wish to verify this story, just
write to the mayor of Rochester, In
diana, and he will confirm it.
But what concerns us is: Are there
any of our citizens who, for the sake
of a Fancied Bargain, will risk send
ing away from home for goods so eas
ily handled by the home dealer, who
will sell them to you for less money
than the out-of-town concern charges
for the same thing?
Buying at Home is a question that
is being brought home to us more
strongly every day, when that old
bogie, "high cost of living” hits every
member of every family in Alaska. It
is a proven fact that those states and
cities that are the most prosperous
and are coming through the present
crisis in the best manner, are those
that have fostered and encouraged
home industries of every kind and
have kept every cent possible at home
instead of sending their money away
to build up other states and cities.
While probably a very few Cordova
citizens send any great amount of
money aw'ay for things they can buy
at home, still, if the sum were totaled
its amount would be staggering.
Let's not have any of our money
get away from our home town, but
let’s spend it where we can see what
we buy and know that besides getting
satisfaction for ourselves we are mak
ing a bigger and better Cordova.
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STAND BEHIND
(By United Press)
NEW YORK, March 22. — The Ger
man proprietor of a string of barber
shops here today sent a circular letter
to all his foreign born employees urg
ing them to “stand behind the presi
dent, whatever decision he may
make.”
“You or your fathers before you,"
says the letter, “came to this country
seeking social arid political liberty.
That you should retain in your hearts
the love of your fatherland is but na
tural. But now that the country of
our adoption is itself threatened by
the danger of war in the defense of
the honor and integrity of its peo
ple and its institutions, there is no al
legiance which can be yours save the
single .absolute and unadulterated al
ealgince to America.
“Stand behind her as one man in
her hour of crisis, even though ye be
brought into conflict with your own
blood and bone.”
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SINE SINE HIT BI
HIEH COST OF
(By United Press)
OSSINING, N. Y„ March 20. — Sing
Sing prisoners today are feeling the
effects of the high cost of living. In
the past, potatoes and onions were
a regular part of the daily m»nu. Now,
however, the chef is feeding the In
mates rice and macaroni in place ol
these high priced foods, in order tc
reduce the cost of feeding the 1 ,C>9(
prisoners. Instructions have alsc
been issued forbidding the men re
cetving'bread at any-time of the da)
outside of the specified meal hours.
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Fifty degrees below zero, heavj
winds and a shortage of wood havt
combined to make the lffe of the min
ing fraternity at Brooks anything bu
pleasant and has delayed mining ac
tivities considerably.
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A big iceberg drifted in at th<
south side of the Citizens’ wharf a
Petersburg recently and jarred loosi
a number of piling. Another beri
stranded alongside the approach ant
tore out some piling.
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The natives of Klowak are said ti
be the most progressive of the native
of Alaska. They were the first b
incorporate their town and they hav
a public school with an enrollment o
90 pupils and an average attendanc
of 80.
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Now is the time to subscribe for th
Times — $5 for six months.
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City Churches Should Be Social Centers
and Leaders In Community Life
By ROBERT FULTON CUTTING, Social Wwk«
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EACH city church should be a social center. It should be the place
to which any lonely person, young or old, would naturally turn.
No church should be contented with providing a center for its own
immediate flock. IT SHOULD BE THE INSPIRATION OF ALL
COMMUNITY LIFE.
The churches should unite not merely for religious revivals, but for
social service.
They should be in the forefront in the fight for decent housing, the
extension of playgrounds and municipal recreation centers. They should
blaze the way first by individual experiments, and wherever the experi
ments are proved successful they should INDUCE THEIR ADOPTION
BY THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
But the church should be one thing more. It should be a school for
prospective husbands and wives. It should teach definitely and prac
tically the sacred responsibilities of marriage. It should prepare young
women in the essentials of domestic science.
IT SHOULD EDUCATE YOUNG MEN IN THE 3ACREDNE8S OF A
PURE MARRIAGE RELATION.
4 WHATCHAMA COLUMN. 4
4 College. 4
4 4
4 (By G. -M., United Press) 4
4 College Is an Institution of 4
4 learning. An institution of learn- 4
4 ing what? O, almost anything. 4
4 Ball of all kinds, for instance; 4
4 high, foot, base, basket, hand 4
4 and fancy dress. 4
4 College is where some youths 4
4 go to study Broadway. These 4
4 young men return home at the 4
4 end of four or five years, If at 4
4 all, with the degree of 1). D. U., 4
4 or doctor of drinks and debts. 4
4 They qualify by spending dad's 4
4 money in large quantities, their 4
4 days in bed and their evenings 4
4 in high collars and low comedy. 4
4 College for them is one grand 4
4 rocnd of toots and tutors. 4
4 Occasionally some obsolete 4
4 person goes to college to get an 4
4 education. 4
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CONSIDER PLANS
BIRTH RATE
(By United Press)
BERLIN, March 23. — One of the
biggest problems confronting the
relchstag, which reconvened here this
week, is that of Increasing the birth
rate in Germany. Many radical pro
posals have been made and the gov
ernment will sift them all.
The committee of 28 appointed to
investigate this matter is expected to
report. The more conservative pro
posals include economic steps to make
earlier marriages possible; higher
wages, regulation of vice and the limi
tation of disease, making marriage
easier. Other proposals include heavy
bachelor taxes, plural voting rights
for men with large families and
money premiums for mothers bear
ing many children. Another plan is
to make professional education
courses shorter so young lawyers, doc
tors and professional men can get es
tablished and married before theii
25th or 30th birthday.
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ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD ELECTS
OFFICERS OF GRAND CAMP
The Grand Camp of the Arctic Bro
therhood, in session at Juneau, has
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year:
Past Grand Arctic Chief — John T
Iteed.
Grand Arctic Chief — John B. Mar
shall, Juneau.
Vice-Arctic Chief — W. A. Clark
Nome.
Chaplain — A. J. Acheson, Skagway
Recorder — Lester O. Gore, Juneau
Keeper of Nuggets — Harold H
Post, Nome.
Grand Camp Cook — James Bren
nan, Petersburg.
Grand Trail Guide — "Scotty" A1
lan, Nome.
Grand Trail Blazer — Joseph Mur
ray, McCarthy.
Grand Outer Toll — Woodbury Ab
bey, Juneau.
Grand Inner Toll — Dr. W. E. Pet
erson, Sitka.
Trustees — J. R. Heckman, Ketchl
kan; John Ronan, Seward; Nat
H. Coombs, Council;-C. A. Sulzer, Kel
chikan; P. C. McCormack, Wrangell
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For advertising in the Whltehors
Star that he had bear traps set abou
his fox corral on the opposite sid
of the river from Whitehorse, J. t
Marcotte was summoned before P(
lice Magistrate Bell and fined $5 an
instructed to withdraw the objectloi
1 able part of his advertisement. Mi
Marcotte stated that he had no bea
1 traps set and that his advertisemer
1 was to prevent his property bein
1 stolen.
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The historian of Fairbanks Iglo<
1 No. 4, Order of Alaska Pioneers, I
> compiling a history of the membei
> of the lodge. Members have been n
s quested to hand to the historian th
f details of their place of birth, earl
> life, date of departure for the nortl
experience aboard ship and along th
trail, names of people in their part;
i place of arrival in north, and other e:
periences.
DILLON h MOST
MAN-KILLER
(By United Press)
NEW YORK, March 22. — Jack Dll
Non, erstwhile Indianapolis, bearcat,
I mankiller, and holder of several other
| sanguinary titles, is the most unfor
tunate scrapper inhabiting the United
States. His refusal to battle Jim
Flynn after he had lost his chance to
get on with Les Darcy, brought it out
fully.
When Dillon came to New York not
a long time ago, Billy Miske battled
him for ten rounds and did a fairly
good job of it. Dillon scored heavily
against the St. Paul false alarm, hut
he was much surprised the next day
to discover that nearly every news
paper In the city had come to the con
clusion that Miske had beaten him.
Then Jack came back to New York
and met Miske again. He didn't make
quite so good a showing, but he did
well and easily held Miske to a draw.
However, the critics again set it down
as a victory for Miske.
Then Dillon got mad. He came to
the conclusion that his former rough
ness had got him in bad. He had
made such a habit of beating up his
opponents that critics were unable to
see his side of the bout when he failed
to knock somebody down a few times
when he appeared in a ring.
So he got himself matched up with
A1 McCoy as a prelude to his battling
Darcy. He whipped McCoy so bad it
was a shame, but he was incensed
when he awakened the next morning
and found himself criticised for not
knocking McCoy out. In fact, two
rounds of the scrap were credited to
McCoy by more than one.
McCoy took a beating that many a
heavyweight would have fallen un
der. He was hit plenty of times and
he was hit hard. He deserved full
credit for winning the bout just as
far as he did, but he didn’t get it. Dil
lon says he won’t fight again in New
York. No one can censure him for
such a decision. He was rapidly los
ing his reputation when he decided
to go back to Indiana.
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NO MORE FREE PASSES
FOR FAVORED ONES.
The steamship companies operating
out of Seattle are sending out warn
ing that they are unable to give any
preference in the way of passes or re
duced rates on their lines. Hereto
fore certain persons, for one reason
or another, have received passes or
reduced rates to California or to Alas
ka or other places served by Seattle
vessels. Under the old shipping cus
toms, these persons were entitled to
passes or reduced rateB, but now they
have to handover real money for their
tickets exactly like any other traveler.
The steamship companies have no
alternative. The act went into ef
fect some time ago, but until the last
day or two the companies had little
or no explaining to do. Now, with the
opening of the Alaska season, they
have to break the news to those who
formerly received passes, this being
the period when the issuance of
passes would have begun under the
old conditions.
As a gentle hint to all concerned,
the Pacific Steamship Company is
. sending out cards, quoting clause?
from the United States shipping act
3 and also from the California public
t utilities act. The cards are the idea
3 of President H. F. Alexander. The
. United States shipping act provides
» a fine of not to exceed $5,000 for any
1 violation of the clauses in question,
- so that giving passes or reducing rates
would prove almost as risky as boot
r legging.
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g Harry Coster, manager for the Yu
kon Gold Company at Idltarod, was
painfully injured recently while driv
t, lng a spirited dog team. The dogs
s had become unmanageable and while
a endeavoring to gain control of the
!- team the handlebars of the sled
e came in violent contact with his
y chest. Coster fainted on arriving at
i, Iditarod, and a nexamination revealed
e that several of his ribs had been
broken.
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Job Printing at Dally Times office.
AUTHOR OF 8HERLOCK HOLMES
FIGHTS FOR FLAPPERS.
(By United Press)
LONDON, March 23. — A. Conan
Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, lias
convinced London that there are too
many flappers on the streets for the
entertainment of soldiers and ho has
engineered the establishment of a
number of "Bring Your Girl" clubs,
where the soldiers and their flappers
,can go and have a good time.
Lady Betty Balfour conceived the
plan and a number of clubs havg been
organized. Lady Emmett was first
to respond, equipping two club houses.
Each has a girl's club room, a men's
smoking room, a billiard room and two
recreation rooms.
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Four Italians became Involved in a
cutting affray at Atlin last week and
as a consequence ono Is in the hos
pital and three are held pending the
outcome of the seriously Injured one
None can talk English.
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Charles Hendrickson, better known
In Alaska as the "niue Parka Man
who escaped from the federal peni
tentiary at Leavenworth. Kansas, last
November, was recaptured recently at
Topeka and returned to prison.
W. E. TERRILL ,
FREIGHTER
Baggage and Freight Taken !
over the Trail to Fairbanks.
TEAMS LEAVE CHITINA
FEBRUARY 5
MARCH 15
Baggage can be left at the
Chltlna Hotel, Chltlna, or Alas
kan Hotel, Cordova.
Of course you are reading the Dally
Times. Why not save a dollar by pay
ing six months’ subscription in ad
i'ftme; $5 will do the trick.
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The Daily Times Is a n.ember of the
Associated Press. Got the news
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A good investment — the Dally
Times six months for $5.
FRESH FISH
Halibut, Herring, Red Snappers and Codfish Sold
by the pound and ton, wholesale and retail.
Delivered Wednesday and Thursday.
Shipping Day—Thursday (on railroad)
Orders cau be left at the Ilium, O’Neill Co. store or
write to me at Cordova.
GUS OHM.
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Cordova Mill &
Lumber Company
Manufacturers and Dealers in Rough and
Dressed Lumber.
Also Outside Lumber.
Orders From up the Line Office and Mill Opposite
Promptly Attended to. Railroad Depot. Phone 5
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E. A. HEGG
STATIONERY AND PHOTO SUPPLIES
Developing and Printing Phonographs
Views and Postcards Columbia Records
Art Pictures, Art Supplies ou . M
Picture Frames Sheet Music
Picture Framing Candies Always Fresh
Toilet Articles Cigars and Tobacco
MAIL ORDERS GIVEN IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
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J Foos Gas Engines |
§ 4 to 5C0 Horse Power
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General Electric Motors
| Roebling Tramways
Pelton Water Wheels
Chicago Oil Engines and Compressors
Regal Boat Engines
§ Harman Machinery Co Inc \
| Oxy-Acetylene Welding. ~~ |
CORDOVA, ALASKA
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A Sixty Steam Heated Rooms Eletric Lighted
j£r Hot and Cold Water in Every Room
f With or Without Bath.
Cordova House
H. C. ROSS, Proprietor.
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Headquarters for Railroad and Mining Men
, Satisfaction Guranteed
’*•' \ 1; Rates Reasonable
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B “Saving in youth pulls poverty’s tooth.”—Franklin.
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The average savings account in this country is $ll!> for |
$ each depositor. Does your rainy day fund average up to this?
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| Moral: A Bank account here means “rainy day” cheer. ^
| The First Bank \
Of Cordova 1
j p Territorial Depositary. lM '
\ United States Depositary for Postal Savings Funds,
pi Commercial Department. Savings Department.
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Manhattan Hotel
R. W. FERRELL, Prop.
Electric Lighted. Hot Water. Turkish and Tub
Baths.
OPPOSITE CORDOVA GRILL, CORDOVA, ALASKA.
PHONE 99
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| Alaskan Hotel I
THE HOU8E OF COMFORT
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THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL
INALASKA
BAR AND BARBER SHOP IN CONNECTION. I
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric
Lights, Steam Heat. Suites With Bath. %
| Bar in Connection |
% ROBERT QOTTBCHALK Proprlteore ART CLONINQER
| CORDOVA, .... ALASKA I
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ALL THE LIGHT ON THE BOOK,
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uml none In the eyea Is what makes
the electric light so superior for night
reading. And its brilliancy brings out
the type with the utmost distinctive
ness so that reading is accompanied
by no strain on the eyes whatever.
Have you electricity In your hornet
Cordova Power
Company
LIGHTS WATER PHONES POWER
Office: FIRST STREET.
| Copper River & |
Northwestern Ry. |
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\ 1 EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1916. i|
t 4| Three Trains Weekly Between Cordova and Chitina. |
j; | Four Trains Weekly Between Chitina and Kennecott. |
| Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mondays, Thura- p
| days and Saturdays. |
. If Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays and |
ji;i Fridays. |
I Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays, Thuia- |
% days and Fridays. |
$ Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays, Wednesdays, g
Thursdays and Saturdays. |
I The above schedule subject to change without notice, p
Dining Car In Connection With all Regular Peetenger Tralna *e- p
tween Cordova and Chitina.
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Freight received from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. p
Tickets on sale /it Depot or up town office, Alaska p
Steamship Company building- * §
| Caleb Corser ff. E. Brown I
5 Superintendent Cordova Agetit^J|
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