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The meeting held at the city hall
yesterday afternoon, in response to call
of the national office of the Socialisl
party, brought to light the fact that
there are between 30 and 40 men in
Cordova who are going without the
common necessities of life because ol
the scarcity of employment here anti
in this vicinity; that there are at least
three men for every job; that the
present greatest source of revenue foi
laborers is at the dock loading and
unloading steamers; that the average
of arrivals is one a week, furnishing
work for not more than 20 men foi
one of these short jobs. Only nine
of these, however, were at the meet
ing; the explanation being given that
the others were at the dock waiting
arrival of the Mariposa from the south
Six of these nine, it was stated, were
absolutely destitute. Four are miners
one a fisherman and one said he waf
"a gentleman of leisure” although
Willing to work at anything. Judged
by appearances, there wasn’t a "stew
bum" or an “I Won’t Work" among
them. In ages they ranged from abou
25 to 60. A majority of them hav<
been residents of Cordova for a yeai
or more.
‘‘If you were out of work and hun
gry, what would you do? was the prob
lem submitted to a late arrival. The
answer was identical with that made
by others preceding him and immortal
ized by the late President Taft:
‘‘God knows.”
After a general discussion lasting
about an hour, a committee of two
consisting of E. Walter and It. E
Hegner was appointed to confer with
the city council at tonight’s meeting,
regarding employment. Hegner who
was selected chairman of the meeting,
stated that he wasn’t one of the unem
ployed.
The statement was made that local
merchants are and have been very
liberal in granting credit to those they
know, but strangers have “hard pick
ing.”
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Council to Meet Tonight
The regular semi-monthly meeting
of the city council will be held to
night. No business of importance is
scheduled for consideration other than
the hearing to be given a committee
representing laboring men who are
out of employment.
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“The Remedy” for "What’s the Mat
ter With Cordova." aa presented by
Rev. Jas. McBride yesterday in the
third of his series of sermons at the
Empress theatre, condensed into a
few words, is: Abolish the saloon
and thus rid the community of an un
desirable element that makes these
places headquarters and that holds
the balance of power In politics,
“Don't think I'm against the saloon,"
said the minister. “I’m against it be
cause of the Illegal abuses that, are
tolerated in Cordova in connection
with them. If they were on the square
there would be more money here for
all of us. Cordova is behind Valdez
and, Seward In respect to cleaning up,
and the prechers did not take the lead
In either of those places. The busi
nessmen did the work.
"This reform movement Is not popu
lar now and you'll lose out,’ I have
been told. The right sentiment exists
here If someone would lead the move
ment. to concentrate It. Some da>
the riffraff will dlsappaer. There are
a good many of them here and they
talk and make themselves conspicuous
when other people are afraid, and be
cause ‘there is something in it’ for
them. You cannot expect the mar
shals and police to drive out all such
characters, for all of them are not law
breakers and something beyond the
law permits them to remain. What
is to be done? Formulate, express
and stand by a healthier public opin
ion. When one man takes up the
cudgel for right and decency, don’t
stand back and wait for,him to fight
the battle alone—don’t wait for the
movement to become popular. Stand
by him and you will be surprised to
see how many will swing into line,
(let out and fight when fighting Is
good. Just tackle the things that
'can't be done’ and you will be sur
prised to see how easily they can be
done.
"More than 10 per cent of Cordova’s
voting population is represented here
today, and we can do these things
for the common good if we try."
The speaker stated that more than
70 per cent of the population of the
population of the Copper River val
ley had signed the petition to Con
gress asking that a prohibition law
for Alaska be passed; that while a
large majority in Cordova opposed
such a law, 113 signatures had been
obtained at Chltina, where 118 votes
were cast at the last general election.
Refarring to the more or less pop
ular custom of abusing the rich just
because they are rich and holding
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them responsible for many of the
world's troubles, the speaker quoted
the pnrnble of the rich man who went
to Christ for advice and was told that
It was easier for a camel to pass
through the eye of a needle than for
a rich man to enter Heaven. Giving
this a local application, the speaker
said that It was one of our many mis
takes to pick out the rich man as
among the worst to be found..
"If I had to wait until I reached
heaven for my reward, I wouldn’t
try to earn it" he said. "No man
embarks on a venture who does not
draw the line of demarkatlon between
those things which can be done hon
estly and those which are not right.
This is the verdict of history; like
wise of common sense. God is on
the side of right, and because of that
we are on the side of God In this work.
Let's get together and do things that
have been done elsewhere and Cordo
va will be a better and more prosper
ous place to live. I have In this ser
ies of sermons talked of life ns it Is
and as It should be in Cordova. Will
you do the things that should be
done?”
Rev. McBride will next Sunday com
mence a series of sermons on the sub
ject: "Men and Women of Today,"
the title of the first subdivision being:
"The Man who Succeeded and Failed."
The congregation yesterday was one
of the largest since the winter ser
vices commenced to be held in the
theatre.
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DEVELOPING COPPER
CLAIM III MILE 52
James Rrennan came down from
Mile 52, where he has been mining
for some time. He and his partners,
H. Thisted, Rd. Kodee and John Fll
linger, nre opening up some copper
claims, and the development work so
far done has brought satisfactory re
sults This property is not being op
ened up for speculative purposes, but
as soon as conditions warrant the
owners claim to have money avail
able to put machinery on the ground.
They are operating under the name of
the North Star Mining Company.
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CHURCH WORKERS TO
MEET ON WEDNESDAY
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The Womens Society of Church
Workers will meet at the manse Wed
nesday afternoon. All members are
requested to be present. V cordial
invitation is extended to all women of
the congregation, as this is a social
meeting.
Mrs. WARN, Secy.
LINE MINT
Richard 8. Hyan, promoter of the
proposed railroad from Controller bay
td the Bering river coal field, in his
effort to prevent the government from
purchasing the Copper River & North
western railway, has submitted a pro
posal to Secretary Lane to furnish
transportation to (topper river copper
ores nd to Bering coal. Mr. Ryan
would build a line himself from Mile
Forty on the Copper River road to
the coal fields, nnd thence down to
tidewater on Controller bay.
He would erect smelters at the coal
fields to smelt the ores from the Cop
per river. He estimates that for
$800,000 a breakwater could be built
which would make Controller bay safe.
The Brooks railroad commission two
years ago estimated that the break
water would cost $2,000,000.
Mr. Ryan tells Secretary Lane that
all he wants is permission from the
government to build on his own ac
count. The proposal Is under con
sideration.
The stenographic report or Secre
tary Lane’s testimony before the ap
propriations committee, Feb. 1, has
been made public. This significant
passage occurred in the testimony:
“What we want to do Ts to be in a
position to begin operations in June,
wherever we are going, and we want
to have some leeway so that whatever
road we determine to purchase. If we
determine to purchase any road, will
have some kind of a deposit to make
on it.”
Chairman Fitzgerald said: “So that
your purpose now is, after the route
is determined, if you decide to pur
chase one of the roads, to purchase
it and then be able to go ahead with
the construction wark in addition?''
"Yes,” said Secretary Lane, “so as
to get our coal available as soon as
possible; that would be my idea.” And
then he emphasized the thought that
the first consideration is to get out
the coal.
While great secrecy surrounds all
matters connected with the Alaskan
railway subject, and orders have ap
parently gone out in the last ten days
to all officers of the government to
give no information, It Is known that
personal representatives of the bond
holders of the Alaska Northern have
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been In consultation with Secretary
l.ane recently. It is believed that
counter propositions have been sub
mitted and are now under consllera
tion.
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Mrs. T. B. Hand, of McCarthy, was
B passenger arriving on the train from
the Interior yesterday. She Is reg
istered at the Windsor Hotel.
EXTRA SESSION II
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16— Kxtn sos
slon talk was uppermost at the eapl
tol today. Five big supply bills are
still unpassed by the house and 13
are unpassed by the senate, while pas
sage of appropriation nnd ship pur
chase bills will be a much more diffi
cult problem.
SENATE VOTES TO
WASHINGTON, Feb. lr.—Investiga
tion of all charges that powerful out
side Influences are at work for and
against the ship purchase bill was
ordered by the senate today. Admin
lotration democrats and filibustering
republicans voted unanimously to in
vestigate the charges of lobbying by
the so-called shipping trust; also to
Inquire Into any and all know n nego
tiations by the administration offic
ials to buy ships of belligerant nations.
Filibustering In the senate conllr.
ues with no open Indications that the
forces of either side are willing to
make concessions or surrender.
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Mrs. Ora Barrows returned on yes
terday's train from McCarthy, where
she spent several weeks.
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