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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1918
PRIMARY ELECTION NEXT TUES
DAY
On Tuesday next the voters of
Alaska will name the candidates who
are to be voted for at the November
election. The offices to be filled are
delegate to congress, members of the
territorial legislature and road com
missioners. In the Third division both
the Republicans and Democrats have '
tickets in the field, but there is no
contest on among the Democrats, and
all of the nominees are sure of a place
in the final running. For the Repub
lican nominations, with the exception
of senator, there are more candidates!
than offices to be filled, and conse
quently it is important that the best
men be selected.
Cordova has never had a represeri-1
tative in the local legislature, and it
this year presents the name of Henry
A. Slater, one of our most popular
and leading citizens, who seeks the
Republican nomination. Mr. Slater is
in every way qualified to discharge
the duties of the office to which he
aspires, and is so well and favorably
known among the residents of this
town and the Copper River valley
that he should secure the vote of)
fleiery man and woman who stands for'
good government.
F'or road commissioner there is no
man better fitted to fill that office
than our townsman, James L. Galen,
who is also running on the Repub
lican ticket. He is an old-time Alas
kan w'ho has lived in the territory for
nearly eighteen years, with the excep
tion of the time spent in filling a!
presidential appointment as superin
tendent of the Glacier National park.
His experience in that capacity, where |
he directed the building of many roads,
w ill stand him in good stead in the j
event of his election. Mr. Galen has!
also blazed the trails in Alaska and I
knows the needs of the miners and
prospectors. A vote for him means aj
vote in favor of a road builder who
knows the game.
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An index of the growth and prosper-1
ity of any community is the con-j
stantly increasing resources of its j
financial institutions, and the state
ment published in the advertisement
sweep the sea. It’s all of the circling
volumes for the success which our
residents are meeting with, and alsoj
the stability of the town. From de
posits of $172,854.38 on April 24, 1918,
to $889,050.90 on the same day of this
month, just three years later is a
showing that any bank may be proud
of and is the largest amount the First
Bank of Cordova has ever had on de
posit notwithstanding the fact that
there is also now another bank here.
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Get your Liberty bond today. Carry
It in your inside pocket. Be proud
of it.. Show it to every friend you
meet. It’s a fifty to one bet he never
saw one.
THE HERO PREBLE—THE OES
STROYER
•‘Somewhere" at sea. silently speed- ;
lng through waters that hide the
twentieth century pirate—the subma-,
rine—is a flotilla of American de-j
stroyers.
On, them above all else, depends (
the turn of the tide in favor of the
allies.
As more than a century ago, the
seas were cleared of pirates who had
exacted tribute from all the maritime
powers, so now is the American navy
taking the lead to clear the seas of
a new brand of pirate, the represen
tatives of the German emperor who
first sink their victims’ ships and fire
on their unarmed men, w;omen and
children, and who expect' by these
methods later to exact tribute from
the world.
One hundred years ago it was the
new nation, America, that ended pi
racy and opened shipping safely to
the world. And it was Commodore
Edward Preble who guided the Amer
ican fleet to victory against the Trip
olitans.
Now another fleet is in action. One
of our destroyers is named the Preble
in honor of the man whose service
was second to none in the war of other
days.
Is the destroyer Preble to make
such history as did the man Preble?
No war of history has offered more
opportunity for distinction. Naval
warfare now is different than ever be
fore. But American naval officers are
as valiant and as efficient as at any
other period of history.
The destroyer Preble was attached
to the Pacific fleet before the United
States entered the world war. She
makes 28.3 knots, and carries two
3-inch 50-caliber rapid-fire guns, five
fi-pounder rapid-fire guns, and two 18
inch torpedo tubes. Her complement
is three officers and seventy-two men.
The Preble's displacement is 420 tons.
She is 245 feet long and 23 feet beam.
Her engines are 7,000 horse-power,
with twin screw propellers.
The part she will play in this war,
the records that may be written down
in the new chapter of the history of
warfare, will be made doubly inter
esting by recalling some of the deeds
of the illustrious officer whose name
she bears.
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Tuesday the “burnt cork" artists
will hold forth in Cordova and if you
may judge from the rehearsals, the
minstrel and vaudeville show to be
given that night will surpass by far
any previous entertainment of the
kind ever given here. There are
thirty-three people in the cast, and
each individual twinkles as a star in
his or her respective part. They are
giving their best efforts in a most
worthy cause, as the proceeds will be
divided flfty-flfty by tbe
and K. of C. war funds.
It should be both a
pleasure for every { Cor
dova and the Copper ey to
go to the polls on j cast
their ballots for James «n for
road commissioner and A.
Slater for the legislature
WHS OF LO
AND MIL II
There was a train from y
Kennecott this afternoon.
Today is being observed! ,erty
day by the government o$
Captain Ben Durkee
noon for Katalla on the
Dr. W. H. Chase will
minute speaker at the
ater tonight.
Attorney E. F. Medley
the launch Prospector
ness trip to Valdez.
An artistic sign is bei
the display window of
pool and billiard hall.
There will be a the
Home Guards tonight, erery
member is expected to be a.
John Kehoe, who has
Alaska for twenty-three
conducting a ranch on the
kon river, is in Cordova o
to the States, where he is
goats with which to stock
The bill at the Empress
night will be William Farnu
End of the Trail,” also a
News film and a cartoon
Katzenjammor Kids.” Oi
Douglas Fairbanks will be a1
Again, Out Again.”
Come to the big show and
old favorite, “The Rosary
perfectly new twist. “
Connell introduces
number. There’s a reason,
the Empress on the ?>0th
the reason why.
Assistant
has authorized Judge F. own to
appoint a deputy clerk of istrict
court at Cordova, and he offered
the office to Thomas S. Sc ac
cepted the position. As as he
qualifies Mr. Scott will l ady to
act, but it will in no wi terfere
with his duties as cashier or the First
Bank of Cordova.
One of the niftiest little sketches
ever written around an Indian set
ting is the clever little act which Miss
Emina Sheppard and Mrs. Nina Nich->
ols will put on in the big show on
the 30th. George Cohan’s ‘‘Over
There” is introduced at the close of
this number with a little thrill. Don’t
miss this stunt. If you don’t know
how lovely Miss Sheppard looks in
this costume, come and see.
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Come to the big show- and hear
-if coMotn's ctiarrrntig ones slit«
“Somewhere in France.” If you
haven't heard this song you’ll be crazy
about it, and if you yave you'll love
to hear it again, as these pretty little
ladies know how to “put it over.”
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Save food or go on short rations.
SEARCHING THE EFFECTS OF GERMAN jlSONERS FOR INFORMATION I
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Photograph shows French troopers examining the e.,ects of a bach of German prisoners for any military infor
mation they nv'v contain.
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You have gone “over the top” admirably, fel
low townsmen. Now hold the ground you have
taken. Plan to meet your Liberty Loan pay
ments on the dot and put by something for the
next advance. Remember, to insure victory you
must not only have your battle line strength but
powerful reserves. Begin now to mobilize your
reserves for the emergency moment.
Will to win and work
We will help ou
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BANK OF ALASKA
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PAID ADVERTISEMENT
Candidate for Re election
As
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
“In deciding to enter the primaries as a candidate for Delegate to Congress
from Alaska, I feel impelled to make a brief statement to the people of the
territory. It Is now nearly a year since I was seated In the House as Alaska’s
representative to congress. During the most of this time the United States
has been engaged in a world war, and every resource of the nation, including
money and man power, is being devoted to the single purpose of winning this
great war. Every member of congress in considering legislation for the na
tion has placed the country’s war needs above all needs and requirements and
has subordinated his desires to the military establishment of the United States
“Alaska has responded nobly to the nation’s call. She has given her share
willingly and unstintingly. When the Democratic party went before the peo
ple of Alaska in November, 1916, it stood for a certain constructive
program which embodied as its principal elements a wider measure of
home rule for the territory, and a sane and rational policy in the develop
ment of natural resources and every possible aid to the pioneers of the coun
’ try.
“I have introduced among others the following bills in congress which I
am pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
“Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home rule the
dominating principle.
“Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair to all. ami
the protection of the salmon supply from depletion.
“Making changes in the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty rod
reservation.
“Authorizing free surveys of homesteads in isolated sections.
“Changing the game laws so as to give the people a. better opportunity to
use the game of the country without its being slaughtered.
“Extending the federal farm loan act to Alaska.
“Providing for the care of Alaska’s insane within the territory.
“At all times I have endeavored to keep constantly in mind the needs of
the territory and the people of the territory. In spite of the war some meas
ure of progress has been achieved. I have assisted in passing a law which
helped the prospector by suspending assessment wrork on claims during the
years 1917 and 1918. The extension of the w-ireless and cable system in Alas
ka has been accomplished with bright prospects for a further extension
“Recognition has been forced for Alaska in the matter of appointments to
the second series of training camps for officers. Contracts which prevented
the farmers of the interior from supplying army posts with their vegetables
are canceled.
"Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of Alaska have
come to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reiterating my desire to
serve the best interests of Alaska I am submitting my name as a candidate
for the democratic nomination for Delegate to Congress.”
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