THE CORDOVA DAILY TIMES
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H. G. STEEL
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FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1920
REPUBLICAN TICKET
For President—
WARREN G. HARDING.
For Vice President—
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
For Delegate to Congress—
DAN SUTHERLAND.
For Attorney General—
JOHN RUSTGARD
For Senator—
E. E. CHAMBERLAIN.
For Representatives—
A. E. LATHROP
JOS. H. MURPHY
R. E. ELSNER
A. H. FRAME.
For Road Commissioner—
GUST JOHNSON
TWO GREAT BUSINESS
BUILDERS
Every business is confronted Avith
complaints from time to time and
frequently the customer is right in his
contention. Anyway, customers, right
or -wrong, are the backbone of busi
ness. It costs money to procure them.
They are too valuable to lose unless
they are habitual fault finders.
Before you commit yourself to an
overt act that will drive the complain
ing customer away for all time remem
ber—
When a customer complains do not
classify him as being a grouch.
He is really trying to be friendly,
and the chances are that his complaint
is justified.
Treat him accordingly and find out
what the real trouble is. Do it prompt
ly and graciously.
Then apply a remedy that will sat
isfy the customer and retain his
friendship.
No man complains merely for the
fun of complaining. Most men are
usually too big, and generally too
busy to indulge in fault-finding with
out reason.
Ignore complaints, or treat them un
graciously or indifferently, and you
make the biggest business mistake
that can be made.
Remember, ahvavs, there is some
thing in business that cannot be
^bought at any price, but it can be
destroyed almost instantly, by indif
ierence or neglect.
That one thing is Good Will and
Confidence. Confidence is a plant of
slow growth, and once obtained by
any business concern it is a priceless
asset. Many times the figures shown
by an inventory of the plant, the mer
chandise on hand and the value plac
ed on the Good Will of a concern.
Good Will is but another name for
Public Confidence.
MURDERER IS LIVING ON
BORROWED TIME
Word was received in Fairbanks'
announcing another stay of execution
in the case of Mailo Segura, Iditarod
murderer, who was to have been hang
ed at Fairbanks on July first for the
killing of George Riley in the Idit
arod in 1918. The order postpones
the execution for a period of 90 doys.
Segura was originally sentenced
by Judge Charles E. Bunnell to be
hanged on April 4, but his brother,
who is a resident of Butte, managed
to get a stay of 90 days, and it is
understood that the same influence
succeeded in securing the second post
ponement.
In view of the fact that Murderer
Dempsey escaped the gallows easily
on the coast, through the intervention
of President Wilson, many Fairbank
sans believe that Segura will get off
eventually with a life sentence.
THE H0RN8P0ILERS
(From Fairbanks News)
Time has demonstrated times in
numberable that there is no sense in
talking to a government official, in
the effort to show him the error of
his ways, for when one of that genus
homo gets his necked bowed in any
crazy direction he is bound to go
and drag the government payroll after
him into the quagmire of failure.
Many crimes have been committed
in the name of “Alaska,” and when
many years ago it was moved to re
pent and try and “do something for
Alaska,” a government railroad “to
open up the rich Fairbanks district”
got the necessary votes and money
without much effort. Being a govern
ment enterprise of course they turned
the building over to government offi
cials, and after all these years, to
this very moment, the result has been
year after year a succession of knocks
to Fairbanks and drawbacks to the
development of this district, and so it
will probably be until the end, when
the government officials have to let
go their sinecures and the railroad
has to stand on its own merits and
demerits. From the very start Fair
banks and the resources of this sec
tion, which seem to be about all the
resources there are at this end of
the line, have been lost sight of, or
handicapped by the railroad builders.
Before a railroad was ever dreamed
of, Fairbanks had a river which was
open during the season of navigation
at. least as far up as Chena, and
from Chena we had a railroad which
could bring out freight to us when
the boats could come no nearer. This
the government officials have killed
and this year this hardpressed dis
trict will be further hardpressed by
the extra trouble and delay and ex
pense we will have in getting our
freight here. Commissioner Mears,
the “Poo-Bah” of the railroad admin
istration, was telegraphed to and told
what it meant in harm to the produc
ing district to take our Chena road
away from us and he came to town :
and was told the same thing in meet
ing, face to face, and he only answer
ed: “O, you will always get your
freight: you will have the railroad
from Nenana!” We have the railroad
from Nenana, but the boats can't get
near enough to it to deliver freight
to it and the freight and passengers
arriving at Nenana on the boat yes
terday, will get here as best they can,
God knows when, and the added cost
will hurt.
The railroad commission came and
found us prosperous and with depend
able transportation. They have work
ed in every way to reduce our pros
perity and have succeeded quite some
and they have taken away from us
that dependable transportation and
given us in lieu thereof no transpor
tation—in making “shoes” for their
construction cars they have spoiled
the “Horn of Plenty” which was to
feed the road and without which
promise and possibility the builders
would never have been given a chance
to build. When next Commissioner
Mears arrives in town with his trusty
camera swung across his shoulders
he will probably take a picture of our
grasslined streets and send it to his
paternal government, entitling it:
“Reclamation.”
All tourists visiting this section
rave over our scenery, while many of
the old-timers in Alaska rave for
other pastures—and ’neverthing.
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Strange as it may seem Cordova
has scarcely had rainfall enough this
summer to lay the dust. This may be
ascribed to the fact that we are lo
cated in a “dry” zone.
MEXICO CITY, July 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Article 27 of the Mex
ican constitution, which nationalizes
petroleum deposits, will be sustained
theoretically, but all decrees issued by
Carranza prejudicing prior rights to
petroleum owners will be abrogated
by a presidential decree to be issued
shortly, according to a statement to
day by President Huerta to foreign
correspondents. Oil men will be given
the right to pre-empt claims within
five years but will have definite time
within which to drill. Substantial
rights of owners will be safeguarded.
REDUCTION EXPECTED
IN AIR TRAVEL RATES
PARIS, July 9 (by Associated
Press).—Early announcement is ex
pected of the reduction of passenger
rates for air travel between London
and Paris and many are wondering
if the day is far distant when it may
be cheaper to travel by air than by
land and sea. At the beginning of
the London-Paris air service last year
the price for one ticket on small fast
machines wras 20 guineas and 15
guineas on the larger passenger ships.
It is now reported that fares will
soon be reduced to $10, 10 shillings.
In one recent week’s flying more
than 100 passengers were carried in
the London-Paris air service and it is
hoped that a reduction in price will
increase the number of passengers.
There have been an ever increasing
number of inquiries for the service
but the price has discouraged the
prospective passengers.
A. MITCH PALMER SAYS
COURTS INVESTIGATION
PORTLAND, Ore., July 9 (by Asso
ciated Pi;ess).—“They are welcome to
investigate me until the cows come
home,” Attorney General Palmer de
clared here last night when he passed
through Portland on his way home, re
garding the campaign probe. “None
of my money was spent in the cam
paign. What’s the use of investigat
ing now?”
CHINESE STUDENTS FAIL
WITH SHANTUNG STRIKE
SHANGHAI, July 9 (by Associated
Press).—A strike of thousands of
students throughout China to compel
the Peking government to disclaim all
irtention of opening negotiations with
Japan concerning settlement of the
Shantung problem has failed. Lead
ers of the national student organiza
tion attributed its failure to lack of
popular sympathy and untimeliness.
Before going on strike student lead
ers called upon the government to is
sue a public disclaimer and demanded
that the Peking authorities publish
all secret agreements made with
Japan. The government ignored the
ultimatum. About 30,000 Chinese quit
their classes in Shanghai and thou
sands of others went on strike in
others of the 14 provinces. They re
mained out for a month or more and
then called off the strike.
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WANTS PART OF GLORY
FOR STARTING PILGRIM
FATHERS ON JOURNEY
SOUTHAMPTON, July 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Plymouth is not the
only port connected with the sailing
of the Pilgrim fathers, says Mayor S.
G. Kimber, of this city, in a letter to
the newspapers.
“It was from the ancient port of
Southampton that the famous May
flower set sail on August 15, 1620 in
company with a smaller vessel, the
Speedwell,” he says.
“Owing to accidents the voyage was
delayed by temporary stoppages, first
at Dartmouth and then at Plymouth
and it was from the latter port that
the Mayflower resumed her voyage
alone.
“This gives Plymouth a real claim
to the honor in connection with the
event but this claim should not be
allowed to obscure the historic fact
that it was Southampton which the
Pilgrim fathers chose as their port of
departure, that it was at Southampton
that they made all preparations for
the voyage and that it was from
Southampton that they actually set
sail for the new world.”
CANADIAN EDITOR
GOES TO CAROLINA
REGINA, Sask., July 9 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Members of the Re
gina Press Club tendered a compli
meantary banquet to Mr. and Mrs.
James Cruickshank, previous to their
departure from this city to take up
their residence in Wilmington, North
Carolina. Mr. Cruickshank, who has
been news editor of the Regina Lead
er for the past two years, has pur
chansed an interest in a Wilmington
newspaper.
Mary Pickford says “Real love is
always worth the chance. It is the
one thing in life worth while. Mar
ried life is an art. It is something
that must be carefully attended to,”
and Mary ought to know.
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distribution.
H. E. McDANIEL, Manager.
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