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CORDOVA, ALASKA, MOND AY, JANUARY,*28, 1918, ||
FOR POSTERITY’S SAKE.
The board of agriculture in Lon
don has issued a call for women tree
planters. It is said that there are
ten million forest trees in the hands
of nurserymen which w'ill be destroyed
unless planted during the forthcoming
season, and the shortage of men is
responsible for the action on the part
of the agricultural board. The women
of England, who have so far proved
themselves equal to every task im
posed upon them by the government
could engage in no more useful work
than the planting of trees. A tramp
of the old South won an immortal
name for himself by planting apple
seeds in the fence corners as he trav
elel throng Tennessee, North Carolina
and other Southern states. Noboy
*eems to know much about him, but
in the south “Apple Seed John” will
always be remembered as a great pub
lic benefactor.
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POPULAR OPINION SUSTAINS
DICTATORS.
Many a crisis in the past has pro
duced a dictator.
And this war has in democratic na-]
tions made it necessary to clothe men J
with an arbitrary power that is not
sanctioned in law, but that is de
manded by events and is sustained by j
public opinion.
Delays that are innate to parliamen
tary and congressional governments
and that ordinarily are the bulwark
of popular institutions, today would
lead to disaster.
rphere must be men to order and
recommend, and their orders must
put into a^£jt"«*1n a day. Ttw aeo
-ncc- and ,!u! fnite1
at&tSis know this is true. They are
insisting that capable men be put at
the head of affairs, and that these
men be given prompt support and that
their every wish be carried out.
Lloyd George is a dictator in Eng
land, and he today has more power
than any English king in the days
before Parliament had taken from the'
crown manv of Its Drcrocatives.
Clemenceau In France was made
premier because of his ability to make j
quick decisions and his reputation as j
an organizer who can be thoroughly j
relied upon.
In the United States, congress quick-!
l.v enacts into law the recommenda-:
tions of President Wilson, and no
President has been so nearly an actual
ruler in this Nation, where the execu-1
five and legislative branches of the
government are nicely balanced by the 1
constitution, and where the latter
branch is given the function of ordin
arily originating legislation.
Necessity is the mother of new in
ventions in government, too.
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trading reputation for cash.
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Frenzied finance has nothing on the
liquor business in Seattle. Recent dis- ^
closures there show that a bootleg
ger is able to rise rapidly from the
lowly ranks of those who peddle a!
shot at a time from their hips to a |
place of influence and comparative1
wealth in the “profession.”
One of the heads of the booze ring
has told how it was possible for him ■
to push his way to the front. I
He began with the proverbial bot
tle on his hip, which he sold at so
much a sip in dark corners, alleyways,' i
and the back rooms of pool halls. 1
But this bootlegger wanted larger :
fields to conquer. He hitched his
wagon to the star of adroitness, and
ordered an eastern distillery to ship r
him whiskey in cans that ordinarily v
hold automobile varnish. These cans
held 11 quarts each, and each was
nicely labeled “auto polish.”
The business flourished. The boot
legger became a wholesale liquor
dealer. He doubled his money on
every quart he sold to his retailers.
He bought a home and paid for it, and
an automobile kept him from worrying
over the high price of shoe leather.
The police, howrever, one day dis
covered his system. They arrested
him and he confessed. He will go to
jail and pay a fine.
What of the distillery that shipped
in this liquor falsely labeled and con
trary to state and federal statutes?
Because men will prostitute them
selves for gain and lose their repu
tations for dollars is one reason why
national prohibition of the manufac
ture and sale of whiskey will soon be
a part of the constitution.
That is the only ktnd o. prohibition
that will actually prohibit.
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TRAITOROUS TO EAT MEAT.
Regarding the use of meat on Tues
days and Fridays, Henry B. Endicott
has written a sharp letter to an offi
cial in a prominent club in Boston who
had reported that some individuals
insist upon meat. He says in the let
ter:
“If any member of your club asks
for meat of any kind on Tuesday or
Friday, will you please explain that
none is to be served. After explain
ing to them, if they still insist, upon
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having it, say to them from me that
any man who insists upon meat upon
those days takes the position of not
being willing to help our allies and
our hnyjj who are fighting fo| in
Franca. i. ~—***—*"-■ ™ t. -
"There can be no half-way position
for a man to take in this war. He is
either for us or against us. If he is
for us, he wants to help. If he is not
willing to help up in this time of our
need, he is a traitor to his country.
You may show this letter, if you de
sire, to any man wTho refuses to com
ply with my request, and if, after he
has read it. he still insists unon meat,
please furnish me with his name.”—
Boston Transcript.
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The army has no machine guns be
cause the ordnance experts have been
apart for years on the type to be used,
which recalls the man who died of
sleeplessness sitting on the edge of his
bed with a nightshirt in each hand
but unable to make up his mind which „
to put on.—Kansas City Star.
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According to a telegram just re- |
ceived from Judge Gunnison the food I
situation is becoming acute and it is 1
the duty of every individual to do his 1
part towards conserving food for our 1
allies. This is imperative if we are |
to win the war.
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The Germans are beginning to ex- E
press fears the allies will hate them I
after the war is over. What were they |
3xpecting, a little David and Jonathan
exhibition following their atrocities? 1
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Trotzky is still dreaming that he I
2an make peace with the German §
jeople themselves. May his dream j
:ome true. That would mean peace g
or the world.
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“U’^-pirate victims have not died 1
n vain, for theirs is the real call for 1
reedom of the seas—Wall Street I
ournal. «§j
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No man can say he totally dislikes jp
iusic as long as he has a pocket in 1
hich his money can jingle out a tune H
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Vorwaerts says the masses In Ger
lany are starving. Well, Pershing
as his relief party about ready to
tart.
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In Iceland they are paying a
on for coal. But there are other
landicaps to living in that faraway
ountry.
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Alimony may not be income, but it
s a penalty for a man making a fool
if himself.
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if You Want
FRESH
CHICKENS
Springers and
Hens
CALL UP
JOE FRY
Fresh Eggs for Sale Phone 22
CORDOVA
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Residence Shop
Phone 101-3. Phone 182
Machine Wotfc of all Kinds,
Blacksmithing, General repair
ing, Horse Shoeing, Oxy-Aeety
lene Welding and Cutting.
HARMON MACHINERY
BUILDING
Cordova, Alaska.
Out of Town Jobs Given Strict
Attention.
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REV E. P. ZIEGLER
Supt.
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spruce logs and $9 for hemlock,
delivered.
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