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Office: Hotel Chitina Building.
Cordova Office: Daily Alaskan
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©. a. aaaaan, city aditor
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CHITINA, SATURDAY, APRIL 22
LET US MINE
OUR OWN COAL
WHO CARES? ~
A resident of Chitina and an old
veteran of the civil war, was heard
to make a pathetic remark this week,
which gave us food for much thought
. and upon which we cannot but help
comment. The old veteran had just
finished reading an. account - of a
prominent old soldier's death in the
state of Oregon, and, taking off his
glasses with a trembjing hand, laid
down the paper with a sigh and this
remark: “Who cares? Only ,a few
of we old fellows left now, and may
be Uncle Sam will be glad to get- rid
of us, there’s so much agitation over
what little pension we draw.”
There are a number of old veter
ans in Alaska who have come to this ■
land of promise with the idea of gain-,
ing the necessary gold to keep them
in peace and content the remainder
of their days, as there are but few
who have not passed the mark of
three score years, and most of them,
like the old Chitina veteran, are be
ginning to feel the nearness of the
great reaper, and say, “Who cares?”
,The old veterans are dying off all
around us, but the death com
mands no more attention than that of
any other citizen. . It is sad to think
that there are some who. even be
grudge these old vets the meager pen
sion,., when, as a matter of justice,
too much could not be done for them.
They, are not veterans of a war for
acquisition of territory, but for the
saving of the Union. They are side
by side with the men who fought in
the revolution, whose memory we re
vere every Fourth of July. Those
noble men created the United States,
and the vets that are with us dow,
but rapidly passing away, are the 1
ones that saved it. On the death of
a president in office, the flag flies at
half mast for thirty days, and at the
death of a veteran the same hohor
should be shown to his memory in his
own home town from his death to
hiB burial. We are enjoying the i
fruits of their sacrifice, but when one
of them passes to his long rest, we 1
ask, "Who cares?”
ONLY WANTS HER DTE.
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The Bingen Observer, a thriving '■
Washington paper, of Klickitat coun- -
ty, comments editorially upon Alas- •
kan affairs as follows: ‘‘A dispatch
from Alaska gravely states that a
movement is on foot in the principal
Alaskan towns to prepare a peti
tion asking the Washington govern- ■
ment for permission to withdraw and .
annex Alaska to the adjacent British
possessions. This, the Alaekans be
lieve, is me omy way in -irliich Alas1
ka can get home rule or any consid
eration from the central government.
Rather startling, if true,. Perhaps
the wise men at the national capital
will wake up now and do something
for Alaska in the way of providing it
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adequate laws and a representative
if ■ -V«
form of government.”
That’s the stuff, Bingen.
Adequate laws and a representa
tive form of government. Tell ’em
about our coal lands, too, will you?
Tell ’em we are hauling hundreds
of thousands of dollars worth dt the T
highest grade copper ore on earth
from our rich copper belts over, a
newly constructed railroad to the sea,
an ddon’t forget to tell ’em we have
to use foreign coal in our steamships
and railroad locomotives to bring it
and don’t forget to tell ’em we have
billions of tons of the finest steam-'
ing coal in the world only a few miles
from our doors. j
CLEAN CP
'i -ifcepity
busy this week notifying allbusl
ncss hojfcses and private resi'4j^nc^to
rlpajpmp the ^|rbage.^'hich hWe ijj^
:ieop»d $Jffin|p&e7wripiS Th4'fff6^<
http holds stftae o^if, fcttfr tljie sjun ^s
rapidly thawing; tl» sfifa^'aiiwSS thh
ground is now bare in most places,
some most unsightly piles of old cans
and debris^ can be Seen at thi? back
doors and even in front of some of
the hulldtngs. ^f thiajs allowed ip:
remain an epidemic of typhoid^, jgr
even worse is’ liable to strike ^>ur
little communl^f'^c^iet’s.'aip 'h'dq&dlir
ourselves a cdtnnsitfee of tine ftp’see
that the garbage around’ ouj own
places is cleaned ttpv Either ’ dig &
hole and bury it or have the scaven
ger £ake It away. B&eryone should
do this cheerfully and willingly.for
the sake of .your own health as Jvetj
as others, for it will have to be done
anyway.. If anyone fails.j;o clean UP
after the second notification Trom the
marshal, they will have to appear in
court and explain to the judge why
it hasn't been done, and in addition
to being compelled to clean up in
the end, a fine or jail sentence is
liable to go with it. Better clean up.
It will pay. ,
In most-of Our exchanges and tire
jfg Sunday magazine editions of- thO
netr'opolitan dailies,- tfhidh-"reach
?hitiha each wOek, we note biucti
rokifiri^nt ctti' the Kvbblv aittl 'hVirciil •
skirt, and several of our'"Alaska wo
men have ■fteen heard' to expre’ss 'a
nlld curiosity toward thiscombina-"
:iori of a shirty skirt and trotisOrs. .
Jne dear old sour-doiigh lady;~w'ho
wasn't been'outside for several years,
md who is a subscriber to the Lead
er, writes us inquiring if there fis a
place on the“hareni skirt to ScratCli'
i match. \Ye gtve~it sip. tVe’really
ioiff't know. ".
WRITE TO THE OLD FOLKS AT
HOME. - i
For the love of the holy mothen,
- Don’t forget to d-rlte/to the-folks,
And if you have nothing more to say-:
Just till up the.'letter with jokes.
Let them know that yoirsttlt are liv
• : ing, **
Though you may not have made
your pile,
You will need theif love when old
• and grey, • ^ , -
And be glad to bask" in their &nil£i
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it will keep you from feeling lbnejy.
It will keep you in touch witn life;
A letter to them is like sunshine,
Be it mother, sister or wife.
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Let them know where your footsteps
wander,
Be it ever so far afield;
Jo not dream that you .are forgotten,
Or imagine their hearts are steeled.
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lust think of the tragical, stories
To be read in between the'lines;
ro be found: in-each daily.paper.
From the cities or through .the*
mines. . ■; . ■
Vild pleas for.a word froJa.a father,
For news of an absent brother;
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i’or the long, lost- heirs to a fortune,
. Or return of a jilted -lover. . . „
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)o not center alS-thdughts on your
’ Self, i;---.
Think of those who were once.your,,
friends;" " '.w,
['heir pleasure will" be in receiving,.
Nor less pleasure to "him .who
sends. "
four time may be filled up so fuily ,
That you do not notice how .fast
The days slip away without num
ber, ' .'
Till weeks.’months or years may.
have passed. "
V.hile the loved ones wait-for the let
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i. That yearly. j«>ari, *
>V‘atch,and,wait .until - hope- grows
v . weaty.i.. -..L . .
Until waiting hag worn-.out the
heart. •••,.nj;
3o if you should be a delinquent,-.
..The debtor to. friends far aw.aye ■
Aitdown,-, it .will only ttakenninptes
Just sit- down- and write them- to
• day:
Aprll 19. . ..—"R. H. STRETCH ^
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JUST CANT, KEEP AWAY,, ,.,
Hank, Sommers, ope of Abe bopt
known .;oa4.tljners of Alaska, te.; to
Dawson, $n route to .Id^tar/ad; -For
snipe tirade .he has been ^in. Jdejtio^,
but he.doesn’t like it. there.,. He al
so spent some .time in Nevada, but
is now returning to Alaska. Hank
3ommer?caine to Alaska and Yukon
terrl(ory' in l8f4,' and was a close]
JUlcumof the late Jack McQuestem'
Bog English and others, some' of
whom Btill live, but many have reach
id the camp of the Late Pass.
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LOCAL NEWS
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Supt. Murcnison. wife and (laugh;
ters, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Max* Bitter
ly. J. Brpder
:lck. arrived' down ft*om the front On
Friday morning's truiu a.nd Igff for
Cordova \p th§. hf terfioorr DrvBrod
erick and the Murchisons take the
next steamer for the outsider Mr.
sitff'MSr Ksterly will rerun J Jrcr a
lew- days-' -v-i«A-‘ift- Cordov-M —
'MSS^r.SVaUScet /'few
guest* on Monday evening (Ujfiouoi
of Bishpp Rowe. Judge Ferguson
SalSohgnCertained ‘in,- ’Jfoiior otr liie
JjfeilOp ,on Thufadaj' evening. " The
bishpp Igft on Friday for Cordova.
■ G. K/starr, v^lio haS b'ben "dir Win
ter in the Chitmsr office of the Orr
stJtgeicompan.v. left last week for
P$rtliyid, Oregon. He has /brpn^suc
cepded by J .Rockafellow.r'who lias
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•previously been in the employ of the
J0tjr stage company At Fairbanks':
Paymaster E. J. Davis arrived up
from Cordova on Friday Morning's
train for the purpose of paying off a
number of Katalla Company employ
es here.
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Herbert Young, of. Cot dova, form
erly an office boy in the-office of the
Cordova Alaskan., arrived in Chitina
Friday, morning en route, to mile 158.
where he has secured employment..
The Schafer. Bros,, who havg been
in the restaurant business for sever
al months, hav:e sold out to.. John
Hirst, ,a,na the entire family. Mrs.
Henry Schafer and daughter, Sarah,
John and Henry„ left, fpr .Cordova
on Friday's, train.
ESTABLISH MISSION
AT TANANA CROSSING
(From the crown a Leader),
Bishpp Rowe, \vbp lias ju.st return
ed from a, trip to Lake Mansfield
and Tanana Crossing, reports, that
he expects to establish two missions
next season in that vicinity, but one
will undoubtedly be established at
Tanana Crossing. He stated that the
natives in that district were_ badly
in need,of a mission.and that a place
of some kind would be established
therj, tljis comiijg summer. , While
inrfchfliha (he Bishop field t\v« inler
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esting services at the Red Dragon,
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and JvAs'-ejitartaineir by a number \ot
our people during his stay among us.
(nf^egteiTlffy's train fttr/cSr
dfo^Sa, wfijere Ite ovtir sat! to the -.vb'st
w> & *n,d ,<a Isa'- visit . soutlieasuBi n
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DKIjKG.ATK'S NK\Y SK('KKT.\KY.
Tom-Code,*1 a -graduate W the- Jtt
neau high school, has been' appoint
ed private'Secretary *0 Delegate'.la's.
Wickersbaifi psiieifeding Rartiey Goss,
who resigned-:t<J“ practice-law. J
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WORK BEGAN OX THE
... BRIDGE YESTERDAY
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Supt. P. J. O'Brien, the hustling
bridge ■engineer, who has made an
enviable record with the Heiiey con
struction company during the past
four years, has been retained by the
Katalia- company, and will be busy
all summer in reinforcing bridges,
driving new piling and other work i
along the newly constructed line. !
Work, began yesterday on the cross
ing of the Copper at mile 133. Three
woodeu spans will be constructed
and the temporary trestle reinforced
•so -that it 'is believed the ice will •
clear and the bridge be kept in place j
during this coming season of high
vhiteK The material is all here and
Mr. O'Brien states that the work
should be completed in ten or twelve
.days. The spans are to be 60 feet
in width, making a total of 180 feet
in the three spans. It is believed that
the 60-foot spans over the swiftest
part of the current, will permit of
the heavy ice floes passing through
with but little damage to the piers.
Supt. O'Brien arrived last night
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on a special train and he lias 40 first
class bridgemen with him. They have
five cars, which are now switched
onto a sidetrack at the Chitina yards,
and as they eat and sleep at these
traveling houses but little delay will
be encountered ibis summer at their
work, as they move from place to
| along the line.
| Itl'SY CONSTRI CTING
THE TOXSINA BRIDGE
Supt. Jack Ingram, of the Alaska
Road Commission, was a visitor in
Chitina this week, as was also Fore- j
'titan Lars Holland. They stated that
work was being rushed on the lower
Tons ilia bridge and that the work
should be completed at that point
within 30 days. There are two camps
of men along the new trail consisting
of about 40 men, and after the com
pletion of the bridge it is expected
considerable work will be done at
the necessary bady portions of the
new trail, which may keep a gang
of men at work all season.
Governor Clark is in Washington,
urging drastic measures to stamp out
boot peddling among Alaska Indians.
DR. A. F. HEIMLICH
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MacCORMAC HOTEL, CORDOVA,
Telephone 29
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Armour’s Hot Drink Supplies Fire Extinguishers
^ , . : Kahn Bros. “Monogram” Royal Tyjiewriter .Co.
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