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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-15
SUGGESTS BROAD PLAN
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE.
Increase Standing Regular Force-Four
Hundred Thousand Citizen Soldiers.

Hundred Thousand Citizen Soldiers.
But war has never been mere mat
ter of men and guns. 1t is Il thing
of disciplined might. If our citizens
are ever to fight effectively upon a
sudden summons, they must know
how modern fighting is done, and what
TO do when the summons comes to
render themselves Immediately avail
able and Immediately effective. And
the government must be their servant
in this matter, must supply them with
the training they need to take care of
themselves and of it. The military
arm of their government. which they
will not allow to direct them. they may
properly use to serve them and make
their independence secure, and not
their own independence merely, but
the rights also of those with whom
they have made common cause, should
they also be put in jeopardy. They
must be fitted to play the great role
in the world, and particularly in this
hemisphere. for which they are quail
fed by principle and by chastened am
bitiOn to play.
II Is With lueSe luedlS III Ullnu IHdI
the plans of the department of war for
more adequate national defense were
conceived which will be laid before
you. and which l urge you to sanction
and put into effect as soon as they can
be properly scrutinized and discussed.
They seem TO me the essential first
steps. and they seem to me for the
present sufficient.
They contemplate an increase of the
standing force of the regular army
from its present strength of 5.023 Off
GERS and xTI2.9S5 enlisted men of all
services TO strength of 7.136 officers
and 134707 enlisted men. or 141.S43
all told. all services. rank and file. by
the addition of fifty-twO companies of
coast artillery, fifteen companies Of en-
gineers. ten regiments of infantry, four
regiments of field artillery and four
aero squadrOns. besides 100 officers re-
quired for a great variety of extra
service. especially the all important
duty of training the citizen force of
which | shall presently speak. 1872 non
commissioned officers for service in
drill. recruiting and the like and the
necessary quota of enlisted men for
the quartermaster corps, the hospital
corps. the ordnance department and
other similar auxiliary services. These
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-15
PAN-AMERlCANISM HAS
NONE OF EMPIRES SPIRIT.
Economic Adjustments Inevitable With
in the Next Generation.

in the Next Generation.
The moral is that the states of Amer
Tca are not hostile rivals. but coop
Grating friends. and that their grow
ing sense Of community of interest.
alike in matters political and in mat
tiers economic. is likely to give them
new significance as factors in interna-
Eional affairs and in the political his
tory Of the world. 1t presents them as
in very deep and true sense a unit
III world affairs, spiritual partners,
standing together because thinking to-
syether. quick with common sympathies
and common ideals. Separated, they
are subject to all the cross currents of
the confused politics of a world of hos
tile rivalries; united in spirit and pur-
pose. they cannot be disappointed of
aheir peaceful destiny.
This is pan-Americanism. 1t has none
OF tie spirit of empire in it. 1t is the
embodiment. the effectual embodiment,
~ the spirit Of law and independence
and liberty and mutual service.
The president calls attention to the
meeting III w stSullA-lou iNNChbAS VI
representatives of the pan-American
republics and says that economic ad-
5ustment is inevitable in the next gen
Grafton.
81 one who really comprehends the
spirit If the great people for whom we
are appointed to speak can fail TO per-
s,eive that their passion is for peace,
IN, fhn n
sice of the arts of peace. Great democ-
racies are not belligerpnt. They do not
zaeIy ar desire war Their thought Is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-15

are the additions necessary to render
the army adequate for it's present du-
ties, duties which it has to perform
not only upon our own continental
coasts and borders and at our interior
army posts, but also in the Philippines
in the Hawaiian Islands, at the 18TH
mus and in Porto Rico
By way Of making the country ready
to assert some part of its real power
promptly and upon a larger scale
should occasion arise the plan also
cOntemplates supplementing the army
by a force of 100000 disciplined citi-
zens, raised in increments OF 133,OOO
wear throughout a period Of three
years. This it is proposed to do by
process of enlistment under which the
serviceable men Of the country would
be asked to bind themselves to serve
with the colors for purposes of train
ing for short periods throughout three
years and to come to the cOlOrS at call
at any time throughout an additional
"furlough'' period of three years. This
force of 100000 men would be pro-
vided with personal accouterments as
fast as enlisted and their equipment
for the field made ready to be supplied
at any time. They would be assem-
bled for training at stated intervals at
convenient places in association with
suitable units of the regular army.
Their period of annual training would
not necessarily exceed two months In
the year.
The president says it is up to the
patriotic young men of the country to
respond to this call
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-15
house at the beginning of

JOINT session OF the senate anu
house at the beginning of the
SiXty-fOurth congress:
Gentlemen of the COngresS-Since
last had the privilege of addressing
YOU on the state of the Union the war
OF nations on the other side of the sea,
which had then only begun to disclose
Its pOrtentOus proportions. has extend
ed its threatening and sinister scope
until it rs swept within its flame
some portion of every quarter of the
globe. not excepting our own hemi-
sphere, has altered the whole face of
international affairs, and now presents
a prospect of reorganization and re-
construction such as statesmen and
peoples have never been called upon
10 attempt before.
The president tells how this country
Dracticed neutrality and declares that
ne hopes that when the time comes
far reimbursement and recUperatiOn this
country will be of infinite service. Re-
ferring to Central and South American
problems, the president declares that
we should retain undated the spirit
which has inspired US throughout the
whole life of our government and
which was SO frankly put into words
by President Monroe.
We have been put to the test in the
case OF Mexico, and we have stood the
test. Whether we have benefited Mex
leo BY the course we have pursued re-
mains TO be seen. Her fortunes are in
I,.,r .nc,f
proved that we will not take advan-
9age OF her in her distress and under
take 10 impose upon her an order and
government of our own choosing. Lib
erty is often q fierce and intractable
dining, to which no bounds can be set
and TO which no bounds of a few
mems choosing ought ever to be set.
Every American who has drunk at
the true fountains of principle and ira
e1ition must subscribe without reServa-
ton to the high doctrine Of the Vir-
sginia bill Of rights. which in the great
days in which our government was set
up was everywhere among us accept
ed as the creed of free men. That Goc-
frfne is. That government is or ought
10 he lISlltulCI lOI luc OOllAhcn DShN
st. protection and security of the peO-
ole. nation or community" that of
all the various modes and forms of
government. that is the best which is
capable OF producing the greatest de-
gree OF happiness and safety and Is
most effectually secured against the
danger of maladministratiOn. and that
Eyhen any government shall be found
inadequate or contrary TO these puF-
poses majority of the community
hath an indubitable. inalienable and
5ndefeasib.e right TO reform. alter or
abolish it in such manner as shall be
Judged most conducive TO the public
veal We have unhesitatingly APP
piled that heroic principle to the case
of Mexico and now hopefully await
Fhe rebirth of the troubled republic.
which had so much of which TO purge
dtself and SO little sympathy from any
outside quarter in the radical but nee
essary process. We will aid and be-
friend Mexico. but we will not cOerce
her. and our course with regard TO her
ought to be sufficient proof to all Amer
1ca that we seek no political suZerainty
or selfish control.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-15
PRES|DEN 7

National Preparedness Main
Theme of Head of Nation.
Submits Definite Plan to In
crease Present Standing Force
of Regulars and For Four Hun
dred Thousand Citizen Soldiers
Raised In !nCrementS of One
Hundred and Thirty-thre
Thousand.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-15
MESSAGE

Declares That if Full Navy Pro-
gram Is Carried Out We viii
Have a Fleet For Defense That
Will Be gifted to Our Needs
and Worthy of Our Traditions"
Greatest Danger to Country
Comes From Within Our Bor-
derS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-15

- OLLOWING is the message OF
President Wilson delivered at a
joint session of the senate and
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21
BOND GIVEN OHiI hh BROAD PASS
 PROPERTY

J. C. Van Orsdal. who just returned to Fairbanks, after having prospected in the Broad Pass country last sum mer reports that section as a won derful country. He says there are immense bodies of low grade ores there. Of course. the properties are quite hard to get to, and as a result of the inaccessibility of the country they have not been extensively open ed up. There were between 50 and 75 men prospecting in the country all last summer, and everyone of them Is satisfied that the country will be big producer in the near future.
 One of the properties in the dis trict. the Riverside, was bonded by a group of Spokane men. They will stock the company this winter and next winter will prospect it extensive ly. Operations will be started on fairly large scale, the largest scale yet attempted in Broad Pass. The Wells boys, the discoverers of the district, still have their holdings and are we'll satisfied with them.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

Ambrose Bell and Norman Mere hant, their heirs and assigns and to all whom it may concern:
 You are hereby notified that l have expended, during the years 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914, the sum of four thous- and dollars ($4,000) lawful money or the United States in labor and i'm proyements upon the Peerless, Lin coin, Mammoth, Clara Bell, GraVlna, Badger, Hawkeye and Pearl claims, and the Isabella and the Humdinger claims, in the Chitna Mining and Re cording Precinct, Territory of Alaska, all of which is of record in the records of the said Chitina Recording Precinct at Chitina, Alaska, that the above Bell and Merchant have had an undi- yided half-interest with me In these claims, and owe me the sum of $2,0OO.
 This labor and improvement was done and performed on said placer mining claims under the provisions of Sec. 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States concerning annual labor on Mining Claims, being the az gregate amount of labor required for the four years upon said claims.
 And unless within ninety days after the commencement of the publication of this notice, you contribute two thou sand dollars (s2,000) as your propor- ional part of the expenditure on said placer mining claims, your interests in said claims being an undivided one half, then all your right, title and in- terest in said claims will become the property of your co-owner, the under signed, who has made such expendi- ture as the law requires.
 Dated at Chitina, Alaska, Sept. 20, 1915. MATT LARSON.
 Date of First Publication Sept. 24,1s15 Date of Last Publication, Dec, 24, 1915
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.

John W. Niekell. his heirs and as- signs and to all whom it may concern; You are hereby notified that we have expended, during the years 1913 and 1914, the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) lawful money of the United States Tn labor and improve ments upon the East Fork Association placer mining claim, located on the East Fork of Young Creek i'll Chltina Mining and Recording Precinct, Ter ritory of Alaska, all of which is Of record in the records of the said Chi tina Recording Precinct at Chltlna, Alaska This labor and improvement was done and performed on said placer mining claim under the provisions Of Sec. 2324 of the Revised Statues of the United States concerning annual labor on Mining Claims, being the aggre- gate amount of labor required for the two years upon said claim.
 And unless within ninety days after the commencement of the publication of this notice, you contribute twenty five dollars ($25.00) as your propor- tional part of the expenditure on said East Fork Association placer mining claim, your interests in said claim be- ing an undivided one-eighth, then all your right, title and interest in said claim will become the property of your co-owners, the undersigned, who have made such expenditure as the Jaw re quiTes. Dated at Mccarthy, Alaska, this Sth day of September 1915.
 PETER s. ERICHSEN
 FRED ERICHSEN
 w. K. CATHCART
 FLOYD SMITH
 J. r. CLARKIN
 ED. BASSETT
 HIJITDTIJ
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21
ANNOUNCEMENT
 EXTRAORDINARY.

The Northern Drug Company wish to announce to the people of CordOva and vicinity that right now it has the largest and most complete stock of holiday goods ever shown in Alas ka, consisting of articles that would make useful and suitable Christmas gifts. Among these will be found Ivory Pyralin toilet articles, includ- ing ladies' and gentlemen's sets, clocks and picture frames. Also a very extensive line of Japanese novel, ties. Our stock of confectionery is fresh and most complete. These sweets are put up in pretty boxes of from one to five pounds. We also carry candies In bulk. all fresh and crisp. Cigars singly or by the box. They are the best brands and make fragrant smokes.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21

ing in the South or the foreign trade with China come in as first class mail.
 While the press and officials are doubtless very glad to receive this entertaining and enllghtening data, 1t Is pretty hard to find 1t interesting when the thought is ever present that it has probaly been received at the exclusion Of some check. or at worse some entertaining magazine, that can be passed around to the pleasure of many.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21
BILLS TOWN COUNCIL MEETING HELD
 
Labor Bills.


 fhourss T xhourss 3O0I 100  Vim McIaueb,n three hours street work - 150l Frank Marshall nine and one half hours street evi Humer two and one half hours ~ ~ 125 Hanpeman uniting fire 500 IF w Elliott renars to city hall - ... ...... caoree noolev having ,aborers a E Iambert making cabinet for city hall 1000 Lambert twenyone days as assessor postage ceorge Doolev telaorams Tasseps Clara Rum ONeu Co sunplies for fire department
 
 cordova Power Co October bill .... ....... Alaska Transfer Co two tons coal .... .... ..... H A Slater meal ticket to ndgent . . ....... a,um oNei O. supnlies - . - =, .... ....... cordov Power Co November bill - 2457O rordov pa,,y prnlns and uubishing coraoya Esrs nanasnan Mckeaon fire .... ..,.. arcto lumber Co lumber for streets . ~ . .,....,. ,,, Alaaka Tranafor Co., hauling ..,. Sas
 EDWARD MEDLEY, Clerk
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21
MATTER BURDENS THE
 MAILS

In a lengthy article on the interior mail question the Fairbanks News Miner reviews the call for bids by the postmaster-general for carrying the mails Gncluding parcel post mat ter) from Cordova to Fairbanks from July 1. 1914, to June 30, 1918, and says:
 Only One Bidder.
 According to the statement made by the second assistant postmaster-gen- eral, there was but one bidder for that contract. And that bidder was the Northern Commercial Company. The bid was $126,3OO for each year. The contract was a four year one.
 Every postmaster In Alaska re- ceived copies of the advertisement inviting proposals for the service and notices thereof were posted in every postoffice in Alaska. The second as sistant postmaster-general states that agents of this office made special eff forts to obtain reasonable proposals for the service.
 All the Mall Contract.
 In the same pamphlet, immediately following the above mentioned route there is a bid called for on another contract. The termini of the con tracts are the same, the twice-a-week service dates, and the three times week service dates are exactly the same. the running time is identical with the contract above printed, but in place of the 800 pound limit during the twice a week service and the l. 500 pound limit during the thrice n week service. there are these words, Carrying all the mail offered"
 Bids are called for under that con tract, and, as far as can be learned, there was but one bidder, and that bidder was the Northern Commercial Company The government turned the bid down. The bond required for this bid was $21O.OOO.
 The Problem.
 If all the mail contracted to be car ried between CordOva and Fairbanks were Fairbanks mail, the people of this town would be able to get many of the periodicals that they do not get now, many of the outside publi- cations which they will get next July. and a reasonable amount of third and fourth class mail. A service of 4.800 pounds a week to Fairbanks would not be half as bad as the present service, where but 2,400 pounds of mail reached the people of this vi cinity
 Of the 4,SO0 pounds that comes into Fairbanks on the three stages that arrive here every week, 2,4O0 pounds of such mail is not for Fairbanks. but for points down the Panama river or along the Yukon, or upon the Arctic.
 Then besides that there is 400 pounds of mail week that goes to Circle. In other words, then, not including the creeks immediately ad- jacent to Fairbanks, the rest of Alas ka would seem to get a better service than does Fairbanks Chatinika, Berry, Fairbanks Creek. Cleary, Dome. all the creek mail, must be taken out of the 2,O00 pounds of mail that comes to Fairbanks. And, for the sake of argument. we will say that all the creeks do not get more than 800 pounds of mail a week. Then Fairbanks gets 1,5OO pounds of mail week during part of the winter, and less than BOO pounds week dur | ing the twice week service. That Is a very small amount of mail to get. Particularly is this true when all the official mail is included in this shipment, and 1t is not an un- usual thing for sack or two of gov ernmental statistics on cotton grow
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21

Fred Rayer held ticket No. 13, which was the lucky number that drew the bath robe rallied off by Mrs F. k. Fuller.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21
Is lt Fair7

Fairbanks is the largest town in Alaska. At any rate the returns from the last election show that it has the largest voting population Certainly 1t is the largest town in the interior of Alaska And. com paratively speaking. it suffers from the poorest mail service of any of the towns dependent upon horses and dogs for the winter mail. Nome gets 1000 pounds of mail a week during the twice a week service, and 500 pounds of mail a week during the once a week service. And the haul to Nome is made with greater diffi. culty and at almost twice the ex- pense that the haul to Fairbanks is made. Nome is not getting enough mail at that, but. comparatively speaking. in spite of the very much longer haul. in point of population, the city on the Seward peninsula en- joys a better service than does Fair banks.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21

Wanted - Position in hotel, road house or camp as cook or take charge of same. Apply at this office.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21

Don't overlook Fuller's barber shop Located at Alaskan hotel, not Cordova House.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21

Select your Christmas presents al Osborne Bros Jewellery Store.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21

One-fourth off on fancy china at the Blum, O'Neill Go.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21

An advertisement in the Times will bring results. Try 1t.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21

One-fourth off on fancy china at the Blum, O'Neill Co.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21

All the Real News in the Times.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21

Don't overlook Fuller's Barber Shop. Located at Alaskan Hotel. not Cordova House.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-12-21
Who Is to Blame?

Certainly 1t is not the fault of the contractor. A bid was offered for all the mail all the time between Cor doya and Fairbanks, and was turned down. And maybe the government was correct in the stand it took, for 1t is not feasible to transport parcels post to Nome or to Point Barrow dur ing the winter. And Fairbanks can do without parcels post in the winter Rut Fairbanks has a right to have, and should have, all the first and sec ond class mail all the time If the 4.GN0 pounds of mail that comes to Fairbanks every week were for Fair banks and the creeks, the Fairbank- sans could read the November maga- zines in December, and not the fol lowing July.
 Certainly "all the mail all the time' would be better, but at least "all the first and second class mail all the time" is no more than simple justice tc the largest town in Alas ka, to the distributing point of the i.l'crior.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-03-18
TRADE PROSPECTS
ARE ENCOURAGING

improvement, in business since deprcs-
sion reached low tide several months ago
has been gradual. Confidence has been
restored and unless all signs fail, the coun.
try il scheduled for q boom almost m
parallelled.
In order 10 overcome the depression that
attacks n person in poor health II Is neces-
sary that particular attention be paid to
the stomach, Liver and Bowels. These or
eans are the controlling power in all mat
tiers pertaining TO health and there IL moth.
ing will make you feel $50 blue" and dis
couraged AZ TO be without appetite-to be
subject TO spells Of headache, indigestion,
dyspepsia and biliousness-or 10 have con
stipated bowels.
Nature never intended anyone 70 be in
srch a condition and the only way 10 i'm.
prove matters IL 10 give necessary aid
promptly. This suggests a trial OF Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, because IL has an
established reputation as n tonic and appe-
tier, and will be found very helpful in any
Stomach, Liver or Bowel ailment.
II il well known as n real first aid" and
for over 90 years has held a permanent
place in thousands Of homes. You will
make no mistake in purchasing n bottle to-
day, but be careful 70 see that the Private
Stamp over the neck IL unbroken. This 10
your protection against limitations.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-03-18
THE DOCTORS WIFE
Agrees With Him About Food.

A trained nurse says: in the prac-
tice OF my profession I have found SO
many points in favor Of Grape.Nuts
food that | u~nhesitatingly recommend
II TO all my patients.
1T 10 delicate and pleasing TO the
palate Ian essential In food for the
sick) and can be adapted 10 all ages,
being softened with milk or cream for
babies or the aged when deficiency of
teeth renders mastication impossible.
For fever patients or those on liquid
diet I find Grape.Nuts and albumen
water very nourishing and refreshing.
This recipe Is my own idea and Is
made as follows: Soak a t%easpoonful
OF Grape.Nuts In a glass OF water for
an hour, strain and serve with the
beaten white OF an egg and q spoonful
OF fruit Juice for fiavouring. This nj.
fords a great deal OF nourlshment that
eve the weakest stomach can assimi.
late without any distress.
my husband is a physician and he
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders II
many times for his patients.
heisohoiiy icboiu q III 4 ufapo-
Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as the
ideal breakfast for anyone-well or
sick"
In stomach trouble, nervous prostra.
ton. etc, a Today trial OF Grape.Nuts
will usually work wonders toward
nourishing and rebuilding and In this
way end the trouble. Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Look In pkgs. for the famous little
book. "The Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter. A new
are genaine, true, and full OF hunan
Interest.