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The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-05
BETTER RULE FOR ALASKA.

It is to be hoped that congress will find time to adopt joint resolution offered by Senator Putnam for an nvestga ton of all Alaskan affairs These affairs divided among host of departments and bureaus at Washington each acting independently the others Few of the subordinate officials in the territory have authority to decide question: no mat ter how urgent and practically every thing referred to b reau and department chiefs at the capitol who have no rst hand information knowledge gained by personal obser vaton of the upon which they must decide The division of authority carried to such absurd extreme that brown bears are under jurisdiction of bureau and black bears under that of another.
 Construction of government railroads should hasten the settlement development of Alaska Unless these railroads are to the territory all of the laws must be amend ed in such stimulate development and thus to duce traffic While civil government may be left to the terri ora officials there great need of centralized control of pub lie and all natural One body should have charge of coal o minerals agriculture forests fisheries game together with the railways highways and waterways which are needed for development The coal land leasing law has failed to attract capital and the for this failure should be asceraned guide congress in acting pending leg isation of the same kind.
 impossible govern and develop Alaska efficiently long range There great need of separate administration with broad powers there in the Philippines and Porto
 Rico Congress has done better by these people of alien blood than by citizens who have undertaken the pioneer work of the Far North.-Portland Oregonian.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-05

In the district court for the terri tory of Alaska, Third Division.
 Notice of ter moi court at Cordova, Alaska.
 The president of the United States of America, to the residents of the Third division of the Territory of Alaska, and to all whom it may con cern, greeting:
 You and each and all of you, will please take notice that by an order of the court, duly made and entered, term of the district court for the | territory of Alaska, Third division. has been called aud will be held In Cordova, Alaska, beginning on the 2nd day of April. 1917, and continue as long thereafter as the public wei fare may require.
 Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this 23rd day of February, 1916 District FRED M. BROWN, Court SeaD District Judge. Attest; Arthur Lang, Clerk
The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-05

Shortage of meat in Germany shows that the fence lies have thrown around the bockaded country is hog
The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-05

Captain Koeng and his dver the Deutschland are said be capves in British port along with than 18O other German submarines The report says the British captured 400 submarines If the report there's no telling whether it is no-the submarine is much less of terror than has been supposed Shipping indicate by the anxiety with which they hold their ships in port they do not regard the divers lightly. After the much more about divers than now know.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-05

The traffic jam in the east may be preserved if the jar of the doesn't last, remarks the elevator boy
The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-05

comic paper says that if all who answer to the name of colonel could be mobzed the problem of military prepared would be solved right away But know some coones who would not respond to anything but flicker up
The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-05

The question of armng merchant ships temporarily has overshadowed the arming of vessels and the army
The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-05

American Writing Paper Company paying 30 per cent dividends President Wilson the only one writing notes
The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-05
LET'S HAVE A REAL ONE.

The federal trade commission about to start nvestlga ton of the in food prices It will ask the president to prove appropriation of $4OOOOO for that purpose. It poses to every side of the food situation.
 Good Let hope at last going to have real in vestigaton The country has confidence the federal trade commission Now lets have the facts Let's to the bottom about the subject '---u 4l. ha learned
 The problem is legal and economic The question of whether there combinations restraint of must decided That has heretofore attracted the main attention Now it's time to into the economic into 1t thoroughly Are the people being compelled pay for what they buy? Nobody that until he can with reasonable approximation what to produce those things.
 In fields the trade commission will find plenty of data The packers for instance tell it exactly what it costs them to turn out their products Government attention mas encouraged accurate cost accounting in their these fields limited In the biggest fields of all the work will have to be done from the ground up There sn farmer Tn Illinois who knows what costs him put product on the market today There sn in ten who has an accurate Idea of what 1t costs him his business
 Let the trade commission start literally rom the ground np Let It start With the farmer and find what production everything from to wheat and cattle means in terms of money and labor expenditure He doesn't know and nobody else knows Then let it follow the product to consumption Many people high prices don't start until thev reach large organization From the economic standpoint hev just liable to start at the beginning anywhere else Prices cannot be permanently below cost of production m der any circumstances.
 The country in the mood for investigation that will be long and deep and thorough It is tired of these continued fures about high prices that get nothing except possibly politician into other job into the newspa It has had its fill of half baked remedies that spring from attention to only half of the great problem have investigation that will enable the country see steadily and see whole It would be cheap at $4OO00 100000
The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-05
LEONE LANGDON
PIANO AND VOICE LESSONS.

Empress Building, Room 21. Phone 85
The Cordova daily times., 1917-03-05
EXPERT PIANO TUNER

George Anderson, piano expert and factory representative, will be in Cor dova this coming summer. Expert work in piano and organ tuning and repairing guaranteed. For prices on new and second hand pianos and or gans, also pianos for rental, address, p. o. BOX 991, JUNEAU, ALASKA.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29
NEUTRALITY OF
BRAZIL BROKEN,
FAvORS ALLIES

Rio Janeiro, June 2S-Erazil has re-
voked her decree of neutrality in the
war between the Entente allies and
Germany.
The Brazilian Congress late in Nav
authorized the revocation of Brazil's
nuetrality. In notifying the Brazilian
legations of the action of the revoca-
ton, Milo Pccanha, the foreign min
lister, said Brazil had refrained from
taking sides in the European con-
ffict, but that the republic could not
remain Indifferent from the move
ment the United States found itself
involved in struggle for the rights
OF the people and when Germany me-
ted out Unfortunately to Brazil the
most brutal treatment.
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro June 9
said diplomatic exchanges with rep
resentatives of the Entente powers
were in progress and that practical
results might be expected shortly. It
was added that warships of the En-
tenteswould not be permitted to visit
Brazilian ports without adhering to
time limits imposed by neutrality.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29
JEtERSONIAN HELD
in POSTOFFICE'

Savannah, June 28.-Marion Lucas,
postmaster at Savannah, today de-
clined to permit the delivery through
his Office of the Jeffersonian, Tom
Watson's weekly paper published at
Thomson. News dealers were noti-
fed that the packages which should
have been delivered today could not
be sent out.
The postmaster acted under the
provisions of the recently passed es-
pionage act.
Watson has been attacking the
i Governments CONSUMPTION act. The
postmaster reports the matter to the
Postmaster General, who finally de-
termines whether the papers shall be
delivered or not. Pending the de-
cision of the Postmaster General, the
papers are held in the Savannah Of
flee. This is believed to be the first
| action against a periodical taken un-
der this act by an American post
master.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29
Legislators Tell Of
Experience in Georgia
Under Bone Dry Law

Atlanta, Ga, June 28,-Legislators
gathered here from the four corners
OF the state are telling one another
many interesting stories of the ways
and means they have devised to get
along since they passed the bone dry
law. They haven't had much else to
do since they arrived in Atlanta, ow-
ing to the deadlock in the speakership
race, and if the thirsty layman could
hear them expound the clever schemes
to which they have been forced to
resort as the result of their own ac-
ton in passing the law, he would
doubtless wonder why they made the
state SO dry
A legislator from South Georgia
tells this one:
The other day | went home and
my mother said: Jim, here's gallon
OF water your neighbor, Mr.. Jones,
brought over while you were gone.
He said the change of water up there
in Atlanta might disagree with you,
and he didn't want you to get down
sick so far from home What she
handed me was glass jug holding
gallon, and the contents looked like
water. Do you get me?
Another legislator has discovered
that corn liquor makes one of the
finest mint juleps in the world
Il take my dram in the evening""
says he, "and l always like to sip it.
| always raise mint in my garden and
I've always made myself a mint iu-
lep when | go home in the evening af-
ter hard days work. OF course |
always used rye or bourbon before
the bone dry law, but now those kinds
are too hard to get, and I use corn
liquor instead. It's fine, after you
learn how to mix it."
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29
BAKERS ASSURE HOOVER
THEY WILL COOPERATE

Washington, D. c., June 27.-The
country's bakers put their industries
voluntarily under the food administra-
ton today and assured Herbert c..
Hoover that they could carry out all
directions issued by the adn1inistra-
ton as to the conduct of their bust
ness
A representative of the banking in
dustry will be chosen to serve as a
voluntary aid to Mr.. Hoover, and 200
local committees will be appointed to
carry out his instructions. A publicity
fund of 100000 will be raised.
One of the first moves of the bakers
to be made at Mr.. Hoover's suggest
ION will be toward standardization of
loaves. The number of styles and
sizes soon will be reduced consider
ably
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29
PROGRAM FOR CELEBRATION
IL BE HELD HERE JULY 4TH
OC1LLA BAND WILL BE HERE
AND COM. BROWN WILL
MAKE ADDRESS

AT y A. M. the Oci,.a band will ar
rive in the city accompanied by the
Ocllla Home Guard Band will play
concert at intersection of Main and
s Central Ave.
AT $50 o'clock the Blue and Gray
and civic associations will assemble
IN front of Lee-Grant Hotel to form
parade, in charge of Marslials VIM
Mccormick and Marcus Luke, rep
resenting the Blue and Gray. on
horseback. Fire Department, headed
by the Mounted Police of Fitzgerald
viii form in front of postofice.
Fitzgerald Home Guards immedi-
ately west on Central Avenue; Ocil-
la and Irwin county Home Guards to
be followed by Boy Scouts, Veterans
of the Union and Confederate Armies.
Girl Scouts, Ladies of the U. D. c.,
w. K. C., and D. A. r. in autos. Au-
tos, buggies, wagons and other We
hicles will fall in line.
Parade will proceed cast to court
house, South to Pine, west to Main,
south to Magnolia, east to Sherman,
then South to Blue and Gray Park.
Band will give concert at park until
the crowd has gathered for speaking,
which will be held from band stand
Hon. D. L. Martin will introduce the
speakers on the occasion.
Program at the Park az
Invocation by Rev. l. A. Hill, of
the Central M. E. Church.
Song, national hymn, by Glee Club
and audience.
Reading, Declaration of Independ-
ence-Rev. ]. S. Grail, of the First
M. E. Church.
Music by the Ocilla band.
Address by Hon. ]. ]. Brown, Com
missioner OF Agriculture
Music by band
Impromptu three-minute speeches
by several citizens.
"Star Spangled Banner, BY Glee
Club and audience.
Benediction.
Basket Dinner-Everybody bring a
full basket
Games, Drills and Band Concert in
the afternoon.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29
BAD BOOZE TO BE
BARRED BY BILL
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Especial to the Leader-Enterprise)
WASHINGTON, June 29.-Beer
will be saved from the ruin of the
dry fight in congress. According to
the most dependable information to-
day the Senate will exclude malt and
vinous liquors from prohibition under
the food control bill.
Whiskey is doomed.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29
AMID WILD CHEERS US. TROOPS
LAND IN FRANCE TOHELP ALLIES
AMERICAN TROOPS RECEIVED
GREAT OVATION ON AR
RIVAL IN FRANCE

A French Seaport, June 27.-The
second contingent of American troops
arrived and disembarged this morn
ing. The troops landed amid frantic
cheers of the people who had gathered
for hours before in anticipation of du-
plicating yesterdays surprise
Enthusiasm rose to fever pitch when
1t was learned that the transports had
successfully passed the submarine
zone The port was speedily behag-
ged in honor of the occasion.
All the troops now arrived were
transferred today to camp not dis
tant from this point where Major
General William L. Sibert is installed.
Thence they will go soon to a point
near the front All the troops are in
excellent shape, enthusiastic over the
successful trip and their reception
and eager for action.
Major General Pershing. the Ameri
can commander, is expected tomor-
| row. The harbor is dotted with con-
,voys: The streets are filled with SOL
diers in khaki and with bluejackets.
Great numbers of trucks are trans
porting immense supplies to the
camps in which the troops are con-
centrating
Crossed in Record Time
Washington, June 27.-The advance
guard of the mighty army the United
States is preparing to send against
Germany is on French soil.
In defiance of the German sdbma-
rines, thousands of seasoned regulars
and marines, trained fighting men
with the tan of long service, on the
Mexican border or santo bomirgo
still on their faces, have be@n hasten
ed overseas to fight beside Me French.
the British, the Belgian Ne Russian.
the Portuguese and the Ralian troops
on the Western front.
News of the safe &rriva1 of the
troops sent new thrill through
Washington today No formal an
nouncement came from the war de-.
partment. but when Major General
Pershing's official report has been re-
ceivcd there NAV be a statement as to
the numbers and composition of the
advance guard
Press dispatches from France, pre-
srmably sent forward with the ap-
proval of General Pershing's staff.
show that Major General Sibert, one
of the new major generals of the
amry, commands the first force sent
abroad, under General Pershing as
commander in chief of the expedition.
One thing stands out sharp. despite
the fact that the size of the task that
has been accomplished is not fully re-
vealed as yet. This is that American
enterprise has set a new record for
the transportation of troops.
Considering the distance to be
NoNclCd anu lhc ldCt llidl di piCPd-
rations had to be made after the or
der came from the white house the
night of May 18, it is practically GER
tain that never before has a military
expedition Of this size been assembled,
conveyed and handed withuot mishap
in SO short time. 1t is good au-
curry for future achievement.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29
STRIKE
A TREMENDOUS
BLOW NEAR OPPY
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Especial to the Leader nterprise)
LONDON, June 29-South and
southwest of Oppy today Field Mar
shall Haig struck sudden and tree
mendous blow at the German lines
capturing the enemy forward position
over front of two thousand yards
and gaining the whole objective
sought
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29

Make your arrangements to spend
the day at the Blue and Gray Park
next Wednesday. Music and speak
ing by prominent men. Bring your
basket and take dinner with the
crowd. Ample tables and benches.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29
WILL REGISTER JULY S

Washington, June 27-Registration
day in Porto Rico was fixed for July
) in proclamation today by Presi-
dent Wilson.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29
INAUGURATION OF
DORSEY TOMORROW
Especial to the Leader-Enterprise)

LLAMA, June Z9.-At IL A.
M. today the Georgia House of Rep
,resentative and the Senate went into
\ joint session to canvass the vote of
the general election for Governor and
other statehouse officers and declare
the results thereof.
At II o'clock noon there was a joint
session to receive the farewell address
Of Governor Nat E. Harris who de-
livered it in person.
The Inauguration of Governor H.
NJ. Dorsey will take place tomorrow
at II o'clock in joint session of the
house and senate.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29

Let the Leader-E Enterprise figure
with you on yonr next Job. Thew
ARE equipped to do any kind Of work
hGileir manuscripts
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29
MAGNANIMOUS ACT OF
POLICEMEN OF ATLANTA

Atlanta, Ga. June 29.-That even a
big city, with its hurrying crowds that
pay no attention to anybody, has a
heart beneath its cold, Indifferent ex-
terror, was discovered yesterday by
Mrs. Mandy Morgan, feeble old wo-
man from Epson county, Georgia,
when policeman paid her taxi fare
to headquarters and the men there
raised a purse to send her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garbutt, of Va1dosta,
are guests of their daughter, Mrs. R.
NJ Ware.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-06-29

THE LEADER ENTERPRISE
GETS THERE. ARE YOU IN TIP
The Carlisle independent., 1917-01-18
State Teachers AssOcia-
 tiOn

The campaign to make the for ty-ninth annual session of the Arkansas State Teachers Asso- citation, which will be held at Lit. tie Rock. March 29, 30. 31, 1917. the greatest In it's history, has already begun, according to W E. Laseter, of England, Secre tary of the Association.
 Arkansas is rapidly forging to the front in educational matters and the Association is doing no little work in bringing this about, Every teacher in Arkansas should belong to this Association and cast her influence with the great work it is doing An at tendance of at least 3000i ex pected at the March meeting.
 Col. k. c. Hall, Superintendent of the Little Rock City Schools, is president, and W E Lasoter, Superintendent of the England Schools, is secretary.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-01-18
East Bound Trains
West Bound Trains

A half thousand dollars was re- qulred today to purchase tickets for two Faulkner county families from Conway to Phoenix, Ariz. Each family numbers 10-hus- band and wife and eight children All of the children were over the age of five years, and therefore were required to pay fare, the 20 tickets costing a total of over $500 The families were those of two preachers living near Vi lonia, Rev R. c, Reeding and Rev \, E. Grisham. They are going to Arizona to make their home. Conway Democrat.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-01-18
Promotes Living
 Home

Through the efforts of the Beaumont Enterprise a fine grade Of rice four is being put on the market by two or three Texas mills and a cream of rlce' breakfast food is making its ap pearance on the market. In ad dition to this I campaign of eau cation is being conducted, the purpose of which is to get the people of Texas into the habit of using rice in many ways they have neglected in the past.
 The latest feature of this earn paign to be announced is a rice dinner to be served to the Texas legislature sometime during the present session. The Southern Rice Growers association and L A. Petit of the Enterprise will farther the project. It is planned to serve them meal that will open the eyes of the legislators both from the standpoint of its attractiveness and cost.
 In west Texas and the Pan handle we have no direct inter est in rice. inasmuch as it is not one of our crops. But 1t is an im, portant Texas crop which seems to have been neglected and the campaign of education is of in, terest to us as being an integral part of the general movement calculated to promote the habit of living at home. Moreover, in asmuch as rice is one of the cheapest of foods the campaign is especially timely because of the pressing importance Of the high cost of living If there is much value to be learned about ways of cooking we should be willing to cooperate with the movement to the extent of learn ing it. Indeed, on general princi ples we should stand ready at all times to assist in promoting the legitimate interests of any crop
The Carlisle independent., 1917-01-18

So far as the editors are con cerned, however, 1t means more effort. Contrary to the common impression, it's generally harder to get out a small paper than a bulky one. Condensation is hard work The smaller amount of space there is, the more labor and thought 1t requires to get the news and comment into that space.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-01-18
Paper and Space

Newspaper readers have doubtless noticed that newspa pers in general are getting small CT. The reason is, of course, the shortage of paper, which not on ly makes the printing of the Us ual number of pages far more expensive, but makes ittsome times impossible to get th9 us uaf quantity of paper at any price.
 There is natural result of this contraction which may not be so obvious, but which the careful reader can easily discern. That is the greater brevity of the printed matter. Editors who are obliged to. curtail their space make a special effort to avoid depriying readers of anything of interest of value to which they are accustomed. And thus there is a tendency to make every thing shorter-newS stories, fea- lures, editorials and the rest.
 If there was ever any matter printed that the editor regarded as padding" it is now ellminat- ed. Everything is 'boiled' A word is saved here, a sentence there, a paragraph somewhere else. with the result that on the whole is probably more satisfac- tory to the average reader. He gets the gist of things told in fewer words, and therefore gets it more quickly, with less effort
The Carlisle independent., 1917-01-18
grown in Texas

grown ln Texas
 Rice is being urged particular ly as d substitute for potatoes, and surely we should be inter ested in promoting the use of such a Texas product instead of importing potatoes from Cobra do, North Dakota and Maine. as we do at present. Besides, rice is cheaper and richer in food values. Fort Worth Star Tele gram.