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The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-14
ST. VALENTINES DAY
Memory's Day.

Memory's Day. St. Valentines is Memory day
 For some of us who hold A bit of satin put away
 Engraved in tarnished gold From one who gives his heart to you And VOWS forever to be true" ses.'sae>>.a',ae.-.,... -e--t"~- St. Valentines is Memory's day; We watch the rising sun, With lips that vainly strive to pray Their Lord, "Thy will be done" Love was so sweet, so brief it's state, And it is hard, so hard, to wait. St Valentines is Memory's day, Yet, like to that above, Is blooming by an earthly way,
 A long-remembered love. And tender are the eyes that shine above a valentine.-Ex
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-14

ial, municipal or county taxes Bv vote of the people, iE which case tat4, pur- pose for which tine money is desired to be expended shall be stated tn the call for the election and expressed on the ballot in such manner as to, make the purpose clear to the electors.
 Power Extended Over Fisheries
 In addition to the powers which the territory tas heretofore been author ized to exercise. it's legislative power shall extend to ana over the fish and fisheries of the territory of Alaska and the waters thereof and all wisd' ami ,mals and bdrds therein, and the legis- llature may pass laws for the protec- zion, conservation and regulation thereof and may control the Gbmesti- cation of ar wild animals and birds !of the territory: And provided fur ither, That the territorial legislature, shall not exercise any cOntron over the fur seals 0f the Prfbiloc islands: An.f provided further, That nothing herein shall be sos construed as to prevent the courts now existing or that may here after be created in said territory from enforcing within their respective juris- dictions all laws passed by the legis- lature wiahin the power conferred upon It., the same as if such laws were passed by congress, nor to, prevent the legislature passing laws imposing ad- ditional duties not inconsistent with the present duties of their respective offices upon the governor, marshals. depuy marshals, clerks of the district courts, the United States commission CTS acting as justices Of the peace, judges of probate courts, recorders and eoroners, and providing the necessary expenses of performing such duties, and in the prosecution of all crimes denounced by territorial laws the cost shall be paid the same as now or may hereafter be provided by act of con- gross providing for the prosecutions of criminal offenses in said territory. except that in prosecutions growing out of any revenue law passed by the | legislature the costs shall be paid as in civil actions, and the prosecutions shall be in the name of the territory.
 Federal Sanction Not Required
 Section I6 provides that "all bills passed by the legislature shall, in or der to be valid, be approved by the governor" and no provision is made | for federal sanction of legislation. The
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-14

salaries of the territorial officers in- cluding members of the legislature. are to be paid by the federal govern me1lt
 Authority is given to the legislature to provide county form of government, coanties to be created whenever three fifths of the qualified voters residing in a certain area vote in favor of such action.
 May Abolish Discriminatory Taxes
 Section 23 provides that the. terri t0rial legislature may remove all license charges or taxes of nature or kind whatsoever that have been levied specially against the people CT prop erty of Alaska. and that are not gen. orally applicable throughout the coun- try:
 Another section provides that two additional judges may be appointed, one fer the First division and one for the Third division, and thar the terri toriaf legislature may create additional probate, justice and other inferior courts.
 An additional delegate in congress also is provided for. Until otherwise provided by the legislature, one dele gate is to be elected from the First and Thard divisions and one from the Second and Fourth asvisions
 The enabling act of 1912 and all other acts or parts of acts in cou8ict with this act are repealed.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-14
PRETTY GOOD INVESTMENT.

During the past 15 years, according
 BO totals figured from statistics pre- pared by the United States Customs
 Service, the total trade value of Alas ka reached a total of $1,61S,775,520 representing $1,O44,533,S45 for exports and $575,241, ,675 for imports. This is
 a pretty good investment for the or iginal price ofs$7, 100000 paid Russia by the United States government for Alaska. And remember this startling wealth has been produced by the en- terprise of a white population of never more than 65,0OO, and, taking an aver age for the 15 years, considerably less. Of this great wealth mining, which fig ures largely, is still in it's infancy. The extensive coal deposits have not been mined as yet beyond few tons for local consumption. The forests have scarcely been touched. Vast areas oi
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-14
New Powers Granted

Section F provides that the IegisIa-
 tive power of the territory shall extend
 to all rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States and gen eral laws as applicable to the terri tories, and which are not locally inap- plicable to the territories, and which are not locally inappIicable; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be levied upon the property of the United States; nor shall the lands or other property Of non-resi- dents be taxed higher than the lands and other property of residents, noI shall any discrimination be made in taxing different kinds of property but all property subject to taxation shall | be taxed in proportion to its value:
 Provided, That nothing herein shal
 be held to prohibit the levying ant
 collecting license or special taxes il
 the territory from persons, co-partner
 ships, corporations or associations en
 gagged in any business therein, or O
 levying taxes on the production o
 gross or net incomes of persons, co
 partnerships, associations or corpora
 tions engaged in mining, the fishin,
 industry or other lines of business
 The legislature shall not grant to an, person, co-partnership, association O corporation any special or exclusiy
 privilege, immunity or franchise. no
 shall 1t grant private charters or priv leges, but it may by general act per init persons to associate themselves tc . gether as bodies corporate for manv . featuring, mining, agricultural Q 5 other industrial pursuits, for the COT 1 duct of the business of insurance, sa, ings banks, banks of discount and d, 'posit (but not of issue), loan. trus
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-14
THE WORLD DOTH MOVE.

Launched in Seattle and Portland during the month of January was a total of near 75,OOO tons of merchant ships. As a matter Of historic com parison, it is extremely interesting to know that this total is greater than the total of all the ships engaged in the campaign of Marc Antony, De- tayius and Cleopatra, combined with the world famous Spanish Armada, of the caravels which brought Columbus and his friends to America, and of the Mayflower which landed the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-14
n AID GOVERNMENT BY
 TESTING MINERALS FREE

MISSOULA, Mont, Feb. 14.-To as sist the government in it's war-making efforts by the discovery of new min eral deposits in this state the geology department of the University of Mon- tana has offered to identify any min erals sent to the university by people of this state.
 Ore bearing tungsten, manganese, mercury, antimony. platinum. or molybdenum, chomite mineral and de- posits of sulpher or nitrate are es. pecially desired, the department has announced, and large fields of mineral deposits in the state are still unex' plored.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-14
HAVE SOMETHING'S"
 TIL TAKE A STAMP"
(By Associated Press)

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 14-'Let's drop in somewhere and have some thing on me?"
 ''All right, we'll go across to the bank there. I'll take a thrift stamp"
 ''Pll take the same
 This may be typical of some conver- sations which may be heard in the fu- ture if movement started recently spreads. Already a number of men have pledged themselves to stand by this program.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-14
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IA, 1918.
SCHEDULE ENDANGERED,

Before construction work on the gov
 eTnment into the Alaskan coal fields
 IS resumed this spring, the important
 question of the method to be used in
 transporting supplies and laborers
 must be decided. Last year the gov
 ernment transport Crook and two
 barges operating between Seattle and
 Anchorage performed all the transpCr-
 tation work for the Alaskan Engineer ing Commission.
 The Crook, which is of about 25Oo tons capacity, was put into this service
 oy arrangement with the war depart ment at time when the government had no demand for vessels. As a mat ter of fact the Crook had been lying Idle for number of years when she was turned over to the Alaska Rail- road Commission.
 Now, however, there is an urgentI need for the Crook elsewhere. One of the pricipal tasks of the Shippinc Board is to see that every vessel in the merchant service under the Ameri- can flag is carrying full cargoes. so that as many as possible may be reoui- Sltloned by the government and put to direct use on the Atlantic in the war against Germany.
 The government already has taken over hundreds of privately owned yes sels, and it is spending hundreds of millions of dollars in building ships In order to provide sufficient tonnage T to transport men and supplies to Flu rope. That the Crook can easily be spared for this service is evident
 During the season of railroad con- struction the steamships of the Alaska ] Steamship Co., and the Pacific Steam ship~Go. leave Seattle for Anchorage and~ waypdfts withf only partly filled , holds Their heavy cargoes are on the .lanrn trip, as they take on con- pep fish and Utther products. They, therefore, are iii d position to meet ! every reQuirment of the Railroad ConlI missions transfortation needs And , they can do it at less cost to the | government than can the Crook. ,
 In removing the Crook, therefore, i the government not only would obtain e 9 good vessel for it's vitally important :, war needs, but it would be putting into practice it's policy of Hooyerizing on cargo space by filling the holds of the , nOrth-bound vessels of the established lines. These vessels have to go North , anyway to bring Alaska products and to fulfill mail contracts. and it is nee essary that they continue in the serv- ice.
 It has been intimated that at least one of the companies now operating to Anchorage contemplates discontinu- ing this service if the Crook is put back on the Alaskan run next spring. It is understood that the company in- tends to operate it's steamships no longer up Cook Inlet because 1t feels that the Anchorage business is not sufficient to warrant the expense of the long run to that port when all the government supplies are being handled by the Crook.
 The eurtailment of any regular steamship service to Anchorage of course would work hardship on the people of that community, especially in view of the fact that the Crook is operating only temporarily and is con- lining it's activities to handling gov ernment upplies.-Railway and Ma yine News.
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The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-14
INCREASE POWER
 OF TERRITORIAL.
 COVE R NMEN N I

i The bill introduced in the house of
 representatives on January 19 last bv Delegate Sulzer of Alaska entitled i "A bill to provide the full terrtroilai form of government for Alaska" nro- 1 Yides that the territory shall be en-
 dowed with such legislative powers as have heretofore been given to and i exercised by the other territories of the United States; Provided, That congress may at any time divide said
 territory, change it's boundaries, ere 1 ate one or more territories from the
 area embraced therein, or enable all i or any part thereof to erect a state
 government"
 Section 2 provides that the capital
 of the territory shall be maintained at Juneau.
 The duties of the governor, which
 are practically identical with those
 now exercised by him, are prescribed
 in Section 3. The duties of the secre-
 tary of the territory, likewise similar
 to those under the present law, are dealt with in Section 4.
 The powers and authority of the legislature are defined in Section 5. The next legislature after the passage of the act is to consist of the same humber of members as at present, but beginning with the second legislature to be chosen after the going into effect of the act the senate shall consist of | fifteen members and the house or rep resentatiyes of thirty members. Twelve of said senators and twenty four of said representatives are to be- elected from legislative districts to bell be provided for, and three of said sen ators and six of said representatives shall be elected from bhe territory at large. The legislature is directed to divide the territory into twelve legis- IatiYe districts of as nearly equal pop llatiOn and contiguous territory as possible, and each district shall be entitled to elect one senator anN 'Wo under certain circum- stances the legislature may ipesude two or more legislative districts tn one. In addition to other quahfca- ions, all members of the legislature must have the qualifications of an cleo or of the territory. The senate and house are to be the sole judges of elec-i ion returns and the qualifications ofl heir members. The date of the cleo ion is changed both for members of he legislature and for delegate in con- sress, to the first Tuesday in October { md the legislature is to convene on he second Monday in January, and re- main in session net longer than stxtyi l lays in any two years. unless convened ( n extraordinary session by the gov ernor.
 In subsequent sections, of the bill the powers of the legislature are defned and the mode of election of it's of fcers and employees set forth in all af which details the present enabling act { is followed with few exceptions.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-14

The Overland hotel, at Chitina. which is conducted by Fred Handy. has been thoroughly renovated and is popular among the travelling public. When in Chitina stop at the Overland.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-02
The Nation Is ADake"

signed to the command. When he
addressed his new troops for the first
time he said he expected some re-
sentiment over his coming: An OH
Ger, one Of the survivors Of the old
order, spoke: There was no re-
sentiment over the coming Of Texas
Colonel to this New York Regiment.
Rather there was rejoicing. To win
this war we have sacrificed fifty years
Of traditions. But now. instead OF
being . New York Regiment, We have
Officers from seventeen states and men
from all over the Union. Instead Oi
being O New York Regiment We aru
an American regiment"
So With General PersAing's Oikez
TO dispose his troops as General Foeh
should dictate, which meant that
companies would be placed an British
and French BattaliOns, ana eyeA brf-
gades I'm British and Preach dfv1bfona.
In that momeht America snSreAdered
any isolation parted with opportu-
mites for Individual distinction and
merged all that she had and was in
the great common purpose
when the Significance Of this burst
upon the country at large . cheer, ~
Of great relief, went up from all Ove1
the land. "At last we are really In,
was the one thought.
Listen once again to the words Of
the President: II accept the chal
lenge. know that you accept It
All the world shall know that yos
accept &c. 10 shall appear IN the wt1el
sacrifice and self-forgetfulnesB with
which we shall give all that We love
and all that We have to redeem thu
world and make 1t at for free mex
] like ourselves to live In"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-02

Not only In the words, 'Force,
Force to the utmost. Force without
stint or limit, the righteous and tri-
umphant Force which shall make
Right the law of the world. and cast
every selfish dominion down in the
dust" did President Wilson strike
the war keynote i'm his Baltimore ad-
dress.
That lime, 'The nation Is awake. /"
told q truth that has become more
strikfngiy apparent the more deeply
America has been plunged in the war.
The nation is awake. But more
important than that IL that It IL O
nation awake a. o nation. America
ID thinking nationally, not section
ally. It il bound by common
thought.
Any one who has toured this eegn-
try recently could mot have heep@d
but be thrilled By the unity OF bur-
pose. ist
Perhaps the beginning Of the
Spring drive ON the western front
did lot to bring about this cohesion.
Mem all over the land began to see
that days OF trial were ahead and
they steeled themselves for those
days.
Then General PeTshing made hia
now famous visit to General Foch.
Some few ct first did mot glimpse
the Significance Of that visit. But
they see now. 1t was Q situation that
had O parallel In q small scale I'm many
smaller commands In this country
Ono regiment from New York state
wa skeletonized. In the changes
even the commanding ofRlcer wa
eliminated. A Texas Colonel was a.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-02
WAR FOR HUMANITY

War, In q good cause, IL not the
greatest evil which O nation can SUI
fer. War Ia an ugly thing. but not
the ugliest Of things; the decayed and
degraded state Of moral and patriotic
feeling which thinks nothing worth
war Ia worse
When q people are used % mere
human instruments for firing can
NON or thrusting bayonets. In the
service for the selfish purposes Of a
master, such war degra0es Q people.
A war to protect other human
beings against tyrannical injustice;
|a war to give victory 70 their own
ideas Of right and good, and which Is
their own war carried ON for an hon
est purpose by their free choice. is
often the means of thG&R regemera-
ton.
A man who has nothing which he
I'D willing to fight for. nothing watch
no cares about more than no does
about his personal safety, A. . miser-
able creature, who has NO chance OF
being free, unless made and kept 20
By the exertions Of better men than
himself.
As long as justice and injustice
have not terminated their ever-re-
newing fight for aseendeney in the
Affairs of mankind, human beings
must be willing, when need =, to do
battle for the one against the other.
John Stuart Mil.
(This uos swittsw holt eesssvy ssd
more ago. bxt it might hove been wvit-
ten yesterday. 81 apples 50 well to TO-
days conditions. The tvwsk Is the some
yes.svdoy, to-day. and to-wovrosU.) y
Official Bulletin.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-02
"YMC.A. Typjfes Moral Col Partnership
OF All american People In This War

At the dedication Of Y. II. G. 4.
building at Camp Dodge, Iowa, re-
Gently, Brig. Cen. Stephen n. FOote,
N. A., spoke on 1.-THE Place Of the
Y. N. c. A. in the New Army. "
Among other things, he said:.
Nov, where does the Y. III. G. A..
take its place? The effort Of the mil
itary authorities IL TO raise your phys
ical, mental and moral qualifications
to the highest pitch: bat there are o
number Of hours each day In which
you are not undergoing military In
struction Of any sort. It 10 these
hours which the Y. nj. c. A. Ia en-
deavoring to take care Of with the
same end in view that the military
authorities have. namely your moral,
mental and physical well-being;
placing moral first in this case in
stead Of physical. To further these
ends, the Y. n. c. A. has constructed
q number Of buildings in each one
Of the National Army encampments,
in which entertainments, religious
services, physical games, reading.
writing, music and moving pictures
may be enjoyed. We have met to
dedicate this building to your use.
81 suppose you know that the Gov
eminent does not provide these build
ings, does not provide for their equip
ment, and provides for paying only
q part Of the operating expenses. Now,
where does the money come from
to build, equip and operate them?
From voluntary contributions by
men, women and children all over this
land. The camps themselves are con-
structed through funds obtained By
compulsory process In the way Of
taxation, bat in the case Of the 7.
M. C. A. the money given In vOlun-
tary. People give this money, I
think you will find. largely through q
spirit OF patriotism and fraternity.
They feel that you are risking life
and limb in their behalf. People look
upon your service as of higher grade
than working in factories, upon farms
or in business. and paying money to
support the war activities of the Gov
eminent; they therefore feel under
certain obligations to help you in
some way to carry out this very spe-
ciaI task that has been allotted to
you. It speaks well for the solidar-
ity, or, one may say, sort OF moral
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-02
RULES FOR COLLECTING
GOVERNMENT INSURANCE

Here are the rules for collecting
government insurance taken out by
American soldiers:
The oflicial address of the Bureau
Of War Risk Insurance is care of
Treasury Department, Washington.
u. G. The papers to be filed by the
Claimant are as follows:
!. Affidavit Of beneficiary, Form
bI4. requiring data as to the rela-
tionshfp Of the beneficiary 40 well
as the names and ages Of all other
relatives wiGhia the permitted class.
This afadavit must be sworn to by
the claimant, and signed by two wit
nesses who know the person making
claim for Insurance.
3. The claim for compensation fOs
death is made on Form 70 and re-
Qutres information concerning the
deceased, including the following
which the beneficiary might have dir
nculty In procuring: height, complex
Ion. color Of eyes, color Of hair. iden-
tifytng scars or marks, place of birth
full name of deceased's mother, and
her financial condition.
3. A certified copy Of the church
record Is required to show the mar.
Ttage Of the deceased.
4. The ages of children must b.
sh0wn by certified copies Of pub
hshed records of birth or verified
copies Of church records Of baptisms
s. AMdavits Of two persons mus
be filed showing that the children OF
the widow described in the claim are
living, and that the widow has MOI
remarked.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-02

co-partnership, Of all the people %
the country I'm this business OF car
rying on the war.
"Other people are thinking Of you.
working for you: bat however maen
others may do, you ara still resp0n-
dhle for your own conduct. the
Army II no place for mollycoddles.
Think for yourself and think Of oth-
ers. Be unselfish. Do what you can
for your comrades and for the folks
at home. Let devotion to your PEG
ple, your God and your country 20
hand in hand. :.
II have sometimes thought that 1t
would be well. as Is done In most Tor
eign services, to require attendance
upon certain stated religious or moral
exercises, but we have never done
this in our Army; we leave 1t to you
to take advantage Of these opportu-
mites or not, just as you see Mt:
Many kind, thoughtful hearts and
loving hands have provided these
things for you, and all that you are
expected to do Is simply to take ad-
vantage of what has been 20 freely
given.
mo one knows how long this war
viii last, and NO one knows which
ones OF US win be left after the war
is over: but we may be quite certain
that the war is not going to last for
ever, and that the most Of you, prob
ably nearly all Of you. win be re-
turned to your civil vacations at IT'D
close. For scores Of years. yous your
family, your neighbors. VIII look
back to what you did in this mo
mentous crisis In the worlds his
tory.
1.-THE Y. N. C. A. wishes to help
you, morally, mentally and phys
ically, to live q good, clean, worth
while sort of q life, In war and In
peace. And 30 / want to earnestly
recommend that You take advantage
in every way possible Of this institu-
ton of the Young Mems Christian
Association, 30 conveniently placed
at your hands, and on your behalf.
as well az my own, I wish to express
our heartfelt gratitude for 1t and
our full appreciation Of the gener-
osity, good wishes and brotheriy
spirit that have prompted this gift
on the part Of the men, women and
children Of our country"