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The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07
SCANDINAVIANS HELPED
IN The DEVELOPMENT OF
The PACIFIC NORTHWEST

That the SCandinayian-Am Americans
have played an important part in the
developing of the North Pacific states
is the opinion expressed by y. \.
Greyestad, who has jast completed a
! trip through the Northwest. Mr.
IGrevstad, who formerly was United
States minister to Uruguay and Para
gNly. is enc of the prominent mem
bers of the Scandinavian group in
this country. During his recent stay
in the state of Washington he had eX-
Iccllelt opportunities to observe and
study the activities of his people who
have settled there.
One of the Industries in which they
have been engaged is fishing. This
refers particularly to the development
Of the ocean fisheries off the banks.
extending from Puget sound to
Alaska. and including the catching of
halibut. cod and herring The Puget
SOdnd fishing was started on a large
scale by Norwegian settlers. and still
remains principally in their hands
The Norwegians. Swedes and Danes
are also more widely represented in
agricultural pursuits than any other
forcign-bOrn people Thus, in one Of
the largest and most fertile valleys in
the western part of the state of Wash
ington more than three-fourths of the
farmers are Norwegians.
In Seattle, the metropolis of the
North Pacific coast. Mr.. Grevstad
found the Scandinavians we'll repre-
scented in business and official cir
cles. The present mayor of Seattle,
Ole Hanson. is of Scandinavian blood
the son of a Norwegian farmer of
Racine. Wis. There are three Sean
dinavian banks in Seattle and two
Norwegian newspapers, one of which,
the Washington Posten, is one of the
oldest Norwegian publications in the
country. The cities of Tacoma and
Spokane are two other centers Of
Scandinavian activity.
A matter of considerable interest
mentioned by Mr.. Grevstad in connec-
ton with the operations of his people
on the Pacific coast is the fact that
the first discovery of gold at Nome,
Alaska, was made by a party Of
Swedes and Norwegians. In the sub
sequent rush of gold-seekers to the
Alaskan fields many Scandinavians
took part
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07
WORTH MORE
AS JUNK Than
AS RAILROAD

TONOPAH New, Dec. because
II is more valuable as junk than as a
railroad. that portion Of the Las Vegas
& TonOpah system" lying between
Las Vegas and Beatty has been aban
doned and will be sold. The last train
has Numbered over its rails.
That portion of the railroad extend.
ing between Beatty and Goldfield, a
distance of 70 miles, will be operated
by the Tonopah & Underwater, the old
F. NJ (Borax) Smith line. The total
mileage of the Las Vegas and Tono-
pah railroad. extending from Las We
gas to Goldfield. is 1877 miles.
The Las Vegas 4 Tonopah was pro
jected by "BOraX' Smith and financed
by Senator William 4. Clark. Smith
planned to operate the road in con
junction with the Salt Lake route and
tap the mining districts of Bullfrog.
Rhyclite. Beatty. Greenwater, Gold
field and Tonopah, as well as to re
move borax from Death valley.
Since the taking over of most of
the railroads by the government the
business of the Las Vegas & Tonopah
has dwindled to almost nothing. All
freight and passenger traffic was
routed over to the Tonopah & Tide
water
After having been operated for II
years, the railroad as a physical prop
erty is worth more today than when
the rails We're laid. 1t is estimated
that the rails are worth more than
double their value when they were
laid in 1906 1t is expected that part
of railroad which has been abandoned
will bring a good price
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07
Met Representative of the German
Spy System.

she met representative of the Ger
man spy system, sometimes in the
shadow of the federal building, in the
city hall park, where she repeated
from memory messages she had sent or
received during the day. Sometimes,
when message was too long or con-
tained complicated phraseOlogy, she
copied 1t. This information was con-
veyed Miss kreutzinger stated. to sew
eral Germans connected with the spy
system, all of whom had been intro
duced to her by the man who had first
preached the scheme to her.
When President Wilson declared war
on Germany, she said, the representa-
tiyes OF the German spy system disnp-
peared and she did not supply any
more Information until about six
weeks ago when she resumed her spy
work on the government messages, Civ
Ing her information to man who Is in
the custody of the department of JUS
tce agents and through whom her ac-
uVities were ascertained.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07
DOES "HOUDINI' OUT OF JAIL
Girl squeezes Through Space 1t Was
Not Believed a Cat Could
Get Through.

Atlanta, Ga.-Houdini had nothing
when locked up In the matron's ward
at the police station, climbed from n
chair to the transOm over the door
and out between two of the three bars
that guard the opening. 1t was be-
lieved nothing larger than cat could
squeeze through the open space. Ma
re, 1.-THE and slender and twenty, was
found the next morning hiding under
a bench in the court anteroom, unable
to escape to the street. She was
charged with robbing Joseph Elalsted
OF SS5 while they- We're Joy riding.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07
Spasmodjc Sermon.

Men are Known by the company they
keep and companies are known by the
men they keep.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07
Optimistic Thought.

IT is sure indication of good sense
10 be diflident Of Ii.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07

WANTEO-A range and furniture in
good condition. Apply at Times
office. 20-tf
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07

Use the classified ad column Of the
Times If you want results.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07

WANTED-To buy cabin. State price.
p. o. Box 975. 27.4t
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAs, NOTICE

On Monday evening. December 9,
there will be an important business
meeting of the Knights of Pythias
lodge. and all members are requested
to attend. G. A. HARMON. NJ. of A.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07
HIS SHARE.

Young Wife
Everybody t el | 8
me how nice /
look in my new
dress. but you
haven't said a
word.
Hubby Your
friends. my dear,
pay you compli-
m Q n I s; l pay
your bills.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07
Misconstrped Silence.

HE who says nothing Is never mis-
quoted" remarks philosopher. No,
but sometimes his wife accuses him OF
sitting there thinking thlngs.-Boston
Transcript.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1918-12-07
Work for Better Times.

To what signifies wishing and hop
Ing for better times? We may make
these times better. If we bestir our
selves.-Franklin.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
MEETING THE
EMERGENCY
By VIVIAN M. MOSES
OF Tho Wig 2nanfe5

When H. c. Wells called the present
war the war of machines he had in
mind the vast quantities of engines of
war used ut the front-the ordnance,
both large and small. the bomb-mor-
tars and mine throwers, gas-projectors,
airplanes and tanks employed In the
actual fighting. But there is another
sense In which this is the war of ma
chimes oven more truly than that in
which the great British novelist used
the term: for on the machines in the
shops and factories of the allied ma
tIOns depends an allied victory-on
the machines and the men who drive
them.
AS has been the case with each of
her allies, the United States since 1t
entered the war has had to increase
stupendously the output of its machine
shops. This result is being accom-
pllshed by the erection of new plants,
by the enlargement and increase in fa-
cilities OF the shops already engaged
in the production of war products, and
by the conversion to this purpose Of
plants previously engaged in other
work. The problem of multiplying the
shops to work in Is n comparatively
simple one; more difficult is the prob
lem of supplying the skilled workmen
to MI these shops.
Obviously we cannot Quadruple our
skilled worlemen by the old methods of
apprenticeship and training fast
enough to meet the nations needs.
The old method has been found want
Ing. 1t consisted in taking the raw,
unskilled laborer Into the shop, start
ing him Mt the simplest work that
could be found, and letting him fight
his way slowly and painfully to the
status OF trained mechanic. 1t was
q method which wasted the three pre-
cious elements. time, material and
man-power.
New Way Was Found.
The training accomplished by pri-
vate and public vocational and tech
nical schools brings far better results,
but produces too small a quantity of
skilled mechanics to meet the emer-
gency.
France found new way. Great
Britnln has adopted 1t. And now
America must get In line-is already
getting In line. I'm fact, with gratifying
results. For the new method Is swift.
is sure, is comparatively cheap. 1t
turns the grocer boy or the school
teacher into skilled mechanic with
equal facility. 1t ls the method Of
the shop training school.
Shop traiaing schools are now main
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
THELAND ARMY
OF AMERICA
tWomen ss Farm Hands,
II
By Jesse LYNCH WILLIAMS
OF The GiaHdnIoS

Il had to hire them for my farm be-
cause couldn't get men. Neigh
boring farmers who borrowed some Of
them later hated to admit that they
were more efficient than rnan workers.
but had toi"
Tho farmer who wrote those words
employed 20 girls last summer TO get
in his crops. some OF them girls from
the seasonal trades" out Of II job,
others students or college graduates
out for vacation, but few, II any. of
them experienced farm hands. lie
made two important discoveries. First,
that they were good workers. Second,
that this kind of work was good for
women. and as this farmer. Is none
other than Doctor Sargent. the dlrec-
tor of physical training. he ought to
know.
He adds that he did not have u
chance to try them ct plowing or heavy
work. though they can do that too but
at other kinds of farm work he found
them In all ways the equal and in some
why's the superior of men. They do
not average as strong as men, though
In proportion to their weight they are,
but they made up In care and thorough
ness what they lacked In "heft," and
they did not loaf on the job when the
boss was not looking. Women are
nearly always more conscientious than
the superior sex"
Has Come to Stay.
Tho Womnn's Land Army OF Amer
..,-ssy
OF the country. but 1t has come to stay
and the sooner the farmers of America
get that Idea through their heads and
live down their old-fashioned preju-
dice against this "new-fangled notion"
the better for them and for the coun-
try. Every man released from the farm
means one more man for the army
or for other war work not done by
women.
A year ago almost every farmer in
the country shared this impractical
and unpatriotic prejudice. Such preju-
dlces die hard. All our prejudices
about women die hard. | will give an
amusing Illustration. Last summer Il
number of units were employed In
various parts of Westchester county,
New York. A unit" means squad of
woman workers "a gang" we might
call 1t, If they were men) who live and
work together under the charge of
competent older woman experienced in
agriculture, II sort of forewoman who
manages the whole outfit. which in
cludes their own cook and food and
bedding. The farmer does not supply
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
GODS GIFTS ARE FOR TOILER
Parable Shows That Only Those Will
ing to Bear Burdens May Enjoy
the Good Things.

Once upon a time there was man
who said, 81 will work no more, and
God will take care of me-" And so he
gave away all he had and sat down to
wait for God to take care of him.
After awhile he became hungry and
nothing came his way. But in the dis
tance he saw some horses laden with
packs which he knew contained food
to eat. And so he grew so hungry that
he followed them.
Up the hill he toiled, while still in
the distance were the food-laden
horses. They led him a fine march,
and he grew weaker with the hunger.
At last he came near to where the
horses had stopped earlier in the day,
and there he found food that had been
left over.
"Thls is harder than work." he said,
land now 1 realize that God will take
care of the man who is up and doing,
but if you sit down and wait the horses
will pass you by. carrying, Gods gifts
ON their backs."-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31

hours shortened. The wonder is that
1t took mankind so long to recognize
the fact.
In the olden days, when one man
made a pair of shoes, let us say. he
could exercise his mind and please
his taste in designing and creating
them.
In these days, to stand all day turn
ing a piece of metal back and forth,
or tending machine that cuts out
leather heels, is to fiatten the mind,
pervert the soul and darken the life.
The more people you have working
long hours at these deadly employ
ments the worst for the average con-
dltion of the population, which is the
only national strength.
Everything that really counts comes
out of the masses. the common people,
the general run of mankind.
All the inventions that amount to
anything come from that source.
All the ideas that really help come
from what the snobs call plebeian
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
Momentous Labor Day.

Labor day has a special meaning in
this country. 1t is especially a day
celebrated by organized labor. Even
in this aspect this Labor day has re-
newed significance, for In this hour OIL
the nations grave decision trade union
ism throughout the land has pledged
the strength of its arm and the force
of its spirit to the defAnse of the big
job, the job of America. There is no
element of the nations strength at this
moment more inspiring than this raj
lying of union labor. its leaders and its
rank and file, to the nations cause
This is the enlightened will of free
men, conscious of the big job and read
to defend 1t.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
Purchasing Price of Dollar shrinks.

Observation-Disclosures of food
prices prevailing now with those of
five years ago by the Department of
Labor shows that the purchasing pow
er of dollar bill has shrunk to 54
cents in Washington and Baltimore. rs
cents in Philadelphia, SO cents in New
York and Chicago, and 63 cents In San
Francisco. Food which could be
bought for 81 in July, 1913, now costs
s1.S5 In Washington, $16S in New
York, s1.69 in Chicago and s1.5s in San
Francisco.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
Times
Changes
Seen

enormous increase In the pressure for
production, particularly since the in
PRODUCTION of factories and steam,
that the working day was heightened
until life came to mean for the work
ers nothing but toll and sleep.
In modern times the increase of Ia
bor-saving machinery should have off
set all that. The average factory
hand or transportation worker now is
200 or 300 times as efficient as the
average worker of rs years ago, but
he is no better off. The huge increase
in his output has not shortened his
hours.
This is plainly wrong. 1t Is rottenly
and intolerably wrong. 1t is danger
ously wrong for the community. The
eight-hour movement seeks to set it
right.
The elght-hour idea means some
thing to the worle.', but n lot more
to the rest of society.
See how this is. Up to 1874 wom-
en- and children worked 16 hours a
day, or something like that, in the
Welsh coal mines.
Women harnessed like cattle drag
ged from the mines great baskets
of coal. There was board in
the center of the runway with cleats
nailed upon 1t. Bent far over, their
heads almost to the ground, the wom-
en- braced their feet against these
cleats and tugged at their loads.
Most of them were unsexed by their
toll. Nature mercifully made them in
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
Serve
Like
Cattle

criminals or strange types of imbe-
Giles.
Society had to pay for all this, and
pay appalling costs. 1t is paying for
them still.
Yet when it was proposed to do no
more than to mitigate some of its
worst features, mine owners violent
ly protested and said they would be
ruined.
In this case of the Welsh coal mines
the government determined to risk
the ruin, and reduced the hours of
labor.
After a time observers were aston
lshed to see that social conditions i'm
proved, general intelligence rose, good
order increased, and the general well
fare grew in proportion as the working
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31

tained by most of the larger metal.
working plants engaged in manufac-
ture of war products. They are spaces
set aside for this purpose alone, and
equipped with machines of every
type used in the shops proper. An ex-
pert mechanic especially selected for
his aptitude for this work is in charge
in each of these shops, and under him
other skilled mechanics act as teach
erS. Here are received the raw or un-
dertrained applicants for work. They
are assigned to the types of work to
which they best seem fitted, and quick.
ly and practically instructed in this
work at the very machines which they
will have to operate in the main shops.
They work with the materials and on
the actual orders upon which the shop
is engaged and the product of their
labors becomes n part of the output OF
the shop. They are paid a fair hour
ly wage as learners, and this wage in
creases as the skill of the learner en-
ables him to increase his output.
The results obtained in these shop
training schools are almost beyond be.
lief. The ideal conditions under which
n raw man is taught to handle his ma
chine enable him to become a skilled
mechanic in a small fraction of the
time formerly consumed in the old
method under which he picked up
knowledge bit by bit In the shop from
such other workmen as had time to
help him.
Mechanics Are Needed.
For example, here, in a New Eng
land shop, Is n grocer's man, after a
weeks training, operating his milling
machine effectively, and reading the
blueprint related to his work. Here,
In an Ohio shop, are three girls for
merly employed in department store ;
they are now operating heavy hand
turret lathes on work requiring great
precision; and the length of their
training required varlously from
three to ten days.
Here is n particularly capable wom-
an" says an expert from one of the
greatest American war factories, visit
ing another shop (speaking of one
who was probably teacher). "How
long have yoY been here?" he asks this
product of the shop training school. ~
came yesterday" replies the woman.
who is working a great turret-lathe.
America needs skilled mechanics,
and needs them greatly. The shop
training schools will supply this need,
quickly and efficiently. To the en-
ployer they offer the surest method of
supplying the trained operators with
out which his machines cannot turn.
To the individual seeking employment
or willing to take place In the swell
ing ranks of those providing the
sinews of war for the American gov
ernment, the shop training schools
provide the opportunity for becoming.
without undergoing a long period of
training or probation. skilled mechan.
les. worthy of and receiving the won.
drously high rates of payment which
trained labor is commanding.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
New
Dawn of
Freedom

guing these things in America.
Nearly 70 years have passed since
Australia adopted the eight-hour day.
April 81, 1856. was the day. In Aus
tralia it is celebrated now as n kind
of Fourth of July-a day of national
freedom and greatness.
In the United States we are still
talking about it more or less. 'The
glorious spirit of American progress"
goes rather lame when you think of
that.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
PAY STUDENTS FOR SERVICE.

Barracks Will Be Erected at Colleges
and Military Discipline Enforced.
Denver.-The boys constituting the
membership of the student army train
ing corps will receive full army pay,
live in barracks, eat at an army mess
and wear army uniforms, according
to an official communication received
by the students war service commit
tee at the State House. Construction
work on barracks will begin immedi-
ately at the colleges of the state.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31

anything except the wages and pos
ribly u plnco to put up few tents
Tho farmers wlfo hus no bother Oi
extra work In the mutter ut all. We'll
every one of these units IA WestChes
ter county mnde good, and there wer,
eNuctly us many surprised farmers IL
Wcstchcstcr county us there were
units, AT the end Of the season enct
employer wus asked. "Wlll you EN-
ploy woman farm hands nguin nexi
yeari" Each fnriner made exactly the
same reply. Yes. If Gun get the suInt
women"
Each thought that he had happened
To have the luck 10 get the only gooc
bunch OF girls Sly, shrewd fellows
those farmers For II seemed to then
quite obvious that women us class
could not be good furm laborers.
perfectly natural prejudice. Men as &
class have always had the same Ger
tuiuty that women could never be gooo
ut anything outside OF the home" un
I'll they went out and made good III
everything from voting and doctoring
TO driving ambulances, and even III
fighting In the trenches when the ne
cessity arose over in poor betrayed
Russiu.
Kept Island From Starving.
American farmers. however. are the
most enlightened in the world. Per
haps 1t will not take them so long TO
get the idea into their heads as 1t re-
qulred to beat it into the British brain.
In England, even after the scarcity oi
farm labor had become more acute
than it is here now, the "woman's land
army" movement was almost bliEhted
by masculine prejudice until the gov
ernment became alarmed and turned a
clever trick. Prizes were offered ut the
county fairs for public competitions
for woman workers in various depart
nents of farm work. This aroused
considerable curiosity and created n
great deal of discussion. The question
however. was not whether girls could
do farm work. but which girl could do
1t best! Big crowds gathered. Bets
were made. Rivalry ran high. And
when IL was demonstrated before the
astonshed eyes of the British farmers
that these farm lassies," rs they now
affectionately term their "fnrmerettes"
over there. not only knew their job
but we're experts Mt it, the prejudice
broke down and the country was saved
The woman's land army of England,
now 100000. 0.strOug. has kept the island
from starving. This patriotic fact has
been publicly acknowledged in parlia-
ment.
There ARE already II states of the
Union organized under the Womans $
Land Army of America, and In New
York alone 5000 farmerettes are regis
tered for this season. 1t is fine pa
triotic service, good thing for the
farmer who can thus get good sober,
industrious laborers Mt a cheap rate,
good thing for the girls. who can
thus get Il wholesome outing as well
as fair wages. and the best thing of all
for the nation, which needs food and
needs men. and needs them at once.
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31

capable or bear
ing children. The
rest, If they had
offspring, brought
forth idiots.
The little chill
dren that worked
in the mines were
so injured or bru-
talized that they
grew up either
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31

would probably
be the standard
today, and any
body that wanted
to lengthen it
would be looked
upon as a dema-
gogue and revolu-
ZIONIST.
1t was only be-
cause we had an
The Colorado statesman., 1918-08-31
T S it necessary to add that such
c4ranntl, ir,,nliec Snler1r racnnnSi-

4 V HtCcSSdIy 10 duQ trIat SuCI1
strength implies solemn RESPONSE
= bilities? Must Americans be told
that forces SO far-reaching and so
potent in the country and the world
are inseparably united with the fate
of the nation and the obligations of
citizenship? The labor organizations
and their leaders are today closer
than ever before to direct contact
with the government. and more than
ever in the past they are bound to
give full consideration to public
needs, public interests and public
authority.