davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-26
WHAT'S THE MATTER
 WITH ALASKA?
Id Ellsworth Sumner in Railway and Marine News

ven into these velleys; that any cop- per ore suggested is not as yet discov- cred; that the coal mines have not demonstrated their value, and both the coal and the copper included in any fu- tHre development would be derived from points much nearer to the coast and would therefore only provide. a tonnage for small portion of the 5OO mile system.
 It is about a year ago that Secre- tary Payne sent out his famous con- mittee to investage Alaska transpor- tation conditions and prepare a large bucket of whitewash for the railroad project in anticipation of the disclos- ures that are now being made in Washington. At the time this paper was the only one bringing out the thought that Seattle should be sus- plcious of this committee for two req sons. The first being that the whole
 
 ka Government Railroad scandal, and the second that wherein lack of ship ping to Alaska was suggested. that this was propaganda put out by rival ports on the Pacific. That has been fully proven in the last few months.
 Let us here quote Jack Underwood, the Washington correspondent for the Seattle Times. Under date of Dec. 8, when giving arguments on the Sec retary Payne plan of merging Alasga transportation lines, the secretary was made to hold that the Alaske service by boat was inadequate and reason able rates were needed. Underwood added there are no dissenters to this opinion. It is unanimous"
 The paragraph quoted follows the statement credited to Secretary Payne but is purely the opinion of the corre- Spondent according to any grammat- lcal or literary construction. That is ''0 Ni"0i "oou odlu ldSC DeCemDer. Now take his special of April 18th last and his own observations are found in lengthy article as follows:
 Running steamship lines to Alaska from verious ports and carrying pas Sengers at low rates, or for nothing, or by paying them for their time while in transit, won't cure the situation,
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-26

At no time in the histry has it been the case that the steamships have had bearing upon the agriculture of Alas ka.
 A mining camp established at any point in the territory will quickly ab- sorb any agricultural products that can be developed for that camp, and no matter how much enthusiasm is wasted about the agricultural situation facts are facts, and for years to come it will be cheaper to ship spuds and eggs from Seattle than it will be to ship them from some limited agricul- tural area in Alaska to some distant and thriving mining camp in the same territory. We mention the fact that agriculture is paradoxical simply be- cause of these basic facts. It's the market only that counts and in Alas ka it's mining that will create the mar kets, and with mining camps scattered over the territory, hundreds of miles remote from each other, it stands to reason that no matter how tall the oats grow or how sweet the straw berries, their growth will be confined to such locality and to the actual need i'll that immediate vicinity
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-26
NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX

Notice is hereby given that the un- derslgned has been duly appointed school tax collector for Cordova, in conformity with Chapter 29, Alaska Session Laws, 1919.
 All male persons between the ages of 21 and 50 years, except sailors in the United States navy or revenue cutter service, volunteer firemen, pau pers and insane persons, are subject to tax in the sum of five ($5.OO) dol lars
 Should you be living in Alaska on or prior to the first Monday in April 1921, said tax shall be due and pay able on said date and shall be de-
 linQuent after May l, 1921 Should you arrive in Alaska later than first date above mentioned, tax will be delinquent thirty (3O) days after your arrival, or within ten GO) days after notice is given you.
 All persons, firms and corporations employing labor shall furnish list of employees to collector and are author ized by law to deduct amount of tax
 from wages of employees.
 Fines and imprisonment are pro- vided by the act above quoted for those who fail or neglect to pay tax or furnish list of employees. Upon
 application undersigned will show complete text of law.
 Dated at Cordova, Alaska, May IS, 1921. K G. ROBINSON, School Tax Collector for Cordova
The Cordova daily times., 1921-05-26

for it is fundamental that unless i'm. migrants can have some hope of re. ward in the shape of title to land or natual resources, they either will not go, or will not remain if they do, and the government will have to carry them back again to the cities.
 There has been much talk of high steamship freight in Alaska. AS a matter of fact it isn't true Freight rates to Alaska from Seattle are as cheap or cheaper than the freight rate for any similar distance haul. And notwithstanding statements to the con- trary, freight rates to Alaska are now end always have been keenIy compet- ltive. There are thress competing steamship lines running to Alaska and in the flush years of the gold excit- ment there were as many as 12."
 From December to April, four months, this shows a remarkable change of opinion. In December, when some cratic Seattleites were unpat- riotically backing the merger without reckoning on Portland and San Fran cisco schemes, then the Alaska service was inadquate and the rates high.
 In April when the prophecy of Rail- way and Marine News of a year ago that government ships meant that they would operate from San Francisco and Portland, even Underwood begins to realize, and probobly too late, that the whole scheme was matched outside of Seattle but Seattle allowed here self to be the goat and even appeared to endorse the plan which would for ever divert Alaska trade from her job- bers and wholesalers.
 In point of fact, and let this be brought out very plainly, of course Alaska needs transportation, just as it needs everything else but above all it needs capital and prospectors to JoA'AIiJ dCFGlOp SOOu HllulNS DrODO- sitions. It has always had ample steamship and right now idle Alaska boats are tied I'D in Seattle.
 So why say it wants steamships ? All this talk about vegetables, straw berries, reindeer, and the like is purely DaradoXical. Many times the writer has stood in farm across from Fair banks where the wheat or the oats were up to his shoulders; he has eat en strawberries and rhubarb and turn lps in various parts of Alaska, and can truthfully say that they were delic- lous. The only trouble is that there is no market for such vegetables and small fruits as can be grown in Alas ka except market to be created by population, and the mining industry is actually the only possible industry that can produce buying population
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-10-20
CLIPPINGS

A request by Portugal for a seat al
the armament conference during dis
cussion of Far EASTERN policies, has
been forwarded to the other partici-
paating nations for their cOnsidera-
ton, the state department announces.
10000
First meeting of the four Amer
lean delegates to the armament limi-
tation conference will be held soon
for consultation.
10000
If Eugene V. Debs, Socialist, IN
prison at Atlanta, is pardoned or his
sentence committed, it may be in the
form of a Christmas or New Years
gift from the President. There will
be no action in the case until peace
has been proclaimed.
10000
Thomas W. Page of Virginia, ap-
pointed chairman of the tariff com
mission by President Wilson, has re-
signed from the craftsmanship and his
resignation has been accepted by
President Harding.
10000
Charged with conspiracy to supply
arms TO the Sim Fem in Ireland and
instruct the recipients in their use,
George Gordon Rorke of Washington,
was held for hearing before the U.
S. commissioners.
1000
Heirs of Enrico Caruso, famous
tenor, who have been meeting at
Florence, Italy, inventoring the for
tune garnered in America by the
singer, have estimated that his Italian
fortune would amount 20 thirty mil
lion lire or $1,245,OOO at the present
low rate of exchange.
10000
The Chilean-BOlivian dispute,
which threatened to cause further de-
fections from the ranks of the league
Of nations, has been put upon the
shelf 1t viii not come up again until
next year.
10000
The British government IS opposed
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to any discussion of the cancellation
of the allies war debts to the United
States at the Washington conferences.
British officials say such discussion
would cause bad impression in the
United States.
10000
General Nollet of France, head OF
the allied commission for disarmlng
Germany, recently handed note to
the Gemarn government demanding
the decentralization of German police
authority.
10000
Serious rioting followed the strike
of 5000 dockyard workers in Yoko-
hama, Japan. Many of the strikers
were arrested. The workers are de-
handing a thirty per cent wage IN
crease.
10000
Constitutionality of the woman 5
suffrage amendment was questioned
in a petition filed in the supreme ourte
last week by Oscar Lesser and others,
who seek to have that court review
decisions of state courts in Maryland
holding the amendment constitution
al.
Extended controversies between
operators and miners in the Alaska
coal fields have resulted in the United
States government settling the dis
pute by creating open shop conditions.
10000
Three hulks which were once bat
tleships of the U. S. navy, lie in Ches-
apeake bay within 1000 yards of
each other, the victims of experiment
al attacks by water and by air. The
Alabama, the third to be sunk, was
sent to the bottom last week by a
2,OOO-pound bomb from a Martin
bomber.
A $2O,OOO,OOO land concession in
Chihuahua, Mexico, which had been
awarded to James E. Garfield, an
American, and a group of associates,
has been cancelled.
10000
Several men were believed to have
lost their lives when the U. S. sub
marine R-6 sank in the outer harbor
at San Pedro, California, the result
of an accident. 1t was thought one
of the torpedo tubes yielded to sea
pressure and opened, causing the yes
sci TO fill rapidly.
10000
The channels of trade are broaden
ings and the waters" are running
smoother than they have for some
time, it is shown by statistics compiled
by the Federal Reserve Board of the
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Kansas City district.

Kansas City district.
More than 100 casualties resulted
from the heavy storm which swept
western and northern Japan recently.
Several thousand homes were in
undated.
Louis Forrer, twice president of the
Swiss confederation, died recently,
saws an announcement from Berne-
10000
Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle was set
free under $4,000 bail after eighteen
days imprisonment and happy in the
knowledge that he will not be forced
to stand trial for murder as a result
of the death of Virginia Rape, film
actress. He is still under charge of
manslaughter.
Liberty bonds reached the highest
price of the year last week, recent ad-
vances ranging from $40 for the
31s per cent to $5.14 for the second
convertible 4 Il per cent.
10000
Germany's Reichstag has a bill
ratifying the peace treaty with the
United States. Only the Communists
voted against the measure. This
completes the legislative process nee
essary to ratification on the part of
Germany.
Colonel William j. Simmons, i'm
perial wizard of the Knights of the
Ku Klux Khan, announced that ne had
sent teegrams to every member of
congress urging that the Tague reso-
luton providing for investigation of
the khan be adopted.
10000
Major Paul Brewster, the Swiss
aeronaut, has been announced Off
cially the winternational balloon race
for the James Gordon Bennett trophy
which was begun in Brussels on Sep
TENDER IS. His balloon came to earth
on the coast of Ireland, 766 kilomet-
ers from Brussels
10000
Three thousand apartment house
tenants of Washington Heights, on
the upper end of Manhattan island
have banded in defiance of landlords
and further rent increases. Some
increases asked amounted to 500 a
month.
10000
The Independent Socialist party OF
Germany has introduced in the Reich
stag bill aiming at thorough elm
ination of the last vestiges of mon
archistic Germany. The main clauses
proved that all the property of the
former emperor and former German
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Cameron Forbes and their party were
received recently by the empress OF
Japan.
10000
An attempt to introduce secret
diplomacy into the League of Nations
was baked in the assembly last week
An attempt was made to amend Art
icle Is, making it unnecessary to reg
lister all international agreements with
the league secretarist. was defeated.
10000
Former Chief William j. Flynn of
the U. S. secret service, after twenty
FIVE years with the government, has
announced the organization of pri-
vate detective agency.
10000
Invitations have gone forward to
Belgium, the Netherlands and Por-
tugal to participate in the forthcom-
ing armament and Far Eastern con
ference.
10000
Nineteen persons lost their lives in
the collision of two suburban trains
in the tunnel leading to the St. Lazare
railroad station at Paris. The accident
is attributed to the failure of a signal
or mistake in working the signal.
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gold marks in the next five years.

gold marks in the next five years.
10000
John Storey, who in April, 1920,
became premier of New South Wales,
died on October 5. He was for many
years labor leader in Australia.
10000
It Is announced that Emperor Yosh-
hihito of Japan cannot recover from
the illness which has long incapacitat-
ed him. This was the first announce
ment concerning the emperor's health
in many months.
10000
Thirty bankers, fnanciers and bust
ness men indicted by the special
grand jury in Omaha probing the
financial scandals which are said to
have resulted in nearly a billion dollar
loss to, investors, have fed to Mexico,
Cuba and other points outside the
United States.
10000
Sir Ernest Shackleton and his
party on board the vessel Quest.
made port at Lisbon after the ship
had been damaged by heavy storm
off the west coast of PORTUGAL.
10000
Majr General Leonard Wood, W
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princes, both family and private shall
be confiscated.
oOUoo
Losses in earnings of warriors
throughout the country during the
past fiscal year due to involuntary
idleness Were put at more than S.
5oO,000.O00 in an estimate prepared
by economic experts of the national
conference on unemployment.
Appointment of John Barton
Payne, former secretary of the in
terror and chairman of the interior
and chairman of the shipping board
as chairman of the shipping board, as
chairman of the central committee of
the American Red Cross, has been
announced at the White House. He
succeeds DR.. Livingston Farrand, who
has resigned.
10000
Weakness in the transverse girders
of the dirigible ZR-2 had been re-
vealed long before the fatal flight,
when two score British and American
air sailors were killed, the coroner
at Hull, England, declared in sum-
marizing testimony given at the in
quest.
10000
To open the way for improvement
in Ohio highways, the state public
utilities commission has ordered a re-
duction to the basis of rates in effect
on August 20, 1920, of rates on sand,
gravel and crushed stone in Ohio.
10000
Recent sales of waste materials and
salvage property left by the troops
when they evacuated Camps Meade,
Maryland and Grant, Illinois, melted
the government $4,000.
10000
The state reformatory at Ionia,
Mich. was almost completely destroy
ed by fire with loss of nearly half a
million dollars. The fire is thought
to have been caused by defective wiz
ing.
10000
Lieutenant John A MacReady and
Congressman Roy Fitzgerald of Ohio
were slightly injured when the air
plane in which they were riding was
forced to land at Keyser, W. Va. They
We're on their way to Washington
from Dayton, when the machine was
wrecked.
10000 y
France is insured Preparations pay
ments and Germany is given means
to avoid bankruptcy through the
agreement signed by representatives
of the two nations at Wiesbaden The
agreement will permit Germany to
pay the equivalent of seven billion
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1921-04-08
SOUR STOMACH
INDIGESTION
ThedfOrd's Black-D raught Highly
Recommended by a Tennessee
Grocer for Troubles Re-
sulting from Torpid
Liver.

East Nashville. Tenn The effic-
iency Of Thedford's Black raught, the
genuine, herb, liver medicine. is
vouched for by Mr.. W. N. Parsons, a
grocer Of this city. "It is without
doubt the best liver medicine, and I
don't believe | could get along without
It. | take It for soul stomach, head
ache. bad liver. indigestion, and all
other troubles that are the result OF
a torpid liver.
81 have known and used II for years.
and can and do highly recommend It
to every one. l won't go to bed with
out It In the house. It will do all It
claims to do, l can't say enough for
It,"
Many other men and women through
out the country have found Black
Draught Just as Mr. Parsons describes
valuable In regulating the liver to
its normal functions. and in cleansing
the bowels OF impurities.
Thedford's Black raught liver medi'
cine is the original and only genuine.
Accept no limitations or substitutes
Always ask for Thedtord's. E.s
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4th day Of April, 1921, by the Pro
bate Court of Lafayette County, Mis-
souri,. All persons having claims a
gainst said estate are required to ex-
hibit them for allowance to the I'M
dersigned within six months after the
date Of granting said letters, or they
may be precluded from any benefit Of
said estate; and if such claims be not
exhibited within one year from the
date Of granting said letters, they
will be forever barred.
Witness my signature on this 4th
day Of April, 1921.
F. LEE WALLACE,
Administrator,
Attested by Stephen N. Wilson, Judge
of Probate for Lafayette County,
Missouri.
(SEAL) April 8, 1921.
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FlNAL SETTLFMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all credi-
tors and other persons interested in
the estate of Samuel Moritz, deceased,
that the undersigned Administrator
will apply to make a final settlement
of said estate, at the May term, 1921,
of the Probate Court of Lafayette
Couny, Missouri, to be begun and held
at the Probate Court room, in the
city Of Lexington, on the second Mon
day in May, 1921.
WILLIAM M. NORTH,
Administrator
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EINAI.

Notice is hereby given to all credi'
tors and other persons interested II
the estate of George G. Weedin, de.
ceased, that the undersigned Admins.
traitor will apply to make a final set
Element Of said estate, at the Ma!
term, 1921. of the Probate Court o.
Lafayette County, Missouri, to be be
gun and held at the Probate C0ur
room, in the city Of Lexington, on tn
second Monday in May, 1921.
JOHN w. WEEDlN,
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LOCAL BOYS ARE
TRAINING DAILY
Principals in the Big Athletic
Exhibition Are in Shape
For Fast Bouts.

TOT fdSl OuLb
The local boys who will take
part in the big athletic exhibit
ton to be staged in the Santa
Fe Trail Garage, 18th and
Franklin, next Monday night,
April 18th, are working out reg
ularly and will be in splendid
shape for their bouts. Rene
Tincuff and "Blondy" Thomas,
who will meet in a six-round ex-
hibition, have been slamming
sparring partners all over the
ring in their training grind and
there is no doubt their bout win
highly entertain the local fol-
lowers Of the fistic game. Tin
cuff is fast as creased lightning
and packs a powerful punch,
while Thomas can give and take
with the best of them.
A great deal of interest is be-
ing aroused over the main event
of the evenings program and
with Knox and Hammers both
in splendid shape the match
should prove to be by far the
best ever staged here, Reports
from Marshall state that Ham
mers is down to hard training
for the contest and will be ac-
companied here by a large crowd
of his admirers from Saline
county. The advance seat sale
has exceeded all expectations
and if you intend to witness the
bouts you had better buy your
tickets now. There are a few
ring-side seats left at $500, and
a handful of the S1.00 paste
boards. Seats are on sale at the
Mayer Hardware Company and
from members of the American
Legion.
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FINAL %SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all credi-
tors and other persons interested in
the estate of Minnie f. Bowman, de-
ceased, that the undersigned Public
Administrator will apply to make a
final settlement of said estate, at the
May term, 1921, of the Probate Court
of Lafayette County, Missouri, to be
begun and held at the Probate Court
room, in he city of Lexington, on the
second Morday in May, 1921.
HENRY C. CHILES,
Public Administrator
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FINAL

Notice is hereby given to all credi-
tors and other persons interested in
the estate of Joe Giovenale, deceased,
that the undersigned Administrator
will apply to make a final settlement
of said estate, at the May term, 1921,
of the Probate Court Of Lafayette
County, Missouri, to be begun and
held at the Probate Court room, in
the city Of Lexington, on the second
Monday in May, 1921.
VICTORIA GIOVENALE,
Administrative with viii annexed,
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FINAL %SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all credi-
tors and other persons interested in
the estate of May Harwood, deceased,
that the undersigned Administrator
will apply to make a final settlement
of said estate, at the May term, 1921,
of the Probate Court of Lafayette
Couny, Missouri, to be begun and
held at the Probate Court room, in
the city of Lexington, on the second
Monday in May, 1921.
HENRY G. WALLACE,
Administrator with will annexed
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FINAL

Notice is hereby given to all credi-
tors and other persons interested in
the estate of Blanche Taubman de-
ceased. hat the undersigned Execu-
tor will apply to make a final settle
ment Of said estate, at the May term,
1921, of the Probate Court Of Lafay-
cite County, Missouri, to be begun
and held at the Probate Court room,
in the city of Lexington, on the Sec
ond Monday in May, 1921.
E. M. TAUBMAN,
Evar1Or
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FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all credi-
tors and other persons interested in
the estate Of Marie S. Afford, deceas-
ed, that the undersigned Administra-
tor will apply to make a final settle
ment Of said estate, at the May term,
1921, of the Probate Court of Lafay-
cite County, Missouri, to be begun and
held at the Probate Court room, in
the city Of Lexington, on the second
Monday in May, 1921.
FRANK S. BOWEN,
Administrator.
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PuBLIc ADMINISTRATIONS


Notice is hereby given, that by vir-
tue Of an order Of the Probate Court
Of Lafayette County, Missouri, made
on the 10th day Of March, 1921, the
undersigned, Public Administrator for
said County, has taken charge of the
Estate of John Bassa, deceased.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance within six
months after the date of said order,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit of such estate; and if said
claims be not exhibited within one
yeai from the date of said order they
will be forever barred.
This 10Th day of March, 1921.
D. w. SHERMAN,
Public Administrator,
Attested by Martha B. Marquis Clerk
of Probate Court for Lafayette
County, Missouri.
March %, 1921
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FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given to all credi-
tors and other persons interested in
the estate Of Ben Hin, deceased, that
the undersigned Administrator will APP
ply 10 make a final settlement Of said
estate, at the May term, 1921, Of the
Probate Court Of Lafayette County,