The Cordova daily times. [volume], January 01, 1921, Page 2, Image 2

About The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947

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New Year’s
Greetings
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To our friends and customers we extend our
New Year’s greeting with the hope that the
year 1921 will bring them much happiness
and prosperity.
At this time we also wish to thank you for
your patronage which made this our record
year for business; We shall endeavor to merit
a continuation of this patronage, with Service
and Quality as our motto.
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Cordova Drug Co.
7A& ^ Store
E. V. BOYLE, Manager
SgFRED M. SCHAUPP H
SANITARY PLUMBING
Steam-Fitting, Marine Pipe and Tank Work
Sheet Metal Work
SECOND STREET, NEXT DOOR TO FEDERAL JAIL
PHONE 72
ms&mm LUMBER
WHOLESALE RETAIL
Prompt Attention Given to Small as
Well as Large Orders
Cordova Mill and Lumber Company
Telephone 5 P. 0. Box 218
Copper River and
Northwestern Ry,
Effective November 1, 1920.
TRAIN LEAVES—
Cordova for Chitina Monday and Thursday.
Chitina for Eennecott Tuesday, Friday and
Sunday.
Eennecott for Chitina Monday, Wednesday
and Saturday.
Chitina for Cordova Tuesday and Friday.
THIS 8CHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
Freight received and delivered at Cordova Wharf from
9 a. m. to & p. m„ except Sundays
and Holiday*
Ticket* on sale at Second Street Depot Office ene hour
before departure ef trains.
CALEB CORSER, Superintendent MARK MoALLEN, Ticket Agent
FINE PAPER ON
CONSTITUTION
BY HENDERSON
fine of tb* beat of many arttrtaa
from tb* pen of any Alaaka I* a
circular latter **nt by L. D. Hen*
I deraan to auparintandanta, principal*
and taachara of Alaaka calling their
attention to a pamphlet dealing with
the atudy of the constitution of tb*
United State* The lettter follow*
"There ha* never been a period In
the hl»tory of our nation when It wa*
40 Important that thoae who are soon
to direct It* affair* be well Informed
aa to the baalc principle* of the Amer
ican system of government. The ten
dency today la to tear down without
; regard for the consequence* and with
out considering anything at all as
fundamental or essential. Many lose
sight of the fact that man In hi* evo
lution from a condition where each
! Individual was sufficient unto him*
! self to our present day highly organ
i Ized society has discovered certain
basic political truths and that there
are laws In the political world which
are as remorseless In their applica
tion as those In the physical world.
| The law of gravitation is unchange
able and works destruction upon
those who defy it. In the same way
nations which attempt to ignore the
fundamental laws which make for
national prosperity, growth and hap
piness and which build upon false
political ideals are doomed to ulti
mate destruction.
The constitution of the United
States is the product of thousands of
year* of human experience. The 65
delegatee to the Constitutional con- ‘
version who sat In Independence hall.
Philadelphia, from May >6 to Sep
tember IT. 1767, were men who knew
not only colonial but also world bla- I
tory. In tears and blood, they them
selves, their fathers for generations
had worked out (hoes principles of j
governmsnt which those principles of
government which were then enunci
ated. Washington, Hamilton, Frank -
Itn, Madison and their associates
were not Intellectual or moral weak- !
lings. They were Informed, had the |
courage of their convictions and pro
duced a document which, used as the
fundamental law of the land, has en
abled the United States to rise to the j
front ranhs of the nations of the
earth In a little more than a century
and a quarter In spite of the various
handicaps under which she has been
forced to labor, aurh as civil ami po
litical wars, the assimilation of mil
lions of Immigrants whose traditions
and political outlook are contrary to
her own, etc.
EMPRESS
TONIGHT ONLY
TWO SHOWS
During the period the constitution
has boen amended nineteen times,
the first ten amendments being prac
tically agreed upon before the original
constitution was ratified. The other
nine amendments have nullified no
thing basic set forth In the original
document. The eleventh and twelfth
limit to some extent the power of fed
eral courts and provide a new elec
toral law. The thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth grew directly out of the
changed status of the negro as a re
sult of the Civil war. The sixteenth
empowers congress to levy and col
lect an income tax. The seventeenth
changes the manner of the selection
of the members of the U. S. senate.
The eighteenth forbors the manufac
ture, importation or sale of intoxicat
ing liquors and the nineteenth re
moves suffrage restriction heretofore
imposed because of sex by extending
the voting power to women.
The demagogue and self-appointed
guardian of the interests of the
people have for the past few years
been atempting to show that the
constitution is a back number, that
it has already been so amended and
changed that the priciples originally
set forth have been practically nulli
fied, that the so-called fundamentals
are not at all fundamental because of
the fact that in the light of the new
day which they state is dawning our
eyes are being opened to the fact that
our fathers laid spurious lumber
rather than solid oak in the keel of
the ship of state—statements which
every well-informed person knows are
untrue.
It is against this class of individ
ual that our republic must arm it
self. The first line of defense is the
American public school system whose
duty it is to present to boys and girls
real truths regarding the constitution.
This should be done particularly in
upper grades of the elementary school
and in the high school. As an aid in
offering an intensive course on this
subject, we are presenting herewith a
number of copies of a pamphlet pre
pared by the National Security
League entitled, “Our Charter of
Liberty.” Each boy and girl in the
eighth grade and high school should
not only read this pamphlet from cov
er to cover but should study and dis
cuss with others the contents. Since
the subject of English is studied by
all pupils, we are suggesting that the
books he used as a text during Eng
lish recitation periods and that a suf
ficient number of recitations be con
ducted during the remainder of the
year to enable English classes to be
come thoroughly familiar with the
constitution and its proper interpre
tation.
in all your troubles you can
always find something to be
glad about, says
“POLLYANNA”
as potrayed by
MARY 'v
PICKFORD
in her newest photoplay
From Eleanor H Porter'* Novel “Pollyanna**
Published by the Page Company
Screen Adaptation by Frances Marion
Photographed by Charles Rosher
Her gladness is contagious.
See the picture that has made
millions happy, that keeps the
laughter chasing tears and makes
the heart sing.
Meet
Your
Friends
at
The Club
billiard
HALL
wane tne enure cements ui tuc
| pamphlet are worthy of serious con
sideration, your attention is especial
ly called to “A Catechism of the Con
stitution of the United States” by
Henry Litchfield West, and to the
article entitled, ‘‘The Six Fundamen
tal Principles of the Constitution,”
by James Beck. The first principle
laid down in the latter article, name
ly that a Republican form of govern
ment such as our constitution estab
| lished is essentially a representative
form of government, cannot be over
emphasized. A direct action gov
ernment cannot endure as the history
| of nations of the world definitely
shows.
The big dance every Saturday at
Eagle Hall.
Oraham Bread fresh every day at
the City Bakery.
HONG KONG
Restaurant
CHOP SUEY
CHINESE NOODLES
All Kinds of Light Lunches
Tray Service Our Specialty
Charley Chong
Phone 169.
GENERAL MACHINE WORK OIL WELL DRILLING MACHINERY SUPPLIES
HARMON MACHINERY COMPANY, INC.
MAIN STEAMER DOCK EST. 1914 CORDOVA, ALASKA
ONE SHOW ONLY,
■ SOINNtNQ I P M
7:30 and 9:00
SHE HAS
COME TO US
AT LAST!
“P
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IT’S NOT A
PLAY!
IT’S REAL LIFE!
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SUNDAY NIGHT ONLY
Two Shows 7:30 and 9:00 o’clock
William S. Hart
-in- • .i-'niS
“J >hn
Petticoats77
IMAGINE—“Bill” Hart, fresh from the
lumber camps landed plump in the tangle
of a ladies’ lingerie business.
IMAGINE—The best buck dancer of the
north, doing a fox trot in the proud old
mansion of New Orleans.
IMAGINE—William Hart as detective, lov
er, fighter, man all through.
There’s Fun, Humor, Appeal and Thrills
in this smashing he-man picture
PATHE NEWS COMEDY
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COMING NEXT WEEK—
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“EYE FOR AN EYE”