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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1013.
TIME FOR REAL WORK IN
ALASKA.
('.iingress lias neglected Alaska
shamefully lor many years and
this i*«>Ii<-> uf niin-acl inn has ser
iously relarded the development
of niie nl l lie richest seel inns nf
the nation. Congress lias been
fond' of bragging about Alaska
and her rich resources bid 111 tie
has been done to develop ibese
resources. *
I£. K. Swergal, a practical rail
road man connected willi I In* New
York Central lines, rereully made
ail exhaustive study of conditions
in Alaska with a view |<> acquaint
ing the people of the Cilited
Statots with the faulls of the gov
ernment's policy. Mr. Swergal
sums up his lindings as follows,
in an article in the Railroad Age
(laze tie:
“W’lial is needed as a remedy
is the adoption by I lie govern
ment of a definite and business
like development program, em
bracing five general items:
“I. Marly development of rail
roads by private enterprise, as
sisted and regulated by tile gov
ernment, or wholly undertaken
by the government.
"2. Revision of mining laws,
particularly coal land laws, to
permit of practical and early de
velopment.
3. Mon* uuerai appropria
tions to the army engineers who
have charge of highways and tel
egraph and cable lines, to enable
them to eit'ect a more rapid ex
tension of trails, and for the sub
stantial bridging of si reams al
dangerous points,
“i. A comprehensive plan for
additional fixed aids lo naviga
tion along tlie coast.
“5. (toiistrueliou of lorlilied
coaling hunkers for naval and
merchaill vessels.’’
In other words, Mr. Swergal
pleads for I he government lo op
en I he country lo development
capital and enterprise .iusl as our
western stales were opened half
a century ago. Most of the im
perial)! suggestions made by Mr.
Swergal are embodied in hills now
pending in congress and which
wdll he taken up early in the iJe
oember session. In view of the
importance of Alaska to Tacoma,
it is suggested that the commer
cial and other organizations of
the city lake action which will
impress upon the congressmen
from the northwestern states the
importance of pressing the Alas
kan question before congress un
til the needed legislation is enact
ed.--Tacoma Tribune.
AVIATION HERE AND ABROAD.
Almost daily there comes from
Kurnpe a report of some new and
ever wonderful achievement in
aviation-of another step taken
toward that conquest of the air
which obviously is soon to bring
ahoul even greater changes in
almost every human activity thaii
did the1 substitution of machine
, for hand labor that was the ep
och-making innovation of the
last century. The latest of Ihese
reports is (hat a French aviator
lias driven a monoplane I'-"*
miles at the rate of over two
miles a minute, and even he de
feated the slowest of his three
competitors in the race by only
ten minutes.
This is a triumph of less prac
tical importance, perhaps, than
the record-breaking distance
flights over both land and water
that other Kuropeap aviators are
making in such quick succession,
and possibly the. O’s and S’s
which the audacious Pegoud is
inscribing on the sky are rather
more astonishing than admir
able or proiltable, but every one
of these performances is indi
cative of ambition on the paid of
the foreign fliers and of interest
and support on the part of the
foreign public. France and tier
many are the leaders in this enor
mously important extension of
jhunian powers, but England and
Italy are following them closely.
When one looks at this coun
try the contrast is lamentable
and humiliating. Here, where
real llights through the air, as
distinguished from more helpless
drifting, were made by living men
first In all Ihe history of the
world—here, when* Ihe persist
ence and genius of Ihe Wrights
turned avialion from a crazy
dream info an accomplished fact
--here, when1 Ihe seed now blos
soming so magnificently abroad
originatedt-wcl.I, here, two or
threw rich men are plaving rath
er languidly with hydroplanes,
lull the public pays no attention
lo them. The llighls a Mineola
all rad a poor handful of uncx
eiled spectators, and even Ihe at
tendants at county fairs have lost
11 heir old eagerness lo see a man
j killed while doing foolish
r’slimls" high above their empty
j heads—which is ahoul all Ihe
j “encouragement” we ever did give
lo aviation, if Ihe truth must he
I old. And if is iu Europe, no; m
the fnited Slates, that the
j iiizalion of Ihe aeroplane s-on
j will give, nr a-ready Inn given.
d ine reasonable .. >r sa'e_
ly hitherto lacking.
All this is as far beyond com
prehension as if is from any ex
cuse compatible with our nation
al self-respecl. Have our invent
ors lost their cunning, our avia
tors I heir courage, our [people
their appreciation for success
Ww York Times.
TRADE AS AN AID TO PEACE.
The expanding trade between
Hie I'nited Stales and Japan is
one of the best possible guaran
tees of the continued peaceful re
lations of these two governments.
II is stated, that Jiis trade, dur
ing the last liseul year, attain
ed .such proportions that the ex
porls of the republic to the is
lands aggregated more than the
.exports to all other countries of
Asia combined. History does not,
teach that nations always slop to
consider their pocketbooks before
engaging in material strife. How
ever, commerce is an aid to peace,
and peaceful relations mean a
continued increase in trade. This
is a strong incentive to resort to j
diplomacy first.
iSI SINESS HOUSES
CLOSE TOMORROW
All I In* Va-ldez bossiness houses
w ill close for half a day loiuor- ,
row in order lhal Alaska Dayj
may he properly cidehrated. Pat- !
roils of Hie stores should order i
early that I he clerks may have;
'jin opportunity lo celebrate. No j
issue of the Prospector will he |
printed.
Coal Coming on Seward.
The Valdez Dock company will \
receive 250 tons of Roslyn coal j
on I he freighter Seward, which!
will reach Valdez tomorrow.
Charles Kracmer, the superin
tendent of the dock company,
wired for 1,000 tons, but could
receive only one-quarter of his
order. Another shipment of 147
tons will follow on the next
freighter a few days later. The
147 tons was all they shipped out
of 500 ordered.
Special Saturday Change.
A special Saturday change of
'pictures at the Orpheum tomor
row evening with plenty of time
'to attend the dances after the
show.
You.should not mis sthe line
pictures tonight at eight o’clock
sharp. Free matinee tomorrow
at 2 p. m: for the ehildrem, giv
en ity Mr. and Mrs. Wikidel.
—The flower beds ofi the court
house lawn have been covered
willi straw to protect the plants
this winter from the snow and
frost. It is exacted by this means
to have the pansy and forget-me
nots in bloom as soon as the snow
goes in the> spring. The lawn
and flower beds of the court house
have been exceptionally line the
past summer.
Subscribe for the Prospector
Your good taste
and good sense
can be applied in full measure at
this store. Our pledge is to give
you the same class of merchan
dise that you see displayed in the
leading men’s stores of the big
cities. These big city stores may
excel us in size but they cannot
excel us in values. We handle
“The same price the v::: :ld ever"
You arc sure of the same style and the
.same values as well as the same
Our new display include; ;:!i the ;v\v
for Fall—the new colors, the iniost d >th dVecf.-, the
prevailing styles—some conservative, s :vn e r- • to.
Every suit and overcoat is guaranteed* Vou
get style plus all-wool fabrics phi* expert •••. ,.r5:n:au
ship plus fit.
If the makers had not spent sixty-four years i ■ laeku-.T up
a trained organization, and in establishing an uneo.aaiii d last ing
power, the price would U(:352l> to
$25 instead of only $17.
Your good lastc and good
Sense will say '*STYI.EI’UTS for
mine.” ()nr mirrorand five min
utes of your time will prove it,
i
GOOD GOODS
The Economy Store—
The STYLEPLUS Stare
MAN MO WIFE’S
SUICIDE PACT
Chicago Merchant Kills His Wife,
But Makes Blundering Job
of Suiciding.
Chicago, Ocl. I/.--Jack Kllis. a
wealthy leather merchant, mur
dered, his wife and attempted sui
cide by shooting himself in the
breast. lie is expected to die.
When ipicsl ioned hy the police,
he stated that his wife and him
self had made a suicide pact, both
being willing to go to the next
world, as they had lost all de
sire to live, the many business
reverses of the past year de
termining them to go before all
their wealth was gone.
FOR RENT—3-room apartment
finely furnished; hoi and cold
water and bath. Reasonable
rent. Centrally located. Enquire
at the Prospector.
If you want to seH or buy any
second-hand furniture, stoves,
etc., call up City Express. Tele
phone 82.
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Fresh eastern oysters at the
Valdez. Cafe. tf
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CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
"QUICK ACTION"
i* my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
HUGO FELS
Contractor anil BuHder
Day Work if Deaind
Estimate! Furnished
WORK GUARANTEED
Don’t rieglectyour health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
ia prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
Copper River
Draying Co
l<'relKlitin* and passengers to all parti
of the interior. General Trucking
hid. Wood, - Proprietoi
Melviriiey St. Valdez.
|I««p Hotel
EUROPEAN^
SEATTLE
C»as. Peppy, mop.
THE BEST OT EVERYTHING
IN THE BEAUT or'IfflCriT
135gooHs¥frmBltTH-50 SomrltooNs
Schedule of the Donaldson.
The following schedule for
launch “Lieut. C. V. Donaldson”
will take effect today. All orders
to the contrary are revoked.
Daily, Saturday and Sunday, ex
cepted :
Leave Fort Liseuin, Alaska.
8:15 a. in. and 1:15 p. in.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:15 a.
in. and 4:00 p. m.
Tuesdays:
Leave Fort Liseuin, Alaska,
8:15 a. in. 1:15 p. in. and 5:00 p.
in.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:15 a.
in. 2:00 p. in. and 5:30 p. in.
Saturdays:
Leave Fort Liseuin. Alaska,
1:15 p. in. and T :00 p. in.
Leave Valdez, Alaska. 1:00 p. j
in. and 10:30 p. in.
iitere win iiij tiijja iui inr
launch on the 2nd and 4th Fri- I
days of each month, these days
being used to clean boilers.
Soecial trips or cancelling of
the above will be made without
notice only to meet the exigen
cies of the service.
By order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
R. G. SHERRARO,
Second Lieut. 30th Infantry,
(Juarlermasler.
Hospital of the Gnotf Samaritan.
For $0 we will give you a tic
ket entitling you to hospital ser
vice and care for any eight weeks
out of the y*)ar from date of your
ticket, \/he# incapacitated by in
jury Dr sickness.
See W. IL ZIEGLER.
Postoffloe Hours.
Week days 0 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 12 noon
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish*
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOA
PATENT—-Survey No. 993.
Seria] tto. United State
Land Office, Juneau, Alaska.
August 28, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that m pm-su
ance of the act of Congress approved
May to, 1872, Fred LUjegren, whose
postoffice address is Ellamar, Alaska ha
made application for a patent Tor 1.590
linear reet on the Copper Bullion No i
lode mining claim and Tor 1,500 linear
reel on the Copper Bullion No. 2 lot.!'
mining claim, hearing copper, together
with surface grounds as allowed bv law
lying, being and situate in the record
ing precinct or Valdez, Alaska, and de
scribed by the official plat and by the
Held notes or IJ. a. Mineral Survey No
903, on file in the office or the Hegistei
or the Juneau Land District, at Juneau,
Alaska, as follows, to-wit:
Copper Bullion No. 1 Lode.
Beginning at Cor. No. I, whence li. .-.
.Mineral Monument No. s hears N. 40 de
grees 4 4 minutes ill seconds E. 613.92 reet
distant; thence N. til deg. 09 non. \V. 60o
feet to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 2K deg 5 1
mill. E. 1500 feet to Cor. No. 3- thence
S. 01 deg. 09 mill. E. 000 reel ' to Cor
No. 4; thence S. 2K deg. 5 1 min. W. 150m
feet to Cor. No. i, place or beginning.
Area 20.061 acres. The Additional ami
Amended Location Certlllcate ul the Cop
per Bullion No. I lode claim Is duly el
record in Book 14 of the Records or tie
Valdez Recording Precinct at page
This claim is hounded on tile north l>-.
the Copper Bullion No. 2 lode claim.
copper Bunion no. z Lode.
Beginning lit Cor. No. I, Identical with
Cor. No. 4, Copper Bullion No. t I.odo ol'
this survey previously described, whence
li. S. Mineral Monument No. s bears
17 deg. 13 mill. 50 see. \V. 934.98 feet
distant; llienee N. 91 deg.' 09 mill. W.
two reel to Cor. No. 3, identical wilii
Cor. No. a. Copper Uiillion No. I Lode:
thence N. 38 deg. 51 min. K. 1500 feet
to Cor. 3, whence u witness corner, a po.-t
marked C U No. 3 Cor. 3 W C hears S. 2
deg. 51 min. W. 383.40 feet; thcnre rrom
true comer 8. fii deg. 09 min. E. two
feet to Cor. No. 4, whence a witness cor
ner, a post marked C B No. 3 corner i
\V C bears S. 38 deg. 51 mm. \V. 1 41.7r«
feet; llienee from true corner S. 38 deg.
51 min. W. 1500 feet to Cor. No. t, the
place of beginning. Area 30.iitil acre-.
The Additional arid Amended Location
Certlllcate of the copper Bullion No. 3
lode claim is duly of record in Book 1 i
or Records or the Valdez Recording Pre
cinct at page 3112. Tills claim is bound
ed on the south by the Copper Bullion No.
I lode.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion ol' said mining claims or sur
face ground, are hereby required to file
their adverse claims wilh the Register
of the U. 8. Land office at Juneau, Alaska
within the time prescribed by law, or they
will be barred by virtue or the provis
ions of the sialnle.
FREIl LILJEOREN,
Claimant.
II is hereby ordered I. at tile forego!!,:
notiee of application be published In tie
Valdez Daily Prospector, the newspaper
published nearest the said mining elairr
for a period of -ixlv days.
C. it. WALKER,
Register.
Date or tlrst publication Aug. 27, 191
Date of last publication Nov. 5, 1913
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Manufacturers of
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Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Points.
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