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M)i' iuiljj ProHpprtar
PUBLISHED BY
'THWART * SELBY, FroprtMoft
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Daily Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,;
fitly 23, 1912, at the poatofllce of Valdez.
Alaska, under act of March S, 1111.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
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Dally Prospector,
Ay carr- r, per month --$140
;-'v mall, oer annum .....JMdl
The Weekly Miner. *'
; he Dally Prospector and Weekly
Miner, by mall, to one address
only, per year .JtlM
'tus'ness Office and Editorial Room*
v carrier, per month ...4 40
Uy mall, per annum .4 S4S
Vho Dally Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad
dress, per month ..-.-4 1.35
TEL. 162
Advertising Rates on Application.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 0, 1910
VOI R VOTE TOMORROW MAY BE
FATAL TO VALDEZ.
How will you vote tomorrow?
Will you vote for a bigger, better
and more prosperous Valdez, or do
you wish to continue the unseemly
squabble of the past eight years?
A vote for Mr. Wickersham means
a vote against the best interests of
Valdez.
Mr. Wickersham's unceasing fight
the past eight years against the Road
Commission, the Valdez-Falrbanks
trail, and the town itself has worked
irreparable injury to the city.
If Mr. Wickersham is elected «nd
outinues his vindictive fight to have
th Road Commission headquarters
renn /ed to Juneau, the military post
removed to Seward or Anchorage, and
it cable headquarters removed to
ard, Valdez will be a city of the
past. These organizations bring many
thousands of dollars into our city.
Their loss would be deeply felt by
every man in our town, whether he
be a supporter of the fighting dele
gate or a friend of some other candi
date.
The Delegate has fomented strife
and discord in our midst; and has
alienated the friendship of neighbor
for neighbor.
Our fight against the Delegate has
been confined solely to his record.
Personally we believe him to be a very
able lawyer and politician; but an
utter failure as a representative of
this great Territory.
lie is arrayed against every interest
necessary for the upbuilding of our
city.
We do not charge that Mr. Wick
ersham’s election will wreck the Ter
ritory, but we believe it will kill the
city of Valdez’s ultimate chances for
rapid growth.
The future of the town is in your
hands.
We ask you to consider well the
effect Mr. Wickersham’s election will
have upon our town. *
We believe you are honest and con
scientious in your preference for the
Delegate; but we do not believe you
have Investigated his record.
We believe he has held the office
long enough. There Is no use giving
a man a live-time Job at the govern
ment's expense. ,
Try another man for Delegate tor
the next two yegra and If he does not
show more beneficial 'results than "We
have obtained In the past, then niece
Mr. Wlckersham back in office.
A change In the Delegatee hip al this
time would work incalculable gotM to'
the town.
[ If you love your town nod do not
| wish to see It wiped off the map, dr.
not cast your vote for
Janos WicUersham for Delegate!
CAN’T 8EK HOW WE 1*0 IT.
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"RUNNING a paper in Alaska is a
very hard Job.” writer, a brother ed:
tor, from a nearby Alaskan town. “If
you mention one faction the other fac
tion Is sore, and as you are sure to
mention all factions favorably if you
are running a real newspaper, it is hut
a question of time until the whole
population looks at the paper much ns
a hound dog docs a rabbit. The Kil
kenny cats had not hing on Alaskans (
wnen u conies 10 ngnting corn nine-.
[Now, here in my own town, I have
had much trouble in causing the peo
ple to realize that I am running ;•'
paper for the WHOLE population; n< !
a favored few; which. 1 judge, is the1
trouble you have been encountering
A paper’s very existence in a small
town depends upon its drawing from .
ALL sides and to do tliis it is neces
sary to be fair with all sides. You !
have been fairer to all parlies, in my
opinion, than any paper which conics
to my exchange table. I notice you
have refused no one advertising \vh
would pay for it. and have kept in 1
the middle of the road regardii r the
factional fights. God knowatiow you
do it, and retain the good will of the
population, i cannot do it hero in
|- and I sometimes wonder if the
game is worth considering, and if i*
would not he hetter to tear out tlit.
plant and go back to greener fields
and less squabbling.”
We publish the above to show the
opinion of our course in allowing a1'
citizens gf Valdez free access to on
advertising columns. We have triml
hard to convince the people we are
not discriminating against any indi
vidual or party, and that we are giv
ing the citizens of Valdez one of the
best papers in the Territory. The fact,
that the paper is or is not appreciated
has not yet entered into our cahiila
tions. We are trying t<> bring Valdez
into favorable publicity with Eastern
capital and look for our reward in
the future growth ami upbuilding of
the town.
The citizens can shirk on the job
and leave the fight for better things
with the Prospector if they so desire.
It will not change our line of cam
paign for the upbuilding of Valdez.
Could we have the unanimous supporl
of our citizens we could accomplish
results more quickly and more ami
cably, hut these results will come to
Ja happy consummation, nevertheless.
(Paid Advertisement.)
Democratic Candidate
For Delegate to Congress
CHAS. A. SULZER
Vote for an adequate School System.
Vote for Good Roads and Trails.
Vote for a Primary Eaw. 2 «•
Vote for Home Rule and Self Government.
Vote'for the Protection of our Fisheries.
Vote for Honest and Earnest Representation
Vote against Misrepresentation.
VOTE FOR SULZER
We believe, as we have believed
from our initial number, that title
city is destlaeiKtd he One of the bes
in the Territory, Much depends upon
the auanfr.ilty trjth which we worl(
to that end..’ [ s ^
T>Al*KH ll AN ltraSni AIK TO Aide
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OtTH readers will pardon the undue
pride we manifest in calling their at
tention at various limes to the really
excellent paper we are giving them.
We have increased orr telcgtaphi'
service by several hundred words so
as to keep our citizens posted 0:1 cur
rent election news of interest. Wliih
the (likpatches have lieim strongly
Democratic in tone, it should not he
attributed to a desire on our part to
color them; but rather to the fact
that this has been the drift of opi'iion
in the States, and also to the fact that
onr correspondent, realizes that most
of our population are strongly Demo
cratic. However, last week our dis
patches were 28 per cent Democratic
26.7 Republican, and 45.2 general
miscellany, as a comparison of our
files will show. Therefore, we cannol
see where any individual or pally ba->
any cause to complain of discrimina
tion. We have boosted for the pat
ties who have paid us to boost for
them, and if any candidate or party
has not received favorable notice a1
our bauds it is because the person or
parly has not paid for such notices.
We have tried and will continue to
run the paper for ALL the people. It
is the people's forum, and no one is
barred from an expression of opinion
provided they conform to tlie well
known rules of modern journalism.
WI'IjFK SAYS “Hl'OHKS."
“HUGHES is going to bo elected.
He will undoubtedly carry Pennsyl
vania, New York and all the New En
gland Stales except Connecticut,
which is now in the doubtful column
as a result of unprecedented prosper
ity brought by the manufacturing of
war munitions for export. Indiana
and Illinois seem certain for Hughes
with Ohio doubtful for the same rea
son as Connecticut. West of the Mis
sissippi. the vote will he very strong
for Hughes. The Southern stoles of
course, are for Wilson.”
The above is from our old friend.
Oharles Wulff. and is probably of in
terest to Alaskans, showing how they
consider things hack in New York.
Whether Mr. Wulff is right or not will
lx1 shown by the returns tomorrow
night. One thing is sure, Roosevelt
has weakened Hughes' chances to an
appreciable extent, and may probably
cause his defeat.
MANY of our citizens are procrasti
nating in the matter of observing
proper precautions against loss by tire.!
With a large number of frame build-;
ings crowding our main street, it is
hut a question of time until Valdez i
suffers another costly blaze. Klues
should lie examined, and if needed,
I lie proper repairs and cleanings
should he made at once. The present
system of forming an outlet for the
passage of smoke is a very poor one I
at tile best. The city should establish
lire limits and
owners to erect
should require
that they are kept
time of tile city's
positively a calamity,
not yet recovered from
of last year. To have
ire loss would set the
work or cement work, as
owner prefers, any man
old flues and ventilators
tile winter at a small
better to lie safe than to
"I WANT to
tile excellency of your
only point that specially
mind is whether or not
furnishing TOO GOOD A
til** money you receive for
size of your population. In
i.ection J enclose you
called newspaper, printed
This town lias many times
latiou of Valdez, and is a
richer. Ils bank deposits
what they are in Valdez,
inferior to your paper.”
‘‘THE daily newspapers—B
population and the high cost ofl
white paper and telegraph toll
sidered- were a revelation to I
should say that, fields and popn
consideied, they give more no|fl
any others under similar conn
in the United States, though tM
ing price of the newspapers in,!
ally ten cents per copy.”— ■HI
McRae, in Alaskan Article.'^^H
We're on time like the 4
Express. =
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Fresh Augustine & Kyi
Krisp and Queen Victorias 4
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Location notices, Dotn ql
placer, at the Miner office.*
Anything in nugget and l*
elry at Valdez Drug Co. ‘
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Banquet Steel Ranges, p
polished tops, at Mead’s.
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Valdez Drug Company bi
line of School Stationery. '
An up-to-date line of co|
and ranges at Mean’s.
Steam Healed Rooms, 50c,
#1 per day at the Arizona.
Malted Milk Chocolate at
dez Candy Kitchen.
Just received, a new line
Waters and Perfumes. Owl
‘ FATHER SEEKS NEWS
OF MISSING BON
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T. CarvRattisay, of Swat
[An a letter written tO’ J. W
[of the bietrlct'Cottjft^it
; asking for iaforfuittiql^
whereabouts of hi*, sorij ^ho”
ing to his information came to Alaska
lo hold a federal position and who Is
said to have died here. Anyone hav
ing information should communicate
with Mr. Bell at Juneau.
The letter follows:
‘lOn Uw 3rd of January last I re
ceived a telegram signed 'Mrs. Ham
say,' informing me of the death of i
t my son Roy. I had no previous i
knowledge of my son being in Alaska, |
or of his marriage, of which I have
doubts. 1 therefore, wrote to the au !
thorities at Seattle, where my son re-J
aided for several years, and where, to
enable him to purchase a share in
i ho fuel business of Messrs. Monty;
.tnd Miller, I advanced him U. S.
•1,800.
"The reply from Seattle not being
".atisfnctory the U. S. consul at this
oort has kindly taken up the matter
lor me and is writing to Seattle again.
In the meantime I have heard from
Messrs. Monks and Miller, that my
son left them and took up a govern
ment position in Alaska, where he
died.
"May 1 ask if any administrator has
been appointed and could I be inform
ed as to what settlement has been
made in re my son’s estate? You will
understand that his parents would
prize his private effects very much in
deed. and I shall be deeply grateful
for any assistance you can render me
in this matter. At present I don’t
|even know where my son lies.”
Location notices, both quarts and
placer, tor sale at the Prospector of
fice.
New Heaters from $12.60 up,
Wood Stoves, Pipe, Cooking Utensils
and Wash Boards at Rudolph’s. tf
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Try the Cottage Dining Room for
i good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
I Rucker. Phone 131. tf
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
FOR SALES- -Thoroughbred Llewel
lyn pups. $10 and $16 eacli each.
HSrich Lucas, Seward, Alaska. 11-30
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—la Owl Drac Star*.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT - COLD
YOIT CAN GKT A
of satisfaction by buyini
bread, cakes and pastrf
us. First, because you
promptly and court
waited on. Second, th«]
be r.o possible doubt ns
(limlity ot our bakery
«<•*-*■ Third and last
they are not priced as h^|
their extra fine quality L
seem to indicate.
Schmidt’s B
Delicatessen
SA A & & A A A A A Adk A JL J. AA A A_
Pa^^^^Htlsement
COBB
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» Democrat
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For
GENERAL
Who as EY-GENERAL on
September 5th, the cases against the
ALASKA FISH the UNITED STATES
CIRCUIT ALS which gives the
TERRITORY LF MILLION DOLL
ARS. The big fought this law bitterly
but he won and tablished by decisions
of the court e right of the legisla
ture to tax the d fishing resources of
ALASKA.
A Resident Territory for
N Years.
Election Novem
I PLEA
tO SUP 900TLE6UEUS
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The entire state of Tennessee is
dry—that Is, unadulterated liquor can
not be sold openly. But bad jvhisky
and other injurious substitutes may
be obtained in "blind tigers.”
The following Is a letter from a
heart-broken wife to the Minneapolis I
Press:
Editor the Press: Why don’t tin j
administration close the dives In this
city? Why dou't they stop the sale
of whiskey? You can get It in the res
taurants all you want. Gambling Is
also going on In every corner and the
police know It. The chief knows it.
My home is wrecked and my life is
ruined. My husband has drunk until
he has lost his mind and left his home
and wife without one bite to eat, or
one cent to buy anything with—run
ning after the bamgling hells and rot
ten whiskey?
Will the good people of this town
stand for it? My hURhand was one of
the best men in the world until this
blind tiger business started.
For God’s sake close these gamb
ling hells and blind tigers.
From a wife who has suffered from
the curse of bootlegging and who is
today without a dollar.
——
Following is another comment on
farmers making liquor at home, a
practice which enables many of them
to laugh at the prohibition laws.
“The fact that Oregon has gone dry
seems to have had a stimulating ef
feet upon the inventive genius of he'
people, if we are to credit the repo'?
in the reliable New York Times that
a Clackamas farmer has discovered
that it is possible to make practically
pure alcohol hy running apple cider
through a cream separator. Would
it not be a curious development if the
meek and lowly cream separator of
the famous Hood river apple country
should become a more serious menace
to the internal revenue of the country
than the mountain still of Kentucky
or Tennessee?”
Since the states of Washington and
Oregon went dry, according to the
Montana Hecord, their citizens have
developed a frightful thirst for cider.
The Record says:
"Cider wanted, and wanted at one ■
ai d wanted badly,” is the cry that has
come from Washington and Oregon to
local railroads from their representa
tives in those two states. A whole
carload is needed at once and more
later.
"It is claimed that since both stales
went dry the manufacture of a hard
cider, consisting of the old fashioned
cider that was placed on the Sunday
table in the good old days back or
the farm, with something that give
a sensation of a kick has gone ahe-i'’
by leaps and bounds and practically
«tery quart of cider in the two states
has been brongnt up for remodeling ”
—Adv.
SKATES for sale and skates sliarp
; Uie City Express. tf
!ade Mince Pies at the Ar
tf
For steam heated rooms come to
the Golden North. tf
I The Golden North has steam heat
ed rooms. tf
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| Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug
Company. tf
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* Carbureters, magnetos, batteries,
Spark plugs and colls at Mead’s. tf
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When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE *EXT#ON. PROP.
SiRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Aye. Seward. Alaska
THE EMPRESS
JANET BEECHER
FINE FEATHERS
NI6HT LIFE AT MURRAY’S NEW YORK.
Interesting Five Act Feature.
8 p. m. Sharp. Regular Admission
ST. ELIAS HOTEL
Under New Management
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED; WARM, LIGHT, OUTSIDE ROOMS
SPECIAL RATES TO PERMANENT GUESTS
PHONE 104 MR8. L. HOLT, Prop.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
[MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. TelsphossM
PROFESSIONAli CAROS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Others over Valilri Drug I'o.
Phone’15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon. II. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hoapltul)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National Lnlerrsltj
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Ysars In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Itooms In Whaling Ilutldlup
DONOHOE & DIMOND
AlTORNBYS-AT-tAW
on re Opposite Court House
Phonr 34 VAI.DKZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYON* e. r IllTCUir
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOIt N K YS-AT-IsA W
Office* Id IVhallDjr Building
Phone lOl VALDEZ. ALASKA
I. O. O. F. No. 6
Meet* every Monday evening in Me
j Kinley Hall at 8:00 o'clock.
Vlaitiug member* cordially invited to
attend these meetings.
C. C. RUDOLPH, N. U.
T. O. QUINN, Sec.
[ PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. SKVKN
Meets every Tuesday evening at 8:00
o’clock in their hall over U. S. Coin
tuissioner’s office. Visitors are always
welcome.
T. H. HUNT, President.
E. O. AMES, Secretary.
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street oppoeate V. M. Store.
! Valdes. Alaska
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VALDEZ JjODGK
NO 108
Free aid Amefted IHaioai
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in eaclr month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M
I ED WOOD, Secretary.
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Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER, PreaUeat.
Granite Min*
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdai Alaska.
Hand laundrv. Phone 81 MeKInle;
St. tf
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LOUIE'S cafe:
Everything First class
11 j Open Day and Niffht
i;; ANDY MAROVICH, Prop. • j
LAUNCH N & S
l. eavee every Wednesday at • a.
m. from Valdes Doek for Bella*
mar. Lanrilork, aad Fldalaro.
leaven every Saturday at • a. m.
from Valdes Doek for Cedar Bay,
Wrlla Bay, Port Wells aad Graa*
Ite Mine.
PORTAGE BAY AND OTHER
POINTS.BY CONTRACT
W. J. CALLAGHAN
OWNER AND MASTER.
The Best Place is Yalder to
Stop at'le the
Arctic Hotel
Ware, Light Rooai—The Hsu* af Caalat
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Ratca Bp the Meath
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, top
Copper River
Draying Co
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Freighting and Passengers,
to all parts of the Interior.-.
GENERAL TRUCKING;
McKinley Street, Valdun
ED. WOOD. Peopribtosr
A. M. DIERINQJtR
Valdez Transfer
Company .
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genet al Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance