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STEWART & SELBY, l-’roprietors
TERMS.
Dally Prospector.
By carrier, per month ..* 1.00
By mail, per annum .*10.00
The Weekly Miner.
By carrier, per month .* .40
i By mail, per annum .* 3.00
} The Daily Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad
dress, per month .• 1.25
The Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner, by mail, to one address
only, per year .*13.50
Business Office and Editorial Rooms,
TEL. 152
Advertising Rates on Application.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1915
ALASKA MUST HAVE ROADS.
The efforts of Charles G. Wulff,
while in Seattle recently, to obtain
the help of the citizens of that great
metropolis toward getting a big ap
propriation for Alaska roads are very
commendable, and characteristic of
the man. When it is considered that
the few thousands given to the Road
Commission must be expended over
a territory nearly as large as the
States, and that the Road Commission
to make these expenditures must
travel farther than from San Fran
cisco to New York many times each
year, the wonder is that the roads
are as good as we have found them
to be. What the territory needs, as
Mr. Wulff says, is a large appropria
tion—not dribbled out a few thou- ]
sands at a time—but enough money
to build good trails, connecting with
main arteries, all over the territory.
This is not so difficult, as is consid
ered in the states. The topography
of the country is such that the broad,
fertile valleys can all be tapped by
good roads, while the higher lands
could be reached by pack trails. It:
is no harder to build good roads,in|
Alaska than in the State of Washing-!
ton, and yet several counties in that
progressive state expended more
money for good roads last year than
was allowed the whole Territory of
Alaska. Where temporary roads are
built, the cost is always much greater.
At this day and age, no road com
missioner in the smallest county in
the states would consider using any
thing but steel and concrete to span
.streams and rivers, yet our commis
sion is forced to use cheap lumber,
poles, muck, or whatever comes the
handiest and cheapest. The conse
quence is that such roads are always
in need of repair, and cost many more
dollars annually than they would if.
built out of substantial materials. |
The commission knows how to
build good roads—in fact have had ,
years of training at schools and in j
practical work; but they lack the i
money and material, and worst, of
all, the united support pf the people.
Constant criticism and bickerings of
the press distract their attention and
detract from their efficiency. It is:
nearly impossible for our people to
get the attention from congress, di- j
yided, that we would if we presented j
i united demand.
The appropriation or seven mu-1
ion dollars estimated by Col. Rich-1
irdson, while not much money com-j
jared with the pork-barrel appropri
itions annually made by our con- j
rress, would form the nucleus for a \
•oad fund that would do a vast |
leal of good for Alaska. Road crews
:ould be worked simultaneously all j
>ver the territory, under efficient su-1
lervision, and the foundation for j
;ood. solid roadbeds and bridges j
'ould be quickly laid. Concrete mix- '
>rs, gravel washers, and trucks for i
milling gravel and pulling graders;
:ould be purchased, and the pick and :
.hovel, small-money methods discard-;
id. Good machinery could be pur
ihased and gravel pits opened along j
he main arteries, and in two years ;
ime auto trucks would be hauling
wo, three and five ton loads of ore
iver roads where it is now difficult
0 drive a pack horse. The (’ration are
is easy in Alaska as in the states, but
1 lack of money has hampered every
•ffort of our commission to do good
work.
The benefits would not accrue to
iny one town or locality, but would
je widespread. This is why every
own and locality should unite in
taking for a large appropriation: V«.l
lez and Fairbanks would be benefited
jy a good highway; Cordova, Sew
trd, the Yukon river towns, Juneau,
tnd, in fact, every town in Alaska
would share In the results.
The thing we now should do is to
inanimously work for the appropri
ation. When we get that It is time
Enough to scrap over its expenditure.
A quarrel now would block the efforts
jjf our delegate, and render all our
ivork abortive and fruitless.
Congress convenes in a few weeks,
ifhe time to act is now!
THE PRIMAli IMPU1.SE.
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f” Clarence Darrow has confessed the
fiotal failure of the Socialist propa
ganda in the presence of war, with
fets appeal to nationalism—a greater
\ssue, with a stronger pull on the
l iuman impulses than any sociologi
cal theory can possibly provide. |
"The Socialist thought he could
stop war," said Darraw in, an address
as Chicago. “A large number of En
glish and French and fully one-third
of the population of Germany are So
cialists, yet the Germ&n Socialist will
run a dagger into his French com
rade just the same as other people.
The German Socialists support the
kaiser, and the French and English
land Belgian Socialists went into the
war all cheerfully as the rest. They
|all believe in the brotherhood of man,
'and they are not supposed to be pa
triotic. They have never considered
the • state as their friend, yet they
fight for it.”
Darrow concludes that socialism
'does not reach the elemental feelings
jof men. He finds that primal feel
ing cuts below human theories and
[that the real character of man cannot
be changed by any intellectual pro
i cess.
Scanning other fields for failure,
Darrow suggests that trades unionism
has likewise failed; union men are
killing each other. Christianity, he
says, has failed; men who commune
at the same altar ai*e shooting each
other. Darrow also held the theory
that capital is without a country or
patriotism; he thought money was
worth so much that it would never
be wasted for war. He finds that it
the banker is shoveling It out on both
sides of the European struggle, and
locking up their emptied vaults and
going out to fight, like other people.
Even the great philosophers are di
vided in their sympathies.
The elemental impulse of man is to
fight; fight to defend his life, and the
lives of his family. Theories of ex
isting economic ideas, the trouble of
existence, all are forgotten in the
emotions of war, of anger or revenge.
One must have life before he can have
anything else. Human life, the home,
the family, are all bound inextricably
with the life of the nation. One who
threatens or invades it is an enemy,
no matter what his theories of exis
tence may be. Even pacificists are
silent, and reach for their guns on
the approach of the invader.
War, indeed, reminds us how frag
ile are the petty differences of men;
differences that are so displaced by
the deep and elemental emotions.
It is the conclusion of Darrow that
the end of the war will find men
brought closer together in common
sentiment, through the brotherhood
of blood; the common sacrifice of the
battlefield and the trenches.
Perhaps he is right!—P. I.
We would like to see all factions
unite when it comes to the question
of civic betterment. We are laying
on ohr oars and depending too much
upon our neighbor’s efforts. Let us
impress upon our delegate when he
visits this city that we must have an
appropriation for a new cable, and
a whopping big one for our auto road
to the interior. If we can’t do this
by ourselves let’s combine with some
other city, until we get the necessary
strength to enforce our rights. We
have had pin-money appropriations
shoved at us so long that congress
believes we are 'satisfied with any
thing it chooses to give us. Don’t
ask for thousands; we need millions.
Millions are going out of the terri
tory to enrich eastern capital; why
should* we not receive millions back
to help develop the country they are
interested in financially. The bal
ance has always been on the wrong
side of the ledger for Alaska. Let us
find the cause of the deficit or get an
other bookkeeper.
:
TtN CONCENTRATES ARE
SHIPPED FROM NOME.
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About thirty tons of tin concen
trates brought down from the Buck
creek dredge by the Silver Wave
were shipped to the outside on the
Victoria. This is the second consign
ment of tin shipped to the outside
during the’present season. The Vic
toria also took out a shipment of
thirty tons of antimony from the Hed
mine in addition to one hundred tons
of the same kind of ore taken on at
St. Michael from the mines of the in
terior. Reliable information indicates
that the antimony mines in the Fair
banks district are preparing to make
extensive shipments of the mineral
during the coming summer, i ue an
timony mine owners of the interior
were quick to recognize the possibil
ities incident to the increase of price
during the war period and several
large shipments have since been for
warded to the states long ago. A
total of nearly fifteen hundred tons
have been shipped so far, the first of
which came down oh the first steam
er down the Yukon last Bpring. The
most striking feature of this matter
is that, until very recently, the own
ers of antimony ledges around Nome,
made little or no effort to do anything
wi^h . their ores although the news
that the interior was shipping the
mineral down the Yukon reached
Nome several months ago. With the
most valuable, deposits in the whole
territory lying within a day’s walk
of the city, but a pitiful little ship
ment of thirty tons have left this port
to date. Why this should be is a mat
ter for wonder.—Nome Nugget.
IJVB DICKEU- v.
. FOB TWO STEAMERS.
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While probably nothing will come
of it, President H. Alexander, of the
Pacific-Alaska Navigation company
has submitted a proposal to the Pa
cific Coast Company to purchase the
steamships Governor and President,,
with the-intention of placing them on
the Southwestern Alaska run. The
Governor and President are now in
t.he Seattle-San Franclsoc service.
INSTRUMENTS ARE FILED
IN LOCAL PATENTS GRANTED
The mineral patents granted to A1
Lowe, William Boswell and Jennie
Dalton for the Comet and Juneau
fractions and to A1 Lowe and Jennie
Dalton for the Bear claim, have been
placed of record in the Cordova re
cording office. This is the ground that
was in litigation for several years
before the district court and on July
lj. the General Land office gave title
to same to the above named parties.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
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"Pure, fresh Milk, Cream, Butter
nd Cheese. Phone 32.” tf
Get a can of Melba Peaches FREE
at S. Blum & Company’s store. tf.
Don’t forget the Eagles’ oldtime ’98
Hallowe’en dance, Saturday, October
30 th. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Don’t forget the Eagles old-time
’98 Hallowe’en dance, Saturday, Oct.
30th. •
“Pure, fresh Milk, Cream, Butter
and Cheese. Phone 32.” tf
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The Valdez Iron Works has a stock
of Remington typewriter parts and
are pre{lired to make all adjustments.
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Fancy Stationery at the Valdez !
Drug Store. *
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailot. Telephone 198. tf <
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We are working the red devil over
time these short days, welding brass,
bronze, cast iron and aluminum.
Valdez Iron Works. We
Fresh cream and buttermilk always
on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
Men's Get-Togetlier Dinner.
Friday evening at the Congrega
tional church. After-dinner talks by
prominent men. Tickets 50c.
HELP WANTED—Woman, all
round laundry worker, must be good
body iroher, to begin work about
Oct. 12. Independent Laundry, tf
Fresh cream and buttermilk al
ways on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
For good home-cdoked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Fresh Oysters received on every
boat.—Frye-Bruhn Co. tf
Get a can of Melba Peaches FREE
at S. Blum & Co.’s. tf.
Valdez Drug Company have a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
Kodak Supplier at me Valdez
Drug Company. tf
"Pure, fresh Milk, Cream, Butter
and Cheese. Phone 32.” tf
Just received, a lot of samples, no
two alike, of hair ornaments, stamp
ed articles for embroidery, wool
hoods and scarfs, at The Emporium.
If you are going east travel via
Great Northern Ry. For rates see D.
F. Millard, Agent, Copper Block. tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Wells-Fargo Money Orders and
Traveler’s checks are payable any
where in the United States or Cana
da. D. F. Millard, Copper Blk. tf
Get a can of Melba Peaches FREE
at S. Blum & Co.’s. tf
During the absence of Mr. and
Mrs. Molony the Guild will meet at
Mrs. Whitley’s at the usual hour. All
members are urged to attende. 2t
How does a ride to Camp Comfort
with a dance and si dinner before re
turning strike you? Fresh killed
ohickens and Alaska vegetables at
your command. For particulars see
• CITY EXPRESS.
tf Phone 82.
Suits pressed for 81.00 at Silver
(nan’s, the tailor. Telephone 198. tf
"Pure, fresh llilk, Cream, Butter
and Cheese. Phone S2.” tf
The 1915 pack of the famous Del Monte Fruits
and Vegetables is now in the market‘and we
take pleasure in showing the entire line.
All New Goods—All This Year's Pack
The quality of the Del Monte brand lias been clearly
shown by being awarded the only
First Grand Prize
at the San Francisco and San Diego Fairs against all *
competition
To further introduce this line we will give away twenty dozen
of the famous Melba Peaches—one can free with every dollar
purchase of Del Monte Fruits and Vegetables—one only to a
customer.
All Del Monte Fruits, 25c per can, $2.75 per doz.
All Del Monte Vegetables, 20c per can, $2.25 per doz.
Del Monte Solid Pack Tomatoes, 15c per can.
Del Monte Standard Tomatoes, 10c per can.
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S. BLUM & CO.
GOOD goods
Jehospeliat “Gefallen.”
PARIS: One of the prisoners re
cently returned to France, having
been exchanged for a German of equal
rank and grading, tells the following
story:
"I was interned in a prisoner’s
camp in Saxony. After our first stu
pefaction passed somewhat we be
came very eager for news of the way
the battle was going.
“Our guardians spoke not a word
of French, but one of our number
spoke a little German, and he finally
dared to ask for information of a
non-commissioned officer, who looked
more or less human.
“ ‘What about Versailles?" he in
quired.
“ ‘Gefallen,’ laconically answered
the German.
“ ‘And Rouen?’
“ ‘Gefallen.’
“ ‘And Nantes.’
“ ‘Gefallen.’
“ ‘Holy Jehosephat!’ exclaimed our
comrade.
“ ‘Gefallen,’ persisted the dispen
ser of information.
“And then we breathed a sigh of
relief."
Don’t forget the dance to ge given
by the Pioneer Women of Alaska at
Eagle Hall next Saturday night, Oct
ober 23. k24
Just received, fresh lettuce, onions,
cauliflower, tomatoes and celery. Key
stone Produce Co.
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—Private Rooms for Patients
For Terms'and Particulars* A pply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge.
RAW FURS
Highest Prices Paid for
BLACK, SILVER, CROSS,
RED AND BLUE
FOX PELTS
OSCAR CARD
75 West Marion Street
SEATTLE. WASH.
Copper River
• i f \ V .1 r. -
Draying Co
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Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD, Proprietor
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University.
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE no
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
phone « THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to G p. m., 7 to 9
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
AU Work Guaranteed.
DONOHOE & DIMGND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone M VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free and Accepted Masons.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY. W. M.
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
Red Cross Hospital
Keystone and.Hobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooms for Patients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX, Matron
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PROP
SiRICTLV FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
Somebody
JViih Money
always has beep found to
“back" a good plan, a good
1 idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect ; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN TkE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
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The Beat Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Wara, Light Rooms--The Haase ef Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates|By the Meath
PHONE 133 MRS. SYR1NG. Pr^.
Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MARCUM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay.
and Fidalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company's Doek.
For Rates, Apply on Boat. -
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT'SHAFFER, President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALI.UM, Secretary.
Valdez, Alaska.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
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The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company .
Office In Pinzon Cigar Store
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
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LIVERY and FEED STABLBL
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
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Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance