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STEWART A SELBY, Proprietors
TERMS.
Dally Prospector.
By carrier, per month .-.f.l'SS
By mall, per annum —i-DMI
The Weekly Mlaer.
'By carrier, per month —.-f AJ
By mall, per annum --...A 3A#
The Daily Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad
dress, per month -U*
' The Dally Prospector and Weekly
Miner, by mall, to one address
only, per year .........^..AMAO
Business Office and Editorial Rooms,
TEL. 152
Advertising Rates on Application.
MONDAY, MAY H, 1»16
THE FIELD IS OPEN.
Valdez is not large enough for two
papers. Valdez has never been large
enough to support two papers, and
money spent in starting a competitive
paper has always been wasted. The
Prospector and Miner have made no
money in Vaiu6z, with a much better
plant than the opposition forces could
get together in a life-time. A town
of 1000 to 1200 cannot support a
daily paper and never has support
ed a daily paper. Had not at least
two-thirds of our support come front
outs.^c the city, Valdez would be
shuffling along with a weekly of the
Frame calibre, and it would eventu
ally peeter out. The talk that there
are a number of parties anxious for
the field at this place is all the veriest
tommyrot. The field is here anytime
a man can produce the money needed
to buy it. But when you see a man
who can’t pay his grocery bill talking
high-finance, it sounds ludicrous.
We want the support of every citi
zen and business firm of Valdez, and
must have it, if we are to keep Val
dez on the map with a daily paper.
There is no reason why we should
not receive this support, as we are
giving the people one of the best pa
pers in the Territory, and one that is
attracting favorable attention to the
town on the outside.
We want you to help us make a
bigger and better paper, and let us
help make a bigger and better Val
dez. We can only do this by your
united support.
It is hard work to run a successful
paper, even in a field ten times larger
than this. It is hard to print dope
that will suit all the people. There is
no occasion to take anything to heart
that disagrees with you in the col
umns of the paper. It may suit the
other fellow, and we may not believe
in it ourselves, but a paper has to be
filled with something.
Again we ask for your support that
we may give you a better paper.
SOME NOME HISTORY.
The valedictory of the 49th Fail
ure containe a brief notice of Jafet
Lindeberg, the Nome mining man and
politician, which concludes with the
following interesting paragraph:
"Nome, in the early days, was
cursed with as crooked a bunch of
thieves as ever any country was
cursed with. The leader of the
crooks was the federal judge who
afterwards landed in jail himself, i
They started in to steal everything in I
sight in 1900, but Lindeberg, among
others, triumphed finally over, the
crooks.”
A full history of the proceedings
mentioned in the foregoing para
graph may be found in the 121st Fed
eral Reporter, in a twenty page opin
ion by Judge Gilbert of the circuit
court of appeals of the Ninth circuit,
concurred in by Judges Ross and
Morrow of the same court.
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A NASTY FLING.
The nasty little fling in the swan j
song of the 49th Foozle, directed at
the members of the City Council, was
extremely ill advised and coming
from the quarter it did, was very bad
judgment.
We considered that1 the council
was within its rights in reducing sal
aries, and that it acted fair with the
appointees In the matter in asrauch as
it advertised the salaries it would pay
for the respective positions before it
called for applications. Had it made
its appointments and then cut the
salaries‘top Star might have had
grounds toy a kick.
We^believe the council to be abso
lutely, in earnest in its endeavor to
keep down expenses, and they should
be encouraged in their attitude.
The appointees are men of abilty,
and so far as known they are satisfied
with the salaries paid. We do not
believe that one of them endorses the
Star’s position, nor thank it for its
unwarranted criticisms of a council
| which has been eminently fair in its
j dealings with the people.
As regards the Senator’s argument
on the law of annexing properties to
municipalities quoted in the last is
sue of the Star, we can say no word.
If the Senator can see no difference
between the annexation of the reser
vation and the mudflats, and consid
ers the two cases on all-fours, we can
offer no further argument. To con
vince a man against his will gets you
J nowhere, but we prophesy that it will
cost the city dearly in .lawsuits, and
we do this entirely unprejudiced and
unbiased, which is not the case with
the Senator. All we ask is that the
people remember this prophesy, and
lay the blame for the ultimate ex
pense where it belongs—with the agi
tators who have nearly killed the
town the past twelve months. The j
people have'had the recent Territorial i
laws reversed so often that they j
should pay little heed to them.
The Star warns the people of Val
dez that it will still have a page de
voted to affairs in Valdez, and that
mudflatters and lawyers should watch
out. The Star takes itself much tot
serious. It has had eight-pages tie
voted to mud-flatters and lawyers fo
the past year, and it has not got any
where. We have an idea that the
management of the Star will find
its time fully occupied in getting
beans and bacon enough to sustain
life while in Anchorage, without de
voting much time to Valdez.
Newspapers in the States still re
fer to Alaska as the “Frozen North. '
The only thing frozen in the north
that we have encountered is the gla
ciers, and even they melt once in a
while, but the attitude fn the outside
papers towards Alaska never melts—
they still freeze onto that old idea
that Alaska is a country of ice and
snow.
Criticism of President Wilson at
this time in his conduct of adminis
tration affairs should be reserved. It
must be remembered that no Presi
dent has been confronted with the
problems President Wilson is forced
to deal with. The country is torn by
strikes, factional fights, plots and se
dition, and it takes a strong man to
so manage the affairs of the nation as
to bring order out of the present
chaos. If the President is backed up
by the people he will undoubtedly
make good to the satisfaction of all
concerned. If he is harrassed and
hindered he will still make good
but in a lesser degree.
Special Services.
A series of special prayer meetings
will be held in the Congregational
church each afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Visitors are cordially invited to at
tend.
AGENTS WANTED—Striking offer
for live workers; don’t miss this
chance; big field, full particulars
free; hurry, write now. Utility Mall
Co., 127 7th Avq. North, Seattle, Wn.
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MICHIGAN COPPER OUTPUT
GREATEST IN HISTORY
The complete reports from Michi
gan copper mines received by the
United States Geological Survey show
the production to be the largest in
the history of the Industry. The total
refined copper produced amounted to
238, 956, 410 pounds according to
B. S. Butler, as compared with xu8,
009, 748 pounds in 1914 and with
231,112,228 pounds in 1912, the re
cord production previous to 1915.
At an average price of 17.5 cents
per pound the copper output of Mich
igan had a value of about $41,800,
000 for 1915.
The copper mines produced 585,
933 ounces in silver in 1915, valued
at $297,068.
There was mined and milled in the
Lake Superior district 12,334, 699
tons of ore producing concentrates
containing 265,283,378 pounds of
copper, or a recovery of slightly above
1 per cent of copper from the ore.
A portion of the concentrates produc
ed was not smelted in 1915.
Daily Weather Re|>ort.
Valdez, May 7, 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.716
Temperature 5 p. m.3S
Maximum temperature .45
Minimum temperature .29
Mean temperature .37
Precipitation .30
Partly cloudy, light wind, south
west 10 miles, snowed at night and
from 8 a. m. to about 10:30 a. m.
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LOCAL BREVITIES
The launch B. F. M. left for the
Granite Mine this morning.
Fancy Stationery at the _ Valdez
Drug Store. tf
Capt. “Johnnie” O'Brien, one of
the best known of the navigators in
Alaskan waters, is master of the
steamer Victoria, now in port.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
C. M. Day left on the Evans for Sel
dovia to look after his mining prop
erty there.
THE HOME you have waited for.
Good house, large lot. At your own
price. Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
Ice! Ice! Ice!
Delivered to all parts of the city.
One cent per pound. Love-Whitley. tf
Panoramic views of Child'fi and
Miles graciefs, Dawson, Valdez and
Wrangel on sale at Valdez Drug Co. *
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart street. •
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
Foxes Bringing High Prices
Through the courtesy of one of the
foremost fur dealers in America, Mr.
A. B. Shubert, President of A. B.
Shubert, Inc. Chicago, U. S. A., we
take pleasure in quoting an accurate
report of conditions existing in the
American raw fur markets and a pre
diction of the future for the leading
articles.
Mr. Shubert says: Notwithstanding
the European War, the war talk at
.me and the unceasing efforts of a
,reat many large manufacturers to
depress the market, the unusual large
collection of Northwestern furs has
been marketed at a much highbr price
than the trappers and deallers can
reasonabl yexpect. It is really remark
able how well our Western market
has stood up under the pressure of
adverse conditions surrounding it.
Stocks in the hands of dealers in the
primary markets are small and small
collectors and dealers in the coun
try are practically sold out. Receipts
at all primary markets are large for
this time of the year. Should business
with our manufacturers be as good
this Fall as the anticipate, it will be
from the quantity of earlier orders
that they are now receiving, they will
find no difficulty in disposing of the
entire output of their factories and
will be obliged to come into the mar
kef for further purchases of raw mat
erial.
It is impossible for one to say
which has been the best selling article
this season. Every article seemed to
have friends. However, foxes seem to
be the most active, with lynx a close
second. The low price of some arti
cles attracted purchases while in the
case of other furs it seems as if the
higher the price was lifted the more
buyers there were for them and the
better the buyers liked them.
Red fox, cross fox, blue fox, white
fox, silver and black fox. They 411
want some kind of a fox, The de
mand for long haired fur is the fad
and fancy of the day. Fox is not a
servicable fur, everybody knows that,
but it don’t stop the demand or the
price. Some day they will take a
drop. Today Red, Cross, White, Sil
ver and Black and Blue Fox bring
record prices. The demand is here
and may stay all winter. They make
very attractive articles and sell ex
tremely well. The ladies want them
regardless of the fact of their wearing
Clothes For All Mon;
You may be 20 or 50.
You may be tall or short.
You may be stout or thin.
You may be radical or cohserva- ^
tive in your ideas about dress. ^
It doesn’t matter.
Hart Schaffner & Marx -
m
make clothes for men; fabrics for |
every taste; styles for every age; ”
models for every figure.
We sell them.
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GOOD GOODS
The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes.
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Copyright Hart Schaffoer & Man
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
qualities. Foxes are the fashionable
article of the dajr, and that alone es
tablishes the price. Any old fox will
do. but it must be Fox.
Marten—Alaska and far northern
collections of marten are selling very
freely and we are of the opinion that
the demand will continue throught
the summer and fall. The western
marten or the light-furred skins are
in about the same class as mink. This
class of marten has a few friends.
"Shubert” is one of them. We have
always carried a large quantity of this
section of marten and have done it
cheerfully. Manufacturers have work
ed them in the past and some one will
get them started again on the up
grade.
Novel Rabbit Catcher.
Crabs are put to a curious use on
certain parts of the Devonshire fore
shore. They are used to catch rabbits.
Having located a promising burrow,
the snarer tukes a crab and affixes a
short length of lighted candle to the
back of its shell. The behavior of a
crab which finds itself in a narrow in
closure is well known. It begins to
run. It therefore shirts away up the
burrow at top rate and presently the
rabbit is horrified at the sight of a
jog trotting flame coming to bis sanc
tuary. Oft he goes for the other exit,
only to find himself, when be emerges,
in a trap.—London Spectator.
His Mental Incapacity.
The Court—So you ask divorce from
this man on the ground of mental in
capacity. What proof have you that
he’s insane? The Woman—Who said
be was insane, your honor? The Court
—Why, you say he is mentally incapa
ble. The Woman—Yes; incapable of
understanding that I’m boss.
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The Extinet Dodo.
The dodo, a bird bigger than a tur
key and too heavy to fly, ae its wings
were only rudimentary, was very com
mon in Mauritius when that island
was discovered In 16f4, but Its flesh
was so good to eat and it was so In
capable of self protection that within
forty years it became extinct.
Results Wanted.
“Who is that young man that calls
on daughter?”
"A budding poet, father.”
“Well, tell him to come around when
he has blossomed and is able to show
the fruit of his labors.”-Kansas Oity
Journal. _
The Treadmill.
The first use of the treadmill was in
China, where it did service in remote
times in irrigating the land. It was in
troduced into English prisons in 1817
as a means of punishment
Failure after much perseverance is
better than never to have had a striv
ing wortb calling a failure.
Alaska Jewelry Go.
With Owl Drug Co.
All Kinds of Nugget and
Ivory Jewelry.
Developing and Printing
Photo Supplies Phone 40
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Dra( Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT —COLD
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
Heater*
Jack Callin•Proprietor
LOUIE'S CAFE
Everything First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No.'60
General 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
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University,
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdes.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
- ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E K RITCKOi
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW 1C,
Offices Is Whaling UsIMIsg ,
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Wins, Light Rceai—The Hoist ef Ctaftrt
RATES. REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates B^the Mas*
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRINC. hsp.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 188
Free aad Accepted Haatati
Regular Communication* first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Vieltors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. K
ED WOOD, Secretary.
Somebody *
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect ; otherwise a good maim
of today’s successful busty
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 THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.