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MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1916
I_
VALDEZ NO EXCEPTION.
In almost every camp you will find
men who have just made a little mon
ey and who are overcome by a burn
ing desire to have a newspaper. With
the inevitable innocence of men who
have spent their lives in vast places
they are perfectly convinced that they
ran outstrip all other competitors in
the newspaper field. In Nome, Fair
banks, and every other camp they
have jumped in with absolute confi
dence and have jumped out beauti
fully plucked. If a man of means is
Intelligent he knows the difficulties
that beset every other sort of busi
ness but the man who grabs a little
uioney and has emptiness in his up
per works is unable to discern these'
difficulties unless he gets a personal
acquaintance with tthem. It is the
old old story of fools jumping in
where angels fear to tread.—Ex.
I
GET AT THE PACTS.
President Wilson has decided that
nothing shall he left undone in an
effort to capture and punish General
Villa and his crew of bandits for their
outrage in New Mexico.
There is no doubt that the murder
ers should be brought to justice, but
there is another phase of the situa
tion which demands attention.
After all the Mexicans are a peo
ple young in self government and not
'wholly responsible.
Left to their own devices they
would have settled their difficulties
before now. First they were hamper
ed by American interference and then
by European intrigue.
The invasion of American soil and
the shooting down of American civi
lians in their own homes at night by
an invader in time of peace is a fear
ful outrage.
But what of the men who financed j
the crime?
There’s the great offense.
If the government at Washington
knows that this invasion was financ
ed hy another country, in a secret
effort to embroil this country in war,
it is the right of the American people
to know the facts. If it is financed
. .jy American munition manufacturers
in an effort to stir the people up to
upending vast sums for armament let
for murder.
Let’s get at the facts behind this
wutrage.—Alaska PoBt.
POLITICS AKE—LIKE WAR!
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After glancing over the returns of
Saturday’s Republican primaries, it
is apparent to the most casual observ
er that the Republican party has no
chance whatever to get anything out
of'the coming election if it remains as
ttadly divided against itself as indicat
ed by the returns. At Juneau the
two factions went at it hammer and
tongs and split the ticket so badly it
will take 6ome strong wire-pulling by
ttrominent leaders to mend the fences
' in time to do anything before elec
tion. In Valdez the split manifested
itself by several of the delegates bolt
ing the ticket agreed upon and run
ning dark horses—some even voting
Cor a man for a place on the ticket
who is an avowed democrat. The
main trouble with politics in Alaska
seems to be that every voter consid
wrs himself a politician and will brook
no interference with their privileges
*>y the heads of the party. With
wight candidates in the field here,
-THE
EMPRESS
TO-NIGHT
Pathe News.
“Billy’s Wager—Comedy.
“A Woman’s Revengel’ Two
Part Drama
“Pollywog’s Picnic” Comedy
With Uain.
Change Pictures Tomorrow
One Show at 8:10 Sharp.
PROGRAM
Admission 25c and 10c.
nominated at a so-called "Harmony”
meeting a few days previous, there
were many different opinions as to
how the election should be conduct
ed, with our Democratic friends but
ting in on the side.
THEY WERE ORGANIZED
A planter down in Kentucky had
just employed a negro as a mule
driver. He handed him a brand new
blacksnake ctimbed up on a seat be
hind a pair of mules and asked the
darky if he could use the whip. With
out a word the mule driver drew the
black lash between his fingers, swung
it over his head and flicked a butter
fly from a clover blossom alongside
the road over which they were trav
elling.
“That isn’t so bad,” remarked the
planter. "Can you hit that honey bee
over there.”.
Again the negro swung the whip
and the honey bee fell dead.
Noting a pair of bumble bees on
still another blossom, the darky
swished them out of existence with
the cracker of his new blacksnake
and drew further admiration from
his new employer.
A little further along the planter
spied a hornet’s nest in a bush be
spied a hornet’s nest in a bust be
side the highway. Two or three hor
nets were assembled at the entrance
to the nest.
“Can you hit them. Sam,” he
Inquired.
"Yes, sah; I kin,” replied the dar
key, “but I an’t agon’ to; deys or
ganized.”—Ex.
Alaska towns seems Jo be unfor
tunate in that when a blaze once
starts it seems nearly impossible to
get it under control until it inflicts
enormous damage. Some of the main
causes of these disastrous conflagra
tions are tbe flimsy style of architec
ture and character of flues built in the
houses. A stovepipe struck through
a hole in the roof characterizes nine
out of ten Alaskan structures and
during cold spells these vents become
heated to an alarming exent. A good
building ordinance and a chemical
tiro engine would reduce most of
the losses from these fires to a min
imum.
The loss of the big new plant of
the Alaska Evening Post will be a
heavy blow to Seward. The paper
which was started at a cost of about
$10,000 last fall, has not been a suc
cess financially, but it was an impor
tant factor in the future upbuilding
of the railroad terminal, and had al
ready achieved much prominence in
the newspaper field of Alaska, with
its breezy editorials and splendid
news service. While Soward already
had the newspaper field covered by
an efficient paper before the advent
of the Post, the latter paper covered
a field of its own, and was a splendid
exponent of Alaska journalism.
Avoid the rush by registering now.
A1 White is balding a neat office
in the building adjacent to his thea
tre building.
Our merchants report business un
usually good with many large orders
being filled for the mining companies.
City politics are warming up a tri
fle, although it is not definitely an
nounced who will be on the respec
tive tickets.
Yesterday was the first Sunday in
Lent, and - many fine sermons were
delivered on the significance of the
season by the pastors of our churches.
Thirty-eight pasengers are on the
Admiral Farragut, which will reach
this port tomorrow, and many of
them will leave for the interior over
the Richardson trail.
The recent heavy winds have again
blown most of the snow off the flats,
and freighters are finding hard sled
ding to get to the Rutherford-Ram
say mine out by the glacier.
Seward has had two disastrous
fires the past six months, Valdez two,
and Fairbanks one. It is a toss up
which city has the next one, with
the chances in favor of Anchorage.
Voters should tako advantage of
the fine weather and register.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. ; tt
Pictures teyeiopett at the Valdez
Drug Company. tt.
Just received a shipment of fresh
Halibut and Black Cod at Frye
Bruhn’s. tt
Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cookers,
Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
'he Emporium. tf
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
BATTLED FOR THEIR BRIDES.
The Meet Thrilling fredding Day In
the World’s History.
Do you know wliat wus the most
thrilling wedding day In the history
of the world? There have been many
romantic marriages and many nuptial
services that bad to be deferred
cause of the opposition of parent or
rival, but all of them pale Into dingy
I'rny when compared wltli tbe colorful
spectacle of tbe abduction and recap
ture of tbe Venetian brides in the early
winter of 023, when Candlno II., the
noble dofip. was lending his presence
to tbe biggest wedding party in the
history of the Church of San Pietro.
It bad long been tbe custom for all the
noble brides to be married on St. Ma
ry’s day. It was. moreover, the cus
tom for tbe brides to bring with them
all their jewels and their dowries. In
gold coin, inclosed In handsomely carv
ed chests.
The latter fact was well known in
Trieste, that ancient Roman colony
which was the harbor for bands of pi
rates who were most clever navigators.
On this richest of all St. Mary’s wed
ding days the ceremony for more than
a score of brides had already begun
when the pirates from Trieste burst
into tbe church, captured the brides
and their dowries and carried them
to the waiting boats. Tbanks to the
Trunkmakers’ union, there were sev
ernl boats waiting, and In these the be
reft bridegrooms and the sturdy trunk
makers gave pursuit. There was a
buttle royal, one of the most thrilling
sea fights on record, dowries and
brldtss were recovered, and before mid
night all haO been safely married —
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
GET RICK QUICK SCHEMES.
For Big Investors They May Work, but
Not For Small One*.
"Those who labor hard for their
money and who have a still more ardu
ous struggle in saving small sums,"
says a hanker in the American Maga
zine, 'naturally fall easy victims in
many instances to the desire for sud
den riches. Hut the fata! error lied in
sufi|Kising that the person of small
means can afford to take the chance
If he or she loses they lose all. The
large capitalist and the professional
money lender have the law of averages
worthy? •with them. They can afford
to sink money into twenty ventures If
they make a thousand per cent on one.
They are protected by the law of
chance, the average safety of their in
vestments depending upon no single
risk.
“Risk is a necessary pan. of busi
ness, but should be borne by the strong,
never by the weak. The promoter who
talks about the small investor being
given the same opportunities as the
very rich is indulging in ‘bunk.’ He
always forgets to say that a safe &
per cent bond or a <5 per cent mort
gage. ‘cold, impersonal depositories for
funds,’ will at the end of 0ve years
have paid their owners 30 per cent to
35 per cent (allowing for compound In
terest) and that the vast majority of
new ventures with big promises will
have paid nothing.
“Only the man who can afford to
take risks has any business to look for
an investment that will make him rich
quickly"
Disraeli and the Editor.
Disraeli would dearly have liked to
suspend the London Globe years ago
when that paper, then a Whig organ,
fell foul of him over his “Vindication
of tbe English Constitution.” Few edi
tors have ewr been so roughly abused
as in Disraeli's letter to the Tinges: “It
is not my pnsslon for notoriety that
has induced me to tweak the editor of
the Globe bjr tbe nose and to inflict
sundry kicks upon tbe baser paft of
bis base body, to make him eat dirt
and his own words, fouler than any
filth, but because I wished to spow to
tbe world wbat a miserable poltroon,
what a craven dullard, what a literary
scarecrow, what a mere thing, stuffed
with straw and rubbish, Is tbesoldisant
director of public opinion and ofljcial
organ of Whig politics.”—London Opin
ion. __
Kick of the Gun.
When a young American Joins the
notional guard or, following that In
stinct which not even long city life
can entirely - kill, takes a gun and
starts out as a hunter, one of the ear
liest surprises he gets is that nasty
hard kick bis firearm gives him.
But the kick of the big guns in war
is tremendous. Some of the guns jump
.into the air. In others mechanism
takes up the rebound and the gun
Slides back into place.
' It is a curious fact that each of these
great guns takes its kick in a way all
Its own.—New York World.
Strychnine.
The number of plants used for medic
inal purposes In the Philippines is very
large. A few are recognized ns sources
of standard medicines, but the number
hnvlng commercial value is decidedly
small. Prom one. the St Ignatius
bean (Strychnos lgnatilt. the strychnlue
of commerce is extracted.
Patient.
Her Father—The faet is. I cannot
give m.v daughter a dowry Just at pres
cut. Suitor—That’s all right, sir. 1
can love her for herself alone In the
meantime.—Boston Transcript.
Combination Spoiled.
He—She married a fool with barrels
of money. 8he—Then why isn't she
happy? He— Marriage brought him to
his senses.—Boston Transcript.
We only see In a lifetime a dozen
faces marked with the peace of a con
tented spirit.—Beecher.
Nobody’s “Hard To Fit” in
Hart Schaffner & Marx
CLOTHES
STOUT MEN; tall slender
men; short stocky men; men
who think they are hard to fit;
lots of such men are going with
i
out the advantages of ready
clothes because they believe
they cannot be fitted.
Hart Schaffner & Marx designers clas
sify the human figure under twelve
types; and models are produced for
each type; men and young men............
At $25 to $35 you can find clothes
here that will fit you; there’s not the
least doubt about it.
S. BLUM & CO.
This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
“WHISKEY IS MADE TO
SEIjIj—NOT TO ORINK."
This is the sign prominently dis
played throughout the big distillery
at Walkerville, Ont., one of the larg
est in Canada. Most of the employes
of the concern are teetotallers. Po
lice records for Walkerville, which is
built around the whisky industry,
show fewer arrests for drunkenness
than for almost any other city of its
size in the dominion
Y. M. C. A. Notice.
All members and contributors to
the Y. M. C. A. are requested to at
tend a special meeting at the Fire
Hall this evening at 8 o’clock.
JA8. FISH, Sec’y.
A Woman s Revenge, featuring
Mirian Nesbit as the Keen-Witted
Girl Criminal at the Empress tonight
in two parts. Also Pathe News and
two scream comedies.
Pure FYesh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store •
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.
LlVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
ii LILLY CAFE jj
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! ! FIRST DOOR ABOVJB THE 11
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(3APT. TIM MARCUM
Salle for Port Welle, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
Pot Ellamar, Land lock Bay,
and Fidalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
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Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dicing Room with Electric
Heater.
BREAD, THREE LOAVES, 25c
Jmek Callin- - Proprietor
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Rxor.
S'lRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Aye,. Seward, Alaska
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
~.
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
VALDEZ fiODGB
NO 108
Free and Accepted Maeon*
Regular Communication* firm Wed
neaday in each month In McKinley
HalL Vleitor* nlwaya welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M
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 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 THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National 1 wlvr ratty,
Wanhluffton, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdei
PHONE! 110
Office Hooms in Whaling Hu liilla,
DR. GERMAN
. I’HONK »» THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., " to»
p. m. Sunday by appointment
All Work Guaranteed.
E. C. DALTON, M, D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
| Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez. Alaska
DONOHOE & Dltgj^D
ATTORNBYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court Hook
Phone 31 YALDEL A1. A SIAM
JOHN LYONS B. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices la WhaUac Balldla*.
Phoae Ml VALDES. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mistral Surveyor *• .
McKinley Street oppeeite V. M. Store.
Valdes, Alaska
The Best Place In Valdez ts
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Rosas—The Hoik it CeaftA
RATES REASONABLE *
BATH ROOM S|*d»l *»‘et By the MesMh
PHONE 133 «*S- SYRINt Pis*
Copper River*
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdes
ED. WOOD, Proprietor