Valdez Daily Prospector
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1913.
"NOW PAY FOR IT.”
Judging from all aeocunts Fail
banks as well as Juneau discussed -
and cussed—the poll tax.
The News-Miner published the fol
lowing editorial, which has some sa
tire mixed in with cold fact:
"On town and creek the poll tax
collectors are after you, and you
should meet them half way and hand
them the money. If you have paid
poll tax once this year, that does not
affect the case—the first collection
was illegal, but the present collection
is according to the new book of Hoyle
turned out by our first legislature, and
is therefore a law made by yourself or
your personal agents.
"For twenty years Alaskans have
cried for home rule. Finally it was
given them. It costs money to main
tain a territorial legislature, and the
people have to pay for it. It will cost
every man in this town between the
ages of 21 and 50 years $4 per year
to keep the territorial legislature
working 60 days in every two years,
or 18 cents per day per inhabitant
for every day’s work done by the ter
ritorial legislature—that is, it will
cost us that in poll tax: there are oth
er ways in which we will be assess
ed to keep the home rule game go
ing. It’s worth it, so pungle up.
“The poll tax collectors should start
their work in the right way, and not
in the catch-as-catch-can manner
which has characterized the work of
poll tax collectors to date. Every
man should pay his tax instead of
putting the burden upon a few. Ev
ery collector should first obtain a list
of the voters who voted at the last
territorial election, and they should i
be made to pay poll tax first, as their |
votes made the tax. After they are
collected from, all others should be
collected from. The voters should be
the first to pay, for they are the men
who cause the imposition of the tax
es.”—Juneau Dispatch.
School teachers make the best wives
in the world, says the Ohio school
commissioner. Such diplomacy seems
wasted in an appointive office.
Two Washington men have chal
lenged each other to an egg-eating
duel. The loser must pay for all the
eggs. Both must be millionaires.
In Connecticut a hunter mistook a
boy for a plover and peppered him
with shot. Some of those Connecti
cut boys must be fearfully and won
derfully made.
Now that the agricultural depart
ment has issued a bulletin on the
cimexlectularius, the meanest carper
cannot say that it is not coming close
to the common people.
Another angle in the proverb about
the early bird and the worm is found
in the story of the two Boston boys
who were struck by a meteor at 3
o’clock in the morning.
The Treasury department is receiv
ing thousands of suggestions as to
how to collect the income tax. Ex
empted persons appear to have an
almost fiendish ingenuity.
The Nobel prize for literature goes
to a Hindu named Itabinranath Ta
gore, and almost any one will agree
that a man with such a name who
can still think in poesy deserves well.
A Cincinnati woman married her
son's wife’s brother, and unless some
thing happens In Cincinnati soon to
divert people’s attention, the problem
is going to drive half the city to the
asylum.
During the last four months acci
dents in the West Virginia coal mines
have caused an average of a death
a day. Coal mining is.thus seen to
be as bad a risk as crossing the
streets of New York.
We are overstocked on ladies’
sweaters. They are going at $1.50. S.
Blum & Co.
GETTING RICH IS
NOW DEAD EASY
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that piece of ground. Suffice il to
say that we intend to have every dol
lar’s worth of gold taken from the
ground and distributed in dividends
to the fortunate shareholders.”
Of course, that is all right, but,
then, instead of distributing every
dollar as dividends, usually it is nec
essary to spend some of them in get
ting the gold out. That is, on an
ordinary claim. But when one can
"run his shovel in and pick up a
piece of gold the size of your Anger,”
it is probable that the operating ex
penses will be little or nothing.
To the initiated, the fact that the
company owns a claim means nothing.
Alaska is full of mining claims that
can be purchased for $50 each and
even less.
"Do you know,” said Beeks, "that
country up there is remarkable. A
man told me yesterday that all over
the place all you had to do was pull
up the grass, shake the earth which
clings to the roots over a gold pan,
wash it out and you will And gold.
It is so rich that the gold hangs to
the very grass roots.”
Continuing, Beeks told me of cus
toms of the country which, in spite
of my years in the North, I had nev
er heard. He said:
"Mining and trading will not be
the only source of revenue that the
company will have. In addition to
that we will make much money on
the gold dust we take from the min
ers.
Stock Already Rising.
“You know, in that country, they al
ways discount the gold dust 20 per
cent. In other words, if a miner has
$1,000 worth of gold, the merchant
will -allow hint only $800 for it in
trade. You see, the gold will lose
largely through abrasion when it is
shipped out, and the company has to
protect itself. Of course it will not
lose 20 per cent, and what is saved
is profit.”
“Then the gold must be very soft,”
I ventured.
“Oh, yes,” said Beeks, knowingly.
“This is pure gold. You can take a
piece of it in your hand and dent it
with your thumb nail.”
I commenced to wonder what
chance a poor miner would have with
a company such as he said his was.
I asked him about the profits which
were to be expected from his com
pany, and he said that about 500
per cent would be a fair return to
make on the money invested.
“Of course,” he added, "you know
you are not buying government bonds,
and that there is a certain amount
of risk attached.”
This statement sounded reasonable.
The stock in the mining company
is now quoted at 12 cents, 2 cents
more than when it was first put on
the market. This increase, said Mr.
Beeks, is because the outlook for the
company is so much brighter than
it was at first. But, he added, he had
a block of 1,000 shares for which a
woman had contracted and then re
fused to take, which he would sell
me for 10 cents. This offer he as
sured me would not remain open long.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Lou Bowman, the painter, returned
to Valdez today from the Cliff mine.
Hubby, don’t forget to buy me one
of the pretty Parisian Ivory Toilet
Sets at the Valdez Drug Co.—VVifey.
Buy one of the nifty combination
purse and card cases at the Val
dez Drug Store.
POSITION wanted by experienced
woman as camp cook. Inquire at the
Prospector office
Nothing more appropriate than a
box of Lowney’s dainty candies as a
Christmas gift. Valdez Drug Store.
Fancy Meerschaum Pipes specially'
priced at the Valdez Drug Store.
WANTED—An experienced ironer,
apply Independent Laundry.
The prevailing fad is Parisian Ivory
Toilet Articles. A handsome line is
being shown at the Valdez Drug Co.’s
store.
The Valdez Moose Lodge will serve
a ’’home dinner” on Chr'stmas day at
4 p. m. sharp to its members and their
families and to any friends whom they
would like to entertain on that day or
evening. Tickets $1.25 each. For sale
at Hunt’s. Kindly make reservations
by December 23rd. W. E. Lee, chair
man of committee. k21
Little Press Gets Through.
The Prospector received only a
small consignment of press today and
in consequence we cannot give our
patrons the usual amount of telegraph
matter. The wireless is reported to
be working well but the press dis
patch failed to reach , us for some un
known cause.
PANGOLINS OF AFRICA.
Curious Anteaters That Train With
the Owls and Bats.
It Is perhaps Just as well to know
what a pangolin is. although one is not
likely to meet it outside of Africa or
the London zoological gardens. The
latter establishment has one of these
rare mammals and is very proud of
it. This specimen is of the particular
ly rare variety with the rather inele
gant given name of "white bellied.”
The pangolin Is a sort of antenter.
whose body is covered with scales. Al
though It is a mammal, a stranger ask
ed to make uu offhand diagnosis would
certainly call it a lizard.
The white bellied pangolin trains
with the owl and bats and sleeps dur
ing the daytime. When sleeping it is
rolled up into an object about the size
of a large croquet ball, and in this po
sition, owing to its plating of pointed
scales, is about as easy to attack or
handle as a hedgehog. The sharp
pointed scales give it somewhat the
appearance of an "animated fir cone.”
Its natural food appears to be white
ants, but in captivity it thrives on
chopped raw meat and eggs. It is.ar
boreal and a wonderful climber with
its clawed feet and prehensile tall.
It seems to have no value to the hu
man race except as a curiosity, al
though perhaps the natives in Africa
eat it as they do most everything else
that by any stretch of the imagination
can be called edible—worms, ants,
lizards, snakes, etc., ad nauseam.—New
York Post.
ENGLAND’S CURIOUS WELL
Its Water Never at the Same Level
For Two Consecutive Minutes.
Two miles out from Settle, on the
main road between that town and In
gleton. Yorkshire. England, there Is to
be found one of the most curious of
natural phenomena In the shape of the
famous ebbing and flowing well of Gig
gleswick.
A small, unpretentious little struc
ture. scarcely to be distinguished from
the ordinary trough of water to be seen
on many of our country roads, it is yet
one of the most quaint and fascinating
spectacles one could hope to see. As
the name implies, the well hns the na
ture of a tide. It ebbs and flows con
tinually, though by no means with reg
ularity.
Sometimes the privileged traveler
will see the oblong stone basin filled
with clear water; then, even as he
gazes into its pellucid depths, the wa
ter gradually sinks until the trough Is
half empty, or it may be more. There
is barely time to wonder at this strange
thing ere. with a rush and a whirl, the
trough is again full. The ebb and flow
continue with more or less marked ef
fect. and tile water is never at the
same level for two consecutive min
utes. Sometimes the outflow has
senreely begun before the basin again
fills, but at other times the trough is
almost emptied. — Wide World Maga
zine.
When Women Knew Not Golf.
A correspondent sends the Glasgow
Herald some anecdotes of that period,
not so long ago. when women knew
nothing of golf. One lady, making
sympathetic conversation at dinner,
said to a keen golfer: "1 often see you
in your red coat. Do you need many
dogs to play golf?" A younger lady
said she knew exactly how the game
was played. “They get what they call
a caddier to hunt about in the grass
till they find a round stone, and then
they bit it into a rabbit hole.” A third
lady, who had evidently enjoyed a near
er view of the game, said: “It is play
ed by two men. One is a gentleman
and the other is a common man. The
common man sticks a ball on a lump of
dirt, and the gentlemnn knocks it off!”
—Westminster Gazette.
Art Indignant Artist.
Haydon, the painter, was much dis
gusted when he visited London in 184(1
at the time when two of his finest
pictures were being shown at the
Egyptian hall, and the public thronged
into another room wbere General Tom
rhumb was on view. "They rush by
thousands to see Tom Thumb." wrote
the disappointed painter iu his diary.
"Their eyes are open, but their sense
is shut. It is uu insanity, a rabies, a
madness, a furor, a dream!" Another
entry later on runs: “Tom Thumb bad
12,000 people last week. It. It. Haydon
133>/2 (the half a little girli. Exquisite
taste of the English people!"
Browning’s Paulino.
The first edition of Browning’s "Paul
ine” was sold at auction for $2,400. yet
not only did Browning receive nothing
for it originally, but be would have
withdrawn It from print If it bad been
possible. Yet so highly did Rossetti
think of this despised masterpiece
that, not being uble to find a copy else
where. be went to the British museum
library and spent several laborious
days copying it word for word.
Wasteful.
Grasper (a very cureful mam—No. I
should never allow' my only daughter
to marry n Journalist. He always
wastes one side of the pa|>er. And
still less should she wed a poet Be
doesn’t even go to the end of the line.—
Exchange.
Effective Method.
Airs. Newed (to dear rriendt-What's
the secret of getting a new gown out
of hubby after he refuses once? Mrs.
Wlle.v—If at Brat yon don’t succeed
cry again.—Judge.
Paw. hut Cbetiy.
“Were there many doctors at the
consultation T"
“Oh. not ao many, only about U0B,
000 worth "-Life.
....OUR LINE OF....
Holiday Goods
Is the largest ever
shown in town.
Copyright Hart Schaffher Sc Mans
There is'no^better Xmas Present
for a Man than
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Fine Suit or Overcoat
We are [showing all the latast
Styles andlColors.
WE ARE SOLE AGENTS
Schedule of the Donaldson.
.The following schedule for the
launch “Lieut. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Daily, Saturday and Sunday except
ed:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 8:15 a.
m. and 1:15 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. m., 2
p. m. and 5:30 p. m.
Tuesdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 8:15 a.
in., 1:15 p. m. and 5 p. in.
Leave Valdez, Alaska. 9:45 a. m.,
2 p. m. and 5:30 p. m.
Saturdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 1:15 p.
m. and 7 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 4:00 p. m.
and 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the 2nd and 4th Fridays
of each month, these days being us
ed to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
By order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
II. G. SHERRARD,
Second Lieut. 30th Infantry, Quar
termaster.
DR. C. H.|VANCE
THE
OSTEOPATH
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy, Kikrsville. Mo.
OFFICE HOURS—9 to 12 a.. 1 to i p. a., or by
oppoiotarnt.
Trnt boildinf, Woll Ttroot. PHONE 203
CITY EXPRESS STORE
\X/r Buy Anything
W 111 Sell Everything.
LYNCH & SPENARD
Light and Power
Since the organization of the
Valdez
Electric
Company
Valdez consumers are getting
electric current at a reduction of
forty per cent in rates.
Support the new company and
keep rates down to bedrock.
Office in Copper Block
Phone 57
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Prospectors,
Don’t neglect your^health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
_^_medicines, and surgical bandages.
TAZLINA HILL ROAD HOUSE
is open for freight and accommodations for the new
strike at Nelchina—Horses on hand at all times.
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington* D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 IFeurteen yearaCin
Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
‘ hone t9 THE DENTIST
Office rooms qver Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. ni.. to 6 i>. m.. 7 i». ui.. t-o 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment. All work guaranteed
F. BUTTERWORTH
'Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. 1’hone. 1x9
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The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
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lime, read the Prospector.
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LAWYER
phone i.'io Valdez, Alaska
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
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Meet every Tuesday evening at S o'ciotK in
Eagle Hall. All members are re<i Jested te
attend. T. C*. QUINN. Arctic Chief
S. Me NIECE. Secretary
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
I Regular Communications first Wednesday It
| each month in McKinley Hall Visitors alwayt
| welcome.
James H Pstterson..W. M
C. C- Reynolds. Sec
VALDEZ LODGE NO. 6,1.0. 0. F
Meetsovery Monday at I! p. m. in
ODD FELLOWS'HALL,
Visiting Brothers especially invited
Wii- Thohas. n. q. P. S Hur»~. p. t Sil
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 167
HUGO FELS
Contractor and Builder
Day-Work if Dairad
Estimates Furabkad
WORK GUARANTEED