Valdez Daily Prospector
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1913.
WHY THE COUNTRY IS PROS
PEROUS.
The most reliable experts es
timate the preseseiy, season’s
crop production at 739,000,000
bushels of wheat, 2,800,000,000
bushels of corn, 1,000,000,000
bushels of oats and 1 5,702,000
bales of cotton, and this without
counting the hap crop, which
' promises to be a record breaker
and the other farm products, in
cluding vegetable's, fruits, poul
try and dairy sources of wealth.
This enormous yield of 1hc
farm will soon be convertable in
to dollars and produce a volume
of money that will spell mater
ial prosperity for the farmers, the
merchants, the transportation
companies and all the workers in
the mills and factories of the na
tion.
The aggregate muieaieu \\ neai
-yield of (he year is 739,000,000
bushels, against 730,000,000
bushels last year. Our exports are
likely to he 170,000,000 bushels
this year, against Jl 53,000,000
bushels last year, largely because
there still remain 30,000,000
bushels of last year’s crop in
stock. This is over one-fourth
of the world’s total wheat ex
ports, which last year were t><>0,
000,000 bushels. Jfased upon
current prices, our wheat exports
for the year will bring us $155,
000,000, while the total value of
the crop will he about $(500,000,
000. I
The largest doineslic crop is
corn. This year the crop, while
considerably above (lie average,
does not equal that of 1912. The
general average for I he past ten
years is 2,070,000,000 bushels.
The yield I his year is estimated
at 2,800,0011,000 bushels, against
the 1912 yield of 3,125,000,00(1.
The value of Ibis year's yield will
be /between $1,500,000,000 and
$1,750,000,000.
Cotton, in which the Unjled
Slates easily leads the world, will
probably show a bumper crop.
The promise is for 1 5,702,000
bales, a notable increase over
1912, which crop was 13,100,000
hales. The United Stales pro
duces three-fourths of the cot
ton grown in the world and a
short crop iqj this country is,
therefore, a jworld calamity.
There will he no such condition
this year.
The barley and hay crop prom
ises to be at least equal to those
of 1912. The oat and rye crops,
while they will fall somewhat
short of last year's figures, are
still well above the average.
With a heavy surplus carried
over from last year, with an
“above-the-average” crop under
way this year and with improved
farming methods guaranteeing a
larger output per acre in years
to come, (he business men of the
coijntry ought to feel that the
situation is fundamentally sound,
no matter what the tariff or cur
rency legislation may bring forth.
—Ex.
Ambassador Wilson has re
signed. /In other words, his res
ignation has been accepted.
Castro declares that the events
which called him from private life
are! a catastrophe. At least that.
“Idle men make the best lov
ers,” says Elbert Hubbard. Also
the best pool players, best loaf
ers and best villains.
Tammany is worried over Ihe
fusion of the reform forces. Nat
urally fusion of the reform
forces spells confusion for Tam
many. J
A St. Louis newspaper is of
fering $100 for ten good reasnos
for moving into Missouri. No
resident of Alaska can think of
any good reason for moving to
Missouri. /
CURIOUS CLOCKS.
Inganioua Schama* by Whioh They
Mark th* Paaaing Hours.
A Grenoble clockmaker, Antony
Jacques, is responsible for the in
genious .clock which he has named
‘Les Heures Bacchiques” (“The
Hours of Bacchus”). One of the
two drunken individuals is drown
ing in a glass of colored water simu
lating wine, while his equally help
less companion is barely able to hold
out to him, by way of stupid drunk
en greeting, the bottle which they
have emptied between them. In
the body of this figure is secreted a
magnet, which is attracted by the
steel hand of the drowning disciple
of Bacchus.
The two figures remain station
ary, but the wineglass, with the
hours painted in black on it, re
volves so that while the floating fig
ure remains suspended in the water,
but motionless, the hours and quar
ters are marked off by the revolu
tion of the glass, which is made to
turn on a circular place actuated
by the mechanism secreted in the
base of this strange but attractive
clock.
“The School” clock, by M. A. Poi
tel, constitutes a particularly at
tractive object for the shop window.
It is made to represent the old type
of schoolmaster, who, with his stick
in hand, used equally for teach
ing and chastisement, is instructing
an urchin in what appears to be a
sum in arithmetic, but the figures
really represent the hours, to which
the teacher automatically points as
the movement impels his arm to
indicate the passage of time.
“La Mappenmonde” (“The Map
of the World”) is another ingenious
mechanical device, the invention of
a modern French clockmaker of
Belhune. The movement is in the
interior of the globe and causes it
to revolve and so mark off the hours
on the equatorial band by means of
a locomotive, which, by the way,
has a separate mechanism of its
own, whereby, if the globe is made
stationary, it may make a circuit
on its own rails of the equator in
twelve hours.
If the clock is used for show pur
poses the stationary locomotive
with revolving globe is possibly the
best method to employ, as the loco
motive may then be kept always in
view of the public. But as an in
genious and useful clock foi* private
use the circuit made by the loco
motive is more interesting.—From
the Watchmaker, Jeweler, Silver
smith and Optician.
Saws Without Teeth.
An explanation of the manner in
which a soft steel disk revolving at
high velocity cuts hard steel has
recently been sought with the aid
of micrpscopic inspection. The re
sult corroborates the view hitherto
held that the material acted upon is
heated at the place of contact to
the fusing point and then brushed
away. The high temperature ap
pears to be coniined narrowly to the
point of contact, so that a thin gash
is cut. The temperature of the re
volving disk does not rise so high
because of the large surface area of
the disk. The part of the disk in
contact is continually changing,
while the frictional energy is con
centrated on a very small area »f
the material subjected to its action.
—Saturday Evening Post.
An Offending Egg.
“Waiter!” The voice of the eld
erly man rose in accents of wrath
from his table by the window.
“Yes, sir,” replied the waiter,
bustling forward. The customer
swallowed several times quickly be
fore he could command his voice.
“Here, take—take this egg away!”
he roared with an effort.
“Yes, sir,” said the waiter oblig
ingly as he approached the offend
ing article. “And what shall I do
with it, sir?” The elderly man
rose menacingly in his chair.
“Do with it?” he bellowed. “Do
with it? Wring its neck!”—Na
tional Food Magazine.
Accidental.
Stonewall Jackson was not a man
to speak ill of another without
strong reason, but that he could ex
press an opinion in no uncertain
terms is shown by a remark that
the Southern Bivouac attributes to
him.
At a council of generals early in
the war, one of them remarked that
Major-was wounded and would
be unable to perform a certain work
for which he had been suggested.
“Wounded!” said Jackson. “If
that is really so I think it must
have been by an accidental dis
charge of his duty!”
Business Is Business.
' “It’s all in knowing how to sell,”
explained the manager.
“So?”
“Yes; first you offer ’em this set
of Shnkespeare at $100. If they
shudder at that, try ’em with this
patent corkscrew at 15 cents.”—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, dean service.
RAKFRY INXONNECTION
uniu.ii i everything good
JACK CALUNE* ca
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry'call'on'ine.
‘‘QUICK ACTION”
it my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leaves once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK; for
PORT WELLS and
Way Ports.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
BARGAINS
ADLER will sell
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a barga'n.
A Five-room he,use with ten
foot shed for less than lumber
cost.
When in aewara atop at tne
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
S'iRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward, Alaska
TIDE TABLES
Thursday, August 21.
High tide 2:30 a. m. 2:39 p. m.
Low tide 8:24 a. ill. 9:01 p. m.
Friday, August 22.
High tide 2:55 a. m. 3:08 p. in.
Low tide 8:49 a. m. 9:43 p. in.
Saturday, August 23.
High tide 3:38 a. in. 3:40 p. in.
Low tide 9:19 a. m. 10:35 p in.
Sunday, August 24.
High linj i :34 a. in. 4:24 ij. m.
Low tide i 54 a. in. 11:43 p. in.
Monday, August 25.
High tide 0:00 a. in. 5:19 p. in.
Low tide 10:42 a. m.
Tuesday, August 26.
High tide 8:06 a. m. 0:37 p. in.
Low tide 1:13 a. in. 11:55 p. in.
Wednesday, August 27.
High tide 9:36 a. m. 8:05 p. in.
Low tide 2:39 a. in.1:3 7 p. m.
Thursday, August 28.
High tide 10:23 a. m. 9:10 p. in.
Low tide 3:42 a. m. 3:06 p. in.
Friday, August 29.
High tide 11:00 a. m. 10:10 p. in.
Low tide 4:32 a. m. 4:15 p. in.
Saturday, August 30.
High tide 11:33 a. m. 10:09 p. m.
Low tide 5:15 a. m. 5:00 p m.
Sunday, August 31.
High tide 12:09 p. in. 11:58 p. m.
Low tide 5:54 a. m. 5:54 p. in.
Schedule of Donaldson.
Oflice of the Quartermaster
Fort Liscum, Alaska, June 9th,
1913.
Daily, Saturdays and Sundays
excepted.
Leave Fort Liscum, 1:15 p.
m. and 5:00 p. in.
Leave Valdez 2:00 p. m. and
5:30 p. m.
Sundays
Leave Fort Liscum, 9:30 a. m..
Leave Valdez, 12:30 p. in.
Saturdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, 1:15 p.
in., and 7 :00 p. m.
Leave Valdez 4:00 p. m. and
10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips on the
2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used
to clean boilers.
Spevial trips or cancelling of
the above will he made without
notice only to meet the exigen
cies of the service
By order of Lietut. Col. O’Neil.
L. A. KUNZIG.
1st. Lieutenant, 30th Infantry.
Quartermaster.
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
For $6 we will give you a tic
ket entitling you to hospital ser
vice and care for any eight weeks
out of the year from date of your
ticket, when incapacitated by in
jury or sickness.
See VV. H. ZIEGLER.
One-half off on trimmed milli
nery and 25 per cent, discount on
suits at Harvey s J'oggery.
Geo. Reinke. the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.
Our New Building
has given us more room which has made it possible for us
to add a new line of merchandise to our already complete
stock.
The town has long felt the need of a well assorted
stock of
Crockery and Glassware
and we have just received our first shipment of
SEMI PORCELAIN, and HA VILAND CHINA
HOTEL WARE and DECORATED CHINA.
Come in and see it.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all puns
of the interior. General Trucking
Bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKinicy St, Valdez
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse Sl Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Points.)
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
Iroi °ipe, Fittings.
fiillP Hotel
cubop&ul
Chas, Pautr, Mat.
^THE BESTOrEVENTHIffl
IN TnEHEAWOnffidTI >
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IRONING WORRIES^
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TE_ EPHONE COMPANY.
Steam Heat Electric Light j
THE COPPER BLOCK1
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good Tiir niirrcT G 0 0 d
Goods lilt DUrrtl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I ¥ TR^DCD and Building
Puget Sound JLi U IYIDLjIX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries SEKH
‘PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Order. Solicited Free Delivery
We do a
general
Banking
Business
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Internet on lime Certificates of Deposit.[