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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1»17
THE ROOT OF THE PORK EVIL.
There has been for years in tl\f
inlted States, even in the quarters
/here the rights and dignities of the
individual states are most jealously
sserted and defended, a disposition
o throw upon the Federal Govern
nent the cost of Improvements which
t should not be called upon to boar.
The false belief that the nation should
lo for the state or the community,
vhat the state or community should
lo, and had better do, for itself, is the
oot of the “Pork Evil,” and this be
lief has been strengthened by suc
fess so often that it has come to be
egarded as a true conception of the
contract upon which the national
federation is based. Constituencies
have long expected tueir Representa
tives in Congress "to bring something
home” from Washington and Con
gressmen from certain districts nave
as long believed that their success as
statesmen could best be osial lished
by ‘bringing things home.”
In reality such achievements as
have been scored in this respect may
be counted for loss, rather than gain,
by the districts concerned. Through
dependence on federal approp; iations
the people of the district have, in nu
merous instances, neglected to do for
themselves those things which would
have turned the tide of prosper.!* ii
their favor. “Waiting for Congress'
to do something accounts for arrested
progress in many a once-promising
community. Rivers are neglected,
canals are left unfinished, harbors
are left unimproved, everything a
waits until such a time as congress)
shall grant an appropriation. Mean
while the alert, independent and self
leliant rival Community has gone into
its own pockets and made its own im
provements, and has grown and be
come rich.
“Waiting for Congress to do some
ihing,” is on a par with the waiting
of Mr. Wilkins Micawber for "some
thing to turn up.” It is a blight
ing weakness. The community that
exists in the hope that Congress will
“do something” for it “some day" has
failure written in large letters across
it. Just as soon as congressional
districts and their Representatives re
alize that the “pork” appropriation is
an affliction rather than a blessing,
the present system of logrolling will
come to an end.
The United States is immensely
wealthy, and it could doubtless spend,
without feeling it, far more than it
does now on useless “improvements ’
or on improvements that are purely j
local; but morally it cannot afford to
give countenance to the use of pub- [
lie moneys for the payment of polit
ical debts.
When all is said, if there is any
real distinction, the government can
better afford to grant, than the con
gressional district can afford to re
ceive, appropriations obtained under
lalse pretenses, or in accordance with
a dishonest compact, or without ex
(ectation or intention of compensn'
ing the nation. No community can
derive ultimate profit from partici
pation in any form of wrongdoing —
Christian Science Monitor.
THE woman who wouldn’t think
of respecting her husband gets mad
because the neighbors do not respect
him.
A NEW broom is like a reformer;
it may sweep clean for a while, but
it won’t keep clean.
ONE reason why women do not
make good baseball pitchers is be
cause even when a girl has good
curves she can’t control them.
CUSTOM demands that a girl’s
skirts reach her shoes tops, but the
girls have circumvented custom by
extending the shoe tops to the kne«.
PARTIES desiring packages of
watermelon seed should write to ;he
Bureau of Agriculture at Washing
ton. If this balmy weather continues
it will soon be time to plant them.
NO matter what fool joke an edi
tor prints someone thinks it is ain ed
especially at him. It has gotten so
that if a man says “Hee-haw” some
body wants to take a poke at the edi
tor for insulting his ancestors.
All BUZZ I RELIEVED AS
CHIEF ITALIAN FLEET
HOME, Feb. 21.—The Duke of
Abruzzi has requested that he be re
lieved of the command of the Italian
fleet. He will be replaced by Vice Ad
miral Paola Thaoan di Revel, who
will also assume the duty of chief of
the general staff of the navy.
Mrs. Penfield ('loses Workshop.
VIENNA, Feb. 21.—Mrs. Frederic
C. Penfield, wife of the American
ambassador, today closed the work
shop where fot- thirty months, at her
own expense, were produced millions
of bandages and wound dressings, an
effort to which the late Emperor gave
his recognition by conferring on Mrs.
Penfield a high order.
Cowlitz Camps Closed
KELSO, Feb. 21.—Several hun
dred men have been thrown out of
work by the closing of the logging
camps at Cowlitz county. Deep snow
and cold weather make logging opera
tions on a profitable scale impossible.
Logger’s Office Burned.
CHEHAL1S, Feb. 21.—The office
building of Henry Hall, a prominent
logger of Onolaska. was destroyed
yesterday by fire of undetermined or -
gin. No other building was damaged
but the logging company lost all its
l ooks and records, not a thing being
saved.
Wilson Cheered by English.
LONDON, Feb. 21.—News of the
severance by President Wilson of dip
lomatic relations with Germany and
the probability of the United Stare: i
uttering in the war against Germany
was greeted by round after round of
cheers by the populace which throng
ed the streets here.
12,000 BIBLE CLASS
MEMBERS VOLUNTEER
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 21.—The
Philadelphia military training corps,
drawn from members of the Drexel
Biddle Bible classes, has offered its
services in the event of war, to Gov.
Brumbaugh.
Twelve thousand members of the
Bible classes signified their willing
ness to volunteer for war service.
Indies’ Aid Meeting.
The Ladies' Aid of the Congrega
tional church will meet tomorrow aft
ernoon at 2 o’clock in the lecture
room of the church. Mrs. Conway
and Mrs. Sc'niffer will be hostesses.
POLICEMAN KILLED
BY A PRISONER
STOCKTON, Calif.. Feb. 21.-—John
Brisco, a police officer, was shot and
killed this morning by one of two
men whom he had placed under ar
rest and was escorting to police head
quarters.
The officer had almost reached the
office at the police station when one
of the men shot. Brisco fell and the
man fired three more shots at him. He
died a few minutes later.
The two prisoners escaped. So far
as known, the men were arrested on
a vagrancy charge. Brisco leaves a
wife and six children.
Robt. Kelsey made a trip to the
Ramsay-Rutherford mine yesterday,
with mail for the mine.
The snow on the trail has drifted
clear over the tops of the railing on
the bridges, making a depth of ten to
fifteen feet.
Wilson's crew of freighters is en
gaged in hauling oil to the Ramsay
Rutherford. Mr. Wilson is making
good time with the contract, and if
the present fine weather continuer
will finish hauling in a few weeks.
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
LIGHT WAVES.
8«m« Too Tiny to Bo 8oon. Yet 8cieneo
Con Measure Thom.
The very smallest thing on earth
which has been actually measured Is a
light wave.
Light waves, of course, are of differ
*nt lengths. In the Bpectruro the ml
waves ure longest, orange next, yellow
,iext, and so on to the violet, which are
shortest of the visible waves. So if
we were to give the measurement of
lie very smallest thing we would have
o take one of the light waves Iji the
,-lolet end of the spectrum or, better
dill, one of the waves of the ultravio
et portion which is invisible.
The shortest of these that has beeu
letcrmined is 120 millionths of a mllU
uoter. Changing this to fractions of
in inch, we can comprehend the small
icss of the wave better. If these waves
were placed one on top of the other
here would be more than 200,000 of
hem in a line one inch long. The neg
itive corpuscle which is a constituent
•art of the atom is known to be smull
•r than this, but its exact size has not
K>en determined.
That these light waves can be meas
tied is due to the fact that as light
wuves are refracted it is only a matter
>f determining the angle of refraction
tnd by trlungulation finding the length.
-Kansas City Star.
THE ENGLISH PHEASANT.
Originally From Asia, It la Still Found
In China and Tibet.
Generally speaking, the English
pheasant is misnamed, since it came
from Asia and la still to be found in
India, Tibet and China. The birds
were brought to Europe more than 000
years ago, turned loose on bunting
preserves and thrived amazingly. They
supply the finest bird shooting in Scot
land and England, and so much care la
taken In raising them that they may
almost be regarded as a half domesti
cated bird.
Under tbe present system the eggs
are hatched by hens or in incubators.
The chicks are carefully fed on in
sects Hnd prepared Poods, and when
they are able to shift for themselves
they are turned into the woods. While
the common pheasant will roost in
trees, it Is a ground bird. The female
will remain under cover until it is al
most stepped upon.
Because of this trait the pheasants
are aroused by men who beat In the
thickets until the pheasants take flight
over shooting boxes, where tbe hunt
ers are concealed.—Philadelphia North
American.
Dodging Mother Meng.
Infant prodigies are not unknown in
China, and Chinese Buddhists find it
easy to account for them. According
to the doctrine of the transmigration
of souls, persona jiasslng through hades
on their way to the wheel of life
(which relaunches souls into the bodies
jf bullies or animals just being born)
have to cross a bridge. Before mount
ing the bridge they are stopped by an
old hag called Meng, who. ladle in
hand, compels each soul to drink a
mouthful of the waters of forgetful
ness. for which the popular name is
Mother Meng’s soup. Those who drink
of tliis forget all that they hnd passed
through or had known in their former
life and thus on being reborn into the
world are entirely Ignorant. Some,
however, manage to dodge Mother
Meng and enter the world full of
knowledge, which they display as soon
as they can articulate.
First Stamp* of Nippon.
It was in March, 1871, that postage
stamps were for the first time issued In
Japan, following the system of western
countries. The stamps were of four
denominations of mon. These stamps,
however, disappeared shortly after
their issue, to be replaced in 1872 by
another series In the denomination of
sen. These denominations are still in
use today, but at tbe present time
there is a far wider variety, the values
being from one-quarter of a cent to $5.
Tbe first stamps were extremely crude
in appearance, were without gum and
were printed by tbe ancient method of
wood engraving. Today electric ma
chines turn out the stamps, as we
know them In this country, in enor
mous quantities.—Japan Society Bulle
tin.
Animals Under Water.
The ability of a beaver to remain un
der water for a long time is not really
so tough a problem as it looks. When
the lake or pond is frozen over a bea
ver will come to the under surface of
the ice and expel his breath so that It
will form a wide, flat bubble. The air,
coming in contact with the ice and wa
ter, is purified, and the beaver breathes
it again. This operation he can repeat
several times. The otter and muskrat
do the same thing.
Reckless.
“Better let that woman send thirty
words for a quarter if she likes."
“Why so?”
“It will save the company money.
She has already torn up about $1 worth
of blanks trying to boil her message
down.”—Pittsburgh Post .
Must Keep Them.
“Does be keep his promises?”
“I guess so. I never heard of any
body wanting to take them.”—Detroll
Free Press.
What He Mads.
“How’s business, old mnn? Been
making anything lately?”
“Yes; an assignment"—Boston Tran
script
Sweet is the destiny of all trades,
whether of the brows or of the mtn*l
God never allowed any man to do not'>
Ing.—Bishop Hall.
Good
Goods
Phone 12
Moderate
Prices
Lenten Season
is at hand and we are prepared to cater to your wants
with a fine line of Smoked, Salted and Canned
Fish and Specialties.
Let us assist you in preparing your daily Menu by serving you
with some of the following:
Smoked and Salted Fish
KIN NAN HA 1)1 UK
KIPP KURD SALMON
SALT MAKKKRKL
SALT HKRKINti
liKIC'K COD-KISH
RKI) SALMON KKLLIKH
Imported Sardines and Specialties
IJEL.MONT—IN OLIVE OIL
ALBERT ROCHE—IN OLIVE OIL
TRISTAN—SPRATS IN OIL
TRISTAN—SPRATS IN TOMATO
(TtOWN—NORWEOIAN SMOKED
<' ARNIV A^—NORWEGIAN SMOKED
C & B KIPPERED HERRING
Hl'SSIAN CAVIER
JAPANESE CRAB-MEAT
Domestic Sardines, Clams & Specialties
UNDERWOOD SARDINES
BOOTHS SARDINES—IN MUSTARD
BOOTHS SARDINES—IN TOMATO
BOOTHS SARDINES—IN SPICE
STAR—IXIBSTER
KISH BALLS
BARATARJA SHRIMP
KISH FLAKES
TUNA FISH
BLUE POINT OYSTERS
COVE OYSTERS
MINCE CLAMS
WHOLE CLAMS
FANCY RED SALMON
Patronize Our Bakery Department-Everything the Beet
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
GROCERIES AND OFFICE LOCATED IN THE FORMER KING GROCERY BUILDING
SEVERE COLD IN FRANCE;
WORST IN YEARS
PARIS. Feb. 21.—France is experi
encing the most severe winter since
1893. The cold reached even the most
southerly point yesterday and affect
ed such favored spots as Nice and
Cannes.
At Paris the mercury fell to 14, at
Belfort to 8, and at Lyons to 5.
while the port of Nantes was frozen
up, notwithstanding efforts of the ice
breakers.
The Seine, Marne and Saone are
full of floating ice. If the frost con
tinues a few days more the whole sur
face of the rivers will be covered and
all traffic stopped.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
♦ MAY' BE RESTORED j
—
OLYMPIA, Feb. 21.—Capital pun
ishment for murder, which was abol
ished in this state four years ago, will
be restored if a bill prepared today
is passed by the legislature. Follow
ing the murder of Industrial Insur
ance Commissioner Olson, Represen
tatives Hoff, Gorham and Gardner an
nounced that they would bring in a
bill to restore the death penalty. Rep
resentative Summers of Walla Walla,
where Commissioner Olson lived, will
introduce a bill appropriating $10,000
for the relief of his family.
FREE TRADE AGAIN
ISSUE IN ITALY
ROME, Feb. 21.—Free trade is
again to be a political issue in Italy.
A free trade paper, the'L’Unita, has
just made its appearance, as the or
gan of the new propaganda. The
chief item of the program for the
present will be the lowering of tariff
duties between the allied powers as
a step toward a future and wider ap
plication of the principle,_i
There Are
Many Reasons
Kor the popularity of
CRESCENT
BAKING
POWDER
But the best reason of all Is
Its economy In price and use.
SOLD BY GROCERS
POUND TIN 25c
CRESCENT MFG. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Oj>en Day an«l Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAKOVICH. Propr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—k Owl Dr* Star*. |
FOUNTAIN DRINKS !
HOT- -COLD'’ j
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers ia
ALL KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Maehtnery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad Arenas, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
When b Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, *>*0*.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Aye, Seward, Alaska
The Best Place m Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Win, light Rmu-TW Hmm of Coafort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rota By the Month
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING. Pap
VALDEZ CAFE
and BAKERY
Freak Bread and Pastry always on head
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
BERGSTROM A ROCSTAD. Props.
PHONE 17 - Tires dssrs Wise Owl Drat
In every lino or manufactured ar
ticles there is usually one maker who
sets the standard of excellence. The
Rexall Products set such a standard
for the United States in Drugs, Per
fumes, Toilet Articles and in fact, for
every article which they manufacture.
The OWL DRUG CO., exclusive agents
f'r Valdez. tf
A new stock of A1 Fruit Tablets
Candy Kitchen. tf
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT f
OOcri) ever Valdes Drag Ce.
Pheae '15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PR. 6. M^B.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Ovw Owl Drag Co.
—OFFICE HOURS:
1 ta 4 P. M. 7 to 8 P. M.
Sami ay by Appointment.
R«6. Pbone 17® Office Phone III
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. 9.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses rated Lenses Ground
DR. H. COCKERILLE
(rraiaate Nitiomal Ualversltj
WaaklavtM, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Tears In Valdez.
PHONE 110
(Mice Rooms la Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOHNEYS-AT-LAW
OBm OpiMnltf Oonrt Hoih
Phone M VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LfONfc e. k h m:H. a
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOK.HFYS-A1.LAW
oacen In *» •.ollms Building
Phone 1S1 YaLDEZ. ALASKA
VALDEZ DODGE
NO 108
free ui A«e*tei Mason*
Regular Communications first Wed -
uesday In each month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome,
j F. M. BROWN. W. M.
BD WOOD. Secretary. &
«
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
W. K GARNER. President.
Granite Mia*
GUST KRING. Secretary.
Valdes A Wat a.