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STEWART Jk SELBY, Proprietor*
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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July 2*. 1»12. at the postofflce of Valdea
Alaska, under act of March 3. 1873.
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 101«
OLIVER ASKS EOR “MORE.”
The Alaska Road Commission hat
asked the congress for an appropria
tion of $600,000 for road and tra'l
building and repair work during the
season of 1917. One of the strong
arguments in getting this big appro
priation was the fact that the gov
trnment was engaged in the construc
tion of a trunk line railway system
in Alaska, and that roads and trails
were necessary as feeders to the rail
way system. All of which is true,
but we express the hope that if a
similar argument is employed to gain
the $600,000 from the present con
gress, at least some of the funds will
be devoted to carrying out the policy
suggested by the argument. It is but
the truth to say that very little of the
Road Commission funds appropriat
ed for the year 1916 were employed
in road and trail work as feeders of
the railway line. But what is the use
of resurrecting the past, which is
gone? Why not look to the future
and live in the hope that the Alaska
Road Commission will in fact, as it
does in theory, adopt the policy of
building roads and trails that will
l ring traffic to the raiway project.
There should be the utmost harmony
as between the Alaskan Engineering
Commission, charged with the con
struction of the railway project, and
the Alaska Road Commission, which
has plenary power with respect to
road and trail building in the terri
tory. If tlie great Alaska railroad
project is to be the huge success that
:ts sponsors—the people of Alaska—
claim that it will be, when completed,
it is obvious that roads and trail will
be necessary as traffic feeders.
In the matter of coal mines in the
Matanuska fields, it is taken for
granted that the railway project wi"
cover this field by a system of branch
lines, which will be constructe!
wherever an available tonnage is as
sured. No one figures for a moment
that the government will content it
self by merely constructing a trunk
line system to the coal fields, leaving
the coal operators to build their ow i
branch or connecting lines. But there
will be many points that will supply
a fair tonnage, but not sufficient to
justify* the building of a branch line
railway. Here is where the road aad
trail building will be necessary. And
furthermore, the road and trail build
ing should keep progress with the
steel laying, thus opening the contig
uous country as the rails extend to
ward the interior.
What really ought to be done, in
the light of the rapid development ol
the Cook Inlet country, U for the
Alaska Road Commission to remove
its headquarters to Anchorage, so ai
to keep in close touch with the situ
■ ation. Eventually the commission’!
> headquarters must be established a
come point on the government trunk
' line railway system. Why not ii
tfce near future—next season, say?
In any event Anchorage must lent
, whatever assistance it can, to the em
1 that the big appropriation sought b;
ibe Alaska road Commission be pass
( cd by Congress. It might be well fc;
the Anchorage Chamber of Commerci
[ to pass a resolution in favor of thi
increased sum asked, in the hope thu
, a goodly portion shall be expeftdec
in the Cook Inlet country next seas
on. Certainly, it would do no harm
■ and might, by that much, strengther
the hands of the road commissioners
It will not do to sit idly by in this
—the period of development of this
region. There is work for us to do
and plenty of it, if we are to achieve
the best results. We must reach out
for things while the time is ripe.—
Anchorage Daily Times.
THE BARBER.
Catching the fever of other work
ers who in the middle and eastern
states ard now enjoying unprecedent
edly large pay envelopes, the barbers
are considering a raise in their prices.
Some propose to Increase the price of
a shave from fifteen cents to twenty
five cents, and for the price of a hair
cut from thirty-five to fifty cents.
Now, there is a movement for a
better condition of a class of laborers
which, though it will be resisted by
some, has many elements of justifi
cation. Barbers are the poorest paid
of skilled laborers. Their wages have
not been raised for twenty years. The
schedule for a shave remains today
at what it was when Alaska was dis
covered. Their expenses for rent and
supplies have gone up from fifty to
one hundred per cent and they still
chub merrily along gathering in the
dollars where they can, and making
both ends meet where trade is bad.
A barber is at greater expense than
any other mechanic. He must con
stantly add to his stock of tools.
Only a few of them find when the
day is done that they have made as
much as a miner or workman. But
they must provide for their custo
mers comfortable workshops, sanitary
supplies, reading matter, heat, light,
porter service, and many other things
that greatly add to the barbers’ over
head expenses. The marvel is that
the average barber can supply as
many conveniences for the money as
the does.
WOMAN’S SPHERE.
Those persons who still believe that
there is a fenced-off segment of the
world designated as ‘woman’s sphere'
are certainly getting some very hard
jolts these days. While yet in a crit
ical condition as the result of real
izing that a woman is actually to sit
In Congress, they are subjected to the
further shock of seeing a woman
break the country’s aviation records,
and with inferior equipment, at that.
Hardly has this been swallowed with
great difficulty than the news comes
from Europe that a woman has dis
covered how to sterilize uniforms sc
that the soldiers will no longer be^
THE EMPRESS
Tonight at 8 p. m. Sharp.
PATHE NEWS-Shown First
ARNOLD DALY
A. ASHTON KIRK—INVESTIGATOR-In
THE HOUSE OF FEAR
5 Act Gold Rooster Play.
Comedy—Wally Van In
THE EVOLUTIONS OF CUTEY
REGULAR ADMISSION REGULAR ADMISSION
coins Infected by pieces of cloth shui
into their bodies—one of the greatest
causes of infection found in all mill
i tary hospitals. This, by tbe way, ii
i the same woman who, about a yeai
ago, voluntarily risked death by lnoc
: ulating herself with a new prepara
: lion of gangrene bacilli to test its ef
flcacy.
i When the New York State suffra
gettes, just assembled in convention
sent a telegram of congratulation t<
I Miss Ituth Law, the champion avia
’ tor, that intrepid young woman wir
ed her thanks in reply and wisher
' them victory in 1917. Then she add
ed, delightfully, “Woman’s sphere i
! whereever she chooses to be."
Yes, that phrase really sums it al
| up exceedingly well. Woman’!
Sphere is today, as Woman’s Sphen
, states at its head every week: “Th<
human sphere, unlimited unbound,
ed.”
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A BUSINESS man to progress must
go in debt. A town is like a man
The town that has no debt ’s a dead
one and is shunned by capital. The
town which Is improving as fast as
the work can be done is the town that
has a good healthy debt hanging over
its head. You cannot make improve
ments without spending money and
you cannot spend money without
making improvements. Every dollar
that goes into the streets and side
walks of a town goes back into the
pockets of its citizens. It is not the
tax rate that worries a man, noi the
amount he pays. And high taxes do
not always mean a high standard of
civic improvements. Some of the
most progressive cities we have ever
seen had the lowest tax rates, and vice
versa.
IT SEEMS a queer state of affairs
that Canadian boats operating in the
waters of Southeastern Alaska can
not be regulated, when American
vessels operating in Canadian waters
can be subjected to so many restric
tions. The Canadian boats runr.'ng
from Skagway to Prince Rupert and
Valcouver, B. C., take the cream of
(he haul away from the American
craft, and are not amenable to Amer
ican laws otherwise than clearance
forms. If the Alaska Steamship Co.
or the Pacific Steamship Co. touched
at Prince Rupert they would be "egu
lated out of existence.
A MAN once delivered a lecture
on Man, stating that he was the most
independent of animals, and if thrown
on a desert island could find means
to live comfortably. He then went
home and roared his head off because
he could not button his collar.
THIS is the time of year when
Aunties may be found crocheting
those impossible yarn slippers which
slide around onto your heel.
BY this time next week the agony
will have abated and we will grow
sare enough to stop and count the
cost.
ARE you a S. P. U. G.7
Notice of Sale of Personal Property.
Delinquent list of assessments
against personal property for the year
1916, Town of Valdez, Territory of
Alaska:
Blake, Jack, merchandise, value
$160; tax $3.00; penalty 30c; total
$3.30.
Love-Whitley, machinery and stock
of merchandise, value $2005.00; tax
$40.10, penalty $4.01, total $44.11.
Reynolds, H. D., automobile, val
ue $500; tax $10, penalty $1.00; to
tax $11.00.
Strixner George, automobile, value
$350.00, tax $7.00, penalty 70; to
tal $7.70.
Wilson, James E., horses, harness,
wagons, sleds, etc., value $5385; tax
$107.70; penalty $10.77; total
$118.47.
The above taxes were unpaid and
became delinquent on the 4th day of
December, 1916. The owners of the
above described personal property
are hereby notified that unless the
said delinquent taxes, together with
penalty, interest and costs are paid
on or before December 30, 1916, the
property on which such taxes are a
lien will be seized by the Town Mar
shal and sold at public auction or.
said December 30, 1916, between the
hours of 10 o’clock A. M. and 1
o’clock P. M., at the Town Hall of
the Town of Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 11th
day of December, 1916.
E. G. AMES,
Town Treasurer of the Town of Val
dez, Alaska.
First publication December 12, 1916.
Last publication, December 19, 1916.
Freeh Everyday
Bread, cake, pies, cookies, cup
takes, doughnuts, etc. Also English
plum and fruit cake at Blum's Bak
ery. . tt
BOOKS? Yes. we have them, suit
able for Xmas presents; and PyraUn
Ivory, hand painted. Waldos Drag
Go.
A saw Use of heaters priced right,
at Head's. «
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New Arrivals On S. S. Spokane
Shoenhut’s Wood Dolls
The cleverest novelties ever shown in dolls
and indestructible.
Doll Buggies. Toy Dishes.
Kiddy Kars. Building Blocks.
A new line of ties and fur lined gloves
for men.
An extra choice collection of cut glass.
S Blum & Co.
(INCORPORATED)
GOOD GOODS.
FOR SALE—Three large work
dogs and sled, good condition, just
over the trail from Fairbanks. Arctic
Hotel. It
WANTED—A Victrola with rec
ords in good condition. Phone No.
118. k20
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Others over V aldes Drag Co.
Phoae >18 McKinley Street
Contract Burgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ITTOBHKTI-IT-LAW
oaee C*mrt Hmm
Pkm> M VALDH. iLAWl
JOHN LTOKI a. K. BITCHZB
LYONS & RITCHIE
DR. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate National Ualrerstty
Waaktagtoa, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Yean In Valdez.
PHONY) 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez. Alaska
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ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer* la
ALL KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1048 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
Tit ike Cottage Dining Room tor
good home-cooked moots. Mrs. M.
Rocker, Phone 181. M
Pictures and Panoramic Tisws
make fine presents. ▼aides Drug
Oo. «
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the •
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Lifkt Rooai--The Homae if Coafert
rates; reasonable
BATH-ROOM Special Rataa By (La Mead
PHONE 13S MRS. STRING, Pi*
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR
MEN
RATES REASONABLE
Nice dean rooms, good beds,
rooms rented by day, week, or
month. At the Hopkins House
MRS. P. REED
The Heme ot the Pat-a-Cake. At
Love-Wh:;)ey Go. tt
Preaperier ais bring rewrite.