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THE FIRING LINE.
FOR glory? For good? For for
tune or farin'?
Why. he for the front when
the battle 1b on!
Leave the rear to the dolt, the lazy,
the lame;
Go forward aa ever the valiant
have gone;
Whether city or field, whether
mountain or mine,
Go forward, right on to the firing
line.
Whether new sboy or plow boy, cow
boy or clerk.
Fight forward, be ready, be
steady, be first;
Be fairest, be bravest, be best at
your work;
Exalt and be glad; dare to hun
ger, to thirst,
As David, as Alfred—let dogs skulk
and whine—
There Is room hut for men on the
firing line.
Aye, the place to fight and the
piace to fall—
As fail we must, all In God's good
time—
It Is where the manliest man Is the
wall.
Where boys are as men in their
pride arid prime.
Where glory gleams brightest,
where brightest eyes shine,
Far out on the roaring red firing
lire.
Joaquin Miller.
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, UONGKKSSIONAL MILLING
Congress has been hacking and fill
ing for a month on the food admin
istration bill, and now is about where
it was when it started—or perhaps
not so far. It has reached a point af
ter running around in a wide circle
and hitting a tangent now and then,
where it has called upon President
Wilson to come tot her escue with
some kind of compromise that will
avoid further deadlock.
The incident emphasizes the accur
ack of an observation recently made
by Jonathan Bourne, jr.. in which
lie said:
“The debate on the food control
bill lias served to show the confusion,
the inconsistency and the absurdity
of war legislation which is drawn
without sufficient attention to the su
prenpm ectssity of co-ordinating all
tile powers and activities of the gov
ernment to the end of securing «lie
wi li st possible efficiency and econo
my, not alone of money but of effort.”
The former senator calls attention
to the fact that the act of congress
wl ich established the council of na
tional defense conferred upon that
body functions which it lias interpret
ed as including the right for its sub
committees to enter upon negotia
tions, ro agree upon prices, and to do
everything in the making of con
tracts for the government except to
attach l lie signatures which will
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MRS. E. MILL, I’rojir.
VALDEZ ALASKA
make them valid. These validating
signatures must be those of respon
sible cabinet officers, who, however,
regard themselves privileged to up
set anything which may have been
done by the council in contravention
of their individual notions. In conse
quence we And not only the council
bu some of the secretaries acting at
cross purposes but we see serious
dissension among the secretaries
themselves.
“All this,” he adds, “could be ob
viated if the country possessed some
agency which could act as a clearing
house for proposed legislation, which
would inerpret the opinions of the ad
ministration to congress and those
of congress to the administration,
which could sift out and unify the
various conflicting proposals for au
thority and appropriations, and
which could also serve as a channel
for communicating to the people the
intentions and the action of both con
gress and the administration.”
Such an arrangement was propos
ed in the Weeks-Madden resolution,
providing for a joint congressional
committee, the majority of which
would consist of democrats as repre
senting the majority in congress.
Congress is said to be in favor of it
but the administration has not yet
shownany desire to approve of such
an agency—and there is the rub.
That some such small organization
—similar in a sense to the British
war council—must inevitably be
formed if the war continues for a
long period of time is the growing
opinion among observers at Washing
ton.
••GERMAX-AMERICAX" VIEW
Col. Roosevelt lias said repeatedly
in denouncing “hyphenated citizens,”
that there can he no “fifty-fifty” al
legiance to the Stars and Stripes. The
American who is not with his coun
try in a critical time like that thru
which the nation is passing, is against
it and his actions are likely to be
watched.
It is refreshing to read from an
address of Otto 11. Kahn, one of the
foremost businessmen of the United
States—himself an American of Ger
men origin—on the subject of
“Americans of German origin and
the war.” The address referred to
was delivered recently before the
Merchant’s Association of New York,
and is so searching in its analysis of
Germany’s part in the war that it is
a contribution to the literature on the
subject of divided allegiance, of
which much has been said during the
past few months.
“A century and a half ago,” he
said, “Americans and English birth
rose to free this country from the op
pression of the English. Now Ameri
cans of German birth are called up
on to rise, together with their fellow
citizens ofall races, to free not only
this country, but the whole world
from the oppression of the rulers of
Germany, an oppression far less cap
able of being endured and of far
graver portent.
"Speaking as one born of German
parents, I do not hesitate to state it
as my deep conviction that the great
est service which men of German
birth or antecedents can render to
the country of their origin is to pro
claim, and to stand up for those
great and line ideals and national
qualities and traditions which they
inherited from their ancestors, and
to set their faces like Hint against
the monstrous doctrines and acts of
a rulersliip which have robbed them
of the Germany which they loved and
in which they took just pride, the
Germany which had the good will,
respect and admiration of tin- entire
world! ”
Continuing in the same strain Mr.
Kahn stated it “as his solmen con
viction” that the more unmistakebly
and wholeheartedly Americans of
German origin throw themselves into
the struggle which America has en
tered, the better they protect and
serve “the repute of the old German
name and the true advantage of the
I German people.”
lie pointed out further—with sor
row and disappointment—that the
burden of the teachings of German
professors, employed by the state, is
that might makes right and that the
German nation has been chosen to
exercise, morally, mentally and ac
tually, the overlordship of the world
and must and will accomplish the
task and that destiny, whatever the
cost in bloodshed, misery and ruin—
and the spirit of that teaching is
closely akin to the spirit from which
was bred the religious wars of the
past.
“Would life be tolerable,” Mr.
Kahn inquired, “if the power of the
Prussian, run mad and murderous,
held the world by the throat, if the
primacy of the earth belonged to a
government steeped in the doctrine
of a barbarous past and supported by
a ruling caste which preaches the de
ification of sheer might, which dis
pises liberty, hates democracy and
would destroy both if it could?”
Undoubtedly the great majority of
Americans of German origin share
these lofty sentiments of true Ameri
icanism and stand ready to throw
their weight into the scales against
“the enemies of mankind,” the rul
ing Prussian caste.
RAIN in the superlative degree is
falling in Alaska this year, and so
moist is the climate that some of our
autoists are seriously considering in
stalling Evlnrude kickers on the
backs of their cars.
IT IS stated that the women com
posing Russia’s famous hair-pulling
brigade was forced to retire in their
first engagement with the enemy.
Probably their hair or a stocking
came down, as is the case in a fe
male basketball game.
MANY gardens in Valdez have re
verted to the otiginal weed patch on
account of excessive rain and lack of
attention on the part of their own
ers. There is some peculiar quirk in
man which causes him to work a
week putting in a fine garden and
then allowing the weeds to take it,
but it has even been so since the time
of Adam.
VALDEZ WINS FROM LI SCO I
ON LOCAL GROUNDS
Valdez won the hall game front the
Fort Liseum hoys by a score said to
be 13 to 4. in a game on the local
grounds yesterday. The game was
featured hy heavy batting on., both
sides. It was called in the seventh in
ning on account of rain.
NEW DEPUTY APPOINTED
AT LATOLCHE MINES
TL M. Conrad was recently ap
nointed United States Deputy Mar
shal at Latouche, his work beginning
August first.
KING AND QUEEN
VISIT AMERICAN TROOPS
LONDON, July 30.—King George
and Queen Mary visited the American
troops today at their border camp the
king addressing the troops briefly.
Alaska Agricultural and
Industrial Fair
TO BE HELD AT
ANCHORAGE
ALASKA
September 3, 4- and 5
$5,000 Paid in Prizes for Exhibits
Reduced Rates on all Steamers
All Alaska and Her
Friends are Invited
Going To Fairbanks?
Ask For the Sheldon Service
SHELDON AUTO STAGE LINE
Through Service from Valdez to
Fairbanks and all Interior Points.
For further information call on or
address
i THE AGENT, at the Prospector Office
MUSTARD SAUCE
TOMATO SAUCE
SWEET ONIONS
PICKLED ONIONS
MIXED GHERKINS
WHITE SALAD VINE
GAR
EVP. HORSE RADISH
STEAMSHIP ALAMEDA
SAILS SOUTH YESTERDAY
The steamer Alameda arrived late
Saturday night and sailed south
about three o’clock yesterday morn
ing with the following passengers:
Mr. and Mrs. William Fursman, Mrs.
A. Florence, H. Nelson, Charles
Harr, and Dan Wiltsey for Seattle;
T. E. Jones and Fred J. Statham for
Cordova.
VALDEZ PARTY SPENDS
SUNDAY AT SUMMIT
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elliot, Mr.
and Mrs. S. A. Hemple and Walter
Stewart spent yesterday at the Sum
mit. Mr. Elliot reports a grand trip
and the roads fine.
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Youghurt Cottage Cheese,
a new addition to our fancy eats—pack
ed in a sealed paper cup. plain and pimen
to, sells 2 for 25.
Randall’s Grape Juice,
from selected New York grapes, full 20
oz., bottle sells at 30c, as compared with
16 oz., bottle of other kinds at 35c.
Heinz’s Varieties:
Most of the 57 varieties for sale at this store, here are a few selected in glass:
CHOW CHOW PICKLE
GREEN PEPPER SAUCE
INDIA RELISH
SOUR GHERKINS
MALT VINEGAR
SPICED SALAD VINE
GAR
PURE OLIVE OIL
CHILI SAUCE
RED PEPPER SAUCE
SWEET GHERKINS
GRAPE JELLY
TARAGON
PURE CIDER VINEGAR
WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables:
ket’s best on the last boats—Cherries, Plums. Apricots, Seedless Grape Fruit, Melons,
Cantaloups. Radishes, Head Lettuce, Cukes, String Beans, Green Peas, etc.
JIFFY JELL many tasty desserts can be made with Jiffy Jell—try the
new mint or lime flavor.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
Good Goods
Complete line cf Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tt
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Krrr aad Accepted Maaaaa
Regulai Communication* flr*t Wed
uesday in each month in McKtnle>
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN. W. 11.
ED WOOD. Secretary.
WE PAY
Cast Iron $25 per ton.
Wrought Iron $18 per ton.
Copper $26 per ton.
Brass $18 per ton.
load 8V4c per pound.
Rubber 7Hc per pound.
Qt. Beer Bottles 27He per doz.
Pint Beer Bottles 17H per dez.
Rags $2.50 per 100 pounds.
Paper $1.00 per 100 pounds.
Manila Rope 4He per pound.
F. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1643 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
LAUNCH
PATHFINDER
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
‘sailing weekly out of Valdez
will deliver passengers, mail, ex
press and fast freight at any
point on Prince William Sound.
RATES REASONABLE
Periodical service by agree
ment to outlying camps a spe
cialty.
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Launch Patsy
for Charter Amvyhere on
VALDEZ BAY
At any Time Day or Night
J. D. Jefferson
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
HAY OR NIGHT
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Jf'
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices in Fish Building, adjoining
Tillikum Club.
Phone ’13 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. > burgeon, U S Public Health Sery.
(Marine Hospital)
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DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate Natloaal lnl.er.itj,
Washington. D. t.
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1898
PHONE 110
Office Booms in Whaling Bn tiding
DONOHOE & DIM^ND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALUE*. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS « tt RITCHIH
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORN E VS-AT-LAW
Offices in u ft«llng Bulltllng
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Killed Lenses Ground
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, Ph.C.M. D. Prop,
Jos. A. Silverman Ph. G. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office hour»-l to 4 p. in --7 to 8 p. m.
Sunday by» Appointment'
Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
ltoyle Block Valdez
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—!u Owl Drug Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT COLD
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
I W. M, CONLEY President,
Valdes Alaska.
I GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary.
Valdez Alaska.
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