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KATI It I >A V. .MARCH JD. 1013.
THE PLEA FOR AMERICAN MU
SIC.
If I In* American people could
give lo Ihe ails till* same ilis
tinclive characteristics they have
'given lo their business and their
politics, they would rise lo new I
and higher eminence in Old ■
World centers of culture, and the
too common disposition to meas
ure us down lo the sordid level
of the dollar soon would disap
pear. At home and abroad there
is a demand for art that is dis
tinctively American, for a fuller
expression of Americanism, in its
larger meaning, in music, in
painting, in sculpture1, in litera
ture, in no less than in the more
inexact sciences which largely are
concerned in artistic interpreta
tions. I
Partly at least we have huill up |
an American language, ami while
we are at times peeved because
Englishmen twit us on account, of
our linguisfic innovqltions, and
accuse us of "an old abusing of
flod’s patience and the King’s
English,” we still are conscious
of the virility, freshness and rug
ged picluresqueness of our prov
incialisms. In forcefulness, mo
bility, accuracy and power of ex
pression. 1 he American language,
the distinctive existence of which
we liVe too prone to deny, is with- |
out an equal, unless we turn hack i
to the English language of the]
Elizabethan period, the English of]
the inn, rather Ilian of the court, j
the robust English of the ale-|
house and the market place, rath
er than the effete and empty ver
biage of the lords and ladies of
the palace.
Hot we are m>| so fortunate in
the mallei' of music. Ileal Amer
icanism. in all that it means, has
found no ample expression in mu
sic. no sustained expression
which would relied the dignity.]
beauty and power of our distinct
ive nationality, of course, as
Red fern Mason points out in the
Atlantic Monthly, the suggestion
of "national music" will cause
"many excellent people to shud
der," for "it offends their musi
cal ideal, which is that of pure
sonority iinpurplexed by the sug
gestion of anything outside of its
own beauty." And yet Liszt as a
Hungarian. Orieg as a Norwegian,
and Mnussorgsky as a Russian,
wrote in what they considered
their national idiom. Nor have
other countries, such as (lerinany
and France, for instance, been
without composers who have at
tempted. more or less successful
ly, to put national color into their
music.
But, Mr. Mason believes that m
spite of racial mixtures in Amer
ica "there is no apparent reason
why a music characteristically
American should not begin to
manifest itself," though wheth
er the "differentiating factor”
would be "a matter of tonality, of
rhythm, of style,” or a composite
of all three, he does not pretend
(o say. Mul if Russians sing their
Volga boat songs, and if oarsmen
of the Nile have their songs, "is
it. unreasonable." lie asks, "to
suppose that the Yukon, the Mis
sissippi and the St. Lawrence will
inspire the American as the Volga
has inspired the Muscovite and
the Nile the Kgypfian? May we
not look for music of the Rocky
mountains \vhich will vie in beau
ty with that of Tyrol, yet have in
it something which belongs to
America alone?”
Surely we may expect to real
ize Mr. Mason's dream id' a mu
sic that will be distinctly Ameri
can in lone, rhythm and style:
and when composers have given
adequate musical expression to
Americanism in its fullest mean
ing, we will be nearing the dual
ity of our symphonic creations,
for here in America are lo be
found all the passions and setati
merits, all the hopes and fears,
all that beautifies and all that
mars all the races of the earth.—
Seattle Sun.
Push your work: don't let. .it
push you.
One golden wedding heals a full
hand of divorces.
Probably no one’s memory is
as good as lie t h inks it is.
A "fresh itgg" sign isn't genu
ine unless you bear the cackle.
W'lial is wanted in the egg mar
ket is some means of taking I lie
ag.. of storage.
It is our cowardly theory that
a woman overestimates man as a
proieel ion against burglars.
Tile man who lias to be con
verted every year must be a great
trial I o llu‘ Lord's pa I ie lire.
A nnl her I i1111■ i'ii le nf I lie el i• r—
nal litin'ss is Dial a man slnmlil
have larger feel Ilian his wife.
Daughter is nmsiili'rali', ami
doesu'l expect her mnlliiT In iln
every I li ing if she can hire il ilmie.
Ilnw many nf you (1.51111.(inn
Democrats in I lie ennui r\ waul an
ull'ice'.' (lee. ilnul all speak al
uncc.
Travel is a great eiincalnr. and
enables a man In lalk alimil some
thing bis friends aren't interest
ed in.
Sn high has become the cnsl of
dying that many of our best peo
ple are thinking of inaugurating
a boyenl I.
Cnl. Roosevelt says il costs him
*1(1 a diiy fm' postage. He must
be writing letters explaining how j
it a 11 happened.
An eminent dietician advises
the eating of beefsteak "rare but
often." II is getting preliy rare
with most of us.
The brain came first, and after
it speech, according to an English
savant. Since when speech has
vastly outstripped brain.
An old lady recently died in
Denver claiming to be over one
hundred years of age. She never
married and e.vpresse dherself as
pleased thill she had not., .lust
think how many more years she
might have lived had she been
happily married.
A man's ashes was part of I lie
business accepted for transpor
tation by Encle Sam's parcel post.
The rate was only li cents, with
ten cents added for assurance of
delivery. 'Taint much, but il is
proof that ;i man is really worth
2 4 cents even after his demise.
Notice of First Meetings of Di
rectors and Stockholders of
Mineral King Mining Company.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, a majority of the
persons named, in (lie articles oi
incorporation of the Mineral King
Mining Company, a corporation
formed under the laws of the Tor
iritory of Alaska and the articles
of incorporation whereof were
filed on March 17, 1913, in the of
fice of the clerk of the district
court of the Third division of said
Territory at Valdez. Alaska, as the
I first board of directors of said
corporation, to George 14• Her
mann. A. A. Evermann and Albert
H. Willmore, who are all the per
sons named in said articles as
composing said first hoard of di
rectors, I hag a regular meeting of
said board of directors, being the
lirsl meeting of said board,
j will be convened and bold
I for I lie purposes of colll
"leiiug the organization of said
I corporal ion. offering its capital
j stock for subscript ion, and trans
I acting any other business of said
j corporation that, may properly be
(brought before said hoard, on the
j tenth day of April. 1913, at 3
I o'clock p. m.. at the bunkliouse of
jllie Mineral King Mine on lfetlies
May, Port Wells, Alaska.
And notice is also hereby giv
en by I lie undersigned to all whom
it may concern that a regular
meeting, being the first meeting,
of the stockholders of said cor
poral ion. including all subscrib
ers for said capital thereof, will
he convened and held, for Ihe pur
noses of making and adopting by
laws for its government and
transacting any other business of
sail) corporation Hint may prop
erly he brought before said stock
holders. on said tenth day of Ap
ril. 1913. at four o’clock p. m.,
at said Imiikhouse id' the Mineral
King Mine on Bellies Ray, Port
Wells, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
17lh day of March, 1913.
GfcORGE H. HERMANN.
A. A. EVERMANN.
Directors.
First puli. March 17. 1913.
East puli. April 8, 1913.
NOTICE OF HEARING QF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
n 1111 United Slates Commission
er's Court, ex Officio Judge in
Probate, Valdbz Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of the estate of
,ouis Camicia, deceased, James
Fish and W. H. Caswell, adminis
trators.--Notice of Hearing of Fi
nal Account. A
Notice is hereby given that
Janies Fish and \V. H. Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented Tor
settlement their final account and
report of their administration of
the said estate, and that the 21st
day of April, 1913, at the hour of
2 o’clock p. m. of said day, at the
office of Thomas n. Shepard, eX
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez. Alaska,
lias been duly appointed by the
said court at the time and place
of .settlement of said final account
and report, at which time and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file
bis objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska. Ibis
191 li day of February, 1913.
JAMES FISH.
W. H. CASWELL.
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 19, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 21. 1913
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2 1-2 H. P. Stationary Gasoline
Engine
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Keystone Dock Valdez Iron Work*
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Every Boat
brings something new to this store.
The S. S. Sampson brought us some
Carter & Holmes Easter Neck Wear
for men;
A
Robert Johnson & Rand Shoes
for men, women and children. Come in and
see them, they show real class.
MILK-MILK-MILK
Freak Milk end Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
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Insurance Co.
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Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
THE SALESMAN
makes more sales and
makes them with greater
r
facility if his work is re
enforced by Electric Light.
It shows his goods to the
best advantage,and colors
may be readily matched
under its rays.
A brilliant electrically
lighted store stamps a
merchant as a hustler.
And trade follows light.
A. W. L. & T. Co.
Steam Heat Electric Light*
BLOCK
Finely Furnished Room* All Modern Convenience*
Good Tiir ailFEXT G ° °d
Goods I lit DUriLl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
’Native and ¥ Y TIV^DCD and Building
Puget Sound JLaVy IVADi-jJlX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 1
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
Arguments May Be Disputed, But
Facts Are h acts”
H i a fact that Valdez beer is a food and not a tonic.
Ask any doctor you know. Valdez beer aids digestion. Use
it a few times with your meals and you’ll find we’re right.
If you drink beer you should use Valdez beer in preference to
others. First, because of its unquestionable high quality.
Second, because it is a home pr duet; brewed in your home
town and all who are interested in the growth and prosper,
ity of Valdez should patroniz home products.
VALDEZ BREWING AND BOTTLING CO.
We do a
general
Banking
Business
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
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