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1 STEWART at SELBY, Froprietor*
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter
uly 23, 1912. at the nostofflce of Valde*
il&ska, under act or March 3, 1879.
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11917 APRIL 1917
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FRIDAY, APRIL tt, 1017
SOMEWHAT PREMATURE.
Sized up from our seat back with
the common herd where every spec
tator is a parliamentarian and gener
, an and general enclclopedia of infor
I .nation, the bill introduced in the
1 lower house of the Territorial legis
lature to provide for the establish
ment of an Agricultural College and
School of Mines for Alaska is prema
ture.
Just now Alaska has the problem of
maintaining common schools looming
up before her as big as an Egyptian
pryamid, and that problem should be
satisfactorily adjusted and perma
nently settled before any colleges are
established.
It is a cinch that few if any stu
dents from the States would attend
such an educational institution in
Alaska and it is also true that by the
lime Alaska-grown youth, male or fe
male. is sufficiently old to attend the
college the advantages of getting out
ride and seeing something of condi
tions, social and otherwise, as they
exist elsewhere than in Alaska, is of
fully as much value to that same
Alaska-grown youth, male or female,
as is an actual college education.
There are certain attainments and
finishing touches necessary in polish
ing off college students that cannot,
be detained either from books or in
Alaska.
A flrstclass system of public schools
is about all Alaska should aspire to
in the way of educational equipment
at the present time.—Douglas Island
News.
CHANGE DESIRABLE.
Advices from Washington tell us
that Secretary of War Baker has un
der serious consideration the propo
sition to remove government road and
trail building and maintenance in
Alaska from the dominion of the war
department to that of the interior de
partment. As a military necessity the
war department way back in the days
of 1898, began the building of a road
from Valdez, at that time in its in
fancy to a settlement called Eagle
on the Yukon river. The object of this
road construction was to provide a
winter trail from the southern coast
of Alaska to the great interior of .he
territory. With the discovery of the
great Tanana placer fields, trail con
nection was made with the Eagle-Val
dez trail. This road, at the beginning
but a little better than a dog trail,
but now a wagon road upon which au
tomobiles are successfully used, has
been of incalculable benefit to the
people of Alaska. Thousands upon
thousands of people have accomplish
ed the trip from the coast to the inte
rior country and hundreds upon bun
dreds of tons of freight have been
moved over it. Up to the beginning of
work on the big railway project, it
was by far the most beneficial devel
opment scheme undertaken in Alaska
under the direct auspices of the gov
ernment, as represented by the war
department.
Since the beginning of construction
work on the Valdez-Fairbanks road,
the war department, under the per
missible fiction that they wee mili
tary necessities, has undertaken other
road and trail building in Alaska
greatly to the benefit of the territory
as a whole. The appropriations grant
ed annually by a reluctant congress
have not been sufficient to construct
all the roads and trails necessary, but
nevertheless, much has been accom
plished. Now coines the war secre
tary with his proposition to turn road
and trail building in Alaska over to
the Interior department, relieving lit**
! war department from further author
| ity in the matter. The interior »le
j part meat now has control of most
| government activities in Alaska, and
• really should have control of practi
i cally all federal functions in the ttr
ritory. We are inclined, therefore, to
j view with favor the change contem
! plated, always provided annual appro
priations will follow, as In the years
that are past. It has been suggested
that the war secretary is trying to
"slip one over on us;" that he will
turn the road and trail building over
to the interior department, and that
no more federal appropriations will
be made for this purpose: that it will
he left for the territory to build its
own roads and trails. It is well known
that the congress is very reluctant
about making appropriations for the
| benefit of Alaska. Too many of the
congressmen still labor under the de
lusion that this territory is a land cf
perpetual snow and ice, unworthy of
development. Near the end of the
last session, two backwoods congress
men—Stafford and Gordon—knocked
cut the $500,000 road and trail ap- j
proprlation bill and when the special |
session convenes we shall probably get ^
cur appropriation, but It shows that I
it is not easy sledding; that there j
are some provincial fellows that get j
into congress who can see no further I
than tlie limits of their own particu-l
iar congressional districts.—Anchor
age Times.
AMERICAN GOLD HELPS.
Hartley Withers, editor of the Lon
don Economist says that if America
with her treasure of gold comes into
ihe war against Germany it will be
o* incalculable help to tier allies re
gardless of anything she may do as
a fighting force. He says that when
I Britain had sent $1,250,000,000 of
gold to America it began to trickle]
hack again to earn interest for Amer-.
ican bankers. Britain liar, sold »o
America approximately $2,500,000,-'
000 of American railroad and other
securities held there. She lias float
ed loans in America arg’-egating one
billion dollars. He added that with
careful regulation of individual fin- ■
ances Britain’s masses would be able
to digest another loan of $3,500,000,-;
000 more if called upon io do so.
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THE principal copper producers •
the United States have agreed to fur
nish copper for the army and navy thej
coming year for one-half the current
market price. This is only one of a
score of instances where capitalists;
have volunteered to co-operate with
the government in the event of war.
Sometimes we are disposed to remark |
cynically that our patriotism is deca
dent but never was a greater fallacy;
advanced. A crisis that threatened toj
try the strength of the Nation as it;
has been tried in the historic past;
would find the people more closely ]
united today that they have been in ;
the history of the republic.
MARSHAL SCOTT has issued his j
annual proclamation calling upon all:
good citizens to shovel, clear, disperse'
and otherwise dispose of the accumu- j
lations of congealed H20 in front of i
his or her premises on or before the j
tenth day of April, under penalty of'
having the town do it and the costs j
taxed against the owner. In many;
places the snow has piled up to a;
depth of 10 to 15 feet, and if the tired
property owner shovels it off before,
the tenth.—four days from now,—he
will have to go some.
ALASKANS ought to make good
soldiers. They spend their summers
shoveling ore and their winters shov
eling snow, so they are always in good
trim for trench work.
THE GERMANS have voluntarily
abandoned Ham to the British. Ar.d
yet "they say” the Germans are in
bad straits for food.
THESE are the times that tries
men’s souls, and cause each patriot
to turn to the support of his country.
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AT ANY rate our sister towns will
never be able to take the Narrows
away from us.
WITH many new mines in the pro
ducing class this year, times will not
be so bad as might be imagined.
SERIOUS food riots are reported in
Berlin and the Kaiser is reported to
have 6ent troops from the front to
quell it. Probably the emperor is re
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MKS. K. Mllili, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
minded that the revolution against
Czar Nick in Petrograd starter, with
local food disturbances.
MANY a bloody battle is being
fought evenings around the stoves
i at the corner grocery.
MAl'ZEY WILL LOSE BOTH
EEET AT THE INSTEP
C. J. Todd yesterday received a tel
egram from A. J. Dimond at Cordova,
stating that Arthur Mauzey. who re
eently froze his feet badly at Pax
son's by getting into an overflow on
ihe lake, has arrived at Cordova, and
is now in Dr. Council's hospital, where
he is receiving the best of caro. He
s suffering little physical pain, but
present indications are that both hii
feet will have to be amputated at the
instep. The operation, however, will
lot take place for several days.
POTATO RIOTS BREAK Ol'T
IN CITY OF GLASGOW
GLASGOW. April 6.—Lively scenes
were witnessed here today when a
procession of women organized and
inarched to the city chambers and
protested against the alleged holding
up of potato supplies.
Banners were displayed, including
one reading, "No potatoes, no sugar,
what next?”
The town council declined to re
ceive a deputation. A noisy scene fol
lowed in council and four labor mem
bers were suspended.
HIGH COST OF PAPER
PEVENTB WRAPPING KRl'IT
NORTH YAKIMA, April 6. —Be
cause of the high price of paper, mem
bers of the Yakima Valley Traffic As
sociation, representing 90 per cent
of the soft fruit growers of the Yaki
ma valley have decided to ship 85 per
cent of the fruit unwrapped this year.
Only the choicest apples will be box
ed with paper about them. Last year
65 per cent of the apples were shipped
unwrapped.
PASSES CONFEDERATE
3.50 BILL IN EUROPE
STOCKHOLM. April 6 - The police
ure looking for a man, believed to be
;> Swedish-American, who bought a
box of cigars in a Stockholm shop
with a $50 bill and was kind enough
lo accept even a lower rate of ex
change for it than the regular market
quotation. The reason for this became
apparent when the tobacconist discov
. red that the bill had been issued by
I he Confederate States of America.
ConsideiU; Confederate money
nas been brought into Sweden lately.
It consists mostly of $10 bills, but
[here are some of higher denomina
tion.
This Day In History.
Feast day of St. Sixtus, Pope and
.Martyr; one hundred and twenty mar
tyrs of Hadiab, Persia; St. Celestine,
Pope; St. Prudentius; St. Celsus; St.
William of Eskelle.
Richard I, (Coeur de Lion) of En
gland, died in 1199.
Earthquake in London destroyed
part of St. Paul’s cathedral in 1580.
Church of England established in
Virginia by charter in 1606.
Elihu Yale, founder of Yale uni
versity, born in 1649.
Congress forbade the importation
of slaves in 1776.
Washington elected president of
the United States in 1789.
British bombarded Lewiston, N. J.,
for 20 hours in 1813.
Joseph Smith organized the first
Mormon church in 1828.
Vice President Tyler took the oath
of office as President in 1841.
Albert Sidney Johnston, Confeder
ate general, killed in Shiloh in 1862.
President Lincoln visited the army
of the Potomac in 1863.
First post of the Grand Army of
the Republic organized in 1866.
Mormon dedicated completed tem
ple ot Salt Lake City in 1893.
United States collegians won the
Olympic games in Greece in 1896.
Notice.
Property owners are hereby noti
fied that all sidewalks within the in
corporated limits of the Town of Val
dez must be cleared of snow on or be
fore April 10. After this date side
walks remaining uncleaned will be
shoveled off by the town and the cost
taxed against the property.
Done by Order of the Common
Council.
W. T. SCOTT,
2t Town Marshal.
Private Baker, of the infantry, who
has been stationed at the telegraph
station at Wortman, came in last eve
ning for a visit in town.
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Fresh tomatoes and rhubarb at
the Keystone Produce Co. 3t
Lowney’s Box Candies at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
Corporal Sterling of the local cable
office, will leave on the next boat for
Cordova to relieve Corporal Rogers,
who will go to the hospital at Fort
Liscum for medical treatment.
Women’s High Grade Shoes
In Narrow Lasts
Realizing the difficulty of obtaining narrow widths in
womens’ shoes, even in a city Shoe ! hop, this store off
ers you several choices of spring novelties in A, B 8c C lasts.
Shoes that we are sure will please you.
Black Soap, Kid Button, Grey
Matt Top, Medium Vamp, Width
B, Price - - $7.50
Black Soap, Kid Lace, Pearl
Grey Top, Vienna Heel, Medium
Toe, Width A, Price - $7.50
Two Tone, Brown Kid Lace,
Chocolate Vamp, Lighter Color
ed Wash Kid Top, Width B, $10
Black Soap Kid Lace, with'
white wash kid toq—B and C
width, $7.00
Brown veal calf, lace, English
walking last, with Neolin sole,
width C, price $6.50
Black calfskin lace, English
model wiih composition sole,
width C - $5.50
High top White Canvass Lace Boot, Medium Vienna Heel, all
sizes, E width. Price $3.50
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
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J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
OWL DRUG CO.
The only JRexall Store in
Valdez.
Prescriptions a Specialty.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Frtfghting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Daily Weather Report.
April 5. 1917 April 6, 1917.
7:00 P. M. 7:00 A. M.
30.014 Barometer 30.083
28 Temperature 16
39 Temperance 16
39 Maximum 28
27 Minimum 7
33 Mean 17.5
20 in. Snow on Ground 20 in.
Clear, east wind. Clear, calm
The Cake Won’t Fall
When you make it
with
Crescent Baking Powder
Bit it will cone
out “light u i
feather” evei li
tter adverse coi
ditiois
BOLD BY GROOMRK
25c lb. Can.
ORKSCHNT MKG. OO.,
Seattle, Wa*h.
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I LOUIE’S CAFE
• < (pen l)a> and Night McKinley Street, Relow Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
: All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
S I^KRYTHINO THK BUST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
! 3
j Candy Kitchen (i
f E. W. HUNT—Ib Owl Drag Stare. f |
j FOUNTAIN DRINKS V
| HOT COLD j
WE PAY
28 cents per pound for Copper
18 cents per itound for Brass
8c lb. for Rubber Shoes.
7c lb. for Lead.
820.00 per ton for cast iron.
815 per ton W?rouKht Iron.
5c per lb. for Rope.
per pound for Rags.
820.00 per ton for Paper.
27c i>er doz. Beer Bottles, »|ts.
17c doz. Beer Bottles, pints.
K. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
VALDEZ CAFE & BAKERY
CAu, Cookies It Boo, 15c per doses.
Freeck, Rye end Wkite Bread 12 1*2
coats per loai. J Orders takes far special
eccaaioas.
BERGSTROM * ROGSTAD, Props.
PHONEJ17 - Tkrse doers Mew Ovl Drss
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PROF
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward. Alaska
Arctic Hotel
Watch This
Space
PHONE 133 MRS. SYR1NC, Prop
Webster’s New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; come in!
and look it over. Valdez Drug Co. if j
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Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf j
A full and complete line of Cigars, j
Cigarettes, Smoking Tobacco and
Pipes. Valdez Drug Co. tf j
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Anything in nugget and ivory jew
elry at Valdez Drag Co.
A fresh lot of Haas' Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to $2
Iti box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
PROFESSIONAL, CAROS.
I VALDEZ HOSPITAL j
*, Private Rooms ?
13 Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN. Pb G.. M. D. Prop -
Jos. A. uilvennaa Ph. G. M. D. J
PHYSICIAN AND HtRGKON
Office koort -l to 4 p. ■ --7 to 8 p. m.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdez
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OBt'm Hver Valdez Drug ( o.
Phone’15 McKinley .Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon. C S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
(■radaate National Votrerslty
Wasklagtea, D. C.
DENTIST
fourteen Years la Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Hall ding
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OSce Opposite Coart House
Pkoae 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN lfons « it kitchib
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY A-AT-LAW
Offices la «*HslIag Building
Pkoae tet . V ALDEZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
Jl NKAl, ALASKA
(■las.se.*. Kitted Lenses Ground
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free a ad Accepted Maaona
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
P. M. BROWN. W. M. ,
ED WOOD. Secretary. . 'i
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
W. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mine
GUST KRING, Secretary .
Valdes Alaska.