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VALDEZ. ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
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July 23. 1912, at the postofflce of Valdes,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 18, 1017
CHILDREN OF ALASKA
Or
THE SOURDOUGH MARCH
(By. Mrs. James Gilmour)
Hail, golden crowned Alaska, young
est star of all,
To your beauty and your wealth
some coming day
All the nations of the world will hom
age pay.
But we crowned and proclaimed
you Queen first of all.
We’re children of Alaska and where
’er we go
She will always call and claim us
one and all,
Until each one has answered the last
roll call.
For Alaska’s richest treasure is a
"Sourdough.”
Oh, from the Golden North we never
will be gone.
For every generation we will live
So the best that’s in us let us always
give.
Thus the Sourdough spirit will still
keep marching on, marching on,
marching on.
Thus the Sourdough spirit will still
keep marching on
And when the Sourdough regiment
goes marching by,
"Klatawa, Klatawa, Klatawa, Hi-yu”
We’ll keep step up above when each
old Sourdough
Hits the trail in the Great White Ig
loo up on high, marching on,
marching on.
Thus the Sourdough spirit will
still keep marchng on.
For it helped us win the fight in those
days of old
When each man rolled life in a
pack on his back.
And gladly shared with his pal his
last flap jack.
And then we fcught with hunger,
loneliness and cold.
Now let us all try to prove that we
are true bine
And will egeb give a helping hand
as we go.
Klatawa through life to the old Spir
it true,
Til grim Death comes prospecting
for the last Sourdough.
AI.1AMKA DAY
Fifty years ago America was rock
ed from center to circumference over
a question as momentous at the time
as the war is to us today. Secretary
Seward, under Abraham Lincoln, and
later under President Johnson, had
broached the purchase of Alaska from
Russia, and two factions quickly
sprung up in the country. Republicans
who favored the purchase of the then
little-known territory on account of
the party favoring it, and the demo
cratic party fighting the purchase be
cause the repubicans favored it. For
months the discussian waged at ev
ery meeting place and in many fire
sides, many people honestly opposing
the purchase for the reason that they
believed it was a sop to Russia for
her protection during the civil war.
and that Alaska was a country of ice
and snoVr, unfit for human habita
tion.
After a sharp and bitter discussion
in the House on March 30, 1867, the
treaty was signed ceding the coun
try to the United States for the small
sum of $7,200,000. less than the
Philippines cost by over $12,000,000.
On June 20, 1867, the sale was rati
fied, and on October the 18th follow
ing the United States took-formal pos
session of the territory at New Arch
angel, later called Sitka.
It is doubtful if Alaska would ev
er have achieved any prominence had
not gold been discovered on the Yu
kon at Dawson, and at Nome, owing
to the exaggerated stories spread
broadcast by tbe opponents of the
purchase. But with the discovery of
gold thousands of persons flocked
into the territory and development
of its great resources started in earn
est. The climate of Alaska is much
better than the average person in the
States can be induced to believe. The
winters are better than those of Chi
cago and St. Louis or many cities in
the Northern States, and its summers
are delightful. While Alaska will nev
er have any great success as an ag
ricultural country, still vegetables can
be raised in abundance for home use,
many kinds of berries grow luxuri
antly in the hills, and it is but a short
time until an apple or peach will be
found early and hardy enough to
grow and yield good fruit.
Immense forests cover the valleys
and the sides of the mountains to a
height of 1500 feet, spruce, hemlock,
larch, cottonwood, willow, alder and
some fir in the southern parts. Coal
and iron, copper gold, silver, tin, an
timony and many other precious met
als are found in Alaska. Many im
mense schools of salmon swarm along
her coast and her forests are alive
with precious and, fur bearing ani
mals. The population of the territory
at the present time is about 75,000.
The people of Alaska are among
the finest, many of them represent
ing the old type of pioneer fast dis
appearing in the States, and their
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VALDEZ ALASKA
hospitality s proverbial. The towns
of the territory have good grade
schools, theatres, churches, libraries,
and everything calculated to raise the
standard of education and morality.
Alaska has a charm difficult of ex
planation. Here one experiences the i
love of country that comes to the j
Norseman or the hardy Scandinavian '
races, whose environment of tower
ing mountains and beautiful fjords
are much the same as ours. The cli
mate is healthful, and while the win- j
ters are long they are really the best ’
time of year for the hardy Alaskan,!
who derives most of his recreation j
and enjoyment at this tme. The cold 1
is not so severe that it does not ex- j
hllerate an able-bodied man or wo- ■
man, and shoeing, skiing and all,
forms of outdoor recreation are in- '
duiged in by young and old.
Some day in the near future Alas
ka is destined to become a power in
the world. It is larger than half a doz
en Germanys or Austrias, and has
more resources than a thousand New
Yorks. But for the mistaken and mis
guided policy of several administra
tions past in conserving every natural
resource and locking up the store
house, Alaska would have a million
inhabitants today. With millions of i
tons of first class coal her people are j
forced to depend upon Canadian ;
mines for fuel. With unlimited horse-,
power running to waste from every !
hill government red tape has sur- j
rounded the cascades and falls with I
an armor which Is impenetrable. (
With thousands of brainy men and I
women living in the Territory, Alas
ka is forced to take carpetbaggers
designated by the party in power,
many of whom-have no other inter
est in the country than in securing
every dollar possible and vacating
Could Alaska elect her own officials
and place men who are identified with
the Interests of the country at the
helm, her progress would be much
faster, while many of the president
ial appointees are men of sterling
worth and integVity, and do the best
they can to advance the interests of
the territory, they are unaware of
conditions and cannot serve as in
telligently as those who make their
home here from choice.
The Territorial Legislature named
October 18 as "Alaska Day," a holi
day to be set apart by her people for
the proper observance of the purchase
of this great nation, and in every
town and hamlet a program will be
rendered and the people turn out to
render homage to the grandest terri
tory of the greatest country in the
world.
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DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
ANCHORAGE
Unless instructions to the con
trary are received within the next
two days, it will be necessary for all
men in Anchorage who are cited to
appear before the grand jury at this
terms of court, leave on the next
steamship for Valdez, where the
court is to convene. Those who are
in the custody of the marshal will be
transported at federal expense, but
those who are out on bail will be
forced to pay their own way.
When it is known that Anchorage
is the largest city in the territory,
and that most of the litigation of the
Third Division originates in this city,
the injustice of such an arrangement
is apparent.
The people of Anchorage are pa
tient and inclined to suffer unjust
discriminations for a time rather than
to protest without good reason. This
city has risen to its present preemi
nence so rapidly that it is only nat
ural other older communities should
resent its increasing importance and
strive to retain the prerogatives,
which prior to the rise of Anchorage
were rightfully theirs.
The matter of the court, however,
is so unjust that a concerted effort
by our citizens should be made to
provide that a session be held here
to care for the business which has
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices In Fish Building, adjoining
Tllllkum Club.
Plipne 00. McKinley Street.
Contract Burgeon. 0. 8. Army
A > Burgeon. U S. Public Health Sere
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Oradnate Matleaal I'aleernltr
Waahtagtoa, D. C.
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1808
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORN R YS-AT-LA W
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Phaa* M VALDEZ. ALASKA
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JUNEAU. ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Leases Ground
LOVE & MEALS
Insurance
Fire-Surety Bonds-Life
{VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
joa. a. savmiAii.iva.ii. p. r^,.
J«- A. Liberman Pfc. G. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND 8VRGBON
Offico h«ar»~l ti 4 p. a —7 to 8 p. a.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 176 Office TeL 19
Boyle Block Valdes
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Baths In Connection
PHONE 133 MIS. STRING, top
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 1M
F. 1L BROWN, W. M,
JBTMD,
$ $ $
SAVED
WHY send out for your printing when we can
furnish you with anything needed in stationery for
the office and store.
A dollar kept at home is a dollar saved to the com
munity. If you send for your needs your neighbor
will follow your example and we all suffer. The town
that is up and coming is the town with an abiding
faith in its future, and how can you maintain your
faith in the city when you buy all you eat and wear
outside?
Beers, Sawbuck & Bunk have busted more towns
than they have built up, and you never saw a dollar
of your money ever come back to you.
When you send your money outside to the old re
liable printing houses of Seattle and Tacoma you
may get a cheaper job in every sense of the word,
and you may also have to pay a higher price for it.
Location notices, both quartz and placer; warran
ty deeds, mill site location notices, proofs of labor,
quit clai mdeeds, amended location notices, and all
kinds of legal blanks at The Prospector Office.
We sell a good quality of typewriter paper at $1.50
per box, a better quality for $2 and the best Crane’s
Japanese Linen for $2.50, legal size.
Why not let us print you 100 calling cards in the
latest style type, for $1.50.
$ $ $
MADE
originated in this vicinity, and which
works a hardship on the men inter
ested if carried to Valdez.—Times.
THE Germans nave Worms, hav
ing taken that island in the Gulf of
Riga yesterday.
Don't forget the program at Moose
Hall tonight.
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HOTEL SEXTON
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The traveling public’s
home.
European—Plan.
HOTEL SEXTON
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
, in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdes to
Kllamar, Lendlock, Fldalgo and
way ports. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rates apply on hoard.
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