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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 191«
AS OTHERS SEE US.
(With apologies to Walt Mason.)
Valdez, Dec. 5, 1915.
Walt Mason writes the wierdest
lings, but when to comes to clever
lings you have him beat a mile;
ou believe in "boosting” with a
nock, of taking way our city dock,
:ut you’re clear out of style. The
City Dads” are called the goats be
ause they want the company’s boats
o give them back some cash; if
Reward gets a nice plum pie, you
ever stop to wonder why, but think
ve’ve gone to smash. This town has
nany a “Gloomy Gus,” and they
lon’t seem to give a cuss, except for
heir own hide; if we would give our
own a place of even second in the
ace we’ve got to have some pride,
f you can’t boost our “Dads’ ” good
Vork, then you should not your duty
ihirk, but do what good you can;
'ou make yourself a stumbling block
ind of our town a laughing stock
iust for some monied man. So say no
nore, you make me sore, a-whining
ill the time; this town ain’t broke,
ind you’re the joke, the "Dads’ ”
ire right in line.
“A BOOSTER.”
Don’t apologize to us, Sarah. Beg
Walt Mason’s pardon; for it’s r-o-t
t-e-n! Every once in a while we get
an effusion like the above, and we do
not wonder that the author is asham
ed to sign her name. Honestly, it’s
nearly as bad as our stuff; but we get
money for ours, and there’s positive
ly no excuse for “Booster.”
We dislike these anonymous con
tributions; they are generally so
good that we would like to get ac
quainted with the writer, but we feel
like the Seattle man who found the
waiter’s false teeth in his chowder—
they were uncalled for!
RAINFALL IN ALASKA.
A comparison of the ( amount of
rainfall along the coast cities shows
that Valdez has less rainfall by near
ly half than any other city on our
coastal line. Ketchikan has over
three times the rain, and Seward
nearly twice.
From a condensed meterological
report printed by the agricultural
stations in Alaska, we take the fol
lowing, which shows the total fall
of rain And snow in the the five
principal cities during the calendar
year 1914:
Valdez . 44.73
Seward .60.96
Sitka .. 70.08
Juneau . 76.21
Ketchikan .173.28
Those of us who have considered
Valdez a wet place, should compare
our figures with the above. And our
temperature, too, is more even than
in any of the above towns.
Since our article on reformers in
Saturday's issue, we have received
five protests from as many citizens
that their salaries were slightly more
than twenty-five dollars per month.
It seems that our estimate of the
number of reformers was far too low,
but the other four should remember
that the rest of the article does not
apply to them at all.
After Alaska’s fearsome experience
with govermental bureaucracies, Mr.
Burleson’s plan of taking over the
telegraph and cable lines of the Terri
tory will be received as glad tidings
of great joy.
-THE
EMPRESS
TO-NIGHT
2 Shows—at 8 and 9:20,sharp
PROGRAM
pathe Weekly news
War Film with Actual Fight
ing Scenes
SUNSHINE AND SHADOWS,
Vitagraph, extra fine, two-act
Drama
OLD DUTCH,
One Act Screaming Comedy
After reading the pathetic story of
3emini’s childhood escapade with the
,ien, our sympathies are all with the
hen.
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“Booster” says that the old town j
is not broke yet. No, but it would j
be, “Booster,” were It not for the ef- j
forts of the very men you are fight-1
ing so strenuously.
Out of thirty-two columns of read-,
ing matter in the Forty-Ninth Foozle,
twenty-one we*e devoted to the Pros
pector and our friends. Honestly,
old man, we’re not worth it.
Our merchants are beginnig to ad- \
vertise their holiday goods, and all
report a fair trade for this season
of the year. You can get just as good
bargains in Valdez for your money
as by sending outside, with the addi
tional advantage of being able to in
spect the goods.
We are one day nearer to a smel
ter on Prince William Sound, than we
were yesterday. Recent developments
indicate that this district will be one
of the foremost mining districts in j
Alaska in the next year or so. Min
ing journals in the States are writ
ings columns about our mines, and
all reports show that Big Money is
interested in us.
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Let’s leave the ladies of Valdez out j
of our little arguments. It is not con- j
sidered either manly or smart any |
more, even in forty-ninth class soci-l
ety, to hold a lady up to ridicule. Let j
us not forget that the ladies are not j
responsible for their husband’s
few shortcomings, and drop them
from the argument. We believe the
ladies of Valdez,—all of them—are
as educated and cultured as in any
other part of the world, and they
should be respected.
Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis's speech
in the Empress Theatre Sunday after
noon upon “Capitalism’s Contribu
tion to Civilization,” was said to be
one of the ablest addresses ever given
in Valdez. Mrs. Lewis handled her
subject in a manner which showed
careful study of the question, and
contrary to public opinion of the So
cialist idea, commended the good
things capital has done for the world
and touched lightly upon the evils.
She paid capital the tribute of rais
ing the world from savagery, and
showed at length how necessary it
was that both capital and labor be in
accord one with the other. It was
a jewel of logical oratory, and sent
the thinking portion of her audience
home with a new conception of the
greatest question of the age.
If we are owned by a corporation,
it would be a great service to us for
our advisers to point out the corpo
ration. It has been the desire of our
young and promising career to be
long to some company that we could
draw on for a thousand or so when
the chill winds of adversity blow
through the thin spots in our sum
mer underwear. We have never suc
ceeded in our desires, and if our cor
respondent will only favor us by
tying our painter to a corporation
ship, we will split fifty-fifty with him.
We don’t deny that we are out after
the money. That word has always
iooked better to us than anything in
the English language; but so far all
we have accumulated from corpora
tions or monopolies would not pay
for a chicken dinner at a Jap restau
rant.
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The Statue.
A good comedy of merit at the
Liberty tonight.
You Never Can Tell.
No. sir. you never can tell whether
Delegate Wickersham thinks like you
or thinks different, although it is
generally differently. And the only
way you can tell that he is opposed
to your ideas is by the manner he
evades you. If for any reasons or no
reasons at all he evades you, you can
rest assured that he is opposed to
your ideas, whatever they may be.
Since early last spring, Aiasaans
have been at loggerhead, more or
less, over the division of the Forest
Reserve money, from which sprung
up the idea of separating the First
Division from the others. Since early
last spring, the southeastern Alas
kans have been clamoring for reme
dial laws to regulate our Ashing com
merce that has been sliding down
across the line at a rapid glide. All
of which the Delegate has been made
cognizant of. He was implored, he
was written to for assistance, and all
that; yet on coming out to attend
the coming session of congress, he
passed us by as though we were his
servants instead of him being ours.
In the event that congress could not
open its session unless the Delegate
was there, congress could have wait
ed, since it was the Delegate’s duty
to see what we wanted, advise with
ug—or advise us, whichever way
would have been proper, according to
his idea. Instead of that he evaded
us, which is conclusive evidence that
he does not agree with us, and thinks
CANOE PASS CO.
EMPLOY ALASKANS
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Portland Packing Company Would
Prefer to Employ Alaska Fish
ermen to Foreigners.
The Canoe Pass Packing company,
with headquarters in Portland, Ore
gon, and operating canneries at Ca
noe Pass, Southeastern Alaska, and
at Cordova will employ Alaska fish
ermen in future if the help can be
obtained.
Superintendent P. W. Lee, of the
Cordova cannery, has written John
Emil of Valdez, to ascertain the num
ber of fishermen in Valdez district
who could be depended upon to fur
nish fish to the cannery during the
coming season. In his letter to Mr.
Emil the superintendent states that
the company has decided to employ
Alaskans in preference to bringing
fishermen from the states, but says
that it will probably be necessary to
bring inside cannery employes to
Alaska.
Emil was with the Canoe Pass
Packing company during the past sea
son and reports that fishermen own
ing their boats were enabled to make
from $1000 to $1500 during the sea
son. The profits realized by the fish
ermen depends largely upon the run
of salmon, which varies each year.
Last year the run of salmon on the
Copper river flats was not up to usu
al numbers but the company secured
a satisfactory pack.
The Canoe Pass Packing company’s
Cordova cannery is located in the
Jack Dalton sawmill building, at the
outer wharf.
WINTER TRANSPORTATION
MAY BE SOLVED.
Talk abouC'Yhe legless horse, the
flutterless butterfly, the stingless
bumblebee, the man that doesn’t look
like a monkey and all the other nat
ural wonders. They are simply fade
less nothings alingside of the contrap
tion seen on the streets yesterday,
which is the invention of a Juneau
boy.
It is a new-fangled motor sled, de
vised by Eugene Nelson. The way it
humps along the sled before it with
the weight of two persons suggests
great possibilities.
Even R. P. Nelson, the bookstore
man and the daddy of the boy who
contrived the contraption, admitted,
after seeing it work, that the boy
might be a wee bit smarter than him
self.
Many residents yesterday paused to
observe the strange craft go whizzing
by through the slush snow.
Briefly described, a one-half motor
power wheel of the A. O. Smith man
ufacture is fastened to a bob sled
and controlled by a small thumb lev
er which is applied to the steering
bar of the sled. The sled travels at
the rate of 10 to 15 miles an hour.
All sorts of devices have been in
vented for traveling the frozen trails
of the interior. Apparently nothing
yet devised can approach the practi
cal and simple effectiveness of the
gas motorsled put into shape by the
Juneau boy. The one wheel which
furnishes the power will take a sled
along the most narrow track and for
hills, a chain attachment would catch
hold.
To run over any comparatively
frozen trail would prove easy com
pared with traveling through the
slush snow on the streets of Juneau.
—Juneau Dispatch.
liOOAIj BREVITIES.
Select your Xmas presents at E.
Winter’s. tf
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Bargains at the Emporium; open
from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. *
W. Glendenning, the Wells Bay
copper mining operator, is in town
from the mine.
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Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tat lot. Telephone 198. tf
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Far good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. •
Big dolls and little dolls for the
ladles, at E. Winter’s. tf
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Kodak Supplier at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Valdez Drug Company have a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
You will find the latest novelties
in ladies’ neckwear at E. Winter’s, tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland's.
Prices reasonable. ®
$7,258,317.68
or more is wasted annually on useless Christmas gifts.
And yet nothing is more appreciated than a tasteful
and useful Christmas reminder. Let us assist you in
making your selections. We might suggest:—
FOR HIM
.1 Suit of Clothes; Hart Scliatfnei- &
Marx, or Style-Plus.
An Overcoat or Fancy Mackinaw.
A Suit Case or Traveling Bag.
A Hat, Stetson or Mallory.
A Pair of Gloves; fur-lined.
A Shaving Set or Razor.
A Bath Robe.
A Pair of Slippers.
A Pal? of Suspenders or Some Neck
ties.
FOR HER
A Set of Kiu-k.
Home Silk Stockings; Kayser or Hole
proof.
A Percolator.
An Klectric Stove.
A Vacuum Cleaner.
An Klectric Iron.
A Carpet Sweeper.
An I'mbrella.
A Pair of Shoes or Slippers.
A Bath Kobe.
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But we also have many other items, such as laundry Bags,
Handkerchiefs, Combination sets, etc., all of which are ac
ceptable as gifts. Make your gift appreciated.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
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Suits pressed tor ?1.0b at Silver
man’s, tht tailor. Telephone 198. tf
Hate Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf GUY F. CAMERON.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Julius Ronning, the Aviary River
miner, who has been representing his
mining claims in the Port Wells dis
trict, returned to Valdez last night
on the launch ohamrock. He reports
the property as showing up satisfac
torily under development work.
Holiday goods, wearlug apparel,
household utensils and articles of ev
eryday needs coming on every boat,
and sold at a bargain. There will be
no half or one-third off after the Holi
days at the Emporium. The goods
are now marked at bottom prices:
you will find many articles on our
five-cent counter you have been cus
tomarily paying 15 and 25 cents for.
Her ilig Story.
A reel of film showing the hard
ships of a girl reporter, at the Lib
erty Theatre tonight.
C6mplele, Services I
IN THE HEART OF THE GTY I
1155 Booms with bafh*50 SampleBooms]
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. P»OP.
SlRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
Copper River .
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Draying Co
Freighting ind Passengers
to all parts of the Inferior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
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McKinley Street, Valdes
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University,
WaNhlufftou, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
phone is THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed.
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
A TTOUNEY 8-AT-L A XV
Otllce Oppoulte Court Houite
Phone :M VALDEZ. ALASKA ■
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY S-AT-J.AW
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Oftlpp. Id WbullDg DnlldiDtC
Phone 101 VALDEZ* ALASKA |
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Pi-re and Accepted Manoaa.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY, W. M.
KD. WOOD. Secretary.
Red Cross Hospital
Kayitone aiid Hobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Room* for Patients.
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Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX. Matron
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect ; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
nDOCDVPTnv FOR RR
£2 Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MAKCTJM
Sails for Port Wells. Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay.
and Fidalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Kate*, Apply on Boat.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Rooms—The House of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE .
BATH ROOM Special Rates Bp the IWuti
PHONE 133 MRS. SYR1NG, Fop.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALI.UM. Secretary.
Valdez, Alaska. !
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat.
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company.
Office on Alaska Avenue* ia
Ceorge C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
[LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE
Teaming of All Kinds