®tje Baity f rnapritor
PUBLISHED BT
STEWART A SELBY, Eroprtatoro
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Daily Except Sunday
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Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23, 1912. at the postofflce of Valdez,
Alaska, under act or March 3. 1879.
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 10, 1017
THE OLD RED 8CH00L.
1CAME upon It yesterday at noon,
The old red school, how very small
it seemed!
A score of years ago, I had not
dreamed
I’d ever want to go to school in June.
Slow wading the green tangle of the yard
(That yard that used to show no blade
of grass),
1 saw the shadowy crowd before me
pass—
A merry lot with bare legs brown and
hard.
They pushed and jostled through the
black, old door,
The rusty hinges creaked—1 heard the
bell
And then the master’s voice I knew so
well—
How loud my steps across the dusty floor.
"Dreaming again!” The master's hand
came down
Upon my collar. What a hand he had!
(I never thought that clutch could make
me glad,
I who had scowled beneath his kindly
frown!)
And there was Joe, a-carving out his name |
Upon his desk behind his spelling book'.
Joe who is dead, yet here 1 saw him
crook
His arm and cut his boyish way to fame!
I
Outside the broken panes the bees hum- ^
med low.
A long recess! (How swift its passage
then)!
I brushed the cobwebs from a shrunken
pen
AnJ crossed the clover fields alone and
slow.
—Florence Ripley Mastln.
IT IS true of Alaska as it has been
of othoi continental additions to the
United States that it displays radical
legislative tendencies. At the very
first session of its Legislature In 1913,
time any thought were bestowed
chiefly upon so-called reform meas
ures to the exclusion of sensible and
sane legislation. One of the best bills
passed was that of giving suffrage to
women. While it is a good thing to
cast off the shackles of prejudice,
for the sake of preventing useless
suits and endless lawing it would be
well for legislatures in a new and to
conform somewhat to the legal nice
ties of the older communities, where
ruch matters have been thrashed out
and have passed the test of the high
er courts. The present legislature
should overhaul the present election
laws and whip them into some shape
that would prevent so much misun
derstandings and frauds, sad should
adopt the Australian system of bal
lots. The present system Is more or
less a hybrid form and Is very con
fusing. .
THE “ones” and ■'’twos” of old
“greenback” days in the United
States, are said to be coining buck.
The bills were all right in their time
and they should be all l ight at. any
jtime. The reason for their return is
|a shortage of notes of small denomi
nation. Naturally people who once
knew them will wonder if they will
ever again see the “shinplasters."
ithat is. the paper fractional currency
that took the place of silver, from the
early sixties to the early seventies,
i They were very convenient, though
somewhat bulky, but it cannot be said
that they were always clear:. Indeed
many diseases were traced to the di
rect handling of this paper money
w4til its billions of microbes. While
silver money is heavy and gold is
quite scarce, they are much prefer
able to the paper money of ihe last
century.
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SHERMAN L. WHIPPLE, the Bos
ton lawyer, who has been appointed
counsel in the "leak” investigation
is a native of New Hampshire, who
was graduated from Yale University
in 1881. Three years later he was
admitted to the bar and set up prac
tice in Manchester, N. H. But in
1885 he arrived in Boston and set out
to win fame and fortune there and
has done so, being rated ore of the
ablest trial lawyers in that city. He
is a Democrat who at times has been
the choice of his party for high of
fice. His utterances with respect to
the defective workings of the judicial
system of the country and his views
on other public questions reveal a
progressive, even somewhat radical
■binker.
ALL along the Pacific Coast prepa
rations are- being made by fishermen
for one of the biggest years ;n the
history of canneries. The ship yards
of Tacoma and Seattle aie swamped
with orders for purse seine boats,
and in many instances the yards re
fuse to book any more orders until
they clean up their bookings f r the
season. Many new canneries ire be
ing established in Alaska this year,
and hundreds of thousands of dollars
will be spent in trap gear and ma
chinery. Every four years the run is
much larger than during the other
three, and this is the year of the
“big" run.
IT OFTEN happens that the only
difference between the distinguished
citizen with the spotless reputation
and the convicted malefactor is that
the spotless citizen has never been
caught.
THE old fashioned man who used
to always have a porous plaster on
his back has gone with the girl whose
shoelaces always used to come untied
when she was out with a fellow.
NEVER get the idea into your
head that you know it all. The best
informed men have the largest libra
ries of reference and the best spelters
a well-thumbed dictionary.
AT the rate our soldiers are being
killed by autos on the border it might
be a good thing for the enemy to arm
themselves with these joy-riding de
stroyers.
WHEN a dozen women meet the
reason they all talk at once is be
cause each knows this is the only way
she will get a word in edgeways.
EAGLE HALL
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The Empress-Temporary
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Special Saturday Night Show at 8 p. m.
Introductory Picture—A COMEDY
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A PARAMOUNT FEATURE
RITA JOUVET
THE PRETTY SCREEN ARTIST IN
Assisted by HOUSE PETERS and All Star cast
KEYSTONE COMEDY
“THE KILLING OF HORACE”
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Regular Admission - - 25c
Another Fine Show on Sunday Evening
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A POSER FOR THE JUDGE.
Tha Way tha Aaeutad Put tha Caaa Up
to tha paurt.
Writing of Polish temperament and
talent, Sidney Whitman In “Things I
Remember" has an amnsiug story of a
bright Polish Jew who traded in j
chemicals. He was brought before the j
law’ courts for selling poison without i
fulfilling the legal enactments bearing j
on such transactions.
The magistrate proceeded to read
out the charge when the Jew sudden- j
ly Interrupted him with the question: j
“Excuse me. Mr. President Do you
understand anything about chemi !
cals?”
“Mr. S., the expert, is here in that !
capacity,” replied the Judge.
“And you, Mr. S„" queried the Jew, |
“do you understand anything about
law?”
“You Lave just beard from bis |
worship that I am an expert in chem- '
teals. If you want to know anything
about law’ please address yourself to
the Judge.”
“I ask you, Mr. President, Just to
consider the case for one moment.
You are the judge of the court and ad- :
mit that you do not understand any- j
thing about chemicals, and the expert !
tells us that be does not know any
thing about law. And I, a poor Jew,
am expected to be familiar both with
the law and with chemicals. Now.
Mr. President, 1 ask you how you can
possibly convict me?"
FINDING THE ALTITUDE.
How Alrmon Moaouro tho Height* to
Whieh Thoy Atcond.
Altimeters or barographs are used by
aviators to measure the heights to
which they ascend. Both of these In
struments are constructed on exactly
the same principle as the aneroid ba
rometer. They depend upon air pres
sure. At sea level, where the air Is
much compressed by its Own weight
(he pressure Is a (tout fifteen pounds to
the square Inch, but at greater heights
it becomes less. The barometer is gov
erned by the pressure and so indicates
the height above sea level.
There are many forms of barometers.
The simplest is a bent tube of glass,
shaped like a very long letter J and
partly filled with mercury. The upper
part is closed, and the space above the
column of mercury is a vacuum. The
lower or hook end of the tube is open
and subject to tlie pressure of the at
mosphere. As the pressure becomes
less on rising above the surface, the
mercury in the long part of the tube
fulls. The extent of the fall indicates
tile height.
Airplanes use one of these instru
ments mentioned, which are practically
self registering barometers, and when
the airplane conies down the instru
ment shows how high it has been car
ried.—Philadelphia Press.
Looking It Up.
He was that type of genteel beggar
that “puts iqi a front.” as the fellows
say. His face had more tears in it
than a cemetery, and he was Just get
ting ready to tell his down and outer’s
tale when the man at the desk reached
into a drawer and brought forth a dic
tionary, placing it in front of the ap
pealing one.
“What dojjou want—sympathy?” the j
man at the desk asked.
“Yes, sympathy,” was the half sob
bed reply.
“Look In S for it. I saw It there the
other day.”
The sympathy chaser grunted and
headed for the door. He wasn’t look
ing for work, just sympathy—in the
form of a piece of loose change.—In
dianapolis News.
Goose Fat.
Goose fat makes excellent pastry that
Is absolutely free from any flavor of
the bird or of the onion stuffing. The
pastry turns out light and “short"
when this sort of fat is used. A Bel
gian recipe is as follows: Throw all the
fat left after drawing the goose into
cold water with a little salt as soon as
the goose is drawn. When the bird Is
half done ladle off some of the dripping
before it browns or becomes strong and
as the roasting proceeds leave only
enough dripping in the pan to baste
with. Next day put the dripping, with
the fresh fat, in a stewpau, with slices
of apple, and onion If approved. Add
salt und pepper. When done clear it
and strain it into a jar. Cover it and
keep it In a cool place.
Spoilsd His 8pesch.
“When I rose to speak it was so still
in the hall you could have heard a pin
drop.”
"Yes?”
“Well, I stood there for a moment
looking out over the audience and fram
ing my first sentence, and I am sure
that I should have been able to get
along all right, but just before I had
got ready to utter my first word some
fool in the back end of the hall yelled.
“Louder 1”
Reekie** Disregard.
“The law of supply and demand,”
said the economist, “is as inexorable as
the law of gravitation.”
"You can’t always enforce either of
them. The law of gravitation doesn’t
prevent people from getting up in the
air these days.”—Washington Star.
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At It Night and Day.
“My daughter is a wonder at the
piano,” said the proud father.
“That’s so, for wonders never
cease,” said the man who occupied the
adjoining flat.—Boston Transcript
Powerful Mind.
"So Stubkins has n mind of his own?"
“I should sa.v ho has. And you ought
to see her use it.”—Chicago Herald.
Phone 12
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S&W Canned Fruits & Vegetables
When you see S&W on the label you know that the contents
of the package are of unquestionable quality. We have re*
plenished our stock of this brand of goods and ask you to
try some of the following
ROYAL ANNE CHERRIES
BLACKBERRIES
STRAWBERRIES
LOGAN BERRIES
RASPBERRIES
SLICED PEACHES
YELLOW CLING PEACHES
APRICOTS
GREEN GAGE PLIMS
PEARS
SLICED PINEAPPLE
STRING BEANS
ASPARAGUS
ASPARAGUS TIPS
GARBAGE
BEETS
TOMATOES
PUMPKIN
MIDGET SUGAR PEAS
ASSORTED JELLIES
ASSORTED PRESERVES
In our delicatessen department you will always find a selection
to tempt the jaded appetite
NUEFCHATEL CHEESE
IMPORTED SWISS CHEESE
lAMBUROKK CHEESE
CHILE CHEESE
PIMENTO CHEESE
AMERICAN CHEESE
OREGON CREAM CHEEHE
( HIPPED REEK
SLICED BACON
. HLICED RAW HAM
BOILED HAM
In smoked and salted fish we offer
RASTERS COAST KISSES HADD1E
HALT MACKERAL
HALT HERRING
SALMON BELLI KB
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
” \\* J £ * *. K 1 4. f W ' » » P
GOOD GOODS
' GROCERIES AND (»TICE LOCATED IN THE FORMER KING GROCERY BUILDING
WITH some men life is merely a
round of kicking about the ice bill in
summer and the coal bill in winter.
THE is not much hope for the man
who is so wise that he can’t learn
something from men more ignorant
than he is. j
AMERICAN INDIAN’S
HISTORY IS FILMED I
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—A 13,000
foot film called "The Romance of a
Vanishing Race," which traces the
history of the American Indian, was
unrolled recently at the University of
Pennsylvania Museum by Dr. Joseph
K. Dixon, head of the Rodman Wan
amaker expedition, which traveled
27,000 miles to obtain the motion
pictures in visits to all the extant
tribes. The pictures start with scenes
conjectural as to the origin of the
American Indians, followed by epi
sodes illustrating the nature of the
race. The Indians’ closeness to na
ture, the animals which he hunted,
incidents of domesticity, games of the
children, household arts and crafts,
the larger tribal industries, social
customs, warlike preparations and
ceremonials of various sorts are il
lustrated. The latter part of the film
deals with “the hope of the Indians"
and illustrates what is being done to
conserve their race.
RISKY TO BORROW A
BOAT WITHOUT PERMISSION
Last Friday a case came before
Acting U. S. Commissioner C. E.
Weber which was watched with inter
est by local fisherman. The case was
the result of a complaint filed by P.
B. Iverson against Earl Green, charg
ing him with the crime of larceny,
cn account of his having taken Iver
sen’s boat out in the bay without the
latter’s permission or knowledge.
Green admitted that he took the boat,
but denied that he intended to steal
it. The case was tried by jury and a
verdict of guilty was rendered. The
court fined Green $240. In default
of the payment of the fine the de
defendant was committed to jail for
120 days.—Wrangell Sentinal.
Milder Weather Inside.
The weather report this morning
shows generally higher temperatures
with the exception of Fairbanks, Sal
cha, Richardson and McCallum, where
a drop of one and two '-I^grees has
occurred during the past 24 hours.
At all other stations higher tempera
tures ranging'.from 2 to 36 degrees
above yesterday are reported The
greatest change was at Copper Cen
ter which went from 20 below zero
to 15 above. At PaxBon the change
was 20 degrees, from zero to 20
above. All stations along the line re
port above zero temperature, ranging
from 9 above at Tonsina to 24 above
at Salcha and McCarty. The local
temperature has remained about sta
tionary with a mean temperature of
j 29 above zero.
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below t'able Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Draf Stare.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer* in
ALL KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
When in Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTOI^. P*Of ..
SlRICTLY FIRST CLA86
Fourth Are. Seward. Alaaka
The Best Piece m Valdez to
Stop at is the
W«ns, Light liai-TW Hue at Ceefart
RATES REASONABLE
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BATH ROOM Special Rate* By the Meath
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING. Prep
VALDEZCAFE
andBAKERY
Freeh Bread end Pastry always on hand
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
BERGSTROM A ROGSTAD, Prop#.
PHONE 17 r Three deer, heiee <M Dree
—Building Boom This Spring—
Prove your faith in the future of
Valdez, by buying residence proper
ty. We have houses, cabins, and
choice lots for sale, all within a £*.w
minutes walk from the heart of the
city. Alaska Inv., Co. 2t
FOR SALE—Sewing machine in
good condition. Apply Mrs. C. How
ard.
Prospector ads bring results.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. W1CKES MERRITT .
OfltM over Valdea Drag Co.
Phone *15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
JOS. A. SILVERMAN. PH. 6. M. 0.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Over Owl Drug Co.
, —OFFICE HOURS:
1 to 4 P. M. * 7 to 8 P. M
Sunday by Appointment.
Res. Phone 176 Office Phone It#
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Gralute National Uainralt;
Wuklactaii D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Tears In Valdes.
PHONIC 110
Office Rooms hi Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNBYS-AT-LAW
OSIer Opposite Court Homo
Phone 34 VAI.DEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LruNB « R KlYCHCS
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORJV C \ S- A1 -L A A*'
Ottcco to “ sating Building
Phone 1*1 VALDBC. ALASKA
VALDEZ JjODGB
NO 1M
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Valdez Miners Union No. 188
1 Western Federation of Miners
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W. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mina
CHAS.
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