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STEWART & SELBY, Proprietors
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter,
Julv 23, 1912,'at the postolflce of Valdez.
Alaska, under act or March 3, 18<9.
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ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, l»i«
TINKERING MINING LAW.
Much interest has been aroused by
Judge Brown's decision in the Cal
laghan-Tliompson case, declaring a
claim forteited because oi failure to
tile an affidavit of labor not iater than
March 31 of the following year. The
decision was based on the acts ol' tiie
territorial legislature of 1913. The
provision reads as follows:
“Such affidavit shall be filed
with . lie precinct recorder not less
man ninety days after the close of j
the calendar year in which the
w ork yas done or improvements j
made. Upon failure to comply with
ail of the provisions ol this section
Mich claim shali become forfeited
and open to location by others as
if no location had been made."
Judge Brown said he was reluc
tant to declare a forfeiture but the
lawr was imperative. His only alter
native was to declare the law invalid.
This he was still more reluctant i<.
do. lie was obliged to assume that
the legislators had acted knowingly
although the next legislature had re
pealed the law.
The judge might have added that
the legislature that enacted this dras
tic forfeiture provision was compos
ed chiefly of miners. It all goes to
show that, when legislators tinker an
existing law because it is detective
they should be very careful not to
prescribe a remedy that is worse than
ihe disease. The object of the dras
tic forfeiture provision in question
was to wipe out the evil of permitting
men to hold numerous, claims without
showing good faitli in doing the an
nual assessment work. Requiring the
tiling of the affidavit subjected a
claimant to the risk of incurring the
penalties of perjury, and the law
doubtless had the effect of minimiz
ing the “hogging" of mining ground
without doing real assessment work.
Lint the forfeiture clause was so
stringent a remedy that the legisla
ture of 1915 repealed it.
When a legislative act comes be
iore a court the judge has no choice
hut to uphold it, though he may
himself think it an unwise or unjust
law. or else declare it invalid be
cause beyond the •powers of the
legislature to enact. And every time
he does the latter critics and profes
sional kickers howl that he is usurp
ing legislative powers.
Truly, the occupant of public sta
tion is fortunate when he can please
half the people*
A “BRACE-GAME” FORECAST.
ONE of Valdez citizens remarked
that “John Frame was the best fore
caster of elections he had ever seen.”
As an example, here are some of
John’s prognostications: “Wicker-1
sham will receive in the territory |
about 7000 votes, Sulzer 4670 and
Mrs. Lewis possibly 1500. Wicker-j
sham will carry every Division in the,
Territory. He will carry the First by
a small margin, the Second by a
larger majority, the Third by about
650 majority, and the Fourth by 1000
majority. All this talk about Sulzer
going to be elected is the merest po
litical bombast.”
In. not one prediction is the above
within a cable’s length of the result.
Wickersham got no majority in any
Division in the Territory, and carried
but one, according to returns up to
date by a small plurality. Frame was
over 200 votes off in the Fourth:
1000 in the Third and nearly 2000
in the first. If a man had deliberately
tried to see how inaccurate a fore
cast he could make, he cot:id not niis'
the icsuIIs farther than he did. And
in the case of Attorney General he
predicted Cobb would win over his
nearest opponent by 300 votes. If
Cobb got a complimentary vote, we
have not heard about it.
But th:s kind of trash cost the
friends of Frame many thousand dol
lars. Banking on his “infallible”
judgment they went the limit, and
lost their body, soul and breeches.
And it served them jolly well right.
Any man who has followed the
trend of politics and not allowed some
hunk artist to throw dust in his eyes,
could have seen that the Delegate
would win by a very small plurality,
if he won at all. But when a man
of supposedly astute judgment will
allow a tin whistle to persuade him
it is the whole band, he needs the
services of aii aurist. His head's
woolly.
CLEAK CASE OK INSANITY.
It is stated that one of our prom
inent business men is to be arrested
and tried for insanity before Com
missioner G. J. Love. The afore
said business man bet several hun
dred dollars Hughes would be elect
ed, that Wickersham would beat Sui
zer. and that Wick would carry the
territory by 1000 plurality. But what
caused him to he taken into custody
as insane was when he wagered that
Wickersham would carry every divi
sion in the Territory. An examina
tion as to his sanity is pending, in
the mean time his friends are keep
ing a watchful eye upon him.
JOHN NEEDED THE HI NERO.
*
It is stated by parties returning
from tlie westward that on election
day in Anchorage, John Frame, can
didate for Senator, got out the fol
lowing unique poster: “The Terri
tory has $250,000 in tax Money to
Spend; Vote for Frame.” John was
promptly snowed under, tor as one
man remarked. He “had voted for
every kind of a man and every kind
of a record, but this is the first time
a man ever asked me to vote for him
because he was a spendthrift.”
ONE of the strongest kicks about
| the proposed Alexander bill was that
| it would give the fish trap sites in
j perpetuity to the men who located
| them. Just why a man should locate
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OVERTURE .Empress Orchestra
CHILDREN OF THE SEA—Two-Act Majestic Melodrama
A Good Plot
Original Song .“I Love My Love”
REV. NICHOLLS
The Limited’s Peril—An Episode from the Hazards of Helen
Reading .....‘‘The Debating Society”
PROF. F. G. DAVIS
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THE LADIES’ QUARTET.In Vocal Selections
Vaudeville Stunts Recluest
MR. JENNER
The Serpent’s Tooth—Comedy. Wally Van
Good Night .-. Selection
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Admission 50 cents. 8:p.m.
i fish trap and not secure title to It
is hard to understand, any more than
that a miner should locate a valuable
mine and not secure title to it. Both
are taken from the publfc domain and
both cost thousands of dollars to de
velop. To locate a successful fish
trap site requires an outlay of a
great deal of time and money in most
cases. A man must find a piece
where the tides are not too swift,
storms too severe, it must have the
right bottom for piling, and must as j
a first requisite be in the path of the j
incoming horde. We have see i many
a man spend two or three years lo-:
eating a trap and draw a waterhaul; 1
the same as the prospector. It costs;
many thousand dollars to drive £ j
tray, and if it is In the wrong place
the first storm will take it out. j
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EVERY man should stick to his
vocation. If he is a storekeeper, a
lawyer, a newspaperman, a miner,'
or any one of a thousand vocations,
he has done a plenty if he becomes
expert enough to run his business at
a profit. To accumulate the thou
sand odds and ends necessary in each
trade or profession is a useless was
of gray matter and burdens the brain
with much unnecessary dead wood.
The man who has a smattering ol
a dozen trades is no good at any one
of them as a rule, and if tried at any
one of them is not competent to be
classed as A. IJ. in any vocation, it
pays to be a specialist, and itarn
your own trade thoroughly. Let the
other fellow look after nis end >1
it.
POI^VND, Belgium, Armenia. Ser
bia, and, a dozen other small nations
who have felt the iron heel of war
are crying to the United States for
succor, and well meaning men and
women of this country are seeking
funds to aid them. We believe they
should be relegated to the tear until
tlie poor of America are first served.
If there are any poorer people than
some we have seen in the big cities
they are not worth saving. These
European nations are ready to jump
into a scrap and expect a spectator to
pay their fine.
PADEUEWSKY asks President
Wilson to incorporate in his Thanks
giving proclamation a plea for lieip
for the war-ridden nations of Eu
rope. if the President will ask help
for the war-ridden people of the
United States he will have done Ins
full duty. Americans are paying as
much or more toward financing these
wars than aie the people who started
them. A man can give his heart’s
blood for other things than his coun
try in these times of war prices. The
slogan “See America First" could
very aptiy be changed to “Help
Americans First.”
ANY ONE who can remember tlie
days of the old Excelsior and Sara
toga and the miserable boa* service
at high rates, should not object to
paying the price nowadays. The
rate of $45 for fare from Seattle to
Valdez, with the excellent cuisine
seems very reasonable, in comparison
with other points.
; PEOPLE over in the Second Di
vision are still voting for Sulzer and
Grigsby, judging from the returns.
It might be a good thing to send a
deputy marshal out and inform them
the election is over and their men
elected.
PROBABLY the reason the Ger
mans retired from Saillis Selle was
because they got tired of trying to
pronounce the name.
1 TO, learn a thing thoroughly costs
money; but it costs more if you do
not learn it.
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| MANY a man thinks he is a wise
guy and the barber trims him.
! FOR SALE—Thoroughbred Llewel
lyn pups, $10 and $15 each each.
Erich Lucas, Seward, Alaska. 11-30
i New Heaters from $12.50 up.
Wood Stoves, Pipe, Cooking Utensils
and Wash Boards at Rudolph’s. tf
Alaska Gold Hill
Mining Company
OFFERS ITS FIRST ISSUE OF
100,000 SHARES OF STOCK AT JOc
This is a very high-class proposi
tion, backed and managed by promi
nent Valdez business people.
Majority of stock in Treasury and
or.:y treasury stool: for ale. The;
owners’ stock is all in escrow for one)
year.
The stricte.-t investigation invited.
The purpose of this sale is to place
the stock in the quickest and most j
economical way, which is the policy .
of this company, in order to continue;
the work already started.
Before placing this stock in the
States it will he for sale for a short;
while at the office of the Secretary j
and Treasurer, Mr. George J. Love,!
United States Commissioner. —3t;
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i:xPKHIMKNTAL MIXK
STATION SOON »<F KilfDV
Alaska’s first experimental mine
station will be in operation eariy
next spring, it win be located at Fair
banks. The Secretary of the Interior
has the determination of the places .•
which the experimental stat-u; die
lie erected in the United States, tie
has se'acted Fairbanks as the site of
the first station to be established in
Alaska.
John A. Davis, of the Pureati of
Mines under the Interior Depaiuncit
is now in the city having arrived on
Hie Admiral Farragut from Fair
banks. Not long ago Mr. Davis pa.-.?-'
ed through Juneau en route to Fair
banks to make an examination of the;
country in aid around that section j
and to perform certain preliminary
work in regard to the establishment!
of the i \perimeatai station.
On his journey to Fairbanks Mr.
Davis had considerable experience in j
trail travel. He was eleven days go-!
mg in and about ten days coming
out. He was accorded every courtesy
and facility for his investigations
while in Fairbanks. The Fairbanks
Commercial Club and other organi
zations signified their willingness to
cooperate with the new bureau.
The experimental station will be an
invaluable asset to the prospectors
and miners of Alaska. All ore will be
tested and doubtless many new met
als will be discovered in the rock,
which will rebound to the benefit of
the miner, and general Information
relative to mining in all its phases
will lie furnished
Mr. Davis will have charge of the
Fairbanks Station. He will return to
. Husks eariy next spring with equip
ment and oilier material for the new
station and will go directly to Fair
banks and tlicre establish Alaska's
:ird mine experiment station
lie uft ice me South on the Ad
miral Watson.
!’i: \uso.vs m.vkazink IS
ItAKRKI) KKOM CANADA
OTTAWA. Nov. 1.—The American
edition of Pearson’s Magazine, pub
lished in New York, lias been for
bidden tlie use of the Dominion post
oitice service. This action was taken
because of articles published in the
magazine criticising the British gov
eminent in regard to seizing U. S.
>
mails.
I A new assortment of toilet waters
I
jand perfumes. Ow! Drug Co. tt
Fresh line of Downey's Box Can
dies. Candy Kitchen. O'
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
Come and see our new line of nug
get and ivory ware at Alaska Jewelry
Company. tf
Jast Received—the- latest Popular
•’>'iig8 and Music. Vnldez Drug Co. tf
Anything in nugget and ivory Jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 68 OPEN ALL NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Propr.
ST. ELIAS HOTEL
Under New Management
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED; WARM, LIGHT, OUTSIDE ROOMS
SPECIAL RATES TO PERMANENT GUESTS
PHONE 104 MRS. L. HOLT, Prop.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
'MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
Candy Kitchen!
E. W. HUNT—la Owl Drug Storr. j
FOUNTAIN DRINKS ?
HOT COLD i
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdez Alaska.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everything First class
Open Day and Night.
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
LAUNCH N&S
l.eavm every Weiluemlny ut l> n.
ni. from \ nlile* llork for Hellft
niur. t.miilloek. mill K111nIiro.
IjeuveM every Snturilny nt B n. in.
from Vnlilex Duck for C'eilnr lln>,
Wells liny. Port Wells nml lirnu
1 Ite Mine.
PORTAGE BAY AND OTHER
POINTS BY CONTRACT
W. J. CALLAGHAN
OWNER AND MASTER.
Hess Kinney, superintendent for i
ilie Alaska iioad Commission in the J
Anchorage district, was a inrough
passenger on the Admiral Kvans for
the States.
Supt. Palmer Cook, of the Granby
mine, is a visitor in town today.
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
1 lice.
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Fancy Stationery at me Valdez
Drug Store. tf
! The Golden North has steam heat
ed roc:r.n. '■*
IJauquel Steel images, plain and
! polished tops, at Mead's. tl
An up-to-dai« line oi cook stoves
and ranges at Mean’s. tf
—
Malted Milk Chocolate at the Val
dez Candy Kitchen.
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
Home-made Mince Pies at the Ar
cade. ^
For steam heated rooms come to
the Golden North. tf
WIDER CREDIT FOR FARMER NOW POSSIBLE
President signing rural credits bill, which makes it easier for faraers to get money**'**' TW*lY#
land loan banks will be established throughout the country under the direction of a federal bo rd.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Office* over % nlilcx Unite i «».
I’hwne 'IT, McKinley street
Contract Surgeon. I’. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon. C s. I’ul.lic Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
^rmiiino* National (nlreraity,
W iimIiIntclon, I), t'.
DENTIST
Four teen Years In Valdez.
PHONE 111)
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOK\EYS-A'I -I.AW
IMIlee llppimltr Court lloune
I'hour :«•! VAI.DKZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONk r. r KITCKIS
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOH XKYS-AT-LA W
OlHern In H linllnic iluliillnic
Phone 1UI VALDKZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez. Alaska
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward. Alaska
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. SKVHN
Meets every Tuesday evening at 8:00
o’clock in their hall over IT. S. Com
missioner's office. Visitors are always
welcome.
T. II. HUNT. President.
E. G. AMES, Secretary.
-• VALDEZ LODGE
^ NO 108
Krt-f and Accepted Monona.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always" welcome.
P. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genexal Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
The Best Place Jin Valdez to
Stop at* is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Rassa—Tha Host* al Coaftrt
RATES, REASONABLE
BATH-ROOM Spacial Rataa By the MoatL
PNONC 1M MRS. STRING, Trap