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PROSPECTOR PUBlJSHING CO.
B. B. SELBY, Editor and Proprietor.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Daily Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23, 1912, at the postofflce of Valdes,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
Uus’nes* Oittce and Editorial Roomi,
TEL. 162
Advertising Kates on Application
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1918
THE FITNESS of men fifty, sixty,
or seventy years old to conduct the
nation’s business is often questioned.
While such men are often found con
ducting successful businesses of their
own, is seems to be for the reason
that they have grown up with the
business. Remove them from their
surroundings and they are at a loss
to adjust themselves. Man is a crea
ture of environment. Like a clam in
his bed, when he gets settled down
in the soft ooze he hates to be dis
turbed. New theories and conditions
exasperate him. He gets in a rut, and
continual travel in the same lines
wears it down until he cannot see ov
er the edges. If you do not agree with
this statement cast your eyes about
you and see the men who are trav
eling in a rut. Men wno nave na« a
new idea about once since McKinley
was assassinated. Men who are un
willing to depart from the paths they
picked out ten years ago. The woods
are full of them. They run their little
businesses and live and move and
have a being, but aside from their ego
they have been dead from the neck
up for years. They are worth about
as much from the neck down as so
much beef; from the neck up a man
is worth the amount he has accumu
lated and placed behind the ivory
dome which controls his actions.
Small environments make small men.
A community of hustlers are like the
leaven in the bread, a sijiall bit leav
ens the whole mass. The world is full
of men today who would not trade
two bits for a dollar unless they were
allowed to bite it and ring it to see
*tf it were counterfeit. A community
of small people invariably make a
small community and vice versa. A
person may have the knowledge of
Socrates, but it is so much deadwood
If he does not use it. We have road
builders, congressmen, councilmen,
statesmen, sitting idly by and criti
cising the actions of the other fellow.
A man who is busy has no time to
see what the other fellow is doing.
Just as nature abhors a vacuum, it is
impossible for a man or a community
to remain, stationary. They either go
ahead or go back. A small community
goes ahead or bacg iasier
one for the reason that it requires
less momentum to move it either way.
The wage earner and the business
man are both necessary for the up
building of a community. One is de
pendent upon the other. Without pat
ronage a business fails, and without
business you can have no patronage.
At the present time Alaska is going
thru a crisis in her affairs that calls
for calm judgment and mature delib
eration on the part of those who de
sire to see the territory advance. If
things keep on as they are there will
not be ten thousand persons in the
North by next spring. The mines nave
closed, businesses are failing on ev
ery hand, camps are pinching out and
the inhabitants leaving daily. Busi
ness conditions were never as bad
since the territory first attracted gold
seekers. It is up to the remaining in
habitants to use every means to at
tract settlers, and to hold them if we
would not be numbered among the
has-beens. We must discard worn-out
theories and turn our best efforts to
the upbuilding of the territory before
it is too late.
FAMILIARITY is said to breed
contempt, and in no case is this so
true as in small towns. One hears the
ninth commandment broken more of
ten in a small place in one day than
he would in a year in a city. The in
tolerance manifested in religious and
social matters in a small town is
shocking to a person used to the
broad-mindedness displayed by the
city dweller, who never bothers his
head about whether the man next
door beats his wife or fails to pay the
hired girl. In a village everyone be
comes accustomed to everyone else,
and in a week can tell you the poli
tics of every resident, the site of his
shoe, how often he takes a bath, the
kind of washing powder the good wife
uses, and bow often tbe kids' toenafls
are clipped. This makes good ammu
nition for the man who sits at the
corner grocery and spits on tbe stove,
and also makes the community a love
ly place to live in. If you can see no
good In your neighbor keep your eyes'
shut; likewise your mouth. If he Is
of different religious beliefs tolerate
them. If one religious denomination
bad a cinch on entrance to the pearly |
gates Saint Peter would find time,
heavily on Ills hands. If your nerves'
and hones and sinews are duplicated j
in your fellow man by a wise Creator.'
iiis brains and thoughts likewise must
be somewhat the same, after they are
ironed, smoothed and renovated j
slightly. There is little good accom-j
piished by picking your fellow man to
pieces. The harm done is incalculable.)
The careless word may cause endless)
suffering and humiliation. Mother
Earth is full of mouldy carcasses of.
men who failed to keep their mouth ;
shut, and the world is full of suffer
ing victims of their careless tongues.
It is a mighty safe thing for a person
to keep his mouth shut. If you feel
I that you cannot do this try staying
home until you learn the habit.
HERE Charley has went and gone
and done it again. Just about the time
that the mail of the voters of Alaska
is being swamped by the opposition
telling of the things Delegate Sulzer
has not done, he breaks in with some
piece of beneficial legislation and
spoils the whole game. Just at the
time the Juneau obstructionists are
crying out that he is subsidized by
the ship trust they trip over his oppo
sition to the high rates inaugurated
by the steamship companies; they no i
more than spread the rumor that he is
oposed to prohibition and the eight
hour law than he shies a legislative ;
Slone lnio me ponu anu muuuico me
water all up. He shows that he was
one of the first mine owners in the
territory to inaugurate an eight hour
day and that the opposition candi
date was the fellow who caused the
prohibition plank to be split into
kindling wood at the Juneau conven
tion. If the delegate would only cease
his endless activities at Washington
and give the opposition yeast a chance
to ferment all would be well, but what
can you do with a man who is work- i
ing all the time for his constituents? i
They nail him to. the Guggenheim i
cross and the Guggenheims repudiate
him by fighting his legislation; they
place a crown of election-fraud thorns i
upon his brow and it changes to a t
halo of righteousness. The expected
thunder of the voice of disapproval
has changed into a squib. It is hard to
down a man when he is doing his full :
duty regardless of whom it hurts. i
MRS. Cornelia Hatcher must have
either been called off by her organ
ization or passed a night in calm re
flection. A week has passed by and
she has failed to make a single at
tack upon Alaskan officials. The lips
that refuse to touch liquor are mute;
a mighty calm has fallen where all
was flurry and foam. Someway we ap
preciate Cornelia's remarks better
when she says nothing than when she
is talking all the time.
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe, mai oag*..._,.- tor you. t*
jUBt received ell tee latest popu
lar songs at O. O Relnke's. tf
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COL. SAMUEL M’ROBERTS
Col. Samuel McRoberta, formerly
executive manager of the National
City bank of New York, heada the new
ly created procurement dlvlalon of the
reorganized ordnance bureau of the
army. Me .will paae on all confracta
for suppllea of all klnda for the army,
and-will have the taak of .feeding,
clothing, arming and equipping the mil*
Hone of men the United 8tatea will
have at the front.
RAILWAY WOMEN STRIKE
POTTSVILE, Pa.: Women section
(lands employed by the Lehigh Valley
railway on . the Shenandoah Lost
Creek branch, are on a strike.
They receive $1.80 for a nine-hour
day and they are striking for $2. They
will be organized by a union organiz
er today.
WOLVES IN NOVA SCOTIA
HALIFAX: Wolves are reported in
Nova Scotia after many years’ ab
sence. John Myer, of Porter’s Lake,
has reported to Chief Game Commis
sioner Knight that wolves last week
had been seen killing deer in this re
gion. Twenty-two years ago .Mr. Mey
er shot the only wolf then known in
Nova Scotia.
Anything you want in the line of
photography—Jenner can do it for
you. tf
For Orst-class meats ana good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
If it isn’t an Eastman is Isn't a
kodak. Valdez Drug Co., tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Oaland’a.
Prlcea reasonable. *
FOR BALE
The launch N. & S., forty feet long,
LI 1*2 feet beam, powered with 23
lorsepower Union engine, heavy duty
n fine conditions. Complete equip
ment, cheap for cash. Apply to M. J.
CALLAGHAN, Valdez, Alaska, kml
r . 11
JOHNSTON CHOCOLATES
just received at the Valdez Drug
:o. tf
20 per cent off on all Heinz Goods,
keystone Produce Co. tf
Summons for Publication
No. 934
n the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.
Lucile V. Flett, Plaintiff,
vs
Scott Lewis Flett, Defendant.
To Scott Lewis Flett: You are here
>y notified that you are named as de
endant in a suit brought by the
ibove-nqmed plaintiff t° secure a de
:ree of absolute divorce from you, in
he above-named court and that un
ess you appear and answer or others
vise plead to plaintiff’s complaint Sl
id in said cause within thirty days
ifter completion of publication of
.his summons, to-wit; within thirty
lays after May 16, 1918, your de
'ault will be entered and plaintiff will
ipply to the court for the relief ask
id in her complaint.
This publication of summons is
Tiade pursuant to an order duly made
jn March 12, 1918 by Hon. Fred M.
Brown, Judge of the above-named
:ourt.
Dated, April 2, 1918.
ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk District Court.
By C. H. WILCOX,
Deputy Clerk.
First publication, April 3, 1918.
Last publication, May 8, 1918.
STEAL FLOUR, BUT
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTES
MOUNT VERNON:. Twenty sacks
of wheat flour have been stolen from
the general merchandise store belong
ing to the Nelson-Neil company at
Big Lake.
“We are anxious to get the thieves"
says Sheriff Charles Stevenson, “as
they have made themselves liable to
punishment under the Hoover law, as
well as for burglary. They helped
themselves to wheat without taking
the eriiuired proportion of graham
or rye flour.”
AUTO TRICK TO HE USED
ON ALASKA RAILROAD
SEATTLE: A new Kelly-Spring
field passenger auto truck, with flang
ed wheels, lias arrived here for ship
ment north to be used on short runs]
on the Alaska government railroad.!
It will carry twelve passengers.1
Many other supplies are here await-:
ing shipment.
NUGGET AND IVORY
and Alaskan jewelry, Valdez Drug
Co. tf
Fine line of Crackers and Cakes.
Best ever. Keystone Produce Co. tf
TOKEH LOU SAILS
The launch Tokeh Lou. Capt. John
Johnson, sailed for Ellamar this
morning with J. C. Albers, Ed. Tur
ner and Mrs. Rowe as passengers.
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CONVERSATION
“Darling.” said he tenderly. “I have
made up my mind to ask you—”
“Yes,” she whispered breathlessly.
"To ask you to become my wife.
I know, dearest, that it is presump
tuous for me to do so. You are so
much superior to me. I am, 1 feel,
unworthy of you, but—”
‘Say no more, John. I am yours.
You may be unworthy of me, but—”
“But what, dearest?”
“Half a loaf is better than no
bread.”
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
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HOTEL SEXTON
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The traveling public’s
home.
European Plan.
HOTEL SEXTON
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
CHAS. A. SULZEr]
Candidate For Re-election
As
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
J r
From Alaska
“In deciding to enter the primaries as a candidate tor Delegate to
Congress from Alaska, I feel impelled to make a brief statement to
the people of the territory, ft is, now nearly a year since i was seated
in the House as Alaska’s representative to congress. During the .most
of this time the United States has been engaged in a world War,;aad
every resonroe of the nation, including money and man power is be
ing devoted to the single purpose of winning this great war. Every
member of congress in considering legislation for the nation, has
placed the country’s war needs above all needs and requirements and
has subordinated his desires to the military establishment of the
United States. .. ,
“Alaska has responded nobly to the nation’s call. She has given
her share willingly and unstlntingly. When the democratic party
went before the people of Alaska in November, nineteen sixteen, ft
stood for a certain ooastrttotlve program which embodied as its prin
cipal elements a wider measure of home rule for the territory, and a
sane and rational policy in the development of natural resources and
every possible aid* to the pioneers of the country.
“I have introduced among others the following bills in congress
which 1 am pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
“Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home
rule the dominating principle.
“Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair
to all, and the protection of the fcalmou supply, from depletion.
“Making changes in the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty
rod reservation.
“Authorizing free surveys of homesteads in Isolated sections.
“Changing the game laws so as to give the people a better oppor
tunity to use the game of the country without its being slaughtered.
“Extending the federal farm loan act to Alaska.
“Providing for the care of Alaska’s insane within the territory.
“At all times I have endeavored to keep constantly in mind the
needs of the territory and the people of the territory. In spite of the
war some measure of progress has beem achieved. I have assisted in
passing a law which helped the prospector by suspending assesamqpt
work on claims during the years nineteen seventeen and nineteen
eighteen. The extension of the wireless and cable system in Alaska has
been accomplished with bright prospects for a further extension.
“Recognition has been forced for Alaska in the matter of appoint
ments to the second series of training camps for officers. Contracts
which prevented the farmers of the interior from supplying army
posts with their vegetables are cancelled.
“Suggestions and requests tkat 1 again go before the people of
Alaska have come to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reit
erating my desire to serve the best interests of Alaska I am submit
ting jay name as a candidate for the democratic nomination for
Delegate to Congress.”
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&
Louie
Hosier;
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FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
F. and A. M.
Valdez Lodce No. 168
REGULAR communications, first
Wednesday In each month In Ma
sonic Hall. Visitors always wel
come. '
WALTER ELLIOT, W. M.
C. C. REYNOLDS, Sec.
L 0. 0. F.
Valdez, No, 6
Meets every Monday night at 8:00
o'clock p. m„ In Odd Fellows'
Hall. Visiting members cordially
Invited to attend these meetings.
OTTO ELFSTROM, N. G. .
R. D. NICHOLL8, Secretary.
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Fraternal Order Eagles
Valdez Aerie No. 1971
Meets every Friday night In Eagle
Hall. Visiting Members cordially In
vited to attend these meetings.
ED. WOOD, W. P.
C. J. TODD, Sec.
Order of Eastern Star
Valdez Chapter No. S
STATED communications, first and
third Tuesdays of each month at
Masonic Hall. Visiting members
always welcome. •
RENA E. CRAWFORD, W. M.
J. A. SILVERMAN, M. D. Sec'y.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
Frank Gustafson, President,
Veldes Aleake.
GEORGE M. BARRY Seoetyr.
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way i<orts. Passengers landed
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