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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1913.
BACK TO THE PARTY.
From Mr. Pendergast’s statement
adjuring Progressive errors and
weaknesses we infer that if a Pro
gressive wishes to think straight and
talk sensibly he must leave his party.
There is more sound common sense
and political wisdom in Mr. Pender
gast’s statement than in all the rivers
of utterance that have flowed from
the Progressive source. He finds it
impossible to sustain his interest in
a party conducted mainly as a ven
detta against the Republicans. The
policy of nominating straight Pro
gressive candidates everywhere,
merely to defeat tte Republicans, he
regards as stupid and sterile. The
maintaining of the Democratic party
as the practically undisputed ruling
force in this country is not a politi
ical aim of which he can approve.
Nor is it enough to prattle about
“social justice,” sing hymns and
march and countermarch upon an im
aginary field of Armageddon. In
short, Mr. Prendergast has reached
the conclusion that the Progressive
program, as the party is now led, is
void of all promise. So he betakes
himself to the Republican fold.
He was welcomed yesterday with
an enthusiasm that is significant. His
act itself is significant, it is symptom
atic of the crumbling of the Progres
sive party and of the reabsorption of
its elements into the Republican or
ganization. The Republicans of New
York are prepared, or are preparing,
to meet their returning brethren half
way. They have a new program
themselves, a progressive program,
not at all in the Ilooseveltian sense,
but a pgrty plan of action that em
braces sound reforms and better
ments that all men of wisdom and
open mind approve. Mr. Root set
them forth at the conference at the
Waldorf-Astoria yesterday, briefly, as
embracing workmen's compensation,
revision of the Assembly rules, a bud
get system in the state finances, a
short ballot and direct primaries. If
the first four reforms are made ef
fective, the importance of the fifth
will be diminished. Direct primaries
are much talked about, they may be
adopted: that they will be any as
surance of better methods in party
practice, that they will put better men
into office, or that they will meas
urably improve the processes of the
state government is doubtful. With
out the short ballot they will ac
complish little. Of the other ends to
be worked for there can be no ques
tion. They represent progress, they
are progressive, and the pursuit of
these policies by the Republicans of
New York will leave the Progressives
no particular reason for prolonging
their existence.
Mr. Prendergast pointed out in his
statement that the relative strength
of the Republicans and the Progres
sives cannot be determined by the
vote cast for their presidential can
didates last year. Mr. Roosevelt’s
popularity won for him the votes of
many men who are not at all inclin
ed to desert the Republican party
permanently, least of all to engage
against that party in a war of re
venge and extermination. But there
are many signs that the Roosevelt
craze is itself dying out. We do not
see how a valiant soldier in the
Armageddon fight can keep up the full
fervor of his admiration for Mr.
Roosevelt in the face of such a state
ment as that made by Mr. William
Barnes in his letter printed in The
Times of Tuesday. Mr. Roosevelt has
times without number denounced
Judge Werner for the opinion in the
Ives case which he wrote, yet Mr.
Barnes says that the Progressive
nomination for chief judge of the
Court of Appeals was offered to Judge
Werner "by Theodore Roosevelt on
the morning of the meeting of the
Progressive State Committee,” and he
refused it. This is perfectly direct
testimony. The terms of the offer
have also been made known, but by
testimony less direct. In a champion
of social justice and righteousness
such conduct seems to us to be un
lawful.—New York Times.
High Tide In Living Cost.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Retail
prices of food were higher on August
15 than they had been at any time in
twehty-three years, according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retail
prices of the principal articles of food
in forty important industrial cities,
gathered and compiled by experts,
showed that during the year twelve
of the fifteen articles advanced in
price, while only three declined.
Comparison of retail prices on Aug
ust 15, 1913, with prices on the same
date in 1912, showed potatoes advan
ced 20 per cent; bacon, 18.8 per cent;
smoked ham, 17.6; eggs, 12.6; round
steak, 11.5 per cent; sirloin steak,
10.2 per cent; pork chops, 9.3 per
cent; hens, 8.7 per cent; lard, 8.1 per
cent; rib roast, 7.9 per cent; butter,
5.7 per cent; and milk, 2.7 per cent.
Sugar declined 7.9 per cent; wheat
flour, 5.5 per cent, and corn meal, 2.7
per cent.
The Valdez Moose Lodge will serve
a “home dinner” on Chr'stmas day at
4 p. m. sharp to its members and their
families and to any friends whom they
would like to entertain on that day or
evening. Tickets J1.25 each. For sale
at Hunt’s. Kindly make reservations
by December 23rd. W. E. Lee, chair
man of committee. k21
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
as depth on level, in inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Friday, December 19, 1913.
Wortmans, clear, calm .... 50
Summit, part cloudy, calm 78
Beaver Dam, part cldy, elm -5 38
Tonsina, clear, calm . -5 15
Copper Center, clear, calm 9
Gulkana, cloudy, calm .... 2 8
Hogans, clear, calm . 16 20
Paxsons, fair, calm . 16 20
Thompson Pass reports McIntosh
breaking trail on Summit this morn
ing.
Thursday, December 18, 1913.
Wortmans, cloudy, calm .. 50
Summit, cloudy, calm .... 7 8
Beaver Dam, cloudy, calm -10 38
Tonsina, clear, calm . -5 15
Copper Center, clear, calm 8
Gulkana, cloudy, calm --12 8
Hogans, clear, calm . 14
Paxsons, cloudy, calm. 0 20
Notice of Special Election.
Notice is hereby given that a special
election for the purpose of electing
a Treasurer of the Valdez School
Board, to fill the vacancy caused by
the removal of C. H. Wilcox from the
City of Valdez, Alaska, will be held
December 24, 1913, at the Fire Hall
in the Town of Valdez, Alaska. The
poles will be open at 9:00 o’clock a.
m. and will close at 5:00 o’clock p.
m. of said day.
The following persons shall be qual
ified electors: All adults who are cit
izens of the United States, or who
have declared their intention to be
come such, and who are residents of
the Valdez school district.
Dated this 12th day of December,
1913.
A. VON GUNTHER,
C. E. BUNNELL,
Members of Valdez School Board.
Moose Dance.
The Order of Alaskan Moose will
give their regular weekly dance Sat
urday night at their hall, to which all
friends of the organization are in
vited. Dancing will begin at 9:30
sharp. Tickets can be had of mem
bers. Good music.
Masonic Notice.
Special communication of Valdez
Lodge No. 168 at Masonic hall Friday
evening at 8 o’clock. Work in tht
third degree. Visiting brothers wel
come. C. C. REYNOLDS, Sec’y
Holiday Novelties.
Harvey’s Toggery is showing a fine
line of holiday novelties.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Hubby, don’t forget to buy me one
of the pretty Parisian Ivory Toilet
Sets at the Valdez Drug Co.—Wifey.
Nothing more appropriate than a
box of Lowney’s dainty candies as a
Christmas gift. Valdez Drug Store.
Buy one of the nifty combination
purse and card cases at the Val
dez Drug Store.
Fine watch and Jewelry repairing
all work guaranteed. H. V Hern
don. wita Owl Drug Co.
Fresh eastern oysters at the Vai
dez Cafe. tf
Mrs. McDonald and child, daugh
ter of Adam Swan, the Valdez mer
chant, left on tne Alameda for her
home in Portland. Mrs. McDonald
has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Millard during her stay In
town.
If you want all the news all the
<time, read the Prospector.
THE BLUE OF THE SKY.
It la Caused by the Oxygen In the Air,
Saye a Scientist.
Professor Spring of tbe University of
Liege bas a theory of his own regard
lug tbe blue of the sky.
Scientists Imve tried to explain the
blue of the sky ever since the days of
Leonardo da Vinci and Sir Isaac New
ton. Some have bold that It was due
to the polarization of the solar light,
while others Imve held that the blue
ness is due to the reflection, or, rather,
the vibration, upon tbe minute drops of
; water which the atmosphere bolds in
; suspension or upon the matter in the
J atmosphere, according to Tyndall.
Professor Spring has rejected all
these theories, denying the "dust theo
ry” altogether. He holds with Lord
Rayleigh thnt instead of the dust in
creasing the blueness It diminishes It
greatly. And according to Professor
Spring, all of the appearances of blue
tints in the atmosphere are explicable
when we consider liquid oxygen.
I "Liquid air" is known to be decidedly
| blue in color, so the contention thnt
blueness Is due to the oxygen in the
air seems to be substantiated.
If condensed and liquid air are blue
In color it is most probable that the
blueness of the sky is due to the oxy
gen in it.—New York World.
INGENUITY IN SUICIDE.
Thia Parisian Planned a Most Dra
matic Taking Off.
Some years ago, wfien there was an
epidemic of dramatic suicides In Paris,
a man who had visited the French
capital told of an extraordinary sui
cide he had heard of In that gay city.
"He was a Frenchman, who was
nothing If not original," said the teller
of the tale, “and even when he grew
despondent he planned his death in a
most original fashion. He locked the
door of his room In the Rue Nitot and,
removing the weights of the window
cord, fastened them to the window it
self. He added to tlie weight of the
window by attaching six flatirons. On
the sill lie adjusted n large triangular
bread knife, such as. is used by chefs,
and made ready a small balloon, enpa
ble of lifting fifty pounds.
"The ingenious Frenchman then put
his head out of the window after at
taching the balloon to liis neck and 1 y
releasing the clamp that bold tlie win
dow cut bis head off completely with j
the improvised guillotine. The deeap !
itnted body was discovered several j
days later, but It was not until the
balloon and the head were found a
week later in the field of n peasant,
eighteen miles from Paris, that the
method of suicide was really known ”
Cornish Humor.
The magistrate at the f.lskeard po
lice court might well have excused the
laughter which greeted the remark of
a police witness only a short time ago
who said with all seriousness: “He
was druuk, your honor, and couldn't
stand. I told him to go away, and as
lie wouldn't I locked him up.”
The laugh in another court was
against the solicitor who severely ask
ed. “Were you present when you heard
this?"
Mixed metaphors are not a peculiar
nor indeed a common failing of the
Cornishinan. but a certain eloquent
town councilor quite recently got en
tangled when in the course of a pro !
traded debate on the momentous sub |
ject of tlie locul dust bins he declared |
indignantly. "It is time we put our
foot down with a loud voice.”—English
llustrated Magazine.
Buried Upside Down.
If Major I.abelliere of Dorking was
buried on the top of Box hill, head
downward, in 1800, he probably got
tbe idea from Mr. Hall of Keith Hill
place, who in 1707 built the tower on
the neighboring Keith hill and was
buried there six yeurs later. The usual
Keitli hill story, as recorded by one
writer, is that the tower "marks the
spot where au eccentric farmer of the
neighborhood was buried on horse
buck upside down, so that when the
world was turned, as lie believed it
then soon would be. tops.v turvey. lie
might at last come up in the right po
sition.'' The tradition might easily be
transferred from one till I to Its neigh
hor There seems no doubt, however,
thtij Mr. Ilall was buried on (lie sum
mit of Keith hill.-London Chronicle.
Chief Justice’s “Hantecedents."
Lord Alverstone's gift of song has
sent the tourist ou his track. There Is
u story that one Sunday an American
lady attended the morning service at
St. Mary Abbots. Kensington, and
asked the verger which of the churls
ters in the chancel was the lord chief
justice. "Well, nniin." replied that dig
nitary. “that Is the vicar, and them's
the curates, and I'ai the “erger. But as
for the choir, as long as they does their
duty we don’t inquire into their bnnte
eedents.”—Loudon Chronicle.
Hard Lucli.
"So your baby won a prize In the
baby show?"
"Yes," replied the proud but worried
father. "And I guess we’ll move out
of the community. All the envious
neighbors will resent it ns long as be
lives.’’—Washington Star.
Hit Eara.
"It Smlthers undertakes to pull my
ears.” said a fellow at a street corner,
“lie will have Ida bands full."
The crowd looked at the man’s ears
and smiled.—London Telegraph.
Had It Located.
“Which tooth are you going to have
pulled. Sam?”
“Upper six. sir.” answered the Pull
man porter.—lioulsvllle Courier-Jour- (
nal
Copyright Hat 2 Scha/fher 8c Mara
....OUR LINE OF....
Holiday Goods
Is the largest ever
shown in town.
There is no better Xmas Present
for a Man than
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Fine Suit or Overcoat
We are 'showing all [the latast
Styles and Colors.
WE ARE SOLE AGENTS
.
Light and Power
Since the organization of the
Valdez
Lectric
Company
Valdez consumers are getting
electric current at a reduction of
forty per cent in rates.
Support the new company and
keep rates down to bedrock.
Office in Copper!Block
Phone |57
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh’Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
- Telephone order* to Phone 187
Schedule of the Donatdson.
The following schedule for the
launch “Lieut. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Daily, Saturday and Sunday except
ed:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 8:15 a
m. and 1:15 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. m., 2
p. m. and 5:30 p. m.
Tuesdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 8:15 a.
m., 1:15 p. m. and 5 p. nt.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. m.,
2 p. m. and 5:30 p. m.
Saturdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 1:15 p
m. and 7 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 4:00 p. m.
and 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the 2nd and 4th Fridays
of each month, these days being us
ed to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
By order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
R. G. SHERRARD,
Second Lieut. 30th Infantry, Quar
termaster.
Dressmaking.
Miss Gunther wishee to announce
to the ladies’ of Valdez that she has
taken apartments over Plant & Co.’s
jewelry store and is now prepared to
do all kinds of plain and fancy dress
making. tf
Get your wife or girl a set of furs
at Blum’s. * -
Prospectors,
Don’t neglect your[health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
TAZLINA HILL ROAD HOUSE
is open for freight and accommodations for the new
strike at Nelchina—Honei on hand at all times.
JAMES L. SIMPSON.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.'
DENTIST
Phone 92 IFeurteen yearsfta
Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
Neat to cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phone is THE DENTIST
Office rooms over LHvI Druy store. Office hours
» it. hi., to 6 p. ni.. 7 P. tn.. to 9 p. ui. Sundays
liy tippoinimcnL All work guaranteed
DR. C. H. VANCE
THE
OSTEOPATH
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Klkrsville. Mo.
OFFICE HOURS-t to 12 a.. 1 to 5 p. a., or hr
oppoiotarot.
Treat haiUiif. Wall Ttreot. PHONE 203
F. BUTTERWORTH
{Civil Engineer end
U. S. Deputy Lend end
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing lies. Phone, ixv
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CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'ciouc ia
Eagle Hall. All members are requested t«
attend- T G. QUINN- Arctic Chi**
S. MCNIKCE. Secretary
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday le
each month In MoKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
James H Patterson.,W. M
C. O. Remolds. Sec
VALDEZ LODGE NO. «, 1.0. 0. F
Meets every Monday at g p. m. is
ODD FELLOWS HALL
Visiting Brothers especially invited
Wu Thomas, n. e. P. s Hur- r. c S—
ffUGO FELS
Contractor mil Bolder
Day Work If Dasirati
Estimates Furnished
WORK GUARANTEED