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SEPTEMBER. " 1915
ASSIMILATING THE INDIAN.
According to a special report on
the Indian population of the United
States and Alaska, soon to be Issued
by the bureau of the census, there
were 265,683 Indians in this coun
try, in 1910, representing an increase
of 17,430, or 7 per cent over the
number reported in 1890, when the
bureau made its first enumeration
of the race.
The report, however, will show a
much lower rate of growth for the In
dian population than for the white,
an increasing admixture of white
blood decreasing vitality of full
blood Indians, indicating a tendency
to disappear altogether; increasing
attendance at school and decreasing
illiteracy, an increase in the percen
tage of the self-supporting and final
ly a decrease in the number of reser
vation Indians.
Perhaps the Indian would have
been happier if he had not been dis
turbed in the rugged life which his
ancestors lived. But the Indian has
been a true sport. He has not only
accepted defeat, but has turned it
into triumph. Among the Indian
population today are found manufac
turers. bankers, United States offi
cials, mechanical engineers, locomo
tive engineers, telegraph operators,
actors, artists, clergymen, college
professors, physicians, surgeons and
lawyers. The live Indian has become
a good Indian and a help to civiliza
tion. He has played civilization’s
own game and won.
BRITAIN 18 FACING DEATH.
Every one has been dutifully say
ing that tnis war is a serious busi
ness, but no man living, not even
Kitchener himself, knew until three
months ago just how serious it was.
Kitchener knows now. Asquith also
knowb. Lolyd George knows. Bcn
ar Law knows, the labor leaders of
Great Britain and the labor unions
know just how serious, how deadly
serious this great war is. And on
London streets and in London offices,
in the drawing rooms and at week
ends men are asking each other sotto
voice .questions they would not dare
to ask aloud, and are getting an
swers that give a queer feeling at
their British hearts.
A serious business indeed, is this
war. The issue of it, the cheerful
and irresponsible optimist, with his
eye on the past when wars were
not waged by machines, and when a
fight was won by valor, not explo
sives, declares to be assured. Only
one issue is possible—victory, for
our arms. A pleasant man this opti
mist till you notice that his eye is
on the back trail or in the clouds,
and then you damn him for mislead
ing you.
Every man in the empire that
ought to be listened to sees no hopes
of victory, absolutely none, and little
hope of even a drawn battle, unless
conditions be changed—changed so
as to be utterly different from those
under which the war has hitherto
been waged.
The first impression that one got
on reaching London about two or
even three weeks ago, was that the
traditional British cocksuredness had
been shattered and had been replaced
by a paralyzing fear of defeat. You
caught it everywhere, on the streets,
in the hotels, at dinners, in the parks
and even in the house of commons. It
was not so much what people said,
but what they refused to say. It was
the determined and obvious effort to
be cheerful that depressed and dis
turbed one. Everybody was. saying
to his neighbor, "Cheer up, things
will improve." But everybody when
by himself, refused to cheer up, and
agreed lha'. things were “beastly rot
ten." He was mostly engaged dur
ing those lonely moments in damn
ing in his own particular way some
thing or somebody, and not the Ger
mans either, because of the nasty
rottenness of thingB in general and
especially about the war office.
What was wrong? The fact was
simply this: That the British people
are standing and looking with newly
dpened eyes at the specter of defeat
’ooming up thro igh the channel
mists, a specter unlike tb.e tradition
al specters of our dreams, sleeping
or walking, in taat it refused to dis
appear and that it wore a shiny hel
met. That specter, unless conditions
were changed, could not be laid, but
would take on a reality of hideous
•
and permanency for tftetr 'chtl
drqn to contemplate for successive
generations. T^ere are people red
ing this articles Who will doubtless
pause and say "rot." But the Brit--1
lsh people are not saying rot any
more, and did not say rot when their
eyes were opened some months ago.
Up to this time the call had been
for men, men, men. Now to the
nation’s ears came a new cry, “Mu
nitions, munitions, and more muni
tions," That "wonder-working little
Welshman was on to his Job."
One question still remains to be
asked: “What is to be the issue of
this serious war?” The answer is
plain It is so plain that even the
easy-going, cheerful optimist can
see it. And the answer is this: "If
the change in condition so splen
didly initiated be not continued and
with ever increasing acceleration the
issue is "Defeat.”
Seriously, soberly, solemnly, let it
be said that unless the empire can
furnish in overwhelming quantities
numbers of men of war and muni
tions of war, the bitterness and hu
miliation bf defeat will be our por
tion, and the shame and slavery of
an infamous and tyrannous militar
ism will be the portion of our chil
dren.—Toronto Glohe.
A CRITICISM OF DEMOCRACY.
The war has shown the weakness
of the democratic state, says H. G.
Wells in the New Republic. “It is
no use in denying the central pow
ers were not only better prepared for
this war at the outset, but that on
the whole they have met the occa
sions of the war as they have arisen
with far more collective intelligence,
will power and energy than any of
the allies, not even excepting France.
“They have succeeded not merely
in. meeting enormous military re
quirements better, but in keeping up
the material side of their national
life steadier under great stress. It
is idle for this writer to think that
the United States would make any
better showing in this matter than
Great Britain.
“The British government had been
excellent in argument and admirable
in rhetoric, but it has been very in
dolent, slack and unready in all mat
ters of material organization. It
has muddled everything and wasted
national feeling, and it has been .
manifestly afraid of the press and
over-sensitive to public clamor. It
has shown all the merits1 and fail
ures one might have expected from
a body of political lawyers, trained
in the arts of making things seem
right, wary and prepared to wait and
see what chances the adversary will
give, and as incapable of practical
foresight, as remote from the busi
ness of making things go right as a
body of inclosed nuns.
“If the present governments of
Great Britain and the United States
are the best sort of governments
that democracy can produce, then
democracy is bound, if not this time,
then next time or the time after to
be completely overcome and super
seded by some form of authoritative
state organization.”
Man’s Decreasing Height.
In recent years anatomists have
shown in a practical way that the
height of a man or woman can bs
increased to a considerable extent by
appliances for ■■'tretcMii?: ‘ These ex
tensions, however, ha'e only been in
inches, or fractions of an inch, and
giants have not been, nor are they
likely to be developed by artificial
ineans. It was ’ a Freuch savant
named Henrion, who, 200 years ago,
gave to the world authoritative state
ments as to the height of Adam and
Fvt He sale that the father of the
race was 123 feet 9 Inches hifch and
r>,. H8 feet !• inches He noted that
from the mention of these enlarged
odltlons of humanity degeneration
has- been rapid; that Noah was only
twenty-seven, Abraham only twenty,
and Moses but thirteen feet high. Ac
cording to this French authority It
the Christian dispensation- had not
arrested this, decrease, man, by this
time would have been a mere micro
scopic atom, and we may conclude
would not exist at all. M. Henrion
does not give any explanation as to
how he arrived at his .estimate of the
height of these ancients. Perhaps
the most gigantic story on record is
that concerplng an immense skele
ton, said to have been found in Sici
ly, which measured 300 feet in
length. This story, however, car
ries its own refutation, as it is said
that found beside this giant was his
walking stick, which was thirty feet
long and thick as a telegraph pole. A
clever calculator made the- estimate
that a walking stick only thirty feet
in length for a man who measured
300 feet would be as ridiculous as
one of seven inches for a man of or
dinary stature.
Nemo Corsets at E. Winter’s, tf.
We have the shotgun shells. Fresh
loaded. At Rudolph’s. tf.
Typewriters, engines and machin
; ery of all kinds overhauled and re
, paired. Valdez Iron Works. t*
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
• Drug Store. *
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We have wallpaper from 15o up,
. at Rudolnh’s. tf.
New Fall Hats at E. Winter’s.
A flne assortment of silk dress pat
, terns just received, including messa
. lines, poplins, chiffon cloth, taffetas,
satins and velvet corduroys. Prices
■ to suit the times. tf.
Lore-Whitley still sell ice. •
Nemo Corsets at E. Winter’s, tf
Price’s Candy and other new goods
at the Emporium. *
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
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For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Native raised chicken dinner at the
Arcade Restaurant today. *
A shipment ot fresh Hass candies
received at the Pinson on the last
boat. None better; try them. *
TIDE TABLES FOR VALDEZ.
Predictions for high and low water
are taken from the Official tide tattle's
prepared by the U. 8. Coast and'Geo
detic Survey. The time given for
high *and low water Is Valdez time,
and the figures Immediately follow
ing the time, indicate the- height of
the tide at -Valdes. To find- the depth
of water,. add the tabular height to
the souhdings given on the chart,
unless a minus (—) sign Is used be
fore the height, in which cake sub
tract it. .
Monday, September 6, 1015.
High, 11:01 a. m., 9.0; 10:20 p.
m., 11.6.
Low, 4:36 a. m., 0.7; 4:18 p. m.,
3.3.
Tuesday, September 7. 10 IS.
High, 11:26 a. m„ 10.6; 11:01 p.
m., 12.0.
Low, 5:06 a. m., 0.3; 4:58 p. m.,
2.6.
Wednesday, September 8, 1015.
High, 11:61 a. m., 11.1; 11:39 p.
m., 12.2.
Low, 6:34 a. m., 0.1; 5:35 p. m.,
1.7.
Thursday, Sepember O, 1015.
a,uNNd.ofiosNp?Ks y:z6; t58:
High.; 12:16 p. m., 11.8.
Low, 6:02 a. m., 0.1; 6:12 p. m,
0.9.
Friday, September 10, 1915.
High. 12:19 a. m„ 12.2; 12:45 p.
m„ 12.3.
Low, 6:29 a. m., 0.2; 6:51 p. m.,
0.3.
Saturday, September 11, 1915.
High, 12:58 a. m„ y2.0; 1:13 p.
m„ 12.S.
High, 12:58 a. m., 12.0; 1:13 p.
m., 12.8.
Low, 6:59 a. m., 0.5; 7:32 p. m.,
—0.1.
Sunday, September 12, 1015.
High. 1:41 a. m., 11.5; 1:45 p.
m., 13.0.
Monday, September 13, 1015.
High, 2:27 a. m., yO.S; 2:22 p. m.,
12.9.
Low, 8:06 a. in., 1.6; 9:05 p. m.,
—0.1.
Tuesday, September 14, 1015.
High, 3:18 a. m., 9.9; 3:04 p. m.,
12.7.
Low, S:44 a. m., 2.4; 10.03 p. m.
Wednesday, September 15, 1015.
High, 4:20 a. m., 9.1; 4:56 p. m.,
12.2.
Low, 9:39 a. m., 3.1; ll:y7 p. m.,
0.8.
Thursday, September 16, 1015.
High, 5:48 a. m., 8.5; 5:07 p. m.,
11.7.
Low.; 10:28 p. m., 3.9.
Friday, September 17, 1015.
High, 7:40 a. m., 8.5; 6:38 p. m.,
11.4.
Low, 12:51 a. m., 1.0; 11:58 a. m.,
4.3.
Saturday, September 18, 1015.
High, 9:00 a. m., 9.1; 8:10 p. m.,
11.5.
Low, 2:20 a. m., 0.8; 1:58 p. m.,
4.1.
Sunday, September 19, 1015.
High, 9:51 a. m., 9.9; 9:21 p. m.,
11.8.
Low, 3:24 a. m., 0.4; 3:20 p. m.,
3 3
Monday, September 20, 1015.
High, 10:32 a. m„ 10.7; 10:19 p.
m„ 12.1.
Low, 3:13 a. m., 0.1; 4:18 p. m.
2.3.
Tuesday, September 21, 1015.
.... Tuesday,ae,-b6; TH TH THA
High, 11.07 a. m„ 11.5; 11:07 p.
m., 12.3.
Low, 4:53 a. m., 0.0; 5:05 p. m.,
1.4.
Wednesday, September 22, 1015.
High, 11:38 a. m., 12.0; 11:50 p.
in., 12.2.
Low, 5:28 a. m., 0.2; 5:45 p. m.,
0.6.
Thursday, September 23, 1915.
High, .; 12:08 p. m., 12.4.
Low, 6:00 a. m., 0.4; 6:22 p. m.,
0.1.
Friday, September 24, 1915.
High, 12:30 a. m„ 12.0; 12:36 p.
m„ 12.6.
Low, 6:23 a. m., 0.8; 6:56 p. m.,
—0.2.
Saturday, September 25, 1015.
High, 1:08 a. m., 11.6; 1:02 p. m„
12.6.
Low, 6:55 a. m., 1.3; 7:30 p. m.,
—0.2.
Sunday, September 26, 1915.
High, 1:44 a. m„ 11.1; 1:30 p.
r.i.p 12.4.
Low, 7:21 a. m., 1.9; 8:04 p. m.,
0.0.
Monday, September 27, 1915.
High, 2:21 a. m„ 10.4; 1:67 p. m„
12.1.
Low, 7:49 a. m., 2.5; 8:41 p. m.,
0.4.
Tuesday, September 28, 1015.
High, 3:01 a. m., 9.7; 2:29 p. m.,
11.7.
Low, 8:17 a. m., 3.1; 9:22 p. m.,
1.0.
Wednesday, September 20, 1015.
High, 3:47 a. m„ 9.0; 3:04 p. m.,
11.2.
Low, 8:50 a. m., 3.7; 10:12 p. m„
1.6.
Thursday, September 30, 1915.
High, 4:49 a. m„ 8.4; 3:50 p. m.,
11.6.
Low, 9:29 a. m., 4.2; 11:33 p. m.,
1.9. _
In a hydro-electric plant at Sault
Ste. Marie, Ont., these are two elec
tric generators whl»h have been
operating the ship canal locks and
a swing bridge for 21 years.
Experiments have shown that the
Chinese wood oil tree, from the nut
of which an oil used In' varnishes is
obtained, can be successfully grown
in northern Florida.
Brushes that remove the mud
from the soles and sides of shoes at
Our New Stocks, ordered after the
fire, are Cbmittg fit bh eVbry boat,
and we shall soon be ih a position
to supply your every want. On this
boat we received complete lines of :
Ladies’ Siloes, Children’s Shoes
Stetson Hats, Men’s Heavy Shoes,
Pillows, Men’s Rubbers,
Curtains, Ladles’ Rubbers,
Window Shades Children’s Rubbers
Also a Line of the latest in Slip-On
Waterproof Coats.
COMPLETE LINE OF SHELF HARDWARE
VOI R INSPECTION INVITED.
S. BLUM & CO.
HUNT BUILDING
si single operation have been invent
ed by a Frenchman to be carried on
automobile running boards.
To a Chicago man has been grant
ed a patent for a device which when
attached to lock, automatically rec
ords when the lock is opened or clos
ed and by whom.
A German optician has invented a
spectacle lens through which the line
of sight passes at the correct angle
no matter what the position of the
eye.
As far back as 1840 a patent was
granted to an Iowa man for a com
bined carpet sweeper and vacuum
cleaner very similar to one of the
most modern of such devices.
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
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
Notice of Hearing of Objections to
Final Account of Administrator.
In Commissioner’s Court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Division,
Kvichak Precinct—In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Char
les Christofferson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Roy
Qentsler, administrator of the estate
of Charles Christofferson, deceased,
has filed his final account of his
proceedings as administrator, and
that the above-named court has fixed
Wednesday, October 6, 1915, at 10
o’clock a. m., as the time for hearing
objections to said final account or to
any particular item thereof.
All persons interested in said es
tate are notified to file objections, if
any they have, to said account, on
or before the day named.
Dated August 6, 1915.
j. j. Havana,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex-Officio
Probate Judge.)
First publication Aug. 23, 1915.
Last publication Sept. 13, 1915.
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DR. H. COCKRILLE
Graduate National l nlversify,
Washington, D.
DENTIST
Fourteen Veers in Valdes
PROVE 110
OlHee Kooms in Whaling lliillding
DR. GERMAN
phoxk .» THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours, 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9 p. m.
Sundays by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEY S-AT-LAW
Office Oppoalte Court Houhc
Phone SI VALDEZ, ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW ,
Office** In W haling Building:
Phone 101 VALDEZ, ALASKA
Red Cross Hospital
Keystone and Hobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Room* for Pet'..ate.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX, Matron
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free ami Accepted Masonn.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hail. Visitors always welcome.
A. 1C. GRIGSBY, W. M.
KI>. WOOD. Secretary.
: Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital'
in Southwestern Alaska.
Gridsate Nerses—Prirste Rosas for Pstients
i-:-I
For Torn* and Particular* Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D.. Pkysieoa ia Cksrge
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE' j
GEORGE SEXTON, l>«0»
SlRICTLv FIRST CLASS
i Fourth Ave. Seward, Alaska
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lvs. Fort Llscum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:lfi a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used t.i>.
clean boilers.
! Stanton Auto Stage Line
TWICE A WEEK AUTOMOBILE
Tltll'S TO TEIKHELL
Regular trips twice a month to
Gulkana, leaviag Valdez the 1st
and 15th of each month.
Miiil, Freight "and Passedgers
taken to all intermediate points.
Special Trips b,v Arrangement:
JOE STANTON, Mgr. Tel. 2215
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Roeou-The Home of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Ratal By the Month
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Prip:.
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Valdez Miners Union No. 188
1 Western Federation of Miner*
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; ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
__Valdes-Alaska. -
iDoogheriy & Ferguson
GENERAL
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’ Merchandise
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' The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office In Pinzon Cigar StcS^e
General Trucking: and Freighting.
to all Interior Points.
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LIVERY and FEED' STABLE*
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less. Paid for in Advance