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8ATURDAY, MARCH II, 1916
PRESIDENT WIL80N'K
PROSPECTS
President WilGon’s prospects of
succeeding himself are improving.
Colonel Roosevelt and his friends are
factors in that improvement. The
Colonel’s friends know exactly what
they want, and they know that Wil
son, as President, will not give it to
them. They want the choice of pick
ings of preparedness. They do not
disaprove of Wilson’s policies; they
only disapprove of Wilson’s princi
ple that preparedness shall not be a
colossal "private snap.” And the is
sue of the presidential campaign will
be ■ how preparedness shau be paid
for. The Presioent favors direct tax
ation. The opposition favors pluck
ing the goose so there shall be the
least squawking—indirect taxation
by the restoration of the tariff, in ad
dition to import duties—graft in
higher places on home products.
Wilson will tax the people, and they
will feel it; the opposition would tax
the people so they won’t know it, It
is a dangerous joining of issues for
the Democrats — no doubt about*
that.But nothing is so dangerous as
the prospects of defeat of Wilson by
a solidified plutocracy, such as show
ed Itself in the recent Gary dinner
In New York City. The best, and yet
the most tragic thing about that din
ner was that Colonel Roosevelt was
too honest to stay away from it. The
Colonel’s ethics are blunted by his
ambitions.
Wilson cannot be beaten by a cabal
of munitions makers, shipbuilders,
armor plate magnates and under
writers of foreign loans. He can beat
the combination of Mars and Mam
mon.
LOOKS LIKE WICKERSHAM.
All 'indications now point that
James Wickersham will be the nomi
nee for Relegate from Alaska on the
■straight Republican ticket. For some
time rumors have been prevalent that
the Delegate was flirting vigorously
with his first love, and that he would
gladly accept the nomination, pro
vided it was tendered him in the pro
per spirit.
From Republican primary returns
at Juneau it now looks as though
Shackleford had things well in hand,
and that Wickersham delegates will
toe elected by the voters. Wieker
sham is the logical man for the nomi
nation, and in fact, the only hope of
the Republican party, as it would be
impossible to get a man to defeat him
among the miners in the interior.
If Wickersham is nominated at
Seward, and he undoubtedly will he,
his chances of election are almost
certain. The Republican party, how
ever, is so badly divided, that it will
toe hard for the political bosses to
gather up the loose ends and keep the
members of this party in line for any
candidate.
Alaskans may look forward to a
red hot campaign, as Wickersham has
many bitter enemies and also many
warm friends. His election by the
Republicans, however, would give
him much greater prestige in Con
gress than if he ran independent, and
would settle for all time the political
status of Alaska’s Delegate.
The registration books have been
open at the city hall for several days
now and up to the present time but
few voters have taken advantage of
--THE
EMPRESS
SUNDAY ONLY
~ PROGRAM
ONE BIG
SHOW
SUNDAY
Admiwion 25c and 10c.
the privilege and registered. It is the
duty of every citizen to go to the city
hall and register and by doing so now
it will save much unnecessary hurry
and hardship upon the officers later
on. If you haven’t interest enough
to register and vote you should not
kick about the manner in which the
city’s affairs are handled after elec
tion.
The fact that the city votes to take
in the tide lands or votes to not take
them in will not alter the fact that
the War Department still will hold
undisputed claim over them. It is a
good time to investigate whether a
vote on taking these lands in will
cause them to become legally a part
of the city, as in other cities the War
Department or State authorities have
refused to consider such action as
binding, and it has occasioned law
suits without end.
An exchange says that Alaska is
the greatest fur-bearing country on
earth. After experiencing the rigors
of an Alaska winter we Relieve that
every citizen should have been pro
vided by Nature with a thick coat of
fur at least twelve inches long.
FLOATING OIL BARRELS
INDICATE SEA CATASTROPHE
LONDON: A dispatch to the Reu
ter Telegram from Copenhagen state;:
that nearly the entire Esbjerg fish
ing fleet had abandoned fishing of
the lucrative work of pn.., .ig up bar
rels of oil drifting up from the south.
Thus far, 3000 barrels of lub-i
catiug oil, each weighing 450 pourns
and variously marked to Copenhagen
Malamoe, Stockholm an 1 Gothen
burg, have been recovered. There
seems to he no doubt that the barrels
are from some ship which has be: n
either mined or torpedoed. Portions
of the wreckage of some barrels are
marked “Phi-^hia.” •
FIVE MILLIONS IN GOLD
WILL GO TO HOLLAND
NEW yon;:: Negotiations are un
derstood to be practically completed
between the British government and
:be Guarauty Trust Co., and the Na
tional Bank of Commerce whereby
.he two banks will be allowed to
ship $5,000,000 gold to Holland very
3hortly. providing the Dutch ex
change is far enough above parity
to justify such a movement. The ship
ment will be made in connection with
the public auction of Sumatra tobac
co, which takes place in Holland an
nually about March 10.
New ltoat for Canning Co.
The cannery tender Fanshaw, re
cently launched at Seattle, obeyed
the dry law in that the wash from
the bay wet her bows for the first
time. The Fanshaw is named after
Cape Fanshaw, which is located on
the shore of Frederick sound, South
eastern Alaska. She is building for
the Weise Packing Company and
when completed will cost approxi
mately $12,000. The launching was
the first of the year and was the
Irst since the state-wide prohibition
law went into effect.
Far good nome-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street,. •
Mrs. C. W. Harrington, who has
been a patient at the Red Cross hos
pital for several days past, returned
to her home this afternoon.
Fancy otatlonery at the Valdet
Drag Store. *
See It! Don't Miss It.!
The Devil in five reels and a late
Paths News, a total of six reels with
music a two hours’ show for 25 cents
at the Liberty, the Home of Good
pictures.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Orug Store. •
A fine display of nugget Jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. t!
Furnished rooms at Mrs. (island's
Prices reasonable. *
For Sale.
Launph 3-M, 67x12x3.6. Make us
an offer. T. J. Morris, by D. E. Mor
ris, Agent. Call Prospector office, tf
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitloy’B
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
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• Pictures teveloped at the yalde»
Drug Company. tf.
Say, are you going to wait until
the dust begins to fly before you get
that automobile, motor cycle or gas
boat overhauled? If you do, don’t
ask us as a special favor to you to
get your work out by noon as you
want to get to your copper prospect
by supper time. There is a chance
that you will miss supper. Valdez
Iron Works. sat-tf.
BOTTLING AN EGG.
Eacy Trick That Makes Plain 8ome
Principles cf Physics.
If yoa place au egg on tlie neck of
a carafe almost any one would any
that It is im{M>ssiiile to put tbe egg
into tbe carafe whole. Yet It can be
done, and at tbe same time au iiupor
taut principle In air pressure cun be
proved.
First have tbe egg boiled herd and
then peel it. Slake a torch of folded
paper, light and push It Into the carafe
After It has burned almost out place
the egg on the neck of the carafe,
small' end downward, so that It acts
us a stopper. But lie sure you do not
push It at all.
The beat of the burning paper has
by this time driven much of tbe air
out of the enrafe and heated wbat re
mains Inside. When It has Anally
burned out the carafe will begin to
cool, the air In It becomes cooler and
therefore takes up much less space.
The pressure of the atmospheric ah1
outside of the bottle Is exerted upon
the egg, which lengthens out gradually
and at last drops Into the carafe with
a loud "plump.’'
In this way several important points
in physics are made plain. First It to
seen how heat rarities the air and
when the air In the carafe cools cre
ates a partial vacuum. Then Is proved
the fact of atmospheric pressure by
the way In which the egg acts. At
last we see the egg forced into the
enrafe. so that the air from without
may All the vacant spaces.—Exchange.
MODERN GREEKS.
They Show Little of the Grace of Thoir
Famous Ancestors.
Against tlie background of antiquity
it Is easy to project the ties of senti
ment which hind the life of the Greek
of today to that of the classic worthies
from whom he claims direct desceuL
and It wus with only u slight shock
that 1 learned that the man who
brought me my morning coffee nt the
legation bore the tremendous name of
Themistocles. And yet it is ditlicult to
visualize the modern Athenian with
those who once walked his streets.
Thinking of Homer, of Praxiteles and
of Phidias, one looks for Helen, for
Hermes and for Athene, but the only
Helen 1 ever saw in Athens was an
American girl, married to a member of
(he cabinet and whose golden bnlr.
blue eyes and classic features made
her at once the reigning hostess in the
city. And It Is only in the islands or
deep in the country, where the Alba
nian flood which swept across the At
tic plain has never reached, that one
Ands the facial lineaments and the
bodily grace which the ancient sculptor
lias taught the modern world as being
common to all Greeks of classic time.
This survival persists chiefly among
the children, because incessant toil and
scanty nourishment soon deprive both
boys and girls of their native grace
and stamp them with the ineradicable
marks of a life of labor.—Former Unit
ed States Minister to Greece George H.
Moses in National Geographic Mag
azine.
The Poor.
We al) love the poor. It would be
entirely unnecessary. If not |M>sitivel.v
caddish, to say that we bale the poor.
But there are two kinds of poor—the
individual poor and the collective poor,
it is not the individual poor that we
love; it is the collet-live poor. It Is not
the poor that we know and see. but
the poor that we do pot know and
have neither time nor Inclination to
look at. We are afraid if we see them
we shall cease to love them. We never
say, “God bless the coal beaver or
the motorman." For them we find our
execrations for not contributing to our
comfort just so and so and so.
It is with great fervor, however, that
we can say. “God bless the poor.” be
cause the poor do not interfere with
our comfort to the slightest degree.—
Life. *_
Making Tommy Attrsetivs.
Ethel, the twelve-year-old daughter
of a family that resides lu an ujKown
aiiartment bouse, recently said to her
mother:
“Mother, I wish you’d wash Tom
my's face.”
Now, Tommy was the son of the man
whose' apartment adjoined theirs, so
mother wus both alarmed and aston
I Shed.
“The Idea.1" she exclaimed. “Why.
he's a neighbor’s child! I have nothing
to do with him."
"But I have." explained Ethel.
“We've become engaged, and I want
to kiss him.”—Youth's Companion.
Facto About tha Sun.
Scientists eBtlnmte the volume or
Mize of the sun ut more tbnn 1.000.01X1
times that of the earth. Its mass at
more than ihXMNXi times and Its deusi
ty about 50 per cent more than water,
but they have cot attempted to express
Its weight In figures They estimate
dint the attraction of gravitation nlone
«t the surface of the sun Is twenty '
seven times that of the earth, so that
a 2oo pound man on the earth would I
weigh more than ft.niin pounds at the
sun. provided he could stand the tern
Pennine long enough to lie weighed.
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Bob white.
The male quail, or hohwhlte. do
nerves honorable mention among gal
liliaceous Idrds liectiuse he Is partiett
lurl.v good to his wife. He always
helps her to batch her eggs amt if itny
thing keels* her away will take the
whole duty on himself.
Disaster.
Knleker — Were you caught In fhe
storm without; your umbrella V Rocket
Worse still: I wan caught without
any one clse's umbrella.—New York
dun.
Nobody’s “Hard To Fit” iii
Hart Sciiattnar & Mari
CLOTHES
STOUT MEN; tall slender
men; short stocky men; men
who think they are hard to fit;
lots of such men are going with
out the advantages of ready
clothes because they believe
they cannot be fitted.
Hart Schaffner & Marx designers clas
sify the human figure under twelve
types; and models are produced for
each type; men and young men.
At $25 to $35 you can find clothes
here that will fit you; there’s not the
least doubt about it.
S. BLUM & CO.
This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Copyright Hurt SchaJluer & Maxar
Cold In Fairbanks.
Jake Hepiiuger received a letter
recently from Marion Leach, former
ly employed on the Prospector, in
which he states that the cold has
been most intense in that city this
winter. He says business is good and
that Fairbanks looks for a prosperous
season.
The Moose Lodge announces that
it will hold its regular Saturday night
dance this evening at Moose Hall. No
luncheon will be served.
See It! Don't Miss It!
The Devil in five reels and a late
Pathe News, a total of six reels with
music. A two hours’ show for 25
cents at the Liberty, the home of good
pictures.
FOUND—A lady’s scarf was pick
ed up in the street this morning by
Dr. H. Cockerille and handed into
the Prospector office, where it awaits
an owner.
“Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MARCUM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay,
and Fid algo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
neater.
BREAD, THREE LOAVES, 25c
Jack Callin - - Proprietor
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, {ruits, and
nuts.
VALDEZ MIDGE
NO MW
Free anil Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. 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
General 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
LILLY CAFE
We Are Here to Serve
You
FIRST DOOR ABOVK THE
BUFFET
TRY US
Valdez Miners Union do. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER. President,
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary,
Veldes Alaska.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PROP.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Are, Seward, Alaska
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.
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National •**!*»*
W anhioKton, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Viars in VaJifan.
PHONE llO
Office Rooms in Whaling
DR. GERMAN
phone « THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., * ft® *
p. m Sunday by appointment
All Work Guaranteed.
E. C. DALTON, M. D
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
«
Phone 42
Alaska Avenne Valdez, Afedas
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DONOHOE & DIMONl>
ATTORNEYS-AT-lAW
once Oppwllt Court Hour
Phone 34 VALDES. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. EL RTTCOtZM
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY S-AT-LAW
Oflleeu in wfallus Building;
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKieley Street oppaaite V. M. Store.
Veldeat. Alert*
The Best Place in Valdez *m
Stop at la the
Arctic Hotel
Wem. Ligfct Room-Tie Hone ef Ceafart
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Specie! Rate* By tie Merit
rHONE 133 MRS. STRINS tn+
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passenger*
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdes
ED. WOOD, Proprietor