Valdez Daily Prospector
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1914.
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THE ENGINEERING COMMISSION.
The information that the Alaska
Engineering Commission will prob
ably not be able to go over the Val
dez route this season is very disap
pointing. The chairman of the com
mission has spent the entire season
at Ship Creek, on Knik Arm of Cook
inlet. Lieut. Mears has taken since
the middle of June to go over the
Susitna route to the Tanana.
This means that the commission
will not be able to make an intelli
gent report for another year, for it
is certain that no comparative report
can be made of the different routes
till the Valdez route has been in
vestigated by a personal examination
of ‘he commission.
Should the railroad commission
submit a recommendation to the
president for a line or lines in Alas
ka without a full investigation hav
ing been made of all routes, it would
give congress a just excuse to re
fuse to make the necessary appro
priation to carry on the work.
, AN EXHAUSTING, WAR.
There is occasionally easy talk
about wars necessarily being of brief
duration under modern conditions,
because of the “exhaustion of the
resources” of some of the combatants.
There is one record of a war of
comparatively modern times, when
the world was given a spectacle of
what it means in exact terms to ex
haust the resources of a country.
In 1865 Paraguay was under the
dictatorship of Francisco Solano Lo
pez, who succeeded his father in su
preme power, after the latter had
held it for eighteen years. The
younger Lopez declared war against
the infinitely stronger country of Ar
gentina in that year. Brazil and Uru
guay joined forces with Argentina.
Yet, despite the overwhelming odds
against him, Lopez kept up the war
for five years and it ended with his
death on March 1, 1870, when the
scattered remnants of his armies fin
ally surrendered.
At that time the “men” under arms
in Paraguay consisted of little more
than boys of tender years, nearly all
of the adult males having perished.
A comparison of the official census
of 1857, with allowances for the nor
mal rate of increase between that
time and 1865, with the census tak
en in 1873, showed that Paraguay lost
more than 1,200,000 inhabitants dur
ing the struggle, a death roll which
is likely to be greatly exceeded dur
ing the tremendous struggle now on
in Europe. The entire population sur
viving consisted of 28,746 men of all
ages, and 203,333 women and chil
dren. It was many years after the
end of that war in Paraguay before
the ratio of women to men fell be
low the proportion of three to one.
Paraguay’s resources were really
exhausted—the only case in the his
tory of modern warfare.—Ex.
i Cost of Some Previous Wars.
The present European war calls to
mind the vast cost of war, both in
lives and money, and serves as a
reminder of the staggering immen
sity of the sum the world has spent
on wars since the beginning of the
eighteenth century.
Beginning in the United States with
the Revolution, thus excluding colon
ial wars prior to that time, which
cost 30,000 lives* the United States
spent $135,193,703 on this conflict,
and lost 30,000 men. The cost of the
war to the British was $710,000,000.
The war of 1812 cost the United
States $107,159,003 and 2,000 lives;
| the Mexican war cost her $74,000,
000 and 2,000 lives; the civil war en
tailed an expense of $3,700,000,000,
and the loss of life on both sides w.as
approximately 500,000.
Indian wars cost the United States
$1,000,000,000 and 49,000 men, while
the Spanish-American war, the last
of American conflicts, excepting the
late unpleasantness in Mexico, in
volved a momentary cost of $165,000,
000; 2,910 lives were lost, but all
but 306 deaths were due to disease.
In the Russo-Japanese struggle,
Russia lost 388,500 men, and the Ja
panese 167,400. The money cost to
Russia was $1,200,000,000, and to Ja
pan $800,000,000.
The fighting in the Balkan state#
was accomplished by expenses which
hit deeply into their coffers. In the
first campaign, October, 1912, to May,
1913, the total cost to Bulgaria, Ser
via, Greece, Montenegro and Turkey
was $940,000,000. The loss of life to
taled 228,000.
In the second campaign, in July
last year, four states were involved,
Bulgaria, Servia, Greece and Rouman
ia. The cost was $450,000,000, and
120,000 lives were lost. In these two
campaigns the loss to Servia totaled
$260,000,000, and the little kingdom
lost 70,000 men.
The Boer war took more than
000,000,000 of England’s treasury, and
that country’s loss in men was 22,
000. The Boers’ loss was light,
amounting to only 3,700 dead.
The rFanco-Prussian war, bringing
together in deadly conflict two na
tions which have again clashed in
the present European upheaval,
France and Germany, took a tremen
dous toll of life and money. The loss
of men on both sides totaled 290,
000. France spent $387,800,000 on the
struggle, and Germany spent $382,
500.000 above the usual army esti
mate. And this was brief in dura
tion. It began July 17, 1870, and
was ended by May 18, 1871. The
cost to the Germans was about $1.25
a day for each man.
Russia and Turkey fought in 1878,
and this war cost $100,000,000 and
120.000 lives.
Nubone Corsets.
Try Mrs. St. Marie’s for one of
those Nubone corsets. tf
Wood for Sale.
Sixteen-inch slab wood for $5.50 a
cord at the Copper River Lumber Co.
Wood for Sale.
Four-foot slab wood far sale $3.50
a cord at the Copper River Lumber
Company. k28
Stockholders Meeting.
The annual stockholders meeting of
the Granite Gold Mining Company :
will be held at the office of the com-;
pany at Valdez, Alaska, on the 12th ;
day of October, 1914, at the hour of
2:00 p. m., at which meeting a board
of five directors will be elected for
the ensuing year and such other bus
iness will be transacted as may
properly come before said meeting.
B. F. MILLARD, President.
Stockholders Meeting.
The annual stockholders meeting of
the Black Diamond Gold Mining Com
pany (as adjourned) is called .to meet |
at the office of the company in Val
dez, Alaska, on September 15th, 1914,
at 8 o'clock p. m., at which meeting
a board of irector* will be elected
for tne ensuing year and other busi
ness of importance will come before :
the meeting.
By order of the president,
k Sept. 1 GEO. J. LOVE, Secretary.
Notice of Forfeiture
To Henry Seymour and Thomas
Lynch, their heirs, administrators,
and to all who it may concern:
You are hereby notified that I have '
expended $300.00 on the Association j
claim No. 1, Association cloim No. 2
and Association claim No. 3, located !
on the Chistochina river at the mouth i
of Slate creek, in the Copper Center ;
recording precinct, Territory of Alas- i
ka, the location certificates of said
claims being of record in the U. S.
commissioner’s office at Copper Cen- j
ter, Alaska. Said expenditure was
made in order to hold said claims un- i
der the provisions of the laws of the
United States and of this territory, i
and was made In the year 1913.
And if you fail or refuse to pay
your proportion ($100.00 each) with
in 90 days after the completion of
the publication of thii notice your
interest in said claims will become
the property of the undersigned, your
co-owner, under Section 2324, Re
vised Stautes of the United States.
W. R. MORTON.
First publication June 18, 1914.
Last publication September 18, 1914
STEAM HEATED
ROOMS
Newly FuruUhed
SENATE BUILDING
Over the Delmonico Grill
Enquire MRS. DOLPH SMITH.
Real Estate Bargains!
I will sell the following real estate for cash or on
reasonable terms:
Two lots corner Hobart and Dewey streets .... $150
One parcel 80x140 feet fronting on City Dock . . $250
Two lots on Alaska Ave. in Von Gunther add—each $350
Three lots on Nizina Ave. in Von Gunther add—each $300
One lot, with 5-room residence on same, corner of
Sherman and Alaska Ave.$1,200
This list contains some of the very best business locar
tions and residence lots in Valdez and every lot is offered
at a price below its intrinsic value. S. A. HEMPLE.
PUPILS WORK SCHOOL FARMS.
Get Pay For Toil and Michigan Cities
Buy the Produce.
lshpemlng. Mieh.—The cities of up
per Michigan have devised a new way
for school children to earn money in
the summer vacation months by es
tablishing school farms which pay pu
pil workers for their time and sell the
produce to people of the cities inter
ested practically at cost.
lshpemlng began the experiment It
was so successful that the idea is
spreading over the upper peninsula.
The Michigan State Agricultural col
lege this year will have experts to sys
tematize the work.
Farms have been conducted under
the management of the Ishpeming
board of education for three years, and
this year they will be operated on a
larger scale tbnn heretofore. M. A.
Russell, from the Michigan Agricul
tural college, has been placed in
charge.
The board of education owns eight
een acres of tillable land In three
tracts, and most of this will be culti
vated. Students do the work. One
hundred and twenty-five boys have
agreed to perform the necessary labor.
Their pay is 10 cents an hour. The
school board markets the produce and
retains the proceeds. The chief crops
this year will be potatoes, cnbbages
and cauliflower. One acre will be de
voted to strawberries.
BABY CUT OFF 200 PHONES.
Papa the Real Silencer, However, With
Aid of a Shotgun.
Atlantic City. N. J.—The birth of a
baby in the home of Matteo Gionettl
of Merlonville cut off all telephone
service in that section for the greater
part of a day, to the rage of 200 sub
scribers.
The boy arrived at the Gionettl home
shortly and there was nobody around
to help Matteo celebrate, so he grabbed
his shotgun and proceeded to blow
holes in the atmosphere.
Mr. Newton, the phone company’s
wire chief, discovered the lines were
useless when he came to work next
morning. At Glonettl’s place he found
the broken wires hanging loose from
the pole, with about a pound of shot
In the cross arm. Gionettl told all
about It. Newton started to swear,
changed his mind, grinned, said, “Hope
the kid’s all right,” and started repairs.
UNCLE SAM KEEPING
GIRLS ON THE FARM
--
Tomato Globs Bring Good In
comes to the Members.
Washington.—Guided by a southern
school teacher. Uncle Sam Is turning
his attention to keeping some of his
country nieces happy on the farm in
stead of letting them join the workers
in the cities. In five southern states,
under the direction of the department
of agriculture, schoolgirls are learning
1\ow to turn tomatoes and snap beans
into money.
Miss Mary Cromer of Aiken. S. C..
began the girls’ canning clubs with
forty-six of her own pupils. She had
heard of the boys’ corn clubs and saw
no reason why the girls should not
make a little money too. So one spring
she encouraged forty-six girls to plant
little tomato patches.
All summer she worked with them,
showing them how to hoe and culti
vate. Along toward harvest time the
neighboring station of the farm demon
stration service heard about what she
was doing and sent a canning expert
to Aiken to show the girls what to do
with their product. One girl got 512
cans from her patch, which gave her a
profit at the rate of $400 an acre. Even
Jerry Moore, the boy who won the
corn prize, had cleared only $140 an
acre. Miss Cromer was given a place
in the department of agriculture and
has organized tomato clubs in five
states.
The clubs are formed very early in
the spring before planting' time, and
the demonstrator who travels about
tells the girls how to have their land
prepared. The farms are only one
tenth of an acre now. that being sup
posed to be all that one girl can well
take care of. Usually the fathers do
the plowing, but they are paid for their
time and the fertilizer they use. just
ns an outsider would be. For the cul
tivating the girls allow themselves 10
cents an hour. They learn to enjoy the
work.
The girls are taught to put up wild
and garden berries in glass. In the
fall, when the harvest is all in tin or
glass, the demonstrator visits each
home, weighs each can and marks its
weight upon the outside. The little
gardener adds her name and address,
and the can is sent straight to some
body’s table at. 10 cents for the tin
cans of vegetables and 12 for glass
jars of preserves. If the purchaser is
dissatisfied she notifies the department,
and the girl is directed to send anoth
er can. If there are continued com
plaints of her products it is assumed
that she is not following directions,
and she is dropped from the dubs.
Teaoups of 8alt For Wages.
London.—Major Hans Schomburgk.
the explorer, who has Just returned
from West Central Africa with films
of native life, states that the “supers”
hired were puld two cupfuls of salt a
day. salt being the currant “coin” with
which even wives wars bought
School Days!
Will soon be here again and
your boy or girl will need
some School Shoes. Well, this
is the place to get them. A
large assortment of styles to
choose from.
Boy’s\{Suits, $4.00 to $8.00.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National Univeraiti I
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms over VALDEZ
Valdez Drug Co.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 the dentist
Office rooms over Owl Drug store Office hours
9 a. m.. to 6 j>. m.. 7 p, m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. m. o.;adams
DENTIST
Office on Wall St. next Prospector office
Valdez, Alaska.
New CompanyVPhone No. S0
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m.
DR. C. H. VANCE
the OSTEOPATH
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Kikrsville. Mo.
OFFICE HOURS—S^UKjBm^ 1 US».a., wI)
TREATMENTr02.SC>
Office and Residence Court St. PHONE 2U
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
PHONE 136 Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 3i VALDEZ
DONOHOE|& DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
A. C. BALDWIN
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land
and Mineral Surveyor.
Formerly Surveyor Alaaka Boundary Sunil
Valdes, Alaska. P. 0. MX 274
Steam Heat Electric Light*
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good Tiir DIICCCT G °0 d
Goods Int Durm G°°ds
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and 1 ¥ T1VAR17D and Building
Puget Sound Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdez, Alaska.
STANTON STAGE LINE
Carrying U. S. Mail, Pas
sengers, Freight, Express
from Valdez to Gulkana.
Lcith Valdex ltt and 15th of each month
For rates see Valdez Transfer Co. Phone 60
“OLYMPIAN”
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TO
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All Points East, via the
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“A TOUR DE LUXE” is an expression supremely fitting in con
nection with a trip to the East on this palatial all-steel transconti
nental train. It combines the enjoyment of rare scenic beauties
with the pleasure of a journey in absolute ease and comfort.
No Extra Fare on This Train
For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations,
etc., call on or address
C. H. Kraemer. General Agent. Alaska Steamship Co. and Alaska Coast S. S. Co.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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