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Nugget-Nugget & Ivory
) Chains, Charms, Brooches, Scarf Pins
Rings, Bracelets, Crosses.
Just Received on the Northwestern,
A Large Assortment of Toys
T)r> vmir Christmas Shopping Early,
OWL DRUG CO.
Same Location New Management
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hole) in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection._ Rate* Rea»onable
Independent Laundry Co.
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TURKS jfcVABLE TO
yw* t MASTFJR THE KURDS.
The Kurds, who, report says, have
been responsible for the massacre of
hundreds of thousands of Armenians,
are described in the war primer is
sued by the National Geographic So
ciety.
“The Kurds are a survival irom tne
days when self-respecting men lived
only or at least principally, by the
sword. Their wild tribes are scat
tered throughout Asia Minor, acting
to thwart the most modest efforts of
the land toward modern comfort, se
curity and organization. Although
once fabulously rich, the country has
not been able to bring forth a suffi
ciency through all the years that
the Kurds have practiced their un
tamed housekeeping here, a house
keeping that has consisted in aban
doning the summer tent for the win
ter cottage, after preliminary killing
the owner and his family, and re
plenishing of goods at the point of a
rifle, the transaction usually followed
by the burning of the looted shop.
"The Kurd is a picturesque citizen
and whatever his numbers may be—
and census matters in Turkey are in
definite—he is much more in evi
-dence than the Armenian and other
peoples among wham he lives. The
Kurd is the traveler's first impres
sion in Asia Minor, and in most
cases he remains the predominant
one. The Kurds wear clothes of viv
id colors; they also wear rags, that
is, the poorer'ones, of the most reck
less Non<lescrlpt description. The
Kurds ride the best horses; they
are always armed; they bully the Ar
menians, the travelers, and the over
lord Turks themselves.
The Turks have been unable to ob
tain a complete mastery over the
Kurds, aud have employed an ad
ministrative policy towards them of
letting them alone. Thus the Kurd
massacres Armenians, robs Arme
nians and travelers, and considers
both his just right. In a useful
state, the Kurd lives in a tent and
herds sheep. In the winter he moves
to the Mesopotamian plains and lives
in his tent or turns the owner out
of a selected house. His tent is of
black homespun goats’ hair and its
furniture is mats, quilts and cooking
pots. His children go naked and his
wife ragged. His board is set with
sour goats milk, and when by chance
he builds a hdme, it consists of a
hole in the ground with a flat roof of
wattle aad clay, air-tight, smoke
tight, ligfit-tight. There are small
smoke-vents in the roof, but the ef
fect is that of a prairie dog’s dwell
ing. It is as light and airy within
as a low-level coal mine.
“To be of Ashirat biooa, in Kurd
ish estimation is to be really worth
while. The Kurds have a conscious
superiority which gives them a cer
tain bearing of nobleness and dig
nity. A Kurdish chief is an impres
sive, often an afTable individual. They
are not inclined to settle down and
do not want anyone else to settle
down. , In some districts, however,
they have taken lands wholesale from
the Armenians, massacreing the own
ers, and have become rich landown
ers. Occasional Kurds attempt civ
ilization.
“Officially at least the Kurds are
Mohammedans. They reject the cus
tom of veiling their women, rever
ence fire, and are, on subjects of re
ligion, raltogether liberal. Many of
them are Kllilbashas, heretic Mos
lems, and some few are Christians.
Their little fuedal organizations are
their nationalities, and the patriotism
is a devotion to the privilege of be
ers. They are medieval, with all the
headstrong irregularities of medieval
times. It was not until 1913 that the
first Kurdish newspaper appeared. It
was published at Constantinople. As,
however, there is no written lan
guage for the Kurds, this paper is
carried on under some difficulty.
There was something called a Kurd
ish movement before the war, but its
labors seemed hopeless. The latest
reports from the haunts of the Kurds
tell of the massacre of many thou
sands of Armenians, and the seizure
of their property and women.”
MEMCO-LEGAL. SOCIETY
WAYS SURGEON WAS RIGHT.
CHICAGO: 'The Medico-Legal So
ciety of America at its Fall meeting
at the Waldorf-Astoria last night
passed resolutions indorsing the ac
tion of Dr. H. J. Haiselden, the Chi
cago doctor, who refused to perform
an operation to prolong the life of a
defective-child. The resolution read:
“Resolved, That the Chicago phy
sician is to be commended for his hu
mane action in refusing to perform
an operation to prolong the lifp of
an imbecile child.”
The society based its action on
the ground that the physician was
not taking human life but that his
action was merely the result of his
decision to withhold professional ac
tion in a case where he believed ho
was aiding society by withholding it.
The resoluton was introduced by Os
car J. Smith, who said he believed
if the child could have an instant of
sanity and could speak it would ask
for death rather than a helpless !!fe.
Secretary Clark Bell said there was
nothing new in the problem, that in
his fifty years of practicing law he
had known of many cases when phy
sicians exercised their own discre
tion to the extent of taking a life
that did not have a promising begin
ning.
President T. D. Crothers said that
it was an unwritten law that a phy
sician had a right to exercise his own
discretion in many cases of birth, and
that Dr. Haiselden was to he con
mended.
ALAMEDA COMING WITH
NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
‘
SEATTLE. Dec. 11.—The steamer
Alameda, of the Alaska Steamship
company’s fleet sailed for southwest
ern Alaska ports last night with the
following cabin passengers for Val
dez: Clinton Coffman. H. Bloom,
Mrs. Howard, Gust Brummell, Mrs.
J. Cunningham, and T. Samuelson.
Just received .the finest line of
neckties ever shown in Valdez, at
Ben Silverman’s.
Holiday goods, wearing apparel,
house'hold utensils and articles of ev
eryday needs coming on every boat,
and sold at a bargain. There will be
no half or one-third off after the Holi
days at the Emporium. The goods
are now marked at bottom prices;
you will find many articles on our
five-cent counter you have been cus
tomarily paying 16 and 26 cents for.
Hats Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf GUY F. CAMERON.
George Reinke, the Jeweler, has
moved his store to the Valdez Drug
store where he is prepared to serve
all his old customers and meet new
ones. He has a big stock coming on
the steamer Northwestern for the holJ
ijday trade and will continue to make
ra specialty of fine nugget jewelry.
LIVING HIGH IN THE AIR.
Quito. In Ecuador, With’ Wintor Abovo
and Summer Below It.
Quito, lu Ecuador, lifted uearly two
miles into ibin air. Iiua always boasted
Its "perpetual spring." but lu, sooth It
would lie Just us fair to call Its climate
'•perpetual auturnu ." With a temiiera
ture that hovers about t«»* degrees K. lu
the shade, the Qultonlau pusses bis life
iu early April or lute Octolier.
He esculies the wluier. to be sure,
hut misses the vernal miracle that re
deems the higher latitude. Hut. wbeth
er be feels chilled or baked, be can al
ways turu his eye toward comfort.
Out across the plain, about three
miles to the north, the road dropa 3.000
feet through a stuiieudous ravine, and
from the high places of Quito one can
peer down luto a semltroplcal valley.
Its coffee trees and cane fields dancing;
In the beat waves.
On the other bund, when tbe over
head sun scorches there are a score of
snow |ieuka to refresh the eye. Aa yoa
study through a Ueldglnss tbe huge
drifts and wild snowstorms on Anti
sana. wbicb looks out over tbe rank
forests of tbe "Orlente." you realize
tbat It is easier and safer to get from,
where you are to Greeulaud than to
renrb those polur solitudes only a dozen
miles away.
Groves of eucalyptus In the environs
of Quito agreeably relieve tbe majesty
of tbe scenery, aud It is said that this
province lias a third of a million of
these trees. President Moreno intro
duced them from Australia half a cen- 1
rury ago. and It was a saying among '
even tbe enemies of Moreno tbat on tbe j
day of judgment he will escape tlfe
IHMinlty of Ills misdeeds with the plea.
"I gave Ecuador the eucalyptus.”—
New York Telegram.
PUZZLED THE JAPANESE j
Tho Tumult a White Woman's Pair of |
Black Gloves Caused.
Jupanese women never wear gloves j
Thousands upon thousands of Nippon j
natives have never seen a pair of j
gloves. One day as an American girl -
and I were walking through a small i
village some distance from Tokyo we I
were at a loss to understand why sueli j
a large crowd gathered around' us on |
the street.. ,
In a small town an American always
gathers a crowd, hut this crowd was
particularly thick and excited, and
when the Japanese do any looking they
want to do it up close. The natives kepi
looking at my partner, pointing and
jabbering away, wildly excited. The j
crowd kepi getting tighter and tighter, j
while with our hands on our noses we !
kept trying to push out They kept
pointing at her hands, then at her face,
and not until one of them reuebed
over and felt of her hnnds did we uu
derstand what was the matter.
The girl with me had on a pair of
black gloves with the ends under her
sleeves, so that the excited villagers
were trying to solve the mystery of
how a person could have black bauds
and a white face. When she drew off
her gloves, revealing hands the same
color as her face, they disappointedly
widened enough to let us through.
No doubt If she had not removed tier
gloves the legend of the woman with
ihe black hands and the white face
that once visited the town would have
been handed down for years —Homer
Croy in Leslie's Weekly
Form of Divorce In Old Rome.
In the earlier period of tile Roman
republic divorces were quite unknown
and were rare right up to the time of
the Sudan wars. In the old days the j
husband and wife who wished 10 sepa
rate appeared for the last time before
the common hearth, a priest and priest
ess being present As on ihe day of
marriage, a cake of Wheaton flour was
presented to the husband and wife, lint
Instead of sharing it between them
they rejected it. Then, instead of pray
’ el’s, they pronounced formulas of a
| strange, severe, spiteful character, by
; which the wife renounced the worship
| and gods of the husband [Tom that
| moment the religious bond was broken.
! and, the community of worship having
1 ceased to exist, the marriage without
further ado was forever dissolved.
(- Puzzled.
A little girl has a new baby sister.
I and she has liecn somewhat puzzled
as to the exact status of the new ar
rival in the family. She had willingly
given up her bed. but something still
seemed to trouble her greatly. One
day she was found surveying the din
lng room Just at menIIline Site look
ed at her own nigh chair, then luquir
ed suspiciously of her father. “Where
is she going to eat. dadrtie?" —Indiana
polls News.
Conciliatory.
Head Walter (dignified and pompousi
—Elave you ordered, sir? Despairing
Patron- Yes. I ordered u porterhouse
steak half an hour ago. and l wish to
apologize for my rudeness. With your
permission i will withdraw it as an or
der and renew It as a suggestion.—Chi ;
eago Tribune.
—
Unnecessary Knowledge.
Aunt Sarah (a spiusteri—Wow. dear,
if you would only watch me closely
you might learn how to crochet Little
Bessie—Ob. I'm goin- ro get uiarrTed
when I grow up!—Pittsburgh Press 1
< Coca Laaves.
Coca, from the leases of which co
caine Is produced, was kunwn among
the Incas as the "divine plant" long be
fore the discovery of America.
. ‘ . ]
A Matter of Figures.
Lobbyist - May I submit some figures j
in support of my contention? Senator
-Well, there'll have to he at least four I
figures —Puck. |
WORK L. m
Result of an Cri . in wiaska Four
U. Ago.
Every t., .• upper Yukon
river li.is picituus whitr
beil. (out in thickness
(but oi. minks. This
Is iiishIc ash derived
from u ' - i i he uo.'tberr
margin .s range, more
than liPi south. Though
geulogican.. , l it.,.Hr,, the material is
of reienl ,ir,. ,.et it was probably
erupted l.-loi> years ago.
There are. of course, no historical
records of this eruption, but in tbe
course of explorations in Alaska much
has been learned about tbe distribution
and thickness of the material ejected
it originally covered an area of over
140,000 square miles, and some of It
was carried over 450 miles from tbe
volcano.
Tbe deposit varies in thickness from
300 feet near tbe volcano to an inch or
two at tbe margin of the urea covered
by it A rough estimate indicates that
over ten cubic miles of material was
ejected at tbe time of this eruption
During tbe eruption of Katmal volcano
In southwestern Alaska in June. 1912.
about five cubic miles of ash was eject
ed. and about tbe same amount fel1
from the Krakatoa eruption of 1883
This Yukon eruption Is therefore com
parable In intensity with some of the
larger eruptions of historical time.—
Geological Survey Reports.
THE OLD CLIPPER SHIP.
Now Almost Vanished, She Wao One*
Queen of the Seas.
In memory of the ship \V. P. Frye.
John Gould Fletcher writes in the New
Republic a eulogy on "clipper ships."
now almost vanished from the seas.
•‘Sometimes the lookout on a great
steamer wallowing and thrashing
through the heavy seas by night sees
far off on his lee quarter something
like a lofty swinging light. Beautiful
as a tiered cloud, a ghostly clipper ship
emerges from the surges that keep run
ning away before day on the low Pa
cific shore. Its upper works are kin
died by file sun into shafts of rosy
flame. Swimming like a duck, steering
like a fish. easy, yet dry. lively, yet
stiff, she lirts cloud on cloud of crowd
ed. stainless sail. Site creeps abeam
within bail, she skips, she chases, she
outpaces like a mettlesome racer the
lumbering teakettle that keeps her
company. Before she fades into tin
weather quarter the lookout cries:
•Holy jiggers! Are you the Flying
Dutchman, that you go two knots to
our one?' Hoarsely comes back this
answer from the sail: ‘Challenge is our
name. America our nation. Bully Wo
tei'tnan our master. We can beat(crea
tlon!’
'•Ami' its 'way. Rio:
'Way—hay—hay. Rio, <
Oh. (are you well, my pretty young girl
For we’re bound to the Rio Grande.
Old Man of the Mountain.
The title "Old Mail of the Mountain'
was first applied to Ilassan Ben Sab
bat. who founded a formidable d.vnas
ty in Syria A. D. 1000. lie was the
prince or chief of a sect of the Mo
liaiumcdans. Having been bauislied
from bis country, be took up bis abode
In Mount I^tianoii amt gathered round
him a band of followers, who soon be
came tile terror alike of Christ Ians.
Jews and Turks. They paid the must
Implicit obedience to bis commands
und believed that if they sacrificed
their lives for bis sake they would lie
rewarded with the highest joys of
paradise. Kor 2(H) years these "assas
sins.” as they called themselves, con
tinned to lie the terror of tlie country
Whenever their chief, the "Old Man
of the Mountain." considered himself
injured be dispatched some or his as
sassins secretly to murder the aggres
sor. This is the origin of our use of the
word nssussin for a secret murderer.
The Hungarian Crown.
The Hungarian crown worn at their
accession by the emperors of Austria
as kings of Hungary is the identical
one made for Stephen, and used at his
coronation over 8(H) years ago. Tin
whole is of pure gold, except the set
rings, and weighs almost exactly four
teen pounds. The settings above allud
ed to consist of fifty-three sapphires,
li f ty rubies, one emerald and 328
pearls. It will be noticed that there are
no diamonds among these precious
adornments. This ts accounted for by
the oft quoted story of Stephen's aver
sion to such gems liccause be consid
ered them “unlucky.”
A False Alarm.
"I know something. I do. about a
member of this family,” suiil little
Bobby Slithers triumphantly to his oid
er sister. Maud.
“Oil, dear!" exclaimed Miss Slithers.
-Half a dollar Is all l have. Bobby
Will you promise not to tell If I give
you that?"
“Sure. I will.” answered Bobby in
surprise. * "But it aiii't nothin' on you.
sis. It was the cook ami the iceman"
'Birmingham Age-Herald.
What She Learned.
Mrs. Willis — So your daughter is
home from domestic science school
I suppose she has learned several new
ways of washing fhe dishes. Mrs
Gillls—No; she seems to have learned
seVerul new ways of getting out of
washing tblm.—Judge.
Don't Worry.
Mrs. VVulluby-De agent says If we
ain’t got de rent nex’ Monday we’s got
to git out. 8am> Wullnby—Nex’ Mon
day? Den we doan’ijieed to worry fn’
ie nex’ fo' days.—Puck.
There are only two roads by which
■ny important goal van be reached—
sheer strength and perseverance
Goethe.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES \ TRAIN
Auto for Hir e Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD. Prop.
V-Yam Want strict,y fresh ES«*> Butter, Fruit
lull Tf 0.111. an<j Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
UPPER T0NS1NA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRAbING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE nafsted Mgr.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAII-Y
Phone 03 Uhas. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
, PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING.
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pi e and Fittings, Valves. Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, faints and Oils.
1,oca ted on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND Admiral PUGET SOUND
California Line Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steauirr Sailing: 15th ealla llliimnn and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Kulk
and Am'liunntr.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San FrnnciHro every Wedneadny and Sunday# connecting "'Itl;
Steamera Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
ItICIIAIKD J. KINGWOOl), Mgr.. Seattle; VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND S. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE TIIE 10TH, 20TH AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WltANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5 th; Latouche, on the l#th: S. S.
Cordova. 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
V. D. THACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Loeal Agent.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It's the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
, . Juneau, Alaska.