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H. H. SKlJlY, Editor Md noyrMor.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter.
July 23. 1912, at the postoftloe of Valdaa.
Alaska, under act of March 3. 187*.
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FRIDAY, DKC1CMBKR 14. 1917
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GYPSY SONG.
GYPSY, gypsy, gypsy.
Can’t you hear the call?
South, the sap is shilling
Through the timber tall!
Romany la crying.
"Come and leave It all!"
Romany of olden,
Glad and grypay gleams!
i Daffodils are golden
fljrtks silver streams!
Can. you be beholden.
Save alone to dreams?
W?Ol!LrD you wait to weather
' Dust and dark and drought
< .ly love can tether—
.-wissee on the mouth!
You and I together!—
Springtime on the south!
CJYP8Y, gypsy, gypsy.
a Springlonie walks with me
Where me sap is turning
Sunward! Aie you free?
For we seek the burning
Camps of Romany:
—Kadra Mays!.
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THE EIGHT PER CENT TAX OX
8AEAR1EH
It is hoped Congress will immedi
ately present a bill striking out of the
taation bill the levy of 8 per cent on ■
salaries in excess of six thousand dol-!
lars. This particular tax is a tax on |
. energy and ability. It is a tax which j
imposes a double burden on the sal- j
aried man and it is a tax which eli-1
minates a certain selected class from 1
its operation. It is absolutely un-Am-!
erican. It is unnecessary, unjust, un-1
equitable ai|^d|0u<d never have been
imposed. Ijtlgjpns the man without
capital, whoR'incor.ie is derived from
fixed investments or inherited invest
ments. It distinguishes the Congress
suu and the government worker
Trom the man in the mine, the fac
• tory, the shop, the law office or any
other profession or business.
The Congressman is exempt, the
Government employe is exempt, and
no matter how much he may receive
he is not taxed 8 per cent on all in
comes over $6,000. There is no rea
son why the Congresman should be |
excluded, because $7,500, his nom-1
-inal salary, does not represent hisj
income, and even if it did. it seems
: strange that Congress should delib- j
erately exempt itself from a tax,
which It imposes on others. Congress j
does many foolish things, but this i
appears to be the most foolish and j
ridiculous, because it invites the at
tention, of the country to the power
of congress to exempt itself from bur
dens it imposes upon all others.
It is dangerous to make a tax un
popular, and it is dangerous to ex
cite the resentment of the people.
That is precisely what this special tax
• of 8 per cent on salaries has done.
The elimination of the Congressman
excites resentment, and the double
burden imposed on the salaried man
in contrast with the drone who does
nothing but receive his income from
investments of his father, or possibly
of his grandfather, la also an element
that makes for resentment.
Congress should promptly remedy
this situation and remedy it by strik
ing out the tax on salaries in excess of
$8,000.—American, Industry In War
Time.
OPTIMISM NEEDED
WE can hardly believe that the af
fairs are in as serious a condition with
the Allies as Lord Churchill, British
minister of munitions, who is also
something of an alarmist of the
Roosevelt type, would have us be
lieve. The Germans have taken back
but little of the ground taken from
them at Cambral; they have lost
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MRS. E MILL, Prop. “
VALDEZ] ALASKA *
ground in the Verdun sector, and have
made no gaina on any of the present
war fronts. It Is true that Rumania
and Russia have opened their boun
daries to the invader and are frater
nizing witji him,to* more or la*# ex
tent, but Russia was out of the war
In any case, and it were better to let
her shift for herself from now on than
to be forced to feed and clothe her
immense population. The German war
fleet is confined to a narrow area in
the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Both
; ia, while the submarine menace Is
gradually diminishing. Each day sees
more of our soldiers In the trenches,
and millions more are preparing to
join them. The immense resources of
this great nation have hardly been
scratched over yet. and when the
grasp of the speculator Is torn loose
from our resources, our capabilities
for continuing the war indefinitely can
hardly be estimated. A careful survey
of conditions would lead the careful
observer to believe that the gains
made by the Allied powers were con
siderable, while not great at any one
point. Such alarming statements as
have emanated from 8enator Beed.
who Is preaching German invasion,
and Lord Churchill who presages the
doctrine of defeat, can do no real
good. The average American citizen
needs no spur to his patriotism, and
is man enough to face defeat if it
come, fighting to the last ditch. A
little optimism at this time is badly
needed.
THE broadsides of invective hurl-)
ed at the administration for its un-1
preparedness in the present war, is be
coming wearisome to the citizen of
legal age who remembers how won
derfully and fearfuly the Colonel tore |
up the army during his administra
tion. Statistics show that during
Roosevelt’s term the arnjy fell off to
a: fewer number of men than at any
time for years. The Colonel was more
in causing army chargers to be fitted
with snaffle bits, or tapederos placed j
on the stirrups, or endurance rides;
for officers, than in building up an j
efficient organization for war pur-1
poses. Roosevelt was president for!
nearly eight years, yet President1
Cleveland and President Wilson both ■
gave a larger number of battleships
to the nation, and raised the army to,
a greater state of efficiency. An an- j
alysis of the situation shows that |
President Roosevelt did nothing to- j
ward a larger army and navy, and is j
doing nothing now to help matters by ;
telling of the mistakes of his superior. |
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WOMAN suffrage won in New York
State on November 6 by about 95.000
majority. In New York City the vote i
was 334.011 in favor and 241,316
against, a favorable majority of 92,-j
692. In the State outside the major-;
ity in favor was very small, probably
less than 2,500. Uuffalo gave a fav-j
orable majority of 4,000, and similar j
results were obtained in large cities j
with exception of Rochester. It was |
consequently the big cities which car- |
ricd the day against adverse rural i
majorities. New York becomes the |
twelfth State to grant women full J
suffrage.
MANY business men expect to ac-’
quire a pocketful of money after tl»« ^
first of the year, when the teritory
goes dry. without stopping to consid
ed that it will take many months for
business to readjust itself to meet the!
new conditions, even in so small a
town as Valdez. Four business houses
laying off a majority of their help is
bount do make a difference for a time.
How long depends solely upon our
citizens themselves, if they accept
conditions as they find them and make
the best of them, realizing that John j
Barleycorn has gone to stay, matters i
will shape up quickly: on the j
other hand a disposition to get re-1
venge on those who voted the terrl- i
tory dry, wjll prolong the business!
chaos indefinitely. |
AMERICAN tanners, in convention j
at Chicago, say that the only way in
which prices of shoes can be brought
down, is for the government to han
dle the problem, just as it is dealing
with bread prices. Two delegates in
timated that prices of from $10 to
$20 for a pair of shoes “were made
for the sole reason that the seller
thought he could get those prices,”
according to a dispatch.
THE little town of Iditarod on the
Iditarod river with a population given
as 125 has one of the best newspapers
in the north. It is a five-column quar
to, with a tremendous amount of ad
vertising, showing that the cltltenB
of the interior camp are loyal to their
newspaper.
The Moose Band will hold their
regular Friday night practice tonight.
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HE WAS NOT TO BE OUTDONE
Hooeevott Would Not Allow Magazine
Writer-Sportsman to Tell
the Biggest Yam.
Colonel tlonscveif gave n luncheon
In his New York office one day to a
company of young magazine writers.
These yonng writers hnd had many J
adventures, and they told the colonel ,
many Interesting stories. One. how- j
ever, a sportsman, drew the long h.nv.
After the sportsman hnd drawn the
long bow almost to the breaking point •
In n yum nhout a hippopotamus. Colo- (
uel Itoesevelf dyed his glittering eye- |
glasses on the crtmlunl and began:
"I<et in- tell you an experience of
iny own. mv boy. an experience almost j
as Incredible ps yours. In 1>8 I wns i
shooting grizzly bepr In the Jtnckles. I 1
tracked n gr’rzly to n high peak one
day. I advanced toward It along the
edge of a precipice .TOO feet high. Get
ting a good shot at last. I let drive,
hnt missed. The bear enme for me t
then like lightning. • 1 took aim again. |
hnt as I wns about to (Ire my foot
sllpiual. I fell, and my gun dropped
anti rolled over the precipice. There I
lay. unarmed and helpless, and the
maddened grizzly not six feet away.”
Here the colonel paused and took a
s|p from the tall glass of milk—milk Is
his favorite beverage—before.him.
The mendacious young man frowned
impatiently.
"Well?” he said. “Well? C.o on
What happened?”
Tin* colonel, looking him calmly In
the eye. replied:
“The grizzly devoured me.”
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Hindu Ten Commandment* Are Hung j
on Walt* of Theological College t
at Madra*.
There are ten commandments hung j
on the walls of the Hindu Theological j
College In Madras, and while they i
were not promulgated by Mose*. tin" j
might he displayed In every Christian i
college with advantage, says an ex |
change. They are:
(1) I'ray to t!«»d as soon as you rise
from your bed- •">. -Vida. in. (2) Wash
your body and keep your surroundings
clean—5:10. fl:.‘t0 a. hi. (I?) Prostrate
yourself before your parents or guar
dlans. and take good exercise—fi:W |
fltDO a. in. H) Prepare well your les
sons—A:30. !! a. m. (.") Attend school
regularly and punctually, and do the
school work properly. (0) Obey and
respect your teachers, and the tench
ers of the other classes and other re- .
speetablc persons. (7) Read till 9 !
p. in. at home. (S) pray to Hod and ]
go to bed-- 0 p. m. to ." a. in. (9) Keep j
good company and avoid had company, j
(10) Practlci righteousness at all
times.
Two Types of Elephants.
There lire two distinct types of ele
phants—the African and Indian. The
former have developed I he largest aid j
mills and are ipilte different from the |
Indian type, having only four visible ;
toes on the rear feet, as against five in i
the Indian, ... are very much !■
larger and the spinal ridge of the Afrl- !<
etui shows a marked hump or rise, be
ginning at tin- hips, whereas the In
dlan elephant's hack slopes gently j
downward from this point. The Afrl
can defies the fiercest sun. while the i
Indian lopes away from It to the henvi
est. eoolest shade.
The ago of tin- elephants Is widely
disputed, the best calculations of hunt
ers and scietiftsts being admittedly (
only a little more than hf\7.nrds.
Sir Samuel I taker, an authority,
states the average life of an elephant
to he about 1.T0 years. It Is exactly l<
known that elephants have lived In
captivity for l.'Mt years. Naturalists j
believe, however, till elephant's life ill,
the wild stale to lie twice as long, HC- |
cording to n recently published hook
called “The Klephant."
Only Rubber-Producing Plant.
Successful attempts have heeu made
to bring under profitable cultivation
the desert rubber plant, guayule. The
wild shrubs have long been collected >
In great «|uantlties In Mexico, and the I
rubber, wldch grades lunch lower than
para, la extracted by such simple pro
cesses as to make Its production very
profltahle. The task of the developing i
methods of cultivation, says a Carne- j
gle Institute report, lias now been sue- j
eeasfully aeeompllshetl by Ur. W. B. >
MacCallum. who. In making a genetic I
analysis of the plant, has found, that i
it Includes several elementary species, 1
which do not readily interbreed. Stud
ies of the plant have been made at the
desert laboratory. Tucson, while In
the same neighborhood a company has
purchased 7,000 acres of land on which
to establish guayule culture. This Is
the only rubber-producing plant grow
ing within the borders of the ..United’
States.
Some Information.
“Sedentary work," said the lecture'
on physical torture, “tends to lessen
the endurance."
“In other words," butted In the smart
aleck, “the more one sits the less one
can stand.”
“Exactly," retorted the lecturer
“and If one lies a great deal one’s
standing la lost completely."—Judge.
People Will Think.
"What did they do with that ac
cused official f”
"Pending a hearing, they have sus
pended him without prejudice."
"JU>oks to me Uke flipper gample of
awpethiog,that can’t he done.-'
^ia»r ■'
- ‘Suspending a mao without preju
dice."
Hart Schaffner
&
Marx Clothes.
The Famous
Styleplus Clothes
Make It a Sensible Gift
this Xmas and you will find
them at this store in great
profusion. Gifts for any mem
ber of the family will be here.
Come in and look them over.
FLORSHEIM AND CROSSETT STETSON AND MALLORY
SHOES HATS
LEATHER GOODS— HOSIERY—
Traveling Bags, Pitted Bags, Suit For Men, Women and Children in
Cases, Purses, Strops, Etc. Silk ^ Silk Lisle, Cashmere and
CHINA— Cotton.
Srrn'pia^cLVrSaS ELECTRICAL GOODS
Salts & Peppers, Sugar apd Cream- Qhofipg dishes, Grills, Percolators,
ers, Chocolate Pots, Painted Bowls, Warming Pads, Curling Iron Heat
and other piece, too npmerow to Electric |rop., Bte.
FURNISHINGS— NECKWEAR—
Suspenders, Shirts, Handkerchiefs, In Xmas boxes. A very fine line to
Bath Robes, Gloves, Etc. choose from.
The store where you have a choice
S. BLUM AND COMPANY
GOOD GOODS
PKOFEhSIO!»AI« CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices in Fish Building, adjoining
Ttlllkum Club.
Pboae 00. McKinley Street.
Contract Surgeon. U. S. Array
A. > Burgeon, U S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hoepital)
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DR. H. COCKER1LLE
Gntuto Hlttnal Ualvaraiti
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1898
PHONE 110
Office Koomi in Whaling Boildint
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOHISIY9-AT-LA W
<)■«( »wmH« Omrt Bmw
PkMM Z4 VALDU. ALASKA
JOHN LYOn • K RITCHIk .
LYONS & RITCHIE
Amuni.*T4jk«
OflCM la ekkllsc BiIMIm
Pkwt Ml VALDEZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
OIhkci Fitted Leeaea Ground
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
• Print* Hoorn*
Torn* R***on»bl*
| JOS. A. SILVEKMAM, PL D. Fra*.
| Jos. A. liWemu PL G. M. D.
i PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
! Office kn~l Is 4 p. ■ ~7 lsSp.au
Sunday by Appointment
| Rea. Tel. 176 0111& Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdea
Announcement
Christmas gifts now on display at
the residence of Mrs. Graham. All
are Invited to call. Give your orders
Barly. Honrs 10 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Depna.
^ k-deo-lS
Frsah bnlh chocolates and a new
Iftas of bos candles at> Hsal's. t*
f? t: f ' * 1 J f h.
v« «... .» .V. • .
A complete line of nugget and Ivory
jewelry, watches, diamonds, etc., at j
the Valdez Drug Store.
I
Just received a new line of Pyra
In Ivory suitable for Christmas gifts
at the Valdez Drug Store. tf
Candy Kitchen
L V. HUNT—b Owl Drat Star*. |
| FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT- -COLD |
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Capt, (Otto glfftnu
Weekly tripe to Port Welle
aed ell Soaed Potnte.
FOR CHARTER FOR PAR*
TIES OR TOWING
'or retea end eelUng detea aee
Ivl.'IJi i* '
CAPT. OTTO KLFBTROM,
On Boot, Velde* Dock
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdes to
EUamar, Landlock, Fldalgo and
way port*. Passengers landed
at aU point*.
Carrying freight and passes*
gen.
Por rates apply <m. koard.
PAPT. H. U WP* \ ' ]
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Room*
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Baths la Connection
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Pr«*
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
SAFETY FIRST
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Travel On The ^
“SHAMROCK"
Prompt Service
D. D. STEWART Master
LOVE & MEALS ,
[Insurance
Fire-Surety Bonds-Life
>
THE SOUTHERN
• ’ • ’ * » » i
MRS. BLACKWELL, Prop.
Nice, Clean Room*
Bathe In Connection
PRICES REASONABLE
Phone .104
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
W. M. CONLEY Pr.ridcat.
Veldes Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.
VALDB LODGX
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