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PROSPECTOR PUBLISHING CO.
B. B. SELBY, Editor and Proprietor.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter,
July 23. 1912, at the nostoillce of Valdes.
Alaska, under act of March 3. 1879
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MONDAY, MARCH 4, Ifli
Food will win
the War;
don’t waste it!
WINTER—A DIRGE.
HE wintry west extends his blast
And hall and rain do blaw.
Or the stormy north sends driv
ing forth
The blinding sleet and snaw.
While, tumbling brown, the bum comes
down
And roars frae bank to brae.
And bird and beast in covert res;
And pass the heartless day.
"The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast"
The Joyless winter day.
Let others fear, to me more dear
Than all the pride of May.
The tempest’s howl. It soothes my soul;
■'My griefs It seems to Join.
The leafless trees my fancy please:
Their fate resembles mine.
Thou Power Supreme, whose mighty
scheme
These words of mine fulfill.
Here, firm, I rest—they must be best
Because they are thy will.
Then all I want (oh, do thou grant
This one request of mine!),
Since to enjoy thou dost deny.
Assist me to resign!
—Robert Bums
TWO weekly newspapers a day was
the net average of newspaper deaths
in the United States during the past
year. The war has hit the newspap
er publishers heavily and in many
cases papers which paid well before
the country entered into the conflict
have been forced to suspend owing to
high prices several years ago, as the
perusal of any trade journal will
show the country or city publisher
that the dollar and dollar fifty week
ly was running at a loss. Alaskan
papers are particularly fortunate in
one respect. Most of them are in one
paper towns and have had no compe
tition to buck in case of rates. Take
the case of the Prospector, for exam
ple. In no other place in the universe
could a daily paper, receiving from
500 to 700 words of live press dis
patches daily, and using a strictly
modern outfit, be published in a town
of less than 1000, and yet the Pros
pector does this, coming out regu
larly, giving its readers a creditable
paper with late news, and keeping
ahead of its expenses. Other Alaskan
townB are getting out papers of like
merit, and are keeping ahead of Gen
eral H. C. L. The reason that Alas
kan editors can do this is chiefly on
account of the loyalty of their read
ers, and the substantial support giv
en by the merchants of the various
cities, who are broad gauged and pro
gressive. Alaskan papers also charge
10 cents a copy and from $2 to $1.50
per month for the paper. Subscribers
outside if asked to pay these prices
for a paper would faint. This gives
Alaska publishers the advantage of
three to five times the circulation at
a minimum of expense. There is lit
tle money In the newspaper business
these days, but Alasltan papers are do
ing better than the outside publica
tions as none have yet failed or in
any likelihood of failing.
It POLITICS are beginning to warm
up, and before they reach a welding
heat we should like to caution our
readers to be conservative and toler
ant and give the other fellow the same
, opportunity to support the man of
his choice as you would have him
give. Alaska has been unfortunate
in that her politics have always kept
her towns and cities in a state of bit
ter enmity to the opposition party,
thus giving rise to many factions and
hurting business and social condi
tions. The man who votes for Sulser
or Wickersham or Maloney or any ol
the other candidates is only exercis
ing his constitutional rights and
should be allowed this right without
criticism or bias on the part of oth
ers. It would be far better to have no
elections than to engender small
town animosities and bickerings ovei
a matter which Is really of little lm
. portance to any of us. If your neigh
bor differs from you in politics, rp
llgion or any of the iBms, be broad
minded and allow him to exercise his
right to the uttermost. This is Ameri
canism. The growth of the town of
Valdez or the success of any one firm
in It is of more benefit to our citizen
ry than to have any man on the tick
et elected.
ANCHORAGE, our sister city to
the westward, breathes a spirit of op
timism in her daily papers that is re
freshing. Notwithstanding her few re
v'crses and the hard times entailed by
j the war her citizens are girding up
their loins and reaching out for ex
pected prosperity. Anchorage will al
way be a good town, by reason of hor
proximity to the huge coal deposits
of the Cbickaioon district. A good
breakwater to protect her shipping
I is planned by the government, and it
| is expected that by fall coal will be
shipped to all the coast towns in the
territory. A town that has faith in
itself is hard to kill off, and Anchor
age citizens are brimming over with
faith. 0
IP YOU believe In your city and
think it will go ahead, nothing can
stop its advancement. But, if you
preach pessimistic doctrine and^ ex
press the opinion that things are go
ing to the everlasting bow-wows they
will go that way—especially in your
case. The man who radiates optim
ism never went bloke, and today is
numbered among the substantial citi
zens of your town.
CONTAGION AT
VILLAGE OF UNAKLEET
Thomas A. Power, writing most in
terestingly from Unalakleet advises
friends of the prevalence in that com
munity of Blood Poisoning, Grippe
and Measles.
The houses are quarantined for
measles and fifty cases of La Grippe
have been treated by Mrs. Evans, the
nurse at the Bureau of Education.
Mrs. Whulebuck, well known to
many mushers from Nome, is dead
from blood poisoning caused from the
bite of a dog. It is suposed that the
dog had just eaten some infected
food. Mrs. Evans, the nurse here was
notified and made the twenty six
mile run but the poison had advanced
so far that relief could not be afford
ed, death resulting.
One of the persons, measle victims
breaking the quarantine, and failing
to make satisfactory explanation to
the United States court is doing thir
ty days in the St. Michael bastile.
Sammy Lugarak, convicted of sta
tutory offense with consent has been
taken to the Federal jail at Nome by
Marshal Jordan.
A cave-ln of an old mine has re
vealed a vein of lignite of substan-’
tial proportions, and when burned
leaves a clean white ash and is fair
ly combustible.
It is said that a pocket of lignite
was worked out in the same local
ity some years ago.
Unalakleet, was visited by a severe
wind storm which unroofed a number
of camps and did miscellaneous dam
age.—Nome Industrial Worker.
TWO UNIVERSITY MEN
ABOARD U-BOAT VICTIM
OLYMPIA: On the ill-fated Tus
cania were E. W. Harpham of Prince
ville, Ore., and Roy Muncaster, of
Denver, Colo., both graduates of the
University of Washington, who work
ed together as rangers for the federal
government, their headquarters being
in Olympia, under R. L. Fromme, su
perintendent for this district. Mun
caster was saved, according to re
ports.
DUCHESS,OF HAMILTON
Mary, duchess of Hamilton, waa
“mentioned for her devoted work In
the auxiliary hospital1' into which her
Suffolk home, Eaaton Park, Wickham
Market, wae transformed. She has giv
en up all her social duties to devote her
entire time to Rod Croee work.
LEGAL NOTICES
-!
ORDINANCE NO. 87.
To provide for General Municipal El
ections in the Town of Valdez and '
Registration of Voters thereof. I
Qualifications of Officers
Section 3. The qualifications of;
members of the Common Council, or'
School Hoard, shall be as follows;
Any qualified elector, duly entitled to
vote for members' of the Common
Council shall be eligible for election
as a member thereof and an elector
duly qualified to vote for members of
the School Board shall be eligible for
election as a member thereof. j
Nomination of Candidates
Section 2. Any person possessing
the qualifications of a candidate for
office or member of the Common
Council, or member of the School
Board, as defined In Section 3 of this
Ordinance, may become a candidate
at any general election upon a written
petition to the Common Council,
which petition must hear the signa
tures of at least ten per cent of the
registered voters for such election. I
Any such petition must be filed with
the Town Clerk at least five days pre-'
ceding such election and the Official,
Ballot shall not contain the name of i
any candidate otherwise nominated, j
A petition for a candidate must not
bear the name of more than one can-|
didate, otherwise the petition must
be rejected and the name of the can- j
didate shall not be printed on the!
Official Ballot.
Notice of Election
Notice is hereby given that a Gen
era) Municipal Election will be held
at the Town Hall, in the Town of Val
dez, Territory of Alaska, on the sec
ond day of April 1918, for the pur
pose of electing seven members of
the Common Council of the Town of
Valdez, who shall hold office for the
term of one year, and until their suc
cessors are elected and qualified; also
one member of the School Board who
shall serve as President for a term of
three years and until his or her suc
cessor is elected and qualified.
The polling place for said election
to be at the Town Hall in the said
town of Valdez. Said election shall
commence at nine o’clock a. m. and
continue until seven o’clock p. m. of
the same day without closing the
polls.
The Judges of Election are Neal
O’Conner, W. H. Palmer and Ed.
Dickey; the Clerks are Thos. H. Hunt
and Clinton Egan.
Done by order of the Common
Council of the Town of Valdez, Ter
ritory of Alaska.
WM. M. MEALS,
k5Town Clerk.
Notice of Registration of Voters
Notice is hereby given that the
registration books for the registration
3f voters at the municipal election to
be held in and for the Town of Val
lo'ot Territory of Alaska, on the 2nd
day of April 1918, will be open at
Lhe office of the Town Registrar in
the Town Hall, in said town on the
2nd day of March 1918, between the
hours of 10 and 12 a. m. and 2 and
4 p. m. of said day, and will remain
open for such registration between
like hours, excepting Sunday, until 8
o’clock p. m. on the day preceding
said election.
John A. McGilvray has been named
by the Common Council as Registrar
and will enter on said books of regis
tration the names of all persons resi
dent of the Town of Valdez, who are
qualified to vote or who will be qual
ified voters at the date of said elec
tion, upon their application in person
at his said office within the hours
named and between the dates men
tioned.
Done by order of Common Coun
cil of the Town of Valdez, Territory
of Alaska.
WM. M. MEALS,
k5 Town Clerk.
for the attention of good
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money on thc-sidc, are buying ready-made clothes at
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They get the best all-wool fabrics, the most authen
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We offer this service in
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—better ones aren’t made.
The suit in the picture is what we call medium
stout, for men who are not exactly stout, yet a little
heavier than usual. It is just one of the many models
we have here for fitting every figure..
The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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GOOD GOODS—We Have Them
Ansco Films Will
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They are the standard. Guy E. Cam
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Just received all the latest popu
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NOTICE
By order of the Attorney General
of the United States:
All Germans who have not taken
out their full citizenship papers must
report to the postmaster between the
dates of March 18th and 23rd and be
registered.
Aliens will give strict attention to
this notice as any alien who falls to
register will be prosecuted.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
tf - U. S. Marshal.
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
CHAS. A. SULZER
Candidate For Re-election
As
DELEQATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
“In deciding to enter the primaries as a candidate for Itelegate to
Congress from Alaska, I feel Impelled *to make a brief statement to
the people of the territory- It Is now nearly a year since I was seated
in the House as Alaska’s representative to congress. During the most
of this time the United States has been engaged in a world war, and
every resource of the nation, including money and man power is be
ing devoted to the single purpose of winning this great war. Every ,
member of congress in considering legislation for the nation, has
placed the country’s war needs above all needs and requirements and
jms subordinated his desires to the military establishment of the
United States.
“Alaska has responded nobly to the nation’s call. She has given
her share willingly and unstintlngly. When, the democratic party
went before the people of Alaska in November, nineteen sixteen, it
stood for a certain constructive program which embodied as its prin
cipal elements a wider measure of home rule for the territory, and a
sane and rational policy in the development of natural resources and
every possible aid to the pioneers of the country.
“I have introduced among others the following bills in congress
which I am pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
“Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home
rule the dominating principle.
“Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be rair
to all, and the protection of the salmon supply from depletion.
“Making changes In the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty
rod reservation.
“Authorising free surveys of homesteads In isolated sections.
“Changing the game laws so as to give the people a better oppor
tunity to use the game of the country without its being slaughtered.
“Extending the federal farm loan act to Alaska.
“Providing for the care of Alaska’s Insane within the territory.
“At all times I have endeavored to keep constantly In mind the
needs of the territory and the people of the territory. In spite of the
war some measure of progress has been achieved. I have assisted In
passing a law which helped the prospector by suspending assessment
work on claims during the years nineteen seventeen and nineteen
1 eighteen. The extension of the wireless and cable system In Alaska has
been accomplished with bright prospects for a further extension.
“Recognition has been forced for Alaska In the matter of appoint
ments to the second series of training camps for officers. Contracts
which prevented the farmers of the interior from supplying army
posts with their vegetables are cancelled.
“Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of
Alaska have come to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reit
erating my desire to serve the beet interests of Alaska I am submit
ting my name as a candidate for the democratic nomination for
Delegate to Congress."
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
F. and A.'M.
Valdez LodgeJNo. 168
REGULAR communications, first
Wednesday in each month in Ma
sonic Hall. Visitors always wel
come.
WALTER ELLIOT, W. M.
C. C. REYNOLDS, Sec.
I. 0. 0. F.
Valdez, No, 6
Meets every Monday night at 8:UU
o'clock p. m., in Odd Fellows’
Hall. Visiting members cordially
invited to attend these meetings.
OTTO ELFSTROM, N. 0.
R. D. NICHOLLS, Secretary.
Fraternal Order Eagles
Valdez Aerie No. 1971
Meets every Friday night in Eagle
Hall. Visiting Members cordially in
vited to attend these meetings.
ED. WOOD, W. P.
C. J. TODD, Sec.
Order of Eastern Star
Valdez Chapter No. 5
STATED communications, first and
third Tuesdays of each month at
Masonic Hall. Visiting members
always welcome.
RENA E. CRAWFORD, W. M.
J. A. SILVERMAN. M. D. Sec’y.
Valdez Miners Union Ne. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
W. M. CONLEY President.
Valdes Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary,
Valdes Alaska
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