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FRIDAY, JANUARY 1», 1017
UNPEACEFUL PASTORS.
The Dean of Westminster, as quot
ed in a London dispatch to the New
York Times, preached a powerful ser
mon against "peace on earth" Christ
mas day, and among other things
took a solid rap at President Wilson
for his actions in spreading the peace
I propaganda. Among other things
this disciple of Him who believed in
I turning the other cheek, said:
P “It is true that the President of
the United States, after two years of
*. study on the question and innumera
. hie notes, seems to believe that the
object of the two groups of bdlig
(■ erents is the same. He knows that
Germany refused arbitration, declin
■ ed a conference, and rejected every
overture to prevent war. He knows
that his countrymen have poured
money like water to assist the desti
: lute and outraged remnants of the
; little Belgian people, whose treaty
i rights were violated and whose fron
tiers were invaded before war was
declared. He knows of the infrac
tions of the Hague conventions which
the American people have studiously
promoted. He knows all the details
.. of the organized atrocities reported
upon in strict inquiries. He knows
of the sinking of unarmed passenger
ships like the Lusitania and Arabia,
without notice or warning. He knows
of the murder of Captain Fryatt, of
the nocturnal deportations of Bel
gians and French into slavery. He
knows of German connivance atAr"
menian massacres, and yet he is of
the opinion that the nations who are
leagued to disarm this evil deroon
. iac of national militarism have the
same aim in view as the perpetrators
of these historical crimes. President
Wilson has either in a fit of mental
aberration sent the wrong note or he
lias entirely misapprehended the Eu
ropean situation.”
The good Dean is evidently so peev
ed that the President does not look
at the holiness of the present, war,
from the English standpoint, that he
allows his vocabulary to run away
with him. The war is none of our
war; we didn’t start it, and we have
no reason to end it but from the fact
that up to the present time, as the
Dean says, “Americans have poured
out money like water” seeking to
ameliorate conditions brought about
by the insane hate of the belligerents.
When a country’s mails are seized by
a belligerent, when its merchant ships
are harried from the high seas, when
it cannot conduct diplomatic relations
with a neutral on account of the con
duct of some belligerent nation, it is
time for the President to express his
disapproval of the conditions causing
these breaches of law and seek to lead
these belligerents into a state of mind
which will admit the rights of other
nations.
So long as the United States is pay
ing for the war it has a right to dic
tate the manner in which it shall be
conducted.
VALDEZ SHOULD QUARANTINE.
During the past year an epidemic
of measles has visited almost every
coast town in Alaska except Valdez.
At the present time Cordova. Doug
las and Ketchikan are suffering from
this unwelcome visitor, and in the
latter place the disease has assumed
a most virulenl type. That Valdez
has not been visited by a scourge of
measles ere this is due to no precau
tions taken to prevent its being trot
here for apparently no steps have
been taken to quarantine against the
town in which the disease prevails.
Residents of the towns where the
disease is prevalent come and ge
from Valdez with freedom, and there
is offered every opportunity to bring
the disease here. Some steps should
be taken by the authorities in con
coction with the boat officials to pre
vent the disease getting a foothold
here. At this season of the year an
epidemic of measles would undoubt
edly cause many deaths.
A few years ago Valdez had an
experience with an epidemic of
whooping cough, the result of which
was sufficiently sad to warrant every
precaution against arty other epi lem
ic which may endanger the lives of
our little ones.
JACKSONVILLE, Florida, has a
municipal owned electric lighting
plant which Is always pointed to by
advocates of municipal ownership as
the keystone of success along that
line. The prices are Identically the
same as those in effect here in Val
dez. The Jacksonville plant has not
yet paid more than the interest on
its bonds and it has nearly 1J.000
customers and an absolute monopoly
on the electrical business of the city.
Money is continually taken fron oth
er funds and placed in the light fund
to make a good showing, and yet the
enterprise is just about playing even.
Of course, to be fair in our state
ments we must admit that the period
of darkness prevailing in Jackson
ville averages less than half that of
Valdez, but even at that the co3t of
upkeep is much less and wages for
electricians and linemen are less. We
still maintain that Valdez has the
cheapest electricity of any town of
treble its size in the world.
GET THE H.AIIIT
Now while you have your pencil
in hand, will you read the following
list of good habits and check off as
many as you can conscientiously sub
scribe to and say, “That I do.”
Get the habit—of early rising.
Get the habit—of retiring early.
Get the habit—of eating slowly.
Get the habit—of being gratful.
Get the habit—of being punctual.
Get the habit—of fearing nothing.
Get the habit—of speaking kindly.
Get the habit— of radiating sun
shine.
Get the habit—of seeking the sun
shine daily.
Get the habit—of speaking cor
rectly.
Get the habit—of pronouncing
correctly.
Get the habit—of closing doors
gently.
Get the habit-—of neatness in ap
pearance.
Get the habit—of relying on self,
always.
Get the habit—of a forgiving spir
it.
Gea the habit—of being industri
ous.
Get the habit—of apprehending no
evil.
Get the habit—of anticipating only
good.
Get the habit—of always being
progressive.
Get the habit—of always paying as
you go.
Get the habit—of promptness at
meals.
Get the habit—of a quiescent con
centration.
Get the habit—of daily physical
excercise.
Get the habit—of being accomo
dating.
Get the habit—of being a good
listener.
Get the habit—of economy—not
stinginess.
Get the habit—of eating but one
meal a day.
Get the habit—of eating but one
hearty meal a day.
Get the habit—of hoping on and
hoping ever.—Edward B. Warman.
LACK OK GOOD FOOD
IS CAUSING SICKNESS
Berlin: The sick benefit associa
tion of Berlin, in which the working
classes are insured in case of sick
ness, has come to the conclusion af
ter an inquiry among physicians that
a large amount of prevailing illness
is due to inadequate nourishment,
which also decreases the powers of
resistance of the patients. The as
sociation therefore has decided to
make special provision for the feeding
of patients where recommended by
physicians and has arranged to is
sue gratis meal tickets in such cases.
PORSON’S WEAKNESS.
The Drink He Got From Mrs. Hopp
ner’s Private Bottle.
in "Samuel Rogers and His Circle'
is this anecdote about Richard Porson,
the famous classical scholar and pro
lessor of Greek:
When Hoppner. the painter, was re
siding in a cottage a few miles from
London, Porson one afternoon sudden
ly arrived there. Hoppner said thai
he could not offer him dinner, as Mrs
11. had gone to town and had carried
with her the key of the closet which
• ontained the wine. Porson declared,
however, that he would he content
with a mutton chop and beer from the
next ale house and accordingly stayed
>o dine.
During the evening Porson said, "I
am quite certain that Mrs. Hoppner
keeps some nice bottle for her private
drinking In her own bedroom, so pray
try if you can lay your hands on It.'
His host assured him that Mrs. H. had
uo such secret stores; but, Porsou in
sisting that a search should be made
a bottle was at last discovered In the
lady’s apartment to the surprise of
Hoppner and the Joy of Poraon, who
soc.i finished its contents, pronouncing
it to be the best gin he had tasted for
a long time.
Next day Hoppner, somewhat out ot
temper. Informed his wife that Porson
bad drunk every drop of her concealed
dram. “Drunk every drop of It!” cried
■he. "Heaven above. It waa spirits ot
wlae for the lamp!”
ZEPPELIN AIR CRAFT.
Aluminum Qlrdar* and Hoop* Lin*
Thoao Mon*t*r Balloon*.
Tbe technical details In tbe construc
tion of Zeppelin air craft are explain
ed In a Journal named tbe Aeroplane.
Tbe visible exterior part of the Zep
pelln la merely tbe clotb or fabric- cov
ering of tbe framework, wblcb consists
of sixteen girders made of very tbln
aluminum. Tbe girders run from end
to end of tbe sblp. parallel for most of
tbelr length and turning Inward to
meet one another at nose and tail
The cylindrical body of tbe Zeppelin
may therefore be said to have sixteen
! sides on aacount of tbe sixteen girders
To keep these longitudinal girders,
or "stringers." fu position there are
tbwartship girders, wblcb run like
! boops around tbe ship and act like the
ribs of u boat. There are generally
about eighteen hoop girders, spaced an
equal distance, one from another, and
they ore braced across and across In
side each hoop to tbe next by wire
bracing, so that they cut up the whole
skeleton into a succession of compart
ments. each of which—except the end
compartments—has flat ends and six
teen sides.
In each of these compartments is u
gas bag standing on its edge. Tbe
idea is that If one gas bag springs a
leak or is punctured by a projectile
only that one bag collapses, and the
weighting of the ship is so arranged
that even If four or five gas bags are
entirely deflated those that remain will
float the ship after all ballast, ammuni
tion and other nonessentials have been
thrown overboard.—London Standard.
KNEW TOO MUCH.
Tennyson’s Father Had to Fly For His
Life From Russia.
Shortly after the assassination or
Emperor Paul of Russia, Tennyson, the
father of the poet, dined with Lord St.
Helens, the British ambassador. In
Moscow. Several Russian officers of
high rank whose names he did nor
know were nlso guests. During dinner
n guarded reference was made to the
emperor’s death.
“Why do you speak so gingerly
about a matter so notorious?" cried
Tennyson impulsively, leaning across
his neighbor, a Russian whose breast
was covered with orders. “We know
very well in England that the Emperor
Paul was murdered. Count Zoboff
knocked him down, and Benningsen
and Count Pahlen strangled him!"
There was a strained silence; then
the ambassador abruptly changed the
subject. As the guests filed out Into an
adjoining room Lord St. Helens drew
Tennyson aside. “Don’t go into the
uext room." he whispered, “but fly for
your life. The man next you. across
whose breast you leaned, was Count
Pahlen. and Zoboff was also at the t^
ble."
He gave a few hurried directions. I
and Tennyson rushed off. throw bis)
clothes Into a portmanteau and fled be
hind fast horses to Odessa, still in
evening garb, though the cold was in
tense. ne lay hidden for weeks and
at last, in the disguise of a servant,
was smuggled on board an English
f rigate.
A Wise Provision.
Did you ever notice when a man|
smites his thumb with a hammer while
putting down a carpet under his wife’s
supervision how quickly he thrusts the
bruised and throbbing member into his
mouth? People think it is because thl
application is soothing. But the move
ment is purely involuntarily, like wink
ing. The man cannot help it. The
fact is that nature knows what a mai
is apt to say under such circumstance.*
and so has provided him with an auto
matic stopper. Whenever he hits hi>
thumb hard enough to hurt—and U
doesn’t take a very hard blow almost
to kill a man when he is doing some
thing he doesn’t like to do—by a sort
of Interlocking system his thumb flies
into his mouth, and for the critical
moment speech is cut off.
Tha Mistake of His Life.
Bliffers—What’s wrong today? Yon
look blue.
Bluffers—I’ll never forgive myself. I
kicked a caller out of my house Inst
night.
“Huh! I kicked many a one. Young
fellow. I suppose?”
“No; past middle nge.”
“Well, these old codgers have no
business coming round sparking young
girls. 1 kicked out one of that sort
last week.”
“Yes. but I’ve found out that this
man wasn’t after my daughter. He
was after my mother-in-law.”
Cheering Him Up.
He (anxiously, after popping the
question) —Why do you cry. my love?
Did I offend you by my proposal? She
(quietly sobbing)—Oh, no, dear. Mam
ma always said to me. “Lil, you are
such an idiot that you will not even
get a donkey for a lover,” and now I
have got one after all.—Philadelphia
Bulletin.
A Mighty Bridge.
In the Forth bridge there Is a bon
zontal pul) of 10.000 tons on the chief
spans and a weight of 100,000 tons on
their bases. Half a dozen British iron
clads might be hung upon them with
out causing any undue strain.—London
Telegraph.
Nearer the Truth.
“So that pretty canvasser sold you u
book, eh?"
“No; she sold me a couple of smiles
and threw in the book.”—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Happiness In this world, when H
does come, comes incidentally.—Haw
thorne.
Good Phone 12 Moderate
Goods Prices
Just Received—New shipment of
HOLLY HURST EGGS
We guarantee these eggs to be strictly fresh and will pay 25 cents
for each egg found otherwise.
SPECIAL—for Saturday
New Navel Oranges, 35c a doz.; 3 doz. for $1.00.
In Choice Fresh Vegetables We Offer:
RHUBARB, SPINACH, LETTUCE, BRUSSEL SPROUTS,
ARTICHOKES, CRANBERRIES, ETC.
We also received some fine No. I Mackerel.
FRESH BAKERY GOODS DAILY
S. Blum & Company, Inc.
Phone 12
LOCATED IN THE FORMER KING GROCERY BUILDING
VALDEZ CAFE
AND BAKERY j
Fresh Bread and Pastry always on hand
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT 3
BERGSTROM & ROCSTAD. Prop.. J
PHONE 17 - lkatfanUnM D™( •
Don’t wait for somebody to coir.j
along and show you the road to hap
piness. If you can’t find it yourself
you wouldn't know how to be happv
if you were led to it.
When a woman goes shopping she
always asks the clerk to show her
something cheaper, but a man usually
asks if that’s the best she has.
As a rule if it is something good
about a man the gossips never hear
of it.
Rexall Hair Tor.le, a scientific
compound nourishes and invigorates
hair growth. Owl Drug Store. tf
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The Price of Economy
Is Careful Buying
CRESCENT I
BAKING i
POWDER
Is essentially the baking
powder of the economical
housewife. It serves her well,
perfectly, yet the housewife
buys this at half the cost of
others.
Use CRESCENT always.
AT AUL. GROCERS
25c lb.
CRESCENT MEG. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
PROFESSIONAL, CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Office* over Vnlden Drug < o.
Phone *1.1 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PH. 6. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND Sl'ROKON
Over Owl Dru); Co.
! OFFICE HOURS:
1 to 4 P. M. 7 to 8 P. M.
Sunday by Appointment.
Res. Piione 17(1 Office Phone 1!)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling L'uildlnp
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
0*1 or Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN Lyons e. sr kitch:s
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices Is " halts* Bnlldln*
Phone 101 YaLDEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
Have you tried our poker chip
candy and also our new line of chew
ing gum. Candy Kitchen tf
Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker, Phone 181. ;f
Enlarging and copying photos and
views'at Jenners the Photographer, tf
Don’t forget the double header
basketball game Friday night at the
hall.
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The best excuse usually covers a
lot of poor effort.
Man wouldn’t begrudge woman the
last word in an argument if she
wouldn’t take such a long time get
ting to it.
Furnished rooms at lira Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
Rexali Perfumes. The breath of
Araby. Owl Drug Co. tf
Rexali Remedies. Call for them at
the Owl Drug Store. tf
Cash register for sale, apply Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—-la Owl Drug Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everything First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Winn, Light Roomi--The House of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
j BATH ROOM Special Rate* By the Moot!
i PHONE 133 MRS. SYRINC. Prop
I_
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
W. H. GARNER, Prmident,
|| Granite Mine !
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.
I
i When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Prop
SiRICTLy FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward. Alaska
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Maauni
Regular Communications iirst Wed
nesday In each month in McKinley
1 Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
| ED WOOD, Secretary.
i
i By now the small boy has begun
the practice of looking under the bi d.
! The chief trouule with the oMier
|fellow is that he persists in doing
| just wnat we would do in simila" cir
cumstances.
| George Vinger. representing J. B.
jCaro & Co., of Juneau, was an ar
| rival on the Alameda
Fresh Box candy at Hunt's Candv
Kitohea. A new line opened. tf
TaMoz Miner, $3.M per year.