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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1915
A DANGEROUS GOVERNOR.
In an interview with the Asso
ciated Press. Governor Spry says he
refused to exercise official clemency
in the case of Joseph Hillstrom, be
cause he was an I. W. W. If this be
true, then the Governor should be
..promptly removed from office, if
same way could be found to do this,
as he is morally and legally unfit to
hold any position where his official
powers brings him in pontact with
the judiciary of the state. What
chance would any man have before
a person like Gov. Spry, if he dif
fered from him in social and eco
nomic questions? A man who would
so prostitute his great office as to
allow a fellow man to die because
lie detests his principles, would be
capable of packing the jury and help
ing bring the man to his fate. It is
this kind of law that makes danger
ous criminals, and it is time that per
secution of those who differ from us
in religion, politics or nativity be
stopped. It is not only inhuman, but
js un-American. We are not discuss
ing the question of whether Indus
trialism is a good or a bad thing;
any system which allows a man to
be railroaded to his death on account
of his beliefs is dangerous to the
stability of our government.
Socialism will undoubtedly show a
wonderful increase the next year.
The unsettled condition of affairs, the
policy of preparedness, the proposal
to raise a larger army by teaching
militarism in the schools,—all these
things will make Socialists by the
-thousand. It is only a question of a
few years now, according to the fore
most students of economic affairs, oe
fore the United States will see its
first Socialist president and congress.
Just what will be done then, and
whether that party will live up to its
promises remains to be seen. Where
ever it has been tried, it has been a
failure so far, owing to strife among
the leaders as soon as they get tem
porary power.
Republican politics all over the
country are grooming their candi
dates and preparing for the greatest
political conflict in the history of pol
itics. The past four years have been
lean ones for the G. O. P., but it re
mains to be seen whether the people
will swap horses in the middle of the
stream. At any rate the voters of
Alaska may look for a warm con
■ ict, but politics is a game that
should not be taken too seriously, as
the old ship of state will drift along
somehow, no matter whose hand is
at the helm.
Prom all over the United States
comes a cry of hard times, no work,
and no money. Just why this should
be so with millions of dollars in war
orders being poured into this country
daily, and with the bank deposits the
largest ever known in the history of
the country, is hard to understand.
Capital seems afraid to loosen up its
purse-strings, and the money receiv
ed from Europe goes to enrich but a
few men. After the war we may look
for big things, but as long as it lasts
investors will be afraid to trust their
money to the insecure conditions.
All the world may not exactly love
a lover, but it always takeB an in
terest in his letters when they are
read to a jury.
Every dog is said to have his day,
hut the trouble is that many of them
do not know it until the day after.'
--THE
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WAKING DREAMS.
A Long Serial of Event* Can •#
Crowded into a Faw Second*.
It la mon» than likely that the great
majority at dream* belong to the few
momenta when wears falling off to
fleep and the equally brief time we
take to wake up. lafaet, nothing la
more fully, established than the fact
that an apparently long dream can un
fold Itself in an infinitesimal space of
time. yy- . ,yiy> —ix i .‘i *
Alfred Maury relates how he bad a
long and vivid dream of the reign of
terror ia France, Which Included his
trial before the revolutionary tribunal
and his execution. He actually felt
the guillotine fall. Yet that dream
from beginning to end was actually
caused by the fall of a curtain rod
which struck him on the fieck and
woke him up. The whole lengthy
dream lasted really a couple of sec
onds.
A well known writer in London was
sitting up late Writing something he
much wished to finish. Suddenly some
one came into the room and announc
ed that he was called to go to Man
chester. He went out and packed bis
bag and went to that city, where he
stayed several days and saw Innumera
ble people. He returned in due course
and transacted a lot of business in
town and actually contracted for and
started a new book.
Yet wben be woke with a start and
found it was all a dream the ink of
the last word he bad written was as
fresh and needed the blotting paper as
much as if it had only Just been writ
ten. He could not have dozed longer
than ten seconds.—Pearson’s.
SPOILED HIS FISHING.
An Angler’s Abrupt Departure From an
Uncongenial Visitor.
An easterner was spending hiB first
summer in Montana, says the Wash
ington Star, where he had a good op
portunity to indulge in his favorite
sport of trout fishing. One afternoon
he had been unusually successful, but
just as he was setting out for camp
with a heavy string of fish he caught
sight of a great pine that had blown
down and was lying with its top in
the water—just the place for hooking
a monster trout.
Pushing along to the fallen pine, he
climbed upon it by dint of hard scram
bling, holding on as best he could with
his rod in one hand and his string of
Osh in the other. The tree was close
to the bank, and the stream was run
ning bank full. He was in the midst
of the branches, crowding onward,
when suddenly an immense bear rose
up close beside him.
There was no hesitation. To run
was impossible. On the impulse of
the moment the man dashed his string
of trout full in the bear’s face. In do
ing so be lost his balance, and the next
instant there was a tremendous splash,
and he disappeared in the rushing
water.
The fisherman emerged some dis
tance farther down the stream and.
scrambling to the bank, looked back.
There on the pine sat the bear, intent
ly watching the hole where he had dis
appeared. He did not go back to in
form her that he was not there, but
made for camp at good speed.
A Plank’* Inside and Outside.
There is an inside, also an outside, to
•very plank or board, the outside be
ing the side farthest removed from the
“pith,” or center, of the tree from
which the plank was cut. The careful
workman always bears this iti mind
when fixing boards. Ue leaves the out
•lde exposed to the air. If the Inside
is exposed to the atmosphere the ear
Her layers will ultimately shell out In
shreds and strips owing to the action
of the air destroying the timber's co
hesive properties. As a result the even
•nrface will be destroyed, a serious de
feet in better class work.—London An
swers.
Origin of Comat*.
Professor Elis Stromgren, director
of the Copenhagen observatory, has
carried out with the aid of J. Brane.
an investigation to determine whether
comets come originally from interstel
lar space, as has been commonly sup
posed, or originate within the solar sys
tem. His method of research Involves
the backward computation of planetary
perturbations for eight comets. The
conclusion reached is that all comets
heretofore observed have originated
within the solar system.
An Unfortunate Accident.
“Goodness, little boy!" exclaimed the
kindly old gentleman to the weeping
youth: “what on earth is the matter?"
“I had a turrlble accident.” bawled
the boy.
“Gracious! What was It?"
“I met pop when I was a-playin’
hookey.”—Ladies’ Home Journal.
, Imprudence.
The only cure for imprudence is the
suffering which imprudence entails
Nothing but bringing bim face to face
with stern necessity and letting him
feel how unbending, how unpitying, it
is can Improve the man of ill governed
desires.—Herbert Spencer.
i . Candid Analysis.
“Can you dance?"
“Yes,” answered the self approving
man. "I ain’t much for style, but I've
got wonderful endurance.’’—Washing
ton Star.
Non* For Him.
"Why did you qfilt your last place?
Wasn’t your work congenial?"
“Lady, no work it congenial.”—De
trolt Free Press
Fidelity In small things is at the baae
of every great achievement.—Wagner
CHANGED ONE LETTER.
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How a Sarioua Political Crisis In Cana.
. ^ da Was Avortod.
At the period when British Columbia
was threatening to withdraw from the
Dominion of Canada because the Car*
parvon settlement bad been Ignored
by the Mackenzie administration the
late Lord Dufferln took part in a pub
lic function in Quebec. .
While the procession was moving
through the principal streets a gentle
man, breathless with excitement, hur
ried up to his excellency’s carriage to
say a “rebel” arch bad been placed
across tbe road ao aa to identify the
viceroy with the approval of the dis
loyal inscription thereon.
“Can you tell me what words thera
are on the arch?" quietly asked Duf
ferln. «.
“Ob. yesl" replied his Informant
“They are ’Carnafvon Terms or Sepa
ration.’ ’’
“Send the committee to me." com
manded his excellency. “Now, gentle
men,” said he, with a smile to tbe com
mittee. “I’ll go under your beautiful
arch on one condition. 1 won't ask you
to do much, and I beg but a trifling fa
vor. I merely ask that you alter one
letter in your motto. Turn the S into
an R—make it ‘Carnarvon Terms or
Reparation’—and I will gladly pass un
der it.”
The committee yielded, and eventu
ally Dufferln contrived to smooth over
the difficulties and to reconcile the mal
contents.
SENSES OF TREES.
8om*thing Almost Human In Somo of
the Plants’ Actions.
Mr. James Rodway. who Is the cura
tor of the British Guiana museum and
an eminent botanist, declares that
plants have at least three of our five
senses—feeling, taste and smell—and
that certain tropical trees smell water
from a distance and will move straight
toward it
But trees not in the tropics can do as
well. A resident of an old Scotch
mansion, says a writer in the Scots
man, found the waste pipe from the
house repeatedly choked. Lifting the
slabs in the basement paving, be dis
covered that the pipe was completely
encircled by poplar roots. They be
longed to a tree that grew some thirty
yards away on the opposite side of the
house.
Thus the roots had moved steadily
toward the house and had penetrated
below the foundation and across the
basement until they reached their goal,
the waste pipe, 150 feet away. Then
they bad pierced a cement joining and
hud worked their way in long, taper
ing lengths inside the pipe for a con
siderable distance beyond the house.
There seems something almost hu
man in such unerring Instinct and per
severance in surmounting obstacles.
And Yet They Say Authors Are Poor.
Authors may not now spurn the of
fer of money for their work, but they
really do sometimes fail to cash checks,
according to the cashier of the Century
company. "I don’t know what they
do with the checks,” be said in com
plaint to a friend the other day. "un
less they frame them. Though ac
knowledgments have proved the re
ceipt of the checks, i am always carry
lug on the books corresponding ac
counts that I can’t close up for mouths,
sometimes years. I remember espe
cially one check Issued to a famous
actor and author. He died a number
of years ago. The check was made
out anew to the estate. Still it is un
c-ashed. There is more than one au
thor I’d bless if he—it is usually he—
would only go and get his money.”
Ready For the Worst.
“A woman in a parish where I lived,”
said an English clergyman, "used each
day to prepare herself for the worst.
1 was complimenting her one day on
the extreme tidiness of the house even
early in the morning.
•••Yes,’ she said; ‘1 always likes to
’ave my bedrooms done hearty, for, as
I alius sea, you never knows what may
’appen. 'ow soou one of the children
may be brought ’ome in a fit or with
a broken leg, and, as 1 alius sez. It
don’t matter what ’appens. so long as
you’ve got a bedroom to put ’em into.’ ”
—Cornhill Magazine.
Chivalry.
“Do you know," said the particularly
well groomed aud elaborately viva
clous lady In the full bloom of her sec
ond youth, “that I have the most won
derful gardener In the world—the ten
derest hearted not only of gardeners,
but of men? He has always made me
up a very special bouquet on my birth
day and presented It to me in person.
But ever since I was thirty—well, he's
only given me a birthday bouquet ev
ery third year."—New York Post.
Herosa and Villains.
Men are not made heroes by the per
formance of an act of heroism, but
must be brave before they can [lerform
it; so they were not made villains by
the commission of a crime, but were
villains before they committed it.—Rus
kin. _
Is This So, Ladies?
“They say that a Martian year baa
over 600 days."
“Possibly it Is In Martinn years that
our ladles give their ages.”—Boston
Transcript
Solved.
Knlcker—What would happen If an
Irresistible force met an Immovable
body? Bocker—The mule would kick
Itself.—New York Sun. ,
intelligence Is the mother of good
luck.—Benjamin Franklin.
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By Request.
Tomorrow night, Saturday, the
Liberty theatre will produce by spe
cial request Lillian Russell in “Wild
iire,” five acts of superb acting by
that noted star.
And “Across ihe Pacific” in five
acts, a Chas. E. Blaney feature of
the spanish-American war, showing
the trials and life of a volunteer,
making a total of ten reels of solid
amusement for 25 cents. Don’t for
get at the i-.-erty Theatre
Congregational Church.
Rev. J. P. Dunstan, pastor.
The following services will be held
on Sunday:
10:45, Prayer meeting.
11:00, Devotional Service, subject
“Soul Rest.”
12:00, Sunday School.
7:30, Gospel Service, subject, “A
Twice-Born Man.”
Tuesday evenings, Bible Study Cir
cle.
Thursday afternoon. Ladies’ Aid.
Thusrday, at 7:30, Prayer Meeting.
Catholic Church Services.
Rev. John T. Corbett, S. J., Pastor.
First mass at 8:30 a. m.
Second mass and sermon at 10:30
a. m.
Sunday school at 2:00 p. m.
Vespers sermon and benediction
at 7:30 p. m.
Week-day mass at 7:30 a. m.
A cordial invitation to attend
these services .is extended to all non
Catholics.
Fsr good nome-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
We receive work from as far west
as Unga and north as Copper Center.
If that isn’t a benefit to Valdez show
me what is. Get busy and try to
work us to a finish; at least until
we holler enough. Valdez Iron
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Phone 42
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Regular Communications nrst Wed
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Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
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Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
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' For Ellamar, Land lock Bay,
and Fid algo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
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Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McC ALLUM, Secretary,
Valdai, Alaska,
Dougherty & Ferguson
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The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
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Office In Pinson Cigar Store
General Trucking and Freighting,
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
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