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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1913.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS.
We are on the eve of the world’s
greatest anniversary. We are cele
brating a time that does more to bury
the hatchets of long standing feuds,
and establish the calmer reign of
peace and friendship in the hearts of
men than any other public day that
we have ever known. It !s the Christ
mas spirit that permeates the atmos
phere, and for this time we throw
away restraint and cur own self-cen
tered interests and really remember
that there are o'hers traveling along
the plains of Time whose degree of
gladness and good will measures our
own, and for whom the pleasures and
joys of receiving are lost in the great
er blessings of Christmas giving. It
is a time when the whole of the
Christian world seems to rise above
its normal self and seemingly enter
the portals of the Utopia of human
life that poets and sages of a bygone
day have lauded and sung, and phil—
- osophers of the modern school have
dreamed of. Perhaps it is because we
give. But today the children of the
Russian peasantry will listen eagerly
for the jingling bells of St. Nicholas,
and the festive halls of Germany will
be lighted by a thousand candles
gleaming from the widespread Christ
mas tree; the children of France and
of Spain, of Norway and Sweden and
Denmark will sing the songs of their
fatherland and give. The British em
pire today will stop (he myriad wheels
of its factories and ’workshops and
around the festive board they will
gather, and England will be merry to
day. And under the folds of Old
Glory, in states that we love and i
places that we call home we can see
the Christmas trees of the past years i
and hear the singing of familiar voice* j
and the shouting of the happy chil - ;
dren as the good old festive day rolls j
on. Perhaps it is because it is a day j
that we feel constrained to give and j
with our gifts enter the hearts and ]
lives of those who receive.
The Prospector wishes to expressj
ihe hope that Valdez will spend the !
best Christmas in its history, and that \
its people, from the youngest to the 1
oldest, may feel on this happy oc
casion the best of Christmas joy and
cheer and that these days may bring
to you a goodly portion of that par
ticular kind of peace and good will
that seems to make itself known in
the celebration of Christmastide. We
say again, “A merry Christmas to
you- all.”
Restaurants in India are to serve
butter in tubes instead of in the usual
“patty” form, the European residents
there evidently having learned all
they care to know about the native
Indian’s finger prints.
On the other hand, a really beauti
ful woman does not need a long feath
ers on her hat to tickle persons in
her vicinity and thus call attention to
the charms with which nature has
endowed her.
Where is the shrinking, timid wo
man of a generation ago? More than
a thousand French women wanted to
be taken up by the aviator, Chevil
lard, when he looped the loop in mid
air.
Victor Murdock has introduced three
anti-trust bills in congress, evident
ly acting on the theory that it would
be a shame to hide his fire alarm
thatch under a bushel.
If you don’t believe that the world
is progressing toward an ideal, think
over the probable fact that there are
now in existence eleven absolute mon
archs out of a job.
An Oklahoma cow ate up {600 in
cash, the entire savings of her own
er. Do cows get licenses to run sav
ings banks in Oklahoma?
The prevailing fad ip Parisian Ivory
Toilet Articles. A handsome line is
being shown at the Valdez Drug Co.'s
store.
GABLE SURGEON
HARD Al WORK
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Valdez-Liscum Cable is Sure Some
Rotten—May Lay New Cable
From Town to Fort.
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The cable surgeons on the repair
ship Burnside are busy working to re
pair the Valdez-Liscum cable, which
was broken by the anchor of the Ala
meda, and which was in very poor
condition because of the use of the
cable for the purpose of telephoning.
More current is used by the telephone
system than is necessary for cabling
and the cable was unable to stand the
extra current.
Chief Surgeon Lieut. Linn and his
assistant master electrician, Brouck,
will lay a new cable from the post to
Valdez if it is found necessary. The
cable from the beach at low tide to
the Valdez cable office is in very bad
condition, but it will be impossible
to lay a new cable because of the
snow, except at an additional expense,
and therefore the beach cable will be
buried next summer.
The Valdez-Sitka cable was repair
ed at 5 o’clock yesterday and is now
in good wo'tk ng order.
The Burnside will not be through
her work for several days.
hf REYNOLDS KILLS
ALL ALASKA LAWS
May Be Necessary to Have New Ses
sion of Territorial Legislature to
Provide For Defects.
JUNEAU, Dec. 24.—District Attor
ney Rustgard today received a com
munication from the attorney general
holding that the Alaska territorial
legislature cannot impose additional
duties upon federal officers.
The attorney general holds that it
is not part of the duty of marshals,
clerks, the fish commissioner or any
of their deputies to enforce the laws
placed on the statute books by the
First Alaska territorial legislature.
The decision of 'be Department of
Justice will make void the poll tax
and license laws passed by the ter
ritorial legislature as no provision
was made to carry the laws into ef
fect and no courts were established
in which to settle the disputes.
Considerable pressure is being
bought to bear upon Govenor Srtong
to have him call an extra session of
the legislature to devise ways and
means of carrying out the taws en- ;
acted, it is believed that territorial ;
courts will have to be established. '
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
as depth on level, in inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Wednesday, December 24, 1913.
Wortmans, cloudy, snowing 52
Summit, snowing, calm ... 80
Beaver Dam, cloudy, calm 5 38
Tonsina, clear, calm . 10 15
Gulkana, cloudy, calm .... 15
Hogans, cloudy, calm .... 15
Paxsons. 15
Tuesday, December 23, 1913.
Wortmans, cloudy, calm • • 52
Summit, part cloudy, calm 78
Beaver Dam, cloudy, calm 10 38
Tonsina, clear, calm . -2 15
Copper Center, clear, calm 9
Gulkana, cloudy, calm .... -5 10
Hogans, cloudy, calm . 15
Paxson’s, snpwing . 20 26
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Moose Dinner Tomorrow.
The big Christmas dinner to be giv
en by the Moose tomorrow will .com
mence promptly at tour o’clock. Dur
ing the dinner the Reinke Orcestra
will play a number of special selec
tions. A dance will ..be given in the
evening. All those who intend attend
ing the dinner should secure tickets
immediately so that William Lee, who
is in charge of the dinner, may know
how many persons to provide for.
The Moose Hall has been' beautifully
decorated with Christmas greens and
a large tree has been placed in the
club room for the children^
Buy one or the nirty combination
purse and card ■ cases at the Val
dez Drug Store.
A very complete line of Xmas Art
Leather Goods is shown at the Val
dez Drug Store.
AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.
Apparent 8ize of the Moon at the Hori.
zon and at the Zenith.
The moon’s larger appearance when
near the horizon as compared with Its
size at the zenith Is really an optical
Illusion, and accurate angular meas
urements hare shown that it Is actual
ly a trifle smaller when low down, as
it should be on account of being a lit
tle more distant.
Adding a new attempt at explana
tion, Dr. M. I’onzo, an Italian phycbol-,
)gist. compares this with an Illusion
a trendy represented by E. T. Sanford,
another physchologist. Two straight
lines are brought together at an acute
angle at one end, two exactly equal
circles being then drawn between the
lines, when the circle nearer the npex
appears decidedly the larger, but the
illusion lessens as'the angle Is made
less acute.
As the celestial bodies near the hori
zon. they appear In the angle formed
by the earth and the declining arc of
the sky. The conditions are Just those
of the artificial lines and circles, and
its enlargement in the narrowing angle
Is a contrast the moon conspicuously
brings out as compared with the spec
tacle It presents In the free sky.
The fact that the apparent enlarge
ment is not always the same may be
due to changes in the angle by clouds
or vapors.—Denver Republican.
HE WAS AN OUTLAW.
And Presumed to Violate the Rules
of the Canal Zone.
Almost as Important In the work of
building the Panama canal as the blue
eyed czar at Culebra (by which title
Mr. Harry A. Franck, in “Zone Police
man 88,” distinguishes Colonel Goe
thals), was Colonel Gorgas, who made
and kept the zone a healthy place.
Among the colonel’s big tasks was
the extermination of the mosquito.
How thoroughly he did his work is
humorously indicated by a letter that
Mr. Franck quotes:
Gatun. - 20. 1912.
Dear Colonel—1 am writing to call your
attention to a gross violation of sanitary
ordinance No. 3021 and an apparent loop
hole In your otherwise excellent depart
ment. The circumstances are as follows:
On the evening of - 2t, as I was sit
ting at the roadside between Gatun and
New Gatun (some sixty-three paces be
yond house No. 220). there appeared a
mosquito which buzzed openly for some
time about my ears. It was probably
merely a male of the species, as It show
ed no tendency to bite, but a mosquito
nevertheless. I trust you will take fitting j
measures to punish so bold and Insolent i
a violation of the rules of your depart- :
ment. I am. sir. very truly yours,
MRS. HENRY PECK. j
P. S.—The mosquito can be easily recog- ;
nlzed by a peculiarly triumphant, defiant |
note In his song j
Mental Growth.
Oue fact which seems to distinguish
superior from ordinary families is that,
while members of tlie latter seem al
most to stop growing at about the age
of thirty-five, the lives of the former
deepen and expand even into the van
ishing years of old age. A visitor re- i
turns to the village after an absence j
of ton years. He is shocked at the ]
relative standstill of a large part of the
population. This lack of development
after the age of thirty-five or forty
represents primarily an Innate deficien
cy in the protoplasm of the nervous
system. It is a psychological fact un
doubtedly of eugenic import. Superior |
individuals exhibit a lengtlicuing of |
tlie period of plasticity and growth j
Their personalities are correspondingly
tlie richer from experience.—American
Magazine.
Liked New Tombstones.
In Sun Francisco a woman left$5.CHK>
each to ten of her nephews some years
ago, but this was the condition: Her
tombstone was to be replaced every
two years with a new one on which
each nephew in turn “should cause to
he chiseled au appropriate verse set
ting forth bis love aud affection." As
the bequests were in the shape of an
nuities from a bulk fund the nephews
in order to draw upon the fund for
their income had to comply with the
demands of the decedent Oue nephew
sued and was beaten. Although under
the terms of the will he was to forfeit
his share for contesting, the will was
so construed and interpreted that he
still received his annuity, but subject
to the new tombstone conditions —New
York Sun
Not What He Felt.
Jules, twelve years old and from
"seaconst. nookful Normandy,” cauie
on a visit to friends in tills country. £le
struggled manfully with the difficulties
of a languuge which did not always
menu what it said. One day he sat
looking very snd. He missed his boats
and tlie fishermen und his adored sea.
“Are you homesick. Jules?" he was
asked
“No it Is not that 1 am homesick."
he replied. “I am-what You call—sea
sick.”—New York Post
Woman In Congress.
The late James Freeman Clarke, an
swering a man who feared that if wo
men bad tbe ballot tbey would go to
congress. Bald: “Perhaps so. but not
ontil we want them. And when we
want them we shall no longer te
shocked at their taking such post
tions." __
Smith* In England.
In England tbe Smiths are tbe most
nuiiierons of all families. But In Ire
land they are content to rank Ofth.
after Murphy. Kelly, Sullivan and
Walsh. _
Economic Oafonso.
"Why ilnu't women dress sensibly?”
••If they did half tbe Indiistrtea of
the world would go to smash "—Lou
isville Courier-Journal.
Our Best Wishes to the
PEOPLE OF VALDEZ
Fora Very Merry Xmas.
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PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
| Washing ton, D. C."
DENTIST,
Phone 92 JIFeurteen y ears'.in
Office in Whaling building |JVALDEZ
Next to cable officeS!.
DR. GERMAN
Phon, ,9 the dentist
Office rooms over owl Drug siore. Office hours
9 a. in., to 6 p. m.. 7 p, in., to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. C. H. VANCE
THE
OSTEOPATH
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy, Kikrsville. Mo.
OFFICE H0URS--9 to 12 a., 1 toS p. a., or by
oppoiotacot.
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A TTORN EY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
L A \V Y E R
t'HONK'iae ’ Valdez, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
'Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Kes. Phone, in.
L. W. STO&M. E. M.
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CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet e*ery Tuesday evening st 8 o'cloot In
Eagle Hall All members are reqaeatedle
attend. T. Q. QUINN. Arvtlo Chief
S. MCNIKOK. Seeretary
Prospectors,
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Don’t neglect your[health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
^When in'Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior---Well Heated, Clean Rooms. "
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
|j P A Real Comforter
Almost any kind of pain can be quickly relieved by means
of hot appliances, yet many people employ less effective
methods such as liniments, plasters, etc., on account of
the trouble and mess incidental to the use of hot water.
The G-E Electric
Heating Pad
saves all this trouble. It is ready for use in an instant,
K and will furnish you with the necessary heat continuously,
^ day and night, without causing the least bit of bother.
The Domestic Size makes an excellent Electrical
• Christmas Gift. Come in and see how nicely it works.
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Alaska Water,
i Light & Tel. Co
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Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday is
each month In McKinley Hsll Visitors always
welcome.
James H. Patterson..W. M
C. C. Remolds. Sec
VALDEZ LODGE.NO. 6,1.0. 0. F
Meets every Monday at S p. m ■■
ODD PBLLOWS'HALL
Viaitina Brothers especially invited
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