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EVERYTHING
FIRST CLASS
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fylanager.
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ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere
Glill REPUBLICAN
GOING TO SEWARD
Territorial Committeemen on the
Steamer Northwestern U» Hold
Political Session.
Sundry Republican politicians are
on the steamer Northwestern to at
tend a meeting a meeting of the Re
pcblioan territorial committee which
will be held in Seward when the
steamer arrives in that civic center.
Chairman Chas. E. Herron of 8ew
ard and George Irving of Juneau are
abroad and it is understood that
George C. Hazelet of Cordova will be
among those prosent. Probably sev
eral others whose names have not
yet reached the press in connection
with the committee session will also
come along, and no doubt all who at
tend will carry enough proxies to
keep them warm. Owing to Alas
ka’s magnificent distances most polit
ical meetings in the territory are
composed chieflly of proxies.
The purpose of the meeting is to
set the time and place for a Repub
lican territorial convention, which
will elect two delegates to the na
tional convention of the party, a
member of the Republican national
committee, a candidate for delegate
to congress, a candidate for attor
ney-general of tlie territory, aid
transact such other political business
as may seem useful to the Grand Old
Party when its clans get together
Seward Has tlie Call.
The committee was called to meet
at Seward because Chairman Herron
lives there and he had the calling
privilege. Naturally he wanted to
show Seward that he could do some
thing for the town. He also plans
to have the convention held at Sew
ard and when he went outside in De
cember he said he had nearly enough
votes in sight to put it over.
Up to date no great stir has been
manifest among the G. O. P. politi
cians but it iB known that a lot of
trenches have been dug and tunnels
run in which mines are to be exploded
under opposing factions. The big
bone of contention is said to be the
job of member of the national com
mittee. This is due to the fact that
the national committeeman wields
the big stick in federal appointments
and as every G. O. P. man believes
that the stars in their courses are
going to carry a Republican into the,
White House a year lienee citizens
who have official aspirations want to,
know who is who and why.
One Favorite Job.
At the present time the national
committeeman is William S. Bayltss
of Juneau, junior partner of that
noted Republican autocrat, Louis P
Shackleford, who captured the !ob
in 1908 and 1912, but shortly after
the latter year slipped the nominal
position along to his helper. Shack
leford is a very able lawyer and in
his Way a strong politician but hl3
methods won him a lot of enemies
who are even now after his scalp. It
is understood that Shackleford would
like to be elected again but will not
go into a losing fight.
George Irving of Juneau is coming
. up with most of the proxies from the
First division. It is supposed that he
represents the Shackleford interest,
as he has always trained with that
faction and Is one of its ablest lead
ers. Fairbanks and Nome have not
been heard from except by vague ru
mor. It is stated that W. A. Gilmore
and George D. Schofield of the Nome
division will have the delegation
_ 1„» ‘
from that country in the convention
and that Gilmore thinks he would fit
the job of national committeemen.
There Are Others.
Charley Herron has also made it
known that if anybody wants to fas
ten the harness of national commit
teeman on him he will stand without
hitching. It is settled that the Third
division will have a candidate for the
job and that it will not support Shack
leford.
So far as heard from nobody is go
ing to ask for the nomination for
delegate to congress unless it is
lJudge Wickersham. He has made it
know.n to several persons, friends
and otherwise, that he would like to
have th enomination and that he is
tired of being a maverick. The dele
gate also scents Republican victory
in ly.Lu find he would rather ride on
the bandwagon than on the Salt
river launch. The Republican poli
ticians of the Third division are al
most unanimously opposed to show
ing the delegate any favor. The oth
er divisions have not been heart
from extensively on that issue.
Numerous friends of Col. B. F.
Millard of .ez have urged him to
become a candidate for delegate but
so far he has announced no decision.
It is admitted that if Senator Mil
lard should take the Republican nom
ination and Judge Wickersham should
run independent again the Valdez
mining man would at least keep the
flies off the delegate during the -am
paign.
MINER SUCCUMBS
TO PNEUMONIA
John Radovloh, who was. BeUeved to
Have Passed Banger Point,
Bled at 10:00 hast Night.
John Radovich, the well known
miner who nad been a patient at the
hospital at Fort Llscum for several
days suffering from pneumonia, died
at 10 o’clock last night. Deceased
Was a native of Montenegro and his
parents are still living in the old
country. He had been in Alaska for
several years and was about thirty
one years of age. >
Radovich contracted his fatal ill
ness at Shoup Bay, where he had been
living alone in a cabin on some min
ing property which he recently lo
cated there. He had been ill for sev
eral days before other men, learned
of his condition and as a heavy storm
was raging no launch could be secur
ed to take him where he would re
ceive medical treatment.
He was finally taken across th<- bay
to Fort Liscum where he received
careful attehtion from Dr. Duckwed.
the Post1 surgeon, and the efficient
staff of the hospital there, but the
disease had undermined his constitu -
tion and he passed away last nl
Deceased was not identified witn
any local fraternal order and the body
has been taken in charge by Bi ty
Hogpn, Mike Bayan and Geo. Pi 1
ver, Jr., who will bear the expenses
of the funeral. The remains were
brought across the bay this afternoo*.
to -the Valdes Undertaking parlors.
The funeral will be held tomorrow,
when the remains will be laid to r«t
in the local cemetery.
John Zug, who has been superin
tendent of the Alaska Road Commis
sion's work in' the Fa,. —a district
tor a number of years, is a passenger
Ion the Admiral Evans coming to
Valdes.
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Imported and Domestic
Wines, liquors and Ciisrs
Phone 69
NO TIME LOST IN
TRANSMISSION OK NEWS
No time is lost in the local office of
the Signal Corps in relaying mes
sages received over the cable from .
Whitshed to points in interior Alas
ka which are connected with the tel
egraph lines. As the cable messages
are received on the tape they are Ira-1
mediately sent over thhfftind wires by i
an operator facing the tape, while an- |
other operator copies the messages'
on a typewriter.
The new arrangement is the work j
of Master Electrician Faust who pro
vided switches so that the cable news
was received at the same point where
messages were dispatched over the
land lines, eliminating the loss of sev
eral minutes- time.
liOCAIi BREVITIES.
Hate Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf OUT F. CAMERON.
W. Glenn came up from Fldalgo
Bay yesterday afternoon on the
launch Shamrock and will spend a
few days in town.
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Supt. A. G. Stahl of the Alaska
Mines Corporation, is in town from
Fldalgo Bay to spend a few days with
his family. He expects to return to
the property early next week and re
ports that everything at the mine is
advancing.
For good nome-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Lars Holland, who has been at Fi
dalgo Bay with the Alaska Mines Cor
poration, returned to Valdez last
night on the launch Shamrock and
will begin the development of some
mining claims in which he is inter
ested in this district.
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of Schcol Stationery tf
Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cookers,
Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
the Emporium. tf
The Pioneer Women of Alaska at
their meeting last night decided that
they would give a dance at Eagle hall
on Easter Monday, April 24. They
are making the early announcement
in order that dates for other social
affairs might not conflict.
Everybody come to the uew fad
dance, the “Confletti Dance,” given
by the Eagles, February 14, 1916.
Watch the locals.
Mike Bayan came up the bay yes
terday on the launch Shamrock from
Fidalgo Bay where he has been work
Ing for the Alaska Mines corporation.
Mrs. Magnussen and daughter,
Marjorie, came in from Camp Com
fort today on a purchasing trip and
will return home this afternoon.
The Signal Corps office reported
this afternoon that no new*s con
cerning the movements of the stea n
# Admiral Evans had been received
up to a,late hour this afternoon. The
steamer was reported 'from Seattle
to have sailed for Valdes,last Sun
day evening and should reach this
port sometime tomorrow.
U. S. Commissioner George J.
Love, who spent his vacation in the
States, Is a returning passenger on
the Admiral Evans.
FOUND: On Sherman street, part
of a rosary. Owner can have same
by applying to Prospectory office
Lieut. C. A. Dougherty, who has
been in charge of the coaat division
of the U. S. miltary telegraph and ca
ble system during the past two years,
will sever his connection with the
Signal Corps tomorrow, and will
leave on the first steamer for the
States. Capt. Nolan, who has beer
detailed to the office here by the
War department, is reported to be 11
in Seattle and may be delayed for a
time in coming north.
Mrs. E. R. Davis will be an out
going passenger on the Northwestern
for the States and will spend two or
three months visiting friends and
relatives at different points on Pu
get Sound.
A man named 8chatz sustained a
severely twisted ankle last night
when he slipped on the sldewklk near
the residence of T. P. Geraghty while
going home. The injured man was
taken into the Geraghty home and a
physician summoned, when it was
found that no bones had been brok
en. He was later taken to Tom Beas
ley’s cabin where he i? reported by
Dr. Dalton to be suffering from a
twisted ankle which may trouble him
for a few days. t
LAFAYETTE DOLLARS.
Wlfy They Were Issued and What
They Are Now Worth.
In 1S09 congress ordered 50,000
Lafayette dollars to he coined in uld
of the fund for the erection of the
Lafayette monument in Paris in 1900.
The first one of the issue was struck at
the Philadelphia mint Dec. 14, 1899, on
the one hundredth anniversary of the
death of George Washington. This
coin was set apart for presentation by
the president of the United States to
the president of the republic of
France. '
The Lafayette dollar is a legal tender
dollar and bears upon its race a double
medallion of the beads of Washing
ton and Lafayette and on the reverse
a miniature reproduction of the eques
trian statue of Lafayette, with the In
scription, “In Commemoration of Mon
ument Erected by 8chool Youth of
United States to General Lafayette.
Paris. France, 1900.”
The Lafayette memorial commission
was authorized to dispose of them at
$2 apiece, the profit golug to the mon
ument fund. The whole proceeding
was to honor the memory of Lafay
ette. and there was but one issue of
the coins—viz, 50,000. They have be
come widely scattered, mostly in the
hands of collectors, and are worth
$1.10 to $1.25 apiece - New York
Times
WHERE COOKS FAIL
Thsy Carry Thair “Move on” Fever
Into Uncle Sam’s Service.
Uncle 8am, rich and powerful, good
to bis “help." and the surest pay In
the world, can’t keep his cooks any
longer or better than the ordinary sub
urban commuter, He offers them good
pay. easy hours and lots of “nights
out," bUt they simply will not over
look the fact that they are cooks, bred
and bom. and so keep moving on.
United States marine corps statistics
covering the last two years show a
greater percentage of- men deserted'
who gave occupation prior to entry as
•"cooks” than any other class that en
listed during the period.
Desertions from the marine corps are
very light at all times The average
marine considers that the service of
fers better advantages than anything
he could find in civil life, and he be
lieves tbe opportunities for travel ami
adventure to be unexcelled, and. were
it not for tbe cooks, marine corps of
ficials believe that the “oldest branch
of tbe service" would have an almost
clean slate with regard to desertions.
No class of men look so lightly on the
oath of obligation as these selfsame
“knights of the frying pan.” marine
corps recruiters declare
The Microscope.
X spectacle maker, Jan Leippersbeiin
by name, living in Holland, invented a
crude magnifying glass in 1008. Anton
von Leuwenhoek, born in Delft in 1032,
improved this clumsy toy and evolved
a compound microscope which has be
come the most valuable sanitary tool
yet devised by man. That first micro
scope was as far removed from the
high powered instrument of today as
is the modern American from tbe orig
inal cave man. Yet by this faulty
means Leuwenhoek. naturalist, physi
cian and botanist, discovered certain
minute bodies which he called “little
animals." He made drawings of these,
and today they are known for those
useful friends and malignant enemies
of man—bacteria.—Argonaut.
Getting at His Motive.
“Will you have my seat?” he inquir
ed politely.
“On the ground that I am aged and
decrepit?" tbe woman asked.
“No. Indeed, madam."
“That 1 am young and beautiful and
possibly not averse to a flirtation?”
"Certainly not. That Is”—
'‘Then It must be because you are a
gentleman, In this- respect differing
from the fat person on the left and
the scrawny specimen at tbe right. I
am glad to learn your principles, sir,
but here Is my street, flood day.”—
Boston Transcript
Nothing to Worry About.
The wire was tenderly sympathetic.
“Why. George, dear.” she aatd when
ahe noted her husband’s tense attitude
and set eyee. "what la the trouble?”
He looked at her abeently. aa upon a
total stranger.
“Oh.” he said at length, “there was
something 1 was going to worry about
—I know there was—but for the Ufe of
me I can't think what It la.”—Puck.
The Loss of an Eye.
The loos of au eye. it Is stated, de
prives the Individual of one-sixth of
the Held of vision. The power of di
rection is also lost, so that a person
with one eye cannot bit a given point
until be becomes accustomed to the
changed conditions.
Impressed Her.
“You will never he able to make her
believe that be Is a liar.”
“I wouder why?”
”1 believe that be once told her she
was beautiful.**—Houston Post
He Was Obi
Short—-If the collector calls with that
bill tell him I'm out. Mrs. Short-But
that would be a lie. Short-No. It.
wouldn’t; !‘m out of cash, ain't IV
Boston Transcript.
The Wretch.
Ethel—Did you tell tbe reporter that
your engagement waa n secret? Mart#
—Yes. and the horrid thing never put
It In tbe paper at fll.—Beaton Tran
Want of carp dots as more damage
{/ban want <tf knowledge.—Pruaklln.
Protect Yourself
Against Theft and Fire '
/
By Placing Your Valuables In a
Safe Place.
We have Safety Deposit Boxes to
rent as low as five dollars a year
The First Bank of Valdez,
Resources $240,000.
THE P1NZON
Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’ Candy
-We Have
Varied Sweets
Glace Fruit
Old Fashioned
Nut Chocolates
French. Mixed
Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials
The Largest Stock of Candies in the North
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street
“Do It Electrically”
. i
Electric
Vaoran Cleaner
make* a cleaner and
kaltkijr home;
Inns save steps, time
and patience;
Wanning . Pads can
he kept at an even
Fhshfights show yon
the way at night—
Matches are dan
Safety First
The Fire Alarm
Bells Located At
Keystone and McKin
ley, Keystone and
Fourth, Court and
McKinley, Broad
way and Sixth, Ru
dolph and McKinley,
Alaska and Fourth,
Sherman and Nicina,
wi be rang daily at 12. j
M. If yon do not lei
beO nearest yon please
notify Central.
Percolators Bake
best coffee;
Toasters make de
licious boat:
Grill fry • burry-up
aealcaBMtbe equ
aled;
lMMi,lia#ii(
lup, sbodn. etc
Quality
Always
Agent j for Dayton Silent Electric House Pump
EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL.
Alaska Water, Light and Tele. Co; >
I l559t>om»wttfibBrti-50 Sample toomal
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Ltb. Fort Lisoum Lts. VaJSen
■ 8:16 a.m. 9:45a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:08 p.m.
TUESDAYS
6:16 a.m. 8:46 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 8:08 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 5:0bp.m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m. 4:N p.m.
7:00 p.m. LjMtfO p.m.
There will be no trip'or the IsuinE
on the second ana fourth Fridays St
each month, these days being used lb
clean boilers.
Children Take Note.*
All the children of Valde* are In
vited to attend the matinee given at
the Liberty theatre, Sunday after
noon at 3 p.m., as the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Surrhyno. .
Ed Lee Is in town from Fidalgo
Bay, where he has been working for
the Alaska Mines corporation.
Tho launch B. P. M„ which m<m
up from the Granite mine last night,
wii* leave on the return trip early to
morrow morning after securing the
mall which la coming on the North-"
western.
Capt. Marcum came op from Bile
mar yesterday afternoon on the
launch Shamrock