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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1914.
HUERTA’S YEAR
For a whole year and in the face
of violent opposition Gen. Victoriano
Huerta has held the dictatorship of
Mexico, and nothing beyond the low
state of the governmental finances
justifies the present belief that his
power is waning. That a majority of
the intelligent people of Mexico de
sire a constitutional government is
not to be doubted, but that there is
any man in sight to whom they can
confidently look as the leader of such
a government is very doubtful. Felix
Diaz has turned out to be a nonentity,
a mere pawn in the Huerta game;
they have been disappointed in de la
Barra and Lascurain, and they dis
trust the remnant of the Cientificos.
About Villa they can have no illu
sions.
CIO tl mmiai J ouiuuiuiiuv*
served Porfirio Diaz loyally in the
later years of his rule, and he trans
ferred his service to Madero when
that unhappy leader became presi
dent. When Orozco rebelled, Huer
ta pursued him as far as Bachimba
in Chihuahua, and seemingly crushed
his rebellion, which, according to
popularly accepted reports, had been
financed by the B"nk of Terrazas, an
adherent of Diaz. Anyhow, Orozco
retired from the field. At the very
moment of his victory, however, Hu
erta was recalled to the capital by
Madero, and was thereafter kept in
active. When the uprising in the cap
ital under Felix Diaz was checked a
year ago, and Huerta assumed power,
Orozco emerged from retirement and
entered the service of the provisional
president.
A review of the incidents of the
last two years in the disturbed re
public indicates that a strong and
shrewd mind was in action long be
fore the overthrow and the establish
ment of the dictatorship By attribut
ing forethought and steadfastness of
purpose to Huerta we are certainly
not belittling his character. The
country was in a state of turmoil long
before he asserted himself. Every
step he has taken has tended to in
crease the measure of his personal
authority He has lacked the men and
the money to suppress rebellion re
mote from the capital, but, in spite
of armed resistance north and south,
he has held the federal district and
the seeming allegiance of the people
in all the important cities. For a
whole year he has maintained a rule
which was not expected to last more
than a few months, and has met all
opposition with audacity, tact, and re
markable self-control.
That he is an extraordinary man,
who has had few equals in ability in
the whole history of Mexican leader
ship, the world must recognize. His
bed is not made of roses, the outlook
for him is not bright, and that he
possesses qualities which would be
useful in a period of peace and com
mercial and industrial prosperity may
fairly be doubted, but it is certain
that the whole character of Don Vic
toriano will not be comprehended un
til the last chapter of his history is
complete.—New York Times.
ANOTHER WARNING TO PARENTS
A Boston school expert who has
been investigating conditions of study
and deportment among public school
children finds that “the mental life
predominates in January and Febru
ary,” while boys and girls "are low
est from the viewpoint of good citi
zenship during March, part of April
and in October. Good boys are at
their best at 10 o’clock in the morn
ing and bad boys at their worst at 3
and 4 in the afternoon, and “parents
should make their appeals” accord
ingly.
What a lot of things we should nev
er have known but for sociology! Is
it possible that the predominance of
juvenile mental life in midwinter is
due to the absence of outdoor attrac
tions like baseball and bird nesting?
But parents cannot be too careful in
the treatment of their children under
the new dispensation, and in the light
of this discovery it will be their fault
if they spoil the child through neg
lect of choosing the psychological mo
ment for persuasion or reproof.
No doubt the sociological family al
manac of the future will contain the
injunctions: "Up to 11 a. m. appeal
to little Willie’s reason; delay spank
ing till after 4,” and "In March and
October avoid taxing Johnnie’s mind
with too much schooling,” etc.
The modern school boy is a sensi
tive plant and his moods and tenses
should receive due consideration.
With sociology pointing the way, it
will be the duty of all parents to
safeguard him from the blighting ef
fects of hard study.—Ex.
Ex-Congressman Hill, of Connecti
cut, was one of the leading prophets
of disaster under the Underwood tar
iff. The dispatches informed us,
however, a few days ago that his own
mills are now busier than they nave
been in a long time. Probably, Mr.
Hill has no personal objection to
prosperity thus alighting upon his own
head, despite the fact that it falsities
his predictions. But even mort not
able is the news from Philadelphia
and elsewhere that woolen manufac
turers are having something like a
boom They were in the most dole
ful of anticipatory dumps when the
tariff bill was pending, but now seem
to be discovering that their fears, in
so far as they were not feigned, were
groundless. They even talk gravely
about not only holding the domestic
market, but selling manufactures of
wool abroad! Free wool with low
ered duties on finished goods was a
monster of frightful mien a year ago,
but soon we may see even the Ameri
can Woolen company embracing it.
The Snare of Fate.
The Snare of Fate is a two-reel
Thanhauser picture that will be shown
at the Orpheum tonight. In Old Town
is a laughable farce comediy with
some good rag dancing in it. Special
change on Saturday.
“I hope you are following ray in
structions carefully, Sandy—the pills
three times a day and a drop of whis
key at bedtime.”
"Weel, sir, I may be a wee bit be
hind wi’ the pills, but I’m about six
weeks in front wi’ the whusky.”
A teacher told a negro pupil to
construct a sentence usin the words
"defeat” and “debasement.” After
thinking a while the negro replied:
“John went down de stairs. Defeat
slipped and he fell inter debasement.”
TIDE TABLES |
Thursday, February 26.
i High tide, 1:10 a. m. and 1:07 p. m.
Low tide, 7:07 a. m. and 7:26 p. m.
Friday, February 27.
High tide. 1:33 a. m. and 1:39 p. m.
i Low tide, 7:38 a. m. and 7:49 it. m.
Saturday, February 28.
High tide, 1:56 a. m. and 2:13 p. m.
| Low tide, 8:11 a. m. and 8:12 p. m.
Sunday, March 1.
| High tide, 2:22 a. nt. and 2:47 p. m.
Low tide, 8:46 a. m. and 8:36 p. m.
Monday, March 2.
High tide, 2:48 a. m. and 3:24 p. m.
| Low tide, 9:25 a. m. and 9:04 p. nt.
Tuesday, March 3.
High tide, 3:17 a. m. and 4:10 p. m.
Low tide, 10:10 a. m. and 9:35 p. m.
Wednesday, March 4.
High tide, 3:53 a. m. and 5:15 p. m.
Low tide, 11:08 a. m. and 10:15 p. m.
Thursday, March 5.
High tide, 4:43 a. m. and 7:08 p. m.
Low tide, 12:17 a. m. and 11:30 p. nt.
Friday, March 6.
iHigh tide, 6:00 a. m. and 9:10 p. m.
Low tide, 2:14 p. m.
Saturday, March 7.
High tide, 7:30 a. m. and 10:04 p. m.
Low tide, 12:56 a. m. and 8:24 p. m.
Sunday, March 8.
High tide, 8:49 a. m. and 10:40 p. m.
Low tide, 2:41 a. m. and 4:12 p. ill.
Monday, March 9.
High tide, 9:52 a. m. and 11:11 p. m.
Low tide. 3:50 a. m. and 4:53 p. m.
Tuesday, March 10.
High tide, 10:44 a. m. and 11:42 p. m.
Low tide, 4:43 a. m. and 5:30 p. m.
Wednesday, March 11.
High tide, 11:34 a. nt.
Low tide, 5:32 a. m. and 6:05 p. m.
Thursday, March 12.
High tide, 12:15 a. m. and 12:22 p. m.
Low tide, 6:18 a. m. and 6:40 p. in.
Friday, March 13.
High tide, 12:46 a. m. and 1:08 p. m.
Low tide, 7:02 a. m. and 6:15 p. in.
Saturday, March 14.
High tide, 1:23 a. m. and 1:56 p. in.
Low tide, 7:48 a. m. and 7:50 p. m.
Sunday, March 15.
High tide, 2:01 a. m. and 2:45 p. m.
Low tide, 8:36 a. m. and 8:28 p. m.
Monday, March 16.
High tide, 2:41 a. m. and 3:39 p. ni.
Low tide, 9:30 a. m. and 9:07 p. m.
Tuesday, March 17.
High tide, 3:25 a. m. and 4:41 p. m.
Low tide, 10:28 a. m. and 9:52 p. m.
Wednesday, March 11.
High tide, 4:18 a. m. and 6:08 p. m.
Low tide, 11:44 °. m. and 10:52 p. m.
Thursday, March 19
High tide, 5:27 a. m. and 8:01 p. m.
Low tide, 12:18 p. m.
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Sunrise and Sunset.
March 2, sun rises 6:59 a. m., sun
sets 5:28 p. m.
March 7, sun rises 6:43 p. m., sun
sets 5:41 p. m.
March 12, sun rises 6:28 a. m„ sun
sets 5:53 p. m.
March 17, sun rises 6:13 a. m., sun
sets 6:05 p. m.
March 22, sun rises 5:57 a. m., sun
sets 6:18 p. m.
BELLES OF THE ORIENT
Beauty Batha and Coametica Ara the
Light of Their Livea.
If the woman of fashion of London,
Paris or New York spent as much time
over her toilet as her sister of the far
east she would have very little left in
which to attend to her social and do
mestic duties.
Tlie oriental belle devotes most of
her day to the preservation of her
health and beauty. She uses many
wonderful cosmetics for coloring her
eyes and brows and for beautifying
her skin. On arising her hair is dress
ed by her maid, who massages the
scalp with oil made from aloe wood or
coeoanut The eastern woman will
never interfere with the color of her
hair, for the long silky blue black locks
are considered her chief charm.
Next a very hot bath is prepared,
and in this she remains for two or
three hours. In place of soap number
less unguents are used, which render
the skin as soft as velvet. These deli
cate perfumes are secret preparations
of tlie bathing woman.
The hair of tlie oriental beauty is
beautifully long and soft, and they
have a way of arranging it which adds
a distinct charm. The face is washed
over with milk into which the juice of
a lemon has been squeezed. Perfumes
permeate the garments, but are seldom
if ever used on a handkerchief.—De
troit Free Press.
JUST A BOY’S IDEA.
It Made the Invention of the Reaping
Machine a Success.
In 1S.10 Obed Hussey of Ohio was in
venting a reaping machine, the first
ever designed in this country. His
chief difficulty was the cutting device,
which was three large sickles set in a
frame and revolved so ns to cut into
the grain. It would not work satisfac
torily.
A young son, watching the experi
ments. asked his father why he did not
use a lot of big scissors, with one han
dle fastened to one bar and the other
handle to a sliding bar. thus opening
and closing them.
Hussey instantly adopted the idea,
substituting for scissors the two saw
toothed blades which are in common
use today on harvesters, the cutting
action being quite similar to that of
scissors.
From the boy’s suggestion he per
fected in one week a machine on which
he had in vain exercised all his in
genuity for the preceding two years.
The principle of that cutting device is
Oie principle of all of the great harvest
ing machines, and its benefit to the
farming industry of the entire world
has been unsurpassed by any other in
vention for use on the farm.—George
F. Stratton, in St. Nicholas.
No Great Eater.
The Itev. Dr. Elderberry had been
upon a voyage to the south sens and
brought back a young cannibal. The
young cannibal was called Beebo.
Beebo was turned over to Mrs. Elder
berry to be civilized. For full four
weeks the good lady instructed her
charge in the theoretical principles of
Christian doctrine and conduct until
she thought he was ripe to put his
training into practice.
"And now, Beebo,” said she one day,
“you shall see that what I have taught
you is more than mere words. You
are to accompany me to the public
kitchen, where I serve fifty poor
schoolboys. You shall help me.”
But the little cannibal shook his
head sadly.
“Oh. missy,” he said. "I'm not hun
gry. The most I could eat would be
one very little schoolboy!”—New York
Post
Remains of Joseph's Well.
The remains of the original Joseph’s
well are to be found at a spot situated
directly on the canal route from Sche
cbern to Memphis, about two miles
southeast of Cairo. Tile well itself is
In the courtyard of some barracks be
longing to the army of occupation.
Near by is “the citadel." the second
largest mosque in Egypt. The well
bears signs of having ben bricked up.
Yet it is easy to see that Joseph’s dis
comfiture could not have been so great
as one might imagine, for this well,
like all the wells of Egypt, is of a cir
cumference much larger than those of
today, and Joseph would have been
aide to exercise his limbs with ease by
walking around it. Moreover, when
the Nile is low these wells are quite
dry.—New York Sun.
Divetting His Attention.
Cook (7 a. m.)—Please, ma’am, the
dog got hold of tlie steak that was for
breakfast. Shall I go out mid get, an
other? Mistress—Is there any news in
tiie morning paper? Cook—Yes, indeed,
ma’am—big accidents an' horrid mur
ders an’ bomb explosions an’ rumors of
another war. Mistress—Very well.
Warm over something left from supper
and place the paper by my husband’s
plate.—Puok.
Fictitious.
Little Joe (reading)—What Is a tc
rittoas character, auaty? Auaty—Oae
that Is made up. dear. Little Joe
Then you are a fictitious character,
aren't you. aunty?-Chicago News.
The Secret.
Blobbs—There Is only one thing a
woman loves better than to be told a
secret. Slobbs—What is that? Blobbs
—To find It out for herself—Philadel
phia Record.
Sure of His Judgment, Anyhow.
A girl may not love the man who
tells her she la beautiful, but she Is
pretty sure to respect his’ Judgment.—
Chicago Record-Herald.
Spring
BONNETS
First Showing of For Men
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Fine Clothes. ODFllTlfi
1914
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NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that; pur
suant to an order made by the dis
trict court of the Territory of Alaska,
Third division, in the matter of the
annexation of certain territory to the
incorporated Town of Valdez, the
common council of the Town of Val
dez has called “n election to be held
in said town and in the territory pro
posed to be ann xed to said town, on
Saturday, March 21, 1914, to determ
ine whether said territory shall be
so annexed as prayed for in the peti
tion therefor, tiled in said district
court as provided by law. The de
scription of said territory as set up
in said petition, is as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at Meander Corner No.
1 of the Valdez townsite survey and
running thence south. 24 degrees, 19
minutes. 14 seconds east, 240.638
feet; thence soutii 53 degrees, 32
minutes east, 1228.26 feet; thence
south, 74 degrees, 52 minutes east,
568.26 feet; thence south, 45 degrees,
43 minutes east. 136.62 feet; thence
south, 30 degrees, 27 minutes west,
131.24 feet; thence south, 29 degrees,
12 minutes west, 123.42 feet; thence
south, 14 degrees, 45 minutes west,
51.95 feet; thence north, 61 degrees,
27 minutes east, 5000 feet; thence
north, 28 degrees, 48 minutes west,
2050 feet; thence south 61 degrees,
30 minutes west, 5700 feet, to place
of beginning.
At such election qualified electors
are invited to vote upon said prop
osition to annex said described ter
ritory to the Town of Valdez by plac
ing upon their ballots the words “For
annexation to the Town of Valdez,"
or “Against annexation to the Town
of Valdez,” or words equivalent there
to
me polling place 101 sum election
in the Town of Valdez shall be in
the hail of the common council on
Broadway avenue. The polling place
in the territory proposed to be an
nexed shall be in the ground floot
room of the Fish building on McKin
ley street, adjoining the Tillikum
Oli'b. The polls shall be open front
9 a. m. to 6 p. m. of March 21, 1914
The election board designated for
the Town of Valdez is composed of the
following persons: Judges—H. P.
Sullivan, Louis Rosenthal, Thomas
Hunt; clerks—J. J. Cavana, Dan Wil
cey.
The election board designated for
the territory proposed to be annexed
is composed of the following persons:
Judges—Adam Swan, Oliva Maroise,
J. H. Bell; clerks—Frank Millard,
Robert Weber.
The qualifications of an elector en
titled to vote at such election, pre
scribed by law, are as follows: He or
she shall be a male or female per
son of the age of twenty-one years
or more and shall be the owner of
substantial property interests in land,
building or improvements on land or
tide land within the said corporation
or the territory proposed to be an
nexed to or incorporated within such
corporal in*.
TOWN OF VALDEZ.
By B. E. RITCHIE, Mayor.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
First publication Feb. 26, 1914.
Last publication March 20, 1914.
Hospital of the Rood Samaritan.
For $6.00 we will giro you a ticket
entitling you to hospital service and
care for any elgkt weeks out of the
year from date of yoor ticket, when
Incapacitated by injury or sickness.
See W. H. Zieginr.
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in
Eagle Hall. All members are req jested to
attend. T. G. QUINN. Arctic Chief
S. MCNJECK. Secretary
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at
8 o’clock at
the local quarters back of
Ingram & Bush’s Cigar Store
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, alaska
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Patent Surveys
Genesal Mining Engineering
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Summons for Publication.
Theo. Emel, plaintiff, vs. VV. Fred
Swanson and F. A. Hancock, defend
ants.—No. 653. Summons for Publica
tion.
To the above-named defendant,
W. Fred Swanson:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the Territory '
of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
publication of this summons against
you, to-wit, within thirty days after
the 28th of March, 1914; and answer
the complaint of plaintifT filed here
in, and unless you so appear and an
swer the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
complaint, decreeing her to be the
owner of the launch Anita, and that
neither you nor your co-defendant has
any interest in or title to the same.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown,
judge of said court, this 13th day pf
February, 1914. ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court, for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By T. P. GERAGHTY, Deputy Clerk
First publication Feb. 14, 1914.
Last publication March 21, 1914.
Notice to Creditors.
Ia the United States Commissioner's
Court, ex officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez Precinct, Third Jadicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate ef Peter
Stelnmetz, deceased. W. A. Rystrom,
administrator.—Notice t# Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Peter Steinmetz, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary vouch
ers, within six (6) Maths after the
first publication of this notice, te the
said administrator at the office of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business ef said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 10th
day of February, 1914.
W A RYSTROM.
Administrator of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased.
First publication Feb. 11. 1914.
Last publication March 18, 1914.
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