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H. B. SELBY, Editor tad ffSlfalator.
VALDES, ALASKA*'
Published Daily Except Sunday
Entered ae Second-Claee Hall Hatter,
July 28. 1812. at the poet office of Valdea.
Alaska under act of March 8, H78.
■<oe>neee Office and Editorial Room a
TEL 111
Advertising Rate* on Application.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1917
SONG OF A THOUSAND YEARS
LIFT up your eye*, desponding
freemeu!
Fling to the wind* your
^ needless years.
He who unfurled your
beauteous banner
Bays It shall wave a thousand
years
Chorua
"A thousand yeara'* my own Co
lumbia!
Tts the glad day so long foretold.
‘Tis the glad morn whose early twi
light
Washington taw In times of old.
What If the clouda on* little mo
ment.
Hid* the blue sky where mom
appear a
When the blight sun that tints
them crimson
Rises to shine a thousand years.
Envious foes, beyond the ocean.
Little we heed your threat'nlng
sneers.
Little will they—our children's chil
dren—
When you are gone a thousand
years
Haste thee along, thou glorious
noonday!
Oh, for the eyes of ancient seers!
Ob. for the faith of him who reck
ons
Each of his days a thousand
years!
-Henry C. Work.
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TO THE WOMEN OK VALDEZ
From time to time the ladies of the
city send out to the mail order houses
for clothing, shoes and gloves. While
they may possibly save a few cents on
each purchase, these goods could be
sold in Valdez possibly as cheaply as
they are outside if our citizen^ trad
ed at home.
How much each year do you sup
pose these out-of-town firms receive
from Valdez? Thousands of dollars.
How much do they contribute to
the support of Valdez?
Not one dollar.
Do they contribute to the educa
tion of your children?
Do they help to maintain the police
force which gives you protection
against marauders and law-breakers?
Do they give one cent toward the
support of the fire department which
protects your home and loved ones?
Do these out-of-town firms give
one cent toward the upkeep of the
streetB of our city?
How much interest do these firms
take in the support and upkeep of
the civic clubs, the library, the
churches, and other institutions of
the city?.
In spending your money outside of
Valdez for goods that may be pur
chased here, has it ever occurred to
you that you are actually tearing
down the growth of your city, and
maybe Working against the interest of
your husband, son or sweetheart?
Women of Valdez, you have shown
your civic pride in many ways here
tofore. Will you not weigh this ques
tion carefully and devote a part of
your time, energy and influence to
ward rectifying the evils of out-of
town buying?
Spend your money in your own
town and you will find that it will
come back to you and you will have
more to spend.
Our merchants will be able to car
ry larger and better stocks—more
people will be employed, and Valdes
will grow.
BUY IN VALDEZ.
RUSSIA AND THE NOB
General Kerensky, physically a
sick man from the beginning, haa
funked it, and Russia, passing seem
ingly into the third logical degree Of
revolution is once more in the hands
of the mob. What will follow nobody
can tall; bat It aaana the fata of all
republics that they pane thru a period
of chaos and anarchy before ulti
mately returning to a period of san
ity. Russia is running true to form.
' Jt bwi been eyW«u since th*Kor
niloff uprifUk thgt Kerensky's Pow
er was on the wgne. The deposnd pre
mier. as the leader ot the middle so
cialist group, took the reins of au
thority from the band of individuals
who formed the first revolutionary
group with the promise of great suc
cess. His general policy, while weak,
has been beneficial to the allies. In
stead of mercilessly crushing all op
position and placing the conspirators
beyond the chance of further harming
him. he abolished the death penalty
and turned the other Socialist cheek
for the hand of revolutionism, and
what it did to him the second swat
was a plentyHe made 1b impossible
to maintain discipline either In the
army or at home.
While Kerensky was'the best tim
ber that could be picked out at the
time, results have shown that the al
lies could have done much better by
throwing him also in the discard. He
seemed to represent the advanced
opinion of the new Russia, which was
intoxicated with its new-found liber
ty, and on numerous occasions his de
cisions reached the realm of great
ness. He was an idealist, but he stood
for the liberty Russia desired, not
only against the deposed czar, but
against German domination as well.
He regarded the ideal that Russia
stand alone as the one essential to
perfect a perfect republic.
But today, Kerensky, the fiery
radical of a year ago and the idol
of the Russian people, is too pamby
namby for the group of ultra-radi
cals in control. The conservative of
yesterday has become the radical of
today.
The red socialists of the Russian
party are In control at Moscow, Pet
rograd and other, large cities of the
republic. The provisional government
has been Wiped out and mob rule
reigns. When the first revolution oc
curred the extreme radicals were few
and Insignificant, but they attracted
a following of the ignorant and lower
classes like a snowball rollng down
hill. The things they stood for ap
pealed to the untutored minds of the
peasantry, and now the Bolshevlkl
are a most dangerous menace to the
success of the war in Europe. The
events' of the past few days have
shown that Russia is plunged into
real anarchy, with no stable govern
ment to be expected until a Napol
eon arises from the mob.
The men In control of the anarch
ists, if any one is in control, are Niko
lai Lenine and M. Trotsky, both Max
imalists of the extreme degree. They
both favor immediate peace with Ger
many, and a distribution of all land
among the peasantry of the nation.
Naturally they have a large following.
The peace question Is the one which
vitally concerns the United States, as
it will throw Russia’s part in the war
upon the United States, leaving the
Allies no stronger and no weaker than
before. For all practical purposes
Russia can be said to be out of the
war, and a separate peace Is a start
ling possibility. Kerensky will never
be able to command the following he
did before his fall. A deposed lion
can have no following.
Petrograd has b*en the hotbed of
Intrigue for the past year and while
the rest^of Russia has not at times
been in accord with her agitation, the
fact remains that the people are
flocking to the revolutionary stan
dard. With a merciless foe at their
gates civil war in Russia will tear
her asunder, and give little comfort
to the allies. The last turn of the
wheel of fate has increased America’s
burden ten-fold and prolonged the
war ten-fold.
HAD the towns in Aaska taken time
by the forelock and started prepara
tion for these hard times one-half of
those who have gone Outside to make
a living would have remained at
home. The constant nagging and bar*
rassment capital receives In * most
cities of the territory cause It to pull
out as quickly as possible and go
where It is wanted. Low taxes and
pulling together will build up a town
quicker than any one thing save
trading at home. High taxes and fault
finding will empty a town about as
quickly as the residents can Jar loose.
THERE is nothing so exasperating
as to build upa good argument to a
logical conclusion and then hgve
some unkind person point out that
we started with the wrong premises.
THERE are people so enamored of
regulation that they would rather
have a regulated vice than an un*.
bridled virtue.
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VALDEZ ALASKA
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DEALING IN STOCKS.
Knew What Van Are Buying Batata
Investing Veer Money.
We baqV featDgee quickly made lu
Wgll gtregp: ef pittkrs who have accu
mulated enormous wealth by a lueky
strike of InvenHons tbst bsve made
Inventors rich. But bow many of
these instances are there? Just a few
while countless tbouMnds and hun
dreds of thousands bare lost every
thing In unsuccessful ventures.
Tbe prosperous, successful man or
woman la tbe one who buys with
knowledge of wbat be or sbe Is buying,
whether It be a piece of beef, a docen
eggs, a horse, e house or stocks and
bolide
Money has been made In Wall street
and will continue to be made. Tboee
who buy stocks wben they sell low and
sell them when they advance must
make money. The operation Is no dif
fereut from buying a boqse or a farm
at a bargain and selling It at a profit.
But one should exercise Just as much
cars In one transaction aa in tbe other
Hare nothing to do with those who
offer glittering opitortuultlca to get rich
quickly. Tlda will aava your money
It may sound very nice to Bay that one
owns a thousand sharea of a gold, all
ver or copiier mine with a par value of
$10,000 and that coat tbe bolder only
$50 or $100 But what uaa la such a
certificate unless It has real value?
Better put tbe $60 <• $100 In one abere
of a dividend paying atock and be sat
isfied wttb moderate returns and a
moderate profit on any advance the
stock may eujoy.—Leslie's Weekly.
HOLES IN MACARONI.
DM You Ever Wander How the Dough
Woo Put Around Thom?
Haven't'you often naked, “How do
they get the holes in macaronll” Yes.
you undoubtedly have, and unless you
have visited a macaroni factory you
are probably still In doubt Interest
ing methods are employed in bringing
this food into the form in which It I*
placed liefore the public .
After the dough has been well mixed
and kueadcd In a powerful machine It
la ready to form Into macaroni, which
la of a tube shape about one-fourth Inch
In diameter, or spaghetti, which la a
solid stick shape of about oue-eigbtli
Inch lu diameter. This Is done by forc
ing the dough uuder hydraulic pressure
through a cylinder with a flat circulai
lu-oiize die or mold at the bottom. The
macaroni die Is full of boles about one
fourtli Inch lu diameter, ind each bole
has a small pin In the center of It.
which is attached to one side of the
hole This pin forms the bole In the
macaroni and divides the dough on one
side aa it starts through the bole, but
before the dough reaches the end of
the hole the divided side comes to
gether and remains so, making a per
feet tube. The spaghetti die contains
only plain boles about oiie-etghtb Inch
In diameter arranged In groups. When
macaroni and spaghetti come from the
presses or cylinders they are cut Into
certain lengths, the length depending
upon whether the curing or drying Is
to be done on trays or by hanging over
rods.—Exchange.
Here Are Two Kinds of Educotion.
Iu an article called “Increase Your
Driving Power" In the American Mag
asine a writer says:
“Horace Taft, a brother of the for
mer president, once told me that he
never, considered a man aa educated
Just because he could talk a long time
and answer a lot of questions about a
given aubject. hut that be did consider
blm aa educated If set down before
aorne bard, unknown aubject or task
be could in two hours make somethin
out of It. Judge Daly, brothfr of Au
gust In Daly, once told me that be and
hia brother et the agee of twelve add
fourteen years were left as the sole
supporters of 'their widdwed mother.
“That.' the Judge said. T consider
about as good an education aa a boy
can be given.' *'
Our Climate an Amt
On no other continent, under no other
■an. In no other cone, in all tba world
can be found the same extent of fer
tile. available agricultural land aa in
these United States. And in no other
equally large tract as that stretching
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and
between the great lakes and tba gulf
can be deplhated the same amount of
normally good weather aa nature baa
bestowed on this favored land. Our
rain and sunshine are so proportioned
the one to the other at to produce the
beet yearly conditions on earth.—De
troit Free Press.
Our Platinum Preduet,
The United States produces platinum
aa a byproduct of copper refineries and
also from th64t Of the plkcef gold
mines of the western slopes. Its occur
rence there Is very widespread, being
foond along the entire whet coast, from
Alaska to California. Except in a very
few localities, however, it la found in
such small quantities that its recovery
sate as a byproduct Is not profitable —
Exchange. __________
Holy Land Earthquakes.
Earthquakes more or leas violent
have bean of frequent occurrence In
Palestine. One of the moat violent oc
curred hi the reign of rsslfih. This
waa connected by Joaephna With the
adcrOeg* and punishment of that *d*
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Warm Winter Wear
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MENS UNDERWEAR IN BOTH TWO-PIECE AND
UNION SUITS.
“MEDLICOTT” Scotch wool that won’t shrink
Priced fa).5.00,550 & 7.00.
“COOPER’S” Worsted, Priced ^.450,5.00 & 6.00
* “WINSTED” Flat Wool, Priced 'd).350,4.00,5.00
“STANFIELD’S” Unshrinkable Canadian
Priced ©.6.00
“WRIGHT’S” Spring Needle Worsted and Lamb’s Wool
Priced ©.350, 5.00 & 6.00.
Pajamas and Night Gowns Priced from.150 to 3.00
Heavy Flannel Shirts, Priced ©.2.00 to 6.00
Stag Shirts Priced <a).650
Unshrinkable Suiting Shirts ©.650.
BATH ROBES SWEATERS SOX
CAPS GLOVES MITTS
OVERCOATS MACKINAWS
S. BLUM & COMPANY
GOOD GOODS
GERMANY DESTROYS
BELGIAN INDUSTRIES
HAVRE, Nov. 19.—The Belgian
government continues to receive de
tails of the Germans’ systematic de
struction of manufacturing plants in
Belgium. Organized wrecking crews
have been engaged in dismantling
blast furnaces. Seven out of eleven
rolling mills at Cugree-Marihays have
been carried off. At Angleur^ every
thing has been removed, as well as at
Grivegnee, where nothing remains but
the steel works which the Germans
are working for their own needs.
PETROGRAD DOES NOT
REPRESENT REAL SPIRIT
MEMPHIS. Tenn., Nov. 19.—“The
intent and spirit of Russia as a whole
should in no way be judged by the
news from Petrograd," declared Bor
is A. Bakhmeteff, Russian ambassa
dor to the United States, when shown
Associated Press dispatches relative
to the reported overthrow of the Rus
sian provisional government. “Un
til juslt now I did not have any per
sonal or official information on the
subject.’’ said Mr. Bakhmeteff, “and
therefore you cannot expect any of
ficial opinion.”
Traffic Cop Punctures Tire
ALBANY. Ore., Nov. 18.—An au-1
tomobile driven by A. C. Schmitt. |
president of the First National Bank I
of Albany, and carrying United States
Senator Geo. E. Chamberlain with
others, was stopped on the Willamette
river bridge here yesterday by means
of a bullet fired through a rear tire
from the revolver of R. Armentrout,
a traffic policeman. The party was
leaving Albany, with Schmitt at the
wheel for. Corvallis, where Senator
Chamberlain had a speaking date. Ar
mentrout said afterward that they
were speeding and refused to stop
when ordered. Schmitt denied that
the speed limit had been exceeded.
After Armentrout had sent a bullet
through the tire the car returned with
one flat wheel to a garage here, vhere
a new tire was fitted. The party then
proceeded.
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STOCKS SLUMP WHEN
RUSSIAN NEWS RECEIVED
NEW YORK, Nov. 18.—The news
from Petrograd telling of the over
throw of the Russian provisional gov
ernment precipitated a fresh slump
in the stock market today, after an
early period of comparative strength.
PRICES OF HAM AND BACON
ARE DVB TO COME DOWN
CHICAGO. Nov. 1*.—Price* of
bam and bacon to tbe consumer were
cut 5 to 10 cents by tbe Illinois food
administrator today. The govern
ment’s complete oontrol of tbe pack
ing Industry lends Importance to the
announcemeht. While for the mom
ent the cut applies oniy to Chicago
and iuburts, prices eventually serve
Us the standard for the whole coun
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Tbe Uunck DeUa. Capt Jack Btaa
ley left for fellnithr, Hdalgo and tray
Taxes Now Dae
Taxes for the Town of Valdez for
the year 1917 are now due and pay
able at my office at the corner of Key
stone Avenue and McKinley 8treet.
Taxes will be delinquent on Monday,
December 6, 1917 at 6 o’clock p. m.,
and unless paid prior thereto, a pen
alty of 10 per cent will be added to
the amount and interest at the rate
of 12 per cent per annum.
Warrants issued by the present
council will be accepted In payment of
taxes.
Office hours, 10 a. m., to 12 m.,
and 2 p. m., to 4 p. m., except Sun
days. '
Dated this 6th a ay of November,
1917.
E. O. AMES,
kll-21 Town Treasurer.
Buy your groceries direct. Save
fifteen to twenty-five per cent. The
house that sells direct to consumers.
Randall Grocery & Brokerage Co.,
Inc., 82 Marion St., Seattle Wn. tf
LAUNCH DELLA
CapL H. L, Rider
Weekly trips froai Valdes to
Ellamar, Laadloek. Fidalgo aad
way porta. Paaaaagsra Isa(10*1
at all potato.
Oarrylag freight aad paaoea*
gers.
For rates apply sa hoard.
OAPT. H. L RISER
J. E. WILSON
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Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 1$&
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
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PHYSICIAN AND SURfflDON
Sunday *7 AnoOtant
RM TaL 17S OfflM Tel. It
Boyle Black VaU«
PROFESSIONAL. CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OfflCM in Pish Building, adjoining
Tllllkum Club.
Phono 90. McKinley Street.
Contract Surgeon; O. S. Amy
A. A Surgeon. U & Public Health Sara
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
WaiMgi tirtwal CilTrraltj
DENTIST
la Valdes Since 1898
PHONE HO
OMos Rooms la WbaHng Bnlldlng
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORmgyg.AT.LAW
OS« Op* salts Court Bouse
Phoa* M VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS • E R ITCH IB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEVS.AT.LAW
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OMceo to ukalitA Eatldlas
Phoao Ml VALDEZ. ALA1KA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Pitted Lessee Ground
LOVE St MEALS
Insurance
Fire-Surety Bonds-Life
VALDK2 LODGI
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HOTEL SEXTON
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Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
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home.
European Plan.
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