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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1916
BRYAN’S BAGGER.
The peerless reasoner of Nebras
ka has evolved a wonderfully strange
argument. This time he directs it
-against the sacred person of the
-president himself. It is so inher
ently weak and ridiculous that those
unfriendly to Mr. Bryan will be con
vinced that here desire for reprisal
against the president stung the Ne
braskan into formulating it. He is
quoted as follows:
“Now, a new question has aris
en and on the ground that the war
compels it, he asks for the adoption
of a military and naval policy
which the leading Republicans fa
vored before the war, but which
the Democratic party has opposed.
Why does he, elected before the
war began, discredit the judg
ment of the Democrats of the
bouse, all of whom were elected
after the war commenced?
"All of these congressmen, if
candidates for re-election, will be
affected by the action taken on
preparedness—do they not de
serve to be consulted?”
Why should the president trust’ a
-wan who was not elected at all? If
the mere fact of election makes a
congressman an expert on military
affairs, then Mr. Bryan, not having
been elected to anything, should
Keep silence.
Some of the congressmen were not
even candidates when the president
found it necessary to give his atten
tion to the increase of the army and
navy. He was compelled by the
course of events to study the ques
tion and ultimately to outline a pro
gram before the congressmen to
whom Mr. Bryan refers had a chance
to gather any data at all on military
and naval affairs.
The president may be right or
wrong. Mr. Bryan certainly is
wrong. It is so obvious that he is
selfishly trying to create difficulties
for the president that even the pres
ident’s opponents, eveu those who be
lieve his program defective, will be
inclined to sympathize with the chief
executive.—Salt Lake Tribune.
JOGGING ALONG.
While the disgruntled and the
Adullainites liowl and rage in other
sections of the land, mostly because
bowling about existing conditions is
their chief stock in trade, this sec
tion of Alaska goes merrily along,
producing wealth from the mines,
and developing a variety of other re
sources. Of course, the pessimist,
the knocker, and the kicker are not
unknown; nor will they have totally
disappeared until the millenium is
ushered in, and that time is so far
away that none of us are vitally in
terested in it. There is opportunity,
however, to hurry along its advent
by making the proper use of our
time and energies.
’‘Life ain’t in holding a good hand,
Jbut in playing a poor hand well,’’
■aid a desert philosopher; and if
eqch Alaskan were to play the hand
dealt him to the best of his ability,
thdto would be a notable decrease in
the pessimistic ranks. The trouble
is that few will do it. They are too
much engrossed in wondering • what
the other fellow’s hand is line, or
what ho may have up his sleeve, and
so they disqualify themselves from
making the most points out of their
own hands. The man who'-eucceeds
in any walk of life is not necessarily
--THE
EMPRESS
TO-NIGHT
2 Shows—at 8 and 9:20,sharp
"program
I* AT UK WEEKLY NEWS
FLOWER OF FAITH,
8elig Two-Reel Drama.
matter of High explo
81V ES—«-Comedy.
Change Pictures Sunday.
Admission 25c and 10c.
the most brilliant or gifted; It is
rather the patient digger, the man
who makes himself efficient in his
line of work; the envious, the
grouch, the knocker, the malingerer
are to be pitied, for the make enemies
of themselves rather than of those
with whom they associate or come in
contact.—Juneau Empire.
NO NEIGHBOR'S IN NEW YOBK.
“Neighbor!” There are no neigh
bors in New York. This city is a
huge filing cabinet, rows and rows of
pigeon-holes into which families arc
tucked, in which they live and move
and have their being, with no refer
ence whatever to the blood in the
next compartment or in the one above
or underneath. The partitions that
separate one pigeon-hole from the
next might be of armor plate for all
that they let out or let in of that
spirit of human fellowship that
makes smaller cities real communi
ties. There is the story—and it is
fairly illustrative of metropolitan
life—of the banker who lived next
door to "the counterfeiter. The sur
prise was mutual when the banker
called to counter one day to repudiate
the signature to a counterfeit note,
found the prisoner was his neighbor,
who had not even known that the
signature he was forging was that of
the man next door. Now, into this
city of unneighborliness comes an
idea couched in the phrase, “Be a
good neighbor.” It is almost beyond
the understanding of the city folk
whose sense of the existence of oth
ers has been atrophied by the isolat
ing conditions of the file cabinet ex
istence.—New York Sun.
AS YOU MAKE IT.
Life in itself Is neither good nor
evil; it is the scene of good or evil,
as you make it; and If you have lived
a day you have seen all. One day is
equal and like all other days! there
is no other light, no other night. This
very sun, this moon, these very stars,
this very order and revolution of
things, are all the same your ances
tors enjoyed and that shall entertain
your posterity.—Montague.
HERD OF REINDEER
BROUGHT FROM NORTH
A herd of three hundred reindeer
were driven from Kotzebue Sound to
Nome in December and according to
the Nome Nugget the herders were
compelled to camp outside during
the entire time they were covering
the three or four hundred mile jour
ney. The animals were in charge of
John Bahr, a Laplander, who assist
ed in bringing the original herd to
Alaska in 1898. Very cold weather
was encountered on the trip, espe
cially in the Good Hope section
where the mercury registered 66 be
low zero. The reindeer are report
ed as showing no sign of the dis
ease which manifested itself among
them last winter. The animals which
are not slaughtered for the market
at Nome will be taken to Ruby and
other mining camp's to supply the
miners with fresh meat. '
Weather Report.
Valdez, Feb. 16, 1916.
Barometric pressure .!.30.064
Temperature 7 p. m. 4
Maximum temperature.24
Minimum temperature .—06
Mean temperature . 9
Precipitation .07
Partly cloudy, gentle wind north
east, 16 miles; snowed at night and
frequent snow all day.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Feb. 17, 1916.
Fairbanks, —33; clear, calm.
Salcha, —35; cloudy, calm.
Richardson, —38; cloudy, calm.
McCarthy, no report.
Donnelly, —26; cloudy, calm, trail
good.
McCallum, —23; cloudy, ca'.m,
trail drifted.
Paxson, —22; stormy, calm, trail
badly drifted.
Hogan, —6; stormy, trail drifted.
Gulkana, no report.
Copper Center, —16; cloudy, calm,
snowing, trail fair.
Tonslna, —11; 37 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, snowing, trail fair.
Teikhell, —11; 38 inches snow;
storming, trail badly drifted.
Beaver Dam, —3; 49 inches snow;
cloudy, snowing, trail drifted.
Summit, 70 inches snow; snowing
windy, trail drifted.
Wortman’s, 4; 42 inches snow;
snowing, t^pil closed north, drifted
south.
If you were sick would you go to
a blacksmith for repairs? Why then
do you go to a lung mechanic for in
formation about machinery when you
have mechanics in your home town
hat stay there the year around, and
depend on their knowledge and abil
(ty to do your work satisfactorily for
their existence as mechanics. Try the
Valdez Iron Works; we are here to
stay with your assistance. th-tf.
Panoramic news of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Vrangel on sale at the Valdes Drug
store, It
MOOSE HALL SHOE
WILL BE CROWDED
Old Maid’s Convention Which will be
Held at Moose Hall Tomorrow
Night Talk of the Town.
Few events held in Valdez have
created the interest which is being
manifest in the Old Maid’s conven
tion which will be held in Moose Hall
tomorrow evening, and it is safe to
jay that the storm which is raging
today will have to increase consid
erably in violence to keep the hall
from being crowded. .
The identity of the members of the
Matrimonial club who will take part
in the convention and offer them
selves to the bachelors and widowers
of Valdez has been kept secret and
is the cause of much speculation on
the part of those who come under
the title of genus homo.
Those who have witnessed the re
hearsals say that there is not a poor
lumber on the program and that it
is guaranteed to produce merriment
and- keep the house in an uproar
from the first to the last numbers.
About thirty people are taking
part in the show and the perform
ance will begin promptly at 8 o’clock.
The admission price is only 50 cents.
ALASKANS ASKED TO TAKE
PART IN EXHIBITION
Governor Strong has received a
letter from Secretary of the Interior
Lane, which states that during the
week of February 21 to 2G inclusive
a "safety first” exhibition will be
held in Washington. All govern
ment departments are taking an ac
tive Interest in the exhibition. It
will take on a national aspect as the
manufacturers and operators from
all states in the Union are expected
to be present and will also have
teams representing their activities in
the contests.
Governor Strong stated that Sum
ner S. Smith, Federal Mine Inspector
is already in Washington, and he has
been delegated to represent the Ter
ritory. Wm. Maloney, Territorial
Mine Inspector is in the States and
may possibly be present.
New Tonight
Some 'show at the Liberty theatre
tonight as follows:
Other People’s Business
Fortunes of War. 2 part drama.
Fatty and Mabel’s Wash Day, com
edy.
Visit_ the Liberty theatre tonight,
good show warm and comfortable. *
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
OEOROE SEXTON. PROP.
S'l RICTLv FIRST CLA8S
Fourth Ave, Seward. Alaska
Valdez Miners Union Ko. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine,
CBAS. McCALLUM. Secretary,
Valdez. Alaska.
; w Shamrock
; CAPT. TIM MARCUM
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P Bay, Qranlte Mine, Saturday
k at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
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F For Ellamar, Land lock Bay,
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Regular Communications first1 Wed
nesday In each month in McKInle)
Hall. Visitors always welcome
A. R. GRIGSBY, W. M.
HD. WOOD, Secretary. 1
TREADWELL GROUP HAS
PRODUCED MUCH GOLD
Figures have been compiled show
ing that the gold production of the
Treadwell group of mines at Doug
lass have produced more tnan sixty
one million dollars in gold since the
mines were first developed in 1882.
Following are the yearly produc
tions:
1882-1884 .$ 10,902
1885 . 280,479
1886 . 366,180
1887 . 476,934
1888 . 429,889
1889 . 662,490
1890 . 160,681
1891 . 769,765
1892 . 707,017
1893 . 694,658
1894 . 909,990
1895 . 862,685
1896 . 1,028,691
1897 . 1,011,693
1898 . 1,010,235
1899 . 1,611,857
1900 . 2,081,840
1901 . 1,665.373
1902 . 2,223,373
1903 . 2.667,91 *
1904 .. 2,845,9') 4
1905 . 3,146,715
1906 . 3.S05.324
1907 . 2,520,500
1908 . .3,124,047
1909 . 3 634,8.1
1910 . 3,737,498
1911 . 4,983,474
1912 . 4.080,300
1913 . 3,901,066
1914 ..5. 3,743,945
1915 estimated . .3,250,000
Total .$61,568,780
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Graduate National University.
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Viars in Valdez. y
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Bnildlng
DR. GERMAN
phone in the DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
AU Work Guaranteed.
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMGND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Ogyeeite Court House
Phone M o VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office* In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
Heater.
BREAD FOR SALK
Jack Callin - - Proprietor
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'Copper Riyer
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of fhe Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
The Best Place in Valdez to
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