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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY a. 1911.
AFTER WAR, PEACE.
In warfare between civilized na
tions, no blood is sbed after the bat
tle has been won. It is the great
fortune of President W ilson that in
the first year of his administration
victory has come to the federal gov
ernment in its long war against in
dustrial combinations accused of
wrongful acts. The president, with
the magnanimity of a successful
commander, and with the wisdom of
a bread-minded statesman, is resol
ved that hostilities shall no wcease
and is concerned chiefly with lhe es
tablishment of a peace that shall be
permanent. That, at least, is the be
lief of those who essay to read his
mind near at hand in Washington;
the country shares that belief. The
radicals in congress, on the other
hand, would continue to hack and
hew the corporations after they have
accepted terms of surrender. The in
dustries and the commerce of the
country, in which a spirit of renew
ed activity, of hope, and of confi
dence is visibly stirring, would be
chilled and disheartened by a re
newal of the federal assault, and pro
longed prostration, not business re
vival, would follow. The people, then,
in their actual losses and in the
shrinking of their gains, would pay
the costs of this war. Profit, and
that political, could accrue only to the
fomenters of strife. A great part of
the cost, too, would be assessed up
on the administration. Presidents are j
most popular when the country is j
prosperous.
Mr. Wilson is wise in his insight I
and in his foresight. He sees, lie
cannot help seeing, for the proofs are
before him, that the corporations and
the men accused of doing business
in defiance of law or contrary to the
country’s declared policy have yield
ed to the irresistible. They have
yielded in more instances than the
public is aware of. They are sin
cerely desirous to ..put themselves
within the zone of safety by with- j
dr-wing from the forbidden zone. The j
administration, without failing in its j
duty, without the waiver of any pro-j
hibitions, has helpfully met them half
way. In the present temper of the
public it is those who have some
other than the gen ral interest to
serve who are vindictive, who clam
or 'or extermination. The law has
been misconstrued, it is largely the I
fault of the courts that it has been j
so long misunderstood. There is a'|
general disposition to acquit most of j
the offenders of a wilful intent to
disregard the law. Intelligent men j
know and candid men' admit that, it!
has been exceedingly difficult in.
many cases to extingu'sh between
the prohibited and the permitted. The,
president’s purpose,- ;at least ; thal [
seems to be his disposition, is" to ac
cept in good faith the offers pf .sub- j
mission to authority and to take more j
thought about thp rebujlding.itf pros- j
perity under the law than of'punish -,
ing past transgressions now repent-;
ed of. i
Patriotism, wise statesmanship, and
sound judgment counsel that policy,
it is the path to prosperity for the
people, to tie wand higher esteem
and honor for the president.—New
York Times.
NO FRIENDS OF OURS.
“\Vlio cut the price?” the adver
tisements in the local'1 newspapers
scrhani,'from dhy toi day. Some, days
one'nairfe-is sighed to the claim'for
the'credit fotJ'piice “cutting/ i.nd'oth
er iiai's otff£r ' fiames ' are signed
the&tth Sty"far %fcVwe' are'concern-'
ed, ■'*£•*don't Cbrfe' ’who did ’'lit. *>Th'fe i
maifW'iKeh' Wlfo did it’ r/Stttifced this
camp tP a pawnshop bhsnr.arid" re
moifed'vVi^^ry',1'gfftli*le 'or'N&atiii8-4alt-'
ing elbia^nt1 "from! It^grtlmy
detrtitfent1 ofr flevei6i»KeJit;' fo^the ’ftf-’
ture'■, / A , V; ', , _
Tbijayr/Wittt.Vtfiet/i^ces; Vm %ece»pt^'
ties #t';tpP4t%<^rofef*4)hBis*in ttf&g
effort?■t$,ltaate&; jifeii /.op©: Bfeed -to*
death •‘taitfteijii"!#/ ^rf^Afcharttor.p^
the tfmp-»a^. ’lAipflpfef^B* ttjJ dBdfiah'
the credit system,‘thi'/UK,.
His of all mining countries, and on
ly upon which can any camp attain
ils greatest success. A man may
have a good prospect which, with
some work might develop into a pro
ducing mine, which may put millions
of dollars in circulation and support
hundreds of people here, but if he
hasn’t a bankroll to help him de
velop the prospect, the prospect can
not be developed, for with sugar and
beans and flour selling at less than
cost here to demonstrate some local
commercial dispute, there can be no
credit extended on bacon and beans
| and Hour. Therefore, development of
I the camp is retarded by the com
|mereial fight.
! Money and credit are worth money.
I Probably every merchant in town is
! paying interest on money borrowed,
| which is his credit. If he could not
! get money on credit he could not
carry the stocks he carries. Shut
! off the merchant’s credit and you
would put hint out of business. Shut
off the miner and prospector’s cred
it, and you DO put him out of busi
i ness. Put the miner and prospector
jof a mining camp out of business
and you put the business men of the
camp out of business, or such of them
as have not unlimited credit, of which
number there are mighty few here.
"Who stuck the knife into profits?”
they holler—we don’t know and we
don't care, but we do know that the
men who did it are killing the camp.
—Fairbanks Miner.
AFRICAN STRIKE
Premier Botha is Called to Account
for Drastic Action in Re
cent Srike.
JOHANNESBURG, S. A., Feb. 3.—
The Liberal administration, headed
by Premier Botha, will lose the aid
of the Labor party in parliament be
cause of the drastic action of the
adm'nistration during the recent up
risings of labor in the South African
union.
In reply to an interrogation today
Premier Botha stated that the meas
ures of repression were absolutely
necessary because had the strike
spread all business in the union would
have been destroyed, as the govern
ment would have had to sent the
300,000 blacks from the interior Af
rican tribes back under a strong es
cort. fearing that they might turn
upon the white population and pill
age, rob and rape the defenseless in
habitants of the small hamlets and
ranches.
Years of business depression would
have followed, he stated, because
without the labor of the blacks the
mines of the country would have
been closed. The passive strike of
the Hindus against the government
would, he said, be settled in a few
months on a basis satisfactory to all.
(COMMUNICATED.)
“Where Am Them Arctics?”
There have been complaints lately
from the lovers of the goddess Terp
sichore that when they, the afore
said lovers, proceeded to homeward
plod their weary way, they would find
that someone had “accidentally” tak
en their rubbers, leaving others in
their place.
Now, it is a noticeable fact that the
rubbers so hypothecated are invar
iably of a much older vintage than
the owner.
Last night, or to be more .precise,
early this morning: while the music
from Pinkus’ orchestra arose with
voluptuous swell, and while soft eyes
.fiooked loVe to eyes that spake again.
Some person unknown, wilfully, fel
oniously, and with malice afore
thought, did there and then, from the
passage of Moose hall—sail? passage
being the entry-wray to what is known
as the ladies’ room of the afore
mentioned MooSe hail—abstract a
pair of almost-new Arctics, cloth
topped, and having four buckles, each
buckle being placed one above the
other, and did leave in their place a
pair of Arctics, also cloth-topped and
having four buckles, each buckle al
so being placed in like manner, to
wit, one above the other.
We have a’l heard of the Hebrew
gentleman who presented his only
son and heir with a dime for going
supperless to bed, stole the dime
while the child was asleep and' then
lnade him go breakfastless for losing
Jit. ,
We have also heard of the wretch,,
so lost\to air human instincts'as to
steal the coppers from the’dead man’s
•eyesv.^n&the’ person Who Was so'mean
as tp; utilize ,the w.art pn tt)h_. back- ®X
hi? n'4ick as q,-cpllar button, .but these,.
.examples of Wtrpltude pale?'mSt'o'fn-'
significance beside-'ihat ’of. the* own-'
ei’ ot thus# 191-2 brand, number tens.)
ir„ the,4,pu8.mapimon« „ih|fiageme»t,
homo, who! absti,acte'd“the 'affeost-new1
number nines, wUL;r«turn them to the4
dtoremenflon&d^'dmry! to, Mdoe«y?4ntt
the pup sent bolds*1 ■od’Vtetrumbet” tebsi
resurfept,Tb«i4tlR|*tk.'thft!Py®as#tafc
.of .empty cans, where they are not^
’gracefully reclining, transport them to
tbe place from whence they ’qame
*11} Will b(Kfoi%tven-iihd*«fe bt»
iaffe.triptevone *o«g-»dw®nt sXUugiftr
dream, f •“ " v '
PELLAGRA NOW
MENACES NATION
Fifty Thousand Known Cases
In the Last Six Years.
FUNDS NEEDED TO FIGHT IT
Startling Report of Surgeon General
Blue to Secretary McAdoo Is Likely
to Result In Call Upon Congress to
Make Appropriation For a Hospital
In the South.
So alarming are the reports of the
spread of pellagra laid before Secre
tary McAdoo by Surgeon General Blue
of the public health service that con
gress probably will be urged to make
a special appropriation to rent a hos
pital building in the south, establish
laboratories there and make a study
of tlie disease in all its phases.
Since the disease was discovered in
1007 there have been about 50,000
cases of it iu thirty-four states of the
Union, and a,national remedy, a na
tional defense, is said to be impera
tively needed.
While pellagra has been recognized
for several hundred years, it is still
one of the most baffling diseases with ;
which the medical profession deals.
The public health service has been
struggling hard with investigations of
the disease since its discovery iu this
country a half dozen years ago, but
the alarming extent to which it lias
spread has brought a flood of appeal
ing letters to Secretary McAdoo and
bas led to a determination to urge
congress to act quickly.
Sometimes Causes Insanity.
In some of its phases pellagra re
sembles leprosy, and in some respects
it is even more to be dreaded than lep
rosy, physicians say, because pellagra
frequently affects the mental organism
and leaves its victims insane.
One physician, in reporting condi
tions in his locality, recently said:
“Calling it ‘pellagra,’ the public does
not know the nature of the malady
and gives very little heed to its great
menace, but were we to speak of it
as leprosy the whole country would
be crying out in wild alarm. Aud, so
far as the public menace goes, we are
uot yet justified in saying that it is
not just as great a dread as leprosy
itself "
Corn Diet Theory Unproved.
There lias been a popular notion that
it is caused by a corn diet, but physi
cians are not yet ready to adopt that
theory. One ol' the chief purposes in
establishing the special hospital is to
develop reseaivh in that direction. It
is also unknown whether or not the
disease is communicable and by what
means it is transferred, if at all.
The most characteristic symptom of
the disease is an acute rash on the
hands and parts of the body. This
manifestation is said oftentimes to re
semble a scald or severe sunburn. Soon
after this appears, in severe cases, the
patient becomes seriously ill. and many
times death or insanity quickly follows.
Sometimes the attacks disappear and
recur with increased violence.
While probably existent in parts of
the United States for a great many
years, pellagra was an unknown aiid
a negligible quantity in this country
until six years ago. Appearing then
aud recognized in small numbers in
Alabama, it bas since steadily increas
ed in the number of its victims, and
the territory involved, until it has be
come a national problem.
GEN. BUCKNER IN HISTORY.
Last Confederate Lieutenant ■ General
Responsible For Grant’s Sobriquet. ••
With the death of-. General SimoD.
Bolivar Buckner in his ninety-first
year the last lieutenant general of the
Confederate army lias passed to the.
great beyond. General Buckner was
a former governor of Kentucky and
candidate for vice president on the
gold Democratic ticket in 1890. He
was leader of the Law and Order
league, which hplped' to put. down,
night riding in .Kentucky.; ; %
General Bucfclier Vorfutuuided a Cob-;
federate brigade at the battle of Don
elsoit,’siflrtjiflpringt the. fort on’ Keb.
10 to»c;<£eiierul Grant,- andwas
111rtmf;bI Bucijiier; tluit-Cjpnera I
Grant became' known as “Uncondition
al Surrender" Grant. Buckner wanted
to know what terms he could get If he
gave up
“No other tends tlm'u tin uncondition
al surrender can- lie accepted,’' 'replied
the Union general "I propose to move
immediately upon your,works,” ...
General Buckner was tlie. Oldest, liv,.
tug graduate of West I’oint,.
LIVER DIET CAUSE. QF GLOltEP.
.Discovery Is Macfj' Thrbugh ’Exjp'e'ri
manta on'-Pishl”'"’
Goiter is cause* by iinpibpW'-biitri-*
;tion. according to an annouiKtBtti'ent iff
tiie JUnymal of Espevimental*Medicine:'
the qjp*tal jorgsn ftt-itb#-. RogtarfalWr i
institute ;Fq{LS^dte.qtl>R«8eaii!tnffl>. «
** Pf .Jpav'^
lug' labornt6?yt> of .^^ra^tagr^
■-university' ft Oleyelsj
St rated that iirooitxronT fed on liver in
'tfehtcherles developed fte disease and.
i^Bbsf^Xliiip^feS^vvIth'' Ml"
did'MiotnwBrtiWMif- ‘FtsbFkrtreMiik
n#^t, c».<**<*•.*r^VviiN^.V.
Tbe observations of Dr. Marine ase
i important, as the exact cause of the
We have put up a good many Nelchina
outfits the past week. We are
ready to put up more.
The Best Goods
The Best Packing
is our motto.
When ready for your outfit come
and see us.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
In the Matter of the Annexation of
Certain Territory to the Incorpor
ated Town of Valdez. -Order Set
ting Time for Hearing Petition and
Giving Notice.
A petition having been this day
presented to the court for the pur
pose of instituting the proceedings
required by law for the annexation
of territory to an incorporated town,
said petition praying for the annex
ation of certain described territory to
tlie incorporated town of Valdez, in
the Territory of Alaska, Third divis
ion; and it appearing to the court
that said petition is signed by forty
eight qualified electors of said incor
porated town, the same being more
than one-fifth of the number of votes
cast at the last municipal election in
said town, and by live actual resi
dents and owners of substantial prop
erty interests in land in the territory
proposed to be annexed and verified
by two of the signers of said peti
tion; said petition setting forth the
boundaries of the territory so pro
posed to be annexed to said town, an
having attached thereto a plat based
upon an actual survey by a compe
tent surveyor, setting forth the lim
its and boundaries thereof by metes
and bounds, and stating the number
of inhabitants therein:
Therefore, it appearing to the court
that said petition is in the form re
quired by law; it is ordered that said
petition be heard and considered by
the court on the 18th day of Febru
ary, 1914, at 10 o’clock- a. m. of said
day, at the. court room of this court
in Valdez, Alaska, if said day be a day
of jurisdiction in "said court, or if the
same be not a-day of jurisdiction,
then said hearing.shall he held on the
first day of jurisdiction thereafter. It
is further ordered that notice of such
hearing be giten by postin'g printed
or typewritten copies of this order
in three, conspicuoous places within
the limits, of said incorporated town
of Valdez, and by posting such cop
ies in three conspicuofis places with
in the limits of the territory so pro
posed to be annexed to and included
within the limits of said incorporated,
town, and hy publishiffg a Cctfy *df
this ordeh oncej. a wejfek-in the. Valdez
Prospector, a newspaper of general
circulation published nearest to said
incorporated (town. • •
Dope in open court-' a,t '.Valdez,
Alaska, tliis ftli day of'January,'1914.
FRED. M. BROWN, Judge.
First publication January 10, 1914.
Hast publication February 14, 191;.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the tinted States Commissioner’s
Court, ex-officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez .precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
" in' the nia’tter *6f the estate of Rob-’
ert Martin, deceased; Notice-to erCd
■itors»~ m-. •>. ?.’.»»»* *"•?*>
,„..No,tiec..is, h.ergjjy..given., ,by the tin
dersigned. administrator of the estate.
6f fthitert,;:Mmh, to the7
■bi’edtttfMD off-anO-' all pei-so'rfs •h'ttVitt'P
claime.-atgainst4 thcraaid estate, • to u*~:
bihit,Jh»m.--tjie utfegsaty v<atcj»
era, FhWn six (6) mop$s .gfter,.the
iirif phbftcatfim'ttr'tmsi notlbe, to llBfe
"fHtd asthnl<H8tf'#tors%^4t'Hfe office ef-*C.
,*M. t jBeqneUt st^ VttldM;4 Alaska. sth*.
tlop of the business of 'said .estate..^
Dated at Valdez, AlaSfiT, 'thK T3WT
tlajr of January, 1914. "'
6at« of first puWfifittioh Ju. ft.
ferto of lost publication Fob. 17.
(Ninety-Second HalfjYearly Report of
The German Savings
and Loan Society
SAVINGS |(thk ukhmanJbank) COMMERCIAL
526 California' Street.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
December 31, 1913,
ASSETS:
United States, State, Municipal and other bonds
(market value $13,437,700), standing on books at $12,899,050.90
Loans on Real Estate, secured by first Mortgages 3*,531,517.20
Loans on Bonds and Stocks . 900.K3li.99
Bank Buildings and Lots, Main and Branch Offices lvalue
$*>00,000>, standing on buoksat.*. 1.00
Other Real Estate lvalue $230,000.00) standing on books at 1.00
Employees’ Pension Fund,™! 10*1,570.12) standing on books] at 1.00
CASH.'. 4,450,102.41
Total.*50,823,000.50
LIABILITIES
Due Depositors. *54,010,190.38
Capital Stock actually paid in;.. 1,000,000,00
Reserve and Contingent Fuud. 1,807,404.18
■ . Total.-.. $60,823,600.50
N. OHLANDT, GEORGE TOURNEY,
President. , Manager,
ggSubscribed and sworn to before mefthis 31st day of December, 1913,
~ [KE^n CHAS. F. DUISENBERG, Notary Public.
"““" For the fi months ending December 31st, 1913, a dividend todeposi
torsTot 4 per eefjt per annum was declared. Adv.
Local Valdez
^SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at®
8 o’clock at
the local quarters back of
Ingrain & Bush’s Cigar Store
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GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
CAMP VALDEZfcNo. 10
Meet every Tuesday, even Id K at 8-e'olw.u in •
■feaiflc Hall , All members ere reqj^sted to
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