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H. B. SELBY, Editor and Proprietor.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
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July 23, 1912, at the postoffice of Valdes.
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1817
OFFICEHOLDING MAY NOT EX
EMPT
Now it is given out from Washing
ton that despite the liberal provisions
of the conscription law exempting
from military service public em
ployes, a strict adherence to the law
will not be encouraged. In other
words, government employes will not
be exempted merely because of the
fact that they are upon the public
payrolls. If their services are not in
a sense indispensable because of the
important technical knowledge which
they may have in their particular sit
uation, they will not be exempted
from the provisions of the draft.
This is a wise and important deci
sion. It is a just decision, too, for
were the government to place its em
ployes into a special class and say
that they would not be required to
bear arms in the nation's defense,
while requiring young men to leave
their activities in civil life and serve
under compulsion in the army and
navy of the country a complaint
would be lodged against the law
which no manner of explaining would
satisfy.
It is very certain that there are
men in the government employ whose
services are as important, in the sit
uation which they now hold, as tho
they were actually to be engaged in
battle, but these cases are few and
far between.
The officeholder should not be ex
empted because he is an officeholder.
He should have a better reaspn than
this, and it seems from Washington
dispatches that the protests which
have been lodged against the official
exemption clause are to be recogniz
ed, though at a belated hour, by the
government itself.
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"I’H YBICALLY DISgUA LI FI ED"
The number of young men who
have been rejected by the examining
board for physical disqualifications is
little short of amazing. Official figures
are not yet obtainable, but it is es
timated that between 65 and 70 per
cent of the men called before the
boards failed to meet the standard
army tests.
The relative importance of this sit
uation is revealed when it is known
tha£ during the Civil war only a little
more than 25 per cent of the men
called to the colors were rejected on
physical grounds and it has been es
timated by the provost marshal that
this percentage would not be exceed
ed by the present draft. In some parts
of the country it has fallen consider
ably below 26 per cent while in others
the average has been higher. That the
rejections have been too numerous,
however, seems to be shown by the
fact that the war department has low
ered the standards for the rest of the
first increment of the army.
Yet the first impression that this
is a country of weaklings is mislead
ing. Most of the rejections were for
defects which the physician member
of the board says could be remedied
in a week’s time by medical of den
tal attention. Probably the greatest
number were rejected on account of
bad teeth—a condition endemic in
this country, where there is a scar
city of lime in the water. Other de
fects which would tell on the soldier
in the trenches but which the aver
age person does not regard as serious
caused the discharge of a consider
able number of registrants.
The latest ruling regarding tests of
eyes, ears and teeth appear to be pro
per ones. For instance, if it is possible
to restore defective teeth with dental
work, the candidate will be enrolled,
and no doubt this work will be done
by army dentists, as it is at the front.
It is impossible to raise a vast army
of perfect men and it is only to be
expected that the army standards of
peace time should be slightly lower in
war.
These examinations are important,
not only in sifting out men for* the
army, but also is showing how few
persons the physically fit for hard
THE EMPRESS
THURSDAY EAGLE HALL 8 SHARP
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Introductory Picture
of Travel
SIBERIA
THE EMPRESS CIRCUIT PRESENTS
MARC M’DERMOTT
in a dual role in
“THE CATSPAW”
A FIVE PART K.EJS.E. FEATURE
Regular Admission - 25c
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MR8. !£• MILIj, Ppopp.
VALDEZ ALASKA
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service, and impressing the public
with the need of properly caring for
the human machine.
TTie Price of Silver '
Editor Prospector: Your cable cor
respondent was in error when he
stated that 87 cents an oynce was the
highest price ever reached by silver.
He probably grabbed the misinforma
tion from some hair-trigger newspap
er writer who touched himself off in
a hurry. If he read a little of the
miles of newspaper controversy over
the “Crome of 1873” that piled up
in the Nineties he would have learned
the facts.
When coinage of the silver dollar
was suspended in 1873 silver was
worth about $1.32 an ounce. Its
coinage value at 16 to 1 is $1.2929.
From 1873 to 1890 the metal sunk
in value until it was worth a little
more than 90 cents an ounce. In that
yeai* the demand for silver coinage j
at the old ratio of ,16 to 1 forced aj
compromise in the form of the Sher
man purchasing act, which called for
the purchase by the government of
4,500,000 ounces of silver a month at
its market value and the issuance of
silver a month at its market value
and the issuance of silver certificates
for the amount paid for the silver.
Shortly after the Sherman act was
passed silver advanced to $1.19 an
ounce. Almost immediately the price
began sagging and went down until in
1893 it was worth less than 80 cents
and has never reached that price un
til within the last month. In 1893 the
Sherman act was repealed and silver
dropped to a little over 60 cents.
Then came the silver campaign of
1896 which resulted irf the establish
ment of the gold standard for the
United States. Silver sold for a de- j
caae or more alter 1896 at between
50 and 60 cents an ounce. A few
years ago it started upward and has
been rising irregularly ever since.
If the young man had said "87
cents for silver is the highest price
since 1893” he would have been cor
rect.
E. E. RITCHIE.
Special price of 75c per curl for
permanent hair waving will close
Aug. 31. Vanitie Shop. tf
Cordova Minced Clams, Keystone
Produce Co.
I
Mallory-the weatherproof Hat
MORE RAINY DAYS are coming—rainy, drizzly days. Of
course you have Rubbers, Umbrella, and a Rain Coat. But what
about your Hat? That can get wet, too, and a few drops on some
Hats is a calamity. The Hat will get dry, but it will never look
the same. Not so, however, if yon
have one of our
with the “Cravenette Finish.”
They are proofed against mois
.ture, The rain drops never show.
This added protection is to be had
only in MALLORY HATS. Our
r.ewshapes and shades for Fall are
now here.
S. Blum & Company
GOOD GOODS
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at G. O. Reinke’s. tf
A complete line of nugget and
ivory jewelry at the Owl Drug Store.
tf
Use Rexall Hair Tonic and you will
use no other. Valdez Drug Store, tf
Do not trust to luck or amateur
methods. Have your hair dyed by an
expert at the Vanitie Shop. tf
REPORT OF1 THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The First Bank of Valdez
LOCATED AT
VALDEZ, TERRITORY OF ALASKA, AT THE
CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE 7TH DAY OF
AUGUST, 1917.
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts ..,.$123,493.60
Overdrafts ------------ 3,964.28
Bonds, Warrants _____ 95,238.07
Furniture and Fixtures.... 2,600.00
Other Real Estate owned __ 1,000.00
Checks on other banks and other cash items. 696.43
CASH ON HAND AND SIGHT
EXCHANGE __
TOTAL ._....$313,841.82
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock Paid in ___.$ 25,000.00
Surplus Fund_ 3,000.00
Undivided Profits_ 1,242.48
Due to Banks—Deposits_____ 139.83
Dividends Unpaid ___ 600.00
Deposits —.......-.... $283,704.51
Certified Checks _ 155.00
TOTAL _--$313,841.82
United States of America, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial
Division, ss.
I, J. W. GILSON, Cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief. *
J. W. GILSON,
Cashier.
E. B. WHEAT, ^
Correct Attest: J. C. MARTIN.
JOHN LYONS
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of August,
1917.
(Notarial Seal) ANTHONY J. DIMOND,
Notary Public In and for the Territory of Alaska.
My Commission Expires February 13, 1921.
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Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
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European Plan.
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VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free u< Accepted Maseaa
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month in McKinley
HalL Visitors always welcome.
F. If. BROWN. W. M.
ED WOOD. Secretary.
WE PAY
Lead 8 l-2c a pound.
Rags $2.75 a hundred.
Cast Iron $33 a ton.
Rope 5c a pound.
Brass 18c a pound.
Copper 27 l-8c a pound.
Rubber 7 l-2c a pound.
Beer bottles 27c a dozen.
P. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1843 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
Launch Patsy
tor Charter An wy hero oa
VALDEZ BAT
At any Time Day or Night
J. D. Jefferson
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Baths In Connection
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING. Pnp
LAUNCH DELLA
’Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips fro 19 Valdes to
Ellamar, Landlock, Fldalgo and
way ports. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passen*
gers.
For rates apply on board.
CAPT. H. L RIDER
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices in Fish Building, adjoining
Tillikum Club.
Phene *15 sleKhoey Street
Contract Surgeon, O. 8. Army
A. A Surgeon, » 8. Public Health 8ery.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. R COCKERILLE
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1898
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
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DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
#■«* Opposite Ctirt Hone
Pk«a» 54 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LIONS SB SC RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOMEYt-AT-SiAW
Ss WlallBf BbIMIbc
VALDEZ ALA IK A
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
GImam Fitted Lesutee Ground
VALDEZHOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
jos. a. Mmsnxs. n. c.. n. p. •
Jos. A. Silverman PL G. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Oifie* Wan -1 la 4 p. m -7 ta S p. m.
Sunday by Appointment
Rea. Tel. 17« Office TeL 19
Boyle Block V aides
i Candy Kitchen i
E. W. HUNT—-la Owl Drag Start. |
| FOUNTAIN DRINKS !
HOT---COLD j
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188.
Waatarn Fad a rati on of Mban
W. M. CONLEY Prarfd.at.
VaUas »*—*•
GEORGE M. BARRY Saoatary.