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VALDEZ. ALASKA
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July 2*. 1912. at the poatofflce of VaMee,
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 4. 1918
Food will win
the War;
don’t waste it!
—
TME VOLUNTEER8.
B volunteers! 'Dia volunteers!
I dream as In the bygone years.
I bear again their stirring cheers
And see their banners shine
What time the yet unconquered
north
Pours to the wars her legions forth
For many a wrong to strike a blow
With mailed hand at Mexico.
The volunteers! Ah, whera ara they
Who bade the hostile surges stay
When the black forts of Monterey
Froamed on their dauntless line—
Where, undismayed amid the shock
Of war, like Cerro Gordo's rock,
They stood or rushed more madly on
Than tropic tempest o'er San Juan?
On Angostura’s crowded field
Their scattered columns scorned to yield
And wildly .vet defiance >>ea)cd
Their flashing batteries' throats
And echoed then the rifle crack
As deadly as when on the track
Of flying foe of yore its voice
Bade Orleans' dark eyed girls rejoice.
Blent with the roar of guns and bomba.
How grandly from the dim past comes
The roll of their victorious drums.
Their bugles’ joyous notes.
When over Mexico's proud towers
And the fair valley's storied bowers
Fit recompense for toil and scars.
In triumph waved their flag of stars.
Ah, comrades of your ow it tried troop,
Whoes honor ne’er to shame might Moop,
Of lion heart and eagle swoop,
But you alone remain.
On all the rest has fallen hush
Of death, the men whose battle rush
Was wild as sun loosed torrent's flow
From Orizaba's crest of snow.
The volunteers! The volunteers!
God send us peace through all our yean.
But If the cloud of war appears
Ws’ll see them once again.
From broad Ohio's peaceful side,
From where the Maumee pours its tide.
From storm lashed Krle’a wintry shore,
Shell spring the volunteers once more.
—General William Haynes Lytle.
MODERN WORLD CALAMITIES
The elements have been most cruel
towards the people of Halifax. One
day the survivors were horrified by
the knowledge that the city had suf
fered one of the greatest of the world
calamities. Two days later an unuB
ually severe storm swept over the ill
fated city, Increasing their miseries
and adding to the already long list
of victims.
Only those who have been eyewit
nesses to Buch a community calamity
van realize the awful state of affairs
in that unfortunate city. Relief could
not possibly be secured in time to pre
vent inexpressible suffering.‘The ter
ror of the people themselves makes
them almost helpless. The shock to
their neighbors renders them less
able to succor the unfortunates than
we from a distance can imagine.
Such a visitation of destructive ele
ments is impossible to describe or to
understand. Even war itself is not
more terrible.
The Halifax horror will go into
history as one of the worst of mod
ern times. It is a reminder of the vol
canic eruption of Mt. Pelee fifteen
years ago, when 40,000 lives were
lost. One year later the Iroquois the
ater disaster took a toll of 575. Still
another year later the Gen. Slocum
sank In the East river, New York,
with an excursion party in which
1,400 were lost.
While it is not known definitely
how many persons were lost in the
San Francisco earthquake and fire of
1906, yet official reports of that cal
amity pdace the number at 1,000. The
greatest of all modern catastrophes
was in 1908, when the Messina earth
quake in Italy is believed to have cost
fully 300,000 lives. The sinking of
the Titanic resulted in a death loss
of 1,603. This was In 1013. In 1*14
the Empress of Ireland sank in the
St. Lawrence river with a fatal list
of 1,037. Italy was ag&in visited by
an earthquake in 1915, a few weeks
prior to her entrance into the war,
and 3,600 cltisens perished. The Lusi
tania was torpedoed the same year,
with a loos of 1,198. It was this same
year that the steamer Eastland turn
ed turtle In the Chicago river, destroy
ing the live* of 812 excursionists.
Unconfirmed reports from Austria
several months ago conveyed the in
telligence that fully 4,000 citizens of
Italy were lost because of the explo
sion of a munition plant. Most of the
disasters were all but forgotten, they
having been recalled by the catastro
phe at Halifax.
In poin: of numbers lost, we be
lieve the Halifax disaster is. with one
exception, the worst on the North Am
erican continent. It is only exceeded
in the number of fatalities by the tidal
wave which swept over Galveston in
the autumn of 1900. taking a toll of
approximately 9,000. -
WHY LIBERTY BONDH HLUMPED
When several blocks of liberty
bonds a few weeks ago sold below par
on the New York stock exchange
there followed considerable mystifi
cation if not some misgiving on the
part of some persons who had been
told these bonds were not likely to fall
below their face value. The wonder
was natural, too, for there is not the
slightest reason why United States
bonds, admittedly the soundest secur
ities in the world, should undergo a
slump.
Secretary McAdoo, of the treasury,
solved the mystery in an address at
the capital recently at a conference of
representatives of the liberty loan i
committees from all parts of the coun
try. He said:
"Some persons sell these bonds for
malevolent reasons. Investigations j
that I have made recently convince
me that the hand of the kaiser is be
hind certain sales. I am not in posses
sion of evidence that would convince
a jury of this assertion but 1 could
convince any fair-minded man of the
truth of it. Thoughtless persons who
think they have done their duty when
they buy bonds also sell them. These
thoughtless persons can be changed
to thoughtful ones if we con show
them that their sales are affecting the
government. We cannot influence the
kaiser’s people but we can put them
in the penitentiaries and 1 want to
see them there, for we must deal re
lentlessly with all the enemies of Am
erica.”
What would be more natural for
shrewd agents of the kaiser than to
buy blocks of liberty bonds and force
down the market by unloading them?
they would lose practically nothing
financially by the process, yet they
would win a victory for the kaiser by
disturbing public confidence in the
value of our government's securities
and thus injure future loans. And if
any person is in a position to get to
the bottom of this enemy maneuver,
it is the secretary of the treasury to
whom the services of the department
of justice are available.
In this instance, as in scores of oth
ers. agents of Germany’s gigantic spy
system have been at work; and the
incident should not be forgotten by
individuals who are Inclined to give
ear to false rumors. It Is the business
of the kaiser’s spies to counteract as
far as possible America’s participa
tion in the war.
THE END of this year will prob
ably see a steady stream of coal flow
ing out of Anchorage to other towns
and to the States. If a harbor is con
structed there, and we can see no rea
son why one cannot be, there will be
no difficulty in navigating the inlet
winter or summer, as the ice is badly
broken up most of the year and pres
ents no unsurmountable obstacles for
navigation when compared with many
Russian ports and those of the Great
Lakes, where vessels ride down and
crush ice from 12 to 18 feet thick.
Even with her port partly frozen in
Anchorage offers a better haven for
vessels than Seward whose harbor Is
absolutely unprotected from the
waves that sweep in from the North
Pacific. With her great lead over the
other towns of the Territory Anchor
age should become a city of eight or
ten thousand if the coal fields prove
the bonanza they are believed to be.
LET'S ALL get together now and
plan for a big Fourth of July cele
bration.
One hundred years ago today flour
was quoted at $12 per barrel, but
very few of us remember It.'
STEAM HBATBD MBWLI
SEATTLE HOTEL
MBS. B. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
DANIEL BOONE’S LONG SWING
Pursued by Indians, He Cut Grapevine
Near Ground and Sailed Far
Enough to Broak Track.
Do you remember reading In one
of the school histories about how the
doughty Daniel Boone, when pursued
by Indiana on his way to the unknown
wilderness of Kentucky, cut a grape- |
vine near the ground so that It formed \
a swing upon which he traveled J
through the air far enough to break ,
his truck? If you rend It. you prnb- ,
ably thought it u hit fishy, writes
Niksith. Unless you live somewhere
In the Alleghany mountains you would
not believe that wtfd grapevines are
long enough or strong enough or hold
onto the trees tight enough to innke
much of a swung.
As a matter of fact, there le no rea
son to douht that Daniel made the
awing and got away from the Indiana
For in the mountains of western Mary
land And eastern West Virginia, across
which Daniel took his haaardons way.
the hoys are still making such swings
just for fun. And royal fun It Is. The
writer whs driving through the moun
tains near the upper Potomac when he
saw some enormous grapevines droop
ing fit) or 70 feet from the tops of the
trees. They hud l»een cut close to
the ground, and the hillside above
them was all plowed np by the feet of
youngsters.
The temptation to try the Daniel
Boone stunt was as Irresistible. It was
quickly proved that by taking a run
ning start down the hill one could
swing a most amazing and breath-tak
ing dlatauee right out over the creek.
8wings made with ropes were tame by
comparison. But there was no tempta
tion to emulate Daniel by letting loose
at the end of the swing. It took
pioneering nerve to do that.
CATS WILL GUARD CHICKENS
While Watching for Rata, They Fright
en Away Hawk*—Are Broken From j
Killing Little Onee.
Did you know tint eats htc a vain- j
able asset to the poultry man? Tou |
might believe that they were anything j
but Invaluable l>*•••MUse of their Innate
love for fresh meats. Hut sweeter than (
baby chicks to the palate of the eat arc i
the snWMith-eonted. long-tailed erca |
lures of the rat family. Ami rats prey I
upon chickens, asserts the I’oultryman.
During tin.. of a year there Is
more loss in the poultry world from
the ravages of rats than from eats or
hawks, or even disease. A eat in the
chicken yard. If trained to properly
value the life of the chickens, will ter j
Irorize and destroy the rats and will |
ward off the enemy Imwks and so prove ,
himself or herself of great worth.
t’uls have proved tlielr worth as I
j chicken yard sentinels, and there have
been many and various methods cm
'ployed by tlielr owners to break them
from killing the chickens. One well
known method Is that of tying a dead
iileken about a cat’s neck and making
him tug around the heavy dead body
for from one to two days. In the mean
time the cat will supimsedly grow l<>
have a great dread and horror of a
lead chicken.
Explaining the Universe.
I suppose that we have all had mo
ments of sudden Illumination when it
occurred to us that we had explained
the universe, sml it was so eaay for
us that we wondered why we had not
done It before, says S. M. Orothers in
the Atlantic. Some thought drifted
Into our mind aud tilled us with vagu
forebodings of oiuniscieuee. It was
not an ordinary thought that explained
only a fragment of existence. It ex
plained everything. It proved one
thing and It proved the opposite Just
as well. It explained why things are
aa they are, and If it should turn out
that they are not that way at all. It
would prove that fact also. In the
light of our great thought chaos
seemed rational. Such thoughts usual
ly occur shout four o'clock In the
morning. Having explained the uni
verse, we relapse Into satisfied slum
her. When, a few hours later, we rise
we wonder what the explanation was
Laeustral Settlement*.
The laeustral settlements wen
places of refuge for s imstoral and ag
ricultural people, slid the light anil
dryness that clisracterlsed the dwell
lugs show h step iu advance toward
more permanent abodes. In thla period
science places the beginning of civili
sation. By these lacustrine men spin
ning and weaving were Invented. Ag
riculture was born among them; aui
mala were domesticated—the ox, tin
cow, the sheep, the goat, the dog. The
uses of metal were discovered, and
the age of iron was ushered in. Habi
tations similar to these still exist in
the Bast Indies, and among the Amu
Ionian tribes of Maracaibo. They ex
lated also In Lake Fraslas, in Thrace,
daring the time of Herodotus, the
Greek historian.
—
Spiders Ride on Flies.
There is an aspect of spider and d>
relations which fabulists and natural
ists alike have overlooked. A corre
spondent who has brought the micro
scope to bear on many houseflies, finds
that the parasite upon that hateful In
sect la often an Immature spider, aays
the Loudon Chronicle. Too weak yet
to spin Its web, it makes the fly its
winged palfrey, and courses from place
to place nt the will of its captive; ei
ther until Pegasus perishes naturally,
or, presumably, until the rider is able
to make a meal of his charger. This,
if confirmed, teems to cany ■» a step
farther la the etady of parasitism sad
ANNOUNCEMENT
After the first day of January, 1918, this store will
be open for business between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and
5:30 p.m. in compliance with the new eight hour law.
We canno* see where this law will make it cost any more
to do business, but on the other hand we believe we will
make a small saving on lights and fuel, therefore we
have decided to give the public the benefit of this saving.
For the time being we will sell all 20 cent canned
vegetables at IS cents per can. We also will sell Fisher's
Blend Flour lor $350 per sack.
Fresh Ranch Eggs 60 cents and the justly fam
ous Hollyhurst Eggs at 70 cents per dozen. We respect
fully request that you order early as our deliveryman is
a busy man.
Very truly yours
S. BL UM AND COMPANY
GOOD GOODS
WILL EXPELL MEMBERS
BELONGING TO 1. W. W.
SEATTLE, Jan., 4.—Resolutions
pledging support to the government
and withdrawing all support and dele
gates to the International Defense
League and providing for the expul
sion of any member who belongs to
the I. W. W. were adopted by the
Janitors, Watchmen and Elevator Op
erators’ Local Union, No. 14605, at
its meeting in the Labor Temple Sun
day night. The action against the In
ternational Defense League was tak
en upon the representation that the
organization was supporting I. W. W.
and persons who are preaching sedi
tion.
.4 Splendid Xmas Gift
News was received here today that
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Davis, of Auburn,
Wash., are rejoicing over the arrival
of a fine baby girl which arrived on
Christmas day. Prof. Davis was for
merly superintendent and principal of
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdez to
Kllamar, Landlock, Fldalgo and
way porta. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rates apply on board.
CAPT. H. L. RIDER
Arctic Hotel
All Warn, Oatatde Room
Traaatont Trade SoUrtted
Special Rates kj the Week or Meath
Baths la Ooaaectloa
PHONE 133 MIS. STIING. Pie*
SAFETY FIRST
Travel On The
“SHAMROCK”
Prompt Service
D.D. STEWART Master .
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to ell points
in the third division.
Horses bought end sold.
Phone 166.
the Valdez schools,and he and Mrs.
Davis have a host of friends who con
gratulate them upon their delightful
Christmas gift.
VALDEZ
The town of valdez
is situated at the head of
Prince William Sound,
and is a city of probably one thou
sand population. It is the center
of the mining industry on the
Sound, both copper and gold, and
is adjacent to and within easy
hauling distance of the salmon
grounds, many fresh water rivers
and streams in Valdez Bay bring
ing the fish in great numbers to
within sight of the town. The
city has one good cannery, which
will operate two lines the coming
season, employing probably one
hundred and fifty persons.
The city offers good opportuni
ties for a fish saltery, a fertilizer
factory, a glue factory, a tin can
factory and a box shook factory,
all subsidiary to the fish packing
business. The city owns its own
wharf and the Valdez Dock Com
pany, which also owns a splendid
wharf is willing to give prospec
tive investors a chance for sites.
VALDEZ has a progressive
citizenry, with good high schools,
churches, free reading room and
library, good clubrooms and many
lodges and organizations. Rents
are very cheap, and living is but
little higher than in the States.
Many gold and copper mines
are contiguous to Valdez, making
this city their outfitting port, and
drawing from its reserve of labor.
The climate is very healthful, the
extremes of heat and cold being
rarely experienced. The mercury
rarely falls below —15 in the win
ter and 70 above is the highest
summer temperature. The sum
mers are delightful and the win
ters far better than those of the
Northern Central or Eastern
States.
VALDEZ is the coast terminal
of the government military high
way to the Interior. Dunng the
summer months autos may reach
Fairbanks from Valdez in 36
hours running time, over a fine
road, through the most magnifi
cent scenery on the North Amer
ican continent. In winter teams
or dog sleds may be had at all
times.
VALDEZ has a number of first
class hotels and restaurants, and
the traveler and miner can be as
sured of comfortable lodgings a'
a minimum expense. Parties de
siring to outfit for mining or pros
pecting can'do so at our stores
far cheaper than in the States,
with men of experience to help se
lect their outfits.
If you are coming to Alaska
the Land of Opportunity, and de
sire a good home town among a
fine class of citizens, buy your
ticket to
VALDEZ
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