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MTEWART A SELBY, Proprietor*
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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July 23, 1912, at the postofflce of Valdes,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1017
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old valentines.
WHERE are the girls of
yesterday,
The gods—the dream*—
the drifting snow
That Villon sang of—
swept away
By winds that through the age*
blow?
On time's swift stream they ebb
and flow.
Tossed In life's current—there and
here.
Let them be gone-we seek to
know
Those sweet old valen'tines of yes
teryear!
Where are those lacy missives gay
That used to make girls flutter so?
The things he wouldn't dare to say
In those dead days departed
slow,
When by this sign each gallant
beau
Secretly spoke of his love sincere;
Why must our cherished play
things go?
Those sweet old valentines of yeB
teryear!
Gladly our scanty coin we'll pay
For bleeding hearts with gore
aglow.
Clasped hands that close and trust
ful lay,
And littie cupids In a row ;
'Neath frilly paper gates they
show.
Through perforated doors they peer;
And why? Because he loved her
so!
Those sweet old valentines of yes
teryear!
O saint uncanonized, this boon be
stow,
Lend to our lovel'ss cry a gra
cious ear,
Lead us to where those paper po
sies grow.
Those sweet old valentines of yes
teryear!
—Kate Masterson.
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ONE CONGRESSMAN FOR ALASKA.
When the Alaska prohibition bill
was pending in Congress Represen
tatives Curry of California contended
that many features were in the Wick
ersham bill that were not in the prop
csition that was submitted to the peo
ple of Alaska at the late election, and
he asserted that these were proposi
tions that the people of this Terri
tory should decide upon. The Cali
fornia Representative gave expression
to one of the reasons why the prohi
bition law in Ataswa should have
been an Alaska-made law. The legis
lature that convened here next rncnth
should have passed the prohibition
law. It would have done it had Con
gress granted a full Territorial foirri
of government. Congress would have
given Alaska full Territorial form of
government if Delegate Wickersham
had asked it to do so.
As a matleV of fact. Delegate W'ck
ersham did not even aid the California
Congressman who desired to let Alas
kans decide upon certain phases of
the prohibition statute. He wanted a
Federal law and wanted it quick. He
always stops short before the home
line is crossed.—Juneau Empire.
“MEASURES SHORT OK WAR.”
International law defines the sev
erance of diplomatic relations be
tween two countries as a ' “measure
short of war,“ and it is pointed’out
that modern history cites no impor
tant instance where such a break has
failed to lead to war. Yet there is
always the hopeful possibility that
even after so drastic a step has been
taken—as in our present relations
with Germany—some means can be
found whereby existing differences
may be amicably settled.
That President Wilson still hopes
to avoid the dread consequences of
war with Germany is shown in his ad
dress to the joint session of Congress.
After informing that body that “he"
had handed the German ambassador
his passports the President said he.
refused to “believe that it is the in
tention of the German authorities to
go in fact what they have warned us
they will feel at liberty to do. * • •
Only overt acts on their part can
make me believe it even now.” Thus
he clings to the hope that Germany
will so recede from her submarine
blockade as to relieve us of the ne
cessity of declaring war.
After the breaking of relations
comes the possibility of other meas
ures termed “non-amicable modes of
redress,” which also are "measures
short of war.” These modes of re
dress may include reprisals, retalia
tions, non-intercourse and display of
force and still there may be no state
of actual war.
A non-intercourse act can ue passeu
by Congress to stop commerce be
tween the United States and Ger
many. but as Great Britnin has al
ready effectually put an end to that
the effect will be negligible. Display
of force frequently has been used by
the United States to impress the ear
nestness of our position on smaller
nations, but no force we could raise
at the present time would affect Ger
many. -Writers on international law
class the Allied march lo the relief
of the legations at Peking as a dis
play of force short of war.
When all the measures short of
war have been exhausted, or either
nation decides to dispense with them
tomes the eventuality—war itself.
More than 100 times since 1700
war has begun before it was actually
declared. Only twelve times in the
216 years has war actually been de
clared before hostilities began. The
latest notable instance was the open
ing action of the Russo-Japanese
war when Admiral Togo struck the
Russian fleet. Russia complained of
a surprise attack but Japan pointed
out that she had not informed Russia ]
she was breaking off diplomatic rela
tions and reserved the right to take
such independent action as might
seem best.
The Hague convention of 1907 took
notice of the situation and adopted an
article making it mandatory for a na
tion to declare war before beginning
hostilities. It provided, however, that
there might be an ultimatum with
conditional declaration of war.
A YOUNG lady from Kansas Oity
lecently attracted much favorable at
tention to herself in New York by
stating she “was a miner’s daughter,
from the eternal snowy wastes of the
Koyukuk" and had made the trip
“by dog sled, steamer and train” to
Gotham in six weeks. If those cred
ulous New Yorkers could see the
Koyukuk in mid-summer they would
change their minds about the “eter
nal snows," and if they knew that a
good musher could put in six weeks
very handily making the trip from
that haven of delight to salt water a*
Seward, they would not be so easily
imposed on. Lots of people in the
Dutch metropolis know more about
South America or Europe than they
do of Alaska. After being wined
and feted hv rich New Yorkers who
wanted to give the poor little Alaska
girl a good time, it was discovered
that she was a telephone operator of
Kansas City, who had never seen
Alaska, and secured her information
about this great Territory from Fred
Bechdolt’s stories in the Popular
) magazine.
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| A SQUAD of New York policemen
■demonstrated that they could live on
[25 cents per day; but shortly there
j after asked that their wages be in
creased to $150 per month on account
of the high price of necessities.
IP a declaration of war is as long
jin coming as the decision of that Ju
jneau canvassing board our children’s
[children will live to a ripe old age.
THE rich are willing to do anything
for the poor but get off their backs.- -
Tolstoy.
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123-CENT MENU IS
SENT MRS. WILSON
j NEW YORK, Feb. 14.—A special
| menu for the White House was sent
'to Mrs. Woodrpw Wilson yesterday
!by Mrs. Eula Clary, publicity man
jager of the policemen’s “diet squad"
j here, with the tequest that the food
! selected for three meals be tried for
one day, as follows: Breakfast—Oat
meal and milk, toast, butter, coffee:
cost, 7 cents. Luncheon—Salmon
croquettes with peas, one date, bread
land butter, tea; cost 8 cents. Dinner
—Baked split peas, stuffed greon
jeppers, whole wheat bread and but
ter, sliced oranges and bananas, tea;
cost 10 cents.
4,000 CASES OF EGGS
CONDEMNED BY STATE
i SEATTLE, Feb. 14.—Assistant
Commissioner J. J. Higgins, of the
state department of agriculture, is
awaiting the arrival of 4,000 cases
of Chinese eggs shipped from Shang
hai to Seattle via San Francisco an 1
detained in the latter city two years
by condemnation proceedings, but re
leased by a court order yesterday.
Mr. Higgins says the eggs will be con
demned if brought here. He has con
demned 15,000 cases of eggs in the
past two years.
PICKLED ALEWIVES.
They Link • Main* Village With tha
Republic of Haiti.
Let a revolution get under way in
(he Haitian republic and the principal
business of Hamariseotta Mills, Maine, ,
will go to suiltherorus. And it has
occurred several limes in the past.
Always, however, It femes back, and
In the euil there is no loss.
It cannot be otherwise. The little
Maine bHiulot is indispensable to Haiti,
while the black republic is a valuable
asset to the village.
One of Haiti's stable articles of food
is supplied from the Maine town. It is
tlie pickled ulewife, u fish closely allied
to the shad family, in thnt it consists
of many bones surrounded by very
white and decidedly sweet flesh. Na
tives of Haiti like it.
In fact, they are about the only peo
ple in the world who consider suited
alewife an epicurean delight. Less than
fifty barrels are sold anywhere else on
the American continent, while Haiti
takes between -B.BOO and 0.000 an
nually.
Tiie aiewire nsuing season 18 in May.
At that time the fish come into fresh
water rivers and lakes to spawn. I>a
marlscotta Mills, which ard at the out
let of a large lake, are a favorite spawn
ing point of the fish.
They are on their way into the lake.
Traps are arranged, and all fish which
go into them land in a pickle barrel.
Men armed with.dip nets having a ca
pacity of a bushel offish at a dip tuke
the alewlvea out of these traps, de
positing them into u boxlike bln. from
which they are shoveled into a rluice.
This sluice leads down to the salting
place.—Boston Globe.
OUR FIR$T FERRYBOATS.
Thoy Wore Catamarans With Paddlo
Whoalo Batwoan tho Hullo.
The present day ferryboat Is very
different from the type originally in
use. Fulton's first regular voyage of
the Clermont began on Aug. 7, 1807.
In 1812 a steam ferryboat ran every
half hour In daylight across the North
river between Cortlandt street and
Pnulus Hook. This boat was of the
• utamsran type, the two hulls ten feet
apart, and the wheels were between
the bulls and operated by steam. Tlie
trip took from fifteen minutes to an
hour, according to the wind and tide.
Similar catamarans, but operated by
eight horses in a treadmill, were in
use on the East river as late as 1814.
In May, 1814, the first steam ferry
boat with outside paddle wheels was
put In commission, the Nassau of the
Fulton Ferry line. The floating bridges,
operated by the tide and balance
weights substantially as at present in
use, were tbe invention of Robert Ful
ton.
The row of yielding piles by which
the boats are still guided iuto their
.siips was the contribution to ferry
navigation of John Stevens. As ::
marine architect he stands second only
to Fulton, and his first steamboat, com
pleted but little later than the Cler
mont. was sent around by sea to Phil
adelphia and was the first to ply on
the Delaware, Fulton’s monopoly ex
cluding it from New York waters.—
New York Sun.
Ancient Tribo In Panama.
In Panama reside the Talamancans,
a trllie of Indians who have not chung
ed their liuMts since the days of Co
luinbus. The Tulamancan's hut. which
Is a masterpiece in the art of thatching,
is a huge afiair and shelters his entire
family and all his worldly possessions
Including the domestic animals. As lie
Is a past master in the art of domesti
eating the wild deer, the peccary, the
tapir and even the tiger cat, numbers
of these animals are present in every
village. His bed consists of the trunk
of a certain species of palm cut Into
strips and supported three or four feel
from the ground on a frame. A few
earthen pots complete the furnishings
of ids house.
Somothing of ■ Shook.
A train carrying the mail was In a
collision. It wrecked the baggage and
mall car, auil as it happened doling a
rainstorm the mail got into a disgrace
ful condition.
“What happened to this letter?"
asked a woman.
“Train was In a collision,” said the
postal official.
“It mgst have been a severe one
when the sbpek could knock the stamp
from a letter."—Detroit Saturday Night.
Sarcastic Will*.
One eccentric Frenchman directed
that a new cooking recipe should be
pasted on his tomb every day, and an
other Frenchman, who- was a lawyer
left $50,000 to a lunatic asylum, de
,daring that It,.was simply an act of
restitution to the clients who were in
sane enough to employ his services.
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Not What Ho Meant.
“Marla, yen'll never be able to drlVe
that nail with a flatiron. For heaven’s
sake, use your head,’’ admonished Mr.
Stubklns. - ;
And then he wondered why she
would uot speak to him the rest of
the day.—Fuck.
Her Secret.
Wessie-Dld you tell the girls at the
tea that great secret 1 Confided to you
and Elsie? Eva—No: isn't It a shame?
That horrid Elsie got there first and
told them before I arrived:
Freedom.
There are two freedoms—the false,
where a man is free to do what he
likes: the true, where a man is free to
do what he ought.—Charles lvlngsley.
The rule of my life is to make busi
ness a pleasure and pleasure my busi
ness.—Aaron Burr.
Good
Goods
Phone 12
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Moderate
Prices
We Have Jones’ Pure Pork Sausage
Hollyhurst Eggs - Special Price - 50c a Dozen
Choice Florida Russet Grape Fruit 2 for 25c.
100 Choice Cauliflower the kind that make you buy
Special Price For Thursday 25c Each.
Strawberry Rhubarb Fifteen Cents A Pound
In Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, the Best the Market can Afford, We Offer
TOMATOES ■
LETTUCE
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
PEARS
BANANAS
GREEN PEPPERS
(TCVMTBERS
CRANBERRIES
CELERY
ORANGES
Everything in Baked Goods
We can furnish you with any article you may desire in Staple and Fancy
Pastry, all we ask is one days notice on orders for Cakes or Fancy Pastry.
In our Bakery Department you will always find fresh
WHITE BREAD
RYU.BREAD .
f FRENCH BREAD
BREAD ROIjLN—All Hindu
DOUGHNUTS
•I ELLY ROLLS
CINNAMON ROLLS
PIES—All Kinds 1
SUGAR COOKIES
GINGER COOKIES
< OFFER CAKE COFFEE PRETZELS CUP CAKES
Try our French Bread, it is fine.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
GROCERIES AND OFFICE LOCATED IN THE FORMER KING GROCERY BUILDING
CARRIE NATION STATUE
IS PLANNED AT TOPEKA
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 14.—Permis
sion to construct a fountain ani j
statue in memory of Carrie Nation, j
the prohibition advocate, was asked !
of the legislature today by the Wo- i
men’s Christian Temperance Union, i
The fountain is to be erected on the ]
state house grounds here, according
to the present plans, and after its
installation the state is to maintain
it.
Sweden Won't Break
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 14.—Sweden
will not accept President Wilson’s
invitation to sever diplomatic rela
tions with Germany. The Swedish
government, however, will protest!
against the newly inaugurated Ger
man naval policy.
Fresh canay at the Emporium, if
Valentines, three for five cents and
upward, at the Emporium. tf
Valdez Miner. $3.00 per year.
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WANTED:—Mill man’s job as a
foreman; excellent references from
San Francisco Mint, and Seattle, Y&1*
dez and Seward assayers. Expert
amalgamator on copper and silver
plates. Inquire at Prospector. tf
Location notices, noth quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Rexall Drugs! Absolutely pure. Ow!
Drug Store.
For Sale.
Lop-Eared Malamute Dog, 15 mos.
old, weight 103 lbs.; price f. o. b..Val
dez $76.00. Address, Box 232,
Douglas, Alaska.’ k3-l-17
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It Leavens "
Makes deliciously light and
wholesome cakes, breads, etc.
SOLD BY GROCERS
POUND TIN 25c
CRESCENT Ml'XJ. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE S CAFE
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below fable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Drag Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
hot-COLD
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wbolewle ud Ratafl DmIcti ia
ALL KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
sfattlk, wash.
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When la Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGST SEXTON. Pace
S i Rfr«TLtr* FIRST CLASS
Fourth Aye, Seward. Alaska
The Beet Place in Valdez to
Stop at !e the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, light Reaat-The Heaae ef Coal art
■»' ; RATES REASONABLE -
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BATH BOON Special Rata By to Mead
PHONE 133 HIS. STRING. Prep
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VALDEZ CAFE
and BAKERY
Fraafc Brawl ud Pwtor ah*a|r» on kaad
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
BERGSTROM 4k ROGSTAD. Paopa.
PHONE 17 - ThadwiMwMDm
* ^ _ waaw aw
Ia every nns or manufactured ar
ticles there is usually one maker who
Bets the standard of excellence. The
Rexall Products set such a standard
for the United States in Drugs, Per
fumes, Toilet Articles and in fact, for
every article which they manufacture.
The OWL DRUG CO., exclusive agent 3
f r Valdez. **
A new stock of A1 Fruit Tablets
Candy Kitchen. If
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Once* over Valdes Drag Co.
Phone ’15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PH. 6. M/O.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Over Owl Drug Co. N
—OFFICE HOURS:
1 to 4 P. M. 7 to 8 P. M
Sunday by Appointment.
Res. Phone 176 Office Phone 1)>
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. &
< I JUNEAU;'ALASKA
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Glasses Fitted lenses Ground
DR. H. COCKERILLE
GraiMte National University
Washington. D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Yean in Valdez
PHONE 110
Office Rooms la Whaling Building
DONOHOE & D1MOND
ATTORNEY S-AT-LA W
Jr
VBet Oyooslte Coart House
Phone M VALDR7. 41,ASK 4
JOHN IfOM <s H ftrnJHJN
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS- AT-I.A A*
OBcc* la " ssllog Rallrtlaa
P|i§§^ lOI I ALDEZa ALASKA
VALDEZ LODGE
NO im
Vnt u4 icc«yt(< Mlyu>
j Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month In McKInley
! Halt Visitors always welcome.
P. M. BROWN, W. M
BD WOOD, Secretary
Valdez Miners Union Ho. 188 >
Western Federation of Minora
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W. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mine
CBAS. McCALLUM. Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.
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