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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1B16
IT IS HIS KECORD THAT HURTS.
Some of Wickersham’a supporters
are plaintively asserting that the Del
egate is being abused by those who
are opposing his candidacy for re
election as Delegate to Congress. The
only basis for the contention is the
circumstance that the press, plat
form speakers and people who really
know the facts are spreading his re
cord before the people of the Terri
tory. The thing about Mr. Grigsby’s
speech for instance, and the articles
that cause the thick-and-thln, right
or-wrong-I-am-for-Wlck men to wince
is that they fortified their assertions
with the printed record. It Is their
record that hurts. And If quoting
Wickersham’s record constitutes an
abuse it is time for the people of
Alaska to choose a representative In
Congress who will make a different
sort of record.
THE MALAMUTE.
When we have lived for some time
in Alaska we pay little attention to
the extraordinary place occupied by
the malamute in Alaskan life altho
the brute permeates almost every
phase of it. He is to Alaska what the
camel is to Arabia. He Is Indige
nous to the soil of the Territory. He
gives local color to stories of Alaska
as a kangaroo gives it to Australia
and long ago Alaska would have prob
ably enshrined him as its national and
only beloved emblem if he were only
pretty enough and could conduct
himself with anything approaching
gentility.
It is impossible anywhere in the
whole length and breadth of the Ter
ritory to get away from him. Touch
at Petersburg or Wrangell or Ketchi
kan for the first time coming north
and you will hear his chorus. Steam
down the Yukon river, up the Tak
hlnl, the Tanana, any of them and
the first intimation you receive that
you are approaching a village comes
from the malamute answer to the
steam whistle. Travel the trail and
you either have him along as your
best friond or you must hide your ba
con to keep some stray specimen from
eating It. Enter a modern town and
he rui.s between your legs on the side
walk.
The malamute is a peculiar beast.
On the trail he is man’s best friend.
He has made the gold discoveries and
the consequent development of the
Territory possible. The malamute
has opened Alaska to man. The oth
er side of the malamute, however, is
that he is a treacherous wretch. Over
and over again when he is traveling
in packs he has taken human lives.
Near the city of Nome a few years
ago a pack almost completely devour
ed a boy in his teens. But be is not
to blame for all this. He probably
threw the boy down first in play and
then saw no harm in doing the rest.
He is only a dog.
In nature he is just like the terri
tory and its native inhabitants. For
this reasun he Is worth studying. He in
an uncultivated type of dog as the
Territory and the Territory’s natives
are uncultivated. No three things in
the world harmonise with such poetic
perfection in their three different
spheres as the wilder parts of Alaska,
especially near the mouth of the Yu
kon and the Native and the Mala
mute. Each of them is possessed of
an uncanny peace of exterior and of
a latent and fatal fierceness. Nothing
can kill so quickly in the wilderness
when it becomes aroused and of the
Malamute and Native the same holds
true. The Malamute is not only in
digenous to the land but he is a part
of it. He grows as naturally out of
it as weeds grow out of uncultivated
ground. Let us hope that as the coun
try and its original inhabitants only
need care to flourish the Malamute
only needs the same to make him an
animal of which we might be proud.—
Seward Gateway.
NOT ALWAYS FOR WICK.
Congressman Albert Johnson, who
tries to make up a record that would
give Delegate Wickersham credit tor
the Alaska railroad bill is the same.
Albert Johnson who two years ago
had a controversy with Wickersham
as to the authorship of a bill waiving
the assessment work required at
Nome. Johnson introduced the bill
and it proved very unpopular at
Nome. Wickersham criticised the
bill. Johnson replied that it was
Wickersham who wrote it. and favor
ed it. Wickersham denied the allega
tion.—Empire.
JUDGE WICKERSHAM, in his
speech likened hlB detractors to a
man who could see a hair a mile away
but could not see the cow. In other
words he meant that the men who
hi. wmoml im-ntnhUig
out the small things for comparison
and will not give him the crediffor
the big things he has done. We bate
to think that the Delegate has this
idea of the treatment being accorded
him. He has received better treat
ment at the hands of his constituents
than any politician we have ever
seen. He has only to make a claim
and in the face of almost Incontro
vertlble proof to the contrary, he is
believed. No matter what the Con
gressional Record, his brother Con
gressmen or any person familiar with
his re<vru may say, the howl goes
UP that the proof is prejudiced or not
germane to the controversy. It places
his opponents in the peculiar condi
tion of endeavoring to learn a man to
see, smell, feel and hear, as his wor
shippers refuse absolutely to believe
the evidences of their senses.
. ».
COAL FROM ALASKA.
Now there is news for Alaska of
more importance to our people, and
possibly more interesting that the re
port about the work of Stefansson’s
Canadian exploring expedition that
was sent to the Times from Nome last
week by Dr. Anderson. He and his
associates are bring to Seattle, with
a collection of Eskimo folk songs and
cat’s cradle games, some specimens of
copper which they found. But the
copper deposits are not in the United
States Territory, being situated a lit
tle east of Alaska, and they have no
commercial value because they are
practicA;'y inaccessible. We have an
abundance of copper in Alaska, at
places where It can easily be mined
and shipped to our Pacific coast states
which received $26,000,000 worth of
it last year. And we also have in
Alaska an enormous quantity of coal.
The news we are going to say some
thing about relates to this coal ami
a railroad.
The first trainload of coal from the
famous and very extensive Matanus
ka coal field was brought down by
rail to tidewater, at Anchorage, a dis
tance of 71 miles, on the 16th. This
railroad Is a new one that the gov
ernment has been building with mon
ey appropriated by Congress. When
the Matanuska mine or deposits were
reached last week the achievements
were celebrated with as much warmth
of appreciation as could be found in
so cold a country. A party of enthu
siastic citizens was carried to the coal
fields from Anchorage in a special
train chartered by the little city’s
chamber of commerce. In this party
were officers of the Engineering Com
mission whfch supervised construc
tion of the railroad, and the Kev. Pe
ter Trimble Rowe, Bishop of Alaska.
They saw the first trainload of coal
beginning its journey to the port of
Anchorage and a ship.
This is good news for Alaska and
for the people and industries of our
Pacific Coast States. There is no
end of coal up there. The cost of coal
in Oregon, Washington and California
will be largely reduced. Last year
we received nearly $67,000,000 worth
of copper, canned salmon, furs, gold,
and silver from this great northern
Territory, which was bought in 1867
for only $7,200,000. Hereafter much
will be added for coal.—New York
Times.
OUR DELEGATE claims to be a
Republican. He may be, we have no
method of ascertaining his innermost
thoughts, but it has struck us as ex
tremely peculiar that a candidate can
claim to be a Republican and fight
capital, fight the corporations, fight
the government, fight the advent of
capital into his district, and pass up
the Republicans of the cities he visits
entirely and train with rabid anti
everythings like the John Frame fac
tion at Anchorage. We believe that
Mr. Wtckersham should depend upo i
the voters of the party he is affiliated
with to c’ect hint and not. depend upon
the disgruntled elements of all par
ties to place him in a position where
he is arbiter between capital and
legislation. The most rabid anarch
ist we could pick in the territory
would not be as bitter an enemy to
capital as Wick claims he is, and yet
he pretends to affiliate with the party
who put the cap in capital.
IN THE Washington State Primary
Republican candidates for United
States senator received a total of
173.000 voter ana Democratic candi
dates less than 30,000. Inasmuch as
the Democra lc vote of Washington
at’ elections Is more than half the Re
publican vote the primary vote goes
a long way toward proving that Poin
dexter was nominated by Democratic
votes to be the Republican candidate
for Senator. His margin over Hum
phrey was 8000, of which was about
30.000 or 40,000 v.ere apparently cast
by Democrats.
CONGRESSMAN Johnson stated
while on a recent tour of Alaska, that
the Territory would be set back six
years in ease It did not return James
Wickers ham to Congress. We believe
the Congressman was looking In the
wrong direction.
A WEEK or two ago Berlin an
nounced that the Teutons had annihi
lated the Rumanian army. I .ate news
indicates that the Rumanians don't
know how to stay dead.
Ice Hanning In Chena Hlough.
Reports from the Interior this
morning state that tee is running in
the Chena slough at Fairbanks, and
that the Inhabitants of the Inland me
tropolis are settling down for the
winter after an extremely prosperous
year.
Canaries, Singers and females, iln
est stock, now is the time to buy. Mrs.
.......Uj...
SHIP LINE FROM COAST
TO NORWAY ANNOUNCED
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.—A mo
tor ship line between San Francisco
and Norway is to be inaugurated next
month by tbe Norwegian-Pacific line,
a Scandinavian concern, it was an
nounced today. The Bayard, a motor
rhip now en route from Christiana
to Boston, which is due here late this
month, will be the first of the new
line to call.
AFRICAN ELEPHANTS.
They May Be In Captivity, but They
Are Never In Subjection.
For many reasons the chase of tbe
elephant stands at the apex of sport
As o man killer In open combat be
ranks with the lion and tbe African
buffalo. He Is tbe only beast that fears
no other. While be will almost Invari
ably run from the acent of man be Is
as Invariably ready to attack on tbe
slightest provocation. Fear does not
exist for him. His overwhelming bulk,
power, speed and intelligence make
him supreme beyond the range of ri
valry.
As though this were not enough to
establish his pre-eminence, he alone
carries a .trophy which Is one of the
staple products of the Industrial world
The value of Ivory rises. It never flue
tuates. Nor Is this alL In tbe mind
of tbe east the elephant Is Intimately
associated with dignity, |>omp, pageant
ry and kingship. But In tbe mind of
the native African he Is king—a king
In his own right
In this regard let it be ailirmed that
no elephant born In Africa bos ever do
cilely paced a hlppodroined stage, trun
died a circus wagon or taken children
for a ride In tbe park. Those sleep
walking cattle known to tbe American
public as elephants come from India
and are mere distant cousins to the
king. You may have seen tbe African
elephant In captivity, but never In sub
jection. Chain him to tbe floor behind
Iron bars, and after ten years he Is
•till quick to throw muck In tbe face
of the man that Jeers at him.—George
Agnew Chamberlin In Century.
CHLOROFORM IN SURGERY.
The Horrors That Wore Stopped by Its
Uss as an Ansssthstio.
Sir James Simpson, who was con
netted with the medical department of
Edinburgh university. If not actually
the discoverer of chloroform, was at
any rate the first to introduce Its em
ployment as an anaesthetic Into sur
gical practice. This was In 1848.
Previously all operations were per
formed without anaesthetics, the pa
tient being drugged with whisky and
held down by strong men while the op
eratlon was performed. No medical
discovery ever did more to alleviate
human suffering.
Sir James Is generally given credit for
the actual discovery of chloroform, but
it Is stated In some works that It was
discovered some years previous to his
first experiments by an American doc
tor named Guthrie and by a French
physician named Souberlan. In any
case, It was Dr. Simpson who proved
Its great value as an annesthetic, and
the room In which he made his first ex- i
perlments still exlBts In Edinburgh.
The story goes that lie tried the i
chloroform on himself and two medical
friends. They proved Its cfllcacy by !
simultaneously falling beneath the ,
table. Sir James had considerable
prejudice to overcome before chloro
form was adopted generally by the
medical profession. It being denounced
at one time as dangerous to health,
morals and religion. — Pearson's
Weekly.
Ths Seal Ring.
The seal ring dates back to the days
of the Old Testament, and products of
the glyptic art, as gem engraving was
called, were known in the most remote -
times. In Exodus xxrlil, 17-20, men- i
tion Is made of the following stones, i
upon which the names of the twelve -
children of Israel were engraved: The
sardlus, the topaa, the carbuncle, the
emerald, the sapphire, the diamond,
the llgure, the agate, the amethyst,
beryl, onyx and Jasper. In verse 2
of the same chapter we find mention
of the engraving of signets upon the
hardest stones. It Is believed that the
Egyptians Instructed the Israelites In 1
the art of stone engraving. The Egyp i
tlans used the lapldary’B wheel and i
emery powder and knew the use of
the diamond In engraving other hard
stones. Among the Assyrian and
Babylonian ruins were found fine spec
imens it signets on gems, many of
them set In rings.
Dublin Castle.
Dublin castle has a history of over
seven centuries, for It was King John
who In 1204 ordered It to be built, “well
fortified, with good fosses and thick
walls strong enough to defend or con
trol the city.” Henry IIL, when about
to visit Ireland In 1243, ordered the ad
dltlon of a hall, “with sufficient win
dows and glass casements," and other
Improvements were made in succeed
ing reigns, particularly by the Duke of
Clarence, son <4 Edward III., who as
viceroy spent much money on the cas
tle to make It convenient (as bis father
complained when called upon to pay)
“for his sports and other pleasures.”—
London Standard.
Reallatio Play.
“Can’t you children play without con
tinually ringing the doorbell T” asked
mother, who had been trying In vain to
get an afternoon nap.
“No, mother,” said Alice, “It’s quite
Impossible. You see, Edith and I are
playing bouse, and Freddie la the col
lector.”—8L Louis Post-Dispatch.
Long Tima Between Showers.
In 1912 rain fell In the nitrate terri
tory of Chile for the first time In near
ly half a century, and for the first
time In man’s memory the coast towns
were free from dust
Enough Bald.
"Thrifty, Is she?”
“Thrifty! I won’t go Into a long dla
course. I merely tell you that she
banks money In December.”
Just as you are pleased at finding
perfection.—La vater.
GEORGE OF GREECE IDOL OF PEOPLE
Since Constantine ascended the tbroDe of Greece Crown Prince George
has gained a wide popularity among the people. He has always had pm
allied leanings.
I'RIGHTKHIj MISHAPS
ATTEND HI NTING TRIP
THERMOPOLIS, Wyo., Oct. 16.—
While hunting rabbits today with Miss
Bessie Burge, Bert Peters fell over
a BOO foot clifT, but caught himself
and managed to bold on, about half
way down. The bones in one foot
were broken.
Miss Burge attempted to descend
the ledge to reach the spot where her
companion’ lay when the gun she car
ried discharged, blowing out both her
eyes.
Peters dragged himself to the girl.
Me bandaged her eyes and assisted
her down the sheer wall by placing
her hands so she could get sure holds
on the rocks.
Then she supported him while he
hobbled with his broken foot and he
directed the way until they reached
the outskirts of the town where they
received help.
The town people took up a collec
tion at once and raised $600 to send
the girl east for treatment.
JIM HAM TO ENTER
DRESSING CONTEST
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1C.—Sartor
ially beyond reproach. Senator J.
] Lewis, of Ulftiois, arrived here today
| in good time to enter Los Angeles'
contest for the best dressed man.
I Whether Mr. Lewis will enlist his fa
mous waistcoats and other habili
ments in the race is not yet known
to a certainty, but friends here say no.
Sleeps; Death it Eeet Away.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 17.—
John Riordan of New Haven climbed
on an electric engine and went to
sleep within three feet of a wire car
rying 1,000 volts. Having escaped
death he was arrested and fined for
trespassing.
Tyiiewrlter for Deaf Mute*.
PARIS, Oct. 5.—To enable those
unacquainted with any sign language
to converse with deaf mutes a French
man lies invented a device resembling
a typewriter which raises letters to
spell words as keys are pressed.
Locker Law In Unconstitutional.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—The so-call
ed "locker law,” which prohibits the
maintenance of lockers for bars or
buffets in clubs in Tennessee has been
held unconstitutional by the state
supreme court. The law was enacted
by the 1915 general assembly.
Trail Very Heavy.
Parties coming over the trail from
the Interior report it is very heavy,
and badly rut up bv Day's auto trucks.
Between Wortraan’s and the Summit
it is stated that -t is nearly impas
sable on account of the deep ruts
made by the' trucks.
J. FRANK HANLY.
Ex-Governor of Indiana Prohi
bition Candidate For Proaidant.
| VILLA MFROKRH ONLY
HI RVIVOR OF MAHHACRF
EL PASO, Oct. 1C.—Caesar Sala, a
naturalized Mexican, lint Itulian by
birth and the only person of foreign
birth who escaped in the Santa Ysahel
massacre, was slain by Villa person
ally when the bandit chieftain enter
cd Cusihuriuchic, according to a wit
ness arriving here today.
The bandits were terrorizing tin'
town and Sala who kept a store there
went to plead witli Villa to stop at
tacks upon young girls. Villa’s ouly
answer was to shoot the man dead.
See our windows for Bargains at
the Owl Drug Co.
For all kinds of cement work see
Blake. tf
The Golden North has steam heat
ed rooms. tf
Fancy Statlouery at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
Fox’s fresh Shrimp Meat at Love
Whitley Co.’s. tf
CORAL REEFS.
Nature’* Method* In Building These
Bosehell Monument*.
Coral reefs surround rnuny of the is
lands In the Pacific. They protect the
lowlands from the washing of the
waves, and the still waters Inclosed by
them are the only harbors of refuge for
ships. The reefs themselves furnish
the greatest peril to navigation, and If
there were no inlet through which a
vessel could enter their protected cir
cle they would be a danger aud nothing
else.
But almost every reef has such an
Inlet It Is n necessary result of the
laws under which the forces of nature
work. To understand this we must see
how these reefs are formed.
Chemically the reef corals are almost
pure carbonate of lime, the substance
of ordinary limestone and marble. Th?
reef grows us the shell of the oyster or
any other shellfish grows. It Is Itself
the common and undivided shell of In
numerable polypi, or minute Insects,
which are being produced and are
dying In successive generations.
These tiny beings get all their living
from the waters of the sea. It Is from
this source also that they derive the
salts of lime from which they secrete
the bony structure that remains after
the animal Is dead.
The coral polypi cannot live in fresh
water. Their food supply Is brought to
them by the waves and currents of the
sea. As a result It Is found that direct
ly opposite the mouth of the stream
from the tsland the reef does not grow.
There will be the Inlet to the tDcloeed
waters.—Los Angeles Times.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—la Owl Drag Star*.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT- -COLD
When In Seward Slop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
OIORGI SEXTON, fnof
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Aye, Seward. Alaska
L O. O. F. No. 6
Meets every Monday evening in Mc
Kinley Hall at 8:00 o’clock.
Visiting members cordially invited to
attend these meetings.
C. C. RUDOLPH, N. G.
T. Q. QUINN, Sec.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free aid Accepted Much
Regular Communications first Wed
uesday In each month In McKlnle\
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
LADIES ATTENTION!
This store was never so well pre
pared to serve the ladies as it is
this season.
New lines arriving on every boat
consisting of:
Ladies’ Serge Dresses.
Ladies’ Winter Coats.
Ladies’ Raincoats.
Ladies’ and Children’s Underwear.
Ladies’ and Children’s Hose.
Ladies’ and Children’s Hankerchiefs.
Ladies’ and Children’s Sweater Sets.
Tennis Flannels.
Zephrs.
White Muslins.
Bed Sheets.
Pillow Slips.
Table Linens and Napkins.
White Bed Spreads
A Large Line of Other Articles too
Numerous fo Mention.
These goods are priced at Seattle
prices and we will be pleased to
have you call and inspect our
lines, even if you are not ready
to purchase.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
PKOKKHHM>N.\li < AUDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
(ilttcea over \ aides Drug I n.
Phone ‘IS McKinley Street
j (Contract Surgeon. U. S. Army
' A. A. Surgeon, tJ. S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate National (lalrrmlft
Washington. I). V.
DENTIST
l<'ourteeii Years In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOK KEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Coart Hoase
Phone M VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E K RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices In Whaling Building
Phone 1*1 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
How about that photo you promised
to send home? Go to B. Jenuer, the
Photographer, and have it taken to
day. It only takes a tew minutes, tf
Don't fail to attend the grocery sale
at Blum's.
Allen's fresh Eastern Transplanted
Oysters, counts, selects and stand
ards at Love-Whitley Co. tf
Just Received—(hi- latest Popular
Hongs and Music. Valdes Drug Co. tf
Fox's Chocolate Tea, at Love
Whltley Co.’s. tf
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
line of School Stationery- tf
Don't fail to attend the grocery sale
at Blum’s.
S & W canned fruits and vegetables
at Blum’s.
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson. on Hobart street. *
Nuts and Fruits, Chocolate Cover
ed, at Hunt’s.
Pioneer Bunk Rouse.
You ran do your owu cooking and
housekeeping at the Pioneer Bunk
house on Keystone Avenue. Price
$2.60 per week. tf
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Win, Lifkt Rmbi-TW Hmm af Caarfart
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates Bp tW Meat!
PHONE 133 MRS. STR1NC. Prap
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial 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
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdes
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
Don't rorget the Clearance 8ale at
the Owl Drug Co.
Banquet steel Kaagea, plain and
polished tops, at Mead's. tf
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. ' tf
Kodak Supplies at the Valdes Drue
Company. tf
Subscribe tor the Prospector.
A new line of heaters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
Ding, dong, hear that bell and City
Express goes by like—well, we check
your baggage, trunks and grips by
day or night; we meet all ships, tf