Men’s Trousers
A shipment of
Men’s Trousers in
blue and grey mix
tures has just been
unpacked.
Priced a pair
$4.00, $6.00, $7.00
Knox hats and Ben
jamin suits are best.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
LOST—Small class pin, set with
three pearls and having letters F. H.
S. ’16 on black field. Finder return to
Prospector and receive reward. tf
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
VOTE FOR
JAMES L. GALEN
Republican Candidate for
Road Commissioner
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30.
The recent spell of fine weather has
caused the snow shovels to be resur
rected and our citizens to begin
cleaning off their walks for spring.
0
Nick Welsh is finishing up the in
terior of Andy Dieringer’s big build
ing, and Mr. Dierlnger will move his
family into it in the spring.
The Alaska Transfer Company at
Cordova had what might have been
a serious fire last week, which was
only averted by the prompt use of a
chemical fire extinguisher. The ceiling
caught fire from an overheated stove
and some little damage was done.
John Kidy is in the city from La
touche.
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
On the Republican Ticket
Third Division, Territory of Alaska
JOSEPH L. REED
OF VALDEZ, ALASKA
Subject to the Will of the Voters at the
Primary Election, April 30,1918
If elected I promise to give the Third Divi
sion and the Territory of Alaska efficient
painstaking service, with a view to legisla
tion for the masses and not the classes. I
respectfully solicit the votes of the electors
of the Third Division for this office, and ask
them to thoroughly investigate my qualifi
cations for the position.
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
H. P. SULLIVAN
CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION AS
ROAD COMMISSIONER
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ON THE
REPUBLICAN TICKET
7 ' C . . .* - L . V. . #■» /
AT THE
Primaries April 30, 1918
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
JAMES H. PATTERSON
of VALDEZ, ALASKA.
Has filed for Representative for the
Third Division, Democratic ticket.
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Born In New York In 1,876. Came to Alaska in 1898. Prospected in
all camps In the Interior Include** DftimoK Resident of Valdes
for fifteen years. Twice mayor'OfiVeMtt hnd ieeorsl tlmee elect
ed as councilman. Blacksmith by Mhtt*' If he receptee the nomi
nation Mr. Patterson premises to Site tils time and attention to lag
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WART PRICES
ARE EWNED
Wtiat the United States Food Admin
istration has to Say About
War Time Prices
People complain about war time
prices. They complain because they
are asked to reduce their consump
tion of meats, wheat, sugar and fats.
They complain because some of the
substitutes cost more than the food
they are asked to save for their as
sociates on the other side of the
ocean.
All right, suppose that we grant
their complaint about prices. But
then let us look at the thing from an
other angle. Prices are high. There
Is no way to get around that. War
time prices have always been high.
They will always be high. But if we
ate only the things we liked fully as
well as the things we must save, and
if we ate only the substitutes that
were cheaper, how much of a sacrifice
would we be making In order to help
win this war?
Suppose that the men who are sup
plying our ammunition said it was
disgraceful to pay high prices for
steel when wood was so much cheap
er. And then just suppose that they
used the wood to make our guns and
our shells—it’s much cheaper and
could be painted and smoothed down
to look about steel.
How long do you think our armies
could stay in the trenches with wood
en guns and wooden shells? They
could stay just about as long as they
could if we made prices the excuse
for taking food out of their mouths.
Prices or no prices, we must eat
to win this war. Those people need
beef, port and mutton, wheat, sugar
and fats. If we fail to save in order
that they may have them, we could
just as well close down our steel
plants and send them shells made of
wood.
Where there is war, food cannot be
produced. A steel plow helps produc
tion, but steel is not a good cultivat
or when it breaks the land in the form
of a shell. That has been shown in
France, Italy, Belgium and all of the
other countries shattered by battle.
But a nation can be at war and still
maintain production, if the battle
lines do not encroach on the farms.
That has been shown in Germany and
is being shown in the United States.
We have been charged with the tre
mendous task of feeding our associ
ates in this war, of maintaining pro
duction on a scale thjfcwill meet our
actual needs and stiff leave enough
to fill the gap between Europe’s pro
duction and consumption. The only
solution is to reduce our own use of
the foods most needed abroad. We
must employ substitutes for beef,
pork and mutton, wheat, sugar and
fats. This war is as much ours as it
is Europe's and there is no reason
why we should ask Europe to bear all
of the sacrifices and deprivations.
Did you every stop to wonder why
food prices are high in war time? Or
have you just complained about the
fact that they are high, and then won
dered why in the world the govern
ment hasn’t stepped in and brought
them back to the ante-bellum level?
The next time you complain about
prices, stop to think of the farmer
who grew the things you are buying.
Do you know that he is paying $2 or
$2.50 a day for labor he could get
before the war for $1 or $1.25—and
that he is having a mighty hard time
getting anybody at all. Do you know
that every railroad In the country Is
congested and that it is much more
difficult to get farm products to mar
ket from the farmers and then dis
tribute it to the wholesale dealers,
has to pay much more for his labor
than he did before the war. And do
you know that all of hiB necessary
expenses have been on the ascendant?
Do you know that the wholesale deal
er is paying wages and salaries that
he could scarcely have dreamed of a
few years ago? and that the same
thing is true of the retailers?
Ana Ultra, uu iu« uwer uuuu, wuuu
you wonder why*the government has
n’t taken a hand, have you stopped
to consider that prices have risen on
a much lower scale than has ruled In
other wars?
Have you thought when you pay
ed nine or ten* cents for sugar, with
the country going through an, actual
sugar famine, that It would have gone
much higher had aot the government,
through the United States Food Ad
ministration, taken measures to sta
bilize the market? Hkve you stopped
to wonder why the wholesale prloa ol
flour Ip less than 911 a barrel, when It
went as High as $16 last summer and
threatened to keep mounting? Have
you remembered that the farmer li
getting mom money ttat otflfl or $11
flour today than he ghtodt^of $14 6i
$16 flour six months ago?
* No yon haven’t thought of thes«
i
things. You just know that prices are
high, and you wonder why "some
body doesn’t do something about It."
If you stopped to think, maybe your
tone would change from complaint to
wonder. Prices are high, but the won
der is that they are not higher, when
you come to think of it.
STEAMER SAILINGS
Steamship Victoria— Sailed south
from Valdez, Tuesday, March 5.
Admiral Evans—Sailed from Seattle
for Valdez, Monday, March 5. Goes
thru to Kodiak.
Steamship Northwestern—Sails north
from Seattle March 2.
Steamship Admiral Watson— Will
sail north from Seattle March 8.
BRAZILIAN WARSHIPS WILL
AUGMENT ALLIED FLEET
LONDON, March 6.—A number of
Brazilian warships will soon augment
the allied fleet In European waters.
THE BILLIARD TOURNAMENT
Last night before a fair-sized
crowd of spectators S. C. Wheeler de
feated Marshal F. R. Brenneman in
a close game. Wheeler’s high run 18;
Breneman 14.
Wm. Sparavalo Defeated George
Kirk by 22 points. High run. Spara
valo 20; Kirk 5.
Sergt. Burr Snyder defeated Dr.
Silverman. High run 8; Silverman 9.
Tonight’s games will be between
R. Kelsey and Harlan Keesler; F. R.
Breneman and Clinton Egan; Dr. Sil
verman and Geo. Reinke.
The averages stand as follows:
Name W. L. P. C.
Selby .9 1 900
Caster .10 2 833
Reinke .8 3 727
Hepfinger .7 3 700
Sparavalo . 0 3 667
Bonnifleld .7 4 636
[Snyder. 6 4 600
! Golden .5 4 555
[ Winans . 4 5 44 5
Kelsey .4 5 445
> Egan .3 5 375
Brenneman .2 4 333
Wheeler .3 8 274
Kirk ..7.4 11 266
Keesler .2 7 222
Wilcey.1 4 200
Silverman .1 9 100
CITY EXPRESS. Phone 82; ready
to transfe. iaat oaKh..„e tor you. t?
IX)R SALE AT A BARGAIN
One sewing machine.
One dress form.
One 9x12 rug.
Telephone 119 or call at the resi
dence of George Kirk. k9
DAILY WEATHER REPORT
March 5, 1918. March 6. 1918.
7:00 p. m. ' 7:00 a. m.
30.055 Barometer 30.033
18 Temperature 21
37 Maximum 23
12 • Minimum 18
24.5 Mean 20.5
43 in. Snow on ground 43 in.
Calm, cloudy. Calm, cloudy.
—Myrtle F. Billings, Ohs.
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DONALtMSOiV OCHEDUU
The following schedule for the har
bor boat “Lt. C. V. Donaldson" will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays. Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Liscum Leave Valdes
8:rfi a. m. 0:46 a. m.T
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 6:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:16 p. m. . •- -4:00 p. m.
7:16 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
11:16 p. m. 12:00 m. m.
There will be no trips at the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays at each
month, these.days being Used to clean
boilers.
. Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the cap
rice. - t y;- ■
All official business Detween Val
des and the Post should be arranged
for transaction, where: possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
O. R. KOEHLER,
Capt. 14th Infantry, A- Q. M.
Fred Mills left today to take a job
in Wilson’s Camp at Fldalgo.
For flrat-elaaa meals ana good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tt
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FOR SALE
Launch 16ft. X 4 1-2 ft. x 2 Inches,
with 3 h. p. Mullln’s Engine, hull in
line condition, 176.00. Inquire Pros
pector Office. V tf
FURS MADE UP
Furs remodeled, also new skins
made up In all the latest styles. Prices
very reasonable. Special attention
paid to Alaska trade. Att work guar
anteed. Richmond Furs, 306 Cham
ber of Commerce Bldg, Tacoma.
Wash. **
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
Capital paid up ■ ~ $ 25,000
Surplus and undivided
profits • ... 10,000
Total resources • - 250,000
We are prepared to extend to our customers
every facility consistent with sound conservative
banking and solicit your account on that basis,
be it large or small.
. Territorial Depositary
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
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JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office Foot of Wall Street
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THOR
Electric Vacuum Cleaner,
The key to easy cleaning days.
Gets all dirt and dust,
Light and easy to operate.
Efficient,
Economical,
Everlasting.
Prince William Sound Water,
Light, Power, Tel. Company
ALASKA’S PRIDE
Is the new Brew
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Has all the requirements,
strength, nourishment, re
freshment and taste of beer
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but has no kick.
Put up by
ALASKA BEVERAGE &
BOTTLING WORKS.
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