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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1017
FOXY LITTLE JAPAN.
Japan, with consummate cunning,
always strikes while the iron is hot.
Insistence on the part of Idaho, Ore
gon or any other state in the union,
upon anti-alien land laws aimed at
the Japanese, might bring us into col
lision wifh the little "Colossus of theI
Orient.” And moreover, Japan has
twice made its views known when
Uncle Sam has had troubles of a seri
ous nature on hand.
The present Japanese dissension
has been averted or postponed by the
wisdom of Idaho and Oregon ir. tak
ing no steps at this time that would
embarrass the administration in hand
ling the international problems.
Just what lias passed between '1 o-1
kio and Washington on this subject
is a matter of great secrecy. How
over, something was disclosed by j
Secretary Lansing. He informed Sen-1
ator Borah of Idaho that Tokyo felt
that, enactment of anti-alien legisla
tion would inflame the Japanese peo
ple to such an extent that they would
demand a resort to arms. Borah had
said that he would not interfere with
the legislature—and, in fact, approv
ed the anti-ailen bill, but later ashed
the legislation to withhold action.
The leaders who had said the meas
ure would be forced through irrespec
tive of the wishes of the administra
tion agreed at the eleventh hour to
comply with the wishes of the State
department. Meanwhile the Oregon
bill had already been withdrawn atj
Salem.
vvnne me Japanese question nas,
perhaps, been temporarily settled, the
underlying danger still exists. The
Japanese will never submit to being
barred from any country as Asiatics,
and such legislation will undoubtedly
lead to war with this proud nation.
The California controversy has never
been settled. It is still a menace to
the peaceful relations between the
two countries. Moreover, it is plain
that the West is going to insist, and
in the near future, upon anti-alien
legislation. In which case the crisis
is merely deferred.
Here lies the danger of State sov
< reignty. Here is the danger arising
from allowing states to abrogate trea
ty rights between nations. It is just
that states should enact laws to suit
their needs, but it is unjust to this
great country to allow states to enact
laws which produce friction with
other nations. The case of Japan its {
but one of several. It is but a matter
of time until the match will be touch
ed to the tinder and the flames of war
will sweep the country through legis
lators acting contrary to the treaty
rights established by the law of na
tions.
A “PERFECT DAY.”
Solomon thought there was noth
ing new under the sun, but Solo
mon, as his closest friends will ad
mit, was hopelessly behind the times.
He did not, for example, realize that
one of the new things under the sun
is to fool yourself and get more sun
shine by setting your clock an hour
ahead. This daylight saving system,
so far as its practical application
goes, is a product of the 42-centime
ter war.
Daylight saving is the most won
derful discovery of the age. It is a
certain cure for chilblains, lockjaw,
bow-legs, heavee, cataract*, oold feet
and love. Eurap* haa demonstrated
that by its mafic efficacy a war can
be conducted Utterly without cost to
the belligeretttb. ft is * nonpafoil as
a remedy for human ills, the must po
tent force in—but llbt to what the
committee on daylight saving has to
say about it to the National Cham
ber of Commerce:
"Th# considerations supporting
this proposal are psychological,
commercial and social. It will sub
stitute a cool morning working
hour for a warm afternoon hour.
Increased daylight in the hours of
greatest fatigue will tend to lessen
tuberculosis, will decidedly reduce
eye strain, will increase personal
efficiency and materially lessen in
dustrial accidents. In cities the ad
vantage of having the evening's
rush hour, when transportation fa
cilities are on, come in daylight,
ate apparent. The use of facilities
for recreating would be tremen
dously increased. There would be
a large direct saving in expendi
tures for fuel and artificial light.
Farmers will have an opportunity
to market their produce earlier,
thus offering it in better condition
and gaining an hour of daylight for
other work.”
And all this, dear reader, you can
accomplish by Jthe simple expedient
ol turning your alarm clock forward
an hour—not getting up any earlier
but stealing an hour’s march on
Father Time nathiess!
A number of European countries,
including Germany, Austria, Den
mark, England, France, Italy, Hol
land, Norway, Portugal and Sweden
adopted the system last summer by
turning all clocks ahead one hour
uniformly and it is urged that the
scheme be tried in the United States
from April 1 to December 1. Pres
ident Wilson is in favor of the plan
and that should satisfy the majority
of Americans who are not satisfied
with the way the United States is put
together.
B. Franklin once said that “Early
to bed and early to rise makes a man
healthy, wealthy and wise," but Ben
was long on sayings and short on ac
tion. A man who has to arise now
at 5 a. m. to get to work at. 7 will
not take kindly to the idea of wetting
up at 4 because it is the continental
system.
THIS is a wonderful world. You
will see a couple who practice race
suicide advocate plans for the better
ment of their neighbors’ children
the man who never done his bit when
he was young is a rip-tearing advo
cate of compulsory military service,
the old maid who has no chance to
get a husband, writes on how to man
age other women's husbands; the
prohibitionist would take the drink
ers' dram; the drinker would abolish
the cigarette craze; and the man who
gets up about 11 o'clock is' in favor
of turning the clock an hour ahead
to get a longer day for the other fel
low. The man without property be
lieves that the property holder should
pay the taxes; the athlete would
force compulsory physical culture on
to the weaklings; and the whole
world is planning for the good of thi
other fellow. About the only man wo
have seen in recent years who mind
ed his own business and let the othei
fellow mind his is out in the ceme
tery.
NOW that our reformers have prov
ed that we are wasteful, shiftless,
weak, inefficient and a race of molly
coddles, we would like to have some
one step forward and speak a good
word for the American people. We
must have some latent virtues as yet
undiscovered by the pitiless light of
publicity. We had always considered
that we stacked up pretty well when
compared with the people of othar
nations. Our athletes have copped the
medals, our boats are the fastest, and
our records have always been pretty
good up to the present time. Why
have we so rapidly deteriorated in the
opinion of certain publicists?
THE idea to work women in the
munition factories is an excellent one.
If some means can be found now
whereby light employment can be
forced upon all children over sir.
months old we will be a busy nation,
and have more money to pay to high
er priced necessities.
THE courts may be able to compel
a man to respect the fool laws impos
ed on him by Congress, but the Courts
cannot compel a man to respect the
boohs who make the laws.
THEY say that poverty is no crime,
but you may have noticed that the
man afflicted with it is condemned to
hard labor.
STEAM HEAT- NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
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MRS. E. MILL, Propp.
VALDEZ ALASKA
■ IDAHO IS A BIG STATE.
Larger Than All Naw England With
Maryland Added.
To those bf ua who remember Idaho
to out* school geographies as a small
pink block.'shaped like an easy chair
facing cast. It may be of interest that
this state, which ih 1890 added the
forty-fifth star to the constellation of
the flag. Is nearly as large as Pennsyl
vania and Ohio combined and larger
than the six New England states with
Maryland Included for good measure.
It Is divided into thirty-three counties,
the smallest of which Is half as large
as the state of Rhode Island and the
largest greater than the combined area
of Massachusetts and Delaware.
Idaho,covers an area of 83.888 square
i miles, divided principally between the
Rocky mountain region and the Co
lumbia plateau, only a small part In
i the southeast corner of the state lying
! In the great basin. In elevation above
! sea level tlie state ranges from 735
' feet, at Lewiston, to 12,078 feet at the
; summit of Hyndman peak. It Is draln
1 ed mainly to the Columbia through the
i Snake river and Its tributaries and has
j an annual rainfall of about seventeen
! inches, the range In a single year at
different places being from six to thir
ty-eight inches.
The Industries of the state are chiefly
agriculture, stock raising and mining.
Hay, wheat, oata and potatoes are the
principal crops. A large area Is culti
vated by irrigation. The mineral pro
duction Includes gold, silver, copper.
; leud and zinc.—Geological Survey Bul
i letln.
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TOO MUCH FOR HIM.
He Admits He Can’t Grasp His Wife’s
Ideas of Economy.
“I can understand," remarked the
oflice philosopher to the visitor to bis
sanctum, "most of the feminine traits
and characteristics that puzzle the or
j dlnary man, but when a woman be
gins to practice economy she leaves
me lashed to the mast and qui'.ering
with helpless astonishment
“Of course, the whole sex is eco
uoinlcal. You have to admit that, be
cause every woman says she Is eco
nomical, and no gentleman would un- ,
dertuke to dispute a lady’s statement— |
at least, no gentleman of my acquaint- |
auce would undertake to dispute It in
his own house. What—to use a vul- j
gnrlsm—gets iny goat la the method j
they employ.
"Take iny wife, for example. When
ever she tells me she Is going to econo
mize 1 emit a single agonized shriek,
nml then leap for the tall timber. Her
plan Is to think up a whole lot of
things she cannot possibly do without,
and then do without them. By this
device she saves at a single stroke the j
cost of the entire list. Having thus
acenmulated a surplus, she naturally
i proceeds to spend it. and she Is al
ways prepared to prove she has saved
much money In the process.
“There Is no answer, or no answer ,
worth making. On occasions of this
kind It Is my custom to pass. for. with
out looking nt m.v hand. I know I can
heither trump nor follow suit.”—Rleh
; mond Times-Dlspateh.
Shark Stories.
A. shark Is very tenacious of life, and
Dr. Gunther, the ichthyologist, pointed j
| out in one ot Ills contributions to the
| literature of Ids subject that "wounds
| affect fishes generally much less than 1
I higher vertebrates. A Greenland shark
| continues to feed while his head Is ;
pierced by a harpoon or by a knife as
| long as the nervous center is not .
1 touched."
j A Norwegian antarctic explorer, H
.1. Bull, gives a startling word picture '
of a shark's tenacity of life. This man- I
eater was caught at the Iceland cod- ;
fishery. His liver, heart and Internal '
arrangements were removed so as to !
put a period to his career, and the thus i
mutilated body was then cast into the j
sea. He simply gave a leisurely wag j
of his tail and swam rapidly out of ,
sight—Cham here’ Journal.
His Own Shams.
Robert’s mother’s admonishings to !
her Btnall son generally ended with the
words. “I’d lie ashamed of you If you 1
did so and so,” and the word ashamed
therefore was constantly in bis ears.
One duy after he had eaten up bis lit- J
tie sister’s candy his mother said to j
him:
“Robert, did you eat Dorothy’s candy j
when I told you uot to?"
“Yes, ma’am.” said Robert in a tone !
of triumph, “and I'm just as ashamed '
of myself as I can be, so you needn't j
be ashamed of me at all.’’—New York >
Post.
Both Died at They Wished To.
Tennyson, who was a shy, reserved
man, could never understand Robert
Browning’s love of society. He had
been heard to remark that Browning
would die in a white choker at a dinner
party. The two poets died as they
would have wished to die—Robert
Browning in the grand Palazzo Resso
! nicco, with his son by his bedside, and
Lord Tennyson in his beloved Surrey,
home, surrounded by his loved ones.
Arrogant
“How are you getting aiong with her
father?’’
“Not at all. He’s too arrogant for
me.” “
“What’s the matter?”
"He even wants to pick his own sons
in-law.”—Detroit Free Press.
Inefficient
Mechanic—I’ve gone over that car of
Smith’s pretty careful, but I can’t find
nothin’ the matter with It Garage
Owner—Ye can’t eh? What do ye
s'pose I hired ye for?—Newark Eagle J
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We Have Janes' Pure Perk Sausage
HollyM 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
Ct LIMBERS
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
RYE BREAD
French bread
BREAD ROLLS—All Kinds
DOUGHNUTS
JELLY ROLLS
CINNAMON ROLLS
PIES—All Kinds
SUGAR COOKIES
GINGER COOKIES
COFFEE CAKE COFFEE PRETZELS CUP CAKES
Try our French Bread, it is fine.
S. BLUM & CO.
GOOD GOODS
GROCERIES AND OFFICE LOCATED IN THE 'FORMER KING GROCERY BUILDING
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ANOTHER cheerful liar is the man
who telle you how many ptarmigan
he ehot this winter.
SOMEHOW the things you say
about your neighbor never sound as
mean as those he says about you.
MONEY may talk, but it neve,
gives itself away by saying too much
THE full pay envelope is the great
enemy of tuberculosis.
Pictures and Panoramic Views
make fine presents. Valdez Drug
Co. tf
Ordinance No. D8.
Be It Ordained by the Common Coun
cil of the Town of Valdez:
Section 1. The Town Marsha! and
the Chief of the Fire Department, rT
any persor acting under their direct
order, shall be entitled to enter any
building within the limits of the Town
of Valdez whenever it may be neces
sary to inspect the same to ascertain
its condition as to fire safety, and any
person occupying any building within
said town limits who shall seek to
rrevent the entrance of either of said
officials or any other person author
ized under this ordinance to enter
such building for the purpose stated
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be
come effective from after its publica
tion in a newspaper published in the
Town of Valdez.
Approved and passed by the Com
mon Council of the Town of Valdez
on the 16th day of January, 1917.
JAMES H. PATTERSON.
Attest: Mayor.
Wm. M. Meals,
Town Clerk.
First publication, Feb. 16, 1917.
List publication Feb. 19, 1917. 3t
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There Are
Many Reasons
For the popularity of
*:
-w racotfr •
But the beet reaeon of all is
its economy In price and use.
SOLD BY GROCERS
POUND TIN 25c
CRESCENT MFC. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
Open Day an«l Ninlit MrKInley Street, Below ('able Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVIOH, Propr.
! Candy Kitchen (
f E. W. HUMT—bOwl Drag Store. I
j FOUNTAIN DRINKS 5
| HOT-COLD |
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer* ia
ALL KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad Ateoae, Be.
SEATTLE, WASR.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
‘Q'EOfthE 'SEjTtON7\**ioV
SlRICTXY El R ST CLASS
Fourth Ays, Seward, Alaska
The Best Place m Valdez to
Stop at is the
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Arctic Hotel
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Warn, Light Ra«a«-Tha How al Coofort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Ssaid Bate* By the Month
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, hay
! VALDEZ CAFE!
| AND BAKERY I
f Fmh Broad and Pastry aKraye on hand +
♦ OPEN DAY AND NIGHT *
$ BERGSTROM A ROGSTAD. Prop.. X
* PHONE 17 - nmhmtdwOrtDm j
In every lino or manuractured ar
ticles there is usually one maker who
sets thff standard of excellence. The
Rexall Products set such a standard
for the United States in Drugs, Per
fumes, Toilet Articlee and in fact, for
every article which they manufacture.
Jhe OWL DRUG CO., exclusive agenu
t'r Valdez. tf
A new stock of Al Fruit Tablets
Candy Kitchen. tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT/
Offln-H over Valdeit Drag Co.
Phone ’IB McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Sei v
(Marine Hospital)
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PR. 6. M.IO.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Over Owl Drug Co.
—OFFICE HOURS:
1 to 4 P. M. 7 to 8 P. M
Sunday by Appointment. A
Res. Phone 17« Office Phone in
ht ’ * - ' •'»
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. 9.
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.11 NEAL, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground i
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DR. H. COCKERILLE
Bntute llutWul University.
DENTIST
Fourteen Teen In VaMez.
PHOMK 110
Office Rooms la Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNIYS-AT.LAW
Office Opposite Curl Hum
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Pkoae 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
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JOHN LfONi <5 S'
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORN EYN-AI-LAH
Office* la » sella* BullBta*
Phone isi valdez. Alaska
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Krr« «H ArceyM Muoit
itegui&r uomaiuwwuvM vrmirv mu- m
ueeday in each month in HcKlnley r
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BD WOOD, Secretary. ^
Valdez Miners Uolon No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
W. H. GARNER, Prtmd.qt. I
Granite Min* '
GUST KRING, Secratery.
Velde* Aineke.
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