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PROSPECTOR PUBLISHING CO.
H. B. SELBY, Editor and Proprietor.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Claee Mall Matter,
July 23, 1912, at the postofflce of Valdes.
Alaska, under act or March 3, 1*79.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917
TAXING THE LAND
John Wanamaker has joined the
ranks of the economists who believe
that the fairest tax is the one which
comes from the land. Folks who are
scandalized at the idea of taxing the
landlord are invited to gnaw this file
which Mr. Wanamaker passes out.
Inasmuch as nobody can contest Mr.
Wanamaker's intelligence as a finan
cier he cannot be disposed of as a
visionary, or a merely stupid person.
He says:
“Men who drain a swampy piece of
land and make it fit to build a home
upon, who plant a little farm and or
chard to yield them a living were not
here at the birth of a nation but they
are keeping the nation alive and mak
ing it a greater nation.
"All honor to the lonely men and
lonelier self-sacrificing women who
are homesteading in the far West and
locating lands in the far South to turn
whole counties into orange and
grape-fruit groves!
“It was the working men and the
working women of Kensington, South
wark and Conshohocken, with John
and James Dobson, “Jimmie" Brooks,
the Bromleys, Stinsons and the Gays
for chief workers and leadership, that
have given the city its real worth and
distinctiveness.
"Compare their value to the city in
all the past to the present systems
that make and foster conditions of
ever-increasing taxations and to the
discouragement of displacing old
buildings with new ones.
“The many mere tapaying cneap
shanties built to escape taxation of
permanent improvements do not add
to the pride of the city, nor do they
give a favorable impression to visit
ors who might become residents.”
It will be seen that Mr. Wanamak
er only touches the issue lightly but
anybody can see what he was think
ing about. All wealth comes primar
ily from the land. It id true that land
is almost valueless without labor, but
labor is wholly valueless without land
because it cannot exist without land.
Nomadic savages can live on the nat
ural bounty of the land without other
labor than gathering fruits and nuts,
but land has no definite value until
men congregate upon a portion of it
and make artificial improvements
there. The land value rises in propor
tion as men crowd upon a small area.
The man who happens to hold title
to the tfact adds no more to its val
ue than any other one person.
Statesmen, politicians, financiers,
editors and fadsmiths are milling ov
er the best and easiest way of rais
ing the immense funds demanded by
the war. They are wrangling about
different methods of prying money
loose from capital and labor—from
all the industries of the country, but
only a few of them are hammering on
the demand that land value, which all
men create and few monopolize, shall
bear the burden. It is usually pro
posed to tax every animal but the
ground hog. Shrill demands rent the
air that men go back to the land and
raise wheat, corn and potatoes for
the world, while only a few people are
arguing—but their number is in
creasing—that it is somewhat dif
ficult to get men to till the land
when nearly all the best of it is held
by patriots who want most of its out
put for rent, without any exertion on
their part beyond collecting the rent.
Some day the world will learn to
encourage enterprise by taking taxes
off industry and putting it on rent,
which is created by society. When the
government quits fining a man for
improving his property by taxing him
for every inch of improvement, and
puts the tax on the ground hog who
does nothing but collect ground rent
it will stimulate improvement of the
land by increasing production and do
something toward reducing the cost
of living. That may be hard on the
ground hog, but ground hogs are not
very useful in their highest estate.
A RUFFNEK.
LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE
When the million of troops which
the allies will have in France by the
close of the year commence to frat
ernize—when they attempt lo_com
municate with each other—there~isT
likely to be a modern confusion of
tongues out of which will spring a
language that will give a color to the
war's history when the men shall re
turn to their homes, unexpectedly in
teresting.
The Americans will contribute the
various slang phrases so expressive to
themselves. There will be a mixture
of the idioms of the Southerner, the
oil localisms of those of the Middle
States, and the oddities of speech of
the Yankee, saturated more or less
with cockney English, poor French,
worse Italian, and not a little of the
Slav and the Greek.
Already it is announced that the
members of the first expeditionary
army find the little French which
they may have learned in the high
schools and colleges serves them poor
ly now that they are brought into
contact with the French “as it is
spoke.”
The result of all these idioms is
certain to be a language heretofore
unknown, because of the mingling of
the people of the various tongues
there has not been the opportunity
for confusion that will come through
the mingling of soldiers, drawn from
all ranks of life, for the reason that
most of those who have visited
France heretofore have associated
largely with the educated classes and
have fallen into the ways of the
French more naturally than will the
average soldier. Travelers were under
more or less restraint. The soldiers,
in their daily intercourse, will be un
restrained, and each of these is liable
to attempt to impress upon his com
rade-at-arms the effectiveness of his
own peculiar style. This rivalry will
not be without achievement. Indeed,
it will produce an altogether new
type of speech and manner of speech
—possibly a tongue that will become
almost universal.
WILLIAM EGAN TAKEN
DESPERATELY ILL
Dr. J. A. Silverman was forced to
make a fast run to the glacier this
morning about 4:30 o’clock, occasion
ed by the reported serious illness of
William Egan, who with a crew of
men was at work on the property of
the Valdez Mining Company about
twelve miles from town on the glacier
near the Ramsay-Rutherford mine.
Mr. Egan who left town about five
o’clock Monday morning, was taken
violently ill upon his arrival at camp,
and so severe did the pain become
that it was feared that he was suffer
ing from an attack of appendicitis.
Word was sent to town and Dr. J. A.
Silverman with several men with a
stretcher, left for the scene, taking
the doctor’s car as far as tne foot
of the glacier and mushing the re
mainder of the way over the big ice
pack. Upon arriving at the camp Mr.
Egan was found to be so far recover
ed as to be out of danger, a^d after
administering to him the doctor re
turned to town. Mr. Egan is now bet
ter and will be able to complete his
contract at the mine.
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
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Supt. of Education in Alaska Mil
ler, Jos. Bourke, agent for the sup
pressiou of the sale of liquor to In
dians, Senator O. P. Hubbard and J.
L. Steele the well-known mining man,
left today on a business trip to Cop
per Center. The party will be gone
about a week.
Special price of 75c per curl for
permanent hair waving will close
Aug. 31. Vanitie Shop. tf
Wm. Conley, manager of the local
baseball team, left for his mining
property in the Port Wells district
this morning, where he will remain
during the next three months.
If it isn't an Eastman it isn’t a
Kodak. We carry a complete line of
Eastman Kpdaks and supplies. Val
dez Drug Store. tf
S. A. Hemple left this morning for
his copper property at Landlock Bay.
Patten mining stock for sale, $5
per share. Inquire Prospector Office.
tf
Take a look at our new line of
postcards and pictures of the Canyon
etc. Valdez Drug Store. tf
A new line of Crepe DeChines in
all the leading shades, just received
at E. Winter’s. tf
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CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe* l_at hane,at,t tor you. tf
A new line of Crepe DeChines in
all the leading shades, just received
~st-ErWInfersT — tf
A new line of brass picture hooks,
drawer pulls & binges at Rudolph's.tf
Scientific hair dyeing leaves the
hair soft and glossy, does not fade
or wash off. guaranteed harmless, at
the Vanitie Shop. tf
For Sale or Rent
Four room house, completely fur
nished, with bath, fine garden, good
locality. Reasonable terms. Robert
Weber. tf
Fresh killed veal, chicken, halibut.
Also a nice assortment of Heinzes’
pickles, sweet, sour, dill and sweet
mixed at Frye Bruhn’s. tf
Mallory-the weatherproof Hat
MORE RAINY DAYS are coming—rainy, drizzly days. Of
course you have Rubbers, Umbrella, and a Rain Coat. But what
about your Hat? That can get wet, too, and a few drops on some
Hats is a calamity. The Hat will get dry, but it will never look
the same. Not so, however, if you
have one of our
with the “Cravenette Finish
They are proofed against mois
ture, The rain drops never show.
This added protection is to be had
only in MALLORY HATS. Our
new shapes and shades for Fall are
now here.
S. Blum & Company
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Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at G. O. Reinke's. tf
A complete line ef nugget and
ivory Jewelry at the Owl Drug Store.
tf
Use Rexall Hair Tonic and you will
use no other. Valdez Drug Store, tf
Do not trust to luck or amateur
methods. Have your hair dyed by an
expert at the Vanltie Shop. tf
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REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF
The First Bank of Valdez
LOCATED AT
VALDEZ, TERRITORY OF ALASKA, AT THE
CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE 7TH DAY OF
AUGUST, 1917.
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts ..._.$123,493.60
Overdrafts ....... 3,964.28
Bonds, Warrants ...... 95,238.07
Furniture and Fixtures.... 2,600.00
Other Real Estate owned------ 1,000.00
Checks on other banks and other cash items. 696.43
SE X C H ANGeP ANDSr™I_$86849,44
TOTAL .-.. $313,841.82
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock Paid in .......$ 25,000.00
Surplus Fund......-. 3,000.00
Undivided Profits--- 1,242.48
Due to Banks—Deposits--- 139.83
Dividends Unpaid ------ 600.00
Deposits ...-...- - $283,704.51
Certified Checks ----- 155.00
TOTAL_____$313,841.82
United States of America, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial
Division, ss.
I, J. W. GILSON, Cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
. J. W. GILSON,
• « ir , Cashier.
jagpP' E. B. WHEAT,
Correct Attest: J. C. MARTIN,
JOHN LYONS
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of August,
1917.
(Notarial Seal) ANTHONY J. DIMOND,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My Commission Expires February 18. 1981.
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Through Service from Valdez to
Fairbanks and all Interior Points.
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Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
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VALDEZ LODGE
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Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month In McKInle*
HalL Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN. W. M
ED WOOD. Secretary.
WE PAY
Lead 8 l-2c a pound.
Rags 92.75 a hundred.
Cast iron 933 a ton.
Rope 5c a pound.
Brass 18c a pound.
Copper 27 l-3c a pound.
Rubber 7 l-2c a pound.
Beer bottles 27c a dozen.
P. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1948 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE WASH.
Launch Patsy
for Charter Anwy here on
VALDEZ BAY
At any Time Day or Night
J. D. Jefferson
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Baths In Connection
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING. Pray
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdez to
Ellamar, Landlock, Fidalgo and
way ports. Passengers landed
>at all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rates apply on board.
CAPT. B. 3* RIDER
PROFESSIONAL CARDS. *
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices In Fish Building, adjoining
Tilllkum Club.
Phoae *15 KtKMtj Stree
Contract Surgeon, O. S. Army
A. A Burgeon, U S. Public Health Bery.
(Karine Hospital)
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DR. H. COCKERILLE
national University
Waahlagtoa, D. t.
DENTIST
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In Valdez Since 1898
PHONE llO
Office Rooms in Whaling Bnlidln
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
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Opposite Coart Boase
Phoae M VALDEZ. 4LASK
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JOHN LYONS e b RITCHI|
LYONS & RITCHIE I
ATTORNEYS-A T-LAW
Offices la wwallac BalMla* '
Phoae isi yaldeb. alask!
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ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. B
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground £
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable'*
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, rk. a. ILD. Fra*.
Jot. A. Silverman PL G.JN. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office kesri-1 te 4 y. si -7 te 8 j. ■.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdez
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Candy Kitchen
E* W. HUNT*—la Owl Drag Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the. third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166. * !
Valdez Miners Union No. II
Waatarn Federation of Minora
W. M. CONLEY Mm,
VaMaa *«-*•
GEORGE M. BARRY Sacratary.
VaMaa Alaafca.