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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1916
SO GOES THE WORLD.
Did we ever stop to think how lit
tle we would affect the world if we
were to drop off, as it were. Of
course some of us have thought this
matter over, but a good many others
have not from the way some act.
Some people act as though the old
world would stop if they were to die.
That is all a mistake. Dip up a spoon
full of water from the sea and you
will have a part of the sea, just as
important a part as any other; yet
the sea will roar on, roll and toss as
the tide drags it about, despite the
loss of part of itself. The individual
does not amount to much as an indi
vidual. Minus an individual, the
world goes on just the same, and
only a limited number of persons in
closest touch with the individual so
much as miss him for a moment.
Then why should we think that the
world cannot go along without us?
Individuals vary as to intelligence,
■activity and size. Some men are of
more importance in a community than
others by reason of their usefulness,
generosity, unselfishness or leader
ship. However, the human race has
never been impeded on its onward
march by the falling of an individual.
As a matter of fact, we believe that
the world would go on even If we
were to drop off ourselves.—Ex.
THEY STAYED AND DIED.
The sternest test of the mettle of
the soldier comes during a retreat.
The successful conduct of rear guard
actions which will enable the major
part of a force to elude a superior
enemy involves a courage, discipline
and willingness to sacrifice oneself
greater than is usually required. To
Empress Circuit Presents
Eugene O’Brien and
Elaine Hammerstein in
“THE MOONSTONE”
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1 1/1! ^WE MOCN5TOMO
FROM the far east jour
ney three priests
whose mission is the recov
ery of the wonderful Moon
stone stolen from the eye
of an Indian idol. Intrigue,
mystery and death follow
t. :
in the wake of the diamond
and tangled in the meshes
of the story is an absorb
ing love tale. ,
5 ACTS.
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THE MPRESS
TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT
LAST TIME—For benefit of those who did not get a
chance to see it. _" __
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the soldiers of the victorious army
naturally goes the palm of victory,
but one is inclined to reserve the
greener laurels of the hero for the
dogged few who give themselves as a
willing sacrifice, foredoomed and
foreknowing, that their comrades may
be saved.
A dispatch from London tells how
two companies of the Royal Innis
killing Fusiliers, one of the Irish reg
iments in the British divisions that
have been retiring from Serbia, gal
lantly made this sacrifice. Tremen
dously outnumbered by the Bulga
rian forces, without artillery support,
they still held a ridge until the reBt
of the British forces had a chance to
retire and prepare a new defensive
position. Hardly one of the Irish
men escaped. But they did not fall
until they had done their work and
once more shown the mettle of the
race from which they came.
“They stayed and died.” In the
Pantheon which the Ireland of Home
Rule will raise to perpetuate the
names and shelter the memory of the
deeds which have added luster to the
race these now unnamed heroes will
not be forgotten. Some tablets will
stand therein inscriued with the
names of all the Kellys, Burkes and
Sheas, who have known how to light
the weary stretches and the wearier
memories of a lost campaign with the
fadeless splendor of a high and hero
ice death.
Erin go Bragh!
NINETEEN HUNDRED LOTTERIES.
Since the exile of the once famous
Louisiana lottery about twenty years
ago many have doubtless formed the
opinion that that special form of the
the gambling mania had gone almost
wholly out of fashion in this country.
Of course there have been plenty of
“get-rich-quick” swindles numbering
their victims by millions, but these
were usually cloaked as “invest
ments” and did not openly appeal to
the appetite for bald chance-taking.
Therefore it is somewhat surpris
ing to find stated in the annual re
port of Postmaster General Burleson
that during the last year no less than
1900 lotteries have been barred from
the mails, some of them of great mag
nitude, involving in one case an at
tempt to sell “chances” totaling no
less than $13,000,000, with the boat
of “cash prizes” of $600,000. How
much “chance” the biters really had
is evident on comparing the boat of
$600,000 with the proposed collec
tion of $13,000,000.
“Experience is a dear school,” said
Poor Richard long ago, “but men will
learn in no other.” Apparently many
will not learn oven In that. It Is well
known that the most highly prized
asset of swindling promoters is a list
of the names and addresses of per
sons who have “fallen” for some ear
lier scheme. Next to that first arti
cle of the swindler's creed averring
that “suckers are born every min
ute,” stands a second, “Once a suck
er, always a sucker.”
Yet though the synic aver that it
is useless to try to protect fools
against, their own folly, it is neces
sary to keep on trying. How neces
sary is evidenced by the fact that no
less than .sOO lottery swindles got
far enough in one year to attract gov
ernment attention. Some undoubted
ly went on their nefarious way un
noticed, but the evil of it was at least
mitigated by trying to mitigate it.—
Chicago Herald.
OUR COMPETITOR’S CREED.
“I believe that nothing is right. I
believe that everything is wrong. I
believe that I alone have the right
ideas. The town is wrong, the people
are wrong, the teachers are wrong,
the church is wrong, and the things
they do are all wrong, and they are
doing the wrongjhings in the wrong
way anyhow'.
“I believe I could fix things if they
would let me. If they don’t I will
get some other fellows like myself
and we will have a law passed to
make others do things the way we
want them done. •
“I do not believe that the town
ought to grow. It is too big anyhow.
I believe in fighting every public im
provement and spoiling everybody’s
pleasure. I am always to the front
in opposing things and never yet
have I advanced an idea or supported
a movement that would make the
town I live in better or add to the
pleasure of man, woman or child.
“I am opposed to all progress and
am happiest when I am at a funeral.
“I believe in starting reforms that
will take the joy out of life.
“It’s a sad world and I am glad of
it.”—Ex.
THE KIEL CANAL
The Kiel Canal Is the result of
an idea which ripened through cen
turies. From 1300 on projects for
connecting the Baltic and North
seas by way of a water route thru
the northern peninsula were con
sidered spasmodically, but not until
1887 was the foundation stone of
the canal laid. The waterway was
formally declared open in 1895, and
since then the original canal has been
extensively improved. It extends from
the northern suburbs of Kiel to the
mouth of the Elbe at sea level, the
locks at either end merely serving
to neutralize the tides. The canal is
60 miles long, 30 feet deep and suf
ficiently wide enough to permit the
largest man-o-war to pass through.
It takes a steamer from eight to nine
hours to make the passage. Its or
iginal cost was $39,000,000, but
many more millions have been spent
on it since for improvements.
GOVERNOR’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Among the recommendations made
in the annual report of Governor
Strong are the following:
Opening of coal mines so as to pro
vide cheap fuel.
Aid from the government even to
the point of loaning money at a low
rate of interest for taking up farm
lands.
Removal of restrictions so that the
resources may be developed.
Competent regulation of the Ashing
interests by the Bureau of Fisheries
in order to conserve this natural
wealth.
Government ownership and opera
tion of hatcheries.
The granting If possible of termi
nal rates to the Grank Trunk PaciAc
railway to shippers of halibut at
jKetchikan, to keep the halibut indus
try in Alaska.
Prohibit the use of herring for fer
tilizer and oil.
To have the government make sur
veys for settlers without any cost to
the latter.
Reindeer industry should be en
couragea among tne Aleuts.
The early "completion of govern
ment railroads.
Larger appropriations for medical
care of natives.
Natives should not be placed on
reservations.
More aids to navigation impera
tive.
“It should be within the power of
some executive branch, of the govern
ment to regulate the shipping from
Alaska of wild fur-bearing animals,
and likewise to regulate the indis
criminate digging by irresponsible
parties of young foxes from their
nests for the ostensible purpose of
utilising them for fox farming,”
Uncertainty of title of hot springs
land bus retarded their development
and should be attended to..
Insane persons should be cared for
in Alaska.
Detention hospitals should be util
ised. ' ’ ' '
"Thre are many peculiarities” in
the Alaska game laws which need fix
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Brown bear should not be protect
ed.
New cables should be laid to re
place the old ones and there should
be an additional cable laid between
Alaska and Seattle.
“Press rates between Seattle and
the coast towns of the territory are
still high and should be reduced.”
Additional powers for the enact
ment of laws by the territorial legis
lature.
The sooner statehood is granted
the greater will be the benefits accru
ing to the people.
Weight limit of mail to the inter
ior towns should be increased.
Regarding Metlakahtla—"Legis
lation is needed defining the political
status of these Indians, and to en
able them to attain citizenship,
should they possess the necessary
qualifications. Surveys of lands of
the Anette islands should be made
ar.d the Indians given title to them in
severalty.
Authorization should be granted
tor the Alaska militia.
Launch for use of special em
ployes in prosecuting those-giving
liquor to the Indian^.
White men should be prohibited
from occupying land in Indian vil
lages.
Need of trails is strongly urged.
Library and museum building is a
necessity.
More funds for schools are neces
sary to keep present school districts
going.
Sum of $1,000 for building sehorl
houses should be increased to $2,000.
Number children for forming dis
trict should be reduced froth 20 to
15.
Mine experiment stations to be
established near Juneau.
Legislation for the utilization of
water power.
Federal buildings in Juneau to
house various departments to cost
not less than $350,000.
Government, instead of the terri
tory should pay the clerk hire in the
governor’s office.
THERE ARE NO MAN-ANGEL8.
The Centralia Hub has often wor
ried about the absence of “man-an
gels” in the pictures and paintings,
and after some investigation it gives
the reason for the districination to its
readers:
“Always was a bit puzzled as to
why the picture books and artists and
story tellers always depicted an angel
as something with form and face of
feminine fetchingness, surrounded by
snowy wings of wondrous winsome
ness, and in an attempt to get at the
bottom of the puzzle I started out in
the Sherlock Holmesing business on
my own hook, and I found out that
when the church needs a new carpet
the pastor calls on the Ladies’ Aid So
ciety for it, and when the deacons get
behind with the pastor’s pay they call
on the Ladies’ Aid Society, and when
the mortgage on the place of worship
falls due it is the Ladies’ Aid Society
that comes to the rescue and beats
the sheriff out of a job, and on Sun
day when the pastor goes into the
pulpit to point the way to the land of
angels and perpetual life he usually
faces a lot of women, and the mid
week meetings are the same thing,
only more so, and I have deduced
that the treason that no one paints a
man-angel, ts because there ain’t no
such animal, and now what puzzles
me is what they are going to do with
the men preachers.”
The city will appeal two of the
tax cases, one against the sharehold
ers of the First National Bank and
the other against the Valdez Dock
Company’s lumber and coal. Times
are hard and pickings scarce, and
we must keep the Senator in pocket
money. A great play is made by our
competitor that the Senator will do
nate his services in these cases, but
we invite any of our readers who have
ever seen the Senator donate any
thing for the city to come forward
and stand on their head. He has do
nated nearly a thousand dollars of
the city’s money toward paying legal
fees, of which he was the chief recipi
ent, and it appears that there is more
to follow.
We'll be pleased to publish both
the letter to the Attorney General
and the letter from the Attorney Gen
eral in regard to those indictments.
According to our old friend, John
Henry Dubb’s argument, “when a
cheechaco attorney can come in here
and show twelve Alaska grand jury
men how to run their business,” there
must be something rotten on Wick
eraham row.
No, Capricornus, we are not afraid
of those laweuits being appealed. We
are afraid that we will have to pay
for them after they are appealed. If
the appellants had to stand tha loss
it would not worry us one bit.
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The city’s winning those two tax
cases sounds like selling coal at $8
per ton. Almost most any old ex
planation seems to pass, and get the
money.
Pasteurised Whipping Cream and
oure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley’s.
& llum Sc (£a, .
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Rice Hutchins
Shoes for
Ladies
Kitchen Utensils
The monarch range is
a fuel saver. \ Bum* wood
or coal. Second to none as a
baker.
Cole’s Hot Blast
\ Heaters
^?qcognized as the best and cheap*
est heater to be had.
Jto. 12 Priced at.$16.50
N^>. 12D Priced at ... $20.00
N4. 156 Priced .1 ..$25.00
No. 18 Priced at. - $27.50
Perfection Coal Oil Heater
Priced $7.50.
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Aluminum,
Granite Ware
White EnaiAeJ
and Tinware.
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Complete
stock of
staple,
and fancy
groceries in Alaska.
Large^
shipments
of fresh
fruits and
vegetables
on every
boat.
Phone 12
S. BLUM & CO.
GOOD GOODS
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National 'Uulveraltjr,
Waaklarton, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Offlce Rooms In Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
phone i» THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Ot
ace hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9
[>. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed. .
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMQND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offlce Opposite Coart Hoane
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY 8-AT-LA W
Offlcea In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
Red Cross Hospital
KeyttoM^tad Hobart Sta.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Room* for Patient*.
Phono'144 MRS. C. H WILCOX. Matron
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Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Kodak Supplies at me Valdes
Drug Company. tt
Arcade Cafe
OPEN UNTIL B P.M.
We Serve Corona Coffee
Strictly Fresh Eggs.
Jack CaBln■ _Pnmitla
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL ..
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat.
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
huts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
Ceorge C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
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LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE.
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
m Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MARCUM
Satis (or Fort Wells, Portage
Bay. Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m„ from the Val
des Dook Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay,
and Fid algo, every Wednes
' day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
des Dook Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
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