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Published Dally Except Sunday_
Entered as Second-Olasa-Mall Matter,
julv 23. 1912. at the postofflCe of Valdes,
Alaska, under act or March 1. 1879.
ms'ness Office and Editorial Rooms,
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auvei tlaUur Rale* on Application.
Tl'IMIlAY, DKCKMBKR 4. IfllT
MISDIRECTED ENERGY
Out of the war situation there has
grown what might almost be called
a mania for starting and'conducting
movements for aiding the soldiers,
the army, the navy, the hospitals, the
destitute of Europe, the orphans, the
returning soldiers, etc., all ot which
movements are commendable in their
purpose but apparently have too lit
tle co-ordinated and intelligent di
rection.
Where ill-directed movements of
this kind are likely to lead is illus
trated. by an account given by the
New York Times showing the result
of an "Army and Navy Bazaar,” held
in New York. The gross receipts were
ovqr $75,000, out of which there was
$755 net for expenditure in the pur
chase of comfort kits for the ipen on
the firing lipe. About one cent out of
every dollar put into the enterprise
was expended for the real purpose in
view.
These fact,s were not stated by the
Times for the purpose of discrediting
every movement for the aid of the
soldiers, nor are they repeated here
for any such purpose. But the people
who contribute money have a right
to know, and it is their duty to knpw,
that the money they contribute goes
for the real object intended. This is
their right and duty not only as to
private, voluntary, contributions, but
in no less degree as to the money I
they are compelled to contribute thru
Federal taxes. Knowing these facts
will insure a more intelligent and ef
fective iise of money and labor giv
en by a loyal and unselfish people for
the great, task in which we are en-'
gaged. Only by publicity can we hope'
to check waste.—Exchange. |
THRIFT IN OLD HOSIERY
It was a ye^r agp that a woman—
from Kentucky, we believe—pointed
out the enormous waBte in women’s
stockings. They are very long, and
there to only a small part of them that
gets much wear; bat that part being
worn, all tilt expanse of hosiery that
deplorable feet] bty set earnest peo
ple to thinking, ahd the last step of
economy has been taken.
The probjem was naturally solved
by a woman—possibly by a million
women. It would pertainly never have
occurred to a man. And yet It concerns
the men; it concerns them very close
ly. It has occurred to a^womab that
when the feet of the stockings, more
-or less mutilated by friction with the
shoe, are deftly amputated, the re
maining portion is about the length
of a man’s necktie.
Here is a chance to plug a leak in
the family resources. This long tube
wrought of pea island cotton, and col
ored with scores of hues that were
not invented when rainbows were
made, can be utiltoed as the hus
band’s necktie when the wife finds a
hole. Darning is too troublest)me and
has gone out of fashion, and It would
n;t do at all, because with the pres
ent style of gpwns it would show.
Mllions of dollars’ worth of stocking
legs caji be uspd as men’s neckties^
Nothing could be more sentimental
than for an engaged girl t0 give all
her disabled stockings to her fiance,
or a more overwhelming ppoof of his
passion, for her. than, hfs willingness
to wear tjiem.—Ex.. (
STAOIJCRaW’ Ndt' StATKSTRAFT
One pf pie, disconcerting and puz
zling features of the many strikes and
threatened strikes is that after the
strike has developed to a certain stage
aqd has attracted the tense interest
and arouped the. anxious concern of
the people of the.country, the proper
government official intervenes, the
controversy ends, .the men go back to
work,, t£e situation is saved, and the
laurelp are placed upon the brow of
the man who has averted a catastro
phe. It is, getting to look too much
likp a play where, the stage Is set, the
villian is abq.ut (to murder or abduct
his fair aqd hftlqiess victim, and the
hero rushes forth at exactly the right
mpment to accomplish a daring res
cue. Top much repetition,of this sort
of thing Is likely ty arohse suspicion.
IT I§ announced fr.bm Chicago
| that unless potatoes are reduced to
fifty cents per bushel, one hundred
million bushels of the new crop wil^
either rot or be fed to live stock. The
announcement declares that, with po
tatoes at the present price, $1.40 per
bushel, the new crop, which is one,
hundred and fifty-four millions j
greater than that of last year, will j
never be consumed as, at that price, J
the average consumer uses them very j
sparingly. Here is a suitable occasion t
for government regulation. i
NOT IMPOH81BLK
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One of the principal troubles with
the war is that Germany knows what
is going on in our country rather
more thoroughly than we do our
selves.—Nantucket Inquirer. !
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See whit our Atomic*? SpU^m*, will have to f* thru
ls^th« monrt®r ..fJPftftW T*f$& to
Bombardments, Airship Struggle*, trepch tyuds. No
thing faked, everything just as it hiyponpdi
Special Attraction Ne Raise In Prices
“Lonesome Lube” Corned i ,
Special Music By i
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ONE of oar local.organa of mlsln-!
formation widertook-1° define for its
readers thfi y^ri^oa Rttssian factions.
nattstsi **,were told,, can
a p^fty, tfia$ insisted on "the
programme oftextreme So
cialism/' That seemed the limit of
radicalism, but apparently It was.not
for we were Informed Immediately
that the Bolshevlkl were Maximal
ists raised to the n-th degree.” The
plain truth is that ‘SBolshevifcl is the
Russian equivalent for ‘‘Maximalists,”
which is a curtailment of Maximura
alist, the meaning of which is ob
vious.-—Mining and Scientific Press.
EVEN the pictures of Santa Claus j
being sent out by type founders and j
holiday advertising firms h&ve lost)
that German look the old boy former-1
ly ware. He now looks something
like an American farmer. There is no
use talking, it will be many a long
day before Germany can swing on our
gate or slide down our cellar door.
And even then, if a a nail is found in
the toboggan, she will be accused of
putting it there.—Exchange.
Mutiny on StMm Schooner
A 'PACIFIC POUT, Dec. 4.—
The steam schooner Pasadena turn
ed back into this port today as a re
sult of what members of the, crew
said had Men a near-mutiny,.Charles
Johnson, % sailor, charged that Capt.
M. S. McGovern, master of tbA ship,
had attacked him and two other mem
bers of the crew without provocation,
and said he and others refused^ to con
tinue the proposed voyage of the ship.
Ketchikan Fish Prices ^
KETCHIKAN, Dtp. 4.—Ketchikan
prices at noon, December third; hali
but sixteen cents; sable fish, four
cents; red rock, fish two cents.
GREAT
ERECTED FO** HtcNRV FORD
DETRQl/T, Dec, Sj—Ag .idea. of the
vastnsss of the great smelter plant
in the course of erection by Henry
Ford & Son Co„, cgp.be gained when
it is said that an automobile speed
moter shows It to be exactly one mile
from ope end of the works to the oth
er.
The present program is to have the
monster building, calculated to pro
duce 3,00,000 tons of steel a year and
give employment to 3Q,Q00.men, in
operation on-New Year's day, .19,20.,
None of.this steel is to be market- i
ed, as Ford will be obliged to work j
the smelters to their utmost capacity
to produce a sufficient output to sup
ply its own needs for automobiles and j
trucks.
) CKI Mil AUK AND PINOfTRDK
PDA VERS GO OX STRIKE j
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BUTTE, Rfont., Dec. 4.—The high i
• cost of living took a new turn in Butte!
i today when cigar stores announced
j that solo, cribbage and pinochle play-1
j ers who infest many of these places |
will have to pay 20 cents ah hour for |
their chairs instead of 15 cents as;
heretofore. Many of the card experts
have not missed their social games in i
> vea/s, but tod^y they have organized !
a “strike” against the cigar stores,;
] and one man, who says he has played I
solo every evening for the lt^st ten i
years, declares not a card hgs, been !
fuyned in the cigar stores during the j
last two days.
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'ftR1PDE EXECUTION
IN BUTTE SOON |
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, BUTTE. Mont., Dqc. 4.—Bjutte la
^oon to witness a triple execution
whet} SherWan A. Powell, colored;
Wank* Fisher and John O’Neli}, all
convicted of murder In the ffraf de
gree, will be put to death. ^Jud^e John
V. Dwyh^. of tW district cbult* sen-1
lenced tiie men and'It Was announc
ed t from Helena toda> that his Judgr
Went' add' the verdict oT the Juries
kh’d been'upheld in 'the court of last
kesoji. The then will be re-sentenced
Wfthlit'a few days. PoWell; a'railway
h'brjer, wps convicted of killing anor
lifer porter Ip a' Great Nprth'erhdin
fhg' cat- Flster and' Q'Nsljl .were con
3rl£t$d pf slaying TtibfltAm . Higgins
When tpe lifttCr attetapjed to'inter
fere as ' they Were, Kpb|jh|L another
Wan in this city ’rtilj&temioas will
take' piece lb thfe jail yard'here.
1 Howe' on Aircraft Board
' WASHINGTON, a C., Dec. 4.—
Appointment of lt..I$. Howe, of New
York, as director of the Internation
al Harvester company, as ^ne of the
Civilian members of the aircraft boar^
which wiy be in chprae of the air set*
vice In'this country, was announced
today', after a conference of the air
craft production board with Preai
dent WilsOn. Howard E. Coffln, chair
man Of thk present production board
aipo wilf hekd the new board.
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r WABHiNgYoN, .D.C., Dec! 4.
'fcaniturb 6t tWO Austrians who1
Crossed the Ptdve^ rlVe’r* is "anriblmced
W 0 menage from General Diet; thfr
Italian com m an^er-in-cbl Pf, to hip
Subscribe’ f6T tkb’ Prospector,
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| • Ottt&fctHtn Schaffncr ft Muu
You men are not satisfied
with cheapness. If you were
yuu’d be wearing denim trous
ers and canvas coats, and you
wouldn’t worry at all about the
quality.
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You want quality, the
■highest kind of quality; you’ll
get it here—guaranteed.
We’ll guarantee you com
plete satisfaction with every
thing you buy at this store.
You’ll get Hart Schaffner
& Marx all-wool clothes; You
will like the style; you'will like
the fit; you will like the price.
You will be completely satis
fied.
You’ll get the most value
for your money in our furnish
ing goods; hats, neckwear and
- all..
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• The home of Hart Schdffner and Marx Clothes I
Td lWKpUy HUrvice Flags' *
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 4.—
Desplay of transparent service flags
in windows qf homes and of emblems
in business places will feature the
American Red Cross Christmas mem
bership drive between December 17
and Christmas eve. These emblems are
to be so arranged as to indicate the
number of people at each place who
join the Red Cross.
Buy your groceries direct. Save
fifteen to twenty-five per cent. The
house that sells direct to consumers.
Randall Grocery ft Brokerage Co.,
Inc., 82 Marion St., Seattle Wn. tf
line of box candies at Hunt’s. tf
Fresh hulk chocolates and a new
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Fresh., tafly; chewa and brittle#, at
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. tf
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Rainer Gekeal Beverage, non-tu
toxioatlng at B. Hunt’s. tf
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Do pot forgot to giro year shore to
ward g Christmas box for the soldiers.
xm*4 Goodi
and useful articles are now coming
on every boat, fpr thb Emporium, tf
Christmas gifts now on display at
the residence of Mrs. Grishai^. All
are Invited to call.. Give ygur orders
early. Hours 10 to 9.$A p\
Mrs, Graham apd Mr*. Depne,
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Freighting to ail print*
'in thu.tiifd
1lttr*e* bright arid sold.
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way porto PaeeMgera leaded
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DR. S. WICK.ES MERRITT
Office* in Flab Building, adjoining
TUHkum Club.
Fboae 00. McKinley Street.
Contract Surgeon. O. S. Army
A. > Surg'eon. U S. Public Health 8*r^ '
(Marine Hospital)
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