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STEWART * SELBY, Krogrtotof
VALDEZ. ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter.
July *3, 1913, at the postoffice of Valdes,
Alaska, under act or March I, 1379.
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TEL 163
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1910
A WASTE OK ENERGY.
Those who are bent upon resisting
the nation-wide movement for prohi
bition. in the light of recent events,
are simply wasting their energies.
There is not the slightest doubt
that the principle of prohibition has
possessed a great majority of the vo
ters and converts by the hundreds of
thousands are being made annually.
Already twenty-tittee states, nearly
half the states in the Union, have
declared strongly their opposition to
the liquor traffic, and in a number of
other states local option has closed
the saloons in ail but a few of the
cities and larger towns. The ‘'wet"
spot in the United States is remark
ably small and is growing smaller
with each succeeding year.
It is utterly useless for those who
are engaged in the liquor traffic, or
for those who favor the traffic, to in
sist that prohibition means confisca
tion. Jt does mean confiscation, but
public sentiment has so crystallized
against the traffic that it is no longer
feasible to appeal to old-time busi
ness principles as an argument
against prohibition. The majority
has reached the conclusion that there
are other reasons more thoroughly
justifying non-observance of the
principle of personal liberty and these
are relied upon when arguments are
advanced such as are resorted to oy
the anti-prohibitionists today.
The urging of the destruction of
the liquor traffic from a moral and
hygienic necessity is so strong that all
else falls before it.
Those who predicted a few years
ago that the United States would pro
hibit the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquors within ten years
are, in large numbers, now c mviuced
that prohibition will be a fact in less
than five years. Every state that be
comes dry does so permanently. This
is largely because many thousands
who resisted prohibition are, when
I hey see the large majority for it,
willing to cease their fight and give
it a trial.
The vote of the people of the Ter
ritory of Alaska against the liquor
traffic was a surprise in many ways,
as economic conditions and a scanty
population made it necessary to raise
revenues from the liquor ..raffle. It
was believed that the money arising
from the sale of licenses was neces
sary to keep our schools going. The
people decreed otherwise, and time
alone can tell if their decision was a
wise one. Congress may yet nullify
the vote by refusing to pass a law
making Alaska dry. The government
bas been running Alaska at a loss so
long It la naturally anxious to make
good the deficit, and the liquor li
censes yield no small sum. The final
decision is left to the members of
Congress, and while it is highly prob
able they will ratify the vote, there
is a bare possibility that economic
reasons will prevent them fror. doing
so.
But in any case, it now ltoks as if
the United States is going to make a
thorough tryout of prohibition. Th-<t
is inevitable, and, being inevitable,
it is folly—it is worse than folly—
to try to block the wheels.
INTENSELY cold weather is re
ported from the interior, which may
account for the prevailing high
winds.
VALDEZ has established a new re
cord in snowfall for December. Ten
inches of snowfall are the official fig
ures, and they have more than that
in many places in Oklahoma and
Tennessee.
CHRISTMAS time will soon be
here. If you have any shopping to
do or presents to mail, help the over
worked clerks and postal authorities
by doing your Christmas shopping
early. You secure a much better va
riety of goods by doing your shop
ping early, and avoid the rush at the
close of the Christmas season.
AN organization in Oregon is pre
paring for the second coming of
Christ, and have taken out articles
of incorporation so as to be prepared
to enter heaven legally and in due
form. We are afraid Christ’s com
ing will be long delayed, judging
from the saturnalia of murder in the
European countries. If this bloody
war lasts two or three more years a
majority of the best people on the
terrestrial ball will b^ exterminated,
and his coming be unnecessary.
IF a tax on bachelors is ever voted
on this country, Valdez will come in
lor more than her share of paying the
tax. An official enumeration of the
names of the marriageable men of
this city might precipitate a riot in
the maleless portions of Europe,
therefore we deem it unwise to pub
lish them, but after the war we look
for a flood of female immigration re
sembling the old times of '98. And
the crying shame of the whole mat
ter is that all these men would make
A1 husbands, being sound in wind
and limb, and guaranteed to stand
the matrimonial halter without shy
ing.
HAS the government the right to
enter into competition with the sa
loonkeepers of Seward and flood the
city with liquor seized at Anchorage,
by selling the same at public auction
c>n December 15? This is the ques
tion that is agitating the citizens of
Seward, both wet and dry Many
hundred gallons of liquor have been
seized at the new railroad town, by
Government officials, for illegal en
try into the Territory. Instead of de
stroying the liquor, the government
1-roposes to sell the same at public
auction, and both the saloonmen and
Women’s Club are registering a vig
TO NIGHT AT 8:P.M.
ALL COMEDY PROGRAM
"HAZELS TWO HUSBANDS"
What will she do with them?
''AMBROSE DARED WALRUS"
2 reel comedy with a punch.
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“DIRTY WORE IN A LAUNDRY"
2 reel comedy with Ford Sterling.
CIVILISATION NEXT MONDAY
orous protest against said sale, from
widely divergent reasons. The ques
tion may be yet brought into court b •
Interested parties, who claim that
the government should destroy the
liquor Instead of rolling it. The
chanee to acquire a cheap lot of joy
juice Is attracting buyers from all
over the penlpsula. The outcome is
(waited with interest by other cities,
whose officials believe the government
>hould destroy the liquor instead of
entering into competition with the
taloonmen.
MANAGER PINKUS of the Em
press theatre complains of the poor
patronage given the splendid picture 4
the Empress circuit is presenting to
the people of Valdez. He states, and
has grounds for his remarks, that it
is impossible to show first-class mo
tion pictures without sufficient pat
ronage to pay the management for
its expenditures. Monday night one
of the greatest pictures ever produc
ed will be shown, "Civilization.” li
should be greeted with a packed
house. Aside from the great beauty
of the pictures from a photographic
standpoint, the moral lesson is worth
the price. These pictures are being
shown here cheaper than at any
place in Alaska, and much cheaper
than many places in the States. If
you wish to see good pictures give
the Empress your patronage Monday
night.
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VALDEZ has a matrimonial bu
reau. To be sure it pays a license
to do business under another name,
but developments have shown that It
is a real, progressive matrimonial bu
reau, with many marriages to its
credit. This organization is incor
porated under the name of the Prince
William Sound, Light, Power and
Telephone Company, and It is the
telephone department of this big com
pany that is responsible for many
marriages in Valdez. Whether tend
ing switchboard and keeping track of
budding courtships awakens tender
passions in the human breast has nev
er been studied by psychologists, but
the fact remains that such is the case,
and so annoylr.g has Cupid become
in that vicinity, that Manager Quinn
is considering offering a bonus for
operators remaining on the job long
er than six months. To be sure, Mr.,
Quinn has exercised poor judgment j
in his choice of operators and filled
the shop with maidens of great charm
but hereafter he declares he will
pick only old maids with cross eyes
and red hair, false teeth and a wen
on their nose. This may work, but i
a girl with any attractiveness what
ever has little chance to escape tho
matrimonial noose in Valdez, on ac
count of the great scarcity of eligible
girls and the hungry craving of the
average Alaskan for a home where he
can have hot biscuit and pie three
times a day.
MUCH OF BOOZE
LEAKED EN ROUTE
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Only a part of the liquor brought
over from Anchorage to be sold here
will go under the hammer of the auc
tioneer. The rest has leaked, says
the Seward Post.
Rough handling on the barge when
it was loaded at Anchorage and more
rough handling when it was unload
ed here is held responsible for nu
merous broken bottles.
When the liquor was seized at Pt.
Campbell it had all been taken from
the original crates and for shipment
here was crated without being wrap
ped securely.
Marshal Evans says that the barge
crew was evidently severely affected
by the fumes of such of the liquor as
leaked out of the broken bottles as
they were in various stages of hilar
ity or inability when they landed
the consignment.
The shipment received does not
tally with the one sent from Anchor
age. According to the shippteg re
ceipt there should have been 217 par
cels of liquor, 24 of which were b^er
and the rest whiskey. The shipment
received included 12 cases of beer and
totaled 218 parcels. Some of the
crates contained nothing but broken
bottles.
Men who saw the liquor when it
was first landed at Anchorage after
being seized state that it has under
gone a remarkable shrinkage the pile
landed on the dock here occupying
about half the space necessary for the
goods originally seized.
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Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker. Phone 181. it
BOOKS? Yes, we have them, suit
able for Xmas presents; and Pyralin
Ivory, hand painted. Valdez Drug
Co.
SEALSHIPT OYSTERS
Selects, New York Counts and
Standards, in bulk, at Love-Whitley
Co.’s. tt
Home-made Mince Pies at the Ar
cade. tf
Civilization, the great 11-reel pro
duction at the Empress Monday night
only. Admission 81. >
Select Yeur ttotidiy Gfe Now
I
Every department j
greets you with the
right goods
i
My Headquarters
Phone 12
JMtoal %
+-£oud*\S4.
Do your shopping i
early before the as
sortments are broken
A Few Xmas Suggestions
For The House
CUT GLASS CASSEROLES,
ELECTRIC PERCOLATORS,
LUNCH SETS, FANCY BLANKETS,
DOWN COMFORTERS, ETC.
AN EDISON DIAMOND DISC
PHONOGRAPH.
! FOR LADIES
KAYSER’S SILK HOSE
KAYSER’S SILK UNDER
WEAR
LADIES’ SUIT CASES
LADIES’ TRAVELING
BAGS.
LADIES’ WARDROBE
TRUNKS
LADIES’ TRAVELING
CLOCKS
LADIES’ DRESSES
LADIES’ COATS
LADIES’ WAISTS
LADIES’ WARM SLIPPERS
FOR MEN
MEN’S GLOVES
MEN’S TIES
MEN’S SOCKS
MEN’S SILK MUFFLERS
MEN’S SMOKER SETS
MEN’S SAFETY RAZORS
HART, SCHAF F N E R &
MARX SUITS
STYLE PLUS $17 SUITS
MEN’S OVERCOATS
MEN’S MACKINAWS
FOR CHILDREN j
TOYS, COMFY SLIPPERS, MACKINAW SETS, OVERCOATS,
HANDKERCHIEFS, ETC.
Any Parcel Wrapped ready for Mailing.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
The Home of the Pat-a-Cake. At
jl,ove-Wb:;>ey Co. tf
A aew assortment of toilet water
and perfumes. Owl Drag Co. tf
See our Hand Painted Xmas Cards
and Booklets. Valdez Drug Co. tf
The Merchants
of This Town
HELP PAY
THE TAXES
XAT U
»mo{
They are VITALLY IN
TERESTED HERE
DON'T STAND IN YOUR
OWN LIGHT AND GO
OUT OF TOWN TO SHOP.
The home merchant’s
prosperity MEANS YOUR
PROSPERITY.
TRADE AT HOME
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 106
Free mmd iwevtei Mum»
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
P. M. SHOWN, W. M.
BSD WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Miners Dnien Ho. 188
Western federation of Miner*
ROBERT GARNER, ftydge^t^
CHAS. McCALLIIM^ Secretory,
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everythac First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
Canity Kitchen
L W. HUNT—Io Owl Dm Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
The Best Place m Valdez to
Stop at Is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Li(fct Roasa—TW Haase af Coafart
rates; reasonable
BATHJROOM Spatial Rata By Ike Mead
PHONE 13B MRS. STRING. Prop
Pictures and Panoramic Views
make flue presents. Valdez Drug
Co. tf
PROFESSIONAL. CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT *
outers over Valdes Drug Co.
Phoate *1* McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon. U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon. U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marino Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Grad Bate Rational Co lee ratty
Washington. D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Yean In Valdes.
PHONE 110
Odlee Rooms in Whaling Railrtiwg
DONOHOE & DIMOND
A TTORNBY l-AT-LAW
Oaiee Onnoalte Coart Honae
Phone M VA1.UK/. ALASKA
LY9NS * memT*
UIcm la Wballac BaUllag
Pkaae 1*1 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street oypuitc V. M. Store.
Valdes, Alaska
Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that noisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the peace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate it. tf
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Prospector ads bring results.