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THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1018
WHY PEOPIjE DIFFER.
In this world people have always
differed as to fundamentals as well aB
in on-essentials. It is human nature
to do so, perhaps. . Even a phrase or
an idea can have hypnotic effect on
the human mind. We are creatures
of habit and of prejudice, and it is
practically impossible for Us to con
sider any question dispassionately
and objectively, purely on its merits.
How is it that two sets of people,
equally intelligent, high-minded and
patriotic can take diametrically op
posite views on the same question?
■The facts are the same, but the meth
od of looking at them is different;
the viewpoints are opposite. One set j
aees the matter front the front, and
the other from the back, and it is not
strange that it appears to them to-;
tally different, or that they cannot |
come to an agreement oil it. , |
This will probably always be so.
lor you will observe that human be
ings are all alike in being unlike. Ac
tions seems to generate reaction al
ways in the mental, moral, as well as
in the physical world. As soon as one
person takes a stand or makes an as
sertion another person immediately
feobs up to dispute that stand and
combat that assertion, and thus the
process continues until all society is
divided into two or more hostile
camps. Each side views the other as
wicked and misled, and yet each is
right according to its lights. In some
«ases the dispute may be more the re
sult of bad liver than bad lights. A
naturally dyspeptic person takes a
pessimistic view of life, where a per
son with good digestion sees things
with a clear and hopeful ^sye. You
cannot change men’s nature alto
gether, and there will always be these
two opposite temperaments, the bil
ious and the sanguine—with also a
large element of the third class,
♦*nown as phlegmatic or neutral.
Consequently when you expect all
the people to see such a matter as the
European war, the Mexican question,
the tariff question, or the prepared
“oees proposition in the same light,
you are expecting too much. It
means that you yourself are of too
sanguine a temperament, and that
you have failed to reckon with the
bilious and the phlegmatic elements
of society.
Life cannot be entirely satisfactory
Id anyone, .for it is bound to be a
compromise between conflicting ideals
and ideas. The best we can do is to
make the best of it.—Empire.
HOFFMAN BK TRANSFERRED
TO MATANUSKA DISTRICT
*
The U. 8. marshal’s office has an
nounced that the office at Chlsana
will be abolished on March 31, and
<that Deputy Marshal Frank Hoffman
who is now stationed there will be
transferred to Matanuska. The Chi
-sana camp, from which great things
were expected as a coming gold camp
has failed to materialize and is grad
ually going back. The U. S. commis
•sioner’s office will, however, still be
’maintained as long as some respon
sible citizen of the camp will under
take to act in that capacity.
Present indications point to great
activity in the Matanuska district
during the coming Bummer owing to
<he government’s railroad building
‘.activities and by appointing Frank
-Hoffman to that district Marshal
Brenneman will be assured that law
and order will prevail.
-THE
EMPRESS
TO-NIGHT
Two Shows, 8:00 O’clock and
9:20
PROGRAM
Pathe News—Showing 200
Nome Dogs and Scotty Allan
Going to War, Baseball, Etc.
“The White Mask," three-reel
Drama, featuring Lillie Les
lie and Joseph Smiley.
Bray Comical Cartoon.
“The Stain,” Six Acts, Thurs
\ 9*'
Admission 25c and 10c.
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MINERS FED OF -
MURDER DIME
Prosecution Unable to Present Con
clusive Evidence to Jury as to
Identity of Murderers.
CASTLE ROCK, Colo., March 2.—
The four union miners who were
harged with having murdered Major
Lester of the Colorado State militia
during the labor trouble at Walsen
burgi in April, 1914, have been ac
quitted by the jury.
The testimony presented by the
federal prosecutor was very conflict
ing with that offered by the defense
ind the Jury reached its finding after
being out a short time.
Major Lester was killed by a bullet
fired from the camp of the strikers
at Walsenburg and was the beginning
of the fight between the militia and
strikers which resulted in nearly a
score of the strikers being killed and
their camp destroyed.
HUS SEIZE
GERMAN VESSELS
Meet of Interned Vessels will Be
Pressed Into Service to Relieve
Italian Coal Famine.
LONDON, March 2.—The an
nouncement was made in the British
House of Commons today by Sir Ed
ward Gray, foreign secretary, that the
Italian government had requisitioned
thirty-four German steamers which
had been interned in Italian ports
when the European war began.
The steamers will be employed in
transporting supplies from American
ports and will enable the Italian
government to relievo the coal fam
ine which has seriously interfered
with the industrial and military activ
ities of the nation. Hard coal is now
selling in Rome for $40 per ton.
The Italian government will have*
the advantage of operating the Ger
man owned steamships in the war
zones where Teutonic submarines
are most active and there is consid
erable speculation as to whether the
commanders of the submarines will
wage, war as energetically against
them as agaiust vessels owned by cit
izens of enemy nations.
MAKING TRAPS TO
CATCH SUBMARINES
LONDON: Snaises for submarines,
frighteners for Zeppelins and traps
for the Germans in the trenches are
but a few of the weird devices pro
duced by amateur inventors that the
munitions inventions department is
called on to consider. One look by
the experts settles their. fate, with
rare exceptions, for most of the in
ventors are innocent of the science of
mechanics.
These appliances as u rule look
like the work of professional hu
morists. But their authors are an
noyingly in earnest. As an example
of the kind of schemes the depart
ment is asked to consider, one man
proposed this scheme for catching
submarines. Ships equipped with a
running noose of steel rope and a
plate glass window in the keep were
to engage in the chase. When the
watcher at the plate glass window re
ported a submarine, tho men were
to pull the noose around the body of
the unsuspecting victim then haul up
and „..ng it as a prize into harbor.
Another invention, ignoring the me
chanical details, invented hopping
motors to use in bursting through
the German lines. The motors,
heavily armored and bristling with
guns, were to jump like grasshop
pers over obstacles and trenches.
Half a million spring-legged motors,
according to the inventor, would
end tho war. There have been many
types of “Zeppelin-strafers” submit
ted. But none have been adopted.
SHEET IRON ROOFING
RIPPED FROM JAIL
The gale .which raged In Valdez
this forenoon ripped the sheet iron
roofing from fhe federal jail building
and carried it across lota to McKin
ley street. In its flight through the
air the roofing came In contact with
the high board fence surrounding
the tennis court and the boards were
snapped like so many matches.
The court house building rocked ns
the gales struck it but the big vault,
which is 24 feet long and 12 feet wide
with solid 18-lnch walls of reinforc
ed concrete holds the building from
being shifted', on its foundation.
SAVAGE ATHLETICS.
Canary Islanders Who Would Have
Made 8tar Ball Players.
The Canafy Islands came Into sub
jection to Spain, about the lime Colum
bus discovered America. The conquest
was due solely to the superiority of
European weapons and not to better
skill and prowess. Native soldiers were
trained athletes developed under u sys
tem that held athletic sports to he an
important business, like military drill.
Spanish chronicles have left accounts
of sports of the Islanders. From baby
hood they were trained to be brisk In
self defense. As soon as they could
toddle the chlldreu were pelted, with
mud balls t£at they might learn bow
to protect themselves. When they were
boys stones and wooden darts verc
substituted for bits of clay.
In tuts rough school they acquired
the rudiments of warfare which ena
bled them during their wars to catch in
their bands the arrows shot from tbeir
enemies' crossbows.
After the conquest of tbo Canaries a
native of the islands was seen at Se
vide who for a silver piece let a man
throw at him as many stones as he
pleased from a distance of eight paces.
Without moving bis left foot he avoid
ed every stone.
Another native used to defy any one
to hurl an orange at him with so great
rapidity that be could not catch it
Three men tried this, each with a doz
en oranges, and the islander caught
every orange. As a further test he hit
his antagonists with each of the or
anges
FIFTH WHEELS.
They Are of Many Varieties, and Some
of Them Are Human.
) am what Is known as a fifth wheel
—a useless piece of paraphernalia car
ried along as necessary impedimenta
on other people’s Journeys.
There are lots of fifth wheels in the
world. Some are old and rusty and out
of repair, and down in their inmost
bubs they long to roll off into the gut
ter and lie there quiet and undisturbed.
These are the old people, silver haired,
self effacing, who go upstairs to bed
early when guests are invited for din
ner. ' ,
Some are emergency fifth wheels,
such as are carried on motorcars, al
ways ready to take their place on the
road if one of the regular wheels
breaks down and needs to be seni
away for repairs. These are the mid
die aged unmarried aunts and cousins
stanch, reliable—who are sent for to
take care of the children while mother
runs over to Europe for a holiday.
And some are fifth wheels like my
sel—neither old nor self effacing, nei
ther middle aged nor useful, but simplv
expensive to keep painted and very
hungry for the road, it may be only a
matter of time, however, when. I shall
be middle aged and useful and later old
and self effacing; when 1' shall star
and take care of the children and go
upstairs early when young people are
having a party.—Olive Higgins I’routy
In American Magazine.
Disenchanted.
There is a maiden lady in Boston
who used to be very fond of Omar
Khayyam. Sbe quoted the Rubaiyat
on all possible and some impossible oc
casions as though it were her Bible.
But; a short time ago she went to the
play, "Omar, the Tentmaker.” in order
that she might see her favorite hero in
propria persona. But Instead of being
pleased with the play sbe came borne
disgusted. Her copy of the Rubaiyat
(limited edition, numbered copy. Hoi
land paper, vellum binding, Vedder it
lustrations) has been burned or burled
Sbe neither mentions Omar nor allows
any one else to quote him in ber pres
ence. When asked the reason of her
change of taste she replies geutly, but
Ormly. “I didn't know be was a drink
ing man.”—Independent.
Children.
What are children? Flower*! They
are flowers or the invisible world. In
destructible. each with * multitude of
angels and evil spirits underneath its
leaves, tolling and wrestling to* domin
ion over It Blossoms! They are the
blossoms or another world whose fruit
age is angels and archangels. Or dew
drops! They are dewdrops that have
their source not In the chambers of the
earth nor among the vapors'of the sky.
which the next breath of wind or the
next flash of sunshine may dry up for
ever, hut among the everlasting foun
tains and inexhaustible reservoirs of
mercy and lova.—John Neal.
Quickness of Mind.
Quickness is among the least ot the
mind’s properties and belongs to her
in almost her lowest state. Nay, It
doth not abandon her when she Is driv
en from her home, when she Is wan
deling and insane. The mad often re
tain It. the liar has It. the cheat has It,
education does not give It, and reflec
tion takes sway from It—Landor
■ Your Fault*.
However good you may tie you have
faults: however dull yon may, be yon
can find out wbnt some of them' ar*.
and however slight they may,, he you
had better make some—not too painful,
but |latlent—efforts to get rid of them.
—Ruskln. _._
Already Done.
Pa—But, young man. do yon think
you can make my girl happy? Suitor
Do 1 ? Say. I wish you could ’a’ awn her
when 1 proposed.—Cleveland Leader.
Competent.
Old Lady—Officer, could yon see me
across the street? Officer Odd-Sure.
I've got as good eyesight ns auy man
on the force.—Princeton Tiger
Treachery, though at first very can
| dons, la the end betrays Iteelf.—Livy.
PREPAREDNESS
Seems To Be the' Slogan of This Country at Present.
The Slogan of the Housewife at All Times Should Be,
The Best Quality j)f Groceries
We Carry Such Goods as
bill’s Coffee, Del Monte Fruits and Vegetables,
Centennial Flour, Cresca Fancy Canned Goods
Fisher's Blend Flour, Beech Nut Grape Jelly
And everything that's good in Groceries and Provisions.
Every Boat Brings Us Seasonable Fresh Fruits and
Vegetables.
Our Prices on Groceries Make It Expensive for You to Trade Elsewhere.
S. BLUM & CO., W
GOOD GOODS
DONALDSON SOHKDULD
Lvs. Fort Liscum Lvs. Valdez
S:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:15 p.m 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m 10:80 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
TIDE TABLES FOR MARCH.
The table given below is for high
and low water in Valdez Bay. for
the month of March. 1916.
Thursday, March 2.
High, 10:67 am, 10.0.
Low, 4:61 am, 2.0; 6:37 pm, —1.0.
Friday, March 3.
High, 11:63 pm, 8.6; 11:44 am, 10.1.
Low, 6:41 am, 1.1; 6:16 pm, —1.0.
Saturday, March 4.
High, 12:27 am, 9.3; 12:31 pm, 10.0.
Low, 6:26 am, 0.3; 6:49 pm, —0.7.
Sunday, March 5.
High, 12:69 am, 9.7; 1:13 pm, 9.6.
Low. 7:08 am, —0.1; 7:21 pm; —0.2
Monday, March 8.
High, 1:28 am, 9.9; 1:64 pm, 9.0.
Low, 7:48 am, —0.3; 7:61 pm, —0.5
Tuesday, March 7.
High, 2:04 am, 9.9; 2:34 pm, 8.2.
Low, 8:27 am, —0.2; 8:21 pm, 1.3.
Wednesday, March 8.
High, 2:34 am, 9.6; 3:14 pm, 7.3
Low, 9:06 am, 0.2; 8:62 pm, 2.0.
Thursday, March 0. •
High, 3:06 am, 9.1; 3:69 pm, 6.6.
Low, 9:49 am, 0.8; 9:24 pm, 2.8.
Friday, March 10.
High, 3:42 am, 8.6; 4:63 pm, 6.7.
Low, 10:39 am, 1.4; 10:00 pm, 3.6.
Saturday, March 11.
High, 4:26 am, 7.9; 6:23 pm, 6.1.
Low, 11:46 am, 2.0; 10:48 pm, 4.1.
Sunday* March 12.
High, 6:27 am, 7.4; 8:26 pm, 6.2.
Low, 1:32 pm, 2.2. |
. Monday, March 13.
High, 6;15 am, 7.3; 9:43 pm, 6.6.
Low, 0:08 am, 4.6; 2:69 pm, 2.0.
Tuesday, March 14.
High, 8:23 am, 7.3; 10:20 pm, 6.2.
Low, 2:18 am, 4.6; 3:64 pm, 1.6.
Wednesday, March 15.
High, 9:28 am, 7.7; 10:62 pm, 6.8.
Low, 3:66 am, 3.9; 4:31 pm, 1.2.
Thursday, March 16.
High, 10:18 am, 8.2; 11:16 pm, 7.6.
Low, 4:31 am, 3.1; 6:01 pm, 0.8.
Friday, March 17.
High, 11:01 am, 8.6.
Low, 4:69 am, 2.3; 6:27 pm, 0.6.
Saturday, March 18.
High, 11:40 pm, 8.1; 11:37 am 8.8.
Low, 6:34 am, 1.4; 6:62 pm, —0.6.
Sunday, March 10.
High, 0:04 am, 8.7; 12:16 pm, 8.9.
Low, 6:09 am, —0.7; 6:19 pm, —0.6
Monday, March 20.
High, 12:30 am, 9.3; 12:62 pm, 8.8.
Low. 6:44 am, 0.0; 8:47 pm, —0.8.
Tuesday, March 21.
High, 12:67 am, 9.7; 1:31 pm, 8.6.
Low, 7:31 am, —0.6; 7:19 pm, 1.2.
Wednesday, March 22.
High, 1:28 am, 10.0; 2:12 pm, 8.0.
Low, 8:01 am, —0.7; 7:61 pm, 1.6.
Thursday, March 23.
High, 9:02 am, 10.0; 2:68 pm, 7.3.
Low, 8:46 am, —0.6; 8:28 pm, 2.1.
Friday, March »»•
High, 2:41 am, 2.8; 3:62 pm, 6.6.
Low, 9:36 am, —0.3; 9:07 pm, 2.8.
Saturday, March 28.
High, 3:28 am, 9.4; 4:69 pm, 6.0.
Low, 10:37 am. —0.3; 10:01 pm, 3.4
Sunday, March 26.
High, 4:37 am, 8.8; 6:34 pm, 6.7.
Low, 11:64 am, —0.7*; 11:14 pm, 3.9
Monday, March 27.
High, 6:46 am, 8.4; 8:02 pm,.6.1.
Low, 1:26 pm, —0.8.
Tuesday, March 28.
High, 7:22 am, 8.2; 9:18 pm, 6.8.
Low, 1:02 am, 3.3; 2:46 pm, —0.6.
Wednesday, March 20.
High, 8:60 am, 8.4; 10:04 pm, 7.7.
Low, 2.48 am, 3.3; 3:42 pm, 0.4.
Thursday, March 80.
High, 9:67 am, 8.7; 10:44 pm, 8.6.
Low, 3:66 am, 2.2; 4:27 pm, —0.3.
Friday, March 81.
High, 10:61 am, 9.0; 11:18 pm, 9.3.
Low, 4.48 am. 1.1: 6:06 pm. —0.2.
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Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
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always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
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be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
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the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
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Graduate National tnJnnllr,
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
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PHONE 110
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PHONE 1ft THE DENTIST
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p. m. Sunday by appointment.
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
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Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
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CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alula
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Stop at is the
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