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Prospectors,
Don't neglect your health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit |
with the purest and bait *f drug*, ;
medicines, and surgical bandage*. -
Give Your Freight Contract to
Robert McIntosh
DELIVERY GUARANTEED
Contracts taken for delivery in the NELCHINA,
CHISANA, and SLATE CREEK sections.
No contract too large, none too small.
For prices apply to Rob’t McIntosh, Valdez.
THE BIG PLACE
Is Still the Attraction. '
We wish to announce to the public that we now have in stock
Valdez Glacier Gold Beer
a product of Valdez and a new breW of superior excellence.
7 pts Valdez Glacier Gold Beer $1.00
5 qts Valdez Glacier Gold Beer $1.00
Patronize home industry and keep the money in Valdez.
The public will find this beer on an equal with any outside
beers-Mt being an entirely new brew.
Free delivery to all parts of the tity
Phone 69
THE
DR. ADAMS, Dentist
OFFICE, Wall street, next to Valdez Prospector.
In the race to win your pat
ronage you will find me In the
legd!
I offer you everything that a
skilled dentist can give.
Work of right quality. Pain
less methods. Hobest prices.
Courteous attention.
Why not get my free advice
«nd estimate?
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1 TIDE TABLES.
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TheredAy, June11.
High tide, 1:87 ft. in. and 2:50 p. m.
Low tide, 8:44 ft. m. and 8:26 p. m.
•frtdHay* MM* 12.
High tMe, 1:26 ft. m. Afld 3:88 p. m.
Low tide, 9:26 ft. ftft. and 9:83 p. K.
Saturday, daft* 18
High tide, 3:13 ft. BU ftftd 4:47 p n.
Low tide, 10:12 «. m. and 10:28 p. m.
Sunday, June 14.
MUb tide, 1:07 ft. m. and 8:85 p. m.
LAW tide, 10:«T ft. m. and 11:42 p. «.
Monday, JunO 11.
High tide, 6:10 a. m. and 621 p. m.
Low tide, 11:40 a. m.
Administrator's Notlos.
In Probate Court tor Valdez Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Liz
zie Stropp, deceased.—Notice to-Cred
itors,
Notice is hereby given to aU per
rs having claims against the estate
Ljztl^ StroRp^deeeased. to^pre
t^**''* *“*”■
S. E. EITGHIE,
Administrator 6f the Estate of Lizzie
atropp, decesood.
Saits presses for fl.uQ St uirrcr
man's, the tafor. Telephone 198.
I
ELECTION DAY
.
A D««oripti6fi of the Partial EltctioM
Law* In force In That Trouble
Ridden “Republic ”
VERA CRUZ—Oh Jtlljr 8, If HU
erth is still in poWer, ftfid, perhaps,
even it he isn't, Mexico will perpe
trate that occasional farce known as
a popular election. Huerta has tried
one election, bht so few people Voted
that he didn’t dare to claim the elec
tioh-Va^id. But the election for July
5 has been called by the congress
of Mexico and Huerta, if be runs, will
undoubtedly attempt to prove after It
is over that the election was held
bonesily and that the president of
Mexico was chosen by an expression
of the popular will.
It can be said that there isn’t any
way to have an honest election in
Mexico, under the present election
laws, which are the laws Mexico has
always had since the republic was
established. Let’s take the imaginary
case of Juan Martinez, a laboring
man in the City of Mexico, and Watch
Juan go through the process of ex
pressing his will as a sovereign voter.
In the first place Juan doesn’t belong
to any party, as John Smith does in
the United States. 6nly the folks
with collars and cuffs belong to part
ies and Juan always takes his hat
off when he’s in their presence. These
collar-and-cuff persons have tempo
rary headquarters in some building
in the capital, and these headquar
ters look exactly like ward, city, coun
ty or state headquarters in any
American city. It is littered with
handbills, posters and pamphlets and
filled with collared-and-cuffed politic
ians.
But you’ll notice that there is only
one headquuarters. That’s the one
that belongs to the party of which
the outgoing president is a member.
The ’’outgoing” president in Diaz's
lime—and he will be in Huerta’s, too
- -is always the leading candidate for
i (election. He permits a few other
persons to make helieve they are can
didates against ^him, jusMor appear
ance’s sake, but he knows that our
friend, Juan Martinez, won’t vote for
them. The “outgoing” president, un
der Mexico’s selection law s, always
owns the election machinery, and
there is no way to get It away from
him.
About two weeks before election
day, always, a Utah comes around to
Juan’s house. Juafi isn’t home; he’s
a Way, at work, of course. The man
is an election official; he talks with
j Juan’s wife. He wants to know what
kind of a man Juan is. Has she ever
heard her husband talk against the
president, or against the governor of
the state? She never has, certainly.
As soon as the election official sees
that Juan is just a common, every
day, workaday type of Mexican, who
won't run amuck on things political,
he leaves a certificate for Juan. This
certificate entitles Juan to go to the
pdlls to vote and when Juan gets
home at night and asks the “missus’'
what has happened during the day,
she hands hiid the certificate, which
Juan tucks away against election
day. Juan is now a duly registered
voter.
At last the Sunday rolls around;
election day is always on Sunday in
Mexico, becausue Dias, at the re
quest of his friends, the great ranch
owners in Mexico, set the custom so
that the ovters would go to the polls
In their own time instead of the
bosses’. Juan goes to the polls. The
chances are he doesn’t want to go,
but his boss, who is probably a big
factory owner, or a big farmer, who
wants to stand in with the president
add governor, desires Juan’s vote.
80 Juan turns up at the polls. The
(mils usually consist of h table placed
in one Of the big double-doorways
which lead from the sidewalk into the
patto or some business house Or resi
dence in Jtiatt’s neighborhood.
Around this table sit rifcn in cOliars
and cuffs ana high auk hats. It
there's anything that thtoWs Juan in
to a panic it’s a high silk hat There,
are thousands of officials in Mexico
who hold office just on the strength
of a high silk hat (which they have
owned for years) with a long black
coat thrown in for extra measure.
Mexico is very peculiar that way.
Off comes Juan’s sombrero; he tucks
it under his arm and looks frighten
ed; he doesn’t know it, but he’s a
better man, every inch of him from
his sandled feet to his kindly brown
eyes and Indian cheek bones, than any
one of the spindly-shanked, thin-fln
gered, fray-hatted, half Spanish, half
Indian politicians before him.
What s your name; asks one High
Hat. Juan names himself and hands
out his certificate. Another High Hat
rises from his chair, takes the certi
ficate and says to Juan, in effect:
“for whom do you vote for presi
dent?” Juan tells him, out aloud, so
that everybody around can hear. If
he doesn’t speak loudly enough, the
High Hat repeats it, in loud tones.
It’s a sure thing that somebody rep
resenting Juan’s boss will be there to
hear how Juan votes. Then, at 6
o’clock, the votes are counted.
On the night of Sept. 15, 1910, half
an hour after the polls had closed, I
went to the home of Francisco I.
Madero, who had just been elected
president, and asked him if he thought
the election law and the manner of
voting in Mexico fair. “No, they’re'
not fair,” he said to me. "I have
just telephoned a friend of mine that
if he doesn’t reinstate a chauffeur
whom he discharged today because
he did not vote for me, I will not
speak to him again. I know that I
have been elected president today un
der this bad election system, but you
may say to the American papers that
one of the first things I shall ldo after
I get into office will be to change
the election laWs of Mexico so as
to provide for secret voting.”
He never did, though. He had too
hard a time keeping himself in the
office of president to worry about
finding an honest way for other men
to get into it., in future generations
VALDEZ HIGH SCHOOL HOLD
THEIR GRADUATION EXERCISES
(Continued from page X.)
"The Alaska Pioneer” was the sub
ject of the oration of Miss Eva Lock
hart and before the opening of the
exercises the local Order of Pioneers
met at their lodge rooms and march
ed in a body to the hall, where they
listened to the splendid oration de
livered by Miss Lockhart, relative to
themselves and their kindred breth
ren. Like the orations of those that
had preceded her, Miss Lockhart was
clear and distinct, and the excellent
material that she had prepared was
shown to splendid advantage because
of the fluent way in which it was
delivered. Her oratory reached to
eloquence as she told of the history
of Alaska and its pioneers and the
spirit of the country could be felt as
one followed the rhythm and spirit
of her words. It was an oration in.
every sense of the word, and in their
applause the audience showed how
well it was received.
The orations were over. Not a sin
gle error had been noted. Valdez
had listeried to three graduates of
which any town might be proud; had
heard three orations of which any
graduate might justly be proud, and
these three young people had, in a
splendid way, paid thl highest trib
ute to their old school and /their
teachers that they could possibly have
paid.
Mrs. Martin sang. Need we say
more? in her usual inimitable way
and beautiful voice she once more
delighted a Valdez audience With the
sihgUlg bf “Lazylattd.” Valdez is proud
of Mrs. Martin.
The address of Rev. Price was ex
ceptionally fine, and a more polished
oration has never been spoken In
Valdez. He spoke upon “Achieve
ment" and pointed out to the gradu
ates that right living was greater
than faille; that honest endeavor was
sure to make them better men and
women and asked them to put eve^y
effort into the work they were about
to undertake In life's battles.
Then came the presentation of di
plomas by the principal, Prof. T. G.
Davis.' With a few well chosen and
Well delivered remarks he presented
the diplomas to the graduates from
the high school, as well as the *hree
from the grade school and the audi
ence had another opportunity 6t
showing its regard and appreciation
of the graduating class by clapping
heartily as each one stepped forward
They were right.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. $. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
Sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-*6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th for Cor*
way, Juneau, Wrancell, Ketchikan and Seattle.'
Regular freight service for Ketchikan,'Juneau, Sheep creek Treadwell. Douglas
Cordova, Kllamar. Voider, and r,atouche.®Esplosiues. S S Scward.“S S Seward. 5th*
s S r.atouohe. 15th; S S Cordova. 85th of each month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gan’l Agt- Valde* Dock Co., Local Aft.
Pacific Alaska
Navigation Company
Alaska Pacific S. S. Co. Alaska Coast Co.
PUGET SOUND-ALASKA ROUTE
Steamers sail from Seattle every ten days of each month on
the Stti* ISth and25th,
via the Inside Passage for Ketchildte, Juneau, Yakutat, Ka
talla, Cordova, Valdez, 8eward, CodkJMet points and Kodiak.
PUGET SOUND-CAUPORNIA ROUTE
Seattle-8an Francisco, connecting ■'frith steamers Yale and
Harvard for soUthtfH Califorilit ports.
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