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FRIDAY, APRIL 25. ISM 3.
COLONEL RICHARDSON
U was a lucky day for Valdez
when Senator Knute Nelson, of
Minnesota, after visiting Alaska,
put through congress the hill
providing for a Board of Hoad
Commissioners for Alaska, and it
was luckier si ill when Colonel
(then Major) Richardson was se
lected as president of (he hoard.
This was in 1905, and although j
the Colonel visited Valdez each j
year, it was not I ill March, 1909. j
thal, recognizing the advantages j
this town offered as heaquarters, j
the commission moved their of
fice here, since which time I he j
Colonel has made Valdhz. his i
home. i
Every winter lie lias gone lo
the national capital; and. single
handed, induced congress to ap
propriate from $100,000 lo $250,
(100 each year for roads and
trails in Alaska this money he-j
jug additional to the fund receiv- j
ed from licenses collected out-j
side the limits of incorporated j
towns. Although the appropri
ations have been repeatedly turn
ed down in (he House of Repre
sentatives, it jias never failed of
passage, for with the aid of our
good friend. Senator Nelson, it
has always been reinstated and j
passed by the Senate, and the j
conference committee has allow-j
ed it to remain.
It is due entirely lo Colonel j
Richardson I hat we now have a
good wagon road connecting
Valdez with Fairbanks, and a
large part of the prosperity of the
town is derived from that, source.
Up to this lime Valdez has always
been in more or less danger from j
the unrestrained glacier streams,
and the city council has expend
ed many thousands of dollars in
vain efforts to diverl I lie waler.
In I he summer of 1111 I I he
streams were unusually high and
invaded the Reservation district,
doing greal damage lo properly
and Ihreaening tlje government
nuuumgs.
While we were fighting Ihe wil
ier ami wondering wlial wmihl
become of us. Ihe Colonel was
busy working Ihe wires and as
a result Major Cavanaugh, of Ihe
Army Engineer Corps, was sen!
here to estimate Ihe cost of a dike
I lull would forever remove t he
menace to the town. The Colonel
took the estimate to Washington
and asked he War deparment to
assist in gelling Ihe required ap
propriation. resulting in a hill
being drawn which passed Ihe
Senate, but failed to he acted up
on by the House. In Ihe mean
time the Colonel, realizing the
danger of delay, succeeded in
having the item added to the Riv
ers and Harbors bill, which was
'then under consideration by the
Senate. Through the influence
of Senator Nelson it was passed
by the Senate, hut was defeated
in conference on the "round that
it did not properly belong to that
Pleasure.
A less energel u; or lnrltul man
would have given up Hie elT irt.
hut not I lie Colonel, who this win
ter had the item included in the
Army appropriation hill, and on
I,he third day of last March, the
hill, carrying $55.00(1 for a dike
to protect the public buildings at
Valdez, Alaska, passed both
houses of congress and was sign
ed by President Taft.
The money will be available on
July 1st and is to he expended by
the Road Commission, and when
completed the dike will be a last
ing monument to the energy and
loyalty of our fellow townsman,
Colonel Richardson.
THE HOBBLE AND HARD TIMES.
While the textile mills in the
East are pretty busy just, now,
their managers complain that
another period of depression Is
certain to follow unless the wo
men of the country abandon the
hobble skirt.
One of the leading mill oper
ators explains that the amount of
cloth used by women since the
introduction of the hobble skirl
has reduced from an annual av
erage of 122 yards to 75 yards per
capita, a loss to the trade of 50
yards. But the loss does not end
there. The close skirt demands
fewer undergarments and this
adds another 15 yards loss, liring
j ing the total loss up to 05 yards
for each of the 30,000,000 women
of I he country. This means a
total loss of 1.050,000,000 yards,
$97,500,000 worth of cotton
grinds, or one year’s employment
for 12.000 workers in the cotton
mills. Y,.
These ligures. n iniisl he re
membered, refer only to the loss
es in the rollon goods. The loss
in silks and woolens and liner
grades of cloths are proportion-:
alely as large. The women may
retort that they have shared in
this saving, which means much
in many of them, and that they
are entitled |o all they can get by
the economy that comes from
wearing the hobble. That, of
course, is one way to look at il,
and may have some nearing on
the dale when women will allow
the hobble to pass. But. the wo
men must decide for themselves
whether they will continue to fol
low a fashion the use of which
robs thousands of the chance of
employment in the textile mills.
At the same lime tin* women
will tell you that a tailor-made
hobble skirt, containing about
half as much cloth as the suits
in vogue a few 'years ago, costs
as much as the former style, if
not more. The only saving ef
fected by the women is when they
buy the cloth for their suits and
save in I lie amount purchased.
Anyway, the problem is too in
tricate for a mere man. The wo
men will have to fui'uish the so
lution. _
Young Allred Noyes has well
earned the title of I he greatest
English poet living. One can be
gin a| either end of his poems
and read toward the middle with
out losing the I bread of his ar
gument.
Huerta indicates a willingness j
In resign his position as provis
ional president of Mexico. There J
is a slight prospect that he will
ask his successor to provide him
a body guard on his way to the
front ier.
A fashion note from Chicago
says I hat men’s clothes are so
light I his spring that the pock
ets are useless and I he men have
taken Ip carrying handbags.
Most men, if they emptied all
I heir pockets, would have to car
ry a basket. Mul outside Ihe
fashion center men will wear
bags only at tile knees.
FOR RENT—Furnished cabin,
close in, inquire of E. B. Wheat
at S. Blum & Co.
MUSINGS OF THE GENTLE
CYNIC.
Mighty few men live up to
their obituaries.
There is such a thing <is being
loo smart. The tlsh that is rjuick
est to catch on doesn’t live as long
[as the one that keeps its mouth
shut.
Some people are satisfied to
pave the way with good inten
tions.
Sel-conceit is the derrick that
raises a man in his own estima
I ion.
Talking through her hat is
probably the only way the milli
ner can sell it.
Virtue is'apt In slop when the
whist le'blows, but vice is ^always
willing '» work overtime.
When a woman is afraid of
showing her age she fries to cov
er it with a coat of paint.
In spile of the fact that some
pcoije waul the earth it still re
volves on its axis, thus proving
there is enough of it to go
around.
Don't hunt your bridges behind
you unless you have been insured.
It’s all right to have plenty of
go, but you also want to have
some slaying qualities.
Some people are so careful to
be prepared for the worst that
they miss ihe best entirely. ,
Il isn't evfry man who can dis- !
linguisli between enthusiasm and!
mere gush.*"} '
The pessimist’ sighs for yes
terday: the optimist thinks the
happiest day of his life is tomor
row.
Tiie fact that men and women
are always running after each
other is what makes the human
race.
The debt a man owes himself
is never outlawed. —
The one time a woman always
keeps her word is when she says
she wouldn’t 'marry the best man
living.
There is nothing that makes a
man feel so small as to realize
that he has been taken in.
The people who are weighed
in the balance and found want
ing are always the first to com
plain that the scales are out of
order.
Don't make the mistake that a
woman never uses her head. How
else could she display her hats?
in sizing up a small boy at
mealtime you must be forced to
the conclusion that be is larger
than hi* looks from the outside.
[| isn’t the live town I bat j
boasts of its cemetery.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Ko«Sfh Dry 10c lb.
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1 ;
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENTS FOR
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
FOR .SALE
* *
2 1-2 H. P. Stationary Gasoline
Engine
A BARGAIN
Keystone Dock Valdez Iron Works
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We are showing a new line of men’s fine
RUBBER COATS
in many different styles and shades.
CRVANETTES, RUBBER COATS,
SLIP-ONS.
Priced from $5.00 to $25.00.
Come in and look them over
I I
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CHART, Representative
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
THE SALESMAN
makes more sales and
makes them with greater
facility if his work is re
enforced by Electric Light.
It shows his goods to the
best advantage,and colors
may be readily matched
under its rays.
A brilliant electrically
lighted store stamps a
merchant as a hustler.
And trade follows light.
A. W. L. & T. Co.
THE
CUFF
ROOMS
Steam Heat
Always Clean
and Comfortable
Central Location
P. S. HUNT, Prop.
Copper River
Draying Co
Preitrhtin* and passengers to all parts
of the interior. General Truckio*
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKiniej St, Valdez
Steam Heat Electric Lights
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Convenience*
Good T|ir niirrrT G ° °d
Goods lilt DUrrtl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I 1 TRJIDUD and Building
Puget Sound L< V/ IYIDIjXV Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
departiit
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