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THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1017 j
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OREGON’S STAND ON WAR. j
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ANY American citizen who wouIT' j
go to Europe and walk down betwem !
the trenches where they were fil ing at
one another with their machine guns
would be an ass, and would deserve to
get just what he would get. I would
not fight for him. No; I would not
take any chance of being shot at for
him. That kind of a citizen is of no
value or credit to us; he puts this Na
tion in peril and does not bring any
thing of value in return to this coun
try after having been nurtured in it to
the age of maturity, an age when he
ought in ordinary decency keep «.ut
of trouble by using a reasonable
amount of common sense. So I would
say to him when he starts for 'he war
zone, "My dear brother, we bid you
farewell; you may go there if you
want; you can tramp up and dowi. all
your life between the firing lines, but J
1 do not assume any responsibility fori
your happiness or good health, it is j
light up to you.”
And if a nation should come and i
say to me that (here is a certain zone]
about my enemies’ country imide c?
which no ship will lie permitted to
pass with ammunition or food, I,
would say to him, “Very well, that
suits me first-rate. 1 live more than
3.000 miles away from you and (un
people at home need all the food we
have and more than they ge* and it
looks like we might need our ammu
nition after a while to rehabilitate
ourselves from a peace footing 'O one
of reasonable war preparation in the
event that some other nation may
come to dislike us. It is up to you,
gentlemen. I will keep iny ships at
home.”
There is many a family in this
country today, gentlemen, who under
the high cost of living, due in part to
the war, are not getting enough to
eat. Right here, within five blocks
of this building there are families
that are cutting down their food sup
plies for lack of money with which to
pay for them. They are short of shoes,
short of clothing, and short of the j
necessities of life, all due in a degree
and indirectly to this great and un
fortunate conflict which Is going on
upon the other side of the ocean, and
I have no heart in it or for it.
I would say to those who want to
I go across the dead line, where there
! are submarines or Zeppelin*. “Go,
I and God go with you; but go at your
own risk. 1 will not fight to save the
I merchandise of any such Americans
, as you are. Go and get killed if you
.want to, but we, the people, will not
fight for you, or the like of you, 01 for
' your cargoes of war supplies.”
! will guarantee to the Senate that
I can take a ship out to sea, and it'
ihe sinking of that ship will cause war
between this country and some other
nation I can bring a war home to you
and this country in ten days, it
would iie an easy thing to do. so easy
that 1 fear it will he done by those
who would prolit from such an inci
dent. We are running a great risk
at this time. From motives of sel
fishness anyone may force this coun
try into war in a week, if wo are go
ing to stand upon our rights to act the
fool in any such manner.
It is the duty of this countnrse
and now', as it has been its duty f'<r
some time in the past, to say *o its .
citizens: “Go yourself or with your
ships at your peril; go with the un
derstanding that you are about to
cause the loss ol thousands of lives of
your fellow citizens who are just a3 ;
good men as you are, and most of;
them better; go if you want to make:
an excursion into the realms of war- j
fare; but go at your own peril. We
will not imperil the happiness and |
perhaps the very existence of this Na- j
tion to fight for such as you.” So also
to the man who wants to ship for 1
profit I would say: “Do you also go,;
but go at your peril. I will see you :
to the three-mile limit, I will give i
you a book of Psalms and a God bless j
you, and a fare ye well to you,’ and
then watch you fade from view and
sink into the horizon, and if you come
back, well and good; but if you do not
come back I will not grapple either j
for your body or your cargo. You
well know the risk yourself, and you
have a right to assume it; but you j
have no right to push or drag me into j
your row. The minute you do, you
become my enemy, just as much as
foreigners with whom 1 have no con
flict or anything but kindly feeling.''
That is where I stand on this ques
tion and where the people stand
whom I represent, and whom I believe
indorse me in the position which^l
ake here and who have prayed 111;
we be kept out of this war.— Extracts
i trom speech of Hon. Harry Lane (He-,
I publican) of Oregon, in the U. S. Sen
I ate, Feb. 7.
TIIE GANG IX VALDEZ.
Under the above title the 49th
Starter of Anchorage printed the fol
lowing epic in prose:
“Anchorage is petitioning the
government to fortify Cook Inlet,
and Seward has fallen in line with
the demand that Resurrection Bay
be made immune from enemy's as
saults. As both places have more
foreigners for citizens than they
have Americans, it might be cheap
er for their citizens to come over to
Valdez for protection.—Prospector.
"No, no. Couldn’t do that. We
TONIGHT 8 p. m. TONIGHT
PATHE NEWS
FINE 4 ACT PARAMOUNT FEATURE
“The Commanding Officer”
Two Children show wonderful acting in this picture
“Phunphilms”~Comedy
“Bug House BelFhops”
Saturday-All comedy program
Regular Admission - - - 25c
STE \M HEAT NEWLY FLRNI8HED
SEATTLE HOTEL
M KS. E. MILL, Proj>r.
VALDEZ ALASKA
might get burned out, or if the j
gang were not courageous enough I
for that, they would railroad you
through court. If neither of these
worked they would give you the
‘Meyers System.’ Valdez will be a •
good town when a few more of the
gang repent and turn turtle.”—j
49th Star.
No further identification of "the
gang” was given, and none can now
be expected. The owner of the plant
that printed the 49th effort has sold j
the same and slid out leaving the j
people’s tribune to "turn turtle” on
the rollers. No longer will he boost j
valiantly in print for his remnant of !
admirers in Valdez. Hut he has been :
beard humming to himself:
"Ain't that a shame, a measly
shame,
To take my honey in from the}
rain?” j
i
DISPATCHES today state that a .
Minnesota guardsman was sentenced I
to prison for five years for ridiculing ;
the army and the President. He was i
unfortunate. He should have been an '
editor of a New Y ork paper and he j
would have been immune.
m
ROOSEVELT sent President YVil
son word that he and his sons were
ready to give their lives for their
country, to which an unfeeling West
ern paper retorted by asking why the
Colonel" did not include Nick Long
worth and the rest of the family.
IT MIGHT be a good thing for the
Territory if the Alaskan Senate will
remain deadlocked the balance of the
session.
ONCE upon a time there was a man
who lived happily with his wife and
his neighbors. All fairy stories start
off this way.
THE man who is always giving you
his word of honor is not half as reli
able as the man who never cares
whether you believe him or not.
IT IS mighty hard to tell the age
of a woman or an egg by looking at
them.
EVERYTHING happens for the {
best with the possible exception of a j
toothache. 1
j
The father who teaches his boy
fidelity need not worry about the rest
of his training.
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THERE are many self-made wom
en but you never heftr them brag
ging about it.
KEEP your mouth shut. The wise
man does not devote all of his time 1
in telling about it.
WORRY may be defined by having!
' only money enougli for pork chops
when you want tenderloin.
TOO much of our charity work is
done in the hopes that we will get
our names in the paper.
| MANY a woman who marries for
ja home lands a husband who never
\ wants her to stick her nose out of it
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THE best physician is old Doctor
| Nature. ^
; FOOD BOYCOTT FORCES
DOWN CHICAGO PRICES |
CHICAGO. March 8.—Results >f
i t he general boycott by consumers of
! the articles of food which have risen
' to almost prohibitive prices recently
j were seen here yesterday in commis
I sion row, when potatoes dropped 3
! cents a bushel and other foodstuffs
j showed corresponding setbacks in
! price. A further drop is expected,
j Seventy-four carloads of potatoes,
lihe heaviest receipts here for more
| than a week, helped to lower the
I prices.
An investigation of stocks of meat
! held In storage at the stock yards
'yesterday showed millions of pounds
I in storage and the announcement was
1 made by Dr. John Dill Robertson,
1 health commissioner, that there was
no shortage in meat.
There are now 40,000 bushels of
wheat at the head of the lakes awali
' ing shipment to the east.
I ABOVE KERO WEATHER
PREVAILS INTERIOR
—
! Above zero weather prevails at an
I points in the interior with the excep
j lion of Copper Center, where, aecord
! ing to this morning’s report the ther
mometer registered zero. From 2 tn
j 2 above is reported from all other
stations, Donnelly reporting 32 above
and Gulkana 2 above. Fairbanks re
ports 12 above and Wortman 15
! above. The local weather report
shows a minimum of 10 above for the
12 hours ending at 7 o’clock this
morning and a maximum temperature
of 23. The barometer is slowly ris
ing which, with moist atmosphere, in
dicates rain or snow.
Evans Passes Juneau.
The steamer Admiral Evans, north
bound, passed Juneau at 3:30 p. m.
yesterday, and should arrive here Fri
day night or Saturday morning
Good
Goods
Phone 13
Moderate
Pricep
A Satisfied Customer
is the best advertisement any concern can have
When you leave our Grocery Dept, you carry
satisfaction with you. You are satisfied with
our service, satisfied with our prices and when
you have put the groceries you have purchased
to the test you will be satisfied more than
ever. Good Goods at Moderate Prices is our
Motto.
In Fresh and Staple Fruits & Vegetables, we offer
LETTUCE
RHUBARB
CRANBERRIES
CAULIFLOWER
CELERY
FLORIDA TOMATOES
RUTABAGAS
PARSNIPS
CARROTS
1IKETS
FLORIDA GRAPE FRUIT
ORANGES
LEMONS
Jone’s Dairy Farm Sausage, on hand.
For Poaching, Boiling, Frying and for any use in which a strictly fersh egg is
if required, use “HOLLYHURST” the “money back” egg.
Our Bakery Department offers the largest and best line of Fancy and
Staple Pastry in town. Try our Graham Bread.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
This l)ay in History.
Feast day of St. Apollonius and
ther Egyptian martyrs; St. Lenan of
Ireland; St. Felix of Dumvich; St.
Julian of Toledo; St. Rosa.
St. John of God. founder of the Or
ier of Charity, horn in 1495.
House of Lords unanimously passed
Stamp Act in 1765.
British soldiers tarred and feather
ed a citizen of Massachusetts in 1 775.
Simon Cameron, Secretary of War
under Lincoln, born in 1799.
Russia declared war against Great
Britain in 1807.
Expedition under J. C. Fremont
reached Sutter’s Fort, California, in
1 8-18.
Millard Filmore, president of the
United States, died in 1874.
Steamship Sphinx burned at sea,
with a loss of 500 lives in 1878.
Henry Ward Beecher, clergyman
and author, died in 1887.
Six hundred Moros killed in battle
with U. S. troops near Jolo in 1906.
Michigan adopted presidential pre*
erence primary bill in 1912.
Webster’s New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; come in
and look it over. Valdez Drug Co. if
• , in. i—
forgotten mining
STOCKS BRING FORTUNE
MILWAUKEE, March 8.—Twenty
five years ago M. L. Martin paid 10
cents a share for 5,000 shares of Hec
la mining stock. M. L. Martin for
got the investment, changed her name
to Mrs. Mary Humes, and today, after
a search of years, the company lo
cated her under her new name, paid
her $66,500 in back dividends, and
informed her that her stock was
worth $8 a share. In the early days
of the company, when assessments
were being levied, John A. Finch, one
of the officers, paid the $400 assess
ments.
CERTAINLY!
CRESCENT
BAKING
POWDER
RAISES
THE DOUGH
Hence its Popularity
25c lb. Can.
SOIJ) BY CROC HRS
CRESCENT MEG. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Ojien Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Candy Kitchen
L V. HUNT—b Owl Drag Stare. I
FOUNTAIN DRINKS 5
HOT- COLD j
ATLAS JUNK CO.
WbofcuJe ud Retail Deafen ii
ALL KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Maobbsery.
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad Arena®, Bo.
SBATTUB, WASH.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Wm, L%tt Reeae-Tbe Hesaa af Ceefart
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rata By tie MeatL
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Prep
VALDEZ CAFE & BAKERY
► Cakes, Caekies & Baas, 15c per dozen.
|i French, Rye and While Bread 12 1-2
{| ceats per leak Orders taken iar special
J occasions.
► BERGSTROM A ROGSTAD. Prop*.
► PHONE 17 - Three Aon heiow Owl Dree
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PROP
SlRICTLT FIRST CLASS
Foarth Are. Seward. Alaska
LOOK OUT bX)R THE
NEW ONE DOLLAR BILLS
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WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 8.— !
'K you are in a hurry and have not 1
i seen one of the new one dollar bills, I
! don’t mistake it for a "V”. Complaint*,1
were made to the Treasury Depart- •
ment officials today by persons who i
have been short changed in accept- ‘
■ ing new ones for a roll of five dollar >
j bills.
I
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
i
DR. S. W1CKES MERRITT
OWfM over Tallin Drag Ca.
Phone *15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon. U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
JOS. A, SILVERMAN, PH. 6. M. 0.
PHK8KIAR AND 8UHGHON
•rtr Owl Drug Co.
OFFICE HOURS:
1 to 4 P. m. 7 to 8 P. M
Sunday by Appointment.
Res. Phone tw Oflu Phone 1»
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. 9.
JVNHAC, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Oialut* Bitliul Ostverolty.
WMklHtn, D. b
DENTIST
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Koirteen Taan in Valdez
PBOXB no
Office Booibm to Whattag Baihttog
DONOHOE & D1MOND
ATT6HNEIS-AT-LAW
•fllec OgiM.ltr Coart Hoaae
Phase SO VALDEZ. ALASKA
john uroNi ?. f hitch: a
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY N-AT-I.AW
Offlceo la " Balltlrg
Phase 101 VaI.BE/. ALASKA
VAIiDMZ LODGE
JtO 168
Pitt Accepted *••«»»
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
W. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mnae
GUST KRINC. Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.