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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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July 23. 1912. at the postofflce of Valdes
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1017
DEATH OF SAM BLUM.
The news of the tragic death of
Samuel Blum last night was a severe
shock to the people of Juneau as it
doubtless was to those of every com
munity along the Alaskan coast. Mr.
Blum had been a forceful and re-1
sourceful influence in Alaskan devel
opment. He was enterprising, ener
getic, capable, and one of the fore
most businessmen in the Territory.
For several years he was in business
in Juneau, having purchased the lo
cation and business of Kohler and
James, pioneer general merchants, at
the cerner of Second and Seward
streets, where Goldstein’s Emporium
is now located. About a decade and
a half ago he sold his business to
Kaufman Brothers, who in turn sold
it to Charles Goldstein. He left this
place at that time and located at Val
dez, where he soon took the leading
place in the commercial and financial
life of that city. He conducted a gen
era! store there and a bank. Laltr
he located a blanch store and bank
at Cordova. He also had stores at
Chitina, Copper Center and other
points. He was generally regarded
as one of the wealthiest men of
Alaska.
Mr. Blum will be sadly missed from
the business life of Alaska, and he
will be missed as a loyal Alaskan. He
was a man who made friends and held
them. He was one of the strongest
Alaskan characters and there is none
that knew him who does not sorrow
with the members of his family be
cause of his untimely death.—Juneau
Empire.
1
A PASSING INVITATION.
A cursory reading of British com
ment on the President’s last note may
lead to the impression that it has
stirred up a feeling akin to resent
ment in the English breast, and su
perficially, that may be true. But
there is another view of the matter.
In every discussion of the note there
is full recognition of the President’s
good will, of his sincerity, of the dif
ficulty of his position and of his abil
ity as a statesman.
In the affairs of everyday life,
when an able man comes to his
friends with advice that is recognized
as springing from good motives and
sincerity, the advice may be displeas
ing. There may even be some dis
cussion from the one who receives
the advice upon the propriety of
minding one's own business. But in
the long run wisdom, sincerity and
friendliness do not make enemies.
Their effect outlasts any immediate
irritation they may produce and in
the end is good.
In substance the President has
asked the warring nations, all of
whom profess in general terms the
same ends, to make their professions
specific. That is a thing that must
be done sometime. There is hope
that it may be done now and the
leader of this Nation occupies a place
which makes him the man of all men
to ask if it may not be done now.—
St. Louis Republic.
CARRANZA’S A NSW HR.
It is definitely known that First
Chief Carranza’s reply to the United
States protocol containing terms up
on which its troops shall be with
drawn from Mexico has been received
ny the Washington government, and
it is definitely known that the reply
contains something less than 1000
words but nothing is definitely known
with regard to the nature of the doc
ument, although conjecture is abun
dant. A belief is current, based up
on this conjecture, to the effect that
General Carranza is soliciting modi
fication of the terms. He has not, it
is thought, accepted the conditions
which it is desired to impose upon
tne de facto government lest he might
thereby arouse resentment in his own
country, and he has not rejected
them- lest he arouse resentment in
the United States. This is fairly typ
ical of the position in which the First
Chief has been frequently placed.
Now, as always, he is between two
fires. Whatever his desire may be
personally, however much he may
wish to accede to the requests and
demans of Washington, he must al
ways remember that there is a large
anfl powerful element in his own
country, and even In his own party,
that Is deep-set in its antagonism to
outside interference in Mexican af
fairs.
One of Jhe provisions in the proto
col to which General Carranza has
been asked to consent carries with
it the implication that the United
States may legitimately make terms
upon which it shall agree to evacua
tion. The de facto Government is not
prepared to admit that occupation by
the United States of Mexican terri
tory was justifiable in the first in
stance, or that any subsequent oc
curance could make it so. From the
beginning of the present negotia
tions General Carranza has insisted
that the withdrawal of the troops
by the protocol to garrison the terri
tory evacuated by the United States
troops. To this he very likely ob
jects on the ground that, admitting
the right of the United States to ask
it, circumstances are such that he is
compelled to make use of his avail
able troops in other quarters.
The fact of greatest value in the
whole situation is the evident dispo
sition of the First Chief to meet the
United States on every possible point,
and to reason with the Washington
authorities when he is unable to go
as far as they would have him. As
suming that the United States Gov
ernment is as reasonably and as kind
ly disposed, there should be no ser
ious disagreement, now or at any
future time, on the question of Mexi
con settlement. — Christian Science
Monitor.
AND now it is Dr. Nichols Murray
Butler who indignantly denies that
he was responsible for the loss of
California to the Republicans. Hiram
Johnson has denied that he was re
sponsible. The friends of Roosevelt
have denied that he was responsible
Why not investigate the rumor that
has been whispered around that the
real culprit guilty of that responsi
bility was one Woodrow Wilson.—
Juneau Empire.
THE large difference between Villa
and the armies which are ostensibly
trying to catch him is that Villa usu
ally gets what he goes after.
HOME INFORMATION
REGARDING MEASLES |
—
On the request of Dr. B. L. Myers,
the United States Public Health Ser
vice forwarded a supplement to its
report on the treatment of measles,
their effects and admonition to pre
vent them. The following excerpts
p.re taken from the report and may
help the situation existing in Ketchi
kan:
11.000 American children died of
.neasles in 1910.
The death rate among those attacs'
tacked varies from one half to thirty
five per cent.
Thirty per cent of the children
weie of school age.
330.000 cnildren were kept out of
school from six weeks to two months.
Complications: —
Nine-tenths of the deaths by meas
les occur from pneumonia. Less fre
quently there are other complications
and the eyes, ears, the central nerv
ous system, heart and skin may any
one of them suffer.
In conclusion the report says:
When it is known that measles ex
ist in a community no child having a
bad cough should be al-owed to come
in contact with other children during
the first three or four days of the
cough.
It is little less than criminal to per
in it children known to have measles
to come in contact with well children.
In this connection it may be remark
ed that while it is generally consid
ered that one attack of measles con
fers immunity, there are many cas'-s
on record of second and third at
tacks. It is true that the second at
tacks are usually very mild, but too
great reliance should not be placed on
this immunity.
Children should be discouraged as
.far ?.3 possible from playing games
which will permit of an interchange
[of nasal or mouth secretions. It is
11he duty of every parent having meas
les in the home to see to it that it
j -s reported to the public-health au
thorities. It is equally the duty of
parents to see to it that their children
Ido not come in contact with well chil
dren during the time when the infec
lion may be transmitted. Measles
kills more people in the United State
every year than smallpox. You can’t
kill a child any deader with smallpox
than you can with measles. It is the
duty of private citizens and munici
palities to take every known measure
for the prevention of the spread of
this disease.—Ketchikan Miner.
Captain Mehaffey, of the Alaska
Road Commission, is a passenger on
the Mariposa on his way back to Val
dez from a business trip to tuc
States. Captain Mehaffey spent the
winter in Washington, D. C.
Rexall Soap. Try it. Owl Durg
Co. tf
For gooff home-oooKed meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart streot. *
SLANG OF THE UNDERWORLD
Criminals Have a Suggestive U«n
guage of Their Own.
The professional pickpockets, 01
those who are left of the tribe. have
an expression for every professional
action and object Pockets range from
"side kicks" to "double insiders.'
which are the inner vest pockets, anti
hard indeed is it to abstract a "poke*
or “leather" from one of the same and
"weed" it in the security of some Dear
by haven.
A ring is called a "hoop." A watch
may be a “super" in one locality, and
in another it may be called a “block"
or a “turnip” or a “kettle." while the
chain Is either a "white slang” or a
•Ted slang.” the chromatic adjective
denoting either gold or silver.
Money is given a score of names.
The most used is “kale,” "scratch” or
“dough.” bnt the “Humble Dutchman,”
a well known character, was wont to
call It “bullets.” and this name is used
in many localities. A ticket in the un
derworld Is known the world over as
a “ducat." while a uniformed police
man is a “harness bull." which is rich
Indeed tn suggestion and description.
The minions of the law are also gtv
en the following names, which are
very expressive: “Cops,” “mugs,” “fly
mugs.” “bulls." “dicks” (an abbrevia
tion for detectives), while in the west
central office men are known as “C. O
dicks” or “elbows." from a habit they
have of elbowing into crowds after
their prey.—Star of Hope. New York
State Prison.
THE CLOWN’S FACE.
Pathetic Incident From Which the Uee
of Black Linea Come.
“One of the greatest tragedies of
the theater." said a prominent come
dian, "is connected with the clown.
“In the time of Louis XIV. there
was a famous clown known as ‘Fat
William’ (Gros Guillaume), who held
bis audience in the Rue Farari by his
wonderful eccentricities of gesture,
roiee and mimicry. One night, so the
legend runs, his wife was dying, and
he was still obliged to go on and en
tertaln tbe clanking, clashing, ribald
Parisian mob that stood in the pit It
was in the days before there were
seats in the orchestra.
“Like all imitators of tbe Italian
•commedia.' his face was whitened
with flour. Under the burden of his
great domestic sorrow he was stupid
and slow in his performance, and in
order to stir him up his companion
on the stage hit him a resounding
whack with a heavy cane. The com
bination of his sentimental troubles
and the physical pain caused Gros
Guillaume to weep. As the . tears
streamed doxvii over his whitened face
the usi>ect was so comical that the au
dieuce cheered and laughed itself into
hysterics. And ever sin«e tfccn every
clown has black lines on his whitened
face.
“Many are the black lines on tbe
face of the actor that the audience
knows not of.”—Chicago Tribune.
Carlyle Declined the Honor.
Among the many distinguished men
who have refused honors was Thomas
Carlyle. Disraeli offered him in the
queen's name the Grand Cross of the
Bath, “a distinction." writes Froude.
•‘never before conferred upon any Eng
lish author, with a life income eorre
s ponding to such rank.” Carlyle de
dined the honor, but be was deeply
touched by the compliment, the more
so as he had frequently attacked Dis
raeli in his writings. Most readers will
probably agree with the verdict of the
Chelsea bus conductor who said to
Froude: “Very proper of the queen to
offer It and more proper of him to say
that be would have nothing to do with
it. ‘Tisn’t they who can do honor to
the likes of he.”—London Standard.
Over the Bridge of Sight.
Nine times out of ten it is over the
Bridge of Sighs that we pass the nar
row gulf from youth to manhood.
That Interval is usually occupied by
an ill placed or disappointed affection
We recover and we And ourselves new
beings. The intellect has become hard
ened by the fire through which it has
passed. The mind profits by the wrecks
of every passion, and we may measure
our road to wisdom by the sorrows we
have undergone.—Buiwer-Lytton.
Inconsistent Doctor.
“Why are you so sore at Dr. Jones?"
“The old hypocrite charged me $10
for advising me to confine myself to a
diet of crackers and milk, and the very
next evening 1 saw him in a restau
rant blowing in my ten on lobsters
and trimmings.”—St' Louis Post-Dis
patch.
Islam and Dancing.
Mohammedanism forbids dancing,
and It is only by special permission
that the master of a bouse is released
from this law. for. according to the
Koran, this form of amusement is not
one of the pleasures permitted in para
dise.
Opinions.
“A man may change his opinions.”
“Yes.” replied Miss Cayenne, ‘but a
man who changes them too often need
not have troubled himself to have any
in the first place.”—Washington Star.
Precaution.
“I am no sentimentalist 1 am a
man of deeds and few words. Will
you marry me. Mabel?"
‘‘First let me have a look at the
deeds.”-Raltimore American.
Had Gone the Rounds.
He — 80 you refuse to accept my
ring? Editor’s Daughter—I do. sir
i its known circulation Is against it
Boston Transcript.
Good Phone 12 Moderate
Goods | Prices
Just Received—New shipment of
HOLLY HURST EGGS
We guarantee these eggs to be strictly fresh and will pay 25 cents
for each egg found otherwise.
In Choice Fresh Vegetables We Offer:
RHUBARB, SPINACH, LETTUCE, BRUSSEL SPROUTS,
ARTICHOKES, CRANBERRIES, ETC.
We also received some fine No. / Mackerel.
FRESH BAKERY GOODS DAILY
S. Blum & Company, Inc.
Phone 12
located in the eokmer king grocery building
VALDEZ CAFE
AND BAKERY
Fresh Breed end Pestry elweys on hend
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
BERGSTROM & ROGSTAD, Props.
PHONE 17 — Hires doors below Owl Drof
A. m. ^ + m * m
Notice of Dissolution.
Notice is hereby given that the
hrnt of Dougherty & Ferguson of Val
dez. Alaska, has this day dissolved by
'mutual consent, R. P. Ferguson retir
iing from the firm. T. E. Dougherty
|will continue the business at the same
[place will pay all debts of the old
firm and will collect all debts due to
jsaid firm.
Dated this 30th day of December.
1916.
T. E. DOUGHERTY,
R. P. FERGUSON.
KIRK AT SKITTLE;
TOAL LOSS $50,000
SEATTLE: Fire early this morn
ing of unknown origin in McCor
mick Bros., department store at Sec
ond and James street here, caused
$50,000 in damage to the stock ana
fixtures. The flames were confined to
the ground floor of the building,
which is owned by the Collins es
tate. The loss to the building is esti
mated at $2,000. The losses are cov
ered by insurance. The McCormick
Bros., Company, of which James Mc
Cormick, of Tacoma, is president,
and Robert McCormick, of Seattle, is
vice-president and secretary, also
conduct a department store in Ta
coma.
Anton Eide, superintendent for the
Alaska Road Commission at Seward,
has received a leave of absence for a
month, and he and Mrs. Eide will be I
passengers on the Alameda for the
States to secure furnishings for the
new dwelling they are building at
Seward to replace the one recently
destroyed by fire.
Rexall Hair Tonic, a scientific
compound nourishes and invigorates
hair growth. Owl Drug Store. tf
The Price of Economy
Is Careful Ruvinc
# W
CRESCENT
BAKING
POWDER
Is essentially tne Damns
! powder of the economical
housewife. It serves her well,
IterfecUy, yet the housewife
buys this at half the cost of
others.
1 Use CRESCENT always.
AT Alili GROCERS
26c lb.
ORESCENT MFG. OO.,
Seattle, Wash.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Olllrea over Valdes Drug Co.
Phone ’15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marino Hospital)
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PH. 6. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SUROKON
Over Owl Drug Co.
- OFFICE HOURS:
1 to A P. M. 7 to 8 P. M. |
Sunday by Appointment.
Res. Phone 176 Office Phone 10 |
DR. H. COCKER1LLE j
Graduate National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Tears in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building j
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DONOHOE & DIMOND j
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA W
once Opposite Const House
Phene 3« VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS a K ft ITCH I a
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
onces In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
STATISTICS STRIKE
DRYS A HARD III.OW
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.More Arrestn During Dry Year Titan
Wet Year for Drunkenness.
DES MOINES, la.. Jan. 2ti. Police
department statistics made public to
day reveal the fact that there were
more arrests made for drunkenness
during 1916 than during 19.'5 when
six months of the latter year had been
dry. Total arrests for intoxication in
1916 were 3742. In 1915 which in
cluded six wet months and six dry j
months 2956 persons were arrested j
charged with being intoxicated. Sa-1
loons were banished from Des Moines ;
six months before sate wide prohibi-!
tion went into effect.
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Enlarging and copying photos and i
views at Jenners the Photographer, tf .
_
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s. |
Prices reasonable. • j
Rexall Perfumes. The breath of
Araby. Owl Drug Co. tf
Rexall Remedies. Call for them at
the Owl Drug Store. tf
Cash register for sgle, apply Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—h Owl Drag Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
LOUIE’S CAFE
Ererything First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the ,
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Room-The Hooac of Crofort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Ratea By the Month
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Prop
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer* in
ALL KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma- j
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
Valdez Miners Union No. 189
Western Federation of Miners
W. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary.
Valdez Alaska.
When In Seward Stop at the I
COLEMAN HOUSE ’
GEORGE SEXTON. PltOP
SlRICTLV FIRST CLASS
Fourth Are, Seward. Alaska
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168 ▼"
Free and A ere pled Maaona
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Hare you tried our poker cj^u
candy and also our new line of chdw
ing gum, Candy Kitchen tf
Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker, Phone 111. tf
Fresh Box candy at Hunt's Cands
Kitohen. A new line opened. tf
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Valdez Miner, $3.M per year.