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STEWART * SELBY, Proprietor*
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Dally Prospector.
By carrier, per month .A 1AA
By mall, per annum .-AIM#
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t carrier, per month —--A •##
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e Dally Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad
dress, per month -.....^...........A 1M
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Miner, by mail, to one address_
only, per year .-....-.AttlO
Business Office and Editorial Rooms,
TEL. 152
Advertising Rates on'Application.
SATURDAY, MAY 13 1816.
It Isn’t Youi- Town—It’s Yon!
If you want to live in the kind <of a
town
Like the kind of a town you like,
You needn’t slip your ciothes in a
grip
And start on a long, long hil>e.
You’ll only find what you left behind.
For there's nothing that’s really
new.
It’s a knock at yourself, when you
knock your town—
It isn’t your town—it’s YOU.
Real towns are not made by men
afraid
Lest somebody else get ahead.
When everybody works and nobody
shirks
You can raise a town from the
dead.
And if when you make your person
al stake
Your neighbor can make one. too.
Your town will be what you want to
see.
It isn’t your town—it's YOU!
THE SPIRIT OF “CLEAN I P AND
PAINT UP.’’
In a tenement district lived a fam
ily surrounded by filth and dirt. The
whole atmosphere of the little room
which they called “home” was one of
hopeless depression and squalor. To
prove the power of suggestion a good
woman placed on the table a minia
ture statue of the Venus of Milo.
Against this grimy background of
dirt and wretchedness the Venus
shone out in all her whiteness and
purity, elevating and brightening her
strange surroundings.
The good woman called a week
later and found that the place had
been cleaned up, the dirt had been
washed away and a pathetic but sin
cere attempt at decoration had been
made. The subtle influence was effec
tive.
If the homes in a neighborhood be
come weatherbeaten and shabby, val
ues in the whole neighborhood dete
riorate. But if some houseowner
paints and beautifies his home, it ra
diates its attractiveness in every di
rection and soon the whole neigh
borhood is made bright and attrac
tive.
MAN LEADS THE CHASE.
The robin was after the worm and
the cat was after the robin and the
dog was after the cat. Everything
seemed to be after something else. It
happened in a backyard the other day
and the party who chanced to see it
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commented upon it; it made a deep
impression upon bis mind. But there
was nothing strange about it, or un
natural; it happens every moment in
the day and night throughout all na
ture. In all the realm of nature ev
erything is after something else. That
is the way of the world; there is no
other way of life. For life itself is
dependent upon other life.
Nor does death end the chfse.
Death itself Is a W<i of life. The mo
ment breath ljsavei the body, that
body is atfacke/1 by ftfe. Either that
or it dissolves and goes into the soil
to support other life—to become a
part of some living thing. It is a
beautiful arrangement—plants and
animals and birds and fishes of the
streams, all co-operating in a sense,
to promote life; nothing being wast
ed; all things helping along in their:
own way; the sunshine and the shad
ows lending their aid; the rains and I
storms playing their part; the seasons
working wonders; the whole universe
in one great partnership, to live.—
Dayton News.
FORD’S WONDERFUL RACE.
In view of the fact that he is not a
presidential candidate and has so stat
ed again and again the vote which i
has been accorded that ultra pacifist, i
Henry Ford, is nothing short of mar-j
vellous.
If the European war is to be a di-l
rect or an indirect issue ,in the com-j
ing presidential campaign candidates j
for the highest honor within the pow- j
er of the American people to bestow
will do well to ponder deeply the un-j
derlying causes of the extraordinary;
and unsought compliment tendered j
the country's foremost auto manufac
turer.
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THE RACE FOR THE “THICKEST."
The thickest armor was pierced the
other day by a projectile from the!
latest gun. Thicker armor will now I
have to replace the thickest, and it
will perhaps resist the latest gun.
Then a later than the latest gun will
pierce the thicker than the thickest
armor, and the thickest armor and the
latest gun will be "scrapped.” And
so on, ad infinitum. This seems to
be the inevitable feature of the sys
tem of competitive armaments.
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NOW that a lull has come in poli
tics; and the good weather has re
stored our better nature, let’s forget
politics entirely and work to build up
Valdez.
FORTY-THREE steamers, with a
net tonnage of 136,646 tons, cleared
from Puget Sound during January,
February and March for ports in the
Far East.
TWO boats again in one day and
at one time, makes Valdez bay look
like a shipping center. Too much
prosperity now is liable to spoil us
in the winter months.
NEGRO natives of Dominica, one
of the Leeward island group in the
British West Indies, who had assemb
led at the port of Roseau, recently,
to welcome and pay all proper re
spect to Col. Roosevelt greeted that
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THE EMPRESS
Last - - Time - - Tonight
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One Show at 8:10 p. m. Sharp
The Empress Circuit Presents
Ufatria iTOtrifrinta
—IN—
$alirat?g Jan?
SEVEN PARTS WITH 600 MAGINFICENT SCENES
Assisted by a Notable Cast, Including Andrew Robson and House
P. Peters. \ 4
A GIGANTIC PRODUCTION WITH FINEST HORSEMANSHIP
Written by Bret Harte.
SUNDAY ATTRACTION—MAX FIGMAN IN THE TRUTH WAGON
FIVE ACTS, 350 SCENES
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Admiaaion 25c Children 10c
distinguished man,' it is reported, as
“King of Amprjca.”
AUTOMOBILES are like people;
the cheapest ones are the most noisy.
JUDGING from the way the returns
are coming in the latest Ford joke is
getting to be serious.
DO NOT get discouraged over this
little spell of bad weather. It is just
as bad in the States, and recent let
ters from Illinois state that it is wct>
and disagreeable in that grand old
State.
LOSE HEAVILY IN ATTACK
Austrian Positions Strongly Fortified
and Confidence Is Expressed in the
i
Ability of the Troops to Hold the j
Russians in Check. ^ !
VIENNA, May 13.—The Russians
have received a severe check at the !
hands of the Austrian troops in the
Voisina and Gilicia section, according
to a bulletin issued today.
According to this report the Rus
sians made a heavy attack on the
Austrian positions, and were repulsed
with heavy losses. The bulletin also
states that the Russians are manifest
ing increased activity in all quarters
and it is anticipated they will make
a huge offensive movement in the
near future. The Austrian positions
have oeen strongly fortified and the
officials express confidence in the
ability of the troops to hold the Rus- j
sians in check.
Pioneer Meeting.
The regular weekly meeting of
Valdez Igloo No. 7. Pioneers ol Alas
ka, will be held in Pioneer hall at 8
o'clock this evening. All members
are requested to be present as busi
ness of importance will come before
the meeting.
Wilson’s freighting outfit has suc
ceeded in moving the big 250 h. p.
Diesel engine -for the Granby mine
to the top of the hill, and it is believ
ed that it will be in place at the
mine by the middle of the week. It
is a very heavy affair, weighing sev-j
eral tons.
Palmer Cook, foreman of the Midas
mine, was a visitor in town this aft
ernoon.
Panoramic views of Child’s and
Miles graciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Wrangel on sale at Valdez Drug Co. •
Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that noisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the peace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate it. tf
Ice! Ice! Ice!
Delivered to all parts of the city.
One cent per pound. Love-Whitley. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music: Valdez Drug Co. tf
Are you particular about your
health? Then be particular about
your druggist. The Owl for yours.
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An up-to-date line of cook stoves
and ranges at Mead's. tf
Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker, Phone 131. tf
U. S. Commissioner R. D. Gny of
Katalla, is a visitor In town.
The launch Eclipse, belonging to
the Carlisle Packing Company, came
up from Cordova last evening.
E. E. Ritchie was an outgoing pas
senger on the Evans, bound for San
Francisco, where he will appear be
fore the Appellate Court in a couple
of cases.
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' Isaac Hamburger, private secre
tary to Judge Brown, accompanied the
Judge to Ketchikan.
G. W. Long returned on the Admi
ral Evans from a business trip to La
touche.
Fred Fredrickson came in Friday
evening from the Ramsey-Rutherford
mine, the first time he has been in
for a year and seven days. He re
turned to the mine this morning.
Triple Values For $17
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Style
Wear
Economy
Styleplus Clothes
$17
The Same Price The Nation Over
We Have Just Received a Large Shipment
S. BLUM & CO.,
GOOD GOODS
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
Heater
Jack CaJlin • Proprietor
ilouoIafeI
Everything First chut j
Open Day and Night I
;; ANDY MAROVICH, Prop. |
LARGE TENT COLONV TO
SPEND SI MMER AT KENAI
Many applications have been re
ceived by Forest Supervisor T. M.
Hunt of the Chugach forest for sum
mer camping ground at Kenai lake.
Eight permits have been granted so
far and others* will be acted on at an
early date.
It is probable that a summer col
ony of considerable proportions will
be built around the lake shore in the
vicinity 'of Roosevelt postoffice.
The forestry service has ’surveyed
90 tracts of land around the lake,
each with 100 foot frontage and ex
tending back 300 feet. Other tracts of
five acres in extent have been sur
veyed along Trail creek which have
not yet been thrown open for entry.
Under the terms of lease these
tracts may be taken for a definite
period up to 15 years at the rate of
$10 per year and when improvements
are made amounting to $1,000 the
lease may be extended to 30 years.
Leases for an indefinite period may be
had for $5 per year.
C. J. Clifford, deputy forest super
visor, with offices in the railroad
headquarters building will receive ap
plications and A. L. Norgren, forest
ranger at Kenal lake, is on hand to
show prospective campers the ground.
Several very fine tracts were sur
veyed west of Trail creek near where
Mike Deegan is operating a fox
farm, and the forest service has built
a bridge across the creek to give ac
cess to these tracts.—Seward Post.
Joe Baxter left on the Evans for
Juneau, where he will attend the
Democratic convention. When he
went down the wharf he had a pack
age under his coat, and the Demo
crats are guessing whethervit was the
steam roller or his scalping outfit.
Great Men Born In Wartime.
It is pointed out that during the flmt
years of the last century, from 1800 or
1810 to 1815, when all Europe waa suf
fering from the Napoleonic wars, she
gave birth to almost every great man
who was to guide her better destinies
for 100 years to come. In that terrible
period of travail Britain gave birth to
Disraeli, Gladstone. Cobden, Bright,
Browning, Tennyson, Shaftesbury ai d
many others. Italy had Cavour, Mas
sin], Garibaldi and Victor fimmannel,
the four men who secured the liberty
and unity of the Italian kingdom.
America gave us Wendell Phillips, Wil
liam Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher
Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher and, most
glorious of all, Abraham Lincoln.—
British Weekly.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
.a aaaaaaaa a a a a a a a a a aaaaaaaa.
Alaska Jewelry Go. i:
; With Owl Drug Co.
11 All Kinds of Nugget and ! I
Ivory Jewelry.
') Developing and Printing J |
• • Photo Supplies Phone 40 ■ •
| Candy Kitchen |
f E. W. HUNT—1b Owl Dra( Store. I
(FOUNTAIN DRINKS \
HOT—-COJ.D ||
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Budding
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
m
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
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McKinley Street, Valdes
ED. WOOD, Proprietor
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
DR. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate National Inlrerslty,
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Tears in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
JOHN LYONS E E RITCHTB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
onra in Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEY'S-AT-LAW
OlUee Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Reoa.-The Hone of Caaiart
rates; reasonable
BATH ROOM Special Rale. Bpfthe Meath
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Pn».
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free BBd Accepted 'Mbbbbb
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each .month in.> McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
P. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
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: I Somebody
\ i With Money
\ | always has been found to ; |
■ • “back” a good plan, a good ; ;
•! idea, a good business ven- .
11 ture or a good mining proa- 1
< > pect; otherwise a good mar
1 \ of today’s successful buj
;; ness enterprises would s'
• i be'mere dreams. ;
\ \ Advertising has brought <
; J about a majority of the in- •
■ i troductions of the man with ;
! the idea, the man with a •
; | prospect, or business to the !
; | man with the dollar.
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•: ADVERTISE IN THE -
:! PROSPECTOR FOR RE- : !
:: sults.
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