Valdez Daily Prospector
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Prospector Publishing Co.
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Tl'ESl >AY. 1KHRI ARY 25. Ill 15.
THE NEWSPAPER REPORTER.
The history of secrecy makes
n long, black smudge down the
page of lime.
Nothing is timer than the say
ing that "I lm wicked love dark
ness rather Ilian the light." And
this proverb has a bearing "e do
not usually suspect.
We assume il to have refer
ence to robbers, footpads, sneak
thieves, mutinous seamen and
home-breakers. It does. II also
refers, however, to any other
group of people who work in the
shade.
You cum scl il down in ^our
books Hint any business for which
the claim is made that it is bet
ter to transact il under cover,
that it is unwise to have it in
vestigated, and that the pifblic
lias no right to meddle in it, is
crooked. Of course, 1 do not in
clude the affairs of a purely per
sonal nature, but only such mat
ters as have to do with the pub
lic.
The whole history of govern
ment, before the day of news
papers, is a record of tyranny
and unjust privilege. So long as
the common herd was ruled by a
select few, who presumed to do
better by the people than the
people could do for themselves,
(he result invariably was luxury
and fine feathers for tin* elect
and starvation and rags for the
many.
Vested rights thrive in dark
ness, It is indy in tin* liglil of
publicity Hull Human Mights
grow.
The story of the Old World,
of China, ancient Japan, Egypt.
(Sroece and Home is tin* story of
secrecy and outrage.
The story of Liberty and the
New World is tin* story of Ihe un
censored press.
Whenever you lind secret coun
puring behind their hands, sen
ators gum-shoeing around, and
trust magnates mumbling in a
hack room, you may he sure that
fhe public is about to lie looted.
The petty criminal is afraid of
the policeman. The big criminal
is afraid of the reporter.
lilt* mall vsim ucui\^ »»«*«.«
ed citizen nver the head with a
lead pipe fears the law. The
man who sandbags the whole
community and steals twenty mil
ion dollars by manipulating a
railway system or the packing
industry does not fear the law.
He hires the law. The thing he
fears is the light, public opin
ion; and the man who works the
spotlight is the newspaper report
er.
.Xh&ro never was a bribe-tak
ing judge ousted from the bench,
a corrupt politician retired to
private life, a governor or may
or who sold out to corporations
and was exposed, that, did not
hate newspaper reporters above
rattlesnakes.
This is not a government by
law law does not govern, it. is
merely tin* rear guard of govern
ment. It is a government by pub
licity. It is newspapers and
magazines, the publishing of
facts, that govern.
Absolute independence, truth
telling and honesty are the foun
dation stimes of a successful pub
lication of any kind.
We could manage to rub along
without the distinguished gentle
men who run our finances, make
our laws, and regulate our mor
als, perhaps, but suppress the
newspaper reporter and we should
be tempted to say:
“Then bear me from the harbor’s
mouth, wild wave;
I’ll seek another shore.”
Re kind, then, to the reporter.
Take him in and tell him the
truth. And if you feel you must
lie, he careful to make a mighty
good job of it.—Seattle Sun.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Tight skirts mean less rlolh,
but not less money.
N'ol ire the ilitl'erenre since we
have no Russian treaty?
Many a man who aims lo tell
llo- Irnlli is a mighty poor stint.
A Pittsburg woman says her
husband lias not gven tier a rent
in thirty-eight years. No won
der Pittsburg is lull of million
aires.
In iln- tig III against mosqui
Ioes I nrle Sam is going In use
goals, which will thus ..ie
useful as well as ornamental.
; Nature intended woman to be
! superior to man, says a \ iennese
'anthropologist, wlm adds that
I mil lire carried out tier intent ion.
Tea Inis been used as a Iie \ er
age in China for more than l’.iiiio
years. Kiiglaud. though reput
ed a tea-drinking nation, i' quite
! outdistanced.
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(iermaii robbers are employing
a moving picture machine to as
sist in their work. Probably I bey
sell tile til.. the hold-up after
it is perpetrated.
.Mnii'. according lo lIn* edilor ol
■Harper's Bazaar. .drilmtes im
tiling:' lo I lie home bill money.
True. B.ul money is a handy thing
lo have around a home.
An incuhalor used by Ceorge
Washington is said lo have just
.. lo light. What a line thing
lo hatch some of the' cold-stor
age eggs of the vintage of '/Cl.
An electric current of ton volts
has a food value of a porterhouse
steak. At that rate criminals
who are electrocuted may die with
the sublime knowledge that death
is due lo high living.
An Illinois judge, deciding
whether poker was pleasure or
work, held it depended on who
was winning. The conclusion
being that it is pleasure for one
player to work another.
Cornell has a perfect woman
in one of the co-eds. After her
graduation she will lake up mar
ket gaiVlening. thus continuing
her perfection by demonstrating
her ability lo support a family.
A case of criminal indigestion
has been brought to light in New
York where a deaf mute was ar
rested for eating a ninely-dollar
diamond ring, lie is now suffer
ing in conseiiuence from loo rich
a diet.
Some Chicago girls have or
ganized a matrimony club with
the basic principle that a man
must have £5.000 a year to be
—————— f mmmm
oven considered. Wonder if they
’ve outlined any plan for round
ing up ‘he $5,000 eligible* yet?
SUCCESS IN LIFE.
•
j It's easy to In' a success, as
I thousands of winners confess; no
j man’s so obscure or unlucky or
| poor that he can t lie a winner. 1
i guess. And success, Mr. .Man,
doesn't mean a roll that would
slugger a uuecn. or some, gems of
your own. or a palace ol stone,
or a wagon that hums gasoline.
A man's success, though renown
doesn't place on his forehead a
J crown, if lie pays as he goes, if
j it’s I rue I hat lie owes md a red
jjn the dod_yasted town. A man s
success, if his wife limls com
i fort, and pleasure in life; if she’s
'glad and content 111 a I she niar
; ried a yield I'eliielaill to organize
■strife. A mail's success, if his
| kids are .joyous a*- Kaly II. I'ids;
i f | hoy’re handsome and neat.
(with good shoes on their teel. and
; roses and tilings oil their lids. A
i man’s success, if lie tries to he
; honest and kindly and wise; if
' lie’s slow to repeal all the lies lie
i may meet, if lie swats lioth the
| scandals and Hies. I know when
j old (ial’fer Pete dray one morn
ing was taken away, by Ileal h,
Ian I ern-jow led. the whole village
howled, and mourned him for
j many a day. Vet lie was so poor
I lull he had hut seldom I he half
of a scad: lie I l ied to do good in
suidi ways as he couhl--he was a
successful old lad.
WAI.T MASON.
Merchants Want Your Good Will.
Tin* reputation of every mer
chant depends on I he good will
of his customers. The real mer
chant sees that everything he ad
vertises is exactly as it is repre
sented to be. In this way he es
tablishes confidence in his store,
his goods, and his advertise
ments, and increases his business
steadily and surely.
He knows that no woman will
return to his store if she does
not get right treatment, whether
in the quality of the goods or the
service of the store.
And her influence goes further,
for she can tell her friends.
Head the advertisements in the
Miner closelv and constantly ev
ery Sunday. They contain timely
announcements of the merchants
who have the confidence and good
will of the city.
They are ready to serve you
with tile best of everything at the
lowest nrice for which it can be
sold. You will be sure of abso
lute satisfaction when you trade
with them.
To the Public.
\\'e hereby announce that we
have retired from the banking
business and have transferred
our hanking department to the
Valdez Bank & Trust company,
for whom we bespeak the good
will of the public.
VALDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
FURNISHED ROOMS with or
without board. Ibex House, Key
stone Ave. Mrs. IT. Sharis.
FOR SALE—'I'he Ernestine
roadhouse at a bargain. Inquire
at the Exchange Bar.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
I Foot Keyhione Avt
I Roujfh Dry lCc lb.
VALDEZ DOCK|CO.
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY AND GRAIN
PRONE NO. I.
Agent for
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. ^ALASKA COAST COMPANY.
FOR SALE
m
2 1-2 H. P. Stationary Gasoline
Engine
A BARGAIN
Keystone Dock Valdez Iron Works;
Give Us the Opportunity
to dress you better for the same or less
money with
Stein-Bloch, H. M. S. Soneborn
or Hamberger Clothes
These well known clothes cost no more
than ordinary clothes, and
STHN-BLOCH
SMART CLOTHES
We Guarantee a Perfect Fit
I
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Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner $1.25 the mo. delivered
Steam Heat Electric Lights
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good jyr niirrrT G ° °d
Goods I IlL DU ML I Goods
Economical
Ironing .
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
.Native and | | Tli/IDITD and Building
Puget Sound JL« w lYlDlLlx Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
To iron economically
you must not waste
heat.
Ironing with ordinary
flat irons is very waste
ful of heat; most of the
heat goes up the kitchen
chimney.; a lot of it is
W&sted in charring the
ironing pad and in
scorching the clothes.
Ironing with a
G-E Electric
Flat Iron
is quite different — all thtr
heat is in the iron, ready to
go into the pieces ironed in
stead of going into the soom
or up the kitchen chimney.
None of it is wasted.
To use only the amount of
hoat actually needed for
ironing, be it either heavy
damp piece* or lace*,
embroidery or other light
good* i* real economy.
That’s why G-E Irons are
used in thousands of homes
throughout the country.
We keep allstyles and sizes
—Let ussend you one on trial.
Alaska Water, Light
& Telephone Co.
H-61
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
Arguments May Be Disputed, But
“Facts Are Facts.”
It i - a fact that Valdez beer is a food and not a tonic.
Ask any doctor you know. Valdez beer aids digestion. Use
it a few times with your meals and you’ll find we re right.
If you drink beer you should use Valdez beer in preference to
others. First, because of its unquestionable high quality.
Second, because it is a home pr duct; brewed in your home
I own and all who are interested in the growth and prosper
ity of Valdez should patroniz home products.
VALDEZ BREWING AND BOTTLING CO.
We do a flKgfl kTi BP»3g<gCi Bank in
general ■■BSEQDSQpH rear of
Banking mercantile
Business ^^^BMWHBCll^lSBl^WMJdepartiijt
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit.