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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 19J5
OUR SCHOOLS.
Within a few days a email army
of Valdez young men and women will
be marching upon our educational
institution. Instead of muskets they
will be armed with speller and note
book, pen and pencil, ciucible and
retort, T-square and compasses, mi
croscope and telescope, hopefulness
and energy. Thus equipped they will
begin an energetic fall and winter
campaign against General Ignorance,
and by the time a few years have roll
ed by the enemy will be routed, and
they will emerge, smiling and vic
torious. Only a few will fall by the
wayside, targets of the •? 2 centime
ter guns of sloth and inattention.
What a contrast with the lot of the
young European today. Instead of
preparing for a life of usefulness
they are preparing for a useless
grave. Their knowledge and ambi
tions and years of training will be
lost forever to the world, and their
parents will mourn by an empty
fireside. The lot of Young America
may seem hard at times, but the
greatest heritage of a beneficent
providence is his—the right to learn
unhindered by a despotic govern
ment.
, GO EASY
The right to kick and denounce
everything not in accord with one’s
own idea of the fitness o" things is
guaranteed to all under American
skies, but sometimes this privilege is
carried to an extreme. It’s often
better to make one’s self a nuisance
asking questions than to reach the
same goal by knocking without
knowledge.
People who are busy denouncing
Seward and the Alaska engineering
commission for inactivity in the first
and the alleged short coinings of the
second will do well to read the above
paragraph again.
The Post has no wish r.O condone
errors which may be made by those
in authority, but it is a little early
to pass judgment.
Chairman Edes has had a long ca
reer in railroad building, Lieuten ■
ant Mears handled conslruciton work
on the Panama railroad, to the com
plete satisfaction of that master . n
gineer, Goethals, and Nt \ Riggs is
an authority on conditions in Alas
ka. Bear in mind that President
Wilson saw fit to name these jnen
out of several hundred recommen
dations.
The first announcement .regarding
the government railroad, which was
not made so very long ago by the
way, contained the statement that
the work this year would be of a pre
paratory nature, and would include
building a branch road to the Mata
nuska coal fields to secure fuel and
tire repairing of the Alaska North
ern. There has not been the slight
est change in these plans so far as
known. It was the government’s in
tention to take over the Alaska Nor
thern on July 1, but law suits inter
fered, there being some dispute as
to whom the money should be paid
This was settled sooner than was ex
pected, the first payment of $500,000
has been made, and the road now
belongs to the government.
Take a look around town ana you
will see that Seward is more pros
perous than at any time since the old
days when the commissary run wide
open and banana knives were in de
mand. People who expect to see
those days of riotous spending re
peated are doomed to disappoint
ment. It is the intention of the Alas
ka engineering commisrion to prove
that the road can be built as cheap
or even for less money under gov
ernment ownership than by private
corporations.
The boom prophesied to follow the
Seward-the-terminal announcement
did not mature, all of which is a
blessing. Boom towns, once the
booitt, bursts, are the deadest places
in th|: world, and it takes years to
regain normal conditions. Had there
been no war in Europe, Seward might
have seen wild days, followed by a
collapse.
Conditions today are excellent
There is quite a good payroll on the
railroad and It is on' the increase,
new stores have been opened, and
improvements are being made in all
directions. It’s this steady growth
with increasing payrolls and expand
ing business conditions that counts
It is with Seward as it is with the
Alaska engineering commission—
both are making preparations for
greater activity in 1916.—Alaskar.
Evening Post.
EFFICIENT Pl’BUCITY.
Publicity—either an art or a sci
ence in its present development—
has many students and few masters
It is recognized that success in busi
ness of almost any kind is depen
dent in large measure upon the abil
ity to attract the attention of the
public to the business concern and
to the goods in which it deals. As
the matter of publicity gets down to
the scientific basis, as it is rapidly
doing, and the efficiency experts get
to the handling of its problems, one
the first questions naturally taken
up is that of the relation of the cost
of certain forms of publicity to the
returns—the economic c-jd of the
question.
The Daily Prospector covers a
large field. Our circulation covers
this part of the Territory even as the
clouds cover the eternal peaks that
watch over the destinies of our snug
little city. From the farthermost
island on the west to the uttermost
camp on the east, this "great pacifier
spreads the gospel of good cheer to
all mankind. Many of the mer
chants of Valdez give us liberal sup
port; others give us merely their
moral endorsement. To make this
paper one of the largest and best in
the Territory, we should have the
undivided support of every merchant
in Valdez. Every business, no matter
how large, and every business, no
matter how humble its sphere,
should be represented <u the col
umns of the local paper. Thus the
outside world can judge us accord
ing to our lights. Should a grocer
or drygoods merchant °ee but one
of two ads in a paper published in
a town of twelve or fifteun hundred,
he would naturally imagine that it
was all the business in that town,
and probably want to move in, and
thus enter an already overcrowded
field. On the other hand should ev
ery business be represented, a busi
ness man picking up the paper
would see that the field was filled,
and would not enter into competi
tion where the returns were small
In return for this patronage a pa
per can enlarge, give more and bet
ter news, and be more of an uplift
to a community. A gocd paper to
a town is like good schools to a com
munity: the better the paper the
more prosperous the town; the bet
ter the schools, the more prosperous
the people.
To get proper returns from adver
tising one should keep everlastingly
at it. Not by fits and starts, but
present your goods daily to the pub
lic, and they watch for your .an
nouncement.
True economy is not in the amount
of pennies you save by not advertis
ing, but is in the dollalrs you bring in
by judiciously portraying vour wares.
The best returns from any invest
ment can always be four d in news
paper advertising.
EDITORIAL OPTIMISM.
In another year of so. if this fine
climate keeps up, people will be pass
ing Florida up and coming to Valdez
to winter.
This is the time of year when the
most truthful man is likely to make
a slip from grace—the uax assessor
is on his rounds.
With plenty of big blueberries in
the hills and a crop of ptarmigan
ready for harvest, the lot of the av
erage citizen might be worse.
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Patronize the public library and
help a good thing along. These long
winter nights will make a good book
doubly appreciative, and then it helps
the town.
A town is but a collection of indi
viduals, so as an individ ial it is up
to you to do the best you can for
your town. What helps the town
helps the individual.
Nearly every line of business is
represented in Valdez, and all report
a good trade. Good times are mere
ly the echoes of your thoughts. As
a man thinketh so is he.
New sidewalks, new buildings and
a general air of prosperity are evi
dences on every hand. It takes more
than a million dollar Are to down the
Valdez Spirit.
Did you wake up this morning and
scold .your wife, kick the dog and
scowl at every one you met, or have
you scattered seeds of kindness
throughout the livelong day? This
sunny weather won’t permit a man
to carry a grouch very long.
Valdez has more than the ordi
nary number of churches, and the
pastors are delivering some mighty
good sermons. A little of your time
spent in church would give you a
clearer conception of your duties ns
a good citizen, and besides would en
courage the paBtor by your presence.
FROZEN COAL MINES.
The Way They Manage to Reach Their
Fuel In Holland.
It was not until 1883. when Poetsch
Invented the "freezing method.” that
Holland’s coal fields became of any
practical value.
Where coal is encountered immedi
ately under the solid rock there is a
stratum of drift sund that contains
great quantities of water. This con
dition of things made it practically
impossible to build the shafts. The
freezing method, however, has suc
cessfully solved the problem, and Hol
land now has a flourishing mining in
dustry.
On the spot where the shaft is to be
dug f'oin twenty-five to thirty borings
are aade down through the drift sand
to the solid rock in a circle five feet
larger in diameter than the projected
shaft Pipes are then sunk into these
bore holes, and through these is circu
lated by powerful freezing machines a
chemical solution cooled down to be
low zero.
In this way the drift sand containing
the water is frozen as bard as a rock
after the freezing machines have been
working day and night for two months.
In this frozen cyllhder of sand a shaft
Is then dug and lined from bottom to
top with strong segments of cast iron
securely soldered together with lead.—
Chicago News
ALLAH’S HUNDREDTH NAME.
Only the Camel Knows It; Hanee the
8neer on Ita Face.
The 999 widows of the mosque of
Sultan Selim remind one of the ninety
nine names of Allah. These ninety
nine names, the Arabs say. are written
in the palms of the hands of all true
believers. The explanation Is Inter
esting. and even an unbeliever can
test It
The Arabic numeral 8 Is written like
an inverted V of the English alpha
bet By holding up your left band, with
the thumb and fingers bent slightly
Inward the lines of the palms will be
seen to take the form of a rough Al.
which makes the Arabic figures 81.
Placing the right hand under the left
In the same way makes the figures
18 <1M). The total is 99.
There ought really to be 100, but the
hundredth Is lost to every creature
but one.
Why does the camel wear such a su
percilious expression? The heavy pen
dulous under lip and the snarling curl
of the upper give an expression of
sneering contempt which can hardly
be equaled In the brute creation.
No wonder The camel alone knows
the hundredth name of Allah, and he
won’t tell it—Manchester Guardian.
Consider the Dew.
The question Is often asked. Does the
dew rise or fall? Dewfall Is as admis
sible an expression as sunrise or sun
set In both cases the expression is at
variance with scientific fact Meteoro
logically, the formation of dew is not
accompanied by motion in the vertical
plane, hence there can be no question
of rise or fall. Under certain condi
tions of wind, cloud and temperature
variants dew is produced. Warm air
charged with moisture comes in con
tact with a cooler surface. When in
this contact the heat is subtracted from
the air and the saturation point for
that temperature is reached, the mois
ture. which in the air has existed as
water vapor. Is condensed upon the
cooler surface at the point of contact.
The dewdrop, also good English, al
though false physics, has no existence
in the air, but comes into being upon
the surface bedewed. It does not fall
nor does it drop.—Harper’s.
Lika a Hen’s Too.
The back to the soilers know all
about farming before they tackle it.
But their hired men, having been born
on the farm, are often silly about the
real scleuce of agriculture. Have you
heard about what Danny Young’s fac
totum told him about the new horse?
No? Then listen.
“That hoss you bought has came,’’
announced the servitor.
“Ah," cried Danny; “I’m glad of
that! Is he right?"
“Fine.”
“How are his teeth? We must al
ways look at a horse’s teeth. Are his
teeth ali right?”
“Boss, his teeth are as perfect and
sound as a newborn babe’s.”
“Fine! I have a bargain, by hen!”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Lawrence Took His Tims.
The dispute about an unfinished Law
rence portrait recalls a story of that
painter’s dilatoriness. The Lord Mex
borougb of that time, after much letter
writing about the portrait of his wife
and child, said be could wait no longer.
Lawrence pleaded for more time; he
was well forward With the lady, but
the baby wanted finishing; could he
not have one more sitting? “My wife
will be happy to give you another sit
ting whenever you HJte,” was the an
swer, “but the baby is now In the
guards!’’—Dundee Advertiser.
The Quest of Health.
"1 suppose you take excellent care of
your health?’
“No," replied Farmer Oorntosset. “1
tried every kind of medicine I could
get hold of for awhile. Then. I gave
up and forgot about my health, and
I’ve felt better ever sinca”—Washing
ton Star. _
Generous.
"Man, how you do look! Why, you
have a full beard."
“Tee; 1 have raised it for a birthday
present for my wife.”—Ulk.
One thorn of experience is worth a
whole wilderness of warning.—Lowell.
JUST ARRIVED
Our New Stocks, ordered after the
fire, are coming in on every boat,
and we shall soon be in a position
to supply your every want. On this
boat we received complete lines of:
Ladies’ Shoes,
•Stetson Hats,
Pillows,
Curtains,
Window Shades
Children’s Shoes
Men’s Heayy Shoes,
Men’s Rubbers,
Ladies’ Rubbers,
Children’s Rubbers
Also a Line of the latest in Slip-On
Waterproof Coats.
COMPLETE LINE OF SHELF HARDWARE
YOUR INSPECTION INVITED.
S. BLUM & CO.
HUNT BUILDING
Both Deadly.
Young Wife (at table)—Dearie, what
would you do If a horrid burglar sur
prised us now?
Hubby—I’d make him eat this cake
of yours or hit him with it,—New York
Globe.
In His Line.
Svelggle—I mot Shutter, the photog
rapher, this n. in., and he touched me
for a five. This p. m. he touched me
for five more.
Waller—Retouched you, eh?—Boston
Globe.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect ; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
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DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University,
Washington, D. ('.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez
PHONE 110
OfHce ltooins in YVhnling Iluilding
DR. GERMAN
phone 10 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours, 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9 p. m.
Sundays by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office OppoMlte Court House
Phone at VALDEZ, ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTO R N E Y S - AT-L A W
OfficeH in Whaling: Building:
Phone 101 VALDEZ, ALASKA
Red Cross Hospital
Keystone and Hobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooms for Patients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX, Matron
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VALDEZ LODGE
XO 1(18
Free anil Arcvpteil IliiNiuiM,
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY, W. M.
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Norses—Prirate'Roonu for Patients
For Termstand Particulars' Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PROP.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lvs. Fort Liscum Lvs. Valdez
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.tn.
' TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
Stanton Auto Stage Line
TWICE A WEEK AVTOMOKU.G
TRIPS TO TEIKHEIJ.
Regular trips twice a month to
Gulkana, leaving Valdez tin; 1st
and 15th of each month.
Mail, Freight and Passengers
taken to all intermediate points.
Special Trips by Arrangement
JOE STAXTOX, Mgr. Tel. 225
The Best Place in Valdes to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Rooma-The Honte of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special RateafBy the Booth
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRINC frog.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary
Valdez. Alaska.
Dougherty & Fergusou
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, attd
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company,
Office In Pinzon Cigar Store I
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