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PROSPECTOR PUBLISHING GO.
H. B. HKLOY, Kditor and Proprietor.
VALDBX. ALASKA
ruldlnhed Pally Except Bunday
Knteied as Second-Class Mall Matter,
jul> 2?. 1915, at the postoltlce of Valdes,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
ustneMH OtPee and Editorial Rooms,
TEL.. 153
Au vei Heine Hattsa on Application
YVKIiNKSIt.A Y. nXIAItY HI. 11117
Food will win
the War;
don’t waste it!
WASHINGTON.
WHAT tigui* more immovably
august
Than that grave strength so
patient ami so pure,
. Calm in good fortune, when V
wavered, sure,
That mind serene, impenetrably just.
Modeled on classic lines so simple they en
dure?
That soul so softly radiant and so white
The track It left seems less of fire than
light;
Cold but to such as love diatemperature?
And if pure light, as some deem, l>e the
force
That drives rejoicing planets oil their j
course,
Why for his power benign seek an int
purer source?
His was the true enthusiasm that burns ,
long,
Domestically bright,
Ned from itself and shy of human sight.
The hidden force that makes a lifetime
strong.
And not the short lived fuel of a song.
Passionless, say you? What Is passion for
Ant to sublime our natures and control.
To front heroic tolls with late return,
Or none, or such as shames the con
queror?
That lire was fed with substance of the
soul
And not with holiday stubble, that could
bum,
Hnprained of men who after bonfires run.
Through seven slow years of unadvauchig
war,
Kqtial when fluids were lost or fields were
won,
With breadth of popular applause or
blame.
Nor fanned nor damped, unquenchahly
the same. (
Too Inward to be rea ‘hed by flaws of Idle
fume.
Soldier and slates man, rarest unison;
]{igh poised example of great duties done
Simply as breathing, a world's honor worn
A» life’s indifferent gilts to all men born;
Dumb for himself, unless it were to Hod.
But for his barefoot soldiers eloquent.
Tramping the snow to coral where they
trod.
Held by his awe in hollow e>ed content;
Modest, yet firm as nature’s self; un
blamed
8a ve by the men his nohler temper
shu nu <1:
Never seduced through show of present
good
By other than unsetling lights to suer
New trimmed In heaven, nor titan liis
steadfast mood
More steadfast, far from rashness as from
’» fear;
Rigid, but With himself first, grasping still
In swcrvelegs poise the wave heat helm of
w .11;
Not honored then or now because he
wooed
The popular voice, but that lie still with
stood;
Broad minded, high souled, there is but
one
Who was all thin and ours, and ail men's.
Washington.
—James Russell Lowell.
t’ONHC 'RIPTION AS A PKRMANKNT
POLICY
Unless the end of the present war
is marked by disarmament and the
establishment of an international
board of arbitration, which will make
war impossible, it is a moral certain
ty that the United States will resort
to a system of universal military
training. With an inconclusive peace,
such a policy for this country will be
inescapable, for anything but a last
ing peace can mean nothing but an
armed truce.
The United States is a peace lov
ing, but not a pacifist nation, and for
that reason the principle of universal
service Is the only solution of the gi
gantic military problems which exist
under present conditions. The suc
cess of the selective service law Is a
potent argument for universal service,
for it shows by contrast that volun
teer armies no longer nre adequate
and that, in fact, the conscription
system, in addition to being thorough
ly democratic, is less expensive than
the volunteer methods of raising ar
rules.
The recent report of the provoat
marshal on the operation of the draft
law shows that the per caplU cost of
conscription was ^6, if^ereas, during
the first nine months of 19l7, It costs
the government for every vol
unteer enlisted.
The total number of men register
ed under the conscription act was 9.
586,508. The average number of
claims for exemption throughout the
United States was 4 6 percent and the
vast majority were on account of de
pendents. While it is estimated that
there were a total of 50,000 “slack
ers" among more than nine anil one
half million men, failure to register
has resulted in only 2,095 cases in
which the government lias started
prosecution or is preparing such ac
tion. This showing is remarkably j
good and proves that In Bpite of ad-1
verse conditions in many places the |
law has functioned with exceptional j
success.
Recently Secretary Baker, appar
ently reflecting the president's views,
opposed conscription as a permanent
military policy, and the question is
being discussed rather widely at the
national capital. The influence Gen.
Crowder's report will have on the
controversy may be expected to be
large.
MAKING OVER THE EUROPEAN
MAP
When, in 1823, President Monroe,
in promulgating what is known as the
Monroe Doctrine, said that “in the
wars of the European powers, in mat
ters relating to themselves, we have
never taken any part, nor does it com
port with our policy to do so,” there
were no railroads, no great steamship
lines, no telegraph nor telephone, no
wireless telegraph, no airplanes. We
were separated from the old world
by weeks rather than by seconds, ns
we are today.
In the light of Monroe's historic
utterance. President Wilson’s refer
ences to the interna) arrangements of
Europe as a condition of peace seems
a radical departure from our tradi
tional policy—and. in fact, it is; but
it may be accepted as final that tile
new vision of Anlerica has something
far beyond interference with Europe's
internal struggles. It is the vision of
a vital realignment in Europe that
will remove ancient antagonisms and
make it possible for the nations to
live on terms of amity and good will.
The president's historic document,
presented to congress recently, was
in line with the definition of war aims
presented by the British premier a
few days before, but because it is the
program of America— a nation which
seeks no territorial or monetary gHln
from the war—Its weight in the scales
of democracy is incalculable.
For the first time President Wilson
has made a definite statement as to
territorial readjustment in Europe. ,
The most interesting was this;
"AH French territory should be
freed and the invaded portions restor
ed. and the wrong done to France
by Prussia in 1X71 in the matter of
Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled
the peace of the world for nearly fifty
years, should he righted, in order that
peace may once more be secure in the
interest of all.”
Thus is America preparing to pay
the debt contracted with France in the
perilous days of this republic’s birth.
There has been some doubt as to
where the United States would stand
on the Issues of Alsace-Lorraine. The
president’s statement clears up this
issue, and as showing that he is not
alone on this question an address de
livered by former President Taft at
New York may be cited. Mr. Taft, in
referring to Lloyd George’s resolve to
light “to the death” for the restora
tion of the lost French provinces,
said: “There is much to support in
what he says, because for forty years’
rule of the provinces by Germany has
failed to swerve the people’s allegi
ance to France.”
Even today America has no desire
to interest itself in European affairs
but those affairs have been forced up
on it, and our sacriflces in blood and
treasure will have been in vain un
less we can help to destroy the in
stitution of war. That aim is impos
sible of achievement unless the na
tions of Europe are reconstituted on
a basis of nationality.
THE newspapers of the United
States are between the devil and the
deep sea. If they conform to the meth
ods prescribed by the postofllce de
partment they will be fqrced out of
business and if they criticise those
methods they will be promptly put
out of business very expeditiously
A number of papers have been sup
pressed in the country, many of them
steam heated newly furnished
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. SL MILL, Fropr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
' X. l •'
for seditious or near seditious utter*1
ances, while others have Incurred the
animosity of this bureaucrat, by criti
cisms of the administration or cabi
net, ipd hiye *ap« where good pap
ers go. The tapirs of the country die
lining up to get the scalp of Mr. Bur-!
leson and that they will do so or make |
It embarrassing for those who placed |
him in power, is already evident. The i
Postmaster General should have some
latitude to suppress sedition, and al-j
so to prevent unwise interference
with the war, but liberty has lor.Jt
been superseded by license, and it is i
now a menace to free speech and a j
free press. A newspaper is not tried j
by judge or jury, but the matter is j
left entirely to the Postmaster Gener-;
al. If he says an article is seditious
it is, and there is no appeal. In view
of the fact that no two people have
the same understanding of things they
read and are mostly governed by whe
ther they are for or against the editor
or the things he represents, it is a
certainty that a paper is bound to
come under the ban sooner or later
unless it is an enthusiastic party
sheet, in which case the fight pro
mises to be a merry one with all the
advantage as yet on the side of the
postmaster general, but the election*
this fall will make many changes in
the line-up in congress, and the man
who goes to Washington an avowed
enemy of the country newspapers, will
need some pull to get there.
THE PROSPECTOR has a large lot
of outstanding accounts on its books
which it needs badly. We hate to
press our debtors} but would esteem
it a great favor if you would took ov
er your books and see if you owe this
company anything and if you do kind
ly remit. At the price of paper.cable,
the war tax on cablegrams which runs
into a large sum at five cents per mes
sage, and the price of fuel and wages
for our help it is hard to keep our
head above water long enough to get
our breath. We know our patrons
have no desire to financially embar
rass their home paper, but hundreds
of small accounts total up a large
••uni. There are many firms in town
who do not advertise in this paper,
thus throwing the burden on those
who do. We would like to have ev
ery business in town represented in
our columns, and every organization.
W<e repeatedly are forced to answer
correspondents at our expense in
forming them of the existence of this
or that lodge or church or business
because these firms do not advertise.
Please give us your patronage. The
money comes back to you and the
town is benefited by the advertising
given it by the paper.
DO YOU think that if Valdez had
a payroll of some kind to support its
citizens that a large number of those
people who have gone to the States
would not have stayed here? Would
a large number of our citizens have
gone to Anchorage or Cordova if some
means had been provided whereby
they could have made a living here?
We have the best location in Alaska
for factories, with abundant electric
power and cheap rents. Our people
are too well satistied. They are in a
rut. They are not aggressive enough.
We must go after. thingB and keep
after them. Anchorage wants our
court house. She wants our road com
missioner; likewise everything else
she can get her hands on. She has a
representative at Washington at the
present time trying to pry something
loose from her neighbors, and that
she does not do so is on account of
her inaccessibility in winter and the
fact that she has shot her bolt. Cor
dova is less aggressive, but has the
influence of the Alaska Steamship
company and the Guggenheims be
hind her to get what she wants. Val
dez has the location and all the nat
ural advantages. Despite the Jealousy
of her rivals and strenuous efforts on
their combined part, the Road Com
mission offices is the only thing she
has as yet lost, and that can never
remain at Juneau, as it is the most il
logical of all the towns which could
have been chosen for its location, and
is in a part of the territory which is
far removed from the larger part of
the roadwork. But we have other
things which can be taken from usj
and we must be up and doing or our ■
opponents will outpoint ub. This town
could be made tbe center of the fish
buying for Prince William Sound,
jUBt as it is now the center of the
mining industry. It could have huge
salteries for herring, and could make
box-shooks and tin cans. Immense
beds of clams within a few miles from
the city would supply work for all
if some man could see the profit to
be made. Our commercial body which
has died a slow death the past win
ter. should be resurrected and should
get busy. A hundred dollars spent in
advertising would bring back thous
ands to the city. We have no literature
to speak of. and persons asking about
the town are forced to write to the
paper, which must again bear all the
publicity burden. Cities do not grow;
they must be bnilt. To build them re
quires unflagging energy and being
unceasingly on the Job* The town has
When Is a Dollar Worth More?
ANSWER—From Today until Saturday,
Jan. 19th, We will sell all
S & W Del Monte
Reliance Happy Home
Waldorf & Cresco
CANNED VEGETABLES
At a reduction of OC per can.
S. BLUM AND COMPANY
GOOP GOODS
a splendid machine shop which should
employ a dozen men. It is idle a large
portion of the time. Why not help
finance some manufactured article
and build up a payroll. The town has
a good sash and door factory. Why
not help enlarge it and keep it run
ning to capacity. There are a number
of enterprises which would add to
our payroll and our population. Let’s
get out of the rut and go after them.
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CITY EXPRKS8, Phone 82; read}
to transfe* tLat for you. t' \
HOTEL SEXTON
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The traveling public’s
home.
European Plan.
HOTEL SEXTON
SAFETY FIRST
Travel On The
“SHAMROCK”
Prompt Service
D. D. STEWART Master
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
Arctic Hotel
• • e » * , r • i ■ t I
Ail Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Raths In Connection
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING. Pray
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdes to
Ellamar, Landlock. Fidalgo and
way |>orta. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rates apply on (ward.
GAFT. H. L. RIDER
I
Hot-Point Electric Heaters sod!
Cooking-Appliances at the Emporium.
Christmas goods coming on the next
boat. tf
VALPEZ
The town of valdez
is situated at the head of
Prince William Sound,
and is a city of probably one thou
sand population. It is the center
of the mining industry on the
Sound, both copper and gold, and
ig adjacent to and within easy
hauling distance of the salmon
grounds, many fresh water rivers!
and streams in Valdez Bay bring
ing the hsh in great numbers to
within sight of the town. The
city has one good cannery, which j
will operate two lines the coming;
season, employing probably one j
hundred and fifty persons.
The city offers good opportuni
ties for a fish saltery, a fertilizer
factory, a glue factory, a tin can
factory and a box shook factory,
all subsidiary to the fish packing
business. The city owns its own
wharf and the Valdez Dock Com
pany, which also owns a splendid
wharf is wiUing to give prospec
tive investojps a chance for sites.
VAf*t>EZ has a progressive
citizenry, with good high schools,
churches, free reading room and
library, good clubrooms and many
lodges and organizations. ' Kents
are very cheap, and living is but
little higher than in the States.
Many gold and copper mines
are contiguous to Valdez, making
this city their outfitting port, and
drawing from its reserve of labor.
The climate is very healthful, the
extremes of heat and cold being
rarely experienced. The mercury
rarely falls below —15 in the win
ter and 70 above is the highest
summer temperature. The sum
mers are delightful and the win
ters far better than those of the
Northern Central or Eastern
States.
VALDEZ is the coast terminal
of the government military high
way to the Interior. During the
summer months autos may reach
Fairbanks from Valdez in 36
hours running time, over a fine
road, through the most magnifi
cent scenery on the North Amer
ican continent. In winter teams
or dog sleds may be had at all
tunes.
VALDEZ has a number of first
class hotels and restaurants, and
the traveler and miner can be as
sured of comfortable lodgings ?
a minimum expense. Parties de
siring to outfit for mining or pros
pecting can do so at our stores
far cheaper than in the States,
with men of experience to help se
lect their outfits.
If you are coming to Alaska
the Land of Opportunity, and de
sire a good home town among a
fine class of citizens, buy your
ticket to
VALDEZ
oAimux to n xngno^.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. H. COCKERILLE
OiMuU WaS—I Pahrtnio
Waafclagteu, D. CL
DENTIST
fw Valdez Since 1898
PHONIC 110
Office Room* In Whaling Building
PONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOMNKY1-AT-I.A H
••See ttpuoottr Court Hour.
• ’hour »< \ AI.IIK'A. 4 1.A UK A
JOHN LYONS a E RiTCHil
LYONS & RITCHIE
«TTOIUIKVt-*1-MS
OStH I* • hall>( Balldla«
PkftM 1S1 YALDBL ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Gls»«et> Kitted l/ennes Ground
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
jos. a. saveuus.iv &.*.». h*.
Jos. A. SarermaaPLG.il. D
PHYSICIAN AND BUROROK
Office keen—1 to 4 p. a —7 U 1 pa
Sunday by Appointment
R«s. Tel. 17C Office TeL 1»
Boyle Meek Valdes
THE SOUTHERN
MRS. BLACKWELL, Prop.
Nice, Clean Rooms
Baths in Connection
PRICES REASONABLE
Phone 104
VALDUS LODGE
NO 108
vim u< iec«|M Mmm»
Regular Communication* first WM
uesday In each month In IfcKlnle*
Halt. Visitors always welcome.
WALTER ELLIOT. W. M.
C. C. REYNOLDS. See.
Valdez Miners Union He. 188
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