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STEWART * SELBY, Proprietor*
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23, 1912, at the postofflce of Valdes,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1916
MUST CHARGE FOR SERVICE.
When you go to your grocer to buy
a sack of flour you do not expect to
ask him to throw in a box of matches
or a sack of salt, do you? When you
go to the baker to buy bread you do
not ask him to throw in a dozen
doughnuts or cookies? What you want
you buy and you pay for it and go
away satisfied with what you have
actually paid for and nothing else.
Bot all this changes when you go
to a newspaper office. You give him
an ad and then ask him to throw in
as many dollars worth of free adver
tising as your bill comes to; or you
place an advertisement in the paper
and then expect to receive the paper
free for your generosity.
No branch of the business world is
feeling the abnormal rise in prices so
much as the printer and publisher.
The cost of print paper has gone up
by leaps and bounds, until it is not
only a question of cost, but whether
it can be obtained at all. Now, the
columns of a paper is the publisher's
merchandise. It costs him in raw
material, labor and overhead just the
same, and probably a little more than
it does the grocer or dealer in other
staples, as his help is much more
highly paid. Every time the publisher
gives this white space away he is de
pleting his stock of merchandise, and
just so much money is going out of
his pocket. He is in the same shape
as the grocer or baker who gives away
his wares.
It is every publisher's aim to run
the aim of every publisher to make
a success of his business. No man
likes to lose money. To make money
a man must charge more for his
wares than he pays for them, with a
reasonable profit for overhead ex
penses and profit.
WE have received a new copy of
Ford’s joke book which we would
have mailed to some of our brother
editors had we known of the ghastly
humor they would attempt to perpe
trate on election day. In its pre-elec
tion dispatches the Seward Post had
Wickersham carrying the First divi
sion by several hundred.
WE WOULD very much appreciate
it if our readers would patronize our.
advertisers. If a man has too small
a business to advertise his goods are
generally not worth buying. The live,
progressive merchant seeks to keep
his business constantly before the
public.
COMMUNITY PROSPERITY.
Encourage investments of private
capital on equal terms with what is
called public ownership.
The people have a right to both bvs
tems and open competition is best
for the interests of all.
Private capital should not be used
to prevent public ownership nor pun
lie ownership to destroy private in
vestments.
Discourage laws and regulations
that Impose hardships on industries or
prevent employment of the largest
number at labor.
Leave as much to individual enter
prise and initiative as possible so as
to get the highest efficiency of every
citizen.
Keep down the number of offices,
the overhead expense, and inject as
much business as possible into public
service
Public expenditures for needed im
provements honestly expended are a
benefit to every citizen and to all
property.
Do not pass laws to stop the people
moving about, spending money, or do
ing business with each other on legit
imate lines.
FLAG GONE FROM THE PACIFIC.
By increasing the cost of operation
and thus making it impossible for
American ships to compete profitably
with those of Japan, the La Follette
seaman’s acts compelled withdrawal
of ships carrying our flag from serv
ice on the Pacific. This left the field
to Japan, whose government and ship
companies took immediate advantage
of our lawmaker’s unwise action.
It is not surprising that official re
ports from Tokio show a remarkable
growth of Japan’s ocean trade in the
six months that ended with June. The
increase of exports was 56 per cent,
with a large addition for goods sent
to the United States, while the great
est ratio of increases, 140 per cent,
were seen in the shipments to South
America. New ships were added to
those already carrying goods to the
countries south of us. From our ports
steel was taken; to be used in mak
ing more ships. And the Japanese
government is striving in many ways
so to foster and encourage the trade
movement that what has been gained
shall be held after the close of the
war.
The entire seamen’s act should he
repealed or those parts of it which
removed our flag from the Pacific
should be cut off.
CANADA’S embargo on the Hearst
news service is like Joshua command
ing the sun to stand still. It will not
hurt Hearst and do Canada no good.
Suppression of news is hard to ac
complish. While Hearst’s service
may be somewhat reckless in stating
the truth, as are several other news
syndicates, it is probably one of the
most up-to-date of all news syndi
cates. A nation compelled to read
censored news gets no news.
NOW that Jawn D. has become a
billionaire he may be able to afford
to take a spin once in a while with
out worrying over the price of gaso
line.
NOW that the election is over we
are still undecided as to whether the
people liked Mr. Wilson’s policies or
repudiated Theodore Roosevelt.
THE EMPRESS
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Big Comedy Program
PATHE MEWS-Alway* Interring.
THE EIRE ESCAPE— — Sensational and Interesting
Picture. *
THE LITTLE TEACHER—2 Rtei Comedywith
Mack Sennet, Mabel Norraand and Fatty Ar
buckle.
SOME EIGHT —_Comedy with Flora Fitch Hughie
Mack and All-Star Comedy Co.
8 p. m. Sharp. Regular Admi»»ion
"ALL those who work upon the
farm today are bound down by chains
of industrial slavery. The condition
of women laborers in the field and
that of little children is worse than
slavery. Not a word has been spoken
by Congress in defense of the women
and children who labor long hours in
gathering the harvest. But the high
est paid laborers in the world were
picked out for a 26 per cent legisla
tive increase.”—H. N. Pope, Presi
dent of Assn. Farmers' Unions.
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WHEN it comes to war the work
ers do the fighting, pay the costs in
lives and money and gain nothing but
bloodshed and suffering for them
selves. The men who promote the
wars, under the guise of patriotism,
or what ever they may call it, stay
comfortably at home and amass mil
lions. Were the men who want war
forced to do the fighting there would
be no war. •
THE exceedingly high tax rate
prevailing in Alaskan towns should
be lowered. Industries %ill never lo
cate In a city where a two per cent
tax on a hundred per cent valuation is
levied. To bring in more population
we must have more industries, and in
dustries are forever barred at the
prevailing tax rate.
THE Chamber of Commerce is fig
uring on a scheme to promote the in
terests of the city next year. A num
ber of slips will be printed, each ad
vertising some advantage of Valdez as
a home town. These will be distrib
uted among the tourists and also mail
ed outside and it is believed that they
will produce beneficial results.
NOW that all of us quit work and
hustled around to elect some fellow
we are not even acquainted with to a
good job, let’s go back to work and
see if we can make a living,
castj
THE election of Sulzer for Delegate
should bring home one fact to the
people of Alaska: No boss is ever so
strong that he cannot be deposed by
the use of a little gray matter backed
by the votes.
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ONCE in a while there is a man
who contributes $5 to a National cam
paign fund without expecting that if
his candidate is elected he will he ap
pointed ambassador to Russia or some
other lucrative position.
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WHAT is the sense of the average
American man kicking about England
opening our mails? If he is a mar
ried man he is used to having his mail
opened before he gets it.
BILLY SUNDAY says he'll save
New York for one million bones. We
would’nt tackle Seward for that small
sum.
THE weather is nearly cool enough
to lay aside our summer furs.
FOR SALE—One second-hand halo,
slightly worn. Apply to the Prospec
tor office.
Turkey Dinner at the Arcade Cafe
Sunday 75c. l*m
Increase Cigarette Smoking
According to statistics compiled by
the internal revenue bureau, the en
ormous increase of one billion cigar
ettes smoked during the month of
August, 1916, as compared with Aug
ust, 1915, figures. These figures are
compiled by the figures taken from
the issuance of tobacco stamps for
cigarettes by the internal revenue
bureau. The stamp issuance for July
shows that there were 688,000,000
more cigarettes used than during the
month of July, 1915.
HUNTING PARTY SAFELY
RETURNS TO ANCHORAGE
The hunting party of four which
web recently reported to have left An
chorage for Point Possession in an
open dory, and which was believed to
have been lost, after they had failed
to return in ten days, has Anally ar
rived in Anchorage safe and sound,'
and little the worse for their strenu
ous experiences, says the Anchorage
Times.
Andy Martin, the wrestler, in giv
ing an account of the trip, explained
their delay in the following manner:
"We left Anchorage with only three
days’ provisions and fully expected to
return in that time; we were not
dressed for exposure and entire party
consisting of McCain, Pierce, Ingram
and myself suffered sevefly from the
exposure. The first day out was dis
astrous. We were swamped on fire
island and were unfortunate in get
ting our bedding and everything com
pletely soaked. Our next move was
to a point about bait way between
Point Possession and Chicaloon flats
where we drew the two open dories
up on the beach and hunted in the
neighborhood for moose. We were
successful in bagging some game and
were forced to live on moose meat
and rice for four days.
“This fare without coffee or salt
sure gets monotonous and the boys
kept up their spirits in good shape
and we all returned on speaking
terms. During our hunt on shore the
wind had driven the ice Bhoreward
and we were icebound. The ice had
formed to the extent of over ten
miles and for six days we chopped
the ice for passage and lifted and
dragged our outfit over the ice, al
ways being beaten back to shore with
the tide. However at the end of six
days we made a passage to open water
and got out. To make matters worse
the Evinrude went dead but we finally
reached Anchorage after a trip that
none of us care to take a second time
for any money.”
TWENTY EXECUTED FOR
STEALING FREIGHT
LAREDO, Tex. Nov. 11.—Twenty
men, principally warehousemen, have
been executed in Mexico City during
the past week for participating in
robbing freight consignments thru;
fraudulent bills of lading, accordingj
to reliable information received here|
today. Robbery of freight cars has!
been so frequent recently on the Con-1
stitutionalists lines that merchants j
have practically abandoned ship- j
mants it was said.
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Owen Meals has about completed
the interior of his large garage and
will have one of the largest establish
ments of the kind in the North. Mr.
Meals has a complete supply of repairs
for Ford cars, and will make a spe
cialty of quick repair work. His
handsome new building is equipped
with all modern conveniences for re
pairs and car storage.
"AMERICANISM” has shoved into
the background Dr. Johnson’s defini
tion of patriotism as “the last refuge
of a scoundrel.”
Where la Fred W. Warner j
Would Fred W. Warner (a steam
boat man) or anybody knowing his
whereabouts, kindly write his broth
er John P. Warner of 4320vPerry St.,
South Vancouver, B. C., at once as
he claims to have some important
news for him.
Friendship and confidence are
plants of slow growth.
Spain and Portugal together pro
duce 70 per cent of the world’s cork.
CARING FOR WOUNDED GERMAN
Photo By American Press Association.
IB om of the fierce engagements on the western 'ront thousands of
Germans were wounded. In the accompanying illustration French soldiers
•re shown transporting a wounded German to the rear of she lines.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 08 OPEN ALL NIGHT Cbae. Fischer, Propr.
ST. ELIAS HOTEL
Under New Management
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED; WARM, LIGHT, OUTSIDE ROOMS
SPECIAL RATES TO PERMANENT GUESTS
PHONE 104 MRS. L. HOLT, Prop.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
(MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Vsldas Dock. Opposite Proapscter Office. Tdaphon* S4
Bam Prince Alberts.
We have been Informed by the Pa
cific Alaska Navigation Company thet
they can no longer carry freight free
for the orphanage. For three years
we have enjoyed such a privilege and
are grateful to the Company for the
courtesy. Freight rates have also
been increased bo that it now costs
$3.50 to ship a barrel from Seattle,
while formerly it cost $3.00. Under
these conditions those sending us
goods will kindly send only such
things as will be of real service, leav
ing out Prince Albert coats, overcoats,
lecture cards and old papers, and will
as far as possible please prepay the
freight or send us the money to pay it
at this end of the route—Kodiak Or
phanage News Letter.
RAILWAYS ARE TO TAP
EVERY POINT IN CHINA
PEKIN, Nov. 11.—American rail-'
way builders are planning to touch
virtually every section of China in
carrying out an agreement for the
construction of 2,600 miles of rail
way which the Chinese government
has signed with the Siems-Carey com
pany of St. Paul which is financed by
the American International corpora
tion.
North, central and southern China
|will be traversed by lines already)
agreed upon, and other routes are to
jbe located later. More than $100,000,
!000 gold will be required to carry the
;great project into execution. China
|now has only about 6,000 miles of,
railway in actual operation. Much of {
the land to be tapped is virgin and
similar to the grain sections of west
ern Canada.
R. EVANS SHOT AND
KILLED BY W. HANSON
ELLENSBURG, Wash., Nov. 11.—
Rollo Evans, 21 years old, unmarried,
was shot and killed last evening by
Walter Hanson, at the latter’s home
ust as he was leaving the house. Fam
ily trouble is said to have caused the
shooting due to Evan’s attention to
Mrs. Hanson. Both were prominent
farmers. Hanson has been arrested.
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The Pioneers of Anchorage are
growing old in loyal service to Alaska
but they have gone to work with a
vim to build themselves another
home. They feel that they are still
able to take care of themselves and
will soon start the ball rolling for
a comfortable home that they may as
sist those of their number who have
given the best part of their lives for
Alaska.—49th Star.
Burned to the Ground.
Fire razed a fine house to the
ground last evening. Your home may
be next. Let the Alaska Inv. Co. pro
tect you from loss with fire insurance,
now today. k-13
Anything in nugget and ivory jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
Banquet Steel itanges, plain and
polished tops, at Mead’s. tf
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
An up-to-date line of cook stoves
and ranges at Mead’s. tf
Malted Milk Chocolate at the Val
dez Candy Kitchen.
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
SKATES for sale and skates sharp
ened at the City Express. tf
Home-made Mince Pies at the Ar
cade. tf
For steam heated rooms come to
the Golden North. tf
j The Golden North has steam heat
jed rooms. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Yaldez Drug
j Company. tf
j Carbureters, magneus, batteries,
| spark plugs and ooils at Mead’S. If
PROFESSIONAL flAMlH
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
ontf over ValSea Dm| C*.
’IB NcXUtr Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon. U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marta* Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
eratoat* Hatteaal Calrendty.
DENTIST
Potrteea Tam la VaMea.
PHONE 110
Oflce Rooms in Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Coart Hoase
Phoae M VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LTONfc e. r RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices la Whaling Building
Phone 10J VALDEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
V. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
I. O. O. F. No. 6
Meet* every Monday evening In Mc
Kinley Hall at 8:00 o’clock.
Visiting members cordially invited to
attend these meetings.
C. C. RUDOLPH, N. G.
T. G. QUINN, Sec.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. SEVEN
Meets every Tuesday evening at 8:00
o’clock in their hall over U. S. Com
missioner's office. Visitors are always
welcome.
T. H. HUNT, President.
E. G. AMES, Secretary.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO in
Pnc Ml Accepted
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In eacM • month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine.
CBAS. McCALLUM. Secretary,
Valdes Alaska.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Draf Star*.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD j
Joe Spenard Doing Good Business.
Joe Spenard reports that the ice on
Spenard lake is as slick as glass and
many parties enjoyed the sport yes
terday. Joe has the place all fixed up
to entertain parties and all conven
iences made for their comfort. He
also has skates to rent and furnishes
light lunches of hot coffee and sand
wiches.—Anchorage Times.
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Malted Milk, hot and cold, phos
phates of all kinds, and hot drinks
at Hunt's.
New Heaters from $12.60 up.
Wood Stoves, Pipe, Cooking Utenses
I and Wash Boards at Rudolph’s. tf