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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 11110
WHAT THE ISSUE IS.
The question before the people of
Alaska is not between Statehood and
'•full Territorial form of govern
ment.” The question is whether we
are going to have a full Territorial
form of government pending State
hood.
The helplessness of Juneau in the
face of her need for a school build
ing and an adequate water system in
dicates very clearly the handicap to
progress that is resulting from the
limited form of Territorial govern
ment which we now have. Wbat are
we going to do in growing Alaska be
fore Statehood comes? Are we to
continue to let Federal officials man
age the schools? Are we to continue
to forfeit the proceeds of our forests
in Southeastern Alaska? Are we to
be forced to continue patchwork in
our municipal development on ac
count of the restrictions which make
it impossible to distribute the pay
ment for municipal works of various
kinds over a period of several years?
Are we to continue to permit Federal
authority to fix the amount and col
lect and expend a large portion of our
taxes? Are we to continue to permit
the Federal game laws to stand? Are
we to have nothing to say regarding
the fisheries? Are we to continue to
permit the Federal government tc do
our policing, including the regulation
of the liquor traffic? Or are^we to ex
ercise these powers and other pow
ers that other Terrttories have en
joyed pending Statehood?
That is the question Deiore me
people. There are none but that rec
ognize that Alaskan destiny must be
Statehood, but what are we going to
do before Congress will grant State
hood to such portion or portions of
Alaska as shall, in the opinion of
Congress, qualify for it?
Some of the press and leading peo
ple of Southeastern Alaska desire
separation and .Statehood for Sour.
' eastern Alaska. Anyone with any
knowledge on the subject knows th.it
Congress would not grant such a re
quest until there has been further
development here. Others want a di
vision of Alaska with the First and
Third divisions united in one great
commonwealth. Many others believe
that the great unorganized Vrctic
country should be eliminated . from
our Territory for governmental reas
ons. So far the Empire has not beer I
a single informed resident of the 1 er
ritory, aside from Wickersham poli
ticians who have the temerity to sug
gest that the whole of the 500.dor
square miles of this territory should
be created into a single state
What are we going to do before
these question are settled? Are we
going to have “full Territorial f mi
of government,” or are we going to
have our present government?
It is time to quit making this 'lues
tion a football for politics and get
down to business. The business men*
and progressive citizens generally
want a full Territorial form of Gov
ernment, and have been asking for it
for several years. They would have
had it long ago if the Delegate had
not been opposed to self-government
for Alaska. They know that the
need for it Is b pressing constant
need.—Junire Empire.
The Empire has expressed the
needs of the Territory clearly and suc
cintly. Alaska can never expect to
receive any benefits from Congress
until our Delegate quits playing at
cross-purposes with the people. He
-THE
EMPRESS
TO-NIGHT
2 Shows—at 8 and 9:20,sharp
PROGRAM
PATHE WEEKLY NEWS
, Tli© Club Girls—Comedy
Love Among the Roses—
( Biograpli Drama
The Product—Swell Vitagraph
Story
Geo. Ade Fable, Comedy.
Four Times Veteran—Comedy.
Mary Plckford in “The Eagle’s
Mate on Thursday.
Admission 25c' and 10c.
waits btatehood for Alaska, because
it is popular with some of the unedu
cated masses, who do not realize that
Alaska has absolutely no chance at
the present time of receiving State
hood as a present from our paternal
Government. v
On the other hand Alaska could re
ceive a full Territorial form of gov
ernment, would our Delegate aban
don his wild political schfeme, and
work for the interest of the vast
country he represents. Any man. as
keen as our Delegate must have fore
seen long ago* that he is fighting the
administration’s ideas of what is best
for Alaska. Secretary Lane has re
peatedly given the administration’s
views upon the question of Alaska’s
future.
Instead of indulging in a useless
effort to bring about what can never
happen, our people should unite in
demanding that our representative
use every effort to secure Territorial
rights for his constituents.
A few years from now, after we
have emerged from our present chaot
ic political condition, Alaska can
make a winning fight for Statehood.
Just what immediate benefits can
accrue to us from Statehood rights
over Territorial rights -is hard to see
at the present time. Full Territorial
rights would gain for us all that we
are asking, and we would still have
the advice and financial assistance of
the Governmental experts. To be
come a State we must first become a
Territory, and that we have never
been only in name.
The Territory at large will rejoice
with the railroad towns of Saward
and Anchorage that Secretary Lane
has been successful in securing his
emergency appropriation. The iif.hl
against the administration’s policy in
Alaska was a bitter one, and wa- led
by the old line republican leaders of
the Gillette-Cannon type. Knowing
nothing of conditions in Alaska they
bitterly fought the appropriate for
the simple reason that it was a demo
cratic issue. The Territory is impor
tunate in being placed betwee . the
mill-stones of the two great parties,
and with the unexpected opposition
developed against the emergenc; ap
propriation it speaks well for the
administration's strength that tue
bill carried.
Those of us whose sympathies went
out to the poor woman who was kid
naped by a black brute, right in the
center of the orange belt of Califor
nia. can now recall their sympathy—
the lady simply overstepped the color
line and ran off with the coon. We
condone with the husband in the loss
of his automobile.
_ •
The past week has shown us the
fallacy of advertising Valdez as a
safe spot to raise oranges or lum
niing birds. This is the greatest min
eral section in the Northwest, but par
ties desiring to engage in banana or
cotton growing should locate a few
miles farther south.
The weather quotations show a
strong call for sunshine, with wind
advanced four points. Snow is steady
with an over-supply in some of cur
side streets. #
We would suggest that the melody
of the government dog team might
be helped by adding a few more so
prano voices and eliminating three or
four basso profundos. As it now
stands the nocturnal chorus is great
ly overbalanced by too many male
voices in their midnight songfest.
In view of the increasing cold
weather and the high price of fuel,
it might be well for our city dads to
run a pipe line to Wick’s donation
and use some of the superfluous hot
air generated in that section in heat
ing up the town.
And now another oldtimer has
come forward with a superabundance
of knowledge in railroad building.
According to a Juneau man the gov
ernment has sadly bungled in its
work at Anchorage. Keep it up, gen-'
tlemen, the government experts used
their time playing ping pong and cro
quet, it seems, and it rests with a
few of us who do not know a theodo
lite from a capstan to show them the
straight and narrow way. Besides it
might insult them it we commended
anything they did.
CORDOVA CLAM CANNERY
18 NOW IN OPERATION.
CORDOVA TIMES :T‘:o Lighthouse
backing Company, who have recently
Installed their clam cannery at Cor
dpva, is giving an example of efficient
management and scientific produc
tion. Manager H. A. Sprague was
canning clams within a few days
after his arrival, being ably assisted
by his capable fprce of assistants, who
have loyally Worked to make the new
industry a huge succesj. From little
clams a great business will grow.
Mr. Sprague Is busy receiving the con
gratulations of the townspeople on
the r.menney and djspatch with which
be has commenced.Today three tons
of clams were brought from the beds,
and the force at the city dock was
busily engaged', properly disposing of
them.
SOME IMPORTED WOROfS.
Their Use Here and Their Meanings In
Their Native Land.
You are bo familiar wl.li those three
imported words, chauffeur, tonneau
and limousine, that It would never oc
cur to you to ask whether they really
apply to the objects which they have
been made to describe.
You know that a chauffeur is the
man who Is hired to drive a motorcar.
The mere driving of the car Is not the
thing which gives the name its slgnill
euuce. for It does not apply to the
owner of the car when he drives. In
like manner you know that the ton
neau Is the part of the machine which
is behind the driver's seat and accom
modates three or live persons. When
the possessor of an automobile is suiQ
clcntly opulent he lias a limousine body
for winter use. and probably it Is elec
tric heated and has a bunch of fresh
flowers In the wall vase every morn
ing. To these three vocables, with
their smell of greenbacks and their
rattle of silks, we might add another,
even more suggestive of the cxpendl
ture of mouey. the word “hangar.’'
which was dragged into the language
when the gilded youth wearic-d of
sixty horsepower speed and took to the
air.
Would you tie shocked to learn that a
hangar. In rural France, where aero
planes are almost unknown, is nothing
hut a shed for the farm cart? And
what of the chauffeur? The high school
girl was horrified to find, by consulting
her dictionary, that he was either a
fireman or a braggart. Almost ns dis
concerting was the revelation that n
"tonneau” was nothing but a vat or
tub. But the crudest blow of nil fell
when the limousine was shown up as
rough goatskin, worn by peasants near
Limoges.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat
HOLLAND’S SUBMARINE.
The Motive That Is Said to Have In
spired the Inventor.
John P. Holland, the inventor of the
modern submarine, was an ardent ad
voente of freedom for Ireland, says a
writer in World’s Work. With this end
in view, he allied himself with the
Fenian movement hi America and de
signed for it a type of vessel with
which he hoped to destroy England’s
fleet. The Fenians financed the scheme,
and Holland designed n boat which for
several months entertained the people
on the waters around New York.
The Fenians had done everything
they could to keep the thing a secret
though rumors of the usual "British
spies" were numerous. Occasionally
an excursion boat or a tug would be
amazed to see a peculiar contrivance
suddenly stick its head out of the wa
ters. There were stories that it was a
sea serpent or a whale; or a derelict.
When the conning tower opened, how
ever, and Holland’s good natured Irish
face suddenly peered out on the outside
world the mystery was explained. .
The inventor bad no difficulty in op
erating in all the waters about New
York. His boat handled easily, deftly
and safely, the only trouble being, as
always, with the engine. The newspn
pers, which devoted columns to bis nn
der water voyages, dubbed the vessel
the Fenian Ram. a name more pic
turesque than descriptive, as it was
uot a ram at all, but a torpedo boat
An Impartial Student.
We were walking through the apart
ments of his excellency Mr. Snmarth,
the prime minister of the gaekwar of
Baroda, about two years ago, and no
ticed an. open Bible on a table at the
head of the prime minister's bed. 1
asked why be. a devout Hindu, was
interested In the Bible. He replied: “1
si>eud a half hour each day reading
this book along with the sacred book
of Hinduism. I have found It one of
the greatest influences in developing
my Intellectual as well as my spiritual
life. You may be Interested to know."
he continued, “that the educated men
of India know the Bible, as a rule,
quite as welt as they know any one of
tlielr own sacred classics.”—Christian
Herald.
A Famous Compliment.
Of famous compliments paid to the
fair Hex the supply Is so large and das
zling rbat It is a matter of no small
difficulty to pick out the brightest
gems, but if tlip following jvas unlook
ed for It certainly deserves a place
among the liest: Fontenelle when nine
ty years old passed before Mme. Hel
vetlus without noticing her.
“Ah.” said the lady, “that is your
gallantry, then! To pass before me
, without ever looking at me!"
“If I bad looked at you. madam'.''' re
plied the old beiiu, “I never could have
passed you at all.”
i Obviously Incompetent
“Did old Dr. Gruffer seem to under
stand your complaint?'*
“No; tbe man's an Ignoramus. I ex
plained to blm I wnnted to be advised
to take perfect rest nud a trip, and be
said wbnt 1 needed was to skip rope
and stop thinking up Imaginary tron
ties—Richmond Times-Dlsputch.
A Preserver.
“How shall we preserve the forests?"
said tbe worried woodsman.
“Leave It to my wife." replied the
town idler- “A woman who can pre
serve green tomatoes and watermelon
rinds oughtn’t to be baffled by a few
trees."—Washington Star.
;t Beauty Pills ths House.
“Is she pretty?”
“Pretty? Why. that girt is so pret
ty that plenty of fellows are glad to
call on her father and mother.”—Pitts
burgh POSt
True courage Is , not. incompatible
with nervousness, and heroism does
not mean the absence of fear, bat the
conquest of U.
I ‘
STRATEGY OF A SCOT.
?uee byJWhlch the Laird o’ Coel-pen
• Came Into His Own.
"Brow mid Blitter"— that Is. porridge
ml lull tor—Is mi old Scotch llllie of
lilt'll Prince Charles, afterward
liarles II.. was very loud. The laird
f Cockpen wl.cn Charles was at The
;agile played the air for the prince
lie last tiling at night and tiie first
king in the morning. On returning to
'.cotluml after the restoration the laird
onn:l his estate had been forfeited for
iis attachment to the royal cause, uud.
ad to relate. Charles, forgetful of
'ockpetl's services, refused to Interest
dmself in his faithful follower’s petl
ion to have it returned to him and
■veil refused him an audience.
The laird, with the pertinacity of his
ace. resolved to achieve by stratagem
.vlmt he could not by direct appeal.
While In London Cockpen formed an
intimate acquaintanceship with the or
ganist of the Chapel Itoyal and pre
vailed on him to allow him to act as
Ids substitute at a service at which tiie
king was to be present. Obtaining his
consent, lie played the regular tunes
for the service. When dismissal time
came he played the king's old favorite
melody. "Brose and Butter."
On hearing It Charles wended his
way to the organ gallery, where lie
found his quondam courtier, whom he
greeted with a touch of the old famili
arity. remarking. “You almost made
me dance.” Quick to seize the oppor
tunity. the laird responded. "I could
dance, too, if 1 had my lands back
again." Charles' better nature awoke
under the power of the music and the
old memories It recalled, with the re
sult that the laird received his own
again.—Edinburgh Scotsman.
SHE KNEW AMOS.
And Evidently Amos Was Fairly Well
Acquainted With Her.
The man ivho takes trolley rides
through the country, says a writer In
the Boston Advertiser, sees and hears
much thut is amusing. On one occa
sion, while I was riding through the
outskirts of Amesbury, an old lady
hut a decidedly spry one—balled the
ear. She was accompanied down to
the road from the house by a young
woman, possibly her daughter.
The elder woman put her foot on the
tower running board, grasjied the up
right and was about to climb into the
car when she turned to the young wo
man and said:
"Don't forget that gingerbread in the
oven, Liza. You know pa Just hates
burnt gingerbread.”
“All aboard!" shouted the conductor.
But the old lady paid no attention to
him.
“And, Liza,” she continued, “when
you pick up the eggs, bimeby. look out
for that lthode Island Bed that wants
to set She’ll peck you if you ain’t care
ful.”
“All aboard!’ again shouted the con
ductor, but as the old lady proceeded
to climb on to the car she paused long
enough to say to him: “Ye can't scure
me, Amos. I’ve known ye ever since
ve was knee high."
Amos grinned. (Milled the bell, and
we were on our way.
What Happened to Him.
“Ever been arrested for speeding?”
“No."
“Ever tried to climb a telegraph pole
with .vour cor?”
“No."
“Ever have It turn turtle on you?”
“No."
“Ever have to dx a tire all by your
self?”
“No. can’t say that I bnve."
“Great Scott, man! Hasn't anything
happened to you that happens to all
other motorists?”
“Oh, yes. I’ve bad a robe and three
lampsstolen.”—Detroit Free Press.
Quaar Way to Display , a Trousseau.
An Arabian bride la arrayed in all
her dresses, one over the other. She
is perched on a high stool, so.that they
all hang down over it, and one by one
they are taken off with much display
and admiring comment from the
guests. The last Is. of course, the
most beautiful. The bridegroom Is
hidden In some corner where be can
see his future wife's dowry, which,
however, be may not touch.
Boat Him to It.
••As 1 was sitting In the crowded car
coming out borne tonight.” said War
ner at the dinner table, “a woipan en
tered and stood almost exactly in front
of me."
“And yon got up and gave her your
seat 7” queried his wife.
“No.” replied Warner; “another fel
low got ahead of me. But I had to
wait Ove minutes for him."—New York
Globe.
Revenge la 8waat.
He (after the quarreli—I suppose yon
, are going back to your mother's! She
(triumphantly)—I shall do no such
thing. Ou the contrary, | ant going to
I (be most exjiensive hotel I can find and
let them send you the blit.—Richmond
Time's Dispatch.
Mistakes.
bet not your mistakes and false
steps embarrass yon. Nothing la so
valuable In experience as the con
sdousuess of one's errors. This Is one
| of the cardinal means of self education
For Release Later.
Willie—What d.oes postponing the
evil day mean, dad? Dad-When a
politician aa.va: “Nothing today, bat
I'll iMve a statement later."—Judge. \
. Voloanie A shoo. . >
Tbe, a?Qes fropi iaitou* ow-nsioeailj
active...volcanoes fertilise Hie soil and
enable tbe I’blflpplnee to produce tbe
world's Quest bemp.
-S. BLUM & CO.
CLEARANCE SALE
T’S • too good an opportunity to
miss. Thes prices are reduced to
make it worth while for, you to
buy now. v
100 men’s suits mo I
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Price.
A $25.00 Suit fcr $12.5C! A $20.C0 Suit ftr $15.00!
Men’s Cravenette Overcoats, $20 value, now - $10.00
Men’s Cravenette Raincoats were $15 & $20, - $7.50
Heavy Blanket-lined Canvrs Coats, $5 & $6 quality, now $2.50
Men’s Smcking Jacketr, $4 & $5 quality, now - $2.50
Corduroy Coats at half price.
Buckskin-lined Ccrduroy Vests, $5 qualify, new - $2.50
Moleskin blanket-lined Teamster’s Overccats, fur collar,
were $15, now ... $10.00
All Boys* Suits and Overcoats at
.... 25 per cent off. ....
25 per cent off on
Ladies’ Furs
Children’s Furs,
Men’s Fur Collars.
Reduced to
Men’s Stock Ties - 25c
Silk Mufflers - 50c
Way’s Knitted Mufflers 25c
Men’s Dress Shirts, $1.50’ and $2.G0 [quality,
now .... 75c
Men’s Negligee Shirts, $1.50 to $5.00 quality,
now - One-half off
Boss-of-the-Road Mackinaws, in blue, brown
and gray, $5.00 quality, selling now for $2.50
Malone Mackinaws, were $6.00, now - -$4.00
S. BLUM & GO.,
GOOD GOODS
DR. H. C0CKER1LLE
Graduate National University.
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
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„ THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed.
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone^42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DlMGND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
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ofiler Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALDEZ# ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
omres In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
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LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGE;
Tfeaming of All Kinds
^Positively No Coal Delivered Uni
less Paid for in Advance i
OPEN UNTIL 9 P.M.
We Scire Corona Coffee
Strictly Fresh Eggs.
Jack Callin••Prapciatar
The Beat Place in Valdez to
Stop at is1 the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Room—The Hoaac of Coniart
RATES -REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Ratal By the Maath
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING. Prop.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
free and Accepted Minin
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY, W. 1L
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Poor
SlRICTLV FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
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Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER, IVnUaBl.
Granite MId+,
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on every boat,
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Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
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