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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY J, 1»10
NO, MISTER REDFIELD!
Should the salmon trust feucceed in
getting from under the territorial tax
by having the law repealed, as re
commended by Secretary Redfleld, it
will be surprising.
The salmon trust operating in
Alaska has always been able to get
pretty near anything it wants through
its Washington lobby.
Between cheap labor, the company
supply system, gambling games oper
ated by sharks in cahoots with the
labor contractor, moral degeneracy
among the employes and wholesale
slaughter of fish, by use of traps,
Alaska’s canned salmon industry
smells to high heaven.
It is the chief industry of the
territory.
In good seasons, some canneries
have returned fifty per cent on the
original Investment in one year.
It is the most profitable canning
industry in the world in spite of the
trust’s claim of losses.
It is also the most ruthlessly han
dled industry outside the war zone.
The profits have been so great that
the cannery owners are running hog
wild in their madness for more.
Efforts to curb the waste of fish
and insure the supply through
hatcheries and by allowing a certain
percentage of the fish to ascend the
rivers to spawning grounds have
been a fizzle.
For a time it looked as though the
Alaska legislature would be able,
through the.organic act, to make the
canneries pay a little toward the up
keep of the territorial government in
return for looting the waters. The
courts upheld the law and the can
oerymen will probably take the case
all the way to the supreme court and
in aooui seven years mai augum muj
will hand down a decision.
Fearing that aforesaid august
body might hearken to the demands
of the people as expressed through
the legislature, the fish trust mag
nates announced that if the tax was
upheld— -
That the money would be taken
from the pockets of consumers who
buy and eat canned salmon.
DiBgorge any of their enormous
profits?
Never!
So, with the threat that the tax
would %)ake it necessary to raise the
price of fish, they went to Washing
ton and hoodwinked Secretary Red
fleld into recommending the repeal
of the tax law.
Every man in Alaska ought to
send a protest to Washington against
• the repeal. Alaska is well able to
1 take care of herself in handling the
fish trust if given a chance. It would
put an end to all the veils before men
tioned in quick order.
The Seward Chamber of Commerce
‘ went on record as against the repeal
of the law giving Alaska the right to
t»i canned salmon last night, and it
is to be hoped that every other civic
organization in Alaska will do like
wise.—8eward Post.
FEAR—BAH!
Well, what of it?
An old-fashioned preacher stood in
the pulpit of an old-fashioned church
some years ago and preached a ser
mon which was spoken of for years
afterward by those who heard it as
the “Well, What of It?” sermon.
And anxious men sat in the church
and listened—and the deep lines of
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TO-NIGHT
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" PROGRAM
Path© News* Bray's Cartoons,
etc. , ,
The Hand of Fate, a Novel
Drama. Kalem.
The Lady or Tigers, wild ani
mal Story. Selig.
Lizzie the Soul-saver, comedy
featuring Ham.
Paramount Feature Thursday,
“The Ring and the Man."
Admission 25c and 10c.
care that furrowed their faces were
smoothed out and almost disappear
ed—for a time.
And tired women, worn with much
service and little rest, lifted up their
heads and took heart of grace.
And half-grown children wriggling
in their tiresome places in the family
pew opened their eyes and sat still-—
and harkened—for the sermon car
ried, for once, a message even they
were glad to hear.
And yet, it was a simple sermon—
simply spoken—about simple every
day things.
But the burden of it—ah, that was
the secret of its power.
“Fear,” said the preacher. “You
who tremble at a footstep in the
dark—what is it that you fear?
"My little son called me last night
from his room and said he was afraid
and asked me to come and sit by him,
and I asked him what it was he fear
ed—and he could not tell me.
“A foolish child?
“Perhans.
“But he suffered—Just as you sit
there in the pew before me now suf
fering when you awoke early this
morning and began to fear.
“What?
“You know not—failure, perhaps—
the loss of money—poverty.
“And you—across the aisle, you
fear—what?
“Illness, sorrow, the loss of one
who is dear tq you—a vague some
thing that may bring you grief.
“Even you, there in the seat be
side your mother—what should you
have to worry over—and yet, you
worry—don’t you?
“About what?
“Examinations—the right question
at the wrong time—failure to get on
the ball team, the dollar you lent to
your classmate—what if he shouldn’t
pay it back?
“Money, poverty, illness,—even
death—well, after all, wbat of it?
"What of any of these things?
“You who tremble in a darkened
room at the creak of a board on the
stairs—what if he comes and kills
you—the assassin you imagine—
what of it?
“You must die sodSe time, and
such a death is soon over—is it
worth while lying awake and worry
ing about?
“Poverty—is that such a terrible
thing when it really comes?
“Others have borne it—are you
less than the least of these?
“Illness—the loss of those you
love—deep sorrows these, and ones
to scar the heart—but they are the
common lot of all, and time is kind
and heals all wounds.
"Don’t shrink from trouble—meet
it. whatever it is, upon the open
road, and say in yoar heart when
you see it coming, ‘Well, what of
it?’ "
All this he said on that drowsy
Sunday morning, many years ago,—
the old-fashioned preacher.
All this and much, very much
more.
And every man and every woman
who heard it, went out of that church
with a high heart of courage and a
resolute soul.—Exchange.
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CHANGE TONIGHT
AT THE LIBERTY
A well arranged change of pro
gram at the Liberty Theatre tonight.
A good show. Warm and comfort
able and good pictures is the Liber
ty’s aim.
Cable advices were received this
morning from Seattle stating that
Capt. Nolan, who is en route' north
to succeed Lieut. Dougherty as chief
of the U. S. military oable and tele
graph lines in this section, is ill in
Seattle and may be delayed a few
days in reaching Valdez.
Lieut. C. A. Dougherty, who has
been in charge of the U. S. military
cable and telegraph system on this
division for two years will leave for
the States on one of the first steam
ers. He will sever his connection
with the Signal Corps on February 6,
and has been detailed to the Eighth
cavalry, now stationed at El Paso,
Texas.
Andy Marovich, proprietor of Lou
ie’s Cafe, which was destroyed by fire
last week, has announced that he will
be back in business at the old stand
before many weeks have passed. He
is a popular caterer and Is sure to
hold his old friends and get his share
of the new business which will come
to Valdez next summer as a result
of the mining activity in this district.
Jeff Devluney and xi. L. Hendrick
son left this morning for the Three
In-One mine at ~.oup bay. They are
hopeful that their camp, which has
not been visited fsince the big storm
last week, escaped damage as it is in
a place which its sheltered from the
storms. ]
Ham, the funmaker, in a good com
edy at the Empress. Change of pic- i
tures tonight.
Hotpolnt Electric Heaters, Cookers.
Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Clean ers arrived on the last boat for
the Emporium. tt
BE D
I 6
Governor Strong Believes that Her
ring of Alaska are Kqunl to
those of Norway or Scotland.
Governor Strong has recommend
ed that the Alaska Oil & Guano Com
pany, operating a plant at Killisnoo,
be forced to discontinue its waste of
herring by using that food flsli for
the manufacture of fertilizer. I., his
annual report the governor describes
the herring Industry as follows:
The herring is one or tne most nu- j
merous of the marine fishes of Alas
ka. At various times through* the
year numerous schools of herring may j
observed in the waters along thej
coast, particularly in the waters of
Southeastern Alaska. An extensive
fishery has been developed, but it is i
by no means of the proportions pos
sible, considering the quantities oi
fish available It is true that at some
seasons of the year complaint is beard
from the halibut fishermen, who use
herring for bait, that there is a pro
found scarcity of herring and that the
supply is diminishing gradually; this
however, is not the real situatiu • as j
the runs of herring are practically as;
large as ever in the past. It is true 1
that it is sometimes difficult for the
halibut fishermen to get fresh her
ring for bait, in which event they are
forced to resort either to safted or
frozen herring. The salted herring
are inferior for use as halibut bait j
but the frozen herring are practimlly j
as good as the fresh article. The cold !
storage plants handling halibut -.su-1
ally freeze large quantities of herring j
for sale to the halibut fishermen, dur- |
ing the periods when it is rather dif- i
ficult for them to obtain a sufficient.:
supply of fresh herring. The price us- j
ually charged by the cold stor-'ge ■
companies is reasonable, so that the i
halibut fishermen are not often rorc
ed to use pickled Aerring for boat.
For food purposes the herring of
Alaska are practically the equal of;
Norway or of Scotch herring.
The industry, however, has not j
been developed to its fullest possible I
extent, and the cause has heretofore j
been due to the indifference display- |
ed by those in the industry as to the j
method of preparing the fish.
The situation in the last year or j
two has improved, and it is hoped •
that before long the herring fishery j
of Alaska will be developed on much j
more extensive lines. The cost of
preparing pickled herring in Alaska
has been rather high as compared
with the price which the product has
brought. The fish are caught chiefly 1
in purse seines, which means that all I
sizes are landed. Considerable labor!
is necessary in sorting out the sir.; tier i
which which are lest desirable for;
market purposes although they are
suitable for use as halibut bait. Tf
more of the herring could be taken
in gill nets of proper size only the
large fish won. caught and there
would be less labor involved in pre
paring the catch for market. There
has been much waste in small herring
at times, after the larger ones have
been culled out of the purse seine
catch and prepared for market use.
Conditions, however, in this respect,
are now much better than formerly.
FOX RAISER COMES
FROM THE WESTWARD
F. E. Whelpley, the well known fox
raiser, is in town having arrived on
the steamer Admiral Farragut this
morning. He came from his farm at
Unga on the steamer Dora and con
nected with the Farragut at Seward,
and shipped a number of fine blue
foxes to the states. He reports that
the furs this season are better than
during any previous winter for years,
the hair being especially long and
heavy. At present he is involved in
litigation over the terms of his lease
on the island at Unga, and is in Val
dez where the case Will come before
the federal court. He Btates that the
poor fishing season has been a great
handicap to the residents of the west
ward and that conditions are not
good.
Mr. Whelpley is also extensively in
terested in fox raising in the Mari
time provinces, having a number of
-anches on islands in the Bay of Fun
dy, where he reports the Alaska blue
fox thrives even better than in its na
tive haunts.
Assistant District Attorney Munley 111
The Cook Inlet Pioneer in its la
me of January 22 reports that Assis
tant District Attorney W. Munley nad
men very 111 from la grippe. His
many Valdes friends will bp pleased
o lfearn that later issues of the Pto
leer state that is on the mend and is
»ble to attend to his official duties
Nugget Jewelry made to order at
the Valdes Drug Co., by 0. O.
Retake. tf
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FAMOUS SIKH TEMPLE.
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Most Costly and Ornata Placs of Wor
ship In the World.
You have seen some costly and beau
tiful churches, especially If you have
traveled in Europe. You may perhaps
have gauged the religious devotion of
a given sect by the motley it has lav
ished on its temple, and if this is your
standard do you know who are the
most devout religionists in the world?
The Greek church in Itussiu and the
Roman church in Italy reveal great de
votion, but' their piety, measured by
the above standard. Is trivial when
compared to that of the Sikhs, disciples
of Nnnak Shah, in the Punjab, now
British India. At Amritsar, about thir
ty miles from Lahore, where Edwin
Lord Weeks painted his wonderful ori
ental pictures, there is a Sikh temple
that is without a peer in the Christian
world. It was built when the politico
religious organization was at the pin
nacle of its power and all the wealth
and splendid decorative feeling of the
orient were at the disposal of the
builders.
rue tempie irseir. wmcn was ai one
time served by COO priests, is sixty feet
long and about liulf that width. It is
surrounded by a deep depression, which
is called the “Fount of Immortality.”
Tile bridge leading across this to the
entrance of <he temple proper is floor
ed by plates of engraved silver, each
twelve feet square. The bridge Is il
luminated by gold lamps on marble
pedestals. The walls of the temple
are marble, inlaid by marvelous mosa
ics. The roof is composed of three
glided domes, surrounded by small
golden cupolas, and the doors are of
solid silver. A1I this Is but a setting
for the most costly and ornate altar Id
the world.—St 1/oeis Globe-Democrat
HIS COOK WAS LOYAL
H* Stuck by Prince Sualow and Won
the Title “Misery."
Some years ago. when Prince Bue
low was retiring from the ambassa
dorship at Home to return home and
take up the post of chancellor of the
German empire, be summoned bis
cook, a veritable cordon bleu, to tell
him of the change. “ We shall not live
In our present grand style." he said,
“but on a much smaller scale. Per
haps. therefore, you would prefer to
And another place."
The cook, doubtiess imagining that
financial disaster was impending, re
mained silent for a few moments,
then, with the air of one ubout to per
form a sympathetic act, replied: “Well,
excellency. I am grieved at hearing
such melancholy news, but 1 shall re
main In your service. Whatever may
happen to you, 1 would not for worlds
have it said I had deserted you In your
time of misery."
At dinner one evening the prince
told the story to the kaiser, who bad
bad personal experience of the culinary
chef’s skill, nnd was highly amused
at the prince’s anecdote. So Interest
ed, indeed, did the emperor feel In the
cook that shortly afterward he sent
the worthy fellow a handsome gold
watch, on the lid of which was en
graved the one word “Misery,” by
which name his majesty ever after
ward laughingly spoke of and address
ed him,—Dundee Advertiser.
Ancient Britons’ Sweet Tooth.
Mention of the German custom of
eating a compote of wild strawberries
with roast pork reminds us that our
ancestors in England had a decidedly
sweeter tooth than we have. In Tudor
times it was the general practice to
pour honey over the meat. and. indeed,
honey or sugar was used in so many
dishes (to say nothing of being min
gled with the wine) that it is on record
that the teeth of most people were
black in consequence. Most of our an
cestors’ dishes would be too rich for us
today, for surely even the most nceopi
plished diner out would shrink from
oysters stewed in wine, pigeons stuff
ed with gooseberries, grapes boiled in
butter and mutton stuffed with oysters.
—London Tit-Bits.
Vary Unkind.
“Ladies and gentlemen,” said the
manager before the curtain, “U is my
unpleasant duty to inform you that Mr.
Dust, the star comedian, owing to ill
ness. will not be able to appear to
night. His system has had a very se
vere shock, and he is suffering from
nervous prostration.”
“Wot’s the matter?" shouted s voice
from the gallery. “Did yer pay him in
advance?”—London Mail.
Pessimistic.
“1 paid the butcher’s bill in full to
day; dearie.” said the lady of the
bousa
“No wonder the steak Is tough,"
grumbled her husband. “You’ve got
to keep those fellows guessing If you
want to get good meat.’’—Buffalo News.
Terrors.
Bug originally meant a goblin. The
V«'elsh word bug signifies ghost The
Hebrew word, which In Psalm xcl. 5.
Is represented^ by terror, was lu the
early translations rendered bug. the
verse reading. “Thou shnlt not need to
be afraid of any bugs by night”
His Feat.
“Did you bear about that deaf mute
at the wagon factory 7'
“No."
“He picked up a wheel and spoke.”
Sincerely Wrong.
The most dangerous people in the
world are the people who nre sincerely
wrong. Conscience Is like a compass
aud needs coutliuinl readjustment
Think not That thy word and thin*
alone must be right—Sophocles.
PREPAREDNESS
IS a nation-wide issue of great impor
tance to every man, but need not fie
confined to politics alone. Mr. Good
dresser, are you prepared for your sum
mer’s’/ campaign? Have you ordered
that^new spring suit?
DO IT NOW!
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Gradnatr National UnWeralty,
Washington, D. C.
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