Valdez Daily Prospector
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•MONDAY. I'KBIU AllY 17. DM3.
BALBOA AND CORTEZ.
Men) inn lias in-en made of I In
jmssiliilily of celchral ing I his year
(lie ilMllli anniversary nl' I lie dis
. ,.4,very nl' Ihe Pacific ocean by
Vasco Nunez de Balboa, a Spanish
-adventurer, who shared in bra\e
jiiul dangerous undertakings \xilh
Best bias, Ojeda, Knsico and Ped
i-ai'is, and was put to death, by or
der of the last named, in 1517,
when, according to the chronicles,
lie was i2 years old. The dale
of Balboa's discovery of the great
western ocean is set down as Sep
tember L'fj, 1517. lie had heard,
-some months belnre, of a great
_Body of water oil the western side
of Darien, but his hopes were fix
ed, not on a new ocean particu
larly, but on a means of a getting
to a storied land of treasure, tin
land of the Incas. Afterward he
endeavored to reach Peru in boats
Built of timbers lie had hauled
across tin- Isthmus, but he got
no further than the Pearl Islands.
It is expected that a few weeks
after the Uttlth anniversary the
—first experimental voyage will be
made on the canal out through Un
chain of hills from which Balboa
saw the ocean. Balboa’s discov
ery has been glorified in imper
ishable verse by John Keats, but
iu that esteemed sonnet the honor
of Hi discovery lias neon a«ai u_
ed I Cortez, and so il must re
main, for il is better to falsify
history than to destroy the meter
of a precious poem. The recur
rence of the name of Cortez in
the inevitable Hood of quotations,
however, will serve to emphasize
the fact that the Panama Canal
is in some way the realization of
a dream of the conqueror ol Mex
ico. Cortez saw the commercial
value of culling a waterway con
necting the oceans in the first
half of the sixteenth century.
Then he elmse the Isthmus of Te
huantepec instead of the Isthmus
of Darien is perfectly true, as In*
■knew little of Darien. Perhaps
some Caribbean Indian bad
dreamed the same dream earlier,
—lint there were no historians to
take account of Indian dreams.
MAN IS GROWING HANDSOMER.
The announcement in the cur
rent number of a medical maga
zine of high repute I hat. the Amer
ican is handsomer and better
imused and fed and clothed than
ever man was before, comes time
ijy to meet a pressing need of the
day. Within a comparatively
short lime no fewer than live col
leges in this country have pre
sented claimants to Ihe honor of
being a perfect woman, measur
ed by I lie accepted model of the
Venus of Milo, lint not one lias
put forth a man claiming to ap
proach the Apollo Belvedere.
The injustice is not confined lo
colleges. Magazines have done
worse. The romancers that write
their advertising, the realists lhal
furnish I heir slories, and I lie art
ists that illustrate I his ideas of
lack of both, show a like tendency
to depict man either as a pigmy
beside some daughter of the gods
divinely tall or else as a dummy
cm which to exhibit new styles of
clothing. It would lie difficult to
find any pictorial art, so called,
of our periodical literal lire, in
cluding Ihe commercial pages, in
which a man’s figure is presented
in any oilier aspect Ilian lhal of
a foil lo a girl or a display of
ready-made raiment.. In fact, tin*
evil lias gone so far within a week
that a lecturer has slated that the
average American is not lit to he
a father; lhal if 1.000 I Taiwan I or
Yale graduates were segregated
with their wives from Ihe rest of
file world they would at Ihe end
of six generations lie reduced lo
lifly persons. Wherefore il is
good lo have a ihampion to Ihe
fore. Man may not lie so pretty
as his sister, but he is handsomer
than his lather.
EDITORIAL ROTES.
“Quack” is the title of a new
enmledy. Probably all about hu
man preese. _
Fool hall did its best, but it
plays a sorry sceond to baseball
in popularity.
Fuller I he newest rulinff, some
poets are horn, and some ..dii
ealed al West Point.
Merlin claims a talking cal.
Wonder wlial serenades it selects
for nifihlly rendition?
,\ ]n| of people do not recofr
ni/.e iipporlunity when they meet
it heeause they expect it to look
like luck.
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i The New York hurfilar who stole
in.nno nickels from a household
i(.|- must he a movie fan of the
! worst sort.
t'niti*il Stales fto\crnmenl will
jproviih* fool powder for the shoes
of soldiers. Watch the powder
hills increase.
"Wlial is a cook worth? asks
the Louisville Courier-Journal. II
depends on whether sin- is plen
tiful or scarce.
"Mow to treat ail old man,'' is
the way one editor heads his ad
vice. lie should include the cost
of the said treating.
From a cursory reading of the
crime news one would hardly
think that there are only ten com
mandments to lie broken.
Washington amateurs are In try
out a minstrel performance in the
government hospital for the in
sane. .Nutty stunt, that.
A Chicagoan swallowed his false
teeth. He need never again com
plain that in* ale his food with
out thoroughly masticating it.
The (ierman army will employ
skis in maneuvers this winter.
Not as picturesque as aeroplanes,
but much more safe in case of a
fall. _
China is to kill certain habitual
smokers of opium and will line
others with a maximum of $2,
000. This code itself suggests
the notions of a smoker.
A l.a Crosse Wis. hen swal
lowed a S-'OO ruby. It would pay
soinle enterprising butcher to pur
chase it, mix it with a multitude
of other liens, and auction them
off.
II il should Iranspire Ilial Capl.
Scott’s death was the result of
the cowardice of members of his
crew in not pushing food and fuel
to. the front, there will he a day
of reckoning when the facts be
come known. On such occasions,
we, of the cold countries, know
no such thing as failure to pro
tect our companions. Neither have
low man.
FLYING DAYS.
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One overcoats soon we may
pawn, l.lte grass soon will grow on
Hie lawn: for I he days ruslle past,
and the winter can't last, and the
spring will he with us anon. The
spring, with its sunshine and
(lowers. The spring, with its
green, shady bowers. Willi its
thrushes and wrens and its fat
clucking hens, and its long-legged
calves and its flowers. Oh, gee,
hut the seasons whiz by. They
come and are gone like a sigh;
they knock at our door and come
hack never more, and leave us
gray hairs as I hey lly. As older
we grow and more sere, the swift
er the seasons appear: like fugi
tives chased, they're increasing
their haste, so anxious to score a
new year. They come with a
whoop and a hound, we loose them
as soon as they're found; they cir
cle and rip, and go zippely-zip,
like kids on a merry-go-round.
This life is so wonderfully brief.
We reap, and are blinding the
deaf, when Death conies along
with its quilling time gong, and
hands us a package of grief. We
sow and we reap and we spin and
toil with a scowl or a grin; our
oats and our rye may he ripe
when we die, and the lawyers will I
gather them in. But, hoots. It i
is all for the best, I lie world is a
bully old jest; we'll gambol and
joke till the lime comes to croak,
and go like good sports to our
rest. WALT MASON.
Busy Bees at Valdez.
Valdez has a press agent who is
working overtime, judging from
he dispatches publlsned from that
town in the Fairbanks Citizen.
From the latler paper we learn
that the navy wireless station at
Whiteshed is out of commission,
the CopperRiver railway hopeless
ly blockaded and—but, what’s the
use. These serve as a fair sam
ple. of the kind of prevaricators
who thrive in the Clacier City.
Cordova Alaskan.
The wireless station was out of
commission and the railroad is
still blockaded, so where the lie*
The Cordova Alaskan would have
it I.es Majesty to mention the*
railroad. Last through train from
Cordova to Chitina Dec. 21, 1012:
nelvt through train, Cod only
knows.
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To the Public. I
We hereby announce llial we i
have retired from the banking
business and have transferred
our banking department to the
Valdez Hank & Trust company. |
for whom we bespeak the good j
will of the public.
VALDEZ HANK & MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 29, 1913.
Independent laundry Co.
Satisfaction Ouaranteed |
Telephone 66 I
Foot Keystone Ave
Rough Dry lCc lb.
VALDEZ DOCK CO.
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY AND GRAIN
PHONE NO. 1.
Agent for
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. ALASKA COAST COMPANY.
FOR SALE
2 1-2 H. P. Stationary Gasoline
Engine
A BARGAIN
Keystone Dock Valdez Iron Works
Lenten Suggestions
Norway Mackerel, Mackerel in Oil,
Sweedish Anchovies, Imported Sar
dines, Sardine Paste, Minced Clams,
Blue Point Oysters, Clam Chowder,
Findon Haddock, Fish Balls, Salt Sal
mon, Codfish Bricks, Alaska Red Sal
mon, Norway Fish Balls, Tureene
Clams, S. S. Oysters, Yarmouth
Bloaters, Kippered Herring, Ham
burg Eels. Salmon Steaks in Cans.
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting anil passengers to all parts
of the interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
MoKiniey St, Valdes1
It up Horn
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C/fAS. P£MY, M£.
THE BEST Or EVERYTHING
IN THE HEART OTTHEdn
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GOOD REASONS *
The most progressive
store keepers all over the
country use electricity for
lighting. Why is it ?
Because
It makes a lighter store.
It is cleanly.
|t gives less trouble.
It aces notpciiuiotheair.
It lends its'-.tf readily to
any special decorative
effect.
it shovo sip colors to
good ad'.’ r.c "*.
*Phon.. .'.pert to
talk ito*o- v.”.n . •
! ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TEL. CO.
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Steam Heat Electric Ligate
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furniehed Room* All Modern Convenience*
Good Tiir DIICCCT G ° °d
Goods I IIL DU IT LI Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
.Native and ¥ V TR^DCD and Building
Puget Sound IjUIVIDIUi Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
Arguments May Be Disputed, But
“Facts Are Facts. ”
It i- a fact that Valdez beer is a food and not a tonic.
Ask any doctor you know. Valdez beer aids digeslion. Use
it a few times with your meals and you’ll find we’re right.
If you drink beer you should use Valdez beer in preference to
others. First, because of its unquestionable high quality.
Second, because it is a home product; brewed in your home
town and all who are interested in the growth and prosper
ity of Valdez should patroniz home products.
VALDEZ BREWING AND BOTTLING CO.
We do a
general
Banking
Business
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
I We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates ot Deposit