Valdez Daily Prospector
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S.V! I HI >AY. M AH011 22. MM 3.
OUR BACKWARD MOVEMENT. ;
tn si riking rmi I rasl with I lie
liberal policy of Ihc ('.ainuliau
govornmonl I>ward Ihc North
west lerrilorics is Ihc miserly
treatment which has been receiv
ed by Alaska from I he recent Taft
administration. The Dominion!
government has put forth every j
effort to attract settlers to Ihej
frontier country. Tracts of land'!
have been supplied on the most
liberal terms; homes and farm
ing implements have been fur
nished; mineral resources have
been left open for location and
development wherever found, and
those going into the new coun
try have been encouraged other
wise in every way possible. The
result has been the emigration of
thousands 01 Americans irom me
United States; the attraction of j
many millions of didlars from |
London for investment, and the
development of the country be
yond the wildest dreams of tin*
Dominion government.
Alaska is a country of greater
natural opportunity. There arc
thousands upon thousands of fer
tile acres in the valleys through
out thrt territory which are lying
dormant because of the refusal j
of Republicans at Washington to j
encourage development; there are!
billions of tons of high-grade coal j
in Alaska, the mining of which |
would give employment to thou
sands of men and save Alaskans j
thousands of dollars annually j
were it not lor the fact that Pres- j
ident Taft and his conservation- !
ist advisors have denied the peo- ]
pie the right to develop the ledges j
which they discovered; capital re- \
fuses to consider investment in
the territory because of the un- !
certainty of conditions, and in-j
stead of a steady growth of pop- j
illation such as is taking place in j
in the Northwest territories, the j
number of people in Alaska is ac- ;
fually declining.
In his annual report to the j
Secretary nf Interior Governor!
Clark calls attention to tin* back
ward movement which has been
in progress in Alaska, particu
larly during the past two years,
and explains why there lias been
retrogression instead of advance
ment in the North.
In his review of general con
ditions obtaining in Alaska dur
ing the past year, the governor
says:
winic tHere was pionamy a
small increase in the number of
residents who may be regarded
as attached In Hie suit or engag
ed in industries of a permanent
character, there was, without
doubt, a considerable decrease in
tile population of Alaska as a
whole. The gain in while popu
lation 'lint including mixed Rus- i
sian hot ween the census years I
1900 and 1910 was only 5,85-i. j
nr 19 per cent. The native popu
lation has probably remained
nearly stationary as to number
sirice 1910, when the total num
ber of people in I tic territory, both
white, native and mixed, was 6 5,
4)56. The moderate decline in
white population which lias been
experienced in the last two years
is due in pari to diminished ac
tivity in placer mining in the in
terior valleys, but in at least an
equal measure, probably, to in
adequate land laws, to the re
markable public calumnies about
Alaska which, spread broadcast
through the medium of the press,
have kept capital without its bor
ders, and to the failure of con
gress to lend necessary means of
encouragement to (lie develop
ment of a virgin region. One who
is fully acquainted with I his dis
tressing condition of neglect
icadily appreciates the feeling of
many of our people who, as the
years pass, speak with little self
restraint on this subject.
“Some encourageimenl has been
derived, however, from the new
legislation authorizing an exam
ination and report by a board of
experts on feasible railroad
routes from tidewater to the in
terior. The former must be re
garded as of the highest import
ance, since cheap transportation
is the prime factor in early ter
ritorial development,; but the cre
ation of a local legislative body
can not be expected to solve the
main problems of Alaska, since
these problems can be dealt with
by congress alone. Even some
of the minor matters of needed
legislation must still be present
ed to congress, for the reason
that I lie powers of the new Alas
ka legislature are narrowly cur
tailed by the creative act of Aug
ust, 2 \, 1912.
"Tile decrease in population,
accompanied by a falling o(V in
freight shipments and loss of
business prosperity, has been wit
nessed chiefly in the inferior of
the territory. The southeastern
.region as a whole is much more
prosperous I ban ever before, be
cause of the expansion of the fish
ing and the stable development
of gold ipiarl/ mining operations
in the Juneau district.-l-'aichunks
Tillies.
WAIT.
By (ieorge Matthew Adams.
Beam to Waif.
Xof idly, hid wilh the spirit of
Business in your system working
itself out inlo some useful En
deavor. For to know MOW to
Wail is lo master one of the
greatest secrets of Success.
Learn to Wait.
The parents of Balzac were
wealthy. The son at the age of
20 announced his determination
to become an Author. "Bui,”
urged his father, “do you not
know that in literature a man
must bo either king or hodman?”
“Very well.” replied the young
man. "I'll be king.” He was,
therefore abandoned lo a rude
garret, where for ten years he
labored against the fiercest pov
erty and obstacles. But his Wait
ing and Work won. Balzac will
remain among the greatest in the
literature of all time.
Learn to Waif.
To Wait, intelligently, is abil
ity in itself of the rarest sort.
For it is a quality imbedded in
Fortitude, Self Mastery and Will.
Learn to Wait.
You hold a humble position.
You are restless. A’ou see oth- |
ers of less ability and brains
passing you. Waif. The prizes
of life seem lo you to he uneven
ly distributed. Wait. The click
and glare of (fold and Silver play
songs lo your senses. But Wail.
Do more than you are paid for
in real work and conscientious
Effort. Conquer (he Trifles. Heap
the respect of your Superiors.
Wait. And your rise lo power
shall be as the rise to power of
the men and women who have
made this world what it is.
Learn to Wait.
Notice of First Meetings of Di
rectors and Sttookholders of j
Mineral King Mining Company. I
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, a majority of the
persons named, in the articles of
incorporation of the Mineral King
Mining Company, a corporation
formed under the laws of the Ter
ritory of Alaska and the articles
of incorporation whereof were
filed on March 17, 1913, in the of
fice of Ihe clerk of (lie district
court of the Third division of said
Territory at Valdez, Alaska, as the
first board of directors of said
corporation, to George H. Her
mann, A. A. Evermann and Albert
H. Willmore, who are all the per
sons named in said articles as
composing said first board of di
reelors, that a regular meeting of
said hoard of directors, being the
firsl meeling of said board,
will he convened and held
for the purposes of com
oleling the organization of said
corporation, offering its capital
slock for subscription, and trans
acting any other business of said
corporal ion that may properly be
brought before said board, on the
lentil day of April, 1913, at 3
o'clock p. m.. at the bunkhouse of
the Mineral King Mine on Hetties
Hay, Port Weils, Alaska.
And notice is also hereby giv
en by the undersigned to all whom
it may concern that a regular
meeting, being the first meeting,
of Hie stockholders of said cor
poral inn. including all subscrib
ers for said capital thereof, will
lie convened and bold, for the pur
poses of making and adopting by
laws for its government and
transacting any other business of
said corporation that may prop
erly he brought before said stock
holders. mi said tenth day of Ap
ril. 1913. at four o’clock p. m.,
at said bunkhouse nf the Mineral
King Mine on Hetties Ray, Port
Wells, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this'
(7th day of March. 1913. !
GEORGE It. HERMANN. i
A. A EVERMANN,
Directors.
l-'irsl pub. March 17, 1913.
East pub. April 8. 1913.
iiw i ive. ur nbHninu vr r iivhi.
. ACCOUNT.
n III ■ United Stales Commission
er's Court, ex OtTicio Judge iu
Probate, Valdez Precinct. Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
In the matter of the estate of
.ouis Camieia, deceased, James
Fish and W. H. Caswell, adminis
trators.—Notice of Hearing of Fi
nal Account.
Notice is hereby given that
James Fish and \V. II. Caswell,
administrators of the estate of
Louis Camieia, deceased, have
rendered, filed and presented Tor
settlement their final account and
report of their administration of
the said estate, and that the 21st
day of April, 1913, at the hour of
2 o’clock n. m. of said day, at the
office of Thomas R. Shepard, ex
officio judge in probate of the
Valdez precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by the
said court at the time and place
of settlement of said final account
and report, at which time and
place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file
his objections and exceptions to
said final account and report.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
19th day of February, 1913.
JAMES FISH.
W. II. CASWELL.
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camieia, deceased.
Date of first pub. Feb. 19, 1913.
Date of last pub. April 21, 1913
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Every Boat
brings something new to this store.
The S. S. Sampson brought us some
Carter & Holmes Easter Neck Wear
for men;
&IAR BRANDS
SHOES l
1 ARE $
IbettekJ|
Robert Johnson & Rand Shoes
for men, women and children. Come in and
see them, they show real class.
Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner $1.25 the mo. delivered
Economical
Ironing *
To iron economically
you must not waste
heat.
Ironingwith ordinary
flat irons is very waste
ful of heat; most of the
heat goes up the kitchen
chimney ; a lot of it is
wasted in charring the
ironing pad and in
scorching the clothes.
Ironing with a l
G-E Electric
Flat Iron
is quite different — all the
heat is in the iron, ready to
go into the pieces ironed in- *
stead of going into the Boom
or up the kitchen chimney.
None of it is wasted.
To use only the amount of
host actually needed for
ironing, be it either heavy
damp piece* or lace*,
embroidery or other light
good* i* real economy.
That’s why G-E Irons ire
used in thousands of homes
throughout the country.
We keep allstyles and sizes
—Letussend you one on trial.
Alaska Water, Light
& Telephone Co.
h« ;
Steam Heat Electric Ligkt*
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Room* All Modern Conveniences
Good jyr DIICCCT G ° °d
Goods I IlL DUMLI Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
^Native and I T T1V/ID17D and Building
Puget Sound LUlVluCiIV 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
f<Facts Are bacts. ” |
It i - a fact that Valdez beer ig a food and not a ionic. |
Ask any doctor you know. Valdez beer aids digestion. 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 prefer :nce to j
others. First, because of its unquestionable high quality, j
Second, because it is a home pr duct; brewed in your home j
town and all who are interested in the growth and prosper- ;
ity of Valdez should patroniz home products.
VALDEZ BREWING AND BOTTLING CO. i
We do a Bank in
general Irear of
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We Pay 4 Per tent Interest on Time Certificates ol Deposit