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PUBLISHED BT
STEWART & SELBY, Proprietors
TERMS.
Dally Prospector.
By carrier, per month ...A 1.00
By mail, per annum .*10.00
The Weekly Miner.
Fy carrier, per month .• .4*
By mall, per annum .* 3.00
The Dally Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad
dress, per month .A 1.M
The Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner, by mail, to one address
only, per year .*12.50
Business Off.ce and Editorial Rooms,
TEL. 152
Advertising Rates on Application.
TVE8DAY, MAY 28, 1016
YOl'R OPINION.
It may be valuable in your estima
tion, but it is a question whether it
is worth anything on the market.
Everybody has one of his own, and 1
often a number of them. They are!
usually quite proud of them, and very
anxious to air them as often as pos-:
sible; in fact as a rule, the less aj
person knows about a thing the more
opinions he has. They are like the 1
proverbial dogs and children of a poor
man.
Valuable opinions are based on
facts and experience. Then they need !
to be kept a while until they are ripe. |
A person in possession of opinions of j
this sort is not as anxious to bestow I
them freely and unsolicited as are the j
persons who have immature and j
worthless ones on hand.
The village grocery is the place, as
a rule, where opfnions are given out
to the public; although once in a
while someone hires a hall and un
unloads them upon the public for cash
or for public patronage.
Criticism is the frost that kills
opinions; that is; if you put them out
before they are ripe. The newspaper,
next to the grocery is the bulletin
board for opinions; from the ponder
ous ones of the editor to those of the
timid correspondent, who signs him
self “A Reader.” Those, with the news
and ads, are about all there is in the
paper. Opinions, in this form, make
good kindling with which to start a
fire in the kitchen range. Some of
them are supposed to be explosive,
because they contain Considerable
•dynamite, but they are harmless in
the stove—and usually, elsewhere.
The opinions really worth while
are not given unsolicited. The people
have paid dearly for them and usually
get a good price for them. It is a good
investment to buy good opinions, if in
need of them, for .they often save
time, money and trouble. A doctor’s
prescription is his opinion, written
in Latin; it usually brings 75 cents.
Taken internally, according to direc
tions, it may change your opinion of
him, and, it may not.
A good rule to observe in relation
to your opinions, is to keep them un
til they are sought by some one who
thinks you know more than they do;
then give them sparingly.
MILLER ON ALASKA.
Former Mayor John F. Miller, of
Seattle, in announcing his candidacy
for the Republican nomination for
•Congress to succeed Humphrey re
fers to Alaska in these platform
words:
"The repeal of all laws which are
now retarding the development of
Alaska and the enactment of such
measures as will stimulate individ
ual enterprise and initiative to the
greatest possible extent."
Mr. Miller was one of the first of
those to stampede to Dawson in 1897.
He got news of the great Klondike
strike in February of that year sev
eral months before the arrival of the
Portland with- a “ton of gold” at Se->
attle, and left shortly afterward for
the scene. Since that time the North
land has had a warm spot in the
I heart of this Seattle lawyer and poli
; tician.
i Seattle ought to send a supporter
I of the administration to Congress. Its
; special service to Alaska and the
Northwest in addition to its general
service to the country, unparalleled
since Lincoln’s day, has earned the
backing of Seattle. However, if the
Puget Sound metropolis is to be rep
resented by a Republican there would
be no tears shed in the North if a
change were made from Humphrey
to Miller.—Empire.
JL.KT IS HOPE
Word comes from Washington that
Delegate Wickersham hopes to get a
bill extending the full Territorial
form of government to Alaska passed.
It is encouraging news, and we shall
continue to hope that the Delegate is
sincere in the matter and that he will
make a determined effort to realize
the hope. Alaska needs it. We need
amendments to our general school
laws. We need power to regulate
many things. The lack of government
al power is seriously retarding dev
elopment. It is shackling a growing
country that is ready for sane and
reasonable expansion.
It is good to know that the Dele
gate to Congress takes enough inter
est in his bill to express the belief
that it may become a law. It will be
a welcomed day when he appears be
fore the Committee on Territories
and makes the case for it so strong
that it will be favorably reported to
Congress—If the day ever really
comes.—Empire.
After learning that a prominent
Kentuckian asks $600 for the loss of
his mustache in an explosion, one can
only wonder how much Carranza
would have been ahead under similar
circumstances.
Jim Black, the well known travel
ing man was a visitor in town Sun
day.
George Mead has placed a hand
some new sign in front of his place
of business.
Bill Acres and Bob Scott will leave
tomorrow on the launch Blackhawk
on a three months prospecting trip
down the Sound.
THE EMPRESS
To-Night - and - Wednesday
One Show this, evening at 8:10 sharp
A
The Empress Circuit Presents
“CHECKERS”
5-Act Comedy Drama
PLAYED BY THOS. W. ROSS AND KATHERINE
LASALLE.
\
Checkers is one of the most pleasing
Comedy Dramas shown on the screen
and has 300 beautiful scenes, includ
ing fine horse races.
Admission 25c Children 10c
ANOTHER BARGAIN - -
SWEET PICKLES—Mixed
and Straight.
SOUR PICKLES—Mixed and
Straight
CHOW CHOW—French Mus
tard—Chili
SAUCE—Mexican Hot Relish.
INDIA RELISH—
IN GLASS PINT FRUIT JARS—AT 25 CENTS PER JAR, ONLY
KING’S GROCERY PHONE 188
GUARANTEED EGGS, THREE DOZEN FOR ONE DOLLAR
CONTRACT LET
GLACO CLAIMS
TO KI N 100 FEET OF' TCNNEL
Valdez Mining Company Will Devel
op Promising Vein on South Side
of Valdez Glacier—Much Work Al
ready Done.
Development work on another
promising Valdez mining property
will commence within a few days, and
if the plans of the company are car
ried out, the property will soon be
placed among the list of producers,
A contract was let this morning to
Red Tuson, James O'Brien and An
drew Burkland to do 100 feet of tun
nel work on th.e property of the Val
dez Mining Company, and when this
contract is completed, the company
contemplates the letting of further
contracts until the vein is sufficiently
developed to warrant the installation
of machinery. .
The property is situated on the
south side of the Valdez glacier and
is a very promising property. A large
amount of development work has al
ready been done on the vein, tunnels
already run having demonstrated that
the vein runs to considerable depth
and carries good values. It is oppo
site the Ramsay-Rutherford property,
which is now a large producer, and
it is confidently expected that the
vein on the Valdez Mining company's
ground will give equal results.
GOES TO WILSON
IS PASSED MY MOTH HOUSES
Bill Is Said to Contain a .Joker De
priving General Leonard Wood of
His Geronimo Honor Medal, Given
for Distinguished Services.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 23.—
The army bill agreed upon in confer
ence has been accepted by both the
upper and lower Houses and will now
go to the President for approval. It
is said that the bill contains a joker
intended to deprive General Leonard
Wood, commander of the department
of the east, of his Geronimo Honor
Medal, rendered for distinguished
services.
PENSION APPROPRIATION
IS REDUCED SIX MILLION
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 23.—
The pension budget, carried by the
sundry civil appropriation bill, was
reduced by $6,000,000 from the orig
inal amount called for in the bill.
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ODD OCCURRENCES
THROUGHOUT COUNTRY.
E. Harper of North Roseberg, Ore.,
has a calf with only three legs. The
animal has only one front leg, which
is larger than the leg of a normal
calf.
Mrs. Belmar E. Loomis, of Minne
apolis, Minn., gave birth to twin boys,
one born at 1:30 p. m. February 28.
and the other 2:30 p. m. March 3.
A human skull, a right shoulder
blade, a left thigh bone, an upper
arm bone, and 'one fingerbone were
found in the stomach of a 12-foot
shark, captured by Henry Sanford of
New York) at Soldier Key, Florida.
Miss Elsie Dobbins of Caldwell, N.
J., is the owner of a hen which is 14
years old and has laid its three thou
sandth egg.
Miss Bessie Allen of Milwaukee,
Wis., in an operation had a diseased
vertebra replaced with a piece of bone
from one of her legs.
Seven year old Harold Lutzk, of
Atlanta, Ga., sees every object back
ward, just as a normal person sees
it in a mirror.
LOCAL BREVITIES
Ice! Ice! ice!
Delivered to all parts of the city.
One cant per pound. Love-Whitley, tf
Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker, Phone 131. tf
A fine display or nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart street. •
A new line ot Middy Buns, just re
ceived at E. Winters’. tf
EMPEROR WILLIAM
GOES TdPOTTSDAM
TO SETTLE CABINET AFFAIRS
Believed Successor Will Be Named to
Home Secretary Delbruck, and
Other Changes in Ministry are Ex*
pected.
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LONDON, May 23.—A dispatch re-1
ceived here from Amsterdam states:
that the Emperor William of Ger
many is hastening back to the Potts
dam from the front to settle a diffi-l
culty in the ministry. It is expected I
that on his arrival a successor will be|
named to Home Secretary Herr Del-i
bruck, whose removal was recently
decided upon because of the disorder
arising out of the distribution and
high prices of foodstuffs. It is rumor
ed that other changes will take place
in the cabinet.
WAITE TRIAL IS
NOW UNDER WAY
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SELECT JURY IN RECORD TIME j
—
IJkvo and- Three-Quarter Hours After
First Talesman Called the Juryf
I
Box Was Filled—Waite May Save]
Time by Pleading Guilty.
NEW YORK, May 23.—The trial l
of Dr. Waite, the dentist charged j
with the murder of his wife’s parents, j
John E. Peck, a millionaire drug;
manufacturer of Grand Rapids, Mich-]
igan, and wife, commenced here yes-]
terday.
The selection of a jury to hear the |
case was made in the shortest time ]
on record for a case of the impor- ]
tance of the present one. In two and 1
three-quarters hours-after the first!
talesman was called twelve jurors, ac-j
cepted by both sides were in the box, ]
and the case was ready for trial. j
After the jury had been selected an]
adjournment was taken until today. It!
is believed that Waite will enter a1
plea of guilty.
MUNSON’S FACING
SERIOUS PROBLEM j
Reports from out the trail indi- j
cate that the Salcha river is behaving j
in such a manner that the safety of]
the residents of Munsons is question-,
ed. High water and jams have cut!
off communication between the tele
graph lines and the roadhouse, and
the last message that came through
to Fairbanks from the roadhouse
called upon R. J. Sommers for assis
tance.
There was a foot or more of water
in the barn at Munsons, says a report
received from that place, and boats
were -being used to get to the barn.
Two years ago a flood carried away
a great portion of the settlement,
which was built right on the bank.
The Salcha started to break about a
week ago. The ice jammed below the
Indian village, and the water started
to back up. The Tanana is getting
higher all the time, and the situation
when the last report was received]!
looked extremely critical.—Fair
banks.
E.# P. Casliman, mayor of Wort
man’s, came in last evening from that
place.
Do not forget to see Checkers to
night at the Empress.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everything First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Everything First Class
Lightning Service
Jack CaUlo , • _Proprietor
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free eed Accepted Muo»
Regular* Communications first Wed
nesday In each month In McKinley
TBV«wKom.
ED WOOD, Secretary. 1
The finest stockings
—the neatest socks
And every pair guar
anteed to wear for
six months or new
hose free.
EVERY box of Hole
proof contains a defi
nite, printed guaran
tee with a coupon for
each pair.
Six pairs of cotton Hole
proof for men, women
ana children are guaran
teed to wear six months
without a hole,
Three pairs o! silk Hole
proof for men and women
are guaranteed to wear
three months without a
hole.
If any pairs fail, send
them back and the man
ufacturers will gladly and promptly send you new pairs in
exchange. Even the gauzy, summer weights are guaranteed.
Yet, most people buy Holeproof for their style, perfect fit
and fine appearance.
mxz
K£N, wo. .an
Think of the darning they save, and the expense too, of buying new
» hose every week or two. Dor/i you think you ought to buy
Holeproof? Ask us to show you the new colors and various
grades, J1.50 to $3,0U a box.
S. BLUM & CO.'*
Sm GOOD GOODS
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Dm* Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT*-COLD
Alaska Jewelry Go.
With Owl Drug Co.
All Kinds of Nugget and
Ivory Jewelry.
Developing and Printing
Photo Supplies Phone 40
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Vim, Light Roomi-The Hease of Comfort
rates: reasonable
BATH ROOM Special Rates By'tbe Month
PHONE 133 ' MRS. SYRING, Prop.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company .
Office on AlaskaAvenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. €0
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
. ■ ■■ '
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University,
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
JOHN LYONS E. E RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office. In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VAl.DEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER k
U. S. Mineral Surveyor ^
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
Somebody '
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect ; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful bust*
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man With the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.