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only, per year..*12,5®
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THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1910
THE TIME HAS COME.
vVe have remarked before tliat
1916 was to be an odd year for Alas
kans; in that it was a national elec-,
tion year; a territorial election year j
for delegate, attorney general and1
part of legislators with the oddity j
emphasized forcibly by the contest |
that is just ahead of us in tlie attempt j
to make Alaska dry territory. This j
part of the campaign promises to be ,
hotly contested throughout the terri
tory, as both the Liquor Dealers’ As
sociation and the Prohibition party:
are well organized and in the held. j
r acing uie siiuanon, it luuuws umi ,
every voter must declare himself.
This declaration need not he public in
the individual voters, because a voter
can use tlie ballot. It is otherwise
with a newspaper. We believe that
when a question is involved, a news
paper must take a stand. It cannot j
stand on the fence. It need not be I
abusive nor resort to personalities; !
and a clear cut expression is all that:
is required. We have no great faith I
in a newspaper without the courage j
of its convictions' and most of the !
people feel the same wry. The prolii- j
bition newspapers have all declared j
their stand; then why should the op-'
position to prohibition hesitate to do j
likewise?
Bearing that in mind, the Progres
sive Miner is opposed to prohibition
until congress has given us the the
power to levy and collect taxes with
which to manage our affairs. When
ever congress sees fit to give us the
power to tax big and little businesses,
our revenue to maintain our schools,
streets and other incidental expenses
is far short of our needs, and without
the license money it will be impos
sible to manage our affairs. This is
our stand. However, unlike the pro
hibition newspapers that are continu
ally piling on abuses on the opposi
tion, we shall refrain from further
discussion of this subject until we are
attacked by dissenters. We willingly
grant the prohibitionists the right to
their opinion and we expect the same.
—Progressive-Miner (Ketchikan).
WHAT SHE IS WORTH.
r_
A Wisconsin professor of home eco
nomics has made an exact estimate
of what a wife is worth to her hus
band in dollars and cents. It is esti
mated that she should be credited
with earning the difference between
the cost of the raw material and the
finished product that she turns out.
Just what this is he can learn by
estimating food items; for example,
| by noting the difference between the
| cost of a barrel of flour and the cost
'of the loaves made from such barrel.
A more direct method, however, is to
hire some person to do the cooking,
dressmaking and other labors per
formed by the wife. Unfortunately,
this is seldom done until the wife has
.gone to heaven so that she fails to
benefit by the husband’s discovery.
There is reason to believe, how
ever, that no wife who holds herself
in due respect will accept this so
called scientific estimate of her value
to the family. She knows very well
that she is worth more in actual mon
ey than the difference between raw
materials and the finished product,
and that if she were paid what she
really earns, her compensation would
include that of teacher, nurse, seam
stress, laundress, cook, housemaid,
and oftentimes, alas, a chopper of
wood, a farm hand and a general
utility person.
Of course, few husbands can af
ford to put the services of their wives
on this purely commercial basis, and,
unfortunately, few wives have any
thought of demanding it. The most
of them, there is reason to believe,
are entirely satisfied when they are
sure that their husbands, like him of
whom Solomon wrote, value them far
above rubies—so far that no thought
of gross commercialism is involved.—
Indianapolis Star.
AN UNRELIABLE PUBLICATION.
That tales oft repeated lose their
original character is evidenced by
the following from the Pathfinder, a
Washington, D. C., publication, on the
recent strike on the government rail
road in Alaska: «
“In far-off Alaska Uncle Sam had
to meet a strike. The workers there
had struck two months before, but it
was charged that Uncle Sam had
squeezed their wages down to 53 cents
an hour, whereas they should have
been 55. So for that extra two cents
the work of the nation had to be sus
pended, causing heavy damage and
loss. Troops had to be dispatched to
the scene, involving additional ex
pense to the people; and after all the
leaders called the strike off.”
The source of such stuff as the
above is Jfnown, of course, only to
the editor of the Pathfinder, but there
is absolutely not one fact, other than
there was a strike in the whole ar
ticle, not one. It is not always pos
sible for newspapers to get the whole
truth of every article published, but
every reputable newspaper tries; at
least to have the news appearing in
its columns as nearly true as possi
ble. Therefore there is not the slight
est excuse for any paper writing a
story so widely at variance with the
truth as the above, unless it is done
wilfully.
It would seem that the Pathfinder,
published at the National capital,
might have secured with a little effort
more reliable data on a matter that
was of some little moment to the gov
ernment, the laboring man and the
people of Alaska. But it is only too
evident that no such effort was made,
and those readers of the Pathfinder
unacquainted with the facts, gained
an entirely erroneous impression of
the trouble and its causes, and brands
the Pathfinder as a most unreliable
source of information.
Nels Jepson and William Sitz left
last evening to return to Beaver Dam.
THE EMPRESS
TONIGHT
One Show this evening at 8:10 sharp
A BIG PROGRAM
JAt'K’S PALS—A Jungle Zoo Wild Animal Picture With Exciting
Scenes. ^
THE OJiLY WAY OPT—A Three-Act Broadway Star Feature Dra
ma.* This is a most interesting Story with fine acting.
THE ROPXDERS—Fat and Charlie in one big scream comedy.
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On Sunday—Love, Snow and Ice In
5 Big Reels.
Admission 25c \ Children 10c
ANOTHER BARGAIN - -
SWEET PICKLES—Mixed CHOW CHOW—French Mus
and Straight. tard—Chill
SOUR PICKLES—Mixed and SAUCE—Mexican Hot Relish.
Straight. V INDIA RELISH
IN GLASS PINT FRUIT JARS—AT 23 CENTS PER JAR, ONLY
king’s Grocery ph°™ *«
"■■"■memi■ ■ m—wi ■ —aeiw, TIAIIl.AMD. DAT T AD
As nearly as can be determined the
rumors of the sinking of the Cymbric
were foundered on fact.
Anyhow, folks getting married
now will never think of thiB as the
second year of the great war.
Now that Serbia has acquired a
navy, Egypt will beidemanding recog
nition of her ships*of the desert.
One drawback to extending the
olive branch to Tammany is that it
dosen’t grow the right sort of plums.
The printer who set it “Higher of
ficials densely await results” wasn’t
far off in these piping times of tense
ness. •
The inability of Mexican bandits to
differentiate between Villa and Car
ranza in their battle cries strikes us
as about right.
A few pages of Gulnare and Zo
belde are enough to make the aver
age man envy Gen. Townshend his
captivity of Bagdad.
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❖ THIS DAY IX JIISTORY. ❖
Feast day of: St. Urban, pope an:l
martyr; St. Aldhelm, first bishop of
Sherborne; St. Gregory (Hildebrand.)
1659—Richard Cromwell resigned
the protectorate.
1686—Charter government in Mas
sachusetts displaced.
! 1720—Flague ship arrived in Mar
seilles, France.
1776—Congress voted to engage
Indians for warfare. I
1780—Two regiments of Washing
ton’s troops mutinied.
1840—Lake Erie rose four feet in
a few hours and then subsided.
1871—Women in Paris set many
fires with petroleum.
1SS7—Yale College became a Uni
versity.
1887—Opera Comique in Pari3
burned; 131 lives lost.
1911— President Diaz and Vice
President Corral resigned and Barra
was chosen provisional president of
Mexico.
• 1912-^-Mexican insurgent Zapata
warned the United States consul-gen
eral of an impending attack on Mexi
co City and requested all Americans
to withdraw.
1912— United States Navy Depart
ment ordered the mobilization of a
fleet at Key West; War Department
planned a quick movement of troops;
both in anticipation of a possible
campaign in Cuba.
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A Warning.
• It has come to the knowledge of
members of the Civic League that
certain boys, in a spirit of meanness,
have soiled the swings, bars and other
apparatus on the children’s play
ground in a foul manner, and they
desire that warning be given to the
perpetrators that a repetition of the
act will lead to arrest.
DEATH FOR THREE
CUBAN VOODOOISTS
CHAMAGUEY, Cuba, May 25.—
Two colored sorcerers and a colored
woman have been condemned to death
by the garrote for the murder of an
aged white man.
The man was killed with the pur
pose of securing his blood for use
during voodoo incantations which
were to cure a disease with which
the woman was afflicted.
Base Ball Dance
The base ball boys will give a big
dance Saturday night at Moose hall.
Good music will be furnished. Tick
ets on sale by members of ball team.
JAMES J. HILL
* IS VERY ILL
ST. PAUL, May 25.—That James
J. Hill is seriously ill is now generally
believed. His friends and business
associates have been unable to see
him since last Wednesday and re
ports have been circulated that Com
plications of his illness have develop
ed. It is admitted by the doctors
that his recovery is not as rapid as
desired.
Don’t Forget Baseball Dance.
Keep in mind tliat the Baseball
club will give a big dance Saturday
night, and that you are invited to at
tend. The boys need the money to
pay for their playing apparatus, and
expect a big attendance. Of course
they propose that will not regret be
ing separated from your money for
they are bending every effort to give
those who attend an evening of genu
ine pleasure.
Mrs. Sheelor Goes South.
Mrs. F. W, Sheelor was a through
passenger on the Alameda for Skag
way. Mr. Sheelor will follow on the
next boat and they will make a trip
over the White Pass and down the
Yukon, taking views of the interior
country. Mr. and Mrs. Sheelor have
just returned from the Mt. McKinley
country, where they went to obtain
views of the famous mountain.
Try a Rainey Sundae at Hunt’s
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BASEBALL GAME
SCHEDULED SUNDAY
HOME TEAM PLAYS LISCUM
Former Rivals Arrange a Match for
Sunday—:Ball Game Will Be the
First of the Season and a Good
Turn-Out Expected.
The ball fans of Valdez and Lis
cum will be favored with an exhibi
tion of the first game of the season
of the national pastime. A match has
been arranged with the Ft. Liscum
team and if the weather permits it
is expected that a large and enthusi
astic crowd of Valdez and Liscum
rooters will be out in full force with
all the noisy weapons available. The j
Valdez line-up is as follows: I
G. Strixner, p., Blackburn, p., C.!
Bradbury, c., H. Ober, c., Haines, lb. i
Barnes, 2b, Blackburn, 3b Schneider,!
rf.. P. King, ss., Hermann, If., Leo- j
pold, cf., Selby, sub.
The Liscum line-up follows:
R. Hoots, ss., H. Coombs, '2b., It. I
O'Dear lb, E. Lains, p., Blackburn,,
3b., Sergt. Allen, cf.. L. Gifford, c., ]
Gardner, rf., P. E. Brown. If., Wade, ]
sub. i
As there is a considerable deficit to;
be met in the matter of paying for the
paraphernalia the Baseball boys of
Valdez will give a splendid big dance i
Saturday evening at the Moose Hall.'
As the team is to provide a good share !
of the pleasure for the people of Val-1
dez this summer it is expected that a !
large crowd will turn out to heip
them. If it is impossible for you to
go, buy a ticket anyway. They are1
for sale by the members of the team.
Good music has been provided.
SOI RDOI GH DIES WHILE
ENROCTE TO ANCHORAGE;
I
Mr. M. D. Crocker, of Seward,
died of a stroke of apoplexy yester
day at noon aboard the steamer A!-|
alaska, en route to Anchorage. Mr.
Crocker was formerly in the paint
and wall paper business in Seward,
and in company with his wife and
four-year-old baby girl was on the
way to Anchorage to open a store,
bringing his Seward stock with him |
on the Alaska. Dr. C. W. Dreisbad, i
of the reclamation service, was for
tunately aboard and was in attend- j
ance, but the case was beyond med
icinal assistance.
Mr. B. F. Wood, of the undertak
ing firm of Wood & Loudermilch. j
brought the body ashore for prep-;
aration for burial. Funeral arrange- j
ments will be arranged as soon as j
Mrs. Crocker’s son, C. A. Bodum, I
who is connected with the commis-;
sion at Moose creek, reaches Anchor-j
age.
Mr. Crocker was 54 years of age,!
a member of the Pioneers of Alaska, j
and a man of high moral character |
and extremely well thought of in •
Seward, where he was well and fav- j
orably known. He was a brother to
Mr. U. G. Crocker, a merchant of
Anchorage. The Pioneer offers the j
sympathy of the community to the |
bereaved wife and child.—Pioneer.
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TOWN SH END’S DAUGHTERS
IN SIEGE ON TIGRIS j
BERLIN, May 25.—The Frank-1
furter Zeitung publishes a report thatj
Gen. Townshend, the British comman
der who recently surrendered at Kut
el-Amara, Mesopotamia, had with him
in the fortress his two daughters.
They have been sent to Constantin
ople, the report states.
The commander-in-chief of the
Turkish forces several times offered
them free passage through the lines
during the siege of Kut-el-Amara, the
newspaper says but they refused to'
accept the offer.
j'iIrs'CAFEi
Everything First clays ;; |
Open Day and Night
;; ANDY MAROVICH, Prop. • j
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
t
Everything First Class
Lightning Service
Jack Calkin » Proprietor
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
free aad Accepted Xaaaaa
Regular Communication e Hr it Wed*
nesday In each mouth in McKinley
BD WOOD, Secretary.
The finest stockings
—the neatest socks
Ana 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
and children are guaran
teed to wear six months
without a hole.
Three pairs of 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
uitfuiuxcia *vin gxauiy anu promptly scna 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.
Think of the darning they save, and the expense too, of buying new
hose every week or two. Don’s you think you ought (o buy
Holeproof r Ask us to show you ths new colore and various
grades, $1.50 to $3.00 a box.
S. BLUM8cCO.“c
Pat. Office, 1904 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 Kiichen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Drag Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
Alaska jewelry uo.
With Owl Drug Co.
All Kinds of Nugget and
Ivory Jewelry.
Developing and Printing
Photo Supplies Phone 40
The Best Place m Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Ware, Ligkt Roomi--The Home of Comfort
rates: reasonable
BATHROOM Special Rain Byjtha Month
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRINC, Prop. j
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office, on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
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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
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DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National Unlreratty,
WauhlngtOD, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
JOHN LYONS E F RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
DONOHOE & DIMQND
» ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN %
CIVIL ENGINEER
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 v
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 busi
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.
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