Valdez Daily Prospector
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1915.
WHAT $10 WILL DO.
A sort of paradox is the fact that
thousands of people who make no ef
fort to save a dollar when times are
highly prosperous will develop and
practice economy when work and op
portunity are less plentiful. The bpst
way, of course, is to try and save
at least a little all the time, putting
by a larger amount when earnings are
at their height. As a nation we are
not taught that economy which makes
France the banker of the world, and
whose accumulations come not from
vast exports of natural resources, but
from the combined small savings, con
sistently continued year after year, by
the French people as a whole.
If the people of this country would
save during the year 1915 an average
of $10 per capita, the grand total at
the end of the first twelve months
would be the magnificent sum of one
billion dollars.
The French save, partly because >'*
has become hereditary, and chiefly be
cause the children are brought up
that way and are taught the dignity
of accumulation. We, on the con
trary, in a spirit of false pride, are
inclined to scorn the necessity of
saving, as though it were something
of which to be ashamed. If our own
present experience shall teach us
thrift, it will be a strengthening of
a great national weakness.—Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
THE STABILITY OF GOLD.
The entire world’s production of
gold last year was about $1,250,000
a day. The British South African
mines, in the Vransvaal, produced
one-third of it. Every week some $",
000,000 in gold bars is shipped from
Cape Town to London. By an act of
parliament the Bank of England is
bound to take, at $19.05 an ounce, all
the gold which is not sold at a high
er price at the regular gold auctions
on Monday mornings. If there is evi
dence that other nations are repre
sented at the auctions and the Bank
of England requires the gold, it some
times bids it in at more than the
established rate, but its selling figure,
for exportation, never goes above
$19.09 the ounce, because exporters
can always have sovereigns at a small
fraction above that figure. As Lon
don is the world’s great clearing house
for gold, its value as a commodity
is regulated in this way and the price
of gold is established and steadied.
As a commercial commodity gold may
be no more stable than wheat or coin,
but the provision of the world’s gold
market that the Bank of England
must take all surplus gold at $19.05
an ounce, with the value of coineo
sovereigns practically $19.09, prevents
fluctuation and saves the world no
end of uncertainty.—San Diego Un
ion.
A GIGANTIC BUSINESS.
, Some Idea of the extent to which
the motion-picture business has grown
in the *ast few years may be gather
ed from the announcement that the
state board of censors examined more
than 6,000,000 feet, or about 115 miles
of film, submitted for approval dur
ing the six months from June 1 to
the end of November. Each film av
erages a thousand feet in length and
runs fifteen minutes, so their exhibi
tion alone would occupy over sixty
two full days of twenty-four hours,
or 187 working days of eight hours
each.
When such facts as these are
brought to light it becomes clear why
the so-called “legitimate” theatrical
business has struck the worst slump
this season ever known In Its his
tory. Outside the big cities, which
still can muster enough patrons of
the straight drama and the lighter
musical shows at $1.50 and $2 a head
to keep the well-established play
houses open, the business has virtu
ally been abandoned, particularly in
what are known as the one-night
stand circuits, formerly quite as pro
fitable as the large “week towns."
Tight money and slack industries
may have helped, but there is little
doubt that the change has been
wrought by the popularity of the 5
and 10-cent picture shows which fur
nish the demand for such an enor
mous output of "screen drama.”—
Philadelphia Bulletin.
SUFFRAGISM IN 1915.
The year Just begun Is to see a
strong effort by the woman suffrag
ists to break into the East. Their
conquests have been confined to the
West; but this year the whole bat
tle will be in the stronghold of con
servatism. New York, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey and Massachusetts are to
be the fighting ground. In each of
these states the legislature has ap
proved thee submission to the people
of a constitutional amendment, but
it must again be passe dby another
legislature to become effective, anil
the fight this year will be first *o
have the new legislature pass it and
then to make the campaign before tee
people.
This campaign begins with the end
of a year in which the suffragists won
some notable successes. In 1914 they
increased the number of suffrage
states to twelve, capturing Montana
and Nevada, and increasing the num
ber of electoral votes to ninety-one.
Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and the two
Dakotas voted in the negative. The
new year opens with Gov. Beckman
of Rhode Island recommending equal
•suffrage in his annual message. On
the other hand there is no reason to
'believe that they have made much
"progress in their efforts to capture
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsyl
vania.—Ex.
GERMMIKE
RUSSIAN REAR
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been ordered before a board of in
quiry.
Big Guns Moved Away From Ostend.
ROTTERDAM, Jan. 21.—Four morn
28-eentimetre guns were removed on
New Year’s from Ostend to Heyst to
defend the coast. The transference
of such guns from Ostend is signifi
cant, as it indicates that no great at
tempt will be made to hold Ostend
once the Allies commence their ad
vance along the coast. The line in
tended to be held by the Germans is
evidently further east.
From the Dutch frontier three hun
dred men have been observed during
the last two days putting heavy guns
into position. The cannon are easily
visible from the frontier. It is star
ed that tho bouses destroyed at Heyst
to give the clear line of fire seaward
which the Germans desired, compris
ed the greater part of two new
streets.
Izzet Pasha Captured.
PETROURAD, Jan. 21.—A dispatch
to The Bourse Gazette from Tiflis says
the Russians have taken Izzet Pasha,
ex-Turkish war minister, a prisoner.
Izzet Pasha was for years Sultan
Abdul Hamid’s “private secretary for
foreign affairs,” and planned the for
eign policy of the Porte. He knew
when to have the Kurds descend up
on the Armenians and how far to play
off the members of the Diplomatic
Corps against each other, so as to
bring gold to the pockets of his mas
ter and to his own. The fact that
he has been called “the Machiavelli
of Turkey” but mildly suggests bis
activities.
In 1908, on the eve of the revolu
tion, he became a Sheik—to save his
soul, he said. Then he joined the
Young Turks to save his body. He
finally escaped from the country in
order, as he again declared, to keep
body and soul together.
He is reported to be yery wealthy,
with money on deposit in London and
New York. He undoubtedly visited
London in cognito half a dozen years
ago and is also said to have been
seen in New York.
Turks Caught In Trap.
LONDON, Jan. 21.—Captures and
surrenders on the scale described in
the Russian report telling of an en
tire Turkish army corps taken prison
ers, with their commander and di
visional commanders, have been rare
In this war, but the region in which
the Turks and Russians are fighting
made the feat easier than it would
be on the plains of Poland or Fland
ers.
It is a region of high mountains
and narrow defiles, where each col
umn of an advancing army might
well have to depend on a single line
of retreat, and'communication would
be hopeless if the line were cut.
The Turks' strategy, following the
precepts of their German mentors, has
hitherto been a bold offensive. All
of their forces are well on the Rus
sian side of the frontier, and seem
to have been moving forward in three
main armies, the left directed on the
great port of Batum, the center on
Ardahan, and the right on the famous
fortress of Kars.
It is the last named army which
has come to grief at Sary-Kamish,
about twenty miles beyond the bord
er. Heavy fighting had been report
ed for some days. The valley is nar
row here, widening out as the road
approaches nearer Kars.
The other two invading Turkish
columns are not directly affected by
the surrender of Sary-Kamish, but
it may compel at least one if not
both of them to abandon its offensive,
and it removes the menace to Kars,
which is perhaps the most important
strategical position in the whole reg
ion. In the last Russo-Turkish war
t!he gallant Ottoman defense of Kara
practically held up the whole Rus
sian advance on that side.
DARES MINES WITH
CARGOJF COTTON
BREMEN, Jan. 6.—It was owing to
the daring of an American skipper
that the steamship El Monte, which
sailed from Galveston, Tex., on Dec.
3, and New York on Dec. 11, arrived
at Bremen on Jan. 1. The El Monte
brought more than 6,000 bales of
cotton, the first to reach this port
during the war. She was the first
American merchantman to visit Brem
en in forty years.
Captain Edward T. Pinchin of the
El Monte, after the voyage across the
Atlantic, took on a British pilot at
Deal, as England now does not class
cotton as contraband, but fearing that
the pilot would be interned if he
entered German waters, the captain
dropped him at the Hook of Holland.
At the Hook Dutch pilots refused to
assist the American skipper, saying
(hat it was impossible on account of
mines to complete the voyage.
Captain Pinchin was determined to
go on, saying that he would take his
ship to her destination or know the
reason why. According he proceeded
without a pilot, picking out" his own
course without mine charts or other
aid. He made his way to Bremen,
greatly to the amazement of the Ger
mans, who were much interested in
his adventure.
Captain Pinchin says the voyage is
comparatively easy, provided a skip
per uses common sense. The El Monte
is to return to America shortly with
1,500 tons of mixed cargo.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
H. E. Simmons is in town from
Birch Lake.
Olaf Olson arrived last evening
from down the bay.
Twenty lbs. best Yakima spuds for
50c at King’s new place. k 28
Cooking apples ?2 per box at the
Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Jeff Devinney returned at noon to
day from a hunting trip.
Beautiful hand-painted vases Just
received at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Two thousand feet of Broadway
laughs at the Orpheum tonight.
Best Yakima netted gem spuds 20
lbs. for 50c at the Yakima Fruit Co.
. Frank Whitman came in last even
ing from the Ramsay-Rutherford.
Sam Mandel and dog team arrived
last evening from the Ramsay-Ruther
ford.
Frank Lipp is in the local jail
charged with having attempted an as
sault with a dangerous weapon upon
Henry Suessdorf, the manager of the
Copper Block saloon. Lipp was be
ing ejected from the saloon when, it
is claimed, he tried to draw a knife
witih wh'ch to cut up the saloon
keeper. Lipp has already served a
term of six months In Jail for an
assault with a knife upon Tom Fin
negan, of Seward.
Australian Walls.
Until the settlers in the rolling downs
In western Queensland found out that
they could get water by means of
artesian wells they were seriously
thinking of giving up their farms and
ranches on account of many successive
years of drought. Now there are sev
eral hundred such wells In Queens
land, from which the settlers get an
unfailing supply of water. The deep
est well, which Is at Blmerab. has a
depth of 6.045 feet. The shallowest
well, at Manfred Downs, has a depth
of ten feet The well at Charlevllle Is
1,371 feet deep and produces 3,000,000
gallons a day, the largest flow in the
state. The daily flow from all the
artesian wells of Queensland Is estl
mated at over half a billion gallona
Swell program tonight at the Or
pheum.
Bay an Indestructo Trunk
for Hard Wear—it will
Give Yon Real Service
The Indestructo is made for hard
wear— the hardest kind of wear you
can give it—it will **prove-up'* to it'a
name—under the strenuous usage.
Every Indestructo Trunk carries a
free Insurance Policy for five years—
against fire—accident—wreck or co/
iision.
You can't lose your Indestructo—
Every one of these trunks is registered
with your name in the makers* office—
Your trunk is safe no matter whara
you travel.
If you travel little—or much—you
SHOULD have an Indestructo Trunk—
you WOULD buy it if you saw it—
Come down to our store —We will
gladly show you the Indestructo Line.
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR
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Traveling
Accessories
You Need Them We Have Them
LOCAL BREVITIES.
See Tod Winter for your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Corsets at half price. We are clos
ing out all of our corsets at one-half
cost. Hosiery and underwear at less
than cost at Harvey’s Toggery. tf
The Prospector office for job work.
Interested.
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He—Have you seen our new altar?
She—Lead me to It.—Phlladelphlt
Press.
A Fearful 8uipieion.
“Yes," said the doctor, “I guess I’m
the oldest man in this town.”
“Never took any of your own medi
cine, eh?” rv plied the waggish stran
ger.—Chicago Record-Herald.
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Easy With tha Whip.
“Try some of this horseradish.”
“No, thanks; I’m a vegetarian."—
Philadelphia Press,
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc/
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CONSTANTLY ON HAND
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S.'Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south—7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau. Sheep creek Treadwell. Douglas
Cordova, Ellamar. Valdez and Kntouche. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th‘
S S Latouche. 15th: S 9 Cordova. 25th of each month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
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WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 21, 1915.
STATION Above Below, Snow In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 41 10 Cloudy, light winds, no show on Upgll.
Paxson’s . 10 12 Clear, calm.
Hogan . 0 12 'Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Oulkana . 2 14 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Copper Center .... 3 11 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonsina . 0 24 Cloudy, calm, trail good.
teikhell . 10 28 Cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Beaver Dam . 0 38 Cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Summit . 28 50 Cloudy, calm, trail drifted.
Wortman’s . 19 40 Clear, calm, trail drifted.