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VALDEZ. ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter.
July 23, 1912. at the postoffice of \ aides,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1917
RECKLESS BUSINESS METHODS
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So general has the custom becomei
on the part of government employes
to make purchases of vast quantities
of government supplies without ask
ing for bids thereon that a number
of members of Congress have found
it necessary to protest vigorously
against the custom.
Years ago it was a favorite way of
mulcting the public for officers to
make purchases from concerns that)
were favorites or that would pay the
official a commission for the business
received. This grew into such an en
ormous drain upon the public that
laws were enacted compelling pur
chasing agents to advertise for bids
and to make awards, after the fullest
publicity, in the open. The change
brought about a perceptible improve
ment. But the government agents at
Washington, operating under the
cloak of necessity, have ordered
stocks running into the hundreds of
millions of dollars, it is said, with
out the first effort to secure tenders
from competing concerns. Having
access to a war chest greater than
heretofore known, they are spend
ing these billions with an abandon
unequaled even in the times of the
greatest public scandals.
Unfortunately, the time will come
when the people must pay the fiddler.
Nor is this loose business policy
being confined to the various govern
ment purchasing agents. Senator
Briscoe has found it advisable to call
attention to the fact that influential
congressmen and administration of
ficials have secured officers’ commis
sions for relatives even before the
men were detailed to thee amps.
It was graft and incompetence in
France that lost the republic the de
cision in the Franco-Prussian war of
the 70’s. But for this there would
not have been a billion-dollar indem
nity to pay to the victor. It was graft
and incompetence that caused Rus
sia to make so sorry a showing dur
ing the first year of the present war.
And if these things are not checkmat
ed in the United States this country
will not only sacrifice its men and its
credit, but it will well-nigh result in
the defeat of the great cause for
which we are at war.
Public sentiment should know ful
ly the doings of its officials, and if
they are not proceeding with intelli
gence and with the highest integrity
they should be hunted even more re
lentlessly than our soldiers and sail
ors are being prepared to hunt and
destroy the autocratic monster that
has disturbed the peace of the world.
JOHN BULL. NOT STARVING
The exact condition of crops in En
gland is not known at this time, but
it i« stated authoritatively that by
reason of the menace of the subma
rine—which was accentuated before
the opening of the spring and at a
time when the people were impressed
with the necessity of increasing their
food supplies—the little island which
the Germans threatened to bottle up
and starve out in the three months
has a much larger acreage under cul
tivation that at any time in its his
tory.
Several weeks ago Premier Lloyd
George asserted that the farmers had
responded so well to the appeal for
a large food output that the subma
rine menace no longer contained any
real fears for the british people. It
is known that Great Britain has
scarcely cut down its food consump
tion, except to eliminate waste, and
the prices of many staple commodit
ies there are cheaper than in the Uni
ted States.
Thus, from two standpoints, the
submarine campaign seems to have
been a failure, at least so far as the
present year is concerned. The Wall
Street Journal, in a recent issue, said
on this subject:
‘‘Up to the first of June Germany
had succeeded in destroying only 6
per cent of the tonnage carrying food
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VALDEZ ALASKA
to England. Had she been able to j
destroy the other 94 per cent in June, j
Germany would still have failed in |
her object, as England has within her j
territory sufficient food without any
importatiqns to carry her over to this
year’s crop returns. English crops are
good for at least a four months' food
supply. Therefore so far as this year
is concerned Germany’s submarine
campaign is doomed to failure.”
Yet? in order to keep up the pre
tense of victory at home, the Prus
sian war leaders are constantly ex
pressing their satisfaction with the
progress of the submarine warfare.
The people are beginning to under
stand the real situation and this fact
accounts for much of the internal agi
tation which is keeping the kaiser in
hot water.
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EACH registrant in Valdez will
have approximately one in sixteen
chances of being selected for the first
unit of the new citizens' army. In
other words the young man who
wants to join the colors through the
selective draft system may consider
himself lucky if he gets to go with
the first contingent.
J. R. Benn, an employe of the Gov
ernment railway, attempted to prove
that a rifle he possessed would send
a bullet through the thin part of a
rail. He pulled the trigger and some
thing struck him between the eyes
knocking him out. Investigation by
the doctor proved that a chip of steel
weighing about three grains had
broken off the rail from the impact
of the shot and struck Benn with suf
ficient force to penetrate the skull.
A number of old-timers at Nome
are talking of holding a reunion of
the trail-blazers of ‘‘97.’’ They pro
pose to give a banquet is a reason
able number of those who entered
the country in the days of the fam
ous Dyea and Chilkoot trails can be
assembled.
Harvey Spilman of Anchorage was
recently adjudged insane and was
taken to Morningside by a deputy.
Spilman is reported to have a horni
cilad mania.
—A-number of Anchorage Elks have
applied for a charter and have wired
in the necessary credentials.
The oil tanker George Loomis ar
rived in Ketchikan recently with oil
for the canneries of that vicinity.
Since the Loomis was launched she
has steamed 750,000 miles and car
ried 750,000,000 barrels of oil.
A Keystone drill in charge ot an
expert will be operated on the prop
erty of the Yukon Gold Company on
lower Willow Creek in the Marshall
district. Options have been taken on
25 claims on the lower end of the
creek.
The boat lost by Charles Strand
of Nome while making his way up the
Teller was found on the beach negr
Jess Creek uninjured.
The steamer Santa Ana recently
carried 600 tons of supplies to the
westward. Among the freight was a
complete outfit for a new govern
ment building at Kanakanak, which
goes in via Nushagak.
Governor Strong recently investi
gated conditions at the asylum at
Portland where the insane of Alaska
are confined and reports them most
excellent.
Gut toting, whiskey running and
lawlessness prevail in the town of
Marshall, which is composed of
graduate booze fighters, tin horns
and a few stickup men, according to
a correspondent of the Nome Nug
get. Blind pigs are as plentiful as
leaves on a tree.
Captain Turner of the marine un
derwriters and P. J. Seale, surveyor
for the underwriters, have returned
from the westward where they have
been salving the cargo of the St.
Catherin. Only three small loads
were saved from the St. Francis and
nothing from the wreck of the Stan
dard. All three vessels will be a total
loss.
Lowney’s Box Candles at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
Going To Fairbanks?
Ask For the Sheldon Service
SHELDON AUTO STAGE LINE
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Through Service from Valdez to
Fairbanks and all Interior Points.
For further information call on or
address <
||THE AGENT, at the Prospector Office
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Youngurt Cottage Cheese,
a new addition to our fancy eats—pack
ed in a sealed paper cupr plain and pimen
to. sells 2 for 23.
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Randall's Crape Juice,
from selected h ew York grapes, full 20
oz.. bottle sells at .30c. as compared with
16 oz., bottle rjf other kinds at 35c.
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Heinz’s Varieties:
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Most of the 57 varieties for sale at this store, here are a ie|\v selected in glass:
MUSTARD SAUCE
TOMATO SAUCE
SWEET ONIONS
PICKLED ONIONS
MIXED GHERKINS
WHITE SALAD VINE
GAR
EVP. HORSE RADISH
CHOW 6HOW PICKLE
GREEN PEPPER SAUCE
INDIA RELISH
SOUR GHERKINS
MALT VINEGAR
SPICED SALAD VINE
GAR
PURE OLIVE OIL
c|hili sauce
f$ed pepper sauce
sjweet gherkins
GRAPE JELLY
TFARAGON
PURE CIDER VINEGAR
WORCESTERSHIRE
Sauce
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: ir'lr iTZ.
ket’s best on the last boats—Cherries, Plums. Apricots, Seedless Grape Fruit, Melons,
Cantaloups, Radishes, Head Lettuce. Cukes, String Beans, Green Peas, etc.
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JIFFY JELL many tasty desserts can be made with Jiffy Jell—try the
new mint or lime flavor.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
Good Goods
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Gemn In Verne
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UNITED 8TATE8 MARINES.
YOU can blow about your hero volun
teers
An' yer rough an’ ready, steady In
fant ree;
Vou kin sing about yer Jackie and kin
cheer
Fer yer neat an' handy, dandy cavalree.
But of all the sojer men 1 ever knew
An' all the Bailor men I ever seen,
Where there h fun or fuss or fight,
The boy to keep In sight
Is Billy Blue, United States marine.
So It's hi Billy, Billy Blue!
We think we've got a little job to do: i
It will take a dandy chap, for there's sure
to be a scrap,
So we leaves the settlin’ of It up to you.
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He's a sojer, he's a sailor, he’s a cop; l
He's as much at home ashore as he’s I
afloat;
He's as cozy In his crazy flghtln’ top
As the chaplain in his double breasted
coat;
He kin ride a hoss as well as be kin row;
He kin shoot a gun as well as he kin |
swim—
When there's trouble In the air
Billy Blue is always there,
And ye kin bet yer life it ain’t too hot i
fer him.
—Anonymous Song of the Marine Corps.
IF THE BUGLE CALLS YOU.
COME forth from the fields, come I
forth from the hills.
Come forth from the farm, the' '
mines and the mills,
From pleasure or slumber, from
work or from play;
Come forth in your armor, to aid her to
day.
There’s a thing to be told and a deed to
be done, I
A truth to be uttered, a war to be won—
Come forth In your armor, come forth. ;
every one.
I
Come forth in your armor, come forth ,
every one;
Come, boys, in your vigor; come, men, in
your prime;
Come, soldiers—you’re welcome; come,
men—you must
Come thick as the flies In the midsummer
duet
Or the waves of the ocean gleaming bright
In the sun.
There's a word to be told and a war to be
won—
Come’ forth in your armor, come forth
every one.
—If. M. Campbell, Jr.
THE HOUR'S NEED.
GOD give us men—the time demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith
and willing hands;
Men trhom the lust of office does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of office cannot
buy;
Men who possess opinions and a will;
Men who have honor; men who will not
He;
Men who can stand before a demagogue
And damn his treacherous flatteries
without winking;
Tall men, sun crowned, who live above the
fog
In public duty and In private thinking.
-J. G Holland.
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.I
Candy Kitchen. tffl
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Km aad Accepted Mattai
Regular Communication* first Wed
uesday In each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD. Secretary.
WE PAY
Cast Iron $25 per ton.
Wrought Iron $18 per ton.
Copper $26 per ton.
Krugs $18 per ton.
lead 8Hc per pound.
Rubber 716 c per pound.
Qt. Beer Bottles 2716 c per doz.
Pint Beer Bottles 17H per dez.
Rags $2.50 per 100 pounds.
Paper $1.00 per 100 pounds.
Manila Rope 4Vkc per pound.
P. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
Launch Patsy
for Charter Anwyhere on
VALDEZ BAY
At any Time Day or Night
J. D. Jefferson
VALDEZ, ALASKA
LAUNCH
PATHFINDER
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
Sailing weekly ont of Valdes
will deliver passengers, mail, ex
press and fast freight at any
point on Prince 'William Sound.
RATES REASONABLE
Periodical service by agree
ment to outlying camps a spe
cialty.
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
VALDEZ, ALASKA
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genetal Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
DAY OR NIGHT
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
PROFESSIONAL CARgS.
DR. S. WICK.ES MERRITT
Offices in Fish Building, adjoining
Tilllkum Club.
Phone '15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon. U. S. Army
A. > Burgeon, U S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National lalrcreMr,
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1898
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Bn tiding
DONOHOE & D1MOND
attornbyi.at.la4
OMce Oppoalte Court Hoik
Phone M YAI.DBZ. ALASKA
JOHN LfONB e K RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTUKNBTR.AT.LAW
Ofllrea la *a tallag Halldlag
Phone Ihl VALDEZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
GIasiui Fitted Lenses Ground
VALDEZHOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, ft. C.. M. D. Prep.
Jos. A. bilverman Pk. G. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office kew»--l hf p.f —7 te 8 p. m.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdez
i Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Drag Stare.
j FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
j. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.^
Phone 166.
Valdez Mtaers Unity) Ho. 188
Western Federation of Miners
W. M. CONLEY Presides*.
VakMC Alaaka.
GEORGE M BAWY.S^tgr.