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H. B. SELBY, Editor and Proprietor.
\ALDEZ. ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
/ Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23. 1912. at the postolllce of Valdez,
Alaska, under act o^March 3, 1879.
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WEDNESDAY. EEBRI AHY 27, 1»1S
Food will win
the War;
don’t waste it!
IN THE GARDEN OF SNOW.
[■LE Miss Red Bonnet deep In the
snow.
Rosy cheeks bright as the pop
py's red glow—
Sweet as the flower the April
rains bring
Tumbling down in the apron of spring.
Little Miss Red Bonnet, here and away.
Coaxing the snowflakes to join In your
play.
Casting your laughter and cheer all about.
Brightening days that were somber with
out.
Little Mlse Red Bonnet, sweet little lass.
Waving your smiles to the people who
pass.
Even as flowers that bloom by the ways
Blossom their sweetest on sjmmery days.
Gardens I've searched for the sweet violet
Roses and tulips and sweeter ones yet—
These have I found, but not one of them—
no—
Bloomed sweet as you In the garden of
snow.
—John D. Wells In Buffalo News
WHERE THE PAPER GOES
Some criticism has been directed at
the government because at a time of
shortage in the print pafJef'Suilrply it
is itself buying 100,000,000 pounds
for its own use during the present
year.
Surely such criticism does not take
into account the useful purposes to
which the government will devote this
paper. It will print the Congressional
Record on it, for one thing, and what
would be home without the Con
gressional Record, or at least the
parts thereof which congressmen
frank to their districts, in which it
appears that the honorable member
held the house spellbound for two
hours, although as a matter of fact,
what he did was to obtain leave to
send the manuscript containing his
remarks to the public printer.
The government prints a number of
other documents—oh, quite a num
ber—Just as interesting and Import
ant, which it is glad to supply thru
the various departments to applicants
of good moral character. They cover
a wide range of subjects and consid
erable shelf room in the basement of
the department buildings, and one of
the chief objects which the janitor
has in life is to get rid of them so as
to make room for more.
They have committees in the
ate and House on the disposition of,
useless papers, hut none on the con- j
scrvation of paper. A great deal of |
paper is rendered useless by printing
things on It, but never think about
the disposition of it until it has been
made useless in this way. Wliat they
really need is a committee on (lie dis
position of government officials who
make paper useless by inking it all
up.—Kansas City Times. ,
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A CHINESE SOLOMON
“One summer aiternoon,” relates
an American who has spent a bit of
his time in China, “a young girl
passed in the street of Chaunchow,
where a shabby scholar sat reading
to a group of idlers outside the pre
fect’s yamen. She had sold her last
doughnut, and the day's earnings lay
in her empty basket. Some one notic
ed how absorbed she was; a deft hand
moved lightly, and the money disap
peared from the basket.
“When the story came to an end,
the girl awoke from her dream to find
that the precious pile of cash was
gone. She spoke of her loss to the
people who stood near, and, with the
callousness of a Chinese crowd, they
all laughed. At that moment the pre
fect came out of the yamen, noticed
the child's grief, and inquired the
cause of her trouble. He waited pa
tiently while the girl told her tale be
tween sobs. Meantime a crowd had
collected, and the prefect gave orders
that the girl be taken to the justice
hall, that the case might be tried,
when the people saw him re-enter,
they trooped in after him, and even
the idlers crowded into the yamen to
see the fun.
“The examination came to an end
without throwing any additional light
on the theft, and some of the bystand
ers began to laugh. His excellency
spoke a word to the attendants, and
the great doors of the yamen closed
with a clatter. ‘Such a breach of eti
quette must be punished,’ said the
prefect, speaking slowly and with em
phasis. ‘Each person shall pay a fine
•of eight cash before he leaves the
court.’
"As the first man laid his cash up
on the table, the prefects’ eyes scan
ned his face. Then, to the surprise of
everybody, the great man carefully
counted the coins with his own fing
ers. The brown heaps of money in
creased, and presently a mean-look
ing fellow came up and paid his fine.
His excellency counted the coins.
‘This money is covered with grease,’
he said. ‘What right have you to
bring dirty cash to me? Pay eight
more for your bad manners.’
"The man put the money on the
table without a word.
“ ‘What!’ cried the prefect, ’these
coins are also covered with grease.
| It is against |he law to pay dirty mon
I __
ey into court. Turn out all the money
you have. There are sure to be some
clean coins among the number.’
“The attendants emptied the fel
low's pockets and found 92 coins.
“ ‘Ah! 92 cash, along with 16 al
ready paid in tines, makes 108—ex
actly the amount lost by the little
girl. How do you account for that?”
“ ‘It is just the sum I had in my
pocket.’ —
" ‘I got them from a man in the
street In exchange for a large coin. j
He must have given me greasy mon
I will send a runner with you to bring 1
him into court.’
“The man lay in a position that |
he had to take before the represen
tative of the government, with his
head Hat upon the pavement and said
nothing.
“ ‘You took this money front the
child,’ went on the prefect. ‘It is cov
ered with grease because she counted
It after handling her oily doughnuts.
She lost 108 cash, exactly the sum
that was in your pocket when you
entered the yamen. You are the
thief!”—Ohio Law Bulletin.
Communicated
Editor Prospector: I am delighted
to know through your Daily ProBpec
aor of yesterday, that my country will
assist in the war. I have been in an
ticipation that, since the United
States’ first entrance into the war, my
country and countrymen would be
brought to join the allies in the arena
of the world struggle to lick the
dreamer of world dominion. The
present generation of the Philippines,
I believe, prefers to remain under the
democratic form of government rath
er than under the autocracy and tyr
anny of the kaiser.
I thank you for such good news.
Respectfully yours,
ANTONIO S. MARINO.
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BRIG. GEN. H. J. ELLES
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man whose message, “The tank corps
expects that every tank will do Its
damndest,” aent the great fire-spitting
monsters of steel crashing through the
German lines at Cambrtl.
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FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION'S
F. and A. M.
Valdez Lodge No. 168
KEO U LAK commumcauons, iirsi
Wednesday In each month in Ma
sonic Hall. Visitors always wel
come.
WALTER ELLIOT, W. M.
C. C. REYNOLDS, Sec.
L 0. 0. F.
Valdez, No, 6
Meets every Monday nignt at s.uu
o’clock p. m., in Odd Fellows’
Hall. Visiting members cordially
invited to attend these meetings.
OTTO ELFSTROM, N. O.
R. D. NICHOLLS, Secretary.
Fraternal Order Eagles
Valdez Aerie No. 1971
Meets every Friday night In Eagle
Hall. Visiting Members cordially in
vited to attend these meetings.
ED. WOOD, W. P.
C. J. TODD, Sec.
Order of Eastern Star
Valdez Chapter No. 5
STATED communications, first and
third Tuesdays of each month at
Masonic Hall. Visiting members
always welcome.
RENA E. CRAWFORD. W. M.
J. A.' SILVERMAN, M. D. Sec’y.
Vddez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
W. M. CONLEY President.
Valdes Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretly,
Valdes Alaska_
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VALDEZ
The town of valdez
is situated at the head of
Prince William Sound,
and is a city of probably one thou
sand population. It is the center
of the mining industry on the
Sound, both copper and gold, and
is adjacent to and within easy
hauling distance of the salmon
grounds, many fresh water rivers
and streams in Valdez Bay bring
ing the fish in great numbers to
within sight of the town. The
city has one good cannery, which
will operate two lines the coming
season, employing probably one
hundred and fifty persons.
The city offers good opportuni
ties for a fish saltery, a fertilizer
factory, a glue factory, a tin can
factory and a box shook factory,
all subsidiary to the fish packing
business. The city owns its own
wharf and the Valdez Dock Com
pany, which also owns a splendid
wharf is willing to give prospec
tive investors a cnance tor sites.
VALDEZ has a progressive
citizenry, with good high schools,
churches, free reading room and
library, good clubrooma and many
lodges and organizations. Rents
are very cheap, and living is but
little higher than in the States.
Many gold and copper mines
are contiguous to Valdez, making
this city their outfitting port, and
drawing from its reserve of labor.
The climate is very healthful, the
extremes of heat and cold being
rarely experienced. The mercury
rarely falls below —15 in tile win
ter and 70 above is the highest
summer temperature. The sum
mers are delightful and the win
ters far better than those of the
Northern Central or Eastern
States.
VALDEZ is the coast terminal
of the government military high
way to the Interior. During the
summer months autos may reach
Fairbanks from Valdez in 36
hours running time, over a fine
road, through the most magnifi
cent scenery on the North Amer
ican continent. In winter teams
or dog sleds may be had at all
times.
VALDEZ has a number of first
class hotels and restaurants, and
the traveler and miner can be as
sured of comfortable lodgings
a minimum expense. Parties de
siring to outfit for mining or pros
pecting can do so at our stores
far cheaper than in the States,
with men of experience to help se
lect their outfits.
If you are coming to Alaska
the Land of Opportunity, and de
sire a good home town among a
fine class of citizens, buy your
ticket to ': ~
VALDEZ
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