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STEWART A SELBY, Proprietor*
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
luly 23. 1912, at the postofflce of Valdex,
Alaska, under act or March 3, 1879.
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TUKHDAY, MARCH 27. 1917
THE GRACE OK LIKE.
The little courtesies of life are too
often forgotten where it is most im-i
portant that they should be remem
bered, in the home and with one’s own
family. Polite attentions cost but a
thought, but are often worth more
than money. Some honest, hard
working, good people appear to think
politeness is for the "stylish” only,
yet no home is so humble that the
practice of courtesies will not add to
its comfort and happiness. A habit
of politeness, of paying little grateful
attentions to one another goes far to
I revent discord in any family. Have
we an unkindness or an injustice to
remember? Something in which we
might have added to his happiness or
comlort? This adds to our bitterness
Let sorrow for the dead make us more
tender to the living. Let us be more
thoughtful to be kind, and give more
of gladness to those left to us. Grieve
we must, it is natural, llut we should
not let grief make us forgetful of try
ing to make happier those about us.
Our grief is 'a flame to purify our
hearts of dross. “The gem cannot be
polished without friction, nor mr.
perfected without trials." Let us try
to console ourselves by an endeavor
to give more gladness to the living.
The Odtl Fellows Friend.
THE Anchorage Daily Times says
the Prospector is peeved because An
chorage is trying to get a courthouse
and district judge, and goes on to
state that there is no necessity for this
as Anchorage only asks now to be
the head of a new division to be carv
ed out of the present Third division,
and has no designs upon the Valdez
court headquarters. In support of
its contentions that Anchorage should
lie the headquarters of the court for
this new division it maintains that
Anchorage has the greatest popula
tion of any town of the division and
believes that it will maintain this su
premacy.
This is just where Anchorage loses
its argument for that is the only dr
gument it has,—a large “population.”
A large population has nothing to
do with a court headquarters, or
should not have in the case of An
chorage, as most of her present pop
ulation arrived steerage and will
probably move on with the town. The
amount of business arising in a dis
trict should govern this, and the ac
cessibility of the court to the whole
division. The court business arising
from this precocious infant town,
[ when compared with the business
arising in other districts is practically
nil, as may be learned by consulting
| the court records. Outside of the
I bootlegging cases, in which we will
admit it leads the combined towns of
the Division, and over which the Uni
ted States Commissioners have juris
diction, there has not been enough
business arising in Anchorage to keep
the court in session more than one
week in a year. This much for its
claim based on population.
As to accessibility, it is the least
accessible of any town in the division,
and for several months each year is
completely cut off from the outside.
Court held at Anchorage costs the
government more and the litigants
more than at any of the coast towns.
These statements are not rashly
made; they are a matter of record,
but we presume, like all infants, An
chorage will continue to sob for every
thing in sight, regardless of the cost
or inconvenience to others so long as
its own wishes are gratified.
THE CORDOVA TIMES accuses the
Prospector of being "a rabid Sulzer
organ.” Where it gets that stuff we
cannot see, unless giving the news as
we saw it constitutes “rabidness.” We
have all along announced to our read
ers that Sulzer was elected while the
Cordova Times, “the only paper in
the Territory which receives the As
sociated Press report,” has as consis
tently informed its readers that Wick
orsham was elected and now is peeved
because it must kick back. We place
reliability above everything else, and
had we believed that Wickersham was
elected would have so informed our
readers. Many papers in the Terri
tory published the news as they would
have liked it to appear, and now yell
partisanship at The Prospector for
being the only paper in this neck of
the woods which had the intelligence
or foresight to give its readers correct
reports.
THOSE who are complaining of the
high cost of living, and that includes
most of us, may find some consola
tion in the fact that it does not cost
any more to stay hungry now than it
did two years ago.
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WOMAN IS SMOTHERED
IN MUD AFTER TUMBLE
SAN RAFAEL, March 27.—Mrs.
Jessie H. Kock, of San Rafael, was
smothered to death today in the mud
of a swamp near Green Brae into
which she was thrown head first
when the car in which she was riding
with her husband capsized. A pass
ing automobile found Kock pinned
underneath the overturned car, but
not until they had rescued and re
vived him, did they learn that Mrs.
Kock had been in the car.
A search in the vicinity reavealed
the woman’s body in the near by
swamp with head and shoulders firm
ly imbedded in the mud. She was
dead. Kock said they had left San
Rafael for a ride and that when
near Green Brae had lost control of
his Car.
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INA CLAIRE
In the Comedy Drama in five acts
“The Wild Goose Chase”
CAST OF CHARACTERS
HETTY WRIGHT . INA CLAIRE
ROB RANDELL . TOJH FORMAN
HORATIO BRUTUS BRIGGS THEODORE ROBERTS
• GRIND" LUCTEN LITTLEFIELD
MRS. WRIGHT, Betty’s Mother . HELEN MARLBOROUGH
MR. WRIGHT . RAYMOND HATTON^
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STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
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VALDEZ ALASKA
ALLIES HOTLY
VIOLKN.T FIGHTING RKPORTKD
French Now Within Mile of the Hin
denberg 1 Jne and Are Steadih Pro
gressing—British and Germans In
Desperate Kncounter.
LONDON, March 27—Advices from,
France state that the French and
British are hotly pursuing the retreat
ing Germans. Violent fighting is in
progress and the French are now
within a nolle of the Hindenberg line.
The fighting is principally in the open,
the Germans in their famous close
formation, disputing efrery inch of
ground, but the savage atacks of the
French are forcing them to retire. The
British have continued their offensive
and severe fighting has ensued. The
Snglish troops are now within eleven
miles of the Hindenberg line, and are
steadily advancing and have occupied
the town of Lagnicourt after a violent
encounter.
CLAIM CERTAIH
ELECT SPEAKER
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DEMOCRATS ARE CONFIDENT
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l/eadcrs Assert They Will Have the
218 Votes Required to Elect Champ
Clark to the Speakership to Suc
ceed Himself.
WASHINGTON. D. C\. March 27.—
The Democratic leaders in Congress
express confidence in their ability to
elect Champ Clark as speaker of the
House to succeed himself. Two hun
dred and eighteen votes are needed to
elect and after a careful canvass the
Democrats claim they will secure the
tequired number.
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||> TO FI’Lli WAR STRENGTH
Estimated That Seventeen Tliousand
Men Will Be Required to Fill In
the Ranks und Bring Organization
to a War Footing.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 27.—
President Wilson has issued orders
to bring the naval and marine corps
up to a full war strength. It is esti
mated that about 17,000 men vill be
needed to fill up the ranks and a cam
paign of enlistment has been started,
{and is being steadily pushed to secure
the required number of men.
GOLD DUST ON SPUDS
EXCITED ALASKAN
The high cost of potatoes recalls to
Charles Peterson, a mining man of
j Alaska, an incident the first season
jhe went into the Klondike. It hap
pened over about half a'bushel of
j potatoes. Peterson who came out this
fall and is now stopping at the Palace,
ImiBses the “French fried” along with
i his meal, and it makes him think of
;the man who ran across the gold
, dust in his spuds.
“When I got into Forks, a little
i place out of Dawson, I met a fellow
'by the names of Spear,” Peterson
said. “He had just bought about a
| half bushel of potatoes at the general
store and when he washed some for
| cooking he found some gold dust in
; the botto mof the pan. He wanted to
know of the storekeeper just where
it he potatoes had been raised. The
•storekeeper didn’t know, so Spear set
out to trace the spuds to their orig
inal field. It’s quite a joke among the
boys, because the truth about the
matter was, some one had spilled
some dust into the basket of pota
toes beside the counter.
“W’ell when 1 came out by the way
of Anchorage last fall I ran across
Spear up in the Matanuska valley. He
told me he never found that particu
lar field of potatoes, but he had a
patch that was keeping him in spend
ing money, anyway. I guess the way
potatoes have jumped that it was
best he never found the field, after
all.”
THETRE HERE!
Those Dutchess trousers that you have
been waiting tor, also the Knickers tor
the boy--the kind that wear well and
look well, and are guaranteed by the
Dutchess Mtg. Co., and S. Blum & Co.,
to give satisfaction—or your money re
funded.
MEN’S
10c a Button
$1.00 a Rip.
BOY’S
10c a Button
50c a Rip.
See the Nail Keg
TEST
in our window , „
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
PHONK 13 IN KORMKR INGRAM & RUSH RU).
VALDEZHOSPITAL
A finely equipped institution
for the care and treatment of
cases of every character. Shill
ed nurses in attendance.
Private Rooms.
Terms Reasonable.
Jos. A. iilverman Ph. G. M. D.
Proprietor.
Boyle Block Valdez
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
.lust One Thing After Another.
Arthur Pinkus received word on the
last boat that Mrs. Pinkus. who is on
a visit to the outside, has just recov
ered from a severe attack of smallpox.
Mrs. Pinkus and her sister were going
for a visit to Spokane, when it was
discovered that there was a case of
smallpox on the train. All the pas
sengers were quarantined and five of
them later came down with the dis
ease, one of them being Mrs. Pinkus.
She is now well recovered. Pinkus
says it’s just one darn thing after an
other.
Slightly ('older inside.
Colder weather prevails along the
road between Valdez and Fairbanks,
the drop within the past 24 hours run
ning from 2 to 6 degrees. Fairbanks,
Richardson, McCarty, Donnelly, Mc
Callum, Paxson report from zero to
10 below, McCallum being the cold
est. Salcha reports 5 above and the
ether stations range from that point
to 17 above, reported from Wortman.
Cloudy weather is reported from the
northern end of the line and a 60-mile
gale is blowing at McCallum. Clear,
calm, weather is reported from all sta
tions this side of Paxson.
IN THE OVEN
AND OUT
CRESCENT
POWDER
RAISES THE
DOUGH
SOLD 1IY OKOTKRS
25c lb. Can.
CRESCENT Mix;. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
Open Day and Night .McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—In Owl Dm* Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT COLD
WE PAV
28 cents per pound for Copper
18 cents per pound for Brass
8c lb. for Rubber Shoes.
7c lb. for Ijead.
$20.00 per ton for cast iron.
$15 per ton Wrought Iron.
5c per lb. for Rope.
:l c per pound for Rags.
$20.00 per ton for Paper.
27c per do/.. Beer Botth^s, qts.
17c doz. Beer Bottles, pints.
F. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
VALDEZ CAFE & BAKERY
Cakoe, Cookie* k Baas, 15c per dona.
French, Rye and White Bread 12 1-2
cents per loaf. Order* taken for special
occasions.
BERGSTROM * ROGSTAD, Prop*.
FHONE117 - Throe door* klow Owl Dr**
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Hhop
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Are, Soward. Alaska
Arctic Hotel
Is for the present closed.
Watch for the Opening An
nouncement.
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Prop
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
Lowney’s Hox Candies at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. . tf
Full line Koenig's Chocolates at
| Keystone Produce Co. tf
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A fresh lot of Haas’ Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to '$2
a hox. Valdez Drug Co. ( tf
CITY EXPRESS. Phone 82; i)e»d.v
I to transfc* i.-.n for yoiu. tf
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Office* over Valder Druic Co.
Phone '15 McKinley Sfrec :
Contract Surgeon, l*. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital i
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JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PH. 6. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Over Owl Drug Co.
OFFICE HOURS:
1 to 4 P. M. 7 to 8 P. M.
Sunday by Appointment.
Res. Phone 17(1 Office Phoae l»
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate Nattoaal Halve ratty
Wanhlactoa, D. C.
DENTIST
h'uirteeB Years 1b Valdes.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms ia Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNICY'S-AT-LA W
OMce Opposite Court House
Phone » VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN i.r«Nt * ir kitch:a
LYONS *& RITCHIE
ATTOH.MEYS*AT-LAW
OM«m Is » •.sling Building
Phone mi valdez. Alaska
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. ».
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Kitted Leuses Ground
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free nail Accepted Masons
Regular Communications flrst Wed
nesday In each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
P. M. BROWN. W. M
ED WOOD. Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
W. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mina
GUST KRING. Secretary.
Veldes Alaska.
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s
Prices reasonable. •
\ new liue or neaters priced right
at Mead’s. t(