STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ. ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
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PHONE 7 FOR men only
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfacl on i.muanteert • I j>’or fM'1'v *Vt>
Telephone -it. 1 1 Kou*h l,r> u’r
\VK AUK KKAHY
TO T *1,!•' TV.' IKY
lo men who thir l; of ordering
a new suit or overcoat for
Thanksgiving. Our extra ine
line of fabrics is open for in
spection. And our prices jire
so moderate for the classy
tailoring we always do that
every man who wants to be
really well dressed can aftord
to be.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
THE
Imported and Domestic
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Phone 69
Taxes Now Dae.
Taxes for the Town of Valdfcz for
the year 191 G are now due and paya
ble at my office at the corner of Key
stone avenue and McKinley street.
1 Taxes will be delinquent on Monday,
December 4, 191G, at C o’clock p. m.,
and unless paid prior thereto, a pen
alty of 10 per cent will be added to
the amount and interest at the rate
of 12 per cent per annum.
Warrants issued by the present
council will be accepted in payment
of taxes.
Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 m.
and 2 p. m. to 4 p. m., except Sun
days.
Dated this 9th day of November,
191 6.
E. G. AMES,
Town Treasurer.
Kill 11-23.
YOU CAN GKT A LOT
of satisfaction by buying your
bread, cakes and pastries from
us. First, because you will bo
promptly and courteously
waited on. Second, there can
be no possible doubt as to the
quality of our bakery prod
ucts. Third and last because
they are not priced as high as
their extra flue quality would
seem to indicate.
Schmidt’s Bakery
Delicatessen
A m m m - ,V. *•* A aft* A alL aft* aft* aft* aft* a
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
Prospector ads kiln* remits.
k new line of «ieaters priced right,
at Mead’s. if
A new line of hand painted china.
Owl Drug Co. tf
See Blake for Cement Blocks. If
These People
Are
Happu and
Contented
WHY
C]J They have been dealing
in home stores.
CJ They feel sure of hon
est, square dealing.
tfl By trading in town they
have saved time, car
fare and shoe leather.
fj When you deal in the
home stores you help the
town.
qw£n you help the
town you help your
self.
EIGHT HOUR LM
(Continued from Page One)
“Section S of the Organic Act pro
vides that the enacting clause of all
the laws uassed by th'- legislature
shall he "Be it enacted by the Legis
lature of the Territory of Alaska.’
Xo law shall embrace more than one
subject, which shall oe expressed by
Its title.
“An investigation of the respective
Organic Acts of the territories show
that each has contained a section
similar, if not identical, to Section
S of our Organic Act, and that dur
ing the early days of the territorial
legislation much difficulty has been
experienced not only by the legisla
tors in selecting apt and appropriate
titles for the laws enacted but also
by the courts in passing upon (he
same, to the end that the title end
bony of the act, as an expression >>f
(lie legislative will, shall each serve
its own proper purpose and function
without doing violence to the plain
and positive provisions of the Organ
ic Act or Constitution. The Courts
have always been disposed to exercise
great liberality where the question
of the appropriateness of the title of
an act has been in question, and it
is only when the title so far viols’t.es
the provisions of the act as to be im
possible of sustaining the same that
the act has been declared unconstitu
tional. It frequently happens as in
this case, that the legislators, impell
(I by the duty incumbent upon tueru
by virtue of their office, enact a law
calculated to insure protection to
those engaged in hazardous voca
tions, and it is with the greater! re
luctance that (lie Courts, knowing
the benefits to be gained by such a
law are compelled to hold the same
invalid because of a failure on the
part ot the legislators to follow the
plain provisions of the Organic Act.
Especially js this true where the ben
efits to lie obtained are generaPv rec
ognized and a great majority have
sought .to comply in good faith with
tite spirit and letter of the law.
"Tile title of Chapter 29, Session
Laws, 1913, reads:
"An act to declare employment in
underground mines, applied to meta’
liferous lode mining only, under
ground workings'; open cut workings,
open pit workings, smelters, ieduc
tion works, stamp mills, roller mills,
concentrating mills, chlorination pro
cesses, cyanide processes, to be in
jurious to health and dangerous to
life and limb. To regulate and limit
the hours of employment in said 01
cupations; to declare the violation
thereof a misdemeanor and to pro
vide penalties for the violation theic
cf.’
‘'Section 1 provides that:
'■Employment in umlergrc u a
mines, underground workings, open
cut, open pit workings, smelters, re
duction works, stamp mills, roller
mills, concentrating mills, chlorina
tion processes, cyanide processes, i
hereby declared to., be injurious to
health and dangerous to life and
limb.’
“Section 2, with reference to the
period of employment of working
men while engaged in the various
kinds of work enumerated in Sec
tion 1, specified a new kind of work,
to-wil, employment of workingmen
‘at coke ovens.’ It is apparent that
the title of the act is not germane to
that portion of the subject matter of
the act relating to tlie employment of
workingmen ‘at coke ovens,’ and
such subject matter is therefore
mere surplusage. A further examin
ation of Section 2 discloses the fact
that, although seven other kinds of
employment of workingmen are enu
merated, to-wit, in underground
workings, underground mines, stamp
mills, roller mills, open cut work
ings, chlorination processes and cya
nide processes, there is an express
limitation to the scope of the act by
the following words: ‘Providing,
however, that this act applies to me
talliferous lode mining only.’ ”
The Court then went on to read
the act as it would read after elimi
nating from the title and the first
and second sections thereof, all that
becomes surplusage by reason of the
express limitations contained in Sec
tion 2, Chapter 29.
“It is thus seen that while the
title of the act of 1913 designates
11 kinds of employment which are
also enumerated in Section 1, only
eight kinds of employment are desig
nated in Section 2, one of which, to
wit, ‘at coke ovens,’ is not mentioned
in the title. The fact that a title is
broader than the act is not fatal, but
the scope of the act is necessarily
confined to the express limitatio's
set forth in the act itself. So this
act, by the provision in Section 2
‘providing, however, that this act ap
plies to metalliferous lode raining
only,’ is not capable of amendment
under the same title so as to include
all kinds of mining and redaction
processes.
"Following this line of Investiga
tion, It Is found that the title of the
amendatory act enumerates eleven
kinds of employment, while Section
1 would broaden the scope to fifteen,
and Section 2 extends the number to
sixteen by adding 'underground pi -
cer mining,’ all under the title of the^
original act.
"The case of Preston vs. Stove- in j
97 N. W. 812 is particularly In
point. It is stated in the syllabus:
‘Under the old as well as under the
present Constitution, where the t'tle
to a bill is to amend a particular sec
tion of an act, no amendment is per
missible which is not germane to 'he
subject matter of the original sec
tion.’
“It therefore necessarily follow •
| that the demur rev must he sustained
"Authorities in support of the ini
ling above will he found in the fol
lowing: (Citing cases.)
‘ .Since the lust point raised hy the
j demurrer disposes of the question, a
'determination of the other objections
is not necessarv."
I
Frank Heed, a former well known
resident of Valdez, was a passenger
I on the Evans from Anchorage to the
j States.
i
J. O. B lizard left on the Evans for
1 the Stales.
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1 .WANTED—$590 for one year at
112 per cent.,; good security. Address
i Box :17, City. 2t
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CITY KXPHLSS, Paone 62; ready
i to transfer that baggage for you. tf
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The best dinner at the Arcade
; Cafe. tf
Try the Cottage uimng noon for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker. Phone 131. tf
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Keystone Hand Laundry. Remem
ber work guaranteed. Phone 210. tf
A Big Shipment.
Just received, a fresh line of Ha%s
Candies, the kind you like, at Levy &
Ross.’ tf
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Your picture will please the folks
at home better than anything you car
send them. Jenner the photographer
tf
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Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug
Company. tf
j Fresh Augustine & Kyer Butter
Krisp and Queen Victorias at Hunt’s.
All kinds of cocktails. At tin
j Candy Kitchen. tf
Location notices, Dotn quartz and
placer, at the Miner office.
Pictures developed, at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
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Furnished rooms at Mrs OSland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
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1 See Marcus Missick, ladies’ and
gents’ tailor, up-to-date fur remodel
ing, cleaning, pressing and altera
tions. Guarantee perfect satisfac
tion. Next to Senate saloon. tf
Something new. Loganberry Phos-,
phate. Candy Kitchen. • tf
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Stop that lnfernul TtaoKet
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that noisy old 1
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the pedee disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate it. tf
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When you want something good to
eat try the Merchants’ Cafe, open all
night. tf
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Hand laundry. Phone 81 McKinlr?; |
St. tf ,
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WALTER E. EDGE.
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Nominated For Governor by
New Jersey Republicans.
TIME MAY GO BY
when you will be able to ob
tain insurance. The time to
secure this perfect protection
is right now. Tomorrow may
be too late. To <peglect insur
ing is to neglect a duty both
to your family and to yourself.
You cannot afford not to be in
sured any longer. Let us in
sure you today.
TALK WITH SMITH
Valdez Heal Estate Agency
■a* TONY’S PLACE”
EVERYTHING ANTON CARLSON,
FIRS'! CLASS Manager.
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
Pacific Steamship Co.
(AII.MIIUL LINK)
Our Lar^e Meet of MuKiiifiren Steamers otters l<|{K(^i’KXT, I’KIt
l-'KCT 8KKVICK ItPtuecn all Points in
Alaska and California
Leave Seattle
Nov. 10—-S. S. Admiral Watson
Nov. 20—S. S. Admiral Evans.
FOR SEWARD AND
SELDOVIA
Leave Valdez
Nov. 10—S. S. Admiral Evans
Nov. IS—S. S. Admiral Watson
Nov. 28—S. S. Admiral Evans
For Cordova, Katalla. Yakutat,
Juneau. Ketchikan,
SEATTLE. TACOMA
CAM FORM A ROLTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, l-'ridays and Saturdays for Sail Francisco,
Los Angeles and San Diego.
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOLK TICKET HEADS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOL ARE ASSLKEI) THE VERY REST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
ALASKA
! STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings from Seattle—
Nov. IS.—S. S. Alameda.
Nov. 24.—S. S. Mariposa.
Dec. 1.—S. S. Alameda.
Dec. S.-—S. S. Mariposa.
Dec. 16.-—S. S. Alameda.
Sailings Valdez to Sealtle—
Nov. lfi.—S. S. Mariposa.
Nov. 25.—S. S. Alameda.
Dec. 1.—S. S. Mariposa
Dec. 8.—S. S. Alameda.
Dec. 15.—S. S. Mariposa.
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. L1SCUM.
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. H. TllACY, I.en'I Agent V YLUKZ DOCK CO., Lucnl Agent
Take the “MILWAUKEE”
On Your Next Trip to the East.
Electrification of its main line over the backbone of the
Continent has eliminated all soot, smoke and cinders, per
mitting an unobstructed view of the magnificent panoramas
through the Bitter Roots and Rockies.
J. C. Martin, Valdez, Phone 1 A. E. Harris, T. P. A. Juneaa, Alaska.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Foxy Hot Drinks, Candy Kitchen, tf
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart street. •
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
The Golden North, the House of
Comfort. U
Special order, Cham Chowder 15c,
at the Arcade. tf
The N. £ S. leaves the Valdez dock
on regular sailing days. See adv.
Carbureters, magnetos, batteries,
spark plugs and coils at Mead’s. tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at tne Valdez
Drug Store. tt
For all kinds of cement work see
Blake. tf
Beat Sourdough hotcakes and best
coffee at the Arcade. tf
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