Stye iailg ProBpprtiir
PUBLISHED BT
STEWART * SELBY, Proprietor.
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered ns Second-Class Mall Matter,
fuly 23. 1912. at the postofflce of Valdes,
Uaska, under act of March 3. 1873.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1916
A NOTH Kit CAMPAIGN STORY.
It is said by several of the news
papers supporting Delegate Wicker
sham and purporting to have been
given out by the Delegate himself,
that his reasons for not making the
trip through to Fairbanks after speak
ing at Chitina and McCarthy was be
cause of the impassable condition of
the road and this is being used as an
other argument against Col. Richard
son and those irresponsible sheets
whose regard for the truth, when its
effect would be to spoil the story, is
nil.
The story is absolutely lacking in
truth like most of the Delegate’s
stories about the Road Commission,
and it only needs a glance at the in
terior trail reports during the month
of October to show that there was
more travel over the road during the
month of October than any other
month in the year. Autos carrying
from three to nine passengers were
plying between Chitina and Fair
banks daily, and dozens of mushers
came out by way of Valdez. Proba
bly the number of passengers over
the road that month was double that
of any month of the season. And if
the Delegate was an Alaskan, why dtd
he not mush in? The average Alaskan
would not hesitate to mush from
Chitina to Fairbanks, nor would he
expect anyone to furnish an automo
bile to carry him over the road.
Probably one of the real reasons
the Delegate did not make the trip to
the interior was that being convinced
of defeat he thought best to save the
several hundred dollars the trip
would have cost to add to his office
fixtures in Tacoma.
IK THE postal authorities sign a
contract with the Deutschland to car
ry the German mails we may look for
an awful howl from the Allies. It
will eliminate at one stroke all chance
for Great Britain to read our corres
pondence, and will insure the delivery
of mails to Germany unmolested.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
consigned to Germany by parties of
Teutonic extraction In the Uutted
States have been pilfered from the
malls from the Allies, and many
million dollars worth of business di
verted to British firms. It would seem
that the submarine route would not
only insure the safe delivery of the
malls, but would also insure the de
livery of such sums as are consigned
to Teutonic firms or persons.
FINANCING THK FUR BU8INR88.
The movement to give St. Louts
an impregnable position as the fur
center of the world goes steadily on.
The latest development is the organ<
7ation by Philip B. Koulke and his as
sociates of a brokerage company foi
the financing of buyers who con. *
here from other markets. This fol
lows the precedents set by the Lon
don market, where for many years
there have been corporations giving
special credit facilities to buyers of
unquestionable business standing but
limited working capital.
The new business note is struck by
the formation of this corporation.
American merchants have generally
paid too little attention to the inti
mate relation between banking and
merchandising—an intimacy long per-1
cetved by our competitors in Eng
land, Germany and France. Credit
is as real a part of modern merchan
dising as merchandise is.
The fur trade, like shoe manufact
uring, is centering in St. Louis in re
sponse to personal enterprise—not be
cause of economic conditions making
it impossible to conduct it with equal
facility somewhere else. It is a pleas
ure to recognize this fact while Mr.
Koulke is still in the midst of his
constructive efTort. It is such energy
and vision as his that make cities.—
St. Louis Republic.
SOMETIMES It appears tliat one
of the advantages of a higher educa
tion is that it enables a person to
show more proficiently what a foci
he is.
KING OTTO, the mad king of Ba
varia, is dead, after having been con
fined for 43 years. If the rest of Eu
ropean royalty could be rounded up
and confined for 43 years the world
would be much better off. v
THE Valdez Prospector tells us
that Delegate Wickersham never said
a word against the Alaska Koad Com
mission when he spoke at Valdez.
Now, if the arguments against Colonel
Richardson were good at Seward why
were they not good at Valdez? Surely
the Dslegate to Congress from Alaska
would not take into account a possible
loss of votes if he thought it his duty
to point out the sins of a public serv
ice commission Does the failure t<
speak of the Commission in its home
town suggest that after all the attacks
on the demoniacal Colonel are deliv
ered with a view to securing support
in the bai.ot boxes?—Gateway.
Malted Milk, hot and cold, phos
phates of all kinds, and hot drinks
at Hunt’s.
(Paid Advertisement.)
Democratic Candidate
For Delegate to Congress
CHAS. A. SULZER
Vote for an adequate School System.
Vote for Good Roads and Trails.
Vote for a Primary Law.
Vote for Home Rule and Self Government.
Vote for the Protection of our Fisheries.
Vote for Honest and Earnest Representation
Vote against Misrepresentation.
VOTE FOR SULZER^
DIFFICULTIES OF
NORTHERN MARRIAGES
In the wilderness, on the bankr.
of the Koyukuk river, at the Junc
tion of the South Fork, a hundred
miles from a settlement, without n
priest, parson c r official of the law,!
Edward Petersen, of Nolan Creek,!
and Miss Maud Anderson of Seattle,
with bended knee and calling upon
God to witness as to their holy in
tentions, to6k the solemn vows of
marriage, while (wo prospectors, the
only other people for many miles
around, acted as witnesses. Thus Dan
Cupid overcomes the difficulties im
posed by not having any minister of
the gospel or any legally constituted
officer In the Koyukuk district.
During the early part of July, U.
J. McGinnis, the commissioner at the
Koyukuk, started for the Outside and
before another had been nppointed to
took his place. He was only gone a few
days when Ed. Peterson began to in-,
quire around as to when there would
be another commissioner nppointed.,
It developed th< t his anxiety was due
to the fact that a young lady was to
arrive from the Outside within a
short time.
Hoping to delay the departure of
Commissioner McGinnis, Mr. Peter
son made a hurried trip to Hetties. I
but arrived there too late as the of
ficial had already departed. He wait-j
ed until the lady arrived. Miss Maud
Anderson.
It was certainly a predicament;
both anxious to get married and no
one to perform the ceremony. Deter
mined. however, that there should be I
no more delay than possible, they I
started for the mission at Alatna, a
couple of hundred miles downstream,
hoping to And a minister there.
They were doomed to disappoint
ment, for when they reached the
South Fork of the Koyukuk river, a
distance of about a hundred miles,
they met Mrs. William Glenn, who, j
after hearing their story, remarked: j
"Well, you might as well turn back
for there is no one at Alabna that
has any more authority to marry you
than I have . There is no minister
there at the present time.”
idea struck Peterson, and he said:
From Mrs. Glenn’s statement an
"Well, were going to get married, and
if we can’t And anyone in the court-1
try with more authority to marry us
J than you have, why, you are elected i
(that’s all.”
| After a great deal of difficulty find
ing two men lo act as witnesses,
the ceremony was performed on July
24th, and the couple started back for
Wiseman, arriving there August lltli
Engineer is killed
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 1.—Engineer
Frank S. Shepard was instantly kill
led here today when the engine of
passenger train No. 6, front Aberdeen,
IS. D., on the Chicago, Milwaukee Sc
(St. Paul railway, left the rails at the
I city limits. A broken rail is believed
| to have been the caus^,
Notice of Ncliool Flection.
Notice is hereby given that there
will be held on the 7th day of Novem
ber, 1916, in the town hall at Val
dez, Alaska, between the hours of 7
a. m. and 7 T- m„ an election for
the purpose of electing two members
of the Valdez School Board, one for
the unexpired term of President of
the Board, ending April 1, 1918, and
and one for the unexpired term of
Clerk of the Board, ending April 1,
1917.
H. COCKERILLE,
F. M. BOYLE. 3t
Nuts and Fruits, Chocolate Cover
ed, at Hunt’s.
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
S & W canned fruits and vegetables
at Blum’s.
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart street. •
The N. & S. leaves the Valdez dock
on regular sailing days. See adv.
For steam heated rooms come to
the Golden North. tf
See our windows for Bargains at
the Owl Drug Co.
For all kinds of cement work see
Blake. tf
_
FRANKLIN MURPHY.
Nominated by Republicans In New
Jersey For United States Senate.
Photo by American Press Association. |,
Urged Temperance
Not Abstinence
A study of the life and writings cf
Lincoln will show to. the unbiased
mind that Abraham Lincoln was a
temperance man and a temperance ad- !
vocale in the correct sense; that is, be
believed in moderation In the use of
nil things. The quotations that the
Prohibitionists have used as coming
from Lincoln, when those quotation:',
have been authentic, have usually
been statements which he made when
speaking of the abuse and excessive
use of liquors. Mr. Lincoln’s ideas,
however, upon the liquor question,
were far removed from those of the,
modern agitating Prohibition leader.
The following extract taken from his
address delivered February 22, 1842,
before the Springfield Washingtonian
Temperance Society will bear out the
above statement.
Brands Kuna lies as I'njust.
"The preacher. It Is said, advocates
temperance because he is a fanatic,
and desires a union of the church and
state; the lawyer from his pride, and j
vanity of hearing himself speak; and,
the hired agent for his salary.”
"Too much denunciation against
dram-sellers and dram drinkers was
indulged in. This I think was both
impolitic and unjust. It was Impolitic
because it is not much in the nature
of man to be driven to anything; less
to be driven about that which is ex
clusively his own business; and least
of all where such driving is to be sub
mitted to at the expense of pecuniary
interest of a burning appetite.” * *
I’ersuuslon Most Kffeotlve.
"To have expected them to do oth
erwise than they did—to have expect
ed them not to meet denunciation
with denunciation, crimination with
crimination, and anathema with ana
thema—was to expect a reversal of
human nature, which is God's decree
and can never be reversed. When the
conduct of men is designed to be in
fluenc’d, persuasion, kind, unassum
ing persuasion, should ever be adopt
ied. It is an old and true maxim that
i "a drop of honey catches more flies
| than a gallon of gall.” So with man.
If you woa.il win a man to your cause
i first convince liltn that you are Us
sincere friend. Therein is a drop of
( honey that catches his heart, which,
say what he will, is the great highroad
i to his reason, and which when once
gained, you will find but little trouble
in convincing his judgment of the Jus
tice of your cause, if indeed that cause
really be a just one. On the contrary
assume to dictate to his judgment, or
to command his action, or to mark
him as one to be shunned or despised,
and he will retreat within himself,
close all the avenues to his head ai d
heart; und though your cause be nak
ed truth itself, transformed to the
heaviest lance, harder than steel, and
: sharper than steel can be made, and
though you thiow it with more than
Herculean force and precision, you
shall be no more able to pierce him
than to penetrate the hard shell of a
tortoise with a rye straw. Such i i
man, and so must he be understood
by those who would lead him, even to
his own best interests.” Adv.
The Horrid Man.
Dora—And so you quarreled?
Lena—Yes, and 1 returned all his
presents and what do you think he,
did?
Dora—-Something horrid, I.'am
sure.
Lena--He sent me half a dozen
boxes of face powder with a note ex
plaining that he thought he had tak
en as much as that home on his coet
sleeve since he first met me.
Don’t fail to attend the grocery sale
at Blum's.
Baggage is our middle name. City
Express. tf
Best Sourdough hotcakes and best
coffee at the Arcade. tf
Just Received t ti■ latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
How about that photo you promised
to send home? Go to Jenner, th
Photographer, and have It taken to
day. It only takes a few minutes, tf
Location notices, both quarts and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
YOU CAN GET 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 fine quality would
seem to indicate.
Schmidfs Bakery
Delicatessen
CANDIDATE W. J. HENRY i
DECLARED INELIGIBLE
(Special to the Prospector.)
ANCHORAGE. Nov. W. J.
Henry, whose name appears on the
official ballot as a candidate for the
office of member of the Territorial
Legislature, is not eligible for the of
fice, says the Anchorage Times. Mr
Henry Is a candidate on the Frame
ticket, and the fact that he Is Ineligi
ble to run has been known, it is alleg
ed, to Frame and others of the ticket
for sometime, but the name was al
lowed to go on the official ballot for
the purpose of confusing people and
possibly cause a loss of votes for W.
P. Henry of Seward, the nominee of
the Republican pnrty for the same of
fice. W. J. Henry is a Socialist, and
is active In the support of that ticket.
TRAMP’S PIPK IlI RNH
FAMOI'H PAIHtP HOMK
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2.—A
spark from a tramp's pipe started a
blaze today which partially destroy
ed St. Dominic's llall here, said to be
the oldest structure of the Dominican
Order of Catholic Priests in Califor
ilia. In the early fifties and vigilante
days a tiny congregation gathered in
the church and after destruction of Its
pretentious successor in the 1906
earthquake its walls again echoed the
sonorous-strains of "Dominus Voids
cum,” but shojtly after it again met
in the role of a deserted old church
MAI> KINO OF BAVARIA
IHFS; CRAZY 4» YEARN
LONDON. Nov. 2. Former King
Otto of Bavaria, who lias been insane
for many years, bas died suddenly, ac
cording to a Copenhagen dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph company,
quoting a Berlin official announce
ment. The mad kind died at Fuers
tenreid Castle near Munich, where lie
has been confined since 1872.
King Otto was born on April 27.
1848, and succeeded his brother Lud
wig II. in 188C. Ludwig II was also
insane and drowned himself in Staru
berg lake. King Otto was deposed on
November 5. 1912, and was succeeded
by the present monarch. Ludwig III.
formerly regent.
LOCAL BREVITIES
Try the Turkish Bam Barber Shop.
A first-class barber lias, been secured.
Satisfaction guaranteed. if
Special order, Cham Chowder 15c,
at the Artjade. tf
Houses for Sale, Lease or Kent,
Destruble houses for particular
people on very reasonable terms. The
Alaska Inv. Co. jvill save you money t
SKATES for sale and skates sharp
ened at the City Express. tf
When you want something good to
eat try the Merchants' Cafe, open ail
night. If
The Golden North has steam heat
ed rooms. tf
—
Chickens Come
Home to Roost
So Do the Dollars
That Are Spent
In Town
When you spend your dollars
in this town you profit immediately
by the general prosperity.
Prosperous Merchants Mean
a Prosperous Community.
A prosperous community means
prosperous individuals.
The home merchant spends his
dollars here in wages, rent and
taxes.
Spend Yonr Dollars With Him
THE EMPRESS
The Empress Circuit Presents
EDWARD ABELES
In the Celebrated Comedy Drama
“THE MILLION”
Friday—Charlie Chaplins Latest Comedy
8 p. m. Sharp. Regular Admission
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 84
ST. ELIAS HOTEL
ruder Now Management
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED; WARM, LIGHT, Ol’THIDE ROOMS
SPECIAL RATES TO PERMANENT GUESTS
PHONE 104 * MRS. L. HOLT, Prop.
PKt)l i:ssl(>\.\li ( \K 1>H.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OfllccM over Valdez Dtiik Co.
PhoneMcKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, IT. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. C0CKER1LLE
(•rmluate National Cnlveralty
WaNhlngton. D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Vmn in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office ItooniM in Whaling itiiildlnj
DONOHOE & D1MOND
ATTORN KY S-AT-LA W
Offlce Opposite Court IVouae
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS e. r UITCHW
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOH XKYM-AT-I.A W
IMIlci'i Id Wlinllng fl«ili*1ln«
I'hoDr 101 YAI.DKZ. Al.A Mi
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
I
VALDKZ LOIHJK
NO 108
Krt-r and Arvrptrd Mnauna
'Regular Communications tlrst Wed
! uesday In each month In McKInle)
! Hall. Visitors always welcome
P. M. BROWN. W. M
| ED WOOD, Secretary.
I
L O. O. F. No. 6
Meets every Monday evening in Mi
l\ in ley Hall at 8:00 o’clock.
VisitiiiK members cordially invited to
attend these meetings.
V. C. RUDOLPH, N. «.
T. G. QUINN, Sec.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
KiUM) NO. SEVEN
Meets every Tuesday evoniiiK at S:Ofi
o'clock in their hall over U. S. Com
missioner's office. Visitors are always
welcome.
T. II. HUNT. President.
E. G. AMES, Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER. Preud.nt.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALl.UM. Secretary.
Valdez Alaska.
Don't fall to attend the Krocery sale
at Blum's.
LOUIE'S CAFE
Everything First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
LAUNCH N & S
Leaves every Wednesday at 9 a.
m. from Valdes Dock for Bella
mar, I.audlook. and Fldalgo.
I.eaves every Saturday at 9 a. a.
from Valdes Doek for Cedar Day,
Wells flay. Port Wells and (Iran*
Ite Mine.
PORTAGE BAY AND OTHER
POINTS BY CONTRACT
W. J. CALLAGHAN
OWNER AND MASTER.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Roost—The Hoax of Cost art
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates By the Meath
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING. Prep
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
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ED. WOOD. Proprietor
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance