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From the standpoint of the aver
age citizen there are two important
considerations in connection with the
great war program before the coun
try. ,The first is to produce those
things which will increase the effic
iency of the nation as a fighting unit.
The other is to prevent all unneces
sary waste. Negatively, by conserving
our resources we are producing—in
the sense that a penny saved is a
penny earned.
One item in the conservation pro
gram, which is being emphasized by
the state insurance commissioner at
this time, is the prevention of loss of
property by fire. The commissioner
makes his appeal at a peculiarly
timely moment. The dry season is ap
proaching and greatest loss by fire
during the year of any similar per
iod probably will be sustained within
the next six weeks. Therefore, it is
urgent that the public take heed of
the plea for fire prevention. Fortunat
ely, it is a campaign in which every
person can enlist.
In his appeal to tne people me in
surance commissioner points out that
a grave responsibility rests upon ev
ery citizen to preserve, for the bene
fit of our color bearers everything
that is needful for their vital exist
ence; every dollar saved from loss by
preventable fires is a soldier of de
fense and a reserve for the men at
the front.
“Our country,” he said, “is con
sidering the question of food conser
vation and in doing so we should not
fail to take into account one of the
principal causes that is responsible
for the loss of great quantities of
food products — preventable fires.
This is the time of all times to in
augurate and carry through a cam
paign of caution and carefulness in
trying to save for the benefit of hu
manity every possible item which
may be lost through careless fire
waste. You are appointed a commit
tee of one to stop! think- prevent!
Never in the history of our country
has the matter of fire waste and its
prevention assumed the importance
as at the present time. This particu
’arly applies to everything in the
shape of foodstuffs and the material
which may, directly or indirectly, be
needed in preparing for or carrying
on the war in which we are engaged."
It is particularly pointed out that
care should be exercised to prevent
destruction by fire in grain fields,
warehouses, on ships now building,
manufacturing plants and on rail
roads and other means of transporta
tion. The importance of protecting
the forests of the state is of equal
interest to the people of Washington.
It is up to the individual to assume
the responsibility which Is involved
I in this program of fire prevention and
i every person should take it upon
| himself to heed this seasonable ap
1 peal.
SANCTIMONIOUS PRUSSIA
I
Germany, seeking thru the mouth
I piece of one of her foremost histor
ians, now sanctimoniously claims cre
dit for freeing the Russian people of
the blight of czarism. By defeating
the Russians—is the German logic—
(the kaiser caused the long-suffering
| victims of imperial autocracy in Rus
sia to rise up in arms and throw off
the yoke of oppression. Thus Russia,
rejuvenated and regenerated, ought
to fall on its knees before his imper
ial highness Wilhelm the Second.
In a sense the Germans are re
sponsible for the Russian revolution;
but the people af Russia are entirely
too far-seeing to fall into the error
of crediting an autocrat outside of
Russia for their liberties. The Ger
mans intrigued, bribed, conspired,
and plotted with the “dark forces”
of the Russian empire—even raising
violent pro-Germans to the premier
ship—and also undermined the army
at the front and the people at home
to such an extent that they were
goaded into rebellion against such
evidence of treason and corruption.
Using the same line of argument one
might say that the czar should be
thanked for the revolution because
his rule was so despotic and oppres
sive that he goaded his subjects into i
heroic action.
History does not record instances
where one monarch has intervened
in a foreign nation—particularly an
enemy nation—to overthrow a bro
ther despot and then confer the in
stitutions of freedom upon his peo
ple. The Russians are altogether too
wise in their day and generation to
fall victim to such guff as Germany
is giving them. Even the radical
council of workmen and soldiers de
nounced Prussianism as being hope
lessly at variance with the ideals and
aspirations of modern democratic
Russia.
Germany’s hope of a separate peace
with Russia has vanished and no spe
cious reasoning can delude the peo
ple of that mighty country, who have
tasted liberty, into believing they
have anything in common with kais
erism. The gigantic offensive of Rus
sia, which has contradicted the pre
diction of almost every observer of
the war, is the answer to the German
intrigue for a separate peace.
KAISER’S AMERICAN COHORTS
A man may not be actually on the
payroll of Kaiser Wilhelm nor of the
German propogandists in the United
States who interfere with the pro
duction of foodstuffs or of other ma
terials essential to the successful
prosecution of the war, but ‘he just
as well be so far as the effect of his
activities go. For it is impossible to
retard production or prevent produc
tion of life's essentials in this coun
try without relatively assisting the
enemy and prolonging the great war.
It is for this reason that the pub
lic is most interested in doing all
within its power to checkmate those
who are devoting themselves to this
unholy task.
ui course, mucn oi tne worn oi
interference is done in the name of
labor, but it is also true that most
of the crimes of history were commit
ted in the name of religion. Neither
labor nor religion is furthered by
lawless acts. And those who raise the
banner of labor or of the church in a
lawless crusade against society must
be looked upon as common enemies
and treated as such.
It may be true, and probably is,
that more credence is given to the ru
mors that agitators are being paid
with Germen money but whether this
is true or not the effect is just the
same.
A SEATTLE woman with a hus
band by the euphonious cognomen of
William, recently received a letter
from her husband who was mining
in Alaska, stating he would be home
soon. On his way from here he
stopped at a Seattle furniture store
and ordered a fine chiffonier boxed
and sent to his wife as a peace offer
ing. Meeting several of the boys at
the Frye he dallied over the parting
until a late hour. In the meantime
the box reached his home and was
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
unloaded. Wifey took a glance at it j
screamed and fainted. It said "Bill j
Inside.”
THE SPY CRAZE
Seattle trio of policemen came in
to the police court dragging a pro
testing citizen between them.
“What is the charge?" asked the
Judge.
"He is a German spy," replied one
of the perspiring officers
"It's a lie. I am an American and
can prove it."
"But here is the evidence, your
honor,” said one .the policemen,,
holding out a bulky hotel register. 1
The sergeant took it and read; "V
Gates."
The man was released.
TOKENS OK CIVILIZATION
A traveller who had wandered
around in the woods in Alaska for
several days lost, discovered a thin
wisp of smoke above the tree tops, j
Fearing savages he stole carefully ;
up and just as he was about to flee |
for the tall uncut heard a voice 6ay: i
"Why in H-l did you draw that !
card."
Dropping to his knees the famish- |
ed man exclaimed: "Thank God they j
are Christians.”
A LACK OF NERVE
"Ain't you ashamed, a big man
like you asking for a nickel?” said
the lady to the hobo who had pan
ned her for five cents.
"I sure am, madam, but I ain’t
got the nerve to take it without
askin’ ”
AN exchange says that war brides
are risky. Do they differ in this re
spect from any other kind of brides?
The chief interest of man is man,
and incidentally woman.
Old favorites
W
GRANT.
By JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.
Copyright. 1887. 1898, by James Whitcomb
Riley.
WHAT shall we say of the soldier,
(Irani,
His sword put by and his great
soul free?
How shall we cheer him now or
chant
His requiem beflttlngly?
The fields of his conquest now are seen
Ranged no more with his armed men,
But the rank and file of the gold and green
Of the waving grain Is there again.
Though his valiant life is a nation’s pride.
And his death heroic and half divine.
And our grief as great as the world Is
wide.
There breaks In speech but a single line—
We loved hint living, revere him dead.
A silence then on our lips Is laid.
We can say no thing that has not been
said
Nor pray one prayer that has not been
prayed.
But a spirit within us speaks, and, lo,
We lean and listen to wondrous words
That have a sound as of winds that blow
And the voice of waters and low of
herds.
And we hear, as the song flows on serene.
The neigh of horses and then the beat
Of hoofs that skurry o'er pastures green
And the patter and pad of a boy’s bare
feet—
A brave lad, wearing a manly brow,
Knit as with problems of grave dispute.
And a face, like the bloom of the orchard
bough.
Pink and pallid, but resolute,
And flushed It grows as the clover bloom
And fresh it gleams as the morning dew
As he reins his steed where the quick
quails boom
L’p from the grasses he races through.
And, ho, as he rides what dreams are his?
And what have the breeses to suggest?
Do they whisper to nhn of shells that
whiz
O’er fields made ruddy with wrongs re
dressed?
Does the hawk above him an eagle float?
Does he thrill and his boyish heart beat
high.
Hearing the ribbon about his throat
Flap as a flag as the winds go by?
And does he dream of the warrior's fame.
This western boy In his rustic dress?
For, in miniature, this is the man that
came
Riding out of the Wilderness
The selfsame figure, the knitted brow,
The eyes full steady, the Ups full muta,
And the face, like the bloom of the or
chard bough.
Pink and pallid, ^-ut resolute.
Aye, this Is the man, with features grim
And stoical as the sphinx’s own,
That heard the harsh guns calling him,
As musical as the bugle blown.
When the sweet spring heavens were
clouded o’er
With a tempest, glowering and wild.
And pur country’s flag bowed down be
Going To Fairbanks?
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Fairbanks and all Interior Points.
For further information call on or
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|jTHE AGENT, at the Prospector Office
Youngurt Cottage Cheese,
a new addition to our fancy eats—pack
ed in a sealed paper cup. plain and pimen
to. sells 2 for 25.
Randall’s Grape Juice,
from selected New York grapes, full 20
oz., bottle sells at 30c. as compared with
16 oz., hottle of other kinds at 35c.
Heinz’s Varieties:
Most of the 57 varieties for sale at this store, here are a few selectcl in glass:
MUSTARD SAUCE
TOMATO SAUCE
SWEET ONIONS
PICKLED ONIONS
MIXED GHERKINS
WHITE SALAD VINE
GAR
EVP. HORSE RADISH
CHOW CHOW PICKLE
GREEN PEPPER SAUCE
INDIA RELISH
SOUR GHERKINS
MALT VINEGAR
SPICED SALAD VINE
GAR
PURE OLIVE OIL
CHILI SAUCE
RED PEPPER SAUCE
SWEET GHERKINS
GRAPE JELLY
TARAGON
PURE CIDER VINEGAR
WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: U'",".
ket’s best on the last boats—Cherries, Plums. Apricots, Seedless Grape Fruit, Melons,
Cantaloups, Radishes, Head Lettuce, Cukes, String Beans, Green Peas, etc.
JIFFY JELL many tasty deserts can be made with Jiffy Jell—try the
new mint or lime flavor.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
Good Goods
fore
Its bursting wrath as a stricken child.
Thus, ready mounted and booted and
spurred,
He loosed his bridle and dashed away.
Like a roll of drums were his hoof beats
heard,
Like the shriek of the fife his charger's
neigh.
And over his shoulder and backward
blown
We heard his voice, and we saw the sod
Reel as our wild steeds chased his own
As though hurled on by the hand of God.
And still. In fancy, we see him ride
In ttie blood red front of a hundred
frays.
His face set stolid, but glorified
As a knight’s of the old Arthurian days,
And victor ever as courtly, too,
Gently lifting the vanquished foe
And staying him with a hand as true
As dealt the deadly avenging blow.
So, brighter than all of the cluster of stars
Of the flag enshrouding his form today,
His face shines forth from the grime of
wars
With a glory that shall not pass away.
He rests at last; he has borne his part
Of salutes and salvos and cheers on
cheers,
But, oh, the sobs of his country’s heart
And the driving rain of a nation's tears!
— _—-—is
P. C. KNOX, JR., AVIATOR.
Son of Former Secretary of
8tate In United Statee Service.
Photo by American l'resa Association.
Philander Chase Knox, Jr., son or
Senator Knox, former secretary of
state, is now being put through his
paces in the United States aviation
school at Newport News. Ya.
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free nd Accepted lum
Regular Communications first Wed
uesday In each month In McKlnle;
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.
Brass $18 per ton.
Lead 8 He per pound.
Rubber 7^c per pound.
Qt. Beer Bottles 27 H c per doz.
Pint Beer Bottles 17H per doz.
Rags $2.50 per 100 pounds.
Paper $1.00 per 100 pounds.
Manila Rope 4 He per pound.
F. 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 out of Valdez
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
Genet al Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
DAY OR NIGHT
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
JT
PROFESSIONAL CARD^
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices in Fish Building, adjoining
Tillikum Club.
Phone ’IS McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, 0. S. Army
A. > Surgeon, U S. Public Health Sort.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Gradaate National lair.ratty.
Washington. D. C.
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1898
PHONE llO
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIM^ND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offlce Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
John LroNa c s ritchib
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNBVS-AT-LAW
()fliers la wiallif Balldlac
PhoBC 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. Dr
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
VALDEZHOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN. Pk. a. M. 0. Pr.*.
Jos. A. Silverman Pk. G. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office heart—1 te 4 p. a —7 to 8 p. a.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdez
Candy Kitchen\
E. W. HUNT—la Owl Drag Star*. |
FOUNTAIN DRINKS !
HOT-COLD |
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.^
Phone 166.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner.
W. M. CONLEY PrMhUai.
Vsldu AImLs.
GEORGE M. BARRY Salary.
VaJdM AlMki.