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MONDAY, MAY 3, 1915.
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MORMON PROSPERITY.
If “delivering the goods” is evi
dence of religious efficacy and virtue,
then Billy Sunday has no great edge
over the followers of Joseph Smith
and Brigham Young. The financial
statement just issued by the Mormon
hierarchy at Salt Lake City reveals
one enterprise not yet affected by
hard times. The Mormon church is
doing splendidly in point of numbers
and of wealth.
The Utah church has about 300,000
members. The report shows that the
church collected last year in tithes
$1,887,920. Is there another church
in the United States that can make
such a financial showing as this?
But this is not nearly all. It was not
necessary to draw upon this sum for
the support of the head offices of the
church. The church has investments
and business enterprises from which
it draws large profits. It owns stores
and illsm and it raises sheep and man
ufactures beet sugar.
The report shows, moreover, that
the number of Mormons has increas
ed 129,493 in the last thirteen years,
nearly 40 per cent. This is in part
from proselyting. With these ample
funds the church keeps 1,431 mission
aries out. drumming up recruits.
These evangelists are not Billy Sun
days, btu they get results as the fig
ures show. Where the missionaries
fail, a high marriage and birth rate,
with or without polygamy, succeed.
Nearly 15,000 children were born Mor
mons last year.—Nebraska Journal.
DELEGATE AGREES WITH EMPIRE
The statement of Delegate Wick
ersham to the Cordova Alaskan that
it might take several years to secure
statehood for Alaska is exactly in ac
cord with the position that The Em
pire has taken from the beginning of
the controversy that was inauagurat
ed when it was attempted to substi
tute a demand for statehood for one
for a "full territorial form of govern
ment” suggested by President Wil
son. On the other hand, ‘‘full terri
torial form of government” could be
secured by Delegate WIckersham
quickly.
There are a score ami a halt ot
precedents covering nearly a century
of time for the creation of a ‘‘full
territorial form of government” for
Alaska. It would be created imme
diately upon the authoritative request
of the people. There are a century
and a quarter of precedents, unbroken
by a single instance, against the prob
ability of secruing immediate state
hood. The territories that had pop
ulation, at the time of the rights of a
"full territorial form of government”
were extended to them, as numerous
or dense as that of inhabited Alaska
at the present time could be counted
on the fingers of one hand. On the
other hand there never yet has been
a state created whose population was
not more dense and none except Ne
vada which did not have a greater
white population tljan Alaska now
has.
That is why Alaska could get a
"full territorial form of government”
immediately, and why she cofild not
get statehood. The logical and prac
tical manner of proceeding to get a
wider and fuller measure of self-gov
ernment for the people of Alaska is
to ask for a “full territorial form of
government” now, and after that is
granted, to ask for statehood. To ask
for statehood first would be to delay
action and continue our present form
of government, except for the tinker
ing that Delegate Wickersham pro
poses when he suggests that laws
passed by the legislature can be vali
dated by congress after their enact
ment.—Juneau Empire.
Jchnny McCarthy, formerly a resi
dent of Valdez, was killed on the
Grand Trunk Pacific dock recently
when hit by a line thrown from the
Admiral Evans. McCarthy was
knocked overboard according to the
report and was rescued, but suffered
injuries which resulted in his death.
15c and up for double roll of wall
paper at Emporium. tf
SOON 10 TRT
FISH BARONS
Booth Companies Are Under Indict
ment and Trials Start Tomorrow
—Controlled Fish Business.
SEATTLE, May 3.—The trial of the
officers and directors of the Booth
Fisheries Companies, who are now
under indictmente for violating th
Sherman anti-trust laws of the coun
try, will start tomorrow. The gov
ernment is confident that the men
who directed the affairs of the com
pany will be punished for violating
the law. It is charged that the price
of fish was run up and down so that
the fishermen received almost noth
ing for their catch and were forced to
take the price offered them or dump
the fish into the sea.
Independent operators trying to
reach the eastern markets were forced
out of business by unfair competition,
the trust sending large quantities of
fish into the market selected by the
independent operators and selling for
little or nothing, flooding all markets
not controlled by them, is the chargp
that the government’s attorneys will
try to prove.
What Was Wickersham In 1914?
Editor Prospector: !
Kindly explain to a puzzled com-1
munity why the Sunday Miner de
clared that Delegate Wickersham ran
as a Progressive Republican in 1914?
Wickersham was supported by the
anarchist Democrats, the half-baked
Socialists, the bull moose, and every
body who is agin the government,
but he didn't claim himself to be any
thing but a candidate, attaching no
label.
Maybe you dubbed him a Progres
sive Republican because a gentleman
claiming that designation is generally
a persistent candidate for office any
where in the land you may find him.
PRO BONO REPUBLICO.
BLUE RIBBONITES
FIND PUNCH SPIKED
TACOMA, May 3.—A lively fight
has started in this city among the
members of the Women’s Christian
Temperance Union because of the
charge that the punch served at a
recent charity ball by some of the
members of the union was so heav
ily “spiked” that some of the ladles
went home in a condition that would
have shamed a street walker. The
charges may split the union, as an
investigation is to be made at once.
Pro Bono Repu'Dlico is correct, the
Miner was in error to call Wicker
sham u Republican—progressive or
otherwise. Wick has spent his life
hunting for the pork barrel of the
party in power and cared little for
principle. It must be admitted, how
ever, that he has used excellent judg
ment in his efforts to keep at the
government pie counter, for he has
been on the pay roll fourteen out of
fifteen years that he has been in
Alaska. Some of Wick’s followers get
a l<Jok-in as census takers or are
offered $60.00 a month positions as
bull cooks, but James gets away with
the big money and is now said to be
worth a quarter of a million.
Weather Report.
Valdez, May 2, 1915.
Barometric pressure.30,289
Temperature at 5 p. m. 41
Maximum temperature . 51
Minimum temperature . 41
Mean* temperature . 41
i Clear air, wind northeast 2 miles.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdes
and is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the t’me of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths:
Monday, May 3.
High tide 2:11 a. m„ 13.3; 3:49
p. m., 10.0.
Low tide 9:15 a. m., -1.4; 8:51 p.
m., 2.9.
Tuesday, May 4.
High tide 3:05 a. m„ 12.5; 4:55 p.
m., 9.7.
Low tide 10:16 a. m„ -0.7; 9:57 p.
m., 3.3.
Wednesday, May 5.
High tide 4:09 a. m., 11.6; 6:09 p.
m., 9.7.
Low tide 11:22 a. m., 0.1; 11:25 p.
m„ 3.5.
Thursday, May 6.
High tide 6:26 a. m„ 10:7; 7:18
p. m., 10.1.
Low tide 12:32 p. m.,0.6.
Friday, May 7.
High tide 6:63 a. m., 10.2; 8:14 p.
m., 10.5.
Low tide 1:09 a. m., 3.2; 1:38 p.
m., 1.1.
Saturday, May 8.
High tide 8:15 a. m., 10.0; 9:00 p.
m., 11.1.
A. A. EAGIAEEAS
ARE DISSATISFIED
Settlement of Trouble With Western
Roads and Engineers Is Only
Tempora ry.
CHICAGO, May 3.—The settlement
of the trouble between the western
railroads and the engineers is only
temporary, as the men insist that they
has not been fairly dealt with and are
already threatening to go on strike
at the end of the year. The railroad
officials are also dissatisfied with the
result, claiming that the men are al
ready over paid and that the increase
given was as “sop” to the engineers
and trainmen and was not earned.
It is also claimed by the railroad
managers that the Interstate Com
merce Commission fixes the prices the
roads can charge for handling freight
and carrying passengers, but wages
continue to go upward, taxes are in
creased, operating costs boosted,
equipment charges doubled, but the
commission continues to slash rates
and prices, bringing all the roads in
the shadow of bankruptcy and forc
ing the increasing of bond issues
year after year with the additional
burden on the roads of earning more
overhead charges.
Some of the railroad officials insist
that the government fix the charges
allowed at such a figure that the
stockholders can see some return on
the investment or else take over the
railroads and operate them in the in
terest of the traveling public.
SEATTLE HUT
TAKESDWH LIFE
SEATTLE, May 3.—Alexander
Gresham, of this city, a big manufac
turing jeweler and prominent in busi
ness and social circles, suicided last
Saturday evening by jumping from a
trestle. Death was instantaneous.
The body was recovered. Gresham
was suffering from the effects of a
nervous break down.
FRENCH WARSHIP
IHAUNCHED
BORDEAUX, France, May 3.—The
new French warship launched here
Saturday evening hit a lighter which
was in the way of the boat when it
struck the water and in the ntixup
three workmen lost their lives. The
new battleship will be rushed to com
pletion and will be one of the most
powerful warships in the world, car
rying larger guns than any other
French vessel.
RUSSIAN PRIEST
DIESJNjEATTLE
SEATTLE, May 3.—Father Sergius,
bishop of the Russian Catholic church,
with headquarters at Sitka, died here
Saturday night after a short illness.
Father Sergius was brought to Seat
tle for medical attention but it was
found that nothing could be done to
save him.
BAN ON RACES
- IN CALIFORNIA
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SACRAMENTO, Cal., May 3.—The
California senate today defeated the
bill to allow horseracing in Califor
nia under the supervision of a state
racing association. The breeders of
fine horses Insisted that horse racing
tended to elevate the class of stock
bred in the state and should be en
couraged but with such restrictions
as the commission might make to
prevent the abuses of betting that
have grown up with the business of
racing horses. The majority of the
members of,the upper house, how
ever, insisted that horse racing had
nothing to do with the breeding of
good Btock and that the value of a
horse depended more upon its use for
commercial purposes and not on how
fast It could run.
STRAW HATS
FOR MEN
This beautiful warm weather will incline your
thoughts to lighter wear. You may feel that
you wish to emulate your brother in the states.
A STRAW HAT
might appeal to you even if you may not be
able to use it all summer.
In order to make it easy for you we have
CUT THE PRICE so you will be sure to get
your Money ’s Worth in wear.
All Our Straw Hats Go At
1/2 Price
S. BLUM & CO.
GOOD GOODS
BALLAINE EXPLAINS
TERMINALQIIESTION
Sixty-Acre Tract Adjoining Seward
Is Owned By the Federal
Government.
John E. Ballaine, says the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer of a recent date,
in a statement issued yesterday, says
that Col. A. W. Swanitz Is in error
in saying that the sixty-acres of term
inal ground adjoining Seward, occu
pied lately by many squatters, had
been reserved b£ the Alaska North
ern and not sold to the government
with the other railroad property. Mr.
Ballaine says:
“The sixty-acre terminal tract in
question does not belong to the Alas
ka Northern, never has belonged to
it, and therefore could not be reserv
ed. It is government property today,
as it has been since Alaska became
American territory. The Alaska Nor
thern has had only the use of the
tract for railroad purposes alone, un
der the provisions of the Carter act
of 1898, providing for railroad rights
of-way in Alaska.
"This sixty-acre tract was original
ly selected for terminal purposes by
the Alaska Central railway in 1902,
under my personal supervision and
direction, and the papers were filed
by me in the Interior Department at
Washington. The Alaska Northern,
successor to the Alaska Central, sim
ply took over the Alaska Central’s
right of use.
"All government lands for five miles
back of Resurrection bay and for
twelve miles north from the head of
the bay was set off as a reserve by
President Taft ins 1911, on the re
quest of the then Secretary of- the
Interior, Mr. Fisher, for the specific
purpose, a3 stated in the order of
withdrawal, of holding it for possi
ble future use as terminal grounds
for a government railroad system,
and for government needs incident
to making of Resurrection bay a cen
ter of governmental activities in
Alaska. •
“No government land, therefore, in
all that area, the sixty-acre terminal
tract as well as the rest, can be
entered by anybody. It is government
land legally withdrawn from entry.
“Col. Swanitz is quoted also as say
ing that he laid out the original route
of the Alaska Central, later the Alas
ka Northern. He must have been
misquoted. The Alaska Central was
surveyed from Resurrection bay to the
Tanana river in 1902 by the group of
Seattle men who were the promoters
of the enterprise. Including G. W.
Dickinson, ex-Gov. McGraw and my
self, a year before Col. Swanitz ever
heard of it. Col. Swanitz never had
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ka Central.”
Monster Cigars.
The lgorrotes In the Philippine Is
lands make cigars fifteen Inches long
and three to five Inches thick.
Chinese Coffin 8hops.
In most of the Chinese cities the
finest shops are those devoted to the
sale of coffins.
A Snail’s Pace.
A snail, crawling without a pause,
would occupy fourteen days and five
hours in traveling a mile.
Proved 8ha Was Wrong.
Wifey—Do you recollect that once
when we had a quarrel 1 said you were
Just as mean as you could be? Hubby
Yes, my dear. Wifey—Oh, Tom, how
little did I know you then! —Boston
Transcript.
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Useless Efforts.
“He’s never made any effort to sup
port himself.”
“Oh, yes, he has. To my certain
knowledge, he’s proposed to every girl
with money he knows.”—Baltimore
American.
Incredulous.
Sandy (newly urrlved in Canadian
forest land)—Whatna beast’s yon? Na
tive—A young moose. Sandy—Och,
hnud yer tongue! If that’s a young
moose I’d like to see ane o’ yer auld
rats!—London Punch.
Good News For Papa.
"Paw!”
“Well?”
“When I promise to marry him do
you want him to come and ask your
consent?”
“No, not my consent, but I would
like to have him trot in and tell me the
good uews. I sort of feel like I needed
cheering up.”—Houston Post.
JITNEY BUS
KILLS I BOY
"
SEATTLE, May 3.—William Lank
ome, an 11-year-old lad of this city,
was killed by a jitney bus yesterday.
His body was crushed by the heavily
loaded car which passed over him.
The driver was arrested and bystand
ers insist that the car was traveling
at the rate of forty miles an hour
when the accident occurred. The po
lice have started the work of regu
lating the jitney drivers and have
stationed motorcycle policemen at
different points to prevent speeding.
Ju«t the Thing.
Mrs. Ratt—1 bear that Mrs. Mouse’s
husband has been, flirting with Miss
Mole. Mr. Ratt—Why didn’t she set a
trap for him?—8t Louis Globe-Demo
crat