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VAI.DEZ. ALASKA
Published Daily Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter, ,
July 23, 1912. at the postotfice of Valdez,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY, 23, I:>I7
••ECONOMY"
Just now we are in a state of rath
er chaotic patriotism. The air is clam
orous with suggestions, demands and
appeals. Hundreds of movements are|
under way, all with the best intentions
and for the most part with very little,
reflection. The result is confusion, j
cross purposes and conflict, with alii
their inherent evils.
Some good women of social and
political importance in the East have
ttarted a move to buy no more wear
ing apparel. Their is to be a war
economy measure; a token of their!
self-sacrifice and an example to the'
women of the land.
A little deliberation will demon-1
sirate the folly of this movement. If!
this abstention affected only the pur-!
chasers there would be but slight ob
ection to their economical ambitions, j
But it is not so fortunately circum- j
scribed. The welfare of hundreds,1
even thousands, are involved in the'
sale of a silk petticoat or a waist, j
in mill, factory, counting room, in j
.lobbing, wholesale and retail houses,
there are employes with tamiliesl
who get a mite of their existence
from this petticoat. Take this petti
oat out of existence and they are
out of employment. The ill effects
do not end there, but spread out to
the grocer, the baker, the butcher
and hundreds of others, almost to in
finity.
The fact is simply this; we all oil
us live by reason of somebody buy- j
iug something from some other per-:
son. Directly or indirectly our ex-1
istence is built on trade, our civiliza
tion is founded o" it, no matter how |
disparagingly would-be idealists and .
crack-brained economists speak of it. (
To stop trade or curtail it reckless-1
ly will result in a lack of employ-1
inent, and that means hard times and j
panic. And a panic is not a military ;
asset. j
There is one place where we should '
economize, and that is in our kitchen.
We are the most wasteful people on
earth. We must stop that waste. The
world is short of food, and we must
take heed of the shortage. The wo
man who denies herself a new gown
or a pair of shoes and invests the
money in superfluous groceries is not
a patriot. Far from it she is a food
speculator. She is only intensifying
the foo^ shortage and increasing the
cost on one hand, and throwing some
of her citizens out ofemploymeut on t
ihe other. Of what possible military j
assistance can this be?
At present patriotism tor the most j
of us resides in the kitchen and on j
the farm, professional or backyard, j
Let every house wife devote her pat- j
riotic energies to making food go as
far as possible, not by stint, but by
her ingenious labor in the kitchen.
Let every man who can grow a hill
of potatoes or a head of cabbage do j
so, and strive to raise two. Then let j
us live our normal lives, buying such
necessities as we have always bought.
With plenty of food for ourselves and
our allies, with $7,00,000,000 being
spent in the United States, we can
look upon the economic aspects of
the war with equnimity.
Economy 's a virtue that easily be
comes a vice. The miser is the super
economist.
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
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IT is most certainly r.ot to be won
dered at If the views of Russian
Statesmen on the future foreign pol
icy of the great nation should, at the
outset, be widely divergent. The one
central aim of the bureaucracy of the
old . regime was ever territorial ag
grandizement. The policy seldom,
however, appeared directly as such,
the forward movement being osten
sibly inspired by quite legitimate
aims at different quarters. It cannot,
therefore, lie an easy task for even
the most astute statesman to decide
whether a long clierishel aspiration
! is realy a "national necessity” or only
ian “ambition of kings." The members
' of the Provisional Government have
! gonethis far together, that they have
'proclaimed that Russia does not aim
at domination of other nations, nor at
the occupation by force of foreign
territories: but when it comes down to
such specific questions as the control
of (lie Dardanelles, there is a wide
difference of opinion. However, the
Provesional government has solved
so many difficulties up to the present,
that it is only a matter of interest,
and not a matter of concern, how il
will solve this one.
IF a reason for keeping cotton out
of the ('entral European nations, at
the present time, should he desired
ty any perfunctory newspaper reader,
he might he informed for his enlight
enment that, during the three months
cf 1917 ended March 111, 167,306
hales of cotton, of 300 pounds each
were used in the United States in
the manufacture of guncotton. One
very effective way of stopping the war
which the Germanic empires are wag
ing is to deprive them of war mater
ial.
UNDER the United States con
scription law. a drafted man may not
huy exemption, nor can his friends
purchase exemption for him. Thus the
disgraceful poster. "Substitute Want
ed!” will not offend the very name
of democracy during the present war.
Moreover, there are to be no boun
ties; nor can one buy himself out of
the service, once enlisted or conscript
ed. For these, and many other rea
sons, the new army bill deserves to he
called fair and square.
Girls Take to Overalls
TOPEKA. Kans., May 23.—Topeka
working women have thrown aside tin
centuries old bondage of skirts and
donned overalls. Fifteen girls, em
ployed in one print shop on Kansas
avenue, are feeding presses and going
thru the other operations common to
printing shops with no skirts to get
caught in the machinery.
In spite of their tremors where
there is any masculinity in the vicini
ty the girls insist they are "perfectly
crazy” about the rompers.
"They are just too grand to work
in" they assert. “I wonder what we
could have been thinking of not to
have them before. And we will save
dollars and lollars on our clothes."
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INVENTORY IS FILED
OF S. BU M S ESTATE
SEATTLE, May 23.—The estate of!
Samuel Blum. Valdez Merchant who i
died in Seattle is valued at $146.- j
088.72, according to an inventory and
appraisement filed in the probate de
partment of the superior court on
Thursday by H. W. Carr, J. Chester
Dyer and M. D. Haynes. The estate
is community property of Blum and
his widow. It includes Seattle real
estate to the value of $22,500 stock
in S. Blum & Co., of Valdez, amount
ing to $31,075; $15,750 in stock in
the First Bank of Cordova, $11,000
in stock in the First Bank of Val
dez, and other properties in Seattle
and Alaska. One of the items listed is
a United States Spanish-American war
bond of $20.
BRITISH MISSES ARE
DECREASING RAPIDLY
LONDON, May 23.—Andrew Bon
ar Law, member of the British war
council, today stated in the house
of commons that the British casual
ties in the recent offensive on the
Arras front in France were from 50
to 75 per cent fewer than those in
the battle of the Somme.
In moving a vote of credit for 500,
000,000 pounds, Mr. Law said that
the alarming feature of the figures
was that they represented a total
daily expenditure of £7,450,000.
Between April 1 and May 5, said
the chancellor, there was a daily ad
vance of £2,000,000 to the allies and
dominions.
Mr. Bonar Law said the assistance
which America has already given in
addition to financial assistance was
of the greatest value and would be
come increasingly important as the
weeks advanced.
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ALASKA SEATED TO RA1HK
A BIG TAX FROM LANDS |
Copies of a bill which has been j
introduced In the National House of j
Representatives and which provides
for a direct annual tax on all real
estate in the United States or Terri-!
lories, by which it is estimated two.
billion of dollars will be raised an
nually, have been received in Ju
neau. r
The bill apportions the sum to be
raised among the states and terri
tories and gives the estimated amount
I to be raised in Alaska as $1, 395,
576.06. This amount is based on the
population of 64,356, including In
dians and Eskimos.
The bill provides that the "said
direct tax, laid by this act. shall bo
assessed and laid on the value of all
j land, exclusive and irrespective of the*
!improvements thereon * * *;*that
all land subject to taxation under j
Jthis act shall be assessed for the pur
pose of taxation at its full market,
value on the first Monday of March |
each year, * * * ' |
The amount of the tax is appor
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tioned among the states and ranges
from New York with $19E,631, 122.
to that of Alaska, which is the small
est amount levied on any of the
states of territories. The assessed!
valuation of real estate in the in
corporated towns of Alaska, includ-.
ing all improvements for the year|
1915, amounted to $14,656,697, mak-j
ing a tax of approximately fourteen
cents on every dollar of assessed val-1
nation of real estate.
ALASKAN'S ARK ;
MARRIED IN ’ERISEO
SAN FRANCISCO. May 23.—Jas. !
Tod Cowles, an Alaskan mining man,
arrived here for the purpose of mar-!
rying Miss Marcelle de Journal, of ■
Burlingame, formerly of Fairbanks,:
Alaska. According to Cowles, he hasj
been trying to make Miss de Journal
his wife for thirteen years, but every
time a wedding date was set, some
thing turned up to upset the plans.
“This time we will make it or bust,”
he said. He made it.
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Benefit Dance
FOR BALL TEAMS
SATURDAY, MAY 26;
EAGLE HALL
And Oscar’s Arm Trembled
ST PAUL. May 23.—“Please reg
ister this package, sir. It's value?
Why, it cost me $250, and it can't j
be replaced.”
Thus rapidly spoke a young woman
to Oscar Arm, postal clerk.
Then she explained that it was her
appendix, and that she was shipping
it to her friend as a souvenir.
House for Reut
One four-room plastered house par
tially furnished. Two lots fenced ill.
Rent $10. See Mrs. E. Winter. tf
WANTED
TO ENUST IN THE
U. S. ARMY
FOR PUEIRSURS SEE
Maj. DAVISON
Road Commission Office
- — The Perfect Roof -
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John-Manville Co. Asbestos Roofing, 3 ply, IS year guarantee,
absolute fire and weather proof, economical and easy to lay,
a practicle roofing for all purposes.
HARDWARE AND
BUILDERS’ SUPPLIES
X
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HIS store offers you a conjplete line of Builders Hard
in ware and supplies, including; Prepared Roofings, Build
ing Papers, all kinds and sizes of Nails, Spikes, Bolts,
etc., Highest grade Carpenter Tools and working devises.
You can save money on your building supplies if purchased
here.
PAINTS
A large and well assorted stock of Sherwin-Williams ready
I mixed paints, Ground colors, Staines, Enamels, Varnishes, Boat
| finishes, Eead, Oil, Turpentine and Paint Brushes.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
, ■ Ingram & Bush Bldg. vi
yj. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
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A. M. DIERINGEE
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General 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
Hats—Men’s Women’s and Chil-j
dren’s, from 25 cents up, at the Em-j
porium. tf
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FOR SALE—A bargain, one small;
Victor Phonograph. Enquire Pros-;
pector. tf j
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High frequency hot oil scalp treat
ment for falling hair and excessive
dandruff, at the Vanitie Shop. tf
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Stock for Sale i
We have listed with us 5,0001
shares of Shelikof Copper Mines stock j
at 40c per share. Alaska Inv. Co. tf j
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Ice Cream every day at the Key-1
stone. tf
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Valdez Miner, $3.00 per year.
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Raises the
Dough for Half
In these days of high prices
why not use
CRESCENT
BAKING
POWDER
It costs only half the price of
the old-fashioned cream of tar
tar kind and raises the douKh
better.
ASK YOUR GROCER
One Pound 25c.
Crescent Mfg. Co., Seattle Wash.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Beluw Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
KVKKYTHINO THK BKS'l ANDY MAROV1CH, Rropr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—Id Owl DrDt Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT COLD
VAL CAFE & BAKERY
Cakes, Cookies & Boos, 15c per dozen.
French. Rve and White Bread 12 1-2 •
cents per loaf. Orders taken for special
occasions
CHRIST KOGST.*I». Propr.
PHONE 17 — Three J«or« below Owl Dr»s J
WE PAY
28 rents per pound for Copper
18 rents per pound for Brass
Sr II). for Rubber Shoes.
7r Ih. for Lead.
820.00 per ton for east iron.
815 per ton Wrought Iron.
5r per lb. for Rope.
:<<2C per pound for Rags.
820.00 |ter ton for Paper.
27r per doz. Beer Bottles, qts.
17c doz. Beer Bottles, pints.
F. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
When hi Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
SIRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, AlaBka
Arctic Hotel
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i Watch This
Space
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRINC, Prep
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Bring back the bloom of youth to
that sallow mottled skin, by having
the Parisian method for rejuvenating
complexion applied at the Vanitie
shop. If
A pretty line of colored crochet
cotton and stamped pillow slips at
the Xeedlecraft Shop.
For flrst-clasB meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe.
A full line ol Xeino corsets, all sizes
at E. Winter’s
PROFESSION.*I. CARDS.
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! DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OfHc'CM over \ Hitler Drug I
■ I'lmric *15 AleKInley Street
Contract .Surgeon, u. S .Army r
j .A. A. Surgeon, i; s Public liefi-h Serv
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
DENTIST
In Valdez Since tHitH
PHO.NE 110
j Office Kooins in Whaling Building
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| DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOKJAEYS-AT-LAW
Oflloe Opposite Conrt House
I'kone S« VALUE*. ALASKA
| JOHN LTONK « K RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
AmRNIVS-«T>LAW
OBcea la »»ballac Bolldla*
Phoae 101 VaLDKZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNKAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
VALDEZHOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PS. C., M. 0. Prt».
Jos. A. Silverman Ph. G. M. D.
PHYSICIAN' ANI) Sl'HGKO.V
Office hours—1 to 4 p. m .*7 to 8 p. m.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 170 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdez.
VALDEZ LODGE
XO 168
Free mad Accepted MaaoaU.
Kepuiar communications first Wed
liesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
We*tern Federation of Miner*
W. M CONLEY President,
3r«A>te Mine
Geo. M. Barry Secretary .
Vakftez Alaska.