Valdez Daily Prospector
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1913.
GRUNTERS AND GRUMBLERS.
Grunting is a bad habit. It is akin
to the habit of grumbling. Some
times men and women grunt and
grumble when there is no reason for
it.
They scowl when they should
smile.
They speak sadly and with groan
ing voice, when they should speak
cheerfully.
Carlyle has been dubbed the Sout
Sage of Chelsea. Something always
was the matterWith Carlyle. He was
as full of lamentations as Jeremiah.
When Carlyle wasn’t weeping over
evil conditions and events in the
world, he was weeping over himself
and his own physical infirmities, for,
in his own fancy, he had everything,
from simple toeitch to tuberculosis.
Yet there wasn’t much of anything
the matter with Carlyle except his
state of mind.
Schopenhauer was so nervous he
couldn’t stand to hear the crack of
a whip. Yet Schopenhauer’s rea
soning was as cold and clear as a
constitutional lawyer’s. The trouble
was with his head.
Carlyle and Schopenhauer were
grunters and grumblers.
Old Ben Franklin poked fun at
himself when he nad the gout.
Marcus Aurelius suffered not a lit-j
tie. But he spoke and wrote cheer- !
fully.
One ot Dickens cnaracters reit so
pood, so liappy, that he had to go to
funerals to keep from laughing him
self to death; and he wasn’t in the
Pickwickian group, either.
tlrunting, like grumbling, very of
ten is a mental habit.
Many men and women imagine vain
things about themselves.
Many men and women have thought
themselves into hospitals, insane asy
lums, and suicides’ graves, or they
have grunted and grumbled their way
out of a reasonably happy estate in
to real misfortune. It doesn’t pay
to grunt and grumble. The cheer
ful nature is the world’s greatest as
set.—Ex.
If the people of Fairbanks are so
anxious to have their mail delivered
on time why do they not insist upon
the mail being routed via Valdez, the
route over which the average.time of
delivery is several hours shorter than
via Cordova. If the steerage mail can
be stored at Cliitiua why not at Pax
sons or some place nearer to Fair
banks. Wake up, you people in Fair
banks and get your mail via Valdez,
the shortest, surest and most cer
tain route from the coast to the in
terior.' The Copper Hiver railroad has
been blocked several months each
winter since the mail was routed
that way. The Va.'dez road has nev
er been blocked.
REACH ARGUMENT
iy.ES CASE
E. E. ltitchie, attorney ror Mrs. Al
fred B. lies, and the attorneys for
the Alaska Water, Light & Telephone
company, spent the greater part of
the day arguing to Judge Jennings the
reasons why theit respective clients
should be granted the verdict they
desire in the suit for possession of
the upper dam in Solomon basin.
Mrs. lies claims the dam because
it is located upon ground claimed by
her by reason of a mineral location
and also as part of the lies power
plant leased to the company and her
attorney claims that all improve
ments must be turned over to the
owner.
The Alaska Water, Light & Tele
phone company are inclined to be
lieve they own it because they built
it. The court, however, has the final
say and will render a decision after
the attorneys have told him all about
the facts and the law.
WATCH YOUR STEP.
Uonna go to New York an’ be a
subway guard. —The Conductor.
“Ain’t y’ heard about me?
“I’m gonna go to New York. Danny
Lynch, he’s went Already. They give
him a job bein’ detective in one o’
them big hotels on Broadway. He’s
been there six weeks now.
“Dan says he can get me a. job
on th’ subway, an’ I’m gonna go to
morrow. Lizzie ain’t crazy ’bout my
workin’ underground. She says it’s
too much like workin’ in a coal mine.
But Danny writes they’re all l!t up
like a barber shop downstairs un
der a big hotel.
“Twon’t be th’ first time I been
to New York. When I' was 13 years
old my uncle had- me stayin’ with
him there. He was head watchman
in a bank, an’ he got blowed upstairs
from down cellar lookin’ for a gas
leak with a match.
“They didn’t have no subways them
days. They wasn't no ’lectric cars,
no ’lectric lights, no telephones, no
automobiles, an’ no airships. An’ I
ain’t so old, neither. You see all
them things come at once. When I
was there all the street cars run by
horses. They was some elevated
railroads running up and down, but
they had little steam engines fussin’ j
along with dink trains, droppin’ red- j
hot coals out o' th’ firebox right down
on th’ street they was runnin’ over. ’
“From what Danny writes an’ 1
hear people say, New York must be
some town now. Still, it can't beat j
this town much. I ain’t heard of
nothin’ but th’ subway that can put j
it over anything we got here. We j
got big hotels an’ depots, an’ ’lectric- j
ity scootin’ all over town. We got.
as many churches an’ as many liars i
to th’ square inch as New York has. !
“So us two. me an’ Lizzie, is go- ‘
in’ tomorrow'. Th’ next you hear of j
me, if Danny Lynch don’t fall down, j
I’ll be a guard on th’ subway. I i
ain’t scared of it.
"Be careful, wait till the car stops. !
“Step ahead, please; move up in j
front.
“Watch your step, there. Watch .
your step.”
Thanksgiving Dinner.
For Thanksgiving dinner come and
buy a fresh killed turkey, goose or
duck, shell oysters by the dozen,
Olympia and Eagle brand oysters by
the can; lettuce, tomatoes, celery,
cucumbers and nice things for your
Thanksgiving dinner.
LOVE-WHITLEY COMPANY.
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Great reduction in everything new |
and second-hand at Adler’s.
Prospectors,
Don’t neglect your health onjthe trail. Sraiih^,
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
The Nemo.
i Fundamental principles upon which
Nemo Corsets are based are Hygien
ics, Fashion, Durability and Stability.
Once a Nemo wearer, always a Ne
mo wearer. At E. WINTER’S, ■ the
Ladies’ Furnisher.
Fresh Seal shipped oysters on ev
ery boat for Frye-Bruhn Co.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 IFeurteen years£in
Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phone .» THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours !
9 a. m., to 6 p. m.. 7 p. m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
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C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
L A W Y R R
PHONU i:« Valdez, Alaska
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JOHN LYONS |
ATTORNEY ATJLAW
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All Mining Business Given Prompt,
Attention.
WHALING BLDG. VALDEZ !
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mining engineer
F. BUTTERWORTH |
{Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Kes. Phone. IH» ]
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L. W. STORM. E. M.
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Valdez, alaska
Reports on Mines
Patent Suryevs
General Mining Engineering
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The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdez I/Odge
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Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications Hrst Wednesday in
Bach month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
James H. l>'itterson..W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
VALDEZ LODGE NO. 6,1.0. 0. F
Meets every Monday at S p. m. in
ODD FELLOWS HALL
Visitina Brothers especially invited
Wm. Thomas, n. o. P.S.Htr. p. <. SBC
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CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
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Meet eery Tuesday evening »t 8 o'clock id
EaKle Hall. All members are requested to
nttend S. McnIKOE. Arctic Ctaiei
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LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
’Leave* once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK! for
PORT WELLS and
Way Porte.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
MILK-MILK-MILK jj
Fresh Milk andj Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY !!
Telephone order* to Phone 1S7 < >
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Holiday
Announcement
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We wish to announce to the people
of Valdez that we am now displaying
a large line of goods for the holidays
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For Children
*A large line of Toys
such as
Dolls, all sizes
Baby Carriages
Rocking Horses
Rocking Chairs
Express Wagons
Children’s Pianos
Toy Animals
Children’s Books
All kinds of Games
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For Ladies
Silver Deposit ware
Cut Glass, all the latest
styles
Leather Sewing Bags
Manicure Sets
Writing Sets
Scissors Sets
Imported China
Fancy Cups and Saucers
Leather Card Sets
Leather Handbags
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For Men
Smoking Jackets^
Bathrobes
Neckties
Mufflers
Fur Lined Gloves
Comb and Brush Sets
Collar and Cuff Sets
Traveling Sets
Leather Satchels
Men’s Slippers
Ladies’ and Children’s
Fur Sets
and many other articles too
numerous to mention
These goods have all been bought direct through importing
houses from Europe and large munufacturers in this country »
which enables us to sell them at bed-rock prices, thus saving
you the trouble of sending out for your Holiday Gifts.
We will he pleased to have you call
and inspect our various lines
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