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STEWART & SELBY, Proprietors
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Daily Prospector.
By carrier, per month .9 LtM»
By mail, per annum .
The Weekly Miner.
By carrier, per month .9 .4h
By mall, per annum .3.0h
The Daily Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad-.
dress, per month .• 1»2T>
The Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner, * by mail, to one address
only, per year ..
Business Office and Editorial Rooms,
TEL. 152
Advertising Rates on Application.
8ATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1915
It Is a queer philosophy which will
enable a man who pays no taxes and
does not contribute ten dollars to
ward the upkeep of a town to fiercely
berate those who do so contribute.
But such is invariably the case. The
man who pays his taxes is soundly
criticized by the non-taxpayer be
cause he is not willing to pay more
into the hands of these looters to ex
pend in useless suits and quibblings,
instead of paying the taxes obtained
out in improvements, or for some
thing which will do the city some
good. Any one of the citizens whom
the editor of the Forty-Ninth Start
so roundly berates pays an hundred
fold more taxes than he or most of
his friends; and yet they are soundly
lambasted as undesirables. We won
der how long the average man will
let such bunk mislead him?
One-half column against the pas
tors and churches; five columns be
rating the Prospector; two columns
attacking the court and attorneys;
half column knocking the road com
mission; column and a half knocking
the efforts of the commercial club;
and a general paladium of knocks.
constituted the valuable information ’
disseminated by the Municipal Or
gan yesterday. What an energetic,
home-building organ it is.
Dispatches from Seattle announce
that Delegate Wickersham will make
the race as an old-line Republican !
this year. This is the delegate’s
right, and we will admit that he is
a mighty hard man to beat, under
whatever party he chooses to enter
the political arena, but it makes it
mighty embarrassing for the Heav-;
enly Twins of the Forty-ninth mag
nitude. They are touting Wick as a
Democrat, and the Republican papers
over ^he Territory claim him as one
-of their elect. It may be possible
that the Twins are too busy to read
the dispatches.
Let’s give the reformer and agi
tator a good long vacation, and get
down to brass tackB. We don’t need
him, he is a parasite upon the human
race, and his insistent clamorings
against all who disagree with him
make him a nuisance and a menace to
the community. What we need is
men who are willing to get in and
drill; men who will keep their end
up; men who are willing to help in
stead of hinder. Every community
has a few of these predatory human
jackals, and they are more costly than
an epidemic or a famine.
A paper which holds religion and
religious ideas up to the scorn of its
•eaders can never hope to have any
stable success; as it is attacking the
foundation of civilization. It may
attain a sort of fungus growth for a
brief time, but it is as surely doom
ed to failure as that the end of day
will bring night. Society has erected
certain bulwarks which cannot be
overthrown by falsehood or innuen
do. The home, the church and the
schools have built up a civilization
that cannot be overthrown.
Come to think of it, it must have
been a pretty bad grand Jury if the
Twins arh against it.
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Don’t call us “contemporary,”
say “competitor,” the former will de
ceive our friends.
And now our motto is changed
from “By the Truth ye shall know
them” to “No News but Knocks.”
With our tail on Wickersham ave
nue, our head in the public crib, and
our-hands in our friends’ pockets,—
you know me, All
The Valdez Dock Company's taxes
last year were several hundred dol
lars; how muah were ypurs, Capri
cornus?
And now that we have found out
who is backing the District Attorney
in his prosecution of the Tillikuin
Club we will advise our citizens not
to worry.
Our taxes this year were over $60
and we were two-thirds out of the
incorporation. Ask the Weekly Blat
ter what the triple entente paid, and
they are all in the city.
The efforts to nullify the actions of
our Commercial organization in send
ing Mr. Sullivan over the Portage
Bay trail to Anchorage is petty jour
nalism. Why not boost one time.
If we are to believe the editor of
the Twinkler, there are but two Dem
ocrats in town: Ije and the District
Attorney, and it is said the District
Attorney is beginning to get suspi
cious of the editor.
“A liberal reward will be paid for
the return of one male animal of the
;enus capri. Answers to name of
Dennis.’ Very docile, will not lead,
but will follow working man. Re
turn to 'Twins,' care Star.”
Your geography is mixed again,
Nanny; we are a “Bell” from Belling
ham; and our mission here is to
preach the gospel of municipal im
provement to the poor benighted souls
who have depended upon the Weekly
Knocker for ideas upon home-life.
The Senator’s balloon, at last ac
counts, was still up in the air, though
settling from lack of gas. If the un
fortunate aeronaut gets out of the or
bit of the forty-ninth star and fol
ows the Milky Way, he may get back
to earth again unharmed.
It seems comical to see a man who
has never done a day’s work in his
life get upon a steeple and shout so
loudly that he is the working man’s
“friend.” Nine times out of ten if
you investigate his claims, you will
find that he has made his living off
of his friends, and seeks to distract
their attention while he has both
hands in their pockets.
TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT
THE EMPRESS
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DANIEL FROHMAN Presents
America’s Foremost Film Actress,
MARY PICKFORD
in the famous tale of a woman’s unconquerable faith,
“TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY”
Produced hy the Famous Players Co. in Five Acts.
To be Repeated To-night for Last Time
Admission 25c, All Children 10c.
, Mary Pickford in “THE EAGLE’S MATE” Next Week
NORTHWESTERN Ilf
FROM IRE SOOTH
Seven Days Mail Received from Se
* attle—Capt. Chas. O'Brien of
Mariposa in Command.
The steamer Northwestern of the
Alaska Steamship company’s fleet, ar
rived in Vaffiez last night with Capt.
Chas. O’Brien, formerly of the Mari
posa, in command. The officers re
port heavy weather between Seattle
and Juneau but as the wind was from
the south a., the way it aided in the
Northwestern’s making a record trip
to Juneau.
The steamer discharged iwo hun
dred and fifty thousand feet of lum
ber at the Treadwell mine and spent
thirty-six hours discharging freight
at Gastineau channel points.
Captain Hunter, the veteran Alas
ka navigator, who has been in com
mand of the Northwestern for years,
is enjoying a vacation and will miss
several trips of the steamer.,
Herman Klein, who was formerly
chief officer on the steamer Minne
sota, but. was compelled to resign ow
ing to his German birth, is a pilot
on the Northwestern. Mrs. Weston,
who was formerly stewardess on the
steamer Mariposa, is on the North
western.
The steamer brought a seven-day
shipment of mail from Seattle, which
was unusually heavy and indicating
that Valdez citizens are teceiving
their Christmas presents.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
D. F. Loder is in town from Bea
ver Dam.
F. Fisher arrived in Valdez last■
night from Thompson Pass.
A Scream.
Bill Joins the W. W. W. at the
Liberty Theatre tonight; a scream
from start to finish.
See Reinke’s fine line of nugget
jewelry at the Valdez Drug store, tf
Mayor Boyle will leave on one of
the next steamers and will go to
Philadelphia where he will meet Mrs.
Boyle, who went outside several
weeks ago.
A Scream.
Bill Joins the W. W. W. at the
Liberty Theatre tonight—a scream
from start to finish.
Select your Xmas presents at E.
Winter’s. tf
Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis will be
an outgoing passenger on the North
western en route to Juneau where
she will resume her educational
work.
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. • !
Bargains at the Emporium; open,
from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. * j
The steamer Alameda sailed from j
Seattle last night with six cabin pas-,
sengers for Valdez. The steamer will i
race to return to Seattle in order
that the crew iftay spend Christmas
with friends and relatives in Seattle.
Fsr good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Kodak Supplie*. at the Valdez
Drug Comruny. tf
Geo. A. Parks, who is connected
with the United States land office at
Juneau as mineral examiner is in
Valdez. He came over the winter
trial from Anchorage to Seward and
reports no great difficulties in making
the trip.
Valdez Drug Company have a fine !
line of School Stationery. tf
You will find the latest novelties j
in ladies’ neckwear at E. Winter’s, tf >
H. L. Jaynes has returned to town
from Mineral Creek where he has
been developing a promising (gold
quartz prospect.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. ' •
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Pictures developea at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
FOR SALE—Very cheap, one 9 h.
p. stationary gas engine, used only 6
months. Apply to Love-Whitley i
Co. k-16
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George Reinke’s jewelry has been
moved to the Valdez Drug store,
where a full line of jewelry is on dis
play. , ._ _ tf i
We Want Your Sunday Order
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We are in a position to fill it with goods
which satisfy the most critical purchaser.
Here is what we have on this boat:...
XMAS PEARS, BRADNER’S “JERSEY”
FANCY GRAPES, BUTTER,
BANANAS, CUCUMBERS,
CASABAS,' ‘ WAX BEANS,
ORANGES, PEPPERS,
EATING AND COOKING ,£ELERY,
APPLES, ' CAULIFLOWER,
XMAS MELONS, BEETS,
FLORIDA GRAPE FRUIT, CABBAGE,
LEMONS, CARROTS,
CRANBERRIES, PARSNIPS,
LETTUCE, HEAD, SWEET POTATOES,
SWEET CIDER, 1915 CROP OF NUTS,
BOILED CIDER, FOR ALMONDS,
MINCEMEAT, PECANS,
FRESH COCOANUTS, BRAZILS,
DATES, IMPORTED, WALNUTS,
IMPORTED AND DO- FILBERTS.
MESTIC FIGS, HICKORY NUTS,
COMB-HONEY, BLACK WALNUTS,
GUARANTEED EGGS, CHESTNUTS,
TOMATOES, JAPANESE ORANGES.
PHONE 12
S. Blum & Company
GOOD GROCERIES
Big dolls and little dolls tor the
kiddies at E. Winter’s. tf
Rev. Father R. J. Crimont will
leave on the Northwestern for Ju
neau, where he will spend some time.
He plans to return to Valdez soon
after the holidays and will remain
here some time.
A Scream.
Bill Joins the W. W. W. at The Lib
erty Theatre tonight; a scream from
start to finish.
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To the Merchants.
Don’t think we are slighting you
if we don’t call in every day and
make a purchase as there is so many
of you in the same line that we
would have nothing left to lay in
modern tools and machinery to keep
up with the automobile'business, as
it is setting a rapid pace for our lim
ited means, as we have no bank con
nected with the business; but we so
licit your patronage just the same,
and if you have an axe to grind, just
bring it along; the emery wheel is
running. Valdez Iron Wks. sat-tf
Special Tonight.
A three-reel feature entitled Phe
leasa and Melasiander, adapted from
Materlinck’s famous novel, also three
other reels, a total of five reels at the
Liberty Theatre tonight.
Chas. Perry
■Seattle
'Ji Comp/efe Service
IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
1155Rboms with bath-50 Sample Rooms!
When in Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON.PROP
SiRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
Copper River
Draying Co
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Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
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ED. WOOD, Proprietor
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University.
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdez.
PHONE J10
Office Rooms In Whaling Uullding
DR. GERMAN
phonis is THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed.
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E. C. DALTON, M. D.j
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42.
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMQND
A TTOH X E Y S-A T-LA XV
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Office Opposite Court Houmc
Phoue .‘It VALBKK. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LA \V
OftlcoM ill Whaling Building
Plioue 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA |
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free null Aecepted Munoiih.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY. W. M.
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
Red Cross Hospital
Keyitont'and Hobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooms for Patients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX. Matron
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect ; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Roami—The Hone of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Ratea By the M«th
PHONE 133 MRS STRING. Chap
m Shamrock
OAPT. TIM MARCUM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay,
and Fidalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
ValJez Miners Union lio. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
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ROBERT SHAFFER, President. E
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALI.UM, Secretary.
_Valder. Alaska._j
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat.
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, »
Ceorge C. Treat Building
Telephone No, 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLK.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
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Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance