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SATURDAY, APHID 1, 1914.
THE ALASKA DINNER.
If only thir'y or forty or fifty young
leaders would arise in Portland, what
a splendid thing it would be for the
town!
What a helpful force it would be
for the community! What a splen
did influence it would be to forward
the community interests, which
means* the promoting of the welfare
not only of the big man but of the j
little man. What a tremendous pow- j
er it would be for starting the forces
of general prosperity in motion!
Major Morrow told tersely and with
interest last night of the potentiali- j
ties of Alaska under the promoting
influence of government railroads, j
lie mirrored the agricultural possi- j
bilities, showing how they were fully
equal in area and in producing pow
er to Norway and Sweden. His story ;
of the underground wealth in min- :
eral deposits was like a tale from
the dreamers, so full was it with tre
mendous potentiality.
Mr. Titus pictured graphically the
riches and the difficulties of the
North. The two addresses opened up
to Portland an enticing vision of the
wealth that lies at the doors of this j
city if only the men of the town will j
reach out lor it.
. Hut there were few of the big fig j
ures of Portland present. With one ,
or two exceptions, the wholesalers i
were conspicuously absent. Men of!
the type which stand at the bead of !
the great commercial and industrial !
institutions were missing from the j
community roll call.
Not in anger, but in sorrow. The;
Journal noted that the men of pow
er and possessions who will profit j
most from Portland’s invasion of the .
Arctic were not concerned enough ]
in the business of the gathering to j
be present. Portlanders with branch j
concerns in Seattle were notably ab
sent, because they apparently do not j
want their present connections dis
turbed by the entry of Portland in
to competition for the business of
Alaska.
Once, Portland had men who dared
to venture out for business. There
was a romantic Portland when pio
neer fathers built ships and pene
trated even lo the Orient for busi
ness. Some of the princely fortunes
of this town were piled up by those
hardy pioneers whose spirit was that
of the broad unconquerable West.
Pew of the scions of these indom
itable fathers were at the meeting.
They are content in the enjoyment
of the competence handed down to
them, and they afford no leadership
in that splendid advance, that would
come to Portland if they were of
the type and spirit of their fathers.
Thus, there arises the need of
young leaders of business and in
dustry and progress. Nothing could
do so much for Portland. The Jour
nal would rejoice to welcome and
help them forward in puhlic endeav
or.
The little man in Portland has had
no leader for » generation. The
great captains of capHal in Portland
have had no concern in the activities
that create industry and employ la
bor. The commanders jof wealth
have looked more to profits forthem
selyes in real estate than to the div
idend paying activities that give
work to the workers and forward tIn
whole community life.
If only 30 or 40 or RO young lead
ers could arise in Portland, what a
splendid thing it would be for the
town-.
Sdme time, they will be here, and
the present brigadiers of Wealth will
be .lost and forgotten in' the music
of .the onward movement?.—Portland.
Journal. • .
• Special Tonight/
At the ‘Orpbeuia tonight a tine
change of* pictures as follows:
The Awakening; -fine drama.
The Stronger Call, cbwboy rdmtfnce.'
A Wild Rose of the Hills, sensa
tion.
A fine change tomorrow with spe
cial music.
If you want an tne news all the
lime, read the Prospector
WEATHER RECORD
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
as depth on level, In inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Saturday, April 4, 1914.
Wortman’s, clear, calm . . . 48 "1
Summit, clear, calm . 120
Beaver Dam, clear, calm .. 2ii i
Teikhell, clear, calm . 27 50
Copper Center, cldy, calm 18 10
Gulkana, cloudy, calm .... 22 24
Hogan’s, part cloudy, calm 13 22
Paxson’s, fair, calm . 28 25
Wortman’s—Trail open.
Summit—Trail open.
Beaver Dam-Trail open.
Teikhell—Trail open.
Tonsina—Trail open.
Copper Center—Trail good.
Gulkana—Trail good.
Hogan’s—Trail good.
Paxson’s—Trail open.
Friday, April 3, 1914.
Wortman’s, clear, i.-aini ... 4!» 71
Summit, clear, windy .... 125
Beaver Dam, clear, calm .12 72
Teikhell, clear, calm . 25 07
Tonsina, clear, calm . 18 19
Copper Center, clear, calm 22 10
Gulkana, clear, calm . 17 24
Hogan’s, clear, calm . 15 22
I’axson’s, fair, calm . 10 25
Valdez, April 3, 1914.
Barometric Pressure ....30.045
Temperature at 7 p. m.33
Maximum Temperature .42
Minimum Temperature .22
Mean Temperature .32
Clear, calm, wind N. E. eight
miles.
Episcopal Church.
Services at the Church of the Epi
phany, Palm Sunday, are:
Holy Communion 11:00.
Sunday School 12:00.
Sacrament of Baptism 2:00.
Evening Prayer 7:30.
At eight o’clock there will be the
usual public discussion in Everyman's
Clubhouse. Subject: "Faith.
Launch Restless Here From Cordova.
The launch Restless, owned by the
Forestry Department of Alaska,
reached Valdez at v.oon today bring
ing mail from the raiPoad town.
Sermons will be preached in the
Congregational church Sunday as fol
lows: In the morning, at 11 o'clock,
the Rev C. S. Price will preach on
the subject, "Christian Constancy.” In
the evening the subject will be, "The
Battle for a Soul.” You are cordial
ly invited to attend these services.
Music! Music! Music!
All the lastest popular music at the
Valdez Drug Store. tf
Catholic Church.
Sunday services:
Confession and holy communion.
8:30 a. m.
Mass attd sermon, 10:30 a. tu.
Sunday school. 2:00 p. lit.
Rosary, instruction and benediction,
7:30 p. m.
FATHER VAN der POE. S. ,E.
Pentecostal Mission.
rtegular meetings: Sunday. 3 p. m
and 7:30 p. m„ also Monday, Tiles
day, Thursday and Friday at 7:30.
Dihle study each Monday evening.
Administrator’s Notice
In the Commissioner’s court for ihe
Territory of AlasRa, Third Division.
In probate.
In the matter of the estate of \V.
C. Stull, deceased. Notice.
Notice is hereby given that Arthur
Lang, administrator of the estate of
W. C. Stull, deceased, has rendered
and hied for settlement by the above
entitled court, his final report and ac
count of his administration of said
estate, and that Saturday, the 30th
day of May, 1914, at the hour of two
o'clock, in the afternoon of said day,
at the court room of the above entit
led court in the towh of Valdez, Alas
ka. has been ordered by said court,
as the time and place for the settle
ment of said account, at which time
and place any person interested in
said estate, may appear and file ex
ceptions in writing to said account or
otherwise contest the same.
ARTHUR LANG,
Administrator of the Kstate of \V. C.
Stull, deceased.
Date of first publication March 30,
1914.
Date of last publication April 30,
1914.
Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby given that a mu
nicipal election will be held Tuesday,
April seventh, 1914, at the Fire Hull
in the Town of Valdez, for the pur
pose of electing seven councilmen to
serve for the period of one year, and
one member of the local School Board
for the position of clerk for a term
of three years. The polls will be
opened at nine o’clock a. m., and will
be closed at seven o'clock p. m. of
said day.
The following persons shall be
qualified electors for councilmen:
All citizens of the United States,
or those who have declared their in
tention to become such, of the age
of twenty-one years, who have been
bona fide residents of Alaska for one
year and of the Town of Valdez for
six months next preceding' said elec
tion. •
The • following persons shall be"
qualified electors for officers of School
Board: ■- ‘
All adults who are citizens of the
U nited States, or - who. have - declared
their intention to become such, find
who are residents of the- Valdez
School District..
Judges .of election, are Cha*. Sea;
green, ite'be'r SmfthJtnd J. J.; Cgvaj)£,
The clerks are C. J. Todd and Joe
Kaher. i ' ’
RANDAJjI, E. ASHBY,
„ Town Clerk.
Dated this 12th day of March, 1914..
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15,000,000 YEARS OF LIFE.
Astronomical Authority Asserts Sun
Will Then Cool Off.
Philadelphia.—Replying to a question
put by a clergyman at the weekly
meeting of Presbyterian ministers.
Professor Erie Doolittle, director of the
University of Pennsylvania's astronom
ical observatory, said he thought that
life on this earth would come to an
end In about 15,000,000 years.
Professor Doolittle Imd been making
an address on "Astronomy." In refer
ence to the end of the earth's life he
said:
"Unless some supernatural power or
heiug interferes or the earth comes in
contact with another planet or heaven
ly body the earth will exist for 15,
000,000 more years.
"The earth is dependent upon the
sun for its beat and light, although the
earth now contains some beat itself.
When the sun eventually cools off the
result will be darkness and cold, which
will bring an end to all life, animal
and vegetable."
*25 EARLY ENOUGH TO WED.”
Grandmother, Thirty-two, Say* It’s a
Sin to Let Children Marry.
Boston.—Mrs. John T. Bussell of
Malden. Mass., who has just passed
her thirty-second birthday and is prob
ably the youngest grandmother m this
state, criticises the early marriage law
which allows persons under twenty
five years of age to wed.
“it is a sin.” says Mrs. Russell, "to
allow children to enter Into the bonds
of marriage when they are distinctly
Incompetent to raise children. About
twenty-five years is the right age for
young people to think of marriage.
Then the young man lias secured the
foothold in his profession or business
and is able to support a wife.”
Mrs. Russell became a grandmother
fourteen months ago. when ber son.
John Clifford Russell, seventeen years
old, became a father. The son was
married when fifteen years old and
Mrs. Russell was married at sixteen.
MANY HOGS TUBERCULAR.
Twenty Per Cent of Those Slaughtered
at Madison, Wis.
Madison, Wis.—Twenty per cent of
the average lot of hogs brought to
slaughter are tuberculous, according to
a statement by l)r. M. P. Ravenel, pro
fessor of bacteriology of the Universi
ty of Wisconsin.
Dr. Ravenel has made a careful ox
amlnation of conditions in slaughter
houses of Wisconsin and other states
and makes known his conclusions in a
detailed report. He states that hogs
do not develop tlie disease within
themselves, but contract it by feeding
on tile byproducts of creameries and
following tuberculous cattle.
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TALKING BANKNOTE
A NEW INVENTION
Edges of Paper So Gut as to
Maks Phonographic Record.
Sutton. Surrey. England.—Au inven
tion that might prove useful in the
makeup of the new American issue of
hills aud banknotes has lately been
brought to a high state of perfection
by a Sutton engineer. Alfred E. Baw
tree.
Mr. Bawtree's device Is a machine
which will so cut the edge of a bank
note as. t&.jju.akc J't a veritable phono
graph record, capable of talking and
stating its denomination.
Put as simply as possible, the meth
od employed In making the “.talking
banknote.” which, Mr. Bawtree says,
will defy the machinations of the
counterfeiter, is this: The sound form
of two syllables, like "dollar,” "fifty,’'
"hundred.” Is first photographed by an
ingenious process upon a film, making
a jagged line of about. the length- of a
banknote.
By a photo-mechanical process this
Jagged line, which Is really a little rec
ord of the words spoken, is cut on a
zinc plate, and from this mold a steel
cutting knife of the required shape and
design is obtained.
With this, knife the edges of hills
and notes may be cut. and each ser
rated edge Is a reproduction of the
sound form required.
When the hills so treated are passed
through the specially designed phono
graphic reproducer, which is a part of
the Invention, they cun be hoard cry
ing their values.
Mr. Bawtree says: "With, this ma
chine people can safeguard themselves
against receiving forged notes. It
:would be practically Impossible for »
forger to imitate the serrated edge of
a note which talks.” »'• ..
[WIND TO LIGHT LONG NIGHT.
! Episcopal Million! Will Harnpia Alas
• ' >^n"Qa.l|»fc •
Philadelphia,—The; winds that' blow
in northern Alaska: are to be harnessed,
to light up.the lapg polar, night In the
cause of nsHgion.v. Blabop P. *T. ItOwe
of! the Hsocese, of .Alaska ' ha* author
ized- Riv/W. K- S.' Tomple, head'ofthe
AlecrtSertl 'eaglrieerlrijr departihfenf vof
the Onlverslt.v of Pennsylvania, to de
sign and build an electric light plant,
operated by a windmill, for use of the
Episcopal mission nt Point Hope.
Alaska.
PoW Hope Is mhre than 100 miles
north of the arctic circle, where the
polar night continue* several months
each yew.
^You win a hat on
the election
don’t forget
WE have the latest
styles.
Comforting to the Eyes
EVENING is the most enjoyable
time for reading. The quiet
world allows you to see more
clearly the scenes, ami to fee! more
deeply the emotions, portrayed by the
author’s words.
It is very essential, however, to have a good light, other
wise the strained eyes tire the senses and rob the evening
reading of its keenest pleasure.
Electric light, which can he readily obtained in any inten
sity suitable for the eyes of either young or old, affords the
best reading light, and Edison Mazda Lamps furnish an
abundance of it at minimum cost.
Substitute Mazda Lamps for the old carbon lamps in
your lamp sockets and note the difference in the amount and
quality of the light.
Alaska Water," Light|& Tele. Co.
—"i"""j
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh., vegetable*,' fruits
and nuts.
i; MILK-MILK- -M1LK ||
l! ... Freth^Miik .pnd Cream .< j
: valdez dairy::
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pinzonciGtn
DICK'S PLACE
Pine Line of Cigar* aaf Tobacco;
Fruits. Nuts. Candies.'
Card Meat Sefc Drfaka al All KM*
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet e^ery' Tuesday evening ait 8 o cioiu In
Eagle Hull Ml members are. reti'eaus} tc
attend. T. Cl. QUINN. ArcticOhief
S. MCNIECK. Secretary
Valdez Lodge
No 168,
Free and Accepted Masons*
Regular Communications tirst• Wednesday id
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
A. E. ORlUSItY. \V. M.
’ tt. C- Reynolds. Sec
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L. IV. ST&RM. E. M.
VALOKZ. ALASKA
ttmroKTa os Mimas .
PATfMT SURYJYS
OSKBStL MlMlfia, BMOIMAmKIMQ
[ ; Pkomb No tot
Local Valde^
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at'
8 o’clock at
the local quarters back of
Ingram & Bush’s Cigar Store
1 PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington,ZD. C.’
DENTIST
Phone 110 r*<*urteeu i
c MHoe Hoorn* <»\ er VALDEZ
Vaklrv. Driijf Co.
DR. GERMAN:
l,h,,mTHE DENTIST
Oft'ce rooms over tn\ i L)iu>r store office hour •«
y a m.. to C p. rn.. 7 p. m.. ton p. id >unihiy«
by appointment All work iruarant*•»’.!
DR. C. H. VANCE
the osteopath
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Kikrsville. Mo.
OFFICE HOURS--* U 12 a.. 1 to 5 p. .r kr
appaiabacat.
TREATMENT 92.50
Treat kaiUiai. WaU Ttreel. PHONE 2*3
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A TTORN BY- A T- L A W
Offices Wall Street
Pbooe 3i VALDKZ
E. E. RITCHIE
I. A W Y K K
PlIONKTuts Valdez, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
jCivil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Latouche, Alaska.
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
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VALDEZ. ALASKA
VALDEZ MINERS UNION 188 -
Weston Federation of Miners
Meet* Every Tueeday Evening at
7:30 p. m. at Miners’ Hall
H. M. CARTER, Rrs»„
ANTON DAHL8TROM, 8sey.
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