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PUBLISHED BT
STEWART A SELBY, Proprietor*
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Daily Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter,
July 23. 1912, at the postofllce of Valdez,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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AT BEST.
THE faithful helm command* the keel.
From tlie port to port fair breezes
blow, ;
But tlie ship must sail the convex sea,
Nor may she straighter go.
SO, man to man in fair accord.
On thought and will the winds may
wait.
But the world will bend the passing word.
Though Its shortest course be straight.
■ptROM soul to soul the shortest line
* At best will bended be.
The ship that holds tlie stralghlest course i
Still sails ths convex sea.
—John Boyle O’Reilly.
: I1CNK INVESTIGATIONS.
WE HAVE become so accustomed
lo tlie cry that the prevailing high
prices of living are the result of our
increased exports of food stuffs that it
comes as somewhat of a shock to
learn from official figures that during
the past year our exports were in re
elity something like $100,000,000 less
than the previous year. And it is
stated on the same authority that
never before lias the visible supply
been so low.
i
The food speculators have lire j
yelling that Europe was making such '
t tremendous demand for our loud
shipments that the enormous ship
ments themselves were the cause of
sky high prices. That, too. appears
to be a mixture of financial wind and
hot air.
Congress is “investigating” the.
1 rice-boosting combines. But did you
ever hear of the politicians of either
party doing anything more than to
"investigate?” Did you ever hear of
a conviction? More wind—poliihei
wind.
There are two distinct causes for
Die prevailing high prices, and but
two. One is that we are shipping too
much of our products abroad and the
other is that we are cursed with a set
of speculators who would starve a
baby to death for a penny.
Also our production is not keei ing
pace with the demand, becausa our
farmers, thoroughly disgusted at the
treatment they receive at the hands
these speculators, are leaving their
broad acres and turning their faces to
the towns. And thousands of acres
have been seeded to grass and stocked
with milch cows. There are none to
take these farmers’ places. As Mr
Cleveland once remarked, ‘’this is a
condition and not a theory.”
Food speculators know this and a;*:
buying up and hoarding the supply
and laying the shortage upon to the
; Entente Allies, knowing that so long
| as officialdom believes they are held
ling the cause there will he no inves
I tigation.
Foreign demand? Bunk!
Wholesale robbery? Yes!
When we get rid of four-fifths ot
the middlemen, and then jail the spe<
ulators and price boosters, we will
have ample supplies at reasonable
prices, and not until then.
TWO-BIT TOPICS.
WAR talk, distressing as it is.
should have some com pen sat ions: it
should drive out of the spotlight a
whole flock of two hU topics that the
instruments of democracy have been
fussing about raid mulling over am!
refeiring to committees, amending,
interlining and debating Congress
lias talked when the practical needs
of the country demand action. Here
and there about the country arc vast
debates over the desirability of licens
ing and belling eats. Here in Wash
ington we have the legislature back
ing and filling, amending and passing
a resolution asking the national geo
graphic board to change the name of
Mount Rainier. Both the cat and the
Rainier issues break out intermit
tently and are deliberated with grav
ity and at great length.
Imagine a body of citizens in a
country of free schools and three
meals a day, giving time to the cat
license and the name-of-the-moun;ain
issues, with onions selling at three for
a quarter and potatoes six cents per
pound; with father in a cold sweat
trying to provide enough cf them for
the family needs, and war coming on.
Would it be better to license cats
and bell them during the bird season
or would you prefer to take off all
restrictions and let the cats live—on
the birds?
Would it be better to deprive Mt.
Rainier of its historic name and make
it an agent of publicity for a pushing
city, or shall we let the mountain
struggle along with its present name?
These issues should be numbered
138 and 139, respectively, on the list
of things to he taken up on any dull
day that conies along, aftor the war is
over, and after we have ascertained
whether or not we are going to have
a country for cats to wander »n a; o
something to eat after we have quit
ed title to our homes.—Seattle P.-I.
THE AUTOMOBILE PILL.
THERE are worse things in the
world than gasoline at 20 cents a gal
lon—notably onions at 10c each and
women’s shoes at $12 the pair. Also
there is the persistent liar who from
time to time announces that he has
discovered a cheap substitute fuel tor
gasoline, and immediately loses him
self in the crowd before one can get
to a brick. On an average, about one
new and cheap fuel u announced ev
ery month and none of them is ever
heard of again.
What has become of the fellow who
made the motor run with ra'n water?
I remember a detailed story of how
the inventor put a pint of water in his
auto tany and made a run of one-half
mile with it. Here is another philan
thropist who is to lead American mo
torists out of gasoline bondage. Hr
has invented a “solidified gas’ that
can be molded into pills. A cigar box
THE EMPRESS
TONIGHT 8 p. m. TONIGHT
Fine Paramount Bill
PATHE NEWS
MARY PICKFORD
In the famous characterization in five acts.
“Fanchon the Cricket”
THURSDAY - THE WOMAN - FIVE ACTS
Regular Admission - 25c
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
full of the pills, costing $25, will take
an automobile 3,000 miles—that is,
(the inventor says it will,
j There is a strong coll for fuel in
ventors with less conversation and
more action. The bane of American
life is denatured conversation. We
ought to have a public hot air tank,
a rtl'eptacle for conversation, where
citia V so minded could repair and
talkv Iheir hearts content; then, if
some bin y will invent a hot-air en
gine we shall have cheap fuel in un
limited quantities.—Seattle P.-l.
NO KOHKKiN K.NT.VXGLKM KNTS.
WE DO NOT believe it will be nec
essary to send an expeditionary force
to Europe in case of war with Ger
many. Therefore we cannot endorse
the suggestion of former President
Roosevelt that “a huge expeditionary
army be raised for that purpose.” The
belligerents who are enemies of Ger
many have more men under arms
men that have been.trained for years
and years—than can be employed.
And Americans will be loath to enlist
in an expeditionary army, hut might
respond with alacrity to defend the
states and territories, to help man the
ships of our navy, and to manufacture
such quantity of munitions as will be
essential to the national defense. They
will not be willing, we believe, to be
come co-operative forces with the ar
mies of the Entente powers. There is
little in common between our quarrel
with Germany and the quarrel of the
Entente with Germany. Any foreign
entanglement is repugnant. It would
inevitably mix this government with
the policies and intrigues of Europe
so deeply that no one today would live
long enough to see this government
extracted from.
The duty of this government is to
maintain its rights and self respeci.
Beyond that It should not go.- It (3
rot the self-appointed guardian of
humanity!
GREGORY'S ESPIONAGE BILL.
NOW that they have had time to
tit down and think it over, those sen
ators and representatives who voted,
lor the iniquitous Gregory espionage
bill are becoming alarmed at the ex
cess of power placed in the hands of
one individual. It permits the right
of search carried to excess, and is far
more drastic than the obnoxious Alie .
and Sedition Act that caused a near
revolution in this country once upon,
a time. As one prominent Democratic
Senator said: "It out Prussias Prus
sia and out-Russias Russia, with
the added difficulty that affairs are i.i
.he hands ... amateurs, whereas in
Prussia's case it took a couple of gen
. erations to build up the system.
LOTS of people who regard canni
bals with horror go round back-biting
other people.
STRANGE as it may seem a well
balanced family is not one in which
the husband and wife are on opposite
sides.
f
I ANY healthy boy can tell you tlv t
most any man can be elected Presi
dent of the United States but it takes
a real hero to pitch a no-hit game.
THE Alaskan legislature is mak
iing the same mistake other legisla
tures have made, passing too many
jlaws without investigating their mer
its. Some eighteen or nineteen new
laws have already been passed, and
with the exception of the school law
I few of them have any merit what
ever.
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I Preposterous! The Idea!
A Juneau paper says there will be
a “navel display” in that city in July,
when the Seattle yachts sail for that
I port. Parties with no especial pul
chritudinous attractions are warned
to stay away from Juneau.
[spuds TAKE A
BIG SLUMP IN MARKET
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J SEATTLE. March 19.—At the rate
\ they hgfve been dropping this week
potatoes will soon be on a $20 or $21
basis, although it is not likely they
will go much lower than that before
fall. Every day sees them tumble.
Yesterday they were quoted at $30 to
$40 per ton with no buyers at that
I price. Neither are producers willing
>to unload at these prices and while
iniany commission houses were called
iby telephone or personally visited by
a number of growers there was lit
i tie trading.
Eggs and butter declined again
Eggs dropped to 23 for fresh ranch,
and butter slumped 3 cents, whole
saling at 40 cents. Butterfat is quot
ed at 43 cents. Very few local eggs
are coming to market and the slump
'is due to large receipts from Califor
nia markets.
I; Oranges are cheap, wholesaling at
$2 to $3 per box, with navels only on
hand.
bridegroom gives up girl
RATHER THAN HIS ALFALFA
CHICAGO. March 19.—Cherishing
! his blonde whiskers more than h;s
l prospective bride, Joseph F. Mikulec
Good
Goods Phone 12
Hills Bros. Coffee
Unexcelled for Quality, Flavor
and Aroma.
Moderate
Prices
The fragrance of Hill’s Coffee is a promise of fine flavor and the pro
mise is always fulfilled. Selected by experts, blended by other specialists it
is Coffee that is unequalled for flavor and aroma. There is nothing finer for
Breakfast or as an after dinner beverage. Give it a Trial.
S. & W. on the label means Quality, picked when ripe, packed or pre
served immediately is the reason why S. & W. canned Fruits, Vegetables,
Jams and Jellies are so finely flavored. They differ from the average brand
as you will fully agree when you taste them. Try a can of the following;
ASPARAGUS
ASPARAGUS TIPS
TOMATOES
SUGAR PEAS—Midget
PUMPKIN
STRING BEANS
SAUER KRAUT
BEETS
APRICOTS
PEACHES
GREEN GAGE PI AMS
SLICED APRICOTS
SIJCKD PEACHES
ROYAL ANNE CHERRIES
BARTLETT PEARS
SIJCED PINEAPPLE
RASPBERRIES
STRAWBERRIES
BLACKBERRIES
LOGANBERRIES
A FINK ASSORTMENT OK S. & W. JAMS AND JELLIES
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
| VALDEZ HOSPITAL
s A finely equipped institution
i for the care and treatment of
I eases of every character. Skill
ed nurses in attendance.
Private Rooms.
Terms Reasonable.
Jos. A. 1 ilverman Ph. G. M. D.
Proprietor.
Hoyle Block 1 aide*
decided to retain the heard and give
up the girl when the alternative was
presented to him by Miss Mary Me
! dric.
The license was procured and the
time for the ceremony arranged when
the young woman decided that, Mik
ulec would look better without his
blonde germ catchers.
“Here, youse; duck the alfalfa,"
she is reported to have said.
Mikulec reluctantly refused, stat
ing that he had not seen his physiog
nomy for so long it might scare him.
“Me or your whiskers. Take your
choice.”
“You ask too much. 1 prefer my
whiskers to any woman. They at
least will stay with me.”
"Me for me old job,” and there will
be no wedding bells for Joseph and
Mary. _
Spitzenberg and Yellow Newton
Apples at Keystone Produce Co. 3t
Nick Meckcm returned to the Clift
mine this afternoon after spendinb
several days in town serving on the
Grand Jury.
The steamship Valdez arrived in
port about 3 o'clock this morning
and sailed an hour later for Latouche
and Ellamar.
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CRESCENT
IS SURE
BECAUSE
IT
RAISES
THE
B0U6H
ALWAYS
SOLD BY GROCERS
25c lb. Can.
CRESCENT MEG. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE S CAFE
Open Day and Night .McKinley Street, Below fable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVIfH, 1‘ropr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Dr*f Store.
j FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT- COLD
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
all kinds of junk
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
VALDEZ CAFE & BAKERY
Cake*, Cookie* ft Ban*, 15e per dozes.
French, Rye and White Bread 12 1-2
cent* per loaf. Order* takes for apecial
occationa.
BERGSTROM & ROGSTAD, Prop*.
1 PHONE 17 - Three deeri helew Owl Dr*z
o e. J.X^.O..«. A.A.A. A.A. A.
When Id Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PROP
SlRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward. Alaska
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
I Wing, Light Rooag—The Hone of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Ratea By the Month
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Prop |
I
Hot Point Irons and Electric Appli
ances have now arrived at the Empo-!
rium.
1 Men's, Ladies’ and Children's Hose
| car e cn the last boat for the Empo
! rium. St
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
I _
I Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’a.
• Prices reasonable. *
PROFESSIONAL CARDS. |
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Office* over Valdez Drug Co.
Phone ’15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon. LJ S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PH. 6. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Over Owl Drug Co.
- OFFICE HOURS:
1 to 4 P. M. 7 to 8 P. M.
Sunday by Appointment.
Res. Phone 170 Office Phone Ilf
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Gratutc National II ilrrrdt/,
Wukhftoi, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in to/bailing Building
DONOHOE & ESMOND
ATTOHNKYS-AT-L AW
OIBce Opposite Court Houoe
Phone 34 VALUE Z. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS « V KITCHIM
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEVS-AT-L AW
Offlees lo " icjilldliiu
Phone IUI VALUMZ. ALASK A
ROBERT SIMPSOfk Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenstfs Ground
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VALDEZ ^LiODGE
NO >168
Free e»d Accepted Huou
Regular Communications -^Wed
nesday in each month i in McKinley
H*n m‘"v £,wbhoVn.°w: u
ED WOOD, Secretary.;
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western FederatioO of Miners
W. H. GARNER, Presidin'.
Granite Mine
GUST KRiNG, Secretary.
Vsides Alaska.
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