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SATURDAY, APRIL 7, lift 7
REFUSED ENDORSEMENT.
At a meeting of the Democratic
Central Committee at Juneau Thurs
day night the members refused to en
dorse Government Strong and Sur
veyor-General Davidson for reap
pointment. Governor Strong has in
curred the wrath of the Democrats by
displaying strong Republican senti
ments. and they are out after his
-calp. Davidson, according to all re
ports, has antagonized the Democrats
on every possible occasion since he
took office, so that he has not even
the endorsation of his own division.
Wm. Whittelsey, Judge Jennings,
John W. Troy and E. W. Griffin were
named by the Committee as probable j
candidates for the gubernatorial seat
All are strong men and have the back
ing of their respective divisions, as
das also Judge Bunnell of Fairbanks,
another aspirant for the honor. The 1
Committee left the matter of choice
of a candidate for governor from
these sterling Democrats to the Na
tional Committeeman, and it is be
lieved that he cannot help picking i
man satisfactory to the majority of
•he party, as all are capable and el,:
cient men.
As to the candidacy of Mr. So timer s
for surveyor general, he has the unan
imous support of the Fourth Division
Democrats, and, so far as is known,
is the only candidate prominently
mentioned for the position.
IX liOVIXG MKMOKY.
A little old man came into the of
fice of the Chicago Charities and laid i
down $150 “to help out some needy
families." Then he told them a story:
“Years ago, when all of my folks
were living I couldn't afford to give
presents. Things are different now,
but most of my folks have gone. 1
went shopipng, just as if my folks
were alive. 1 picked out a shawl for
an aunt of mine. She’s dead, and so
1 didn’t buy it, but 1 put down the
amount of money I would have spent.
Then I went and got some things for
my dead brothers and for my father
I and mother, and for a few old friends
! of mine. I didn’t really get them,
you know, but I priced the things I
i thought they would like. When I
| added up all the money I would have
: spent it came to almost $150, so I
added a little to it and here it is.”
Has any one heard of a finer, more
beautiful way of showing a man's love
'for his dead? The things he had
wanted to do, it was too late to do
now. He might, it is true, have spent
money on stone to make more artiii
; r ial and melancholy the quiet hillside
where his "folks” rest. He found n
. better way to spend his affection, to
remember in fancy those he could no
longer reach and then to see that his
'loving memory of them went to make
j others happier. He made his love for
his dead a power to gladden the liv
jing. He laid tribute on grief and
made it a blessing. It is not a sad
[story: we need not pity him. But we
cannot help loving him. Milwaukee
, Sentinel.
AS A NATION we rather preen our
selves on our generosity toward Bel
i gium. But the truth is a report re
cently issued by the relief commis
ision shows that the United States has
I contributed a total of $9,980,602 to
Belgian relief, which is slightly less
than four per cent of the $250,000,
000 which has been sent by the relief
commission to Belgium and Northern
j France. France and England have
! furnished nearly all the money for the
[support of the suffering in Belgium,
i Out greatest credit has come merely
from the fact that a few Americans
with an exceptional ability for organi
zation and administration have dis
tributed the funds and relief sup
plies donated mostly by other nations.
In other words our well advertised
generosity has been mostly vicarious.
AN EFFORT is being made to re
peal a law in Nebraska which re
quires the teaching of German in the
public schools. Although the animus
behind the movement is not disclosed,
| apparently it is due to the foreign sit
luation. If that is the case the oppo
I sition is unwarrantedly foolish. The
[German language is the language of
j one of the most advanced nations in
the world. While we do not consider
it as good as English for every-day
needs its charm as a language lies
in the tact that it is the tongue of
Schiller, Goethe, and scores of others
who stand high in the world of litera
ture and the arts and sciences. There
is every reason for the teaching of
German in the schools and none
against it. Next to Latin and United
States it is one of the most advanced
languages known to science.
AN OLD woman with short sleeves
and skinny arms always gives a man
a sensation like falling overboard in
December.
IT MAY be good exercise shoveling
snow off your walks, but it gets aw
fully monotonous after six months of
it.
p. T. BARNUM said that you could
not fool all the people all the time,
but P. T. never lived in the year 1917.
THE notice published in The Pros
pector yesterday requiring property
owners to clean the snow off their
sidewalks by April 10 now proves to
have been an error. The date an
nounced by the Council is April 15.
DON'T sneer at the poor dub who
was tempted and who fell. If you
haven't made a fool of yourself yet,
you soon will.
THE EMPRESS
Repeated by Request
THEDA BARA
In her greatest triumph
“CARN T
5 ACT PRODUCTION SUPREME
Finished with the comedy
“CROSS SWORDS and LOVE”
Sunday, THE ARAB, Five Acts
Regular Admission .... 2Sc
STHAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MHK. K. MI Mi, ITopr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
WE ARE all In favor of law en- j
forcement where the other fellow Is
concerned.
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TIMES have changed. The yaps are
now all located In the cities and any
live farmer can make a good living
selling gold bricks to business men. !
ANY BOY can tell you that a moth I
f r is a person who does not want you I
to go near the water until you have j
learned to swim.
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A MAN goes shopping with a *10
bill and comes back with one dollar's
worth of goods. A woman will go
shopping with a one dollar bill and
come back with *10 worth of goods
YOU can never tell. The girl who
has the turned up nose may not be j
the easiest to kiss. :
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QUEER as it may seem a woman ;
has to become a man’s better half be- j
fore he sees her worst side.
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Natural Linguist. I
An old but sturdy Irishman, who1
had made a reputation as a gang boss j
was given a Job with a railroad con-}
struction company at Port-au-Prince,
Haiti. One day when the sun was
hotter than usual, his gang of black J
Haitians began to shirk and as the •
chief engineer rode up on his horse
the Irishman was heard to shout:
"Allez! yez sons of guns, allez!”
Then turning to the engineer he said,
"Curse the day 1 iver learned thim
dom rascals' language.” i
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Fanner Wants His Share
OWATONNA, Minn., April 7.—
“The farmer is not getting his proper
share of the high price of foodstuffs,”
said George Brush of Owatonna,
master of the Minnesota Grange, in
response to an inquiry from a repre
sentative of the Christian Science
Montir. "It is costing us far more to
live, proportionately, than it is the
city man. Labor its higher, we have to
feed our laborers, prices of cattle feed
are almost prohibitive, machinery
and tools are greatly advanced. There
is a great disparity between prices
paid on the farm and those paid by
the consumer. This, I believe, is due
to lack of business methods among
merchants, lack of education by the
public on food, too great a demand
for small quantities and for package <
goods, which are forced on the con
sumer and the producer by the whole-1
saling and retail trade.”
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JA1WNKSK A FT HR
CAPITAL FOR CHINA j |
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 7.- • ;
Believing, as he says, that the time I*
has come for the economic reap
proachment of Japan and the United
States as the idea has recently been
expressed by Viscount I. Motono,
Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Baron M. Sugawara, representing the j
International Investment & Trust Co.,
of Japan, to which $30,000,000 has
been subscribed for development pro
jects in China, has just arrived here
for the purpose of enlisting Ameri
can capital to the same amount.
Baron Shibushawa is heaily inter
ested in the enterprise. The com
pany will undertake development
work in China along various lines. I
Baron Sugawara is accompanied by
several Japanese financiers.
Canadian Shipyards Busy.
TORONTO, Canada, April 7.—The
.shortage of ocean tonnage and conse
quent high charter rates have result
ed in increasing activity in shipyards
! in Canada with a probability of still
I greater activity in the near future,
isays the Mail and Empire. Reports
so far received here indicate that
more than 100 vessels ranging in size
! from 250 tons to 6000 tons are now
under construction.
.MILITARY TRAINING
CAMPS RECOMMENDED
WASHINGTON, D. C., April 7.—
' Major-General Leonard Wood has re
commended the .plan of establishing
'a number of military training camps
in New England during the coming
.summer. During the spring he will
visit Massachusetts and inspect the
‘site near Bingham that has been of
fered to the Government.
Notice.
Property owners are hereby noti
I fled that all sidewalks within the in
corporated limits of the Town of Val
i dez must be cleared of snow on or be
fore April 15. After this date side
walks remaining uncleaned will be
shoveled off by the town and the cost
taxed against the property.
Done by Order of the Common i
Council.
W. T. SCOTT,
1
2t Town Marshal.
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TWO INTERNED MEN ESCAPE
TO MEXICAN LAND
BROWNSVILLE. Texas. April 6—
Two escaped German interned seu
men of Philadelphia made their way
south and crossed the Rio Grande be
low here and are now reported safe
in Mexico.
I
Womens High Grade Shoes
In Narrow Lasts t
Realizing the difficulty of obtaining narrow widths*/in
womens’ shoes, even in a city Shoe Shop, this store off
ers you several choices of spring novelties in A, B & C lasts.
Shoes that we are sure will please you.
Black Soap, Kid Button, Grey
Matt Top, Medium Vamp, Width
B, Price - $7.50
Black Soap, Kid Lace, Pearl
Grey Top, Vienna Heel, Medium
Toe, Width A, Price - $7.50
Two Tone, Brown Kid Lace,
Chocolate Vamp, Lighter Color
ed Wash Kid Top, Width B, $10
Black Soap Kid Lace, with
white wash kid toq—B and C
width, - $7.00
Brown veal calf, lace, English
t
walking last, with Neolin sole,
width C, price - $6.50
Black calfskin lace, English
model with composition sole,
width C $5.50
High top White Canvass Lace Boot, Medium Vienna Heel, all I
| sizes, E width. Price S3.50
|S. BLUM & CO^Inc.
GOOD GOOD8
Ingram and Bush
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all joints
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
OWL DRUG CO. |
The; only Rexall Store in •
Valdez. •
Prescriptions a Specialty. I
Satisfaction Guaranteed •
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A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genetal 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
May Capture Oil Fields.
EL PASO, April 6.—Many Ger
mans are crossing the border and arc
reported making their way to the
British owned oil fields at Tampico.
Fresh tomatoes and rhubarb at
the Keystone Produce Co. 3t
Lowney’s Box Candies at Hunt's
Candy Kitchen.
The Cake Won’t Fall
When you make it
with
Crescent Baking Powder'
Bit it will cone
out “light as a
feather" even ui
der adverse coi
ditioas
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HOLD KY GKOOKKK
25c lb. Can.
CKKHOKNT MFXi. OO.,
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE S CAFE
Open Day anti Ni^lit McKinley Street, Below ('able Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
KVKRYTH1NG THE BK8T ANDY MAROVK'H, I'ropr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—la Owl Drag Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT COLD
WE PAY
2H cents per pound for Popper
18 cents per pound for Brass
He lb. for Rubber Shoes.
7c lb. for Ijcad.
120.00 per ton for cast iron.
HI5 per ton Wrought Iron.
.1c per lb. for Rope.
:1?£c per pound for Rags.
8330.00 |ier ton for Paper.
27c per doz. Beer Bottles, qts.
17c doz. Beer Bottles, pints.
F. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
VALDEZ CAFE & BAKERY
Cakes, Ceeluei k Beat, 15c per doseo.
Freack, Rye aad Wkite Bread 12 1-2
ceatt per loaf,J Orders takes for special
occasions.
BERGSTROM A ROGSTAD. Props.
PHONEI17 - Ifaee doen Mow Owl Drs*
a.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Prop
SiRICTLy FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward. Alaska
Arctic Hotel
Watch This
Space
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRING, Prop
Fine assortment Koenig's faster
Box Candies. Keystone Produce Co.
Fresh canay at the Emporium, tf
A full and complete line of Cigars,
Cigarettes, Smoking Tobacto and
Pipes. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Anything in nugget and ivory jew
elry at Valdez Drug Oo.
A fresh lot of Haas' Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from SO cents to ^2
n box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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VALDEZHOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
JOS A. SILVERMAN, Pk.G.M. D. Prol
Jos. A. ^iherman Ph. G. M. D.
I'HYHKIAN AND SIRUKON
Of Ike bn»l to 4 p. a —7 to 8 p. a.
Sunday by Appointment
Rea. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdez
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Office* over Valdez Drug Cs.
Phone ’13 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Array
A. A. Surneon, U S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
(■radute National Uatvernlty
Wnahlagtsn, D. C.
DENTIST
F'oarteen Tears la Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms la Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
A1TOH NRY8-AT-L A W
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS e. If RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
I . .
Offices la » Nalls* Building
mi V AI.OK5L. ALAStvA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
.Il NKAl, ALASKA
(Hasses Fitted Lenses (.round
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free ul Accepted Mhmi
Keguiar vommumcauonB nrai n»u
; uesdav In each month In McKlnMy
! Hall. Visitors always welcome.
P. M. BROW), W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary. *
! Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
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W. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mine
GUST KRINC. Secretary.
Valdez Alaska.