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PUBLISHED BY
8TEWART & SELBY, Proprietors
TERMS.
Daily Prospector.
Bv carrier, per month .* 1.00
Bv mail, per annum .$10.06
The Weekly Miner,
By carrier, per month .$ .40
By mail, per annum .$ 3.00
The Daily Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad
dress, per month .$ 1.25
The Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner, by mail, to one address
onlv, per year .$12.50
Business Office and Editorial Rooms.
TEL. 152
Advertising Rates on Application.
FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1910
• LABOR LOST.
'TrOU may write a lot cf verses
-*■ That you'll never see In print;
You may tell a bore you're busy.
But he'll never take the hint.
—Selected.
Fl'SSEDNESS, THAT'S ALL.
There are men in this very com
munity—we are sorry to say—who
have nothing on their minds but a J
craving for revenge against corpora-1
tions or anybody having anything to !
do with corporations. They'll borrow j
other people’s grievances and adding
them to their own, brood over them
and nourish a perpetual grouch. It
does not matter when or where you
meet them, they will bring the sub
ject up for discussion and there is
nothing one can do to induce them to
converse on something they know;
something about. They may never!
had any dealings with a corporation, I
but they have heard of some one who j
has. and they consider this ample rea- j
son to "roast” the corporation brown, j
Now, is this sufficient excuse for the j
daily vituperation and misrepresenta- j
fion extending over every corpora- j
tion? We believe not. Those very j
men acknowledge their imperfections j
and yet they expect perfection in a ;
corporation. The very height of ah-!
surdity. And the generous ones at- !
tribute this habit of fault-finding with ;
corporations as thoughtlessness. We 1
prefer to call it cussedness.— Ketch
ikan Miner. ]
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That Wickersham considers he is !
greater than the republican party is
self evident by his actions at Sewa'rd
in refusing to allow the patronage to
be controlled by the Territorial com- I
mittee. The fact that the office be- :
longs to the man and the patronage
to the party has never seemed to en-1
ter his political calculations. He con
siders the office and the patronage
should both he handed him on a plat-;
ter and the party which elects him 1
can go hang. Wick has sunk to his
proper level as a Progressive-Demo
cratic nominee, and he should be
compelled to keep his place in that
party. The republicans don’t want.
Wick, tire democrats won’t have him, ■
so he will be forced to peddle his
goods as a Progresso-Demo-Indepen
dent.
A republican who flirts persistently
with members of other parties should
be read out of the republican party,
and compelled to take his place with
his friends. A man has a right to be
long to any party he chooses but he
should pick his party and let his
loyalty be judged by his actions.
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HOW TO KEEP A CITY CLEAN
| To make a city cleaner and neater
; and to substitute beauty for ugliness
! is to enhance the value of both pub
i lie and private property. As to pub
lic property, this work can be easily
controlled. But the city authorities
can be expected to act only on the in
sistence o^ the general public. Un
fortunately. however, no matter how j
careful a city may be about struc
tures erected on public property, the
general effect of streets and open
places may be spoiled by ugliness in
surrounding structures and private
property. Billboards, signs, ugly gar
ish or unkempt buildings, building**
out of repair, untidy yards and va
cant lots—all may counteract what
ever the city may do to make public
property attractive. The only way to
make a city neat and to make it look
iis though it were really self-respect
ing. is for all citizens to co-operate
in insisting on private, as well as
public neatness and attention to good
design.
The law of compensation is always
at work. For instance, the waste of
leather in the high shoes is com
pensated for in the abbreviated skirts.
TUNGSTEN ORE IN
GREAT DEMAND
Since announcement was made to
the world last fall through the lo
cal press relative to the discovery of
tungsten in paying quantities at the
head of Gilmore creek by Johnson &
Ewers, a continuous stream of in
quiries of every nature has been re
ceived in FairouiiKs. Most of the in
quiries come to the local banks and
business houses, but as Johnson &
Ewers have been the “only tungsten
operators of particular note to date,
little information concerning tungs
ten, generally speaking, has been a
vailable.
Inquiries and requests for infor
mation on the subject, however, have
now become so numerous that many
prospectors, dropping their search for
gold, have started out in the hills in
search of the more valuable but less
plentiful metal. In fact, the de
mand for tungsten is so great and the
prices paid for it so high that, if fur
ther discoveries are made in the Fair
banks district, the tungsten industry
promises to become as great, if not
greater, than the mining of gold.
The latest tungsten quotation to
be received here came to the Ameri
can bank of Alaska last week, in the
shape of a wire from the Foote Min
eral Company of Philadelphia, Pa.
They state in their wire that they are
offering $60 per unit f.o.b. Fairbanks
for tungsten concentrates, which is
$5 per unit better than any offer pre
viously received here. And they are
said to be a responsible house by
those who art familiar with the tung
sten situation. The quotation is of
fered for May delivery.
It is claimed that Johnson & Ew
ers ore now being milled at Chena
will go 12 to 15 per cent in tungsten.'
However, assays made by Paul Hop
kins. assaver of the American Bank.
[show that the average ore found in
■this vicinity will go between 5 and 6
j per cent in tungsten. That, howev
jer, is considered a good showing, for
it means that ore which will go 5
per cent tungsten can be estimated as
going about $240 per ton. The con
centrates after the ore is milled, go
60 per cent and up, therefore the val
ue of the concentrates Is approxi
mately $3,600.
It is claimed by those who know
that all indications point to deposits
of tungsten here in paying quanti
ties. The black sand of all the
creeks in the Fairbanks district car
ries large quantities of scheelite, or
calcium tungstate, one form of tung
sten. This fact would indicate that
the black sand originally came from
some lode or vein in the hills eon
tabling large quantities of tungsten
Wolframite, another form of tungs
ten, is found here, but in very small
quantities only.
The creeks in this vicinity v.nich
show the greatest amount of schee'.
ite are First Chance, a tributary of
Goldstream, and Little Eldorado.
Large quantities of scheelite are also
found in the black sand which comes
from Lillian and Gertrude creeks, in
the new Tolovana district. All of
which indicates large bodies of ore
containing tungsten may some day be
uncovered near the heads of thos;
streams.
Johnson & Ewers have already
made arrangements for the shipment
of three tons of tungsten concentrate-,
by parcels post, and part of the sliq,
ment is being sent outside of every
stage. The Ott mining company, ot
upper Fairbanks creek, also has a
bout one ton of tungsten concentrates
ready for shipment. Aside f >m
these two firms, however, no tungs
ten has been shipped, as far a.i car
be learned.—Fairbanks Citizen
BLUNDERS OF AUTHORS.
Some Queer Things of Which Fiction
Characters Are Guilty.
For many years a favorite pastime
of the literary dilettante has been to
ferret out mistakes made by celebrat
ed authors. Writers of the highest
standing have been guilty of absurd
“bloomers,’’ such as Flaubert's asser
tion that "the two adversaries were
placed at an equal distance from each
other.” Mistakes of this sort have
been excused on the ground that the
authors were working under pressure
of inspiration and were therefore like
ly at any time to make minor errors.
Stories of today do not, as a rule,
appear to be written under the stress
of temperamental excitement Yet, in
spite of their seemingly cool sophistica
tion, they are not lacking in curious
mistakes. A short list of these errors
has been compiled by a writer in the
Philadelphia Ledger:
I screamed in silent rage.
A girl tore her eyes from the stage,
but her ears still lingered.
“I will never speak to you again as
long as I live,” hissed Dolly. (Just
try to hiss it.)
Iler feet were swollen from standing
in wet, salty water.
Like Adela, he had dark brown hair,
with enormous black eyebrows, a mus
tache and a short beard.
What, therefore, was our surprise to
find Tish sitting by the fire iu her
hath robe and slippers with a cup of
tea in her lap and her feet in a tub of
water.___
EMPRESS THEATRE
“KREUTZER” “SONATA”
5 Act Production Extraordinary.
_ — __ ■ _* ■ ___
NANCE O’NEIfe, THEDA BARA, WM. E. SHAY.
and All Star Cast, including Henry Bergman, Maud Turner Gordon, Mrs. Allan
Walker, John Daly Murphy, Mimi Yvonne, etc.
To Night, and Tomrrow Night.
One Show, at 8:10 Sharp • Admission 25c
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LOCAL BREVITIES
Anything in the jewelry line at
the Valdez Drug Co. tf
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
New Zealand Onions at Keystone
Produce Company. 2t
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart street. *
For Sale—Six-hole range, good
condition. Inquire D. F. Millard, tf
Get your eggs for Easter at Key
stone Produce Co. 2t
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
A fine display of nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Pastuerized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley's. *
Furnished rooms at Mrs. ofland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
New Spring Coats just arrived on
the last boat at E. Winters.’ tf
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug
Company. tf
Shellac, varnish, stains, enamel j
paints and bronze at Mead's tf j
An Unuaual Casa.
Stranger — Seventeen years ago 1
landed here In your town broke. 1
struck you for a dollar. You gave It
to me. saying you never turned a re
quest like that down. Citizen (eager
ly)—Yes? Stranger—Well, are you still
game?—Judge.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everything First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
OWL DRUG CO.
PRESCRIPTIONS
OUR SPECIALTY
TRY US Phone 40
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—In Owl Drug Stor*. j
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT---COLDJ
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
» U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted HaAoi
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN. W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD, Proprietor
This Is The Time
To Get Ready
To Fix Your
Lawn
We Have
Bluegrass Seed, and
White Clover Seed
Also
A Large Assortment of
Flower Seeds
Garden Seeds
Onion Sets and
Seed Potatoes
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
Heater
Jack Callin_. Proprietor
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Room»--The House of Comfort
RATES' REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates By>e Monti
PHONE 133 ^MRS. SYRiNG. Prop.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office-on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General 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
lm Shamrock
CAPT. KM MARCUM
Sails tor Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Min#; Saturday
at 9:00 a. tt-> troth the Val
des Book Company’s Dock.
Far Bllamar, LandloOk Bay.
and Fidalgo, every 'Wtdnesr
- day, 9:00 a. m., trom Val
des Book Company's Book.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National t alverafftgv
WaMhlngrton, D. C,
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ^
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & D1MOND
A TT4 IHXEYS-A T-L A W
4Mli<*e I'PiioMhc Court IIotiNf
Phone :M VALDEZ. % LA SKA
JOHN LYONS E V R1TCHMB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOIl XE Y S-A T-LA W
OlllceM In Wlinlliit? iiuildinic
Phone 101 VALDEZ* ALASKA
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.
Panoramic views of Child’s aai
Miles graders, Dawson, Valdes aaft
W ran gel on sale at Valdez Drug Co. •