SJljr Saihj JlrnBjiertnr
PUBLISHED BT
STEWART * SELBY, ProprMon
VALDBL ALASKA
Published Dally K«cept Sunday_
Entered ns Second-Clasa Mall Matter,
July 23, 1912, at the postofflce of Valdee,
Alaska, under act or March S, 1879.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER S, IBlrt
WHY NOT ALASKA LABOR?
Friends of Delegate Wickersham
are sending out to the voters of
Alaska, in an attempt to secure the
labor vote for their candidate, a let
ter of endorsement of the Delegate
signed by the officials of four Unions
of Everett, Washington, in which the
laboring men of the Territory are
urged to vote for- Wick. It is pass
ing strange that Mr. Wickersham
should he forced to turn to a Seat
tle newspaper and the union men ol
an alien city, or that he should at
tempt to gain votes throughout Alas
ka ity such means. The laboring men
of Alaska will not be influenced in
the slightest degree by this circular
letter from outsiders.
In fact, it should work just the op
posite to what was intended, for the
Alaska Unionists are more competent
lo judge the merits of their friends
than are the members of a city 1000
miles away. They are perfectly able
to think for themselves; they are
much better acquainted with Mr.
Wickersham’s record than any Ever
ett Unionist can he, and they do not
require any dictation from Everett or
any other place in the States as to
how they shall vote.
If the Union men of Alaska believ
ed Mr. Wickersham was favorable to
labor or to unionism they would have
given him their endorsement instead
of Mr. Sulzer. llad Mr. Wickersham
occupied the position with regard to
Labor he claims there would have
been no occasion to seek the ndorse
ment of Labor Unionists outside; a
majority of whose members never
heard of him and their interests lie
entirely outside of the territory he
seeks to represent. The fact that lie
did not secure the endorsement of the
laboring men of the Territory indi
cates only too plainly that Mr. Wick
ersham was confident in his own mind
that he was not entitled to such en
dorsement and therefore sought to
cloud the endorsement of Mr. Sulzer
tty Alaska- Unionists by seeking an
endorsement in the States. That it will
not do so is plain.
The Alaska laboring men will not
be influenced in the slightest by such
a transparent move and instead of
gaining votes it will have the opposite
effect and lose him many.
THE ANCHORAGE TIMES in a re
cent editorial, says: “For the bene
fit of newcomers we will say that
Delegate Wickersham is responsible
for the present railway development.”
It is entirely unnecessary for the
Times to tell the “newcomers” what
Wickersham did or did cot do. it is
tlie “old-stayers” who need enlighten
ing. Wickersliam’s Alaskan record
is thoroughly familiar to every new
comer, who understands how much ice
a Republican delegate cuts with a
Democratic administration. If the av
erage Alaskan was as well posted on
Wickersham’s antecedents as is the
average newcomer Sulzer would not
have to spend a dollar to be electel.
PICTURING OUT.
We don't knew who Peter was. nor
where he lived when he Immortalixed
the name by simply doing nothing,
end giving currency to the phrase
at the head of this article; but we
do know that no one else has any
chance to become famous by simply
becoming a quitter.
The tendency with most modern
young men is to switch from one Job
to another, until they exhaust their
ability and settle down to a mediocre
position. It takes a lot of courage
to equip yourself for the battle of
Life. The inducements to rock along
sipping of each “slniul sweet” is too
strong to overcome in many cases, and
with so many nice things to spend
money for it Is nearly Impossible for
the average young man to start a
bank account.
Don't peter out. Cultivate habits
of industry and thrift. No one ever
saw a man worked to death, but we
see many killed off by a surfeit of
pleasure. Don’t be a quitter. Kind
out what you are best fitted for and
stick to it.
THAT Everett Union endorsement
may, like the Alaska railroad bill,
be but a fertile figment of fancy on
the part of our Congressional Mun
chausen.
• A SHREWD man will see a chance
and take it; the man destined to be
a wage slave will see a chance aid
knock it; thereby showing a disbelief
in his own judgment.
THE average young man should
never be afraid to go in debt if that
debt is contracted in an effort to bet
ter his condition. Buy a small piece
of property; a home, or a business.
Land always increases in value faster
than the interest and taxes.
IF PINOHOTISM had hern in vogue
when the Pilgrim Fathers larded this
country would be a howling wilder
ness from New York west. Hut it
wasn’t. After the adherents of Pin
chot got theirs they wanted the rest
of the population shut off until th< y
had another chance at the trough.
YOU’VE got the chance of your
lifetime to make a clean sweep of
;ho carpetbaggers and place Alaskans
in office. Will you do this? You
have been asking for a change; go to
it. and see how much better off the
Territory will be.
IF YOU believe the town can keep
up the schools and other municipal
expenses without the $4,000 paid by
the saloons, vote dry. If you believe
that the $4,000 now paid by the sa
loons will be irremediably lost to the
city without hope of replacement by
"local taxation then vote wet. It is
not a question of anything but fin
ances this campaign. Our taxes are
the highest in North America at the
present time, and to raise them still
further would be confiscatory.
THE NENANA NEWS is the name
of a new publication issued at the
new railroad town of Nenana by the
Nenana Printing Company, of which
Roy D. South worth, formerly propri
etor of the Fairbanks Times is the
head. The News is a six-page, six
column paper, edited in Mr. South
worth’s usual readable style, and ex
hibits excellent presswork. The pa
per enjoys a liberal advertising pat
ronage and starts out under very aus
picious conditions. The News is a
weekly publication, issuing on Satur
day.
YOU people who have been clamor
ing for Alaska tor Alaskans now have
|the opportunity you have been wait
ing for. Sulzer is a genuine Alaskan.
He came here many years ngo and
has grown up with the country. Ho
[represents the chief industry of the
Territory—mining—, and was the
Smelter Advantages
Each citizen of Valdez would be materially benefited through the
erection and operation of the INDEPENDENT SMELTER AT
VALDEZ.
Primarily a large payroll would keep money in circulation.
Each mine and prospect could be operated advantageously to the
owners.
Hence the owners could command capital. .
That means many more payrolls—work for industrious men and
plenty of money in circulation at Valdez.
Other industries would COME TO VALDEZ. New business es
tablished.
Vacant houses would be occupied—new homes in Valdez.
More houses would be built.
The POPULATION WOULD INCREASE.
There would be profitable employment for everyone.
A new spirit of optimism would prevail.
Geographically VALDEZ is located for the first place in Alaska.
We of Valdez can win first place and progress, rapidly.
We need only to work together and we shall prosper together.
Let us develop a united community spirit in Valdez.
Let us work together for the best interests of Valdez and each
citizen of Valdez.
Those who have not yet written to me their views please do so.
I will set forth plans for progressive co-operation.
Cordially,
HENRY DERR REYNOLDS.
Postoffice Box 263, Valdez, Alaska.
•
first rasa to Mtrodace the eight-hoar
day In Alaska. He Is a hard-work
ing, unassuming miner, and Is uni
versally loved by his peers. On the
other hand Wickersham Is not an
Alaskan and never has been. Ho
maintains a line home In Tacoma, oml
came to Alaska from Washington as
a political appointee. If he is defeat
ed he will return to Tacoma and con
tinue his law practice. Is It better
for the Territory to hold Its political
Jobs for Its citizens or turn them over
to some man appointed by a Repub
lican president?
ONE of the greatest menaces to the
peace of any community in the Terri
tory is the serious manner in which
little things are taken by Its citizens.
Take Valdez for instance, one would
believe that the lives and fortunes \
of our citizens hung upon the election
or defeat of certain men. Politics
are discussed with a fervor and an
animus rarely seen elsewhere. Per
sonal matters are Injected into tho
campaign and much hard feeling re
sults. If the future of our city held
upon the election or defeat of thc3e
men we would be among the first to
neglect our business and get out and
work for our candidates; but we do
not believe It. We believe the suu
will shine, the flowers bloom and the
tides flow under one administration
just as they have done in ages past.
It is rank foolishness to get so nutty
over politics that the squirrels will
chase you out of the woods.
Notice of Equalisation.
The Common Council of the Town
of Valdez, Alaska, will meet at the
City Hall, as a Board of Equalization,
oa the second Monday of October, the
Tuesday following said Monday, and
the Thursday following the third
Monday in October, between the hours
of 8 p. ra. and 9 p. ui., on each of said
days, for the purpose of equalizing
assessments for the year 1916.
The Tax Roll is now open for in
spection, between the hours of 8 a.
m. and 12 in. and 1 p. m. and 6 p.
m. at the office of the Town Clerk in
the Valdez Mercantile Co.’s store.
W. M. MEALS,
Town Clerk.
Sept. 28, 29, 30, Oct. 1, 2, 3. 4. 7t
Statement of Ownership.
Statement of Ownership, Manage
ment, Circulation, etc., of the Valdez
Daily Prospector, published daily ex
cept Sunday at Valdez, Alaska, re
quired by the Act of August 24, 1912:
Manager, Elliott Stewart.
Editor, H. B. Selby.
Publishers, Elliott Stewart and
Harry B. Selby.
Owners (stockholders holding one
per cent or more of total amount of
stock) Elliott Stewart and Harry B.
Selby.
Known bondholders, mortgagees,
and other security holders, holding
one per cent or more of total amount
of bonds, mortgages or other securi
ties, none.
Average daily circulation for last
preceding month, 602 paid copies.
ELLIOTT STEWART, Mgr.
H. B. SELBY. Editor.
Sworn to before me this 1st day of
October, 1916.
ANTONY J. DIMOND,
Notary Public.
My commission expires
My commission expires May 28, 1916.
John D. Rockefeller can write a
check for a million and get it cashed
—that's money. Tennyson could
take a worthless piece of paper and
inscribe on it a poem that would
bring $50,000—that's genius. A
woman will spend $50 for a hat—
that’s fashion. Wilson protested to
Germany against the submarine war
fare—-that's foolishness. Filling flues,
doing cement work, bricklaying, etc.
—-that’s my business—See BLAKE, tf
S & W canned fruits and vegetables
at Blum’s.
Pure Fresh Drugs at tne Valdez
Drug Store. tf
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, tor sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Furnished rooms at Mrs (Island's.
Prices reasonable. *
Prospector ads bring results.
—
S & W canned fruits and vegetables
at Blum’s.
Don’t fail to attend the grocery sale
at Blum’s.
When you want something good to
eat try the Merchants' Cate, open all
night. tf
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER. IWdnt,
Granite Mine.
CBAS. McCALLUM. Secretary,
Valdes Alaska.
_VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free ui AmciM Himu
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month In MoKlnley
Hall. Visitors always welcome. ~
F. If. BROWN. W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary
LOUIE'S CAFE
EverTtkhg Fint cUm
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
When In Seward Step at Mp
COLEMAN HOUSE
QtORQt SEXTON, Rnor.
sisticTLv riaa'T class
Fonrth Are, Bsward, Alaaka
No Meeting of Q. K. 8.
• There will he no meeting of the O.
E. 8. on Tuesday, October 3. Regular
meeting on the 17th at 8 o'clock.
H. COCKERILLE, Sec.
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Muste. Valdes Drug Co. tf
The best dinner at the Arcade
Cafe. tf
New and Second Hand Furniture
at C. C. Rudolph’s. tf
AERIAL NAVIGATION.
- - e
Rousseau Thought It Might Come, but
ths Problem Stumped Him.
A curious little book Is an old, old
treatise on aeronautics by Jean
Jacques Rousseau, called "Le Nouveau
Dedale.”
Like Leonardo da Vinci and Cyrano
de Bergerac, Rousseau was haunted
by the dream of aerial navigation. We
read In his treatise: "Men walk on the
earth, they sail on the water and swim
In It. Is not the air an element, like
the others? What business have the
birds to shut us out of their premises
while we are made welcome lu those
of the Babes?"
Rousseau took no stock In any the
orles propounded by the Darius tlreens
of his day. He sifted the matter for
himself and thought It Involved two
problems. First, to flud a body lighter
than air, so that It would rise. He
Imagined that sooner or later such a
body might present Itself. There was
no telling.
But what stumped him was bis sec
ond problem—bow to make that oblig
ing body stop rising and bow In crea
tion to make It come down. This was
too tough a problem for Jean Jacques,
and be wound up bis book by admit
ting It
For a long time "Le Nouveau De
dale" remained unpublished, appearing
only in 1801.
BE FAIR WITH THE DOG.
Give It a 8quar« Deal and It Will Re
pay You For Your Caro.
Only muzzle a dog If it Is absolutely
necessary. Tbe wearing of a muzzle
tends to make dogs cross aud snappish.
It does not prove that a dog has ra
bles or Is mad because It froths at the
mouth. It may have a sore throat or a
at
Clipping the ears Is a cruel and bar
barous practice, wholly unnecessary,
depriving tbe animal of Its natural
comfort and beauty and Injuring Us
bearing.
If you must tie up the dog have the
end of the chain secured to a ring ou a
long wire so that It can have tbe run
of at least twenty or thirty feet
Don’t blame the dog for showing no
ambition if It Is overfed on meats and
qyveets. Its health and spirits will be
of the best If it Is given simple but
substantial food and allowed tbe free
dom of outdoor life.
Train tbe dog with firmness and fair
ness. The animal Is eager to learn
what Is wanted of It and when once it
understands will follow Instructions
with almost human Intelligence.—Our
Dumb Anlmala
"A Right and Lawful Rood.”
An example of the old rough and
ready methods of arriving at a meas
urement is the Elizabethan way of get
ting tbe “feet" Falentin Leigh, who
wrote on surveying, records that after
service on Sunday sixteen men were
stopped at tbe church door, just as
they happened to come out, and drawn
up In line, left foot to left foot The
length thus obtained was taken as “a
right and lawful rood to measure and
survey the land with,” and a sixteenth
part of It as “a right and lawful fooL"
Although big and little men were thus
roughly averaged against each other,
the results naturally varied to some
extenL Hence It Is, as Shaw Sparrow
notes In treating of this “rood" as tbe
architectural “bay" which gives us tbe
“bay window,” that a bay Is some
times found to be rather less than six
teen feet of twelve inches.—London
Chronicle.
Eplotetua
The “Discourses of Epictetus” were
written not by tbe philosopher himself,
but by bis faithful pupil Arrian, after
ward the historian of Alexander the
Great Arrian tells us that he took
down the sayings of his master at the
time they were delivered, and thus we
may rely upon the substantial correct
ness of tbe discourses. Epictetus wrote
nothing, and but for the thoughtfulness
of his affectionate disciple we would
have known nothing of bis wonderful
teachings—teachings which have In
spired many of the greatest men who
have lived during the past 2,000 years.
Satisfied With Little.
Tbe Australian buahmen wish only n
shelter from the rain, and If they can
And a care or overhanging rock that
will shelter them they trill build no
house, if there Is no such natural shel
ter they select a place where email
trees or bushes grow together and
weave the branches together and cover
tbem with grass. This forms a roof to
keep off the rain.—Pittsburgh Press.
Idle Talk.
"Gosh dlngp
“What happened 7"
“1 talked two boors trying to per
suade that girl to give mo a kiss."
"Well?"
"Just as aha agreed her father came
In and began to talk poUtlca."—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
Hard to Whip.
"When you’re whipped,** sold Mr.
Dolan, "yon ought to say yon*TO had
enough."
"If I hove enough* strength left to
ssy I’ve had enough.” replied Mr. Baf>
forty, “then Tm not whipped yet.”—
Washington Stab
His Sham
Kites—What did yen get out of your
aunt’s estate? Kipps After —**H"g
things up tbe lawyer blew me to • good
dinner end loaned me IK —Brooklyn
Ufa
If yon tattoo people’s opinion yo«*rw
no right to sneer at them because they
don’t say wbat yon wanted—David
Graham Phillips.
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BIG CLEARANCE SALE
OF
•••v/i •••
MEN’S AND YOUTHS’ SUITS
Men’s Suits, Regular Value up to $35.00,
sales price from $5.00 to $15.00
Young Men’s Suits, $12.50 values, sales
price $6.25.
Men’s Cravanetted Overcoats, $25.00
values, $7.50.
These goods are worth full value but are broken in sizes. If we
have your size you can get a bargain.
S. BLUM & COMPANY, Inc.
GOOD GOODS
PROFESSIONAL CARDS. *
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OMeea over Valdem Drug Co.
Phone *15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon. U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon,
U. S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
dr7h. cockerille
Grodoote Natloaal University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Yean In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
r. - *
ATTOBNBYS-AT-I.AW
Oflce Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VAMIB7. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E E RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOH NBY S-AT-LA W
OBeea la Whaling Bolldlag
Phone 101 VALDBL ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
PARTNER WANTED—Young, ac
tive man with small capital, in hanil
laundry business. No booze tighter.
Inquire Jos. Jandos. 3t
The Goldeu North, the House of
Comfort. tf
Don't forget the Clearance Sale at
the Owl Drug Co.
Banquet Steel ttanges, plain and
polished tops, at Mead's. tf
Pictures developed at the Valdes
Drug Company. it
See our windows for Bargains at
the Owl Drug Co.
Malted Milk Chocolate at the Val
dez Candy Kitchen.
Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that noisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the peace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate it. tf
Nuts and Fruits, Chocolate Cover
ed, at Hunt’s.
Ding, dong, hear that bell and City
Express goes by like—well, we check
your baggage, trunks and grips by
day or night; we meet all ships, tf
Turkish Baths.
Go to the Turkish Baths next to
the postofflce. Shower baths, 26c;
steam baths, 60c. . tf
How about that photo you promised
to send home? Go to B. Jenner, the
Photographer, and have it taken to
day. It only takes a few minutes, tf
Workingmen’s Home.
Back of the postofflce. Bunks with
out blankets. $1.60 per week; with
blankets $1.76. Do your own cook
ing. «
Attention Please
Get your ideas for your Christmas
presents at the Needlecraft shop on
McKinley Street. tf
TilK IIKST (Jin'
VOI CAN OPKKR
your wife Is a lire insurance
policy on your home. Imagine
lier grief ami your remorse if
(lie home were destroyed and
you hud no money to replace
it. No prudent man goes with
out insurance. I’rove your pru
dence ami affection hy having
us insure you today.
Valdez Iteal Kslate Agency
( Paid Advertisement I
For
Attorney General
of Alaska
GEORGE GRIGSBY
Election November 7.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
Win. Schroeder. the well known
Slate Creek operator, arrived in tlie
city last evening.
Pioneer Hunk House.
You can do your own cooking and
housekeeping at the Pioneer Hunk
house ou Keystone Avenue. Price
$2.60 per week. If
Jack Miller, the well-know Slate
creek operator, was expected to leave
there today for Valdez.
Auto given uway free ut the Owl
Drug Co._
An up-to-date line of cook stoves
and ranges at Mean’s. tf
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
LAUNCH N & S
I,raven every Weduenday at • •.
in. from \ aide* Dock tar Kella
■nar. l.andloek. aud Klilalao.
Kent rn every Saturday at » a. an.
from Vnlden lloek for Cedar IWti
Wrlln liny. Port Wrlln and Gran
ite Mine. _
PORTAGE BAY AND OTHER
POINTS BY CONTRACT
W. J. CALLAGHAN
OWM'.II AM) MASTER.
HOMES to LEASE
We have houses in desirable locations and we
will have others later. Wc will rebuild or improve
to suit acceptable tenants, but will rent on yearly
lease only.
We want permanent tenants not transients.
TERMS MODERATE.
Apply to
CHARLES A. EBY
Manager Real Estate Department H. D. Reynolds
Company, Valdez, Alaska.