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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1917
POSTERITY'S BURDEN
The taxation bill in the House is
a vet blanket upon the campaign tor
the sale of liberty bonds. As soon as
possible the Senate should make
known to the country that this bill
will never pass. Then the people will
take heart again. Wheels will begin
to turn and plans wil be made to ex
pand industry to meet the needs of the
government for carrying on the war.
Let the Senate give the country to
understand that the war is to be
fought for all time, the end being
the triumph of our democracy against
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the strongest assault that could be
made against it. Let the people know
that the immense cost of the war will
be borne by those receiving the. bene
fit of victory, as well as by those who
endure the burden and shed the blood
needful for victory. As the benefit
will run to posterity, let posterity pay
part of the cost. And since the great
er and more populous and richer Uni
ted States will be better able to pay
its share, posterity will still be under
a deep debt to the patriots of this
day who pay more than money for vic
tory.
This nation cannot fight the war
out of current revenue increased by
taxation. It must go into debt. The
sooner this fact is understood the
better. The debt should be apportion
ed to the taxpayers over at least 30
years. Fifty years would be better,
since the tax payers 50 years hence
will he enjoying far greater benefits
than those of the immediate future,
who will inherit the blood tax as well
as the money tax.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE
Delegate Charles A. Sulzer has no
minated Dennis S. Sutphen, of Ketchi
kan, as a candidate for admission to
the U. S. naval academy. The exam
ination takes place June 7.—Ex.
What a difference in nominations
for naval academy positions, since the
Hon. Charles A. Sulzer has been fill
ing the delegatship. No more do we
record the fact that “Mr. —, the son
of a prominent Tacoma citizen, has
been appointed, etc., by Delegate
Wickersham for admission to the na
val academy,” or the coveted position
given to a Detroit lad, or some other
alien. These nominations are now go
ing where they belong—to an Alas
kan lad. This paper has always pro
tested against the appointment of
boys from the States to positions
rightfully belonging to Alaskans. We
have believed that the Alaskan boys
are as well qualified to fill them
as Tacoma boys or Detroit boys, or
boys of any other locality, and our
Delegate undoubtedly believes the
same, as the above nomination shows.
CRAFT HORRIFIC
The steamer Eastland, the craft
which turned turtle in Chicago some
time ago, drowning nearly a thous
and picnickers ist o be converted in
to a training ship for the youth of
the country. The accident was the re
sult of faulty construction, and nar
row beam. To place this death ship
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
| again in service is to invite a repe
j tition of the Chicago horror. It would
! be much better to turn her over to
'the enemy and depend upon her re
peating her Chicago performance.
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THE Anchorage Daily Times is au
thority fdr the statement that it will
inaugurate a Sunday morning paper
with a comic supplement, starting in
the near future. Without desiring to
offend why not use the political edi
torials of that paper iu Sunday’s edi
! tion, and thereby furnish its readers
j with real comedy of the rib-breaking
! kind.
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! NOW that Col. Richardson has an
j nounced that road work will be start
ed at Anchorage in the near future we
I expect a revival of the amicable rela
: tions with the railroad town.
Goodness, Gracious Agnes!
United States soldiers from the
post at Valdez are guarding the Cop
per River Railroad and government
property at Valdez.—Skagway Alas
! kan.
McCarthy will enjoy
ROOM THIS RUMMER
Patent has been issued, covering
the homestead of John E. Barrett, on
which is located the town of McCar
they, nearest community to the great
Bonanza copper mine, where millions
of dollars worth of copper ore are
mined each month by tne uuggenneim
corporation. This announcement was
hailed with delight by the residents
of the town, who will now have a
opportunity to purchase the ground
on which their stores and residents
are located.
Barrett located his homestead over
ten years ago, before the railroad was
completed to the Bonanza mine. When
the locator arrived he found that
part of his homestead included nearly
all the available ground for switching
purposes, round house and so forth.
Barrett looked up the law in the case
when the railroad made him a propo
sition, and found that if he offered to
sell, contracted to sell or made an
agreement to sell any of his home
stead prior to receiving patent, his
claim would be cancelled on the
ground of fraud. But he found that
there was no ruling by the commis
sioner of the land office to prevent
him from renting part of his home
stead. so he rented the railroad a
freight yard.
He was not to sure by that some
hitch might occur if he rented too
much ground, so he warned other ar
rivals to keep off. But four years ago
there was a gold rush over the Cop
per River railroad to Shushanna, lo
cated some hundred miles further in
land. People arrived in droves and
Barrett could not withstand the tem
tation, so he had a surveyor locate a
main street and did a wholesale
business in renting stores and camp
ing sites. The town prospered and the
“renters” remained, on 25-year trans
ferable leases.
Now that Barrett has his patent, he
is offering deeds to all who care to
pay the balance of the rent due on the
25-year period.
A new ruling has been made per
mitting homesteaders to dispose of a
portion of their claim by relinquish
ment, thus giving them an opportuni
ty to sell their right to any- part or
parcel of land included within their
homestead survey. An end was also
put to the custom of making locators
wait ten years or more for a patent.
—Cordova Times.
CITIZENS TICKET
DEFEATED SOCIALISTS
Anchorage School Trustee ElectioU
Yesterday Turns Down So
cialist
ANCHORAGE, June 20.—At the
election for school trustee held here
yesterday, the Citibens ticket defeated
the Socialist ticket, headed by Lena
Morrow Lewis, by over 500 majority.
The total vote was 7,85.
AUSTRIAN CABINET ONCE
MORE HAS RESIGNED
AMSTERDAM, June 20.—For the
second or third time within the past
few months the Austrian cabinet has
sent in its resignation. This time it
is owing to a decision recently made
by the Polsh provinces not to vote
for the imperial budget.
Broken Off Relations
LONDON, June 20.—Reuters News
Agency reports that the Polish gov
ernment has severed all relations with
the Austrian government.
CABLE NOW OCT OF
REACH HA LIBIT BOATS
Fishing boats operating in the vi
cinity of Sitka will no longer have an
opportunity ot step on Uncle Sam’s
Alaska cable and put it out of service,
as 145 miles of the line has been re
laid out of reach.
Records of the Signal Corps officers
in charge of the Alaska cable show
that more breaks have occurred as a
result of fishermen anchoring near the
cable in the vicinity of Sitka than at
any other place on the line.
These are particularly rich halibut
banks in that vicinity and large num
bers of halibut boats operate there. In
ordinary weather there is no trouble
but during storms a boat anywhere
near the line on the windward side
spells trouble. Down goes the fisher
man's hook to ride out the blow, and
as the anchor drags it'finally catches
on the cable and there it holds. The
chafing and pulling wears off the in
sulation and “grounds” the wire,
which means a hurry up call for the
cable ship Burnside.
After recommending that fishermen
use mushroom anchors, a type shaped
like the vegetable for which they are
named, that should not cut. the cable,
without avail, the chief signal officer;
of the cable service recommended that
the section across the halibut banks
be taken up and relaid in deep water.
It is now far down out of reach of the
longest anchor cable.
PRESIDENT CAN RE
QUISITION ALL LIQUORS]
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 20.— !
A new bill to prevent the manufac-i
ture, during the war, of foodstuffs'
into distilled spirits and malt liquors, j
was ordered favorably ^reported by I
the senate agricultural committee.
The bill empowers the president to (
requisition existing supplies of dis-|
tilled spirits if necessary, to conserve
the food supplies of secure the al
cohol for war purposes.
Women’s Regiment Formed
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PETROGRAD, June 20.—The pro-,
paganda in favor of a "woman'si
fighting regiment" has made consid-j
erable progress. Eight hundred vol-i
unteers have already enlisted, among j
them it is reported, is the wife of,
the war minister A. P. Kerensky. Ma-j
dame Schabanoff, president of the
pan-Russian Women’s League, de
clares herself in favor of the plan. She
says it is the only means to fire the
country rage and devotion of the men. j
SPA NISH-AMERICAN
VETERANS MEET
SEATTLE, Wash., June 20.—The
thirty-fifth annual encampment of the'
Washington and Alaskan veterans op-1
ened here today. The Spanish-Ameri-!
can War veterans also are holding
their encampment in this city.
Alameda Arrives at Seattle
SEATTLE, June 20.—The steamer!
Alameda arrived from the north last j
evening with many passengers and !
a full load of ores.
WANTED
TO ENLIST IN THE
U. S. NAVY
FOR PARTICULARS SEE
Sir. SATURN
CORDOVA ALASKA.
“We Strive to Make This Store a Place Where Your Ideas of Merchandise
and Service are Realized.*’
Hollyhurst—fresh
sanitary, sterile
• Hollyhurst Eggs are packed daily and positively guar
anteed to vour satisfaction. If not perfectly satisfied simply let
us know—we pay twenty-fire cents for enry Ihdlyhurst Egg
not up to standard.
Hollyhurst Eggs are produced in a strictly modern
poultry plant. Clean, fresh running water and extreme care as
to cleanliness and feeding. No cocks run with birds and the most
scientific egg producing foods are fed.
Rayans a La Francaise; the sardine of quality—medium small fish of
exceptionally fine flavor, packed in peanut oil, full 4 oz. weight.
S BLUM & CO. Inc.
GOOD GOODS
Phones 12 and 13
Come to Valftez, and
CELEBRATE THE FOURTH
FOOD DICTATOR WAS
FORMERLY A POOR BOY
SALEM, Ore., June 20.—Back in
1895 Bert Hoover was office boy for
the Oregon Land Company in Salem,
a good office boy at that. His uncle.
Dr. J. W. Minthorn, was head of the
company. Young Hoover thought he
was worth more money. Dr. Minthorn
didn’t. Hoover left, wandering south
into California.
President Wilson has announced
that this same Bert Hoover—ex-office !
boy—is to be “food dictator” of a
nation of a hundred million.
But to go back 22 years—in Cali
fornia Hoover entered Leland Stan
ford University, taking an engineer’s
course. He worked his way through
the school. An Arizona placer mine j
couldn't get water to the property,
and placer mines without water are
not much good. The mine owner sent
to Stanford for a bright young man
to solve their problem. The univer
sity sent Hoover. Hoover mastered
the difficulty.
Later an Australian company heard
of Hoover and sent for him. He
strengthened out another engineering
problem. Then England called him,
and he worked there for some time.
In the meantime he put a brother and i
sister through school.
Natives here are recalling the strap-1
ping youth of 1895, who did odd jobs |
around the Oregon Land company of-1
flee at $35 a month.
RESOLUTION REGARDING
PARCEL POST IN ALASKA
The following resolutions were
adopted by the Alaska Bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and
Commercial Club and forwarded to
Delegate Sulzer at Washington:
WHEREAS, The United States Pos
tal regulations provide that the eigh
th zone rate shall apply on parcel
post between any two points in Al
aska and from any point in the Uni
ted States to any point in Alaska, and
WHEREAS, such regulations place
the Alaska merchant on an unfair ba
sis of competition with the larger
merchant of the States in the devel
opment of their trade territory, tend
ing to retard the developnient of Al
aska communities; ,
THEREFORE, It is hereby resolv
ed by the Alaska Bureau, Seattle
Chamber of Commerce and Commer
cial Club, that’the Postmaster Gen
eral be respectively requested to give
favorably consideration to a gradu
ated zon> rate for parcel post between
points in the Territory of Alaska, bas
ed on the same mileage rates as now
apply between points within the Uni
ted States.
Adopted by the Alaska Bureau,
Seattle Chamber of Commerce and
Commercial Club, May 29, 1917.
J. L. MCPHERSON,
Secretary.
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A full line of Nemo corsets, all sizes
at E. Winter’s tf
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Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
| LAUNCH $
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| CAPT. BYRON SMITH %\
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I Sailing weekly out of Valdez J
4> will deliver passengers, mail, ex- X
X .press and fast freight at any 4.
41 jK)int on Prince William Sound, j
+ RATES REASONABLE X
X Periodical service by agree- X
41 ment to outlying camps a spe- f
4* cialty. X
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Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Weatern Federation of Miner*
W. M. CONLEY PreudeBt.
Valdez Alaska.
CEORGE M. BARRY Secretary.
Valdez Alaska._
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Prec ud Accepted **■••■»
Regular Communication* flr*t Wad
ueaday in each month In McKinley
HalL Vialtor* always welcome.
F. 11. BROWN. W. U.
ED WOOD. Secretary
A. M. DIERINGEB
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genet al 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
j Candy Kiichen j
f E. W. HUNT—I* Owl Dr*« Store. |
FOUNTAIN DRINKS l
HOT-COLD ' |
PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OBff» over Valdes Drug Co,
Phone 'IS McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon. U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate National fnlvoraitj,
Washington, D. <J.»
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1898
PHONE HO
Office Rooms in Whaling Pudding
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DONOHOE & D1MOND
ATTORNKYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phene SI VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LTON8 a E RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
attornbys-ai-law
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Office* In «haling Halldlng
Phone ioi valdbz. Alaska
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
J. L. REED
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Phone MO VALDEZ. ALASKA
EDMUND SM.ITH
LAWYER
Suite 1212 American Bank Building,
SEATTLE, WASH.
Special Attention Given to all Alaska
Business.
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER.
PATENT SURVEYS.
McKinley St. oppoiild the V. M. itore
VALDEZ, ALASKA
lYSEziSiml
' Private Rooms /
* Terms Reasonable !
5 JOS. A. SILVERMAN. Pi. C., M. D. Pray. J
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5 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON \
C Office kauri—I to 4 p. m —7 to 8 p. ■. J
5 Sunday by Appointment i
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§ Boyle Block Valdez i
American Flags, Pins and Buttons
for sale at tbe Emporium. tf
Lowney’s Box Candles at Hunt's
Candy Kitchen. It