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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1»!6
HAPGOOD AND PINCHOT.
i
Who is behind Brandeis, nominee
of President Wilson for the Supreme
Bench, who is under tire before a sub
committee of the senate. That is a
question which has occasioned con
siderable concern among the politi
cians of the country at large. Bran
deis was not even mentioned publicly
before his name was sent to the sen
ate by the president. His selection
was something of a mystery as well
as a surprise.
An editorial bearing out this query
iu the New York Sun is of some in
terest :
"Those in and out of the Senate,
who have taken the pains to look up
the matter discover that Norman Hap
good probably may more justly lay
claiming to originating the Brandeis j
appointment than any other person j
who enjoys the close confidence of |
the administration. A complete alibi i
has been established for Col. House, |
who left for Europe before the matter !
arose.
It is learned that Senators LaFol- j
iette and Newlands, Charles K. Crane |
and Amos Pinchot had been consult- j
ed about the nomination by Secre- j
tary McAdoo and all approved of it. |
Outside of this select list of progres- j
Hive has-beens there appears to have j
been little consultation by the presi-1
dent. i
Hapgood, president editor of Har- !
per’s Weekly and former muckraker ,
in-chief for Collier’s; Amos Pinchot,j
bull moose who has run amuck, a i
brother of Gifford Pinchot, whose j
name will always be held in abhor
rence by Alaskans, the leading for-1
ester and leading “conservationist”— |
a delectable pair to dictate or other
wise bring about the nomination of
a member of the supreme court.
It is little wonder that the Presi
dent’s nominee is having rough sled
ding. The people are tired of con
servation. and muckraking, and stif
ling public utilities, and the appoint
ment of one of the leading advocates
of the “Big Stick” will not help
smooth the troubled sea of capital
ism.
REAL PREPAREDNESS.
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Advocacy of preparedness is at i
least iiaving a wholesome effect upon j
the public mind in that it is showing i
most persons that a condition exists j
in the United States that calls for in- j
telligent action both on the part of;
our nation’s representatives and upon j
the public as well.
There is plenty of proof that one [
of the things most needed is “team |
work” in which every real American \
is willing to do his part as soon as |
such service is disclosed to him.
There is an increasing number of j
thinking persons that believe the i
principal menace at this time is NOT I
WAR with a foreign power, but the i
menace of being unprepared for sud- 1
den PEACE ITSELF.
Should the European war be ab- j
ruptly terminated it cannot success
fully denied that the United States
is in no position from a commercial
standpoint to protest herself from un
suual and unexpected competition.
The pursuit of an impractical com
mercial policy has thrown the bars
down to competition that would be
disastrous to thousands of the most
important industries in this country.
The kind of preparedness that is most
urgent is business preparedness, not
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preparedly for war, though one ma;
be followed by the other.
It Is impossible to believe that th<
President ltimsolf is in earnest v.Iic
he says a grave danger is Impending.
If he really believed this country i
clanger from un encroaching peril
do you not believe that he would
place an embargo upon our munition!
and military supplies and be busily
engaged in storing away such muni
tions as would be necessary and that
could be drawn upon at a moment's
notice? Why is it that the President
ooks for war and preaches encour
agement to the shipment from this
country of millions of dollars worth
>f war munitions that might, if dan
ger be impending, be used against
the government? If our officials se
riously believed for an instant that
war was imminent, you would see ev
ery factory and shops running over
time getting ready.
There is no one who seriously be
lieves for an instant that either of
the European powers has the slight
est idea of attaching the United
States within the next few years,
even if they were disposed to do so.
There is a grave possibility of fric
tion with an oriental power, however,
and that power is directly and indi
rectly the beneficiary of war muni
tions from American factories today.
Can it be said that the government
is using due diligence in defending
this country, when it is not providing
the nation with ample military
stores, if representatives of the gov
ernment, including the President, re
ally think danger is imminent?
As a matter of fact, as one ana
lyzes some of this hysterical prepar
edness talk, is it possible to escape
the conviction that the greater part
of it is pure politics, and that the sug
gestion of danger is being made large
ly for the purpose of solidifying pub
lic sentiment for the coming Presi
dent campaign ort the part of both
Democrats and Republicans? ,
Certainly nothing is being done so
far as the public is informed to pre
pare for either war or peace—to pre
pare for either a commercial or an
armed invasion—to safeguard either
American homes, American labor or
American industries against a mail
ed foe to foreign labor and foreign
commercial activities. On the con
trary. every suggestion that there
should be an immediatement amend
ment of immigration or tariff laws so
as to prevent the dumping of the pro
duct of cheap labor, or cheap labor
itself upon the home markets is»met
with derision or with silence.
We are not prepared for peace and
most of the radical advocates of pre
paredness for war are so palpably in
sincere—so lacking in candor and
good faith—that the preparedness
policy as outlined by both parties ;
promises to be as great a fiasco as our j
adjustment of affairs in Mexico.
_
TWO .STEAMERS
FROM SEATTLE.
The Admiral Evans reached the j
dock at 3 o’clock yesterday morning j
and brought the following passen- j
gers: Mrs. W. A. Dolan, Willie Do- j
lan, Edward Dolan, H. A. Davis, Joe
Schultz. W7. A. Coghill, John V. Sto
ter, S. M. Sells. Charles Bloom, W.;
F. Good, Captain Nolan and Mrs.
Nolan. Two steerage.
The Northwestern arrived about
two hours later and had the follow-1
ing: Co). B. F. Millard, J. Croll, F. ]
Dillon, Miss E. Rogers, J. P. Conners. \
F. Swanson. eGorge Daust ana five j
steerage.
The Admiral Evans will go as far
as Kodiak on this trip and is expect-;
ed back about Thursday The North- j
western goes only to Seward and is
due to leave for Seattle, either late
tonight or early tomorrow morning.
Officers of the S. S. Evans report
that the Steamship Aeroline which
was recently purchased by the Admi
ral Line will be in the Alaska service
about the tenth of March, and will
make regular sailings as both freight
and passenger carrier. The Aero
line is a good sized ship with state
room accommodations for 125 first
class passengers, and in addition is a
heavy freight carrier. She will have
as master Captain Kinney, who is
about the best known of any of the
old'* timers in this section, having
been first officer and pilot on the Ber
tha, Portland and several of the old
Northwestern Steamship ' Company’s
boats, and until recently pilot on the
Admiral Watson.
P. D. Blodgett accompaniod by his
wife and daughter, were through pas
sengers to Kodiak on the Steamship
Evans.. The captain spent the winter
down in lower California and looks
hale and hearty and much improved
in health. He reports everything
quiet outside except on the water
front where he reports the steamship
owners are reaping a big harvest, as
any old boat with a mast in her is
worth a small fortune to the owner
nowadays.
Bud and Ham in “Love, Oil and
Grease” at the Empress tonight—
you will scream with laughter. *
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley's.
LIFE IN THE SEA.
It Exceed* That of tha Land, Square
Mila For Square Mile.
Tbc sea teems with plants and ani
mals, and it has been estimated that
the amount of life in the sea exceeds
that of the land, square mile for square
mile. Anlmul life is fouTid nearly ev
erywhere, even at the greatest depth;
but It flourishes best at or near the
shore. On the other band, plant life
seems to be absent over the bottoms
of the ocean basins, but plentiful at
the surface, where the sunlight plays
an important part in its growth.
It is believed that the original forms
of life began in the ocean many mil
lion years ago. and at no time since has j
life there ceased. Many of the earliest, j
forms are now extinct; others have ■
gradually Increased in number and va
riety from their beginning to the pres- '
ent lime. How long ago life began no
one has definitely determined, but it is |
known to have been many million |
years ago. for tlte remains of extinct j
animals and plants are found in the I
oldest sedimentary rooks.
According to geologists, ihe oceanic .
waters have made many incursions ;
upon the continents and at times have
nearly submerged them. Long ago,
even in a geologic sense, before the
birth of the Appalachian or Rocky
mountains, the sea made frequent vis- j
it* to the interior of our continent and
left, after each retreat, a sandy, muddy
or slimy deposit, mixed with shells and
other organic remains, which later be
came solidified into rock. Were riot the
organic remains still found in the de
posits it would be difficult to believe
that the ancestors of many present day
sea animals once lived along the
beaches of an ancient inland sea.—
Geological Survey Bulletin.
FATE HAD WILLED IT.
So, tn Typical Far Eastern Style, They
Made the Best of It.
We wore standing round a small lire
-wrote Arminlus Vambery, Hie Hun
garian linguist and traveler, in tils ac- j
.■o'jnt of a caravan Journey to Bok- ;
bam- -when we were startled by two j
reports from firearms and the loud !
veiling of some person who was badly |
burl. The whole caravan was alarm- j
■d. and we all ran to the rear, where I
we found ope of our companions with j
i shattered arm.
The cause of Ihe affray was this:
Several horsemen who were conveying
the annual taxes from Shiraz to Tehe
ran had come tip with two Jewish
shopkeepers, whom they first insulted
and then started to assault, when a
Persian of our company interfered
One of the horsemen became so enrag
Mi that be lifted bis rille and shot, at
the Jews. He afterward declared that i
he had intended to frighten one of the
lews by shooting through his cap. but
be missed bis aim and hit the Per
sian’s arm.
Tiie incident so exasperated the
whole caravan that our men pursued
the culprit and brought him back se
curely tied. The poor wretch was giv
ert such a bcafing^tbat he was unable
to walk and was plnced with his vic
tim on one of the caravan mules. Heft
lo themselves, the would be murderer
and his victim became quite friendly
They tied up each other’s wounds, con
soled one another and went so far in
their newborn friendship as to kiss
each other, for according to the east
ern way of thinking neither of them
was to be held responsible for what
had happened. Pate laid willed it.
Hit Him Coming and Going.
An attorney wont to a livery stable
and hired a team for two or three
hours and at the end of that time, in
a state of absentmfndedness, left the
teurn at another livery stable, where
it remained eight days. At stable No
1 there was no worry about the team.
They knew the attorney was perfectly
good for the pay. At stable No. 2
there was equal freedom from anxiety.
The attorney came there, left the team
and went away, saying nothing. They
put the horse into a stall and “chalked
It down" on the office slate, knowing
him to be a business man who paid
cash. Discovery came at last, and the
lawyer was presented with two bills,
one for eight days’ hire and the other
for eight days' keep. He paid both
bills promptly, but it cured him of be
ing absentminded for nearly a whole
month.
A Fearful Poison.
From the microbe which gives rise in
human beings to the disease known as
tetanus, or lockjaw, a poison called
tetanine is obtained which is over 100
times more powerful than strychnine.
A fragment of tetanine so small as to
be invisible to the naked eye would kill
almost Instantaneously the strongest
man. One fifteen-thousandth part of a
grain of it has caused the death of a
horse 1,000.000.000 times Its own
weight." Pearson’s.
Purely Feminine.
Small Niece—Uncle John. If you don’t
give me a cent I’ll be mad at you.
Uncle John—Here’s the coin. Small
5Hece— And for 2 cents, Uncle John.
I’ll like you ever so much and for 3
I’ll love you and for 4 I’ll simply Idol
ize you.—New York Globe
Romanes In High Life. i
“Do you love me?”
It was an old question, but he sprang
a variation of the stereotyped reply:
“1 love the very ground yon motor
over,” he said.—Kansas City Journal.
Must Be Pretty.
He—Have you ever looked in the
glass when you are angry? She—No;
I’m never angry when T look in the
glass. __
Who has deceived thee as oftea **
thyself?—Franklin
PREPAREDNESS
Seems To Be the Slogan of This Country at Present. £
The Slogan of the Housewife at All Times Should Be,
The Best Quality jof Groceries
We Carry Such Goods as
Hill’s Coffee,
Centennial Flour,
Fisher’s Blend Flour,
Del Monte Fruits and Vegetables,
Cresca Fancy Canned Goods
Beech Nut Grape Jelly
And everything that’s good in Groceries and Provisions.
Every Boat Brings Us Seasonable Fresh Fruits and
Vegetables.
Our Prices on Groceries Maki It Expensive for You to Trade Elsewhere.
S. BLUM & CO., 1^
GOOD GOODS
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lvs. Fort Llscum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p.m 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
pn the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
TIJ»K TAB1ASS TOR MAIU'H. j
I -
The table given below is for high j
and low water in Valdez Hay. l’or j
the month of March, 1916.
Wednesday, March 1. >
High, 10:09 am. 9.6: 11:17 pm, 7.8..
Low.. 3:52 am. 3.0: 4:57 pin, —0.7.
Thursday, March 2.
Hign. 10:57 am. 10.0.
Low. 4:51 am. 2.0; 5:37 pm, 1.0.
Friday, Mnrch 3.
High, 11:53 pm, 8.6; 11:44 am. 10.1.1
Low, 5:41 am, 1.1; 6:16 pm, —1.0.
Saturday, March 4.
High, 12:27 am, 9.3; 12:31 pm. 10.0.
Low, 5:26 am, 0.3; 6:49 pm, —0.7.
Sunday, March 5.
High, 12:69 am, 9.7; 1:13 pm. 9.6.
Low, 7:08 am, —0.1: 7:21 pm. —0.2
Monday, March 6.
High, 1:28 am. 9.9; 1:54 pm. 9.0.
Low, 7:48 am, —0.3; 7:61 pm. —0.5
Tuesday, March 7.
High, 2:04 am, 9.9; 2:34 pm. 8.2.
Low, 8:27 am. —0.2; 8:21 pm. 1.3.
Wednesday, March 8.
High, 2:34 am, 9.6; 3:14 pm, 7.3
Low. 9:06 am. 0.2: 8:62 pm. 2.0.
Thursday, March 9.
High, 3:06 am, 9.1; 3:59 pm, 6.5.
Low, 9:49 am. 0.8; 9:24 pm, 2.8.
Friday, March 10.
High, 3:42 am, 8.6; 4:63 pm, 5.7.
Low. 10:39 am. 1.4; 10:00 pm, 3.5.
Saturday, March 11.
High, 4:26 am. 7.9; 6:23 pm. 5.1.
Low, 11:46 am. 2.0; 10:48 pm, 4.1.
Sundav. March 12.
High, 5:27 am, 7.4; 8:26 pm, 5.2.
Low, 1:32 pm, 2.2.
Monday, March 13.
High, 6:15 am, 7.2; 9:43 pm, 5.6.
Low. 0:08 am, 4.6; 2:59 pm. 2.0.
Tuesday, March 14.
High, 8:23 am. 7.3; 10:20 pm, 6.2.
Low. 2:18 am. 4.5; 3:54 pm, 1.5. ,
Wednesday, March 15.
High. 9:28 am, 7.7; 10:52 pm, 6.8.
Low, 3:55 am. 3.9; 4:31 pm. 1.2.
Thursday, March 16.
High, 10:18 am, 8.2; 11:16 pm, 7.5.
Low. 4:31 am. 3.1; 5:01 pm, 0.8.
Friday, March 17.
High, 11:01 am, 8.5.
Low, 4:59 am, 2.3; 5:27 pm. 0.6
Saturday, March 18.
High, 11:40 pm, 8.1; 11:37 am 8.8.
Low, 5:34 am, 1.4; 5:52 pm, —0.5.
Snnday, March 19.
High, 0:04 am. 8.7; 12:15 pm, 8.9.
Low, 6:09 am. —0.7; 6:19 pm, —0.6
Monday, March 20.
High. 12:30 am, 9.3; 12:52 pm, 8.8.
Low, 6:44 am, 0.0; 8:47 pm, —0.8.
Tuesday, March 21.
High. 12:57 am, 9.7; 1:31 pm, 8.5.
Low, 7:31 am, —0.5: 7:19 pm, 1.2.
Wednesday, March 22.
High, 1:28 am, 10.0; 2:12 pm, 8.0.
Low, 8:01 am, —0.7; 7:51 pm, 1.6.
Thursday, March 28.
High, 2:02 am, 10.0; 2:5S pm, 7.3.
Low, 8:45 am, —0.6; 8:28 pm, 2.1.
I Friday, March 24.
I High, 2 :41 am, 9.8; 3:52 pm, 6.6.
Low, 9:36 am. —0.3; 9:07 pm, 2.8.
Suturday, March 25.
High, 3:28 am, 9.4; 4:69 pm, 6.0.
Low. 10:37 am, —0.3; 10:01 pm, 3.4
Sunday, March 26.
High, 4:37 am, 8.8; 6:34 pm, 6.7.
iLow, 11:64 am, —0.7; 11:14 pm. 3.9
Monday, March 27.
High, 6:46 am, 8.4; 8:02 pm. 6.1.
I,ow, 1:26 pm, —0.8.
I Tuesday, March 28.
High, 7:22 am, 8.2; 9:18 pm, 6.8.
Low, 1:02 am, 3.3; 2:45 pm, —0.6.
Wednesday, March 29.
[High, 8:60 am, 8.4; 10:04 pm, 7.7.
!Low, 2.48 am, 3.3; 3:42 pm, 0.4.
Thursday, March 80.
High, 9:67 am, 8.7; 10:44 pm, 8.6.
I Low, 3:56 am, 2.2; 4:27 pm. —0.2.
Friday, March 81.
High, 10:51 am, 9.0; 11:18 pm, 9.3.
Low. 4.48 am. 1.1; 6:06 pro, —0.2.
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
ULLY CAFE
We Are Here to Serve
You
FIRST DOOR ABOVE THE
BUFFET
TRY US
Chas.Perpv
"^Seattle
Jk Complete Services
IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
1155RoomswiHi baHi-50 Sample Rooms
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Pltov.
STRICTLY FIRST CLA8S
Fourth At©. Seward, 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.
| DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate Natloaal Uatverulty
Waihtiftoa, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Tsars In Valdea.
PHOIVE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling
DR. GERMAN
phone: is THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to V
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed.
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYS1CIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alukv
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office OpiKMitr Court Hobm
Phoue R VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN*LYONS E. E. RITCHTK
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office* tm Whaling Butltfia*^
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dining Roam witk Electric
neater.
BREAD FOR SALK
Jack Callia Pnpainter
The Best Place in Valdes to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Liglit Raaaa—'Tie Heaee ef Ceefart
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates Bp tie MmiL
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRINC. fn.
Capper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Inteanr.
GENERAL TRUCKIRJG
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
VAliDEZ LODGE
NO 188
Kr«* n| AcwfM M»—i» j
Regular Communication* flratWM- M
need ay In each month In McKlnta* Jgj
Hall Visitor, a^wa^welcoma ^ M
HID WOOD. Secretary