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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23, 1912. at the postoffice of Valdes.
Alaska, under act of March 3. 1879.
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FRIDAY, JUNE, 15, 1917
BETHLEHEM EARNINGS SOAR
The Guaranty Trust Company yes
terday issued a statement to holders
of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation’s
5 per cent secured notes, which said
that the corporation’s net earnings
in the quarter ending March 31 were
equal to more than $26 a share of
common stock.
"In other words,” said the state
ment, "the corporation in the first
quarter earned more than two and
a half times the regular annual stock
dividend of 10 per cent. While the
increase in capacity of shipbuilding
yards throughout the country within
the last two or three months makes
it impossible to ascertain the,pres
ent capacity, we understand that the
Bethleham Steel Corporation has un
til recently controlled about 40 per
cent of the shipbuilding industry of
the country. We are advised that the
corporation now has about 135 ves
sels under construction or contracted
for which have not yet been deliver
ed.
“In view of rmarkable earnings
in prospect, one clause of the trust
any cash dividends in excess of 10
to noteholders. This provides that if
agreement is of special significance
per centare paid on the common stock
an equal amount shall be turned over
to the Trustee to be used for buying
outstanding notes or for redeeming
them at a price not exceeding 101
and accrued interest.”
TAX ON BANK CHECKS
The tax of two cents on each bank
check that is written, as proposed by
the United States Senate, is of very
doubtful wisdom. In fact, the argu
ment is against it. It is not a tax
on anything that is productive or pro
fit. It is a direct tax on system. Its
result will be to cause people to
adopt a less systematic and less de
sirable method of doing business. It
will cause many houses to draw the
cash to meet payrolls, from the banks
in one check instead of paying in
checks. In fact, it is very likely to
result in all manner of houses and
people keeping more cash in safes and
less in the banks.
This would have an evil influence
on business. Money in a bank is like
stored water power—it is where it
may help drive the wheels of com
merce and industry. Money in a safe
is much like water in an idle lake
or river—it is useful to those who
are near it and can use it. The mon
ey in the bank is in touch with wires
that carry lile, propelling current to
all sections of the country, and all
lines of business activity. Money in
a safe is useful to the much smaller
circle comprised of him whose prop
erty it is and those with whom he
does business.
We believe that revenues should
be raised in some other manner than
one which would have a tendency
to make less plentiful the supply of
money for the business of the coun
try.—Empire.
HERBERT G. HOOVER, American
Director of Food Conservation, in a
long, senseless article advises the
American people what to eat. If the
gentleman really desires to earn hiB
salary he will tell the people "how"
to eat and leave the choice of. coroest
ibes to their discrimination. It gives
a person a wobbycobble to see a man
telling housewives who have grown
old cooking meals and trying to make
both ends “meat” how to cook eco
nomically. The man who has raised a
large family on $1.50 per day in the
States is much more ahle to talk on
saving than a man who draws a
big salary from the government. The
question before the people today is
not “what” to eat but "how" to eat.
PINCHOT AGAIN NAILED
Once again Gifford Pinchot has had
some of his pet theories punctured.
In the vicinity of Cordova. Alaska,
included in the Chugach forest re
serve. which is equal in area to the
state of Kentucky, and which, ac
cording to Gifford Pinchot, contains
72.000.000.000 feet of marketable
timber which must he conserved for;
our children's grandchildren, the Uni-|
ted States is establishing an import- j
ant radio station. For a distance of |
some ten miles between two stations i
of the wireless system, a telegraph
line had to be built, and recently the j
IT. S. transport Saturn was tied at the 1
Cordova dock unloading some 500,
000 feet of telegraph poles for use
on the Chugach forest reserve.
Strangest feature of all, these poles
came from San Francisco, but .de
ponent sayeth not as to where they
were cut. They were small poles and
axemen could have certainly cut
them from the reserve nearby in a
short time. Plain, unfinished, rough 1
hewn telegraph poles shipped by the
U. S. government to a U. S .forest re
serve, is certainly a remarkable il
lustration. Something is radically
wrong with either the administration
of the forest service in Alaska or the
propaganda of Gifford Pinchot.—Ex.
SIGNIFICANCE OF ACTION
It is significant that former Dele-i
gate Wickersham based his argument
against the confirmation and the re
appointmnt of Judge Jennings on the
latter’s decision in the Delegateship
contest in which Judge Jennings held
that Delegate Sulzer was entitled to
a certificate of election. The judiciary
committee of the Senate is made up
wholly of lawyers, Democrats and
Republicans, and they were selected
for position on that committee on ac
count of the circumstance that they
were good lawyers. Many of them
were Judges before they were Sen
ators, and among them are many of
the strongest and oldest in years of
service among the Senators. Notwith
standing the protest and argument
presented by Judge Wickersham, this
committee of lawyers reported una
nimously in favor of the confirma
tion of the Judge protested against.
The record was completed yesterday
when the appointment was confirmed
by the unanimous action of the Sen
ate.—Empire.
GEN. JOFFRE does not speak
English yet he comes as near suc
ceeding as most of us do in pronounc
ing "Joffre” correctly. The French
pronunciation of the French General’s
name makes it one syllable, though
one may hear indistinctly the "r”
sound after the "Joff.” The French
"j” is not like our “j.” It is very
near the sound we utter at the begin
ning of the last syllable of "measure”
or when we incorrectly pronounce
“Asia” with a “z” sound.—Tacoma
Ledger.
IT is estimated that since the war
began and down to October 1916,
988,500 women in Great Britain or
30.6 per cent, of the number employ
ed in July 1914 had been drawn into
the various governmental, industrial
and commercial activiies, and that in
October 1916, 933,000 women had
directly replaced men in industry.
Many of these women are performing
operations never before considered
possible for them to do.
A SYSTEM of three shifts of eight
hours each has been found by the
British Government to produce bet
ter results in output and conservation
of health than two shifts of twelve
hours, or one shift of thirteen or four
teen hours.
EIGTHY-EIGHT corporations and
individuals were indicted in Boston
on May 24 by the Federal Grand Jury
for conspiracy to monopolize com
merce in onions.
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STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
FREIGHTER WHO FROZE FEET !
18 OFT ON CRUTCH K8 1
—
Arthur Mauzey Discharged from Cor
dova Hospital, on Road to
Recovery
Arthur Mauzey, the freighter, who
froze his feet quite badly while
freghting on the trail the latter part'
of March, arrived in town Wednes
day on the Alaska and is rapidly re
covering from the' ill effects of his
unfortunate accident. Mr. Mauzey,
who was a driver for the Mier's
freighting outfit, had the misfortune
to get into an overflow on a lake on
March 29, and his feet were frozen
into veritable chunks of ice before
he could reach assistance. While his
feet were saved they were so badly
frozen that for a time is was consid
ered doubtful if they could be saved.
Mr. Mauzey is compelled to get about
on crutches yet. hut it will be only a
short time until his recovery is com
plete.
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LOUIE'S CAFE SOON
READY FOR BUSINESS |
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One of tl«j Most Up-to-date Restau
rants and Bakeries in the
North
Andy Marovich announced today:
that his new cafe and bakery in the'
building formerly occupied by the'
Valdez Drug Store would be complet-|
ed within a short time and that it
would be opened for business as soon i
as possible. The new bake oven was I
fired up this week and works to per-1
faction. When the new quarters are'
finished Mr. Marovich will undoubt-j
edly have one of the finest eating;
houses in the North. The equipment!
is all new and up to date, and is the!
finest that could be procured any
where. Nine tables and a lunch count-1
er will occupy the front room, with.|
ample shelf room and lockers for |
bread and pastry. A large ice box!
has been constructed, and a lavatory j
and comfort station provided. The,
walls have been newly papered and j
the floor covered with linoleum. The|
kitchen is large and spacious, and is
finshed with beaver board thruout.
In the rear is the large bake oven,
nine by seven feet inside, which will
bake bread and pastry enough for
a city three times the size of Valdez.
It has a capacity of about 5.000
loaves per day. Everything is new
and of the finest materials possible.
Gus Gustafson constructed the bake
oven and Robert Weber and George
Kirk manufactured the shelving and j
counters. Nearly every article in the
building was bought at home, thej
cabinet work being equal to that of
any factory outside, and the bake ov- j
en being built by a Valdezan.
Austrian Attacks Fail
ROME, June 16.—Violent efforts'
were made by the Austrians last night.
to regain some of the ground they i
recently lost in the Italian offensive, i
The Austrian masses attacking in the,
Vodice area were firmly met and the;
attack failed completely, the war of-j
fice announced today.
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WANTED
M
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TO ENLIST IN THE
U. S. NAVY
FOR PARTICULARS SEE
Str. SATURN
CORDOVA ALASKA.
What A War Tax Means —a further advance in the price of coffee
and tea. An opportunity not to be overlooked is wait inf/ for you at Blum's.
ONLY
DAY
Only One Day More
TOMORROW is positively the last day of our Coffee and
Tea Sale—it will he vour only opportunity to buv high grade
coffee and tea at a price reduction. The success of this sale
was assured from the very first; the fact that this store was
offering to you at this time your choice of several standard
brands at less than the regular selling price, has increased
our coffee and tea sales to a volume that is most gratifying.
See our /triced irindoir sltoir of nierrhnndi.se off< red
ALTA an exquisite blend, steel cut, ehafless cof
fee. sanitary pack, in 1V( lb. glass container, or 1
pound tins.
SHILLINGS money back
coffee, the old standby, in 1
and 2 lb tins.
E M O a delicately blended
coffee that will appeal to
your taste, 1 lb tins.
Gold Shield a favorite
coffee with everyone, 1 and
2 lb tins.
AMOCAT A coffee with a
strength and quality of fla
vor you’ll appreciate, 1 lb.
tins.
A Special Blended Bulk, That's Real Coffee
FOLGERS TEA Englisl] Gold Shield Tea Ceylon,
Breakfast, Ceylon, India, English Breakfast, Uncolor
Tneolored Japan in half and ed Japan, in half and pound
! pound packages. packages.
S BLUM & CO. Inc.
GOOD GOODS
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QUAKERS TO BAR SLACKERS
RUSHING TO JOIN CHURCH
NEW YORK, June 16.—Slackers
can’t be Quakers.
So great was the rush of conscript
able youths to the tenets of the
Quker faith, whose members are ex
empted from conscription by virtue
of their 'religious opposition to war,
that the Society of Friends planned
to bar all converts of military age
for the period of the war.
French Take Post
PARIS, June 16.—French troops
last night captured a German post
south of Chevreux, taking a number
of prisoners, the war office announces.
Raids by Germans and an attack on
the Casque were repulsed.
Hens for Stricken France
PARIS, June 16,—In addition to
furnishing shoes, clothing and food
to victims of devastated northern
France, the American relief clearing
house today finished distribution of
barnyard fowls to farms around No
yon.
Try Hockaday’s interior, the mod
ern finish for smooth, sand-finished
plastered walls, steel ceilings and
woodwork. At Rudolph’s paint and
wallpaper store.
Lowney’s Box Candies at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
A new line of heaters priced right,
at Mead 'a. tf
LEADS RUSSIAN ARMIES.
Gonoral Alexieff Appointed
ae Commander In Chief.
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General Michael V. Aleileff has
been definitely appointed commander
In chief of the Russian armies. He
was appointed acting commander In
chief a few weeks ago and now suc
ceeds to the position which the czar
himself held before he abdicated.
BRITISH MAY HELP MAN
SHIPS SEIZED BY AMERICA
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 15.—
Many of the German vessels seized
in American ports at the beginning of
the war may b manned by British
mrchant marine officers if enough
American officers cannot be found for
them. The shipping board recom
mendd to President Wilson today an
extension of the Panama (’anal proc
lamation of 1914, which would per
mit this.
The government expects to have
great difficulty in finding both officers
and men for the great flet of vessels
the shipping board is preparing to
build. Congress will be asked soon to
empower the president to suspend
certan provisions of the navigation
laws to permit an interchange of
American and Canadian shipping in
the Great Lakes to allow British ves
sels to ply between American ports
and Porto Rico.
A shortage of coastwise shipping
on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf
toasts, it is believed, may be met un
der the law creating the shipping
board to operate in any coastwise
trade any vessel it may charter. For
eign vessels, therefore, may be char
tered and operated by the board for
coast ships. At present they are bar
red from engaging in coastwise trade.
I. W. W. Agitator Sentenced
ELK RIVER, Idaho—An I. W. W.
agitator who had been in Elk River
the last few days trytngto induce men
to join his order and had not been
meeting with the desired success, be
came abusive in his language and
conduct. He was arrested, arraigned
before Justice Morris on a charge of
vagrancy, and sentenced to ninety
days in the county jail at Orofino.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial 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
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Dru Sure.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
hot--COLD
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Office* over Valdes Drag Co.
Phone ’15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
wnWiVtoi.-sr-t*'
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1808
PHONE lit)
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Conrt Bonne
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LIONI C S RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORJIBTI-AT-LAW
OBcn la »kalte| Bnlldlas
Phoae 101 VaLDEL ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Leases Ground
VALDEZHOSPITAL
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Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
A. SUVEKMAN.fk.6..*. 0. Pr*.
Jes. A. Silverman Pk. G. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office koare-l to 4 p. m -7 to 8 p. m.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdez
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VALDEZ LODGE
NO 100
Free aid Accepted Maaena
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in« each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD. Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
W. M. CONLEY President.
Veldes Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary,
VaUas Alaska.
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and'sold.
Phone 166.