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EDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1018
LET LTS BE CONSISTENT.
Consistency is a jewel and conse
lently rare.
Every Alaskan is agreed that we
,iould have more power; more to say
the government of our affairs,
hat we are fully capable to manage
ir country and all this. Yet there
•e some who maintain that we must
'j shackled to a certain extent. That
territorial and not a state form of
jvernment should be given us. But
hy the curtailment of power? Do
e expect to become brighter, more
itelligent in a year or two than what
e are today? If not, then why not
sk for that which we want and not
jr that which we have a better
bance to get?
The question of obtaining full
ower to govern ourselves is con
tantly kept before the people of Ju
eau. Some are advocating a territo
ial form of government and others
state form of government. And still
thers are saying nothing—and there
ou are. If we could only agree we
night pull together and get what we
yant. But the trouble is we cannot
—or will not, which amounts to the
ame thing.
We take it that with Alaskans,
here is nothing too good. If such
s the case, why not be consistent and
>ull for statehood? By asking for
itatehood, in the event that the pow
ers that be differ with us, we shall
not have diminished our chances for
setting a second choice. As a mat
ter of fact, it is a mighty good policy
to ask plenty. It is a well known
fact that we are looked upon, or at
least have been treated as beggars
thus far, and a beggar is no more so
for asking for a million than for ask
ing for a dollar. He is a beggar just
the same. If we fight together for
statehood, we may yet have an op
portunity to show a dilatory Con
gress that after all, we can man
age our affairs under a territorial
form of government, who knows but
what we would get that much. In
stead, if we keep on hammering at
each other, the chances are very
much against getting anything. Be
sides, we should not lose sight of the
fact that we Alaskans are agreed on
at least one point, and that is, ‘‘there
is nothing too good for us.”—Ketch
ikan Progressive.
When the Britons lose a first-class
warship they take the loss philo
sophically—it means one less danger
from the German mines.—Globe
Democrat.
It is generally conceded that Lord
Roberts is one of the four greatest
Irishmen that ever commanded a
British army within the last cen
tury.—St. Louis Globe Democrat.
It appears that while Villa cannot
say it very well, he knows what he
wants, while Carranza, who could
say it beautifully, does not know
what he wants.—Chicago News.
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The Russians have retreated from
the line running from Strukow to
Zgierz, Szadek, Zrunska, Wola and
Wozniki.—German statement. So
have most of the war-news readers.
—Indianapolis News.
Those who are shocked over the
statement of Lloyd-George that the
United States owes Great Britain
$5,000,000,000 need not worry over
the consequences. The money- isn’t
due yet.—St. Louis Republic.
--THE
EMPRESS
TO-NIGHT
2 Shows—at 8 and 9:20,sharp
PROGRAM
PATHS WEEKLY NEWS
RORY O’MOORE,
t An Irish Drama, Produced in
Ireland.
LILLIAN'S DILEMMA,
Vltagraph 2-part Comedy,
featuring Lillian Walker and '
Wally Van. !
THE SPITFIRE THURSDAY
Admission 25c and 10c.
ALASKANS FROZEN IN
AT KOTZEBUE SOUNb.
Ice conditions in Bering Sea re
ported “t6 Sdattte By telegraph indi
cates that it inumber of Alaskihs
who had planned to return to Seat
tle are frozen in at Kotzebue Sound,
the schooner Silver Wave, which was
to have brought them down having
been compelled to return to Nome be
cause of the heavy ice near Bering
straits.
W. T. Ltfpp, head of the bureau of
education in the territory, now in Se
attle, received word from the Nome
superintendent that one of the
teachers for the far northern schools
jhad been compelled to return to
Nome.
i HERRING FISHERS ARE
MAKING FORTUNES.
Fortunes are being made in Wran
gell Narrows by herring fishermen
this year, according to reliable re
ports. It is said that a group of Pe
tersburg men have cleaned up a
thousand dollars each for the past
three months, by fishing herring with
purse seines, and the buyers from
Prince Rupert, B.( C., and Seattle, are
posting themselves at the various
ports where the herring are brought
from the fishing grounds.
Tay Bayers, of Kake, who was
buying herring for Seattle interests
discovered the business so lucrative
that he resigned his position and is
now buying for himself and salting
his produfct at Kake.—Juneau Em
pire.
ALASKA’S KNOWN COAL
AREA WAS SURVEYED.
John P. Walker, assistant supervi
sor of Surveys for Alaska, will make
Juneau his headquarters during the
coming winter. Mr. Walker has
spent the summer supervising the
work of surveying the Matanuska,
Bering River and Nenana coal fields.
Throughout the summer the gen
eral land office had about 100 men
engaged in making surveys of the
three Alaskan coal fields. The sur
vey of the Matanuska field, which
comprises about 125,000 acres, was
completed in September under the di
rection of U. S. Surveyor F. W. Wil
liamson who was assisted in the work
by five other surveyor^ with forty
assistants.
On October 6th the Bering river
surveys were completed. The field
comprises about 60,000 acres. The
work was in charge of Thomas A.
Haight, U. S. Surveyor, aided by 20
assistants.
U. S. Surveyor W. H. Thorne had
charge of the survey of the Nenana
field and was assisted by Woodbury
Abbey and four other surveyors with
forty assistants. In this field an
area of approximately 150,000 acres
was surveyed. The Nenana field is
more extensive and the limits of the
coal area have not been defined as
yet by the geological survey, though
considerable area in excess of the
surveyed portion has been designat
ed as coal area.
In each field the surveyed area em
braces the known' coal area that is
most accessible and will answer all
requirements for many years to come,
though it forms only a small "portion
of the possible area of Alaska.
EXPEDITION RETURNS FROM
INSPECTING NEW GUINEA.
LONDON, Nov. 10.—The following
patrol report has been forwarded by
Col. Pethebridge, administrator of
the Western Pacific, to the Minister
for Defense, Senator Pearce:
"On Tuesday, June 29, Lieut. Ogil
vy, with 12 police boys and a num
ber of carriers, left Magong on patrol
to the interior. The first stage was
to Nob-a-Nob, in the Hanesemann
range,. at the back of Magang, one
thousand feet above sea level. Next
day a march was made to a large na
tive village called Komba. At night
300 or 400 natives assembled and
Lieut. Ogilvy gave them instructions
to make a bridle path to a village
named Buttell-ekude, a distance of
eight to ten miles. Next morning
they pushed on along a track which
led over mountains and through ra
vines. A large, scattered native
population was noticed' throughout
the district.
"In the Hanesemann range the
bird of paradise, goura pigeon and
the wallaby were found in more or
lesd profusion. Except in damp, dark
hollows, the mosquito was not found.
As a whole, the ranges were healthy.
The villagers had been their houses
on the mountain peaks, where they
were very difficult of access, and But
tell-ekude .is fully 24)00 feet above
sea level. It was extremely cold at
night. It is intended by the expedi
tion to force a road inland for at
least 30 miles with a depot at Bet
tell-ekude. The object Lieut. Ogil
vy had in view was to cut a road
from Frlederlch Wilhelshafen to the
Ramu river.
“This would open up an immense
tract of country at present unknown.
The report also went on to say that
the natives along the'first 80 or‘40
miles of the route were believe^ to
be friendly. Approaching the Ramu
they were said to be fierce and wild.
In fact, more than one white man has
lost his life on the banks of this
mosquito infested stream. It was
found'impossible to march more than'
| to 8 miles per day. r
The Kanakas inland were a sturdy
race of people, well developed, and
with a plentiful supply of foodstuffs.
Lieut. Ogilvy expressed the hope the
administrator would see his way clear
to allow him to proceed with the
work, of making roads into a Japd
which was little known and had not
yet been trod by white man. The
only way to civilize and bring into
subjection Kaiser Wilhelmsland was
the introduction of a system of block
houses and good roads.”
CITY OF PUEBLA DUE
SOME TIME TONIGHT.
■ The steamer City of Puebla, un
der charter to the Alaska Steamship
company, was due to reach Cordova
at 4:00 o’clock this afternoon and
should arrive in Valdez some time to
night.
The steamer Northwestern which
sailed from Seattle last Saturday
evening for Southwestern Alaska
ports, passed Juneau at 12 o’clock
today.
LOCAIi BREVITIES.
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
Frame Your Pictures
At Hunt’s for Christmas or your
home. Remember every day gets
busier from now until Christmas.
Samples and prices can be seen at
the Valdez Candy Kitchen. tf
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FOR SALE—My home on Fifth
street, near Reservation avenue.
Five rooms, bath, large %}ied, lot 50x
150, poultry house and yard on rear
end of lot.—F. Butterworth. tf
Thos. Donohoe, of the law firm of
Donohoe & Dimond, went to Fidalgo
bay on the launch Shamrock this
morning.
We are working the red devil over
time these short days, welding brass,
bronze, cas£ iron and aluminum.
Valdez Iron Works. We
Christmas Is Coming.
And would it not be well to con
sider something in the line of photo
sundries for your friends. A trim
ming board for 40c or 60c; Brownie
Enlarger for $2.00 and up; Negative
Albums, Print Roller, Flash Sheet
Holder, Tripod or some of the many
other desirable things. I might have
just the thing you want. Those rela
tives and friends in the states appre
ciate pictures more than anything
else, especially If they are of Alaska.
Call at my place in the Cliff House,
tf P. S. HUNT.
Nels Jepson left this morning to
take supplies over the summit to be
gin the work of developing his pla
cer ground on Falls creek.
If you are going east travel via
Great Northern Ry. For rates see D.
F. Millard, Agent, Copper Block. tf
Received on last boat. Wearing Ap
parel, articles of every day needs, at
Emporium. Open from 12 to 9 p.
m. tf
Men’s, Women’s and Children’s
Wool Sweaters, Hoods and Hosiery,
Sheeting, Pillowcase Tubing, Outing
Flannel 10c yard, at Emporium. tf
The launch Shamrock, Capt. Tim
Marcum, left for Landlock and Fi
dalgo bays this morning, carrying
passengers, mail and freight.
Milk Day Saturday.
Watch for Love-Whitley’s Window
display. A free can of milk to ev-’
eryone who calls. The milk that
took the gold medal at the world’s
fair. Three cans for 25c; case only
$3.75. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man's, th< *ailor. Telephone 198. tf
W. A. Dickey, the mining man,
who has extensive copper interests in
Landlock and Fidalgo bays, was a
passenger on the launch Shamrock
this morning for Fidalgo bay, where
he is building a wharf to facilitate
the shipping of copper ores from his
mine there.
Kodak Supplier. at the Valdez
Drug Comoany. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailoi. Telephone 198. tf
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Special Tonight.
A three-act feature “in the Claws
of the Vulture,"' one of the best
3-reel piotures ever Bhown in Valdez,
for the first time at the Liberty The
atre tonight Don’t miss it. Coming
soon, Charley Chaplin, that great
comedian «nd Lillian Russell. How
is’that .for good piotures. •!
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, Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company, tf.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
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Tfyl THEN you call on us for new clothes you'll
f ¥ see that our idea is to show what you want,
not what we want to sell.
>y,
First and last, our idea is to satisfy you.
For instance, we carry Hart Schaffner & Marx
t t •; .• •j.m-. *'! . *■' —*— -—-;-r'~
clothes because they're guaranteed to satisfy you,
besides many other good reasons.
So always remember that the only purchase that
you need to keeP is the one that satisfies you en
tirely.
Youll find some very striking fabrics in fall suits
and overcoats here now.
S. BLUM & CO.
GOOD GOODS
Grand Opening
Smoker.
Fort Liscum Athletic
Club.
NOVEMBER 10, 1015
Star Bout, Six Rounds'
RED MANN vs. SMOKY JOE,
Ft. Liscum Valdez
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PRELIMINARY BOUTS
Four Rounds Each
ROY HOOTS, Signal Corps,
vs.
HARRY OBER, Valdez
PRIVATE GIFFORD
vs.
PRIVATE MORRIS
AA
WRESTLING BOUT
Fifteen Minutes or Best Two
Out of Three Falls
PRIVATE ODEAR, Liscuni,
vs.
HERB CROOKS, Valdez
A-A.
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TWO EXHIBITION BAYO
NET CONTESTS
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GENERAL ADMISSION ~50c
RINGSIDE SEATS 75c
Steamer Donaldson Leaves the
Vtddez City Dock for Fort
Llscum, 0:45 and 8:19.P. M.
Returning to Valdez after the
Smoker.
When.In Seward Step at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Piior.
SlRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Reward, Alaska
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
■D. WOOD, Proprietor
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University,
Waahington, D. C.
DENTIST
fourteen Years In Valdez.
PHOi\E 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
pho»b THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. nj., 7 to 9
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed.
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska j
,
j DONOHOE & DIMOND j
ATTOI1NEYS-AT-I.AW
Office Opposite Court House
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Phone 31 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY S-AT-L AW
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Offices In WhAlIng Buihling
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA j
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free aud Accepted Maaon*.
I Regular Communications first Wed
| nesduy in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY, W. M.
ED. WOOD. Secretary.
Red Cross Hospital
Keystone and£Hobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooms for Patients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX. Matron
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
title ideai the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Rooms-The House ef Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates By the MaatA
PHONE 133 MRS STRING. Pops
lM Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MARCUM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Land lock Bay.
and Fidalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
liJnlotnltiTuTnff JnTnlnTnToTdTiiTtilnlofiiyiJiAftAi
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Weatern Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER. Pre.id.nt,
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary.
_Valder. Aleak.,
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office In Pinion Cigar Store
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLEL
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Us
less Paid for in Advance