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PROSPECTOR PUBLISHING CO.
B. B. SELBY, Editor and Proprietor.
VALDEt, ALASKA
Published Dally Escept Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23. 1912. at the postofflce of Valdes.
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL lO, 1018
FLOWER EMBLEMS.
IN all aeaeons
^ Flowers expand melr light and soul
like wli.j*.
Teaching us. by most persuasive reasons.
Bow nkin they are to human things
A NO with childlike, credulous affection.
We behold their tender buds expand
Bmblems of our own great resurrection,
Rmblems of the bright and better land
■•Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
AMERICANS ARE WARNED
Again Americans are warned tay the.
unexpected strength of Germany to
cease beating ton toms and get down
to practical work. There has been too
much boasting on this side of the At
lantic. There has been too much red
tape in organizing our armies. We
have not moved with the swiftness
and with the intelligence of which our
people are capable. We have been too
much content to believe that all is
well when all is not well. There has
been too much indifference to the
shortcomings of our administrators
—Too much of the proneness to look
upon those who criticise the bungling
of tbe administration as enemies of
the government and not the govern
ment's real friends.
Our war work has been done to too
great an extent by amateurs. And
.these amateurs, in order to empha
* size the importance of their accom
plishments, have indulged too freely
in the "thumbing of the index.”
One year has passed and only one
army has been organized. This is
worse than a shame—it is a crime. It
is a crime that is chargeable not to
absolute incompetence but to neglect.
We began the exercise of the nation
al conscription law nine months ago,
and yet those who were called to the
colors at that time have only partial
ly been armed and drilled for actual
service. Week after week is spent by
many thousands of men in almost
idleness in the various training
camps, thus destroying their powers
of initiative, causing them to be rest
less and discontented, and conscious
of their lack of fitness for the service
which a soldier must perform in the
great war for which they are called
to the colors. Several months ago it
was announced that the new army
would be called shortly. Then the
date was postponed, and postponed
again, and again postponed, the ex
planation being that quarters were
not ready for these national soldiers
and they would not be called until
arrangements could be made for them
to take the places of the first army
that was mobilized in various canton
ments last August.
It is not a sufficient excuse to say
that this tardiness is due to lack of
law or authority. We have vested in
our rulers greater authority than 4s
exercised by executives in any civil
ized world. We have supplied pro
portionately a greater sum than was
ever supplied in equipping men for
war. No law has failed of passage that
was sought by those who have the
responsibility for making war; no ser
ious interference has retarded the
work, and yet there is the excuse that
a republican form of government
makes it most difficult to organize
armies and navies and to equip them
for active service.
Such an excuse is unpardonable be
cause it has no good reason in sup
port of it.
We are simply placing our faith in
incompetents selected largely for pol
itical reasons, and are jeopardizing
the very existence of our nation by
trusting that existence to such ill
equipped administrators. This is the
simon-pure truth of the situation, and
the sooner the public understands it
the sooner there will be sentiment de
manding correction even at the ex
pense of those who now enjoy the
confidence of our people.
There has been too much actual
employment of the term camouflage.
There has been too much ••four-flush
ing,’ and this has got to stop or it
will not be twelve months until we
will be unsupported by out* brave
French and British allies and com
pelled to meet Prussianlsm single
handed and at home.
MULES AND OTHER BRAYING
tHINGB
The bray of the army mule in
France is cut out by a very simple
little operation on the nose of the
beast. It is desirable to denature the
braying mule because he gives aid
and comfort to the enemy by letting
him know In what direction and for
what range he should train his guns.
There are braying things in this
country that ought to be muffled be
cause they give aid and comfort to
the enemy. They are not called
mules, but something that suggests
about the same thing.
The mule is part horse and part
something else. That's why he brays
and disturbs the peace and quiet of
tho neighborhood. In America Is a
considerable number of so-called hu
man heings who are part American
and part something else. That’s why
they bray and try to disturb real hu
man beings.
The mule isn’t to blame for bray
ing. It is his nature to bray, and he
doesn’t know any better. Moreover, he
has no intention of harming anybody
or anything when he brays. By so
much is the mule to be respected over
other braying creatures.—Minneapo
lis Tribune.
CHARLES MOCK 18
ANOTHER VOLUNTEER
Charles Mock, brother of Lieuten
ant George Mock of the Juneau Home
Guard, passed through yesterday
morning on his way from Fort Sew
ard where he enlisted, to Fort Mc
Dowell, California, to enter a forestry
engineers’ regiment. Mr. Mock has
had extensive experience in both for
estry and engineering work, and gave
up a lucrative position at McCarthy
to come outside and join. He will visit
for ten days, on leave, in Bellingham
before continuing to the south. He has
had previous military training in the
Washington National Guard and felt
that the call was too strong to resist,
despite personal sacrifices.
CITY EXPRE8S, Phone 82; read}
to transfer tuat baK*a„c for you. t'
Emmet Egan, one of our local boys,
enlisted yesterday in the United
States army and will leave on the Far
ragut for Ft. McDowell, Cal., to join
the engineers’ corps.
Just received all tae latest popu ,
lar songs at G. O. Relnke's. tf j
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s {
Prices reasonable. * ’
Summons for Publication
No. 934
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.
Lucile V. Flett, Pknntlff,
vs
Scott Lewis Flett, Defendant.
To Scott Lewis Flett: You are here
by notified that you are named as de
fendant in a suit brought by the
above-named plaintiff to secure a de
cree of absolute divorce from you, in
the above-named court and that un
less you appear and answer or other
wise plead to plaintiff's complaint fil
ed in said cause within thirty days
after completion of publication of
this summons, to-wit; within thirty
days after May 15, 1918, your de
fault will be entered and plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief ask
ed in her complaint.
This publication of summons is
made pursuant to an order duly made
on March 12, 1918 by Hon. Fred M.
Brown, judge of the above-named
court.
Dated, April 2, 1918.
ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk District Court.
By C. H. WILCOX,
Deputy Clerk.
First publication, April 3, 1918.
Last publication, May 8, 1918.
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NOTICE OF SALE
No. 162
In the Probate Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division, Val
dez Precinct, at Valdez.
In the Matter of the Estate of Angus
Chisholm, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that pursu
ant to an order made and entered in
the above-entitled court and cause on
the 2nd day of April, 1918, the under
signed, the administrator of the es
tate of Angus Chisholm, deceased,
shall, until the hour of 6 o'clock on
the 12th day of April, 1918, receive
bids for the sale of the following des
cribed personal property belonging to
said estate, to-wit: An undivided one
eighth (1-8) interest in the steam
boat “June," now lying at Valdez, Al
aska.
Further notice is given that all such
bids must be reported by said ad
ministrator to the above-named court,
and any or all of said bids may be re
jected.
Dated April 2, 1918.
FRANK GUSTAFSON,
Administrator of the Estate of Angus
Chisholm, Deceased.
WORK TO START SOON
Capt. Waugh of the Road Commis
sion, with headquarters at Juneau,
states that work on the Fairbanks
Vaidez road will start in the near
future, weather permitting. Several
outfits have already gone in via Chlt
Ina so as to be on the ground early
and more will follow.
“There is no Half-way House be
tween Victory and Defeat.”—Lloyd
George.
Music by the Valdez Orchestra,!
Wednesday night, April 10th, start
ing about 9:30 at Moose Hall. 2t
A good citizen is known by the food
he eats.
Anything you want id the line of
photography—Jenner can do it for
you. tf
If you have saved a slice a day, eat
cornbread and save a loaf.
Dinner will be served at the Road
House on the Sourdough Trail from
11:30 until 2 p. m. and from 5 to 7
p. m. Fifty cents a meal at Moose
Hall. 2t
Cut out non-essentials—we are in
a race with a swift antagonist and
need no handicap.
Purity Cross Dainties
Consist of Cream Chicken A la
King, Lobster A la Newburg, Welsh
Rarebit, Cream Codfish and many
others. Try them at Love-Whitley’s
tf
Bach Individual is a military unit
in an unbroken chain, and a single
weak link may cause disaster.
NUGGET AND IVORY
and Alaskan jewelry, Valdez Drug
Co. tf
A BULLY BUCOLIC
Now is tbe season of the year when
that most popular of army camp
songs, “Keep the Home Fires Burn
ing,” should make way for the farm
slogan, "Keep the Home Soil Turn
ing.”
Music by the Mandolin Club be
tween six and seven o’clock, Wednes
day, April 10th, at Moose Hall. 2t
JOHNSTON CHOCOLATES
just received at the Valdez Drug
Co. tf
Tea at the Japanese tea room at
all hours at Moose Hall, Wednesday.
20 per cent off on all Heinz Goods. I
Keystone Produce Co. tf
For flrst-clasa meals ana good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
LADIES TAKE NOTICE
Some new goods coming for Easter
at the Emporium. tf.
4*
Spring Opening
THE NEW CONDITIONS AND
THE POSITION WE HOLD
Fuel, Food, and Clothing are the
chief necessities of life.
We are the local distributors of
“clothes known the nation over”—sev
eral lines of them.
These clothes have reputations to
maintain. They give the greatest pos
sible value at the price.
Their manufacturers have protected
themselves, their distributors and the
public against unnecessary price in
creases.
Trademarks, which have won the
confidence of the public cannot profi
teer. They MUST give values.
Our new spring stocks are here. We
are proud of them. They prove that we
are value-givers under trying condi
tions. You can come here, pay a popu
lar price, and be sure of getting stylish
reliable clothes..
Get acquainted with our famous
lines. They have reputations to main
tain—and they do it.
’3S&V
By concentrating great volume on each grade the
makers can give such exceptional values. Each
season each grade is identified at a nationally
known price. America’s Only Know Price Clothes.
Style; Reliable Fabrics; Good Tailoring.
STYLE-PLUS CLOTHES, $21 AND $25.
This Store has the Exclusive Sale of Styleplus in this Town
S. BLUM AND COMPANY
Come and have a big time at the
Carnival given by the Ladies Aid at
Moose Hall, Wednesday afternoon and
evening, April 10th. 2t
J. E; WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
HOTEL SEXTON
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The traveling public's
home.
European Plan.
HOTEL SEXTON
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
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CHAS. A. SULZER
Candidate For Re-election
As
DELEGATE TO CONGRESS
From Alaska
“In deciding to enter the primaries as a candidate for Delegate to
Congress from Alaska, I feel Impelled to make a brief statement to
the people of the territory. It Is now nearly a year since I was seated
in the House as Alaska’s representative to congress. During the most
of this time the United States has been engaged in a world war. and
every resource of the nation, including money and man power is be
ing devoted to the single purpose of winning this great war. Every
member of congress in considering legislation for the nation, has
placed the country’s war needs above all needs and requirements and
has subordinated his desires to the military establishment of the
United States.
“Alaska has responded nobly to the nation's call. She has given
her share willingly and unstlntingly. When the democratic party
went before the people of Alaska in November, nineteen sixteen, it
stood for a certain constructive program which embodied as its prin
cipal elements a wider measure of home rule for the territory, and a
sane and rational policy in the development of natural resources and
every possible aid to the pioneers of the country.
"I have introduced among others the following bills in congress
which I am pressing for passage as opportunity affords:
"Granting Alaska full territorial form of government with home
rule the dominating principle.
“Regulating the fisheries of Alaska along lines that will be fair
to all, and the protection of the salmon supply from depletion.
"Making changes in the homestead laws by abolishing the eighty
rod reservation.
“Authorizing free surveys of homesteads in Isolated sections.
"Changing the game laws so as to give the people a better oppor
tunity to use the game of the country without its being slaughtered.
“Extending the federal farm loan act to Alaska.
“Providing for the care of Alaska’s insane within the territory.
“At all times I have endeavored to keep constantly in mind the
needs of the territory and the people of the territory. In spite of the
war some measure of progress has been achieved. I have assisted in
passing a law which helped the prospector by suspending assessment
work on claims during the years nineteen seventeen and nineteen
eighteen. The extension of the wireless and cable system in Alaska has
been accomplished with bright prospects for a further extension.
“Recognition has been forced for Alaska in the matter of appoint
ments to the second series of training camps for officers. Contracts
which prevented the farmers of the interior from supplying army
posts with their vegetables are cancelled.
“Suggestions and requests that I again go before the people of
Alaska have come to me from Alaskans all over the territory. Reit
erating my desire to serve the best interests of Alaska I am submit
ting my name as a candidate for the democratic nomination for
Delegate to Congress."
FRATERNAL. ORGANIZATIONS
F. and A. Mi
Valdez Lodge No. 168
REGULAR communications, first
Wednesday In each month In Ma
sonic Hall. Visitors always wel
come.
WALTER ELLIOT. W. M. 1
C. G. REYNOLDS, Sec.
-1
L 0. 0. F.|
Valdez, Ne, 6
Meets every Monday night at 8:00
o’clock p. m., in Odd Fellows’
Hall. Visiting members cordially
invited to attend these meetings.
OTTO ELFSTROM, N. G.
R. D. NICHOLLS, Secretary.
Fraternal Order Eagles
Valdez Aerie No. 1971
Meets every Friday night in Eagle
Hall. Visiting Members cordially in
vited to attend these meetings.
ED. WOOD. W. P.
C. J. TODD, Sec.
Order of Eastern Star
Valdez Chapter No. 5
STATED communications, first and
third Tuesdays of each month at
Masonic Hall. Visiting* members
always welcome.
RENA E. CRAWFORD. W. M.
J. A. SILVERMAN. M. D. Sec’y.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
Frank Gustafson, President,
Valdes Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary,
Valdes Alaska.
SAFETY FIRST
Travel On The
“SHAMROCK”
Prompt Service
D. D. STEWART Master
LAUNCH DELLA
' Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdes to
Ellamar, I.andlock, Fldalgo and
way t>orts. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rates apply on board.
CAPT. H. L. RIDER
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOS. A. SILVERMAN Ph.G.,M.D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Contract Surgeon U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U. 8. Marine Hospital
and
Public Health Service
OFFICE HOURS:
1 to 4 P. M. 7 to 8 P. M.
Sundays by Appointment
TELEPHONES
Office No. 19 Res. No. 176
Boyle Block, Valdez, Alaska
DR. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate National I’alvereltr
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1808
PHONE 110
Office Rooms Above Louie's Cafe
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Ofllre Opposite Cnrt Heaee
Pheae M YALDBE. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS m S RITCHIB
. LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY B-AT-LAW
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ, ALASKA.
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
LOVE & MEALS
Insurance
Fire-Surety Bonds-Life
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Equipped for the Treatment
of all Surgical and Medical
Cases. X-Ray
Private Rooms
Jot. A. 1 ilverman PL G. M. D.
Proprietor
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Baths In Connection
PHONE 139 MU. SUING, flap