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FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1914.
SEEING AMERICA FIRST.
Millions of American dollars are
spent by tourists in Europe every
year. Many of these travelers have
never seen half of their own. coun
try. They lake in Switzerland, climb
ing the mountains, riding in stage
coaches, or up cog-railways, forget
ting that the United States can offer
them liner scenery on a larger scale,
and things that should interest thenr
as much as what they see abroad.
Enos A. Mills, who lived in the
rocky mountains for some time, is
now acquiring a national prominence
by trying to get congress to do some
thing more for the improvement of
our great national Western parks.
Mr. Mills says rightly that you can
not expect people to put up with a lot
of discomfort in touring when they
can get better hotel accommodations
and traveling conveniences else
where. He advocates putting America
in a condition to be seen by visitors,
and then perhaps the people will
spend their time and money in their
own country.
Many of the wonders of the United
States are inaccessible to the average
traveler. The hotel accommodatfons
are pool-, the methods of conveyance
primitive, the distances very long, and
all in all, people are not to be blamed
for their attitude in going abroad in
stead of seeing America first.
Mr. Mills is on the right track. It
is to be hoped that congress will look
into this matter. There is no way
to estimate the amount that could
be diverted from Europe and kept at
home. At any rate, providing better
hotels and roads, and keeping Amer
ican property up to as high a stand
ard as possible so that it is worth
showing to American tourists----and to
others from all parts of the world, for
that matter -is nothing more than
what should be expected, as well as
a paying investment.—Ex.
UNEMPLOYMENT AND AGITA
TORS.
The problem of unemployment is
always a serious one and has been at -
tracting more than usual attention in
the last few months, owing to a very
general temporary depression, now
happily passing, in many of the lead
ing industries. While public officials
and students of economic conditions
have been exerting every effort to re
lieve the temporary distress as well
as to plan aainst repetition of such
situations, it is now being made clear
that cerlain agitators have been mak
ing a concerted effort to exaggerate
conditions.
In Chicago the other day there was
a parade of the unemployed at the
very moment that the municipal em
ployment agency was announcing that
it had work on hand for 2,000 men.
And in New York certain agitators
have sent men around to churches
ostensibly to ask sleeping quarters
therein, when there was plenly of
room in the municipal lodging house
and not enough workers could be ob
tained by the contractors trying to
remove snow- from the city streets.
The real problem of the unemploy
ed is grave enough, in all conscience,
without having it confused with the
efforts of demagogues and fakers.
Rising of the Dead Sea.
. Reference was made about a year
ago to the rising level of the Dead
sea.. The wonder of travelers is that
the sea does not fill up altogether—
that is, to those travelers who do not
know'- the phenomenall power of evap
oration which the.'son has in this
deep valley of Jordan, a valley whose
depth.gives it almost a tropical cli
mate. As there is no outlet from
tlte sea, the level of its surface is al
ways at the. point of equilibrium be
tween the inflow of water, and the
evaporation. Dr. Master-man, of Jeru
salem, who has-for many-years made
meteorological observations and rec
ords concerning the Dead sea, and
given them to the public through the
Palestine Exploration Society, has re
cently given a summary of most of
the changes of level since the year
1900, and with this also a -resume of
the evidences of the rising sea during
the last century. Briefly, the evi
denees are these:
1. The persistent tradition of the
Arabs, confirmed by the record of
travelers (Seitzen, 190ti, and Irby and
Mangles, 1818), that there was a ford
across near the lower end of the
sea about 100 years ago.
2. Reliable account (de Saulcy,
1850) that there was at that time
a peninsula near the upper end of
the sea, which according to travel
ers became an island. I myself saw
til’s island twenty-one years ago, and
a Jerusalem friend of mine assured
me in 1912 that he had been one of
a picnic party on it fifteen years be
fore. Now it is under some four or
five feet of water.
3. The abundant testimony of
those now living, of the lime when
there was a beach and a passageway
along the foot of Jebel Usdum on the
east side of the sea, though the foot
of the mountain is now constantly
washed by the waves: and also, that
the stumps and other remains of large
trees may now lie seen under the
water around the shores of the sea.
All these things, now well estab
lished, point to the fact that there
was once a time when the water ex
tended but little, if at ail, beyond
the Lisan or tongue of land which
projects from the eastern shore part
ly across the sea near the southern
end, and that there was once a con
siderable plain (“the Plain”?) to the
south of Lisan. There, probably, un
der the waters of the sea today, is
the site of the ruined cities of “the
Plain, Sodom and Gomorrah. Sunday
School Times.
RAILROAD TRAINS
EXPOSITION BLDGS.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27.—A
sight that never fails to amaze vis
itors to the Panama-Pacific Interna
tional Exposition grounds is that a
train of freight cars speeding out of
a nea^llyu-finished) exihibit palace.
While all the entrances are. large
enough to admit locomotives and
cars, the proportions of the immense
buildings are such that the specta
tor does not realize this. Spurs of
the exposition terminal railway sys
tem enter all the palaces and are
now in daily use transporting lumber
and materials for construction to the
interior of the edifices. Later these
tracks will be used in the installation
of exhibits. When the exposition
opens every track will be covered ov
er, and will remain invisible until the
close of the celebration, when they
will again be used.
NORTHWESTERN
REACHES SEATTLE
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SEATTLE, March 27.—The steam
er Northwestern, of the Alaska Steam
ship line, reached here early this
morning and will leave for the north 1
on Monday. The entire passenger j
capacity of the big liner has been |
sold and many have been turned j
away by the company, as they have
not enough accommodations to han -
dle the crowds that want to leave
for the north.
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
as depth on level, in inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Friday, March 27, 1914.
Wortman's, clear, calm ...23 71
Summit, clear, windy .... 125
Beaver Dam, clear, calm .14 72
Teikhell, clear, calm . 6 67
Tonsina, clear, calm . 12 19
Copper Center, clear, calm 10 16
Gulkana, cloudy, windy ... 5 26
Hogan’s, cloudy, calm .... 0 24
Paxson’s, clear, calm . 4 24
Wortman’s—Trail open.
Summit—Trail drifted.
Beaver Dam—Trail open.
Teikhell—Trail open.
Tonsina—Trail open.
Copper Center—Trail good.
Gulkana—Trail good.
Hogan’s—Trail good.
Paxson’s—Trail open.
Valdez, Starch 26, 1914
Barometric Pressure ...........30.120
Temperature at 7 p. m. .24
M,aximum Temperature ,.....,38
Minimum Temperature ........ ,9
Mean Temperature ,. ... . 23.6
piear,, strops breeze, wind N.. E.
thirty rjailes..., ......
Smith Higgins 'cmmp,. in. l^t , even
ing from Ptarmigan,JDrop... .
the matinee tomorrow ' at ’ the ftr
pheum. Fine change of pictures.
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•J. J. Mull leff tiOday to prospect
down the sound.
502,016 READ AT COLUMBIA.
Library Figures Show Over a Million
Books Called For.
New York.—More than half a million
readers used the Columbia university
library last year, and each reader av
eraged almost two books apiece for a
total of practically 1,000,000 books.
The exact figures were announced by
flic university authorities as follows:
Headers in reading rooms, 502,016; vol
umes used in reading rooms, 702,502;
volumes taken out for home use, 190,
022. Tlie number of readers shows an
increase of 47 per cent over last year.
The analysis shows that .'50 per cent
of all the books used were in litera
ture. while the social sciences were
second, with 20 per cent. The other
calls were history. 13 per cent: reli
gion, 10.1 per cent; science. 6.6 per
cent: philosophy, 5.2 per cent; tech
oology. 2.1 per cent: general, 1.7 per
cent: fine art. 0.7 per cent, ami phi
lology. 0.3 per cent.
Dr. William I). Johnston, tlie libra
rian, is leaving New York to become !
head of the public library of St. Haul, j
Dr. Johnston was appointed librarian i
at Columbia in 1909 to succeed the i
late Dr. James Iltilme Canfield.
POOR, BUT HAS FORTUNE.
Owner of Big Diamond Can’t Find
Purchaser For His Stone.
Loudon.—An English diamond digger
named Bowker has arrived in London
witli a diamond of the first water
weighing 17SV& carats, but he finds
himself in the same position as Mark
Twain's man with the $1,000,000 bank
note. He lias more wealth than hun
dreds of men to whom tie has appeal
ed, but lie is unable to raise a penny
on the stone.
Tlie diamond is an amber stone, per
fectly clear and of undoubted value.
It was found at Droogeveld, South Af
rica. and resembles the Kohinoor.
There is no question that Bowker Is
the legitimate owner, but he cannot
find a buyer. He lias shown tlie stone
to all the big London dealers; hut.
while they have all displayed keen in
terest, all have declined to purchase
it on one pretext or another.
The biggest diamond ever found, the
Culliuau, discovered in 1905, weighed
3,025% carats, or 1 1-3 pounds, until
it was cut up.
CHIHUAHUA RUN ON
SOCIALISTIC BASIS
Rebels Operate Every Industry
and Apply Proceeds to Stole.
El l’aso. Tex.—Socialism is getting a
practical tryout in Chihuahua, the
refugees say. The rebel state govern
ment is operating the banks, the stores,
the foundry, the brewery, the mint, the
street car lines, all gambling conces
sions, the railroad to Juarez and every
other industry. Villa Is preparing to
reopen the old Palomir bank as a state
bank with the confiscated Terrazas cs
tales as securities and will issue paper
money from the bank. All of the pro
ceeds from street railway lines are go
ing into the state treasury.
Villa has ordered the Constitutional
ist government to execute deeds giving
the homes of the principal Huerta
sympathizers in the city of Chihuahua
to the rebel military commanders.
Villa bus announced that he will give
the homes of Enrique Creek Juan
Creel, Juun Terrazas. I-uis Terrazas,
,Tr„ and Martin Ealomir to his gen
erals in the field and retaiu the home
of Manuel Prieto for his own use.
These homes were among those or
dered confiscated by Villa, as well as
thnt of Jacob Tuche. who is a subject
of Turkey. Villa also distributed
clothing, slioes and candy from the
seized Spanish stores among the poor
of Chihuahua ns a Christmas present
from the rebel leader.
A wireless tower is now ready in
Chihuahua for operation on the roof of
the cathedral, and a field wireless out
fit is to be supplied to the rebel army
so that communication muy be estab
lished. with headquarters in Chiliun- i
bun.
Iteliel officials iu Chihuahua claim to j
have evidence that the federal gen j
erals carried off much, wealth when I
they evacuated and left for Ojinaga !
They declare that the federal coni '
inanders reported to the City of Slexl i
co after all battles that none of their j
men had been killed and continued to
draw pay for lliem all. They charge
that General Mercado bought $L,OO.out> j
worth of diamonds in Chihuahua city |
before leaving, as he could get them i
at very low prices because of the own- j
its' fear of losing them to rebel looters, j
TOO HONEST FOR CONGRESS.
Ohio Representative Declares Hei Won’t
Run-Again.
Canton-. O.—In announcing that be
would uot be a candidate for- re-elec
tion Representative J. .1- Whitacre.
Democrat, of the Eighteenth Ohio dis
trict. declared thnt “no man who
wgnts to be Intellectually honest has
any business In congress.'
“All |’ve d°nc since I’ve been down
in ^^blngton.’’ Mr. Whitacre went
on. “has bdfeii to'sit around and try to.
Ibbk wise, and that’s what any 1 man
has 'tb: do’’who’ isn’t willing to barter
his convictions for political expedi
ency.
i.ei: can't stand that sort? of businebs.
.1 thought, there might be a.ebance for:
an honest, wide awake, frank and open
business man iu congress, hut I was
quickly disillusioned."
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Telephone order* to Phone 187
VALDEZ MINERS UNION 188
Western Federation of Miners
Meets Every Tuesday Evening at
7:30 p. m. at Miners’ Hall
H. M. CARTER, Pres.,
ANTON DAHLSTROM, Secy.
MINERS' FAMILIES
ARE WED DRT
('l)LLIKKS, W. Va., March -7. As
a result of the order of the federa.
court issued today 2(M> strikers in
this section and their families will be
forced to leave the state.
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
For $6.0(1 we will give you a ticket
entitling you to hospital service and
care, for any eight weeks out of the
year from date, of your, ticket, when
.ncapacitatpd by injury or sickness.
See W- II. Ziegler. .
The seine boat; Thelma, Captain
B. Carlson! phicl^ as seized more
than a year ago by Canadian officials,
on * the charge th'at her. master had
carried oil fishing operations within
Canadian limlts/in violation of. treaty
agreement! reached the Salmon bay
dock yesterday! after a victory in the
Ottawa , courty. by, .her owner,, says
thet Seattle .Pgat-Intelllgencer. of the
ninth -.inst.
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
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Meet every* Tuesday evening at P o'cjocu il |
Kutrle Hall .Mi members ure mijested to
attend. T. <i. IJIJINN. Arctic Chief
S. MCNIKt’K. Secretary
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, alaska
Reports on Mines
Patent Surveys
(Senegal Mining Engineering
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Summons for Publication.
Theo. Eiuel, plaintiff, vs. \Y. Fred
Swanson and P. A. Hancock, defend
ants. - No. 658. Summons for Publica
tion.
To the above-named defendant,
W. Fred Swanson :
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
publication of this summons against
you, to-wit, within thirty days after
the 28th of March, 1914; and answer
the complaint of plaintiff filed here
in, and unless you so appear and an
swer the .plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
complaint, decreeing her to be the
owner of the launch Anita, and that
neither you nor your co-defendant has
any interest in or title to the same.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown,
judge of said court, this 13th day of
February, 1914. ARTHUR LANG.
Clerk of the District Court, for the
Territory Of Alaska, Third Division.
By T. 1>. GERAGHTY, Deputy Clerk.
First publication Feb. 14, 1914.
Last publication March 28, 1914.
Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby given that a mu -
nicipal election will be held Tuesday.
April seventh, 1914, at the Fire Hall
in the Town of Valdez, for the pur
pose of electing seven eouncilmen to
serve for the period of one year, and
one member of the local School Board
for the position of clerk for a term
of three years. The polls will lie
opened at nine o’clock a. m., and will
be closed at seven o'clock p. m. of
said day.
The following persons shall be
qualified electors for eouncilmen:
All citizens of the United States,
or those who have declared their in
teption to become such, of the age
of twenty-one years, who have been
bona fide residents of Alaska for one
yBar and of the Town of Valdez for
six months next preceding said elec
tion.
The following persons shall be
qualified electors for officers of School
Board:
All adults who are citizens of the
United States, or who have declared
their Intention to become such, and
who are residents of ‘the Valdez
School District.
Judges'of election are Chas. .Sea
green, Heber Smith and J. J. Cav'&Pa
' The clerks'' are C. J. Todd and Joe
Kaher,
. RANDALL Ei ASHBY.
Tevrp Clerk..
Dated this 12th day of Itorch, 1914.
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Graduate of National University
|Waahington,ID. C. 1
DENTIST
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