flathj Proapprtar
PUBLI8HBD BT
STEWART * SELBY, Proprietors
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Daily Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter,
July 23, 1912. at the postofflce of Valdez,
Alaska, under act of March 3. 1879.
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UNSCRUPULOUS BOOMERS.
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\ ANCHORAGE is sending out in
i ducements to the farmers in the
[ States exploiting the free land in the
Matanuska valley and urging farmers
‘ to come to that section. This is crim
f ir.al. and were anyone else but gov
; ernment officials back of it, the cul
prits would be sent to the peniten
tiary for using the mails to defraud.
The farmer who turns his back upon
good land in the States and comes to
the Matanuska valley with the inten
tion of making a living farming will;
eventually wind up in Morningsidei
asylum. The climate is too short, the
land too poor, and the market not
here. It is true that potatoes and cer
tain hardy root crops grow and in fav
orable seasons reach maturity, but thei
quality is poorer than in the States, j
Alaska is a wonderful country,—a
country of vast resources. She will1
supply the markets of the world with !
her minerals and her fisheries. She
will furnish homes for thousands of i
happy families who derive their in-j
conies from these and interlockin'
sources of revenue; but Alaska will
never be a farmer's country. Slock j
can be raised at a profit in certain S
parts of the Territory, and in the vi- j
cinity of Juneau and Ketchikan luxu-'
riant gardens flourish. Valdez, Sew
ard. Anchorage, and possibly many
other cities of the North have enter
prising inhabitants who plant gardens
yearly and secure enough vegetables
for table use for part of the year; but
in no part of the Territory that we
have obtained data on is farming re
munerative enough to pay the horny
| handed son of toil for his efforts.
The efforts put forth by a few un
I scrupulous boomers at the Railroad
1 Terminus to induce farmers to come
'to that section should be "set down”
upon thoroughly by those papers
who are not under the domination of
these pirates. The Territory’s re
sources are great and grand and var
id enough to make a wonderful show
ing to the prospective settler if he i.^
told the bare truth. A community
built on a tissue of lies and deception
is sooner or later bound to fall; but
its fall will drag down hundreds of
innocent investors who have been de
ceived by unscrupulous land agents.
A WAV Ol'T.
IT wouldn't surprise anyone that a
suicide epidemic should break out
soon. Really, there seems to he no
peace, no rest for the weary Any
one considering the world's present
condition will not deny the fact 'hat
it looks like war every which way. It
does not matter which side one turns,
trouble stares him in the face. If it
isn’t war with guns it's war on our
pocketbooks. Either way it’s death
that awaits us—seemingly!
Let us take our own country:,Since
the European war broke c'l*, part of
our citizens have been warring against
the other part until the latter is about
ready to give up in despair. Hunger
seems to have driven millions on the
verge of rebellion. A few days ago
five million dollars worth of food wras
discovered in warehouses in San Fran
cisco. to be used in a war against 'he
poor. Potatoes in some of the States
of the Union bring higher prices than
in England or France, countries
which have been at war for the last
two years and a half. Yet we pray
lor a cessation of hostilities. Is
starving people better than shooting
them? In our opinion to die of hun
ger is not a bit better than to lie of
a wound.
Hut we reach the acme ot absurdity
when we lace the fact that some of
our citizens are begging to help the
Belgians while they overlook tin
starving Americans. Why not beg
for our own hungry people? Belter
still, why not stop begging at all.
unite and stop the gun war, thus stop
ping war on our pocket hooks and pre
vent starvation, which is 'ikely to
'cad to a world-wide rebellion Pro
gressive-Miner.
IT SEEMS pretty hard to have the
administration kill off all the other
towns in this division for the sake of
a pet land scheme.
THE EMPRESS
TO-NIGHT - EAGLE HALL
“DAMAGED GOODS”
A Remarkable Picture Version of tl.e Sensational Problem Play that
STARTLED THE WORLD
RICHARD BENNETT m 'DAMAGED GOODb
- *A Mutual Special Feature in seven parts
\ MADE BY AMERICAN
A Wealth of Detail and Lavish Scenic Effects, Coupled with Vivid
Pantomime.
All Under 16 Years Should Not Attend.
POSITIVELY THEY WILL NOT BE ADMITTED UNLESS WITH
PARENTS
ONLY ONE SHOW STARTING 9=00 SHARP
ADMISSION FOR ALL 50 CENTS
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
SIFTING FOOD FACTH.
.—
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion finds that the food situation on
] the Atlantic seaboard Is not due to a
narrow policy on the part of the rail
roads, as was made to appear by the
board of trade of Chicago last week.
! it lias been discovered also that there
; is no actual shortage of food in the
i United States.
j Thus two important facts in con
I .lection with the food crisis have ap
parently been disposed of—leaving
two other possible explanations of
the present unprecedented peace
prices; speculation and the drain
j from Europe. The President's cabi
| net discussed the situation the other
day and decided that probably the
i chief reason for high prices was on
! account of our enormous exports of
' foodstuffs. Admittedly, however, spec
• illation is a not unimportant factor.
Obviously, consumption has outrun
, production. The 1916 crops of grains
, and other principal foodstuffs were
smaller than that of 1915, but was up
r.o normal. But the American output
was not sufficient to supply tne nonie
market and in large measure, sustain
some of the warring nations. We have
not exported enough to cause an act
ual shortage at home but enough to
bring about a new scale of prices.
Such an opening naturally has giv
en the speculators their opportunity
—and by speculators one does not
mean certain “soulless” manipulators
exclusively, but farmers and thou
sands of other individuals who are
taking advantage of the opportunity
to hold back food stuffs for higher
prices. The speculator may be a
bootblack with enough money to buy
a ton of potatoes for a rising market.
The gambling element of the situa
tion affects almost every person and
such profits as accrues to the specula
tor and the middleman inevitably falls
back on the ultimate consumer. The
whole bullish tendency of prices and
all the causes which conspire to bring
it about operate in a way to make the
freight higher for Jones.
The President's advice to the far
mers is to “raise more”—which is
good advice if it was sincere and hon
est. Other economists are divided as
to whether she lay an embargo on ex
ports or ferret out the "speculator’
who is waxing fat on the public's ex-1
pense. The result probably will be
that the economists and leaders will
continue to rave and talk until the
new crops begin to come in and an
automatic readjustment occurs, or the
people revolt, take charge of the
warehouses and feed themselves.
iwk: : :no ixkidkrs.
the Missionary Review of the
World, published in New York, states
that a campaign for the destruction
of Christianity is not only under way
in New York, but that its entrench
ments have been thrown out in a
number of secularizing organizations.
These Freethinkers, according to the
the Review, are banding thems'dves
tonether and pledging each other sup
port in an effort to overthrow the or
ganized church, and it believes that
legislation should be taken tending to
legislate these societies out of exis
tence.
FAIRBANKS will probably have to
sight just as hard to keep her court
house from going to Nenana as Valdez
is forced to do to hold hers from go
ing to Anchorage. She is up against
the same proposition. The govern
ment is attempting to build a town
at that end of the road out of mate
rials forced from Fairbanks.
THE mass meeting last night brot
out many good points, but the best
1 one was that Valdez is determined to
fight unanimously for her remaining
; possessions.
r SOME people use so little judgment
' that they would give a bald-headed
man a hair brush for a birthday pres
l ent.
! IT IS a source of great joy to a busy
man to introduce two chronic bores
1 to each other and have them get busy
on each other.
LOVE is always blind to the fact
that she looks different at five o’clock
in the morning from what she does at
live o’clock at night.
THE man who has no faith in his
home town is a worse plague than an
1 epidemic of smallpox, and should be
1 as promptly quarantined.
THE question of deciding who is
our next Delegate is a very deep and
complicated one. We beg that our
! people have patience.
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j IT is sometimes hard to determine
who do you the most harm—your en
emies with the worst intentions, or
your friends with the best.
THE man who says that his wife
never agrees with him is a hopeless
liar. Every wife agrees with her hus
band if he doesn't want her to.
WHY is it that you never see the
dictionary nor the bible dog-eared
and well thumbed, in a home.
Good
Goods
Phone 12
Moderate
Prices
Hills Bros. Coffee
Unexcelled for Quality, Flavor
and Aroma.
The fragrance of Hill’s Coffee is a promise of fine flavor and the pro
mise is always fulfilled. Selected by experts, blended by other specialists it
is Coffee that is unequalled for flavor and aroma. There is nothing finer for
Breakfast or as an after dinner beverage. Give it a Trial.
/
S. & W. on the label means Quality, picked when ripe, packed or pre
served immediately is the reason why S. & W. canned Fruits, Vegetables,
Jams and Jellies are so finely flavored. They differ from the average brand
as you will fully agree when you taste them. Try a can of the following;
ASPARAGUS
ASPARAGUS TIPS
TOMATOES
SUGAR PEAS—Midget
PUMPKIN
STRING BEANS
SAUER KRAUT
BEETS
APRICOTS
PEACHES
GREEN GAGE IMAMS
SLICED APRICOTS
SIJCED PEACHES
ROYAL ANNE CHERRIES
BARTLETT PEARS
SLICED PINEAPPLE
RASPBERRIES
STRAWBERRIES
BLACKBERRIES
LOGANBERRIES
A KINK ASSORTMENT OK S. & W. JAMS AND JELLIES
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
A finely equipped institution
l'or the care and treatment of
cases of every character. Skill
ed nurses in attendance.
Private Rooms.
Terms Reasonable.
Jos. A. L ilverman Ph. G. M. D.
Proprietor.
Boyle Block Valdez
SOME people keep their ears open
for the 5 o'clock whistle until they
fail to hear Opportunity knock.
_
A FARMER’S idea of a bone-head
is a man who can't harness a horse.
And his wife's idea of a shiftless
woman is one who cannot milk.
Officials of House.
A. H. Zeigler of Juneau, was chosen
thief clerk of the Territorial House of
Representatives. Other candidates for
the position were Harry F. Morton
and James McKenna. For Sergeant
at Arms of the House Thomas E.
Williams of Thane and John S. Heck
ey of Valdez were the candidates, and
Williams was elected on the second
ballot. Willard Murane, a son of Re
publican National Committeeman C.
D. Murane, was chosen messenger.
Grover Hanneman of Cordova, is a
visitor in town, having come up to at
tend the session of the district court
as a juror.
Mrs. H. F. Sullivan returned last
night from a trip to Landlock bay.
We have a fresh line of Augustine
Ivyer box candies at the Candy Kitch
en.
CERTAINLY!
BAKING
POWDER
RAISES
THE DOUGH
Hence its Popularity
25c lb. Can.
SOIiD BY GROCRRS
CRKKCKNT Ml-Xi. OO.,
Seattle, Wash.
im^——mmm
LOUIE S CAFE
<>l*en l»a.v anti Night .McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH. Propr.
Candy Kitchen
L W. HUNT—la Owl Drag Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
hot cold
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
ALL KINDS OK JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Want, Light Rooms--The Hoase o' Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rotes By the Month
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRING, Prop
VALDEZ CAFE & BAKERY
Cakes, Cookies II Boas, ISc per dozen.
French, Rye and White Bread 12 1-2
cents per loaf. Orders taken for special
occasions.
BERGSTROM * ROGSTAD. Props.
PHONE 17 - Tbs* Jews blow Owl Drsa
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Hsop
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward. Alaska
Hot-Point Irons and Electric Appli
ances have now arrived at the Empo
rium. 5t
Men's, Ladies' and Children’s Hose
can e cn the last boat for the Empo
rium St
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
j PROFESSION* I, CARDS. ^
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
O filer* over Vnltlez Drug Co.
Phone’IS McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon. U. S. Array
A. A. Surgeon, V S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
JOS. A.' SILVERMAN. PH. 6. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Over Owl Drug Co.
- OFFICE HOURS:
1 to 4 P. M. 7 to S P. M
Sunday by Appointment.
Res. Phone 17(1 Office Phone H*
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National tnlrersttr
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone a* VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS a K KITCHIH,
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-A I-LAW
Offices la a. ssllng ifulldlng
Phone itn v.aldez. Alaska
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
.11NKAI, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Tenses Ground
VALDKZ lXJDGK
NO 108
Free »d Accepted Hutu
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. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mine
GUST KRINC. Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.