3t?r Bailg flroapertor
PUBLISHED BT
STEWART * 8KLBY, Proprietor*
VALDSS, ALASKA
Published Daily Except Sunday
Entered aa Second-Class Mail Matter,
July 23, 1912, at the postofflce of Valdes,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Dally Prospector.
By carrier, per month —.A 1.0*
By mall, oer annum .*10.00
The Weekly Miner.
The Dally Prospector and Weekly
Miner, by mail, to one address
only, per year .$12.54
Business Office and Editorial Rooms
Sy carrier, per month ..A AO
By mall, per annum .$ *.00
The Daily Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrrer, to one ad
dress per month -A 1.2C
TEL. 162
Advertising Rates on Application.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 11)10
OFFICE HUNTERS AND FORK.
On the Sunday before the late elec
tion the Seattle Post Intelligencer, an
excellent newspaper with strong
standpat proclivities, published a
four-column article by Dudley G.
Wooten a life-long Democrat and a
former Congressman from Texas, in
which Mr. Wooten strongly support
ed Mr. Hughes for President and
and more strongly criticised Presi
dent Wilson. Mr. Wooten’s article
caused the Democratic State Commit
tee to get busy, and the committee
found that Mr. Wooten had applied
for no less than seven political po
sitions under the Democratic admin
istration. These included both local
and consular positions. The Com
mittee advertised the facts gathered,
concluding with the Upe, “No Sup
port—No Job.”—Empire.
This would be a good plan for the
Democratic Territorial Committee to
adopt. In the last election many of
fice holders were spotted who work
ed, in many cases, openly for other
persons than those nominated on the
Democratic ticket, a man, be he a
Democrat, or be he a Republican, is
at heart perpetrating a fraud when
he accepts money from a party whom
he is working to oust from control
of public offices. He is taking money
under false pretenses, and there
should be a law by which he could
be prosecuted, when he asks for and
accepts office under an administration
and then works against the party.
Many flagrant violators of this polit
ical tenet exist in the Territory, and
they should be promptly removed by
the party in power. There is little to
politics but the spoils and the per
son or persons who are Republicans
or Democrats for revenue only make
very poor officials anyway. A pow
erful political organization can never
be built up until party lines are
closely drawn and office seekers ap
pointed for work done for their party.
There is no more reason why a Re
publican should seek an office which
rightfully belongs to a Democrat
than there is for a Democrat to ex
pect favors from a Republican ad
ministration. The victors should re
ceive the spoils.
UNREASONABLE ADVERTISERS.
Some advertisers make a tremen
dous mistake by refusing advertising
to a paper because they have some
personal feeling against the policy of
the paper or some member of Its
staff. The reason for this Is that no
paper ever came off the press which
suits every reader and no policy a
paper can produce will suit all Its
readers. Therefore the paper to suc
ceed must adopt a policy which will
suit the largest proportion of Its
readers. It must play to its larger
advertisers for to do otherwise would
be business suicide. Many readers
take a paper for no other reason than
to criticize and find fault with it.
They like to find flaws in its gram
mar, its phrasing or Its syntax. They
delight in mistakes in spelling and
chortle with glee if a name or a fact
is mis-stated. A paper may brag on
a man for years and he accepts it as
his due; but let it inadvertantly print
something which should have been
suppressed and no amount of explain
ing or retractions will cause that
subscriber to regard you in any other
way than as an enemy to society, and
a fit subject for the morgue.
An excellent editorial along these
lines recently appeared in the Ober
lin (O.) News:
“An Oberlln business man, solicit
lted for advertising, stated that he
would not use the columns of the
paper which the solicitor represented
because of the fact that notice had
been given of an action brought
against the business man a few weeks
before.
“There should be but one reason
for advertising and that because it
pays the advertiser. We would not
drive away the business of a man
who carries a space because he and
the editor are members of the same
church or smoke the same brand of
cigars or have similar tastes in neck
ties or politics, but the fact remains
that the business of advertising is
plain business. It should be a dig
nified presentation on the part of the
business man of the reasons why the
public will find it profitable to deal
at his store.
“The fact that he likes or dislikes
the personnel of the staff of the pa
per should have nothing to do with
the question. The fact that the pa
per in question prints the news with
out fear or favor is a strong reason
for using its columns. Character for
papers have character, and circulation
should be determining factors in the
purchase of space. If the paper is
read by a majority of the people in
the territory of the advertiser and if
its policy is such as to command the
respect of those with money to
spend, the business man should use
space in it, not to oblige the owners,
but to push his own business. Ad
vertising is a commodity of genuine
value. The advertiser should get val
ue received for the money he expends
for space. He should patronize the
papers which print the news, because
that is the business of a real paper,
and any other policy is unfair to its
readers.”
THE SALMON FISHEK1ES.
The grand jury sitting at Ketchi
kan, recently made a very excellent
presentment to the court on finishing
its labors, the report embracing a va
riety of matters, germane and other
wse including a reference to the
threatened depletion bf salmon, hal
ibut and herring in the waters of
Southeastern Alaska, unless drastic
steps are immediately taken for the
conservation of these valuable food
fishes.
THE EMPRESS
TO-NIGHT AT 8:P.M.
A Picturization of the Modern Com
edy Hit.
“AFTER FIVE”
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IN FIVE LAUGHABLE ACTS BY
THE BROADWAY STAR
Edward Abeles
PATHENEWS - PATHE NEWS
8 p. m. Sharp. Regular ArfmUeien
It la a matter worthy <JT more than
passing comment that the Bureau of
Fisheries, which is charged with the
administration of the fisheries of
Alaska, professes to believe that the
salmon and herring fisheries are not
threatened with exhaustion. This
view Is combatted by the fishermen
and many of the cannery men who al
lege that the salmon fisheries, espe
cially are In danger by reason of In
tensive fishing; and The Empire is
satisfied that the views of the latter
are substantially correct. No one at
all familiar with the salmon fishery
in Southeastern Alaska can doubt
that the intensive fishing that is now
being prosecuted every year has ma
terially decreased the number of sal
mon; and unless prompt steps are
taken to increase the supply and to
enforce more strictly the law regu
lating the salmon fisheries, this im
portant resource will steadily decline
until total extinction practically has
taken place.
That there are ana always nave
been seasonal fluctuations in the run
of salmon is well known, one year
producing heavily to be followed a
year or two later by a distinct lessen
ing of the supply. However, as has
been stated, the consensus of opin
ion among fishermen and cannery
men is that salmon are decreasing in
number year by year, as is proved
conclusively by the number that as
cend the streams each year. In the
past few years, streams that were
once fairly alive with this fish, dur
ing the spawning season, are now
practically deserted.
AS an indication that the high cost
of living has hit the printer as well
as those better able to stand it, we
would state that one year ago the
Prospector received a ton of paper
which cost us $70.00. Saturday we
received a ton of paper which cost us
$140.00. As the Prospector uses
close to two tons a month some idea
may be had of the extra expense en
tailed. And the same applies to all
grades of paper. Statements and let
terheads cost 125 per cent more now
than last year and many bonds
which could have been obtained last
year for 16 to 18 cents now cost 44
to 48 cents per pound wholesale, and
the end of the rise in prices is
not yet in sight. And yet, many of
our customers kick a leg off if we
charge them 20 to 40 per cent more
for printing than we did a year ago.
A printery must fix its charges by its
costs or it would quickly go out of
business.
A RECENT boat conveyed a piece
of machinery to Seattle for some trif
ling repairs. After looking the break
over we could see no reason for the
useless expense of time and money.
Valdez has a machine shop second to
none in the Territory, which is fitted
up with every tool and piece of me
chanism necessary to conduct its
business. It does brazing, lathe
work, heavy forging and any kind of
machine work both cheaply and well.
To keep this shop in Valdez it is ab
solutely necessary that we give it all
our work. This shop could not only
do all the work it gets, but is large
enough to run a half dozen hands if
the work required it. If you are in
earnest and really desire a payroy,,fn
Valdez why not give your work to
home people?
ALTHOUGH one runs the risk of
violating the president’s first “neu
tral in thought as well as in act”
proclamation by saying it, it is im
possible to refrain from bewailing
the fact that a great staple—sauer
kraut—is going up.
IT LOOKS as if the Germans
were resolved to hand Rumania to
the Kaiser for a Christmas present.
The Ladies' Guild
will have all manner of dainty and
useful Christmas gifts at their an
nual Bazaar, which will take place 'at
Moose Mall Saturday night. tf
ANNOUNCEMENT.
This is to announce to the
people of Valdez and vicinity
that I have sold my bakery and
delicatessen business to S.
Blum & Company.
My successors, S. Blum Pz Co.,
have erected an additional build
ing in the rear of their store,
which has been fitted up for a
modern, sanitary bakery.
The new bakery will contiuue
to carry all kinds of bread, ’'ies .
cakes, cookies, etc., also a full
delicatessen line.
All kinds of pies and cakes
made to order, <
I wish to thank all of my cus
tomers and friends for past pat
ronage and wish to bespeak a
good word for my successors.
I will look after the baking
in the new bakery and will be
pleased to have my friends call
to see me.
Respectfully,
RUDOLPH SCHMIDT.
Another Department At The Big
Store For Your Convenience
We Will Carry at All Times,
WHITE BREAD
RYE BREAD
GRAHAM BREAD
PULLMAN BREAD
WHOLE WHEAT BREAD
FRENCH BREAD
DOUGHNUTS
COFFEE ROLLS
VIENNA ROLLS
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS
CINNAMON ROLLS
JELLY ROLLS
CUP CAKES
LADY FINGERS
MACAROONS
FRUIT CAKE
ANGEL FOOD CAKE
COCOANUT CAKE
POUND CAKE
SUGAR COOKIES
GINGER COOKIES
LOAF CAKE
FRUIT BARS
SPECIAL PIES AND CAKES TO ORDER
BLUM’S BAKERY
Successor to Rudolph Schmidt.
“THANK God for Carranza,” re
marks the Chicago Tribune, “he has
kept us out of Mexico.”
FRENCH FAMILIES ARE
TO RE SUBSIDIZED
PARIS, Dec. 5.—A bill will be in
troduced in the French Chamber ol'
Deputies subsidizing families as fol
lows: For the first two children
botn, $100 each; $200 for the third
child; $400 for the fourth and $250
for each successive child.
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Landscape Artist Dead.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—Henry W
Ranger, one of the best known of
American landscape artists, died at
his home here today.
Good Music
good eatfe, and a good time at the Ba
jzaar Dance next Saturday night.
Dancing and refreshments for $1. tf
A full line of pyralln Ivory at Owl
Drug Co. tf
Something new. Loganberry Phos
phate. Candy Kitchen. tf
Save the Nickels;
The DOLLARS
WILL TAKE
CARE OF
THEMSELVES
Every time you go out of
town to shop you SPEND
NICKELS FOR CAR
FARE.
You spend TIME AND
ENERGY.
if you want to make an exchange
you SPEND MORE NICKELS.
MORE TIME AND ENERGY
TRADE WITH THE
HOME MERCHANT
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everything First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
LAUNCH N & S
1.eaves every Wednesday at 9 a.
in. from Valdes Dock for Eella
mar, Landlock. and Pldalgro.
Leaves every Saturday at 7 a. n.
from Valdes Dock for Cedar Bay.
Wells Bay, Port WeHi and Gran
ite Mine.
PORTAGE BAY AND OTHER
POINTS BY CONTRACT
W. J. CALLAGHAN
OWNER AND MASTER.
i Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Drac Star*.
| FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT---GOLD
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. SBVEN
Meets every Tuesday evening at 8:00
o’clock in their hall over U. S. Com
missioner’s office. Visitors are always
welcome.
T. H. HUNT, President.
E. O. AMES, Secretary.
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VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month In. McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M
ED WOOD, Secretary.
Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that noisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the peace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate It. tf
The Home of the Pat-a-Cake. At
I.ove-Wh:;!ey Co. tf
A new assortment of toilet water'
and perfumes. Owl Drug Co. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug
Company. tt
Location notices, both quarts and
plaeer, for sale at tha Prospector of
PROFESSION All CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OfficeN over \ abler Drug Co.
Phone ’IS McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon. U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon. V K Public Health Rerv.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate Natloaal University.
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OS*« Opposite Court House
Pkoue A* VALDEZ, ALASKA
JOHN LYONS a IT HITCH IB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Ofleeo la Wksllug Bundle*
Pkoue 1S1 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
V. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdes, Alaska
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genes al 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
Furnished rooms at Mrs osland’s.
Prioes reasonable. •
The Owl Drug Store oaa furnish
yen with a 1917 Dairy. tf