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». B. 8KLBY, Editor sad Proprietor.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
Published Dally Kmcept Bunder
Entered as 8econd-Class Mall Matter,
July 23. 1812. at the postofflce of Valdem.
Alaska under act of March I, 117*.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1017
SOW AS YOU WILL.
OU make take this world as you
come and go.
And you will l>« sure to Hud
1 ount
Whoever cornea out behind.
And all things bad thut a man haa done.
By whataoevei Induced,
Came back to meet him one by one.
As the chickens come home to roost.
Tou may starve your soul and stint your
heart
With ths husks of a barren creed.
But Christ will know If you played your
pail.
Will know in your hour of need.
And then, aa you wait for death to come.
What hope can there be deduced
From a creed alone? Vou will lie there
dumb.
While your chickens come home to
roost
Bow as you will. There's a time to reap
Fot the good and bad as well.
And conscience, whether awake or asleep.
Is either a heaven or hell.
And all things boil musl lake their place
By whatsoever induced.
Come back to meet you lace to fat e.
As your chickens ci.ne home to most._
Whether you are over or under the sod
Ths result will be the same
Tou cannot escape the hand of Cod.
You muat bear your slu and shame.
No matter what's carved on a marble slab.
When the Items are all produced.
Tou will And St. Teter waa beeping tab.
And the chickens come home to roost.
—UntdentlAed.
CURBING ALIEN ENEMIES
The surprise is not that the govern
ment has taken steps to curb alien
enemy activity by forcing Germans
resident in tM^ cou^Wy to register
and to comply with other regulations
designed to safeguard the nation’s
interests, but that this action was not
decided upon until six months after
we entered the war.
There is nothing whatever vindic
tive about the government’s regula
tions, and, in fact, they are much
less strict than those Germany im
poses upon Americans and her other
alien enemies—and this notwith
standing that there are about 500,(TOO
unnaturalized Germans in the United
States as against only a few hundred
American citizens in Germany. Nor
is the movement directed against the
alien enemy who obeys the law. The
government is forced to place restric
tions upon all in order that the com
paratively few cannot escape.
The imperative necessity of such a
measure of self-defense is shown by
the fact that since the United States
went to war $26,000,000 worth of
foodstuffs have been destroyed by
fire and that fully $20,000,000 of this
is laid to enemy spies or their sympa
thizers.
Under the provisions of the presi
dent’s proclamation alien enemies—
including Germans only—not only
must register, but they aldo are pro
hibited from approaching within 100
yards of waterfronts, docks, railroad
terminals or storage houses and are
not allowed in the District of Colum
bia during the war. They are barred
from employment on all vessels on the
ocean within the three-mile limit as
well as on the Great Lakes and may
not even travel in their own motor
boats. The only way in which they can
traverse these waters is on public fer
ries.
The attorney general is given au
thority to declare additional prohibit
ed zones whenever he deems it advis
able. The proclamation does not, how
ever, interfere with existing regula
tions forbidding enemies to live within
half a mile of munition plants, ship
yards and other government establish
ments. All registered persons must
carry their registration cards but may
not be required to report periodically
to the officials.
The public can be of material as
sistance in helping to carry out the
provisions of the proclamation. Alien
enemies who fail to register will be
under suspicion Immediately and any
violation of the proclamation will
mean internment for the duration ol
the war. The easiest way to avoid
trouble will be for them to live up tc
the new law.
STRIKERS AND PATRIOTISM
At this time when a million or
more young Americans, the flower o(
the Nation, are giving up everything,
their Jobs, and chances for the future
being the least of their sacrifices, in
preparing t« serve their country, those
who are left behind, either because
they are over age, have dependents,
or because they are vitally necessary
to Industries of the country, should
be no less regarded as privates In the
industrial army, and should no less
be subject to the stern discipline de
manded by military necessity. It Is
quite true that labor should not be
imposed upon permanently because of
rigid 'Conditions; on the other hand
that element in labor which endeav
ors to rule things with a high hand
and enforce its own selfish desires, re
gardless of labor as a whole, or of the
country’s needs, should not be dealt
with lightly. If a working pian or a
labor union makes demands on in
dustry which it is not willing to sub
mit to arbitration, that man or that
union is Just as much a slacker as
the man seeking to escape military
duty, and should be treated Just as
severely. This is no time for tempor
izing, nor lenient indulgence. The
sooner the country realizes that ev
ery individual in it is part of the
army, and adopts industrial conscrip
tion, the sooner will the war be over,
and the less disaster and needless
hardship will devolve upon those who
are trying to do their bit.—Exchange.
THE patriotism of Royal C. John
son, the South Dakota representative
who resigned his seat in congress,
with his handsome salary and enlist
ed in the United States army as a pri
vate, cannot be questioned. It is the
kTiW that makes a man believe there
is such a spirit animating the human
breast. When a man deliberately turns
his back upon the luxuries of official
life in the nation’s capital, and ac
cepts the hardships and dangers of
army life in a desire to serve his coun
try we should be ready to stand up
and take our hats off in his presence.
In comparison with his confreres who
voted to exempt themselves from war
taxes his action is sublime.
IT IS NOW certain that whatever
the outcome of the uprising against
the Bolsheviki in Russia that Keren
sky, the alleged “man of the hour"
will not emerge from the internecine
strife as a leader in Russia again. He,
like Mirabeau, Robispierre and Dan
ton, in the French revolution, has
played his part, and will no longer
get in the limelight of publicity. All
men are puppets jumping when the
master hand pulls the string, whether
Jje be king or peasant.
ANCHORAGE subscribed $238,650
for Liberty Bonds and is all puffed
up. This is a per capita of $34. Val
dez subscribed $52,000, pr a per capi
ta of $62. Seward subscribed $8,800,
or $5.86 per capita, taking the popu
lation as estimated in Polk’s direc
tory. Valdez leads nearly every city
in the territory when it comes to the
amount subscribed per inhabitant.
DR. HARVEY WILEY who has
been telling the women of-the United
States how to run their households,
has now demonstrated that he can
not run his. His wife is serving a sen
tence in the Washington city jail for
picketing the White House against
her husband’s advice.
A MAN has just been arrested in
Alabama on the charge of filching
thousands of dollars from people in
a fake liberty loan club. The pecul
iar part of the occurrence is that his
wife made the complaint, stating that
she was a patriot first and a wife
last.
NO MAN can eat $5 worth of food,
said the district attorney of Chicago,
who refused to attend a banquet cost
ing $6 per plate recently. The gentle
man evidently never purchased an Al
aska beefsteak.
THE local syndicate that proposes
to give a Red Cross membership to
every baby born in the town in the
next six months ought to extend the
time to a year and give everybody a
show,
THE POPE has appealed to .Austria
and Germany to observe international
law in the invasion of Italy, forget
ting that the kaiser does not recog
nize such law in aots.
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MBS. R. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ] ALASKA
A CONTRAST IN POLICE.
A* Thay A*« 8**n In Norway, Swodon
and Danmark.
In ClaiatlanU the policeman la a mild
and amiable citizen In a rather shiny
coat and none too neat who stands In
the middle of the roadway and tries to
maintain some semblance of order In
the demoerutlc muddle of the city's
traffic.
In Stockholm the iiollcemnn la u
walking arsenal, with sword and pistol
and a brass helmet, and the arrest of
a disorderly persorT becomes an act of
state. There the policeman represents
the high authority of a proud country
He fuilills his duty with a stern se
verity. Lie Is the symbol of law and
established order.
In Copenhagen the policeman Is »ei
tber the happy-go-lucky cltl/.en who
patrols the streets of Norway nor is
he o creature of resplendent glory like
bis colleague In 8weden. He strikes a
happy medium. In tbla be la an ex
celleirt representative of a land where
the art of sensible and peaceful living
seems to have been brought to Its high
est perfection, where everybody seems
well fed. where beggars are as scarce
as very rich people and where the wom
en live up to the best traditions of the
charming china which Is made hi the
royal residence of Denmark.—Hendrik
Willem Van Loon In Century.
DEAD. YET STILL IT LIVES.
A Moat Curious Proak of Naturo Is tho
Vagotablo Caterpillar.
Among the many strange growths,
apparently freaks of nature, which are
to be found in New Zealand the vege
table caterpillar readily ranks among
the foremost. This caterpillar is sev
eral Inches in length, is hairless and
does- not differ essentially In appear
ance from some of the caterpillars of
our owu land.
Its claim to distinction lies iu the
fact that when It gets ready to die it
digs a hole for itself in the earth and
completely buries itself. 141 ter a slen
der green shoot springs from the s|s»t.
This bears two or more leaves near its
I top.
L'larii Investigation It is found that
the g'l'ecu shoot springs from the head
of the dead caterpillar, and further in
vestigation develops the fact that the
| body of the caterpillar Is tilled with
I roots.
i The form is retained without change
| and the roots do not pierce through
i the skin or enter the ground. Wliei.
I dug up this dead yet living freak pro
I senfs a most isld appearance, for the
| head and even the eyes of the eater
I pillar are distinctly seen, yet from the
! head Is growing the green sprout, with
, its leaves.
Simplicity of Jenny Lind.
Jenny Lind must have been tbe most
| simple, unpretending prima donna that
| ever lived. When she drat visited Eng
I land sbe was bound to sing only at tbe
| Royal Ituliuu Opera House, and when
I commanded to sing at tlie queen's eon
| cert she was obliged to refuse. Very
sorry lu be compelled to notify this
she ordered her carriage and drove
straight to I’.uekingliani palace. She
handed her card to an official, who, not
unnatui'Hll.\. declined to take it. A
higher authority happened to pass and
took it upon himself to present it. As
soon as her majesty saw It she said
•‘Admit her by all means.'' Jenny LIik*.
appeared and said simply that she was
so very sorry to be unable to sing at
i her majesty's concert that she thought
; It belter to cull herself and explain
Tbe queen was charmed with her nat
I ural manner, gave her u cordial recep
: tlon and promised to he her friend,
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Jackals and Crocodila Eggs.
I Jackals ami hyenas are very fond or
crocodile eggs. The former is tbe more
successful poacher of the two. Xa
fives of central Africa say that the
Jackal has sixteen eyes, with one of
which he watches the eggs and with
tbe fifteen others be looks out for the
I crocodile. The hyena, on the other
I hand, being very greedy, has all his
I eyes on the eggs and so often falls a
' victim to the watchful crocodile In mo
tionless hiding. The natives say, too.
that the crocodile sometimes knocks
its prey off the hank or off the canoe
with Its tall and then seir.es it with Its
wide open Jaws.
The Earth and Man Compared.
If It were possible for a mail to con
j struct a globe 80t» feet in height—much
| less thau twice the height of the
Washington monument- and to place
upon any itovtion of its surface au
atom one four thousand thrte hundred
and eightieth of an Inch ill diameter
aud one one hundred and twentieth of
an inch In height, it would correctly
denote the proportions man bears to
the gigantic globe iqioii which he
stands.
Lazy Lark*.
Investigation bus ruined the lark's
reputation for early rising. That muc h
celebrated bird is quite a sluggard, us
it does not rise till long after ebaf
finches, linnets und a uumber of hedge
row birds have/boen up and about for
some time
Pa’s Weakness.
Little Nell— You’ve got a good papa,
Willie. Willie—ra ain’t so bad, but I
wish he wasn't so much in love with
mamma. Why. he bellevee everything
she says about me.
Got Monotonous.
“Why don’t you call your hotel the
Breakers any more?”
“Aw, everybody bad to crack an al
leged Joke aa he paid his MIL*—Louis
ville Courier-Journal. ’
Being alone when one's belief tg firm
la not being alono.—Auerbach.
What will I give?
is the question that is bothering
many people just now.
Bring your Xmas problems to *his store, the
man behind the counter will suggest many sui
table gifts for any member of the family or
friend you care to remember this Xmas.
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[Hart Schaffner
&
Marx Clothes.
The Famous
Styleplus Clothes
COMFY SLIPPERS FOR ALL
A very fine line of neckwear now on Bath Robes for men and women. Ker
display in Holiday Boxm. Also scarf A chiefs Xmas Boxes. Suspenders, arm
tie combination, sox & tie, etc. . . ’
bands, etc.
Florsheim & Crossett Shoes. Mal
lory and Stetson Hates, Gloves, etc. Kayser Silk and Holeproof Hose
Hand Painted China Electrical Nov- make a nice remembrance. We have a
elties, Bronzed Pottery, etc. good stock to choose from.
SLEDS AND SKATES
for the
BOY OR GIRL
S. BLUM AND COMPANY
GOOD GOODS
New table linen, round table sets
with napklnB to match; also linen by
the yard. At E. Winter’s. tf
Housekeeper wanted at G. J.
Zinns. tf
Fresh taffy, chews and brlttlea, at
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. tf
Toys! Toys! Toys!
Of all descriptions at the Valdee
Drug Store. tf
Absco Films Will
fit any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard. Uuy K. Cam
cron. tf
Second Call
We will accept Liberty Bonds for
stock in the Vaides Iron Works.
Make your money earn 25 per cent
instead of 4 per cent. tf
Fresh bulk chocolates and a new
NOTICE TO COAL CONSUMERS
There is every reason to expect that
the price of coal will advance on
January 1, 1918, therefore, we will
advise all coal consumers to fill their
bins before that date as we cannot
contract for delivery at the presnt
price after Dec. 31st.
tf VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY
Buy your groceries direct. S&ve
fifteen to twenty-five per cent. The
bouse .that sells direct to consumers.
Randall Grocery & Brokerage Co.,
Inc., 81 Marion St.. Seattle Wn. tf
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
SAFETY FIRST
Travel On The
“SHAMROCK”
Prompt Service
D.D. STEWART Master
• il . **Vi
Candy Kitchen
L W. HUNT—b Owl Dnt Star*.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT- COLD
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly tripe from Velde* to
KUamar, Landloek, Ftdalgo and
way porta. Paaaengera landed
at all polnta.
Carrying freight and paaaen
gera.
For rate* apply on board.
CAPT. U. L. RIDER
THE SOUTHERN
MRS. BLACKWELL, Prop.
Nice, Clean Rooms
Baths In Connection
PRICES REASONABLE
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Valdez Minors Union No. 188
Wastarn Federation of Miner*
W. M. CONLEY PraaMaat
Valdaa Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Sacraiair.
_ VaMaa Alaska._
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Baths In Connection
PHONE 133 MIS. STRING, Fra,
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices In Fish Building, adjoining
Tllllkum Club.
Ptioae 00. McKinley Street.
Contract Burgeon. O. B. Army
A. > Burgeon. U & Public Health Berr
(Marine Hospital)
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OraBute National Valveretty
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la Valdes Since 1898
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Office Rooms la Whaling B-nsi.y
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VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
jos. a. savnuuR.n.c.Ro.r>«*.
Jos. A. Liberman PL G. H. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office keen-1 te 4 p. a —7 t* • p. a.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 17« Office Tel. 10
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