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A 80NQ IN SEASON.
nTHEN In the wind the vane turn round,
YV And round, and round.
And In hie kennel whines the hound
When all the gable eaves are bound
With Icicles of ragged gray.
A glinting gray.
There la little to do and much to aay.
And you hug the Are and pass the day
With a thought of the springtlma dearie.
WHEN late at night tha owlet hoota
And hoota and hoota
And tha wild winda make of the keyholes
flutea
When to the door the good man's boots
■tamp through tha snow tha light stains
red.
The firelight’s red.
There Is nothing to do and ail Is said.
And you quafT your cider and go to bed
With a dream of the summer, dearie.
nTHEN, nearing dawn, the black cock
»* crows ’
And crowa and crowa
And from the barn the milch cow Iowa
And the milkmaid’s cheeks have each a
roea
And the still akies show a star or twa
Or one or two.
There Is little to say and much to da
And the heartier done the happier you
With a song of the winter, dearie.
—Madison Caweln.
! CHARLES A. HAND
Few men in passing could leave so
much of a gap in Valdez as Charles
A. Hand. Sixteen years as an active
figure in the town made him one of
the most prominent as well as one
of the oldest of its residents, and
to a circle of close friends the com
munity will seem lonesome without
him.
Charles A. Han't was one of the
class of capable men who go through
this world quietly but usefully. Tho
unobtrusive he was active. He cared
little for prominence but took great
interest in all matters of public mo
ment, both local and general. Few
men whose lives are spent in business
and office work are so well informed
as he was. In all things, ,from' the
routine of his official position to the
world war, his Information was ex
haustive, his judgment was intelligent
and critical.
No more kindly and just man ever
lived than Charles A. Hand. He was
too liberal and charitable to prosper
financially in the fluctuating condi
tions of an Alaskan town, but tho
he lost thousands of dollars by the
dishonesty or indifference of his debt
ors he paid his own obligations to
the last farthing and dispensed free
ly in charity and public demands.
For sixteen years Charley Hand had
helped make the history of Valdez,
and in helping to make it he made
all its people his friends. The com
munity will stand uncovered beside
his bier and reluctantly bid him i
sorrowful farewell.
HOG IS feOG, BUT—
Very few of us blame the farmer foi
the high cost of living. At a matte)
of fact we hardly ever think of sad
things but invariably blame elthei
the wholesaler or the middleman; and
how y do give it to them. Sometime)
. v/they deeerre to get it bat not always
. An Eastern paper says that an ag
. .
riculturalist reports the cost of pro
duction of potatoes this pear has
ranged from $97 to $119 an aero, with
yields ranging from 80 to 460 bushels
an acre. The present ruling price re
ceived by the farmers near New York
is $1.60 a bushel. The man who spent
$136 an acre and secured the top
yield nets $640 an acre over cost of
production, or four times the money
he laid out.
The average farmer raising potat
oes for the market is getting 200 or
I 250 bushels to the acre, or $300 for
the $135 be spent in production. He
is thus netting from 87 V6 to $1 a bu
shel on his crop. A Kansas agricul
turist has computed the ordinary pro
fit to the farmer on a bushel of wheat
sold at the government price of $2.20
to be from 78 to 99 cents a bushel
over production. Yet we sympathize
with the farmers. Well, it may be
true that only hog can be hog, but
there are farmers who come pretty
near being hogs also.—Progressive
Miner.
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VERY STRANGE
Nearly every paper issued by the
food administration contains some
thing about the necessity of saving
flour for Europeans and eating corn
meal mush at home, or something
like that. Mr. Hoover says our allies
do not And cornmeal as palatable as
flour and adds that they do not un
derstand its preparation.
Now it strikes us as very peculiar
that the allies cannot take a written (
or printed recipe for mush and make
mush. Their dislike for mush has
nothing to do with us. There are
many tilings that we don’t like either;
such as digging down in our pockets
to pay our taxes due to the war, and
wheatless, meatless and potatoless
days and pay the barber two prices
for a haircut; but w* ($ke our medi
cine without turning iq> our noses.
Since the war begtfn, Europeans
have learned a good many things;
can they not, by assiduous applica
tion to a matter of vital importance
to us, with a recipe fh their hands,
learn how to make and eat mush?—
Progressive-Miner.
RUNNING A dally paper in a town j
of thirty or forty inhabitants is a ^
greater strain than the imagination
can conceive of. Despite the fact that ■
every act of John Doe and Richard
Roe is chronicled assiduously, the re- *
suits when compiled in type are so
small as to be negligible. Nearly ev- j
ery coast town in Alaska has been
practically evacuated this winter, j
thanks to the policy of conservation (
and the ravages of the war. If a re- |
porter could only write up the Snow- |
birds and the Dogs, an eight column I
paper could be quickly filled, but alas, I
our prominent citizens have seen
their names in print so often they are
like the man who ate mush three
times a day for six months,—it gets (
rather wearisome. <
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THE NEWS dispatehes today state i
that the steamship companies are 1
again planning to rafse rates. In 1
view of the fact that people are pH- j
ing out of the territory by the thous- (
ands on account of excessive living, |
we believe the move would be an un- <
wise one. We are in favor of the com- I
panles making a good rate of inter- <
est from their operation, because if '
they do not they can not afford to 1
maintain their hitherto excellent ser- '
vice; but the people of Alaska have ]
about all the burden they can carry
at the present time. A further raise
f rates would be the straw that would
break their backs. i
Once upon a time a Man living not
far from Valdez, remarked that be be
lieved in Mob Law. Every Outrage
by a Mob brought forth Chortles of
Glee, and he Extolled their Lawless
ness as the Quintessence of Patriot
ism. One Night in a Pangynga Game
his Opponent became lawless and Sap
ped Him on the Receptacle Where the
rest of the Population Carry their
Brains. Straight way he Yelled Loud
ly and Vociferously for the Law to
Punish the Offender. The Law’s Ma
jesty was Invoked to Prevent a re
pitition of the Offense. Moral—The
Closer the Perspective the More We
Take the Other Fellow’s View.
WE RECENTLY printed two hun
dred and fifty birth certificates for
a prominent physician of this town.
President Wilson has advocated the
saving of paper, therefore it is up
to our best families to see that each
and every one of thpse certificates are
filled out and in their strongboxes by
spring. The stork has had a long, long
i rest in Valdes, and in view of the
shortage of citizens should not com
plain if forced to work overtime.
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A DOCTOR AND A THRONE.
4*w England'* Prevent Royal Family
Qained the Crown.
That George V. now sits on the throne
if England la due in uu email measure
o the prognosis of a seventeenth can
:ury physician. Dr. Richard Mead, who
was born in London Aug. II. 1673.
tYben Queen Anne, last of tbe Stuart
•ulers, became «fatally ill in 1714
L>r. Mead waa called in consultation.
Vfter an examination of the stricken
luceu be found tbat she was near
Ieatli'8 door, anti tbe doctor so In
ormed the leaders of tbe Wliig party,
vitb which he was affiliated.
The Whips favored the Hanoverian
luccession and immediately on learning
bat Anne was soon to succumb began
o plan for the realization of tbelr am
iltlous. Tbe regular physicians of tbe
lueen did not believe that she was so
lear to death, so when Anne breathed
ter last in 1714 the supporters of
tone's brother. James, were unpre
iared for the event Anne’s Tory min
stry was in favor of placing James on
be throne, but tbe Wbigs, tbanks to
Jr. Mead, hud already taken such sc
ion as to Insure tbe succession of tbe
■lector of Hanover, and In September
ieorge I. made bis triumphal entry
uto England.
Dr. Mead was rewarded by being
nade physician to tbe new royal tarn*
ly. Many English historians have at
rlbuted large Importance to tbe pbyai
ians prognosis in bringing about the
accession of tbe royal bonee which
iss ruled England for two centuries.—
few York World.
NEW SLANG WHICH IS OLD.
Ihaucer Said "Coma Off" and Shako
spaare Wrota "Goad Night."
A uew slang phrase la sprung and
weeps tbe country. If it is apt and
at you will bear It on tbe street, from
lie pulpit and In the schoolroom. Then,
Pimrently without reason. Its vogue
finishes, and It la added to tbe world's
ollectiou of antiquities.
Perils |*s one reason why a sew slang
xpression is short lived is because
nuie Investigator finds that It really Is
iot new, tint merely a revival of a
lira sc which in its day was not slang
it all. It has remained for Professor
(. P. Utter In Harper’s Magazine to
hrow light on the expression “Good
light!” memilng finality. The vaude
ill« entertainers who first used It.
(linking they were originators, should
ie a trifle crestfallen to And that it
dongs to one Wllilrfm Shakespeare.
Jet out Part I. of "Henry IV.” Ton
rill read there:
If ha fall In. good night! Or sink or
iwlm.
But that Isn’t all. "Come off’ and
Go sit down” have had their day, tint
ve all thought they were new until
’rofessor Utter found them both in
'haucer.
And "Not In it” and “Cut it out.”
>oth striking American slang phrases,
ouie from English literature of the
lighest type. Shakespeare lised “Not
u it.” and Richard Brinsley Sheridan
ncorporated “Cut it out” In oue of his
days.
Making 8hrapnal.
Were the average layman able to
rraap tbe daggering complexities of
bemical and mechunlcal details In
rolved In the making of a shrapu?l
ibell be would be amazed. For ln
itance, 170 gauges are required to mau
ifacture tbe combiuatlou time and per
'usslon fuse for three-quarter inch
ibrapueL Tbe powder used muat have
be correct burning time or the explo
lion will occur too soon or too late. It
s lmitosslble to obtain two powders
vltk tbe same burning time; bence tbe
turning time bas to be determined on
•acb lot of powder. This formerly re
pilred one and oue-balf hours; now It
:akes live minutes. Likewise tbe time
tousumed In blending powdere bas been
’educed from sixteen hours to fifteen
ninutes.—Popular Science Monthly.
Qong of the Brown Thraeher.
When the brown thrasher starts to
ting one might juat aa well listen, aa
le will be beard, and every other bird
night just aa well keep still* as noth
ing else can be beard. He 4*>mlt>*leH
tbe entire vlciuity. He Is on tbe stage
n tbe middle of tbe spotlight. Hla
performance la dramatic. It is comic
>pera at its best Tbe brown tbrasber
a more commonly known, probably, aa
tbe brown thrush or sometimes as the
nnnamon thrush, but aa the bird doea
aot belong to tbe thrush family be
■hould be given bis proper name. He
la a cousin of the catbird and tbe mock
ing bird.—Ohio State Journal.
Wise Tenimie.
"What are you looking for In tbe die
ionary, Tommie?" asked the parsimo
nious aunt, finding her little'nephew in
per bouse.
“I’m looking for pie, auntie,” replied
the boy.
"Loking for pie in tbe dictionary,
rommle?”
“Yea’m. Somebody told me It was tbe
mly place in your house It ever could
to found.”—Yonkers Statesman
A Waiting (lame,
“By tbe way, old man, bow la your
Mdt with If las Roxley programing?"
“Slowly. I*m playing a watting
gum juat now.”
"A waiting game?”
“Yea; I'm waiting for her to change
km mind.”—Boston Transcript '
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Its Leeatlen.
Bladys Roxtoo—Add tbe Buko In m
brave, pepe! Why, b* declare* ho B
to bocome as itlAtof* Pam*”
HTm! He doee,eb? Wants to TBttW*
»atle. I euppuee?—Puck. \ .ft,, .
Waim Winter Wear
MENS UNDERWEAR IN BOTH TWO-PIECE AND
UNION SUITS.
i “MEDLICOTT” Scotch wool that won’t shrink
Priced®.5.00, 550 & 7.00.
“COOPER’S” Worsted, Priced ®. .450,5.00 & 6.00
“WINSTED” Flat Wool, Priced ®. .. .350,4.00,5.00
“STANFIELD’S” Unshrinkable Canadian
Priced ®.6.00
“WRIGHT’S” Spring Needle Worsted and Lamb’s Wool
. Priced ®.350, 5.00 & 6.00.
Pajamas and Night Gowns Priced from.1J50 to 3.00
Heavy Flannel Shirts, Priced ®. .2.00 to 6.00
Stag Shirts Priced ®.650
Unshrinkable Suiting Shirts ®.650.
BATH ROBES SWEATERS SOX
CAPS GLOVES MITTS
OVERCOATS MACKINAWS
S. BLUM & COMPANY
GOOD GOODS
SOLDIERS COST
$8.90 F. O. B. CAMP
SEATTLE. Nov 21.—To put Wash
ington’s draft quota of 7,296 men in
camp cost the government close to
$65,000, or an average of $8.90 a
man. This information has been ob
tained by Maj. Albert Moodle, chief Of
draft and registration in the office of
the adjutant general, and forwarded'
to the war department at the request
of the provost marshal general.
The figure includes all the expenses
of the registration and selection up
to December 1 of this year. Among
the varieties of expense covered are
printing nad suppUes, rent of offices,
clerk hire and payment of draft board
members. About half the members
of local boards claimed pay, which
is at the rate of 4$ per each day of
actual service. Those who claimed
pay worked on the average of fifteen
days aomnth, making the average
monthly compensation of draft board
members $60, or $30 when those who
did not put in claims of Included.
More than 30,000 men were ex
amined to obtain the state’s quota.
LISTER ATTENDS IDAHO
LIVE STOCK EXHIBIT
LEWISTON, Idaho, Nov. 21.—The
eighth annual Northwest live stock
show opened with addresses by Gov
ernors Moses Alexander, of Idaho; J.
Wltbycombe, of Oregon; S. V. Stew
art, of Montana, and Earnest Lister
of Washington. The governors were
guests of honor at the live stock show
grounds at a barbecue attended by
5,000 people. Gov. Wltbycombe, of
Oregon, who was former head of the
Oregon Agricultural college/ stated
the live stock exhibit equals the fin
est shown at any point In the world.
WHY IS A CAT’S TAIL?
Dm* It Serve a Useful Purges*, *r Is
It Merely Ornamental t
The question having arisen. “Why
does the cat have a tail?” the scientists
seem willing to answer It with another
question, “How would the cat look
without a tall?” No one can galnaay
the fact that the tail la a valuabla orna
ment. The cat without one ia a sorry
sight. But there ere those who main
tain that the tail serves the cat at a
sort of gyroscope, balancing the body
in leaping, says the Popular Science
Monthly.
This cannot be wholly true, for Manx
cats get along very well without tails,
and rabbits have no use for them at
all. Yet both the Manx cats and rab
bits do a lot of leaping. After all. it
looks as If tbe tall la only an ornament
unless It is a kind of safety valve for
expression In exciting -times.
Of course there are instances where
the tail serves some purpose other than
that of art. The monkey finds his use
ful as a sort of fifth lag; the boras uses
hia as a fly swatter, as does the Ikm;
the crocodile uses bis for swimming, as
do the seal and the turtle and other
aquatic creatures, and the rattlesnake
- uses his for wanting enemies.
According to W. D. Matthews of the
Apsrtcan Museum of Natural History,
thetnll pas a necessary organ far the
aquatic and amphibious haceatsm ftuae
which the higher animals are disesud
ad. When they LtMk.tu iMtuatriafrltfs
tod to walking to all fittUrs the tfill hw
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Taxes Now Due
Taxes for the Town of Valdez for
the year 1917 are now due and pay
able at my office at the corner of Key
stone Avenue and McKinley Street.
Taxes will be delinquent on Monday,
December 6, 1917 at 6 o’clock p. m.,
and unless paid prior thereto, a pen- 1
alty of 10 per cent will be added to
the amount and Interest at the rate
of 12 per cent per annum.
Warrants issued by the present
council will be accepted in payment of
taxes.
Office hours, 10 a. m., to 12 m.,
and 2 p. m., to 4 p. m., except Sun
days.
Dated this 6th day of November,
1917.
E. G. AMES. 1
kl 1-21 Town Treasurer.
Buy your groceries direct. Save
fifteen to twenty-five per cent. The
house that sells direct to consumers.
Randall Grocery & Brokerage Co.,
Inc., 82 Marion St., Seattle Wn. tf
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Vaides to
EUamar, Laadlock, Fldalgo sad
•ray porta. Paeaeagere landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passes,
gees.
For rates apply on board.
CAPT. H. L. RIDER
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J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Private Room
Tama RaaaoaaMa
jos. a. savmuii. rap.
Jos. A. S Overman PL G.M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND STROBON
Met bn--l *• 4 y. ■ ~7 to 4 y. a.
Sunday by Appolntmant
Raa. TaL 174 Offlea TaL It
Boyle Black VaMaa
Arctic Hotel
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Offices In Fish Building, adjoining
Tllllknm Clnb.
Phone 00. McKinley Street.
Contract Surgeon, o. 8. Army
K- * Surgeon, U 8. Public Health Sere.
(Marine Hoepital)
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DENTIST
In Virtdee Since 1888
PHONE 110
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