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STEWART & SELBY, Proprietors
TERMS.
Dally Prospector.
By carrier, per month .* 1.00
By mail, per annum .S10.60
The Weekly Miner.
By carrier, per month .J -4*
By mail, per annum ..a 3.00
The Daily Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad
dress, per month .l*3o
The Daily Prospector and Weekly'
Miner, by mail, to one address
only, per year .--—.- A12.50
Business Office and Editorial Rooms,
TEL. 152
Advertising Rates on Application.
THURSDAY, MAY 12 1916
THEY’LL HAVE TO WAIT AWHILE
Reports from Washington say that
President Wilson finds it expedient
to remain in Mexico for a definite
period, which is, until banditry and
outlawry have been driven out of the
country or exterminated. To some of
us this means the extermination of
every Mexican, because v/e believe
they are “tarred with the same stick.”
This fact taken together with the*
further fact that for generations they
have had bred into them a hatred for
Americans and America itself, conse
quently, if we have to have peace, we
must remain there and keep up the
good work.
Prom all indications it is clear ’hat
the administration has finally arriv
ed at the conclusion that guerrilla
warfare in Mexico is a sort of pest
that can only increase with time, un
less the bad weeds are eradicated;
pulled out, roots and all; and that in
the interest of humanity—including
the Mexicans, we must police their
country and make a safe country from
pest. As soon as the Mexicans real
ize that such is our intention, so soon
shall peace be restored. Making them
understand our purpose with force
was that which was needed, because
force is the only instrument an igno
rant man fears.
And since we have gone into that
country with force, we must accom
plish our purpose. And that regard
less as to whether Carranza likes it
or not.—Exchange. «
VARYING DOLLARS.
As the economists figure it, the dol
lar of today is considerably smaller
than the dollar of twenty years ago.
It will not buy half so much, go so
far, stick so long in a person’s pocket.
But the value of the dollar varies
more as between individuals than it
does in time. With one man the dol
lar has wings. It comes to him only
to fly away. He gets less value in
the spending of a dollar than his
neighbor would get from the fourth
of it. With others the dollar is as
friendly and faithful as a malamute
dog, loving its quarters, hating to
wander. It gives a full dollar’s re
turn. Every penny of it is produc
tive. Its value does not vary because
the owner of it thinks twice before
spending his money. Calculates and
bargains.
Parents should teach their children
the value and productive ywtr of a
dollar. Make your money work for
you. The man who works for his
money is a slave; the man who makes
h>s money work for him lives in lux
ury.
Practice economy and thrift. Learn
to do without things you do not-need.
Thrift is not the habit of being stin
gy; but the habit of getting 100 cents
for every dollar you spend. Thrift is
not so much the virtue of accumulat
ing stores against the morrow as it
is of getting the full use and value
of the stores.
A dollar well spent is worth ihe
money; spent for dissipation or use
lessly it exacts heavy toll from the
morale of the rpender.
NEW IMPROVEMENT ADDED.
The Prospector has this week in
stalled one of the new Cutlar-Ham
mer electric pots on its typesetting
machine, making this one of the most
complete equipments in the Terri
tory,'indeed one of the best north of
Portland. This is the first eiectric
pot ever installed in the territory and
was made possible in our cast; by the
high cost of gasoline.and the extreme
ly low cost of electric current. The
new mechanism is a very complicated
and delicately adjusted fixture, the
current being automatically controll
ed within a few degrees of the heat
desired, and does away with all me
tal troubles and fumes from the mol
ten material.
This is one of the latest devices
sent out by the Linotype Company
and renders this machine and the
Prospector outfit very complete in its
equipment.
NOW that the Chicago circuit court
has decided that Francis Bacou didn't
write Shakespeare's books—for this
reason: that the judge who rendered
the decision was not qualified to sit.
It was hinted, too, that collusion had
existed between the parties to the
suit and that it was instituted largely
for the publicity that would accrue to
the litigants, one of whom was a mo
tion picture magnate. So the Baco
nians’ triumph has been short-lived.
Some other scheme will have to be
invoked if the advertising stunt is to
be carried farther.
Valdez merchants generally report
business quiet. Not necessarily from
hard times, but for the reason that so
many men have gone out to the mines
and on prospecting trips. A general
spirit of optimism seems to prevail
among our townsmen. All feel that
Valdez is destined for bigger things,
and that the lull in her affairs is but
the precursor of good times to come. I
Those of us who hang on to the old
town will eventually get our reward
by being on the ground when the up
rise begins. Valdez will be a bigger |
and better town by fall than many i
of those to which our citizens are j
turning their attention. Let’s hangi
on; pull together, and be nice to each'
other, and see what a great difference
it will make in our city.
Some nut played a joke on Dutch i
Blankfteld in Fairbanks by spreading!
the gossip that he was married. They j
gave him a charivari and Dutch had
I THE EMPRESS
To-Night - and - Saturday
One Show at 8:10 p. m. Sharp
Tlie Empress Clwrait Presents
$?atrig iitrlj?l?na
—IN—
g>alnnt?g Jan?
SEVEN PARTS WITH 000 MAGINFICENT SCENES
Assisted, by a Notable Cast, Including Andrew Robson and House
P. Peters.
A GIGANTIC PRODUCTION WITH FINEST HORSEMANSHIP
Written by Bret Harte._
sl M)AY ATTRACTION—MAX FIGMAN IN THE TRUTH WAGON
FIVE ACTS, 350 SCENES
Admi.iion L5c —— Children 10c
to kick through with the treats, even
though he was a good old batch.
DON’T GO OUT ALONE.
It has been brought home to us
within the past week the extreme
folly of men traveling alone through
out Alaska. For almost a year the re
mains of a prospector, Louis Short,
have laid upon the side of the moun
tain, within sight and almost within
hearing of the town. How he died,
when he died we shall never know.
Appearances indicate that his death
was instantaneous and resulted from
a fall over a cliff. Let us hope it
was, but how easily it might have
been a slow, agonizing torture to
which death brought relief. He was
alone. No one saw him fall; no one
was near to give aid, when aid might
have saved his life. For almost a
year his friends and his parents have
been left to wonder over his fate, and
it was revealed by the merest acci
dent. Is it worth while? Is all the
gold in Alaska worth a human life?
Better by far to divide your find with
another than to run the risk the pos
sibility of dying a lingering death
alone and unattended. Experience
should have taught the foolhaidi
ness of prospecting alone. Men have
started out many times, strong and
unafraid, never to return. What has
been their fate? ]
Prospecting in the hills is danger- ]
ous. A slip sometimes means a tall
of a few feet or perhaps hundreds.
It means inslbnt death, or broken
bones, or other injuries which pre
vent seeking aid, and fever, hunger
and thirst combine to make the last
hours a torture.' Such accidents as
these are all too common and prove
the foolhardiness of those who roam
the hills unaccompanied.
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4* NOTICE TO LODGES. *
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4> Por the purpose of giving pub- 4*
4> licity to the various lodges and 4*
4* organizations in Valdez, the 4<
4> Prospector will run one-inch fra- 4*
4* ternal cards including notices of 4*
•> meeting as desired, for $2.50 per 4>
4- month. Let outsiders see that ->
4 our town is represented by the 4*
4< various fraternal organizations
4* An outsider would think there 4*
4* was no lodge here but the Ma- 4*
4* sons, and very often a man’s de- 4*
4* sire to live in a place is govern- 4*
4* ed by the fact that the secret or- 4>
4* ders to which he belongs ar£ 4t
4* represented in a town. 4*
4* In both papers, per month for 4>
4* but $2.50. 4*
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A A A A A A AAAAAAAAAAA
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK
AIDS YOUTHS TO SAVE
In Fairbanks the postal savings
bank is proving a success, if for no
other reason, than that it is teach
ing thrift to many of the boys, says
the Fairbanks News-Miner. Since the
postal savings department was open
ed many boys have opened up small
accounts and every day they get off
from school they are working and
depositing their earnings with Uncle
Sam, where they will get interest and
where there is no chance for them to
lose the money.
One instance of thrift is that of
two brothers, the sons of a well
known citizen. They started out sev
eral times to collect bottles, and
after getting their little express
wagons full they took them to the
bottling works, where they received
good prices for them. On one sin
gle day one of these "boys earned
no less than $13. Others have .earn
ed five and six dollars a day and
instead of putting the earnings in a
small bank, which they later could
get into for candy money, they de
posited the cash with, good old Uncle
»am.
While the number of depositors in
the postal savings department cannot
be learned, it is publicly known That
there are quite a number of depos
itors and that the list is increasing
in size all the time.
WANTED: Bids on the painting
of three houses. For particulars call
on Alaska Inv. Co. 3t
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 if, tf
Fresh Tomatoes, Lettuce, Onions,
Rhubarb, Radishes and Cucumbers
always on hand at the Keystone Pro
duce Co. 2t
Ice! Ice! Ice!
Delivered to all parts of the city.
One cent per pound. Love-Whitley. tf
Jack Surrhync, George Swanson
and Harry Selby made a trip >ut to
the Lake stream this morning and
returned this afternoon with a string
of about 70 fine trout.
Panoramic views of Child's and
Miles graciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Wranget on sale at Valdez Drug Co. •
ALASKA SHIP IS NOW
FLYING JAPAN FLAG
The ship Mackinaw, which was in
the Alaska trade, sailing to Nome,
has been bought by the Japanese gov
ernment for $300,000 and is now
sailing tl^e Oriental seas with the Jap
flag at her peak. The Seward, so well
known in these waters, has recently
returned to Seattle from Vladivostok,
and Capt. John Johnson relates some
interesting facts about that port in
war times. He was the only Ameri
can with a ship in port and he felt
lonesome until one day he saw the
Mackinaw steam in. Then he saw the
Jap flag and he was lonesome again.
Johnson says that the price paid for
the Mackinaw was altogether beyond
her value in times of peace. Some
other interesting facts told by the
Captain were that in spite of prohi
bition in Russia the streets of Vladi
vostok are filled with drunken men,
and that the place is filled with pris
oners, not Germans or anything else
but Russians. The only effect that
he saw prohibition to have was that
the liquor cost more and was of so
inferior a kind that many were dying
from its effects.
SELBY SHOTGUN EXPERT
ARRIVES IN VALDEZ
I. M. Fisher, representing the Selby
Smelting & Lead Company, ot Sail
Francisco, was an arrival on the
steamer Northwestern from Seward
this morning. Mr. Fisher as an ex
pert trap shot and while at Seward
gave an exhibition of fancy shooting,
using a hand-trap to throw the birds.
He also organized a gun club with a
large membership at the railroad
town.
If the weathers fairs up it is ex
pected that Mr. Fisher will give a
demonstration in Valdez.
The four year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred LaRochelle of Juneau,
wandered away one afternoon recent
ly and was not found until the next,
day about noon, when he was picked
up near the Alaska-Juneau mine,
nearly dead from exposure.
Capt. Jim Betties left on the steam
ship Northwestern on a business trip
to Cordova.
Sergeants W. L. Mooney, Cyril Ster
ling and Robert Scearce left on the
Northwestern and will assist in the
Cordova cable office while the Valdez
Sitka cable is out of commission.
N. W. Norton, a traveling man, who
has been calling on local merchants,
left on the Northwestern for Seattle.
Banquet Steel Ranges, plain and
polished tops, at Mead's. tf
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
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The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
: Alaska Jewelry Go.:
; With Owl Drug Co. J
I All Kinds of Nugget and !
Ivory Jewelry.
| Developing and Printing J
1 Photo Supplies Phone 40 '
; Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—li Owl Ore* Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passer, gers
to all parts of the Interior.
' GENERAL trucking
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD, Proprietor
FRESH FRUITS
- VEGETABLES
On the last boat we re
ceived a large shipment
as follows:
Strawberries - 20c a basket *
v Celery - - 12-l/2cabunch
Lettuce - - 10c a head
Green Onions - 5c a bunch
Cucumbers - 20c a piece
Aspragus - - 20c a pound
Artichokes - 10c a piece
Rhubarb - - 5c a pound
Radishes - - 2-1/2c a bunch
Tomatoes - - 25c a pound
The Mariposa now coming has
another large shipment of green
vegetables and fruits including
anything new in the market.
We will have green goods coming on
nearly every boat.
Our Prices Are Always Right
Won’t be any higher-possibly lower
than above.
Seed Potatoes, Garden and Flower Seeds
S.BLUM&CO.IL1
GOOD GOODS
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University.
Washington. D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Tears in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
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JOHN LYONS E K RITCHIE j
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY S-AT-LA W
Office, la Whaling Bonding
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court Roue
Pkoae 34 VALIJEZ. ALASKA
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
Oeorge C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General 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
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
Heater
_•_ Proprietor
i LOUIE’S CAFE
! Everything Fir*t daw ‘jL
; Open Day and Night t
[ ANDY MAROVICH, Prop. -
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Wum, Light Roost--The Howe of Comfort
RATES: REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Ratea By£tbe Meath
PHONE 133 MRS. SYR1NG, Prop.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accented Hawn,
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
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: Somebody ;
: With Money
® s
I always has been found to \
} “back” a good plan, a good i
• idea, a good business ven- 5
I ture or a good mining pro»
J pect; otherwise a good many :
» of today’s successful bu&-^
5 ness enterprises would still ;
; be "mere dreams.
< Advertising lus brought 3
5 about a majority of the in- ]
I; troductions of the man with '
C the idea, the man with* a 3
! prospect, or business to th*
j; man wijth the dollar.
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J ADVERTISE IN THE :
5 PROSPECTOR FOR RE- 3
: SULTS. ;
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