Valdez Daily Prospector
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MONDAY, JULY 7, 1913.
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THE BUMPER CROP PROSPECT. |
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According to the June estimate
of the Department of Agriculture
the indicated wheat crop for this
year is 7 5-5,000,000 bushels. 11
the yield shall be up to the latest
government forecast it will be
one of the real bumper harvests
for this country.
But great as this crop appears
to be it has not kept pace with 1
t|ie population. The farm pro- 1
duct of the entire United States
does not match in growth the '
number ol' persons to be fed. ■
People multiply more rapidly '
than do the things that comeup
on the table.
That is the secret of the high
cost of all food supplies-in Amer
ica. The' quantity does not in
crease nearly so fast as does the
population. The value of farm
products grows gretater each ;
year and in 1912 exceeded $9,- '
000,000,00(1. But that large moil- ;
ey value was due to the extreme
ly high price for produce and '
not to the great quantity of it.
Each year America eats a lar- -
ger portion of all the-things it
grows and has a smialler portion
to export. At the' present rate
of this tendency it will not be
long before cotton will be the only
important agricultural article
which the1 United Stales will have*
to sell to the Old W orld.
American brains, American la
bor and American ingenuity from
Fed deal government to,, individ
ual can be dedicated to no more j
worthy cause than I in* further |
exploitation of the American |
farm.—Ex. j
An Idaho newspaper prints the I
following kindly advice for those
who interlard their speech with
uncultivated expressions: "Take
it from us kid, there's no nour
ishment in slinging this slang
stulf. Thai’s a cinch. Slang is
all to the bad. Forget that Nor
wegian college professor who
says that American slang is the
swell talk. He’s trying to put one
over on you. Either somebody’s
been handing him a lemon or
else! lie’s trying to con us. Lis
ten! You can’t make a hit with
the tony guys unless you get a
little style in your lingo. The
. trouble with slang'is that it puts
your vocabulary on the blink in
a jiffy. And then, when you
want to have a touch of high life
and throw' the lugs, you're in
bad. See? Do you get us? Have
-some class about you and cut it.
The Standard Oil company has
cut a $«0,000,000 melon. The
Standard, it will be noticed, never
cuts a melon until it is ripe.
Editors will take notice that
while Colonel Roosevelt does.not
object to being called a corker,
it is not safe to call him an un
corker. _
Buffalo Bill’s attack of ner
vous prostration was only tem
porarily. He had seen a moving
picture show representation of
some of the frontier scenes in
which he figured as a hero.
The (Toledo Blade (complains
that the job of drinking all the
whiskey that is distilled has been
handed down for generations and
no progress has been made yet.
The Blade might start a inove
mdnt to prevent the distilleries
from working nights.
A determined effort is being
made to / remove Rhinelander
Waldo frpm'his positioh as, head
of the New York police dM)art
ment. We know nothing about
the merits of the case, but it
•seems out of place for a man
named Rhinelander to try to han
dle an Irish police force,.
Almost any old thing consti
tutes grounds for divorce in Reno.
One man out there seeks one on
the grounds that his wife threw
carbolic acid at him, stabbed him
with a sword, and trie'd to roast
him alive. He /doesn’t bleed a
divorce. That man needs acci
dent insurance more than he
does a divorce._
THE MODEST VIOLET.
(By George Fitch.)
At this time of the year the
modest violet is being eulogized
|jv a thousand poets and is being
held up to mankind as an exam
ple by earnest teachers on every
hand.
The modest violet is a short,
squat plant which gels out fairly
■arly in the spring and grows to
lie dizzy height of two inches or
more after severe effort. After
it has finished its attempt at sky
scraping, it produces a number
if blue blossoms which it usually
hidtis under its leaves. It is
lbout the most modest thing in
: he world except the statesman
who has just acquired a $1,000
till but would rather die than
jrag about it.
After the violet has blossomed,
it, does not advertise nor beat a
Jruni| but continues to bloom in
i quiet, dignified way, offering
tself to the world with all the
ndifference with wjjich a country
jrocer sells dried apples. Most
if the violets in the world are
‘alefri bv cows, but sometimes
,he beautiful flowers are dicover
■d by man and he induces the
Hants to go into a green house
uul hi mil in a businesslike and
•egular manner.
rue not nuuse vitm-n aic hmmv
leautiful than the country vio
els and are probably just as
nodesl, but not as far as price
toes. Along ,about Christmas
,ime modesty comes about S3 per
punch, and small bunches at that;
This teaches us a great lesson.
Modesty is beautiful and does not
iarm anyone providing he or she
nnployete a good business mau
ler.
Many an actress is so modest
hat she employes two stout men
o chase admirers away from her
private car and three press ag
• nIs lii see that the newspapers
re I t be naiiies of the admirers.
I'l'i. most successful politician
s the /min who declines to h'1
•i-me a ••iiiididale for public tm i -
irs until liis campaign manager
ms |icrfi‘.-| ed I in* irresistable de
mand of I he people.
Ail violets are modest, bill I be
uies which gel the credit are Hie
piles which hide themselves
,vhere they can he discovered in
ill I heir shyness.
A commission in the Hast is
trying to limi the real cause of
tivorce, but we always maintain
■hat the real cause of divorce is
marriage.
Stockholders Meeting.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of he Valdez Mer
•antile Company will be held at
heir offices in Valdez, Alaska, on
Monday, July 11, 1913, at 8
•p’cloek p. m. for the purpose of
sleeting a board of directors for
I,lie, ensuing year and oilier im
portant business.
ARTHUR LAND, Secretary.
Date of first publication June
30, 1913.
Schedule for the Donaldson.
The following schedule tor the
launch Lieut. C. V. JJoKahlson,
will take effect today fJune 19).
All ordjgrs to the contrary are re
voked:
Daily, Saturday and Sunday ex
cepted. .
Leave Fort Liscuin at 8:15 a.
m. and 1:15 p. m.
Leave Valdez at 10 a. in. and
5:30 p, m.
SPECIAL TRIPS.
Tuesday, leave Fort Liscuin 5
p. in., leave Valdez 3:30 p. m.
Saturday, leave Fort Liscuin
1:15 p. in. and 7 p. m.; leave Val
dez 4 p. in. and 10:30 p. m.
'Sundays, such trips as may be
oru^r6d>
There will be no trips for the
launch on ±he second and fourth
Fridays each month, these daye
being used to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling ol
abov^ will be made without no
tice only to meet the exigencies
of the service.
By order ol L.eut. Col. Oge.l.
First Lieilt. 30th Infantry, Quar
termaster.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to D
.. m. and 5 to 6 p. m.
The Order of Alaskan Moos<
Postoffice Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 12 nooi
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Men Wanted.
Ten ^men wanted to cut am
bind brush for the Valdez dike
Good wages guaranteed. Foi
particulars apply to Peter Hug
lani|\
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Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean* service.
RAICFRY ,N connection
PAIVUIW EVERYTHING coop,
JACK CALX.IN & CO.
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1 Launches and Lighters •;
]' For Sale, Rent or Charter J [
< > Weekly service to Ellamar J |
<, Landlock and Fidalgo < >
o <'
< > Capt. D. E. MORRIS. City Dock < >
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leaves once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK for .
PORT WELLS and
Wny Porta.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
Notice to Stockholders.
Notice is herelby given to the
stockholders of the Midas Cop
per company, 'that the regular
annual meeting of the company
will be held on Wednesday, July
21, 1913, at the hour of 2 p. in.,
at the office of the company, for
the purpose of electing ollicers
for the ensuing year.
MIDAS COPPER CO.,
A. E. GRIGSBY, Secy.
Valdez, Alaska, July 2, 1913. i
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FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913.
To H. Muir, your heirs and ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified and
will take notice that 1, the sub
scriber, T. E. Dougherty, have
expended during the year A. D.,
1912, one hundred dollars ($100)
in labor and improvements upon
the “Minnie” lode mining claim.
Said claim is situated and lies in
the Valdez Recording Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, about six
miles from Shoup bay. The no
tice of location thereof is of rec
ord in Book 8 of Records, at page
370, in the office of the United
States Commissioner for the Val
dez Recording Precinct at Val
dez, Alaska, to which book and
page reference is hereby made for
a more particular description of
said claim. Said expenditure was
made for the purpose of holding
possessory right and title to said
mining claim under the provis
ions of Section twenty-three hun
dred and twenty-four of the Re
vised Statutes of the United
States and the amendments there
to, providing for the annual la
bor upon mining claims, said
amount being the sum required
to hold said mining claim during
the period ending the thirty-first
day of December, 1912.
If you fail or refuse within
ninety days from the personal
service of this notice, if person
al service be had, or within ninety
davs after the publication of this
notice to contribute your propor
tion of such expenditure as a co
owner, your proportion, being in
the sum of eighteen dollars and
seventy-five cents ($18.75), your
interest in said claim will become
the property of the subscriber,
who js vour co-owner, and who
has made the expenditure and
improvements as above mention
ed pursuant to the provisions of
the said statute.
Dated Valdez, Alaska, April 23,
1913.
T. E. DOUGHERTY.
Date first pub. April 24, .1913.
Date last'pub. July 2(1, 1913.
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NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
To William Hogan.
You are hereby notified that 1
have expended during the year
1912, one hundred and thirty
three dollars and thirty-three
rents, lawful money of the Unit
ed States, in labor and improve
ments, upon your two-ninths in
terest in those certain lode claims
lying and being on Knights Is
land, in the recording precinct of
Valdez, Alaska, which are known
as and called the "Shamrock”
elaim; the “Tramp” claim; the
"Star No. 2” claim; the “Mother
Hill” claim; the “Beach" claim,
and the “Last Chance” claim,’ the
location notices of said claims be
ing of record in the office of the
Commissioner and Recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, in order to hold
said claims under the provisions
of Section 2324 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States,
concerning annual labor on min
ing claims, being the amount re
?iuired to held -said lode claims
or the period ending on the 31st
day of December. 1912.
And unless within ninety days
after the completion of the publi
cation of this notice, to-wit: with
in ninety days after the 6th day of
July, 1913, you contribute your
I proportion of such expenditure
incurred n performing .said an
, nual labor and improvements,
• which is the sum of one hundred
and Jhirty-three dollars and thir
ty-three cents, your interest in
i the claims will become the prop
erty of the subscriber of this no
tice, your co-owner, who has
made the required expenditure,
1 by the terms of said section.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this
> 6th day of April, 1913.
S. A. HEMPLE.
Date of first pub. April 6, 1913
Date of last pub. July 6, 1913.
HEADQUARTERS
FOR
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Miners and Prospectors
Supplies '
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all pans
of the interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, • Proprietor
McKimey St. Valdez
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders'
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Window,, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pump* and
Well Pointed
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description', Hose Valves,
Ires °ipe, Fittings.
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Droning worried
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT &. TELEPHONE COMPANY.
Steam Heat Electric Lightsl
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good jnr DIICCCT G 0 °d
Goods IIIL DUrrtl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and f f TA/fDCD and Budding
Puget Sound L* vJ IVlDIUx Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Price* Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
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