Valdez Daily Prospector
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ITKSDAV. APRIL 15. lOLL
OLD NOVELTIES.
“A Veteran Observer" in I In*
Springfield III. ltepublican an
alyzes (In* ('Hinlui'l ami coiiipn.si- j
lion of (In* Bull Moose Parly in
Massachusetts, which has just
acquired a newspaper organ in
Boston. "We are .juslilied in us
ing Dial animal simjile." he says,
“because llieir I rick of imitating
heliowings as applause shows
how well I lie term Ills and how
much they like it." lie points
out lhat lheir enthusiasm is j
largely due lo I he novelty of j
l.heiir experience, and I h a I is due j
lo the fad that so many of them '
have utterly ignored in I he past
the evils that now excite* them
and have neglected the duties
which they now think are per
formed by themselves only. In
Massachusetts for many years
there has existed an active move
• Tiienl for the betterment of labor
conditions. It has always been
supported by the Democratic
pasty and has accomplished
much. The lenders of the Bull
Moose party, some of them in
pure ignorance, some of them
craftily, assume that the move-j
meat is theirs and that it is a
new movement. “If these Moosers I
had shown in the past a tenth of!
the interest they show now these!
reforms would have been secured |
„ I
y«>ars ago.
But it is not merely that the.
hull Moosers are freshly awaken
ed to old needs and old efforts at j
remedy: they are as yet in one es- j
sential regard reactionaries, and i
of a peculiar cruel sort:
Having necii aic.
inosL uf Ihrm, they are prolec- j
tinnisls. They have been bene- j
lieiaries nf Ihe larilf sn much as
Republicans lhal they have no
eonceplion of Ihe .jnsliee ami j
possihilil ies of unfellereil trade. j
nop do I hey see I hat il is as im- |
moral and as uneconomic to ex- j
ploil I lie public for the henelil ol j
the wage-earners of a few imlus- j
fries as for Ihe henelil of capi-j
iI a 1.”
This "dcfe'cl elfeclive” in I tie ]
political conscience of Ihe follow- j
(M’s of Mr. Rnosevell is largely
due lo Ihe inlluenec of Ihal gen
thnnan. Ilis zeal for the aboli
tion id' privilege and Ihe advent
of social jnsliee never, after he
secured power, embraced animos
ity lo Ihe odious privilege or Ihe
gross injustice ingrained in Ihe
protective larilf. This was Ihe
mol'd discreditable because in his
earlier years lie had seen and de
nounced those evils and had en
listed in Ihe hal lie with I hem.
W’hi'n lie became president he
had no I rouble in persuading
himself lhal his re-elect ion would
tie of greater value lo liis coun
try than Ihe removal of Ihe bur
dens of proleclion. And even in
the tale eampaiin tie ranged his
followers-mosllv old Republican#
—sipiarely on the side of the
‘‘principle” of prided ion. But we
are confident lhal in Ihe long run
lie cannot hold them (here. The
flat contradiction of ttic tariff In
all the ideas Ihe sincere Pro
gressives believe ill is loo absurd.
FUN.
(Hy (Jeorge Filch .
Fun is enjoyment with pepper
and other spices in if. II is a
sort of a class H pleasure. A
man with a skyscraper brow can
live happily all his life on such
class A pleasure as literature,
music and arl. Hut I he ordinary
human Has lo have a little fun
now and then or lie will In* sour
and become a social nuisance.
There.are several million va
rieties of fun and most of these
are harder on the system than
work. If men had lo lie in icy
'(fwamps all day long shooting
ducks for $2 a day the industrial
commission would look into their
case'. A man will spend two days
and $200 trying to shin up a 15,
000-fnof mountain peak, hanging
«
on by his cars and heels in (hr
sleep places because it, is fun,
But. if the elevator breaks in his
olliee building and he has to climb
four stories he will sue Ihr inan
agemenl.
Fun is almosl anything lhal
you don’t have lo do. Baseball
is I he mosl fun in I he world un
til a man gels so good llial he
can command a salary for play
ing il. Afterwards il is work,
and when il rains and lie doesn’t
have lo play, lie weeps with joy.
Driving an automobile is glor
ious fun and some men spend
$5,11(1(1 a year for the privilege.
Oilier men look pained and down
trodden when you neglect to give
I hem fitly cents in addition lo
the legal fare- for running a car
four blocks on a nice spring day.
ssitnu* men can gei a gre,u ..
nl' I'mi mil of a checker game ami
oilier men eau enjoy I heinseives
Hiornughly while chasing I lie
weight of a liz/.ed star Ihrmigh
a Ihree-pounil hook of logarilh
i ms. Ollier men rannol enjoy
I heinseives except hy watching
Iwo si i mi I pri/.c-lighlers reducing
each olher's face In llamliurg
steaks. Some men gel Iheir fun
trying to drown I heinseives in the
Niagara rapids in a molor hunt,
while a greal many more spend
happy years Irving In drown
I heinseives mil of a liollle.
Men’s lasles in fun have de
lermined the progress of the
world. War was once a leading
amusement and watching (Ihris
I ian martyrs lr> at. I he stake was
considered a noble pastime. We
are more particular now almul
our fun. lull little underpaid
chorus girls musl still amuse us
while llii'y Iasi, and when a fun
maker I urns a gasoline lank in
to a (‘di-horse power car and jug
gernauts through the city al a
mile a minute no one has Hie
heart to lynch him because he is
merely amusing himself.
When we can get our fun mil
of turning rascals out of office,
swatting (lie selfish and inflict
ing awful surprises on the suf
fering in the shape of good fel
lowship, I he driver of the mil
leniuin will wake from his long
sleeV and crank his machine.
CAUCASIAN GIRL ABDUCTS
feRlDEGRQORI BV FORCE
Odessa.—.News has just reach
ed here of the forcible abduction
and compulsory marriage of a
youth by a Caucasian maiden who
had been attracted by him, but
whose passion he did not return.
According to the story a pret
ty girl of hi named Hogova. who
lives in the village of Kulis-Kari,
fell in love with a handsome boy
of | he same age named Sari, who
lived in a neighboring hamlet.
Hither from shyness or from
disiindination Sari did not re
spond to the lovesick maiden's
advances, and she therefore en
listed the aid of a band of young
tribesmen, who made a raid at
night on the dwelling of Sari’s
(parents and carried the youth ofT
jin a liill fastness, where Rogova
was waiting for him.
At lirst Sari rejected the prof
fered hand of Rogova, hut his
abductors threatened In kill him
on Hie spot unless he made Ro
gova his hride. Under compul
sion Sari consented. The next
day the abductors made another
raid in a different direction and
bore to the rendezvous a clergy
man. who unwillingly solemnized
flu- marriage of Rogova and Sari.
In the meantime an armed
party organized by the boy’s par
ents. who are well-to-do people,
had found the trail of the fugi
tives, Iml they arrived loo late to
prevent the marriage. After a
stormy scene the opposing parl
ies were reconciled, and Rogova
Imre nil' her now smiling bride
groom in I riiimph In her limin' in
Kulis-Kari.
I
Poor Mexico.
The merchant shudders in liis
slui'i*. while bullets whiz arniniil
him. ami mi one venlures to his
ilonr, unless lo kick or' won nil
him. Tim fai'inei' doesn'l now
prepare lo ilo his springtime
seeding, bill sils anil broods in
dark despair, where Mexico sils
bleeding. Some years ago the
land was gay. a si retell of smil
ing acres: then Mexico became
I lie prey of magazine murkrak
ers. "Hcform,” I lie four-eyed
writers cried, “is wind Ibis land
is needing." They ■ sprung a
moveineni. nation-wide. and
Mexico lies bleeding. Old Diaz,
ruled with steady hand, and made
(he cnunlry blossom; lie knew the
people!, knew I he land, and knew
just how lo boss 'em. And lie
was wise and strong and fair, a
man of sense and breeding; they
lore the “lyranl” from his chair,
and Mexico lies bleeding. The land
is painted red with gore, man’s
folly advertising; from almost ev
ery collage door a widow’s wails
are rising; we read about the
deadly storm, and shudder as
we're reading: they’ve had I heir
spasm of reform, and Mexico lies
bleeding. WALT MASON.
Will the owner or the 15-foot
dory which is in the warehouse
on the dock call at the Prospector
office if he wishes lo sell?
TIDE TABLES
Tuesday, April 15.
High lido, 0:4I a. in., 8:'ili p. in.
Low lido, 12:33 a. in., 2:03 p. in.
Wednesday, April 16.
High lido, 8:I2 a. i»„ 9:30 p. in.
Low lido, 2:10 a. m., 3:05 p. in.
Thursday, April 17.
High lido, 9:20 a. in., 10:10 p. in.
Low lido, 3:22 a. in.. 3:52 p. in.
Friday, April 18.
High |ido, 10:23 a. in., I0:i0 p. in.
Low lido, 5:22 a. in., 5:3 5 p. in.
Saturday, April 19.
High lido, I I : 15 a. in., M : 2 I p. in.
Low lido, 5:0 5 a. in., 5:13 p. in.
Sunday, April 20.
High I ido, l I :59 a. in., I t :55 p. in.
Low lido, 5:45 a. in.. 5:47 p. in.
Independent Laundry Co.
4
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Rou>rh Dry lCc lb.
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY and GRAIN
AGENTS FOR
4
Alaska Steamship Company
Alaska Coast Company
FOR SALE
2 1-2 H. P. Stationary Gasoline
Engine
A BARGAIN
Keystone Dock Valdez Iron Works
New Arrivals For
THE HOME
9x12 ft Amber Velvet Art Squares
9x12 ft Seneca Velvet Art Squares
9x12 ft Palisade Velvet Art Squares
9x12 ft Fulton Tapstry Art Sbuares
36x72 ill Hart Axminster Rugs
27x60 in Smiths Axminster Rugs
16x30 in Smyrna Rugs
A Few Bargains Left
In Green and Red WOOL FILLER SUPER
INGRAIN CARPETS.
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
Telephone orders to Phone 187
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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New York Life
Insurance Co.
W. H. CHARY, Representative
Valdez, Alaska. Phone 41
THE SALESMAN
makes more sales and
makes them with greater
facility if his work is re
enforced by Electric Light.
It shows his goods to the
best advantage,and colors
may be readily matched
under its rays.
A brilliant electrically
lighted store stamps a
merchant as a hustler.
And trade follows light.
A. W. L. & T. Co.
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| THE
• CUFF
| ROOMS
| Steam Heat
Always Clean
and Comfortable
Central Location
P. S. HUNT, Prop.
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting anti passeBgers to ail parts
of the interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKiniey St. Valdez
Steam Heat Electric Light*
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
-- THE BUFFET --
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and I I TIV/IDCD and Building
Puget Sound JL w iY|IJX!<I\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Order. Solicited Free Delivery
We do a
general
Banking
Business
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Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Bay 4 Per Cent Inter**t on lime Certificates «/ Deposit.