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MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1915
Communicated.
Valdez, Oct. 2, 1915.
iitor' Valdez Prospector.
Dear Sir: One would almost sup
se you wrote “Long Range Legis
tion,” by the length of the article
which you presume to think the
hole matter settled to the satisfac
m of all concerned; but there is at
ase one still unconvinced, and not
woman either.
Concerning Mr. Furuseth, I have
ithing to add to what you have said,
hich appears to prove my contention
lat he is the father of the bill and
mply prevailed upon Mr. LaFollette
) use his influence in having it pass
d. I agree that Mr. LaFollette is
esponsible for its passage, but for
‘he provisions contained therein Mr.
'uruseth is responsible, and if it was
ampered with after leaving his hands
t would naturally be in the way of
nodification. In justice to Mr. La
'’ollette I wish to recall that state
nent in my first article in which I
aid: “And that was probably the
ixtent of his interest in the matter,”
is I now realize that such a state
nent could easily be misunderstood.
I fail to see why in this case any
ine lines need be drawn between our
‘coastwise shipping” and shipping on
the “high seas,” and I think most of
the public who came here by water
will agree with me that the seas along
the Alaskan coast are just as high as
any other seas. However, admitting
that American ships entering foreign
ports, may be subject to regulations
which differ from ours, that would
not handicap our shipping unless said
laws are more onerous than our own
and if that is so then it must be evi
dent to all that so far as laws are
concerned the American ship ought
to have an advantage, for no discrim
inating laws could be made, say by
England, which we could not dupli
cate to England’s disadvantage, on
account of her having more ships that
enter our ports than we have that
enter hers.
As to the P. & O. line to the Ori
ent, you are reminded that many of
those crews, though they may not
speak much English, are nevertheless
British subjects, and entitled to all
the rights of other British seamen.
Again there is nothing to prove that
officers do not have a working knowl
edge of the lingo used by the men,
notwithstanding the fact that a head
man is employed, as you state. Also
many English passenger ships carry
naval reserves as part of their regu
lar crew, though I don’t say such
is generally the case.
What you say of the Scandinavian
is equally true of the “Down Easter,”
and when 1 admit, in justice to my
Scandinavian friends, that the Scan
dinavian seaman is probably equal
to the “Down Easter,” I am saying
all I ought to say; to permit anyone
to say more without entering a pro
test would cause some of those old
“Down Easter” skippers to wiggle in
their graves.
Another thought, which may throw
some light on our lack of interest in
a merchant marine is the fact that
we are or ought to be, a selling na
tion and the purchaser has the right
to order his goods shipped in a for
eign bottom if he is interested in
the matter for he pays the freight and
not the shipper, as some would have
us to understand.
1 think that concludes my case as
to the death of the American mer
chant marine; as to whether or not
there is a necessity for a merchant
marine at present or in the future,
is another question which I will glad
ly sidestep at this time. Your at
tention is called to an article in the
Seattle Sunday Times of the 19th
inst., which may throw some light on
the subject under consideration.
D. E. MORRIS.
“That Mission Again.”
The mission at the Catholic Church
opened Sunday evening with a goodly
representation of Valdez Church-go
ers. Loyalty to their own church
and fidelity to its religious exercises
very naturally made attendance at
the Catholic mission impossible to
many, but now that the Sunday serv
ices are over a large attendance of
our esteemed non-Catholic brethren
is expected again a cordial invitation
is extended them by the conductor of
the Mission conferences. The sub
jects treated this evening is of inter
est to non-Catboiics equally with
Catholics.
The speaker is cognizant of the
non-Catholic viewpoint and holds as
sacred the religious convictions of
non-conformists. Naturally he speaks
from the Catholic viewpoint, but is
certain that non-Catholics will be de
lighted to find in the sermons the
echo of their own Christian beliefs.
The intent of the speaker is to better
his fellows by a logical exposition of
the recognized Christian universally
accepted and to leave the application
to the awakened alert conscience of
each individual. He holds 'it as an
unassailable axiom that every man is
bound to worship God according to
the dictates of his own coiftcience and
that it is criminal to wantonly call
in question the sincerity of those who
happen to differ fiom him in matters
of religion. Therefore the presence
of non-Catholics is not to be con
strued as an approbation of the Cath
olic system of Christianity but merely
a manifestation of interest in a set
of conferences calculated by their
very nature to give new light to the
mind and new strength to the will.
The speaker has confidence in the
goodwill of his fellow-citizens and of
their interest in the great questions
of the life and "lays to his soul flat
tering unction” that no one will at
tend the Mission exercises without
having been awakened to his better
self.
The topic under discussion this
evening at 7:30 w .11 be “The War of
Independence.” Come and hear what
he has to say aad draw your own
conclusions.
REV. JOHN T. CORBETT, S J.
THE LONELY MINER’S PHONO
GRAPH.
What would an Alaska steamer be
without its phonograph in the cabin?
Not a minute is it idle; even while
the passengers are down below at
meals some lingering hand reaches
out for the latest records. Mr. Evans,
the consulting engineer of the United
States government board for the
Alaska coal fields, on a special mis
sion where he will be shut in until
November, said to me: “What would
the miners do without the phono
graph? I find one in every cabin,
no matter how remote it may be. It
has helped to drive away the loneli
ness of camp life in the far-off wil
derness and is mainly responsible for
the marked decrease in insanity so
noticeable in recent years.” The in
strument on the Watson was just
then melodiously grinding out “An
nie Laurie.” “Think,” said Mr. Evans,
“of the soothing effect of that beau
tiful song on a Scotchman immured
in a cabin a thousand miles from the
nearest settlement.”—(J. A. Sleicher
in Leslie’s.)
PT. BARROW STATISTICS
DATE BACK TO 1830.
An unusually carefully prepared
report of vital statistics was receiv
ed at the office of the Secretary of
Alaska, not long ago from Julius
Jette, S. R., of St. Peter Claver's
Mission at Point Barrow, Alaska. The
report covers births, deaths and mar
riages, which have 'Occurred in that
district since 1830, and while the
compiler does not guarantee its ab
solute accuracy he writes that it is as
complete as it has been possible to
make it.
According to the report the total
number of births since 1830 total
1145, of this number 572 being males
and classified as 12 white, 1024 na
tives, 78 half breed and 4 eskimo.
The deaths recorded number 462,
277 being males and classified as: 1
white, 419 natives, 11 half breeds and
the rest eskimo. 204 marriages
have occurred within the period
which closed with April 1st, 1915.
In a brief preface to the report Mr.
Jette states that polygamy is com
mon among the people of that dis
trict, the marriage ceremonies fre
quently being posponed for several
years. Children are betrothed by
their parents at a very early age.
There have been several severe epi
demics during the last ten years
which Account for the abnormal mor
tality.
FIREMEN’S DANCE WAS
SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY.
The members of the Valdez Fire
Department report that about $160
was raised by the dance given by the
department at Eagle Hall Saturday
night. The dance was one of the
most enjoyable affairs ever held in
Valdez and the fact that the proceeds
were to be used for the installation
of an electrical fire alarm system
caused the big hall to be crowded.
The installation of the alarm system
will cost about $250 and the mem
bers are planning other entertain
ments to cover the balance of the
cost.
Chas. Crawford, the contractor,
now has the roof on the Blackwell
building, which will be occupied by
Capt. Austin E. Lathrop’s Empress
movie show finished, and the carpen
ters are rapidly completing the inside
of the building. Manager Pinkus ex
pects that the building will be ready
for occupancy in two weeks.
Suits preBsed for $1.00 at Silver
man's, the tailoi. Telephone 198. tf
GOVERNMENT GETS
WHOLE CITY BLOCK
Deed of Lots Formerly Occupied by
Washington-Alaska Bank Turn
'ed Over to Government.
FAIRBANKS, Oct. 4.—United
States Marshal L. T. Erwin on Satur
day last exchanged the $15,000 check
which he received from the Depart
ment of Justice for the deed for the
property formerly occupied by the
Washington-Alaska bank, on Second
street. The transfer was made when
Received Noyes, of the bank, deliver
ed the deeds.
The government now holds title to
an entire block in the center of the
city and it is believed that at the
next session of congress an appropri
ation will be asked for federal build
ings here to provide for all the gov
ernment departments represented In
the division.
Delegate Wickersham has express
ed the opinion that the appropria
tion can be secured and vigorously
opposed the aQtion of the postofhee
department leasing quarters from the
Northern Commercial company, for
the local office.
FIRST HEAVY TRUCK
LEAVES FOR THE COAST.
FAIRBANKS, O.'t. 4.—The first of
the big Jeffrey quad trucks of the
Northern Comme>cial company left
Fairbanks today for Chitina. The
trucks carry twenty passengers each
in addition to handling the mail and
baggage of the passengers. The rate
for the first two trips will be $50 and
afterwards $1.00 will be charged. The
company believes that the heavy
trucks can be useu nearly all winter,
except on the Delta divide where the
lighter machines or horses will be
employed.
An Ancient Sea.
Many million years ago, long be
fore the birth of the Rocky Moun
tains, a large inland sea spread over
the western and central parts of
North America. In geologic language
the invasion of thii> sea occurred in
Mississippi time—a period just pre
ceding the one in which he bitumin
ous and anthracite coal beds that ex
tend over portions of central and east
ern North America were formdd.
This sea covered much of the present
site of the Rocky Mountain area, the
central plains, and at times a part of
the Great Plains in the United States.
At different times it opened into the
Arctic Ocean on the north, the Paci
fic on the south, and probably the
Gulf of Mexico on the southeast.
This incursion of salt water was
not the first or the last to invade the
American continent. At each incur
sion muddy, sandy, or limy deposits
mixed with sea shells and other ani
mal remains were laid down along
the beach and upon the sea floor.
Strange as it may seem, most of these
rocks formed ages ago now stand
above sea level and constitute plains,
plateaus, and even mountains.
Animal life was very abundant in
this Mississippian sea. Nearly if not
all the classes of animals now liv
ing were present. Sharks and fishes,
though different in appearance from
the present forms, sported along the
shore or swam the deep. Sea lilies
or crinoids, animals built on the same
general plan as the starfish but hav
ing a calcareous cup with an attach
ed stem, decorated the sea floor. Sea
shells belonging to the same class as
the oysters and snails were there.
The lamp shells,^r more technically
speaking the brachiopods, resembling
butterflies, mingled with a corkscrew
like sea net. Other forms,' minute
and large, figured in this life and
have been wonderfully well preserv
ed to the present time. Finally this
sea bottom began to rise, and at
length it emerged, the waters with
drew to the deep basins, and life was
substituted for marine.
Bulletin 696, written by G. H. Gir
ty and just published by the United
States Geological Survey, describes
the fossil shells of animals living at
one time in this acient sea in the vi
cinity of Batesville, Ark. The rocks
—known as the Boone chert—form
erly had been placed with the Boone
limestone, but the author in this re
port has separated the two and clas
sified the Boone chert as a distinct
formation. Contact with contiguous
formations, correlations with nonad
jacent chert beds, lithology, and faun
al character are considered in the dis
cussion. Several new species are de
scribed. The bulletin is a technical
description and is df Interest to those
investigating the paleontology of the
Paleozoic rocks and the geology of
the Mississippi Valley. Anyone de
siring a copy ofNthis report may ob
tain it free upon - application to the
Director of the United States Geolog
ical Survey, Washington, D. C.
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Don’t Let The Rain
(i
Worry You.
The Mallory Hat Is Waterproof\
We carry a large assortment-All
styles and colors.
Price $4.00.
Stanfield^s Underwear Is Non
shrinkable.
Price per suit, $4.00
S. BLUM & CO.
GOOD GOODS
They Come In Bunches.
Your paper, the Juneau Alaska
Daily Empire, is one of the cherished
delights of this office—when it comes
—and is given a position of honor on
our exchange table between the War
Cry and Official Gazette. But your
paper has the habit of coming in
flocks and herds. Only one day this
week six copies of your valued publi
cation came rompihg along in one
mail, whereas other Juneau dailies
come in the order they are issued and
seldom more than two by any one
mail. It might be a good thing, Mr.
Troy, if you would take your mailing
boy into the stock room and have a
heart to heart talk with him. Tell
him the papers should be taken to the
postofflce as soon as wrapped, then
stand over him with a club and see
that your instructions are carried out.
Other suggestions will be made from
time to timq as occasi'on demands rel
ative to the conduct of your paper.—
Whitehorse Star to Editor Troy.
MAIL SERVICE BETWEEN
SEWARD AND ANCHORAGE.
Chief Clerk Ea-nes of the railway
mail service has called for bids for
the performance of winter star route
service from Seward to Anchorage,
one round trip per week, beginning
after the close of Navigation on Cook
Inlet and closing at the opening of
navigation next spring, handling 400
pounds of mail each way. Bids for
this service will oe received by the
chief of the railway mail service at
Cordpva until October 10.
German experimenters have pro
duced a building mortar by mixing
the carbide refuse from acetylene
generators with 40 per cent building
sand.
and oolo-ed so i* may be distingulsh
The consumption of aluminum and
the production of bauxite, from
which it is obtained, in the United
States last year were the greatest on
record. —
A new armor for automobile tires,
said to prevent skidding, punctures
and blow outs ia made of metal
plates linked together.
Valdez Hospital
Largest end Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaskau
Graduate Norses—Private Rooms for Patients
For TermeTand Particulars'Applv to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge,
Arcade Cafe
» OPEN UNTIL V P4M.
We Grew Our Own Vegetables
Private Table*
1 J.ck C«ilia
Proprietor |
DR. H. COCKERILLE
(Graduate National University,
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
phone to THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed.
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opponlte Court Houne
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices In Whaling lluftldlrig
Phone 101 VALDEZ, ALASKA
VALDEZ LODGE
XO 168
Free anil Accepted Monona.
Regular Uommunications nrst weu
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY, W. M.
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
Red Cross Hospital
Keystone and^Hobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooms for Patients.
Phone J,44 MRS. C. H WILCOX. Matron
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON,PRO*
SiRICTLV FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward,- Alaska
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect ; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS. 4
w Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MARCUM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock..
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay.
and Fidalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., frdm Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
t" ^ J
Warm, Light Rooms--The House uf.Cualsrt
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates|Bjr the Mustft
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PHONE 133 MRS STRING. ffcufL.
Valdez Miners Union No. 186
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT'SHAFFER, President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary.
Valdez, Alaska.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office In Pinzon Cigar Store
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABI^.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance