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VALDEZ. ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
Julv 28. 1912. at the postofflce of Valdes.
Alaska, umler act of March 3, llit^_
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TI ESDAV. JANUARY 2i>, HUH
Food will win
the War;
don’t waste it!
A POETS DrtEAM OF PEAtE.
MEN. my brothers, men the work
ers. ever reaping something
That winch they have done but
> earnest of the things which
they shall do.
For I dipt Into the future far as human
eye could see.
Paw the vision of the world sod all the
' wonder that would be:
flaw the hea\ens fill with commerce, ar
gosies of magic sails.
Pilots of the purple t» iiighl. cropping
down with costly halts:
Heard the heavens till with shouting, and
> there rallied a gnastiy den
From the nation s airy navies grappling
in the central blue.
Far along the worldwide whisper of the
south wind rushing warm.
With the standards of me peoples plung
ing thro’ the thunderstorm;
Till the war drum throbb d no longer and
1 the battletlags were furl d
In tbe Parliament of innn, the Federation i
of the world.
There the common sense of most shall
hold a fretful realm In awe,
And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt
In universal law.
—Tennvson in "LocVsIey Hall.”
BOI.SHKVIK1 BEING lHHIIXl’
HIONED
The Bolsheviki are being jarred out
pf their composure regarding the ease
with which separate peace could be
negotiated. Amateurs and theorists,
they evidently believed that the Ger
mans would gladly call it quits on the
“revolutionary peace” terms and leave
Russia to the full enjoyment of its
dazzling discovering in the realm of
democracy.
The Trotzky crowd is doomed to
a sadder and a wiser collection of near
rulers. Each succeeding day in con
sultation with the envoys of the Ger
man militarists adds to their dissil
lusionment. They find they are deal
ing with past masters of indirect dip
lomacy, the wearers of the Iron cross
an4 the incarnation of the double
cross. Oddly enough, even the Bolsbe
viki, in spite of tfieir blindness of
fact, are about to discover that they,
no less than the allies of Russia, are
treating with the sponsors of the
scrap-of-paper doctrine of internation
al diplomacy and morality.
A dispatch says that Trotzky and
Lenine are about to come to the be
Jated conclusion that they can treat
with Germany only as victor or as
vanquished. That is true. Unless they
are completely defeated the Germans
will pose as victors. Just as they are
doing today, it iB this fact which
makes it impossible for the entente
allies to consider the kaiser's insin
cere “peace'' proposals. To consider
them would be for the allies to place
themselves in the plight of the Bol
sheviki.
What the outcome of the negotia
tions at Brest-I.itovsk may tie nobody
can predict, but it is safe to pro
phesy that if a separate peace is ne
gotiated Germany will lie the victor.
In such an event the only consolation
remaining for the deluded Maximal
ists will be that they have introduced
the germ of revolution in Germany.
“THE taint of Germany is nut in
the blood but in the system of ruler
ship.” says Otto H. Kahn, a promin
ent American banker, who was born
in Germany and who served in the
German army. That is what the Am
erican people have tried to believe and
want to believe. They are fighting.
^iot primarily to inflict defeat on Ger
many. but to overthrow what Mr.
Kahn calls the “German system,”
which, as he says, has been laying
plans for world conquest for thirty
years.
THE newspapers of Bulgaria, which
is actually is not technically our ene
my, indorses President Wilson's pro
gram and one of them urges the Pres
ident to settle the Balkan question on
the basis of nationality, giving the
Serbians an outlet through the Ad
riatic. There is something of a subtle
compliment in this appeal. It seems
to assume that the allies, rather than
the kaiser’s militarists, are going to
make the final settlement of the Bal
kan problem.
MOTHER OK 17 CHILDREN
IXJl'RED IN SHINGLE MILL
OLYMPIA, Jan. 29.- One of the
most Interesting cases that has ever
come before the state industrial in
surance commission was the claim of
Mrs. Margaret W. Cleveland, of Aber
deen, who has just been awarded
compensation for her injuries. The
woman is the mother of seventeen
children, eight of whom are under 10
years of age. She helped her husband
run a shingle mill and was standing
near the elevator when her overalls
caught in the chain and she was ter
ribly injured, all of the jlesli being
torn off one leg. This happened Octo
ber 2; but the records show that she
returned to work tossing wood from
the conveyor somewhere between
January :t and January 10. The law
in regard to women is that they are
to get $20 a month if the husband is
an invalid $25 and if he is not then
$15 hut she gets the maximum of $35
a month, as she has eight children,
all under 16 years of age.
The case is remarkable in that the
mother of seventeen children, eight
less than 16 years of age. Is actually
performing hard work in a shingle
mill and that after suffering such a
serious accident was back to work
within such a short time. At the time
or the injury she was piling blocks.
FAT IS FUEL FOR FIGHTERS.
SAVE IT
TUESDAY EAGLE HALL 8 SHARP
Pauline Frederick
IN
LYDIA GILMORE
Hearst Pathe News
“HER FATHER'S STATION”
SOME COMEDY
Special Music by the Moose Band
Admission 30c
Thur#4*y~WiUf«n» Firnum in The Fires of Conscience
COMING TUESPAY~*‘JQAN THE WOMAN"
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NATURAL TO PAIR FOR LIFE
Majority of Men and Women Require
Warmth of Companionship, but
Gyi)|c Deerie* Compulsion.
There Is something unhealthy and
abnormal In the life of the unmarried
when they have reached an age and a
condition such that their Impulses
would lead them to ninrr.v. \V. f..
George writes in Harper’s. The hit- 1
limn tendency Is to live In couples:,
there arc a few rare people of strong
Imllvlrtiiiillty who find all they need
within themselves, who. like Narcissus,
can give a pure worship to tliclr own ;
Image. Imt they are few. and nearly j
all men and women need the warmth \
of companionship.
Now companionship Is a peculiar
thing, generally tint found in families. ;
Gne can love one's sisters and one’s
brothers, but it Is sometimes very dlf
| H. nit ; one cun love one’s father anil
one's mother, but as one grows older
Ibis becomes almost Impossible If one;
; lias to live with then). This lieeause !
j rhev are imposed upon one by the ae- j
j eldent of birth: lieeause one knows too 1
j much about them from long aasoola- j
tlon. so ibat they cease to Interest : lie- ,
cause one knows too little about them !
never having been quite frank lu the i
presence of those eommon musters. :
the father and tile mother, to whom |
private lives could not he revealed.
Brothers and sisters form a coinpul
sory grouping, and 1 tint Is nearly nl- 1
ways detestable. Likewise, the asso- .
datlou between parents and children j
Is exquisite when the child Is young I
and the parent vein-ruble—only, when !
one Is vigorous hiuI thirty, one d.ws I
not venerate the people of sixty, who j
have often lost their brightest fncttl- j
ties. A parent does not prot.-ct when ,
he Is sixty, because he cannot, lie- ■
cause he Is more likely to want prolee- '
tlon himself. The relation between j
pa reins and children grows absurd \
when the children I urn Into men and 1
women. It subsists on auld laug sync, j
011 toleration tinged with Impatience. <
ZOO SNAKE SWALLOWS MATE
Boa Gulps Down Companion as Both
Are Endeavoring to Feast on the
Same Live Pigeon.
A sunk**’* method .if swallowing Is
almost antnmaflr; ill.1 Internal mech
anism Iwgins its work as mood as the
reptile takes the food Into Its mouth.
In his hook, "tlf IHstingiiishod Ani
mals." Mr. II. I’err.v Itoklnson relates
an extraordinary incident that oc
curred a few years ago at the Loudon
zoological gardens.
The altcndanis put some pigeon
itito a cage occupied hy two honH, one
ten feet long. I he other a foot shorter.
In the night tin- larger snake seized
a pigeon, mid his mute unfortunately
selected the same hint. The tip of til.
smaller iMa's nose was drnwn Info lh<
III.mill of the other together with tile
plgeon, and after It the rest of tin
snake continued to go. although the
eater must have been surprised at the
almost intolerable length of wlial It
had believed to he an ordinary pigeon.
The next morning only one of the
snakes was visible. Its enormously
distended body no longer had the pow
er of rolling, hut remained stretched
to Its full length In a straight line, ami
appeared to he at least three times Its
normal elrrumferetire. It was almost
painful lo see the tightened skin,
which hud separated the scales all
over the middle of the laxly. Twenty
eight days later the snake hud not only
digested its companion, hut had re
gained Its appetite as well aa Its nor
mal size, anti It limm-dlately swal
lowed a pigeon put Into Its den.
The Youthful Bed Slat.
AN save men ami women of deci
dedly mature years would. If asked !
how old >vas the use of slats In beds,
reply tliat It >vh“ as ancient as beds j
themselves. The older folks would re-!
call the Tour-post couches wit'll the
rope meshes I hat supported the ticks,
and would answer that slats must have
come In ahoul a century ago. T|ie.v
would together only furnish additional
proof of the additional shortness of ,
the public memory. Because, lie it
known, the inventor of these supports
just recently diet) in this city at the i
pge of seventy-three years, says ('In- ■
clnnntl Knqnlror. it was only about
forty years ago that he designed the
bed that remU red useless the old j
cords uud permitted the use of the
now almost universal pad or box unit .
tress. Cordeii beds arc now as obso
lete as the saber-toothed tiger or the j
pterodactyl. Couches of this variety,
venerable with years, still exist a>
sliow pieces, but their owners have j
surreptitiously substitute^ Hints and j
supports for the topes and pegs. In
abort, they ore shams. There are
other familiar utilities just art young
toothbrushes, for example. The grand
fathers who slept on the curda never
dreamed u1 a detachable linen collar,
nor the grandmothers of “fiber silk"
stockings made of cotton chemically
treated.
Your Mental Attic.
We are living In u new age. We use
the materials grown In the past for
the erection of present structures, ol>
serves a writer. But the method of
building Changes with the age. In
stead of the old lumber, men use Iron
and steel. Instead of crumbling bricks
and uncertain bring, they use cpment
and stone- T° build for the future
you must use the best tlift t science ap
proves." lou will fjeed'your attic for
'tools arid rieW stbruge. And to*bc
modern the Storage thrist be teihpor
trf. ’Lubg holdings in unprootnwp.
The oftnosr yWr «wh turn your pbtmk
fwfr
PRICE REDUCTIONS
cari, solid pack, Del Monte
Tomatoes-20c.
Large can, solid pack, Del Monte
Spinach .... 20c.
On every boat we receive all the
Fruits and Vegetables
the market affords
Having a buyer in Seattle insures u$ the
S. BLUM AND COMPANY
k * 1 , .
coop COCOS
EGGS REACH RKCORp
PRICK IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Jan. 29. Egg prices
today tfere quoted the highest in the
history of Chicago, ('old storage eggs
were 57 cents a dozen, while fresh
eggs were 72 cents a dozen. The food
administration fixed a minimum
wholesale price of 44 cents on cold
storage eggs in carload lots as a
means of averting profiteering, which
threatened as a result from the tie
up in railroad transportation.
THE SOUTHERN
MRS. BLACKWELL, Prop.
Nice, Clean Rooms
Baths In Connection
PRICES REASONABLE
Phone 104
LAUNCH DELIA
' Capt. H. L. RMer
Weekly trips from Valdes to
Ellamar, l.andlock, Fidalgo and
way |K>rts. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passes*
gers.
For rates apply on board.
CAPT. H. L. RIDER
VALDKZ V0Q4B
S-° y ■_^
Regular Com mu mentions nrst woo
ue*d»y In each month In McKInle
HnlL Visitors m^um v
WALTER BLLfOT, W. If.
C. C. REYNOLDS, S*C.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Waetern Federation of Minora
W. M. CONLEY FraaidaaL
GEORGE M. eAyr wo.
J. E. WIJLSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
SAFETY FIRST
Travel On The
fYompt Service
D. D. STEWART Mxtor
Hot-Poim Electric Heaters and
| Cooking-Appliances at the Emporium
; Christmas goods coming on the next
j boat. it
VALDEZ
HE TOWN OF VALDEZ
is situated at the head of
Prince William Sound,
and is a city of probably one thou
sand population. It is the center
of the mining industry on the
Sound, both copper and gold, and
is adjacent to and within easy
hauling distance of the salmon
grounds, many fresh water rivers
and streams in Valdez Bay bring
ing the fish in great numbers to
within sight of the town. The
city has one good cannery, which
will operate two lines the coming
season, employing probably one
hundred and fifty persons.
The city offers good opportuni
ties for a fish saltery, a fertilizer
factory, a glue factory, a tin can
factory and a box shook factory,
all subsidiary to the fish packing
business. The city owns its own
wharf and the Valdez Dock Com
pany, which also owns a splendid
wharf is willing to give prospec
tive investors a chance for sites.
VALDEZ has s progressive
citizenry, with good high schools,
churches, free reading room and
library, good clubrooms and* many
lodges and organizations. Rents
are very cheap, and living is but
i little higher than in the States.
Many gold and copper miaef
are contiguous to Valdez, making
this city their outfitting port; and
drawing from its reserve of labor.
The .climate is very healthful, the
extremes of heat and cold being
rarely experienced. The meTctiry
rarely falls below —15 in the win
ter and 70 above is the highest
summer temperature. The (sum
mers are delightful and the win
ters far better than those of the
Northern Central or Eastern,
States.
VALDEZ is the coast terminal
of the government military high
way to the Interior. During the
summer months autos may reach
Fairbanks from Valdez in 36
hours running time, over a fine
road, through the most magnifi
cent scenery on the North Amer
ican continent. In winter teams
or dog sleds may be had at all
times.
VALDEZ has a number of first
class hotels and restaurants, and
the traveler and miner can be as
sured of comfortable lodgings ?
a minimum expense. Parties de
siring to outfit for mining or pros
pecting can do so at our'stores
far cheaper than ih the States,
with men of experience to help sc‘
lect their outfits.
If you are coming to Alaska
the Land of Opportunity, and de
sire a good home townamong a
fine class of citizens, buy your
to' ' •
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