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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1T/10
WASHINGTON AT TWENTY-ONE.
[The Embassy to the French Forts on
the Ohio, 1753.]
TIE the moccasin, bind the pack,
Sling your rifles across your back,
Up and follow the mountain
track—
Tread the Indian trail.
Pee! The light of the westward star
Shows the way to the streams afar.
Ours are tidings of peace or war—
Life and death in the scale.
•The leaves of October are dry on the
ground;
The sheaves of Virginia are .gathered and
bound.
Her fallows are glad with the cry of the
hound,
The partridges whirr in the fern.
But deep are the forests and crafty the
foes
Where troubled Ohio in wilderness flows;
We’ve perils to conquer and torrents and
snows
To traverse before we return j
**Hall and council room, farm and chase, j
Coat of scarlet with frill of lace—
All are excellent things. In place.
Joy In these if ye can.
Ours be hunting shirt, knife and gun,
'HSamp aglow in the sheltered run.
Friend and foe in the checkered ~un— j
That’s the fife for a man!"
—Arthur Guiterman.
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VALDEZ HERE TO STAY. |
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The first railroad to interior Alas- j
ka was projected from Valdez and j
although the road was built elsewhere j
and since that time the government j
has selected still another route for
building a railroad to the interior, the j
fact remains that Valdez possesses far j
the best route. That the town has i
not been selected as the ocean termi- j
nus for a railroad has been a keen t
disappointment to the resident of the j
city, but it has not been fatal to her J
growth and development, as other j
towns have prophesied. In fact this
disappointment has been the cause of
a more stable growth than would
have been the case had the railroad
come. It has turned attention to the
many natural resources which sur- j
round us and has led to their devel-1
opment. Mining is a fascinating
and profitable business, and every
successful venture in this field at
tracts many others who would partici
pate in the profits. Today there are
more mines working, more prospects
being developed, than at any time in
the history of the town, and the re
sults of the work being done justify
the belief that Valdez will be one of
the richest quartz mining camps in
Alaska.
Valdez is here to stay and her fu
ture never looked brighter.
POOR VILLA.
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Villa is again dead; at least so says
the latest report, and this report
seems to have gained credence among
those in a position to be best inform
ed on the subject of the master out
law.
While alive this Mexican was some
thing of a busy bee.—or rather hor
net,—for he stung indiscriminately,
apparently for the mere love of caus
ing pain, and yet we must confess we
hear with regret of his taking off in
such a manner, -nier a career as ex
citing as his had been it must have
been mon humiliating to die under
a mere surgeon's knife.
Death by a saber thrust or from a
rifle bullet would have been more in
harmony with his career, and we re
gret bis death should have been so
tame. We had hoped to see him die
gloriously before a tiring squad with
his back to a wall, or at the end of a
rope, or staked out on an ant heap
with honey smeared over his body, or
any death sudden and violent.
He, probably did not expect to die
for some years yet, and thus we are
both disappointed.
AND STILL SHE SOARS.
The cost of living isya bird of am
j pie wing power. This nas oeen (lem
! onstrated on numerous occasions of
| late, and when we had hoped that the
apex had been reached, another flop
| of the wings, and up she went again,
i nor does the old bird show any signs
j of returning to earth. On the last
I boat the butchers were notified that
beef, pork and mutton had taken a
,.nice little rise of three cents per
^>ound in the past few days, and all
other products of the flesh of domes
tic animals in proportion, with the re
sult that the Valdez butchers will
make a corresponding increase in
price.
A month or so ago this would not
have been so bad. for ptarmigan were
plentiful, but the closed season on
birds and a raise in the price of meat
coming on together is tough.
To be sure the packers have re
cently landed a nice little contract at
a handsome profit to themselves for
canned beef stew for the British sol
diers which will require about three
hundred million pounds of beef to
fill, and in such a case it would not be
nice to raise any holler about the
poor packer.
The dispatches report that J. P.
Morgan recently signed a check for
$75,000,000. He was probably lay
ing in a sack of sugar and a Sunday
roast, before prices got any higher.
N'ow that the'death of Villa has
been accepted as a fact by the Mexi
can officials we may look for that gen
tleman’s ghost to raid a few more
border towns in case the troops are
withdrawn.
If Villa is as omni-present in the
spirit as he was in the flesh, we will
need about 50,000 more soldiers to
lay the ghost.
After the fiasco of our aviation
corps in Mexico it will be a relief to
those who favor preparedness to hear
that a Pensacola aviator has been
able to make his machine fly stern
first.
Those patriotic munition manufac
turers who recently sold Villa 10,000
"rifles and 1,000,000 rounds of cart
ridges to use against the United
States troops occupy a niche in the
Hall of Fame peculiarly their own.
This increases our prosperity several
cents per capita and makes business
good—for the undertakers.
The St. Louis man who was recent
ly arrested for trying to fit a Maxim
silencer on his wife's mouth evident
ly was an advocate of preparedness.
The Seattle Spirit has gotten three
more men into the limelight of pub
licity. A Ketchikan canner and two
assistants were recently arrested for
smuggling a barge load of beer into
that city.
Now that a majority of our citi
zens are in favor of the get-together
movement it should not be hard to
bring about the required result. Just
get together! That’s the remedy.
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The leading acton and aotreoM
of the world are working for n»—
and for yon. The cost is not con
sidered when making the films that
we show each day for a trifling
prioe.
EMPRESS PROGRAM
PATHE NEWS—Full of Interest.
SUCH THINGS REALLY HAPPEN—Two-Reel Lubin Drama with
Orma Hawley and Earl Metcalfe.
MRS. JARR AND THE BEAUTY TREATMENT—Vitagraph Come
dy from the Celebrated Ja:T Family Series, with Rose Tapley.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.
The Government lias refused ac
cept bald-headed men for enlistment
in the Mexican campaign. A bald
headed man would be of no use as
a soldier as the majority of them are
*oo good-natured to fight.
A Kansas City woman, daughter of
a millionaire and a former countess,
suicided yesterday, after being mar
ried for just a month to an Ameri
can. After her experience with the
European nobility she probably found
she'd married a man and the shock
was too great for n r.
If Wickersham is nominated at the
Seward convention; and if Shackle
ford supports him with a solid dele
gation; and if Shack and Wick work
harmonious afterward—there will
still be 'steen hundred guys in the
Territory who will claim there has
been no combination. Pliooey!
Charles E. Herron, chairman of the
Alaska Republican Territorial Com
mittee, in an interview at Seattle,
predicts that Wickersham will be
nominated by the convention at Sew
ard. A month ago Charlie was fight
ing Wick tooth and nail. He must
have experienced a decided change of
heart during his trip east.
Lieutenant John E. Mort, the offi
cer in charge of a detachment on the
Rio Grande, who was court martialed
for taking his men across the border
to rescue two American soldiers cap
tured by Mexican raiders, lias beer,
found guilty and reprimanded. An
officer with brains enough to meel an
emergency seems not be desired by
the War Department. Lieut. Mort
should have been promoted instead
of reprimanded, and the people gen
erally will view his court martini
with disfavor.
The bill introduced by Delegate
Wickersham to enable homesteaders
to take up 1G0 acres of land in Alas
ka who have airraid’ used their
homestead rights in the states is a
good one. and one in which the Dele
gate should lie commended by all who
have the good of the territory at
heart. It will enable the heads of
many families in the States, who filed
on land which could not be used, and
were forced to surrender it, to take
up good homesteads in the Territory
and make their homes here. It will
add many thousand families to our
population and make Alaska a State
years sooner. It is one of the best
bills the Delegate has introduced, and
one we believe will be productive of
much good.
Col. Roosevelt returns home with
the announcement that he discovered
in the West Indies a new bird that
sleeps in the daylight and eats nuts.
In Arkansas the moonshiners used to
produce a brand that is said to have
made a man see green rats with pur
ple eyes and white wings. The col
onel’s bird story, his temperate hab
its and his remoteness from Arkan
sas, together with his wide reputation
for truth and veracity, present to or
nithologists a subject for their dissec
tion.
BOCAL brevities.
Mrs. Jarr’s beauty treatment ex
posed this evening at the Empress. A
change of pictures, Pathe News and
other fine movies.
Kimonos, House-aresses, .aprons,
Caps and Wool Petticoats arrived on
the last boat for the Emporium, tf
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska wear. Guy F. Cameron,
Tailor. tf
Pictures zeveioped at the Valdez
Drug Company. * tf.
Fer good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. •
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
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For Sale—Bicycle in .good condi
tion, $15. Inquire Cable Office. 4t
Oscar Fish will move his large two
story building on lower McKinley
street to the lot opposite the Tillicum
club as soon as the snow- will permit.
WANTED—Granite Stock. How
much do you ask for yours? We
have the market. Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
An up to date line of cook stoves
and ranges at Mead’s Sheet Metal
Works. *
A line display of nugget Jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Banquet Steel Ranges, plain and
polished tops at Mead's Sheet Metal
Works. *
Harry Ober has taken a position in
the store of S. Blum & Co.
Quince Fish came up from Port
Wells today and will remain in town
for a few days.
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The Granby mine is employing a
force of aobut twenty men at present,
which will be largely increased in a
few weeks.
'Blum’s
The Very Newest
Women’s Shoe
Is Here.
A VISI KID “GIPSY” with a
Diamond toe, Military heel, Welt
sole, for street wear.
The White, Pin Line Seam is a
spring newness—Price $4.50
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One of the prettiest combination shoes is the Matt Kid
Gipsy Button, with the latest patent leather, inlaid seam,
Louis Cuban heel and Welt sole - - $4.00
The most popular boots just now seem to be light weights in the Gipsy
models. Many of the prettiest models in ladies’ boots have turned soles and Louis
Cuban heels, so that you may wear them on the street, and then to the dansant
without changing.
OTHER POPULAR SPRING MODELS
Dull Calf Dace, Diamond Toe,
Military Heel Welt Sole, $4
A Dull Calf, Plain Toe, Button
Boot, with Military Heel and Cloth
Top .$4
A Nobby Patent Leather Street
Shoe, Cuban Louiw»Heel, Welt Sole,
.Matt Kid Top, .$5
The last word in Patent Leather
shoes for street wear.
PLENTY OF FOX SLIPPERS, $3.00 TO $5.00.
They are new and very pretty.
Patent Leather, Slashed Strap,
Louis < uban Heel with Welt Sole,
suitable for street wear .*5
Gipsy Dancing Pump, Viei Kid,
«ench Heel, Turned Sole, newesyt
le, .*4
Beaded Velour Pump, Cuban I.ouis
i Efbel; band-turned sole, very oom
j fortable Dancing Pump. $5.00
Bronze Vici, Slashed Strap. I'reneh
| heel, band-turned sole . $5.00
OWL DRUG CO.
PRESCRIPTIONS
OUR SPECIALTY
TRY US Phone 40
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—In Owl Drn* Stor*.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT—-COLD,
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Rooms--Tbe House of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates By the Mooth
PHONE 133 MRS- SYR1NG. Prop.
Particular.
Mike (reading!—In the Japanese war
it took 1.000 bullets to kill a naan.
Mike—Where did they hit him?—
Washington Star.
Weather Record.
Valdez, April 11, 19.0
Barometric pressure .29.570
Temperature 7 pVm. 32
Maximum temperature'.42
Minimum temperature ...3 5
Mean temperature.28.5
Partly cloudy, wind northeast six
miles.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Alaska. April 12, 193 0.
Fairbanks, 35; clear, calm.
Salcha, 47; clear, calm, trail going
fast.
Richardson. 30; clear', calm, trail
bad.
McCarty, 28, clear, calm.
Donnelly, 44; clear, calm, trail bad.
Paxson, 28; clear, calm, trail bad.
Hogan, 38; clear, calm, trail soft.
Gulkana, 26; clear, calm, trail
bare.
Copper Center. 32; clear, calm.
Tonsina, 30; clear, calrh, trail soft.
Teikhell, 30; clear, calm, trail soft.
Beaver Dam, 19; clear, calm, trail
soft.
Wortman’s, 56; clear, calm, trail
bare in spots.
Fancy otationery at me Valdez
Drug Store. •
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everything First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
Arcade Cafe
OPEN A Lit NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
Heater
Jack Callin••Proprietor
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Maaonn
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
1 Hall. Visitors always welcome.
| F. M. BROWN, W. M.
| ED WOOD, Secretary.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George 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
m Shamrock
CAW. TIM MARCl'M
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., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Bates, Apply on Boat.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
j -■
McKinley Street, Valdez
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ED. WOOD. Proprietor
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National L'uH'erwlty>
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Y»ars in Valdea.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court Borne
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E E KITCHOD
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office* la Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWI
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
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Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
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 ra»"»
of today’s successful b
ness enterprises would
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 <he dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.