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VALDBC, ALASKA
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THI KSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1017
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KILLING OUR BUSINESS
A GENTLEMAN who has apparent
ly reached the years of mature judg
ment remarked yesterday “That the
Prospector was trying to play into the
hands of the Dock company by ad
vocating the sale of the wharf."
Which makes a good campaign argu
ment for a man whose thoughts are
confined to those organs of speech
used most by the thoughtless. If the
Prospector believed that its stand for
the advancement of the town would
cost ten cents it would be like a
large majority of people and refuse to
consider it. Every cent that it raised
on merchandise, coal, laundry, and
the other necessities of life, hits this
paper as hard as it does anyone else,
and a little harder, as we use more
than the average person in both coal
and other commodities. A dollar looks
as large to us as it does the average
man, and is as hard to get. The argu
ment that a man would deliberately
advocate something to increase his
expenses is as logical as other state
ments continually made by those who
do not stop to think. But what helps
one citizen helps another; what hurts
one citizen hurts all. You cannot
build up a town and advance a few
at the expense of the many. If the
few make money all will make mon
ey, if each man works as hard and
saves as carefully as the other. You
can accuse a man of deliberately
catching the smallpox or the measles
but it is mighty hard to prove it, and ,
people who hear you make the state- j
ment will have doubts of your sanity |
and logic. Every man who does not j
believe as you do is not a member of
the plunderhand; and we are fair
enough to believe that those who do
rot believe as we do are as con
scientious In their views as we are.
A town is like a business; it cannot
remain stationary. It must go ahead
or go back. And once a town starts on
the toboggan its very momentum
makes it hard to stop.
AN EXCHANGE asks, "Why do
girls marry?" We supposed it was to
get a husband, but after seeing what
some of them marry we are forced to
admit that the reason stumps us.
THE merchants of Valdez and the
Dock company state that freight for
small boats is not charged for, nor
has it been since Mr. Lathrop took ov
er the dock. The company has provid
ed a landing for small boats free
of charge, and the merchants are al
lowed to bring freight to and from
the boats also without charge. The
Dock company states that it has never
barred any one from connecting up
to its wharf at any time so long as
the buildings do not increase its fire
risk.
THE PROSPECTOR has received
an article from a prominent citizen
advocatng the sale of the dock and
another from a citizen as prominent
protesting the sale. In view of the
fact that Superintendent Emil has de
cided to seek a new location for his
cannery we believe no good can come
from publishing either of these ar
ticles and have returned them to the
writers.
THREE more months and the city
will go apparently dry. That is, the
saloons will go out of business and
the bootleggers flourish and wax
wealthy.
THE next question to come before
the people is what will you do with
it now that you’ve got it?
Gran Corporation Incorporated
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 20.—With a
capitalzation of $50,000,000, the
Food Admnistration Gran Corpora
tion, organized by order of President
Wilson in Delaware, filed its inten
tion to engage n business in Oregon
here today, with Corporation Com
missioner Schuldrenman. The corpo
ration said it intended to buy and
sell grain and feed. Julius H. Barnes
was named as president and Max H.
Houser, Portland, as attorney-in-fact
for Oregon.
THE MPRESS
THURSDAY EAGLE HALL 8 SHARP
Introductory Picture
PATHE NEWS
THE EMPRESS CIRCUIT PRESENTS
MARSHAL NE1LAN, BESSIE EYTON, GEORGE
FAWCETT and MARY CHARLESON in
“The Prince Chap”
A FIVE PART K. E. S. E. FEATUR.
_
Saturday—Marie Doro in ‘THE WHITE PEARL”
Regular Admission - - ■ |25c
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
STRATEGY OF THE BOER.
Da Wat's Clavar I soaps Whan Ham mad
In by tha Enamy.
Of the three great figures that emerg
ed on the Boer aide In the war of de
fense that developed after Ladysmith,
Botha, De Wet and Delarey, De Wet
waa the most Impressive. His face was
a study In resistance, says Harold
Spender In "General Botha—The Career
and the Man.” Looking on him, one
could understand the fear that be In
spired In his own men. But It was his
schemes of escape, almost miraculous
In their cunning, that perplexed an em
pire and puzzled a planet.
One evening after a long day’s march
—so he told us—all his wanderings
seemed to have come to an end. The
lights of the British bivouac Arcs twin
kled from every point of the horlzom
I)e Wet. as was his wont, went apart
from his men and sat alone In dumb
despair. Then there came to him soft
ly one of those wonderful scouts who
served him so well. The scout had dis
covered a slight gap In the British
lines between two regiments that were
not quite keeping touch.
In a moment De Wet was on his
feet. Within an hour every horse's
foot was niuliied with cloth or wool
and every wagon wheel was swathed.
The Boer campfires were lighted and
were left burning brightly. Then the
whole Boer force crept out through the
darkness of the night in utter silence,
penetrated the gap In the British lines
and started on a new course of fugi
tive warfare.
FEAT OF THE OREGON.
Her Historic Trip Around Cepe Hern
to 8entiego Bay.
At the outbreak of the war with
Spain the battleship Oregon waa order
ed from San Francisco to the Atlantic
coast. She left San Francisco on
March 19, 1898; arrived at Callao, Peru,
on April 18, where she took on coal’
reached Sandy Point on April 18 and
took on more coal; reached Rio de
Janeiro on April 80; Bahia, May 9;
Barbadoes, May 18, and Jupiter inlet,
Florida, on May 24. The entire dis
tance run was 14,706 knots at an ex
penditure of 4,155 tons of coal.
While at Rio de Janeiro Captain
Clark, who was In command of the
Oregon, received word that the Span
ish torpedo boat Temerarlo had sailed
from Montevideo with the Intention of
destroying the Oregon. Captain Clark
notified the Brazilian authorities that
If the Spanish vessel entered the har
bor she would be attacked. The Teme
rarlo did not enter the harbor.
In the battle of Santiago Bay the
speed of the Oregon enabled her to
take a front position in the chase, In
which she forced the Cristobal Colon
to run ashore to avoid destruction from
the Oregon's thirteen Inch guns. The
Oregon also prevented the escape of
the Vizcaya.
The Traveler’* Teet.
The eminent traveler James Brace
was highly touchy whenever his ve
racity was called Into question. It hap
pened that when dining out one day at
a friend’s house one of the guests ob
served that It was Impossible that the
natives of Abyssinia could eat raw
meat. Without making any reply Bruce
forthwith left the table and before long
returned from the kitchen with a piece
of raw beefsteak, peppered and salted
In the Abyssinian fashion. Placing this
In front of the guest, who had doubt
ed Ills word, he said, “Sir, you will
eat this or flght me'.’’ The guest pre
ferred the former alternative. There
upon Bruce calmly observed, “Now,
sir, you will never say again that It Is
impossible.”
8inging Cricket*.
In Japan If one will leave the hotel
and the tourist office and the cocktail
drinkers and go out Into the real native
quarter there are enough things to In
terest any one. One old man passes
with his load of crickets, which sing in
hot weather and are kept In cages like
so many canaries. These gentle crea
tures make a noise like a squeaky axle,
and one hidden under the hood of a
twelve cylinder car would subject the
most careful chauffeur to scorn. They
are caught with birdlime and make
nice little pets, cheap to buy and not
requiring gasoline for the upkeep.
Always a Way.
“1 am beginning to fear,” said the
Rev. Mr. Goodman, “that I may be in
jecting too much humor Into my ser
mons. The congregation may fall Into
the habit of neglecting to take me se
riously.”
"Oh, don't worry about that, dear,”
his wife replied. “Whenever you be
gin to notice that they are not taking
you seriously just ask them to raise
your salary.”—Chicago Herald.
Eager Inquirer*.
"Don’t you think conundrums are
rather silly?”
“No. We consider them very useful
when they keep the children asking
one another questions instead of send
ing their parents to the encyclopedia.”
—Washington Star.
The Difference.
The Impecunious—It Is just aa easy
to love a girl with money as to love
one without it. The Heiress—But it
isn’t so easy to get her.—London Tit
Bits. _
Persian Houses.
Every Persian house is constructed
on a plan of secrecy. No windows are
risible from the streets.
Cottages.
The term “cottage” was first applied
to a small bouse without land ha the
year 1276.
EXCLUSIVE
MERCHANDISE
At this store you will find many makes and
brands of high-class and reputation, such as:
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX fine
clothes for men.
STYLE PLUS CLOTHES, the price re
mains the same, $17.00.
DUTCHESS TROUSERS, pay you 10c
a button or $1.00 for every rip. >
MALLORY, the weather-proof hat, cra
venetted, will not water-spot.
S. & W. Selected Fruits, vegetables, pre
serves, jellies.
COLE’S HOT BLAST HEATERS, real
economy in fuel.
S. Blum & Company
GOOD GOODS
lAUNCMELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdes to
Ell&mar, Landlock, Fidalgo and
nay ports. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rates apply on hoard.
CAPT. H. L. RIDER
A Through Ticket
Via
Chicago, Milwaukee
&St. PaulJRy.
Saves Moneyjfe
Insures Comfort
By buying a through ticket
you save from $10 to $15 as
against buying to Seattle
and rebuying there.
By buying over the C. M. &
St. P. Ry., you are assured
of the comfort - that comes
from riding behind an elec
tric locomotive—the most
powerful in all the world—
and that personal attention
which is a feature of “Mil
waukee” service.
For tickets, berth reservations
and other particulars consult
your nearest Steamship Agent.
A. P. CHAPMAN, JR.
Asst. Gen’l Passenger Agent
Seattle, Wash.
J. F. BAHL
City Ticket Agent
Second and Cherry
Seattle, Wash.
Furnished rooms at Mrs (island's.
Prices reasonable. *
Use Rexall Hair Tonic and you will
use no other. Valdez Drug Store, tf
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at G. O. Relnke’s. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe, that baggage for you. tf
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. ft
Bargains in souvenir spoons at Geo.
O. Relnke’s. 41
Ice cream every day, specials on.
Sunday at Hunt’s Candy Kitchen, tt
HOTEL SEXTON
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The traveling public’s
home.
European Plan.
HOTEL SEXTON
Launch Patsy
for Charter Anwyhere oa
VALDEZ BAY
At any Time Day or Night
J. D. Jefferson
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Baths In Connection
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRING Pray
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
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Bp. Vic. Ap. Alaska.
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