®Jj? Daily Pniayertor
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4TEWART & SELBY, rroprletors
VAI.DE/., ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter,
July 23, 1312, at the postollice of Valdez,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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MONDAY, OTTOBKB 30, 111 111
IVICKKIiSII l.M I.OSING STIIK.NGTH
DISPATCHKS today indicate that
the voters of the Territory are slowly
lint surely swinging toward Mr. Sul/.er
for Delegate to Congress. If llu* elec
tion could have been held two months
ago Mr. Wiekershatn would have car
ried the Territory by a handsome
plurality. Today he is a beaten mail.
His attitude on Hie halibut question,
his vicious iittacks against the Alas
kan Hoad Commission in cnuiniunitii
where their work was known and ap
proved. his attempts to line tip So
eialists. Progressives and the dis
gruntled element, his evasion of the
Guggenheim and steamship tariff
questions, his tiller disregard for tin
truth in his statements,- — all have
worked to his undoing and strength
ened his opponent.
Another tentnre which is working
strongly against Ihe Delegate is tin
fact that he lias held .tile otlice eight
years, and many of his initial prom
ises remain unfilled. For instance,
the liarhor at Nome, < lie Juneau bond
ing question, and many others. Many
of the old timeis who have voted for
Wickersliam until it became a habit
are breaking away from the Delegate.
They believe he lias held otlice long
enough. They are not in favor of
making his tenure of the Delegateship
a life job.
Also Ihe Delegate's failure to make
the trip to the Interior worked him
Incalculable harm in the many camps
along the creeks. His reception at
Hie camps along the railroad is said
to have been so cool that the Delegate
became discouraged and returned to
Cordova. Fairbanks also has bad a
rod in pickle for Mr. Wickersliam
over his futile attempts to block the
Road Commission appropriation, and
his ceaseless attempts to injure the
work done by this body. So strong
did this opposition become, that the
Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce was
forced to wire tlie Delegate that bis
obstructive tactics were injuring the
city, and demanding that he cease his
unwarranted attacks upon the Valde/.
Fairbauks trail.
FALSE CHARGES.
Driven to desperation by the suc
cessful campaign of Charles A. Sul
zer the adherents of Delegate Wlck
arsham are stooping to injure his
chances of election, even to the circu
lation or absolute falsehoods. Dur
ing the past week or so there has been
surreptitiously sent out to places
where It may have the greatest effect
an affidavit from a man. purporting
to have been a worker at Sulzer in j
which all sorts of charges are made t
against the Democratic candidate.
The affidavit states that the living j
quarters at the Sulzer mine are bad ;
and other charges of a similar naturi. I
That these charges are known to be j
false is indicated by the manner in j
which they arc being sent out. and i
they will have not the slightest effect j
on Mr. Sulzer’s campaign.
Another method of attack by the
Wickershamltes recently has been to ^
approach the liquor dealers and try
to convince them that Sulzer is a pro
hihitlonist. and that if he is elected
lie will introduce a bill in congress to
provide for prohibition in the terri
tory. This will also have not the least
effect upon Mrs. Sulzer's campaign,
but it indicates the desperation of his
enemies. Mr. Sulzer in his address a!
Valdez disposed of this question in a j
manner which leaves no doubt of hist
action. He said that he would be
guided in the matter of the liquor
question entirely by the sentiment of
’the'people of Alaska at the election
November 7. If the people vote for
prohibition there will be no necessity
for him or any one else to introduce
a prohibition measure in Congress. If
they vote against it Mr. Sulzer has
said that decision would be linaal with
him, and his word is good.
Before he left Juneau for Valdez i
Mr. Sulzer marie a signed statement
covering this question in which he |
said: “I feel that the question of
Prohibition is not involved in the elec-!
tion of a Delegate to Congress. The1
question is one that should be settled
by the people of Alaska, who should
have control over all such matters. It
lias been submitted to the people of
tlie Territory for a referendum voir.
Should the question come up in Con
gress during my term as delegate. I
shall lie governed in my actions by the j
sentiment of tlie people as it may be
shown at the polls of November 7."
Copper Itemains I'iim.
NKW YORK, Oct. :te. The cop
per stocks dominated the market Sat
urday. with Utah and Chicago coppi r
leading. Prices of these stocks reach
ed a new high mark. The metal was
firm with quotations on electrolytic
lor deliveries during the first quarter
of 1917'at 27.50 to 2S cents per
pound.
_
New Heaters from $12.50 up,
Wood Stoves, Pipe, Cooking Utensils
and Wash Boards at Rudolph's. tf
When you want something good to
eat try the Merchants’ Cafe, open all
night. tf
( Paid Advertisement.)
Democratic Candidate
For Delegate to Congress
CHAS. A. SULZER
Vote for an adequate School System.
Vote for Good Roads and Trails.
Vote for a Primary Law.
Vote for Home Rule and Self Government.
Vote for the Protection of our Fisheries.
Vote for Honest and Earnest Representation
Vote against Misrepresentation.
VOTE FOR SULZER
IKES REPORT
MAX KM KKW RKOOMMKN DATIONN
Dik iinicnt Covers Conduct of Various
Kedernl Offices and Contains Vari
ous Rerommendatlon.s — I'rotests
Against Alexander Rill.
To the Honorable Fred M. Brown,
Judge of the District Court for th"
Territory of Alaska, Division Num
ber Three:
We the Grand Jury, duly empan
eled and sworn to serve at the Sep
tember, 1916, term of the above en
titled Court, respectfully submit this
our final report.
There have been submitted to us
4 4 cases on which we have returned
38 “True Bills” and six “Not True
Bills,” and during the course of our
investigations we have examined one
hundred forty-nine witnesses.
Kedml Office*.
We have Inspected the office of the
IT. S. Marshal and we find the work
pertaining to his department conduct
ed in a very efficient manner. Under
the direction of the present Incum
bent, F. R. Brenneman, we find sev
eral much needed improvements have
been made during the past year; a
new concrete foundation having bece
put under the Court House building,
without any expense to the govern
ment other than the cost of materia!,
the entire work having been perform
ed by Federal prisoners.
The walls and ceilings of the U. S.
Court room have been sealed with fire
proof material and the entire interior
of the court house building newly
painted. An efficient fire protection
lias been installed, electric power
used for pumping purposes. The in
stallation of some kind of alternate
power for pun.ping water would be
advisable in case of accidents shutting
off the electric current.
Under the present regulations
prisoners held in the custody of the
U. S. Marshal awaiting trial at the
regular terms of Court, and who
are acquitted at such trial and re
leased from custody, frequently have
no means of paying expenses inci
dent to reluming to their respective
homes. We would recommend that
a special fund be provided from
which the U. S. Marshal could ho au
thorized to pay any expenses which
in his judgment are necessary In re
turning these people to their homes.
we iiiki, iiiiii in investigating
crime in the remote and outlying dis
tricts, the marshal’s office is more or
less hampered in making an imme
diate investigation by reason of funds
not being available. This frequently
puts the Department to a far greater
expense when the case conies up for
trial. We would recommend some
kind of an emergency fund from
which deputy marshals could draw
to cover any expense which in their
judgment was necessary in the im
mediate investigation of crime.
In the Bristol Bay and Unga sec
tions the deputy marshals have a
large territory under their supervi
sion, and no means of transportation
other than water routes. During the
cannery season they have to depend
almost entirely on the cannery
launches for transportation, and dur
ing the winter months there are no
seagoing boats available. We would
recommend that this matter be taken
up with the proper Department and
stejis be taken toward securing one or
more seagoing launches for the use
of the deputy marshals in these sec
tions.
We have inspected the office of the
Clerk of the U. S. District Court and
we find the work therein conducted in
a very able and efficient manner. We
find this office equipped with a large
fire-proof vault for the safe keeping
of records and valuable papers, and
also a complete and up to date filing
system.
We visited the office of the U. S.
District Attorney and were unable to
determine from the records the result
of the recent workings of this office,
owing to the fact that they had not
been posted up to date. We were in
formed by the office that they were
a month behind in their postings.
I'. S. Commissioner.
We have Inspected the office of the
U. S. Commissioner in the Valdez Re
cord ing Precinct and tind the business
conducted in an able and efficient
manner. The two safes in which the
lecords arc; kept we find are not lflrge
enough to accommodate all the re
cords. We would recommend the re
moval of this office to the Federal
Building, or in case there is not suf
ficient room in the Federal building
that a building suitable for the hous
ing of tins office with fireproof vaults
large en ugh to accommodate all the
records »k. constructed on Federal
grounds.
We would further recommend that
the present method of paying IT. S.
Commissioners under a fee system
he discontinued and that these offi
cers be paid a stated salary sufficient
for their support, thus enabling the
Government to employ efficient men
for these positions.
In the several precincts in this
Third division there is at present no
provisions mude for the care of the
indigent, other than the fund dis
bursed by th<f District Judge, the bal
ance of which fund we understand
lias to be turned into the Department
it the end of each quarter, nor is
there any provision made for the
mrial of people without means or
friends or relative* to provide thl*
service. We would respectfully re
commend that a fund be provided for
this purpose and that the U. S. Com
missioner in the several precincts be
authorized to use the same when nec
essary for these purposes.
Public and Territorial Schools.
We have visited the public schools
of Valdez and found them to be con- j
ducted in a very satisfactory man
ner, maintaining a high standard of
work, considering the lack of proper
facilities and limited amount of
funds at their disposal.
We arc advised the Territorial gov
ernment has no Jurisdiction over
schools other than that delegated the
Governor in the Nelson bill. As the
several municipalities throughout the
territory find the funds secured thru
municipal taxation inadequate for the
proper maintenance of the public
schools and the fact that sever .1 chil
dren are attending these schools
whose parents are not residents or
taxpayers of the municipalities, we
would respectfully petition Congress
to grant the Territorial Legislature
the power to enact legislation where
by a part of the Territorial funds
could be used for the maintenance
of public schools.
The Grand Jury commencis me
work of the Alaska Division of the
Bureau of Education, Department of
the Interior, among the natives of
; Alaska.
The successful introduction of the
reindeer industry among the natives
'of western and northwestern Alaska
making a self-sustaining and pastoral
people from a race of poverty strick
en fishers and hunters, through an
endless chain of apprenticeship sys
tem, which has already resulted In j
making them owners of fifty thou
sand reindeer valued at more than
one million dollars, proves that the
officials connected with this division
are men who understand the needs of
natives in Alaska, and know how to
secure results from inadequate ap
propriations.
Since there yet remain native vil
lages in certain localities in this Dis
trict, which have not been supplied
with reindeer because of inadequate
funds, we respectfully recommend
that Congress increase the present an
nual appropriation from $5,000 to
$10,000. We also recommend that
Congress appropriate for the use of
the Alaska Division of the Bureau of
Education at least $25,000 as a re
i imhursable fund to be used in assist
ing natives of Prince William Sound,
iCook Inlet and other regions not suit
able for reindeer, in the establish
ment of practical industrial enter
! prises. The results secured from the
j efforts already made along these lines,
■ in spite of lack of funds, have dem
onstrated beyond doubt that an ade
quate reimbursable fund would en
able this Division to reach and help
! many needy natives in a way to make
i them self-sustaining people.
We also recommend that C ongress
increase the appropriation for educa
tion of natives of Alaska to au
amount which will enable the Alaska
Divsion of the Bureau of Education
to establish a practical industrial
training school for the natives of this
district, and thus remove the need of
sending native children to the Indian
Schools in the States, where many
of them become unfitted for the life
in Aluska.
We also recommend that the appro
priation for medical relief of the na
1 tives of Alaska be increaseu to an
amount sufficient to enable this divi
sion to erect at least one tubercular
isanitorium for natives in this district.
Mail Service.
i During thejtast summer a weekly
mall service of a two hundred pound
limit first class mail per trip, w.vs
maintained between Valdez and Fair
banks via auto stake. Seattle mail
arrived in Fairbanks from seven to
;ten days sooner over this route than
mail routed via Skagway and the Yu
kon River route. On account of this
great saving in time, and the route
: being all American and not going
around through foreign territory we
would respectfully recommend to the
Postal Department that all or as much
as possible of the interior mail be
sent via this overland route during
the summer months.
i The country adjacent to Bristol
i Bay has a large population during
the cannery season, and this section
•is served hy only one mail steamer
• per month. During the past summer
• this one steamer on account of being
laid up for repairs delivered only one
mail to these people in a period of
over three months. We would re
spectfully recommend a more fre
quent mail service for this section.
Prom Valdez to Willow Creek, at
the inter-section of the Cordova-Fair
banks and Valdez-Pairbanks routes,
a distance of about 91) miles, there
are located seven road-houses which
have no mall service during the win
ter months. We would respectfully
! recommend to the Postal Department
| that a twice-a-month winter mail ser
! vice be established on this route.
Fisheries.
There lias been handed to this
| Grand Jury a copy of a bill known
as the Alexander bill, now before
Congress and the Senate. This body
wishes most emphatically to express
their disapproval of the passage of
this bill, for the following reasons:
First, on account of its placing the
entire control of the Ashing industry
in the hands of the Federal Govern
ment, thereby taking the power to tax
the real and personal property and
the output of the several canneries
operating in Alaska away from the
Territorial Government, where we
think it rightfully belongs. Should
this bill be passed and become a law
that part of it which gives to any one
(Continued on Page Three)
ILLICIT DISTILLIN6 INCREASES
In 1914, Win. H. Osborn, Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue, in his an
nual report, page 29, under the bead
ing of “Revenue Agents.” said in
part:
“Bootlegging is principally carried
on in States operating unlocal prohi
bition laws, anil appears to be one of
the hardest propositions that revenue
officers are called upon to solve. This
class of violators is at no time sta
tionary, but move from place tr. place,
offering and selling their wares. It
is impossible, owing to the limited
number of revenue officers in the field,
to break up this practice entirely and
without the hearty co-operulion of the
local and State authorities, it is be
lieved that the conditions will glow
no better. As the various States vote
“dry” the operations of the bootlegger
grow larger."
In the report or tins same i nm
mtssloner for 1915, on page 119. we
again, under the heading, "Revenue
Agents,” we read as follows:
“The business of the moonshiner in.
whiskey in the Southern States, from
the number of illicit distilleries re
ported seized during the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1915, appears to le
increasing."
Then, after giving the names of the
persons killed in connection with the
capture of “moonshiners” the Com
missioner goes on to say:
"There does not appear to lie any
abatement respecting the illegal sale
of liquors by ‘bootleggers.' Many re
ports are received in this bureau
from the lawabiding elements thru
out the country, reciting conditions ai
to illegal sales of liquors in the vari
oils localities by bootleggers and ask
ing this bureau to assist tbelli in
stamping out the conditions complain
ed of. These conditions are largely
brought about by failure of local of
ficers to enforce the provisions of tin
State laws governing the manulacturi
and sale of liquor.”
So with our nineteen “dry" States
we have no particular occasion to hi
gay, and when the cold facts which
appear above are permitted to sink in,
any fair-minded individual must ad
rait that prohibition does not prohibM
whether it is in Tennesse or in Rus
sia, or any place where the public will
not support such a law. The ititernal
revenue receipts of the United States
Government show that the drinking
of beer, wine and whiskey is steadily
increasing until today the three great
industries engaged In making these
products are paying over one-third of
the total cost of our National Govern
ment—an amount rapidly approach
ing the half billion mark.
We hear so much talk of the power
of the Anti-Saloon league and the
strength of the "dry” territory that
it is worth while to remember that
the wet majority is twice that of tin
dry. —Adv.
Notice of Nchool i’lcftlni:.
! Notice is hereby given that thcr-j
will be held on the 7th day of Novem
ber, 1916, in the town hall at Val
dez, Alaska, between the hours of 7
a. ni. and 7 p. in., an election for
the purpose of electing two members
of the Valdez School Board, one for
the unexplred term of President of
the Board, ending April 1, 1918, and
and one for the unexpired terra of
Clerk of the Board, ending April 1,
1917.
H. COCKERILLE.
P. M. BOYLE. 3t
Malted Milk, hot and cold, phos
phates of all kinds, and hot drinks
at Hunt's.
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
YOUR CANDIDATES
On the “Satisfaction Platform”
should be the Nationally Famous
Style Plus Suits
Mallory Hats
Nettleton Shoes
Hart Schaffner & Mari fine clothing
For Sale Only At
S. Blum & Co.
Good Goods
PROFESSION A I, CAKOfl.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OAIitn i»%rr \ able* Itriigi'o.
I’honr'IS McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, II. S. Army
A A. Surgeon. C S Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hoaiiital)
DR. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate National Inlrrralt
Wanhlagtoa, It. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen V“ars In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOICNKY8-AT-l*AW
l
Office Opponltp Court llounr
I'koar 84 VAI.DK7. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS /i r HITCH It
LYONS & RITCHIE
A TTO H N K V S -A T-L A \V
Office* la W haling HuHtllng
Phone lOl VAI.DE/. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaaka
LAUNCH N & S
l. cavea every Wednesday at 9 a.
m. from \ uldca Dock for Eella
mar. I.andlock. and Kldalgo.
I.eave* every Saturday at 9 n. m.
from Valdea Dock for Cedar Hay,
Wclln Hay, Port Wclln and Oran*
Ite Mine.
POliTAGE BAY AND OTHER
POINTS BY CONTRACT
W. J. CALLAGHAN
OWNER AND MASTER.
VAliDEZ l/OIKJK
NO 168
Free and Maaon*
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In eacK month In McKlnlet
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
P. M. BROWN. W. M
ED WOOD. Secretary.
L O. O. F. No. 6
Meets every Monday evening In Mc
Kinley Hall at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting mein Iters cordially Invited to
uttend these meetings.
t\ C. KI'DOIjPH, N. G.
T. G. QVINN, Sec.
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When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
OEORSE StXTJDN. PROP
SiRICTLY FIB^ST CLASS
Fourth Ars. Seward. Alaska
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER, President,
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.
Don't fail to attend the grocery sale
at Blum's.
Fox's fresh Shrimp Meat at Love
Whitley Co.'s. tf
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everything Fint cfaui
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—la Owl Dra( Start.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT - COLD
Early or Late
Phone 48
Baggage Transferred
at a reasonable rate
Sonnie’sExpress
Office at
SONNIE’S NEW
& SECOND HAND STORE
Men’s Furnishings
The Beat Place in Valdez to
Stop at'is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Rooai-The Hoik of Caafert
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Ratei By the Meath
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, hap
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to ail parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valder
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneisl 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