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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1015
DELIVERING THE GOODS.
When Charles E. Bunnell appear
ed before the voters of Alaska a year
ago as candidate for delegate to con
gress, there were many who withheld
their support from him on account of
his youth. It was generally admitted
that his record of considerably more
than a decade in Alaska was much
above the average, but it was argued
that he was not a man of mature
years, notwithstanding the fact that
he was three years older than was
John Purroy Mitchel when that gen
tleman was chosen mayor of New
York city.
Following the campaign, which
was conducted by Mr. Bunnell with
credit to himself and pleasure to his
supporters the youthful candidate
returned to Fairbanks as judge of
the district court for the Fourth di
vision of Alaska—a position which
'numerous judges of more mature
years had failed to All creditably.
Judge Bunnell assumed his duties as
magistrate last February. Today he
will conclude his first term of court.
To the credit of Judge Bunnell
it can be said without fear of contra
diction, that he has presided over his
division in a manner entirely satis
factory to Interior Alaskans. Not a
voice has been lifted to accuse him
of unfairness; not a complaint has
been heard regarding his judgment in
matters upon which he has required
to rule. In short, he has made good,
and at the end of his first term of
court finds himself solidly establish
ed in a division where judges are
. given the acid test.
The Times takes pride in the show
ing Judge Bunnell has made. We
advocated his election as delegate to
congress, convinced that he would fill
the position with honor, dignity and
force; we believed that he would get
results at Washington and the man
ner in which he has conducted the
business of the court since coming
, to Fairbanks seems to warrant a
continuance of confidence in his abil
ity in whatever capacity he may be
called upon to serve Alaska.—Fair
banks Times.
RRPUMjICANS HAVfc NO CHANCE.
The Commercial Mail has become
rather conservative, politically speak
ing, compared to the old days when
it handed out the rough stuff without
much regard for the feelings of the
opposition. It is now looking at the
situation with sober eyes and en
deavors to give the party leaders a
little advice as to what is necessary
if the party expects to be in the run
ning in the campaign of 19-16. It
practically admits that the party is
going to he hard pressed for issues
land about all that is left for them to
hope for success on is harmony. If
.they can just harmonize and all get
in line again our esteemed contem
porary thinks they might get some
place. In a long review of the situa
'tion in Monday's paper the following
conclusion is reached by the C.-M.
editor:
"This paper is not going to attempt
to recommend candidates but be
lieves that the republicans ought to
exercise great care in the selection of
candidates for 1916, if it is expected
to win. Most of the progressives of
;tb ecountry are fair-minded but
.since their votes are necessary to ob
tain success for the republican tick
ets, both state and national, they
should at least have something to say
labout who the candidates should be.
! --THE
EMPRESS
TO-NIGHT
; • 2 Shows—at 8 and 9:20, sharp ;
io PROGRAM j
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: ! PATHE WEEKLY NEWS !
1' ' . LOST—Comedy. |
PRIMITIVE IKSTINCT, ;
| Two-Part Drama. i
I; KILL OR CURE, j
■ i Comedy' ]
• ! " “THE'Squa#jmak,,v ;
; I Six-Acts, Thursday, Friday, ■
■1 and Saturday. j
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t! Admission 25c and 10c. !
It is one thing to select a candidate
for a voter, but quite another to get
him to support that candidate in the
election.
‘■Thank God for Wilson, who has
kept us out of war,” will be one of
the democratic battle cries in 1916,
very likely—and as most of our peo
ple are against the proposition of this
country taking any chances except in
dire extremity, of getting involved
in war with any other country on the
globe, this slogan is going to tell in
the campaign unless in the mean
time we should become involved in
war, which at present appears to be
a very remote possibility. Then Wil
son is advocating a preparedness pol
icy of increasing the army and navy
and adding all the modern require
ments of warfare to put the country
on a basis of thorough preparedness
; in case we are forced into war in the
future, and this is stealing a whole
lot of the republican campaign thun
der. Then again, Wilson is advocat
ing a revision of the tariff to give us
protection against the cheap foreign
made goods of Europe, with which
it is expected that this country will
be flooded at the close of the present
European war—placing a tax on the
goods and placing these cheap goods
in a class where they will not crip
ple American industries engaged in
making the same lines, and this will
again militate against the demands
the republicans were expecting to
make in the 1916 campaign.
"Take it all in all the present
prospects indicate the republicans
will be met on every turn during the
coming campaign and they will have
the fight of their lives to defeat Wil
son, even with the strongest candi
dates they can muster and with a
united party. Might as well look the
situation squarely in the face as it
presents itself and not go floating off
into filmy dreams and claiming to
have the earth fenced in and the
presidency nailed down when we
haven’t got it.—Columbia (Ind.)
Post.
Now that Fairbanks has started
concerted action upon assisting Col.
Richardson secure his appropriation
of $1000 per mile for the Valdez
Fairbanks road, it is up to our com
mercial body to fall in line and use
their best endeavors in securing the
needed appropriation. Great things
are in store for Valdez; she can be
made the salt water terminus of a
vast amount of interior travel, and
our merchants can secure much trade
from the interior by keeping this
great artery to the interior in shape
so it can be traveled In winter as well
as in summer. Smoke the malcon
tents out; make them ashamed of
their efforts to hurt the town, and
next summer when the horde of tour
ists descend on our town, they will
be ashamed of their attempts to block
a worthy effort. It all rests with us,
and if we succeed the results will
repay our efforts a thousand-fold.
We have received several remon
strances against our proposed tax
on bachelors, as advocated in yester
day’s issue, our bachelor friends stat
ing that they are not bachelors from
choice, but through necessity, and
that it is unfair to tax them for some
thing they cannot help. We believe
they are right, and will advocate a
tax on grass widows. If there is one
in Alaska we do not know of it.
The government wants $12,000
jfrotn the Alaska Steamship company
jfor the alleged breaking of the cable
j connecting the city of Valdez with
!the States, if some one paid the gov
jernment $12,000 every time that
j rotten old cable has broken in the
i past two years, Uncle Sam could build
\ a hard road from here to Seattle
i with the money.
j WORLD’S ALMANAC WANTS
SOME ALASKA DATA.
—
The World Almanac, issued by the
Press Publishing company. New
York, will in future.pay more atten
tion to Alaska, and has written the
I district clerk’s office for general in
formation about Alaska. It wants
| to know the names of the federal of
[ficials of the several divisions, when
they were appointed and confirmed,
and all baut them. It also wants to
iknow about the divorce laws of Alas
ka.
I It is the first time that Alaska has
! figured in detail in the World Alma
!nac which is accepted as a standard
| reference in all newspaper offices and
by many other people. Usually when
there is an argument to settle on
moBt any subject the contestants re
fer to The World Almanac.
The divorce laws, it may be said
in passing; are very simple. In the
first place an applicant or petitioner
for*jt doverce must have first been a
resident of Alaska for at least two
years;') Grounds for divorce are: tm
potency, gdultery, conviction of a fel
ony, wilful -esertion, inhuman and
cruel treatment, and gross and habit
ual drunkenness.
The tickets for the “Deestrjct
Skule” entertainment are on sale at
S. Blum & Co.'s, the Valdes Mercan
tile, the Valdes Drug Co., and the
LOCAL, BREVITIES.
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
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Visit the liberty, the theatre Of
comfort and amusement; a first
class show, tonight, admission 25c.
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Christmas and New Year Cards, 2
for 5 cents at Emperium. *
Far good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
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Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailot. Telephone 198. tf
Valdez Drug Company have a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
Shipment of fresh halibut just re
ceived at Frye-Bruhn’s. tf
FOR RENT—Furnished house,
will lease at reasonable terms, oppo
site court house. See Chas. Ganty. tf
Kodak Supplies at me Valdez
Drug Comnany. tf
Yes, Holiday Goods and articles of
every-day needs, coming on every
boat for the Emporium. tf
Hats Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf GUY F. CAMERON.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silxer
man’s, th* *ailor. Telephone 198. tf
We guarantee when left to us to
install machinery or give satisfac
tion. Valdez Iron Works. tu-tf.
FOR SALE—All my stock. Am
cleaning out everything below cost.
J. M. Pauley. 2t
What the People Want—Some Show.
Tonight at the Liberty .Theatre the
best program that has been present
ed in Valdez as follows:
1. Absinthe, a well known dra
ma with King Baggot as the star.
2 and 3.—The Robbery of Pine
River, showing scenes of Northern
Life, Snowshoeing and Snow Appar
ent.
4. Luck Changes—A picture of
well-earned merit with leading stars
taking the most difficult parts.
5. The Speeders, some comedy
with laughs all the while.
I wish to thank my friends for
thei rmany visits after the accident
to my eyes, and particularly Mr. and
Mrs. Spenard for their care.
2t J. M. PAULEY.
WELLS THAT ARE MORE
THAN A MILE DEEP
WASHINGTON: The deepest well
in the world is in upper Silesia, in
the German empire. It is a diamond
drill hole in a coal field and is 7360
feet deep. A well in the United
States which may go deeper accord
ing to the United States Geological
survey, is four miles north of McDon
ald, Pa., and about fifteen miles west
of Pittsburg.
This well, which is being sunk to
the Medina sandstone—a bed that
elsewhere contains oil and gas,—is
now 7174 feet deep. Some gas and
oil were struck in the upper part of
the well. Between the depths of
638$ and 7100 feet rocks bearing
rock salt and salt water were encoun
tered.
These are regarded as of the Sa
lina or salt age, the same as those
carrying rock salt in western New
York. The temperature in the well
at the depth of 6776 feet, as recent
ly determined with great accuracy, is
145.8 degrees of Fahrenheit.
At Derrick City, McKean county,
Pa., near Bradford, there is a well
5820 feet deep, which is probably
the second deepest well in the Uni
ted States. Another deep well Is on
Slaughter creek, Kanawha county,
W. Va. It is 6696 feet deep. It pen
etrated a sandstone at 5030 to 6050
feet and from this depth to the bot
tom, a distance of 546 feet, the well
is in limestone. Near West Eliza
beth, Pa., there is another well 5675
feet, beneath the surface, penetrating
into a black shale.
Notice.
Dr. German has returned from his
trip and will be pleased to serve the
public with the best up-to-date den
tistry. Office over Owl Drug stpre. 1-4
FOR SALI£—Very cheap, one 9 h.
p. gas engine, used only six months.
Apply to Love-Whitley Co. kl8-7
' I hereby wish to publicly express
my thanks to Drs. Winans and Boyle
for their conscientious work in sav
ing my eyesight. They removed four
pieces of copper which had cut holes
into the eyes, yet by their careful
and conscientious work left my sight
just as good as before.
WE have just bought a
carload of fancy Yaki
ma 'potatoes direct from the
farm.
The finest Potatoes
ever brought to town
Get a Sack!
»
Good Cooking Eggs 35c a dozen j
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS.
\
Do not miss the show of the Lib
erty tonight. Good pictures is the
standard if this house.
What, in all Alaska can you get to
send to your friends in the States bet
ter than a few nice views of Alaska?
There is not a soul living in any
country that is not interested in Alas
ka. Not a soul that does not appre
ciate pictures of Alaska. A view of
the last frontier on earth, that costs
you ten cents now, or as much more
as you like, cannot be bought of your
friends to whom you send it for ten
dollars, years from now. What other
one thing is surer to increase in val
ue with time than views? And you
can make your present just as much
or just as little as you like. Remem
ber, however, that it takes a little
.time to make them. P. S. Hunt. tf
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_ Chas. Perry
"“"'SEATTLE
"A Complete Services
. IN TUB HEART OF THE CITY
1155Rooms with bath-50 SampleRooms
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lva. Fori Liscum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p.m 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. t»«OP
S'« R ICT LV FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
Copper River
Praying Co
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Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interim:.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
DR. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate National University.
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
phone .» 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.
_ , , ,. ----
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
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Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
I
OMice Opposite Court Houac
Phone 3t VALDEZ, ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOR N KY S-AT-LA W
Office** in Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
v-4} VALDEZ LODGE
No 188
, V Free and Accepted Hamm,
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY, W. M.
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
Red Cross Hospital
Keystone end Hobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Room* for Patients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX. Matron
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•i Somebody
\ \ With Money
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\ \ always has been found to !]
;; “back” a good plan, a good ;;
I! idea, a good business ven- •>
II ture or a good mining pros- ! ]
;; pect; otherwise a good many ;;
* i of today’s successful busi- >> ■
] [ ness enterprises would still !!
; be mere dreams. ;;
'! Advertising has brought • >
J ] about a majority of the in-,] ]
; j troductions of the man with J;
] I the idea, the man with a < •
] ] prospect, or business to the ] 1
j;; man with the dollar.. ;;
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: I ADVERTISE IN THE j ’
I]] PROSPECTOR FOR RE- •
:;sults, ::
***w*h liiiiniiim mi i
I ss Shamrock}
;; C.4PT. TIM MARCUM £
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;; Sails for Port Wells, Portage T
. i Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday £
•< at 9:00 a. m., from the Val- ♦
dez Dock Company's Dock. T
] | For Ellamar, Landlock Bay, T
X and Fldalgo, every Wednea- X
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val- +
II dez Dock Company’s Dock.
; | For Rates, Apply on Boat. £
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Roomi--The Hoik of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Ratei By the kooti
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i PHONE 133 MRS SYRINC, Pay
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Valdez Miners Union No. 18B
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER. Presid.nt. 1
Granite Min«*
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary. I
Valdez, Alaska.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat.
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
• i
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
Ceorge C. Treat Building *
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
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LIVERY and FEED STABL*.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Up