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July 23, 1912. at the postofllce of Valdez,
Alaska, under act of March 3. 1879.
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SATURDAY, NOVMBER, 18, 1816
OUR COUNTRY.
Has any one ever thought that nev
er before the world depended so much
upon the United States as it does
right now!
All the outside great nations are
involved in almost a deathiock! half
a dozen of the smaller nations are
standing on the verge of starvation;
the strain is almost unbearable, and
there is nowhere the world can turn
its eyes for any comfort save toward
the Great Republic in its majesty and
mercy and power.
It shines out on the map of the
world the one land of hope for the
poor; the one land whose watchword
is Liberty and Justice; the one land
whose opportunities are open to all
alike; the one spot that offers an asy
lum and hope to those who are
broken in fortune and whose hearts
are bowed down in sorrow.
While all the atmosphere of Eu
rope is being churned by the rever
berations of the appalling war; could
our nearing De rennea, we snouia
hear in the humble and stricken
homes, the daily and nightly talk,
and the burden of it all would be
that when at last the war’s thunders
shall be hushed, there must be some
land where, in peace there will be a
chance to pick up the raveled threads
of a lost fortune, and where there
may be a chance to reweave them
into fabrics to begin to hide the
world’s nakedness.
„ And, looking around, there is but
one spot where the world can center
and begin this work. That is in our
country, and for us to offer this asy
lum and to meet the requirements
that will follow will tax our patriot
ism and patience; our fortitude and
tenacity of purpose; our sense of
right and determination to be just,
as they were never taxed before. It
will need all the wisdom that we can
obtain to steady-the nation then. The
first essential will be to find work for
the host for they will all have to live,
and there is no way to feed them,
save that they be given a chance to
earn the food they eat. And for what
they produce a market must be found.
This involves the necessity of possess
ing a great merchant marine; the
building and navigating a great fleet
of merchant ships. That involves
first great work in the coal and iron
mines; then the assembling of the
materials on the shipyards where
ships grow into form; then the shipa
to fulfill their purpose must go out
against the storm and might to find
the foreign ports—quite half a mil
lion stalwart men are needed for this;
then shrewd men should be sent out
with the ships to buy the raw mate
rial that we need to transform with
American brain, aqd to find new, rich
lands for poor men to own and work,
and hence all the signs point to the
need of protection for American la
bor and the need of a merchant ma
rine to carry away our products, to
bring back what we need, to be our
perpetual letter of introduction to all
the outside nations of the earth until
all the world bows to the majesty of
our flag and looks to the American
people for all they need.—Cordova
Times.
MISPLACED CHARITY.
A CHRISTMAS SHIP with 3000
tons of food and 1000 tons tons of
clothing will sail from New York on
December one for Syria, to relieve
the suffering existing in that country
from the ravages of war. This is
a glaring example of the Bickly senti
mentality of the average American
organization. Thousands of families
are more destitute today than any
foreign family, who have been used to
squalor, disease and dirt sinde they
were born. Here in the Northland
there are thousands of souls who suf
fer through the long winters, with
neither enough food nor clothing to
last them through the winter, and
with no kind, humane, loving hands
to minister to their wants,—because
it is not fashionable and the donors
would get no newspaper publicity.
There is hardly a native family in
the Northland, especially on the isl
ands to the westward, and along the
bleak coast from Dillingham to Point
Barrow who does not need food and
clothing. There is not a native tribe
to the westward that is not in actual
want for the barest necessities year
after year.
These 3000 tons of food and 100O
tons of clothing would prove a god
send to the natives of the north. Ev
ery season dozens of natives perish
from cold and hunger. Unlike the
Syrians and Armenians, who live in
a warm country and need little to
sustain life, it takes a large amount
of animal matter to sustain life in
the bitter cold of the North. It takes
warm clothing and warm houses. A
short run of salmon or a poor catch
of seals wipes out a whole tribe, as
there is no other means of suste
nance. The citizens of the northern
Alaskan towns waste nothing, either
in food or raiment. They save all
old clothing and what they can spare
for the natives. Every town has some
noble man or woman in charge of this
work. But in spite of this many na
tives are compelled to pass the win
ter clothed in less garments than the
Syrian.
Could these mistaken philanthro
pists who send millions of dollars
in charity out of the country be
brought to realize that there is as
much or more suffering right in their |
dooryards, they probably might pause
in their donations to warring coun
tries. The Alaskan native is more
deserving, more honest, more grate
ful and is more entitled to American
charity than any of the war-mad in
habitants of the old country. They
are peaceful, home-loving, hard-work
ing citizens. A man who can wrest
a living from the barren shores of
this inhospitable clime must neces
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sarily work, and work hard in all
kinds of weather. The Indians eat
decayed salmon, seal oil, whale meat
and seal-blubber from necessity, not
from choice. When opportunity of
fers they eat good food as avidly as
a white man, and enjoy it as much.
If these Eastern societies could re
alize the misery and suffering exist
ing among the natives of Alaska they
would probably do more to alleviate
their condtition; but their eyes are
set on the distant shores of Europe
and starvation and poverty in their
own land is passed by.
IT’S ALL OVER, AND EVEN SHOUT
ING IS DENIED US.
.
It’s all over. Even shouting is de
nied us good Republican^. The Am
1 erican people have spoken and we
must abide by their majority voice.
This does not mean that the Repub
licans must let their organizations’ gd
| by default, or cease fighting and
I working for the principles in which
Ithey believe but It does mean that it
is the part of all good Americans fo
take off their coats and help these
elected to offices to make good.
The Dispatch, speaking for itself,
will be the first to offer congratula
tions to the successful candidates, and
will do all In its power to assist them
in all worthy things, and will be the
last to offer criticism,-and then only
in case candidates’ act justify such.
Should Mr. Sulzer be elected the Dis
patch will not pre-judge him and be
gin a campaign against him befbttfTie
has fairly started for Washington. It
win get Denma mm ior everyimng
that pertains to the industrial devel
opment and the social and moral ad
vancement of the Territory of Alaska.
The Empire Builders of the North
land are too busy to quarrel over tri
fles or allow or carry political bitter
ness and prejudices past an election.
And whoever may be elected, Wick
ersham or Sulzer, all Alaskans should
get behind the successful candidate
and help him make good.—Juneau
Dispatch. •
A W ELCOME TEST.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has included the Canadian Pa
cific Railway, the Grand Trunk Pa
cific Railway, British Columbia and
White Pass Steamship service in the
probe instituted by Delegate James
Wickersham of Alaska for political
effect. The probe covers Alaska
rates by water and rail and in itself
is hardly worth detailing as the con
tention is so well known. The Amer
ican lines, parties to the suit, are al
leged to be amenable to the Inter
state Commerce Commission, but the
great test, and one that is most
warmly welcomed is the effort of the
steamships in the process of stran
gulation which the Commission is
supposed to conduct under its limited
powers. From a purely legal and
diplomatic viewpoint, the two Cana
dian steamship companies can, and
they certainly should, ignore the
summons of the Commission. Every
law governing maritime commerce is
distinctly at variance with an at
tempt by a United States railroad reg
ulating body, created and operated
upon political lines, to interfere with
a foreign steamship. Without any
assumption or suggestion that the
Canadian lines are guilty or not guil
ty of error or irregularity, the ques
tion resolves itself into one whereby
a foreign steamship company, oper
ating between Canadian and Ameri
can ports, is or is not subject to the
heckling laws of a commission cre
ated for the purpose of regulating in
terior railroad rates within one na
tion.
That the interstate Uomnjerce
Commission has no authority to regu
late American steamships in the coast
wise trade will undoubtedly be finally
passed upon.
Every steamship man is delighted
at the turn of affairs for it is a well
known fact that the Canadian lines
control a large portion of the South
eastern Alaska business owing to the
superior class of vessels operating,
and it is a foregone conclusion that
they are going to continue such oper
ations without fear of interference
from the notoriously inefficient and
politically governed Interstate Com
merce Commission. Verb. sap.—
"Fools Rush in Where Angels Fear
to Tread.”—Railway and Marine
News.
FREDERICK PALMER, the noted
war correspondent, says that the war
will continue for two years yet, or as
long as America will finance it and
ship food stuffs to the belligerents.
Up to the present time, thanks to the
financiers of New York, the warring
nations have been fed better at a
smaller cost to themselves than the
citizens of this country. Flour, beef,
clothing and other necessities are‘a
bit cheaper in London than New York,
and the American consumer is forced
to see shipload after shipload of ne
cessities shipped out of the country!
while they pay double price for what'
they buy. In other words the con- j
sumers of the country are paying a j
large part of the cost of the war by;
allowing individuals in New York to;
gain control of and make millions off
our staple foods.
OUR BELT OF ATMOSPHERE.
In Thlokneae It la to tha Barth aa tha
Skin Is to tha Apple.
lu a contribution to tbe year book
of the department of agriculture Ros
eoe Nunn of tbe United States weather
bureau compares the thickness of the
atmospheric envelope that surrounds
the earth with tbe diameter of the
earth Itself.
The extreme limit of tbe eartb’a at
mosphere above tbe surface of the
earth Is estimated to be lbO miles. Tbe
eartb’a diameter Is approximately 8,000
miles. But tbe density of the ntmos
pbere decreases rapidly aa altitude In
creaaea, ao that three-quarters of the
mass of tbe atmosphere Ilea below tbe
aeren mile level.
Thus tbe solid earth has but a thin
coating of air, at moat only about one
fortletb aa thick aa tbe diameter of the
earth, or if we conelder only Its really
appreciable extent, which la about for
ty miles above the earth, only one two
hundredth aa thick as tbe diameter of
tbe earth. It to therefore a mere
coating, not thicker, relatively speak
ing. than the akin on an appla of or
dinary aims. When we consider tbe
fact that storms operate only In that
part of the atmosphere which Ilea
within about seven miles of tbe earth,
and chiefly within three miles. It to
truly wonderful what mtgbty forces
they generate and what vaet energy
they expend within that thin film of
gas
A storm condition may cover one
third of tbe United States. The die
turbanre may be 1,000 to 1,000 miles In
diameter, but leu than seven miles
thick. In other words, tbe body of
air In wblcb those tremendous forces
work to of about tbe same proportions
aa a postcard.
NO ARCTIC WARRIORS.
Aa Huntara tha Natlvaa Ara Wondara,
bat Cannat Maka Soldiers.
Battle history halts at the arctic cir
cle. Be.voud that human life is so dif
ficult lo sustain that Its willful waste
Is unthlnkuble. Nations with a foot
hold Id the icy north recruit no armies
In that frigid zone. Indeed, the men
are of such meager stature and intel
lect that a military training is next to
Impossible.
The real natives of the arctic can
endure hunger and fatigue, can march
in their own fashlou through burri
cane and blizzard, but their value is
rather to the explorer of the inhos
pitable north than to the soldier. As
hunters they are wonderfully clever,
yet they are curiously formal In ad
ministering the coup de grace.
They will apologize to the tierce
white bear which they have cornered
before advancing to a close attack
with bone tipped arrows and spears, a
duel In which the odds seem decisively
on the bear destroying the man. They
are therefore not cowards in any sense,
and few sportsmen would risk their
lives against bear and wolf and wal
rus protected only by futile weapons
nnd their own personal dexterity.
1 Do i^apps and Samoyeds of arctic
Russia, like the Eskimos of North
America and Greenland, are so often
compelled In times of dearth and
famine to sacrifice their aged weak
lings that this form of death has be
come a vague religious and social prln
clple with them.
Nature's Rifle Bullet*.
What man baa learned by dint of
thought and experiment some of the
lower animals appear to know through
Instinct An Instance Is furnished by
what Is called the "spiral swimming"
of certain organisms, such as the
spherical shaped volvox and several
elongated Infusorians. As these re
volve about the axis of progression In
the manner of a projectile fired from
a rifled gun the consequence Is that
they are sblo to travel In a straight
line, as they could not do otherwise,
the revolution compensating with ab
solute precision for any tendency to
deviate from a straight course. With
out such a device many of these
minute creatures would simply de
scribe circles, making no forward prog
ress.
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Creation of a Knight.
The ceremonies at the creation of a
knight have been various. The prlnci
l>al were a box on the ear and a Strok#
with a sword on the shoulder. John of
Salisbury tells us the blow with the
nuked fist was in use among the an
cient Normans. By this it was that
William the Conqueror couferred the
honor of knighthood on his son Henry.
It was afterward changed Into a blow
with the flat of the sword on the shoul
der of the knight.
Appreciation.
“How was the concert last night?”
asked the low browed person.
“Splendid,” replied the lover of
music. “Signor Spodelll actually made
his violin talk.”
“It’s remarkable what some of those
fellows can do with a fiddle. I heard
a chap In vaudeville once who could
imitate the howling of a dog to perfec
tion.”—Birmingham Age-Herald.
Losing Ground.
"My wife Is In a fix about her garden
party.”
“What’s wrong?"
“Declinations are coming In about as
fast as she can send Invitations out.”
—I.ouisvIUe Courier-Journal.
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Making Progress.
"Has he asked for your daughter’s
hand ?"
“No. but 1 have hopes. He has taken
to ordering the servant# about"—Life.
A sunny teyaper gilds the edges of
life's blackest d»ufl.—Guthrie,
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Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
(MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdes Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 84
i Candy Kitchen
& W. HUNT—'m <M Dra* Star*.
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Valdez Miners Unhm Ho. 168
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ROBERT SHAFFER, Preheat,
CHAS. McCALUJM^ Sscretyry
LOUIE'S CAFE
Eraythiaf First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
LAUNCH N & S
l. eavea every Wednenday at 0 n.
m. from Valdez Dork for Krlla
mnr. I.andloek. and Fidalgo.
l.ravex every Saturday at 7 a. m.
from Valdez Dork for Cedar Ilay,
Wella Hay, Port Well* and (Gran
ite Mine.
PORTAGE BAY AND OTHER
POINTS BY CONTRACT
W. J. CALLAGHAN
OWNER AND MASTER.
lyn pups, $10 and $15 each each.
Erich Lucas, Seward, Alaska. 11-30
The Oolden North has steam heat
ed rooms. tf
The Home of the Pat-a-Cake. At
Love-\Vh:;)ey Co. tf
GERMAN princes will lose their
British titles if they keep on bear
ing arms against England, according
to Premier Asquith, who yesterday
introduced a bill in the house of com
mons to that effect. In many respects
this war resembles a comic opera.
The countries waste more time in sil
ly legislation against each other than
they do in fighting.
IN MANY of the ordinary schools
of Chicago boys are taught sewing.
The girls have probably all enliBted
in the preparedness camps.
POSTAGE stamps are sold in near
ly all the cigar shops of France.
Alaska Gold HOI
Mining Company
OFFERS ITS FIRST ISSl'E OF
100,000 SHARES OF STOCK AT lOc
Why You Should Buy Alaska Gold
Hill Mining Stock.
The company has ground pro
nounced by experts as warranting de
velopment.
The money derived from the sale of
stock will be spent in the ground.
Preliminary arrangements for the
winter’s work already made.
There is not one cent of indebted
ness.
Treasury stock only for sale.
The adjoining property will be n
producer in a short while
This is a moving concern and the
stock is going to be active.
The Alaska Gold Hill property i3
in sight of Valdez and is backed and
managed by conservative people.
A dollar .spent here is also a dolla •
to help Valdez.
Stock on sale at the office of Sec
retary and Treasurer George J.
Love. Adv.—tf.
_PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OattitftrVMaDncC*.
’» McKinley Street
Co a trad Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U & Public Health Serv.
(Mhrlns Hoop Hal)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
OUnnlty,
DENTIST
Fourteen Than la Vaides.
PHONE lie
Ofllee Rooms In Whaling Bail ding
DONOHOE & DIMOND
attorneys-at-law
Office Opposite Cenrt House
Phoue U VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS e. K RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
101.00 xo. SEVEN’
Meets every Tuesday evening at 8:00
o’clock in their hall over TJ. S. Com
missioner’s office. Visitors are always
welcome.
T. H. HUNT, President.
E. G. AMES, Secretary.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
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Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each' month In McKinley
HalL Visitors always wslcoms.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
V. S. Maoral Surveyor
MdUaley Street V. M. Store.
Valdes, Alaska
When la Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
aegRGE SEXTON. PROP.
SlRtCTLV FIRST OLAS6
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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
The Best Placejin Valdez to
Stop at' is the
Arctic Hotel '
Warn, Light R*oe»--The Hoax of Caefert
RATES. REASONABLE
BATH-ROOM Special Rataa By the Month
PHONE IBB MRS. STRING, PtapS.