Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED By THE
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’Phone 152.
Advertising Bates on Application.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1!)14.
99.9 PER CENT PERFECT.
Only a few years ago the railroads
of the nation admitted, when put on !
the grill by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, that many of their ac
cidents were due to the carelessness
and inefficiency of railway employes.
The railroads then began a campaign
for "safety first” and for the weed
ing out of employes who were not |
amenable to discipline and whose
alertness and efficiency could not
stand "surprise tests." Some of the
results of this system for increasing
efficiency are now being made pub
lic.
To ascertain how well its employes
were obeying the rules, the Penn
sylvania railroad last year caused 5,
961,732 observations to be made. The
total number of failures reported was
8.120. In other words, the Pennsyl
vania organization was 99.9 per cent
perfect.
A most remarkable showing. Yes,
and even more than that when one
considers that many of the violations
reported were of such a trivial na
ture as using the locomotive whistle j
unnecessarily and leaving headlights J
burning in the daytime. As far as the |
use of intoxicants was concerned only !
158 cases out of 784,675 observations I
required discipline.
Other railroads have been con- 1
ducting similar experiments, but the j
record of the Pennsylvania is the best j
yet reported. It shows that the char- j
acter of service rendered to a rail- j
road or to any other employer de !
pends niton what the employer lion |
'rally demands. When it becomes |
generally understood that an employ- t
er will be content with none but tin j
best service and Is willing to recog -
nize and reward excellence and ef i
lieiency. the incompetents, the dissi - ;
pated and the lazy workers soon tind ;
-other anil more congenial fields. Kf
lieiency spells success, both for the!
employer and the employed. Kx.
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IS THERE NO CRIMINAL CLASS? j
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Thomas Mott Osborne of New York, I
who recently served a week in Au- |
burn prison to study prison condi- j
tions at first hand and who has spent
some years investigating crime and
its causes, is now delivering lectures
and writing edifying articles in an
effort to prove that there is no crim
inal class and that great harm is be
ing done by police and newspapers
by constantly referring to criminals
as constituting a separate class and a
class problem. In a lecture delivered
in Brooklyn the other day, Mr. Os
born said:
"There is no proof whatever that
there is a criminal class. Lombroso’s
theory has been blown to atoms. It
is all in the attitude of society toward
the socailed criminal. Just as there
is no physical criminal there is no
mental or moral criminal class, this
is but a convenient term, like the
equator,, au "imaginary line, bin there. |
is no such thing,” , I
It is going to be a task or some
magnitude to convince the public that
there is no cr-minajl class. It is
most generally believed that men are
"born criminals” and “natural crim
inals" and every time a young man
is arrested foi- burglary the police
have little difficulty in directing at
tention to the shape of his head, his
shifty eye or some pecular mark or
i. .mannerism tbitt at once identifies him
a member'of ;"the criminal class.”
However, if Mr. Osborne can abol
pj/jh|bitbe idea of in criminal class in
• gibwojminds, he will have done some
good. For the* theory that anyone
should belong to a Vlass of fiscals,
either “because " of his jowjt, acquired
deficiencies or inherited tendenfeiesl
works an Injustice because it robs the
.person ‘jvhtj .has ’done wrong, of thd
privilege ‘ of coming out of. a class
into which society; according to Mtf
‘Osborne, ’wrongfully’ places'Thim. "v j;
: Classificat/on, of 'human‘beings toj-r
tb good and bad is not worthy of
'high consideration, 1 anyway;7 ; The'
‘ “criminal clasB theory;*’ however, is
like poverty, it will always be with us,
‘"•and so will men who' violate the law
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Hist because they prefer to take the
chain'' s of living on society as a
prey than to live by honest indus
try. They may ultimately escape
classification, but penalization and in
carceration will get them just the.
same, despite Osborne and his theor
ies.—Ex.
Major Morrow Tells the People of the
Rose City That Alaska Has a
Great Future.
in the issue of March 17. of itie
Portland Journal, the-following arti
cle is printed showing that some of
the business interest of the Rose City'
are awakening to the chances of j
commerical expansion in.Alaska:
One of the .most important, meet- j
ings from a trade expansion view-]
point ever held in the city was that i
called by the chamber pf commerce 1
last night to celebrate the signing of;
the Alaska railroad bill and to con-1
sider the possibilities of the Portland
Alaska steamship line.
Major J. J. Morrow, government en
gineer, showed w'hat revolutionizing:
influence a thousand miles of govern- ;
ment built railroad will have on the
fortunes of Alaska.
Norman F. Titus, manager of the ]
Pacific Steamhip company, amazed i
the business men present with his
showing of the business that is open -
ing before the Portland-Alaska line,
and his fact based prediction of what;
the trade may mean to Portland up -,
on the building of the railroad and
the real opening of the country.
At the close of the meeting which .
was held in the assembly room of
the Commercial club, A. H. Devers,
the chairman, said that a bond of
$30,000 had been reuired by the own
ers of the Wand, Stetson and Qui
nault, vessels chartered by the Port
land company, that it was proposed
to divide the amount between lOu men,
making the individual liability $100
for each of the three vessels, that
less than half tlie number desired had
been secured, and that it would he
very satisfactory if the entire mint
her could be completed from among
the business men at the meeting.
Bare Half Dozen Respond.
Half a dozen responded to the in
vitalion: the remainder rose and with
one accord went out, saying that the
talks had been very interesting.
Those who have not. when given
opportunity, subscribed to the cap
ital stock or the bonds, have had be
fore them the fact that in their lack
of action and interest they serve Seat
tie and align themselves with Seattle
interests.
Mr. Titus said the outlook for the.'
success of the line is almost start
lingly good. Alaska business inter
ests are anxious to trade w;ith us.
Hold cargoes are very fairly well as
sured.
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“Hold cargoes will pay the expen - j
ses; deck loads will make the pro ■
fits,” said he, adding:
"If the lumbering interests here get |
into the game and try to sell as much j
as possible of the 60,000,000 feot that |
will be shipped into Alaska this /ear; j
if the Portland merchants will send i
their representatives into the terri-:
tory to get orders; if the canneries'
and fisheries support us as we feel
sure they w'll, the success of the1
Alaska line is guaranteed.
Portland Business is Listed.
Listing the business in sight, Mr,
Titus said that the American Can
company, of Portland, will send over j
10.000 tons .oLcans, tin plate and ends
by the Portland line, and that 6,208
tons of this amount had already been
ordered out. Every mail brings new
reuests for shipments of cans. This
means freight both ways, for the
cans shipped in'are shipped out fill -
ed with salson.
Morrow’s Remarks Highly Interest
ing.
As it is possible Major Morrow
may pe the engineer chosen to build
the government’s railroad into Alas
ka his remarks were cause of great
interest. This line, he pointed out,
would avoid the heaviest grades, be
in reach of coal fields, which.is very
important, and be about as short as
any line that could be built from an
ice-free hgrbor ,to the. interior. ■
•“Alaska compares with Norway and
Sweden in size and agriculturally,, Js
superior, mineralogicaHy, but contains
only a small percentage of .the popr
ulation of these* two .countries,
. "-People hayomever awakened to a
realization of w£at Alaska means,” ■
said Major Morrow. He spoke oi the
difficulty in transportation as one of
me chief reasons' why the, people- do
t.u.-—j|« •-e\' <
I
rot understand the potential richness
of the country. It has hut 500 miles
of railroads, 1,000 miles of wagon
roads, 500 to OOo miles of winter sled
roads and 3,000 miles of water navi
gation closed.
After discussing the possibilities of
the various routes shown oA tile
! Miart printed today. Major ‘Morrow
i took occasion to say that he hits
| known of no subject t‘d which sena
j tors and congressmen hiTve given such
'careful attention as that of govern
| ment railroad building in Alaska. He
| predicted that transportation and re
jduction in freight rates would create
a progress and an investment in A1
i itska beyond present realization.
Freight rates, he said might be re
(lined to one quarter what they are
i now.
Community Should Be Ashamed.
('. S. Jackson said that the invest
ment by the government of $30,000
! 000 for it railroad would mean ten
times that much.in the profits of de
velopment. He urged Portland busi
- ness men to get their thoughts above
! the traffic in town lots, not to expect
I outside capital always to play "wet
j nurse to this community," but to act
vigorously and strongly in extending
. trade- lines and in thus building up
here a real center of commerce. He
said the Alaska steamship line ought
to have a capitalization of $250,000
instead of $25,000, and "I am ashamed
ot a community that can't raise the
$25,000,” hei said.
Commuication.
Editor Prospector: I see in your
Saturday's issue a ticket called "The
Fusion Ticket,” with a platform in
closed by the whole ticket. Now 1
want to say to the voters of Valdez
that I, for one, have no platform and
am going to run just as fast as I can,
and if elected will do the best I can:
if defeated will be better off. lir.
White has his platform, let him run
on it, and if I want one I will get
it up to suit myself. My principles
are for the best interests of the city
of Valdez. Your truly, (\ M. DAY.
Odd Fellows Ball.
Th“ Valdez Dodge NO. 61. O. <>. F.
will celebrate the 95th anniversary
of the birth of the order by giving
tin invitation ball at Eagle hall April
25th. All Odd Fellows and their
families are hereby cordially invited;
without further notice.
COMMITTEE.
To the Voters.
If elected tit the coming municipal''
election I promise to use my best
judgment for the interests of the citi 1
zens of Valdez, but I am not pledged
to any platform.
WILLIAM A. THOMAS.
Glasses #l.oo and up. G. <> lieinke
tit Valdez Drug Co. tr
Administrator’s Notice
In lire Commissioner’s court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In probate.
In the matter of the estate of \V.
Stull, deceased.—Notice.
Notice is hereby given that Arthur
Lang, administrator of the estate of
VV. C. Stull, deceased, has rendered
and tiled for settlement by the above
entitled court, his final report and ac
count of his administration of said
estate, and that Saturday, the 30th
day of May, 1914, at the hour of two
o’clock, in the afternoon of $aid day,,
at the court room of the above entit
led court in the town of Valdez, Alas
ka, has been ordered by said court,
as the time and place for the settle
ment of said account, at which time
and place any person interested in
said estate, may appear and file ex
ceptions in writing to said account or
otherwise contest the same.’
ARTHUR LANG,
Administrator of the Estate of \V. C.
Stull, deceased.
Date of first publication March 30,
1914.
Date of last publication April 30,
1914.
1 Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby given that a mu-'j
nicipal election will be held Tuesday,
April seventh, 1914, at the Fire Halt
in the Town of Valdez, for the pur
pose of electing seven couneilnien to
serve for the period of one year, ana
one member of the local School Board
for the position of clerk for a term
of three years. The polls will he
opened at nine o’clock a. m., and will
be closed at seven o’clock p. m. of
said day.
The following persona shall be
qualified electors for counCilmen:
All citizens of the United States,
or those who have declared their in
tention to become such, of the age
of twenty-one years, who have been
bona fide residents of Alaska for one
year and of the Town of Valdez for
six months next preceding said elec
tion.
The following persons shall be:
qualified electors for officers of School
Board:
All adults who are citizens of the
United States, or who have declared
their intention to become such, and
who are residents of the Valde?
School. District.
Judges of- election are Chas. Sea
gre&tt, Hdfcer Smith and J. J. Cavana.
"The elects afe C. j. Todd and Joe
Krfher. ' V- - • • ■ ;.
RANDALL .E. ASHBY,
~ . • ' t •••■ i -..-.•Town Clerk.
Dated this .12lh day, of March, 1914,
•Subecrtbe tor the RmpeeW:! «
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the Ejection
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We Have the Latest Styles.
Comforting to the Eyes
EVENING is the most enjoyable
time for reading. The quiet
world allows you to see more
clearly the scenes, and to fee! more j
deeply the emotions, portrayed by the
author’s words.
It is very essential, however, to have a good light, other- ;
wise the strained eyes tire the senses and rob the evening
reading of its keenest pleasure.
Electric light, which can be readily obtained in any inten
sity suitable for the eyes of either young or old, affords the
best reading light, and Edison Mazda Lamps furnish an
abundance of it at minimum cost.
Substitute Mazda Lamps for the old carbon lamps in
your lamp sockets and note the difference in the amount and
quality of the light.
Alaska Water, Light & Tele. Co.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
!; MILK—MILK—MILK ||
i > Fre*h£Millc and Cream < <
:: valdez dairy ::
: : " Telephone order* to'Pbone 187 1 i
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STEAM LAUNCH N & S
. Leave*.from. Voider docfc for '
SHOUP BAY
and way point* at 10 a. m. -Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
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CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
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Meet every’ Tuesday evening at 8 o'CiO* u II
Eagle Hall All members are mi jested tc
attend. T C. QUINN. Arctic Cbiel
S. MCNIKCK. Secretary
Valdez Lodge
No 168,
Kree and Accepted Masons
Itecular Communications ttrst Wednesday 10
each month Id McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
A. R. I’.KICSHY, W. M.
C. <’■ Reynolds. Si«
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, alabka
Rafonts on Mines
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Q a nasal Mining Cnginkaning
Rhone No ioi
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meeta Thursdays at ’
8 o’clock at
tke local quartern back of
Ingram & Buah’l Cigar Store
PROFESSIONAL
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Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington,ID. C.m. 1
DENTIST \
Phone 110 I "uiio» n r '
( lltitv KfMUDS OVff. VALDEZ
Valdez Driiy Co.
DR. GERMAN
then. 19 THE dentist
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to 6 p. id.. 7 i>. m.. to 9 p. mi. Sundays
by appointment All work uuurumepd
DR. C. H. VANCE
the osteopath
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Kikrsville. Mo.
OFFICE HOURS- 9 to 12 a.. I toS ». ... .r %j
■Hisistwisl
TREATMENT 92.50
Treat kiildiai, WaO Ttreet. PHONE 293
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F. BUTTERWORTH
,'Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Latouche, Alaaka.
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Assaying and Ore Testing
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VALDEZ MINERS UNION 188
Westin Felsiatioi) of Miners
Meeta Every Tueaday Evening at
7:30 p. m. at Mlnerti1 Hall
H. M. CARTER,' Pfe*.,
ANTON DAHLSTROM, Secy.
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