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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1915
PUBLICITY AS AN EDUCATOR.
Advertising as a popular means of
educating the people to higher ideals
is a new thought. Importance was
first vigorously impressed to this at
a large gathering recently by First
Vice-President N. C. Kingsbury, of
the American Telegraph & Telephone
Company, in an address on “The In
vestment Side of National Publicity.”
The speaker said that the real value
of advertising lay in the building up
of a business rather than in attract
ing immediate customers. His great
telephone company advised not to in
duce people to install telephones, but
to inform the public regarding the
business purposes, difficulties, prob
lems and the ideals of the telephone
company; to make it known to the
American people, to use Mr. Kings
bury’s words that “as a corporation
we seek to be absolutely fair and hon
est, that we are above graft, petti
ness, discrimination, Aiat we have be
fore us the lofty ideal 'of civic serv
ice in supplying the means for uni
versal communication, and that we do
not seek an unusual or unfair profit."
This pertinent question was asked
by Mr. Kingsbury in view of the truth
of what he said: “What would it be
worth if we could convince everybody
in this country that these statements
are true? That is exactly what we
are trying to teach.” The speaker
emphasized his point -by referring to
the efforts of the warring nations in
Burope “to convince their own peo
ple, the rest of the world and God
Almighty that their individual causes
are just and righteous."
A stronger endorsement of the ben
efits of publicity has seldom been had
than this. Mr. Kingsbury is not
alone in holding his view of the mat
ter, for recently Mr. E. H. Gary, of
the Steel Corporation, spoke in the
frankest terms of the need of greater
publicity on the part of all corpora
tions, if they would get the public on
their side. Incidentally this justifies
the conclusion of Mr. Robert E. Liv
ingston, Director of Publicity of the
Consolidated Gas Company of New
York, that “there is as much human
interest in the advertisement of a
publication as you will find in the
news pages.”—Leslie’s.
America needs as never before the
trained mind, the courageous spirit,
and the constructive imagination.
There never was a greater demand
for young men than in the commer
cial world today. The young men of
this school are entering upon a course
which leads directly to the open door
of opportunity, an opportunity so big
with possibilities of accomplishment
as to tire the imagination and stir the
soul. Let our young men rise to the
occasion.—William S. Kies, of New
York.
For the past three years our local
weekly has been yelling for a boycott
upon citizens and corporations of our
city. He got it started all right, but
it bolted, and now he is in the posi
tion of the fellow who had the bear
by the tail. He can’t let loose for
fear it will bite him. •
Leslie’s Weekly says that the worst
enemy of American prosperity is the
selfish demagog and the self-seeking
muckraker, to whom everything is
wrong and nothing is right. The
above mjjst have been uttered in a
spirit of prophecy for they had not
. yet received a copy of our local muck
raker.
--THE
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LATEST NEWS FROM THE
WAR.
THE HEART REBELLIOUS,
Splendid Two-Part Drama
RED DYE, Screaming Comedy
The Moonstone, Fire Parts on
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
AHmjt»ion 25c and 10c.
ALASKA'S NEEDS
If congress appreciates the impor
tance of Alaska’s present needs there
will be no haggling over the estimates
of the interior department nor skimp
ing of the necessary appropriations.
The great territory is at the thresh
bold of its greatest opportunity. The
first year of the government railway
construction has stimulated the in
terest of the whole country and
started a host of argonauts Alaska
ward. Prospectors have penetrated
the Wilds and discovered new mining
wealth for development. Agricul
tural lands have been taken up, the
navy as well as the commercial in
terests are wetting for Alaska coal
supplies. Every community and mat
erial interest of the country is await
ing the new life, and the whole
machinery of development awaits
only on the action of congress.
Secretary Lane of the interior de
partment and the Alaska commission
estimates the construction and main
tenance needs the government rail
way for the coming season at $8,247,
000. This will complete connection
with the Matanuska coal fields, will
extend the present Alaska Northern
railway forty-five miles on the Sew
ard line and will add ninty-one and
one-half miles to the main line con
struction to the north, as far as the
crossing of the Talkeetna river.
There is also provision for grading
the right-of-way out of Fairbanks
to the south and estimates for nec
essary dredging and headquarters ex
pense. Emergent needs are also
indicated for the coast and geodetic
survey, aids to navigation and roads
and bridges.
General concurrence of official
opinion in the estimates gives assur
ance that they are as low as the needs
of the situation will permit. There
should be little or no objection on
the part of congress to the continu
ance of the program of development
so auspiciously begun this season.—
Post-Intelligencer.
IS CHRISTIANITY DECADENT?
A prominent Eastern journal asks
its readers if Christianity is decadent.
It emphasises the fact that it is par
ticularly incongruous that our promi
nent officials should attend church
Sundays and turn their thoughts to
the destruction of fellow Christians
on week days, It claims that hate
.has ousted Christianity from the
hearts of the warring nations, and
that the greed of gold has caused the
Love of mankind to be driven from
the thoughts of neutrals.
It hardly seems possible that with
half the world flying in hate at each
other’s throats, that time can be
found for prayer, yet we see the in
congruous picture of a soldier attend
ing divine service and picking up his
rifle and slaughtering his enemies
when he arises from his knees.
The kind of Christianity that bade
one turn the other cheek when smit
ten has vanished for the time being,
and the modern Christianity as exem
plied by a spirit of carnage has taken
its place.—Ex.
Will the economist of the 49th
Constellation explain why we had to
have a 20 mill levy when Cordova
needed only five? Cordova’s side
walks are in as good repair as ours;
her schools are no larger; she is as
brilliantly lighted, and yet while our
local aggregation of financiers arei
wildly struggling to make both ends
meet on a 20 mill levy, Cordova says
she has sufficient money ahead to sup
ply her needs for the fiscal year.
We extend greetings to the new
mayor pro tern. Here’s hoping that
he will see the error of the old may
or’s ways, and' do all in his power
to hold on to the industries and busi
nesses we have.
SAYS AMERICA UNFIT
TO MEDIATE IN WAR,
WASHINGTON: Dr. Anna How
ard Shaw, retiring President, before
the annual convention of the Na
tional American Woman Suffrage As
sociation, today arranged the United
States as unlit to mediate between
the warring nations of Europe be
cause it denies justice to its own
women.
“No one will deny that the real
cause of the war was the injustice
and selfishness which permits Gov
ernments as well as individuals to
ignore their obligations and duties to
each other. But can the United
States be said to be in a superior po
sition? How can it plead for jus
tice in Europe when it denies Jus
tice to its own women?
"How can it* claim that written
agreements between nations are bind
ing when it violates the fundamen
tal principles of its own National
Constitution which declares that the
right of the citizen to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United
States or by any state? Is it true that
the United- States Constitution, too,
is but a scrap of paper to be repud
iated at will?”.
Supt. A. G. Stahl of the Alaska
Mines corporation, was a passenger
on the launch Shamrock this morning
HUS FOOTBALL
PLATER IS DEAD
La Grippe and Pneumonia Epidemics
Hold Minneapolis and St. Paul
in a Grip of Death.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 29.—La
grippe and pneumonia are sweeping
through the Twin Cities and thou
sands of cases are reported by the
health authorities. Business is suf
fering from the effects of the ravages
of the diseases among the workers
and many of the factories are con
templating closing down until the epi
demics have run their course.
Among the many deaths to be re
ported today is that of Tom Shevlin,
the millionaire lumberman, who suc
cumbed from an attack of pneumo
nia. He was thirty-three years of
age and will long be remembered as
the famous football player of Yale
college.
The epidemic of la grippe is gen
eral throughout the west and many
hospitals in surrounding towns have
sent emergency calls for physicians
and nurses to care for the sulfering.
GENERAL VILLA HAS
REORGANIZED FORCES.
EL PASO, Dec. 29.—General Vil
la, the Mexican leader who was re
ported last week as about to quit
Mexico forever, is said to have reor
ganized his forces near Jaurez. and
to be marching to join forces with
General Zapata’s band of Indians.
It is reported that rebel troops to
the number of several thousand men
have broken with their generals and
will join the ^illa army despite the
fact that many of them have accepted
amnesty from President Carranza.
Leaks Stopped with Oatmeal.
The boiler of the heating plant in
the high school was repaired Satur
day and Sunday by having three
broken tubes replaced. These sec
tions were cracked about three weeks
ago, and the school board adopted the
novel method of stopping the leak by
pouring about thirty pounds of oat
meal in the boiler, which cemented
the leaks and proved quite effective
as a temporary expedient.
Every person in Valdez should go
to the Liberty Theatre tonight and
encourage the students by your pres
ence at the High School play, “Capt.
Rackett.” This is for a worthy cause,
as the money will be spent for need
ed laboratory equipment, and you will
get your money’s worth in good c.ean
comedy, presented by local talent.
Drys to Make Big Fight.
Judging from tbe vast amount of
prohibition literature received at this
office, and the numerous letters from
officials,of the prohibition movement,
a strong attempt will be made to
place Alaska in the dry column. Un
limited money has been appropriated
by the drys and the wets are booked
for some strenuous panning unless a
strong territorial organization is ef
fected.
CAPTAIN NOBD WILL.
NOT STAY ON K. O.
The steamer Kansas City, recently
purchased in San Francisco by the
Alaska Steamship Company and sent
on a trip to Anchorage, arrived in
Seattle yesterday from Tacoma,
where she discharged cargo. The
work of overhauling and refinishing
her for the Alaska trade will begin
immediately.
Capt. Gus Nord went down to San
Francisco to get the ship and has
been in command of her since. The
company wanted to keep him on the
vessel, but he anxious to return to
his one and only love, the steamship
Jefferson. “He wants to go back to
his own ship,” said Mr. Harris, of the
Alaska Steamship company yesterday.
“I guess it is pretty nearly his own
ship, for he has been master of the
Jefferson since the day she was
launched.”—P.-X.
Cost of Producing Gold.
The cost of producing an ounce of
gold at well-known gold mines is giv
en as follows: Alaska Treadwell,
$11.86; North Star, $11.08; Yuba
dredge, $6.26; Camp Bird, $7.65;
Portland, $15.94; Homestake, $13.
72; Goldfield Consolidated, $11.93;
Bast Rand Proprietary, $13.41; My
sore, $8.39; Sons of Gwailia, $14.84;
Waihi, $12.20; Yukon Gold (Dawson
dredging) $9.76. The figures do not
include any amortization nor Interest
on principal and are not all for the
same financial year.—Scientific Min
ing.
The many Valdes friends of John
W. Troy, editor of the Juneau Em
pire, will regret to learn that he is
suffering from a nervous breakdown
from close application and overwork.
His physician has ordered absolute
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Important.
The talk of the town. Are you go
ing to see “Captain Rackett” at the
Liberty Theatre tonight and tomor
row night? Everybody else will be
there. Adults 50c; children 26c.
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
C. A. Ramsay will be an outgoing
passenger on the Northwestern to
night for Seattle.
F&r good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
Red Tusan returned to Fidalgo bay
this morning on the launch Sham
rock.
A fine display of nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Our fresh candy arrived on this
last boat late for the holidays, 12%
cents half pound at the Emporium.
Hats Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf GUY F. CAMERON.
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
The launch Shamrock left for
Landlock and Fidalgo bays this
morning with a number of miners
who were returning to their work in
the mines after having spent Christ
mas with friends in Valdez.
Holiday goods, wearing apparel,
household utensils and articles of ev
eryday needs coming on every boat,
and sold at a bargain. There will be
no half or one-third off after the Holi
days at the Emporium. The goods
are now marked at bottom prices;
you will find many articles on our
flve-cent counter you have been cus
tomarily paying 15 and 25 cents for.
The Valdez friends of Chris Ever
son, the well known miner who is in
Seattle to undergo an operation on
his leg which was broken last winter
but has failed to heal properly, are
circulating a subscription list to help
pay his expenses while in the Seattle
hospital.
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley’s.
Mayor F. M. Boyle will be an out
going passenger on the steamer Ad
miral Evans when she returns from
the westward. He will meet Mrs.
Boyle in the east and will be absent
for several months as he intends tak
ing a post-graduate course in an east
ern school for surgery.
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Chris Everson, the well known
Port Wells miner, who suffered a
broken leg in a mine accident which
confined him to the Post hospital for
nearly six months, has written Valdez
friends that Seattle specialists have
told him that his leg must be broken
again as it failed to knit properly.
He will enter a hospital in Seattle
after New Year’s to undergo the op
eration.
Nugget jewelry made to order at
the Valdez Drug Co., by G. O.
Retake. tf
Several of the well known mates
on the different ships coming to
Alaska have recently gone to the At
lantic coast where the wages are re
ported as being from fifty to seventy
five per cent higher than on the Alas
ka run. The high wage rate applies
only on vessels entering war zones.
Brooms 25c, 35c and 50c; for the
best at the Emporium. tf
A big shipment of dynamite which
was unloaded from the freighter Cor
dova for the Ramsey-Rutherford
mine is being hauled outside the city
limits by Jas. E. Wilson’s teams. The
explosive will be cached until the
road over the glacier is in condition
to deliver the supplies to the mine.
The drawing for the new Ford ma
chine for which tickets have been
given with purchases by the saloons,
will be held at the Pioneers of Alas
ka’s masquerade dance on December
31, at 12 o’clock. tf
m Shamrock
OAPT. TIM MARCUM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay,
and Fldalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply os Boat.
fb. Hum $c Cu.,,
INCORPORATED , f
We Carry Nationally Approved
Lines That You See Advertised
Do you know that the leading magazines guarantee every
article they permit to be advertised in their publications?
Nationally advertised articles are reliable, or they could
not be advertised.
We carry nationally advertised lines, one of the best?
known of which is
Styleplus #17
Clothes,,
ibe Mine price the world cvenT
They are the
only clothes
kthatweknow
lof that are
'nationally
advertised at
one price the '
country over.
The makers center their
skill on this quality. All
wool fabrics, a fine quality
of workmanship, and yetadd
the services of one of the big
fashion artists. No one need
pay more than $17 for the
assurance of correct style
and satisfactory wear.
Big assortment. Come in.
S. BLUM & CO.
Good Clothes
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DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National Ualveralty,
Waahlogrtoa, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
phone is 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
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court Honoe
Phone 34 VALDEZ- ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY S-AT-LAW
Office* In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
Copper River
Draying Coi
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be-mere dreams.
Advertising has, brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
Just received .the finest line of
neckties ever shown in Valdes, at
Red Cross Hospital
Kayitoneland Hobart Sts.
OPEN.TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooks for Patients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX. Mal«»i
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Unarm i
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinlev
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY. W. M.
ED. WOOD. Secretary.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
The Best Place in Valdex to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
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Wam, Light Raoaa-The Horn* af .Caafart
RATES REASONABLE '
BATH ROOM Spatial Ralgi By tha Maath
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING. Pm*
Valdez Miners (talon No. 188
Weitem Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER, PMaUaat,
Graaita Mb*
CHAS. McCALLUM.SacraUry.
VaMaa, Alaafca.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
Ceorge 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 Us- -