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VALDEZ. ALASKA
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July 23, 1912, at the postoflice of Valdes.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1917
OH, TO BE A OYPBYI
JV*. to b* > gypwv and drive a gypey van
V/ Uphill and downhill and he a gypey
man!
Willow for jrour whlpotock, clover In jom
hat.
Nothing In your pocket book at all, but
what of thatT
rniN pane that rattle, tin palle that
swing—
Uphill and downhill merrily they sing.
Jingle and Jangle, clashing out a tuns.
Making gypsy melody for a gypey Juno- -
UPHILL, and downhill, a blossom In
your mouth.
Northward In summer time, winter in the
south;
Just a van to ward you from the beat and
oold;
No house to shelter you, no house to hold.
\fONET Is a burden, dollars are a cars,
ill But a gypsy wanders, wanders any
where.
Uphill and downhill; gypsy, let us roam.
Every night a campfire, every night a
heme
—Douglas Malloch.
WAR’S DEVELOPMENTS
From smaller items such as im
provements on hand grenades, to com
plete revolution in designs of the big
gest guns, and abandoning the style
of airplanes of a decade ago and less,
the war has been productive of mon
ster efforts of the mind. Inventive
genius has burned brilliantly in the
three years. Men’s minds have been
busy improving, if tmprovment is the
word, on the things that take life.
Not until the war ends and time has
elapsed to summarize all these things
will the world know definitely of the
giant strides made in the art of war
fare and the engines for It mainten
ance. This alone should be a con
clusve argument against a recurrence;
of war on the scale it has been fought |
snee 1914. It Is In the air, perhaps '
where the greatest showing has been
made. Visitors at the front a few
months after the war started who I
have been there again recently hesi
tate to tell of the changes and Im
provements in aif machines, so won-,
derful have these changes been \
among all nations. Explosives, too,
of all kinds are many times more
powerful than three years ago; big
ger guns'are in position with greater
accuracy in placing ther shots; field
pieces of smaller calibre are not the
same; machine guns spit fire more
deadly than in the fall of 1914, while
the men themselves are better train
ed in all the art. Yet with all these
bigger and more powerful agencies.;
minor things have not been neglect-,
ed. Men even are trained to use their;
fists in close encounters. The bayo
net now is a weapon more to be fear
ed than the shell. French poulis en
tering German trenches step into
great wolf traps hidden in the bottom
of the ditches, while explosives made
to resemble mechanical toys of cor
rugated iron are left lying around to
arouse the curiosity of the capturing
hosts. One prick of the bayonet or a
disturbance by the foot and the queer
object explodes.
It may be that this exercise of
brain power never could have been
turned to the uses and advantages of
progress and tlvilixation but if it
could have been used in that direc
tion, what a wonderful progress for
the world the last three years would
have marked.
ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION
From the outside looking in, the
explanatory somersaults that are go
ing on among the Prussian militarists,
are a kind of International weather
vane. Possibly many of the German
people do not realize how thorough
ly they are being bilked with empty
promises but there always remains
the hope that after a while they will
awake to the realities—and undoubt
edly they already are suspicious of
the quality of the mental pabulum j
that is being doled out to them. '
It is all because of the submarine!
war. When it was proclaimed about
five months ago Germany was assur-l
ed that England would be starved
out in four weeks. Subsequently, when
England continued to struggle along
without changing its det, the limit
was placed a^ three months. Now that
nearly six months have elapsed and
there are no signs that Britain will
succumb on account of starvation, the
kaiser's spellbinders have been put
up against the necessity of instilling
new hope into the situation and the
result is that they have taken a new
tack.
It would not do to confess that the
submarine has failed in its major pur
pose for it is the kaiser’s last resort
—so much is practically admitted in
Germany. So now come von Tirpitz,
author of the unrestricted campaign;
Ludendorff, von Hindenburg’s man
Friday, the new chancellor and others
of lesser consequence, with words of
THE EMPRESS
THURSDAY EAGLE HALL 8 SHARP
PATHE NEWS—Late Current events.
Picturesque Havana
“Some Foreign Birds,?-Comedy.
CHARLES CHAPLIN
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cheer.
No longer is the German populace
informed that England is at the point
of actual starvation—for even the
Germans know otherwise. Von Lud
endorff says the U-boats have fulfill
ed their appointed task by cutting
down the supply of ammunition reach
ing the enemy. He says the submarine
will break down England's ability to
prepare for war by lessening her ton
nage and thus bring peace. "The sub
marine is accomplishing all and more
than all it is expected to do," adds
Chancellor Michaelis, "and as a con
sequence it will not be possible (for
England) to oppose the necessity for
peace much longer."
The militarists are making a des
perate appeal to the German people |
and are tryng to revive their flagging
spirits by promising them an early
triumph. Vet the word knows that En
gland, in spite of the serious inroads
of the U. boats, is not starving and
that her fighting ability has not been
materially impaired—that it has, in
fact, been strengthened at home much
more rapdly than it has been weak
ened by the submarine warfare. Only
a great disaster somewhere in the
allied machine can give Germany vic
tory, and the leaders are resolved to
continue the war on the chance that
it will occur.
Meanwhile, however, they are re
sorting to artificial respiration in or
der to keep the people in a fighting
mood.
DELEGATE Hl l^ZER
The moment Delegate Sulzer ap
peared on the deck on the steamer
that brought him and his family yes
terday, he was greeted with the kind
of cordiality that shows real friend
ship for the man. There were no half
baked expressions of welcome. It was
from the heart. Everybody felt that
they had a friend in their midst. None
feared attack by the delegate for dif
fering with him. It was not so with
the former delegate when every other
voter would cuss him under their
breath; knowing fully that it was
mutu<>*.
Delegate Sulzer may not be the
shining star in debates or expression
of vindictiveness and spite that his
predecessor was, or is; but Sulzer
reaches for your hand, whether you
voted for him or not, for a friendly
shake with a clear desire in his heart
to be friendly instead of carrying a
chip on his shoulder with a challenge
for you to knock it off. Whatever we
may say against the delegate, there
is one thing that we must admit; and
Warm Beddings
ready for the
First Cold Nights
Plenty of them! All the
softy fleecy kinds that are
warm without being heavy.
Comforts in pretty colors
and patterns, filled with
pure white cotton or down.
Blankets of many kinds,
cotton, part wool and all
Wool, all priced as low as
possible.
S. Blum and Co.
Good Goods.
that Is, he endeavors to be every
body’s friend and help everybody to
the full extent of his ability which is
all that we can expect from any mor
tal.—Ketchkan Progressive-Miner.
Mayor J. G. Watts returned to his
home at Anchorage on the steamer
Alameda last evening, after spend
ing a week in Valdez.
Carl A. Nelson and A1 Barnes were
passengers on the steamship Alameda
last evening for Latouche.
Jos. Mattson and Matt French were
passengers for Latouche on the steam
er Alameda.
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WHY send out for your printing when we can
furnish you with anything needed in stationery for
the office and store.
A dollar kept at home is a dollar saved to the com
munity. If you send for your needs your neighbor
will follow your example and we all suffer. The town
that is up and coming is the town with an abiding
faith in its future, and how can you maintain your
faith in die city when you buy all you eat and wear
outside? '
Beers, Sawbuck & Bunk have busted more towns
than they have built up, and you never saw a dollar
of your money ever come bade to you.
When you send your money outside to the old re*
liable printing houses of Seattle and Tacoma you
may get a cheaper job in every sense of the word,
and you may also have to pay a higher price for it.
Location notices, both quartz and placer; warran
ty deeds, mill site location notices, proofs of labor,
quit clai mdeeds, amended location notices, and all
kinds of legal blanks at The Prospector Office.
We sell a good quality of typewriter paper at $1.50
5er box, a better quality for $2 and the best Crane's
apanese Linen for $2.50, legal size.
Why not let us print you 100 calling cards in the
latest style type, for $1.50.
$ $ $
MADE
C. A. Brown left for Latouche last
evening.
B. Benson left on the Alameda for
Anchorage.
The Pacific Steamship Company's
steamer Admiral Wainwright was in
port last night with a load of pow
derand oil for our local merchants.
Fred McDonald left for Kodiak last
evening.
Mary Carlson left for Uyak on the
steamship Alameda.
Oliver A. Hall, formerly of this
city, and a well known member of
tlie Road Commission, has been pro
moted to a captaincy, U. S. R., ac
cording to reports received here on
a late boat.
Robert R. Hunter, the old Demo
cratic warhorse, who has been at
tending court here, returned to his
home at Anchorage on the steamer
Alameda last night. Mr. Hunter acts
aa wharfinger for the A. E. C.
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