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1917 FEBRUARY 1917
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1917
THE MAN WHO DOES HIS BEST.
E cannot all be geniuses or con
quer wealth and fame.
We cannot all do wondrous
things, to make ourselves a
name.
We cannot all feel confident of meeting
every test,
But when we have our work to do we all
can do our best.
Our best may not be wonderful, judged by
a standard high.
But we can all do something well if wt>
will only try.
And if we try our level best, performing
every task
With all our might, why, that is all that
any one can ask.
We cannot all be famous—if we were
'twould cheapen fame.
We cannot all be rich enough to give our
selves a name.
We cannot all expect ttv.be dlstinguisned
from the rest,
But some reward is certain for the man
who does his best.
—Somerville Journal.
DON’T WANT NEUTRALS’ AID.
t "
The view of a Russian paper, which
appears to reflect the sentiment of
Petrograd that it would be better for
the entente allies if European neu
trals would stay out of the war Is In
teresting. It declares that the allies
should inform the neutrals that if
they go to war with Germany they
must take their own risks without
looking forward to any gains if the
allies win. What an anomaly.
Yet, in spite of the paradox of this
situation, the Russian newspaper Is
right. It says properly that recent
developments should not deaden the
instincts of self-preservation among
i he small neutrals and that their pol
icies should be dictated by their ge
i graphical position.
That is equivalent to saying that
the European neutrals —Holland,
Norway, Switzerland, Spain, Greece,
Sweden and Denmark- are in danger
of being overrun by Germany if they
•tin the entente: and Hie corollary is
Hint the entente allies could not save
them from Germany, and incidental',.''
from themselves. Thetr entry would
mean that the battle fronts would be
extended and the Russian press be
lieves a longer front would be disad
vantageous to the allies, despite the
superiority of numbers. It assumes
too, that Germany could draw men
from elsewhere to defeat all the neu
trals as well as to hold its present
lines.
The stand taken by these neutrals
in refusing to endorse President Wil
son's policies, shows that the “instinct
of self-preservation” is not deaden
od. however deep their indignation
may be. They probably recall the
fate of Serbia and Rumania, and Bel
gium too distinctly to lay their na
tional heads on the German block.
I Norway's policy of “suffering in si
lence” in the face of the fact that
s he has lost more ships than any oth
er country save England is proof of
her fear of Germany.
The war has established one thinj
too plainly to be overlooked by th •
European non-belligerents—and tha«
is that Germany is terribly rough 01;
little nations that-butt into the con
flict.
A DKLAYKI) MK88AGK.
The Cordova Times, which brags
much on being the only paper in Alas
ka which uses the Associated Press
service, and is constantly patting it
self on the back on its up-to-date
news, prints under date of February
20, an Associated Press dispatch un
der an Ashland, Wisconsin, date line,
about the thrilling race of Mrs. GOo
Wilkinson with death, and recites
how her husband and son were injur
ed at Seward, Alaska, in separate ac
cidents in the same day. The son is
said to be fatally injured and the
mother is tearing across the conti
nent to reach his bedside before the
end comes. There must have been an
awful delay in this particular dis
patch, as well as a few errors, for
George Wilkinson was injured at Val
dez last November while working on
the dock, and his son injured near
the canyon by a sled load of logs
overturning on him. Both recover
ed within a short time, and have been
in Seattle more than two months,
and, according to letters received
l ere some some time ago Mrs. Wil
kinson has been with them there for
about a month. The Prospector has
no Associated Press service, and if
the above is a sample of its efficiency
it is better for our readers that we
have not.
THE editor of the Nenana News
says that Nenana has a decided advan
tage over the coast towns of Alaska
in that the townsite is level. He fur
ther asserts that when the wind blows
at Valdez, Cordova and Juneau, as it
does a large part of the time, there
is always danger of falling off the
town into the bay. Therein the edi
tor of the Nenana News demonstrates
that possibly he has visited Juneau
and Cordova, but is grossly ignorant
concerning Valdez.
Confesses Killing (Jirl.
OKI). Neb., Feb. 24. -Louis Kan
trad, suspected of she murder of lit
iit* Alice F’arkos. and who lias bu."
l.eld in the county jail here, last night
confessed bis guilt, after a severe
griliing on the part of the officers.
i„ater he was rushed out of town, si p
posedly to St. Paul. Neb., to avoid
mob violence.
THE EMPRESS
Eagle Hall Tonight Eight 0,clock
PATHE NEWS
i
LOIS MEREDITH
in the national success
HELP WANTED
5 act drama by the famous players company
Sunday—CAPTAIN COURTESY with D. FARNUM
Regular Admission .... 25c
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
THE BIRD JVAS THERE.
A Surprise For ths Man Whs Invest!- ;
gated ths News “Fake.”
Some years ago strange, weird sto- :
ries used to float into Washington front ,
Kitty Hawk, N. C„ describing a great |
bird, seen only nt night, hoveling over !
the sand dnnes and brushwood of tbc ,
locality.
It was so preposterous that Kitty \
Hawk was soon eliminated ns a news 1
source in every metropolitan newspa |
per office. Washington would not ac- I
cept such stories under any circum
stances. The boys ou Newspaper row
were too experienced to be caught by
North Caroluia fakers.
Kitty Hawk was wiped off the news
map.
And yet the reports of the "great
bird seen only after nightfall!" were ;
absolutely true. After some of us had
exhausted our fund of oriental lore
about the roc—that gigantic bird that
was of such use to anxious Schahera- !
xade of the “Thousand and One
Nights'' in rescuing Sinbad and other :
unlucky travelers from danger—and :
others had gone so far as to suggest a 1
return of the fabled dodo In stupendous ;
proportions, it was finnlly suggested ;
that someliody go to Kitty Hawk and ,
expose the faker.
“Not on your life!” said I. “There
are as many fakes right here in Wash- ;
ington every twenty-four hours as I I
care to exjiose.'’
The one man who finally went with !
deep reluctance fathomed the mystery !
and. literally “discovered" that two !
young Ohio boys, the Wright brothers ;
of Dayton, had solved the “Impossible" I
problem of aerial flight.—Julius Cliam- j
tiers. In the Brooklyn Eagle.
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MUSIC AND MUSCLE.
Energy Expended In Playing a Bach !
Aria an tha Cal la.
A simple air played on tbe vlolou- i
cello calls for a total expenditure of |
energy equal to two and three-quarters !
pound per note or more than four tons
of energy for the single selection, notes
the Popular Science Monthly. This
statement is vouched for by Professor
Poffenberger of Columbia university,
who made some experiments In Ids
laboratory with the aid of the famous
Dutch cellist, Michael Penha.
A special apparatus Is necessary to I
conduct the tests. Against the surface j
of a revolving carbon cylinder is sus '
pended a chalked point which Is actn
ated by a slender wire attached to the !
musician's finger. At each pressure '
the tension vibrates ulong the cominu
nivaling connection and records the eu
orgy expended.
At one test Michael Penha at times
raised the point to a distance equaling |
three pounds In weight, that being (be
record of the forefinger. The pressure j
alone required to produce the charac
teristically luscious tones of a simple
Bach aria averaged two and three
quarter pounds per note. The total
energy expended amounted to 11.414
pounds, or more than four tons.
This same amount of energy would j
be sufficient to carry a laborer through
his entire day's work. Yet it took but
five minutes for the artist to exert the
same amount of force.
Snake's Method of Attack. < ,
No snake is able to jump or spring
from a coil in order to strike, as often
represented in pictures. It can only
strike when if resembles the letter S
and is lying fiat on the ground. It can
then only reach the distance supplied
by stretching the body out straight.
The two curves in the letter S supply
this distance, which is about half the ;
length of the hotly. No snake jumps
through the air to its victim or springs
clear from the ground, rising upon its
tail. Such stories and pictures are till
false. Neither do they coil like a rope
and strike from that |x>sition. They
may coil partially, but the part of the
body that does the striking is ever and
only that part which makes the letter
S and lies Hat on the ground; hence no j
serpent can strike when stretened out
its full length.
—
Some Letters.
An ingenious person has discovered 1
that the throe most forcible letters 4n
our ulphnl>et are X It G (energy); that
tlie two which contain nothing are M T
(empty); that four express great corpu
lence, OBCT (obesity); that two are
in a decline, D K (decay); that four in
dicate exalted station, X L X C (excel- !
lency), and three excite our tears, yet !
when pronounced together are neces ;
sar.v to a good understanding—I. E O j
(elegy and leg).
—
Whittier’s Safeguard.
When an overtimid visitor from the
city once commented to the poet Whit
tier upon the insecurity that seemed in
separable from so many doors opening
out from all sides of the large old coun
try home the master of the house strove
gently to restore confidence by plead- j
ing tbat most of tbem were locked at
night.
8tar Fixing.
“Do flic stars have to be repaired,
pa?”
“I never heard that they did. Where
did you get that idea?”
“I have been reading about flxec |
stars, and I supposed that somebody j
had to fix them ”
Human Nature. '
Some men are not only eager to give j
the devil his due, but they insist on '
adding a fat bonus. It is the Lord
Who usually finds collections poor.— !
Houston Post
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Kind words are the brightest of
home flowers. They make a paradise
of the humblest home.
Good
Goods
Phone 12
Moderate
• Prices
$2.50 per box-APPLES-$2.50 per box
We have received another shipment of those choice
quality apples and will sell them at this
price while they last.
Fruits and Vegetables
To receive the best that the market affords in these lines, purchase here.
We have—
FLORIDA RUSSETT GRAPE FRUIT CAULIFLOWER
ORANGES LETTUCE <i
BANANAS ARTICHOKES
CRANBERRIES PARSLEY
RHUBARB CELERY
And a fine assortment of staple vegetables.
“Holly-hurst” the money back egg,-50c a dozen.
In Domestic and Imported Cheese, We Offer
WISCONSIN TWIN CAMEMBRET
OREGON CREAM
LIMBURGER PIMENTO
ROQUEFORT GREEN CHIIJ
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
GROCERIES AND OFFICE LOCATED IN THE FORMER KING GROCERY BUILDING
KIRK, SNOW AND WATER
PI,AY HAVOC IN JAPAN
TOKIO, Japan.—A snowstorm of
unusual fierceness, which covered sec
lions of the northern provinces to the
depth of fifteen feet, wrecking some
houses and blocking railway comrnu
nication; a tidal wave which demol
ished a hundred houses on the west
ern coast and wrecked a large num
ber of fishing boats; and a fire which
destroyed over 400 houses at Shinga
wa, one of the suburbs of Tokio,
formed an unusual series of disasters.
About 150 fishermen who were out in
their boats at the time of the tida!
wave are missing.
The fire at Semagawa rendered |
several thousand people homeless iu j
4 o'clock in the morning on the cold- j
est day this winter. Destruction of
several hundred houses in a single j
fire, however, is not remarkable in j
Japan, where the tiny wooden houses)
are always consumed with amazing
swiftness. The recent frequency of
fires, however, is calling the attention
of the authorities to the necessity of
improving means for fire fighting.
Crown Jewel Found.
BUCHAREST, Feb. 24.—One 01
the jewels of the imperial crown, j
which was reported missing after the;
coronation of King Charles, lias bee:
found in the cathedral, it was not j
known until after the loss was dis
covered that the settings of several of
flic stones was loose. A thorough
overhauling of the crown has now
been ordered.
lns|>ector8 Withdrawn.
SEATTLE, Feb. 24.—The customs
inspectors stationecf on the interned
German vessels at Eagle Harbor, the
Hamburg-Anterican liner Saxonia.
and the ship Steinbek were withdrawn
last night by order of the collector ot
the district. j
Unfailing
Satisfaction
Ik one of the many reasons
why
CRESCENT
BAKING
POWDER
Is increasing in popular favor.
HOIJ) BY GROCERS
POUND TIN 25c
CRESCENT MFC. OO.,
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Open Day and Niglit McKinley Street, Below fable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAHOVIfll, Propr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—la Owl Drug Starr.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT COLD
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
ALL KINDS OK JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery.
Ripe, Hides, Furs and Bottles,
lu-l.'k Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
When Id Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE .
GEORGE SEXTON. P«op
SiRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave. Seward. Alaska
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, light Reeai-The Hoaae of Cearfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rate* By the Meath
RHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Prep
VALDEZ CAFE
AND BAKERY
Frwsb Bread awl Pastry always oa baad
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
BERGSTROM A ROGSTAD. Prop*.
PHONE *7 - lira fan **» Owl Dm
In every lino or manufactured ar
ticles there is usually one maker who
sets the standard of excellence. The
Rexall Products set such a standard
for the United States in Drugs, Per
fumes, Toilet Articles and in fact, for
every article which they manufacture.
The OWL DRUG CO., exclusive agent!
f'r Valdez. k
A new stock of A1 Fruit Tablets
Candy Kitchen tf
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PKOEESSIONAL. CAIID8.,
-if
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OIDcez over Valdez Drug Co.
Phone *15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv
(■arine Hospital)
JOS. A. SILVERMAN. PH. G. M. D.
I*HVSICIAX AM) Sl’RUKOX
Over Owl Dru^ Co.
OFFICE HOl.tHS:
1 to 4 P. M. 7 to S P. M
Sunday by Appointment.
lies. Phone 176 Office Phone in
ROBERT SiMPSON Opt. D.
.UNEAC, ALASKA
(•lasses Kitted Lenses (•round
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Gradaate National ValmalD
Waaklaftra, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOHNBYS-AT-LAW
Oflice OfiiMltc Court Houae
I
Ptrae M VAI.DRK. ALASKA1
JOHN LFONfe O. S' KIlTJH’.B
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATORNKVS-AT.tAW
OScn I* 11 AAlU« RllMIlf
Phoae 1^1 vaLiDEL ALASKA
VALDEZ LOIK1B
NO 108
me ul Accepted Mason O
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday la each month In MeKlnley
HalL Ylsltors always welcome. >
F. M. BROWN. W. ifc.
HD WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Woatorn Federation of Manor*
W. H. GARNER* Preeadeat.
Granite Mine
GUST KR1NG* Secretary*- *
Vaider Alaska.