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SATURDAY. APRIL 18, 1814.
A REMARKABLE MINERAL IN
DEED.
This is a tale from Russia that
sounds as if it might have emanated
from almost any quarter of the globe
— its geographical significance is of
small account. It runs somewhat as
follows (how long it will run is an
other question): In the Namang
anska mountains in the district of
Ferghana, a new metal has been dis
covered whose properties are surpris
ing and remarkable. A prospector,
searching for valuable ores in these
mountains, found, besides rich de
posits of asbestos, and rare ores of
different kinds, a dough-like metallic
substance of a dirty brown color,
which was not known to either chem
ists or metallurgists before. He sent
a sample of the stuff to the chemical
laboratory in Moskva, where it was
analyzed and experimented on with
most surprising results. When the
ore was treated with acids an intense
cold was developed. The glass that
held the acid was disintegrated into
powder. Vessels of stone and porce
lain were reduced in the same man
ner. Iron vessels to hold the acid
were then tried, but they exploded
instantly and were reduced to atoms.
The chemists then tried it on a large
piece of granite. This was instant
ly disintegrated and reduced to grav
el without explosion or generation of
gas of any kind. When alkalines
were brought into contact with this
new substance the vessel containing
the alkaline lost 20 per cent in
weight. So far as the chemists have
yet been able to ascertain, this new
substance is in no way related to
radium. One of the most curious
phenomena concerning it is that sub
stances coming in contact with it lose
much of their weight. Selah!—Min -
ing Science.
A CONGRESS OF THRIFT.
The recently organized American
Society of Thrift proposes to enlarge
the scope of its activities and will
call an international conference to
be held at San Francisco during the
Panama exposition. Arrangements
are now under way to procure the co
operation of other nations in the
gathering.
All organizations, banking, com
mercial land industrial, which are
seeking higher standards of thrift
and efficiency will be invited to take
part in the congress. The main sub
ject under discussion will be better
ways and methods of meeting high
living costs. Among the kindred top
ics which will also be discussed are
tbe following:
Internationa] peace in its thrift
aspect.
Public school gardening as a
means of promoting thrift among
the rising generation.
Precautions for safety and the
profit involved both In lives and
limbs, as both money and prop
erty are forms of thrift.
'The idea of the congress is an ad
mirable one, and, if its discussions are
given large circulation and If the
right organizations are brought to
take part in it, it will be productive
of much good.
Thrift is largely a matter of educa
tion. It must be confessed that in
this important respect the United
States is a considerable distance be
hind several of the European nations.
Their experience, as disclosed in the
congress, should be valuable to us,
and if we make the most of what we
are likely to learn through this gath
ering It will take Its place as one
of the most useful conventions which
have' assembled in the nation for
many years. :
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STUDYING MUNICIPAL GbVERN
MENT.
The need of training young men
tor public seryice, particularly for
service in municipalities, is feeing
recognised throughout the country
and in some cities special effort is
being made to direct educational work
In this direction. Los. Angeles has
taken the Initiative in inducing- the
school authorities to give attention to
this breach of study (or the advanced
students and the University of Penn
sylvania proposes to have its stu
dents make a study of municipal
problems.
It is a matter of general knowledge
that most of the officials of the cities
of the country are not properly train
ed for the duties they are called up
on to perform. In some countries
there is a professional office-holding
class, composed of men who are
specially educated and trained for
public service. In the United States
the municipal and other officials have
been selected because of their poiiti
cal affiliations or their personul pop
ularity, with the logical result that
the people have paid very dearly for
inefficient service.
As business and professional men
very generally refuse to accept pub
lic office, unless they have made a
failure of their chosen vocations, the
office-holding is usually left to men
who are poorly equipped for any kind
of effective work. It is impossible of
course, to remedy this condition im
mediately but with municipal govern
ment becoming more of an exact
science and the public demanding
greater efficiency in public office, it
is important that the younger men,
the pupils in the schools, be given
more training and education in the
methods of municipal administration.
—Tacoma Tribune.
NORTHWESTERN
HEREJOHIGHT
The steamer Northwestern reach
ed Cordova at 11 o’clock this morn
ing and was billed to leave the rail
road town at 3 this afternoon, which
would bring her ■ to i Valdez at 11
o’clock tonight.
BASE BALL SCORES
Games played April 17, 1914.
Natoional League.
Pittsburg 2, St. Louis 0. Batteries
—Kantlehner, Gibson; Perritt, Sny
der.
Brooklyn 5, Boston 0. Batteries—
Atchison, Miller; Rudolph, Goudy.
Philadelphia 3, New York 1. Bat
teries—Mayer, Killifer; Tesreau, Mc
Lean.
Cincinnati 5, Chicago 6. Batteries
—Ames, Gonzales; Vaughn, Lavender,
Cheney, Archer.
American League.
Boston 0, Washington 1. Batteries
—Leonard, Carrigan; Boehling, Hen
ry.
New York 4, Philadelphia 0. Bat
teries—Caldwell, Sweeney; Brown,
Wycoff, Lapp.
Detroit 1, St. Louis 2. Batteries—
Coveleskie, Stanage; Hamilton, Cros
sin.
Chicago 6, Cleveland 5. Batteries
—Faber, Russell, Schalk; Hagerman,
Crossin.
Federal League.
Baltimore 3, Buffalo 4. Batteries—
Wilhelm, Jacklitz; Purray, Schlitzer,
Ford, Blaire.
St. Louis 5, Indianapolis 4. Bat
teries—Willett, Simmons; Mosely,
Meridan.
Kansas City 4, Chicago 3. Batter
ies—Henning, Brown; Brennan. Pen
degrass, Wilson.
Others rain.
Northwestern League.
Seattle 3, Portland 0. Batteries—
Fullerton, Hunb; Callahan, Bromley,
Murray. • v' •'** * ••• '<
Vancouver 3, Tacoma 5. Batteries
—Reuter, Cheek; Kurfuss, McGlnnity,
Harris.
Spokane 4, Victoria 3. Batteries—
McCorry, Altman; Harroh, Carney.
TEAM STANDING.
National League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Philadelphia .1 • 0 1000
/Chicago .«.... 1 0 1000
Brooklyn '. 2 o. 1000
Pittsburg .. 3 1 ' 750
Cincinnati .... 1 1 500
St. Louis . 1 3 250
New York . 0 2
Boston .. 0 2
American League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Chicago . 4 0 1000
New York . 2 0 1000
Washington . 2 1 6.66
St. Louis . 2 1 666
'Boston . 1 2 333
Detroit . 1 3 250
Philadelphia .......... 0 2
Cleveland . 0 2
Federal League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Brooklyn . 1 .0 1000
St. Louis ... 2 0 1000
Kansas City . 2 0 . 1000
Buffalo . 1 0 1000
Indianapolis .,... ff 2
Pittsburg. .0 ... 1
Chicago .;.. 9 2 v .
Baltimore . 0 1
Northwestern League.
• .' Per
Games-*- -Won Lost Cent
Spokane ....v..., i... 3: 1 760
Beattie .... l Hi
Tacoma ,.2 2 S00
Portland .1 2 333
Vancouver .. T 2 '333
Victoria .. 1 2 333
Bpecial at the Big Place.
Aspects}. f«r tWs^week, fpdr <juart
bottles of Old HeWMburg beer for $1.
f
I TRADES BABE FOR CHICKS.
I Woman Gives Up Her Infant For Si*
Hens and a Rooster.
Kansas City. Mo. — How a mother
traded a, year old girl for six bens and
a rooster because she had been desert
ed by her husband and could not' sup
port it lias conie to light through the
death of Mrs. Millie Karnes After be
lug burned at her home. 251S McGee
street.
b'even months ago. according to a
story told tile juvenile court officers.
Mrs. Karnes took the baby to a Kan
sas City woman and asked that she
care for it. When she left the child
she was given the poultry. The court
officers believe the baby -Isas a good
home and will leave it with the foster
! parents.
Frank, the nine-year-old son of Mrs.
Karnes, is ulliicted with hip trouble
a'iid lias been taken to Mercy hospital
by the court officers.
| DIG UP INDIAN CHIEF’S BONES.
i With Thom Are Found Copper Orna
ments and Arrowheads.
; Maple ltapids. Mich.—The bones of
i an Indian, who probably diet] a cen
( tnry ago. were found recently in a
] gravel pit in the western part of Maple
| ltapids.
j The red man was evidently a man of
j some importance, because there were
j copper armlets on his wrist bones, and
\ his full bore flintlock, with the flint in
: place all ready to fire, had been buried
j with him. Alongside the bones were
I also found a brass kettle and some ar
1 rowbeads. Fie bad a full set of per
; feet teeth.
-The location of the grave is on what
was formerly a main Indian trail. An
Indian trading post was established
nearby about 18TSO.
ERROR MAY COST HER $8,000
Texas Widow’s Damage Suit Hinges
on Slim Technicality.
Washington.—it may cost Mrs. Pe
ter C. Boston of Paris. Tex., $8,000 to
learn “what's iu a name."
She sued a Texas railroad for dam
ages on account of the death of her
husband and obtained a judgment of
$8,000. The suit was brought in her
own name, as permitted by the Texas
employers’ liability law, but not as ad
ministrator of her husbuud's estate, as
required by the federal employers' lia
bility law. The railroad brought the
case to the supreme court on the con- j
tention that the Texas law was repeal- ;
ed hy the passage of the federal act j
and that Mrs. Boston brought tlie suit'
under the wrong name.
REVENUE CUTTER’S
LUNG ARCTIC CRUISE
Steamstl 18,000 Miles and Ar
rives With 37 Refugees.
-:
Port Townsend. Wash.—Completing :
a cruise of seven months in the arctic,
during which she steamed nearly 18.
OOO mile6. the United States revenue
cutter Bear, Captain J. G. Ballinger,
arrived here from the uorth. baviug
on board thirty-seven refugees from
Nome, who were landed at Seattle.
Captain Ballinger before leaving
Nome took all the Eskimos from that
city and vicinity to their homes, so
I that they would not lie a burden on
the community during the wiutcr.
That the Bear rendered valuable serv
ice to Nome after the storm Is evl
idetteed^by * vote of.thunks passed by
the city coupcii to Captain Ballinger
and his officers. j !'•
| This is the third cruise Captain Bal
| Unger has made on the Bear ns master
[ to Point Barrow. The two previous
voyages the passage was free from
i lee. but on this trip-It vvas With dtffl-'
cutty that he succeeded in reaching
the top 6f the continent. - The TWaf
sailed from Point Barrow op Aug. 18.
having been deiuyed so veil'days In the
ice. and Captain Ballinger says that if
he bad not sailed when lie did bis ves
sel would have hud to winter in the I
far north. .
Tile Bear is the only vessel which
went into the arctic this year that was
able to get out She made many trips
to tlie relief of vessels in distress,
most of them being small craft.
Captain Ballinger expresses the be- j
lief that all tbe vessels caught in the |
ice are safe and those oil Isiard can
reach native villages
The Bear after a stop at Seattle will ]
proceed to San Francisco.
OWES LIFE TO CHEAP PANTS.
Caught in Machinary, Trousers: Give
Way Under the. Strain.
Cheater. S. p. - The foot that hi*
trousers were of sufficiently flimsy u»a-,
term I to not stand the-strain saved the
life of John Schmidt. a farmer living
near town, when Uls trousers became
cnlight In the machinery while be wrts
elevating a load of corn Into h crib.'
Had bis trousers not given way and
relented hint he.woBld.hovebeen serf
otisl.y Injured .ytid; in #11. probability
;kllled. .. . .... ,.u; ■» ......
Asitwas he escaped. vf|th a broken
‘ankle bone. . ' * 1 ,
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Delivers Mail ‘ In 'Three' States.
Auburn. Neb.- Hamburg, la:', bia *
rural mail carrier who enjoys ar unique
distinctions Bffry dayhe'drfve* into
three- statea^Toera. 'Missouri- and Ne
braska. ..Hamburg fa very dose to the
Uiasonrt line, and there I# an island In
the Missouri river, veil populated, tint
onloups to Nemaha county. Nob.
I 'I
FACE about, Man!
This store of ours
is the place to get |
your Stetson—
New Spring Soft Hat
; or Derby;
For Sale By
ALASKA WATER LIGHT « TEL. CO.
H. O. SMITH |
Expert Pair.ter and Papnrtangnr.
First Class Work Guaranteed
RUDOLPH’S PAINT STORE.
■ i ; For Trade .■, :
I would' trade one of the best resi
dence lots with good residence on
same for tunnel work on property on
Landlock bay. This is a good home
and could be rented at all times, as
it is centrally located,. or sold to; good
advantage. S. A. HEMPLE.
Bids Wanted.
Bids will be received for 100 feet
of tunnel work on the Sealey-Davis
property. Contractors to furnish, all
materials except tools. All bids must
be in not later than Saturday. April
18, 1914. T. J. DEVINNEY.
Notice to Masons.
A special meeting of the • Valdez
Masonic Lodge.NNo. 168, will be held
Saturday night 8 o’clock. Work
in the third degree.
C. C. REYNOLDS, Secretary.
Special at the Big Place.
▲ special for this week, four quart
bottles of Old Heidelbun? beer for fl.
The pessimist’s ’dea of a good time
is to sit.down and .think about the
good limes he might have had.
, , I \ 1 • '"~F‘ . r" ' " "" ••
Music! Musicf «soaie:
Ail the latest popular- muni? at the
Valdes Drug Store. ,,.
For flowers or fruit see the Jap
baskets at Valdes Drug Co. ' tf
. The fellow who le always harping
on one strjngsooh gets*'out-of tuns
with the world.
: Minorities are frequently right- ear
pec tally when we happen .tp tie ip the'
minority.
Clean Your Sidewalk*!
All sidewalks in the town ol' Val
dez must be cleared snow by April
15 or the city will have same clean
ed aud the cost thereof will be taxed
asainst the property.
WILLARD SCOTT, City Marshal.
MILK-MILK-MILK !
Fre*h“Milk and Cream 2
VALDEZ DAIRY X
Telephone order* to Phone 187 2
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GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
»
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
STEM UIMCH I & S
Lhtm froa* V*Ma dock far
SHOUP BAY
and way point* at 10 a. m. Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Moet e»ery! Tuesday evening at t o'ciota in
Kaitle Hull. All members are req-'estod to
attend. T. G. QUINN. Arctic Obiel
S. MCNIECE. Secretary
Valdez Lodge
No 168,
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communication! tint Wednesday in
eaeb moot* in McKinley Han Visitors always
welcome.
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PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National Univerasi*
Waahinfton.ZD. C!
DENTIST
Phone 110 Fourteen > run. i J
Otllce Rooms over VALDEZ
Valdez Drutr Cn.
DR. GERMAN
Phone* 19 THE DENTIST
Offloe rooms over ' »w 1 Drug store. Oltteo hour©
9a.m. to bp. m . 7 i>. m..to9 p. cn. Sundays
by appointment All work iruaruateert
DR'. C. H. VANCE
™e OSTEOPATH
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. KlkrsvHle. Mo.
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F. BUTTERWORTH
JCivil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
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Assaying and Ore Testing
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