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TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1914.
THE GOVERNMENT WIRE SER
VICE.
Postmaster General Burleson’s pro
posal that he should be allowed to
take over the telegraphs and tele
phones is not followed by a chorus
of praise for his success with ihe
trifling duties he already has in his
care or with agreement that his dem
onstrated efficiency demands that he
should be instrusted with the' more
difficult task which he volunteers to
assume. On the contrary, quite the
reverse. For example, The World
remarks:
"We can assure Mr. Burleson that
if the telegraph and telephone ser
vice that we pay for was as incom
petent and unsatisfactory as the
Postal Service that we pay for, it
would be very difficult, indeed, to
print a great newspaper. We can
further assure him that it will be a
sorry day for this country if intelli
gent' American sentiment ever coun
tenances the placing of all avenues
and channels of written and spoken
communication under the autocratic
control of a partisan, political Post
office department.”
We wish to associate ourselves with
this sentiment. From the point of
view of the private citizen there are
many complaints due to the starv
ing of the service to force a book
keeping surplus wh!ch was not an
actual surplus. Not only are there
many complaints of general delays
and uncertainties in the mails. The
Sunday deliveries were suspended,
and when the complaints were too
serious to be disregarded they were
resumed in a limited and unsatisfac
tory manner.
The Postmaster General’s cham- |
pionship of the people against the |
monopoly of the wire business by
private operation is challenged by the I
president of the Postal Company, '
who asks where there is more siren- 1
’uous competition than between his j
company and the Western Union, j
Mr. Mackay further challenges the
Postmaster General’s assertion of the
success of the British service, either
respecting its quuality or its profits, j
Mr. Mackay cites figures from the |
British official reports, showing an j
average annual loss of more th-n I
*!>u,uuu,uttu tor the last five years in
tlie British government’s telegraph
and telephone account. Upon the
whole, it wil lbe seen that the Post
master General has something to
think over quite as well worth his at
tention as inventing something more,
to do before he has cleaned up the
chores already in h:s care.—New York
Times.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Abe Bell returned to Valdez vester
day.
Fresh eastern oysters at the Vac
dez Cafe tf
--
Bill Lufkin came in Iasi night with
the Wilson outfit.
—
The Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
lamps. Telephone 57.
Mrs. Ernest King was up from the
Cliff mine yesterday.
Dan Sheehan came in last night
with the Wilson outfit.
Exceedingly fine change of rictures
tonight at the Orpheum.
Better have your eyes examined by
G. O. Reinke at the Valdez Drug Co.
Examination free.
William Crawford returned last
night from the Gold King propery and
will remain In Valdez a few days and
then return to the claims.
FOUND—A child’s plain gold ring.
Owner can have same by calling up
on Joe Spenard, of the City express,
and identifying the same.
Harvey’s Toggery are closing out
their complete line of dry goods and
ladies’ furnishings. Now is the time
to get real bargains. tf
BRAVING MOSLEMS
IS TICKLISH WORK
Hunts Do Not Like Visitors to
Soo Their Country.
IN ENGLISHMAN’S “BLUFF.”
Passed Himself Off as Persian and
Explored Remote Regions—Once Got
a Nasty Dagger Wound In Arm For
Resisting a Robber.
MEMORIES of Sir Richard Bur
ton’s famous pilgrimage to
Mecca, when, disguised us a
Mohammedau, he risked his
life to see the sacred city of the proph
et. are brought to mind now by the
narrative of another fearless English
man who is back among bi3 fellow
countrymen after nonchalantly living
in the shadow of death for months. He
is E. B. Soane, and in his book “To
Mesopotamia and Kurdistan Iu Dis
guise” he recounts how he ventured
into the unknown mountain homes of
the savage Kurds, passing himself off
as a Persian returning to his native
town from a sojourn in Europe.
So remarkably good was Soane’s
knowledge of the Persian and Kurd
languages and so convincing his “bluff”
that he was everywhere taken at his
word and suffered to go on his way un
molested. In fact, like Sir Richard
Burton, he was accounted by many a
hadji, or Mohammedan pilgrim return
ing from Mecca, and treated with great
politeness.
Wounded by a Robber.
uut no Drougnt uaca wnn nun to civi
lization In addition to his wealth of re
markable experiences a dagger wound
inflicted by a mountain robber.
At H.alabja the Englishman met one
who was almost his undoing. This was
a Mohammedan priest whom he had
encountered in Constantinople and who
now roundly denounced him as an Eng
lish impostor. Yet so extraordinarily
good was Soane's oriental makeup and
so cool his demeanor that even this
peril was averted.
The priest, who a moment before had
been threatening imprisonment and
execution, was brought round to be
lieve that the man before him was
simply a Persian who had lived in
England.
But his exciting adventures were by
no means over. On a lonely road he
and his companions, a Kurd called
d> ftjs-efo
WOUNDED BY A KURDISH ROBBER.
Hama and an old pilgrim, encountered
a group of Turkomans, who sent a bul
let whistling after them.
Attacked With a Dagger.
The Englishman and his comrades
wore unarmed and could do little when
one of the Turkoman party came up on
the run, seized Soane’s bridle and
started to go through his pockets.
When some coins and a watch had
been extracted, Soane and llama be
gan to put up a stiff fight, whereupon
the robber, in a fury, drew a long dag
ger and plunged it into Soane's arm,
indicting a nasty wound. Turning then
to Union, be struck him on the nose
with his rifle butt nnd made off wKb
his booty, Hama close at his heels.
The Kurd overtook the robber, leaped
on him nnd threw him, but not with
out getting a stab in the shoulder from
the Turkoman’s dagger.
Shot Away a Tassel.
In spite of this, he recovered the
watch and money and started back
toward Soane, but the brigand, taking
careful atm. sent a bullet after him
which almost did for the Kurd—in fact.
It passed so close to bis bead that it
carried away the tassel on the peak of
bis cap. Unperturbed by this little In
cident. he continued his journey with
his companion.
Rack in Sulnlmnnhi. Sonne was made
much of by some of IN* inhabitants,
and. feeling himself s-fe. . ontided to
them who and what im was. Their
amnxement was iiiihn't'idod. hut they
had so sim eren liking for their strange
iicipniiinnn -a that none sought to do
him harm.
MURDERS S1ILL
A MYSTERY
Willow Creek Murderers Have Not
Yet Been Discovered—Govern
ment Working on the Case.
The Department of Justice has de
tailed a special agent to try and dis
cover the perpetrators of the crime
that was committed when two men,
Ole Nelson and Herman Anderson,
were murdered on the trail near Wil
low creek some time last August, and
their bodies concealed in the brush
and not discovered till two months
later.
Detective McGuide is the officer
who is trying to unravel the mystery
and is now at Chitina. It has devel
oped that there is still a third man
who is not accounted for that left
Fairbanks about the same time that
Nelson and Anderson did. Whether
or not he is the murderer or a victim
is still to be determined. It is known
that he shipped his personal belong
ings to Chitina and they have never
been called for.
The snow being on the ground
makes it hard to discover a possible
third party, but no expense or pains
will be spared by the Department of
Justice to bring the guilty to trial.
The Difference.
Longfellow could take a sheet of
paper worth one-tenth of a cent, write
a poem on it and make it worth $5,
000. That’s genius. Rockefeller
could take a similar sheet of paper,
write a few words on it and make it
worth $10,000,000. That’s capital.
The U. S. government can take an
ounce and a small fraction of gold,
stamp the eagle on it, and make it
worth $20." That’s money. A skilled !
workman can take 3 cents’ worth of j
steel, make it into watch springs and
make it worth $-1,000. That is skill.
A merchant can take an article that
costs mm t>u cents, ana sell it tor
Thai’s business. A woman can buy a
good gown for $10, but prefers one
that costs $100. That’s foolishness.
A miner can dig a ton of coal for
less than we would want to. That’s
labor. The man who misses every
chance to improve his opportunities
can write a check for $1,000,000, but
it would not be worth 90 cents. And
that’s tough.
Lieutenants Dougherty and Kunzig,
who have been as far as Copper Cen
ter on a trip of inspection of the mil
itary telegraph line, were at Tonsina
last night and expect to arrive home
on Thursday.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
In the Matter of the Annexation of
Certain Territory to the Incorpor
ated Town of Valdez.—Order Set
ting Time for Hearing Petition and
Giving Notice.
A petition having been this day
presented to the court for the pur
pose of instituting the proceedings
required by law for the annexation
of territory to an incorporated town,
said petition praying for the annex
ation of certain described territory to
the incorporated town of Valdez, in
the Territory of Alaska, Third divis
ion : and it appearing to the court
that said petition is signed by forty
eight qualified electors of said incor
porated town, the same being more
than one-fifth of the number of votes
cast at the last municipal election in
said town, and by five actual resi
dents and owners of. substantial prop
erty interests in land in the territory
proposed to be annexed and verified
by two of the signers of said peti
tion: said petition setting forth the
boundaries of the territory so pro
posed to be annexed to said town, an
having attached thereto a plat based
upon an actual survey by a compe
tent surveyor, setting forth the lim
its and boundaries thereof by metes
and bounds, and stating the number
of inhabitants therein:
mereiore, u appearing 10 me court
that said pelltion is in the form re
quired by law; it is ordered that said
petition be heard and considered by
the court on the 18th day of Febru
ary, 1914, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said
day, at the court room of this court
in Valdez, Alaska, if said day be a day
of jurisdiction in said court, or if the
same be not a day of jurisdiction,
then said hearing shall be held on the
first day of jurisdiction thereafter. It
is further ordered that notice of such
hearing be given by posting printed
or typewritten copies of this order
in three conspicuoous places within
the limits of said incorporated town
of Valdez, and by posting such cop-'
les in three conspicuous places with
in the limits of the territory so pro
posed to be annexed to and included
within the limits of said incorporated
town, and. by publishing a copy of
this order once a week in the/Valdgz
Prospector, a newspaper of ''general
circulation published nearest to said
incorporated town:
Done in open court at Valdez,
Alaska, this 7th day of January, 1914.
FRED. M. BROWN, Judge.
First publication January 10, 1914.
Last publication February 14, 191;.
The Home of
Hart SchafFner
(Sr Marx
rts Clothes kl]
TWENTY-FIVE dollars isn’t much
money to spend for a suit of
clothes; when you come to know what
first-class quality of materials and
tailoring, and what restfulness of
mind as to style that price commands,
you will almost think it isn’t enough
to pay. We carry a large line.
Schedule of the Donaldson.
The following schedule for the
launch "Lieut. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders 10 the
contrary are revoked.
Daily. Saturday and Sunday except
ed:
Leave Fort Liseuin, Alaska, 8:15 a.
in. and 1:15 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. in., 2
p. m. and 5:30 p. m.
Tuesdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, S:lo a.
m., 1:15 p. m. and 5 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a. m.,
2 p. m. and 5:30 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 4:00 p. m.
and 10:30 p. m.
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, 1:15 p
m. and 7 p. m.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the 2nd and 4th Fridays
of each month, these days being us
ed to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
fly order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
Ti. G. SHERRARD,
Second Lieut. 30th Infantry, Quar
termaster.
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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welcome. •
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Visiting Brothers especially invited
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of hot appliances, yet many people employ less effective j
methods such as liniments, plasters, etc., on account, of i
the trouble and mess incidental to the use of hot water.
The G-E Electric
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saves all this trouble. It is ready for use in an instant..
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^ day and night, without causing the least bit of bother.
The Domestic Size makes an excellent Electrical
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Light & Tel. Co
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Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
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F. BUTTERWORTH
jCivil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Kes Plume. I8S
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Valdez. Alaska
Keports on Minks
PatentSunyeys
General Mining Engineering
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