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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1914.
CURIOSITY.
Men are not curious. To prove it
we have a case in point. The safe
now owned and in use in the Pros
pector office was purchased several
months ago from William Finical of
the Copper River Lumber company.
He in turn bought it from Frank
Weber, and Frank secured it from
his father-in|~law, Edmund Smith,
who had owned it for several years.
Prior to that time it had been in a
dozen different offices in this town
and in 1900 it was the property of
Gollin, the Alaska Coast company
agent here.
In this safe are three small lock
drawers; one of them was locked and
has remained locked since some time
in 1900 and not one of the many own
ers of the safe, excepting the news
paper owner, has ever had enough
curiosity to have a locksmith force the
lock to see what was in that drawer.
It was opened last week and con
tained five dollars worth of revenue
stamps used during the war of 1898
to raise revenue to keep the boys
in blue at the front, and also a large
number of receipts and papers of the
days of 1900. The stamps are worth
less, as the government long since
called them in; the old papers con
tain no scandal, so we had our trouble
for nothing. To offset the big bill
of the locksmith we have the satis
faction of knowing we know what is
in the drawer.
What would a woman have done
with a safe containing a drawer to
which she had no key? In the lan
guage of one of the famous men of
Valdez—search me.
A PRESIDENTIAL RAILROAD.
By the terms of a bill which passed
the Senate, 16 to 16, and the House,
320 to 87, the president is to build
and operate a railroad in Alaska. The
road is to run 1,000 miles from the
coast into the rich coal and mineral
bearing districts of the territory and
is to cost not over $35,000,000.
This is the greatest purely com
merical enterprise ever intrusted
solely to the president. He is to se
lect the route, fix the town sites, lo
cate switches and spurs, superintend
construction, provide equipment, es
tablish rules and rates, and finally,
he is to operate the road himself or
lease it for twenty years, or fewer,
as he pleases.
In undei taking so heavy a respon
sibility the president will naturally
go to the engineer corps of the army
for his lieutenants. What that ac
complished body has done at Panama
under the direction of Colonel Goe
thals is well known. No doubt, simi
lar triumphs await some of its mem
bers in the far north.
As an experiment in government
ownership the Alaska railroad cannot
fail to be interesting, but it was cir
cumstances rather than theory that
compelled the adoption of the idea.
The people of the United States have
assumed this work because it appear
ed to be the only way to develop the
last of our continental territories with
due regard for public rights.
The presidential railroad into the
Yukon region will not be syndicated
by Guggenheim and Morgan. It will
be a common carrier in the truest
sense of the term, with no watered
stock and no interlocking directors.—
New York World.
Haines, says an exchange, in case
of the passage of the railroad bill,
will be a candidate for the coast term
inal of the road. She asks that
Southeastern Alaska points indorse
her candidacy on the ground that the
greater amount of freight would take
the outside route were the terminal
located at Cordova, Valdez or farth
er west. Of course, the greatest ob
stacle in the way of Haines chances
is the fact that the road would have
to run over Canadian territory to
reach the interior. If this were not an
objection on other grounds it is
doubtful that the president could build
over foreign territory under the pro
visions of the bill.
i GUGGENHEIM'S VIEW.
It may prove a surprise to many to
I learn that a Guggenheim favors the
nation handling railroads. For in
stance, Daniel Guggenheim says:
"Judging from the apparent success
the government has attained with the
parcel post, I believe our government
will succeed in doing things in which
the foreign governments have failed.
"Ten years ago I did not believe the
United States government could suc
ceed in running the railroads, tele
phones or telegraphs. I felt that the
American people could do it better
| than the government.
"My former prejudice was based on
my knowledge of what had been done
abroad, but I have been converted and
it is evident to me now that our gov
ernment will succeed in operating the
railroads, telephone, telegraphs or
•parcel post to an extent that 1 never
; thought possible."
The Cummins amendment provides
j for the purchase of the Copper River
and Northwestern railroad, the Gug
genheim white elephant. Do you
blame him?
1 DINNER
THIS EVENING
—
Large Crowd Expected at Moose Hall
—Will Use Money to Build Addi
tion to the Parsonage.
The ladies of the Congregational
• i*
church have completed arrangements
for the dinner to be given in the
Moose hall tonight and it Is
hoped to make the affair the best that
has been held in Valdez. The first
table will be seated at 5 p. m. and
after that people will be given seats
as they arrive.
Young ladies will act as waitresses
and they will see that the hungry
people are well fed. The price of the
dinner will be 50 cents a plate. All
are cordially invited. The proceeds
of the dinner will be given toward
paying for the addition to the parson
age. The menu follows:
Roast leg of pork
German pot roast of beef
Mashed potatoes, Beef gravy and
Pork gravy
Boston brown bread Baked beans
Creamed corn Salad <
White bread, Butter. Pickles, Cheese
Assorted pies Jellies
Coffeee Tea
Dinner from 5 p. in. to 8 p. m.,
March 10th.
Detectives Succeed in Arresting Man
Believed to Have Cried Fire at
Calumet Christmas Party.
MILWAUKEE, March 10.—Detect
ives today arrested a Slavonian charg
ed with having caused the panic in
Calumet on Christmas eve when 80
children were killed in the stampede
which followed.
The detectives will take their man
back to Calumet under a strong guard
to prevent lynching, as the feeling in
the city is still strong against the
men who caused the needless loss of
life and it is feared that an effort may
be made to lynch the prisoner.
DYNAMITERS MUST
SEMEJEITEHCES
WASHINGTON, March 10.—The
Supreme Court today decided the
case of the Structural Iron Workers
appealed from the circuit court at
Chicago and affirmed the decision of
conviction given in the court at In
dianapolis against the men after a
trial lasting many months. The 30
officers of the union are to serve
their terms of imprisonment at the
Fort Leavenworth prison.
Don’t forget the big dinner given
by the Ladies Aid tonight at Moose
hall. All welcome; price 50 cents.
Money to be used to help build larg
er parsonage. . „
Suits pressed for 81.00 at Suver
mai’s, the tailor. Telephone 198.
SURGEON TO A TIGER.
An Exciting Operation That Was Re
paid by Gratitude.
When one of ibe tigers in tbe zoo
logical gardens in Dublin was treated
for gangrene In its paw. Rev. Samuel
Uaugbton. M. D., undertook to per
form tbe dangerous experiment of
operating on tbe animal.
The mate of the tiger was first se
cured in a side den. A net devised by
Professor Uaugbton was thrown over
tlie tiger, and he was drawn forward
to the door of the cage. Four stout
keepers then held the feet of the
struggling animal, while Professor
Uaugbton cut away the diseased
claw.
The suffering beast furiously but
vainly tried to get at him during the
operation, but tbe rage of the tigress
looking on through the bars of the
side den was much more terrible to
behold. . Slie roared and violently
filing herself against the barriers in
her mad desire to go to the rescue of
her mate.
When tbo tigress was admitted to
tlie cage after the wound of her mate
had been dressed sl.e turned up the
paw and examined it with touching
solicitude and then licked her mate
as a cat licks her kittens to soothe
them, purring softly tlie while.
But perhaps the most extraordinary
part of the affair was the sequel. A
week later Professor Haughton was
again at the zoo to see how his pa
tient was getting on. When.the ani
mal espied him he began to purr like
a cat, allowed him to examine tbe
paw and seemed pleased that he
should do so. Iudeed. for years after
ward the tiger and tigress showed
themselves most friendly and grateful
to Professor Unughton.—-Westminster
Gazette.
GRAVE OF EDNA LYALL.
Picturesque Spot Where the Noted
Author Lies at Rest.
Few people perhaps know anything
about the picturesque English village
of Bosbury, lying almost beneath the
shadow of the lengthy rampart of hills
which divides the valley of the Sev
ern from undulating, orchard clad
Herefordshire. It was to this garden
of England, a veritable glory of apple
blossom in the springtime, that Edna
Lyall delighted to go for a few weeks
in each year of her short life, and it
was Bosbury churchyard that she
chose for her last resting place.
Her grave beneath the shadow of
an old churchyard cross is a very sim
ple one—merely a plot of grass bor
dered by her favorite rose trees. Upon
It stands a small Iona cross with the
Inscription:
ADA ELLEN BA VI.Y
(Edna Lyall),
February Sth, 1903.
"My trust Is in the tender
mercy of God for ever and ever."
“Won by Waiting” was Edna Iy
all’s first book. “The Autobiography
of a Slander" reached its twenty-four
thousandth edition soon after publica
tion and was translated into several
languages.—Croat Thoughts.
Raphael.
At the age of twenty-one Raphael
had done work that had well surpass
ed his master, who was then a man of
fifty-eight
By the time he was twenty-five
Raphael’s fame had so spread that
Pope Julius II. summoned him to
Rome to decorate certain chambers in
the papal palace. From this time to
his death, a period of twelve years, he
remained the greater part of the time
in Rome. Though most famous as a
painter, he was sufficiently great in
architecture also to be appointed at
the age of thirty to succeed Bramante
as the architect of the new St Peter’s.
But his greatest commission remained
still, that of decorating the walls of
the Vatican. The remaining years of
his life were crowded with an amaz
ing amount of work—numbers of large
and smaller paintings and numerous
frescoes.—Woman’s Home Companion.
Used to Her Yells.
The story of the lad who cried
••Wolff to fool his neighbors had a
modern version the other night in an
uptown apartment house. Miss n. be
gan taking iuiioic lessons. Everybody
heard her and got more or less used to
It. But the other night Miss H. start
ed to yell—a • usual, every one thought
-and the neighbors went right on try
ing to pay no attention to it. As a mat
ter of fact, Miss H. had found a bur
glar in her apartment, and he got away
with Miss It's jewels just because ev
ery one did go right on paying no at
tention to her.--New York Tribune.
Hard Luck.
“I always have tough luck.”
“What’s the matter?”
“I paid Brown $5 that I borrowed
from him several weeks ago.”
"Where’s the tough luck?”
“He said afterward that he’d for
gotten all about it!’’—Detroit Free
Press.
Often the Caao.
“It was a fair fight, wasn’t it?"
“Sure it was. The under dog got
whipped.”
. “Cali that a fair fight?”
“Walt, now, let me explain. The
under dog nrovoked It”—St Louie Re
public. *
Cheerful Poataeript.
Johee—The Browns haTe bought a
car. Wife—Can’t you aay something
cheerful once in awhile? Jones—The
bnmmest machine 1 ever saw and sec
ond hand at that!—Chicago News. ,
What ripens fast dees net iMfc
Skakespenm- *
Kitchen Utensils
of all kinds can be found
at this store
Also a fine line of Crockery and Glassware
Stoves and
Our stock of
Ranges of all kinds
includingfLang, Coles
Hot Blast,iMonarch, etc.
Floor Covering is
complete & you will find a
variety of patterns to choose from
u.
SIS GOODJJGOODS
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that; pur
suant to an order made by the dis
trict court of the Territory of Alaska,
Third division, in the matter of the
annexation of certain territory to the
incorporated Town of Valdez, the
common council of the Town of Val
dez has called ■ n election to be held
in said town and in the territory pro
posed to be ann xed to said town, on
Saturday, March 21, 1914, to determ
ine whether said territory shall be
so annexed as prayed for in the peti
tion therefor, filed in said district
court as provided by law. The de
scription of said territory as set up
in said petition, is as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at Meander Corner No.
1 of the Valdez townsite survey and
running thence south, 24 degrees, 19
minutes, 14 seconds east, 240.638
feet; thence south 53 degrees, 32
minutes east, 1228.26 feet; thence
south, 74 degrees, 52 minutes east,
568.26 feet; thence south, 45 degrees,
43 minutes east, 136.62 feet; thence
south, 30 degrees, 27 minutes west,
131.24 feet; thence south, 29 degrees,
12 minutes west, 123.42 feet; thence
south, 14 degrees, 45 minutes west,
51.95 feet; thence north, 61 degrees,
27 minutes east, 5000 feet; thence
north, 28 degrees, 48 minutes west,
2050 feet; thence south 61 degrees,
30 minutes west, 5700 feet, to place
of beginning.
At such election qualified electors
are invited to vote upon said prop
osition to annex said described ter
ritory to the Town of Valdez by plac
ing upon their ballots the words "For
annexation to the Town of Valdez,”
or "Against annexation to the Town
of Valdez,” or words equivalent there -
to.
The polling place for such election
in the Town of Valdez shall be in
the hall of the common council on
Broadway avenue. The polling place
in the territory proposed to be an
nexed shall be in the ground Dooi
room of the Fish building an McKin
ley street, adjoining the Tillikum
itli’b. The polls shall be open from
9 a. m. to 6 p. m. of March 21, 1914
The election board designated for
the Tow n of Valdez is composed of the
following persons: Judges—H. I’.
Sullivan, Louis Rosenthal, Thomas
Hunt; clerks -J. J. Cavana, Dan Wil
cey.
The election board designated for
the territory proposed to be annexed
is composed of the following persons:
Judges—Adam Swan, Oliva Maroise,
J. H. Bell; clerks—Frank Millard,
Robert Weber.
The qualifications of an elector en
titled to vote at such election, pre
scribed by law, are as follow's: He or
she shall be a male or female per
son of the age of twenty-one years
or more and shall be the owner of
substantial property interests in land,
building or improvements on land or
tide land within the said corporation
or the territory proposed to be an
nexed to or incorporated within such
corporation.
TOWN OF VALDEZ.
* By E. E. RITCHIE, Mayor.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
First publication Feb. 20, 1914.
Last publication March 20, 1914.
Hospital of the-Good Samaritan.
For $6.00 we will give you a ticket
entitling you to hospital service and
care for any eight weeks out of the
/ear from date of your ticket, when
| incapacitated . by Injury or sickness.
i8ee W. H. Ziegler.
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
gk
Meet every" Tuesday evening hi <*> o'eitxK id
liable Hall. All members are req jested tc
attend. T. (I. QUINN. Arctic Chief
S. M<;NIKCK. Secretary
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at
8 o’clock at
the local quarters back of
Ingrain & Bush’s Cigar Store
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez. Alaska
Reports or Mines
Patent Surveys
General Mining Engineering
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Summons for Publication.
Theo. Emel, plaintiff, vs. W. Fred
Swanson and F. A. Hancock, defend
ants.—No. 653. Summons for Publica
tion.
To the above-named defendant,
W. Fred Swanson:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
publication of this summons against
you, to-wit, within thirty days after
the 28th of March, 1914; and answer
the complaint of plaintiff filed here
in, and unless you so appear and an
swer the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
complaint, decreeing her to be the
owner of the launch Anita, and that
neither you nor your co-defendant has
any interest in or title to the same.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown,
judge of said court, this 13th day of
February, 1914. ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court, for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By T. P. GERAGHTY, Deputy Clerk.
First publication Feb. 14, 1914.
Last publication March 28, 1914.
Notice to Creditors.
In the United States Commissioner's
Court, ex officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased. W. A. Rystrom,
administrator.—Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Peter Steinmetz, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary vouch
ers, within six (6) months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said estate..
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 10th
day of February, 1914.
W. A. RYSTROM,
Administrator of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased.
First publication Feb. 11, 1914.
Last publication March 16, 1914.
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National UniTersity
IWaxhington.lD. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Feurteen yearslia
Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phono ,9 THE dentist
omce rooms over Owl Drue store. Office hours
9 a. m., to fi t>. m., 7 j», m.. to 9 t». m. Sundays
by appointment All work ruuiu meed
DR. C. H. VANCE
THE
OSTEOPATH
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Kikrsville. Mo.;
OFFICE HOURS -9 to 12 a.. 1 to 5 p. ... or Sr
opsootaeot.
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ATTORN KY-AT-1, A W
Offices WhII Street
Phone 3i VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
L A W Y E H
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