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FRIDAY, (1CTOBER 31, 1913.
THE FIGHT AGAINST TYPHOID.
Major Frederick F. Russell, of
the Medical Corps, writes in the
Journal of the American Medical
Association that there has not
been a single case of typhoid in
the army since last December.
This result has been brought
about by vaccination, beginning
in 1909. In 1902, with an en
listed strength of 80,778 men and
officers in the regular army,
there were 505 cases of typhoid.
In 1912, the first year in which
vaccination was made compul
sory, there were twenty-seven
cases among 85,000 men, the last
one occurring December 19, I it I 2.
There has been none since.
An idea of the importance of
this victory can be gained from
studying the experience of Amer
ican soldiers in camp during the
period of the Spanish-American
war. Out of 10,759 soldiers in
camp at Jacksonville, loorida,
there were 2,090 cases of typhoid
fever. As Dr. Russell points out,
if this division had been in tile
midst of an active campaign its
lighting strength would have been
weakened about one-third.
Prior to tile war between Ja
pan and Russia the record of the
world's wars showed that more
men had been killed by disease
than by bullets. The Japanese,
by an eye-opening system of san
itation, reduced the deaths from
disease to a minimum. Now the
Americans have gone even farth
er and succeeded in completely
eradicating typhoid from tile
army.
In view of the record made by
the Foiled States army, it is a
little surprising that greater ac
tivity has not been shown by the
medical profession and civic au
thorities in encouraging and.
when nece'ssary. enforcing the
simple and harmless operation
which appears to lie a sure guar
antee against typhoid.
PORTLAND WAKING UP.
Well, well, si range as il may
sednr, (lie people of 1‘orllaml.
Oregon, liavcoopeneii I heir eves
ami are eogilaling whether I Itey
ought lo sl.rel.rli a mile or so ami
reach for Alaska Iraile. As far
hack as I‘.Kid those enterprising
Portlanders have been figuring
how they could get a linger in the
pie, and they are-still figuring.
Meanwhile. I he Grand Trunk Pa
cific is going ahead preparing to
enter liie. held.
II is the1 concensus of opinion
that the keener the competition,
the belter for Alaska. Sure tiling.
This applies from any point of
view one may wish to look .at it.
•Let another strong transporta
tion company enter the held, and
it is dollars to doughnuts that
our government will resurvey the
Alaska walers, chart every rock,
pul lights at every turn of the
way, all that and sildy more.
We are inclined In think that
none of tile present I ransportn
lion companies have ever exerted
themselves very much in having
tlie.se walers charted. A hone
yard for those old hulls was al
ways ready and quite convenient
at limes in Alaska walers. With
one or two strong companies in
tile field, with new boats and all
that, it may be different.— Peters
burg Progress.
steamer service.
The .story printed in the Dis
patch yesterday that the steamer
Mariposa or Alameda would run
during the winter months from
Seattle, touching at Ketchikan,
leaving the Sound metropolis at
midnight on Saturday nights, and
leave the capital city of Alaska
at midnight on Tuesday nights,
is being favorably commented
upon, and freon the expressions
of approval i is evident the trav^
eting public and shippers will
preciate such a service and ac
cord the company showing the
enterprise a liberal patronage.
The north has been favored
with all kinds of transportation
schemes. With the .exception of
Noah’s ark, all the old crafts have
catered to our traveling public.
It is time the service was im
proved and the enterprising head
of the Alaska Steamship com
pany is making the right start—
Juneau Dispatch.
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“CAtILO DE MURPHY.”
The London Times has been
istudying Tammany and the
methods of its leaders and ha’
decided that Charles Murphy" the
Tammany boss, is the modeVn
counterpart of the medevial Ital
ian podesta. That is certainly a
new one and is about the only
thing that Murphy has not been
called by his political opponents.
The Italian podesta is not a
wholly reprehensible thing, ac
cording to the definitions given
by file dictionaries, which de
scribe the podesta simply as one
of tin; chief magistrates of Ge
noa. It must be, therefore, that
there were different varieties of
podestas in those days, just as we
have different kinds of judges in
our own times. Some of the his
tories of Genoa, however, throw
a little light on the subject by
describing one particular podesta
as “a man whose despotic pow
ers were rivalled only by the cor
ruption with which he exercised
them.” Possibly that is what the
London Times had in mind when
it referred lo Murphy as a po
desta.
Hut Murphy makes grist of
about everything lliaf comes to
his polit ieal mill and I he I itle
"Carlo de Murphy” may increase
his power and his pull on I lie
Kasl Side in New York.
Heptiblicans wlio look longing
ly al, T. Hoosevcll, as a candidate
in I!) I 0 liiiglit as well remember
two l.hings--lhal they can only
gel (lie Hough Hitler by enlisting
in his regiment, and that while
lie has enthusiastic friends he
has relentless enemies, and lie
has more of them than lie had
before the Iasi presidential elec
tion.
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The express companies have
asked for more time in which to
put in the reduced rates ordered
hy the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. It is a safe wager that
the companies would not, have
asked for an extension of time if
the commission had authorized
I hem to a<Iv a nee t heir rates.
Oregon has lixeil the minimum i
wage for women at s()..5 a week.
The women who could continue
lo hold their jobs under this law
are' mostly those who were al
ready receiving that amount or
more. The others are legislated
out of employment.
Some idea of the rapidity of
telephone service in Kurnpe may
he had from the cabled statement
that a French aviator Hew I HO
miles in llfty-livc minutes, “ar
riving before Paris could he ap
prised hv telephone of his starl
ing.” _
"Out Dumb Animals” comes
uni with a defense of the sparrow
on the ground that lie is a My
killer. In that case the sparrow
should he punished for loafing on
bis job. What Alaska wants is
a mosquito killer.
It is said that the closing of
the Keno divorce mill will rob the
transcontinental railroads of a
considerable amount of revenue.
However, divorces are still rail
roaded in many other states.
Before defying Tammany, first
he sure that Tammany hasn’t got
"the goods” on you. Tlii. is a
little precaution that Governor
Sulzer disregarded, to his sor
row.
Eagle Dance tonight at
Eagle llall, the best ever held in
Valdez, don’t miss it.
Meet me at the Eagle dance
Louie.
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Prospectors,
Don’t neglect your health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with die purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
Just Received
A Large Line of
RUGS
Direct From Factory.
( All Sizes
WE HAVE .
j All Prices.
The Impossible.
My well had sort o’ lost ils
grip, the water smelled like paint,
and every time 1 took a sip it,
nearly- made me faint. I asked
Jim Wax to lix the same, and of
fered him tlie moil (repairing
cisterns is his gamei; he said:
"It can't he done.” lie had a
hundred reasons why repairs
could not lie made; and while
three hours were dragging by
I hose reasons he displayed. A
gorgeous well of sophistry and
argument he spun, all ending
with the stern decree, "It can't
he done.” And then Hill Hulgcr
Imwled along; I stopped him at
my gate, and told him that, my
well was wrong, and would lie
make ii straight? Hill Hulgcr
squinted down the well, and ask
ed when it was built, and said
I hat if had an ancient smell that
made his whiskers wilt. Aonr
Mamed old well needs cleaning
out.” In- said, with genial laugh;
• | reckon it will cost about two
dollars and a half.” "On to it,
then, my friend,’' said I, "and you
shall luive the inon; I’m glad you
do md tell me why the denied job
can’t be done.” Hill Hulgcr al
ways has a job, he earns the
'shining dimes; and I have never
heard him sob a bit about hard
times. Around Jim Wax dark
troubles lurk, lie’s the all tided
one; lie’s always up against some
work that simply can’t be done.
WALT MASON.
Weather Report.
Oct. 30, 1913.
Barometric Pressure ....29.033
Temperature at 7 p. m. ..3.4.
Maximum Temperature . . 40
Minimum, Temperature ..32
Mean Temporal ure .30
Precipitation .78
Cloudy, calm, wind N. E. three
iniles, light rain all day.
L. JONES.
Stockholders Meeting.
The regular annual meeting of
the Bunker Hill Gold Mining
company will be held in the of
fice of George J. Love on Tues
day, November 4th, at 8 p. m.
E. J. ANDERSON, Sec’y.
The Orpheum wijl start sharp
at eight. Fine pictures.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all pans
of the interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKimey St, Valdez
ft up Hotel
Hospital of the Gnod Samaritan.
For $6 we will give you a tic
ket entitling you to hospital ser
vice and care for any eight week's
out of the year from date of your
tickel, when incapacitated by in
jury or sickness.
See W. H. ZIEGLER.
Postofrioe Hours.
Week days 0 a. in. to 6 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 12 noon
Schedule of the Donaldson.
The following schedule for
launch “Lieut. 0. V. Donaldson”
will take effect today. All orders
to the contrary are revoked.
Daily, Saturday and Sunday, ex
cepted:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska, j
8:15 a. m. and 1:15 p. in.
Leave Valdez, Alaska. 11:15 a.
in. and 4:00 p. in.
Tuesdays:
Leave Fort Liscum, Alaska,
8:15 a. m. 1:15 p. m. and 5:00 p.
in. .
Leave Valdez, Alaska, .0:45 a.
m. 2:00 p. m. and 5::<0 p. in.
Saturdays:
Leave Fort LiscuiTi, Alaska,
1:15 p. in. and 7:00 p. m.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 4:00 p.
m. and 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the 2nd and 4th Fri
days of each month, these days
being used to clean hollers.
Special trips or cancelling of
the above will be made without
notice only to meek the exigen
cies of the service.
By order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
R. G. SHERRARD,
Second Lieut. 30th Infantry,
Quartermaster.
| Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
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building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Mo/se & Co.
Small Stores Made Profitable
The amount of business clone does not always depend on the
size of the store. Many small stores properly conducted
are doing more business than some of their larger neighbors
handling the same line of goods.
The amount of business clone by a store of a given
size depends directly upon the effectiveness of the methods
employed to draw trade.
One of the most effective methods is the use of good
light—plenty of light—electric light.
Light up your store with Edison Mazda Lamps and
watch your business grow.
Our Lamp Man will advise you how to use them
as profitably as thousands of others are using them
throughout the country.
A. W. L. & T. CO.
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Every Evening
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' A. H. P1NKUS, Mgr.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT.—Survey No. 993.—
Serial No. 01618. United States
Land Office, Juneau, Alaska,
August 20, 1913.
Notice la hereby given that In pursu
ance of the act of congress approved
May to, 1872, Fred Llljegren, whose
postolflce address is Ellamar, Alaska, has
made application for a patent ror t.soo
linear feet on the Copper Bullion No. l
lode mining claim and ror 1,500 linear
reet on the Copper Bullion No. 2 Ipde
mining claim, bearing copper, together
with surface grounds as allowed by law,
lying, being and situate in the record
ing precinct or Valdez, Alaska, and de
scribed by the official plat and by the
Held notes or t). S. Mineral Survey No
093, on rile in the office or the Register
or the Juneau Land District, at Juneau,
Alaska, as follows, to-wit:
Copper Bullion No. 1 Lode.
Beginning at Cor. No. l. whence IJ. S.
Mineral Monument No. 8 bears N. 40 de
grees 44 minutes 21 seconds E. 613.92 feet
distant; thence N. 61 deg. 09 min. W. 600
feet to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 28 deg- 6 1
min. E. 1500 reet to Cor. No. 3; thence
S. 61 deg. 09 tnln. E. 600 feet to Cor.
No. 4; thence S. 28 deg. 51 mill. \V. 1500
reet to Cor. No. 1, place or beginning.
Area 20.661 acres. The Additional and
Amended Location Certificate of the Cop
per Bullion No. 1 lode claim Is duly or
record In Book 11 of the Records or the
Valdez Recording Precinct at page 361.
This claim is hounded on the north by
the Copper Bullion No. 2 lode claim.
Coppar Bullion No. 2 Lode.
Beginning at Cor. No. 1, identical with
Cor. No. 4, Copper Bullion No. 1 Lode or
this survey previously described, whence
II. S. Mineral Monument No. 8 bears s.
17 deg. 12 min. 50 sec. W. 934.98 reel
distant; lhen«c N. 61 deg. 09 min. \V.
600 feet to Cor. No. 2, identical with
Cor. No. 3. Copper Bullion No. l Lode;
thence N. 28 deg. 5i min. E. 1500 feet
to Cor. 3. whence a witness corner, a post
marked C B No. 2 Cor. 3 \V C hears S. 28
deg. 51 min. W. 383.40 feet; thence rroni
true corner S. 61 deg. 09 min. E. 600
feet lo Cor. No. 4, whence a witness cor
ner, a post marked C B No. 2 corner 4
W C bears S. 28 deg. 51 min. \V. 141.70
reet; thence rrom true corner S. 28 deg.
51 min. \V. 1500 Tcet to Cor. No. t, the
place or beginning. Area 20.661 acre!-.
The Additional and .Amended Location
Certificate or the Copper Bullion No. 2
lode claim is duly or record in Book 14
or Records or the Valdez Recording Pre
cinct at page 362. Tills claim Is bound
ed on the soutli liy llie Copper Bullion No.
l lode.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion or said mining claims or sur
face ground, are hereby required to file
their adverse claims with the Register
or the li. S. Land Office ai Juneau, Alaska,
within tiie time prescribed by law, or they
will he barred by virtue of the provis
ions or tile statute.
FHED LII.JEGREN,
Claimant.
II Is hereby ordered l.at the foregoing
notice of application he published Iri tin
Valdez Daily Prospector, the newspaper
published nearest the said mining claims,
for a period of sixty days.
C. B. WALKER,
Register.
Dale or first puhlieatlon Aug. 27, 19 13.
Date of last publication Nov. 6, 1913.
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