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FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 111«
LOST LOVE.
Y\7H0 wins her love shall lose her.
Who loses her shall gain,
Bor still the spirit woos her—
A soul without a stain.
And memory still pursues her
With longings not In vainl
L| E loses who gains her,
Who watches day by day
The dust of time that stains her.
The griefs that leave her gray.
The flesh that yet enchains her,
Whose grace hath passed awayi
OH, happier he who gains not
The love some seem to gain;
The joy that custom stains nut
Shall still with him remain;
The loveliness that wanes not,
The love that ne’er can wane.
IN dreams she grows not older.
The lands of dream among;
Though ail the world wax colder.
Though ail the songs be sung;
In dreams doth he behold her,
Still fair and kind and young.
-Andrew Lang.
SELF INTEREST
A man who does not look after his
own interest will not succeed, for it
seldom the case that we find another
willing to take up the task that be
longs solely to ourselves. And yet
self interest, to the exclusion of all
other interests does not make for
good citizenship nor promote the wel
fare of the community.
Selfishness does, in many instances
make for the material prosperity of
the individual, but the wealth and
power so gained does not bring with
it the love and respect of one's fel
lows, and wealth alone is one of
the poorest objects one can strive
for.
It is selfishness that is tne cause
of more of the strife and bickering
that occur in communities than any
other one cause. It creates enmity
that is most difficult to overcome, and
it bars progress and enterprise. Ev
ery man should concern himself first
with the welfare of himself and fam
ily, but he should also concern him
self with the welfare of his fellows,
that as he succeeds they may also
be successful, for by no other means
can a community become prosperous
and contented.
Let every man in Valdez work for
his own advancement, but let him
also made it a part of his scheme of
life to see that his fellow citizens ad
vance with him. then Valdez will be
the biggest and best town in Alaska.
Blessed be the man who was born
in the hills and along the water
courses. Length of years is his
but what is more, a character that
takes on sturdiness of the rocks
themselves. Go the countinghouse
in the city—to the shop or factory;
go out upon the battlefield, to the
front ranks of men who fight; go
out to the great churches with their
cloud-painters; and to the peaceful
homes where hymns are written; go
to the banks and railroad offices—
and into mysteries of the laborator
ies where men invent their playthings
and their tools— go anywhere you
will where civilization is being fash
ioned by her children, and there you
will find the leaders of the world ac
knowledging that they drank in
youth from the old spring from the
foot of the hills. They followed in
their childhood the crooked path ov
er the ridge to some kindly neigh
bor’s. They plowed the stony
ground or rode the jolty wagons in
to the market places. They saw
the rains fall upon the hillsides and
rush into the rocky rivulets. They
beheld the murky clouds enshroud
the crest of the distant peaks. They
tramped afoot where beasts of bur
den could not travel. They learned
[the righteousness of the hills before
i they found the burden of the cities.
Aye, thrice blessed' are these native
[hills, the cradle place of all the
1 greatest characters of an uneven
! world.
j Kindliness, charity, brotherly
! love, tenderness, Christianity—these
are the inheritances of every man
| born in the hills.—George F. Burba.
• •1
OI K ARMY AND NAVY.
Every little while some war scare
bobs up and straightway congress be
gins to pick our army and navy to
! pieces, and hold them up as horrihle
| examples. Their equipment is inade
quate. our vessels are antiquated,
cur guns are bell-muzzled and the per
sonnelof the officers is too low in the
military scale for them to have suffi
cient ability to man a canal boat.
And our people take it up, and
discuss it pro and con, until by the
time it reaches Braggtown Corners
or Possum Hollow, some hick who
pever saw a gun boat, and could not
tell a gunner's mate from a bosun's
chair, will waste half of a good spring
morning impressing upon his inti
mates that “by heck one good German
ship could Clean our hull fleet.”
And the army ain’t worth powder
and lead; the Japs could land on the
Pacific Coast and take every town as
far inland at Salt Lake in 'steen min
utes. We have no coast defenses and
our regiments have no. enough men
to carry out the slop buckets, and so
the anvil chorus merrily whangs
away, making a loud noise and scar
ing itself by the din produced.
A large part of this clamor over
our alleged inefficiency is caused pri
mal.. j by army and navy experts tes
tifying before some Congressional
Committee of Farmers from Podunk.
They state that such and such a part
of the navy equipment is obsolete or
inefficient, and the, versatile space
writer does the rest.
The fact that our gunners hold the
record over the navies of the world
for efficiency is not taken into con
sideration; nor the fact that we have
some of the speediest and most pow
erful vessels afloat. Our army rifle
men hold the world's record, and our
methods and equipment are copied by
nearly every nation in the world.
Wherever our country has engaged
in war she has been victorious, and
against far greater odds than will
ever be confronted again, as we are
older and wiser as a nation than in
our early wars. Our flag has never
been trailed in the dust, and never
been forced, from the field by a su
perior foe.
What has been done before can be
done again. While munitions and
methods have kept pace with the
march of progress, our men remain
the same as in the days following the
birth of our republic. They are just
as virile, and just as willing to join
in upholding the Flag as in the early
days of ’76. While the administra
tion is slow to fight it will also prove
to be sure to win.
Our people have no cause for
alarm. Our officers are as capable
and our men and ships as fit as any
i
•
Get the habit. Visit onr theater
regularly. Don’t miss a single film,
because it may be the one in which
you were particularly interested—
the one you really MUST see. Come
regularly. Get the habit of Wo Be
grets.
EMPRESS PROGRAM
PATHE NEWS—The World In Motion.
Paris Fashions in Natural Colors.
“SCARS OF POSSESSION”—Two-Reel Drama Featuring Francis
X. Bushman and Assisted by Bryant Washburn and Beverly
Bayne.
STAGE MONEY—Vitagraph Comedy with Dorothy Kelly, Bobby
Connelly and James Morrison.
other nation’s have been at the out
set of a great conflict When the
time comes to uphold the honor and
dignity of the nation, you can depend
upon it that it will be upheld—and in
a manner to cause no shame to any
citizen in the land.
But flaying the army and navy
can do no good and but exposes *he
weakness of our self-restraint. If
the administration heeded the wail
ings of every carping critic the coun
try would be one vast armed camp—
and to what profit?
Give our boys a chance and they
will prove to you that we have tl'<?
most efficient body of men in the"
world; but, don’t haul the old flag
down until we are whipped.
We had Villa dead a couple of days
ago, but from recent reports we may
yet have him up before a firing squad
or dangling at the end of a rope.
It looks like war might be thrust
upon us, but whether or not this be
so, the Mexican situation will be a
big boost for the administration
plan for preparedness.
Those people who have attributed
President Wilson’s policy of keeping
out of war as cowardly, may perhaps
discover that when the necessity aris
es, Mr. Wilson can be as firm as the
occasion demands.
What a great relief it must have
been to the delegates to the Republi
can convention at Seward to learn
that a steamer would be here in
ample time to get them over to Sew
ard before the day set for the open
ing session.
War with Mexico, or with any oth
er country is not desirable from any
point of view. War is a costly game
and we cannot afford it, but if it be
comes necessary to engage in strife
with the Southern Republic, let us
hope that the cleaning up may be
a most thorough one.
NORWEGIAN SHIP IS
SAVED BY Cl'TTER
HALIFAX. N. S.. April 14.—The
battered Norwegian ship Svalan. dis
mantled in a gale of Sable Island,
was brought into port here by the U.
S. coast guard cutter Seneca, after a
tow of 4 00 miles. Five of the crew
were slightly injured by falling spars.
She was hound in ballast from Liv
erpool to New York.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
WANTED—We will buy full lot.
Must be close in. Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
Moose Dance Saturday.
The regular weekly Moose dance
will be held Saturday in Moose Hall.
Excellent music. *
Found: A lady’s watch on Mc
Kinley Street. Enquire of Jake
Menchel. 3t
Excellent change of pictures to
night at the Empress. Pathe News.
Scars of Possession, 2 part drama.
Stage Money, a good comedy, etc.
Full line of Stationery at the Owl
Drug Co. tf
I have an offer for $650 for my
house and lot 34x150, with barn and
garage; who takes it for $700 cash?
JOE SPENARD. Prop.
The Admiral Watson brought a big
crew of men north on her last trip,
to work on the lighthouse at Cape St.
Elias.
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska wear. Guy F. Cameron.
Tailor. tf
Matt Button, ot sewara, who was
drawn on the jury, came over on the
Watson this morning.
Several of our local nimrods have
been hunting bears the past week, but
with little success, as it is believed
to be too early yet for them to be
out.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Kimonos, House-aresses, Aprons,
Caps and Wool Petticoats arrived on
the last boat for the Emporium, tf
For Sale—six-hole range, good
condition. Inquire D. F. Millard, tf
Just Received—-the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
A nice assortment of evening
gowns and millinery just received at
E. Winters. tf
New Spring Coats just arrived on
the last boat at E. Winters.’ tf
Hotpotnt Electric Heaters, Cooxers,
Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
the Emporium. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s
Prices reasonable. *
Far good ubme-cooxed meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
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A Guarantee
YOU have read and heard more or less about the
demoralization of the dye-stuffs and textile
markets due to the war in Europe.
We want to say this:
Our clothes are guaranteed to be satisfactory to
the wearer; and this guarantee is given without res
ervation, modification or exception.
Any man who sells our clothes is definitely au
thorized to extend to any man who buys them, our
unqualified assurance of satisfaction; which means
colors, all-wool fabrics, the quality of other mate
rials, the tailoring, the fit, the value at the price.
And the money-back if you are not satisfied.
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Good Clothes Makers.
Valdez Agency, S. BLUM & CO.
OWL DRUG CO.
PRESCRIPTIONS
OUR SPECIALTY
TRY US Phone 40
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—Id Owl Drag Stor*.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Vim, Lifht Roomi—Tbe Home of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rate* By tbe Monti
PHONE 133 MRS. SYR1NG. Prop.
Inlet Nearly Clear.
While at Seltiovia the Watson met
the launch Alaska, Capt. Jim Ward,
w:.o had just made the round trip
from Seldovia to Anchorage. Capt.
Ward claims that there is no ice in
the Inlet now, but thinks that the
high tides which„will occur in the
course of ten days will bring out a
lot of shore ice, and this, he thinks,
will all be cleared up in several days.
LOCAL BREVITIES
Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that noisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the peace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate it. tf
Rev. Father Crimont left this
morning on the Admiral Watson for
a trip to Juneau and Seattle.
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
The Watson reports a fine trip to
Seldovia and return.
Banquet Steel Ranges, plain and
polished tops at Mead's Sheet Metal
Works. *
John Kacerosky, of Seward, who
will serve on the jury in the district
court, was an arrival on the Watson.
Panoramic news of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug
store. tf
Many fine bunches of furs are be
ing brought to town by local trap
pers.
Kodak Supplies at the Owl Drug
Co. tf
A new line of Jewelry at the Owl
Drug Co. tf
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everything First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
Heater
Jack Callia • - Proprietor
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Maaona.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No, 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
as Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MAKCUM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay,
and Fldalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
' GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National la&verattr,
Wauhlngton, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdea.
PHONE no
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & D1MOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court Honor
Phone 54 VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E E RiTCBIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office* In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VAI.DEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWlS^
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
VaUez, Aluatn
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining ^rosjt
pect; otherwise a good maw
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or. business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THR
PROSPECTOR FOR RR.
SULTS.