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SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1914.
INCOME TAX DODGERS.
The House 6f congress has refus
ed to give Secretary McAdoo the
financial aid he has asked for ferret
ing out and punishing income tax
dodgers. The members of the House
insist that the secretary should not
have authority and funds for making
sweeping inquiries into the affairs of
corporations and individuals for the
purpose of collecting the tax.
The other side to the proportion
is that the secretary should be sup
plied with proper agencies for the
collection of the income tax and the
punishment of those who seek to
evade it. It is possible that this may
be accomplished by an amendment
which will render the law more fully
enforceable and more easily man
ageable. In any event it is the duty
of congress to provide for the full and
fair collection of the income tax.—
Ex.
AMERICAN THRIFT.
Shakespeare made some reference
to a kind of 'awning thrift which
bends the pregnant hinges of the
knee.
The American people have no pa
tience with thrift of that sort.
For all that Europeans may say
of the Yankee’s love of money, the
dollar is not the biggest fact in con
temporary American life. We have our
charities, our philanthropies, our re
ligious activities; we have our librar
ies, our art museums, and our rich
ly endowed educational institutions;
indeed we have many things which
offer no suggestion of a brutal love
of money.
But the average American is thrifty
in the good meaning of the word.
He does not wish to become a de
pendent and so he saves something
out of his earnings, that he may
be prepared for old age and a rainy
day.
It is not stinginess.
It is sane frugality.
It is not a desire to skimp and
squeeze after the fashion of a mer
cenary.
On the contrary, it is a love of
that honorable independence which
would shield age against the humili
a'ion and torture of helpless and
hopeless impecuniosity, and which at
the same time would put upon so
ciety a burden against which society
should be protected.
American thrift is no mean qual
ity.
The prudent American who is able.
to save a part of what he earns will
not only be able to care for him
self and his own, but he will have
something, probably a tithe, to share
with his less fortunate fellows who
save not at all.
And that is one virtue of Ameri
can thrift.—Ex.
Shooting Gallery Open.
The Valdez Shooting Gallery is op
en. Try your eye; test your nerve.
Fine targets. McKinley street, near
Dick's Place. tf
MEXICO LOSING ITS
- WEALTH IN REVOLT
Statistics Show Read of a
Stable Government.
Washington. — Consul Theodore C.
Hamm sends to the department of
commerce from Durango a striking ar
ray of facts showing the necessity for
ending the Mexican revolution and re
establishing a stable form of govern
ment in that republic.
| for example, tne state or uurango
in 1913 was favored with abundant
and seasonable rains, insuring tine
crops of all staple farm products un
der ordinary conditions, but not more
than two-thirds of the usual acreage
was planted, and not more than 10
per cent of the crops planted were
gathered by the rightful owners of the
land, the remainder being appropriat
ed for military purposes or harvested
by others than the rightful owners on
account of lawless conditions. Of
Chile peppers, for Instance, the export
was only $4,600 as against $50,000 to
$75,000 in normal years.
The cotton yield, says the consul,
was phenomenal in the famous La
guna district of eastern Durango and
southwestern Coabuila, along the Na
gas river—120,000 bales, worth $8,500,
000. Half the crop is still in the
warehouses at Torreon, and the other
half was shipped to the United States
at a sacrifice Instead of being sent, as
ordinarily, to the cotton factories in
southern Mexico. The exports to the
United States from Durango In the
last year were $2,254,000 as against
$9,731,000 in 1912.
The railways to the gulf have not
been in operation in 1914, and all trade
is paralyzed.' Torreon in times of
peace is a busy interior manufacturing
city, like Syracuse. N. Y.. or Paterson.
N. J.
In the city of Mnzatlan. state of Si
naloa. on the Pacific, United States
Consul W. E. Alger reports, the ex
ports to the United States In 1913 fell
off almost $900,000. or 20 per cent
Eggs are now selling there at 7 cents
apiece, milk at 30 cents a quart, fuel
at four and five times the usual price
and all other articles In proportion.
Two of the three banks have closed,
and all business Is suspended. There
was no railroad service In 1913 from
March 4 to Dec. 31, and but for the
numerous arrivals and departures ot
American war vessels there would
have been scant mall facilities even
by water.
MADE POSTOFFICE OF A TREE.
Iowa Pioneer, Just Dead, Carried Mail
In 1844.
McGregor, la.—Jeremiah Roser, be
lieved to have been the oldest resident
oMowa, was recently buried. He had
lived iu Iowa continually seventy-nine
years. When ne was sixteen years old
he was a mail carrier, a hole In a tree
serving ns one postofflee.
In the winter of '44 and ’45 Mr
Roser t-arrled the mall 'bn horseback
from Dubuque sixty miles north Into
Iowa. The first stop on his route was
an old oak tree by the roadside, where
he left mail In a hole cut In the trunk
for the settlers who had built cabins In
the timber roundabout.
Paradoxical.
It’s a strange fact that a man can
be used best as a tool when he Is dull.
—Boston Transcript
Taken at His Word.
Pompous Statesman—I trust the
people, sir. Cynlcus—All right. Lend
me $5.—New Orleans Picayune.
Agents Wanted
Unusual opportunities for Intelligent men
with ability to sell.
Write for particulars
RAND McNALLY & CO.,
Dept. B, Chicago, UI.
VALDEZ SKATING RINK
NOW OPEN
Admission-Gentlemen 50c; Ladies and Children 25c
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SEAL SKINS 8EIZED
BY FEDERAL 0FFICER8
SEATTLE. Aug. 8.—The skins of
eleven fur seal pups, shipped from
Nome, Alaska, by James A. Conner
to A. H. Dunham, of New York city,
were seized on their arrival here and
suit to condemn and destroy the skins
was begun in the United States court
today. The killing of the fur seals
is forbidden by the treaty entered in
to by the United States, Russia, Great
Britain and Japan.
NOTICE OF MARSHAL’S SALE.
United States of America, Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.'ss:
• Public notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of a writ of Execution
dated July 9th, 1914, issued out of
the District Court for the Third Di
vision, Territory jof |Alaska, ,on a
judgment rendered in said Court on
the 1st day of July, A. D. 1914, in
favor of S. Blum & Company and
against Kuskulana Copper Company,
a corporation, I will offer for sale at
public vendue, to the highest and
best bidder for cash, on the 24th day
August, 1914, at 2 o’clock in the af
ternoon, at the front door of .the
Court House, Valdez, Alaska, all of
the right, title and interest of the
defendant, Kuskulana Copper Com
pany, in and to the following describ
ed lode claims:
A continuous group of twelve lode
mining claims situate on the south
side of the Kuskulana river about six
miles down said river from the Kus
kulana glacier. Said property is
commonly known as the Ole Berg
property and now stands of record in
the name of the Kuskulana Copper
Company, a corporation. Said lode
claims are known and called:
“Morning,” “Hercules," “Dupont,”
“Evening,” “Sunrise No. 1,” “Sunrise
No. 2,” “Sunrise No. 3,” “Sunrise No.
4,” “Golconda,” “Black Jack,” “Cen
tury,” “Minnehaha.”
The above described real property
was heretofore attached by me un
der and by virtue of a writ of at
tachnient issued out of the above en
titled court in the above entitled
cause.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 9th
day of July, 1914.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
United States Marshal.
Date of publication July 25, Aug.
1, 8, 15, 22.
Notice of Marshal’s Sale.
United States of America. Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.—ss.
Public notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of a Writ of Execution, dat
ed July 20th, 1914, issued out of the
District Court for the Third Divis
ion, Territory of Alaska, on a judg
ment rendered in said Court, on the
11th day of July, 1914, in favor of
Albert Barge and against Mineral
Creek Mining Company, a corpora
tion, I did on the 21st day of July,
1914, levy upon the right, title and
interest of the defendant, Minefal
Creek Mining Company, in and to the
following described quartz mining
claims situated in the Valdez Mining
Precinct and known and described as
follows:
Hercules; Hercules No. 1; Hercules
Fraction; Millionaire: Millionaire
No. 1; Millionaire Fraction; Million
aire Extension; Chesna; Chesna No.
1; Ibex; Buster; Buster No. 1; Bus
ter Fraction; Buster Extension;
Clover; Clover No. 1; Clover Frac
tion; Monitor; Amended Monitor;
Sunshine.
All of said Claims are situated near
the head of Mineral Creek, and for
further description reference is made
to the records of the recorder of the
Valdez Mining Precinct.
And I will, accordingly, offer all
the right, title and interest of the
defendant in and to the above mining
claims for sale at public vendue to.
the highest and best bidder, for cash,,
on the 24th day of August, 1914, at
2:30 o’clock in the afternoon at the,
front door of the Court House, Val
dez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23rd
day of July, 1914.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
U. S. Marshal.
Lyons & Ritchie, plaintiff’s attor
neys.
Publications July 25, Aug. 1, 8, 15, 22.
Notice of Marshal’* Sale.
United States of America, Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.—ss.
Public notice is hereby given, that
by virtue of a Writ of Execution, dat
ed July 20th, 1914, Issued out of the
District Court for the Third Division,
Territory of Alaska, on a judgment
rendered in said Court on the 13th
day of July, 1914, in favor of S.
Blum & Company, a corporation, and
against Mineral Creek Mining Com
pany, a corporation, I did on the
21st day of July, 1914, levy upon the
right, title and interest of the de
fendant, Mineral Creek Mining Com
pany, in and to the following describ
ed quartz mining claims situated in
the Valdez Mining Precinct and
known and described as fol'ows;
Hercules; Hercules No. 1; Hercu
les Fraction; Millionaire, Millionaire
No. 1; Millionaire Fraction; Million
aire Extension; Chesna; Chesna No.
1; Ibex; Buster; Buster No. 1; Bus
ter Fraction; Buster Extension;
Clover; Clover No. 1; Clover Frac
tion; Monitor; Amended Monitor;
Sunshine.
All of said claims are situated near
the head of Mineral Creek, and for
further description reference is made
to the records of the recorder of the
Valdes Mlnlpg Precinct.
And I will, accordingly, offer all
the right, title and Interest of the
defendant In and to the above min
ing claims for sale at public vendue
to the highest and best bidder, for
cash, on the 24th day of August, 1914,
at 2:30 o'clock In the afternoon at
the front door of the Court House,
Valdes, Alaska.
Dated at Valdes, Alaska, this 23rd
day of July, 1914.
P. K. BRENNEMAN,
U. 8. Marshal
Lyons & Ritchie, plaintiff's attor
neys. ....
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PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
FloaeallO DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms over VALDEZ
Valdez Drug Co.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over owl Drug store Office hours
9 a. m.. to 6 p. m.. 7 p, m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work truaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office on Wall St. next Prospector office
Valdez, Alaska.
New Company's^ Phone No. SB
HOURS—9 to 121>1> 6 sad 7 to 9 p. m.
DR. C. H- VANCE
the OSTEOPATH
Cr^«i5S*•^SSSr§^^Ml,.0,
OFFICE HOUM-t t.Ua-. l ts$ f. sr hr
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Office end Resideoc#'Court St. PHONE 203
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
phone:iae Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone Si VALDEZ
F. BUTTERWORTH
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U. S. Deputy Lend and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdes, Alaska.
A. C. BALDWIN
' Civil Engineer and
Deputy Mineral
Surveyor.
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