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PROSPECTOR PUBUSHWG CO.
H. H. 8KLBY, Editor aad Proprietor.
VALORS ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered aa Seoond-Claas Mall Matter,
July 23. 1912, at the poetofflce of Valdes,
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HU DAY, DECEMBER 28, 1017
COVE ME LITTLE, LOVE ME LONG.
T OVE me llllle. love me Ion*.
■Li i, the h irden of my Bong.
Uv» that i too hot and strung
Burnetii soon to waste.
Still I would not have thee cold—
Not too backward nor too bold.
Love that lusteth till *tts old
Fadeih not In haste.
Love me little, love me long
Is the burden of my eong.
IF thou lovest me too much,
TwtU not prove as true a touch.
Love me little more than such.
For 1 fear the end.
rm with little well content.
And a little from thee sent
Is enough, with true Intent
To be steadfast, friend.
SAT thou lovest me. while thou live
I to thee my love will give.
Never dreaming to deceive
While that life endures.
Nay. and after death. In sooth.
I to thee will keep my truth.
A a now when In iny May of youth.
This my love assures
/CONSTANT love is moderate ever,
v And It will through life persever.
Give me that with true endeavor.
I will it restore.
A suit of durance let it be.
For all weathers—that for me—
For the land or for the sea.
Lasting evermore.
YXTINTER’S cold or summer s heat I
▼ v Autumn's tempests on tt beat.
It can never know defeat,
Never can rebel.
Such the love that T would gain—
Such a love, I tell thee plain.
Thou must give or woo In vain;
So to thee—farewell!
—Anonymous.
NO TIME FOR ASSURANCES
Lord Lansdowne calls upon Lloyd
George for a new statement of the war
alms of the allies. He advocates an
assurance- to Germany that she Is not
to be destroyed. In a commercial sense
and that no government distasteful
to her will be forced upon her in case
of the allied success. These are axiom- i
atic. Germany’s commercial position
will be In the future as in the past—
made in Germany; And the German
government will remain as the Ger
man people want It, no matter how
the war results. Events may bring the
German people to a repugnance for
the All-Highest form of rule. Mean
time, the allies’ job is to keep on
lighting good and plenty.
SOLDIERS WATCHFULLY WAIT
Military observers in Europe say
that they have never seen soldiers to
excell the Americans in adaptability.
Our men are declared to make re
markable progress in all the essen
tials of training which the trenches
afford, and they are looked upon as
promising a signal contribution to the
allied “punch” when once they are
assembled in sufficient numbers to be
an apreciable factor in the line. This
is good news but not unexpected. The
American, with his initiative and his
enterprise, should be second to none
in any endeavor to which he is a
party. He has never yet failed to give
a good account of himself. He will not
fall now. All the American soldier
wants is the necessary equipment,
adequate support at home, and a
chance to light. The last of these he is
sure to get; the second is certain also;
the first will undoubtedly be forth
coming in time—though from every
cantonment where the eager youth
of the land are enrolled and awaiting
guns and the material of warfare the
cry goes up continually, "How long.
O Lord, how long?”
EVEN GERMAN FOOD EXPLODES
A barrel of souerkraut consigned
Vo the Sultan meat market exploded
in the denot scattering the contents
considerably. The only casualty was
In tbe case of the depot employes,
whose feelings were badly hurt while
cleaning up the mess. Inasmuch as the
kraut was working. It U Wot thought
the I. W. W. were la any way con
nected with the Incident.
IN Germany, actors have been or
dered to appear on the stage clad only
In old clothes, lest they arouse the en
vy of the populace. From some pic
ture shows, one would think that in
America they have been ordered to
wear as little as possible.
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THRUMS PLAY
Diplomacy in Featured and Possibil
ity of Reform is Proved to be
Matter of Determination
The “Vampire'" is a play that
makes every spectator analyze his or
her own personal attitude towards life
Itself. The drama includes every phase
of life from the homely living of do
mestic life to the most complicated
phases of political activity.
The drama portrays in a most real
istic manner the keen methods adopt
ed by the spies of other countries to
set back and retard the national pro
gress being made by the government
of the United States. It is such a
play that appeals to tbe student of
economics as well as to the person
who views life from a viewpoint of
tbe romantic.
It shows in a most vivid manner the j
inside history of the diplomatic af
fairs of the capital of the United
States and depicts spectacularly the
methods adopted by foreign countries
to gain a working knowledge of the
American procedure of international
afTairs.
It is such a play that at this time
should be viewed by every loyal citi
zen of the United States and so ro
mantic and truthful that no patriotic
American citizen can afTord to miss
the stirring message it eloquently
brings to the attention of the audi
ence.
The “Vampire” proves that it is en
tirely possible for a woman who has
consecrated her life to the accomplish
ment of the criminal and the bestial
in her existence to redeem herself and
her confederates and bring about a
real and permanent salvation. The
show in which the wicked and the
criminal in life is so strongly featur
ed and pictured proves that there is
in life an opportunity for substant
ial amelioration.
SI'GAR SHORTAGE BLiAMK
liAID ON ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON, I>. C„ Dec. 27.—
Declaring that there Is no shortage of
sugar in the United States and that
the famine is local to the Atlantic
seaboard, President Spreckles, of the
Federal Sugar Refining company, tes
tifying today at tho senate commit
tee's investigation, placed the res
ponsibility on the food administra
tion. Sugar, he declared, wag now
passing through New York for Canada
liecause of higher prices.
"The world supply is approximate
ly the same as former years,” saiil Mr.
Spreckles. "The available supply of
the United States is the same. There
is no shortage of sugar in this coun
try except in spots.”
Mr. Spreckles said there still were
900.000 tons of last year's crop un
used, and estimated the 1917-18
crop, exclusive of that produced by
Germany, her allies and Russia, as
1.230.000 tons in excess of amount
produced in the same territory last
year.
The steamshlo Admiral Evans will
unload 100 tons of cannery machin
ery on her return from Kodiak. The
consignment is part of the new equip
ment of the Valdez Packing Company,
which Is installing a second line in
Its plant.
Salesmen Wanted
Does your trade use salesboards?
We Invite correspondence from sales
men who are making their trade reg
ularly. The most remunerative side
line—no samples—no collections—
Commissions due as soon as order Is
shipped. We want only first-class men.
Enquiries to receive attention must
state line carried and bow long, class
of trade called on, territory and bow
often covered. The K ft 8 Soles Com
pany, 164-56 Whiting Street, Chicago,
Illinois. tf
STEAM HEATED NEWLY FURBISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. B. MILL. Prop*.
„ f rr o>Oi flit I'OW ALASKA
SEEK SAFETY IN LANDING
High 8peed Alrplanta Hava Drawback
Thattn'glnMH Are Now
Trying to Overcome.
At the present writing there Is no
evidence of any plane thut has ex
ceeded 130 mile* in Mteudy flight, and
theae are only the lightest and most
dangerous tyjies, with landing speeds
of from 75 to 00 miles nn hour. Few.
If any. have been equipped with en
gines exceeding 100 horsepower.
There Is no inherent reason why this
horsepower cannot be approximately
doubled. Carl Snyder writes ill Col
lier’s. # This would be sufficient to
drive a strongly constructed reliable
triplaue. carrying perhaps two passen
ger*. at from 20 to 30 inltcs nn hour
faster than nnv ulrplnne has yet flown.
Such a machine is actually under con
struction In this country; and as the
Germans have been steadily n little
ahead of the allies, so far as their ma
chines are concerned, there Is little
reason to doubt that similar expert
neats are under way In Germany.
If some retarding device can tie
found which will lower the landing
speed to a reasonably safe point, these
machine* will outcluss anything that
inis so far been built.
As far us the design of theae engine
Is concerned, they tliffer In no Import
ant particular, except their Weight
from the finer tyi»e of motor car mo
tors. A flue aero engine la simply an
astonishingly clever piece of mechan
leal construction. It is very nearly
haud-mude from end to end.
SAVING STEPS IN BUSINESS
Pinch In Transportation Facilitiet
Call for Closest Attention of
American Industry.
American business is quite likely t<
learn, partly as a result of the wur.
that to survive ami develop properly
it roust cut out waste to a far greater
axfent perhaps than men have
dreamed, says tin* Philadelphia Ledger.
One of the biggest leaks Is probably it
transportation, and as a people Ameri
cans have been reckless in their use ol
this commodity, if ii can be called
such. With the present pinch In trans
portation facilities, now Is a good time
to take uceount of stock.
Amerleun business and Industry will
have to learn how to anTe Its steps
Some day it will learn that It to folly
to drug coal barges !S> miles down the
Delaware and HMi miles or so up the
coast when u ship canal to New York
conld cut off the latter leg of that
trip. Some day it will see that then
is no use hauling h very large part ol
the fuel which now clogs the railroad.
and that It would he cheaper to ex
tract Its chemical contents and burn
the resulting coke to make electri'
current in greut central stations f«>i
distribution over u wide are*.
The more American business save:
front purposeless and unscientific cart
ing of things about, the more will be
available for serious and beneficent
aims. American* should save theli
steps.
Damaged, But No Damage*.
A young I’euusylvunla lawyer, pru<
tlclng in the South, was called on b.»
an old negro, who seemed to be In t
very bruised condition.
The negro, addressing the lawyer,
suld: “Good morning, lawyer; I’st
come lo see you to tiring a suit fo
ine."
The lawyer, seeing the negro’s con«b
tion and foreseeing a good dainag
suit, tsked for a statement of facts.
“Well,” continued the negro, “A!
wits walkin' on down through the flelu
and de brown mule was eatln* ’long
side de puff, and jus’ as Ah passed hi
i hauled off will dat lei" foot and laic
hustl'd me all over and nigh broke tie
to pieces.’
“Good," inierruiilod the lawyer:
“now lias tlie owner of that mule got
any money?"
“Any money !” exehiimed the negro :
“why. boss. Alt owns de mule!”—
I West’s I locket.
Interna' Combustion Engine.
The Diesel engine I* an Internal
combustion engine which runs on
crude oil and the lowest grades of fuel
oil. It burns cheaper fuel and less of
It than a gasoline engine. Its con
struction Is heavier. Ion more simple,
as It requires neither mngneto nor
carburetor, positive ignition and burn
ing of the fuel without explosions be
ing obtained from heat of great tnten
slty, generated by compression of th'
air between the piston and the cylin
der bead and the liquid fuel being
atomised and sprayed Itito the heated
air In the combustion chamber nndei
great pressure. It Is claimed that the
Diesel engine converts tuto avallahh
mechanical energy a greater percent
age of the power represented by the
heat contained lu the fuel consumed
than any other form of engine yet pro
duced.
Patriotism or Parsimony.
Kvery newspaper, every magasluc.
every public speaker. Is urging Ameri
can housewives to save, aave, save 1
There la no doubt that an army
fights on its stomach and that this war
must be won in the kitchens of the
United States as well as In the
trenches.
Bat: there Is such a thing as saving
too well. Economy is never economy
when It Is carried to the last degree of
parsimoniousness.
' .Do hot starve yourself nor your fam
ily. Substitute more plentiful foods
for those that hire scarce; aave the
fats, bat keep up a balanced'menu;
sat ires, bat' not.too little; keep a
w—takas getfcage pall/ bat above all:
8ave wisely, but not too wall I—
Mother's Msgs sine
We have added a new heater
to our line that is
Economical to burn,
p
Durable in Construction.
Sightly to the eye.
This stove comes in the two sizes
most wanted.
Also a full line of The Cole’s Hot Blast
Stove. The most economical heater oii the
market.
S. BLUM AND COMPANY
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GOOD GOODS
Candy Kitchen
L W. HUNT—b Owl Drag Star*.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT--COLD
LAUNCH DELLA
CapL H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdez to
KHamar, Landlock, Fidalgo and
way ports. Passengers landed
ul all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rates apply on board.
CAPT. H. L. RIDER
THE SOUTHERN
MRS* BLACKWELL. Plop*
Nice. Clean Rooms
Baths la Connection
PRICES REASONABLE
Phone 104
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the, third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
Valdez Miners llelon No. 188
Waatarn Fedaradon of Minora
W. M. CONLEY PraaMaat.
VaUaa Alaaka.
GEORGE M.
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BD WOOD. ■—roury.
BOY SHOT BY BROTHER
DIES FROM WOUND
NEWPORT, Ore., Dec. 27.—Nugget
Doyel, aged 12, died here early today
from the effects of a wound inflicted
last Tuesday by his younger brother,
who was playing with a rifle at the
home of the children on Aisea River,
several miles above Waldport. Nug
get was entering the door when his
brother, with the rifle pointed at him
pulled the trigger. There was no cart
ridge in the barrel, but the boy work
ed the magazine lever and pulled the
trigger again. This time a bullet graz
ed the victim's breast, shattering his
arm. The gun had not been used for
a long time and was not thought to
be loaded. Exhaustion from loss of
blood caused Nugget’s death after he
was brought to the hospital here.
Fresh taffy, chewa and brittles, at
Hunt's Candy Kitchen. tf
Suggestion
A nice display of hand-painted pic
tures at Rudolph’s tf
Ansco Films Will
lit any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard, ony E. Cam
eron. tf
OYSTERS
A nice lot of Fox’s Fresh Oyster
Cocktails just reoeived by the Love
Whitley Co. tf
Just received a new line of Pyra
in Ivory suitable for Christmas gifts
at the Valdes Drug Stora tf
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, On bride Rooms
IMadM TNdi SoUcited
Special Ratea bf the Week or Month
Baths to Connection
FHONB 133 MRS. STRING. Pn>
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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Offices in Flab Building, adjoining
Tillikum Club.
Phono 00. McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon. O. 8. Army
A. > Burgeon. U 8 Public Health 8err
(Marine Hospital)
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Graduate National Cutvereitr
DENTIST
In Valdez Since 1808
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