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July 23. 1912, at the postoffice of Valdex,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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SATURDAY, JUNK 10, 1917
MOVING ROAD COMMISSION
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The decision to move the headquar
ters of the Alaska Road Commission
to Juneau is one of the greatest im
portance to this city. While the Com
mission will as usual give its atten
tion in just proportion to all the dis
tricts of the Territory the central
headquarters attract a considerable
benefit to the place of its location.
It is particularly important now when
the money is to be chiefly spent in
keeping roads already built in co.
dition.
The capital city is. of course, the
proper place for the headquarters of
any work which has all of Alaska for
its province, and the importance <■
Juneau in other senses makes it the
logical center.
As a cold matter of fact, there b
not the slightest doubt that this dis
trict is the most promising in all the
Territory. The copper mines of the
Copper River valley are great, the
country to be served by the govern
ment railroad is rich and fertile and
has a magnificent future, the Tanana
valley and the vast district containing
Ruby, Iditarod, Tolstoi and the rest
have only begun their careers, tin
Kuskokwim is immense and untouch
ed, Seward peninsula will develop re
sources of great wealth in years t<
come, but the First Division of Al
aska has all the rest of Alaska beaten
by several blocks. It has more quartz
than any of them, it is the chief point
on the main route to the rest of i
Territory, it is the capital, the se
of government, it ia the center a
will be the Mecca of the Ashing at
Ashermen, it has the Juneau that be
gan Alaska and the Juneau that w
ever be the greatest town in A Iasi:
and the center of the greatest district
and Anally the Juneau that will gt
as the heart of man grows with the
rest of his body.
Every advance made in Alaska w”
he felt in Juneau and the territor
cannot ri^e without Juneau risii:
with it.—Dispatch.
THE kaiser has be^i informed 1
General von Hindenburg, whose busi
ness is to win victory for the Germ:
eagle, that the offensive of the Bril
and French has been deAnitely ce
eluded’ and the emperor, with the
fervor of a shouting evangelist praises
the Lord for the triumph. A feu
weeks ago when the allies were at ■
point of launching a great drive, th<
Germans fell back on the “Hinde •
burg Line,” in the “retreat to vic
tory”—a strategem which was to pre
vent the British from attacking f< r
many months. Yet the Germans no
admit that the allies have launched ;
real offensive in spite of the “retrea:
to victory.” The exultant claims <
the German high command these dr.
are hollow. They have no purpose t:
cept to revivify the flagging spirits of
the people.
CHEERING ’EM UP
The German propaganda at home
reflects a situation which is obviously
not altogether agreeable to the kaiser
and his military caste. To an outsider,
who knows how the propaganda is in
spired and how poorly is fits in with
the facts, it is evident that the Ger
man leaders are pulling the wool over
the people’s eyes.
The most desperate efforts have
been made by Von Hindenburg to
check the British and French offei.
sive. Reserves from Russia have beei
hurled into a breach and for the tim<
being the military situation is in i:
deadlock, but no one who has follow
ed the situation believes that the a!
lies cannot resume the offensive whe
ever they desire to do so. Even i
Germany the hope that the kaiser';
forces will have any success in a>
aggressive attack seems to have been
abandoned. Germany is fighting a
strictly defensive warfare.
Vet the emperor informs the people
that the foe has been definitely checi
ed and that victory for the central
powers is in sight. The same kind i,
buncombe is credited to the crow
prince, who even claims that the su
marine has brought England to th
very point of collapse. He, too, fore
sees an early victory—for publica
tion; notwithstanding that there is
a growing disappointment in Germany
on account of the failure of the sn
marine to do what it set out to do.
How long the government, by ii
absolute control of the press, ca'
keep the people in ignorance, is prol
lematical. Just what the masses w
THE
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Saturday, June 1^ 1917
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Scream Chaplin Program
Chasing Them Out Into the Open--Pjctp
graphs—Pathe Latest Fashions *
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cimt chapun *•
Two Reel Scream |[J£ COUNT
Sunday-Marguerite Clark “Seven Sisters”
ADMISSION 2S Cents
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
do when they fln* they have t
tricked by rosy reports and false pr<
mises also is a source of speculation.
THE HONEY GjETTKK
As 1 approach the end I am more
than a little puzzled to account for
the instances I have seen of business
success—money getting. It comes
from a rather low instinct. Certainly,
so far as my observation goes, it is
rarely met with in connection with
the finer or more interesting traits
of character. I have known, anti
[known tolerably well, a good many
"successful men”—"big" financially
—men famous during the last half
'century; and a less interesting crowd
11 do not care to encounter. Not one
[that I have ever known would 1 care
J to meet again, either in this world
jor the next; nor in one of them as
sociated in my mind with the idea
of humor, thought or refinement. A
set of mere iponey getters and traders,
they were essentially unattractive and
uninteresting.—Charles Francis Ad
ams.
“SEND Scientists to'Fight Plagu
■ In France,” "Many Millions for B*
giuni,” "Food for Allies," and nia
other headlines in the daily papers •
to remind us that whilw a benefic*
nation is looking for the alien. >
lives in Alaska are dying rapidly frc
tuberculosis, the average wage pc
capita is a little over a dollar a da:
people in the confines of the greatf*
country on earth are Btarving while
we give to foreign nations with ;
lavish hand. The man who said ch;
ity begins at home would be a ba
number these times,
ROMANOFFS USE HOE
AND SPADE IN GARDEN
PETROGRAD, June 16.—Mr. and
Mrs. Nicholas Romanoff, with the
Misses Romanoff and Master Roman
off. have joined the “back to the soil"
movement. They are planting and
hoeing potatoes in the park of Tsar
koe Selo Palace—where the same
group, when they were known as the
royal family, used to deal out life
and death to all the Russians.
The spectacle of seven membars
of erstwhile royalty garbed in peas
ant’s clothes and doing peasant's
work was enjoyed by a big audience
today. Soldiers and civilians alike
lined the fence to the estate, peer
ing thru the steer gates and watch
ing every movement of the shovels
and trowels tha the former czar, czar
ina, czarevitch and the four grand
duchesses made.
I'oal Miners’ Pay Raised
KANSAS CITY, Mo.,— Complete
agreement has been reached here by
conferees considering the increased
wage demands for the 40,000 coal
miners of Missouri, Kansas, Okla
homa and Arkansas. Advances of 10
cents per ton for mining and 20 per
cent a day on wages were incorporat
ed in the agreement according to an
nouncement by officials of the South
western Interstate Coal Operators’
Association.
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Christian Science Society
Pioneer Hall
Sunday Service 11 a. m.
Subject of Lesson Sermon, "God
the Preserver of Man.”
Sunday School 12:15.
Wednesday Evening Meetings at S
o’clock.
Free reading room open Wednes
day from 2 until 5 and from 7 until
8 p. m.
All are welcome to attend the meet
ings and visit the reading room.
Episcopal Cliurcli Services
Rev. George John Zinn, Minister
in Charge.
Second Sunday after Trinity.
Morning Service and Sermon, 11
a. m.
Sunday School at noon.
Evening Service and Sermon at S
p. m.
Rev. R. Demain Nicholls, pastor.
Sunday, June 17th, 1917.
11 a. m. Worship with Sermon—
“What Does God Require of Me?”
12 noon. The Sunday School Les
son— “Christ Rose Again.”
8 p. m. Song Service and Serman—
“The Earthly Helpers of Our Lord.”
Mrs. Clifton will sing at the ofTer
atory.
Thursday afternoon the Ladies’ Aid
will hold a social meeting in the lec
ture room of the church. Mrs. Thomas
will be the hostess. Every member is
urged to attend.
Thursday 7:30 p. m. The mid-week
meeting of the church and study of
the Sunday School Lesson, followed
by the study course on “The Message
of Jsus to Our Modern Life.’’
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SHOULD A QUEEN SKATE?
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Holland** Parliament Debated
If . Wilhalmina Did ffijhfc
Should a gueeu go skating when her
country is in so serious a position as
Holland? The question was raised in
parliament by a motion to censure
Queen Wllhelmina for going to skate
on the ice at I^*euwaarden soon after
Germany’s submarine warfare was an
nounced.
Daily Weather Report
Valdez, Alaska.
;June 15, 1917 June 16, 1917
7:00 p. in., 7:00 a. m.
30. 105 Barometer 29.983
|51 Temperature 50
155 Maximum 51
51 Minimum 4 5
53 Mean 4 8
Cloudy, 12 mile Cloudy, calm.
S. \V. wind.
—Myrtle F. Billings, Obs.
For Sale
Excellent hard coal base burner
at a great bargain. Apply Mrs. Chas.
Kraemer. tf
American Flags, Pins and Buttons
j for sale at the Emporium. tf
A fresh lot of Haas' Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to S2
a box. Valdez Drug Cr. tf
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
W. M. COftLEY President.
Vsldez Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary.
Valdez Alaska.
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Private Rooms f
Terms Reasonable <
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Jos. A. Lilvemaa Pk. G.M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office kesrt—1 te 4 p. ■ —7 te S p. ■.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Vallies
A. M. DIERINGEE
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genesal 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
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Dr*| Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT--—-COLD
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. W1CKES MERRITT
OBcf* over Voider Dr«( Co.
Phooe’15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
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