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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1914.
RESULT IS SATISFACTORY
The electors of Valdez are to be con
gratulated upon their choice in the
men they placed at the head of the
city’s affairs in tlie municipal elec
tions yesterday. In view of the gov
ernment’s railroad operation^ the
coming year promises to be an im
portant period in the history of the
town, and it was highly desirable that
the members of the council should be
representative citizens. Several
members of the old council were re
turned and tlie new ones are business
men closely identified with tlie best
interests of the community.
Valdez has always stood for pro
gress and good government. The new
council, before a year has lapsed,
may tind themselves burdened with
the care of a greatly enlarged Com
munity and handling the affairs of a
city instead of a small town. They
will prove equal to the occasion. The
citizens of Valdez are good fighters
before the elections but they are al
ways a unit where the best inter
ests of the town are considered. The
new council will have the undivided
support of all citizens in their under
takings for a clean and progressive
Greater Valdez.
A POLITICAL PARALLEL.
Portugal and Mexico are confronted
by similar problems. Both republics
are resisting the encroachments of
privilege. Both nations are heavily
burdened with debt. In both coun
tries between 70 and 80 per cent ot
the people are illiterate. Portuguese
and Mexicans have been exploited by
the educated, land -owning minority.
Portugal for generations maintain
ed a royal family in costly splendor.
A public debt of more than $850,
000,000 accumulated, and the Portu
guese got little public benefit for ihe
money. The people rebelled. King
Garlos and his eldest son were killed,
and when Manuel succeeded to the
title the people plotted again. In 1910
they banished King Manuel, over
threw the royalists and clericals, and
established popular government.
Since that day a nominally popular
government has been in power, but
it has been confronted by enemies
s«*king to re-establish the kingdom.
There have been many uprisings,
some of a serious character, and all
•directed by men of wealth and some
■of the clergy. Many plotters against
the government have been imprison
ed, and a big issue is whether am
nesty shall be granted these political
prisoners.
Having failed to reseat Manuel on
the throne, the royalists have appeal
ed to Great Britain. They ask in
tervention on the ground that the ex
isting government is intolerable, that
the United Kingdom is the chief cred
itor nation, in which Manuel has
found asylum, for all of which rea
sons it is argued that England must
intervene. A wealthy minority of the
Portuguese, with the approval of
Spain, has made this appeal, but Great
Britain has not seen fit to interfere.
It seems that in spite of her enor
mous investments in Portugal, En
gland refrains from using hr strength
to establish stability there. It is
probable that fear of displeasing oth
er great European powers is the rea
son. The fact remains, however, that
revolutionary conditions in Portugal
pass unnoticed. The Portuguese are
being left to work out their own prob
lems.
That is President Wilson's attitude
toward Mexico. The United States
nays that an exploited people should
have an opportunity to rid themselves
of oppressors. Our attitude toward
Mexico is England’s attitude toward
Portugal.—Ex.
THE PAST FEW YEARS.
The San Francisco Call says that
twenty-five years ago Yerkes, the
Chicago traction magnate, was a vis
itor in the California city. He de
clared that the electric railway, then
being experimented with by Thomas
A. Edison, would never have any
practical value.
, Mr, YerJtps was a street railway ex
pert and had given, much considera
tion to electric transportation. He
thought Mr. Edison an interesting but
impractical man. But the inventor
glimpsed the electric lines of today.
The so-called practical man was in
terested in the "toy” of an inventor.
He failed in his attempt to see into
the future.
S. S. McClure in his autobiography
tells of being in New- York about
thirty years ago. He saw the con
gestion of six to ten story buildings,
the horse-drawn and cable surface |
cars, gas lighted streets and other
city improvements. Mr. McCJttre was
convinced that everything had been
done; there was nothing left for tin
future but imitation.
In 1875 the Wisconsin legislature
passed a law providing a bounty of
$10,000 for the person who invented
and put in operation a machine that
would “perform a journey of at least
20 miles in a continuous line on the
common road, propelled by its own
internal power at the average rate
of at least five miles per hour, work
ing time.” Another requirement was
that it, should be able to run back
ward and turn out of the road to
accommodate other vehicles, and be
able to ascend or descend a grade of
at least 200 feet to the mile.
Eleven notices of intention to com
pete for the prize wrere filed, and the
legislature of 1878 authorized the ap
pointment of a commission to act as
judges at the official trial. But there
was no competition; there were no
machines to enter it.
The bonus laws were repealed in
1879, but shortly thereafter a Meth
odist minister at Racine constructed
a buggy with two engines, each inde
pendent of the other, propelling its
own drive wheels, thus taking the
place of the differential gear now
used on automobiles to overcome the
difference of travel of wheels on
curves. Public meetings were held to
protest against use of the machine.
in 19U3 the Wright brothers began
experimenting with a flying machine.
The world said that another Darius
Green would come to grief.
But today electric cars are fast, dis
placing steam locomotives. New
York’s six-story buildings have giv
en place to skyscrapers. The Metho -
dist preacher's buggy is a multitude
of automobiles.
Experts say the Atlantic ocean will
soon be crossed by an aeroplane. The
world has moved forward swiftly in
the past few years.—Oregon Journal.
The Cost of Illness.
Money making is very often asso
ciated with health breaking. Both
are occasionally found together at the
goal. Place your wagers on the lat
ter. It will most often win. Men too
often sacrifice health at their business
desks in pursuit of money that the}
do not need. Self-preservation is an
important law of Nature: yet too often
it is forgotten -until too late. What
you will not do for your health can
be done for you that and more also.
Health assurance is of more value
than life insurance—to you personally.
Health means continuance of earn
ing capacity. Osteopathy is the on
ly school of medicine that lays em -
phasis on this phase of health—
health’s business worth is productiv
ity. It restores many of the unfit to
productivity. Efficiency in business
results from examination and treat -
ment, where treatment is needed, at
the hands of an osteopath. We ail
feel more fit in every way after ad
justment. And it prolongs life. So
the cost of illness is really much
greater in every way than the cost
Of health.
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 8:00 a. m. Snow is given
as depth on level, in inches.
Locations— Temp. Snow
Wednesday, April 8, 1914.
Wortman’s, clear, calm ... 53 71
Summit, clear, calm . 120
Beaver Dan, clear, calm . 24 60
Teikhell. clear, calm . 37 50
Tonsina, clear, calm . 30 19
Copper Center, clear, calm 22 14
Gulkana, clear, calm . 25 22
Hogan’s, cloudy, calm .... 20 20
Paxson’s, cloudy, calm ... 30 25
Wortman’s—Trail open, but soft.
Summit- Trail drifted.
Beaver Dam—Trail open.
Teikhell -Trail open.
Tonsina—Trail open.
Copper Center—Trail open.
Gulkana—Trail open.
Hogan’s- Trail open.
Paxson’s—Trail open.
Valdez, April 7, 1914.
Barometric Pressure . 30.375
Temperature at 7 p. B. 36
Maximum Temperature .*45
Minimum Temperature . 20
Mean Temperature . 32.5
Precipitatloon.01
Clear, calm, wind N. E. three miles.
Rained at midnight.
Hat* Retrimmed.
Hats made to order apd re-t rim
med at Mrs. E.,.Winter!* atoire. tf
Miiatci Mimic! Music 1
All the las'teat’popular music at the
Valdez Drug Store. tf
NAVY NEGLECTS RELIGION. |
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Daniels Wants Number of Chaplains i
Increased.
Newport News, Vo.— Neglect of reli !
gion by llie I'nilcil States in its navy '
is a reproach to the republic, Secretary 1
Daniels declared here in an address be
fore the United Brotherhood of Men’s
Bible Classes. The secretary announc
ed that be would ask congress imme
diately to provide chaplains and wel- |
fare secretaries proportionate to tin* 1
navy's personnel.
Twenty-four chaplains, lie said, are i
all that the government now provides
to look after the religious welfare of
the navy's 67.000 men. tint number ol' j
chaplains not having been increased j
since 1M2, when the personnel of the
navy numbered only 12.000 men.
Tins secretary added that more than j
seventy-five 'important ships in the j
navy hove no religious leader attached, i
while the marine corps, with an enlist- i
incut of 10,226 men, has not a single j
chaplain to look after the spiritual dc- |
retnpinent of its personnel.
CHILDREN WORK IN MILLS, j
10.4 Per Cent of Employees In Cotton ■
Mills Under Sixteen Years Old.
Washington.—Of the 887,771 persons j
employed in the cotton goods industry j
in 1009 in the United States, 39,309, or
10.4 per cent, were children under six
teen years of age and lmlf of them
girls, according to a iinal report of the
census bureau. Alabama, .North and
South Carolina employ 49 per cent of
children and Massachusetts 5.7 per
cent. These children worked on an
average of from fifty-four to sixty
hours a week.
The 1,324 establishments in the in
dustry produced $028,891,813 worth of
goods. The cost of materials totaled
$.371,009,470, and the total paid in sal
aries and wages was $147,270,908.
There was an increase of the previ
ous census of 25.5 per cent in the
number of plants, and the total capi
tal Invested in the industry in 1009
was $822,237,529, an increase of 70 per
cent over 1899.
MODERN RIP AWAKES
FROM 9 YEARS’ SLEEP
Like the Van Winkle of Irving,
He Finds Many Changes.'
Tarrytown, N. V.—A living Hip Van
Winkle, awakening from nine years of
oblivion to lind old friends dead and his
children grown to manhood, walks, be
wildered. in the streets of liis home
town, in that very Sleepy Hollow conn- ]
try of which Irving, author of Kip.
wrote many tales.
He is Hytuan Levy, long a leading
merchant in Tarrytown before the
“sleep" of years began. It was a
mental cloud that shrouded, him and
made him almost as one dead to his
friends.
Now, with tottering step, but clear
seeing eyes, lie has come slowly back
from the mysterious wilderness of lost
memory.
He sees new faces that are somehow
old—the faces of the children who are
men and women now. He seeks the
haunts of former friends to find .them
held by strangers. Many that he. knew
ate now hut names upon the grave
stones in Sleepy Hollow cemetery.
But Levy’s is not a mournful awak
ening. There are scores of his old
cronies alive and rejoicing. In his re
•eovery. He remembers them Mi). He
remembers everything that happened
up to •nine years ago. These nine
years are an utter blank.
At the jieigtlt of his business career
he worried so much over a scratch on
his leg which was Infected that he be
came ill. He recovered physically, but
made himself a hermit In bis borne.
When he went out, at long intervals,
he passed his friends without recogni
tion.
| PRISONERS TO KEEP NAMES.
Number System and Lettered Uni
forms Abolished at Atlanta.
Atlanta, (in. -As a result of tbe ef
! forts of Warden Mo.ver. which have
met with the approval of the depart
incut of justice, prisoners at the At
lanta penitentiary hereafter wilt lie
known by names instead of numbers,
and their uniforms no longer will bear
the letters ‘‘U. S. P..’’ branding them
as United States prisoners.
Announcement «f this radieal de
parture from prison custom was made
by Good Words, the pnper which Is
edited and published in the peniten
tiary. While each prisoner’s clothing
will bear his registration number, it
will be for identification only and will
lie concealed from sight.
REVEALS SECRET MARRIAGE.
Mrs. Phillips of Nfw York Was Wsd
ded Last Dscembor.
Wilmington. Del.—Mrs. Kdith SIos
son Phillips of 102 West Porty-fitst
street New York, culled the Tlev.
George L. Wolfe by telephone and ask
ed him to announce her marriage on
Dec. 18 last to Wallace B. Phillips.
The couple wye wedded here by Mr.
Wolfe. 1
.“Waau't your marriage published at
the time?” the preacher asked.
"No,” waa the answer.
Tl>e woman would not give her roa
tan for^aeMHUg the bdMtad aanssuwo
went. She said her husband WAsftWP
Greensboro, N. C.
If You Win a Hat on I
the Election
Don’t
1 Forget«
We Have the Latest Styles.
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Comforting to the Eyes
EVENING is the most enjoyable !
time for reading. The quiet
world allows you to see more
clearly the scenes, and to feel more
deeply the emotions, portrayed by the
author’s words.
It is very essential, however, to have a good light, other
wise the strained eyes tire the senses and rob the evening
reading of its keenest pleasure.
Electric light, which can be readily obtained in any inten
sity suitable for the eyes of either young or old, affords the
best reading light, and Edison Mazda Lamps furnish an
abundance of it at minimum cost.
* Substitute Mazda Lamps for the old carbon lamps in
your lamp sockets and note the difference in the amount and
quality of the light.
Alaska Water, Light ;& Tele. Co._
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Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
( MILK-MILK-MILK :j
Freth^Milk and Cream i
V ALDEZ DAIRY :
Telephone order* to Phone 187 i| !
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STEJtM WH N & S
Leave* from Valdez dock for
mprjnpl
and way p^t. al.lO *en. Daily ,
.f jcrti, ^
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every? Tuesday evening at 8 o'ciotK It
Ragle HuM All members are rc*i Jested tc
attend. T. (1. QUINN, Arctic Chief
S. Mt’NIRCK. Secretary
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Aooeined Masous
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
each month In McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
A. E. G1UOSHY. W. M.
C. c. Reynolds. Sec
L. to. STORM. E. M.
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Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Mteets Thursdays at"
, $o'cteekat
:■ tfc* loifctaiuarMra bade of
Ugrkte & Budi’. Cigar Store
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE i
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Graduate of National Univ. erftit *
Waihington.^D. C.' j
DENTIST \
Phone 110 rourteen years i \
()ItU*e Houms over VALDEZ \
Valilr/. Dniir tV. V
DR. GERMAN
Phone "J THE DENTIST
i room?* over t)wl Drug story, < >CHoti hoar*
9a.n , to 0 u. m.. 7 p. hj.. to 9 p. m. Sundavs
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. C. H. VANCE
the osteopath
Graduate American School of '
Osteopathy. KikrsvHle. Mo. 1
OFFICE HOURS- »<•£*-• < teSp. a., .rkr 1
TREATMENT! S2.SO ‘
Trot kiUluf. W.U Ttml RHONE 2*3
C E. BUNNELL !
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W *
Offices Well Street *4
Phone 3i VALDEZ t
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E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
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PHONKTiae Valdez, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
,'Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Latouche, Alaska.
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
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VALDEZ MINERS IM 188
HsUn FtMoi iT Wilts
Meets Every Tweeds* Evening at<
7:30 p. rp. tt pioei?’ Hall
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