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VALORS. ALASKA
Published Pally Bneept Sunday
Entered as Second-Claee Mail Matter.
July 23. 1912. at the postofflce of Valdes.
Alaska, under act of Mareh 3. 1379.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 08, 1917
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THE L6NGINQ.
TTEAVT vapors coldly hover
Round (he vale I cannot flee.
Outlet could I but discover.
Blessed were escape for mol
Ever green In fair dominion.
Tender hilltop I survey.
Thither could 1 find the pinion,
Thither would I wing my way.
HARK) I hear the music ringing—
Harmonies of heavenly calm,
4 And the gentle winds are bringing,
; Breathing—bringing down the balm,
i fonder, fruits are golden glowing,
Beekonlng from the leafy shade.
. And the blooms that there are blowing
Never doth the winter fade.
BEAUTIFUL must life be yonder.
Buns eternal there to see,
. Airs that on the mountain wander,
O. bow healing must they bel
Tot before me rolls a river—
Roaringly Its waters roll,
l And Its waves that swell forever,
Bend a horror to my soul.
ON the surge a boat Is tossing;
But, alas, the pilot fails!
Enter—enter, dare the crossing—
Breath spiritual fills the sails!
Guaranties no gods concede thee.
Safety In believing dwells
Only miracles can lead thee
To the land of miracles!
—Friedrich Schiller.
OUR “BAPTISM OK KIRK”
Taking as its text the announce
ment of the first American casual
ties in the world war, the London
Daily Mail printed a eulogistic edi
torial on American participation in
the hostilities. The Mail’s viewpoint
is that which the United States, long
remote from the turmoil of Old
World Affairs, must take. The editor
ial says:
"The first lives of their country
men offered in this greatest of all of
America’s crusades—greater than the
war of independence, greater than
the civil war—have a significance all
their own and seem to write in let
ters of blood a new and tremendous
page in the world’s history. Never
again will it be possible for Ameri
cans to think they have one set of
interests and Europe another. They
have been drawn into the conflict
which is transforming the destinies
of the whole world and in fashion
ing of whatever dispensations Is to be
evolved from it American power, Am
erican ideals and American disinter
estedness will play a great part.”
Thus, In the death of Americans
in army uniforms on the blood soaked
battlefields of Franee, do we receive
our "baptism of fire" in the mighti
est of all the struggles of human his
tory. The first casualty list reminds
us* that not only has the die been
^ast, but that we must, after all tap
brief a season, learn to expect an ever
increasing roll of honor with hearts
steeled against the possibility of fal
tering.
No trpe American, after reading the
first casualty list, can fall to realize
the vast responsibility that falls upon
him to “highly resolve that these
honored dead shall not have died in
vain.” The war has come home to
us and we cannot shirk our individual
part to bring it to an early decision.
German Statement
BERLIN, Nov. 23.—Today’s offlo
lal statement reeds: "Rain end tog
restricted (be fighting activity of ell
the armies. In Flanders the enemy
maintained an intense Are on ont
linen.
"DUrtng the night Of Thnredey w
completed, without interruption from
the enemy, the removal of onr Uns
from the Cbemin dee .Dames, which
had been intended for some consider
able time past. All our movements
remained unobserved by the enemy,
who up to midday yesterday still
iuatnlaiped a lively Are on the posi
tions which had been given up by us.”
MR. AND MRS. BLUM
SAFE ON STEAMER ALAMEDA
Deputy Marshal S. O. Casler this
morning received a wire from Mey
er Blum stating that he and Mrs.
Blum and Miss Johnson who were
on the steamer Mariposa when that
vessel was wrecked recently are now
on the steamer Alameda en route to
Seattle.
VICTORY LOAN FOR
CANADA MOUNTING UP
TORONTO, Nov. 28.—Pledges for
Canada’s new victory loan during the
first day aggregated 810,000,000.
This Is not more than half the
amount, since many returns have not
been listed and very few of the ex
pceted large subscriptions have been
reported.
DATS D0M6S0F
mncro r
Judge F. M. Brown, of the Dis
trict Court today handed down an
opinion in the case of Cameron vs.
Comeron, tried on Tuesday and Wed
nesday of this week. By the terms of
the opinion a divorce is granted to
the plaintiff in the action. The cus
tody of the minor child Elaine is to
be placed under the care and custody
of Mrs. C. A. Winans. The minor
child Francis Irving is left free to
select which parent he will remain
with. The-prayer of the plaintiff for
alimony is denied. The order relating
to the care and custody of the chil
dren is subject to any change or modi
fication which may hereafter appear
in the discretion of the Court nec
essary or reasonable.
WAN TOO BUSY TO
APPEAR AT TRIAL
SEATTLE, Nov. 23.—The Chief of
Police, L. Beckingham was arrested
today by a deputy sheriff for failing
to appear in connection with pro
ceedings against women taken in a
vice raid. The chief explained that
he was too busy, and was allowed to
go on his personal recognizance.
Notice to Masons
Special meeting of Masonic Iadge,
at 8 p. m.p Nov. 24. Work in the third
degree. Visiting brothers cordially in
vited to attend.
k26 ED WOOD, Sec.
FUNERAL OF CHAS. HAND
HELD AT EAGLE HALL
Impressive services were held over
the remains of Chas Hand at Eagle
Hall at two o’clock this afternoon.
Rev. George John inn, of the Epis
copal Church, officiated; and paid a
beautiful tribute to tbe deceased. He
was followed bp Judge F. M. Brown
who spoke feelingly on the work of
the Pioneers In Alaska, who were
gathered to pay their last respects
to a departed brother.
A choir consisting of Mrs. J. C.
Martin, soprano, Mrs. Wm. Kramer,
contralto, George Robbins, tenor, R.
D. Nlcholls, baritone and Ben K.
Howell bass, rendered the following
selections.
He Leadeth Me .N. H. Allen
How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me „
. Pfleugger
One Sweetly Solemn Thought.
.;... Ambrose
Mrs. T. G. Quinn presided at the
organ. Interment will not take place
until advices are received from his
daughter and son.
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The townslte office at Nenana has
contributed $1800 for a hospital
ward In a French hospital. The En
gineering Commission Is trying to
raise |400 along the line.
FOUND—A, whip, party can have
same by calling at this office and
proving property.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
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FATHER'S LITTLE jOKE. "
The W»y A.Dc« flat Impress His
Vflfl sail Oaughtsr.
Witm • awn- hearts joke Which Ha
primitive aaam of hmnor claaaitlea aa
“the funuieet thing be baa ever beard"
be hurries borne to bear tbe glad tid
ings to bla wife. Father produces bla
great discovery, but mother's coun
tenance remains untroubled by so
much as a smile. Niue wives out ot
ten will gaze blankly into that Interest
ing emptiness to which woman's eyes
are continually traveling over her hus
band's shoulder. The tenth and cruel
eat creature will wither her spouse
with a penetrating stare which regis
ters “I see nothing—absolutely uothiug
—funny in that.”
liisgusted and baffled, tbe husband
telis tbe same Joke to bis daughter.
Uer only indication of amusement is a
pitying uplift of tbe eyebrows aud a
subsequent absorption In her knitting.
With bis linger on tbe last unbroken
string of hope father approachea Ills
nearest masculine relative. At last
success la bis. for bis son or bis son-in
law or his unc le roars, applauds and
slaps him ou tbe back. Father bows to
Imaginary audiences and compliments
bis fellow tuan on bla perspicacity and
bis fortuuate possession of a sense ot
humor. He pities “those women, those
poor, defective women." — New York
Evening 8uu.
THE OLD STARCH DOES IT.
Why Cellars Crash In Laundering and
Haw ta tava Them.
in lauudering collar# and shirts tbe
first thing to be done Is to get the
old starch out of them. No amount of
washing lu water, bot or cold, will
do tbls, for water doea not dissolve
starch. Cracked collars are due to the
old starch being left In the fabric and
new starch being put ou top of it
In the words of Wright Van Deusen
In tbe Natloual Laundry Journal, “tbe
old starch remaining in the goods crys
tallizes under t be best and pressure of
the Ironing maehlue and puts tbe filter
In a brittle c ondition; hence wben bent
for pressing through tbe finishing ma
chine it cracks. Krutovs the old starch,
and. with the uniform consistency of
every tiling thiit Is good in new starch,
tha collar will be so pliable that It can
lie bent between Anger and thumb with
little danger of damage."
The remedy Is very simple. It Is
that used by most of the largest collar
manufacturers— the dissolving of the
old starch with a liquid malt extract
called dlastsse. This turns the starch
Into sugar aud takea it out of tbe fab
ric. One laundry in Troy handles 275.
000 dozen collars a week and has so
few broken collars that It pays Its in
spectors a bonus of 2Vi cents for each
one found.
Th# Anthracite Jehu.
Tile coal cart driver Is nature's most
wonderful dialectician. He knows all
the profane branches of his mother
tongue. When a coal cart driver olv
structs a uiotornian it is fifty-fifty
which Insults courtesy most. The pa
pers never mention it because cold print
cannot reproduce fervor.
The coal cart driver, treats diamonds
with disrespect and has. no favors for
millionaire*. Why should one kotow
who sits upon a dusty fortune? Never!
And he tosses coal into your cellar as If
it were worth no more than Irish pota
toes or automobiles.
Still, for the coal cart driver we have
some veneration. At least he is not up
pish, at least he Is democratic, at least
be mingles without pride and does not
wear a wrist watch.—Richmond Times
Dls[«tch.
Bessarabia.
The original Inhabitants of Bessara
bia are believed to have been Cimme
rians. after whom came the Scythians.
Because it was the key to one of the
approaches toward the empire of
Byzantium the province was invaded
by many successive races during the
early centuries of the Christian era.
Trajan lucoriiorated it with the prov
ince of Pacla. and.In the next century
the Goths poured into It. to be follow
ed in turn by the Huns, the Avars and
the Bulgarians. In the seventh cen
tury a Thracian tribe, known as the
Bessi, settled there' and gave to the
land its name.
Universal and Sterne!.
“Tea, life la universal and eternal,
for time Is one of Its factors—yester
day the moon, today the earth, tomor
row Jupiter. In space there are cra
dles and tombs. The red carbon stats
will soon be dead; the hydrogen stars,
Ilk* Vega and Sirius, are the stars of
the future: Procyon, Ca pells and A re
turns are the star* of the present Al
debarsn seems to be already an an
tumn fruit" So said Flammarton.
Sportingly Considered
“Remember the story of the hare and
the tortoise?"
“Tea." replied Braatus Pinkley. “But
dat story don't teD you nuffln 'bout de
odds dat was pasted agin de tortoise.
Dem long shots do come In sometime*),
but you kain’t 'pend on ’em.”—Wash
; tngton Star. '
Bargain Sate,
at a bargain sale
you see anything
real cheap? Nell—Yes:
their wives*-*
. | dainty Dishes
Will help make the Thanksgiving
Dinner a Success.
We have just received another
-1 mport Orde r
of Hand Painted Japanese Dishes.
CUPS and SAUCERS
CHOCOLATE SETS
MAYONNAISE SETS
SUGAR and CREAMER
* SALAD BOWLS
BON BON DISHES
BREAD and BUTTER PLATES
BREAKFAST PLATES
CAKE PLATES
CRACKER A CHEESE PLATES
SALT and PEPPER SHAKERS
FRUIT BOWLS
They are all priced very reasonably, quality
considered.
S. BLUM & COMPANY
GOOD GOODS
BOOZE CRIMES SHOW
SO PER CENT DECREASE
VICTORIA, B. C., Nov. 23—“When
you come to consider that the whole
social structure of the province of
British Columbia is subjected to a
tremendous upheaval on the advent
of the prohibition law it is more than
satisfactory to be able to say that the
first month from the official stand
point at least, has been an unquali
fied success.” Such was the statement
made by Prohibition Commissioner
Findlay this morning when review
ing the thirty-one dry days in the
light of official returns from all por
tions of the province. ' During the
month there has been a reduction of
80 per cent in offenses dealt with by
the military police as being either
directly or indirectly attributable to
the use of intoxicants. The net sales
receipts of government stores at Vic
toria and Vancouver combined do not
reach $1,700. Infractions of the act
for the whole province for the first
month were forty-six, with forty-four
convictions, entailing fines amount
ing to $3,300.
ROW STARTED OVER
BODY OK LILIUOKAMANI
HONOLULU. Nov. 23.—The Na
tional Quard troops of Hawaii have
taken charge of the body of former
Queen Llliuokalianl because of threat
ened will contest. ’■
Control of the body is demanded
by John F. Colburn, who asserts that
in a will of the former monarch dat
ed Aug. 29, 1917, he was appointed
executor, and that by the terms of
the will many changes will be made
In the disposition of her property.
The body was to have reposed in
state until next Sunday when the
funeral was to have been held.
MAKING NKW FACES
WILL BE HER JOB
NEW YORK. tfpv. 13 —Mrs. Anns
Coleman Ladd, a Boston sculptor, an
nounced here today that the war de
partment had aocepted an offer of
her service! In France In reconstruct
ing tbs features of soldiers whose
faces have been marred by wounds.
Mrs. Ladd Is the wife of Dr. Maynard
Ladd, who is in France giving special
aid to children.
Mrs. Ladd’s plan is to obtain a
photograph of a wounded soldier that
was taken before hts face was mutil
ated. A plaster of Paris cast of his
marred face would then be taken, she
explained, from which she would mod
el with clay a oast vf his features as
shown in the photograph. From the
completed east a. copper plate mask,
silvered and painted flesh color, would
be made, she said, which would be
held in place by, spectacle frames.
For good things to eat and quick
deliveries go to the Keystone Pro
duce Co., or phone 44. ti
Costly gifts of gold or gem may
suggest that you are prosperous Mt
a good portrait speaks right to the
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Taxes Now Doe
Taxes for the Town of Valdez fo
the year 1917 are now due and pa;
able at my office at the corner of Kej
stone Avenue and McKinley Street
Taxes will be delinquent on Mondaj
December 5, 1917 at 9 o’clock p. m
and unless paid prior thereto, a pen
alty of 10 per cent will be added t
the amount and Interest at the rat
of 12 per cent per annum.
Warrants Issued by the presen
council will be accepted In payment o
taxes.
Office hours, 10 a. m., to 12 m.
and 2 p. m., to 4 p. m., except Sun
days.
Dated this 6th aay of Novembei
1917.
E. 6. AMES,
kll-21 Town Treasurer.
Buy your groceries direct. Savi
fifteen to twenty-live per cent. Thi
house that sells direct to consumers
Randall Grocery & Brokerage Co.
Inc., 82 Marlon St., 8eattle Wn. t
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdes to
Ellaaaar, toad lock, Fidalpo aad
at all polats.
Carrylag freight aad passSa*
gers.
For rates apply oa hoard.
GAFT, t, L B1DB
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
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Phene 166.
VALDIZ HOSPITAL
Private Mma
Terms R—oaabls .
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Jm. A. Unma H.G.E 1
PHYSICIAN ANP SPNOHON
OHn kmn~l to 4 y. ■ -7 totp.«.
Snadsy by Appelapaapt
He*. T*l. 171 OHce T* If
Boyle Block ’ YsM{P
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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DR. S. WIOLES MERRITT
• Offices in Fish Building, adjoining
, Tllliknm Club.
, Pboae 90. McKinley Street.
- Contract Surgeon, o. 8. Army
) A. A Surgeon. U 8. Public Health Bore.
B (Marins Hospital)
t DR. H. COCKERILLE
DENTIST
la Valdez Since 1898
PHONE 110
Office Room* la Whaling Bo lid lag
, DONOHOE & DIMOND
S iTTOBms.AT.LAW
°*«« Oppoelto Ceert Heeee
1 ***••• P YALDM. ALASKA
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, JOHN LTONS m I KITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORMBYS.AT-LAW
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Ph«a« tei taldbs. ii-i««.
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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Insurance
FJre'Surety Bonds-Life
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HalL Vial tors always wslcoca
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HOTEL SEXTON
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The traveling public’s
home.
European Plan.
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