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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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July 28. 1912, at the postofflce of Valdes,
Alaska, under act or March 8, 1878.
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1916
ELECTION RETURNS SLOW.
Election returns are coming in very
slowly, b|th in the National and
Territorial contests. Up to the date
of going to press, while President
Wilson’s re-election is conceded by
our correspondent, we have been un
able to receive the barest details in
regard to the states carried, or the
plurality of the electoral vote. It is
believed that Wilson has 268 electo
ral votes, two more than necessary
to a choice.
In the Territorial contest for Dele
gate later returns have shown that
Delegate Wickersham hfs rapidly
overcome Sulzer’s lead, and at the
present time, according to figures re
ceived by the Prospector, Sulzer has
a slight lead of but 92. In the
Second division Marshall, Dime Creek
and Kiana were yet to be heard from
with a total of about 150 votes yet
unrecorded. Wickersham now leads
in the Second division by about two
hundred And fifty plurality. In the
Fourth division Forty Mile, Innoka,
Koyokuk and Kuskokwim are yet to
bo heard from. The total vote of
these places are unknown, but it is
stated in Fairbanks that Sulzer will
undoubtedly get a plurality of the
votes in these camps as he has been
carrying most of the mining camps
along the Yukon.
In the First division Yakutat and
Kake are yet to be heard from, with
a total of about thirty votes for both
pla- es. Wickersham will undoubted
ly carry Kake, according to the Em
pire, but it is believed Sulzer wi i
carry Yakutat.
In the Third Division Kenai, Su
sitna, Dillingham and the Bristol
Bay vote are yet to come in; but by
those experienced in previous elec
tions it is stated that the Bristol Bay
vote will hardly arrive in time to be
counted. There is no chance of the
vote being received unless mail from
the isolated Bristol Bay section is
brought out by some musher, which
is hardly likely. The vote of that
section is so small as to be neglible,
and will hardly figure in the plurality
of either candidate, unless the con
test should become so close that one
or the other of the candidates should
pay a man to go after the returns.
The race is a very close one and
there is yet a chance for Delegate
Wickersham to win out, although the
lead of 92 by Mr. Sulzer gives him
the long end of the betting. Look
ing at the matter impartially it is
hard now to predict who will win
the coveted Delegateahip. There are
yet enough votes out, if secured by
either candidate, to elect one or the
other by a small plurality, but the
result will be very close, and probably
will not be kaQ.wn until a recount is
made.
The delay has been very trying to
both the Prospector and our readers,
lut the pape^ has printed the returns
as fast as they possibly could be se
cured and at a great expense for tel
egraph tolls.
THE SPORT OP KILLING.
At a certain time in the year a
strange impulse takes possession of
some people. It is shown In a desire
to shed blood; to slay the helpless; j
to scatter fear, pain and death where i
once was life, peace, and happiness, j
It then becomes the proper thing to j
leave one’s home, invade the homes;
of the denUena of the forest and kill j
them for what we are pleased to term >
sport. It is then that the beautiful!
wilds which speak of mystery and;
poetry and God, are. turned into a
shambles by those who claim to be
made in the “image of God’’; when
the graceful and timid deer, whose
very innocence should shield it from
harm, chased and ambushed by hu
man beings, rushes wildly through
the woods, trailing its blood behind
it on the foliage of its forest home, j
Why is it that so-called civuizeq i
men and women enter upon this
blood carnival with such enthusiam?
Is it on account of the freedom and
out-door life it offers? But that can
be gained in a hundred ways without
the shedding of innocent blood. The
camera, mountain-climbing, and the
joys of harmless camp life should be
sufficient for human beings with a
spark of compassion in their natures,
without the need of wounding and
slaying harmless creatures living in
the woods, enjoying their own lives
in their own homes. Why should we
continue to hug to our bosoms the
old, barbarous associations of the out
door life (legacies from our savage
ancentry), when we cqn enjoy its
pleasures without them?
If man needed the flesh of these
animals to sustain life and health
as in the days of the chase, it would
be vastly different; but he does not.
A man can buy more domestic meat
for one dollar than ten dollars will
purchase in the chase, and the sight
of game animals living around your
abode in peace and security, will
more than compensate you for the
small amount of pleasure experienc
ed in shedding their bloo'd.
WILD BEASTS COURTEOUS.
Just as one dog will respect an
other dog’s bone, so even the fiercest
wild animals have their unwritten
laws and their little conventions.
One common idea which has found
its way into scores of books of adven
ture is that the lion and tiger and
other carnivori take advantage of the
insistent call of thirst to get a sup
per. That is to say, they go down
to a water hole, the only one for
miles around, take a good drink
themselves, and then lie in wait for
the weaker animals coming there for
a like purpose, in order to spring
upon its prey whilst In the act of
drinking and make a meal of it.
Yet, according to all hunters of
big game, this is a libelous estimate
of wild beast character. There is a
The Shadowgraph
Message
Splendid Feature Drama With
Howard Hickman and Walter Edwards
“FATTY’S PLUCKY PUP”
Special Comedy Production With
Fatty and All Star Comedy Company
8 p. m. Sharp. Regular Admiwion
sort of truce between all animals of
jungle or forest at the public drink
ing places. As far as killing is con
cerned the drinking place is out of
bounds. There Is an unwritten law
along its banks which says, "Live
and Let, Live,” and this law is im
plicitly obeyed.
Paul Rainey, the greatest living
authority upon the habits of wild
bests, says that there is always an
order of precedence. The rhinoceros
gets first drink. He is the king of
all beasts of the forest or jungle.
When he has lowered the tide mark
and made the water the color of cof
fee then comes the elephant. He
satiates his thirst and after squirting
a reservoir of water over his dusty
hide retires to make room for the
big pussy-cats—the lions, the leop
ards, the jaguars and pumas.
Meanwhile the shy animals, the gi
laffes, deer, springboks, and even the
buffaloes, although they are a match
for any lion, stand in the background
and wait till the carnivori have done.
But the latter never prevent their ap
proach to the water or waylay them
cn their retirement. And that is bet
ter manners—aye, and better morals
—than many men show.
Paul Rainey’s pictures show lions,
rhlnocerl. elephants, giraffes, spring*
boks, gazelles and hundreds of others
animals standing side by side around
a desert water hole in Africa, each
awaiting his turn at the life-saving
fluid. No animal ever kills except to
satiate its hunger, with the excep
t'on of man and the mink and vessel.
All others respect the unwritten law
of the wild which spares wbat it dot.
not actually need to sustain life.
WE BELIEVE if you will compare
our election returns with those from
other papers in the Territory, you
will find that the Prospector has kept
in the van of all other papers, both
in quantity and accuracy of news
published. We have maintained a
large corps of correspondents, keep
ing in touch with all of the principal
towns and camps in the Territory. If
our news has appeared biased to
many of our readers we beg to re
mind them of the fact that it is im
possible to secure a correspondent in
any locality who is absolutely unbias
ed from every standpoint, and we
have published our dispatches exact
ly as received, with no attempt to
give either candidate results which
were inaccurate. If our readers will
realize that we are doing our best
to keep them in touch with outside
conditions as a newspaper and not
as a partisan paper, we believe our
efforts will be more appreciated aloi*^
those lines.
THAT was a splendid portrayal of
the Alaskan spirit at the Empress
theatre last night. It is seldom that
you see a town more thoroughly in
accord when it comes to extending a
helping hand to some worthy unfor
tunate. From the moment the or
chestra delivered the first overture
until the lights flashed “Good Night”
our citizens entered heart and soul
into the spirit of the occasion. And
the performance itself was worth
double the money. Those who took
part in the entertainment did them
selves proud, and the really excellent
nur.bers were heartily encored. The
ladies of the Civic League are to- be
congratulated, both upon the excel
lence, of their program and the man
ner in. whipb they, aroused the en
thusiasm of, our citizens in the cause
for which the entertainment was
given. We are proud of Valdez and
her citizens!
THE ART of being kind is the art
of being human—its fruitage is hap
piness, a thins in life so much de
sired and so bl.udiy sought. "I won
der,” says one, “why it is that we
are not kinder than we are? How
much the world needs it. How easy
it is to practice the art of allowing
your neighbor his faults and being
satisfied with your own. How super
abundantly it pays to be kind—to be
human.”
ANY man who believes he has
not received his money’s worth in
this election will please call at the
box office and receive his money back.
AND lest we forget: Have you ex
amined your stovepipe vents yet this
winter?
AT ANY rate, no matter whose is
elected, we hope it will not Interfere
with our annual ptarmigan crop.
HOPE, the greatest blessing vouch
safed to humankind by the immortal
gods and Pandora, is being worked
overtime the past few days by both
sides to the delegate contest, each
side believing that the candidate of
his choice has carried home the ba
con. Hope is a pretty miss, but Cold
Facts always comes along and spoils
her physiognomy.
GREAT BRITAIN seems destined
to fluff up our feathers. Lord Gray
has turned Secretary Daniels demands
on the subject of blacklisting Ameri
can firms down flatly, and has even
given the screws another turn by
adding to the list of those who have
incurred her displeasure by trading
with Germany. President Wilson oc
cupies the unenviable position of hav
ing incurred the enmity of both na
tions by endeavoring to remain
strictly neutral.
Alaska Gold Hill
RCJjg Company
OFFERS ITS FIRST ISSUE OF
100,000 SHARES OF STOCK AT 10c
Why you should buy Alaska Gold
Hill Stock.
The company has ground pro
nounced by experts as warranting de
velopment.
The money derived from the sale
of stock will be spent in the ground.
Preliminary urrangeme its for ILe
winter’s work already made.
There is not one cent of indebted
ness.
Treasury stock only for sale.
The adjoining property will be a
producer in a short while.
This is a moving concern and the
stock is going to be active.
The Alaska Gold Hill property is
in sight of Valdez and is backed and
managed by conservative people.
A dollar spent here is also a dollar
to help Valdez.
j Stock on sale at the office of Sec
retary and Treasurer George J. Love,
'll. S. Commissioner. —Adv.-tf
| CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
j to transfer that baggage for you. tf
When you want something good to
eat try the Merchants’ Cafe, open all
I night. tf
SHORTAGE OF FOOD
REPORTED KUSKOWIM
SEATTLE.—While there is no
danger of starvation, the whole Kus
kokwim river district is entering the
long northern winter with serious
shortages in food, especially in flour,
sugar, butter, canned cream and oth
er staples, and this in conjunction
with a shortage in coal oil, gasoline,
clothing and the like will set the
great valley back an entire year in
its development, according to Capt.
Louis Knaflich, master of the schoon
er Ruby, in port from Bering Sea.
The Ruby, owned by Shields &
Knaflich, left Bethel on the Kusko
kwim September 17, returning to
Seattle via Alaska peninsula points
“The country is well equipped with
dried salmon and fresh fish, and
back in the woods there is an abun
dance of game, including moose and
caribuo. In the lower Kuskokwim
district, mostly a tundra country,
ptarmigan and rabbit will be plenti
ful during the winter,” said Capt.
Knaflich, “so there is no danger of
actual starvation.
“In case of extreme necessity the
upper Kuskokwim country can sled
provisions over the ice from Iditarod,
while the Central Kuskokwim coun
try can freight from the Yukon. In
each case the route in hundreds of
miles long and the freighting prices
: |
L W. BUNT—k(MDl%«ta». j
FOUNTAIN DRINKS I
HOT-COLO j
Valdsz MhiBTs Uiiioit Ns, 188
Western Federation cl Mban
ROBOT SHAFFERjfVejdeg^
CHAS.MeCAmfl«|jyHgr.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everythiaf First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
LAUNCH N & S
l, eaves every Wednesday nt 0 a.
m. from Valdes Ilaek for Kella
mar, l.andlock. and Fldalgo.
Leaves every Saturday at 9 a. m.
from Valdes Dock for Cedar Bay,
Wells Bay, Fort Wella and Gran
ite Mine. _
PORTAGE BAY AND OTHER
POINTS BY CONTRACT
W. J. CALLAGHAN
OWNER AND MASTER.
will run from 25 to 30 cents per
pound.
“The shortage of food and other
products from the states, such as
gasoline, will retard the development
of the country one year. Prospect
ing and mining will be crippled.
Prospectors and miners will have to
leave the- outer districts and flock
into Bethel and other centers.
“When I left Bethel the Moravian
mission at Quinhaget was preparing
to close because of the food short
age. There were over 200 natives
and three American, families at the
mission. The surrounding country,
with an additional population of 400.
natives, depends on the Moravian
mission's store. Tea, sugar, pilot
bread, game and fish form the stand
ard diet of the natives. This winter
they have to get along without tea,
sugar and pilot bread,
j “The shortages come at a time
i when the Kuskokwim valley was be
I ginning to develop and but for the
j unfortunate conditions now prevail
jing the big district would have come
5 to the front in fine style next spring
' and summer. Late in the summer
Gaines creek at the headquarters of
the river, came rapidly to the front.
A steam scraper owned by the stock
holders of the Kuskokwim Commer
cial company, yielded $25,000 in a
seven-day cleanup.”
RISES 5,000 FEET IN TEN MINUTES
miles ed hour The machine will mtmimize the danger of flying <•> ;>er cent. It is said.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
nm mncAD and pamme daily
Phone 66 OPEN ALL NICHET Chaa. Ftocher, Propr.
ST. ELIAS HOTEL
Under New Management
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED; WARM, LIGHT, OUTSIDE ROOMS
SPECIAL RATES TO PERMANENT GUESTS
PHONE 104 MRS. L HOLT, PNp.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
(MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mina Air Pipe, Vahfa, Hose, Pipe and Fitting*
V»li— Pod, OpiiiSi fraanler Office. Tdmlnun m
PROWMSfOWAli CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OBrMtmTaMnDraf c*.
’** Mtahy Street
Contract Burgeon, U. 8. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U- & Public Health Sorr.
(Marine Hospital}
DR. H. COCKERILLE
®aly»Mltjr,
DENTIST
Fourteen Ttan fat VaMos.
PHOM 110
Oflea Rooms in Whalfav »fcHi<u«g
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNBYB-AT-LAW
OBee Opposite Coart Hmt*
Pkoae 34 VALDRZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS e. K KITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Ofllees In \Vbaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PROP.
SiRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ato, 8«ward. Alaskm
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. SEVEN
Meets every Tuesday evening at 8:90
o'clock In their hall over U. B. Com
missioner's office. Visitors are always
welcome.
T. H. HUNT, President.
B. G. A MBS, Secretary.
VAIlDBftlOBGB
lUcultr Commit
ED WOOD, Secretary.
A. M. DIERINGER
Vahtez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial 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
The Best Placeman Valdez to
Stop at4s the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Liffct Rmm*~T1« Hom* d Coni art
RATES.! REASONABLE
BATHf ROOM freed Rate* By A* MoaA
Ml ONE MS MRS. STRING, fnp