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THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1916
FAIR PLAY FOR INDIANS.
There is something palpably defec
tive in the reasoning that civil service
reform in the United States can be
advanced as well by a removal as
by an appointment. One of the great
est weaknesses in the whole civil
service reform propaganda is the no
tion, common to its protagonists,
that a long encumbent of an official
position cannot be replaced by a new
man to the advantage of the public.
Another is the dootrine that those
upon whom responsibility has fallen
by reason of change in government,
cannot make changes ariiong their
subordinates from any but unworthy
motives. The civil service law was
fought for years in the United States
by conscientious people who believed
that from it might spring abuses even
greater than those its introduction
was meant to prevent. Great numbers
of conscientious people are yet un
convinced to the contrary. At inter
vals now they see indications of a
tendency to encourage the permanent
office holding and official class sys
tem. This is particularly manifested
in bureau organization and adminis
tration.
Fault has been recently found with
the government at Washington be
cause of certain removals in the In
dian service. It is not intended either
to approve or condemn these remov
als, but it would seem that the gov
ernment chosen by the people must be
left free to govern according to its
best lights. It must be privileged to
manage details in accordance with
its best judgment. Otherwise it would
get nowhere. It cannot be held to the
accomplishment of tasks, and at the
same time be restricted at every step.
If everything said about the govern
mental dealing with the Indian is
true, then the civil service reformers
must take their share of the respon
sibility, as well as their share of the
credit, for they have had matters
pretty well in their own hands, and
much their own way, for many years.
Improvement in the administration
of Indian affairs in the United States,
as a matter of fact, has been steady
and marked in recent years. The best
evidence is to be found in the condi
tion of the Indians today, as compar
ed with, say twenty-five years ago.
The work of commission Cato Sells
has deserved, as It has compelled,
general commendation. It is not to
be contended that the conduct of In
dian affairs is as yet ideal, but it is
fair to say that the individual Indian
the Indian group and the Indian tribe
have a far brighter outlook at pres
ent than they have had at any time
since the white man took possession
of the land.
It is certain that cognizance should
be taken of improvement, and that
credit should cheerfully be granted
those who have brought it about.
There is an abundance of testimony
going to show that the Indian, for
the first time in centuries, is receiv
ing at the hands of the government
and people of the United States a
liberal measure of fair play. The In
dian is beginning to take a part in
the commercial and industrial activ
ities of the nation and in the body
politic, by reason of the work done
lor him in college and school; and he
is beginning also to take notice of
his relation to affairs, public and pri
vate, and to measure his advantages
and disadvantages in his competitive
struggle.
Would it not be unwise, at his
awakening to a new day, that he
should be told on every side that he
is not being treated according to his
deserts, thus handicapping him at the
start with a grievance?
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PROFESSOR Hugh Muensterburg,
professor of psychology at Harvard
and one of the foremost pro-German
spokesmen in this country, says he ha*
reliable information that Russia and
Germany will sign terms of separate
peace before next spring and that this
momentous event will be followed by
the formation of an alliance includ
ing Germany, Austria, Russia and Ja
pan. He asserts an overwhelming ma
jority of Germans and Russians favor
such an alliance today, basing it on
the old Bismarckan tradition that
Germany ought to be the friend of
Russia and that such an alliance
would be both countries surest pro
tection against English aggression. It
is concluded that in order to prevent
such a combination being formed En
gland will try to come to an under
standing with Germany and agree to
peace on a resonable basis. The the
ory may be reasonable or unreason
able and every person can draw h.s
own conclusion as to its probability.
THE OPEN season for the pursuit
of Chinese pheasants in a number of
States of the American Union is on,
and strong men with rapid fire guns
are engaged in the destruction of the
beautiful birds. In some of the states
only three can be legally shot by one
person during the season, but it is a
notorious fact that the limitation is
often disregarded. The same may be
said of ptarmigan in Alaska. In both
cases it is like shooting chickens in
a barnyard, and is hardly legitimate
sport. In Alaska, however, ptarmi
gan shooting is not done for sport,
but for meat, as is not the case with j
China pheasant shooting in the States.
Chinese pheasants would breed plenti
fully in Alaska, as they are strong,
hardy birds, amply able to take care
of themselves under any condition,
and their introduction into the Terri
tory would result in much good. They
are larger than a chicken and the
flesh much superior in flavor.
EMPLOYMENT for thousands of
working women and girls of the Uni
ted States will, it is expected, be pro
vided regularly through a national
employment system now being devel
oped by the federal department of la
bor. This is indeed welcome news
Still, it is not unlikely that the worn
THE EMPRESS
A Picture that Every Man, Woman and Child
Should See.
GEORGE BEBAN
In His Greatest Character Study—In Six Fine Acts
THE ITALIAN”
FRIDAY ANOTHER FINE PROGRAM.
8 p. m. Sharp. Regular Admission
en of the country win ask whether
reforms for their benefit can never
come until men have been first pro
vided for, as in this case, where the
announcement of the new system for
women is supplemented by the state
ment, "A similar system for men and
boys already is in operation." If the
administration would provide central
stations in each state and territory
where men could receive remuneartivc
employment the labor situation would
be quickly and effectively handled.
Men do not becomes tramps or hobos
from choice, but from necessity. If a
man can get work in bis own state
whenever work is needed, there is
little likelihood of his taking to the
road to bunt a job.
BOSTON has again come into the
limelight by legislation tending to
ward the removal of conspicuous ad
vertising signs. And it is a good
plan, for in these days of first-class
newspapers there is no necessity for
a man to emblason the virtues of his
wares upon fences and prominent
scenic features of a landscape. The
merchant who passes up the news
papers and depends upon store win
dows and bill boards for bis adver
tising'is doomed to failure. The pub
lic of today is too busy to read as
it runs, and good, legitimate news
paper advertising has shown so Con
clusively that it producing results
that the merchant who fails to pat
ronise his home paper has either lost
all interest in his business or has
a singular lack of civic pride. .
PROBABLY no election In the re
collection of man has been as cfose or
as full of surprises as the present na
tional one. It was believed by many
politicians that the policy of Presi
dent Wilson would be either popular
or unpopular, and that the endorsa
tion or protest against his adminis
tration would be a strong one. On
the other hand the Democrats believ
ed that Hughes would be very unpop
ular on account of Roosevelt's clam
orings. In both cases both sides were
wrong. The voters seem to have gone
to the polls and voted for the man o!
their choice in the good old way, re
gardless of party platforms. A large
part of the Republican vote has tin- !
(loubtedly swung toward Wilson, or,
the race would not be as close as it i
is.
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A SHORTAGE of thrillers in lit- i
erature is reported, the reason being ]
that things of “actual occurrence” in i
these latter days are frequently be- i
yond the imaginings of the fiction ;
writers. This, however, is hardly a J
satisfactory explanation. That the I
imaginative writers are devoting'
themselves largely to the production
of what some of the newspapers call
“actual occurrences” in the thriller
line would be a more acceptable ex
planation. Many of them appear to
have become war correspondents “on
space.”
ONE singular feature of the vote
for Delegate is that along the Valdez
Fairbanks trail, where the Delegate
should have been decidedly unpopu
lar, he received a majority of the
votes, while in outlying districts and
mining camps where a delegate is of
as much importance as a pterodactyl
or dinosaurus, Sulzer received a ma
jority of the vote. The vagaries of
the average voter are hard to under- |
stand, and seems to be-dictated more
from a matter of personal pique than
from carefully investigating the rec
ord of each candidate.
A GROUP of South Carolina farm-1
ers have collectively bargained for
24,000 pounds of crimson clover seed ;
with which to sow 1500 acres. T:ie |
club was formed by the federal agents1
under the Smith-Lever act, and stands
as a concrete example of the growing
sentiment among farmers in favor cf
co-operative buying. It might be .. j
good plan for cities to follow their 1
example, especially in Alaska.
SIR WILLIAM HUGHES.
Premier Whose Influence 8tarted
Consoription Move In Australia.
MISFORTUNE STRIKES
TWICE IN SAME PLACE
Del Wilkinson, who was in the em
ploy of the Road Commission, was
brought into town last night by the
Road Commission auto suffering from
a broken leg and injuries to his back.
Young Wilkinson was driving a dou
ble-ender loaded with five logs. While
going up a hill near the canyon the
sled overturned and rolled onto the
driver. He laid in this position for
about half an hour before help arriv
ed a,nd released him. Dr. Merrit went
out with the Road Commission auto
driven by Charles Bradbury, and the
injured man was brought in and taken
to his home. How badly his back is
injured cannot be ascertained at this
time.
George Wilkinson, father of the in
jured man, fell on the dock a few days
ago and fractured his shoulder, and
is also confined to his home.
MOTOR SHOULD BE PRIMED
IN COLD WEATHER
The motor should always be primed
in cold weather, even when you have
an electric starter, according to. the
best authorities. Many persons with 4
starter sit back and let the starter
run for four or five minutes, which
is a needless waste of power and will
weaken your batteries.
Pills Manufacturer Dead.
LONDdN, Nov. 9—Sir Joseph
Beecham, manufacturer of patent
medicines, is dead. He was found
lifeless in bed at his home at Hamp
ton. Sir Joseph Beecham, well
known as a medicine manufacturer
and philanthropist, was born June 8,
1848. He was the son of the late
Thomas Beecham of Southport, Lan
cashire, who founded great pill manu
factories in Europe and the United
States. Sir Joseph was created a
knight in 1911 and was elevated to a
baronage in 1914.
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Coal Prices High.
PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 9.—Bitu
minous coal reached $4.25 a ton at
the mines here today, $2.65 a ton
higher than the customary price and
probably the highest it ever com
manded. Sales agents of some of the
more important companies said there
was little available even at this price
as the mines generally operated on j
contracts.
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Alaska Gold Season Good.
SEATTLE, Nov. 9.—The season’s
output of gold in the Nome,* Alaska,
district will exceed $3,000,000 this
year, according to Jafet Lindeberg.
the mine operator of Nome, who ar
rived here yesterday from the North
on his way to California. “We had
a good season at Nome this year,”
said Mr. Lindeberg, “and I am sure
the clean-up will exceed any of the
last three years. We have found a de
posit of tungsten which apparently
:s present in considerable quantities.”
Macaroni Joins High Prices.
CHICAGO, Nov. 9.—It is was an
nounced today that macaroni has
joined the ham sandwich and chop
suey among the foods advanced in
price. Manufacturers notified the
trade that the advance in the price
of flour, a 30 per cent raise in the
cost of labor and an advance in the
cost of containers made the raise nec
essary.
Tennyson’s Son Wounded.
LONDON, Nov. 9.—The latest list
of wounded from France includes thej
name of Capt. Lionel Hallam Tenny
son, eldest son of Lord Tennyson and
grandson of the poet. This is the
second time that Captain Tennyson
has been wounded.
Williams Freshmen Win.
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Nov. 9—1
The Williams varsity football team j
was defeated by the freshman team |
in the first scrimmage between them I
Tuesday. Three times the first year
men carried the ball over for touch
downs.
A new line of hand painted china.
Owl Drug Co. tf
Sawyer and Edrington Win.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 9.—Chas.
Evans, jr., of Chicago, national open
and amateur gold champion, and M.
J. Condon of Memphis, were defeated
Tuesday, 1 up, by Edward Sawyer of
Chicago and J. P. Edrington, a Mem
phis player.
Texas .Brigade Newspaper.
DALLAS, Nov. 9.—The Reveille, a
new daily paper, published in the in
terest of the Texas brigade at Camp
Scurry, has made' Its initial appear
ance. It is a small folio replete with
gossip of the brigade camp and car
rying business announcements of Cor-1
pus Christi merchants.
x Wheat Soars Again.
CHICAGO, Nov. 9.—Heavy buying j
started by pessimistic crop reports
sent December wheat up 4 3-4 cents
today.
A new assortment of toilet waters
jand perfumes. Owl Drug Co. tf
MERCHANT’S CAFE
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FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 OPEN ALL NIGHT Chiu. Fischer. Propr.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks '
A*t*. for EQUITABLE Life Ins.
Public;
Reed Bid,. Phone 196
ST. ELIAS HOTEL
Under New Management
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED; WARM. LIGHT, OUTSIDE ROOMS
SPECIAL RATES TO PERMANENT GUESTS
PHONE 1M MRS. L. HOLT, Prop.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
(MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdes Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
Incident Is Closed.
WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 9—The
statement attributed to Luis Cabrera.
General Carranza’s minister of fin
ance, assailing American officials for
alleged laxity in suppression of anti
Carranzaists along the border became
a closed incident today when Blieso
Arredondo, Mexican ambassador des
ignate, called upon Secretary Lansing
and on instructions from bis govern
ment, disclaimed responsibility for it.
Mr. Cabrera had previously denied
that he made the statement.
Shot From Ambush.
POTEAU, Okla., Nov. 9 —Matthev
Brown, a well known ranchman, was
shot from ambush and killed last
night while riding near here. His as
sassin escaped. James Allen, 20
years old, was killed under similar
circumstances near Lequire Sunda>
night.
Swedish Crown Princess a .Mother.
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 9.—The crown
princess of Sweden gave birth to a son
today. The crown prince, Gustav
Adolf, was married in 1905 to Prin
cess Margaret Victoria, daughter of
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught.
They now have four sons and one
daughter.
Four Deserters Located.
PRESIDIO, Texas, Nov. 9.—Four
American deserters have been located
just across the border in the town
of Rosalie. It is stated that a body
of troops will be sent into Mexico m
an effort to apprehend these men, as
there have been numerous desertions
lately.
Schooner Is Given Up.
MOBILE, Ala., Nov. 9.—Hope for
the safety of the four-masted schooner
Goldfield and her crew was abandon
ed here yesterday. The Goldfield was
bound from Mobile to Martinique, and
has been out 70 days.
Keystone Hand Laundry. Remem
ber work guaranteed. Phone 216. tf
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Your House Needs
to be insured. Now, before you ex
perience a fire is the time. The Alas
ka Inv. Co. will write your policy
in an A1 Board Company. 2t
t’OR RENT—3-rm. houses, furn
ished from $10 up. Cabins from $5
up. Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
Anything in nugget and ivory jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
Banquet Steel ttanges, plain and
polished tops, at Mead’s. tf
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
An up-to-date line of cook stoves
and ranges at Mead’s. tf
Malted Milk Chocolate at the Val
dez Candy Kitchen.
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
SKATES for sale and skates sharp
ened at the City Express. tf
Home-made Mince Pies at the Ar
cade. t*
For steam heated rooms come to
the Golden North. tf
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The Golden North has steam heat-!
ed rooms. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug
Company. tf
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Carbureters, magnetos, batteries,
| spark plugs and coils at Mead's. tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Ofllomi over VaMecDncCo.
m** ’1B MeK later Street
Contraot Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon. U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marino Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdes.
PHONE 110
Offlce Rooms in Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Olllee Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALUE*. ALASKA
JOHN LYONfc & jr KIl'CHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices In Whaling; Building
Phone 101 VALUE*. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKislejr Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdes, Alaska
L O. O. F. No. 6
Meets every Monday evening in Me*
Kinley Hall at 8:00 o’clock.
Visiting members cordially invited to
attend these meetings.
C. C. RUDOLPH, N. G.
T. G. QUINN, Sec.
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. SEVEN
Meets every Tuesday evening at S:00
o’clock in tlieir hall over U. S. Com
missioner s office. Visitors are always
welcome.
T. H. HUNT, President.
E. G. AMES, Secretary.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Manana.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each' month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.
Candy Wan
E. W. HUNT—In Owl Drag Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
Malted Milk, hot and cold, phos
phates of all kinds, and hot drinks
at Hunt’s.
New Heaters from $12.50 up.
Wood Stoves, Pipe, Cooking Utensils*
and Wash Boards at Rudolph’s. tf