Valdez Daily Prospector
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SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1915.
VERMONT AND MARRIAGE.
Vermont is going to levy a fine
of $500 against violators of the state’s
new eugenic marriage law. The man
or woman who weds there without
having met the requirements of that
statute as to the establishment of
physical fitness will be shouldering
a heavy financial burden at the out
set, to say noiliing of the probability
of having the marriage declared il
legal.
This is not a happy condition of af
fairs in a state which for years has
had all too few marriages. Vermont,
in common with other New England
states, suffers from a dearth of men
as compared to the number of women
there The males go away to make
their mark in the world, and seldom
Kturn. Often they forget the folk
they left behind them—and wed in
the new region to which they have
gone. As a result, those states of
the North Atlantic caast are peopled
to a very serious extent by women
of marriageable age who will never
be wives.
A new barrier to Vermont weddings
is now raised. In general, the pur
pose is wholly for the good of the
race. As it affects Vermont, how
ever, the outlook is not pleasing. It
means yet fewer bridal events there,
fewer new homes established, a con
stantly decreasing population, a com
monwealth losing much which just
now it can see no hope of recov
ering.—St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette.
FINDING JOBS FOR THE JOBLESS.
The problem of connecting with a
job the man who is out of work has
appeared more than usually serious
during these times of extensive un
employment. Various plans have
been suggested for its solution, but
few of the expedients have been last
ingly effective. The trouble is too
widespread for local treatment, in
the great West a move on a com
paratively large scale has been made
to find employment for those who de
sire it during the harvest season. The
national farm labor exchange has
been organized, with the assistance
of the federal department of agri
culture and of several railways, to
supervise the supply of labor and to
distribute it wdierever needed. From
June 1 to September 15 more than
100,000 hands are wanted in the har
vest fields of several states, but at
different dates. The object of the
exchange is to find places, without
loss of time, for the toilers who reap
the crops. To further this purpose
central exchanges will be opened in
Kansas City, Sioux City and Minneap
olis. College students who wish work
during vacations will be among those
benefited by this scheme. Its suc
cess will possibly encourage some
body to establish an all-the-year
round labor exchange with a much
broader scope.—Ex.
Wants More Than Alsace.
PARIS, April 17.—Although it was
generally supposed that Prance would
be satisfied with the acquisition of
Alsace-Lorraine, a pamphlet entitled
"European Independence,” just pub
lished by Andre Sardou, son of the
famous dramatist, makes considerab
ly wider claims.
M. Sardou suggests that the new
frontier run from Lake Constance to
Stuttgart and then follow the River
Neckar to the point of its union with
the Rhine.
M. Sardou had previouslly consid
ered the alternative of giving to
France Essen, Wiesbaden, and the
important mining basins of Ruhr,
Sieg, and Lahn, but finally rejected
these in favor of the first proposal
because “we might have the same
difficulties with a large German pop
ulation as they have in Alsace-Lor
raine with French.”
.The Gaulois, commenting on this
proposal, says: “Let those who find
it exaggerated, remember that one
of the condition’s of Germany’s tri
umph was the cession of French ter
ritory down to the Loire. M. Sar
dou’s suggestions are far more mod
erate.’’
J Johnson is in town from Ellamar.
LIQUOR PROBE
OIJI KANSAS
LAWRENCE, Kas., April 17—Can
Kansas be used as a shining example
to prove the contentions of both the
prohibitionists and the brewers? Is
Kansas the happy, contented state
the prohibitionists picture it? Is pro
hibition a failure, taxes high and
crimes rampant, as the United States
Brewers Association assert?
To definitely settle the question'as
to the welfare of the Jayhawker state
Prof. F. F. Blackmar, head of the
department- of sociology in the Uni
versity of Kansas, has been asked
by the International Temperance So
ciety to investigate these conflicting
statements.
Prof. Blackmar will find out liow
much liquor is consumed in Kansas
in a year. He will make a study of
the relation of liquor, crime, insanity,
pauperism, imbecility, dependent and
neglected children and to the depre
ciation of labor power. A history of
the political and legal aspects of pro
hibition in Kansas, including the de
cisions of the courts, and the social
and educational past, will be laid be
fore the anti-saloon element. The as
sertion by the Brewers Association
that prohibition lessens the demand
for the grain crop will be either dis
proved or substantiated.
Concerning the investigation Prof.
Blackmar says: “Zealous advocates
of both sides often assert what they
cannot prove to be true. We shall
find out the exact status of these
statements and have available infor
mation as to the welfare of Kansas.”
HOLDUP MAN
in church
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., April 17.
—F. E. Hims walked into the study
of Rev. Phil Baird where he and eight
directors of the First Presbyterian
church were holding a meeting. Hims
pulled a pug-nosed gun from his pock
et and said:
“Gentlemen, I have a very unpleas
ant duty to perform. I want your
money and 1 want it quick.”
Rev. Phil Baird walked deliberate
ly up to the gun and said: “Wait
my dear man. You probably need
money but 1 will help you get it
honestly. I will get you a job.”
Hims, a college man, who later ad
mitted having served time in a New
Yiork workhouse, wanted his money
on the spot. He said he had not
eaten food for twenty-four hours.
When finally the minister had talked
him into putting away the gun, the
meeting took up Hims’ case.
Every man present pledged him
self to keep the facts secret to save
Hims.
Hims broke his promise to the
minister and also lost the job the
elders obtained for him. A week lat
er he appeared at a church enter
tainment w7ith the same business-like
gun. A second time they made him
put away the weapon. But while
Rev. Baird was willing to try relig
ion on Hims again the elders called
the police. That’s how the story be
came public.
Germs Fifty Years Old.
, Fifty years ago a family living in
a little house at York, Pa., suffered
from diphtheria. After the disease
had abated, the house was white
washed, and the process has been re
peated many times since that date.
But recently the whitewash was scrap
ed off, for the first time since the
family suffered from the disease.
Diphtheria immediately broke out in
the family occupying the premises,
and the theory is that the disease
came from germs *hat have been
slumbering peacefully, if that is the
way germs slumber, for fifty years.
It can never be known definitely
that the fifty-year-old germs caused
the trouble this time, but it is an in
teresting question for the medical fra
ternity to wrestle with. There is no
reason for disputing the theory. We
know so little about germs and their
habits, that few statements concern
ing them can be disproven. But It
is known that where a contagious dis
ease infests a home, that home is
not again safe until the most mod
ern methods of disinfection have been
applied.—Dayton News.
Would Boost Gas Rates.
TOPEKA, Kas., April 17—The
question of 50-cent natural gas In
Kansas was today considered by the
Public Utilities commission. The re
ceivers of the Kansas natural sub
mitted statistics to show that the
company had lost (100,000 in the last
year with gas at 25 cents a thousand.
The Prospector office for job work.
ANOTHER BIG SALE
You’ve had Ample Evidence of the Big Saving
That Our Other Sales Have Meant To You.
NOW IS THE TIME
THIS STORE IS THE PLACE
-TO BUY
The Stock and Styles
are Varied
SHOES
And the Cut Is
Deep.
Ladies
Six Dozen Oxfords In
Black, Tan and Patent
Six Dozen Lace and But
ton Shoes Patent and Calf
Good Styles Good Shoes
Look Well Wear Well
Sale-Price - $1.00
Were $3.00 and $5.00
STRONG & GARFIELD
Celebrated for years for their
wearing and waterproof qualities
High Top 74 Pair All Sizes
lO inch, 14 inch, 17 inch
jsuioand $11 Now $6.50
Two Dozen
Men’s Dancing
Pumps
Broken Sizes
Sale Price - $1.00
Were $2.50 and $3.00
36 Pair 36 Pair
Men’s Oxfords
In Patent, Russet and Tan
THEY HAVE TO GO
They were $5.00 but did not
sell readily at that price
Price Now - $2.50)
f Gold Seal \
'Crack Proof Boots
iNow $5.00 NowJ
? re3h Stock M
Guaranteed
Were $9.00
72 Pair 72 Pair
Men’s Dress Shoes
In Calf, Patent and Valour
STANDARD MAKES
Were $5.00 and $6.00
Sale Price - $2.50
S. Blum & Co
GOOD GOODS
Men’s Heavy Prospecting or
10 and 14 inch Working Shoes 16 and 18 inch
All good shoes but only a few
pair of a kind
36 Pair $4.00 36 Pair
Well known makes such as Buckingham & Hecht,
Giescke, Washington Shoe Co. Formerly $6.50 to $9
S. Blum & Co
GOOD GOODS
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The matinee at the Orpheum this
•'afternoon was crowded with little
folks. i
Spring is here. Get your disinfect
ants at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Apple cake and home-made dough
nuts at the Moose dance tonight.
Men’s wool socks, 25c; Hold-Heat
electric stove, $2.50, and everything
else in proportion at the Emporium.
A new line of Valdez and Alaska
pennants and pillow tops at the Val
dez Drug Co. tf
FOR SALE—Either one of my
horses with or without express wag
on. City Express. k 19
M. Miller arrived in town today
from Ellamar.
Services at the Church of the Eplph
any tomorrow will be held as usual.
Mrs. Rose Johnson will soon leave
for a trip to Kuskalina.
Small transformers, which can be
screwed ln*o electric light sockets to
permit the use of low voltage lamps
on high voltage circuits, are a Ger
man novelty.
TIDE TABLE8 FORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Fort of Valdes
and Is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the t‘me of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths:
Saturday, April 17
High tide 1:08 a. m., 12.4; 2:16 p.
m., 10.1.
Low tide 7:53 a. m., -0.6; 7:32 p.
m., 2.6.
Sunday, April 18.
High tide 1:37 a. m., 12.1; 2:54 p.
m., 9.6.
Low tide 8:28 a. m„ -0.2; 8:03 p.
m., t.0.
The Orpheum ToriQht
At the Orpheum tonight.
The Animated Weekly.
“The End of the Feud.
“The Cycle of Adversity.”
Free matinee Saturday afternoon at
2 p. m.
Weather Report.
Valdez, April 16, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29,729
Temperature at 7 p. m. 32
Maximum temperature . 38
Minimum temperature . 32
Mean temperature -•. 35
Precipitation .79
Cloudy air, wind northeast 4 miles.
Rained at night and from 6 a. m.
to 3:45 p. m. Snowed from 3:45 p.
m. to 4:30 p. m. Rained from 4:30
to 7:00 p. m.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the reg
ular annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Alaska Water, Light and
Telephone Company will be held at
6aid company’s office, in the Town
of Valdez, Alaska, on Monday, the,
third day of May, 1915, at the hour
of two o’clock in the afternoon of
said day, at which meeting the di
rectors of said company shall be
elected for the ensuing year, and
such other business shall be trans
acted as may regularly come before
said meeting.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 17th
day of April, 1915.
JONES H. KIHK,
Secretary.
First publication April 17, 1916.
Last publication May 1, 1915.
If harnessed, it is estimated that
the Victoria Falls, of the Zambesi riv
er, in Africa, would furnish 36,000,000
horse power, or more than is derived
from coal and oil in the world today.
fhjs is a good time to return that
book you’ve read to the library at
Eveiy map’s ptyh, Libipry, houya:
i to 2 p. m. eyppf (4*y, Jlfpatiay. weA
days and Fridays 7:80 to 1:80 p. m.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau. Sheep creek Treadwell,
Douglas Skagway, Cordova Ellamar. Valdes and Latouohe. Explosives. S S Seward.
S S Seward, 5th’ S S Latouohe. 15th: S S Cordova *5th of eaoh month—Right re
served to change this sohedule without notloe.
F B..Tracy, Gen’I^Agt- Valdez DocklCo^ Local Agt
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and f f Til/IDCD and Budding
Puget Sound JLU1V1D£J\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Price* Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
WEATHER BULLETIN.
• Valdez, Alaska, April 17, 1915.
STATION Kbove Below, Snow In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly . 35
McCallum . 30
Paxson’s . 33
Hogan.. 32
Gulkana . 28
Copper Center -28
Tonsina . 85
Tetkbell,. 37
Braver Dam.89
Summit . 31
Wortman’s ........ 39
Cloudy, calm.
4 Clear, calm, trail fair.
4 Clear, windy, trail soft.
Clear, aim, trail good, no snow.
Clear, calm, trail muddy.
Clear, calm, trail bare.
Clear, calm, trail bare.
17 Clear, calm, trail soft, thawing fast.
St Cloudy, calm, trail soft.
95 Clear, cairn, trail bad.
11 Clear, calm, trail bad.