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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1015.
REFORM AND REACTION.
When mortgages were taxed as per
nal property the state received
rdly anything for them. They refus
to come out of their hiding places,
, d nobody knew where to find them.
K'ie few which were caught and paid
pees were mostly the property of
, dows and orphans, who found their
f-lplessness and ignorance penalized
\ the state’s taking half their in
line from this source. Thus theoret
al and nominal equality of taxation
as the worst practical inequality in
deration. That was the reason why
he “secured debt” was enacted as a
measure of reform. Now there is an
ther brand of administration and it
•; sought to start reaction, also in
le name of reform.
Reform, it should be understood, is
hange. Whatever is is wrong. What
ever the Democrats did the Republi
ans should undo, and the rule works
joth ways. Controller Travis now
ays that the rich pay on their mort
gages, and that under exemption from
axation the state gets $4,000,000,
which ought to he $16,000,000 annual
y. That might well be as a state
nent of perfection, but not as a rea
sonable expectation based upon ex
perience. Besides, there are other
things to think of than taxes. An in
crease of taxes is not among the
things taxpayers pray for, and not the
Pest thing even tax collectors could
devise in the interest of all concern
ed, including the state itself.
If the controller could enforce the
collection of his mortgage tax he
would unsettle all the mortgage loans
n the state, whoever paid the tax.
if the borrowers paid it many of them
could not keep their property. If there
were any way of making the lenders
pay it the result would only be that
it would be shifted Jo the borrower
by an increase of interest, and that
Would be worse than the payment of
■}
the tax. I* is even possible that the
•mere agitation of the repeal of the
[secured debt tax will affect the mort
gage interest rate, and the market is
stringent enough already. No one
with a heart for woe would lay a
feather upon overtaxed realty, and
whoever does so in the hope of praise
will he disappointed.—New York
Times.
INVESTMENT IN YOUR SON.
You have 1,000 in a Perclieron colt
principal and interest out, on him.
You have $500 in a Hereford calf and
you aim to make him a paying prop
erty. You have $100 in a young Berk
shire, and you give him generous
bare and proper feeds to secure re
turns from his breeding. But did you
ever stop to cast up the investment
you have in that growing son of
yours?
He has two hands that in the tables
of accident insurance are worth $500
apiece. He has ‘wo arms and two
legs that on the same basis of com
putation are worth $1,000 each. He
has two eyes and tw*> ears that, ac
cording to the ratings of the courts,
are worth a couple of thousand each.
He has tractable nerves and perfect
■digestion and ability to sleep that,
put up among millionaires, would
.easily bring a hundred thousand. He
has bounding spirits and fresh ambi
tions and eager hopes and rosy be
liefs in life and men that are beyond
■all price. He possesses hereditary
itraits—the sturdy perseverance of
■your own father or the cheerful na
ture of your mother that are inerad
icable and Immensely valuable.
What are you doing to get tne oesi
out of him? Chores, yes. The strap,
Imaybe. A patch of garden he may
call his own, or a brindle calf, or an
off colt. Anything more? What are
you doing to brighten his inner world?
What pictures are you hanging daily
in the gallery of his memory? How
are you fitting him to realize his am
bitions, to make of his hopes some
thing more than rainbow dreams and
of his hereditary impulses something
better than vague tastes and tenden
cies? He is a treasury of physical,
mental and emotional values; how
are you preparing him to put those
into remunerative circulation? You
are laying up money for him, but the
best legacy parents can leave their
children Is the remembrance of an
honest father and a devoutly hopeful
mother.
Whatever may be the state of your
bank account, you are rich if you
possess a boy. And you are equally
rich if your boy chances to be a girl.
—Country Gentlemen.
LIFE TERMER SAYS
HE IS INNOCENT
The following letter was written by
a man who is serving a life sentence
in Leavenworth, Kas., who claims that
an injustice ha3 been done and that
be believes he could clear himself if
the party can be located:
DEAR SIR.—I am going to ask a fa
vor of you, although I do not know
whether or not you will be able to
help me.
I am trying to locate a man by the
name of Billy Barnhart, the name,
however, may bo differently spelled
but this is as near as I remember.
I left Barnhart at Raysan Mission, on
the Yukon river about July 10, 1911.
At that time he was undecided
whether he would go to Ruby or not.
I have caused inquiries to be made
all over the upper country but so far
have not been able to get any trace
of him. I know that he had been in
the Nome country before and I now
think it possible he may have drifted
back around there some place, possi
bly in some of the smaller outlying
camps. I have been compelled to put.
people to a considerable amount of
trouble in this matter and I am sorry
to have to do so, but I am here in
the penitentiary serving a life sen
tence for a crime I never committed.
If I could find this man Barnhart and
one or two more I am looking for I
could prove my innocence and possi
bly get out of here. It is possible
you have heard of my case. I was
arrested in June, 1912, at Ruby, Alas
ka, and later on, in the fall, I was
convicted of having killed the Nelson
brothers.
They were supposed to have been
killed in June or July, 1911, on their
way down the Kuskokwim river, on a
stampede into that country. I was
going down the river on the same
stampede and that is how I happen
ed to be convicted of the crime. 1
■was acquainted with the Nelsons and
good friends with them. I did not
know they had been killed until short
ly before I was arrested in Ruby in
June, 1912. At the time of my trial
I hardly knew what witnesses I would
need and when the trial was over it
was too late to procure them and
those I would have had to help me
could not be located. If there is any
way you can help me in finding the
whereabouts of Barnhart I will very
•much appreciate your kindness and it
.may help to secure the liber'y of an
innocent man who is serving time
for a crime he never committed.
Yours respectfully,
JOSEPH CAMPBELL.
HAND TO HAND
FIGHTING AT YPRES
(Continued Ivor- page 1.)
tempt to invade Hungary south of the
mountain range.
Heavy Fighting At Przemysl.
PETROGRAD, March 3.—The at
tempt of the Austrians to relieve the
•forts at Przemysl from the Russian
siege resulted in desperate fighting.
The Austrians were defeated and a
number of prisoners captured. Heavy
fighting is reported in eastern Gali
cia but the probable outcome of the
battle is unknown.
New Movement Started.
The new offensive of the Russians
operating from Grodno against East
Prussia is progressing and the Rus
sians are again fighting on German
soil after having forced them from
Poland. The war ofTice .expresses
complete satisfaction with the pro
gress of the campaign in northern
Poland.
"Jiggs’ wife speaks ten languages."
“I move we adopt resolutions of sym
pathy and send them to Jiggs.”
Imported Japanese uasaets at Val
dez Drug Co. tf
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf
The most exquisite hand-painted
china ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
G. O. Relnke, toe watchmaker and
Jeweler, la at tho Valdez Drug'Co.
All work guaranteed.
I.fcr I him in K>i«unH(U/L..
No Wonder the Shade of Sir Isaac
Newton Was Disgusted.
Augustine Birrell. author and states
man, nt a newspaper men’s dinner told
a unique ghost story.
“I hnve been haunted ever since I
was almost a boy,” he said, “by the
constant repetition of one and the
same dream. It comes to me again
and again. It is this: I dream I am
walking about, somevfc'iere in some
plain or desert, and I suddenly encoun
ter the agitated ghost of Sir Isaac
Newton. He approaches me, his eyes
almost starting out of his head; tie tells
me who he is and how ignorant lie is
of all that lias happened in tile world
of science since he left.
“‘Now.’ he says, ‘I want you to tell
mo in a few words, for 1 have only a
quarter of an hour left, all that has
happened to tiie race—the progress.
How is it? I know what it was when
I left it. What is it now?' My heart
sinks, and, covered with confusion, I
stumble. I stutter, I stammer. I be
come more and more involved, my ig
norance becomes more and more ap
parent. and at last the unhappy ghost,
throwing up his hands, leaves me with
dismay.
“That dream constantly comes to me.
The only difference is that the moment
the unhappy Sir Isaac Newton sees me
now he says, ‘Oh, that old ignoramus!’
and departs.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
FORCE OF VIBRATION.
A Musical Chord That Shattered a
Huge Glass Bowl.
Discussing the proposition that a
wineglass can he broken or shattered
to pieces by a musical chord. Edgar
I.ucien Larkin in the New York Amer
ican says:
“I had a huge glass bowl one foot in
diameter resting on its glass stand.
The flint glass was from one-quarter to
three-quarters of an inch thick. J ros
ined a violin bow, drew it across tile
edge, and the entire hemisphere of
solid glass disintegrated into hundreds
of small pieces. The sound of break
ing into fragments was entirely un
known to me, a crackling or grinding,
and tlie bits of glass flew far apart.
"I had used tins same bowl before
classes for several years with violin
bows. Hut on tlds particular day the
students as well as I were surprised at
the breaking and unearthly noise.
“The fact Is I happened to vibrate
the bowl with its key note—that is. set
harmonic rate, which means the pre
cise rate with which it was able to vi
brate to send forth that note, for notes
are rates of vibration, and they all
obey rigid and beautiful harmonic
mathematical laws, and these agree
with other set and fixed laws.”
The Great Leveler.
A well known New York millionaire
and his wife went to a trottery one aft
ernoon with the idea of doing a little
incognito dancing. One of the profes
sional partners approached.
“May f have the pleasure?” he said.
The lady was gracious, and they
whirled off into a lively onestep. When
the number was over the licit man's
wife complimented the professional on
his dancing.
"Thank you. Mrs. Hhink.” he mur
mured, calling her by her real mime.
The husband pricked tip it is ears.
“How the deuce did you know who we
were?" he asked.
"Why, don't you remember me?" said
the professional cavalier, straightening
It is beautifully tailored figure. “1 was
your chauffeur two years ago.”—New
York Post.
Europe In Africa.
Tlie Africa of today is partitioned off
among the following nations: Great
Britain. France, Germany. Italy. Por
tugal. Belgium and Spain. Great Brit
ain lias tlio fairer portions, her South
African possessions having a line cli
mate and being in every way perfectly
adapted to the white race. The French
and Italian possessions along the Medi
terranean are also well enough as re
gards climate, hut are lacking along
agricultural and other lines. It is ex
ceedingly doubtful if much of German.
Belgium and Portuguese Africa will
ever become the seats of white civiliza
tion.
Bismarck’s Appetite.
Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor, had
an enormous capacity for eating and
drinking. He once toid a friend that
the largest number of oysters he ever
ate was 175. He first ordered twenty
five; then, as they were very good,
fifty more, and, consuming these, de
termined to eat nothing else and or
dered another hundred, to the great
amusement of those present. Bismarck
was then twenty-six and had just re
turned from England.
Slow Death.
In a certain literary club years ago
one of the members. In proposing the
name of a candidate for membership,
mentioned among his qualifications
that he could speak several dead lan
guages. To this an opponent replied
that he never heard the gentleman in
question speak but one language and
he murdered that as he went along.—
Snn Antonio Express.
Unreasonable.
Mrs.*kHenrypeck (looking up from
her reading)—This writer says that the
widows make the best wives. Mr.
Henrypeck-But really, my dear, you
can hardly expect me to die just in
order to make a good wife of you.—
Stray Stories.
Knew Him.
Howard—A fool and his money are
sooA parted. Mrs. Howard (clapping
ber bands)—Oh, John! How much are
yon going to give me?—Life.
The Saving Way
SMART dressing doesn’t mean ex
travagance in either style or ex
penditure-knowing how and where
to buy is the secret.
You’ll savs the most and look the best in
Copyright ilJ’-fl S'.han:.v.r & K*arx
Hart Schaffner & Marx
ready clothes; you’ll save time and
annoyance; you’ll be dressed in per
fect taste, and as for fit—that’s
guaranteed.
Make today your economy day.
You’ll save most in $25 values.
This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx good clothes.
Notice To Creditors.
In the matter of the estate of George
Hansen, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the es
tate of George Hansen, deceased, to
the creditors thereof, and to all per
sons having claims against said es
tate, to exhibit the same with the
necessary vouchers, within six months
after the first publication of this no
tice, to-wit, within six months after
the 24th day of February, 1915, to
said administrator, at the office of
Donohoe & Dimond, his attorneys in
said matter, at Valdez, Alaska, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said es
tate.
The date of the first publication
of this notice is the 24th day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
A. S. JENSEN, Administrator.
Notice To Creditors.
In the Commissioner's Court for the
Territory of Alaska. Third Divis
ion. At Valdez. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of W.
11. Blackwell, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been regularly appoint
ed as the executrix of the estate of
\V. H. Blackwell, deceased, and cred
itors and all oilier persons, having
claims against said estate, are here
by notified to exhibit the same to me,
together with the necessary proof
thereof, at my place of business a'.
Valdez, Alaska, within six months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice. the same being the place for the
transaction of all business in connec
tion with said estate. Dated at Val
dez, Alaska, this 13th day of Febru
ary, 1915.
MRS, W. H. BLACKWELL,
Executrix of the estate of W. H.
Blackwell, deceased.
Date of first publication Feb. 16, 1915.
Date of last publication March 16,
1915. _
Precaution.
Counsel no prisoner' Now. you must
tell me confidently whether you are
guilty oi not -and remember. If you
are guilty I won't take your case, so
don’t say anything foolish!—Boston
Ulolic. _
Gentle Hint.
Young Mull UlitWi—Sturt tin* phono
graph. I any. nud pla.v that heuutlt'n.
song. "Good Night. Dear Heart."
The Girl—I'd rather hear yon speak
those words, Willie.—Washington Star
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketohikan. Juneau. Sheep creek Treadwell. Douglas
Cordova, Ellamar. Valdez aDd Latouche. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th
S S Latouche. 15th; S S Cordova. 25th of each month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road ComraUiion
S7 a m to 9 a m
Lunch IS m to 1 v m
0 to 7 p m
BOARD A ROOM SSO per Mo.
On board the British liner.—The
Executive Officer—"Captain, there’s a
submarine sighted to th’ nor’east. She
has a suspicious look.” The Captain—
“Hoist a flag.” The Executive Officer
—“Which one, sir?” The Captain—
“The first one you come to.” The Ex
ecutive Officer—“The first one is the
Stars and Stripes.” The Captain—
"That’s the one.”
ARCADE CAFE
“We Never Close.**
Private Dining Room.
The Beet of Ererythin*. We Bake Oar Own
Bread and Pnatry. Bread for'Sale.
Jack Collin_._-_Proprietor
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—Private Rooms for Patients
- For Terms’and Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska, March 3, 1915.
STATION Above Below. Snow In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
Donnelly .10 7
McCallum . 0 22
Paxson’s . 0 33
Hogan . 22 15
Gulkana . 8 12
Copper Center. 15 10
Tonsina . 10 26
Teikhell . 0 26
Beaver Dam. 20 38
Summit . 20 70
Wortman's . 28 38
Cloudy, calm, trail ran.
Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Clear, caml, trail good.
Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Snowing, windy, trail good.
Snowing, windy, trail good.
Cloudy, calm, trail good.
Cloudy, windy, trail fair.
Snowing, windy, trail drifted.
Cloudy, calm, trail fair.