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THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1017
SULZER LEADS
All of the Democratic newspapers
in Alaska with one of two exceptions
have declared themselves fairly and
^squarely for the party leadership of
Delegate Sulzer and in harmony with
the regularly selected Democratic or
ganization. That they represent the
rank and file of the Democrats of the
Territory who are not seeking office
is apparent to any one who has fol
lowed the events. The Democratic
party in Alaska stands where it stood
last year when it nominated Mr. Sul
zer for Delegate to Congress and
placed the ensign of leadership in his
hands. His leadership brought nearly
six and one half thousand votes to
the support of the things for which
the Alaskan Democracy has stood
steadfastly for four years, and forc
ed the colors of Wickersham to dust
trailing. He is still the leader of Dem
ocracy and will remain so until the
voters speak again through primaries,
and the Empire is convinced that his
commission will then be renewed by
an overwhelming expression of Demo
cratic thought.—Empire.
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SIX TO OXE AGAINST GERM AN'S j
More than half the human race is
now ranged in war against the Ger
mans.
The man strength of the Teutonic
forces is numbered six to one by their
foes.
Omit all of India, and the allies.
backed by the United States, will have
four times the population to draw up
on that stands behind the kaiser.
Subtract all the wealth of all the
German fund from the wealth of the
United States and there still remains
| more than $50,000,000.
American farms grow more than
all the farms of Germany, Austria.
1 Turkey and Bulgaria combined.
The United States alone can make
' more steel and all the products of
■ steel than the whole German league.
To pay a- year’s interest of his
share of the national debt costs a Ger
man thirty times as much as it costs
an American.
Germany's national debt is now
nearly $200 per capita. Ours is only
$10.
William Hohenzollern can no more
whip a united world than Napoleon
Bonaparte could defeat a united Eu
rope, and it required the latter only
100 days to throw a bridge from El
ba to St. Helena.
IN New York yesterday a local
judge gave Carl Cramer, a man con
victed of being a slacker, three years
in the penitentiary for refusing to reg
ister, in accordance with recent laws
passed by Congress. Without com
menting upon the constitutionality of
the sentence, it is a fitting one, as
every man in the nation who refuses
to extend aidto his country at this
time is not only an undesirable citi
zen, but a dangerous one. The time
for personal opinion is past, and the
nation must work in accord to pre
serve its integrity. When the war
is over then the people by the bal
lots, may endorse or condemn those
responsible for present conditions.
But the man who obstructs the work
of the administration at this time is
as dangerous to the country as the
man who grabs at the wheel when
the chauffeur is driving a car thru
a dangerous place. Without unity the
nation must fall; and the fall is be
ing greatly accelerated by the efforts
of the obstructionists.
TWO months ago the snow lay on
the ground to a depth of four to six
feet, and Valdezans were walking to
their work between mountains of
snow shoveled from our walks. Today
the grass is waist high, flowers are
blooming everywhere and garden
truck is several inches high, with
young onions nearly large enough to
eat. The transition from winter to
spring is so sudden in the Northland
as to bewilder even the old-timer.
One week all absence of plant life,
and two weeks after a profusion is
observed. Shrubs and flowers is a
manifestation of Nature which never
fails to awaken the enthusiasm of the
lover of the beautiful.
THAT oan to Russia may be as
bad a loan as one would be to Mex
ico. It is sentimental and with all the
hazzard of a sentimental financial
deal. Russia is virtually without gov
ernment. Such a government as it may
be but a shadow in a few months,
repudiated and otherwise discredited.
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THURSDAY EAGLE HALL .8 SHARP
Introductory Picture Pathe News
THE EMPRESS CIRCUIT PRESENTS
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in
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A Five Part Pathe Colored Feature
CAST
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Richard Clark William Conklin
Ted Clark.Paul Gilmore
Saturday—ALL COMEDY
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MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
IN Hammond, Indiana, a Hungar
ian applied for naturalisation papers
the other day, and the following dia
logue ensued:
Clerk: Who is President of the Uni
ted States?
Hung: Meester Wilson.
Clerk: Who makes the .laws?
Hung: De Kungress.
Clerk: Who elects the President?
Hung: (without batting an eye)
Kalifohrnea.
He got his papers.
“WAR PROSPERITY” is about to
set in in the West. There are ships
to build, cities to be constructed for
the big armies soonto be raised, and
other things that bring millions of
dollars in this direction.
Uncle Sam is a mighty spender of
his own money and he is loaning un
believable amounts to his allies, who.
in turn are spending it here.
THOSE conscripted soldiers who
will be selected for the first big army
will not be called to the colors until
September 1. This will enable the
government to train enough officers
to drill them and it will enable the
first conscripts to harvest many of the
crops.
The Dispatch and the other news
papers and forces that are in favor
of turning Alaska over to Wicker
sham again are opposed to Sulzer's
leadership of the Democratic party.
Isn’t it funny?.—Empire.
THE ladies who declare they will
serve their country by working in
the fields will be able to save their
complexions, but it will come pretty
hard for many of them to learn how
to cuss a mule effectively.
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WHEN your wife welcomes you
home with a cheery smile these
housecleaning days you can make up
your mind that she discovered a stray
bean on a pantry shelf.
SEEKING GIRLS TO
TAKE MEN’S PLAGE
DENVER, June 14.—Denver fac
tories are seeking girls to take the
places of men and boys who have en
listed in the army and navy. The Op
portunity school, where Denver boys
and girls have been trained all winter
in industrial occupations, has been
flooded with requests for girl employ
ees and arrangements are being made
to increase the facilities of the school!
so local industry may not suffer thru
the calling of regular employees into
military service.
One machine shop has called for
sixteen girls and stipulates that they
must wear overalls at their" work.
They will be paid the same wages as
men received for the same work.
The Opportunity school is a public
institution and instruction may be had
free of charge.
The new government truck took a
load of netting out the trail this
morning,to be used in reinforcing the
riprapping along banks of streams
and parts of the trail.
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CORDOVA ALASKA.
Coffee and Tea Sale
This Week Only
Prices on these commodities are advancing and we
are going to give you an opportunity to stock your
shelves with them at reduced prices.
The following well known Brands
comprise our Selection
—A L T A—
A steel cut chaffless Coffee
Sanitary Packed
1 1*4 lb. Jars. 1 lb. Tins.
SHILLING’S GOLD SHIELD
EMO AMOCAT
FOLGER’S & GOLD SHIELD TEA
Remember the Sale lasts just four days
S BLUM & CO. Inc.
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MONSTER SHARK KILLED
ON IjOCAL MUDFLATS
Conies Too Near Shore When Canine
Ik Sighted
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This morning about 9:30 George
Long while at work in his shop, no
ticed a large dog on the beach in
front of the wndow who was acting i
in a very strange manner, running
along the beach, dashing into the
water, out again and continually
barking, being very busy, Mr. Long
paid no further attention to the mat
ter until about ten minutes after he
heard a number of howls and yelps
from a dog as if he was being beaten
or was in serious trouble of some
kind. Dashing to the window and
looking out towards the water he saw
the mud and water was being vio
lently agitated and a little beyond
the waters edge what seemed to be
a stranded whale, but just at this
time he heard another and a last ca
nine howl and saw the dog disap
pearing down the throat of the mon
ster, and immediately recognized it
as a monster man-eating shark. He
quickly ran for his gun and on his
return was met by Mose Shinn and
knowing himto be a home guard and
a dead shot. Long handed him the
gun and Mose after making up his
mind as to which was the most vul
nerable spot, and always having
heard that just behind the left should
er was the proper place to shoot big
game he took deliberate aim and
placed a bullet 14 inches from the j
end of the monster’s tail. Not being {
used to having anyone flirt with his
tail he immediately submerged it.
But in his anxiety to secure a meal
of the Iggarotes favorite dish, he had
allowed himself to get into to shal
low water, and consequently could
not submerge his head and tail at
the same time, and being a modest
shark, he kept his tail under water
and raised his head about three feet
above the water in order we presume,
to get his bearings, set his compass
and put to sea. But alas, poor Mr.
Shark had not figured that Mose was
still on guartl. But he was still at the
post of duty and when the mammal
had rose on his tail so as to expose
about six feet of his huge body above
the water, Mose, again took careful
aim and placed a bullet back of the
left ear which penetrated the brain,
came out on the other side and bur
ied itself in a piling two inches
from a pipe being drven on the City
Dock. Thus dispellling Mr. Shark's
fond hopes of being able to live off
the cannery this summer without
having to work.
A careful survey and accurate
measurement show the monster to
be 11 feet, 9% inches in length, 7
foot beam and 3 feet, 2% inches,
depth of hold.
After Mr. Long had succeeded with
the assistance of numerous willing on
lookers. a large knife, hand axe and
crow bar, in laying bare the innards
of the huge brute, he extracted the
liver from which he exepcts to gel
15 barrels of high grade oil and will
use the stomach and hide for leather
and the rest will be turned into fer
tilizer and placed on sale as soon as
it lias been mixed with the proper
amount of phosphates. The dog also
was removed, but in such a damaged
condition that it was impossible to
resuscitate him and the funeral will
take place next tide.
Daily Weather Report
Valdez, Alaska.
June 13, 1917. June 14, 1917
7:00 p. m. 7:00 a. m.
30.215 Barometer 30.145
55 Temperature 51
58 Maximum 55
48 Minimum 39
53 . Mean 4 7
Clear, calm. Clear, calm.
—Myrtle F. Billings, Obs.
Win. Koch, an old time mining man
was a passenger on the Alaska from
this city.to Anchorage. Mr. Koch has
been at Latouche the past winter.
.MISUSES SOMMER UNIFORM
TO ATTRACT SILLY GIRLS
PITTSBURGH, June 14.—The Uni
ted States arnty uniform was not
made as an aid to flirting, accord
ing to Federal Judge Orr. He sen
tenced Benjamin Ober, 16, of Leban
on. Pa., to serve one day in jail for
using an army uniform for that pur
pose.
Ober admitted he was not a soldier
in the United States army and said
he came into posesssion of the uni
form by purchase in a pawnshop.
Judge Orr ordered the youth to sur
render the uniform to the federal au
thorities.
The case is the first of its nature
here and attracted considerable at
tention, as a number of youths are
wearing a uniform resembing the
army uniform, because "it carries
weight with the girls.”
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez 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
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Dm* Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Ofllrea over Valdes Drag Co.
Phone *15 McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U 8. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National I tlvprvMy,
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
In Valdez Since *1808
PHONE 110
Office Kooma In Whaling Betiding
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OlBee Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALDEZ. ALASKA
john ltons a m hitch:*
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS- AT-LAW
OScei la *» hallo* Building
Phone mi valdez. Alaska
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
Jl.NEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
VALDEZHOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
jos. a. silVErman; n.c..M. d. r»».
Jos. A. SibemanPk. G.M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office Imvi—1 U 4 p. m —7 to 8 p. m.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. 19
Boyle Block Valdez
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 188
Free aid Accepted Maaeaa.
Regular Communication* Oral Wed
utidtr in 6Ach month in McKinloy
Halt Visitor* always welcome.
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD. Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
W. M. CONLEY President,
Valdes Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.