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MONDA2, SEPTEMBER 18, 1915
JUST ANOTHER OUDTIMER.
An exchange tells about the death
of another old timer in the hills. He
was over 55 years of age. He went
hunting for sheep, and his decom
posed remains were found months
afterward by another hunting party.
Thus, one by one, the pioneers of
Alaska are passing away. There are
still in the hills, in solitary cabins,
many men over 60 'and 70 years of
age. Eating and sleeping alone, they
pursue their solitary way, their
thoughts their only companions for
days at a time, and only coming out
once in a while to lay in few sup
plies, when they again disappear in
the hills to resume their solitary
wanderings. Where they came from
and what anxious relatives await
news of their welfare, no one knows.
Perhaps they wish to die in the wil
derness which has mothered them
for so many years. Now and then a
few of them make the “stake” which
they have been working for all their
lives and bid goodbye to their friends
and quit Alaska “for the last time.”
But they all come back. Once the
Alaska “fever” injects its virus in a
man’s blood, he can never stay away.
He becomes an alien to the ways of
.he outside—the small, penurious
nanner of living—and can no longer
‘lit in.” He longs for the lofty moun
ains and the vast solitudes of the
vilderness; the rushing cataract and
he mighty avaianche, and in a few
aonths or years he drifts back to
he scene of his former labors. The
ardships which he endured in Alas
a, and which he cursed at the time,
3em a mere trifle in comparison
’ith the ills encountered on every
and in the crowded places on the
•outside.” Back he comes, and while
may seem a tragedy when his
leaching bones are found in the
■eat silent reaches of the North
nd, perhaps it was his wish and
■sire that the wild things he loved
ould sing his requiem. Who knows
it that is his ultimate desire—
have his bones mingle with the
il he trod so long.
His task is done, and in days to
me, when Alaska becomes the great
ite her mineral wealth is bound to
jate, a statue of the oldtimer will
md on every public square, a mon
lent to the courage and persever
ce of the old prospector.—Juneau
spatch.
EDITORIAL OPTIMISM.
Fifty million dollars worth of ice
s manufactured in the States last
.r, and Valdez lets more than that
t away in glacial streams, at her
>rstep. The Valdez glacier in Pan
a would be about as big an income
the average newspaper man could
ire.
he current number of Leslie’s
;azine has the initial number of a
es of articles on “The Truth
ut Alaska,” from the pen of John
ileicher, which place the resources
advantages of this wonderful
ntry before the public in an ex
uely interesting manner.
he sound of the school-bell was
elcome melody that greeted the
this morning. Our embryo states
will spend the next few months
■lose communion with the teacher
nature will tdke a back seat.
he postoffice building question is
ming the characteristics of “But
| button, who’s got the button.”
e Sam is willing to put in a first
j office but cannot find a build
suitable for its requirements.
lother thing that supports the
of a nation-wide munition-de
•ing plot is the fact that muni
: are now, for the first time, be
ing to go forward in big quanti
--
,ntal agents in the city have been
'% a good business since the fire.
« hard on the people, but the
nters and painters and landlords
)r the bright golden shekels.
fen boats a month now for Alas
yaters. Here’s hoping the seed
srn on good soil, and that it may
i>ly an hundred-fold.
I matter what a well-meaning
nor does he always gets peram
3d upon in the region of the
pa. If he pardons a prisoner
in Georgia, he is promptly mobbed
and chased from the state. If he re
fuses to pardon one in New York, he
is criminally libeled.
The average war news reminds us
of the nimble pea and the thimble.
Now you see it and now you don’t.
A presidential “boom” has a much
better sound to the average politician
than the "booms” that are being
heard in Belgium.
Henry Ford says that the average
American is extravagant in his gro
ceries. Just so. Less groceries and
more gasoline would suit Henry fine.
The omnia-present canine is living
off the fat of the land now, but in a
few months he will pay for these
many moons of idleness. Mush.
The burned over district Is nearly
a thing of the past. So many new
buildings have been erected the past
month that but few blackened spots
now appear.
“The call of the wild” appealed to
many citizens yesterday, and all day
long small parties of picnickers were
wending their way to the hills, after
the juicy blueberry.
PEDDLERS IN CORDOVA
MUST PAY HEAVY TAX.
The Cordova city council recently
passed an ordinance taxing itiner
ant peddlers and merchants $50 a
day for a 'icense to da business with
in the corporate limits. The ordi
nance enacted is similar in its pro
visions to one formerly in the ordi
nance book but which was void as
an illegal exercise of the city’s pow
ers. The new ordinance is allowable
under an act passed by the last legis
lature, which went ipto effect July
29, 1915.
Living in the Family.
Living in the family is a fine art.
It is a dexterity to be cultivated as
one would habituate the hand and
the intellect to the contrivance of
some device or memorial form of
beauty. Many never come anywhere
near proficiency in what seems so
easily attainable an art. Robert
Louis Stevenson knew that it was a
hard thing, demanding faithful ap
plication on the part of the practi
tioner. Admirable and amiable as
he was, it requires no very shrewd
guesswork to reach the opinion that
he was letter-perfect rather than
deed-perfect in the part. And in mo
ments of engaging frankness he let
us into the open secret that it is eas
ier to belong to the community, like
an endowed public Institution, than
to be the property of a clinging, inti
mate little group bv whom who are
named “husband” and “father.” They
know you and love you—or dislike
you—for what you exactly are; they
traverse the face value to the real
and spiritual appraisal; and you can
not go on fooling your wife and chil
dren after they have found you out.
The family structure rests on toler
ances, latitudes, concessions,—all of
them things that proceed from the
undying, underlying fact of love as
the rivers of Paradise issued from
the world’s exuberant garden. Where
love is not, it is useless to try to have
a satisfactory domestic arrangement.
The strain and friction incident to
every day of living are inevitably so
severe that all the strength the pri
mal feeling of the heart can bring
is needed to assure the lastingness
of a sympathetic union, and a stead
fast and single purpose. There must
be no ugly duckling, no evicted prod
igal, no hundredth sheep left wan
dering. The arm of love is longer
In the outreach than astronomic dis
tances. It can go beyond the stars,
if need be, to reclaim an angel out
of heaven.—Philadelphia Ledger.
The Power of Money.
You tell me that money cannot buy
the things most precious. Your com
monplace proves that you have never
known the lack of it. When I think
of all the sorrow and the barrenness
that has been wrought in my life by
the want of a few more pounds per
annum than I was able to earn, I
stand aghast at money’s significance.
What kindly joys I have lost, those
simple forms of happiness to which
every heart has claim, because of
poverty. I think it would scarcely
be an exaggeration to say that there
is no moral good which has not to
be pafd for in coin of the realm.—
George Gissslng.
The New England editor, who has
been investigating, reports that the
high cost of living in New York has
been exaggerated. He finds that it is
easily possible to rent a five to ten
room apartment in a desirable build
ing of the newer type in that city at
the modest price of from $6000 to
$10,000 a year. He does deprecate
the extravagant tendencies of some
middle-class people who insist on
taking a full floor when the cost is
something like $60,000 a year.
lew! Icet lee!
One cent a pound delivered to any
part of the ■city :: Phone Love-Whit
ley Company. tf.
THIEVES POSE
AS POLICEMEN
,
Woman Signals Burglars' in Flat
Building But One Is Caught
and Police Take Him In.
CHICAGO, Sept. 13.—When Al
bert Weinshenke reached his home
at 3737 Douglas boulevard last eve
ning, he saw a young woman stand
ing on the sidewalk in front. She
whistled and two young men ran out
of his house and down the steps.
One ran east and the other west,
with the woman. Weinshenke, who
is a crack sprinter of an athletic
club, caijght the first one, and was
beating him severely when two men
approaching, saying they were police
officers.
They took the man with them say
ing they would notify Weinshenke
when to appear in court. A short
time later Weinshenke met Detectives
Van Buren and Crowley of the Fill
more street station and told them of
“catching a curly-haired burglar.”
The detectives were suspicious and
phoned the police station was the re
sult that nothing was known of the
affair there.
The men who posed as police offi
cers were friends of the burglar.
ARCHANGEL NOW BOOMS.
Russian Port, Our Agent Says, Rivals
New York.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—The
port of Archangel, Russia, from being
little heard of, has become of most
importance in the volume of its com
merce. A report received by the De
partment of Commerce, by cable to
day from Henry D. Baker-, the United
States commercial attache at Petro
grad, who has just visited Archan
gel, says that the place now ranks
with New York in the amount of bus
iness it does.
In the present open season more
than one hundred warehouses have
been built and thirty piers have been
constructed. Four floating cranes of
the largest size have been imported
and the port is now handling the
bulk of the cargoes arriving for the
government with reasonable prompt
ness. Private freight, however, still
suffers.
The Red Cross has an immense
stock of supplies housed there which
arrived early last fall, and it is im
possible now to say when any part
of it will be moved to the interior.
Mr. Baker says that half of the
American cotton accumulated at
Archangel has been transported to
the mills In the interior. Petrograd
and Moscow ar% points most easily
reached from Archangel with bulky
freight, as it can proceed on barges
on the River Dvina and connecting
canals and rivers into the heart of
the country.
Mr. Baker advises all American
shippers to send agents to Archangel
to take direct charge of transship
ing to the interior. Without such
representatives there can be no cer
tainty whatever as to the time when
cargoes will be forwarded.
TIDE TABLES FOR VALDEZ.
Predictions for high and low water
are taken from the official tide tables
prepared by the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The time given for
high and low water is Valdez time,
and the figures immediately follow
ing the time, indicate the height of
the tide at Valdez. To And the depth
of water, add the tabular height to
the soundings given on the chart,
unless a minus (—) sigh is used be
fore the height, in which case sub
tract It.
Monday, September 13, 1015.
High, 2:27 a. m., y0.8; 2:22 p. m.,
12 9
Low, 8:06 a. m„ 1.6; 9:06 p. m.,
—0.1.
Tuesday, September 14, 1015.
High, 3:18 a. m., 9.9; 3:04 p. m.,
12.7.
Low,. 8:44 a. m., 2.4; 10.03 p. m.
Wednesday, September 15, 1915.
High, 4:20 a. m„ 9.1; 4:66 p. m.,
12 2
Low, 9:39 a. m., 3.1; ll:y7 p. m.,
0.8.
Thursday, September 16, 1015.
High, 6:48 a. m., 8.6; 6:07 p. m.,
11.7.
Low, .; 10:28 p. m., 3.9.
Friday, September 17, 1915.
High, 7:40 a. m., 8.6; 6:38 p. m.,
11.4.
Low, 12:61 a. m., 1.0; 11:68 a. m.,
4.3.
Saturday, September 18, 1915.
High, 9:00 a. m., 9.1; 8:10 p. m.,
11.6.
Low, 2:20 a. m., 0.8; 1:68 P- m.,
4.1.
Sunday, September 19, 1015.
High, 9:61 a. m., 9.9; 9:21 p. m.,
11.8.
Low, 3:24 a. m., 0.4; 3:20 p. m.,
3.3.
Monday, September 20, 1015.
High, 10:32 a. m., 10.7; 10:19 p.
m., 12.1.
Low, 3:13 a. m., 0.1; 4:18 p. m.
2.3.
Tuesday, September 21, 1015.
High, 11.07 a. m., 11.6; 11:07 p.
m., 12.3.
Low; 4:63 a. m., 0.0; 6:06 p. m.,
1.4. ' i •>
Wednesday, September 22,1015.
High, 11:38 a. in., 12,0; 11:60 p.
I
>
Hie High Cost of Living
By Reducing the Price
of the Staff of Life
Centennial Best Flour, reduced to $1.75 per sack
Fisher's Blend Flour, reduced to $2.00 per sack
Hard Wheat Flour, reduced to $2.25 per sack
4-X Soft Wheat Flour, reduced to $3.25 per 100 lbs
S. BLUM & CO.
GOOD GOODS
m., 12.2.
Low, 5:28 a. m., 0.2; 5:45 p. m.,
0.6.
Thursday, September 23, 1915.
High.; 12:08 p. m., 12.4.
Low, 6:00 a. m., 0.4; 6:22 p. m.,
0.1.
Friday, September 24, 1915.
High, 12:30 a. m„ 12.0; 12:36 p.
m., 12.6.
Low, 6:23 a. m„ 0.8; 6:56 p. m.,
—0.2.
Saturday, September 25, 1915.
High, 1:08 a. m„ 11.6; 1:02 p. m.,
12 6
Low, 6:55 a. m., 1.3; 7:30 p. m„
—0.2.
Sunday, September 26, 1915.
High, 1:44 a. m., 11,1; 1:30 p.
m„ 12.4.
Low, 7:21 a. m., 1.9; 8:04 p. m.,
0.0.
Monday, September 27, 1915.
High, 2:21 a. m., 10.4; 1:57 p. m.,
12.1.
Low, 7:49 a. m„ 2.5; 8:41 P- m.,
0.4.
Tuesday, September 28, 1915.
High, 3:01 a. m., 9.7; 2:29 p. m„
11.7.
Low, 8:17 a. m„ 3.1; 9:22 p. m.,
1.0.
Wednesday, September 29, 1915.
High, 3:47 a. m., 9.0; 3:04 p. m.,
11.2.
Low, 8:60 a. m., 3.7; 10:12 p. m.,
I. 5.
Thursday, September 30, 1915.
High, 4:49 a. m., 8.4; 3:50 p. m.,
II. 6.
Low, 9:29 a. m., 4.2; 11:33 p. m.,
Notice of Hearing of Objections to
Final Account of Administrator.
In Commissioner's Court for the Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Division,
Kvichak Precinct—In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Char
les XJhristofferson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Roy
Gentzler, administrator of the estate
of Charles Christolferson, deceased,
has filed his final account of his
proceedings as administrator, and
that the above-named court has fixed
Wednesday, October 6, 1915, at 10
o’clock a. m., as the time for hearing
objections to said final account or to
any particular item thereof.
All persons interested in said es
tate are notified to file objections, if
any they have, to said account, on
or before the'day named.
Dated August 6, 1916.
J. J. CAVANA,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex-Officio
Probate Judge.
First publication Aug. 23, 1916.
Last publication Sept. 13, 1915.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect; otherwise a good many
of today's successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect,, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University,
Washington, 1). C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Yearn In Valdez
I'HONK 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Iluilding
DR. GERMAN
phosb 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours, 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9 p. m.
Sundays by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 VALDEZ, ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office* In Whaling; Building;
Phone 101 VALDEZ, ALASKA
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free and Accepted Mnnonn.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY, W. M.
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
Red Cross Hospital
Keystone andiHobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooms forfPatients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H- WILCOX, Matron
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nerses—Private'Rosas for Patieats
ForTerms'snd PsrticuUrsApplv to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physidaa a Charge.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
Bide a Wee.
In an asylum two worthies named
Sandy and Tam formed a plan to es
cape. Sandy said to Tam:
"Bend doon and I’ll get on yer
back and get*on the tap o’ the wall
and haul ye up.”
. Sandy got on top »f the wall and
slid down the other side, saying:
“Tam, I’ll think ye had better to
bide anither fortnight, for you’re no
near sane yet,”
Tea plants average about fifteen
years of life.
Stanton Auto Stage Line
TWICE A WEEK AI TOMOBIEE
TRIPS TO TEIKHEliJj
Regular trips twice a month to
Gulkana, leaving Valdez the 1st
and 15th of each month.
Mail, Freight and Passengers
taken to all intermediate points.
Special Trips by Arrangement
JOE STAXTOX, Mgr. Tel. 225
The Best Place in Valdez to I
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Room«--The House ef’Coafart
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates|Bj the Hath
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRING, Pnp.
Valdez Miners'Union No. 188
Wei tern Federation of Miner*
ROBERT'S HA FFER, President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
_Valdex, Alaska.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
(
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Coanpany
Office In Pinzon Cigar Store ■ <
' ..1
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLEL
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in. Advance