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STEWART * SELBY. Proprietors
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Dally Bzcept Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23, 1*12. at the postofflce of Valdes,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1873.
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Dally Proapcetor.
By carrier, per month -9 1.0*
By mall, oer annum .»io.ao
The Weekly MlaeV.
The Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner, by mall, to one address
only, per year .11180
Business Office and Editorial Rooms.
3y carrier, per month —.—9 .<•
By mail, per annum -4 S.O#
The Daily Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad
dress, per month .-.4 1.26
TEL. 152
Advertising! Rates on Application
MONDAY, DECEMBER II, 1910
GET AFTER THE INDUSTRIES.
jIF VALDEZ wants to do anything
in the commercial or industrial line
she should get busy. Seward, A i
chorage and Cordova are all going
ahead in industrial conditions, while
Valdez is going back. To secure in
dustries in a city locations and ex
emptions from taxes for a stated pe
riod must be given. In many in
stances a substantial bonus is requir
ed, contingent upon the erection of
buildings or certain work done by in
vestors. We believe that when a
man comes to our city with a propo
sition intended to promote a sub
stantial payroll, that he should be
encouraged, consulted, and even kid
napped, if necessary, to secure his
plant. One rase in point occurred re
cently. Mr. F. A. Twltchell, a can
neryman and mining man of more
than ordinary prominence, haB been
investigating sites for the establish
ment of a halibut packing and ship
ping plant. Seward and Cordova
have both n ade him liberal proposi
tions. We have a better harbor than
either of the above cities; ice in in
exhaustible quantities for the taking
out of the water, and good wharv.s
and buildings suitable for the pur
pose. The haul is a few miles longer
but the superior harbor facilities
should overcome this disadvantage,
as a halibut boat could come into
Prince William Sound at any time
and find good docking accommoda
tions, no matter how' hard a gaie was
blowing, which would be an impos ,
Fibility at Seward. Our rate of taxes
is too high to ever hope for an indus
try to come to our city; but these
could be exempted cr lebated if our
citizens so wished. With our great
glaciers extending to the bay in this
vicinity, and with a fine harbor and
good wharves this should be an ideal
port for shipping fresh fish. The
coming year will see many new in
dustries established in Alaska, and
Valdez should endeavor to secure a
share of them.
IF you wish to be known as a pub
lic benefactor do not stop when you
have your own walk shoveled ;ff. but
butt over on your neighbor’s portion.
WE disagree with those who be
lieve that Nature cannot be other
than perfect. If all this nice sntw
fell in the summer time when it was
needed to cool off the air there would
be some excuse for it.
THE RAPE OF GREECE.
THE situation in Greece is not im
proving with time. The faction head
ed by M. Veniselos, former premier,
which set up a provisional govern
ment at Crete, backed by the Allle .
has declared war on Bulgaria ard
Germany. This faction, however, does
not represent the Greek government
of which King Constantine is head.
Constantine has given the allies as
surances of his “benevolent neutral
ity.” and indeed, of his intention to
join them at the psychological time,
if he is forced to, but he considers
that time has not arrived. Mean
while the entente allies have grabbed
the fleet, the post offices, the arms
and munitions, and whatever author
ity the royal government posseses in
Greece and has formally recognized
the Venizelos regime. The former
premier is not in open rebellion
against the king and says he is ready
any any time to dissolve the provi-l
sional government when King Con-1
stantine intervenes agatnst Bulgaria, j
Public opinion in Greece is divided
but seems to be generally in favor of j
war. The “neutrality” which hasj
been “enjoyed” by Greece has been;
such as to leave little room for doubt |
that Constantinople would have fared
better—and certainly he would have
suffered less humiliation—by casting
Ms lot with one nation or the other
shortly after the war began, and be
fore Bulgaria's hat was shied into
ring.
CUSTOM maintains a firmer grip
upon the European nations than it
does upon the people of the United
States. Tradition breeds conserva
tism. The ancient rites which are a
part of the funeral services for the
late monarch of Austria-Hungary il
lustrate the point. As the body of
the dead emperor was carried thru
the streets of Vienna from the palace
to the chapel its way was lighted with
flickering torches and it was “pre
ceded by a score of equerries with
lanterns," to quote the correspon
dent, “whose flames were hard to
keep alive in the gusts of wind
sweeping over the wet pavements.”
We have a notion that if an elabo
rate ceremonial were to be carried
out in the United States the latest j
system of electric lighting would be j
used and the whole spectacle would |
have something of an atmosphere of
modernity. But the ancient forms in
ilhe European countries are likely to
prevail so long as their systems of
government endure.
IT IS probable that before the lit-1
tie affair is over Carranza will rue j
the day that he threatened to attack \
the American armed forces which
were in pursuit of Villa if they moved
in any direction except toward the
torder.
A BUSINESS or thing only needs
|the proper environment to be a suc
cess. For instance that mill-on dol
lars worth of ice commonly termed
the Valdez glacier would sell readily
if it were in the neighborhood of St.
Louis or New Orleans.
AFTER many years of deficits the
Postoffice Department now reports a
surplus of $5,250,000 for last veax’s
management. That man BcCeson
must be a real business man.
Tonight at 8:10 p. m. Sharp
The Greatest and Most Wonderful
Drama that is Now on the
Screen is
“CIVILIZATION”
?
THE MAN, WOMAN OR CHILD WHO UNMOVED
5 ;
CAN SIT THROUGH THIS INCE MASTERPIECE
NEEDS A SUDDEN DOCTOR-A SLOW ONCE
WILL BE TOO LATE.
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Adults Admission $1.00—All Children Occu
iorcxv ;»lI • «J.li >>1 07 | '«
pying Seats 50c. I;
LIBERALISM hu won a notable
victory in Rnasla in forcing the ap
pointment of ft premier who repre
sents the people rather than the bu
reaucracy. According to a Petrograd
dispatch—which passed the vigilant
Russian censors—“it Is almost im
possible to overestimate not only the
political but the national significance
of the duma victory, since for the
first time in history Kusaiau publi
I opinion is considered to have tri
umphed over influences which were
regarded as antagonistic to good
I government.” Even the press, which
!is under bureaucratic domination, i
l greets the appointment of a liberal
premier as a forward step. Such an
! event as this may be of greater sig
nificance than is attached to it at a
time when the world is in upheaval.
> It may be the first rumbling of an
orderly chance in Russia that will
have an important bearing on the
world’s future.
GREECE has again appealed to
neutrals agalust the "coercions'’
which are being employed by the en
tente allies in their dealings with the
j Hellenic government; Austria-Hun
jgary has protested against the act
! of the allies in forcing the Teutonic
J ministers to leave Athens; Germany
has refused to recognize Veuizelos’
declaration of war as representing
any constituted power—and mear
while, the allies have been getting
just what they started out to get in
Greece. There is a haunting remin
der of the Gorman rape of Belgium la
these transactions with reference to
Greece.
WE have about seventy-live differ
ent commissions "probing things," at
the present time, but so far condi
tions have not been changed in the
slightest. Popular clamor against an
existing evil nowadays means the ap
pointment of one more commission
at a fat salary, while the object for
which they were appointed is forgot
ten.
RECENT dispatches state tha: the
French are demanding vigorous ac
tion. In view of past events those
French must be an unusually ener
getic nation, or else hard to satisD
Daily Weather Report.
Valdez, Alaska, Dec. 10. 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.637
Temperature 5 p. m.22
Maximum temperature .33
Minimum temperature 9
Mean temperature .21
Precipitation .. .80 j
Cloudy, calm, snowing, 22.8 inches I
of snow fell; 2 feet and .85 inches on
ground now.
—Myrtle F. Billings, Obs.
Interior Trail Conditions.
Valdez, Alaska, Dec. 11, 1916.
Fairbanks, —3; 5 inches of sncv:
cloudy, calm.
Salcha, —8; 4 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Richardson, —15; 1 inch of sno'”,
cloudy, south wind, trail good, 1 auto
arrived; 1 a. m., 1 passenger.
McCarty, zero; cloudy, high wind,
trail bare.
Donnelly, 2 above; cloudy, high
south wind and trail bare, drifted iu
places; Harry Warren north this
morning.
McCallum. zero, 12 inches of sno-';
cloudy, light south wind, trail good,
mail south 1 p. m.
Paxsoji, 20, 14 inches of sno\ •
cloudy, calm, trail fair, north mail,
no passengers; south mail, no pa.v
tongers.
Hogan, 15, 8 Inches of sno.v;
cloudy, calm, trail good, Wilson’s
teams north 8 a. m.
Gulkana, zero, 4 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair; Wilson’s out
fit three men south; one six-line
team, 7 double enders north.
Copper Center, 22; 4 inches sno •
cloudy, light south wind, trail good,
mail north 6 a. m„ 2 passengers.
Tonsina, 33; 7 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Teikhell, 34; 5 Inches of snow;
snowing, south wind, trail- drifted
i orth.
Beaver Dam, 28, 24 inches snow;,
cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Summit, 26, 40 inches of snow;
cloudy, snowing, trail heavy north;
drifted south.
Wortman’s, 32; IS inches of snow;
snowing, calm, trail heavy; Taylo,*
and Loder south 7:45 a. m.
Not Sweeping the Streets
Mrs. Bacon—“I don’t think the
streets are nearly as clean as they
used to be.”
Mr. Bacon—‘Of course not. Just
see what short skirts you women are
wearing now.”
Packers* Profits Jump
CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—Sales of the
Cudahy Packing company in the fis
cal year ending Oct. 28 wo« tiaa.l
960,966, compared with
165 the year before, whih
fits were 83,011, 416, against $723.
642.
The surplus after deducting tfte
May' 1 dividend wah1 $$,696,192,’as
compared (o' $60$',242. These-flgutms
were made public today in the an
nual report.
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Every department
greets you with the
right goods
My Headquarters
Phone 12
MvudL \
t?- AoutMiSU.
Do your shopping
early before the as
sortments are broken
A Few Xmas Suggestions
For The House
CUT GLASS CASSEROLES,
ELECTRIC PERCOLATORS,
LUNCH SETS, FANCY BLANKETS,
DOWN COMFORTERS, ETC.
AN EDISON DIAMOND DISC
PHONOGRAPH.
FOR LAOIES
KAYSER’S SILK HOSE
KAYSER’S SILK UNDER
WEAR
LADIES’ SUIT CASES
LADIES’ TRAVELING
BAGS.
LADIES’ WARDROBE
TRUNKS
LADIES’ TRAVELING
CLOCKS
LADIES’ DRESSES
LADIES’ COATS
LADIES’ WAISTS
LADIES’ WARM SLIPPERS
FOR MEN „
MEN’S GLOVES
MEN’S TIES
MEN’S SOCKS
MEN’S SILK MUFFLERS
MEN’S SMOKER SETS
MEN’S SAFETY RAZORS
HART, SCHAFFNER &
MARX SUITS
STYLE PLUS $17 SUITS
MEN’S OVERCOATS
MEN’S MACKINAWS
FOR CHILDREN j
TOYS, COMFY SUPPERS, MACKINAW SETS, OVERCOATS,
HANDKERCHIEFS, ETC.
Any Parcel Wrapped ready for Mailing.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
JEWELRY DEPARTMENT
Wishes to Call Your Attention to Their Strictly
UP-TO-DATE NUGGET AND OLD IVORY JEW
ELRY, FINE WATCHES, DIAMONDS, COMMUNI
TY SILVER, CUT GLASS AND HAND PAINTED
CHINA SUITABLE FOR XMAS GIFTS.
All New Goods and More Coming
SEE OUR STOCK BEFORE PURCHASING ELSE
WHERE. PRICES RIGHT
Nugget, Ivory and Copper Glance Jewelry Made to
Order
GIVE US A CALL.
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Where Can I Meet You?
LEVY &
CANDIES
and- Tobacco
i *> '.5 h « l I di 3 1 ii$, f
BILLIARDS
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"■ Phone 54 „
PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OBi'f. over Valdes Drug Co.
Phone ’IS MtKIilej Street
Contract Surgeon. U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
■«*j»aal C-lverrtty.
DENTIST
PonrtMB Years In Valdes.
PHONE 110
Ofloe Rooms In Whaling Bolldlng
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OBee Opposite Court House
Phone H VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS e W HITCH:9
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOKNKYB-.AT-LA W
OBeeo In Whaling Building
Phuae 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
V. S. Mineral Surveyor
MeKmley Street oppoeite V. M« Store.
Valdes, Alaska
When la Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
•BOROB (EXTON, PHP.
SiRlfcTLY FIRST CLASS
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ProapMtor ««i krta| niilU.