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Published Pally Escigt Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall jiattet.
July 23. 1912. at the postofflce of YaMes.
Alaska, under act or March 3, 1379.
SUB8CR1PT10N.RATE8:
Rally Prospector.
JBy carrier, per month -J JM
Bv mall, oer annum -310.00
The Weekly Mleer.
The Dally Prospector and Weekly
Miner, by mall, to one addrese
Only, per year ..I1M*
fy carrier, per month -8 -do
y mall per annum .-.M Ml
The Daily Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad
ores* per month .—.8 1JK
Business Office and Editorial Room*
TEL. 131
Advertlalaa Rates on Application *
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1017
GOO'S MUSIC.
GOD’S music of tits world shall ring
When the last sweet word la
spoken
The forests their glad songs will sing
When tne last man’s’ heart la broksn.
The binds will greet the spring's cool
dawn.
And the bees strum round the clover.
When the little tasks of men are gone
And their trails are covered overt
The sea will pound the farthest shore,
And seel from (he singing river
The gentler strophes of Its roar.
When the hills are stilled forever!
Add wh*n along the sun's highway
Ehrth'S dust with the stars is strewn.
On the silver spheres tbs Winds will play
Tbs wildest and merriest tuns!
—Irvin lfattlck.
WAR AND TAXES
When you are saying swear words
about the war tax, just stop a mom
ent and be thankful about half a
dozen times that the war is not in
your own wheat field, nor in your
cow pasture, nor in your own coun
try. Suppose you were seeing all the
horror* of wpr. Burpoee your daucta
ter was a prisoner, your son In the
tbleksst of the flcht and your wife
forced to help the enemy till your
own field, while you, disabled, are
fcupgyy, ^ousdfas*. git down apd pic
ture the sc^faje ah. it la, and than be
ashamed to groiH at the circum
stances.
The men who has no more to do
with the war than to pay taxes and
read about It In the newspapers ought
to be ashamed of himself if he flinches
under his supposed hardships. Taxa
tion is not pleasant, but when all Is
said and done the up-standing fact
remains that the taxes are paid only
by those who can pay them.
Therefore, those who can pay them
and do pay them s”e not undergoing
an excessive hardship, in comparison
with what some others are doing in
forwarding victory.
We In this country will never know
war as the Europeans know It. No
matter how bitter the contest may be
how long it may endure, how costly
it may become, we who remain three
thousand miles from the red center
of the conflagration will never know
the itftenulty of the heut. Only those
who suffer invaslpp experience its
tortures, ihose wjto have not been
Singed By flames cannot realize the
torment of hell.—Dallas Nfe*s.
BUNK PATRIOTS
I prefer the slacker to the bunk
patriot.
Por at least the slacker is frankly
dodging his duty, while the bunk pat
riot is trying to get by with loud
promise and no performance.
Who is the bunk patriot?
iiq is the corner grocer who drapes
the flag ali over the front of his shop
and puts up the price 50 per cent "on
account of the war”; the restaurant
keeper who serves Hooper’s war ra
tions at enhanced schedules; the bus
iness map' who subscribes to two Lib
erty bonds And gets it back immedi
ately with 200 per cent added from
the public he is supposed to serve;
the landlord who sends out notices
of increased rates oil paper with an
embossed flag in the corner.
He is the employer who talks about
the "disloyal and unpatriotic work
man” that strikes for another dollar
a day to meet increased cost of living
due to the activities of other bunk
patriots, and in the next breath de
nounces the confiscatory and social
istic policy of taking ten per eent of
his extra war profits to carry on the
war. i
He is the banker, the financier,'
the money lender who cheers for our
boys in khaki and forecloses notes
and mortgages on the families they
have left behind.
He Is any and every member of
the tribe of ’Tll-get-mine”—and
when the real patriots who are suf
fering and sacrificing and toiling and
fighting to win this war for democ
racy and decency find time to attend
to him he’s going to “get his” with
compound Interest and a bonus. When
that glad period arrives the rest of
us will be present to* look on oppruv
ingly and yell—
THE I
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A VIVID STbjtY dF SfUDIO LIFE IN 5 REELS
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COMING NEXT V^EEK, Harold Ball Wr-ghf.
THE EYES OF THE WORLD
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SEATTLE
MBfl. BL MLl* th+r.
VaUIz M«wi|
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“Hit hlxragatn.he ku no friends!”
—Barton Braley.
The patriotism Of jroung American
girls aqd boys ip being exploited by
the makers of Prniy, and navy uni
forms, an investigation now being
conducted by the war department
discloses, The Tribute pays. The fed
eral investigators found children are
working on these uniforms, some of
them boys In Boy Scout uniforms, and
some of them as young as 12 years of
age.
j In one small New Jersey town not
! far from this city the investigators
found that about 40 per cent of the
800 employes working on uniforms
were children and young women.
This clothing manufacturer, like
many others, found himself with a
strike on his hands when he got the
government contract. He denounced
the strikers as un-American and ap
pealed to the patriotism of the coun
tryside. His appeal met with a hearty
response. Schoolboys, many of them
In the uniform of Boy Scouts, and
their sisters made application for
work, saying they wanted to do their
bit. IU this man’s factory a boy of
14 was put to work on p ,cutting ma
chine and received $6 a week for thC
work. (The man who-bad the Job be
fore the strike was called ma<*« from
$28 to'tSO a week.) Incidentally, the
boy had his wrist cut by the machine,
several Inches of flesh being torn out
last week, after he had been doing his
bit for the better part of a month.
A boy of 11 years of age, wearing
knee pants, was put to work as a
cleaner in the same shop. He was paid
by the piece. According to the infor
mation now at the disposal of the sec
retary of war, this boy earned $1.26
for a week's work.—Issues and Ev
ents.
WISCONSIN tears to hold an elec
tion to fill the vacancy of the late
Senator Hunting, who was accident
ally killed while hunting recently, for
fear a pacifist senator will be elected.
TbingB must be in bad shape in Wis
consin if the pacifists can muster
that many votes.
VALDEZ needs a large hall where
people can pet together more, and
where basketball games and other
athletic stunts cab be pulled off. The
long winter nights would not be half
so dreary if we got out more and
mixed with our neighbors.
CUPID seems to be on the job in
Valdez and working more than the
recognized union hours, judging from
the weddings in the near future.
T. R. SAYS WAR* WILL
BE FOUGHT TO FINISH
HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 16.—
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, speak
ing at a mass rally held by the Con
necticut Council of Defense, last
night declared that the war would be
fought to a finish without regard to
cost in men or money or time neces
sary to carry it through to an over
whelming victory for the allied cause.
The was was accepted with an object
in view, he said, and would nof end
until the object had been attained.
Referring to dlsloysiltV in this Coun
try, he said he believed that it Sen
ator Lafollette, as a German, should
have made the statements against the
goverhment in Germany t^at he had
made against his own government, he
would have been shot before sunrise,
and if the I. W. W. did in Gertnany
what it is doing in the United States
there would be. many graves filled in
forty-eight hoiirs.
.KMI WOlfr.
Farmer Premier ef Ja
pan, Whe le ferteualy IIL
Warm Winter Wear
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MENS UNDERWEAR IN BOTH tWO-PIECE AND
UNION SUITS.
“MEDLICOTT” Scotch wool that won’t shrink
Priced <a).5.00, 550 & 7.00.
“COOPER’S” Worsted, Priced .450,5.00 & 6.00
“WINSTED” Flat Wool, Priced fc..350,4.00, 5.00
“STANFIELD’S” Unshrinkable Canadian
Priced ®.6.00
“WRIGHT’S” Spring Needle Worsted and Lamb’s Wool
Priced di>.350, 5X10 & 6.00.
Pajamas and Night Gowns Priced from.150 to 3.00
Heavy Flannel Shirts, Priced ©.2.00 to 6.00
Stag Shirts Priced ©.650
Unshrinkable Suiting Shirts ©.650.
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BATH ROBES SWEATERS SOX
CAPS GLOVES MITTS
OVERCOATS MACKINAWS
S. BLUM & COMPANY
GOOD GOODS
Carpenter is Suffocated
BUTTE, Mont., Nov. 15.—Dan Ged
dings, a carpenter $5 years old, was
suffocated in his Walkerville home
early this morning by smoke from a
blaze that broke out from an unknown
origin. The man was rescue) from his
home by the Walkerville Are depart
ment, but died a few minutes later in
the city b»ll. Geddings had prepared
to Join the aviation corps.
SOME heating stoves at Mead’s. *
Can Yon Beat It?
Six room house, partly furnished
with bath. If taken at once only
$500. Mrs.' Fred Cameron. tf
Rainer Cereal Beverage, non-ln*
toxicatlng at E. Hunt’s. tf
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
jos. a. savutnAK. rk. g.. n. o. fn*.
Jos. A. tdvtrmta Pk G,ff.D.
PHYSICIAN AND
Ottcs Ww-1 to 4 p. m -7 to • p. k
Sands/ by Appointment
Res. Tel. 17« Office TeL It
Boyle BlockVaides
Arctic Hotel
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AU Warm, Uetside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Baths in Connection
PHONE 133 MBS. STRING, Pmp
CRABS
Fresh cooked crabs just received
this morning on the steamship Mari
posa. Delicious and fresh. Love-Whit
ley Company. *
Report of file Financial Condition of
The First Bank of Valdez
LOCATED AT VALDEZ, TERRITORY OF
ALASKA,
at the close of business on the 5th day of
November, 1$17.
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts..
SIGHT EXCHANGE_
TOTAL J______3 329,&$$.13
LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock paid in-$ 23,000.00
* Fund_ 2,600.00
;etrt Fund--- 1,000.60
Profits—_ 2,742.71
PBPdSltS_ 293,018.67
Certified Cheaks.-.. 1,093.75
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TOTAL_\-$ 329,853.13
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United States Of America, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial
Division, ss.
1, J. W. GILSON. Cashier of the above named bank, do
solemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
J. W. GILSON, Cashier.
E. B. WHEAT
M. BLUM
Correct Attest: JOHN LYONS Directors.
J. C. MARTIN*
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and sworn to before me this 9th day of Novem
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professional cards.
DR. S. WICKXS MERRITT
Offices in Flsb Building, adjoining
Titllkum Club.
Pfcoa* SO. McKinley Street.
CsntractOiircsoa. D. & Army
A * Burgeos. V & Public Health Bar?.
(Marlas Hospital)
DR. R COCtyERILLE
gWtMt* Watt—al llilfmlt;.
DENTIST
• b Valde* Since 1898
PBONR 110
OMee Rooms |g WhaHag BaUdla*
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOU1TI.AT.LAW
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Pbaas M4 VALDU ALASKA
JOHN LYONS a m It ITCH IB
LYONS & RITCHIE
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rk“* *•* VALORS. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Leasee Groaad
LOVE A MEALS
Insurance
Bonds-Life
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F. M. BROWN, W. M.
BD WOOD, knurr.
HOTEL SEXTON
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The traveling public’s
home.
European Han.
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