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MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1015.
ONE REAL ISSUE
The Prospector reiterates the as
sertion of yesterday’s Miner that the
one issue in the city campaign is the
effort of an irresponsible agitator to
make himself poobah of the town.
Preaching eternally against bossism
he has worked for nothing else for
three years but to make himself po
litical boss of Valdez. He tried to
do it. through the Democratic party.
Failing in that he seeks to build up
a little sorehead party of his own.
It is unnecessary to consider the
personnel of the Frame ticket. Some
of them are good men but they are
in poor company. The election of a
majority of them is a victory for John
Frame, professional debt repudiator
and political outcast. Frame never
kept faith with anybody in his Pfe
and never advocated a cause except
for what he thought there was in it
for himself.
Nearly every man and corporation
the Commoner has abused in the last
two years has at some time been a
source of his mulligan supply. He
worked for the Hoggatt clan in Ju
neau till they wearied of him because
he was not worth his keep. He
fought union labor in Juneau tvhen
he was a corporation man. He boost
ed for the Guggenheim railroad crowd
in Cordova until he was dropped from
the payroll. For a small stipend any
of them could get him back. He owes
money to men in Valdez whom he per
sistently lies about, and apparently
his grudge is that after slight asso
ciation with him they sheered off to
the windward trusting to time and si
lence to make people forget the taint.
If Valdez turns down the Frame
ticket in favor of any seven oppos
ing candidates it will have a safe
and capable council, and a lot of de
cent people who have been forced in
to temporary association with Frame
through support of the same candi
date for congress will be rid of an
incubus which has been a reproach to
them.
KNOCKING VALDEZ.
An outsider knowing nothing of Val
dez except what he gets front Frame’s
yellow rag would naturally imagine
that the town is peopled almost whol
ly by men who ought, to be in jail.
For nearly three years the Commoner
has wilfully and viciously lied about
every occupant of an important office
except one or two who truckled to
him, and every business man except
the very few who advertise in that
scurrilous sheet.
Wouldn’t a stranger be filled with
amazement that the district attorney
allows so many professional and ama
teur criminals to engage in every
kind of business and profession in
Valdez and continually violate law
without being brought to account?
Wouldn’t a stranger think Valdez a
good town to keep away from if near
ly every man in it who owns prop
erty or pays his bills is a crook?
Do you think the kind of advertis
ing the Commoner gives Valdez helps
the town and brings capital here for
investment? Does it offer induce
ments for reputable men to come here
to live?
It A year or two ago a man who
brought in most of the money invest
ed in the Cameron-Johnson mine
glanced at a copy of the Commoner
and said:
“I havn’t much use for a town
whose business men will give that
kind of a sheet enough support to
live.”
Finally, the Prospector asks the
real workingmen of Valdez, the men
who work most of the time and pay
their bills and who can get a reason
WEATHER BULLETIN. ,
Valdez, Alaska, April 5, 1915.
STATION \bove Below, Snow In. WEATHER CONDITIONS
± cixson s .
Hogan . 32 5
Gulkana. 28
Copper Center.28
Tonslna ..... 24 27
Telkhell .. 25 26
Beaver Dam. 39 52
Summit .. 30 110
Wortman’s . 35 38
V'lvrai, taiuii uuu feuuu.
Cloudy, calm, trail soft.
Cloudy, calm, trail bare.
Cloudy, calm, trail bare.
Cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Clear, calm, trail good.
Snowing, calm, trail heavy.
Clear, calm, trail bad.
Cloudy, calm, trail bad.
able amount of credit, at any store,
how long could you live in Valdez
if it were peopled entirely by such
stock as John Frame and his satol
lites?
Are the real laboring men of Val
dez going to vote with the men whc
give them employment, any pay then:
when they work, and give them cred
it when they need it, or with a wan
dering deadbeat who repudiates laboi
bills, who owns nothing, and whose
name was never yet found on a pub
lie or charitable subscription list in
Valdez?
THE CAVE OF ADULLAM.
It is recorded in scripture that
when David was in bad standing with
l he government in Jerusalem he be
took himself to the cave of Adullam
and “everyone that was in debt and
everyone that was in distress and ev
eryone that was discontented gathered
themselves unto him.”
Something like that in Valdez.
Honest John Frame’s sorehead party
hasn’t had much luck in drawing men
who try to pry their way and gen
erally succeed, but tired and disgust
ed citizens find his preaching the es
sence of cheer.
And Bobby Sharts is sticking type
for Frame again. Here’s hoping he
gets all his wages this time.
If John Frame elects his city ticket
it will show Wickersham who car
ried the town for him. What?
Do you suppose John Frame is sore
because the Commoner has received
nothing from the indigent fund?
Cordova had a Frame council once.
It elected John Frame town clerk at
$150 a month. Honest John wants
that kind of a council in Valdez.
Now why did the Treadwell pay
Frame $1,000 for the support of his
Transcript, when they could have got
ten him for $100 or less for a whole
season?
Last fall the Commoner couldn’t get
tired claiming it carried the town for
Wickersham. Now It is trying to car
ry the town for Frame with a Wick
ersham label.
In wrecking a prosperous Valdez
newspaper in 100 days Honest John
Frame short-changed the printers
$3G0. That helps establish his stand
ing as a champion of the down-t rod
den laboring man.
A vote for any man on Frame’s
ticket is a vote for Frame. If you
think Frame’s paper is a credit to
the town, and Frame a good man to
run the town, boost for him, of course.
Ous Djarf wouldn’t sign the Frame
platform because it contained so
much buncombe and mendacity,
thereupon Gus was dropped from the
ticket and expelled from the Frame
Ananias society.
The Prospector wilt gladly publish
an authentic statement of the grub
stakes and money John Frame has
furnished to miners and laboring men
in Valdez. Bring in the bills from
merchants.
It is awful hard to believe that the
Treadwell paid John Frame $1,000 for
the support of his Transcript. When
lohn told that story he stuttered on
the ciphers and got at least one too
many.
The Prospector Publishing Company
is solvent and if it prints any libels
on worthy leaders of the people it is
able to respond in damages. And then
the district attorney’s office can al
ways cause a warrant to issue for
criminal libel when it feels so dispos
ed.
The Commoner has lied about near
ly all the reputable men of Valdez
for more than two years. The Miner
devoted a few columns to the truth
about Frame and some of his parasites
whine. However, the folks who really
believe in Frame and think him an
ornament to society mostly belong
to the lazaroni class. Every mongrel
cur has rleas.
The launch Katalla Queen arrived
at noon today from Galena bay. Al
so W. H. Conrad, who has been post
ing the application notices of patent
on the Galena Bay Mining company.
The Gold Creek Mining company
will begin operations about the mid
dle of the month.
HERE’S A GROCERY SALE
We Will Sell You Groceries At Prices Listed Below
To Day, Tomorrow, This Week, Next Week and Until Further Notice
CENTENNIAL BEST FLOUR An nn
491b sacks, per sack iILiUU
FISHER’S BLEND FLOUR
491b sacks, per sack, -
JAPAN RICE, best quality ft
per lb - - DC
PINK BEANS, best quality r
per lb - . DC
BAYO BEANS, best quality n
per lb DC
SNYDER’S CATSUP, pint
bottles, per bottle
FANCY YAKIMA POTATOES
per lb
FRESH RANCH EGGS
per dozen ...
FRESH JERSEY BUTTER
per lb
ARMOUR’S SHIELD HAMS
per lb
I
Of) ARMOUR’S STAR HAMS ni j
ZuC per lb 2|C
<3 SWIFTS PREMIUM HAMS ni
UC per lb £|C
ftft HARD TIMES BACON, fine ir
UUC for breakfast, per lb 10^
ftft PEERLESS'CANNED CORN in
UUC per 2 lb can - IUC
ftft EAGLE CANNED PEAS in
ZUC per 2 lb can |UC
Carnation or Mount Vernon 3 Cans
$3.75 EVAP^1E° M1LK 48 Cans 25c
Dry Granulated Sugar 14 lbs
$6.75 BESJJ£t”TY.100 lbs $1^00
FRESH ROASTED BULK COFFEE formerly 40c now per lb OC
UVvt We have sold this Coffee for 14 years, always with entire satisfaction fa|t/V«
MRS. C’S RAISIN BROWN BREAD
former price 15c the can,
now per can
LILLY GLOSS AND CORNSTARCH,
1 lb packages formerly 10c, QC
now 4 packages for - fcJu
DEL MONTE CANNED FRUITS,
formerly 30 cents the can 0 Cp
now per can - - fc w
DEL MONTE CANNED BERRIES,
formerly 35 cents the can,
now per can
DEL MONTE PRESERVES 16 oz.
glasses, formerly 35 cents the
glass, now per glass
RIDGEWAY’S ENGLISH BREAK
FAST TEA, in half lb pkgs,
formerly 40c, now per pkg.
RIDGEWAYS FIVE O’CLOCK TEA
in half lb packages formerly QHn
45c, now per pkg. - UUu
MACCARONI AND SPAGHETTI, lib
packages, formerly 12 1-2 cts ftr.
now 3 packages for - Zuu
LAUNDRY SOAP, HAMMER BRAND
formerly 5c the bar, now 1 fin
3 bars for - I Uo
The above groceries are FRESH AND FIRST CLASS and we guarantee their quality
This means That You Get YOUR MONEY BACK If Goods Are Not Satisfactory
S. Blum & Co.
Good Goods.
HONEST JOHN
M’S FRIEND
Frame Whooped It Up for the Tread
well In the Miners’ Strike
of 1906.
It is well known that John Frame
advocated the cause of the Treadwell
mine in the miners’ strike of 1906.
Honest John was then running the Ju
neau Transcript. A labor leader of
Valdez gives the Prospector the fol
lowing detailed account:
"The men struck for proper food
and better living conditions. Their
strike was just, but of course the
company fought them. It was a good
opportunity for John Frame to show
his long-boasted loyalty to labor. Did
he stick? Not much. His paper
steadily took the side of the mine
owners. He fought labor for all he
was worth, but he was evidently not
worth much, for labor won, and John’s
rag went to the wall and he finally left
town.
"When the labor organization of
Valdez placed the facts before Frame
after he came here he was forced to
admit them, but justified his course
by saying the Treadwell paid him
<*1,000 for the support of his paper.”
It might be added that one of the
strike leaders started to clean up
Frame on the street in Juneau, but
when they went to the pavement
Frame' saved himself by taking a
strong bite on one of the other fel
low’s thumbs.
Both Got the Ax.
About 1903 John Frame entered a
store In Valdez and said he and his
partner were broke but that they had
a contract to cut wood. He wanted
axes and other wood cutters’ equip
ment and would pay when he got the
money for wood. The merchant never
saw Frame before but let him have
the goods. Frame left town without
paying. A bill was sent to him at
Juneau and he wrote back a nasty
letter but enclosed no mazuma. John
got the axes and the merchant got
the ax, so far as that bill was con
cerned.
Miss Hanie Hamaka will leaVe for
Cordova on the Admiral Evans to
night.
Jack Hughes is in town from the
Cliff property.
To the Voters of Valdez.
In announcing my candidacy for
election to the city council, I wish
to state that I am, and always have
been, in favor of maintenance of the
city dock.
I am in favor of improving our
fire protection and pledge myself, if
elected, to strict economy In the ad
ministration of the city’s affairs.
After you have selected six eoun
cilmen I would appreciate it very
much if you will consider my name
for the seventh.
k 5 W. M. FINICAL.
Official Ballot
ED. AUSTIN.
JOHN BIGGS.
F. M. BOYLE.
GUST DJARF.
WM. FINICAL.
E. F. GERMAN.
ROSS HECKEY.
S. JACOBSON.
H. P. KING.
JOHN LYONS.
JESSE MARTIN.
SAM McNIECE.
C. B. SMITH.
WM. THOMAS.
A. VON GUNTHER.
AL. WHITE. X
ED. WOOD.
Vote for Al. White, pledged in fa
vor of improving and maintaining city
dock; in favor of anything and every
thing for the further improvement of
Valdez; favors some relief for the
unemployed at once. Spent the great
er part of last summer improving
sidewalks and streets for Valdez. To
vote for him mark X opposite his
name. Adv
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from beattle||
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 Ketchikan. Juneau, Sheen creek Treadwell. Douglas
Cordovu. Ellamar. Valdez and Latouche. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward, 5th1
S S Latouche, 15th: S S Cordova. 25th of each month—Right reserved to change this
sohedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock^Co., Local Agt.
FULL
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COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
S'lRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avf Siwaro, Alaska i
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
H. M. CARTER, President.
Granite Mine
CUAS. McCALLUM, Secretary, f '
Valdes, Alaska.
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