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STEWART * SELBY, Proprietor*
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered aa 'Second-Class Mall Matter,
July SI. 1912. at the postofflce of Valdes.
Alaska, under act or March 3, 1879.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1l)1«
HUNGER.
In this coiner the other day, in
making reply to a smug commenta
tor on "periodic waves of crime and
wrongdoing,” who could see no con
nection between said "waves” and
periods of unemployment, the state
ment was made that unenuloyment
meant hunger, and hunger meant
something of which he knew abso
lutely nothing. Of course, we are
not personally nor in any other man
ner acquainted with the gentleman,
but his very smugDess seemed to clas
sify him as one of the fortunate of
the human race to whom hunger is
merely a word—a noun.
Right or wrong, in his case the
thought comes. How many of us do
actually know what hunder means?
Not the mere hunger of a fishing
trip, that becomes almost a pleasant
memory in time—a mere yarn to tell
after a good dinner with friends. Nor
the hunger of three days and nights
locked in a box car when "beating
freights,” which happened to be an
experience on which we can speak at
first hand.
Not even the hunger of a ship
wrecked crew adrift at sea in small
boats.
There is a woise hunger than any
rt these.
Who of us has suffered for weeks
and months on insufficient nourish
ment, and, as the body weakened
and a real meal became more impos
sible because of ‘he resultant greater
impossibility of getting work, have
seen the months long hunger gradu
ally intensified to actual starvation,
when the almost constant thought of
fseii causes ev?ry nerve and fiber of
the body to quiver; when ‘lie odor of
cooking makes the knees shake and
the eyes flood with tears of anguish
ed longing; when the sight of food
actually within reach drives in mad
craving to snatch it in handfuls and
devour it ravenously, regardless of
whether it is “right” or “wrong,”
“stealing” or not—it is food!
Have you been fortunate enough
to have had that humanizing experi
ence to give you a genuine sympathy
for those countless brothers of ours,
and their wives and children, who are
suffering so today in this land of plen
ty while food galore is shipped across
the sea?
Is your sympathy and comprehen
sion of the sort that compels you to
do all in your power to change the
cursed system that causes such long
drawn misery; or is it.marely of the
stamp that brings a weak, “To bad!
I don’t know what the poor are going
to do this winter.”?—Exchange.
W1CKER8HAM GOT HIS.
Delegate James Wickershani of
Alaska tried once again to be elected
to Congress on an anti-transportation
platform in Alaska, but failed to get
the votes. In the old days he cun
trolled the situation and his anti-ar
gument met with favor, but the popu
lation has changed and is not so in
terested in his personal grievai.cc.s be
cause he failed to receive $1 5,000 a
year job from one of the chief trans
portation companies. Failing to do
so, he started out on his career of
rule or ruin. This year he urged the
Interstate Commerce Commission oil
to the game and an effete young man
from the East went north to ettn-dc
the Wickershani windmills.
Transportation men all over the
Northwest are enjoying a good laugh
at Wickersham’s defeat, and the pro
gress of the inquiry. The most im
portant feature of the latter was the
fact that the Canadian lines, which
largely control the situation in the
southern part of the Territory, delib
erately ignored the Interstate Com
merce Commission summons, and
Wickersham, therefore, placed him
self in the position of encouraging
the strangulation of American lines,
while the Canadian lines can chuckle
over the situation, continue their op
erations as in the past without the
slightest fear of being called to ac
count.
But what is causing the greatest
amusement of all is the fact that
Wickersham and the U. S. examiner
were among those on board the
Northwestern, coming back from Cor
dova. The boat struck the prettiest
little gale recorded in the Gulf of
Alaska In the last ten years. State
room doors were smashed In and
the rooms flooded, the boat stood on
end and did everything that a wick
ed corporation carrier could possibly
think of. Wickersham and Exami
ner Wilson of the I. C. C. were com
pletely prostrated, and the latter,
when able to lift his head, was free to
admit that operating steamships in
Alaska was somewhat different from I
Pullman trains in the South and 20;
to 40 cents a hundred for hauling |
freight in Alaska is not so high, all
things considered. They were tbc
limpest pair of investigators that ever
stepped off a steamship line at Ju-1
neau, and it is now expected that
Wickersham will file charges showing
that undue influence was exercised
over the Gulf of Alaska to cause them
all this punishment.
And by the way, a telegram from
Juneau stated that Examiner Wilrcn
bought a ticket to Seattle by a Cana
dian boat. This adds to the gayety
of the occasion.—Seattle Railway
and Marine News.
WANT BUT LITTLE HERE BELOW.
SEWARD and Anchorage are en
gaged jn a hot scrap over whether
Anchorage shall be allowed harbor fa
cilities. So far the scrap has been
one-sided, and all on Seward’s part,
but once in a while Anchorage gets
in a left-hook or a straight arm jab
that makes the fur fly. Seward takes
the stand that it is cheaper for the
government to haul in to Anchorage
THE EMPRESS
Tonight at 8 p. m. Sharp.
PATHE NEWS-Shown First
ARNOLD DALY
As ASHTON KIRK—INVESTIGATOR—In
THE HOUSE OF FEAR
5 Act Gold Rooster Play.
Comedy—Wally Van In
THE EVOLUTIONS OF CUTEY
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REGULAR ADMISSION REGULAR ADMISSION
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over the railroad, leaving Seward the
terminal, while Anchorage reepotde
by saying that the government har a
70-mile down hill haul to real tide
water at Ship Creek, while to go to
Seward means a 160-mile haul over
two summits, requiring two locomo
tives to pull part of a train. Anchor
age experts figure that it will cost
$1.25 per ton more to deliver coal at
tidewater at Seward than at Anchor
age, and on 500,000 tons a year the
cost of a dock at Anchorage would be
quickly wiped out. By the time Sew
ard recovers from this shock it is ex
pected that Anchorage will step for
ward with other incontrovertable
proofs. Anchorage is modest. She
will be satisfied with the court house,
I a post, the road commission, the judi
iciary, and being capital of the terri
tory. For these she is willing to give
Seward the terminus of the interior
railway, which cannot be changed
anyway, and the cable office.
Valdez and Cordova will have to
be satisfied with a rap on the caheza
and pleasant memories of past great
ness, which is enough for any town
with a Seward and an Anchorage in
the near vicinity.
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DEED FOR SEWARD CHURCH
RECEIVED BY REV. ZINN
The Rev. George John Zinn while
on his trip to Seward recently nego
tiated the purchase of a lot there for
the Episcopal Church, which is to 1
used as a site for a Rectory for the
Church. The lot was purchased for
$250.00 with $100.00 down and the
balance to be paid within a year. A
Warranty Deed was made out and
put in escrow until the balance should
be paid.
Yesterday in the mail from Se-.v
ard Mr. Zinn received a letter with
the deed inclosed and a statement
that it had been recorded. The ladles
of the Guild had given a Thanksgiv
ing dance, and the proceeds from tTi *
entertainment together with con-. ’
1 utions from some of the people of
Seward, the entire amount was raised
j.nd the final payment made on thj
lot in less than a month after *he
deed had been placed in escrow.
Mr. Zinn received a letter on the
Alameda from Bishop Rowe, and the
Bishop has approved the plan for
the building of the Rectory and the
completing of the furnishing of t'-.<
Church at Seward and has given his
consent for Mr. Zinn to raise th >
money for that purpose in the States.
WHITTLESEY MAY
BE COMMISSIONER
That Judge W. H. Whittlesey wi‘1
be the next United States Commis
sioner in Seward may now almost be
taken for granted. It is known th t
he has the support of the local Demo
cratic organization and from Demo
cratic sources comes the information
that he is a candidate. At the time
Woolley was appointed Judge Bro »n
stated the belief that a Democrat
ought to have the place and he told
the local Democrats that he would
appoint anyone they recommends'.
Leading Democrats now state th *t
Whittlesey has received the Organi
zation recommendation. Attorneys
say that while it is not necessary to
have a lawyer as Commissioner tt 's
advisableto have one in the position.
Frank Ennis, the popular Incumbent,
has never madeaneffort to hold the
job and he is a believer in the spoils
to the victor theory, and Fran^ is
an out and ou tRepublican.—Gate
way.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
MIch over VaMes Drag Co.
Pktu ’ll NeKlilc; Street
Contract Surgeon, If. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U- S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORHBT1-AT-LAW
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Office Opposite Court Bouse
Phone M VALD^. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS a B KITCHIS
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOIUfRYS-AT-LAW
Offices in whaling Building
Phone 1S1 VALDUS. ALASKA
J>R. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University,
Washington. D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Tears In Valdes.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms tn Whaling Building
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
V. S. Hfiwnt Swreftr
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Only A Few More Shopping Days Before Xmas
Notwithstanding the fact that this store has
been the busy Xmas shopping center in Valdez
the past two weeks, we still have a large as
sortment of presents tor Father, Mother, Bro
ther or Sister.
For Men
Gloves, Neckties, Socks, Shirts, Handkerchiefs, Razors,
Smoking Sets, House Coats, Bath Robes, Stetson Hats,
Style Plus and Hart Schaffner and Marx Suits.
For Ladies
Kayser Silk Hose, Holeproof Hose, Traveling Bags, Silk
Waists and Dresses, Winter Coats, Furs, Traveling Clocks,
Fancy Box Writing Paper, Slippers, Etc.
For Children
Toys of all kinds, Sleds and Wagons, Sweater Sets,
Mackinaw Sets, Stockings, Handkerchiefs and Comfy Slippers.
For the House
Cut Glass, Electric Vacuum Cleaners, Casseroles, Electric
Percolators, Electric Irons, Down Comforters, Blankets, Art
Squares, Majestic Ranges, Edison Phonographs.
We have hundreds of articles too numerous to men
tion, so if you dont see what you want ask the man
behind the counter.
S Blum & Co.
(INCORPORATED)
GOOD GOODS.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealera la
ALL KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1048 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
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Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rnoher. Phone 1SI. **
'Pictures and Panoramic Ylews
make fine presents. Yaldes Drag
Ce. rt
FURNISHED ROOMS FOR
MEN
RATES REASONABLE
Nice clean rooms, good beds,
rooms rented by day, week, or
month. At the Hopkins House
MRS. P. REED
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Minora
ROBERT GARNER. President.
Granite Mina
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.
The Best Place in Valdes to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Was, Light t~M--TU UssrfCehrt
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