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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1014.
MEXICO’S PETTY ARMIES.
There has been no clearer indica
tion of the absurdity of the present
warlike situation in Mexico than the
statement published recently of the
number of men under arms in the
support of Huerta and in the various
bodies opposing him. These figures
were derived directly from the reports
received by the United States gov
ernment from its consuls and other
agents and now in the possesson of
the War department. The Dictator
has boasted of an army ranging in
numbers from 80,000 to 150,000 men
and has said he would increase his
force to 500,000. Probably there is
no serious error in the estimate of
40.000 men, distributed at the various
points in Mexico where his rule is
still recognized. In the estimate of
43.000 rebels under arms there is a
greater chance for an over-estimate
of fcnti-Huerta strength* The
3.000 men reported in one week by
one agent at Ojinaga, for instance,
may well be the same 3,000 reported
in another at Chihuahua or some in
termediate point. The 43,000, it must
he remembered, includes not only
Villa’s men and the immediate fol
lowers of Carranza, but all the Zapa
tistas, the Puebla Indians in revolt,
and the various revolutionary bands
in the far south, who have no con
nection whatever with the Constitu
tionalist movement.
Most of the rebel soldiers are poor- j
ly clothed, fed and equipped. They
are generally shoeless and many of
them have belonged nearly all their
lives to marauding bands eluding po
lice pursuit in the mountain fastness
es. On both sides many of the sol
diers have very little affection for the
special cause they serve. They tire
Mexicans, and their pride in their na
tive land is not inferior to that of
any storied Greek or Roman, but it
is common in Mexico for the conquer- !
ed troops to enlist under the flag of
their Mexican conqueror. When he
approached the Mex'can capital, on
the eve of the downfall of Maximilian,
the army of Porlirio Diaz was largely
made up of men who had served in
the imperial garrisons at Oaxaca and
Puebla or had marched with Madraz !
in his futile attempt to check Por
tirio’s progress. Obviously, if there
were a military leader of the ability
of Diaz or Kscobedo now in Mexico
he could soon control the situation.
The Incompetence of the present
leaders on both sides, however, is as
striking as the small number of sol
diers who have served to create a
situation which has disturbed the
whole world. Not only in military
leadership, while Huerta and Blan
quet loiter in the "apital, but in
statesmanship Mexico is now sadly'
deficient. If one of tho.;e able men
who hdlped to control the nation’s
affairs In the thirty years of growth
and prosperity remains in the land
he keeps strangely silent, while the
large number of hitherto prosperous
citizens endure, month after month,
the continuance of a situation that
sems to sympathetic outsiders unen
durable.
More than ever, m view of this au
thentic statement of the smallness of
the armed forces in Mexico, does the
acceptance of the situation by the
business men and the professional
classes seem unaccountable. An or
ganization of sober citizenship to ov
ercome by peaceful measures the
disturbing influence of Huerta on the
one hand and his active hut not very
potent enemies on the other ought lo
be easily effected. No wonder peo
ple, are continually calling Mexico a
benighted country,In which mediaeval,
ideas still prevail; but it is. neverthe-r
less, a modern country with great in
dustries. The revelation that its pres
ent warlike aspect is so superficial,
that less than one-third of one per
cent of its population U actively con
cerned In its present troubles, except
in the character of unresisting suffer
ers. ought’ to serve to relieve ^some
what th.e recurrence of Texan hyster
ia at Austin and Washington.—New
York Times.
60,000-Ton Liner Next.
LONDON, March 18.—Another
move in the contest for the suprem
acy between Germany and Great Brit
ain for the biggest Atlantic liner is
reported from Belfast. It is said ne
gotiations are in progress for building
a steamship -which will eclipse in size
and tonnage either the Vaterland ot
her sister ship, now building for Ger
many. The new vessel will be *>'),
000 tons. •
Good Progress Hauling Freight.
•lames Wilson, the freighter, has
one more load of machinery to take
from the Valdez Dock company wharf |
to the mine. The heavy machinery j
is being transported without difficul- j
ty. A large shipment of powder will I
arrive on one of the next freighters
and in the mean time the outfit of j
general merchandise and camp sup- ’
plies will be sent from town.
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NOTICE OF SALE.
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an order of sale made by the
District Court of the Third Division, Territory of Alaska, on the 27th day
of February, 1914, and a resolution of the common council of the Town
of Valdez adopted on the 2nd day of March, 1914, directing that notice
thereof be given as provided by law and town ordinance:
The several tracts of land hereinafter described, constituting the col
lected delinquent tax roll of the town of Valdez for the year 1912, will be
sold at public auction at the council chamber of the said town, between the
hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. on April 2, 1914, commencing at 10 a. m.
on said day and cont nuing on the succeeding days between the same
hours until all of said property shall have been, sold.
OWNER Lot H1U. \ h1. \;»»- Tot it I lax Tenuity inter- » oun ,
p’nty Imp. Value . est costs
Jennie Raymond .... 9 0 100 100 1.50 .lo 06 .7*
Frye-Bruhl? & Co... 2 1 Sewer assessment 12.00 1.20 .48 .78 \
Prank Kotick .in 1 665 300 965 14.47% 1.44 .58 .78
Frank Kotick .10 1 Sidewalk assessment 15.95 1.59% .63 .78 j
A. Swan .. 9 2 1250 200 1450 21.75 2.17% .87 .78 j
Gelineau and Bell ..10 2 Sewer assessment 10.50 1.05 .42 .78 ,
Gelineau and Bell . .10 2 1000 1000 2000 30,00 3.00 1.20 .78
Jennie Raymond ...10 2 1000 1000 15.00 1.50 .60 .78 j
R. A. D. Oo. 4 3 851* 600 1450 21.75 2.17% .87 .78 I
Rose Johnson . 6 3 2000 1000 3000 45.00 1.50 1,80 .78
Jos. Kaher .11 3 200 ' 200 3.00 .30 .12 .78 ,
Jos. Kaher .12 3 250 50 300 4.50 .45 .18 .78
Jess Crawford . 1 4 200 200 3.00 .30 .12 .78
W. H. Brennan .... 7 4 150 75 225 3,37% .33% .18 .78
Win. Rhodes . 8 4 100 50 150 2.^5 .22% .09 .78
Gelineau and Bell .9 4 100 100 R50 .15 .06 .78
Chas. Crawford ....10 4 100 50 150 2.25 .22% .09 .78
Chas. .Crawford ....11 4 100 50 150 2.25 .22% .09 .78
Chas. Crawford ....12 4 100 50 150 2.25 .22% .09 ,78
W. H. Brennan _ 1 5 200 200 3.00 .30 .12 .78
J Gillespie . 2 5 125 125 1.87% ,18% .07 .78
A. Swan .12 5 150 150 2.25 .22% .09 .78
Mrs. A. Von Gunther 2 6 1750 2000 * >4250 63.75 6.37% 2.55 .78 ,
Mrs. A. Van Gunther 3 6 Snow shoveling as’in’nt 1.50 .15 .06 .78
Mrs. A. Von Gunther 3 6 1250 500 1750 26.25 2.62% 1.05 .78 j
R. A. D. Co. 4 6 1000 125 1125 16.87% 1.68% .67 .78 i
Grogg and Johnson.. 5 6 1000 300 1300 19.50, 1.95 .78 .78
Grogg and Johnson. . 5 6 Snow shoveling as’in’nt 2.00 .20 .08 .78
A. I,. Singletary ... 2% 7 Sew'er as sessment < -70 .77 .30 .78
A. L. Singletary ... 2% 7 1960 1500 3460 5V90 5.19 2.0, .78
Gelineau and Bell...3 7 2380 1500 3880 :>8.20 5.82 2.32 .78
Gelineau and Bell... 3 7 Sewer assessment 9k35 .93% .47 .78
A. Ammon . 5 7 Sewer assessment 13.75 1.37% .55 .78
Edmund Smith .... 6 7 700 700 10i6O 1.05 .42 .78
J. A. Bourke . 6% 7 200 200 400 6.00 .60 .24 .78 ,
J. A. Bourke. 6% 7 Sewer assessment 13.65 1.37% .55 .78
R. A. D. Co.8 7 1250 1250 18.75 1.87% .75 .78 j
A Von Gunther ...10 7 1250 150 1400 21,00 2.10 .84 .78
J. G. Snyder .11 7 1500 1200 * 4350 65,-25 6.52% 2.61 .78
Al. White . 2 8 Sewer assessment ±a.«o ±-±172 ao
Al. White . 4% 8 Sewer assessment 11.80 1.18 .47 .78 !
Al. White . 5 8 Sewer assessment 13.75 1.37% .55 .78 |
Al. White . 8 8 Sewer assessment 13.75 1.37% .55 .78 ,
Congregational Ch’ch 7 8 Sewer assessment 2.75 .27% .11 .78
Mary A. Debney ....10 8 Sewer assessment 13.75 1.37% .55 .78 |
Lyons and White_ 1 9 Sidewalkassessment 23.38 2.33% .94 .78 j
TTW'C. A. 5 9 1200 150 1350 20.25 2.02% .91 .78 \
Y. M. C. A. 5 9 Snow shoveling as’m’nt 3.50 .35 .14 .78 j
Lotta Hirsch . 4 10 700 250 950 ±4.25 1.42% .57 .78 i
Mrs W S. Amy....10 10 700 500 1200 18100 1.80 .72 .78 ;
W. H. Brennan .... 2 11 350 250 600 9.00 .90 .36 .78
Geo. Merrifield . 8 11 175 75 250 3.75 .37% .15 .78
Geo, Merrifield. 9 11 225 175 400 6.00 .60 .24 .78
Archie Parks .12 11 300 50 350 5,25 .52% .21 .78 ;
Dan Wilcey . 7 12 75 75 1.12% .11% .05 .78
Pnknown. 8 12 50 50 .75 .07% .03 .78 j
A. Zilberman . 9 12 50 50 7:> .07% .03 .78 i
C F. Daggett .12 13 25 75 L12% .11% .05 .78 j
Dan Wilcey .12 13 25 25 .o7% .03% .01 .78
Gelineau and Bell....3 14 400 loo 500 <-50 .75 .30 .78
M, Jordan . 7 15 400 50 450 6^75 .67% .27 .<8
C Simonstad . 8 15 400 250 650 9.75 .97% .39 .78
A' Swan . .11 15 300 300 4»50 .45 .18 .78
A. Swan .12 15 400 400 6.00 .60 .24 .78 ,
W. J. Morton . 1 * 16 Sidewalkassessment 44.36 4.43% 1.77 .78 ;
Chas. R. Crawfford. . 6 16 400 500 900 13,50 1.35 .54 .78
Floyd Carvey. 7 16 ‘400 250 650 9*75 .97% .39 .78
J. S. Carroll . 2% 16 125 125 1.8772 .18% .07 .78
Sweet and Cooper .7 17 300 550 850 13.75 1.27% .51 .78
Mrs. Wortman. 8 17 200 100 300 4.f»0 .46 .18 .78
M. Dineen .10 17 250 50 300 4>50 .45 .18 .78
Gelineau and Bell...10 18 125 125 1.87% .18% ,07 .78
R. A. D. Co.12 18 300 100 400 6.00 .60 .24 .78
Dan Wilcey . 3 19 175 100 275 |.12% .41% .17 .78 j
Dan Wilcev . 8 19 50 50 .65 .07% .03 .78 j
Dan Wilcey . 9 19 50 ua
Dan Wilcey . 9 23 100 100 200 3.00 .30 .12 .78
A. Swan . 1 23 300 300 4.50 .45 .18 .78
Chas. Crawford . 5 24 250 500 750 11.25 1.12% .45 .78
Chas. Crawford. 5% 24 100 350 450* 6.75 .67% .27 .78
A. L. Singletary .... 9 • »24 200 50 250 3.75 .37% .15 .78
S. G. Mathews. 3 31 50 50 .75 .07% .03 .78
Unknown .12 31 50 50 .75 .07% .03 .78
Unknown. 2 39 50 50 .75 .07% .03 .78
4 Swan .12 39 100 100 200, 3.00 .30 .,12 .78
Unknown. 3 40 75 75 1,12% .11,% .04 .78
Mrs. N. Gaeng . 4 40 75 250 375 4.87% .48% .20 .78
Unknown. 5 40 75 75 -1.12% .11'% *.04 .*8
Unknown.10 19 50 50 .75 .07% .03 .78
Jack Carroll . 3 17 250 100 350 5.25 .52% .21 .78
Unknown 6 40 100 10 110 1^65 .16% .07 .78
Arthur Zilberman ..12 40 75 75 1.12% .11% .04 .78
Arthur Zilberman ..1 51 10 10 .15 .01% -'A .78 |
Harry Walsh . 4 51 10 10 .15 01% .% .78 ■
Unknown 8 51 10 , 10 .15 .01% .% .78 !
Unkonwn . 1 52 10 10 .15 01% .% .78
Unknown ...2 52 10 10 15 .01% .% .73 ,
Unknown . 3 52 10 10 .15 .01% % .<8 ,
Unknown . 4 52 16 10 .16 .01% % -78 ;
Unknown . 5 52 10 10 .15 .01% .% .*8 j
Unknown .’.. 6 52 10 10 .15 .01% .% .*8
Unknown. 7 52 10 10 .16 01% .% .78
Unknown . 8 52 10 10 .16 .01% .% .7s j
Unknown . 9 52 10 10 -.15 .01% JA .78 |
Unknown .10 52 10 10 .15 .01% .% -78 .
Unknown .11 52 10 10 -.16 .01% .% .78 j
Unknown .12 52 10 10 .16 .01% .% .78
Unknown . 9 54 10 1* , ,16 .01% % .78
Unknown . 6 56 1* . , 10, • .16 , •£*
Unknown . 7 56 16 , 10 ■ .16 I?
Unknown . 1 70 16 10 .15 .01% .% .78
Unknown . 2 70 10 10 .15' 01% .% .78
Unknown . 3 70 10 10 .16 01A • A • *78
Unknown . 4 70 10 16 .16 01 k; ■£? .
Unknown . 5 70 10 10 .15 .01% A -78
Unknown .6 '70 10 - "10 .15 .01% .% .78
Unknown . 7 70 10 10- *16 01% .% .78 •
Unknown u..«. ... 8 70 10 •» •„ 10. • : .15 , .01% - A- .78
Unknown ...-9 70 10 .10 .16 .01% .% .78
Unknown ..10 70 10 . . 10 .16 .01% .% .78
Unknown . ...11 70 " 10 10 .16 .61% % -78
Unknown ;•..... .-..12 76 "10 ' 10 .15 01% .% .78
Unknown- ....... 6 76 90 50 .7-6 .06% .03 .78 i
p. g Hunt .. 7 76 76 26 100- .‘1.60. .15 .06 .38 |
Unknown, .... 8 76 7$ ■ „ 26..,. 100. .1-60 , .-,16 i
Unknown ..10 76 .60 B_<T ,75 07% >08 .78 ,
•Value personal property, 1500. . .. ......
• Value personal property, 91,660. '
fSeU) ' • • . . ' • RANDAEL E. ASHBV;
..... „ Town Olerk of the Town of Valdez,
Territory >of Alaska. .
Bate .of first. .pubUpatlan March 4,.1014. a * ... . »•••
Data of last publication April 1, 1914. .
Copyright Hart hchaif'ner U Marx
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that; pur
suant to an order made by the dis
trict court of the Territory of Alaska,
Third division, in the matter of the
annexation of certain territory to the
incorporated Town of Valdez, the
common council of the Town of Val
dez has called ' u election to be held
in said town and in the territory pro
posed to be ann xed to said town, on
Saturday, March 21, 1914, to determ
ine whether said territory shall be
so annexed as prayed for in the peti
tion therefor, filed in said district
court as provided by law. 't he de
scription of said territory as set up
in said petition, is as follows, to-vvit:
Beginning at Meander Corner No.
1 of the Valdez townsite survey and
running thence south, 24 degrees, 19
minutes, 14 seconds east, 240.638
feet; thence south 53 degrees, 32
minutes east, 1228.28 feet; thence
south, 74 degrees, 52 minutes east,
568.26 feet; thence south, 45 degrees,
43 minutes east, 136.62 feet; thence
south, 30 degrees, 27 minutes west,
131.24 feet: thence south, 29 degrees,
12 minutes west, 123.42 feet; thence
south, 14 degrees, 45 minutes west,
51.95 feet; thence north, 61 degrees,
27 minutes east, 5000 feet: thence J
north, 28 degrees, 48 minutes west, |
2050 feet; thence south 61 degrees,
30 minutes west, 5700 feet, to place
of beginning.
At sucn election quaimea electors
are invited to vote upon said prop
osition to annex said described ter
ritory to the Town of Valdez by plac
ing upon their ballots the words “For
annexation to the Town of Valdez,”
or “Against annexation to the Town
of Valdez,” or words equivalent there
to.
The polling place for such election !
in the Town of Valdez shall be in
the hall of the common council on
Broadway avenue. The polling place
in the territory proposed to be an- 1
r.exed shall be in the ground floor
room of the Fish building on McKin
ley street, adjoining the Tillikum
01cb. The polls shall be open from
9 a. m. to 6 p. m. of March 21, 1914
The election board designated for
the Town of Valdez is composed of the
following persons: Judges— H. P.
Sullivan, Louis Rosenthal, Thomas
Hunt; clerks -J. J. Cavana, Dan Wil
cey.
The elect ion board designated for
the territory proposed to be annexed
is composed of the following persons:
Judges—Adam Swan, Oliva Maroise.
J. H. Bell: clerks—Frank Millard.
Robert Weber.'
The qualifications of. an. elector eu
titled to vote at such election, pre
scribed by law, are as follows: He or
she shall be a male or female per
son of the age of twenty-one years
or more and shall be the owner of
substantial property interests In land,
building or Improvements on land or
tide land within t-be said eorporatioh
or the territory proposed to be an
nexed to or incorporated within such
corporation.
TOWN OF VALDEZ.
By E. E. RITCHIE, Mayor.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
. .! . .Town- Clerk. •
First publication Feb. 20, 1914.
Last publication March 20. 1914.
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
For $6.00 we will give you a ticket
entitling you to hospital’ service and
care for any eight weeks out of ti»e'
fear from date of yotir ticket, wUeii
,ncai>acltated by'inlury or sickness,
lies w. H. Ziegler.
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CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet e* <*i\v Tuesday evening at 8 o'ciocu In
Kajrle Hail All members are requested to
attend. T. O. QUINN. Arctic Ctaiel
S. MCNIECK. Secretary
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at
8 o’clock at
the local quarters back of
Ingram & Bush’s Cigar Store
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Summons for Publication.
Theo. Emel, plaintiff, vs. W. Fred
Swanson and F. A. Hancock, defend
ants.—No. 653. Summons for Publica
tion.
To the above-named defendant,
W. Fred Swanson:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
publication of this summons against
you, to-wit, within thirty days after
the 28th of March, 1914; and answer
the complaint of plaintiff filed here
in, and unless you so appear and an
swer the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
complaint, decreeing her to be the
owner of the launch Anita, and that
neither you nor your eo-defendant has
any interest in or title to the same.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Drown,
judge of said court, this 13th day of
February. 1914. ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court, for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By T. I>. GERAGHTY, Deputy Clerk.
First publication Feb. 14, 1914.
Last publication March 28, 1914.
Notice to Creditors.
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, ex officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased. W. A. Rystrom,
administrator.—Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Peter Steinmetz, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary vouch
ers, within six (6) months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alasjka, the
same being th.e place for the trans
acted of the business' of said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 10th
day of February, 1914.
W. A. RYSTROM,
Administrator of the estate of Peter
Stelnmelz, ‘deceased. ,
First publication Feb. 11, 1914.
Last publication March 16, 1914.
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time, read the Prospector.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
LWashington,'D. C.
DENTIST
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Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
piiom; 19 THE DENTIST
OiVce rooms over Owl Drug store, ottlce hour*
9 a. in., to 6 v. m.. 7 i>. in.. to 9 p. m. Sunda:. *
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I THE
OSTEOPATH
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Phone 31 VALDEZ
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Mineral Surveyor
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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No 168
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications drat Wednesday n •
eaoh month in McKinley Hall V iaitors always
welcome.
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U you want all thy nows all tb'
lime road the Dally Proavabtar.