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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1915
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DISMEMBERING ALASKA.
The plan of Representative Smith,
of Maryland, to dismember Alaska
and give that portion known as the
“Panhandle” to Canaea, to preserve
peace between the two - countries,
should be promptly squelched. Alas
ka has suffered more at the hands of
damphool legislators at Washington
than any young territory in the Na
tion. Many of these people have
never been farther west than the
Mississippi river, but they talk intel
ligently about Alaska, and their con
freres at the capital fall for it. If
it were known that the portion they
propose to hand over to Canada on
a platter were ten times richer than
the state of Maryland, and vastly
larger, it might open their eyes. The
resources from Southeastern Alaska
would buy Maryland four times over,
and would also help keep part of the
other Eastern States in pin money.
We might just as well give Texas to
Mexico to keep the peace, and the
Philippine Islands to Japan, and the
Panama canal to any other nation
that desires it. When the Gadsden
purchase was made it had its knock
ers; and there were those who were
willing to hand that now glorious
empire over to a foreign country “to
keep the peace;” and Oregon, and
Texas and California all would have
gone “to keep the peace.” Canada
a nation with half the resources and
population, cannot constitute a very
serious menace, and we have never
seen any desire manifested on her
part to break that peace so glibly
prated of by the Maryland solon.
Were any of the states abutting on
the Canadian border offered to Can
ada as a sop to “keep the peace” a
howl would go up that would frac
ture our tympanums, but Alaska—
well what some of those Washington
busybodtes don’t know about Alaska
and her wonderful resources would
fill a large-sized encyclopedia, What
Alaska needs is absolute self-govern
ment. What she must have before
she ever reaches the heights to which
her wealth entitles her, is self-gov
ernment. Up to the present she has
been the plaything of every down
Easter, who knows as much about
Alaska as the average Alaskan does
of conditions in the Maryland sena
tor’s backyard.
What we want, is not a division of
Alaska for the sake of peace, with
some imaginary foe, but a body of
men intelligent enough to work out
the destinies of a country larger and
richer by far than the mind of the
ordinary statesman can grasp.
People in the States have no idea
of the wealth in minerals, fish, tim
ber and waterpower of this country.
They talk of conservation as if the
last stick and stone were in the
hands of a body of men who were
intent on despoiling her, instead of
building homes and developing the
country. Had this conservation fad
hit the country a hundred years ago
where would be the beautiful farms
and large cities of Illinois, Missouri
and the Western States?
Alaska needs so many things that
it were useless to try to enumerate
them. Chief among them is roads—
good roads, and lots of them,—that
the country may be opened up and
minerals hauled to the coast. Pew
people in the States realize that the
land is as level and fertile, and as
easily traveled with automobiles as
in the states, but a grudging Congress
denies us the money to open up these
roads. Large areas of the richest
grazing land out doors lie unused
because of a lack of roads to reach
them. Immense deposits of ore lie
untouched because of lack of roads
to haul it to the coast. Vast tracts
of timber cover every valley, but are
inaccessible.
Some embryo statesman takes a
round trip on our steamships, gets off
at Juneau, has a drink or two, walks
the decks and looks at our coastal
line through a pair of ten dollar bi
noculars, and enjoys a reputation on
the floors of Congress as knowing all
about Alaska and her needs, “for he
was over it, don't you know.” When
you consider that one of our old
sourdoughs can live in the country
fifty years and then seen but a
fraction of it, the comparison is
laughable.
No, what Alaska needs most to
day is not conservation, or dismem
berment, or "long-distance” govern
ment, but we want appropriations to
make our coast travel safe; appro
priations to open up communication
with our vast interior, and less hare
brained chatter from shallow-pated
Congressmen.
We have the resources and the
men to manage them, if Washington
will but give us a square deal.
ALL, ALASKA TO CELEBRATE.
Alaska, which never does anything
by halves, will generally celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary of the Seward
purchase. “Multidinous” is a good de
scriptive term flttipg the activity of
the Northern Territory—for every
city in this ample domain proposes
to stage its own show.
There are two reasons for this
plan of action. One is that limited
transportation hinders the united par
ticipation of the people of Alaska in
one grand demonstration at a central
point; the other is that the Territo
ry is so expansive, and its resources
so varied, that a complete portrayal
of resources can be made at this time
only by the application of the “mul
tiple” idea.
Accordingly it will happen in 1917
that there will be as many Alaskan
celebrations as there are active, en
ergetic and aggressive communities
in Alaska. The entertainment of vis
itors, who are sure to gather by the
thousands from the States, will be
widely varied, each one taking local
color from its surroundings. South
western Alaska will present its well
known characteristics; the Interior
cities will show the distinctive traits
of the vast region drained by the
Tanana, the Yukon and the Kusko
kwim; the Seward peninsula will
take on an entirely different aspect;
and the coastal region embracing the
south central portion ana tne Aleu
tians, will be distinctive on its own
account. There will be exhibits of
fish and mines and agriculture, mul
tiplied into a thousand different
forms; and all of it will go to make
such a show as only Alaska, among
all the countries on the face of the
earth can produce.
The dark days for Alaska are gone.
The present is brightening, and the
immediate future, reflecting the glo
ry of the multidinous Seward cele
brations, will set the Northland well
on the way toward the prosperity
for which it has long waited and well
deserved.
EDITORIAL OPTIMISM.
With coal at $12.50 a ton Cupid
will not meet with much encourage
ment in Valdez during the coming
long winter months.
Recent dispatches report that the
Russian resistance is stiffening. Well,
It should be; it has run far enough
to stiffen anybody.
An Iditarod dispatch states that a
mining man in that vicinity was shot
through the door recently. Which
only goes to show that even Alaskan
anatomy is not understood by the out
side world.
Next Sunday’s Miner will contain
some more mining news that will de
light the people of this section. Many
new mines are becoming producers,
and many producers are attracting
outside capital. It looks as though
the good times we have waited so
long for are nearly here.
Money is a good thing, sometimes,
but the best circulating medium that
a town can have is the co-operation
of its citizens. All the weath of the
Rockefellers could not build a town
here and keep it alive and growing
without a willingness on the part of
its people to help in the enterprise.
Many prominent attorneys have
visited Valdez during the past week,
and all are unanimous in praise of
the courageous spirit shown in the
way our citizens have met their fire
losses. The many new buildings
erected in the past month show that
our people have faith in our future.
Nearly all of the structures erected
are larger and more substantial than
those destroyed in the recent confla
gration.
Alaskan towns should all work to
gether to the end that the most good
can only come from co-operation. Let
us drop our petty local jealousies
and work to make this grand old Ter
ritory the best ever. Nothing is to
be gained by one locality fighting an
other, and by concerted action we
may be able to knock the persim
mons. If another locality gets a lit
tle trifling thing like a thirty-million
dollar railroad, lets give her the glad
hand, and maybe she will help us
get what we are after. The needs of
every locality are so widely variant
that what one locality gets can only
result in helping the other.
Next year thousands of tourists
will visit this vast territory. Not
only in hundreds and thousands, but
in hundreds of thousands. The
beauties of such a trip has been well
advertised this year, by the thou
sands who made the round trip On
the steamers plying between our
ports; but in the immediate future
some steamship company will make
an excursion boat out of one of their
palatial steamships, and tourists will
be given a much longer stay at each
town, visiting all the wonder spots,
and becoming -generally acquainted
with its resources and desirability
for a home. To take a trip on a
freight and passenger boat does not
allow enough time to see the many
attractions this great Territory has
to offer, and when Alaska becomes
better known, vast hotels will be
erected along her shores to accom
modate those who wish to leave the
hot weather behind, and enjoy a
summer such as is only found in
Alaska.
ADMIRAL EVANS IS
EN ROUTE NORTH.
SEATTLE, Sept. 16.—The Admiral
Evans sailed on schedule time last
night for Valdez and other Alaskan
ports. The passengers for Valdez
are Beaton and wife, and three in
the steerage.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
"One of a Million,” the war lesson
which has been shown at the Liberty
Theatre for two nights, drew good
crowds. The pictures were among
the best ever shown in Alaska.
A shipment of fresh HaBS cardies
received at the Pinzon on the last
boat. None better; try them. *
Chas. Crawford, the contractor and
builder, is making good progress on
the Blackwell block. The foundation
has been laid and the carpenters are
busy framing the walls.
Stanfield’s Famous Unshrinkable
Underwear for sale at S. Blum & Co.
Every garment guaranteed. *
The regular Saturday evening
Moose dance will be given next Satur
day night. All invited and a good
time assured.
Judge J. J. Finnigan, U. S. com
missioner at Chisina, is expected on
the first steamer from Cordova, as
he is an important witness in the
Shushanna murder case, soon to be
tried in the federal court.
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Tlie Woman’s Auxiliary of the Pio-i
neers of Alaska will give a dance on
Alaska Day. * :
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Billy James, the discoverer of Shu
shanna, is in town as a witness in
a1 case which will come before the
Federal court.
Suits pressed for ?1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198. tf
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Just received, a large line of Lino
leum, Hugs and Mattresses. S. Blum
& Co. *
Frank White, the well known min
er, is in the Red Cross Hospital, suf
fering from injuries sustained by a
fall while working at the Granite
mine. He was brought to the hospi
tal on the last trip of the B. F. M.
The extent of his injuries are not
known, but he is reported to be rest
ing easy today.
Pumps, electric and hand, repair
ed and made as good as new. Valdez
Iron Works. thu*
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
J. M. Pauley, the Valdez mer
chant who was seriously injured by
a fall over a cliff last week, is re
ported to be improving rapidly at
his home, but is still suffering from
bad lacerations about the eyes.
Price’s Candy and other new goods
at the Emporium. *
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the talloi. Telephone 198. tf
For Sale—Bargain; three-room
house, partly furnished. Enquire of
Mrs. D. T. Greenig. 9-tf
Owen Meals, the Valdez agent for
the ford cars,'expects a truck on the
Northwestern. The truck will he de
livered to Joe -Stanton and will be
operated carrying mail and freight
to the Interior.
THE PINZON has a new shipment
of the large 12in.x5 foot pictures of
Valdez. Make your selections early.
16-tf. THE PINZON.
Charles Kreamer, the Slate creek
operator, arrived in Valdez this
morning after a successful summer’s
work. He was met at Ptarmigan
Drop by Mrs. Kreamer, who recently
returned from Seattle - to meet her
husband when he returned from tha
mines.
Furnished cabin for rent, two
rooms; newly papered and painted.
Inquire Rudolph’s store. kl6
Valdez Drug Company have a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
Men’s waterproof Dress Coats,
$7.60 and up. S. Blum & Co. *
We Have Decided to Reduce
By Reducing the Price
of the Staff of Life
Centennial Best Flour, reduced to $1.75 per sack
FishferV Blend Flour, reduced to $2.00 per sack
Hard Wheat Flour, reduced to $2.25 per sack
4-X Soft Wheat Flour, reduced to $3.25 per 100 lbs
S. BLUM & CO.
GOOD GOODS
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—Private Rooms for Patients
For Terms'and Particulars’Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge,
TIDE TABLES FOR VALDEZ.
Predictions for high and low water
are taken from the official tide tables
prepared by the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The time given for
high and low water is Valdez time,
and the figures immediately follow
ing the time, indicate the height of
the tide at Valdez. To find the depth
of water, add the tabular height to
the soundings given on the chart,
unless a minus (—) sign is used be
fore the height, in which case sub
tract it.
Thursday, September 16, 1015.
High, 5:48 a. m„ 8.5; 6:07 p. m„
11.7.
Low.; 10:28 p. m., 3.9.
Friday, September 17, 1015.
High, 7:40 a. m„ 8.5; 6:38 p. m„
11.4.
Low, 12:51 a. m., 1.0; 11:58 a. m.,
4.3.
Saturday, September 18, 1015.
High, 9:00 a. m„ 9.1; 8:10 p. m.,
11.5.
Low, 2:20 a. m., 0.8; 1:68 p. m.,
4.1.
Sunday, September 10, 1015.
High, 9:51 a. m„ 9.9; 9:21 p. m„
11.8.
Low, 3:24 a. m., 0.4; 3:20 p. m.,
3.3.
Monday, September 20, 1015.
High, 10:32 a. m., 10.7; 10:19 p.
m., 12.1.
Low, 3:13 a. m„ 0.1; 4:18 p. m.
2.3.
Tuesday, September 21, 1015.
High, 11.07 a. m., 11.5; 11:0/ p.
m„ 12.3.
Low, 4:63 a. m., 0.0; 6:06 p. m.,
l. 4.
Wednesday, September 22, 1015.
High, 11:38 a. m., 12.0; 11:60 p.
m. , 12.2.
Low, 6:28 a. m., 0.2; 6:46 p. m.,
0.6.
Thursday, September 28, 1015.
High, .; 12:08 p. m„ 12.4.
Low, 6:00 a. m., 0.4; 6:22 p. m.,
0.1.
Friday, September 24, 1015.
High, 12:30 a. m., 12.0; 12:36 p.
m„ 12.6.
Low, 6:23 a. m., 0.8; 6:66 p. m.,
—0.2.
Saturday, September 25, 1015.
High, 1:08 a. m„ 11.6; 1:02 p. m„
12 6
Low, 6:65 a. m., 1.3; 7:30 p. m.,
—0.2.
Sunday, September 26, 1015.
High, 1:44 a. m., 11.1; 1:30 p.
m., 12.4.
Low, 7:21 a. m., 1.9; 8:04 p. m.,
0.0.
Monday, September 27, 1015.
High, 2:21 a. m., 10.4; 1:57 p. m.,
12.1.
Low, 7:49 a. m., 2.6; 8:41 p. m.,
0.4.
Tuesday, September 28, 1015.
High, 3:01 a. m., 9.7; 2:29 p. m.,
11.7.
Low, 8:17 a. m., 3.1; 9:22 p. m.,
1.0.
Wednesday, September 20, 1015.
High, 3:47 a. m„ 9.0; 3:04 p. m.,
11.2.
Low, 8:60 a. m., 3.7; 10:12 p. m.,
1.6.
Thursday, September 80, 1015.
High, 4:49 a. m., 8.4; 3:60 p. m.,
11.6.
Low, 9:29 a. m., 4.2; 11:33 p. m.,
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National l ulveraity, !
Wuahtngton, I). C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Team In Vuldex
PHONE 110
Office ItooniM lu~\Vlialing Building
DR. GERMAN
phone ,« THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours, 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9 p. m.
Sundays by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed
D0N0H0E & DIMOND
ATTORNEY S - AT-L A XV
Office Oppoalte Court House
Phone 34 VALDEZ, ALASKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices In Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ, ALASKA
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free anil Accepted. Maaona.
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY. W. M.
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
Red Cross Hospital
Keystone andlHobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooms foriPatients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX. Matron
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When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PROP.
STRICTLY FIRST CLA8S
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
thi idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR re
sults.
Stanton Auto Stage Line
TWICE A WEEK AUTOMOBILE
TRIPS TO TEIKHELL
Regular trips twice a month to
Gulkana, leaving Valdez the 1st
and 15th of each month.
Mail, Freight and Passengers
taken to all intermediate points.
Special Trips by Arrangement
JOE STANTON, Mgr. Tel.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Rooms—The House tf^Camfart
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates; By the Mootfc
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRIRC,
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERTTSHAFFER. Prewlent.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdez, Alaska. j
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company,
Office In Pinzon Cigar Store
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and*FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance