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FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1017
VAGABOND SONG.
THERE Is something in the autumn
that Is native to my blood—
Touch of manner, hint of mood,
And my heart Is like a rime.
With the yellow and the purple
and the crimson keeping time
The scarlet of the maples can shake me
like a cry
Of bugles going by,
And rny lonely spirit thrills
To see the frosty asters I'ke a smoke upon
the hills.
There is something In October sets the
gypsy blood astir:
We must rise and follow her,
When from every hill of flame
Rbe calls and calls each vagabond by
name.
—Bliss Carman.
TALK OF SAVING DAYLIGHT.
Considerable discussion is being
indulged in concerning tne setting
forward of the bands of the clock in
order to save an hour of daylight. Of
course, as everyone knows, it would
not actually save an hour of iayl'ghl.
That would be impossible. So far as
ilie records show there has been only
one man in the history ot the world
who lias saved daylight and ti v:
Joshua, who commanded the sun to
stand still until he could whip the
armies of the enemies of the Lord.
It is more amusing than otherwise,
therefore, to hear people discuss this
question. There is no reason why the
hands of the clock should be set for
ward in the first place, if a man
wants to begin his day's work an
hour earlier all he has to do is to be
gin it. If a large industrial plant
wants to begin work at 5 o’clock in
t) e morning instead of 6 all it lias to
do is to begin at the earlier hour.
There is no class of workers who
value daylight more than the tiller of
the soil. In fact he can not do farm
work except during Ihe daylight
hours.
But the farmer has never had to
set his clock ahead an hour in order
to deceive himself into going to work.
On the farm the time for rising is
about 4 o’clock and in very few in
stances are farmers found abed after
that hour in the morning.
The farmer has never so much as
given the matter of moving up the
hands of his clock a thought In oth
er words the farmer does not let nis
clock govern his movements. He
works by the sun. When daylight
comes he is ready to begin his nay’s
duties and when it begins to get dark
he "takes out" for the day.--Colum
bus, (Go.) Enquirer-Sun.
THE AUSTRIAN MEMORANDUM.
Austria’s memorandum in reply to
the request of this country tor a defi
nition of the dual monarchy’s attitude
on the German policy of unrestricted
warfare, leads one to conclude that
that country is torn by a conflicting
•desire to maintain peaceful relations
with the United States and to play
the sincere role of an ally to the Cen
tral powers.
The far-fetched line of reasoning
seized upon by the Austrian govern
ment in defense of unrestricted sub
marine warfare lias found no echo at
Washington, because the memoran
dum is at variance with the Presiden
tial interpretation of international
law. The Austrian diplomats devoted
about :},000 words to the task of de
fining their position, hut in essence.
the whole reply was a defense of the
plan to blockade England and a denial
of the principles for which this gov
ernment has been contending; viz.,
the unrestricted right to deliver mu
nitions and supplies to British ports
without having our vessels sunk by
submarines.
Austria argues that freedom of the
seas is guaranteed to neutral vessels
only so lcng as they do not carry con
traband and that the safety of neu
trals on belligerent vessels is not and
has at no time been guaranteed, and
that it is against the principles ot
modern warfare to expect a belliger
ent to allow an enemy shop to sail
unmolested into an enemjvport bo
f-ause it is carrying neutrals as *i pro
tection of contraband. This is what
raised the point of debate in congress
and resulted in the memorable filibus
ter over the right to arm munition
carrying vessels.
The memorandum almost strained
the doctrine of consistency in defin
ing its attitude toward the principle
of international law that all ships,
whether neutral or belligerent, must
be warned by a man-of-war before
they may be lawfully destroyed. Aus
tria-Hungary icafflrmed that princi
ple and said that no merchantman
would be sunk without warning, but
advanced the ingenious argument that
it is not necessary for a belligerent
power to warn each merchant ship in
dividually, but that, on the contrary,!
a general warning that ships would j
be sunk if entering certain zones was
sufficient, because it served to give all
neutrals an opportunity to avoid the
danger zone.
The acceptance of such a submis-,
sion would mean, in effect, that noj
neutral might enter a restricted zone,
such as that proclaimed by the Cen-|
tral empires and consequently for thej
United States to accept it would be to;
abandon the principles the defense of i
which has led to the breaking off of ;
relations with Germany.
The dual monarchy also slates that j
all vessels armed for offense or de- j
1'ense under international law may be;
declared pirates and destroyed (
(he r crews hung. This again runs
counter to the position of this coun-:
try, the President declaring that he;
had the right to establish new rules to
meet new conditions—which is again
what has caused the hitch between;
this country and Germany.
However, the Austrian note is con
ciliatory in tone and it is believed
that Vienna desires no break with
this country. The outcome of the
exchanges probably will be that we
will break -»ff diplomatic relations
witli Austria and send her ambassa
dor to join \ on Bernstorff.
DONT’S FOR THK GIRLS.
Don’t put every cent you earn on
your back.
Don’t wear inappropriate clothes.
Don't imagine every man who is
pleasant to you is in love with you.
Don't think that your employer is
paying you for the pleasure of look
ing at you.
Don’t think that advancement in
life comes without honest effort.
Don’t wear your sweet manners for
outsiders.
Don’t marry the first fellow that
asks you. He may not know his own
mind any more than you do.
Don’t take life too seriously; but'
take it seriously enough to be true
and honest both to yourself and to
others.—Exchange.
THERE is such a thing as being.too
optimistic. Lots of fellows hang
around expecting the ravens to feed
them.
OUR observation is that about the
hardest work many men have to do
is to crook their elbow in front of
the bar.
AFTER a smart girl has thumped
a typewriter for a while, piano play
ing looks like a piddling job.
WHAT we wonder at is what the
people did with their money hefor”
they bought automobiles with it.
The tax assessor never found it.
WHAT’S the use of always giving
our bouquets to the dead? Let's pick
out a live one once in a while.
A BOV can borrow or beg nearly
everything but experience.
LOVE is said to find a way; but
the old folks generally pay for it.
T -m—
ONCE in a while you meet a man
who acts as if the Lord made an aw
ful mistake when he created Alaska
without consulting him.
A MAN in many respects is like
a mosquito, if he’d keep his bill out
of other people he would not get hurt
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
. SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
IN EVERY town there is always a
vacant store which is used mainly to
open and house restaurants which fail
after a month or so.
THE world is filled with men who
are willing to grunt if you will do the
lifting.
ANOTHER reason why a man can
not understand a woman is because
:he refuses to get excited when he
tells here he is going to enlist and go
to the war.
LOTS of people wear their hair
long because they have not got the
orice of a hair cut.
SMACKSMAN OK 7» HEADS
VOLUNTEERS KOK PATROL
GLOUCESTER, Mass.. March 23. —
Gloucester fishermen responded in
force today in their country's call
for recruits for the coast patrol work.
In the lead was the sturdy 79-year
old veteran. Captain Sol Jacobs, wide
ly known for the uncanny luck with
which he strikes the first mackerel
school in the spring and for his skill
in getting his catch first into the New
York market. Behind him was the
fleet’s youngest doryman, with mas
ter mariners and able seamen elbow
ing each other to affix their signat
ures to the recruiting roll. Naval of
ficers have selected forty-one aux
iliary fishing boats here last night to
used by the government in an emer
gency.
FORTY TONS OF
HERRING DUMPED
Cold Storage Plant at I*rince Rupert
Refuses to Handle From Inde
l>endent Fishermen.
Last night (March 10) outside of
Prince Rupert harbor a scow load of
herring, perfectly good and fresh,
were dumped back again into their
natural element. Looks very queer
doesn’t it. Last week not a single
herring was to be got and now they
are being thrown away in forty-ton
lots.
Comment on this action overheard
on the waterfront last night was very
nuch more forcible than polite. “With
:he biggest and most up-to-date cold
torage plant on the Pacific coast, sup
posed to be subsidized by the govern
ment and all the rest of it. and yet
rhey won't handle an independent
man’s little forty tons.”
Many more expressions of a similar
nature passed, which made the ordi
nary land lubber marvel greatly.—
Prince Kupe.. News.
OKKGON MAN ACCIHKS
MEXICAN OFFICIALS
SALEM, Ore., March 23.— A. Ven
ator ot Burns, Ore., today wired Gov.
Witheornbe from Nogales. Ariz., that
Mexican officials recently arrested him
at his ranch in Sonora, Mexico, and
confiscated his herd of 800 head of
cattle. Venator gave no details of
his evident release but asked the gov
ernor to urge the federal government
to force the return of the cattle be
fore they are butchered. Gov. Witny
eombe said he would communicate
with the State department immedi
ately.
Twenty-four kegs of beer were
chipped by the Valdez Brewing Co.
to the westward on the Northwestern.
INDUSTRIES READY.
Howard E. Coffin of Naval
Consulting Board Says So.
As to the industrial prepareduess ol
the nation, we have the word of How
ard E. Coffin that rto.000 American
plants are ready to contribute to the
armed forces of the government. Mr
Coffin as chairman of the committee
on industrial preparedness of the uavai
consulting hoard directed a great urm\
of engineers in a complete industriu'
survey of the nation.
Good
Goods
Phone 12
Moderate
Prices
Our Daily Food Show
Is full of good things to eat. All the
best the market offers in every article
in our store.
Our Delicatessen and Bakery Departments
Are proving popular and the ever increasing patronage in these depart
ments is evidence that the quality, variety and prices are right. Some
of the specialties,
Jones’ Dairy Farm Sausage
LIVER SAUSAGE
HAM BOLOGNA
MINCED LUNCHEON
KIPPERED SALMON
SI MMER SAUSAGE
( HIPPED BEEF
Bakery Goods
Sl'GAK COOKIES
GINGER COOKIES
LAYER CAKES
DOUGHNUTS
ROLLS OF ALL KINDS
FRENCH BREAD
RYE BREAD
GRAHAM BREAD
WHITE BREAD
(TP CAKES, ETC.
Fine No. 1 Mackerel
Red Salmon Bellies
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
A finely equipped institution
for the care and treatment of
cases of every character. Skill
ed nurses in attendance.
Private Rooms.
Terms Reasonable.
jos. A. i iiverman Ph. G. I. D.
Proprietor.
Boyle Block Valde/.
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third divison.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
Carrying a Joke Too Far.
judge—How far did the thief car
ry your pig?
Farmer—Fully two miles from my
house.
Judge (to prisoner)—What have
you to say to this charge?
Prisoner—It was only a joke, jour
honor.
judge—Well 1 will have to give you
six months for carrying the joke too
far.
Noted Churchman Coming.
Rev. G. J. Zinn is authority for the
statement that J. W. Wood, General
Secretary of the Board of Missions of
(he Episcopal church, with headquar
ters in New York City, is making ar
rangements to visit Alaska during the
coming summer, and his trip will in
clude a visit to the missions of the
church throughout Alaska.
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CRESCENT
IS SURE
BECAUSE
IT
RAISES
THE
D0U6H
ALWAYS
SOIJ) BV GROOKRK
25c lb. Can.
OKKSCENT MK; OO.,
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Open Day and Nig1*1 McKinley Street, Below fable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVIfH, Propr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT— b Owl Drag Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT - • - COLD
WE PAY
28 cents per |»oiind for Popper
18 cents per pound for Brass
8c lb. for Rubber Shoes.
7c lb. for Lead.
$20.00 i>er ton for cast Irou.
$15 per ton Wrought Iron.
5c per lb. for Rope. i.
3He per pound for Bags.
$20.00 per ton for Paper.
27c per doz. Beer Bottles, qts.
17c doz. Beer Bottles, pints.
F. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
1048 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
VALDEZ CAFE & BAKERY
Cake*, Cookies A Bans, 15c pee dosea.
Freock, Rye and Wkite Bread 12 1*2
cents per loaf. Orders taken for special
occasions.
BERGSTROM A ROGSTAD. Prop*.
PHONE 17 - Tki*« d*or» kcl*w Owl Dias
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
OEORGE SEXTON, fliof
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward. Alaska
“ #.
Arctic Hotel
Is for the present closed.
Watch for the Opening An
nouncement.
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING. Prop
Webster's New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; come in
and look it over. Valdes Drug Co. if
faster Eggs, in all sizes, at Hunt's
Candy Kitchen. tf
Miner .-'ids. bring KESUL.TS.
PROFESSION.!I. CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT^
Office., over Valdea Drug Co.
Phone'IS McKinley Slree r
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon. U S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital!
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PH. 6. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Over Owl Drug Co.
—OFFICE HOURS:
1 to 4 P. M. 7 to 8 P. M
Sunday by Appointment.
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Res. Phone 170 Office Phone 1*
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National Calve ratty
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years la Valdes.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOHNIS YS-AT-LA W
Oilier UyiHaltr Court Houae
Phone M VAI.DKZ. ALASKA
JOHN GFONfc <5 IT K1TCHIK
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOItNBYS-AT.UW
OfUff* Id " ••■!;(>)( ilulldlus
Phone 101 YaIJIKK. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
Jl’NKAl', ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses (.round
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free aad Accepted Maaou*
Regular Communications first Wed
uesday in each month in McKinley
Hall ' Visitors always welcome. i
F. M. BROWN. W. M. t
ED WOOD. Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188'
Western Federation of Miner*
W. H. GARNER. Proudest.
Granite Mine
GUST KRING, Secretary.
Valdez Alazka.
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