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PUBLISHED BY
STEWART A SELBY, Proprietor*
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23. 1912, at the nostofflce of Valdez,
Alaska, under net of March 3, 1879.
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MONDAY, OCTOBER II, 1DI»
ZKI*I»KIJ.\ A V. S. WAR VKTKRAN
It is not generally known that
Count Zeppelin, the inventor of the
great air ships used so effectually in
the present Kuropean war, is a vet
eran of the civil war in the United
States, and made his first flight in
this country. At the age of 25, as a
lieutenant of cavalry, Count Zeppe
lin was Wurtemburg's military at
tache and observer with the Union
army in the civil war. Joining the
army of the Mississippi he was at
tached to General Carl Sclmr/' bri
gade, who commanded the famous
German division. It was then that he
had his lirst taste of aeronautics. He
went up in a balloon, sent up by the
federal army to spy out the positions
of the confederates. Zeppelin not
only volunteered but begged to be
permitted to go up. Ilis request was
granted and during the remainder of
his service with the federal army he
rendered invaluable service by num
erous balloon ascensions.
When he returned to Germany at
the close of the American conflict he
was imbued with a strong taste for
aeronautics, and It is said that even
at that early date he already dream
ed of navigating the air in dirigi
ble balloon. He distinguished him
self in the war with Austria in 186fi
and in the Franco-Prussian war four
years later as an officer of a Prussian
cavalry regiment.
Many thousands of dollars wen
used and many lives were lost before
the Zeppelin became an accoifaplished
fact. With each successive disaster,
the aged inventor set to work to elim
inate the imperfections. Wealthy and
influential friends, among them the
Emperor, shared Zeppelin's faith in
the ultimate success of his invention.
Airship after airship was constructed
at great expense only to -meet with
destruction after a few flights, and
some of them on their first trip. The
spectacular nature of Zeppelin's mis
fortunes loomed large in the public
mind and he was made the butt of
ridicule by both people and press, but
the German military and scientific
experts had faith in him and backed
him until he made good.
WHEN you get time take a day olt
and ask yourselt^what the Delegate
has ever done for Valdez, besides
knock her.
THUNDER and lightning is a rare
thing In tills country, but Valdez had
quite an electrical storm one night
recently.
THIS is the season of the year
when the average Alaskan would
sooner be some place else, until the
wet season is over.
IF GOD really intended the human
race to he alTlicted with disease, ns
many people claim, what Is the use of
praying for things to go contrary to
His will?
ELEVEN MUSIIKIIS arc reported
to be on tbeir way to Valdez from
Interior points, which would indicate
that mining operations are about over
in the interior for the season.
JUDGING by the applause at the
Empress theatre last night when the
picture of “Our” Delegate was thrown
upon the screen he will receive about
as many votes as the Valdez Mercan
tile Company's Shoe Ad.
IP YOU really have faith in your
town and believe in its ultimate
prosperity, why not back some of the
numerous plans advocated by the
boosters of the city? It costs but lit
tle to try out a scheme and some of
them are sure to be winners. It takes
a lot of hustle and energy to develop
a town past the water-tank stage, but
it is worth all it costs.
TUB Fairbanks Times, the only pa
per in Fairbanks supporting Jaynes
Wickersham for Delegate, has sus
pended publication from lack of pat
ronage. The. only paper in Valdez
supporting Wickersham was forced
to suspend for the same reason. Our
Delegate evidently does not believe
in leaving any of that $7,500 he re
ceives annually, in the country.
IF YOU are in doubt and want ad
vice—plenty of it- -you can go to the
fellow who sits by the hour dispens
ing all kinds of advice free. The man
who never did a good day's work it:
his life can tell you how to build cul
verts, bridges or roads, raise chil
dren. run a business or a city. Some
how he has never gotten anything
done but lie is glad to give you the
j benefit of his experience, whether you
ask him for it or not. Hut if you
want to make a real decision of any
kind rely on your own judgment and
do your own advising.
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l.atouche Departs.
The steamer l.atouche, which has
been in port for the past three days
unloading coal, left this morning for
Bllnmar. where she will take on a
cargo of ore for the Tacoma smelter.
Meeting Postponed.
The regular meeting of the Uni
versity Club will not be held tonight,
but will be postponed until the next
regular meeting night.
Our Great Opportunity
Never in the history of the COPPER industry was there
such a demand for COPPER.
Although the estimated output of the mines of Mexico and
the United States totals approximately One Billion and Six
Hundred Million Pounds of copper annually it does not nearly
meet demands. The average price for copper has risen from
seventeen and a half cents last year to an average of TWEN
TY-FIVE CENTS PER POUND.
Large producing mines are working to full capacity.
Smelters and Refiners are rushing the red metal to market.
Enormous buying orders consume the output as fast as
the copper is produced.
One concern—The American Brass Company—is using
forty million pounds of copper a month.
On September 23rd through J. P. Morgan, an order was
placed for Four Hundred and Forty-Eight Million Pounds of
Copper.
The price totaled approximately $125,000,000.
The delivery is to be at the rate of Seventy-Five Million
Pounds per month beginning next January.
The largest copper producers in America participated in
this order.
Reports coming to me from the East indicate even
GREATER DEMANDS for copper throughout the coming
year.
We of Alaska must share in the prosperity.
TODAY WE HAVE THE GREATEST OPPORTU
Our organization is thoroughly alive to this opportunity.
You have seen how thoroughly and continuously we are
working.
Each day marks a steady advancement in our plans.
Many alert miners and owners of copper properties are
working with us because they see the big opportunity.
Every mine in this section should be working today.
AN INDEPENDENT ALASKAN SMELTER WILL
SURELY BE BUILT.
It is pertinent to the citizens of Valdez as to where this
Smelter will be built.
WILL IT BE A VALDEZ SMELTER?
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It is also a question as to the individual participation of!
each citizen in the large profits to be made.
Do YOU want to share in the profits?
Cordially,
HENRY DERR REYNOLDS.
Executive Offices Reynolds-Alaska Corporation Valdez Alaska
_October 8 1916____
GRIGSBY MAKES
HIT AT JUNEAU
GOV K BN OR STRONG PRK8IOK8
Democratlr Candidate for Attorney
General Makes Stirring Address—
Flays Cohh and \VlrkersHam and
Knroglz.es Sulzer.
(Special to the Prospector.)
JITNKAU, Oct. 9.—George Grigsby,
the Democratic candidate for Attor
ney General for the territory, address
ed an audience here Saturday even
ing on the issues of the campaign.
Despite the fact that there were sev
eral other attractions the meeting
drew a large audience, and Grigsby's
address was enthusiastically received.
Governor Strong presided at the
meeting. Mayor Stewart opened the
meeting and introduced Gov. Strong,
who spoke for a few minutes in be
half of Mr. Grigsby, according him
high compliment for his ability and
integrity, and urged the people to
vote for him. He then introduced the
candidate.
Mr. Grigsby made an extremely
strong argument, backed by docu
mentary proof, why he should he the
choice of the people at the coming
election. He exposed Cobh's treach
ery to the Democratic party, and com
pletely exploded the charges made by
•teorge Schofield, the Republican can
didate for the office. He also showed
pictures of .<> hofield’s Seattle resi
dence and office, and charged him
with being a hyphenated Alaskan.
A large part of fTis address was de
voted to Delegate Wickersham. He
characterized the supporters of Mr.
Wickersham as of three classes; hero
worshippers who refused to see facts;
those who regard him as a fighter,
and those who vote for him to get
even with someone else. He produc
ed records to show that Wickersham
was not a lighter; that he is ineffi
cient that he imposes upon the cred
ulity of the people by mis-stating
facts. He demonstrated to the satis
faction of his audience that Wicker
sham has never led in progressive
matters, but grabbed tile tail end of
some movement, and usually pulled
back instead of pushing it forward.
Grigsby's speech was exceptionally
well received; he was accorded gen
erous applause, and unquestionably
made a hit with his hearers.
The report being sent out from Ju
neau that the betting is two to one
that Wick will carry the First division
is a canard. At the beginning of the
campaign one Wickersham partisan
bet twenty dollars even money that
Wickersham would carry the division
but since that time the betting has
been confined entirely to the size of
iSulzer's majority in the division, the
bets running all the way from 600 to
1500 majority for Sulzer and all at
even money.
GENEROSITY OK ALASKAN
MINERS AGAIN SHOWN
Among the passengers for the out
side on the launch Nancy Bell last
Saturday night was James Burton,
widely known in- Alaska and particu
larly in this district as "Overland
Jim.” Mr. Burton is on his way to
Rochester, Minn., to undergo surgi
cal treatment for a complication of
diseases. He has been in failing
health for some time and being un
able to work his finances were soon
exhausted. The necessity for prompt
treatment for his malady prompted
friends to raise a purse for his bene
fit and the miners and others respond
ed so liberally that the sum of $1147
was soon raised and a draft for that
amount on which the bank would take
no exchange was turned over to Bur
ton before his departure.—Iditarod
Pioneer.
Five Aeroplanes Brought Down.
PARIS, Oct. 9.—At the Somme
front yesterday there were seventeen
aerial engagements. The war office
announced today that five German
aeroplanes were brought down and
others were badly damaged.
S & W canned fruits and vegetables
at Blum’s.
MRS. A. J. DREXEL
Sh» Gats a Raceivar For
Huaband’a Yacht Earnlnga.
Hlgli Water Along Road.
A report from Wortman's this
morning states that the torrential
rains of the past 24 hours have rais
ed the streams In that vicinity to
the freshet point and that for the
time being the trail Is Impassable be
tween that point and Valdez. Several
points in the canyon are flooded and
the strea n is cutting around the
bridge at Mile 16.
Dally Weather Report.
Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 8, 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.872
Temperature 6 p. m.42 ^
Maximum temperature .48
Minimum temperature .41
Mean temperature.44.5
Precipitation . 1.40
Cloudy, wind S. W., 5 miles; steady
downpour of rain all day.
MYRTLE F. BILLINGS,
Meteoroiogfst.
Interior Trail Report.
Valdez, Alaska, Oct. 9, 1916.
Fairbanks, 38, cloudy, calm, no
mall.
Salcha, operator out.
Richardson, 32, cloudy, foggy,
trail soft, river rising; one auto
here with four passengers going
south.
McCarty, 36, cloudy, calm, trail
fair.
Donnelly, 40, cloudy, light wind,
trail bad, N. C. Co. freight team re
laying supplies for Donnelly and Mc
Carty.
McCallum, 28, bunch of passengers
Including Lieut. Jones stuck in mud
near here, trail bad.
Paxson, 40, cloudy, calm, trail bad.
Hogan, 30, cloudy, raining, trail
bad, north stage leaving Sourdough;
teamB leaving for Gulkana.
Gulkana, 60, cloudy, calm, trail
fair, Blanchfleld auto with four pas
sengers departed south 6 a. m.
Copper Center, 48, cloudy, calm,
trail fair, southbound mail 7 a. in.
Tonslna, operator out, McDonald
north with 4 passengers, 6 a. m.;
Edgecomb auto north, with four pas
sengers; Master Signal Electrician
Loghry north, en route to Fairbanks.
Telkhell, 44, cloudy, calm, trail
good, Charles and Infantryman arriv
ed 5 p. m. yesterday, departed north
8 a. m. today.
Beaver Dam, 42, clear, calm, trail
muddy, ten mushers and Road Com
mission outfit departed south yester
day.
Summit, operator out.
Wortman's, 42, cloudy, raining,
trail bad north, impassable south
with team or auto on account of the
water at the 16-mile post cutting
around a bridge; canyon flooded In
various places; Johnson with Signnl
Corps team returned to this station
at 2:30 p. m. yesterday unable to
make Valdez on account of the high
water; 11 mushers south at 7:30 a.
m. this morning; Mels Jepson hauling
j freight to Thompson’s Pass.
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The N. & S. leaves the Valdez dock
on regular sailing days. See adv.
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug
Company. tf
The Oolden North, the House of
Comfort. tf
Don’t Torget the Clearance Sale at
the Owl Drug Co.
Banquet Steel Ranges, plain and
polished tops, at Mead’s. tf
Prospector ads. bring RESULTS.
Notice of Hale of Rea] Estate.
In Commissioner's Court for Valdez
Precinct, Territory of Alaska—-In
Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of H. B.
Wiltse, a Minor.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned will sell at the front door
of the federal courthouse in Valdez,
Alaska, on Tuesday, October 24, 1916,
at 2 o’clock p. m., the following de
scribed real property to-wit: an un
divided one-half of three certain lode
mining claims situated near Wells
Bay, in the above-named precinct,
known as the Big Buffalo Nos. 1, 2,
and 3; pursuant to an order and li
cense to sell made by the above-en
titled court on August 29, 1916.
Dated September 26, 1916.
B. O. WILTSE.
Guardian of the estate of H. B. Wiltse
a minor.
First publication Sept. 25, 1916.
Last publication Oct. 16, 1916.
Publish Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16. 4t
I. O. O. F. No. 6
Meets every Monday evening in Mc
Kinley Hall at 8:00 o’clock.
Visiting members cordially invited to
attend these meetings.
C. C. RUDOLPH, N. G.
T. G. QUINN, Sec.
Valdaz Miners Union No. 188
Wat tarn Fadaration of Minart
ROBERT SHAFFER. Mia*
CraaMa Miaa.
CHAS. McCALLUM^SyaU^.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Fiw ul AwtfM Mums
Ra filler Communications drat 1M
uaaday In sack montk in McKinley
Halt Visitor* always welcome.
F. U. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary
When In Seward Step at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
atonal sexton, prop
STRICTLY FIR8T CLASS
Fourth At®. Seward. Alaska
BIG CLEARANCE SALE
OF
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MEN’S AND YOUTHS’ SUITS
Men’s Suits, Regular Value up to $35.00,
sales price from $5.00 to $15.00
Young Men’s Suits, $12.50 values, sales
price $6.25.
Men’s Cravanetted Overcoats, $25.00
values, $7.50.
These goods are worth full value hut are broken in sizes. If we
have your size you can get a bargain.
S. BLUM & COMPANY, Inc.
GOOD GOODS
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OOleea over Valdes Drug to.
Phone’IB McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon. U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U. S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
tiradnate .National University,
Waahtagton. D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Ofllce Rooms in Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OIn Opposite Coart House
Phase M VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS B JT RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OOlrra la Wbsllap Rulldlnc
Phoae 10) VALDEZ. ALASKA
J. L. REED
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Phoae Ml VALDEZ, ALASKA
EDMUND SjMIjTH
LAWYER
Suits 1212 American Bank Building
SEATTLE, WASH.
Special Attention Given to all Alaako
Business.
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ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdes. Alaska
Don’t fall to attend the grocery sale
at Blum’s.
Pioneer Bunk Rouse.
You can do your own cooking and
housekeeping at the Pioneer Bunk
house on Keystone Avenue. Price
$2.50 per week. tf
The time of night makes no differ
ence in the price. City Express, tf
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
at Blum’s.
Try the Cottage uining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker. Phone 181. M
SAW canned fruits and vegetables
at Blum’s.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdes
Drug 8lore. tf
The best dinner at the Arcade
Cafe. tf
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everytluag First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
i Paid AdvcrlisriiH-nt i
For
Attorney General
of Alaska
GEORGE GRIGSBY
Election November 7.
Till': iikst rut
VOl' I AN OKKKR
jour wife is a live insurance
Im11ii j on >out' home. Imagine
her grief ami jour remorse if
ihe home were destroyed and
yon hud no money lo replace
il. No priideiil mau goes with
oni iiiMiranee. Prove your pru
dence and affection by having
us insure you today.
Valdez Ileal Kstalc Agency
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
See our windows for Bargains at
the Owl Drug Co.
Malted Milk Chocolate at the Val
dez Candy Kitchen.
Malted Milk, hot and cold, phos
phates of all kinds, and hot drinks j
at Hunt's.
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An up-to-date Itne of cook stoves j
and ranges at Mean’s. tf
_
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
flee.
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland's. i
Prices reasonable. *
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
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
LAUNCH N & S
I,raven every Wednenday at 9 a.
in. from \ aide* Dock for Cella
ninr. I.mullock. and I'ldalffo.
l.eaven e%ery Saturday at © a. at.
from \ aide/. Dock for Cedar Bay*
Well* lln >. Port Welln and (irta
Ite Mine.
POliTAOK BAY AND OTHER
POINTS BY' CONTRACT
W. J. CALLAGHAN
OfVNKK A\D MASTRH.
HOMES to LEASE
We have houses in desirable locations and we
will have others later. We will rebuild or improve
to suit acceptable tenants, but will rent on yearly
lease only.
We want permanent tenants not transients.
TERMS MODERATE.
Apply to
CHARLES A. EBY
Manager Real Estate Department H. D. Reynolds
Company, Valdez, Alaska.