Sty? Sailg Proapertnr
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STEWART & SELBY, Proprietor*
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Daily Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mail Matter,
July 23. 1912. at the nostoffice of Valdez,
Alaska, under act or March 3, 1379.
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Tl'ESDAY, MARCH 20. 1017
*AY "YES,” MY GIRL, SAY “YES.”
IF he loves his mother anil loves his
A brother,
And loves his sister, too;
If he loves his dog and loves his horse.
And his love Is re«Llly true;
IF he loves the flowers and vine clad
A bowers.
And birds are his delight;
If he loves his books and loves bis home,
And loves the fireside bright—
THE chances are he'll love you, too,
Love you and guard you and ever be
true;
And If he comes courtin'—well.
You’ll know what to do—
Say "Yea," iny girl, say “Yes."
—Harvey E Westgate.
HANDS OFF!
BEHIND the telegraphic dispatches*
Mating that Secretary of War Baker |
is considering the transfer of the j
Alaska Road Commission to the In- 1
»erior Department, as in the project 1
by the Department of Justice to move
the seat of the court to Anchorage, the
hand of the Alaska Engineering com
mission is plainly evident, and the
next move will be to transfer the ■
troops at Fort Liscum to the railrc;.
town. So far nothing more than a
protest against the attempt to move j
the court has been made, hut the time j
is rapidly approaching when more j
and greater efforts will have to he I
made to prevent the gobbling up of
everything not chained down, or an
chored by nature, to the new railroad
town.
The Alaskan Engineering Commis
sion was created by the government,
for the express purpose of building a
railroad, and we would advise, appre
ciating that the advice is not sought!
and will not be followed, that the i
Commission confine its activities to ^
ihe purposes for which it was creat
ed. This advice is founded on the ex
perience Valdez has undergone. Once
upon a never-to-be-forgotten time a
certain promoter started a railroad
cut of Valdez. It was a worthy pro
ject and a most sensible one had he
stuck to railroad buildings, but he
branched out! He possessed a burn
ing desire to own all of the business
es and most of the real estate in the
1 town, and as a result he built no rail
road, he controlled no business, and
his real estate has passed to others.
From this the moral is apparent that
he or they who would be successful in
a venture should stick to that venture
and not attempt to bite oil more than
they can masticate.
The bill providing for the construc
tion of a railroad in Alaska and the
creation of an Engineering Commis
sion also fixes the sum of $35,000,000
for the completion of the road. From
present appearances this sum is not ,
going to be more than sufficient for j
the purposes for which it .was appro-'
priated. If the Engineering Commis
sion permits itself to be drawn away11
from the main purpose of jts exis
tence; if it centers its endeavors on
Anchorage instead of the railroad; if
it attempts to make that town some
thing which nature clearly ljever in
tended it should be; and if it lays out
its expenditures along these lines, it
will soon find itself with its money
gone, no railroad, and no Anchorage.
We think it quite probable the
members of the Commission will say
that they understand their business
better than we do. Quite right! Wo
do not profess to know much about
I railroad building, and we assume we
| nre right In asserting the members of
i the commission do not know any more
; about the cost of maintaining the
court, the needs of the territory in
regard to court headquarters, or the
| requirements of the territory with re
cpect to wagon roads, than we know
about railroad building. We even go
farther and state that we are probably
better posted 'ban the Engineering
Commission in regard to the court ai.'l
need for wagon roads, and if the En
gineering Commission does not lii<j
interference with its plans for rail
road construction it should bear in
mind that the people of the territory
do not like its interference with their
plans.
Let the Engineering Commission
stick strictly to building a railroad,
and when that is done; when it ha«
been demonstrated that Anchorage L
going to be an i.ll-the-year-round open
port; that it Is going to he a big min
ing center with a permanent popula
tion, and that a majority of the peo
ple of the Third Division are going
to be benefited by making that town
the headquarters of the court, head
quarters of the Road Commission, the
military headquarters for the terri
tory. then it will be time for the
Commission to take such steps as are
necessary to secure these things. Un
til that time conies let it keep its
hands off the other towns and attend
strictly to its knitting.
WHY BAKKR IS COMING.
THERE can be no doubt that Sec
retary of War Baker is planning a
trip to Alaska for no other purpose
than with a view to preparing for the’
fortification of its coasts. Aside from
the fact that an enemy on the Pacific
could find rich booty here, or could at
least destroy much property, there is
the consideration that an enemy'
which could win Alaska as a base
would become formidable. In these
days of airships and submarines, par
ticularly submarines, Alaska would
serve as a splendid point of attack
against the United States. At the
I resent time there is no powerful na
tion within some thousands of miles
of the states proper, but the Alaska
peninsula reaches to within about a
thousand miles of Japanese territory.
Parts of that peninsula, if not all of
it, are nearer to Japan than to any
part of the United States. The san e
is true of Russia and Russia and
Japan are today in alliance.
With the exception of America
great powers always try to appear
triendly until the time has come. The
more they wish to try to conceal thei.
fell designs the more friendly do th
wish to appear, in the manner of in
dividual thieves.
Alaska will have to be fortified.
When Russia sold it for a little over
seven million dollars the Russians
and Americans both thought the bar
gain fine-—for Russia. Nowadays
when it produces scores of millions
annually, through the development
work of Americans, it is not so des
picable. It is indeed a rich prize
waiting for the first freebooter unless
he sees a gun pointing right between
his eyes.—Juneau Dispatch.
BRITAIN WELL SUPPLIED.
THAT the British munition facto
ries are virtually independent of thej
United States, after ttvo and one-half
years of war, is the conclusion that
may be drawn from news dispatches
of the past two or three days. One
of these dispatches was to the effect
that the British government had with
drawn its inhibition against the Had
fields, who had some weeks ago re
ceived an American navy order, which
was cancelled by the ukase of the
British government.
At the time England refused to per
mit the British concern to fill the con
tract with the United States govern
ment it was officially announced that
so long as English factories might be
needed for home production, permis
sion to accept foreign contracts would ’
be denied.
Coupled with this evidence of
Fritisli independence is a significant
statement from Philadelphia that
1,800 men employed by the Baldwin
Locomotive works in making 13-inch
shells fcr the Entente Allies were
laid off because of completed con
tracts. It was announced coinciden
tally that within six months other
contracts for war munitions which are
now being filled in Philadelphia, will
have been completed.
It is a wall known fact that the
British munitions factories have been
running at maximum speed for mor->
than a year. The capacity was rela
tively small when the war broke out
and when the British public learned
with a shock that the pressing need
on the western front was shells with
out limit the ministry of munitions
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
was formed under David (doyd
George with results that speak elo
(•uently not' only for the organizing
ability of the present premier, byt
also of the success of the British in
adopting German intensive methods.
'I M K decision of the Supreme Court
in the- railroad bill places another
tax of StiO,000,000 upon the people
of the Baited States, for tiie people
are the ones who will pay it. While
it amounts to only about sixty cents
per capita the principle is so ttjtterly
at variance with all preconceived no
tions of iaw and equity as to be al
most revolutionary in character, if
the courts, at the request of an ad
ministration, can set the hours and
wages on railroads it has the right to
set the hours and wages on steam
ship lines, and if on steamship" lines,
under the interstate commerce laws,
which are becoming more and more
e lastic as time goes Icy. it is hut a step
to street, car lines, light plants, and
all public utilities; and then when
there are no more worlds to conquer
in the line of public enterprises, the
law can easily be construed icy a
triendly court to embrace all private
enterprises. Too much power is a
had thing,— for a nation, a people, a
president, a court or an individual,
and ultimately leads to internal strife
and revolutions.
NEWS dispatches today report the
Germans in full retreat along a fifty
mile front. Word has undoubt-,
edly reached them that Terrible Ted- j
dy and his sons are coming.
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COAL SHORTAGE COMES
TO LAND IN WAR THROES
ROME, March 20.—With coal sell
ing at $60 a ton and the government
gradually taking over all existing
-upplies and prohibiting its use by
hotels and boarding houses, and with
ms, electricity dear or the supply
reduced, Italian households and busi
ness offices have had to revert to the
ancient method of burning finely j
powdered wood charcoal in a two |
gallon earthern jar. The jar is filled
full of charcoal dust, placed in the
open air or near an open window and
some live coals of wood or charcoal
put in the center of the dust. Slow
combustion is started and gradually
the entire surface of the dust burns
to ashes while the smouldering fire*
reaches downward. When, after 12 J
hours, no more smoke, or little gas \
is given off, the heated jar is placed j
in the cold room and let stay there {
for 24 hours alter which a fresh layer j
of dust is placed in the .iar and the
i (ices;; rtp, rd. Before the war this
means of heating had been abandoned
except by the very poor.
GRK.VTKR IXKH1 CROI’S *
I'RGKU »*Y IKH STOX
WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. 20.—
Greater food crops and the practice
of household economies were urged
!,y Secretary of Agriculture Houston
yesterday by measures to help reduce
the cost of living. American families,
he estimated in a statement on the j
food situation, waste in their kitchens
annually more than $700,000,000
worth of edibles.
There is nothing in the situation to
justify hysteria, however, he declared,
because there is no real shortage of
food in the country.
Mr. Houston emphasized the im-1
portance of the food cost investiga
tion directed by President Wilson
and held out hope that increased
acreages this year may insure great
er food supplies. Wheat and potatoes,
he said, were unusually short last
year, but nevertheless there will be
enough to supply very nearly nor
mal needs.
The food problem cannot be solved
in the secretary's opinion, through
price fixing by the federal or state
governments, but by “intelligent
planning and constructive action in
conjunction with the operation of j
normal forces.” j
PLAN TO CURTAIL RETAIL
CREDIT SYSTEM OPPOSED j
LONDON, March 20.—The govern- j
ment's suggestion that the retail ere- j
(lit system be suspended on grounds
of national economy has created a
stir in the retail trade. Probably
two-thirds of the retail shopping is
done on credit in this country and
the government’s idea if carried out
will while effecting economy produce
inconvenience both to the storekeep
ers and the public. The practice has
been to charge more to customers
buying on credit. The wealthier
classes have been indifferent to this
extra cost because they wanted the
goods as a matter of convenience. It
is the poorer and middle classes who
are hit hardest by the proposed
change, because the credit allowed
by the shopkeepers has relieved them
of a small financial difficulty which
they may be under for a time.
H. Mills was an outgoing passen
ger on the Alameda for Seattle.
C. H. Lamprey of Cordova, who
has been here attending court, re
turned home on the Alameda.
Good
Goods
Phone 12
Moderate
Prices
ATTEND
The “Pure Food” Show at the Moose
Hall to-day and this evening and
Visit Our Booth.
“HOLLYHURST”
PRIZE CONTEST
Secure a ticket at our booth and mark on it your guess of the
Number Of “HollyhursV Eggs In The Baskets.
FIRST PRIZE
SECOND PRIZE
THIRD PRIZE
10 Doz. Eggs.
5 Doz. Eggs.
3 Doz. Eggs.
Sample the S. & W. Fruits on display.
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. ! ilverman Ph. G. M. D.
Proprietor.
Boric Block Valdez
(iKHM.WY HOLDS (HI.YL
MINKS OF FRANCK
BKRLIX. March 20.-The French
districts in German hands contain
2,845 ol the 2.0.247 communes of the
republic. In time of peace the occu
pied territory produced 1,500,000
tons of grain, or nearly one-quarter
of the entire French harvest, togeth
er with 70 per cent of the sugar beets
taised in France.
The occupied provinces also contain
25,70.3 ol the 130,000 factories and
practically all of the iron and coal
mines of the republic. In the last fis
cal year, before the wai and the taxes
paid by the conquered districts reach
ed M 02.000,000.
C. C. Keenan, foreman at the shops
of the Copper River & Northwestern
i ailroad at Cordova, who has been
here for several days as a member of
the Grand Jury returned home on the
Alameda.
Lowney's Box Candies at Hunt's
Candy Kitchen.
Spitzenberg and Yellow Newton
Apples at Keystone Produce Co. 3t
Hot drinks are in full swing at the
Candy Kitchen. *f
CRESCENT
IS SURE
BECAUSE
IT
RAISES
THE
DOUGH
ALWAYS
SOI/1) BY UROCKKS
25c lb. Can.
t KKSCKNT MlXi. CO..
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE S CAFE
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Delmv Cable Office*
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAKOVICH, I'ropr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—b Owl Drag Store.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT- -COLD
ATLAS JUNK CO.
WMmb and Retail Dealer, in
ALL KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
Vi CAFE & BAKERY
Cake*, Cookie* * Ban, 1 Sc per doio.
Frock, Rye aad Wkite Bread 12 1-2
cot* per leaf. Order* tako iar tpecial
occaaian.
BERGSTROM * ROGSTAD. Prop..
| PHONE 17 - Itoee deer, kebw Owl Dree
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGS SEXTON, »nor
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Foorth Ave, Seward. Alaska
Arctic Hotel
Is for the present closed.
Hatch for the Owning An
nouncement.
PHONE 133 MRS. SYRING, Prep
_ _ - s )
Sergt. D. Maxwell, who arrived
here a few days ago from Salcha, left
on the Alameda for Fort Benjamin
Harrison. Indiana.
Sergt. Brogan, of the Signal Corps,
left yesterday on the Alameda for Se
attle en route to Fort Leavenworth,
Kansas.
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. . •
, PROFESSIONAL CARDfLr
f
DR. S. W1CKES MERRITT
;
Office* over Valdez Drug < «.
•’bone ’IS McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon. U S. I’uhlic Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PH. 6. M. 0.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Over Owl Drug Co.
— OFFICE HOURS: 4
1 to 4 P. M. 7 to S P. M
Sunday by Appointment.
Res. Phone 178 Office Phone lb*
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Grtlute Natftoatl Daft versify
WuklafftfB, D. C. g
DENTIST
Fourteen Team in Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOR.V KYS-AT-l.AW
a
Office Oaaoolte t'eurt Hone
Phene 3« VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LJTONS a fr RITCHia
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTOKNEYS.AT-LA W J
Offlepa la «> Haiti*ic llullilluic
Pkoae llll VaLUKZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
VALDEZ LODGE
SO 168 jfc,
Free and Accepted Maaona
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKtiiley
Hall. Visitors always welcome. »
P. M. BROWN. W. M
ED WOOD, Secffetary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
W. H. GARNER, President.
Granite Mine
GUST KRING, Secretary.
Valdez Alaska.