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FRIDAY, FE11RI ARY SB!. IBIS
Food will win
the War;
don’t waste it!
GOOD FRIDAY.
BE hushed, my heart, remembering
What dole was given f> - thee.
How pressed on him thy burden when.
For all the sinful sons of men.
Christ went to Calvary.
mllE mourntul journey that he made,
A Kach atep was taken for thee.
Be hushed, my heart, let clamor cease;
Prepare a chamber white with peace.
His resting place to be.
IN solemn shadow of the cross.
O son), abide till he
Who tasted death ere thou sliouldst know
JtB bitterness of utmost woe
With strength shall guerdon i hee.
ITS Via Dolorosa still
Kach life of earth ritusl see,
And in some hour, or soon or late.
Must hend beneath the crushing weight
Of earth's (lethseinane
BUT. iieart. in love and prayer look up
Beyond the awesome tree;
The heaven of heavens is reft today;
AU angels march t lie starry way
That leads from Calvary.
FOR'conquei mg the lord of life
(His mlghly legions free)
Goes forward while the ages roll;
The price of every ransomed soul
Full paid on Calvary.
-Margaret K. Songster.
NT!Ml'l/.\TIN<J THK <»KK>I A\
NKKVES
The pail- Germans, or militarist
party, is reported to be in full power
in Germany, despite the undertone of
protest against the war that has aris
en from the masses. The Hindenburg
policy of “holding out” and the Tir
pitz injunction of "steady nerves” are
still dominant. The people are in the
iron grip of the kaiser and his band
of Prussian junkers.
No doubt one reason for the
strength of the imperialists is that,
by a clever sort of official camouflage,
directed chiefly through the press, the
German people are convinced that
they are winning negatively if not
positively. The inroads of the subma
rines, according to the pabulum fed
the German people are such that En
gland has been seriously crippled and
so great that America's part in the
war will be nil. The food situation in
the allied nations also probably is giv
en the loud pedal by the militarists.
Our own internal problems during
the past few weeks, no doubt, have
been a welcome subject for the mould
ers of public opinion in Germany.
“American industries shut down; coal
famine throughout country: war at
standstill”—such, perhaps are about
the kind of headlines sent screaming
into the Berlin streets. Or, possibly
"Wilson repudiated at home; senate
demands war cabinet." may be the
tone of the dispatch from America.
It may be expected that these things
will be distorted to mislead the Ger
man public, just as much other infor
mation that indicates a slackening in
our war efforts is shaped to meet the
wishes of the militarists.
It is evident that the war makers
are determined to keep a vise-like
grip on the situation, by whatever
means may be necessary and there is
little question that so far they have
succeeded. The probability of internal
troubles, even in the face of serious
conditions at home, is remote. By a
process of levitation the German
courage is being kept up and all our
war plans must recognize the fact that
although sure to be defeated, Ger
many is still powerful.
UNCLE HAM’S LABOR PROBLEMS
Howard E. Coffin, the famous au
tomobile builder, who i* working for
$1 a year in carrying out the govern
ment’s gigantic airship program, ob
serves that seven-tenths of the prob
lems of war are industrial. In that
case, for every 1,000,000 men we
Rend to Europe the employment of 7,
million men at home la required.
Somehow,.the government done not
seem to have considered the war prob
lems In this light, although the presi
dent has said that peoples rather than
armies are waging the war. During
the first six months of the American
war there were 3,000 recorded strike?
in the United States, most of which
affected some phase of the govern
ment's war problems. Probffhly 1,
000,000 men were involved In »h<
different strikes and walkouts during
the critical period of our preparation?
! for the struggle.
Obviously, there is something
I wrong about waging war in such wise.
i From the standpoint of actual result?
: not considering the disastrous moral
I effect it would have produced, the
! United States could have better af
forded to have a strike of 1.000,000
-soldiers than 1,000,000 men in the
j munition plants, coal mines, ship
j yards, lumber camps and the other in
jdustries which are contributing di
rectly to our military preparations.
! Yet no serious effort has been made
j to correct this condition except to
j send out mediation boards to spend
days or weeks in adjusting the points
I in dispute. There is no efficiency in
I that only inefficiency and short
-sightedness. The sensible scheme
! would be to work out a system to
I prevent rather than to mediate labor
troubles in time of war.
After a time we may even get
I around to that—but meanwhile we
- are losing valuable seconds, minutes,
j hours and days in dilly-dallying. En
| gland has solved the problem by strict
| government regulation of both em
: ployer and the employe, assuring jus
tice to both and making it a penal of
fense to agitate a strike. England
| learned her lesson by hard experience.
I With England’s example before us we
have done nothing. Meanwhile the
country is reaping the harvest of its
delays.
If the war continues indefinitely—
and that is the basis on which we i
must lay our plans—the United States;
must handle the labor question intel-!
ligently. directly and fearlessly. The;
industrial strikes which marred the j
first months of our war operations
at home were a disgrace. Not to pre-1
vent a repetition of them in' 1 91S 1
would be a national crime.
SOMEWAY or another we Alaskans
cannot even get up a thrill over the
statement by Senator James Hamilton
Lewis of Illinois, the former silk
whiskered 1’opulist of the State of
Washington, that Russia will invade
this territory uuless the government
owns the railways. Jim Ham has al
ways been an alarmist. There has nev
er been a time since we can r'einem-1
ber the eloquent senator when his;
pink whiskers were not floating in
the breeze thru his running from
some imaginary evil. In his populistie
days he predicted all sorts of dire cal
j amities for the state of Washington
jin case it continued to elect republi
cans and democrats instead of popu
lists; but the electors went ahead and
drew its officers as usual and it canto
j to pass that the state waxed opulent
and mighty. It might be a good thing
! for the government to own the rail
xoads—that is if the people don’t give
a hang what kind of service they get
--but the idea of Rusisa invading Al
aska is too ridiculous to even think
of. The advance in passenger and
; freight rates will shut them olf if
I nothing else. Jim Ham run across a
i bottfe of caviar and became excited.
--
IF THE Russians invade Alaska
' with their big guns we will have a
boom, anyway.
IF ALASKA is given credit in her I
quota for the men who voluntarily en-1
listed, the government will And that
it owes us a bunch of men.
--
DID YOU ever stop to think that j
the greatest help you can give the
government is your endorsement and
your money? The Eagles have solved
the money problem, and will give a
ball tomorrow night for the purpose
of asisting the Red Cross. If you de
sire to be a booster buy one or more
tickets.
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HOI/TZHEIMER REPLIES
Judge William Holtzheimer, of
Nome, states that the reason his ene
mies have for asking his removal on
the charge of gambling and being a
pro-German and a grafter, is that he.;
being an ordinary human being, en
joys a cigar in the company of friends
and often goes to the Arctic Brother
hood Club rooms and plays panglngi
for cigars. As any one who plays the
game knows, there is little pleasure
attached to it unless you play for
something and cigars are harmless
articles.
Mrs. A. C. Hoodenpyle, wife of A.
C. Hoodenpyle, connected with the
firm of S. Blum & Co., was a passen
ger on the steamship Alaska, and will
make her home here.
Today being a holiday all govern
ment offices were closed.
PIDGIN ENGUSH IS POPULAR
in China the Lingo la Used by Both
Servants and Employers In
8peaking i® Each Other.
In China servants speak pidgin, or
business, English to their employers;
and servants from different parts of
China will use this weird language In
speaking to each other. The formation
of the sentence Is the same as In Chi
nese; the language itself Is an extra
ordinary mixture of English, Portu
guese. French and Chinese. Some of
the phrases, says Mrs. Do Burch Daly
In Au Irishwoman in China, are very
quuint and amusing.
A bishop Is called “No. 1, top side
Joss pidgin man.” "Top side" means
heaven, "joss," god, “pidgin.” busi
ness.
There Is a story of two men who
came to call upon the king of Slam
when he was staying In Shanghai.
They entered the hotel and asked the
proprietor, a courteous American, If
his majes’y were at home.
"Boy." called the proprietor, “one
plecee king have got?"
“Have got, sir,” replied the boy
cheerfully.
“His majesty is at home, gentle
men,” translated the proprietor.
One day. says Mrs. Daly, a large par
ty assembled on a steamer to bid fare
well to homeward-bound friends. Wish
ing to make certain that the Steamer
should not carry us off, we Informed
the steward In excellent Mandarin that
he was to come and warn us of her
departure. He stared blankly. Some
one tried Nlngpo dialect—no use;
Shanghai—still a blank stare. At last
my husband called out:
“BoyJ”
“Yesslr."
“Wantchee walkee can come talkee!
Sawee T"
“All right, sir; my sawee."
Servants quickly And out our likes
and dislikes In food, and act accord
ingly. A friend of mine was fond of
snipe, and often ordered them for din
ner. One evening, when an unexpected
guest arrived, she told Boy that since
there were not enough snipe she would
not eat one. Presently Boy nudged
her and remarked In a loud whisper:
"MIssee can have snipe; one plecee
man no chow!”
BESSEMER IRON AND STEEL
Original Process Involved Decarboniza
tion, or Burning Out of Excess
Carbon, by Blowing Air.
Henry Bessemer, who Invented the
method named for him In the manufac
ture of iron and steel, which revolu
tionized the Industry, was granted a
patent by the British government on
October 17, 1855. This was the first
patent given him, notes an exchange.
Additional patents were taken out In
the following December and February,
covering Improvements. Bessemer's
original process involved decarbonlza
lion. nr the burning out of the excess
carbon, by Mowing air through pig
iron. This revolutionary Invention was
due Indirectly to the Crimean war.
BesM'im r undertook to Invent an im
proved caution, but found all available
iuetuls too weak for the gun he sought
..tike, lie then began experiments
in steel muking, with the ultimate re
sult of the production of “Bessemer
steel." ills invention won for him fame
and fortune and the honor of knight
hood* Sir Henry Bessemer was born
in England, but was of French Hugue
not descent. Since his pioneer inven
tion, the process of converting iron In
to steel has been vastly Improved.
That Bora of a Fond Parent
Of course, you have a bright young
ster who says and does amusing
things, asserts a writer.
Bat all children do.
Your child has not a monopoly.
If you wish to be classed with the
worst of bores, continue your constant
eulogy of all that your child says or
does.
If, for instance, some other child
said or did what your boy or girl does,
would you think it so excruciatingly
funny?
Every bright, healthy, intelligent
child is delightful In the unfolding.
To each fond father and mother the
particular angles of understanding, as
they come to light, are most interest
ing.
But the youngster is chiefly interest
ing to yourself.
You see traits and characteristics in
the light of what you know you are
yourself. That is what makes it sound
so funny.
How about the mean little tricks
that your own child has and that you
cannot get away from? They all have
them, too. Do you tell these things?
No.
Then your wonderful tales are mere
ly another form of braggadocio. How
about it?
Everything in It* Pla«e.
Mrs. H. bad just employed a new
maid, fresb from tbe old country. Sbe
asked tbe girl to take tbe baby out in
tbe baby carriage. Gunhiide wus de
lighted. Sbe bad never seen a baby
before and from ber articulate Joy one
might think that sbe bad waited for
this moment all ber life. Mrs. II. waS^
pleased to see that the,girl was>so will
ing. Tbe baby was wrapped up and
they started. Two minutes later Mrs.
H. looked out of tbe window and her
face frose with horror. Instead of
rolling gently down tbe sidewalk tbe
way a baby should her child was being
piloted majestically down the middle
of tbe street In tbe midst of automo
biles ,lw< delivery wagons. sFrom Gun
blue's expression one could See that
she knew that ber carriage was better
than any coach on tbs avenue.
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All Del Monte Vegetables Except Aspasagas, per can.20
Bar and Powdered Sugar, per pound..121
Pearl Barley, per pound.I2! -
Ringsford Corn or Gloss Starch, per package.121 •
Lily Gloss Starch, per package.121
Elastic Starch, per package.12*
Continental Best and Riverside Corn Starch, per pkg.10
Lux Powdered Soap, per package.121
Fancy Seeded Raisins, per package.121 .
New Arrivals Jn Wheat Substitute
BARLEY FLOUR OAT FLOUR HOMINY GRITS
WHITE AND YELLOW CORN MEAL
RYE FLOUR BUCKWHEAT FLOUR
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Valdez Lodge No. 168
REGULAR communications, first
Wednesday in each month in Ma
sonic Hall. Visitors always wel
come. • I
WALTER ELLIOT, W. M.
C. C. REYNOLDS, Sec.
I. 0. 0. F.
Valdez, No, 6
Meets every Monday nignt at s.uu
o'clock p. ra., in Odd Fellows’
Hall. Visiting members cordially
invited to attend these meetings.
OTTO ELF8TROM, N. G.
K. D. N1CHOLLS, Secretary.
Fraternal Order Eagles
Valdez Aerie No. 1971
Meets every Friday night in Eagle
Hal!. Visiting Members cordially in
vited to attend these meetings.
ED. WOOD, W. P.
C. J. TODD, Sec.
Order of Eastern Star
Valdez Chapter No. 5
STATED communications, first and
third Tuesdays of each month at
Masonic Hall. Visiting members
always welcome.
RENA E. CRAWFORD, W. M.
J. A. SILVERMAN, M. *D. Sec’y.
Westers Federation of Miner*
W. M. CONLEY President.
Veldes Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Secretary.
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VALDEZ
The town of valdez
is situated at the head of
Prince William Sound, (
and is a city of probably one thou-1
sand population. It is the center
of the mining industry on the I
Sound, both copper and gold, and
is adjacent to and within easy
hauling distance of the salmon
grounds, many fresh water rivers
and streams in Valdez Bay bring
ing the fish in great numbers to
within sight of the town. The
city has one good cannery, which
will operate two lines the coming
season, employing probably one
hundred and fifty persons.
The city offers good opportuni
ties for a fish saltery, a fertilizer
factory, a glue factory, a tin can
factory and a box shook factory,
all subsidiary to the fish packing
business. The city owns its own
wharf and the Valdez Dock Com
pany, which also owns a splendid
wharf is willing to give prospec
tive investors a chance for sites.
VALDEZ has a progressive
citizenry, with good high schools,
churches, free reading room and
library, goed clubrooma and many
lodges and organizations. Rents
are very cheap, and living is but
little higher than in the States.
Many gold and copper mines
are contiguous to Valdez, making
this city their outfitting port, and
drawing from its reserve of labor.
The climate is very healthful, the
extremes of heat and cold being
rarely experienced. The mercury
rarely falls below —15 in the win
ter and 70 above is the highest
summer temperature. The sum
mers are delightful and the win
ters far better than those of the
Northern Central or Eastern
States.
VALDEZ is the coast terminal
of the government military high
way to the Interior. Dunng the
summer months autos may reach
Fairbanks from Valdez in 36
hours running time, over a fine
road, through the most magnifi
cent scenery on the North Amer
ican continent. In winter teams
or dog sleds may be had at all
times.
VALDEZ has a number of first
class hotels and restaurants, and
the traveler and, miner qan be as
sured of comfortable lodgings
a minimum expense. Parties de
siring to outfit for mining or pros
pecting can do so at our stores
far cheaper than in the States,
with men of experience to help se
lect their outfits.
If you are coming to Alaska
the Land of Opportunity, and de
sire a good home town among a
fine class of citizens, buy your
ticket to
VALDEZ
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