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FRIDAY, AUC5UST 15, 1913.
THE PREVENTION OF TYPHOID.
Statistics recently prepared by
health authorities of the federal
government, show that typhoid
fever costs the nation the huge
sum of $150,000,00(1 annually.
Absolutely accurate statistics
regarding typhoid are impossible
to obtain, owing to the lack of
registration of disease in many
stales. Basing his figures upon
the population of the nation as
compared with that of districts
from which accurate information
is obtainable, the experts con
clude that there are annually in
t his coirtry bet tween 150,000 and
200,000 eases of typhoid fever,
with from 20,000 to 25,000
deaths, the death rale varying
between to and 15 per cent of
the cases.
All of these cases are avoid
able, because1 of recent discover
ies of an anti-typhoid vaccina
tion by Sir A. E. Wrigbl of SI.
Mary’s hospital, London. This is
simply the injection' under the
skin of the arm of the bacilli of
the disease, killed to deprive
them of reproductive power and
suspended in normal saline solu
tion. Three inoculations, at in
tervals of ten days, are advised,
and the results obtained are won
derful.
In the Lniled Slates army the
death rate from typhoid in I‘JO I
was .0 i per thousand. In 11)02
it was .SO. Sanitary measures
reduced it greatly in the follow
ing years, blit, the greatest reduc
tion in I lie death rate came after
anti-typhoid vaccination was
adopted. This was voluntary in
1 'JIM), and the death rale dropped
from .2K in that year to .Mi in
1!»I (I, the lowest on record in file
army in that date. In I'J I I such
vaccination was made compul
sory, and the figures are aston
ishing. The death rale dropped
from .11 in that >ear to .Hi in
1912.
The record shows that in the
Spanisli-Ameriran ■ war. out of
120.000 men engaged, there were
20.000 cases of typhoid with I .
400 deaths. In a recent mobiliz
ation the only case id' typhoid
was that of a teamster not sub
ject to the army of regulations.
In the navy, the number of ty
phoid cases dropped in live years
from 20(5 to .'L
In the face of such established
records, it is surprising that the
health authorities of cities .and
states are not more active in urg
ing anti-typhoid vaccination.
NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE
WEST.
Tin* .Milwaukee railroad is
building iOO miles of new mad
in Montana and lias ,jusl arrang
ed lo invest -SI i,000.00(1 in new
rolling slock, most of which will
he required for its new lines west
of I he Missouri river. The Son
line is rushing work acmssMon
lana, headed for Tacoma and the
Puget Sound country, with the
plan of securing connection here
with one of I tie great Canadian
railway 'systems. The (). \V. It.
A ,\. has already announced its
plans for extensive . improve
ments nf ils terminal facilities
in Tacoma and oilier railroad
companies are planning enlarge
ments of llieir facilities ('or tak
ing advantage of the shipping
I hat is In reach the. coast through
the Panama canal.
These railroad managers real
ize the rapidity with which pros
perity spelling development is
coining to the West and North
west and are making plans to
share in it, in spite of the un
favorable conditions in the mon
ey market, due to European war
troubles and oilier outside cauws
es. The activity is proof that Ihe
great transportation interests are
not worried about the future of
their investments in the great
'Pacific Northwest.
Moose dance Saturday.
GOT AFTER HIM AT LAST.
Th* Back Number Old Actor Felt That
Hia Tima Had 8urely Coma.
“George Ade told me this one,”
said John Drew. “An old timer
—a performer I think he would
have, called. himself-r-Jtad "been in
vaudeville until it had swept right
past .him. lie had started wlicn it
was called ‘variety/ and-it had be
come ‘vaudeville’ with the passing
years, and there were ‘big time’ and
‘small time’ and a multitude of
gradations' of the scale of those
within its domain. But with all
the changing conditions this per
former had not changed his act.
‘it’s good enough, Bo,’ he told any
one who suggested that it might be
becoming a little moldy. The re
sult was that he dropped from one
grade of house to a lower grade un
til he found himself ‘opening the
show,’ the meanest spot on a vaude
ville bill, in a cheap vaudeville and
pictures theater. ,
“It so happened that this theater
charged 20 cents for the first ten
rows of 6eats and 10 cents for those
back of that dividing line. There
was a great demand for the 10 cent
seats, while the first ten rows re
mained practically empty. At this
opening matinee there was a crush
in back, making it impossible to
seat all the ten centers.
“ ‘Why can’t we take these seats
that are empty?’ they asked. The
manager, striving to please, told
them as soon as the show opened
they could take any of the twenty
cent seats that were vacant.
“Out came the old ‘performer.’
He began his act as he had begun it
for twenty years—dusting off the
furniture and springing Joe Miller
gags.
Can we go now ? tliey asked
the manager. And the manager
said, ‘Go ahead!’
“So that ten cent audience be
gan climbing over the seats of the
twenty cent section. The old per
former took one look and left the
stage on the run and forever. His
last words as he passed the door
keeper, going due south, were,
‘They’re after me at last!”’—Chi
cago Tribune.
He Made Sure.
A comely Scotch maiden had
among her numerous admirers in
the village a bashful carpenter and
undertaker. At last he spoke; but,
alas, he was too late. She had given
her promise to another, and that
other she wedded. It so happened
that within the first year the young
husband died, and the widow be
thought herself of her old sweet
heart and gave him the collin to
make. He did so, and, allowing
what he considered a decent time to
elapse, he again proposed. Alas,
he was again too late! Strange to
say, the second husband was short
lived, and again the carpenter had
the coffin to make. Then he re
solved to east delicacy aside, and
just as he drove the last screw firm
ly home he touched the arm of the
twice widowed fair and asked:
“Has onybody spoken to ve yet?”
lie was in time. — London An
swers.
In the Jungle.
In the Fifth avenue window of a
certain dealer in phonographs there
is a sign advertising the merits of
music in general and of the dealer’s
machines in particular. It begins:
“Music hath charms to soothe
tl'.e savage beast” (sic).
That statement challenges atten
tion. You immediately think of
the yowling cat in the back yard,
and an investment in a talking ma
chine seems to be a household ne
cessity—as much so as fly screens.
That and no more seems a nice lit
tle advertisement for music. But
read the next line:
“Come in. We have just what is
best for your taste.”—New York
Post.
Food and Digestion.
One of the biggest mistakes about
food which people make is to for
get that the true value of food to
anybody is the measure of its di
gestibility. Half a pound of cheese
is vastly more nourishing, as re
gards its mere composition, than
half a pound of beef; but, while the
beef will be easily digested and
thus be of vast service to us, the
cheese is put out of court altogether
for ordinary folks by reason of its
indigestibility. We should bear this
rule in mind when we hear people
comparing one food with another
in respect of their chemical value.
A Tart Retort. *
Mrs. Oyle Blank advertised for a
maid and got a lot of answers. From
the cloud of applicants she chose
one. And ere long there was trou
ble in the family. The maid had
been employed elsewhere, and she
knew the difference. On a day of the
days the lady became acrimonins.
“Do you call yourself a lady’s
maid?” “T used to, ma’am,” replied
the servant, “before I worked for
vou.”
”■ Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
"BAKERY ,n-connect,on
" everything good
JACK CALUN A CO.
GUY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry'call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
is my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leave* once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK: for
PORT WELLS and
Way Ports.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
BARGAINS
ADLER will sell ”
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a barga'n.
A Five-room house with ten
foot shed for less than lumber
cost.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
S'iRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward, Alaska
FOR SALE—“Quick Meal” oil
stove. Suitable for camp use.
Perfect order, Inquire Mu.
Shepard.
They are all good live pictures
at the Orpheum tohight.
Bring your job work to the
Prospector office.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. in. to 9 p. in.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
.. m. and 5 to 6 p. in.
The Order of Alaskan Moose
For Sale Cheap.
Twenty-eight foot Racine mo
tor boat hull. Inquire of E. P.
Cashina.t
NOTICE OF SEIZURE.
In I lie District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Di
vision.
United Stales of America, Lib
elant, vs. one ship’s boat, her
tackle, apparel, furniture and
equipment.
Whereas a libel of information
has been tiled in the above court
on the 14th day of July 1911. mi
behalf of the United States again
st the above mentioned ship’s
boat, her tackle, apparel, furni
ture and equipment; and where
as the substance of said libel of
information, is that the said
ship’s boat, her tackle, apparel,
furniture and equipment were
seized on the 25th day of July,
1910, and turned over to the Unit
ed States Marshal who now holds
tile same at tin port oi unaias
ka, Alaska, as forfeited to the
United Stales for the reason that
the same was then and there
found engaged in unlawfully kil
ling fur seals within ttie waters
of Alaska, and praying that the
said ship’s boat, her tackle, ap
parel, furniture and equipment
be condemned and sold for use of
the United Stales.
Now therefore, in pursuance
of the monition under the seal
of said Court to me. directed and
delivered, 1 do hereby give public
notice to all persons claiming
the said ship’s boat,, the tackle,
apparel, furniture and equipment
or in any manner interested
therein, that they be and appear
before the United Stales District
Court for the Territory of Alas
ka, Third Division, to be held at
Unalaska, in and for the said
Territory and Division, on the
18th day August .1913, at 10
o’clcok in thn.Jfife.noion of that
day, provided the same shall be a
day of jurisdiction, otherwise cn
the next day of jurisdiction there
after, then’ and there to inter
pose their claims and to make
t,hei’r allegations in that behalf,
and that in event of their fail
ure so to do default and condein
nfction will be ordered.
H. P. SULLIVAN.
United States Marshal for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Divi
sion .
GEORGE R. WALKER.
Shushana Shoes
The shoe to land you at the new
diggin ’s is the
HUNKIDORI
A new line just* [received that
will stand the wear
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all purls
of the interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKiniey St, Valdez
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Points.!
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
IrOL °ipe, Fittings.
ft up Hotel
CUBOPfAfL
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IRONING WORRIES^
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TE- F.PHONE COMPANY.
Steam Heat Electric Ligtiul
THE COPPER BLOCK1
Finely Furnished Rooms AH Modern Conveniences
Good Tiir OIICCCT G 0 °d
Goods Int Durru g°°^s
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I ¥ Tit ¥ DFlj and Building
Puget Sound u V/ IVlDlIilX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
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