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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 0, 1U17
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A NATION’S STRENGTH.
n^HAT builds a nation’s pillars high
'' And Its foundations strong?
What makes It mighty to defy
The foes that round It throng?
TT Is not gold. Its kingdoms grand
Go down In battle’s shock.
Its shafts are laid on sinking sand.
Not on abiding rock.
T8 It the sword? Ask the red dust
Of empires, passed away.
The blood iiU3 turned their stones to rust.
Their glory to decay.
A ND Is It pride? Ah, that bright crown
^ Has seemed to nations sweet,
But God has struck Its luster down
In ashes at his feet.
"VTOT gold, but only men, can make
A people great and strong—
Men who, for truth and honor's sake,
Btand fast ang suffer long.
T>RAVE men who work while others
sleep,
Who dare while others fly—
They build a nation’s pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson.
THE SUBMARINE'MENACE
As the fourth year of the war op
ens the greatest menace to the allies,
I including America, continues to be
1 the German submarine. Mucji has
teen said of a favorable character by
British leaders regarding the success
of the anti-submarine campaign—
and there is no question that the dan
ger is less serious than it was a few
; months ago—but from their own
standpoint the Germans are entirely
justified in not havihg entirely lost
faith in this “sharp weapon."
When the war began Great Britain
[had between 17,000,000 and 18,000,
000 tons of merchant shipping. Now
it has about 15,000,000. Thus in the
neighborhood of 3,000,000 tons have
been lost, practically all the victims
of German submarines. Mr. Denman,
who until recently was chairman of
the American emergency fleet corpo
ration, said that the loss by subma
rines and mines is about 1,000,000
dead weight tons monthly—all of
which shows that although Lloyd
George and the British leaders prob
ably are warranted in taking an op
timistic view of the situation, the
menace has been by no means dis
posed of.
The British statistics on subma
rine losses, to some extent have been
misleading, because in the weekly re
ports of sinkings the number of ships
destroyed is given but their tonnage
is not revealed. These reports have
shown a decline in losses, but in some
instance the tonnage of the ships has
been such as to give the report a dif
ferent aspect from the one presented.
The fact is that tne campaign
against the submarine has not met
with the decisive success that was
hoped for, just as the U-boat has not
accomplished for Germany what was
expected of it. Germany is fighting a
defensive warfare on land in the hope
that it can hold out until the subma
rine defeats England. That policy is
the only hope of Teutonic victory,
and admittedly the central empire's
fortunes hang by a slender thread.
But until some means is devised to
put the submarine out of action—and
all efforts so far have only “scotched
the snake, not killed it”—the mili
tarists may be able to delude the peo
ple of Germany to keep up the war.
WELL, there is hope for the rest
of us when there are still mortals who
will get up before daylight to play
golf. Compared to such nuts we feel
real smart.
Lufkin Readies Gulkana
Wm. Lufkin, who left here yester
day morning with Andy Dieringer’s
car for Fairbanks with Deputy Mar
shal S. O. Casler and Tom E. Watson,
a prisoner, left Gulkana north this
morning, having made excellent time
on their journey.
The launch Tokeh Lou, Capt. John
Johnson, arrived in town last even
ing from Ellamar, with L. L. Middel
kamp and wife and Mrs. Harry
Brown and child. The parties are
guests of Judge F. M. Brown while
in the city.
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VALDEZ ALASKA
HEALTH AND HOUSE SCREENS
On* Effective Way to Foil the Flic* and
Mosquitoes.
It Is a duty tv protect tbe health of
tbe borne and to tight any peril that
nvay menace it. Yon may have doubts
or become discouraged when'It comes
to cleaning up and keeping so clean
that you won t have flies, or when you
try to keep them down by poisoning
or trapping, but there’s one means of
protecting yourself against flies that Is
safe and effective. This is thorough
screening. Itoors, windows and porch
es. upstairs and downstairs, should lie
thoroughly screened in summer for the
comfort of the home and tlie health of
the family Moan til toes are a health
meuace ns well as (lies, niul thorough
screening protects against both.
A few years ago screening was eon
sidered almost as Ineffective as a
means of protecting nguinsi flies as
poisoning, disinfecting and a few fee
hie efforts at cleaning up. None of
these methods prohibited flies. They
apparently -continued to come In their
usuul large number. But tbe trouble
was we did not know how to properly
use screens. Then only the kitchen
and dining room doors and windows
were screened, while tbe doors and
windows of the other part of the bouse
were left unprotected.
Later we found that not only all tbe
openings to tbe bouse must have
screens in them, but that they must
fit and be made so fly tight that no fly
could enter. This was found more ef
fective. But not until the porcbea were
screened, particularly tbe back porch,
where most of tbe food waa bandied,
did we come to know the real safety
and comfort that lay behind screened
doors, windows and porches.—Ex
change.
SPEED IN BASEBALL
i
What an Infield Double Play Meane In
Time and Action.
Making first base, though more dra
matic to watch, is an uneventful ex
peditlon compared with the trip to sec
ond it takes a fast man to negotiate
the journey in 3 3-5 seconds. No thrown
ball goes over 300 feet, and It a batted
ball travels beyond the safe limits of a
single throw it must be relayed by the
fielders. While you are watching the
outfielder scamper after the ball the
relay line is being swiftly formed in
the infield. There could be no such
quick and accurate fielding of deep
outfield bits if the outfielder taking the
ball did not know that behind him was
ranged bis line of relays ready to take
the ball the instant he could turn and
throw It.
To make a double play in the Infield
the shortstop, for example, must field
a ball that has been batted about 135
feet. He passes the ball from ten to
twenty-five feet to the second base
man, who must then throw it ninety
feet to first. AH this while the batter
is ruuulug ninety feet, a trick that, as
we have 6een, It takes a snappy run
ner to turn in 3 3-5 seconds. It’s a
close call and a case of utilizing the
fraction of a second, but with sharp
fielding the margin is all on the side
of the fielders. The double play Is the
menace ever threatening the runner on
first.
Fruit Acids as Mouth Cleansers.
Unless the teeth are very badly dam
aged or eroded the acids of fruit, such
as that contained in grapes, oranges,
lemons or apples, will be found to be a
saisfactory mouth wash. The advice
of a dentist should be sought, bow
ever, to determine the condition of the
teeth and to decide whether an alks
line or acid wash Is preferable for the
individual case. But there is no ques
tion, according to the Popular Science
Monthly, as to the efficacy of the food
acids la removing quickly and entirely
the mucous films that are the first
stages of dental decay.
An apple eaten in the evening will
cleanse the teeth mechanically and
chemically and if followed by vigorous
brushing will protect them from bac
teria during the night
Automatic Cooking Boxes.
Automatic cooking boxes were In gen
era! nee among tbe Hebrew* nearly
2.000 year* ago. Tbe Greek and Bo
man writer* frequently refer to them
In hi* edition of "Juvenile," for exam
ple, Frledlander dtea a commentator
wbo refer* to “tbe Jew* wbo a day be
fore the 8abbath put tbelr viand* hot
Into tbe cooking boxes, the pots being
covered with napkin* and wrapped
about with bay. *o that they may have
warm food on tbe Sabbath."
Hi* Sermon.
"1 need to worry about wbat 1 put
into a sermon." said tbe minister.
"Yes?”
"But when 1 found that what people
discussed was mainly tbe length of It
1 put about fifteen minute* Into It and
let It go at that”—Louisville Courier
Journal.
Love.
Love la the most powerful of spells
Every other specie* of sorcery mu*t
yield to It There Is but one power
against which It Is belples* Wbat 1*
that? It Is not fire; It Is not water;
It Is not air; It 1* not tbe earth with all
its metal* It Is time.—Hein*
Grumbler.
Jobnson—They tell me that Dobbs la
an awful grumbler. Jackson—He 1*
He Is the kind of fellow who blames
his face because It needs a shav*—
Pearson’s Weekly.
Just Pet Nam**
Liabilities are wbat you can’t pay;
assets are wbat yon can’t collect—
Puck.
Bvfl is wrought by want of thought
as well as by want of heart—Hood.
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GOOD GOODS
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ft Co., Inc. ]
Notice to Contestants
Valdez, Alaska, Sept. 6, 1917.
Having outlived the necessity for
childish necessities, I will dispose of
same as follows: To the first child
born in Valdez after this date I will
present a carriage, and to the second
I will present a go-cart.
Both will be brot up from Land
lock Bay and left at the Prospector
office for delivery to claimant. Par
ties wishing to enter contest can call
and examine goods.
HOWARD STEELE
SEATTLE, Sept. 6.—Seattle price
at noon Sept. 5; halibut 16 3-4 c;
sable fish 4c; red rock fish 3c.
LAUNCH
PATHFINDER
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
Sailing weekly ont of Valdez
will deliver passengers, mail, ex
press and fast freight at any
point on Prince William Sound.
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CAPT. BYRON SMITH
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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WE PAY
Lead 8 l-2c a pound.
Rags $2.75 a hundred.
Cast iron $83 a ton.
Rope 5c a pound.
Brass 18c a pound.
Copper 27 l-8c a popnd.
Rubber 7 l-2c a pound.
Beer bottles 27c a dozen.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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Offices in Fish Building, adjoining
Tillikum Club. .
Pkeae ’IS stcKkaley Street
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(Karine Hospital)
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