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11917 MARCH 1917
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SATURDAY, MARCH 17, l»I7
OUR KIND OF A MAN.
By JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.
[Copyright 1887, 1898, by James Whitcomb
Riley.]
THE kind of a man for you and me!
He faces the world unflinchingly
And smites, as long as the wrong
resists.
With a .knuckled faith and force
like iisfs
He lives the life he is preaching of
And loves where most is the need of love;
His voice is clear to the deaf man's ears,
And his face sublime through the blind
man's tears.
The light shines out where the clouds
were dim,
And the widow's prayer goes up for him;
The latch is clicked at the hovel door
And the sick man secs the sun once more.
And out o’er the barren fields he sees
Springing blossoms and waving trees,
Feeling as only the dying may
That God's own servant has come that !
way,
Smoothing the path as It still winds cn I
Through the golden gate where his loved i
have gone.
The kind of a man for me and you!
However little of worth we Un
He credits full and abides in trust
That time will teach us how more is just.
He walks abroad and lie iner ts all kinds
Of <|uerulous and uneasy minds.
And, sympathizing, lie shares the pain
Of the doubts that ruck us, heart and j
brain,
And, knowing this, as we grasp liis hand,
We are surely coming to under,Hand!
He looks on sin with pitying eyes- I
E'en as the Lord, since 1’aradise.
Else, should we read. Though our sins
Bhould glow
As scarlet, they shall be white as snow? i
And, feeling still, with a grief half glad,
That the bad are as good as the good are
bad, |
He strikes straight out for the right— '
and he
Is the kind of a man for you and me!
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“LEAK” ON GERMAN PLOT. |
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WANTED: A Conan Doyle, an Ed- j
gar Allen Poe, a Mary Roberts Rine
hart, a Nick Carter, or a Welville Da- ^
visson Pobt, to solve the biggest mys- j
tery of the year,—even great than
“Why did the chicken cross the road" j
and “how old was Ann.” The public |
would like to get at the facts sur- i
founding the “Zimmerman letter.” \ |
fortune could be made by the publics-)
lion of how the government got hold j
of the alleged Zimmerman letters.
Where was the "leak,” and how I
did the American secret service oper j
atives carry out their plans for get- j
ting a copy—presumably photograph-1
it—of the secret German instruction* j
from the foreign secretary at Berlin to
the German minister at Mexico City?
If one loves mystery and is facile at
deductions and in effecting “pro
cesses of elimination,” the opportuni
ties for solving the great Associated
Press mystery are unlimited; and
probably one solution will be as good
as another, for the details of the dis
covery will never become known io
an agonized public.
It appears certain that the plot was
“discovered” on American soil by
the Associated Press, at the request
of somebody, but who is the some
body? Zimmermann himself profess
ed ignorance and was profoundly tak
en by surprise that the instructions
were intercepted, particularly so be
cause they were written in a code that
is aboslutely undecipherable. Ger
many knows nothing of the leak; and
is breathlessly waiting for some one
to furnish the key to an explanation
of the affair.
Regardless of the manner in which
the plot was revealed—and it rasv
have been simple or abstruse—the
government’s secret service agency
appears to have done effective work:
and we need have no, fear that the
elaborate intelligence systems of the
European nations, of which much of
a favorable nature has been said and
| written since the war broke out, arc
'superior to or more resourceful than
I our own In fact, the American se
cret service department is credited
' with being one of the most efficient in
the world because of its splendid or
ganization and the ingenuity that
comes to it as an American trait,
i Some times their work is a li:tic
raw and crude as in the case of lire S.
ing into von Igle's desk and seen in.;
his private correspondence, and the
J robbery of tiie German consul’s rooms
>in Mexico, but it is effective in ihe
I main, and that counts as much as any
one feature of a secret service.
Ihe timely discovery of ihe Ger
man proposal to Mexico may have
prevented the evolution of a well laid
scheme in Mexico, though there is
little likelihood that the Japanese end
of the plot would have materialized.
By being forewarned as to our south
ern neighbor we are forearmed, and
we may expect to see a slump in the
German propaganda below the Rio
Grande.
But just how the plot was discov
ered and by whom, and who translat
ed the untranslatable cipher will le
main one of those mysteries in the
same class as why the government
chose Anchorage for the railroad ter
minal, or why it is apple blossom time
in Normandy.
LORD NORTHCL1FFE, the noted
British publicist, says that our ef
forts are not needed to help the Allies
s-in the war, but he expresses the hope
that we will take a hand in it just to
-how where our heart is. Somehow
we are unable to coincide with his
brand of reasoning, although no
blame can attach to him or to the
Briiish for wishing a share of the wa.'
an us. But if we get into the conflict
it will require some other reason thar.
merely proving ourselves "good fel
lows.” War is too horrible a busi
ness for tha... Although ours is a
most chivalrous and most humanitar
ian nation it can fight for humanity
culy when its own interests are in
volved.
THE Japanese consul at San Fran
cisco says the story of the German
plot was "a dream,” and adds that
such newspaper tactics would not !'•<
permissable in the Flowery Kingdom.
He says Japan has all she can do to
meet the interest on her Russian var
debts without contracting any new
ones.
MOST folks are thrown into sue!:
lapiures of pecuniary delight over the
news received today by boat that the
price of spuds has been submarined,
lliat they have little sympathy to
waste on the poor speculator who is
loaded to th*s guards for a rising mar
ket.
TIRED of the President's "puss/
footing" tactics the Colonel has do
cided to adopt 2,400 Belgian chil
dren. While the act is highly com
mendable, we will always maintain
lhat those children have not had a
square deal.
IT is said women aie inferior to
men when walking beca me they have
no pants pockets in which to put their
hands; but this does not tpply to
married women who reguir.rlv ex
plore their husband’s.
WITH the laundry, the brewery
and the canneries sending their smoke
to the sky, and the machine shop and
the planing mill adding to the din.
Valdez is a regular little Pittsburg.
AN extra session of Congress has
been called by the President for April
16, but in the meantime who is o..r
Delegate?
LEST we forget we night mention
that Thomas Marshall was also a
prominent figure in the inauguration
ceremonies.
IF IT was not for the fact that a
fool and his money are soon parted a
lot of people would have to go to
work.
IF a man could get back all the
money he has spent foolishly during
his life he probably would make an
even greater fool of himself.
EVEN a pessimist doesn’t n ‘ud
hearing a man boosted when he hap
pens to be the man who is being
boosted.
WE do not know who invented the
folding bed but we’ll bet that the bed
bug tribe has adopted him as its
iron saint.
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. K. MIUL, Pro pi-.
VALDEZ ALASKA
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NO married man will ever look
al a chicken when away from home
r.ntil one comes along.
BEFORE a woman starts a letter
to another woman she makes up her
mind as to the postscript.
ANY old time a man admits ‘hat
he is getting his share you can bet
that he is getting a little more.
AFTER a man has served on a jury
a few times he quits believing all he
heais.
THE dpmand for some things al
j ways exceeds the supply, but Trouble
j is always with us.
THE best way to save yourself a
j lot of trouble is to get rid of it.
YOU can generally tell what a man
thinks of his neighbors by finding out
>vhat bis neighbors think of him.
THE dipiodoccus and the gre-'f auk
are not any scarcer than the good
loser and the good sport.
A MAN always regards marri'V’e
as a joke until he wakes up and finds
the joke is on him.
THK CARNIVAL AND
PURK FOOD SHOW
Under the auspices of the Ladies
Aid Society of the Congregationa’
i hurch.
To be held a> Moose Hall, Tuesday,
March 20th, 1917.
11:30 to 1:30 p. in. Business
Men’s luncheon (for ladies also) of
fers a splendid bill of fare, including
fried chicken and cream gravy, South
ern style, and Royal Baked Ham a la
Virginia and other appetizing dishes.
A grand voting contest for the most
popular lady in Valdez will close a‘
10 p. m. Votes only 5 cents. Watch
the contest board at the voting booth.
The winner will receive that beautiful
green silk sweater donated by the V.
M. Co.
“Carmencila,” the unbelievable and
charming mystic will delight you
with her knowledge of your past,
present and future.
The Carnival Post Office contains
50 sacks of parcel post packages, spe- j
cially arranged for the children.
Baloons enough for everybody big
and little. Buy a balloon.
The Candy Booth will have at Tac
tions all its own—it will be the sweet
est place in town.
And there you can secure potted
plants, all in fine condition, from a i
special assortment.
Lunch will be served cafeteria style I
all day and evening and the Japanese
lea room will also be at your service.
A fine exhibition of oil paintings
by home and foreign artists will be i
worth your tin e.
Ho aot forget the sideshow—you j
■nust not miss that.
Admission to the haL is free to ev-1
crybody. i-t
KOXI>S AUK KILLED
BY SEATTLE VOTERS
SEATTLE. March 17.—The elec
tion yesterday for the choice of three
city counclimen to serve three year
terms resulted in victory for Robert
B. Hesketh, Warren D. Lane and Oli
ver T. Ericksort. All the bond pro
posals. including those for a muni
cipal market, a belt line railroad to
be constructed and operated by the
port commission, arterial highways
and a bridge, were defeated by large,
majorities. The three men elected to
the council favored the market and
belt line bonds, and the three men
beaten opposed the bonds. Hesketh
and Erickson are members of the
present council. Hesketh, is widely
known as a labor union leader, and
Erickson as an adocate of municipal
ownership and the single tax on
land values. Lane ran as a municipal
ownership candidate. C. Allen Dale,
a member of the present council and
opposed to municipal ownership, fin
ished in last place, behind Byron
Phelps and William M. Calhoun, who
were fourth and fifth in the race. j
RKI*. FLOOD HURT WITH
RAGSDALE IN ACCIDENT
WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 17 - i
Chairman Flood of Virginia and Rep
resentative J. Willard Ragsdale of
South Carolina of the Foreign Affairs
Committee of the House were injured
shortly before 2 o’clock this morning
when an automobile in which they
were leaving the capitol collided with
a taxicab. Both Congressmen were
hurled from the machine. Flooi's
right ear was almost severed from his
head when he crashed against the
windshield and he was otherwise in
jured. Ragsdale was painfully cui
about the face and suffered from the
shock.
We have a fresh line of Augustine
Kyer box candies at the Candy Kitch
en* t£
Sweepstake Stock Wanted
Wish to purchase shares of Sweep
stake Mining Stock,
tf ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Good
t Goods
Phone 12
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Moderate
t -1.
Hills Bros. Coffee
Unexcelled for Quality, Flavor
and Aroma.
The fragrance of Hill’s Coffee is a promise of fine flavor and the pro
mise is always fulfilled. Selected by experts, blended by other specialists it
is Coffee that is unequalled for flavor and aroma. There is nothing finer for
Breakfast or as an after dinner beverage. Give it a Trial.
S. & W. on the label means Quality, picked when ripe, packed or pre
served immediately is the reason why S. & W. canned Fruits, Vegetables,
Jams and Jellies are so finely flavored. They differ from the average brand
as you will fully agree when you taste them. Try a can of the following;
ASPARAGUS
ASPARAGUS TIPS
TOMATOES
SUGAR PEAS—Midget
PUMPKIN
STRING BEANS
SAUER KRAUT
BEETS
APRICOTS
PEACHES
GREEN GAGE IMA MS
SLICED APRICOTS
S1JCED PEACHES
ROYAL ANNE CHERRIES
BARTLETT PEARS
SLICED PINEAPPLE
RASPBERRIES '
STRAWBERRIES
BLACKBERRIES
LOGAN BERRIES
A KINK ASSORTMENT OF S. & W. JAMS AND JKIJJKS
S. BLUM & CO., Inc:
GOOD GOODS
VALDEZHOSPITAL
A finely equipped institution
tor the care and treatment of
eases of every character. Skill
ed nurses in attendance.
Private Rooms.
Terms Reasonable.
Jot. A. i: ilverman Pb. G. M. D.
Proprietor.
Boyle Block Valdez
First Congregational Church.
Rev. R. Deruain Nicliolls, pastor.
Sunday, March 18, 1917.
11 a. in.. Worship with Sermon
• Man Made in the Image of God; His
Mental Capacity.”
12 noon, the Sunday School—Chil
dren need religious training. Send
them to the Sunday School.
7:30 p. m. Song Service and Sei
,iiot-. “A Reason for Hope.”
Thursday afternoon. The Ladies’
Aid will meet in the lecture room of
the church. Mrs. H. R. Miller will l«o
i he hostess.
Thursday, 7:30 p. a. The mid
week meeting of the church. Third of
the series of study on “The Message
of Jesus to Our Modern Life.” The
experience of Jesus as a basis of His
teaching.
ChristiaB .Science Society.
Pioneer Hall.
Sunday service, 11 a. in., subject,
“Substance.”
Sunday School 12:15.
Testimony meeting Wednesday, 8
p. m.
Reading Room open to the public
Wednesdays from 2 jintil 5 and 7 un
til 8 p. m.
Miner Ads. bring RESULTS.
CRESCENT
IS SURE
BECAUSE
IT
RAISES
THE
BUU6H
ALWAYS
HOED BY GROCRRR
25c lb. Can.
CRESCENT MFG. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE’S CAFE
0|jen Day and Night .McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAKOVICH, l»iopr.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Rooaa--Tbe Haste of Coafort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Ratet By the Month
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Prop
CAFE & BAKERY
J Cakes, Cookies ft lw, IS* per dona.
y French, Rye aad White Bread 12 1*2
f cents per leaf. Orders taken for special
jj occasions.
\ BERGSTROM * ROGSTAD. Prep*,
j* PHONE 17 - Urn inn Wtoo-Ovl Drag
When In Sewnrd Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE.
GEORGE SEJIfON, Pmor. ;V
SYRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Reward. Alsaks
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
ATLAS JUNK CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
AIX KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rubber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Macbinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
_J043 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
-Hot-Point Irons and Electric Appli
ances have now arrived at the Empo
rium. 5t
Men’s, Ladies' and Children's Hose
can e cn the last boat for the Empo
rium. 3t
Location notices, both quarts and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Fresh candy at the Emporium. !f
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
ottti'rM over Valdez Drug Co.
Phone ’IB McKinley Mree’
Contract Surgeon, U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PH. 6. M. 0.
PHYSICIAN AND Sl'RGKON
Over Owl Drug Co.
—OFFICE HOURS:
1 to 4 P. M. 7 to 8 P. M ^
Sunday by Appointment.
Res. Phone 176 Office Phone It*
DR. H. COCKERILLE
32&M.*2rs> L“w"-uy
DENTIST
Fourteen Tears in Valdez.
PHONE no
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
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DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNBYS-AT-LAW
" omce Opposite Court House
PhOfe St VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONfc s K KITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AN-LAW
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Offlees Is « Walthf ilulldluB
Phone 101 Valdez. Alaska
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JFNEAl , ALASKA
(Hasses Fitted Lenses (around
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free aad Accepted Mason a
Regular Communications Drat Wed
nesday In each month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
P. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
W. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mine
GUST KR1NG, Secretary.
▼aide* Alaska.