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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1915
WHY KNOCK?
In another column of this paper is
,i communication from the able pen
Df Col. Millard refuting the report
that the Granite mine is going to
close down permanently. The Colonel
hits the nail square on the head when
he says, "The trouble with this coun
try is with the d- pessimists. It
is so encouraging to get capital to
open up a country with a string of
knockers at one’s heels.”
And there is a world of wisdom
In his remarks. If Prince William
Sound and the surrounding country
was knocked as bad outside as it is
at home, this place would be a wil
derness. Capital is timid enough in
investing where everything is favor
able and with the most glowing re
ports emanating from that place. It
is economic suicide to knock your
home town. Of course we know you
don’t mean It, and that you’d be
ready to fight an outsider who said
one half the mean things about Val
dez that you do, but the trouble is,
an outsider is too prone to take you
at your word. When he hears you
industriously hammering at your own
town, its industries, its citizens, its
resources, and everything in general,
he don’t know its the sour-dough pan
cakes, or the climate, or the blues
doing the talking: He thinks you
mean it, and he turns about and
cracks on sail to escape the deluge.
Now, you know, and we know, that
Prince William Sound has some phe
nomenal mines, and that thousands
of dollars worth of ore is Being ship
ped from this district every month,
and that hundreds of men are em
ployed at good wages getting out that
ore, but still, when anyone talks to
you about it, you hunch your shoul
ders up, stick your hands in your
pockety and cough up the same old
bile that nearly choked'you the week
before.
Now why not get a package of
Force, or liver pills, or common ev
ery-day salts, and be a Sunny Jim?
Two hours at the woodpile every
morning would place a halo around
the cranium of your worst enemy,
and your aura would become so re
splendent that even the dogs would
cease shying when you came by. We
have got to pull together to make a
town, and if Col. Millard, and Col.
Richardson, and Lathrop, and Blum,
and Levy, and King, and Ven Gun
ther, and Frye-Bruhn, and Love
Whitley, and Schmidt, and Rudolph,
and the Valdez Mercantile Co., and
Dougherty & Ferguson, and a host of
others are content to drop their dol
lars here, then it might be a good
thing for you to share a little of their
optimism?
All towns are dull now. Even Se
attle is not doing as much business
as she did two years ago, owing to
unsettled conditions. Part of the bus
iness depression, too, was caused
by some fellow In the east waking up
with fuzz on his tongue, after a night
out. He started the thing, and it
spread like a vast wave to the coast.
A bottle of Red Raven Splits might
have saved the country from half the
hardships it has experienced.
Valdez is in good shape. Her store
keepers have large stocks; they are
making big sales, and even the poor
est of us can sit down to three squares
a day if we want them. Work has
been plentiful, and wages are fair,
considering the fact that a hundred
thousand men are walking the streets
In the states praying for work.
Come on, now; say a good word
for the old town, and you'll be sur
prised at how it will pass down the
line, until by the time it reaches you
again it will seem like the old days
of '98, when a whisper started a
btampede.
We can’t help being optimistic.
We can see great things in store
for Valdez. And when they come,
we want to be able to crawl on the
bandwagon and share in the glory
that will redound to the loyal few
who surmounted every obstacle, and
kept the faith.
Why knock?
So long as Funston kept his atten
tion focused on the Mexicans, Texas
extended him the glad hand; but now
that he has unearthed that uniform
scandal among the militia, they
are willing to try to handle the Mex
icans themselves.
And now that the first snows of
the winter have covered the hoary
heads of the mountains with a man
tle of fleecy whiteness, the war ques
tion will be superseded by “What is
the price of coal?”
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Col. Bryan accuses the eastern pa
pers of fooling the people, and en
deavoring to foster a spirit of friend
liness for the Allies. Roosevelt is in
seclusion endeavoring to coin a word
to fit the occasion.
Thirteen nations are demonstrat
ing to the world (hat Christianity has
not advanced one whit beyond the
era of Atilla. 'Shall we make the
fourteenth?
Now that Teddy was forced to kill
that bull moose to protect himself
and his guides, can he be called the
last of his species?
The Russians are making a stand
at Zypsdlucmfwympvbgkqjxzfiflffsky,
EAGLE HALL
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Jack London’s Fine Photo Play Staged among California’s Most Ex
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Introductory Picture:—-Pdhe Weekly News
Admission, 50c; children occupying seats 25c
Sunday’s program will indude the drama,
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say the war oiBp&tches. can you nave
the heart to blame them?
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Dear People Don’t Get Excited.
The Granite mine is closed down
until we get the connection through
from the raise to the 110 foot line. In
order to reduce working expenses,
get rid of pumping and open up more
working levels, we are working three
shifts on the chute. I heard a re
mark this morning, "another bubble
bursted."
One trouble with this country is
the d--pesBlmitsts. They never
miss an opportunity to knock and it
is so encouraging to try and get capi
tal to open up the country with a
string of knockers at one’s heels all
the time.
Go to it. You are doing a won
derfully good work for the country.
B. F. MILLARD.
Series Eleven and Twelve.
Tonight at The Liberty Theatre,
Series 11 and 12 of Lucille Love will
be shown. Thursday night Series 13,
14 and 15, the end of 15 episodes or
30 reels will complete this girl of
mystery.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
John Rawson, of Cordova, which
has been attending , the term of the
district court as a petit juror, return
ed to his home on the Alameda last
night.
The Order of Alaskan Moose will
hold their annual Mushers’ Ball, Sat
urday, October 9, 1915. Baked
beans and brown bread will be served
a la ’98. Biled shirts, paper collars
and low necks are strictly tabooed.
Khakas, jeans and calicos will be the
caper. You ketchum klooch, klata
wa Moose Hall. Savvy? klO
Frank Kernan, the well known
mining man, left for Seattle on the
Alameda.
Received on last boat, a shipment
of Fresh Halibut and Ling Cod. Frye
Bruhn Co., Phone 29.
Al. Martin, of Cordova, who has
been attending the term of court,
returned home on the Alameda last
night.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Fresh cream and buttermilk always
on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
Just received, a large line of Lino
leum, Rugs and Mattresses. S. Blum
& Co. •
W. A. Munley, assistant district at
torney, was an outgoing passenger on
the Alameda last night en route to
his home in Portland. He will visit
the San Francisco exposition with his
family before returning to Alaska.
Stanfield’s Famous Unshrinkable
Underwea.' for sale at S. Blum & Co.
Every garment guaranteed. *
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Men’s waterproor Dress Coats,
$7.50 and up. S. Blum & Co. *
HELP WANTED—Woman, all
round laundry worker, must be good
body ironer, to begin work about
Oct. 12. Independent Laundry, tf
John W. Frame was a passenger on
the Alameda last night for Cordova.
FOR SALE—One-eight interest in
160 acres of Mineral Creek placer
ground for $200. Money to be used
for assessment work. Apply to “P”,
Prospector Office. *
See S Blum & Co., for the latest
3tyles in Boys and Youths Hats. *
The City Dock is the busy dock
since we began to weld cast iron,
brass, bronze and aluminum. We
always did do machine work and
blacksmithing, and do it yet. Try us
and see for yourself. Valdez Iron
Works. Th
FOR RENT—One room furnished
cabin, suitable for sleeping quarters.
Apply Mrs. Clias. Kraemer. tf
How does a ride to Camp Comfort
with a dance and a dinner before re
turning strike you? Fresh killed
chickens and Alaska vegetables at
your command. . For particulars see
CITY EXPRESS.
tf Phone 82.
“The Valley of the Moon" in six
interesting acts on Thursday even
ing in Eagle Hall. Also Introductory
picture. Pathe Special Weekly News
edition. * '
Four prisoners who will serve
twelve months each in the McNeil
island penitentiary, were taken out
on the Alameda last night. The pris->
oners were in charge of Deputy
Marshals A1 Dowling, Frank HofTman
and Ike Evans.
Don’t Let The Rain
Worry You.
The Mallory Hat Is Waterproof.
We carry a large assortment—All
styles and colors.
Price $4*00.
StanfieldUnderwear Is Non
shrinkable.
Price per suit, $4.00
s. BLUM & co.
GOOD GOODS
Notice of Sale.
No. 727.
In the District Conrt for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
J. M. Lathrop, Plaintiff, vs. Adam
Swan, Defendan*.
Under and by virtue of an ordei
of sale, and decree of foreclosure is
sued out of the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division,
on the 7th day of Septc uber, 1916,
in the above-entitled suit, wherein
J. M. Lathrop, the above named
plaintiff, obtained a judgment and
decree against Adam Swan defen
dant in said suit, cn the 7th day of
September, 1915, recorded in Judg
ment Docket No. 2. page 260, I am
commanded to sell those certain
pieces or parcels of land, lying and
being in the town of Valdez, Record
ing Precinct of Valdez, Alaska, and
described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the point of intersec
tion of Sherman Street and Alaska
Avenue, in U. S. Survey No. 336;
thence in a westerly direction along
said Sherman Street fifty (60) feet;
thence at right angles in a northerly
direction sixty (60) fee:; thence at
right angles in an easterly direction
fifty (50) feet; thence at right an
gles in a southerly direction sixty
(60) feet along said Alaska Avenue
to place of beginning Also Lot
Nine (9), Block Two (2); and
the easterly portion of Lot Thirty
six (36) Block .-'eventy-i ight (78);
the said easterly portion of said Lot
36 being a tract of land fronting on
McKinley Street, Thirty two (32)
feet in width, and One Hundred and
Fifty (150) feet in depth; subdivi
sions U. S. Survey No *39, survey
ed by J. Frank Warner and F. W.
Williamson.
Notice is hereby given that on Sat
urday the 9th day of October, 1916,
at the hour of two o’clock in the aft
ernoon of said day, in front of the
court house at Valdez, Alaska, I will
in obedience to said order of sale
and decree of foreclosure, sell the
above described property or so much
thereof as may bo necessary to sat
isfy plaintiff’s judgment with inter
est thereon, together with attorney’s
fees and co^ts to the highest and
best bidder for cash, in lawful mon
ey of the United States.
Dated this 8 th day of September,
1916.
F. R. BBENNEMAN,
U. S. Marshal for the Third Division
of the Territoiy of Alaska.
Date pf first publication, September
8, 1916.
Date of last publication, October 6.
1915._ 8-16-22-29-6—6t.
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in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nerses—Private Rooms for-Patients
For Terma'and Particulars’Apply to
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We Grew Our Own Vegetables
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ways on hand at Love-Whltley’s. tt
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p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed.
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Regular Communications first Wed-,
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
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Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a -good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect ; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
.about a.majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea , the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
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CAPT. TIM MARCUM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay.
and Fidalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Reoma-The Home ef.CeaJut
RATES REASONABLE
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PHONE 133 MRS SPRING, Peep.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT'SHAFFER, President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary.
Valder, Alaska.
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GENERAL
Merchandise
.
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office In Pinzon Cigar Store
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points. '«i
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STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No, Coal Delivered Us>
less Paid for in Advance