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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1917
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THE MAINE.
OVER the land a vision rolls,
Wraiths of “two hundred
sixty souls,”
Drowned or killed In the
holocaust.
Sacrificed when the Maine was
lost.
Of warning none was heard or
passed
Till came the deep mouthed thun
der’s blast.
Settling down to the harbor's bed,
Carrying brave uncofAned dead.
The surging waters’ sad refrain.
Last weird dirge of the sunken
Maine.
The world was shocked, and all
hearts thrilled “
With horror, though each voice
was stilled.
“Vengeance Is mine.” Thus salth
the Lord,
Though justice comes through Are
and sword.
Our brave men did not die In vain.
Freedom sprang forth as sank the
Maine.
Oppression’s clanking chains gave
way,
And Cuba stands redeemed today.
Letters cut deep In lasting stone
When years to centuries have
grown
Will tell to unborn millions, then,
What followed death of martyred
men.
’Twas ever thus, ’twill ever be—
BacrlAce cradles Liberty.
—Augustus Treadwell.
THE NEWS AWAY FROM HOME
Think of Alaskans, “clad in bear
skin clothes and big fur hoods,”
“trekking across ice and snow” in
August! It suggests the old saying
that one must get away from home te
learn the news at home. But here Is
the story from the New York Evening
Sun of August 7:
Over lonely mountain passes and
through great stretches of wold, op
en country today, the conscriptible
youths of Alaska, 65,000 Americans,
are trudging to register for the draft.
Among them ar* several hundred
Eskimo lads, clad in heavy bearskin
clothes and big fur hoods, they are
trekking across the ice and snow to
add their names to Uncle Sam’s roll
of honor.
Further down toward civilization
American boys from prospector’!
gangs are coming in from the moun
tains. Some must travel many mile!
to reach the mountain cabin or fron
tier settlement where Uncle Sam’i
agent awaits them, pen in hand.
General headquarters for the Alas
kan draft is the office of Gov^-Gen. J
F. A. Strong, at Juneau, who is in su
preme command of registration worl
there.
Word to Gen. Crowder’s office sait
the draft is proceeding well, consid
ering the dtfflcuties of travel.
Owing to uncertainties of travel
and lack of facilities for communicat
ing registration Intelligence to some
• sections of the country, Gov. Strong
• recommended that the Alaskan "reg
istration day” continue from 7. a. m.
July 2, to 9 p. m. Sept. 2, Sundays
and holidays excepted.
! Railroad and construction camp
men will probably constitute the bulk
of the Alaskan "Sammies.”
Alaska's drawing will be held
probably at the Provost Marshal Gen
> eral’s office here in Washington late
in September. The same system will
be used ns in the draft for the States.
, A special glass globe with the Alas
i kan capsules will be employed.
1 If the Sun man will study the wea
ther reports he will note that not at
all infrequently the warmest weather
on the Pacific Coast will be found
to be in an Alaskau town.— Empire.
MAKING THE HARVESTS EQUAL
TO THE JOB
The government's crop report of
yesterday is the first of the year to
cover all of the staple products. Its
outstanding features are a wheat crop
now virtually assured of 678,000,000
bushels against 640,000,000 last
year; a corn crop which is not as
sured but which promises to be next
to the largest ever gathered; oats,
barley and rye among the largest; po
tatoes 60 per cent over last year’s
yield.
This is far better than was to have
been expected from the severe winter
and late spring. It is better than the
best estimates of a month ago. Ex
cept wheat alone, the figures gener
ally approximate bumper proportions.
But there are great responsibilities
resting upon these crops. The whole
world outside the Teutonic powers
is concerned. The fortunes of the al
lied war are eually concerned. Can
the harvests be made to measure up
to the job?
They will be if their gathering and
distribution are systematically con
served under national direction—If
household economy is observed thru
out the country—if the avenues of
export are carefully guarded against
their use in succoring the enemy.
All of these things are being done
or will be in the way of being done
whenever Congress recovers its sens
es on the Food-Control bill. The crops
are amply doing their part. It only
remains for Congress and the people
to do their part that the job may be
perfected in all that is required of
it for war emergency.
PREMIER Borden, the fighting
leader of Canada, has won a tremen
dous victory in his fight for conscrip
tion. The vote in the house of com
mons though not final, virtually
means compulsory service for Can
ada. The premier was opposed by his
old political foe, Sir Wilfred Laurier
the liberal leader but he succeeded
in bringing about defections in the
liberal line-up in the parliamentary
showdown. The fo-mer premier is a
popular figure in Canada and this fact
only emphasizes the determination of
the doininionto carry on the war
to the limit of its resources.
Ed Eekern and Z. H. Mills are pas
sengers on the steamship Alaska for
Valdez.
Just received a new fall and win
ter line of ladies coats, at E. Win
ter’s. **
MANY LONDONKIW Br.iar.vr.
KERENSKY IS KITCHENER
LONDON, Sept. 10.—The curious
ly widespread belief in England that
Kitchener Is still alive and now has
taken a new fprurrftamely, tire belief
that Kerensky is Kitchener. “Every
body^:n our street is saying so.“
writes a correspondent to one of the
London newspapers. The paper in re
ply points out that Kerensky is a
young man of thirty but remarks that
this fact probably will not weigh
much with the people who like to be
lieve this kind of thing.
Mrs. Otto Kanitz of Cordova was
a Valdez passenger on the steamer
Alameda last evening.
A few hand-painted dishes for sale
at Mrs. Capris’ t*
Isaac Evans and wife were thru
passengers from Seattle to Seward on
the steamer Alameda.
Notice of Sale
Special sale on Jewelry at the Val
dez Drug. Everything half price. tf
Ice1 Ice Ice
Delivered to all parts of the town,
lc. per pound. Love-Whitley Co. tf
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. B. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
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Steamer Northwestern—Sailed south
for Seattle, Monday, Sept. 10.
Steamer Alameda—Sailed west from
Valdez, Monday. Sept. 10.
Steamer Evans—Sailed north from
Seattle, Sept. 8.
Steamer Alaska—Sailed north for
Valdez, Monday, Sept. 10.
Steamship Admiral Farragut—Sailed \
South from Valdez, Wednesday,
Sept. 5.
Steamship Mariposa—Sailed from
Valdez for Seattle, Tuesday, Sept.
4th.
Steamship Admiral Watjion—Sailed
south from Valdez for Seattle, Sun
day, August 19.
TIDES FOR SEPTEMBER
Monday, Sept. 10.—
First high tide 8:55 a. m., 6.1. ^
Second high tide 8:09 p. m., 7.9.
First low tide 2:17 p. m., 4.3.
, Tuesday, Sept. 11.—
thirst high tide 9:51 a. m., 6.1.
Second high tide 9:15 p. m., 8.1.
First low tide 3:21 a. m., 1.4.
Second low tide 3:15 p. m., 3.8.
Wednesday, Sept. 12.—
First high tide 10:28 a. m., 7.2.
Second high tide 10:04 p. m., 8.4.
First low tide 4:08 a. m., 1.1.
Second low tide 4:06 p. m., 3.2.
Thursday, Sept, 13.—
First high tide 10:59 a. m., 7.7.
Second high tide 10:45 p. m., 8.7.
First low tide 4:44 a. m., 0.9.
Second low tide 4:45 p. m., 2.5.
Friday, Sept. 14.—
First high tide 11:25 a. m., 8.2.
Second high tide 11:24 p. m., 8.8.
First low tide 5:13 a. m., 0.8.
Second low tide 5:18 p. m., 1.9.
Saturday, Sept. 15.—
First high tide 11:49 a. m., 8.6.
Second high tide 11:55 p. m., 8.8.
First low tide 5:39 a. m., 0.9.
Second low tide 5:50 p. no., 1.3.
Sunday Sept. 16.—
First high tide 12:12 p. m., 9.0.
First low tide 6:03 a. m., 1.0.
Second low tide 6:1120 p. m., 0.9.
Monday, Sept. 17.—
First high tide 0:28 a. m., 8.7.
Second high tide 12:35 p. m., 9.3.
First low tide 6:26 a. m., 1.2.
Second low tide 6:61 p. m., 0.6.
Tuesday, Sept. 18.—
First high tide 1:00 a. m., 8.5.
Second low tide 1:00 p. m., 9.4.
First low tide 6:50 a. m., 1.5.
Second low tide 7:23 p. m., 0.4.
ADMIRAL EVANS SAILS
FOR NORTHERN PORTS
SEATTLE, Sept. 10.—The steam
ship Admiral Evans sailed Saturday
at noon for Valdez, with Miss Grace
Gamble the only passenger.
John E. Ballaine, the man who
built Seward, was a passenger on the
\lameda for Seward last evening, re
turning from a business trip to Se
attle.
KING GEORGE IN HELMET.
British Ruler at tha Front
Wears Head Protection.
When the king of England visited
the Tommies in the trenches he in
spected the Wytschaete ridge, which
recently fell into British hands. He
wore the regulation soldiers’ steel hel
met as a protection against shrapnel.
Stoves can be purchased here on installments and easy payments
arranged for.
How much Coal
Do You Bum?
THIS is a question that you frequently hear, especially now,
as we get that “Fall Feeling” in the air telling us that winter
is not far off. A good stove that saves fuel soon pays for itself.
Cole’s Hot Blast
require less fuel for heat given than any other heater. Easy
to regulate and air tight. Fire may be held for hours. Cole’s
have a one-piece fire-box that will not warp or buckle.
La Clade Oak
For those who prefer an open front door heater for burning
mixed fuel these stoves can’t be beat.
Monarch Ranges
Made of all rust-proof steel, large fire-box and oven, easy to
heat and control—the ideal baker.
Lang’s Famous Pacific
An all steel range, made on a sanitary base. All heat and
smoke is drawmcompletely over and around oven before go
ing up the stack—a real fuel saver.
Stove Boards, Coal Hods, Fire Shovels, Stovepipe
S. Blum & Company
GOOD GOODS
HHKRMAN WAH RIGHT
They served me two clams and a
thimble of soup,
Nine peas—and nine gaunt ones,
at that—
And a wafer of steak that would pos
sibly make
A meal for an invalid cat.
Three pallid, anaemic asparagus tips,
One mushroom—brought up under
glass—
A fraction of pie that was shrinking
and shy
And a rather petite demi tasse.
I lodged a complaint with the waiter,
who said.
With a scowl on his sinister brow:
“That’s all you will get for your din
ner, old pet,
For we serve only war portions
now.”
He brought me a check like the sort
that you see
When a spender comes in with a
train
Of highly dressed girls with those
permanent curls
And orders boiled quails and
champagne.
A check that I looked at, and gasp
ed as I looked,
A check that was ghastly to see.
But when I said, “Hey, this will take
my month’s pay,”
/ The waiter said roughly to me:
“Say, Bo, come across, or the hoose
gow for yours;
You’ll lose if you start any row.
That check states the rate for the
stuff that you ate,
For we charge only war prices
now.”
A high wind was reported at many
points along the trail yesterday.
maws
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Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The traveling public's
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European Plan.
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WE PAY
Lead 8 l*2c a pound.
Rags 82.75 a hundred.
Cast iron 883 a ton.
Rope 5c a pound.
Brass 18c a pound.
Copper 27 l*8c a pound.
Rubber 7 l*2c a pound.
Beer bottles 27c a dozen.
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Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Sjiecial Rates by the Week or Month
Baths in Connection
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING. Pis*
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Freighting to all points
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Hbrses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKJES MERRITT
Offices in Fish Building, adjoining
Tillikum Club.
Phone *1* McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, 0. S. Army
A. A Surgeon, U S. Public Health 8err.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
®r*^**lt Natloaal I'alvpriity.
Waaklaftoa, D. C.
DENTIST
in Valdez Since 1898
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building*
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OMce Opposite Coart Hoase
Phone S4 VALDEZ. ALASKA .
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LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OMeea la wealing Balldlng
Phoae 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt^D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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Valdai Alaska.
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