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Food will win
the War;
don’t waste it!
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AMERICA.
ie is long suffering.
Wise with tin* strength of one
whose soul in calm
Weighs and considers and would
understand
Kre It gives win in anger: fearing
wrong
Of her own doing more than any
planned
Against her (>©ace hy others deem
ed i.mif strong.
VI OTHER of many children alien
horn.
Whom she has gathered into her
kind anus—
Safeguarding most the weakest,
most forlorn
The mothers pa lieu* e she has
learned to know.
Which passes trifles by with smil
ing acorn;
The mother's hopefulness, to an
ger siow.
YET, oh, beware; nor. overbold,
presume
1 ’pon a gentleness enflnked with
power!
Her torch at ll burns, to kind’© or
consume.
And ’gainst th© tim© when she
must prove her might
Vast energy la stored In,her soul’s
room.
Entiresmed of strength to battle
for I ho right!
Elorcnoe Earle Coates.
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DEALING WITH ENEMY SPIES
An alleged spy. who is believed lo
have been an officer in the German
army, has just been placed under ar
rest at Norfolk. Va., following an at
tempt on his part to set fire to an
army powder magazine. He is believ
ed to have been an agent of Captain
Boy-Ed, the German naval attache
who was sent home long before this
country entered the war. for his un
neutral activities. He wore the uni
form of an American captain and no
doubt was passed by thousands ol
persons who remarked on his soldier
ly bearing as an example of Ameri
can military man.
But Boy-Ed's agent is only one of
thousands of the kaiser's spies scat
tered throughout the United States.
It Is said this one came to America
In time of peace on board the subma
rine U-53 which ntdde a spectacular
appearance in an Atlantic port and
a few days later sank a dozen mer
chant ships. They come in all guises
and are designed lo meet all condi
tions. Some are Germans, some Ku- [
ropean neutrals, some save the
mark! Americans.
The government already has gatii-j
ered iiti a large number of enemy |
agents. Many have been convicted !
and others are held on suspicion, j
They crop up like mushrooms in ev
ery part of the land. No section is
seemingly loo remote for their occu
pations, so long as their activities are
in the interests of Deutschland.
It is difficult to think of enemy i
spies being harbored in our own com-.
inunities. Only a few days ago a spy!
suspect was arrested at San Krancis
co whose operations are reliably re
ported to have extended beyond the j
Canadian border.
An effort was made to plant a num
ber of enemies, ostensibly farmers,
near Spokane, to blow up Canadian
Pacific bridges. That was before this
country entered the war.
It is folly to regard every German
as an enemy agent. The spy hysteria
which spread through England work
ed a cruel injustice on thousands of
law-abiding aliens. Yet it is highly
desirable that the activities of really
suspicious individuals be watched for
this country will not stand for the in
triguers and propagandists indefin-1
itely.
The government could deliver an |
effective stroke against the spy men
ace by inflicting the death penalty
where all doubt of a suspect's guilt
is removed. Too much leniency— and •
we are an easy-going people—en i
courages the foe within our national i
gates. Isn't it about time to come to |
a full realization that we are at war? I
THK II Kill COST OK WAMilNf* j
The National Retail Shoe Dealers' j
association. meeting in Chicago, j
would have us believe that the 300 j
per cent increase in the price of shoes j
during the last two years is reason
able. The chairman of the meeting
gave the alibi of the shoe manufact
urers by declaring that the cost of
materials that go into shoes has gone
up.
It 111 the shoe dealers and the shoe
manufacturers have not yet explained,
why leather is so high wnen the mar
ket for hides is at its lowest point in
years. Commissioner of Agriculture
| Denson charges that the leather trust
is keeping the hide market down by
refusing to buy. He blames the meut |
packers, alleging that they are stor
ing the hides and creating an artific
ial shortage.
It stands to reason that since the
packing houses are working harder
and faster than ever before packing |
meat and meat products, they are ^
handling more hides than ever. Why. |
then, is tin* cost of leather so much |
higher'.’
The federal trade commission has
undertaken to get at the leather
prices and will Investigate the charge
of leather hoarding. That, at least, is
a good sign for the ordinary citizen
who pays three times as much for his
shoes as he did two years ago and j
gets the poorer quality.
There has been altogether too]
much camouflage about the reasons!
for boosting leather and shoe prices, j
The public is mighty suspicious. !
Olympia Morning Olympian.
Sl'I’KIt-SUBM AltINEo, or tliej
cruiser type of 11-boat, are sinking al ;
most a11 the allied ships that are be-;
ing torpedoed during the stormy wea- j
Iher. The older type cannot operate
successfully in rolling seas, lint tl:ei
cruiser boats are declared to he as
seaworthy as a destroyer. A number
of these fine craft have been dispatch
ed by allied anti-submarine devices,
and only seven or eight are said to he
operating at the present time. There
is no question, however, that the Teu
tonic scientists and engineers have
developed the most efficient submar
rine in the world under the pressure
of necessity for they are still practic
ally maintaining their average of
sinkings and making the tonnage
problem a serious one for their ene
mies.
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ADMIRAL CECIL BURNEY
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Admiral Cecil Burney, commander
in chief of the fleet protecting the
coast of Scotland. He is of the ag
greseive type of British sea fighter.
SIVWKKI) GIRL LOHKS
Sl’IT FOR RAMAGKS
IIKLKNA. Mont.. Jan. 30 - A di ,
reeled verdict in favor of the defend
ant was rendered in the district court
Wednesday in the $25,000 damage
suit brought by Violet Buddie against
Director A. C. Dorr of the Montana
state industrial home for injuries al
leged to have been received when she
was spanked .by Dorr for persistent
infraction of the rules of the insti
tution. The motion for a directed ver
dict was made by Attorney General 8.
C. Ford and was granted by Judge
W. II. Doorman.
The court ruled there was nothing
in the evidence to show that plaintiff
suffered any pecuniary loss or dam
age or either temporary or perman
ent physical disability, nor that she
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had been disfigured or her life en
dangered. Further, that no evidence
was introduced to show malice or pas
sion on the part of the defendant in
inflicting corporal punishment, nor
that it had been done wantonly or
unlawfully, and that there was no
testimony to rebut the presumption ol
the law that the judgement of the de
fendant was correct as to the pun
ishment and the extent of it, nor that
the whipping was excessive. This was
the first case of the kind ever brot
in Montana.
THE SOUTHERN
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Phone 104
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdez to
Ellamar, l<and)ock, Fldalgo and
way ports. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rat^8 apply on board.
CAPT. H. L. RIDER
VALDEZ LODGE
NO LOT
rite u4 AMt|M Hunt
inud*T In Mck month In lioKlnlo>
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WALTER ELLIOT. W. M.
C. C. REYNOLDS. Sec.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Mnora
W. M, CONLEY President.
Alaaka.
GEORGE M. eARKY Seqgnrr.
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
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D. D. STEWART Matter
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Hot-Poini Electric Heaters and
Cooking-Appliances at the Emporium i
Christmas goods coming on the nextj
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VALDEZ
The town of valdez
is situated at the head of
Prince William Sound,
and is a city of probably one thou
sand population. It is the center
of the mining industry on the
Sound, both copper and gold, and
is adjacent to and within easy
hauling distance of the salmon
grounds, many fresh water rivers
and streams in Valdez Bay bring-1
ing the fish in great numbers to I
within sight of the town. The!
city has one good cannery, which j
will operate two lines the coming'
season, employing probably one |
hundred and fifty persons.
The city offers good opportuni- i
ties for a fish saltery, a fertilizer
factory, a glue factory, a tin can
factory and a box shook factory,
all subsidiary to the fish packing
business. The city owns its own!
wharf and the Valdez Dock Com-1
pany, which also owns a splendid I
wharf is willing to give prospec
tive investors a chance for sites.
VALDEZ has a progressive
citizenry, with good high schools,
churches, free reading room and
library, good clubrooms and many
lodges and organizations. Rents
are very cheap, and living is but
little higher than in the States.
Many gold and copper mines
are contiguous to Valdez, making
this city their outfitting port, and
drawing from its reserve of labor.
The climate is very healthful, the
extremes of heat and cold being
rarely experienced. The mercury
rarely falls below —15 in the win
ter and 70 above is the highest
summer temperature. The sum
mers are delightful and the win
ters far better than those of the
Northern Central or Eastern
States.
VALDEZ is the coast terminal
of the government military high
way to the Interior. During the
summer months autos may reach
Fairbanks from Valdez in 36
hours running time, over a fine
road, through the most magnifi
cent scenery on the North Amer
ican continent. In winter teams
or dog sleds may be had at all
times.
VALDEZ has a number of first
class hotels and restaurants, and
the traveler and miner can be as
sured of comfortable lodgings
a minimum expense. Parties de
siring to outfit for mining or pros
pecting »can do so at our stores
far cheaper than in the States,
with men of experience to help se
lect their outfits.
If you are coming to Alaska
the Land of Opportunity, and de
sire a good home town among a
fine class of citizens, buy your
ticket to
VALDEZ
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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Ofllce Rooms in Whaling Building
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