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TEWART * SELBY, Proprietors
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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Entered a* Second-Class Mail Matter,
ly 23, 1912. at the postoffice of Valdez,
tska, under act or March 3, 1879.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1»J7
THE ECONOMIC SITUATION.
What is the remedy for the eco
nomic situation that has been created
in the United States—and, in fact, the
whole world—by the combination of
circumstances of the past two years?
The people are feeling the pressure of
,'iigh prices more and more each day.
investigation has shown that while
there are thousands of tons of food
stuffs stored in our warehouses the
speculators in control of these neces
sities cannot be forced to disgorge.
;.nd in several instances have openly
defied the government officials, asking
■them what “they can do about it?"
Henry Clews, the banker, discusses
this vital question in his weekly
news-letter. He believes that it is en
tirely proper for the people to agitate
tor lower prices, but takes nio view
that paternalistic nostrums tlu-t are
being advanced by politicians 'or re
.ief are wholly impracticable. He
points out that while European gov
ernments have taken over the food
■-tuffs and are controlling prices to a
certain extent, yet even they have
ieen unable to keep prices normal, i
account of shortages in certain t'ooe
-taples which are governed by the un
alterable law of supply and demand.
"The real cause of high prices,
whether of food or other products, is
war. Some twelve million men have
turned their energies from production
to destruction," says Mr. Clews, “and
many millions more are employed in
making destructive munitions insttad
of tilling the soil and providing the
ordinary necessities of life. The re
sultant scarcity of labor and commrd
ities inevitably forces higher wages
and higher prices in every direc'ion.
In some instances this scarcity has
been intensified by short crops, by de
rangement of transportation, by spec
ulation and by huge waste which war
induces. No genuine relief can be ex
pected until the war ends, or until in
dustry resumes its normal state.”
Mr. Clews points out that the im
mediate remedy is the energetic stop
page of waste in all directions, the in
creasing of efficiency, and the stimula
tion of the output of necessities.
"The world is under sentence to I
consume less and work harder,” he,
adds, “such being the economic pen-1
alty tor the awful crime and tragedy j
which devastated Europe. Whether !
we like it or not the innocent will suf- j
fer with the guilty. Even the far in- j
land peoples of Asia and Africa will i
feel the pressure of this upheaval no
less than ourselves.”
The American nation has never yet j
felt the need of rigid economy. Our!
crops have been so great and our liv
ing so easily made that we have nev
er felt the pinch of famine as a nation.
Whether or not we can adjust our
selves to conditions before the ulti
mate crisis in affairs remains to be
seen, but one thing is certain as day
follows night, and that is within the
next six months America as a nation
will face the first real famine in her
history as a nation unless conditions
ouiekly change.
ROOSEVELT, looking forward to
a major-general at $8,000 per year,
must hope that pressing events have
pressed from the President’s mind the
things the Colonel said about hint last
summer.
A GET-RICH-QUICK SCHEME.
AN Indiana paper, an eight-page
weekly, owing to the increased cost
of material, lately advanced the price
from SI to $1.50 per year, and the
next week the editor received the fol
lowing from a life-long subscriber.
“Yer notis has arriv and you can jist
stop my paper. I won’t be no party
I to no get-rich-quick scheme sioli as
you are tryin' to git off.”—Ex.
AN exchange says a wise nut has
discovered that it is unhealthy for two
persons to occupy the same bed. re
gardless of the. fact recorded in the
Book of Books, that Moses slept with
his foreafthers and lived to the ripe
otd age of 700 or SOO years. Another
| saviour of the health of his brethren
lias learned that it is unsafe to ride a
horse that another fellow nas ridden
| or to attend church where other peo
ple attend. The kiss has been brand
ed as a tempter of death In all man
ner of diseases. Handshaking now is
considered extremeiv dangerous An
other exchange figures it out if HpS is
kept up it will be extremely danger
ous to even be buried in the same
graveyard with other people. The
orly place a person can bo '-aie is in
a store that -dveriisos -• Douglas
News.
J NEWS dispatches yesterday stated
that five thousand Canadians had
paid the supreme sacrifice for their!
country. Five thousand of the finest ■
men who ever wore a uniform have1
gone to their graves, and their friends j
and acquiantances will know them no I
more. Can you imagine five thou- j
sand men dying at one time. Five
villages the size of Valdez wiped out
to a man. Four towns the size of
Valdez, Cordova and Seward destroy
ed. Had this catastrophe occurred in
time of peace the world would have
gasped in horror at the loss of life. In j
war time it excites only a passing in- i
terest. The Canadians have given the'
I mother country a heavy toll of herj
best and youngest blood, and her sac-1
' rifice has been a heavy one.
WE WOULD be very much phased
to receive contributions to the Pros-,
I ector or Miner from our subscribers.
Most of you have had experiences that
[would make very interesting reading'
to our subscribers in the States, and
quite a few residents of Valde:: have
undergone experiences in the old days
i of the Argonauts that would make me
I Eastern reader sit up and take notice.
I Send us an account of your experien
ces. If you desire we will keeu your
name secret.
THE Alaska Engineering Commi.
i sion at Anchorage has just placed a
i $165,000 grocery contract with Seat
' tie and Portland firms. $165,000 will
j probably buy enough spuds for Sun
day dinner at the end of another six
months ol advancing prices.
WHEN your patriotism and love of
I country becomes so intense it cannot
lucidly express itself, remember that j
the Llonaldson runs to Port Liscum j
several trips daily, and you can enlist;
upon application to the ('. O.
i
W. J. BRYAN tells President Wil-:
son that he is ready to assist the coun- j
try in any manner possible; but we j
notice he refrained from making a |
bee line for the nearest recruiting sta
tion.
BERLIN is reported to be eating |
elephant meat. After these high |
prices a lot of us would like to sit j
down to an elephant once, just to get,
enough meat without added expcn- e. j
| .J
ONE more week and the snow will!
have disappeared from our streets, un-i
| less another fall of the fleecy cov-ring .
j occurs.
! I
j 'resident i
I what the people expect him to do. We
! would suggest being silent for a tim?. 1
! DRESDEN EATING
ELEPHANT STEAK
BERLIN, April 18—Elephant steak
will soon be an available delicacy for!
the Dresden epicures according to n |
report received here. Jumbo, the.
giant trick elephant, has come under |
the butcher’s cleaver, and Dresden’s
meat supply has been increased two |
tons thereby. A well-known ’’meat
tavern" acquired Jumbo’s carcass for
9,000 marks (about $2,250), and a
telegram to the Berlin Gazette con
cludes, “The flesh will be made serv
iceable for human nutrition.”
To avoid misapprehensions regard
ing food conditions in Dresden, it was
not the meat shortage, but Jumbo’s
own bad temper, unfitting him for
show purposes, which was the imme
diate cause of his slaughter.
STBAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. K. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
CITY WHARF
15 ICTNE PUCE
RUSHING WORK OX UANNKRY
New Buildings Being Krected, Scows
Built and Machinery l’ut In IMare—
Kx|»ected To Be In Readiness by the
First of Next Montti.
One of the busiest places about the
i own just now is the City Dock, where
the Valdez Packing Company is busily
engaged in getting their new plant in
readiness for the coming season's op
erations.
Under the direction of 1. M. Foster,
secretary and general manager of the
company, who recently arrived from
the States, the work of erecting new
buildings, constructing barges and
placing the machinery in position is
being rapidly rushed. A building 40x
10 feet is being erected in front of
the present building to be used as a
flsh and China house, and another 110
by 80 and two stories in height will
be started within a few days, to be
used as a storehouse.
One barge is practically completed
and another will be started as soon as
the first one fa out of the way. The
launch Galena, which has been ac
quired by the company, is also being
reconstructed for a cannery tender.
Mr. Foster states that the cannery
will undoubtedly be ready for opera
tion ab jut tne first of next month.
NOTED ACTRESS
IS INDISPOSED
NEW YOKK, April 18.—Sarah
Bernhardt, the noted actress, is seri
ously ill here from an acute attack
of kidney trouble.
William Koch came up last evening
from the Cube mine for a short visit
in town. He made the trip on foot
around the beach, covering the dis
tance in three hours.
MEXICO IS SENDING
4,000 MEN TO .H IRES!
J.Yl'ltr.L, us., April IS. E gal
Carranza troop trains are en route
front Chihuahua City to Juarez today
carrying approximately 4,000 de fac
to troops, according to an official an
nouncement made at military head
quarters. The first train with 500 men
on board, arrived in the railroad yards
at noon. General Francisco Murguia.
commander of the de facto troops in
the north, is on the last of these
trains, according to unofficial infor
mation here. The reason given for
the troop movement at this time was
that an effort would be made to pre- j
vent Villa and his forces from ap- i
proaching the border west of El Paso i
by moving these troops through Jau
rez to Casas Grandez, Chihuahua,
where they would take the field
against Villa. ,
GOMEZ IN JAIL.
Chief ef Cuban Re
bullion and Hie Keeper.
Suddenly surrounded by tile govern
ment troops, .lose Miguel Gomez, the
Cuban rebel chief, with many of Ids
followers, surrendered and was made
i risoner. Gomez was taken to Ha
vana. where he is now in the city jail.
A government otlicer (seen ar right I is
. ai ling as his keeper.
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Choice Groceries
! «r« HIS store has always prided itself on the completeness of
* it's grocery department. Complete stocks of staple, fancy
and delicatessen groceries, bread and pastry creations always
fresh and choice. Ask Central to give you Number One Two.
I
Fancy Cheese
As complete an
assortment as
can be found any*
where. Imported Swiss, Oregon Cream
Genuine Roquefort, Limberger, Green
Chili, German Breakfast, Pimento,
Camenbert and American.
Shelled Nuts
; Always crisp and
fresh. Imp orted
Salted Almonds,
Salted Pecans, Salted Peanuts, English
Walnuts, Almonds and Pecans.
! Sardines
Choicest of fish,
both domestic &
imported. Albert
Roche, Belihont, LeKeriolec Booths,
tomato, mustard and oil, Sprats; both
tomato and oil, Norweigen Smoked;
in Crown and Carnival Brands.
j Beverages
Delicious drinks
to be made of,
.Welch’s Grape
Juice; both pints and quarts, DuRoy’s
Grape Juice, Catawba, Loganberry
Juice and Bagleys Apple Juice.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166.
OWL DRUG CO.
The only Rexall Store in
VaMez. ,
Pre»cription» a Specialty.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
For Sale.
Two-room house on City Dock, fur
nished. Built last fall. Cash $300.
Must be taken immediately.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Fine assortment Koenig's Easter
Box Candies. Keystone Produce Co.
Genuine Sweet Apple Cider at
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. **
Ask for the Best and You
Ask for
CRESCENT BAKING POWDER
The most effec
tive baking pow
der known, and
one the whole
some character of
which High Au
thorities and thou
sands of House
wives endorse.
25c lb. Can.
AT A1J, GROt’KRS
(KKStKNT MFC. CO.,
Seattle, \Va*.h.
LOUIE S CAFE
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROY1CH, Propi.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT---I1 Owl Dr»( Slor*.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT- COLD
WE PAY
28 cents i*er pound for Copper
18 cents per pound for Brass
8c lb. for Hnbber Shoes.
7c lb. for lewl.
$20.00 per ton for cast iron.
$13 per ton WrouKht Iron.
3c per lb. for Hope.
312c per pound for
$20.00 |»er ton for Paper.
27c per do/. Beer Bottles, fjts.
17c do/. Beer Bottles, pints.
F. O. B. SEATTLE.
ATLAS JUNK CO.
10-13 Railroad Avenue, So.
SEATTLE, WASH.
VALDEZ CAFE & BAKERY
CtLci, Caakiei t Bui, 15c per deiea.
Freach, Rye iad White Bread 12 1-2
ceaU per Jail.; Orderi taka far special
occaiieai.
BERGSTROM & ROGSTAD. Props.
PHONE! 17 - Three daers kalow'Owl Drag
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PROP
SlRICTLV FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward. Alaska
Arctic Hotel
Watch This
Space
PHONE 133 MRS. SYR1NG. Prep
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Anything in nugget and Ivory jew-!
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
The articles you ordered have ar-j
rived at the Emporium. if!
A new line ot heaters priced right.
at Mead's.
1
Downey's Box Candies at Hunt's1.
Candy Kitchen. ** j
All of the latest Books. Magazines
and News Papers received *.n each
boat. Valdez Drug Co. H
PROFESSION A L Cl R|)S.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Ofltcen iner \ aide/. l)ruK < u.
Phone *13 McKinley Sfree*
i.''iiitrat t Sumccin. I". S. nuy
A. .\ Sui te,hi. i; s Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital > ^
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University
Waihlaftn, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdez.
PHONE 110
OfBce Rooms in Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOH.NEVS-AT-LAW
Ofllce Opposite C-ourt Hour
Phase 34 VALOR/.. ALASKA
JOHN LfONS g IT KITCBIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
A TTORN BV H. A I • LA W
omces la whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
(Hasses Fitted lenses i,'round
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free and Accepted Manna*
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month tn McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
P. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Private Rooms
Terms Reasonable
JOS. A. SILVERMAN. Pb. <L, M. D. Prop.
Jos. A. Silverman Pb. G. M. D.
PHYSICIAN AN1) SIKCKON
Office boon—1 to 4 p. m —7 to 8 p. ■.
Sunday by Appointment
Res. Tel. 176 Office Tel. Il>
Boyle Block Valdez
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
We»tern Federation of Miner*
W. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mine
GUST KRING. Secretary.
Valdes Alaska.