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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1017
TO BE A LINCOLN.
IITHO'D be a Lincoln must be great of
soul.
Calm, strong and patient, with a loving
heart;
With wide flown vision to embrace the
whole.
Not rest too long upon a petty part.
A NATION’S leader, with a people rent
In factions bitter and by hatred
stirred.
Can be like him, our martyred president.
Only If deeds hIihII march behind his
word.
HE waited, Lincoln, till the time was !
bom
When it was well that he should strike
his blow;
He faced contumely and he endured scorn,
But neither went too fast nor went too
slow.
I
TITHO’D be a Lincoln must both Bpeak j
and act;
His hand must do what tongue has left j
undone;
A Lincoln with hiB soul must make a pact |
To gain from force what kindness has :
t not won.
—Edward S. Van Zile.
WAS IT POLITIC'S?
_ I
It looks as if somebody high in the
councils of the administration had at-I
tempted to "put one over” on Con
gress in connection with the latest
Japanese war scare. Possibly there
was no deliberate attenipt to play pol
itics with that firebrand issue, but it
difficult to harmonize some important
phases of the proceedings. Whether
politics or something else it did not
work.
Coming on the heels of Japan’s pro
test against anti-alien land bills in
Oregon and Idaho, and in connection
with our tense relations with Ger
many the announcement in the Sen
ate that the repassing of the immigra- J
tion bill might involve us in a serious
controversy with Japan, had an elec
trical effect. The objections to the
bill were made chiefly by Senator |
Reed, who announced that he spoke J
on behalf of the State department, j
He said he had been officially inform- j
ed that the Japanese embassy had
called attention to a provision in the
immigration bill which seemed to dis
criminate against Japanese.
"I am unwilling,” said Senator
Reed, "at this hour of'the world’s
date to do anything that will weaken '
or Impair friendly relations existing
between our country and a country
with which we have already been rat
peace. This is no time or place to
be seeking new points of difference
or creating new caaes of friction,” —
and much more of the same.
The Senate thought it had met roll
objections raised by Japan when the
immigration bill passed congress orig
linally and some pains were taken at
jthat time to strike out the provisions
| which were objectionable to Japan.
[Consequently the senate ignored the
jState's protest and passed the bill not
i withstanding the President’s veto.
It was announced later that a ‘‘pet*
I feet understanding” had been reached
!with Japan regarding the measure
and that neither side to the threaten
ed controversy anticipated any fric
tion—that in spite of the fact that
before the hill was passed Japanese
warships were observed approaching
the defenseless Pacific ('oast, an 1
companies of our little brown brothn
were being formed along the muddy
banks of the opaque waters of the
scraggly Sacramento river. It wus
stated later that the Japanese com
munique had not been in the nature
of a protest at all and that the war
ships had turned out to be Milwau
kee barges loaded with box cars en
route from Seattle to Bellingham.
It is not surprising if the whole
scare was thrown into the people by
our bogv-seeing Senators, who wished
to show the people of the Pacific eoast
that they were alive and on the job.
THAT LARGE ORDER FOR STEEL.
THIRTEEN HUNDRED tons of 50
pound rails were recently ordered for
“our railroad,” and the contract was
let to the United States Steel Com
pany and the event called for tinkling
cymbal and sounding brass. There
was much rejoicing in the land cf
“eternal snow” until our statistician
got out his pencil, and then our hopes
tobogganed to the gravel pit with a
dull thud. Fifty-pound rails would
mean one-hundred pounds to the yard
of track laid; and in 1300 tons there
are 2,600,000 pounds; at 100 pounds
to the running yard this would equal
26,000 yards of track this “large
order” would complete, or about 15
miles. As the road, when completed,
will be somewhere in the neighbor
hood of 370 miles long it will take
nearly 30 years to complete it at the
rate the contracts for steel are being
let. And 50-pound rails in a country
which gets 45 to 80 below, will be
a constant menace to life, as the frost
will render them so brittle that they
will break under the slightest strain
Fifty pound rails are considered too
light lor a Shay logging engine, and
they cannot He expected to transport
very heavy loads where the frost ren
ders steel as brittle as ice. The stes!
should be at the least heavy enough
to stand the immense 50-ton engines
ordered for the road.
Fox farming promises to supersede
Alaska’s most promising crops of tu
I ers. J. D. Jefferson has stocked his
island with ten pairs of high-graoe
foxes and expects to enter the arena
of ”big money” in the near future.
There are countless islands in Prince
William Sound fitted by nature for
game preserves. Good water, plenty
of timber for shelter, and long, shel
tered. sandy beaches where the ani
mals may gatherrtnussels and fish
without danger of being molested by
other predatory animals. Many men
have made good money fur farming,
and others are starting in the venture
monthly. It seems a highly profitable
industry as the demand for furs ex
ceeds the supply.
TONIGHT 8 p.m. TONIGHT
BIG COMEDY FEATURE
FINE PICTURES
Regular Admission - 25c
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
.MISS E. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
THIRSTY LOCOMOtlVES.
Giving tha Boilars a Drink In tha Dae*
*cta of India.
The Indian, locomotive la always tak
log water. At every station there la a
tank, uud while the train ia standing
at the platform, above the noises and
cries of the people, you hear the gush
of water and. If you look- forward, yon
see the beturlmned engineer busy witli
a dripping wuterpipe. The tanks arc
usually supplied from a well or nearby
river, but in the desert lauds rivers are
few and wells are not always to be
trusted. %
At one village wuere we stopped tbe
tank was empty, writes Thornton Oak
ley in Harper's Magazine. Its well
had gone dry. The engineer and sta
tion master > oiisuJtcd together. There
was another well, the station master
said, a mile farther down the road,
it belonged to a farmer and stiil bad
water in ii. There was yet steam
enough in the engine's holier to carry
tlie train a mile or so, and soon we
had drawn up in a sandy stretch of
country where only a few yellow
patches of grass were to be seen and
where a lean, black Hindu was rhyth
mically Pending and rising above a
well, flouring out little bucketfuls of
water upon the parched surface of his
lield.
The lean Hindu was the farmer, and
fur 1 rupee he agreed to sell enough
water to carry the train on to the next
station. The engineer came down
along the train, calling upon the pas
sengers for help, and sopn was formed
u line of dark skinned figures stretch
ing from the engine to the well. Tbe
former had two shallow pails. These
went back and forth along the line,
and, little by little, drop by drop, the
water of tbe well passed into the tank
of the locomotive When tbe train re
sumed its journey we were three hours
late.
MEETING THE HEAD WAITER.
Cruising the Velvet Sea In a Fashion*
able Reetaurant.
“How many, please?" Inquires the
lie.ul waiter fatuously.
After you've done some chain light
ning arithmetic, which he must ud
uiire, you say “two" or "three" or
more, as the case may be. Now that
the head waiter knows “How many,
please?” the serious problem arises
upon which white linen Island to lo
cate your party. He surveys the room,
lie frowns slightly and purses up his
lips. Bullied, lie hesitates. At this
juncture if there Is a woman in the
party she declares positively that sLc
wants to “sit over there!” For some
unknown leason this suggestion is ul
ways frowned down by the bead
waiter.
Once upon a time a woman is said
to have been allowed to sit at the
table she picked mn, but doubtless
this is a pretty Action.
The head waiter tries to At you to
a center table. As there are plenty
of cozy ones around the sides of the
room, you turn down this selection of
his. and then he grudgingly precedes
your party to a side table, but not the
side of the room that you prefer
to sit on. However, by this time you
are tired of your cruise over the vel
vet sea with everybody staring at
you, so after you've fussed about who
is to sit next to whom you are settled
at last, and every one s face relaxes. -
Helena Smith-Dayton in Cartoons Mag
azine.
A Race of Tenore.
Generally speaking, races living at
high altitudes have weaker and more
highly pitched voices than those living
in regions where the supply of oxygen
is more plentiful. Thus in South
America, among the Indiuns living on
the plateaus between the ranges of the
Andes, at an elevation of from 10,000
to 14.000 feet, the men have voices like
women and the women like children,
their singing being a shrill monotone.
The Australian , native has a weak
voice, but a knack of sending it a long
distance, and the lowest tribes of
African hushmen would come into the
same category: hut, it is said, of all
human beings the pygmies of central
Africa have, In point of volume and
compass, the weakest of human voices.
Harsh Criticism.
Kitchener was harshly criticised. the
last two years of his life, but he could '
not complain, for he was always a
very harsh critic himself.
Thus when Kitchener went to South
Africa to take charge of the Boei
war one of the generals whom he was
supplanting Haid to him:
“Well, how do you propose to reor
gmilze the transport?”
"Reorganize it?” said Kitchener. “I’ll
organize it.”
Hard Luck.
Helen — Did Florence marry he*
ideal?
Gertrude—The poor girl will never
know.
“Why?”
“Her Ideal is a man who would not
•marry again If his wife should die.”—
Loudon Tit-Bits.
8afs on Ono Point.
“I am not afraid that my daughter
wiH ever marry in haste."
"Why not?”
“It will take at least sis months to
prepare any trousseau site would con
sider tit to marry in.”—Kansas ('tty
Journal.
Impossible.
“I think I will organize a vegetable
trust,”
“Couldn’t keep it quiet. There w ould
sure to be a leek somewhere.”—Ball!
more American.
Where is the man who has the pow
er and skill to stem the torrent ot a
woman’s will?—Ohl English Proverb.
Good !
Goods ;
Phone 12
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Moderate
Price*
We Have Jones’ Pure Pork Sausage
Hollyhurst Eggs - Special Price - 50c a Dozen
Choice Florida Russet Grape Fruit 2 for 25c.
100 Choice Cauliflower the kind that make you buy
Special Price For Thursday 25c Each.
Strawberry Rhubarb Fifteen Cents A Pound
In Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, the Best the Market can Afford, We Offer
TOMATOES
LETTUCE
BRUSSELS SPROUTS
PEARS '
BANANAS
GREEN PEPPERS
<1 CUMBERS
4 RAN HER KIES
CELERY
ORANGES
Everything in Baked Goods
We can furnish you with any article you may desire in Staple and Fancy
Pastry, all we ask is one days notice on orders for Cakes or Fancy Pastry
In our Bakery Department you will always find fresh
WHITE BREAD
RYE BREAD
FRENCH BREAD
BREAD ROLL*—All Kinds
DOUGHNUTS
•I ELLY ROLLS
CINNAMON ROLLS
PIES—All Kinds
SUGAR COOKIES
. GINGER COOKIES
COFFEE CAKE (WEE PRETZELS CUP CAKES
Try our French Bread, it is fine.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
GOOD GOODS
GROCERIES AND OFFICE LOCATED IN THE FORMER KING GROCERY BUILDING
AUTOS RUN ALL WINTER.
PERSONS who believe Alaska an
impassable waste of snow and ice in
the winter should have their attention
called to the fact that all winter long
automobiles have been passing from
Fairbanks to McCarthy, carrying
mails and passengers, and never miss
ing a trip through stress of weather.
Also Sheldon's machines have run
from Fairbanks to the new railroad
town of Nenana. Could you run an
auto mail service at this time of the
year in many of the Middle Western
or Pacific Coast States? We should
say not! The mud would be over the
radiator cap. Alaska is a much mis
understood country and it is time that
a campaign about this wonderful
country.be started by our Chambers
of Commerce. Our winters are a joke
compared to those of the Dakotas,
Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, or Illinois.
THESE are the days when heart
rending stories come into the editorial
sanctum regarding the ferocity of
immense packs of wolves, and of lone
ly trappers being devoured and happy
nights made hideous. Many of theee
stories are undoubtedly made out if
whole cloth. If Alaskans want to
get acquainted with the genuine arti
cle of canis lupus we would advise
them to take their pokes and make a
trip to Seattle. If you are lucky
enough to escape their ravenous
clutches you will have a hearty con
tempt for the harm the Alaskan va
riety can do you.
Rexall Drugs! Absolutely pure. Owl
Drug Store.
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For Sale.
Lop-Eared Malamute Dog, 16 mos.
old, weight 103 lbs.; price f. o. b. Val
dez 375.00. Address, Box 232,
Douglas, Alaska. k3-l-17
There Are
Many Reasons
For the popularity of
But the best reason of all is
its economy in price and use.
BOLD BY GROCERS*
POUND TIN 25c
CRESCENT MFG. CO.,
Seattle, Wash.
LOUIE S CAFE
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
AH Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Piopr.
Candy Kitchen
E. W. HUNT—fa Owl Drag Sure.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
ATLAS JUNK CO.
WtoU.il. mad Rated Da.Ur. is
ALL KINDS OF JUNK
Buyers of Metal, Rabber, Ma
nila Rope, Sacks, Machinery,
Pipe, Hides, Furs and Bottles.
1043 Railroad Avenue, So.
8KATTLB, WASH.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE.**XTON,
SiRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
The Beet Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn. Li(k Rooaa—Tbo Hone W Cohort
BATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Spodai Rata By tie Monti.
PHONE 133 MRS. STRING, Prop
VALDEZ CAFE
AND BAKERY
FrMhliHd mad Pxtryaiwir* oa bud
OPKN DAY AND NIGHT
BERGSTROM & ROGSTAD. Prop*.
PHONE 17 -
la every i:no or manufactured ar
ticles there is usually one maker who
sets the standard of excellence. The
Rexall Products set such a standard
for the United States in Drugs. Per
fumes, Toilet Articles and in fact, for
every article which they gmnufacturc.
The OWL DRUG CO., exclusive agent j
f-r Valdes. tf 1
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A new stock of At Fruit Tablets
Candy Kitchen. tf
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT *
Offices over Valdes Drag Co.
Phone ’15 McKinley -Street
Contract Surgeon. U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon, U S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
JOS. A. SILVERMAN, PH. 6. M.'.D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Over Owl Drug Co.
—OFFICE HOURS:
1 to 4 P. M. 7 to 8 P. M
Sunday by Appointment.
Res. Phone 17« Office Phone in
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. B.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
DR. H. COCKERILLE
UmUuato Watteau t Valversttr.
Waaklngtea. D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdez.
PHO\E 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOHNBYS-AT-LAYV
Ofitae OpuMltc Coart Hoik
Pfeoao M VAIiDBK. ALASKA
JOHN LTONS’ it S' it: T<J1«:'i
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNRYS-AT .law
ORtn Id » MilUf Batldlac
Phoao in valdez. Alaska
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free and Accepted IUm»
Regular Communications nrst Wed
nesday In each .month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
FV M. BROWN, W. M. ,
ED WOOD, Secretary.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
W. H. GARNER. President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Velde* AWe.
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