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PROSPECTOR PUBLISHING CO.
a. B. SELBtf, Editor and Proprietor.
VALDES. ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Batter,
July 23. 1912. at the postofllce of Valdes,
Alaska, under act or March 3, 1879.
Business Office and Editorial Rooms
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~ THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1918
SULZER’8 TRIUMPH
The tremendous endorsement of the
■work of Delegate Charles A. Sulzer,
Alaska's able representative to con
gress, by the voters of the territory,
shows that the pendulum is swinging
backward toward safe and sane pol
icies once more, and that the Lenines,
Trotzky’s and the Red Guard are los
ing their influence with the voters of
the territory. Every political blather
skite that could carry a banner and
handle a filth-scoop was pressed Into
service by the territorial Bolsheviki
to be used in nullifying the work of
Delegate Sulzer and return the ter
retory to the hands of the political
pirates who have kept the country
years behind in its development.
One by one the traitors and disloy
alists are being smoked out by the
party. One by one the men who are
taking money from the administra
tion and working against it are being
pried loose from the public crib and
pushed into obscurity by the clamor
of public opinion.
After this fall the territory can
look for peace and quietness from
these constructionists. Wickersham
will see that he has lost the confi
dence of the people of Alaska and
with his late ally will be retired to
private life. Harmony will prevail in
the party despite the attempts of the
opposition papers, who while fatten
ing off the party in power have done
their utmost to bring about its down
fall.
Charles A. Sulzer will be elected
this fall by one of the largest votes
ever accorded a candidate for con
gress. It is fitting he should be. His
record in both public and private life
is clean, and despite the efforts of his
opponents to encompass his defeat
and nullify his work for the territory,
he has continued to advance the up
building of Alaska.
With the administration, the house
of representatives, the governor, the
delegate and the people of Alaska
working in harmony, we foresee a
glorious future for the territory. The
siege is lifted, the enemy has been dis
persed, and Alaska has joined the
rest of the world in "making it safe
for democracy.”
IF TALK would win the war every
town in Alaska could furnish several
army corps.
TAKE KEER YOURSELF, BILL!
What would this country do If Mr.
McAdoo should suddenly die?
We might get along, but’ln the op
inion of the President df the United
States, we would probably have a
hard time finding anybody else who
could do big things.
Mr. McAdoo is no dopbt a very
able man. He is a son-in-law of the
President. It is said that he is a can
didate to succeed Mr. Wilson as Pres
ident of the United States.
All of these reasons are good reas
ons for putting Mr. McAdoo at the
front of things. But in the back
woods we some times wonder if Mr.
McAdoo isn't being a little bit over
worked—Isn't being put in charge of
too many big enterprises for the good
of the enterprises and for the coun
try.
Are there no other big men in this
country who are able and safe enough
to assume responsibilities.—Canon
City,(Col.) Record.
CHAIRMAN Hurley asks congress
for *50,000,000 to build concrete
ships. If the money could be spent for
concrete performance It would be
well spent.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Ladies wore bustles.
Operations were rare.
Nobody swatted the fly.
Nobody had seen a silo.
Nobody had appendicitis.
Nobody wore white shoes.
Cream was five cents a pint.
Cantaloupes were muskmelons.
You never heard of a "tin Lizzie.”
Most young men had “livery bills.”
Milk shake was a favorite drink.
Advertisers did not tell the truth.
Farmers came to town for their
mail.
Nobody cared for the price of gas
oline.
The hired girl drew one-fifty a
week.
Nobody "listened in” on a tele
phone.
Doctors wanted to see your tongue.
The butcher “threw in” a chunk
of liver.
Folks said pneumatic tires were a
joke.
Strawstacks were burned instead of
baled.
People thought English sparrows
were “birds.”
There were no “sane” Fourths, no
electric meters.
Jules Verne was the only convert
to the submarine.
Publishing a country newspaper
was not a business.
You stuck tubes in your ears to
hear a phonograph, and it cost a
dime.—Pike County (111.) Republi
can.
IF EACH HOME SAVES
One ounce of meat daily, it means
465,000,000 pounds annually.
One slice of bread daily, 365,000,
000 loaves annually.
One piece of butter daily, 114,000,
000 pounds annually.
One cup of milk daily, 912,000,000
quarts, or the product of 400,000
cows annually.
EAT
CORN ,
SAVE '
-yHEAT
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THURSDAY EAGLE HALL 8 SHARP
MISS DANA’S successes include such notable productions as “The
Flower of No Man’s Land,” “The Light of Happiness” and “Gates of
Eden.” For her work in all of theses he has received the highest praise
from critics and audiences all over the world.
VIOLA DANA
IN
“Threads of Fate”
EDUCATIONAL FEATURE
We like ity You will more than like it.
TWO REEL COMEDY
HIS BREAD AND BUTTER
fr : -
Admission 30c
PARIS CHAUFFEURS ARE FOXY
Hava Developed Ingenious Trick to
Play on Sympathies of llneuspect
* , -lug Ameflonw. Women. —•
Paris taxicab drivers—how many
stories have been and will be written
about them!—are now playing a new
trick on unsuspecting Americans and
i even French people, especially women,
i There are several popular restaurants
on the Avenue Trudale, which Is only
reached from the boulevards by climb
ing the hill In the Rue des Martyrs. It
i takes time and gasoline to mount that
I grade; that Is why many taxis stop af
ter starting the nscent.
The driver makes frantic efforts to
j start—then climbs down, lifts the bon
net of the engine, pokes nround. makes
another effort to start, throws up his
| hands and exclaims: "It's broken
down! It won't go a foot further.”
His fare, usually a woman, gets out,
1 often angry and Indignant, but the
; chauffeur has tost his ability to reply
In kind. He Is sad, and shakes his head
mournfully. "My whole evening’s work
will be wasted by the time this car’s
pulled back to the garage. I won’t
make any money tonight I”
As like as not, the sympathy of his
passenger Is aroused, and she gives
him a good tip In addition to the fare
Indicated by the taximeter—and then
walks np hill. When she Is out of
sight the chauffeur lifts the hood
again, twists a valve and th« engine
starts with a bang. He hops to his
seat and rattles hack to the boule
vards, hoping to find another easy
mark.
I NO TIME FOR NIGHT LIGHTS
Unpatriotic aa Well as Unhygienic to
Leave Them Burning With Coal
at a Premium.
A fear of the dark seems to be a
common Inheritance of savages and
children. Bnt with a little patience
any child can be coaxed ont of this
fear, and It can be proved easily
enough that one rests better In a room
that Is not lighted. If you still leave
a night light burning, turn It out. It
Isn’t patriotic. It Isn’t really hygienic.
And It certainly Is not necessary.
It has been estimated that a 19-can
dle power lamp burned through an
evening of, say three or four hours,
consumes a pound of coal. If you burn
an eight-candle power lamp during a
whole night you doubtless burn more
than a pound of coal, and we are now
being shown by the authorities In
Washington that pounds of coal will
have as much to do with winning the
war as loaves of bread. If you are
looking for something to do, If you are
casting about for something to knit for
Sammle In the trenches. If you are
thinking of giving up sugar In your cof
fee, or planning to go without some
thing one day In the week so as to do
your bit, stop, and ask yourself about
the night bght.
Turn It out!
—
Latest Telegraph Record.
Within the past few weeks a seven
league stride has been made In high
speed telegraphy, says Popular Me
chanics. An apparatus, which In ac
tual tests has proved Its ability to
transmit over a single grounded wire
6.000 words a minute has been evolved.
The real significance of this escapes
one until It is realized that 6,000 words
set In type will fill 1V% standard mag
azine pages.
Details of what appears to be an
epoch-making achievement must be
withheld for military reasons. It Is
a war Invention and has for Its chief
purpose the liberation of hundreds of
expert operators for the signal corps
without disorganizing our much-needed
commercial IJnes. No secret Is di
vulged, however, when the apparatus
Is described as a printing telegraph
system depending upon a universally
used recording Instrument that has
never before been associated with te
legraphy. . . . The system Is ap
plicable to wireless but so far has not
been actually used in connection
with 1L
Taking the Joy Out of Life.
They bad been dining In state, in the
dining car. Husband, who is a teacher
of English, was glad that little daugh
ter had behaved so perfectly. Mother
also was In a happy frame of mind.
There were numerous other diners In
the car and the parents were proud of
their child. Not a single thing bad hap
pened to mar the serenity of the oc
casion. Finally the meal was over and
they started to leave the car. Their
way took them past all of the other
tables. Suddenly the little girl felt
Impelled to ask a question.
“Mother," she called In a shrill voice,
"aren’t we going to wash the dishes?"
Patient Little Penny.
The patient little penny Is coming
Into Its own. Not that It has not
had a certain popularity for religious
collections and blind beggars, but
aside from the purchase of papers
and matches and to put Into weigh
ing machines, It has not been In
great demand of late years. The
nickel was king. It did not go to
church so often, but it was exclusive
and preferred to keep its own com
pany. Now It cannot accomplish much
without the aid of the brownie, which
—until packages are reduced at least
will enjoy something of Its ancient
glory.—Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch.
Capable Looking Men.
Very capable looking young men
are these marines, and the odds on
Uncle 8am go up a few notches every
time they are trotted out Into Tie's.—
Ravoanab News.
^ a * ’-tr *■
We have just opened a new line of the Na
tional Biscuit Company’8 delicious cookies.
They are fine.
Something that will appeal to those who wish to save—
Solid Pack Peaches, Gallon tin.75c
Solid Pack Apricots, Gallon tin.75c
Solid Pack Apples, Gallon tin.60c
Solid Pack Blackberries, Gallon tin.80c
Solid Pack Pumpkin, Gallon tin.55c
Solid Pack Squash, Gallon tin.55c
Solid Pack String Beans, Gallon tin.75c
Solid Pack Peas, Gallon tin..75c
Solid Pack Spinach, Gallon tin.75c
Solid Pack Tomatoes, Gallon tin.65c
Puree Tomatoes, Gallon tin.55c
S. BLUM & COMPANY
* • \\ v \ ,
Member of the United States Food Administration
License number G-48525
GOOD GOODS --- RIGHT PRICES
......
Furnished room* at Mrs Osiand’s
Prices reasonable. *
George Wallentlne arrived in town
today from Eliamar.
ATTENTION DADIBB
Flowers and fruit effect* for your
spring hat. At Adam Swrfn’s tf
Jl'ST RECEIVED
A new line of Eastman Kodak sup
plies, Valdez Drug Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; read?
to transfe, uut lmKKa^v tor you. t'
If it isn’t an Eastman is isn't a
kodak. Valdez Drug Co., tf
FISH
Black cod, red snapper and halibut,
just received by Love-Whitley Com
pany,
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at O. O. Relnke’s. tf
I “ ——
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
The following schedule for the har
bor boat “Lt. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday. Wednesdays. Thursdays
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort LI scum Leave Valdez
8:16 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 6:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:16 p. m. 10:80 p. m.
11:16 p.m. 12:00 m. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
8pec!al trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet ertgencles of the ser
vice.
All official business between Val
des and the Post should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed._
G. R. KOEHLER,
Capt. 14th Infantry, A. Q. M.
HOTEL SEXTON
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The traveling public’s
home.
European Plan.
HOTEL SEXTON
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought and sold.
Phone 166."
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOS. A. SILVERMAN Ph.G.,M.D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Contract Surgeon U. S. Army
A. Surgeon, U. 8. Marine Hospital
and
Public Health Service
OFFICE HOURS:
l to 4 P. M. 7 to 8 P. M.
Sundays by Appointment
TELEPHONES
Office No. 19 Res. No. 176
Boyle Block, Valdez, Alaska
DR. H. COCKER1LLE
Gradual? National Ent»?reltj
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
la Valdez Since 1898
PHONE 110
Office Rooms Above Louie's Cale
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OR?? Oppoelte Court Bonne
Phone W VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS 0 K RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNBIYB-AT-LAW
Offices ii 'Whaling Building
Phone 101 VALDEZ, ALASKA.
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Pitted Leases G re and
LOVE & MEALS
Insurance
i l J '.i, . ' • '
Fire-Surety Bonds-Life
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Squlpped for the Treatment
of all Surgical and Medical
Cases. X-Ray
Private Rooms
Jot. A. Silverman PL G.M. D.
Proprietor
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates bp the Week or Month
Batha la Connection
PHONE 133 MIS. SYUNC. hep
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
F. and A. M.
Valdez Ledge Ne. 168
nmiuLAN communications, nrst
Wednesday in each month in Ma
sonic Hall. Visitors always wel
come.
WALTER ELLIOT. W. M.
C. C. REYNOLDS, Sec.
L 0. 0. F.
VaJdez, No, 6
iu ere lb over y muouay nignt Bl a:uv
o’clock p. m.. In Odd Fellows*
Hall. Visiting members cordially
invited to attend these meetings.
OTTO ELFSTROM. N. G.
R. D. NICHOLLS, Secretary.
Fraternal Order Eagles
Valdez Aerie No. 1971
Meets every Friday night in Eagle
Hall. Visiting Members cordially in
vited to attend these meetings.
ED. WOOD, W. P.
C. J. TODD, Sec.
Order of Eastern Star
Valdez Chapter No. S
STATED communications, first and
third Tuesdays of each month at
Masonic Hall. Visiting members
always welcome.
RENA E. CRAWFORD, W. M.
J. A. SILVERMAN, M. D. Sec’y.
Valdez Miters Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
Frank Gustation, President,
Veldes Alaska.
SAFETY FIRST
Travel On The
“SHAMROCK"
Prompt Service
D. D. STEWART Master
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly tripe from Valdes to
Ellamar, Landlock, Fidalgo and
way ports. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passes*
gers.
t
For rates apply os board.
CAPT. H. !<. RIDER