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TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1914.
PAUL d’HIERRY.
It is with keen regret that the
Prospec tor announces today the sud
den death of Judge Paul d’Hierry at
Chitina. A former editor of this pa
per, well known and honored in this
community, his death at the age of
63 leaves but few stings, as he lived
and died like a man, fighting the bat
tle of life when times were good and
when the skies were dark, but always
in an upright and fair spirit—a fight
er whom many have regretted they
crossed. His mind was keen and his
work with the pen a revelation.
Judge d’Hierry lived like a man,
and no greater praise can he given to
anyone.
REGULARITY STRICTLY PRE
SERVED.
Haiti has a new president, one
Oreste Zamor, and he has gained his
high office in a way which it would
be unjust to call irregular, since any
■other method of attainment would
have made it exceptional—for Haiti.
President Zamor is no innovator; he
may even be called a conservative,
since he has scrupulously followed
the established custom of his coun
try, with every formality observed,
including that of having a congress
chosen by himself solemnly elect him
to the position from which he had
already driven ihis ,predecessor by
force of arms.
That the congressmen couldn’t have I
done anything else without more than j
risk to their lives does not prove that j
(heir votes were not honest and will- i
ing or that the general Haitian pub- !
lie is not satisfied with the result.
Presumably, the populace is quite !
content. Tile tedium of tropic days
has been broken by a little war, but
not much blood had been shed, and
even the deposed officials had time,
before taking refuge on convenient
foreign warships, to make provision j
for a comfortable period of exile, j
St. Thomas knows their kind well, :
and in the sunny square of its pleas- ,
ant capital they will doubtless pro- |
ceed to arrange .the next election of,
the same kind.
They are as likely to win it as any- j
body else, except, possibly, some pro- i
vincial governor selected by President j
SjcUIiui umiaru auaic *110
and opportunities. It was from such j
a governorship that he rose, and he |
■will be no more surprised than was ,
his late chief at anything done by j
an ambitious subordinate.
Presidential elections thus conduct- ,
ed seejn to us highly discordant with j
republican institutions, and they un
doubtedly tend to keep Haiti in its !
present condition. They are, however,1
in exact accord with the tastes and ,
habits of the people most concerned, j
and more cannot b esaid of our sys- ■
tern. That, too, has been criticised ;
as to some of its details. And Haiti, j
though it has had so many of what
are called revolutions, has stuck with
really wonderful fidelity to a single j
form of government. Nobody there
tries to become king or emperor; they
are all true to republicanism as they
understand it, and many greater na
tions are much younger, and per
haps some of them are not more sta
ble.
Agreed With Him.
An old man said to a youth:
“My boy, when I was your age I
thought, like you, that I knew It all,
but now I have reached the conclusion
that 1 know nothing."
The youth, lighting a cigarette, an
swered carelessly:
"H’m! 1 reached that conclusion
about you some years ago.”
An Exalted Position.
“He used to be at the top of bis pro
fession, but one day be fell, and Le
will never again occupy his former
exalted position.”
“You surprise me. What was his
position?”
"He was the apex of a ‘human pyra
mid' with a team of acrobata."—Bir
mingham Age-Herald.
DIFFICULT NAVAL FEAT.
Landing Big Field Guns on Shore by
the Trolley Route.
That the landing of held guns and
munitions of war on shores which ves
sels cannot approach closely is one of
the exciting tasks for the men on the
warships of the world’s great navies is
thrillingly demonstrated. The maneu
ver is especially necessary in the na
vies of the colonial powers, which must
be in readiuess to laud fighting forces
on any of the unapproachable shores of
their colonies. British, German and
French sailors have long been trained
in making such landings, and since the
United States has become a colonial
power the crews of American battle
ships are likely to he called upon for
similar service.
The battleship or transport carrying
the guns anchors as near the shore as
possible, and a cable is stretched from
the vessel’s deck to a tripod derrick on
shore. A two wheeled trolley from
which are suspended the various parts
of the guns is drawn along the cable
by a rope running to the men on shore.
The guns are dismounted, and several
trips are necessary to land all the parts
of one gun. The most thrilling part of
the work is carried on by tlie men who
ride on the load to keep it from sway
ing or becoming unfastened from the
trolley.—Fopular Mechanics.
SECRET OF GOOD BREAD.
Flour Should Be Aged In a Dry, Well
Ventilated Place.
Here is a secret that many house
wives do not know and even some pro
fessional bakers do not understand.
Flour should be kept in a dry, well
ventilated place. The temperature
should be about 70.
iU UJUUC gwu DIC*1U llvUl OUUUUI UU
aged—that is,' it should be kept dry
and preferably where the air eau reach
it. Some persons warm a sack of
flour and think that this will dry and
age it, but su#h treatment does not
reach the middle of the flour.
Experiments show that when flour is
aged properly there is a slight loss of
moisture, but the flour will absorb
more water, tin one test a freshly
ground sack of flour after sixty days
lost a little over one pound in weight,'
but it gained so much in absorption
that it made a gain of several pounds
in weight of dough over the original
weight. Tile gluten, which is the life
of the flour, also becomes more elastic,
and the flour grows whiter.
There in no better way for the house
keeper than to keep a barrel or sack of
flour when: It will ho dry and exposed
to the air arid also to keep a quantity
of Hour sifte d and ready for use.—New
York Sun.
Trivial Cause of a Bloody War.
In the year Idol a Polish nobleman
became obnoxious to tile laws of his
country by reason of his having com
mitted a > rime. He fled to Sweden,
whereupon John Casimir. king of Po
land, wrote to Charles Gustnvus. king
of Sweden, demanding the surrender
of the criminal. The king of Sweden
on reading the dispatch noticed that
his own name and titles were follow
ed by two ucte.'as." while the name
of the kill..' of Poland was followed
by three. I lie missing “et cetera" so
enraged t' • king of Sweden that he at
once dec ed war against Poland.
The war was carried on with great bit
terness until 1000. when a peace was
signed at Oliva, near Danzig. A eon
temporary writer (Kochowskyl poured
out his lamentations on the war in
these terms: "How deal- has this ‘et
cetera’ been to ns! With how many
lives have these two potentates paid
for these missing eight letters! With
what streams of blood lias the failure
of a few drops of ink been avenged!”
Oh, Wait Till He Returns!
“Why. my dear," exclaimed the good
friend ou finding Mrs. Newed in floods
of tears, "what is the matter?"
The young wife wiped her eyes and
tried to compose herself and he in
humanly cairn.
•Well." she began, with folded
hands, "you know John is away for a
week."
"Yes. dear," helped the lady friend.
"Well, he writes to me regularly,
and in his -his last letter he tells me
he gets my photo out and kisses it ev
ery day."
"Hut that is nothing for you to cry
about:" exclaimed the good friend.
"Yes. it is.” cried Mrs. Newed.
bursting into tears afresh, “be-because
i took my picture out of his ba-bag be
before lie started Ju-just for a jo-joke
and put one of mo-mo-motlior's in its
place!”
Not Guilty.
A woman said to her grocer:
“I m going to stop dealing with you.
You mix bad butter with your good."
But tlie grocer, looking very much
hurt, replied:
“Oh. madam, how can you misjudge
me so? It's true I sometimes mix a
little good butter with my bad to make
it better, bat I’d never dream of mix
ing bud butter with my good to make
It wofse!”--Philadelphln Bulletin.
Cited Her Authority.
"Now. children, can you name any
other creature that belongs to the brute
creation?"
"I can. teacher."
“Then name the creature."
“My papa. My mamma says so.”
Bnitimore American.
Not 8tudlod.
Louise-Does yoqr husband treat
yon with a studied indifference? Julia
—No: his iini-oncern Is quite natural.—
Judge.
Deferred duties, as s general rale,
mean neglected duties
A TROLLEY IN THE DESERT.
8and Fight* the Wires From Cairo to
the Pyramids.
Extending from Cairo to the pyra
mids of Uizeli is an electric trolley
line which is used chiefly by tourists.
Tile trunks pf huge palm trees serve
ns trolley poles to support the over
head conductor, and the contrast be
tween the modern hurrying motorcars
and the peaceful centuries old tombs
of the pharaohs holds the interest of
many a contemplative traveler.
At one side of the trolley conductor
on bell shaped insulators urc run the
feeders, which, like the trolley wire,
are of bright, hard drawn copper.
After these wires had been installed
it was soon found that they invariably
broke and fell within six or seven
months, the cross section being much
reduced at the point of fracture.
Investigation showed that the desert
winds which sweep across the right
of way whip sand particles against
tin; wires, causing a filing action which
cuts away the copper much like an
artificial sand blast. The glass globes
of arc lamps installed along the road
have exhibited the same destructive
action.
A similar effect is observed with the
incandescent units used to light the
way to the sphinx. These strings of
lamps, besides having to be moved at
frequent intervals to accommodate the
varying level of the shifting sands, are
rapidly eaten away by the etching ac
tion of Hie desert winds. Thus far no
remedy lias been discovered for this
destruction except frequent renewals.
—Electrical World.
NOISELESS NOISE.
Ring a Bell In a Vacuum ana you can
not Hear the Sound.
The value of air as a noise and
sound medium can readily be ascer
tained by suspending a bell from a
silk strand through tbe neck of a large
bottle from which tbe air has been
pumped. By pulling on tbe silk tbe
tongue can be seen to strike the sides
of die bell, but no sound is beard. A
bell suspended by a metal rod and
rung would be audible, the sound
waves being carried to tbe outside of
tbe bottle by the metal rod. An ex
periment of this kind, using an iron
vessel as a substitute for tbe glass bot
tle, would be found not nearly so sat
isfactory, though tlie bell be suspend
ed from silk as in tlie former instance,
owing almost entirely to tbe fact that
iron is more porous than glass, conse
quently containing some air. which
would couvey an almost imperceptible
sound to the outside.
There is said to exist in Scotland a
stone so opaque as to render Inaudible
even the firing of a camion, if one
crouches on the opposite side. All
liquids and gases are excellent sound
conductors: especially is water on the
surface, and certain kinds of wood.
If it was possible for two men to |
live a sufficient length of time in a l
glass box hermetically sealed and eon I
tabling no air they would be unable j
to converse though using the great- j
est powers at their command.—Chics- |
go Record Herald.
Nature and the Barnacle.
ill tlie barnacle we have a unique
and wonderful ease of a creature that
can afford as age comes on to dispense
with tlie eyesight that was so useful
in youth. I'or the young and old
barnacle are as different one from tlie
other as fishes from seaweed. In tlie
heyday of life the barnacle swims
about tlie sea. seeking its food with the
slid of its eyes and generally leading a
roaming existence. Later in life, how
ever, it grows tired of this aimless
wandering and settles down to worry
ships' captains by attaching itself to
the keels of their craft and defying tbe
much advertised powers of various pre
ventive paints. Once, then, tlie barna
cle lias become a fixture, whether on
ships or sharks, its eyesight is of no
more use. It cannot seek its food, and
it cannot shun its foes, for it never
more will move. Therefore its eyes
become superfluous and. according to
nature’s invariable rule in such cases,
disappear. _
§imple English.
"Yes.” said the earnest professor,
••what we want in literature is direct
and simple English."
The listeners gravely nodded.
“Direct, aim simple.” they echoed.
"Those conglomerated effusions of
vapid intellects." the professor went
on. "which pose in lamentable atti
tudes as the emotional and intellectual
ingredients of fictional realism fall fnr
short of the obvious requirements of
contemporary demands and violate
the traditional models of the tran
scendent minds or the Elizabethan era
of glorious memory. Plain and simple
English is the demand of the hour.”
Whereupon everybody applauded and
went home.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
No Retail For Him.
A small boy saw some young puppies
at the dog dealer's.
"Oh. Mr. Brown." he asked the tuau.
"how much do you want for those
puppies V"
“They’re S3 apiece. Master Beverly.”
“Ob. but I don’t want a piece. I
want a whole dog.”—Exchange.
A Pocket Symphony.
“My piano is very much like .my
trousers pockets When my wife goes
into them she often Minis nothing but
keys, and then there l< music.”—New
York filohe.
Ways and Mean*.
Ethel -.lack Roxlelgii i* good looking
enough tmt 1 dou’t mvc i<w his ways.
Marie Never mind about tils ways,
my dear. Thlak of tiie noatw.—-Beaton
Record.
j Spring
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1914
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
Notice is hereby given that; pur
suant to an order made by the dis
trict court of the Territory of Alaska,
Third division, in the matter of the
annexation of certain territory to the
incorporated Town of Valdez, the
common council of the Town of Val
dez has called “n election to be held
in said town and in the territory pro
posed to be ann xed to said town, on
Saturday, March 21, 1914, to determ
ine whether said territory shall be '
so annexed as prayed for in the peti- j
tion therefor, filed in said district ,
court as provided by law. The de ]
script ion of said territory as set up !
in said petition, is as follows, to wit:
Beginning at Meander Corner No. I
1 of the Valdez"townsite survey and j
running thence south, 24 degrees, 19 t
minutes, 14 seconds east, 240.688 j
feet; thence south 58 degrees, 82 j
minutes east, 1228.26 feet: thence j
south, 74 degrees, 52 minutes east,
568.26 feet; thence south, 45 degrees.
48 minutes east, 136.62 feet: thence
south, 30 degrees, 27 minutes west,
131.24 feet; thence south, 29 degrees,
12 minutes west, 123.42 feet; thence j
south, 14 degrees, 45 minutes west,
51.95 feet; thence north, 61 degrees,
27 minutes east, 5000 feet; thence
north, 28 degrees, 48 minutes west,
2050 feet; thence south 61 degrees,
30 minutes west, 5700. feet, to place
of beginning.
At such election qualified electors
are invited to vote upon said prop
osition to annex said described ter
ritory to the Town of Valdez by plac
ing upon their ballots the words “For
annexation to the Town of Valdez,”
or “Against annexation to the Town
of Valdez,” or words equivalent there
to.
me polling place ior sucii eieuiuii i
in the Town of Valdez shall be in
the hall of the common council on
Broadway avenue. The polling place
in the territory proposed to be an
,vexed shall be in the ground llooi
room of the Fish building on McKin
ley street, adjoining the Tillikinn
ftil’b. The polls shall be open from
9 a. ill. to 6 p. m. of March 21, 1914
The election board designated foi
the Town of Valdez is composed of tilt
following persons: Judges—II. 1’.
Sullivan, Louis Rosenthal. Thomas
Hunt: clerks—J. J. Cavana, Dan Wil
eey.
The election board designated for
the territory proposed lo be annexed j
is composed of the following persons:
Judges—Adam Swan, Oliva Maroise,
J. H. Bell: clerks—Frank Millard.
Rq^ert Weber.
The qualitications of an elector en -
titled to vote at such election, pre
scribed by law, are as follows: He or
she shall be a male or female per
son of the age of twenty-one years
or more and shall be the owner of
substantial property interests in land,
building or Improvements on land or
tide land within the said corporation
or the territory proposed to be an
nexed to or incorporated within such
corporation.
TOWN OF VALDEZ.
By E. E. RITCHIE. Mayor.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
First publication Feb. 20, 1914.
Last publication March 20, 1914.
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
For $6.00 we will give you a ticket
entitling yeu to hospital service and
care for any eight weeks out of the
year from date of your ticket, when
Incapacitated by injury or sickness.
Bee W. H. Ziegler.
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10 j
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'ciocu in
Kaglc Hall. All members are reo jested to
attend. T. (J. QUINN. Arctic Chief
S. MCNIKCK. Secretary
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at
8 o’clock at
the local quarters back of
Ingrain & Bush’s Cigar Store
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, alabka
Reports or Mires
Patent Surveys
General Mining Engineering
Phone A/o 10a
Summons for Publication.
Theo. Emel, plaintiff, vs. W. Fred
Swanson and F. A. Hancock, defend
ants.—No. 653. Summons for Publica
tion.
To the above-named defendant,
W. Fred Swanson:
You are hereby required to appear
in the district court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within
thirty days after the completion of
publication of this summons against
you, to-wit, within thirty days after
the 28th of March, 1914; and answer
the complaint of plaintiff filed here
in, and unless you so appear and an
swer the plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the '
complaint, decreeing her to be the
owner of the launch Anita, and that
neither you nor your co-defendant has
any interest in or title to the same.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown,
judge of said court, this 13th day of
February, 1914. ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court, for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
By T. P. GERAGHTY, Deputy Clerk.
First publication Feb. 14, 1914.
Last publication March 28, 1914.
Notice to Creditors.
In the United States Commissioner's
Court, ex officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased. W. A. Rystrom,
administrator.—Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Peter Steinmetz. deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary vouch
ers, within six (6) months after the
first publication of this notice, to the
said administrator at the office of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska, the
same being the place for the trans
action of the business of said estate.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this 10th
day of February, 1914.
W-. A. RYSTROM,
Administrator of the estate of Peter
Steinmetz, deceased.
First publication Feb. 11, 1914.
Last publication March 16, 1914.
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PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
(Washington,* D. C.
DENTIST,
Phone 92 T-Feurteen years'in
Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
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’Civil Engineer and
U, S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Hue Printing Latouche, Alaska.
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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