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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1914.
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TEXTILE MEN ARE OPTIMISTIC.
The textile manufacturers in New
England, who were predicting ruin for
their business when the tariff bill
was pending, now report that the div
idends for 1913 were the largest in
history and that the outlook for 1914
is better than last year. There has
been no influx of foreign goods and
the manufacturers are confident that
they will continue to meet foreign
competition, not only in the United
States but in the markets of the
world.
The manufacturers have been stud
ying the situation and are convinced
that there is no danger of the Unit
ed States being used as the dumping
ground for foreign goods.
For example, one big New England
cotton mill produces as much cotton
as comes into the country from all
the cotton mills of the world in com
petition with American cotton goods,
and less than $5,000,000 worth of
woolen cloths was imported in 1912,
including the fine English woolens
and worsteds for men’s clothing. This
was not enough to* make two suits
apiece for the men in the state of
Washington. The great mass of Am
ericans wear domestic woolens and
domestic cottons, and the foreign,
occupied with his own market, has
not yet seriously threatened the Am
ericans in their own market. It has
been supposed that the tariff kept him
out, but some of the textile men are
beginning to think that, even with
the reduced tariff, they can hold their
market.
The manufacturer or the cneapei
grades of cotton cloths especially are
not afraid of English competition.
Indeed, they can meet the British
manufacturer in his own field and un
dersell him. -Not long ago a Fall .
River manufacturer sold $10,000 worth j
of cotton cloth in Montreal at such
a price that the Canadian buyer
found it profitable to pay $2,500 duty
on the American goods,, whereas, if
he had bought the goods in Man
Chester, England, the duty would have
been only $1,500. But, of course,
this was a special grade of goods,
in the manufacture of which the la
bor cost was slight.
The textile men are not apprehen
sive. They believe that the country
is on the eve of a sure and steady
revival in business and that general
prosperity will be followed by a brisk
demand for the product of their mills.
The best indication of this is the fact
that stock in some of the big mills,
which slumped when the tariff bill
was under consideration, is now be
ing held at higher prices than ever
before.—Ex.
The “working man” who will pre- |
empt a job that he doesn’t want and
levy toll upon another who does want
it—what shall be said of him? Idlers
in San Francisco .are securing tick
ets issued by the city guaranteeing
four days’ wprk as a partial solution
of the problem of the unemployed and
selling them at two-bits each to those
who need the money.
A West Virginia minister, eloping
with a neighbor’s wife, registered at a
nearby town with her as brother and
sister—telling the hotel clerk that his
sister was afflicted with epilepsy and
“needed constant w-tching.” The
same, with truth, may be said of the
minister.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Fresh eastern oysters art the Vai
dez Cafe tf
G. F. Sharpe arrived from down the
sound today. He has been prospect
ing.
Dr. Kyslrom is in town in connec
tion with his big mining enterprise
at Landlock bay. <
Special communication of Valdez
.Lodge No. 168, F. & A. M., at McKin
ley Hall Feb. 11, at seven o’clock p.
m. Work in the first degree. Visit
ing brethern welcome. By order ,of
the Worshipful Master. C. C. Rey
nolds, Secy.
PUZZLED THE DRIVER.
Now He Believes the Policeman la a
Real Mind Reader.
A certain truckman in the habit of
using the new Manhattan bridge on his
morning trip to Brooklyn has abandon
ed that route because of superstition.
Several days ago while the truckman
was taking a loud of chicken crates to
Brooklyn a line cop flopped flown be
fore him just as his team had passed
under the Manhattan tower. lie look
ed around, and, seeing that none of the
teamsters ahead of him or behind him
was bareheaded, he picked up the cap
and put it under the cushion of his
seat.
Now, it chanced that the cap had
been blown from the head of one of
the engineers of the bridge department
who was high up in the tower at the
time. On reaching the tower base he
called up the policeman at the Brook
lyn approach on the telephone, describ
ed tlie teamster and his wagon and
told how he bad lost his cap.
As the long file of trucks passed by
the policeman the latter halted the
thieving driver, saying: "I'll trouble
you to hand over that cap you picked
up on the Manhattan side. It’s a black
and white check, and you've got it
right there under your seat.”
Amazed and frightened at the cop's
demand, the driver pulled out his hid
den find and tossed it to him. “Here
you are,” he said. "You’re a mind
reader or one of them guys what can
see around corners.”—New York Trib
une.
MASSENET’S HOBBY.
A Story of the Composer and His Dear
Friend, the Bookbinder.
In the recollections of Massenet a
story is told, says the Hamburger
Naehrichten, illustrating the compos
er’s passionate admiration for beauti
ful bindings. Not a week passed with
out a visit from him to his bookbinder
when he brought a new book or a new
edition to be bound. In the course of
time he and his bookbinder became the
best of friends, and when Massenet ar
rived the talk was at first of every
thing on earth except the real object
of his visit.
“Look here!" Massenet would sa.v
eventually, giving the man the volume
to be bound.
“Splendid!” replied the bookbinder,
and then for his customer and friend
he would devise some fresh wonder in
the art of binding.
One morning Massenet suddenly
learned that his friend was giving up
business. lie hurried to his shop.
“Heavens! Is it true you are leaving
Paris?" he asked.
“Why, certainly! I have bought a
charming little country house neai
Nantes.”
"What! A country house! And in
the provinces!” And he added sadly.
“Ah, my poor friend, I am partly re
sponsible for that!”
Who Am I?
Last leap year I did not want to em
barrass my best girl to make her pro
pose to me, so asked her to be my wife,
and she said. "1 would rather be ex
cused,” and I, like an idiot, excused
her. Hut 1 got even with the girl. 1
married her mother. Then my father
married the girl. Now 1 don't know
who I am.
When I married the girl's mother the
girl became my daughter, and when
my father married my daughter he is
my son. 'When my father married my
daughter she was my mother. If my
father is my son and my daughter is
my mother, who in thunder am I?
My mother’s mother (which is my wife)
must be my grandmother, and 1 being
my grandmother’s husband, I am my
own grandfather.—National Monthly.
A Bargain.
A young society woman met a count
and fell in love with him. Her father
was opposed to a match of this kind
and declared the foreign nobleman was
simply after his money.
■‘Count.” said the young woman one
evening, “you can’t imagine how my
love for you distresses my parents.
My father told me he would give $10,
000 if 1 would never see you again.”
“Ah, darling.” said the count, “ees
your fa zaire in hees oltees now, you
sink?”—Chicago Record-Herald.
Very Complimentary.
Mrs. Gray (meeting two acquaint
ances on the parade)—Oh. I didn't
know you were here. "Mrs. Greene!
Awfully pleased! You must come and
spend an evening with us.
Mrs. Greene—it's very kind of you.
but you must really excuse us. You
see. we’ve never been in the place be
fore. and we're only here for a few
days, so. of course, we must make the
best use of our time.—London Express.
Free and Equal.
"Do you truly ami honestly believe
that all men are born free and equal?”
asked Jiniyson of the genial philos
opher.
“1 sure do.” replied G. r. "Free of
all responsibility and equal to not less
than three square meals a day.”—Life.
Experience.
•‘How did you come out of that deal
in Wall street?"
“1 got several thousand dollars’
worth of experience. But the price
on experience has gone away off, with
no chance that I can see of recover
ing.”—Exchange.
Ocean Depth*..
Scientists have found (ifty-sjx areas
in the oceans where the water is more
than three miles deep, ten where It ex-,
ceeds lour miles and four where tbs
bottom Is further than five miles down.
HE RILED GLADSTONE.
And It Wai the Only Time Dieraeli
Laughed In the Commons.
Disraeli, It Is said, laughed only once
In the house of commons. Mr. Glad
stone had made un impassioned speech
in favor of the union of Wallachla and
Moldavia. Mr. Disraeli, speaking in
opposition, pointed out that the result
would he the extinction of the Inde
pendence of these people, and the only
thing left would be the remorse “which
would be painted with admirable elo
quence by the rhetorician of the day.”
In reply Mr. Gladstone said that he
would not be guilty of the affected
modesty of pretending to be ignorant
that that designation "the rhetorician
of the day” was intended for himself.
Mr. Disraeli Interrupted with the re
mark: “I beg your pardon. I really
did not mean that” Disraeli sat down
with a satisfied smile that told of his
enjoyment
Mr. Gladstone’s face expressed
amazement and Indignation. Ills op
ponent had placed him in the mortify
ing position of applying a remark to
himself which had no such personal
reference, therefore Gladstone’s wrath
and Disraeli's smile. The Liberal lead
er proceeded with his speech and con
demned the “sesquipedalian words and
Inflated language” of the leader of the
Conservatives.
SWALLOWING A PILL
By Being Too Conscious of the Act We
Make It Difficult.
Reduced to plain words, the scientific
reason why so many people find it ex
ceedingly difficult to swallow a pill is
because they try to
While this sounds paradoxical, it is.
nevertheless, true, according to the
best of authorities. The explanation is
that in eating our food we swallow it
almost automatically and give no
thought to the act of swallowing, but
with a pill we put it in the mouth and
say to ourselves. "This is a very small
object and will be difficult to swallow:
I must make an effort to do this.”
And right there is where the diffi
culty comes with most people. The
muscular effort made to swallow the
pill, accompanied by the thinking about
the act, really hinders the proper work
ing of the throat muscles that would
otherwise act properly in carrying the
pill down the throat
A similar condition is that of a mu
sician playing well when alone and
faltering in the presence of listener
It has been advanced that fear incon
veniences the nervous system, causing
the musician to fumble and the pill
swallower to procrastinate.—New York
World.
Majority and Plurality.
In politics the plurality is the great
est of more than two numbers and is
also the excess of the highest number
of votes cast for any one candidate
over the next highest number. When
a candidate receives out of 10,000 votes
erst 4,000 and two other candidates re
cefve respectively 3.500 and 2.500, the
first, is elected by a plurality, though
he has received less than a majority of
the whole vote, and he is said to have
a plurality of 500 votes. If the num
hers are 0.000. 3.000 and i.000. the inn
jority is 2.000 and the plurality is
3.000 A majority, therefore, must be
more than half the entire vote casl
and a candidate’s majority is. then, the
difference between the number of votes
he received and the combined number
of votes cast for all other candidates:
his plurality is the difference between
his own number and the number re
ceived by the candidate nearest to him
Timid About Bathing.
Archibald Colquboun relates that
"there is a strong prejudice In Nlca
rngun against bathing and even wash
ing while on a journey and for some
days afterward. The dust is not wash
ed off the face for some days after ar
rival. especially if the traveler has come
from the ‘tierras ealientes’ (hot coun
try. or lower region), for a too sudden
opening of the pores of the skin will
certainly produce fever, according , to
popular belief. The people of Nicara
gua. according to Squier. ‘are general
ly scrupulously clean in their persons,
except when traveling, and then the
use of water is prohibited.’ ”
The Agriculturist’s View.
Two farmers on a visit, to Liverpool
stood upon the platform of a railway
station, when n lady passed dressed in
the height of fashion.
“Theer. Jim,” said one. "what do you
think of thut, lad?”
Jim looked at her for a minute and
then said. ‘Ay. Tom. it’s bad ground
that takes so much top dressing!”
Liverpool Mercury.
Fats.
“My good man.' bow did you come
to be In prison?"
“Fate, I guess, ma'am " ,, (
I "Fate? I -don't understand you.”'
“Well, you see. it ihust tmve'Ueen or
dained that somebody would be in this
cell when you came along asking fool
questions, nnd of course 1 bad to be
the guy.”—Detroit Free Press
How She Knew.
Nan—When young Mr. (layman was
Introduced 'to me the other day I
thought he speihed painfully embar
rassed.'
Fan— 1-le didn’t seem so to me. but on
looking him up in the commercial di
rectories.. I found be was.--Boston
Transcript. .... . ,
Seeking Jo Be Bxect.
“My grandpa had a perplexity lit
yesterday." said small Dorothy.
“Perplexity at!” echoed little Clarice.
“You mean a parallel atroke. don't |
you?”—(Stray Stories. v '
We’ have put up a good many Nelchina
outfits the past week. We are
ready to put up more.
The Best Goods
The Best Packing
is our motto.
When ready for your outfit come
and see us.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
In the Matter of the Annexation of
Certain Territory to the Incorpor
ated Town of Valdez.—Order Set
ting Time for Hearing Petition and
Giving Notice.
A petition having been this day
presented to the court for the pur
pose of instituting the proceedings
required by law for the annexation
of territory to an incorporated town,
said petition praying for the annex
ation of certain described territory to
the incorporated town of Valdez, in
the Territory of Alaska, Third divis
ion; and it appearing to the court j
that said petition is signed by forty- !
eight qualified electors of said incor- j
porated town, the same being more
than one-fifth of the number of votes
east at the last municipal election in j
said town, and by live actual resi- I
dents and owners of substantial prop- I
erty interests in land in the territory
proposed to be annexed and verified
by two of the signers of said peti
tion; said petition setting forth the
boundaries of the territory so pro
posed to be annexed to said town, an
having attached thereto a plat based
upon an actual survey by a compe
tent surveyor, setting forth the lim
its and boundaries thereof by metes
and bounds, and stating the number
of inhabitants therein:
Theretore, i appearing to the tour,
that said petition is in the form re
quired by law; it is ordered that said
petition be heard and considered by
the court on the 18th day of Febru
ary, 1914, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said
day, at the court room of this court
in Valdez, Alaska, if said day be a day
of jurisdiction in said court, or if the
same be not a day of jurisdiction,
then said hearing shall be held on the
first day of jurisdiction thereafter. It
is further ordered that notice of such
hearing be given by posting printed
or typewritten copies of this order
in three conspicuo.ous places within
the limits of said incorporated town
of Valdez, and by posting such cop
ies in three conspicuous places with
in the limits of the territory so pro
posed to be annexed to and included
within the limits of said incorporated
town, and by publishing a copy of
this order once a week in the Valdez
Prospector, a newspaper of general
circulation published nearest to said
incorporated town.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Alaska, this 7th day of January, 1914.
FRED. M. BROWN, Judge.
First publication January 10, 1914.
Last publication February 14, 191:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In ihe United States Commissioner’s
Court, ex-oflicio Judge in Probate,
Valdez precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Rob
ert Martin, deceased. Notice to cred
itors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of Robert Martin, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claiihs 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
tion of the business.of said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 13th
day of January, 1914.
W. H. CASWELL,
Administrator of the estate of Robert
Martin, deceased.
Date ot first publication Jan,. 14.
Date of last publication Feb'. 17.
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10 I
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Meet every Tuesday evening at H o'clock II
Eatrle Hall. All members are re<inested to
attend. T. C. QUINN, Arctic Chiel
S. M^NIECE. Secretary
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at
8 o’clock at
the local quarters back of
Ingram & Bush’s Cigar Store
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, alasha
Reports on Mines
Ratent Surveys
Qenesal Mining Engineering
Rhone No toa
Notice of Marshal’s Sale.
United States of America, Third Di
vision, Territory of Alaska, ss.
Public notice >s hereby given, that
by virtue of a writ of execution, dated
January 9th, A. D. 1914, issued out
of the District Court, for the Third
division, Territory of Alaska, on a
judgment rendered in said Cour., on
the 5th day of January, A. D. 1914,
in favor of the United States of
America, and against James Pish, ad
ministrator of the estate of Louis Ca
m'cia, deceased, Angus Chisholm,
Frank Gustafson, Max J. Schnr'dt and
Jennie Raymond, I have, on this 9th
day of January, A. D. 1914,. levied
upon the following described real es
tate, situated in the town of Valdez,
Territory of Alaska, to-wit:
Lot nine (9) in Block B; lot three
(3) in Block two (2); lot four (4)
in block twenty-four (24), of the
Valdez Townsite, according to the
official plat ■ f said townsite on file
in the office of the recorder for said
precinct, and uhat I will, according
ly, offer said real estate for sale, at
public vendue to the h'ghest and best
bidder, for cash, on the third day of
March, A. D. 1914, at two o’clock p.
m., at the front door of the Court
House, Valdez, Alaska.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, January
9, 1914.
F. R. BRENNEMAN,
U. S. Marshal, Third Division, Ter
ritory of Alaska.
First publication January 10. 1914.
Last publication February 21, 1914.
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
For $6-00 we will give you a ticket
entitling you to hospital service and
care for any eight weeks out of the
year from date of your ticket, when
incapacitated by injury or sickness.
Se.e W. H Ziegler.
Cable Office Hours
Week liilys 9 a. to. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10 a. to
and 5 to 6 p. m.
■. Andrew Anderson, of Nome, was
■recently chosen city councilman by
the other members of the council to
succeed former Mayor William A. Gil
more, late Republican candidate for
congress.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
|Washington,'D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 21 Fourteen yearsfin
Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
Phon, » THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. ui . to 0 p. m.. 7 p. m.. tot) p. id. Sundays
by appointment AJ1 work guaranteed
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THE
OSTEOPATH
Graduate 'American School of
Osteopathy, Kikrsville. Mo.
0FFICEjH0URS—9 to 12 1 to5 p. ■„ or by
appointment.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall S'reet
Phone 3i VALDEZ
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F. BUTTERWORTH
[Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Latouche, Alaska.
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The Assayer
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