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PUBLISHED BT
STEWART A SELBY, Uroprtatow
VALDBI, ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as 8econd-Class Mall Matter,
July >3, 1312. at the postofflce of Valdes,
Alaska, under act or March 3, 1ITS.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Bally Prssssstsr,
rhe Dally Prospector and Weak
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad
dress, per month----$ US
TEL. 1SS
Advertising Rates on Application.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1010
DISSATISFIED WITH NEW TOY.
Although the city council rerused
to give Its sanction many of the busi
ness men of the city recently put their
clocks ahead to “gain an hour of
daylight.” This is made possible by
the action of the Engineering Com
mission and others but the steamship
companies and the cable service times
will not be altered unless the time is
changed all the way down the coast.
The cables must depend on the Val
des office, so the Gateway, for in
stance, will be one that will have to
maintain the same time. Messages
do not arrive here until about 9 a.
m. from the outside. The public
schools started at the earlier hour this
morning but this will mean that
the children will have to go to school
in darkness in a week or two from
now and will lose daylight, not gain
It. The school children will not be
made to suffer this when the agita
tion dies down and the facts are un
derstood.
The change of time will also mean
in a very short time that we will ail
have to steal darkness from the
night before. This is a free country
and may all innovations prove right,
but in this case the alteration of time
is rather an absurdity as it coul 1
only have an effect for a few weeks
at most. If you take eight hours’
work as the basis for a day here it
would mean working from 8 o’clock
a. m. oldtime to 4 p. m. or 7 a. m. to
3 p. m., or if time is allowed for n
short lunch the quitting time could
be made a half hour earlier. In
either case you put the clocks ahead
and go to work an hour earlier and
you are adding to the darkness < t
the day instead of adding davlight.
Besides we shall not have enou,i
daylight in a few weeks to do a full
day’s work so where in the name of
goodness does the advantage come?
The change was the result of care
less people who smiled when they
signed It. To add to this some people
allowed their names to be used in
connection with the matter without
giving it any thought and they can
hardly be blamed for trying to put
It Into effect, but It U really one of
these little absurdities that too much
"localism" makes possible. It is one
of these egregious bits of rot that
made two commercial bodies possible
and a lot of other things, among
which was the placing of the post
office in the most remote position
procurable.
Ketchikan Is one town which has
Just gone back to normal time after
putting Its clocks ahead and It found
very good reasons for doing so. Even
the cables show today that Berlin has
gone back to normal time no doubt
because the coming of winter there,
like here, makes putting the clock
ahead useless.
To make the change here at this
time of the year is positively ridi
culous and it is to be regretted that
so many people thoughtlessly fell for
it even temporarily. But hurrah for
something new anyhow!—Sewar.i
Gateway.
PUBLIC LANDS.
Statements from the federal de
partment of the Interior Indicate that
the United States, notwithstanding
its prodigal distribution, has 264,
946,689 acres of public land, scatter
ed through 26 states still open to en
try. Nevada contains 55,000,000
acres of this land, mostly arid; Wyo
ming has 28,000,000 acres and there
are large tracts in Utah, New Mexi
co, Arizona, Montana and Oregon.
There are smaller areas In Minneso
ta, North and South Dakota, Wash
ington, Alabama, Florida, Missis
sippi and Louisiana, and a few tracts
in Michigan, Missouri and Oklahoma.
The value of these lands is largely
consequent upon irrigation or draii^
age projects. Much of it is in arid
or semi-arid districts. In five of the
states irrigation will be indispensable
to the raising of crops. In the South
much of the public land is in swamps
requiring drainage before it can be
utilized.
Forty years ago, however, the lands
of the Dakotas and Minnesota were
Wagarded as lightly as the arid and
semi-arid lands of today. The gov
ernment gave away hundreds of
thousands of acres of rich bluck loam,
much of it now worth from $100 to
$200 an acre and at that time regard
ed as a part of the great American
desert.
Irrigation has changed Western
deserts to productive soil. The prac
tical use of much of the public land
now remaining is consequent upon
reclamation development. When this
is accomplished it will be as desira
ble for farm crops and fruit culture
as any of the land Uncle Sam gave
away.—Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Virgil Rich, an employe on the
government railroad, started to walk
from Mile 64 to Headquarters Camp
at Mile 61 one evening recently and
while walking through one of the
tunnels and hearing a noise ahead
of him turned on an electric flash
Line Up For Valdez
YOUR opportunity is TODAY.
Tomorrow may be TOO LATE.
Many Valdez Citizens are awake and working.
Working for the SMELTER.
They want the Smelter for Valdez.
Other communities are awake.
Very much awake.
A delegation from Katalla invaded Valdez to get the
Smelter for Katalla.
They offer advantages which command consideration.
They represent solid business principles and solid business
men of high standing.
REYNOLDS-ALASKA CORPORATION was organ
ized primarily to finance erect and operate an INDEPEN
DENT ALASKAN SMELTER.
The Eastern Investors who are interested in the ultimate
financing of the corporation have expressed no choice as to
location.
My personal preference is for VALDEZ—but I am not
prejudiced in the matter.
Nor will I oppose the location of the Smelter at some
other place.
An Independent Smelter anywhere in this section of
Alaska will fill the requirements of the Copper Mines in which
my family and business associates are financially interested.
We want the Smelter. We want it at once. We are work
ing in the utmost harmony for the Smelter.
- But it is up to Valdez if Valdez wants the smelter.
I have outlined the advantages to you and to the com
munity.
Time is passing swiftly.
Many of you are mentally asleep.
Opportunity knocks at the door of Valdez.
IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP.
Your opportunity is TODAY!
Any citizen who shirks his duty to Valdez is not a loyal
citizen.
We can get the Smelter at Valdez only by working for it.
Just as the only way to get anything worth while is to
work for it and work hard.
Have YOU who are reading this done YOUR part?
Will you—NOW?
Cordially,
'HENRY DERR REYNOLDS.
Postoffice Box 263, Valdez, Alaska._
light, finding himself face to face
With a bear. There Is some doubt
as to whether Rich or the bear made
the fastest time getting out of the
tunnel, but Rich states he is willing
to take the honors if the bear does
not.
Pictures developed at the Valdes
Drug Company. tf
FOR RENT: Chair space In the
Post-Office Barber Shop, 16 per week.
Phone 227. tf
PENALTY OF A RIME.
Caustio Callingborna Paid Par Hia
Taunt at Richard III.
Did you ever hear of a spring poet
who came to his death because of a
rime? Doubtless many spring poets
hare merited the same fate, but In onr
day justice tarries and the world suf
fers In silence. .
It was not thus when Richard III.,
last of the Plantagenets, ruled Eng
land. In the main the people who did
not agree with the Duke of Gloucester
were wise enough to keep their opln
ions to themselves, but William Colling
borne thought to stretch poetic license
to make It cover an attack on hla maj
esty at a time when the murder of the
two princes in the Tower ought to have
taught prudence.
The king was under the sway of
a beautiful and clever woman, Mrs.
Lovell, who was thought to dictate
much of bis policy, which was hope
lessly bad. Now, Colllngborne had re
course to the fact that the wolf dog
was called a “lovel,” and so he penned
the famous rime, “The rat, the cat
and lovel, our dog, rule all England un
der the hog.” As a result, England was
decidedly “on the hog.”
Did the rime escape the eagle eye
of Gloucester? Well, If It did It was not
overlooked by the lady. That was a
year before the famous battle of Bos
worth, when the Earl of Richmond
came to the rescue of his suffering peo
ple. Richard had put down Bucking
ham's rebellion, and all the traitors
bad paid the price with their heads, so
another head more or less did not mat
ter. Colllngborne was summoned Into
court, given a perfunctory trial and
seut to the block. However, there Is no
evidence that he was punished for writ
ing atrocious poetry.—St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
SAVING OLD MANUSCRIPTS.
How Valuable Paper* Are Mended
and Mounted For Preeerving.
There are nut fifty persons In the
United States who are skilled In the
preservation and repairing of old man
uscripts. One of them, says the Uni
versity of Wisconsin Bulletin, may be
found working on the third floor of the
Wisconsin Historical library building
at Mndlson, one of the six or seven In
stitutions In the country that carry on
such work scientifically.
About a generation or two ago a
priest In the Vatican library at Rome
originated and developed the process
now In use In the taking care of old
papers.
The first thing done In the process of
preserving the letters Is to place them
between wet newspapers under a
weight and leave them for five or six
hours. This removes the creases and
the dirt Then they are put between
wood pulp boards and left twenty-four
hours and then between blotters to
complete the drying process. The next
step Is to repair the paper.
The paper of some of these letters Is
so old when received that It falls to
pieces If struck. This Is strengthened
by a layer of a sort of transparent
cloth, on both sides of the piece of pa
per. Other letters need mending along
the edges with parchment paper. To
cover holes a piece of paper Is glued
over the edges and Is left larger than
the hole until dry. It Is then cut down
to the proper size, and the edges are
sandpapered until smooth. After all
such repairs are made the letters are
mounted on large white sheets and pre
pared for binding.
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I
Boar Baiting.
In the time of Shakespeare theaters
were often used for bear baiting as
well as for the presentation of plays
nnd In some cases were equipped with
a stage which could be removed when
the bear baiting was to occur. The
contemporary attitude toward this di
version Is seen In this quotation: “It
was a sport very pleasant to see the
bear with his pink eyes leering after
bis enemies' approach.” It Is comfort
ing to reflect In these days that the
killing of animals, at least as a form
of public amusement, has greatly di
minished and In most countries has
disappeared.—Outlook.
What Impressed Her.
Shortly after Will Crooks, the labor
leader, was elected to parliament, says
an English weekly, he took his little
daughter to Westminster. She was evi
dently awed at the splendors round her
and maintained a profound and won
dering silence all the time. Mr. Crooks
was delighted to see her so much Im
pressed.
“Well,” said he to her at last, “what
are you thinking so deeply about,
dear?”
“I was thinking, AmAAj* answered
the little girl, “that you’re a big man
In our kitchen, but you aren’t very
much here.”
Changed Moaning.
One of the best examples of bow to
end letters Incorrectly Is that of a sol
dier who wrote home to his wife the
following sentence without a single
stop or comma:
“May heaven cherish and keep you
from yours affectionately John Don."
Differs nee of Opinion.
“I have nothing to live for," said
Slowpay at table.
“Well, you’ll find out soon that you
can’t live here for nothing,” snapped
bis landlady.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Prison Uplift.
Visitor—But whatever Induced you
to take np safe cracking for a living?
"Oh, I dunno, lady! I guess I had a
natural gift for It”—Life.
.... l,
living kindness Is greater than laws,
and the charities of life are more than
all ceremonies.—Talmud.
Summons.
No. 868.
In the District Court for the Territory
or Alaska, Third Division.
Wm. A. Schroeder, Plaintiff, vs. Net
tie Schroeder, Defendant.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting:
To Nettle Schroeder, the Above
Named Defendant.
You are hereby required to appear
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within 30
days after the completion of the pub
lication of this summons, to-wlt,
within thirty (30) days after the
fourth day of November, 1916, and
answer the complaint of Wm. A.
Schroeder, the above-named plaintiff
in the above-entitled cause, which
said cause is an action for divorce In
one of the cases prescribed by law,
wherein the said plaintiff prays a de
cree of absolute divorce from you,
forever dissolving the bonds of mat
rimony existing between you and the
said plaintiff.
And you are hereby notified that
If you fall to appear and answer the
plaintiff’s said complaint as herein
required, the said plaintiff will take
judgment against you for want there
of, and will apply to the court for the
relief demanded In his said complaint
as hereinabove set out.
The order for the publication of
this summons was duly made and en
tered on the 21st day of September,
1916.
Witness, The Honorable Fred M.
Brown, Judge of said Court and the
seal thereof, this twenty-first day of
September, In the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and six
teen, and of our independence the
one hundred forty-first.
(Official Seal) ARTHUR LANG.
Clerk District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.
By Chas. A. Hand, Deputy.
Donohoe & Dimond, Attorneys for
Plaintiff.
Pub. Sept. 23, 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21. 28,
Nov. 4. 7t
Summons.
No. 849.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
George Osborne, Plaintiff, vs. Lottie
Osborne, Defendant.
The President of the United States of
America, Greeting: .
To Lottie Osborne, the above named
defendant:
You are hereby requested to appear
in the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within 30
days after the completion of the pub
lication of this summons, to-wlt,
within 30 daya after the 21st day of
October, 1916, and answer the com
plaint of George Osborne the above
named plaintiff in the above entitled
cause, which said cause Is an action
for divorce on the grounds of cruel
and inhuman treatment wherein the
plaintiff asks for a decree of divorce
from you dissolving the bonds of mar
riage which now exists between you
and the plaintiff.
And you are hereby notified that If
you fail to appear and answer the
said complaint, as herein required,
the plaintiff will take judgment
against you for want thereof and will
apply to the court for the relief de
manded in said complaint.
The order for said publication of
this summons was made and entered
on the 8th day of September, 1916,
by the Honorable Fred M. Brown,
Judge of the District Court for the
Third Division of the Territory of
Alaska.
Witness, The Honorable Fred M.
Brown, Judge of said court and the
seal thereof thiB 8th day of Sep
tember, in the year of our Lord
One Thusand Nine Hundred and
Sixteen.
<8eal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk
Date of first publication Sept. 9, 1916.
Date of last publication Oct. 21, 1916.
Statement of Ownership.
Statement of Ownership, Manage
ment, Circulation, etc., of the Valdez
Dally Prospector, published dally ex
cept Sunday at Valdez, Alaska, re
quired by the Act of August 24, 1912:
Manager, Elliott Stewart.
Editor, H. B. Selby.
Publishers, Elliott Stewart and
Harry B. Selby.
Owners (stockholders holding one
per cent or more of total amount of
stock) Elliott Stewart and Harry B.
Selby.
Known bcAidholders, mortgagees,
and other security holders, holding
one per cent or more of total amount
of bonds, mortgages or other securi
ties, none.
Average daily circulation for last
preceding month, 602 paid copies.
ELLIOTT STEWART, Mgr.
H. B. SELBY, Editor.
Sworn to before me this 1st day of
October, 1916.
ANTONY J. DIMOND,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Mar. 13, 1917.
. When you want something good to
eat try the Merchants’ Cafe, open all
night. tf
For flrst-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
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Carbureters, magnetos, batteries,
spark plugs and colls at Mead's. tf
L O. O. F. No. 6
Meets every Monday evening In Mc
Kinley Hall at 8:00 o’clock.
Visiting members cordially Invited to
attend these meetings.
C. C. RUDOLPH, N. G.
T. G. QUINN, Sec.
Valdez Misers UiNon No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAPFER^Tt ilf st.
CHA3. MeCALLUR^^
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 1M
Pim ul AeceptaA Muaai
Rtfolar Communications Brat Wad
uaaday in Mot month in McKlnloy
Hall Visitors always woloomo.
>. M. BROWN. W. M.
BUD WOOD, Socrotary.
When b Seward Step at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
OtORSI SEXTON,Prop
STRICTLY FIR8T CLASS
Fourth Ays, Seward, Alaska
BIG CLEARANCE SALE
OF
•••
MEN’S AND YOUTHS’ SUITS
Men’s Suits, Regular Value up to $35.00,
sales price from $5.00 to $15.00
Young Men’s Suits, $12.50 values, sales
price $6.25.
Men’s Cravanetted Overcoats, $25.00
values, $7.50.
These goods are worth full value but are broken in sizes. If we
have your size you can get a bargain.
S. BLUM & COMPANY, Inc.
GOOD GOODS
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
OlHfra over Valdes Drag Co.
Phone MR McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon, IJ. S, Army
A. A. Surgeon, U. S. Public Health Serv
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National Cn I re ratty
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Yean In Valdes.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Once Opposite Conrt House
Phone M VALUES. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS B R RtTCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNBYS-AT-LAW
oneea la Whaling Bnlldlsg
Phone ini VALDBZ. ALASKA
J. L. REED
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Phone X1» VALUE*. ALASKA
EDMUND SJMITH
LAWYER
Suits 1212 American Bank Building
SEATTLE, WASH.
Special Attention Given to all Alaska
Business.
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street oppoeite V. M. Store.
Valdes. Alaska
LOUIE’S CAFE
Everjtkiag First class
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROV1CH, Prop.
A Big Shipment.
Just received, a fresh line of Haas
Candies, the kind you like, at Levy ft
Roar’tf
New Fall Hats
New fall hats Just arrived at E.
Winters. tf
See Blake for Cement Blocks. tf
Ding, dong, hear that bell and City
Express goes by like—well, we check
your baggage, trunks and grips by
day or night; we meet all Bhlps. tf
Turkish Baths.
Go to the Turkish Baths next to
the postofflce. Shower baths, 26c;
steam baths, 60c. tf
How about that photo you promised
to send home? Go to B. Jenner, the
Photographer, and have it takes to
day. It only takes a few minutes, tf
Workingmen’s Home.
Back of the postofflce. Bunks with
out blankets, fl.60 per week; with
blankets fl.76. Do your own cook- j
Ing. tf i
TIIK It 1ST (HIT
VOl CAN' OFFER
your wife Is a Are insurance
policy on your home. Imagine
her grief anil your remorse If
llie home were destroyed and
you hail no money to replace
it. No prudent man goes with
out insurance. I'rove your pru
dence anil nlTection hy having
us insure you today.
Valdez. Real Estate Agency
I Advertisement)
For
Attorney General
of Alaska
GEORGE GRIGSBY
Election November 7.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
-
See our windows for Bargains at
the Owl Drug Co.
Malted Milk Chocolate at the Val
dez Candy Kitchen.
Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that noisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the peace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate it. tf
Malted Milk, hot und cold, phos
phates of all kinds, and hot drinks
at Hunt's
• __________
An up-to-date line of cook stoves
and ranges at Mean’s. tf
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General 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
LAUNCH N & S
l. eaves every Wednesday at • a.
m. from \ aides Dork for ft&ella
niar, I .a u«l lock, an.I Kldalgo.
I.eaves every Saturday at • a.
from A aides Duek for Cedar Bay*
Wells Hay. Port Wells and «ra«
Ite Mine.
PORTAGE BAY AND OTHER
POINTS BY CONTRACT
W. J. CALLAGHAN
(I.VNKH AMD MAtTBR.
HOMES to LEASE
We have houses in desirable locations and we
will have others later. We will rebuild or improve
to suit acceptable tenants, but will rent on yearly
lease only.
We want permanent tenants not transients.
TERMS MODERATE.
Apply to
CHARLES A. EBY
Manager Real Estate Department H. D. Reynolds
Company, Valdez, Alaska.