Valdez Daily Prospector
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Prospector Publishing Co.
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per month..$1.25
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1013.
THE GOVERNMENT TELE
GRAPH PROSPECT.
The belief ihat file administra
tion is considering government
ownership and operation of wire
communications is strengthened
by the fact that denials cannot
be obtained, and that Represen
tative Lewis is working on the
subject with the co-operation of
the PostolTiee Department. The
activities of the Department of
Justice and of the Interstate
Commerce Commission are di
rected toward making out a case
against, the existing private ser
vice in a manner adapted to the
same end. Obviously if the ex
isting service can be crippled,
there will be all the better op
portunity to paint glowing pic
tures of I he superiority of the
public over the private monopoly,
and Hie aeipiisilion of the lines
can be accomplished more cheap
ly. That is what Wall street
calls making a buying basis. It
is wicked when done in Wall
street, but it is the accepted
manner of proceeding against
public utilities which if is de
sired to procure for the purpos
es of reform and polities.
II is inlerest,iug lo iioi.c Dial
it is always the prosperous pri
vate undertakings which Hie gov
ernment covets in I he interest of
the people. The government nev
er pioneers ^and develops and
produces profit where none was
before'. The government'special
ty' is spending two dollars in the
place of one, and hiring two men
in the place of one. It is true
that government officials some
times have delusions of gran
deur in this respect, hut the real
ization of the dreams are sub
ject to such sad awakenings as
overlook the licit ish govern
ment's dabbling with wjrelcss
communications. This is not re
called as any particular reproach
to England. Inti for Ihe >.,ake of
contrast with Ihe facts published
last week regarding the vigor
shown by Ihe private owners of
Ihe Marconi system, on both sides
of I lie ocean. The Hritisk Mar
coni system is now making a new
issue of slock for Hie acquisition
of the (iohlscl'.iiiidl system and
patents, which now are working
over four thousand miles between
(ieVmany and Tuckerton, N. J.,
where the highest tower in Ihe
world stands. The American
Marconi system s erecting com
munications between Northern
Europe and 'Massachusetts as
part of a wireless girdle around
the world, via Honolulu lo Ja
pan, and southward through this
hemisphere, and to Australasia.
These are hold undertakings, am
after they have succeeded the
governments which now ignore
them may come to covet them
in the name of Ihe profit of Ihe
people.
ll i.iic wireless is as success
ful as the pioneers hope, if is ob
vious that I he government's ac
<iuiremenl of wire communica
tions would lie hacking the wrong
horse. Thu function of govern
ment lies in keeping free compe
tition between wire and wireless
companies. The risks of such en
terprises are suitably undertaken
only by those who will make pro
tit or loss according to the ex
cellence of their operation, and
who have a just cldim that they
shall not belorced into competi
tion with bureaucrats supported
by national resources. The eco
ments i« not serious, but their
uneconomic competition would
bankrupt any opposition with a
shorter purse. The balance sheet
is the test of the comparative
excellence of public and private
managements. Only a few weeks
ago when the deficit of the Brit
ish government telegraph was
under criticism, it was said that
it could be made profitable at any
time by raising the charges, and
that the cheapness of the service
should be considered. This ap
parent cheapness is now being
cited by the promoters of Amer
ican government ownership. On
the one hand it is clear that the
cheapness is delusive, for there
is a separate charge upon tax
payers in the background, includ
ing multitudes who never use the
facilities provided at their ex
pense. On the other hand,there
are many who would prefer to
pay more and gel belter service,
especially" in 'telephony. Those
,\ho have used both the Ameri
can private telephones and Ihe
foreign government telephones
have no doubt lhal they prefer
the American. The lime to con
sider lliese tilings is before Ihe
government commits itself to an
investment of a billion or so, on
ly lo discover that the progress
of Ihe arl under private initia
tive has made, the government's
investmenl worthless.--New York
Times.
SCHOOL DRESSES AND THE
HOME.
Gommending (lie'art ion of I In*
school authorities of Houston,
Texas, for making a rule prohib
iting the llig School girls from
wearing diaphonous gowns, slit
skirts ami other fashion freaks,,
tile'Houston Post says:
“Indeed, The Post hopes for
the lime when a uniform of .sub
stantial and inexpensive mater
ial may be adopted to the exclu
sion of all the fancy, llimsy and
flashy garments now so frequent
ly seen in the schools. If the au
thorities could ever succeed in
barring I he gaudy dresses and
silly high loud slippers and shoes
and have all the young ladies
! substitute common sense appar
el, we believe it would increase
the attendance of the High
School by hundreds.”
It is quite probable that some
girls are kept from the high
school because of their inabil
ity to dress as well as some of
their classmates, but; there are
strong objections to the sugges
tion of the Post that a uniform
be provided for high school girls.
There is nothing more drab than
a uniform for girls and we sus
pect that the effect of a uniform
in the school room would be to
curb individuality in school work
as well as in taste in dress. On
the other hand there is urgent
need for reform in the dress of
high school girls. Then slippers
and stockings in cold weather,
insufficient underwear, low
necked and short-sleeved waists,
no hats and no overshoes or rain
coals in wet weal her—all these
are a menace to health and to
life itself, nut there is serious
question whether the school au
thorities should undertake to
regulate them.
This is a duly dial clean,\ be
longs lo die home, .just as many
other duties which belong in I lie
home have been transferred to
tile schools. There is room for
I he play of individuality and
taste in inexpensive, health
preserving, simple clothing 'Suit
able for school wear. II is
strange that parents do not com
pel their daughters to dress
comfortably ana sanely. The
schools aim to leach the girls lo
think sensibly. Their parents
should teach them, to dress sen
siblyy.
An ordinance has been intro
duced in the Salem, Oregon,
council, providing that women
may wear wind they please.
They'll do that without the aid
or consent •of any Oily council
on earth.
A British visitor complains of
the “shocking” publicity of
American barber shops. Never
theless, privacy 'would rob (the
hair cut of at least half its joys.
A Kentuckian has just been
lined for killing a man. Ken
tucky is really determined, ap
parently, to reduce the number
of homicides within her borders.
“The Law of the West,” a
three-reel Kay-Bee feature, wes
tern film at the Orpheum tonight.
Subscribe for the PrcspeJtor
Your good taste
and good sense
can be applied in full measure at
this store. Our pledge is to give
you the same class of merchan
dise that you see displayed in the
leading men’s stores of the big
cities. These-big city stores may
excel us in size but they cannot
excel us in values. We handle
ff| “The same price the world over”
I You are sure of the same style and the
j same values as well as the same price.
I Our new display includes all the new fnshit its
| for Fall—the new colors, the latest cloth effects, end the
/ prevailing styles—some conservative, seme extreme.
I Every suit and overcoat is guaranteed. You
f get style plus all-wool fabrics plus expert v-orktran
ship plus fit.
If the makers had not spent sixty-four years in building up
a trained organization, and in establishing an unequalled buying
power, the price would be to
$25 instead of only $17.
Your good taste and good
sense will say “STYLEPLUS for
mine.” Our mirror and five min
utes of your time will prove it.
S. BLUM g GO. ,
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GOOD GOODS
The Economy Store—
The STYLEPLUS Store
Dies in Straight Jacket—Loaded
With Booze for Ten Months—
Previously Total Abstainer
Fairbanks, <>rl. SI.—James A.
Jamesnn. a city prisoner, died al
Hie local jail today from deierium
l.remons. For two days he had
been routined in a straight-jack
et., as he grew very violent, In
wards the end. Physicians could
do nothing to relieve him. Jame
son had been drinking for the
pasl ten months very heavily.
Prior to that he had been a ln_
til I abstainer.
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finely furnished, hot and cold
water and bath. Reasonable
rent. Centrally located. Enquire
at the Prospector.
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Phone 82. J. A.SPENARD, Prep.
HUGO FELS
Contractor and Builder
Day Work if Desired
Estimates Furnished
WORK GUARANTEED
Prospectors,
Don’t neglect your health on the trail.
The VALDEZ DRUG CO.
is prepared to fill your medicine kit
with the purest and best of drugs,
medicines, and surgical bandages.
Copper River
Draying Co
l<'r«Mgiiiing and passengers to all parts
of the interi'M-. flnnrml Trucking
hid. Wood, • Proprietor
McKimey St. Valdez
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Schedule of the Donaldson.
The following schedule for
launch “Lieut. ('. V. Donaldson”
will take effect today. All orders
to the contrary are revoked.
Daily, Saturday and Sunday, ex
cepted :
Leave Fort Liscuni, Alaska,
8:15 a. in. and 1:15 p. in.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:15 a.
in. and 4:00 p. in.
Tuesdays:
Leave Fort Liscuni, Alaska,
8:15 a. in. 1:15 p. in. and 5:00 p.
in.
Leave Valdez, Alaska, 9:45 a.
in. 2:00 p. in. and 5:30 p. m.
Saturdays:
Leave Fori Liscuni, Alaska,
1:15 i>. in. and 7:00 p. in.
Leave Valdez, Alaska. 4:00 p.
in. and 10:30 p. in.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the 2nd and 4th Fri
days of each month, these days
being used to clean nollers.
SDecial trips or cancelling of
the above will be made without
notice only to meet the exigen
cies of the service.
By order of Lieut. Col. O’Neil.
R. O. SHERRARD.
Second Lieut. 30th Infantry,
Quartermaster.
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
For $6 we will give you a tic
ket entitling you to hospital ser
vice and care for any eight weeks
out of the year from date of your
tickcl, when incapacitated by in
jury Dr sickness.
See W. H. ZIEGLER.
PostofTIce Hours.
Week days 1> a. m. to 6 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 12 noon
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate, glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders’
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FON
PATENT.—Survey No. 993.—
Serial No. 01618. United State*
Land Office, Juneau, Alaska,
August 20, 1913.
Notice Is hereby given that In pursn
ance of the act of Congress approved
May 10, 1872, Fred Llljegren, whose
postofflce address Is Ellamar, Alaska, has
made application for a patent for i,50o
linear rcet on the Copper Bullion No. l
lode mining claim and for 1,500 linear
feet on the Copper Bullion No. 2 lode
mining claim, hearing copper, together
with suiTace grounds as allowed by law
lying, being and situate In the record
ing precinct of Valdez, Alaska, and de
scribed by the official plat and by the
field notes or U. S. Mineral Survey No
993, on tile in the office or the Register
or the Juneau Land District, at Juneau,
Alaska, as follows, to-wit:
Copper Bullion No. 1 Lodo.
Beginning at Cor. No. I, whence L'. s.
Mineral Monument No. 8 hears N. 40 de
grees 44 minutes 21 seconds E. 013.92 feet
distant; thence N. 01 deg. 09 min. W. COO
reet to Cor. No. 2; thence N. 28 deg. 51
min. E. 1500 feet to Cor. No. 3; thence
S. 01 deg. 09 min. E. 000 feet to Cor.
No. 4; thence S. 28 deg. ot min. W. 1500
feet to Cor. No. 1, place or beginning.
Area 20.001 acres. The Additional and
Amended Location Certificate or the Cop
per Bullion No. 1 lode claim Is duly <>f
record In Book 11 of the Records of the
Valdez Recording Precinct at page 31; 1
This claim Is hounded on the north l>\
the Copper Bullion No. 2 lode claim.
copper Bunion no. t- lood.
Beginning at Cor. Mo. 1, identical with
Cor. Mo. 4, Copper Bullion Mo. f Lode or
this survey previously described, whence
U. S. Mineral Monument No. 8 bears
17 deg. 12 mill. 50 sec. VV. 934.98 ret
distant; thence M. til deg. 09 min. VV.
600 foet to Cor. Mo. 2, Identical vvltn
Cor. Mo. 3, Copper Bullion Mo. l Lodi';
thence M. 28 deg. 51 min. E. 1500 feet
to Cor. 3, whence a witness corner, a post
marked C B No. 2 Cor. 3 W C bears .S. 28
deg. 51 min. VV. 383.40 feet; thence rrom
true corner S. Cl deg. 09 min. E. coo
feet to Cor. No. 4, whence a witness cor
ner, a post marked C B No. 2 corner 4
VV C hears S. 28 deg. 51 min. VV. 141.70
feet; thence from true corner S. 28 deg.
51 min. VV. 1500 feet to Cor. Mo. t, the
place of beginning. Area 20.661 acres.
The Additional and Amended Location
Certificate of the Copper Bullion Mo. 2
lode claim is duly or record In Book 14
of Records of the Valdez Recording Pre
cinct at page 362. Tills claim Is bound
ed on tile south by the Copper Bullion No.
I lode.
Any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion of said mining claims or sur
face ground, are hereby required to Ille
their adverse claims with the Register
or the Li. S. Land office at Juneau, Alaska,
within the time prescribed bv law, or they
will he barred by virtue of the provis
ions of the statute.
ERF.D LILJEOREN,
Claimant.
It Is hereby ordered t. at the foregoing
notice of application he published in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, tile newspaper
published nearest the said milling claim-,
lor a period of sixty days.
C. 11. WALKER,
Register.
Date of first publication Aug. 27, 1913.
Date of last publication Nov. 6. 1913.
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