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SATI'IU >AY, OCTOBER 5, II J
WHAT WE CAN DO.
Tin1 Irni' spirit of Yahle/. ha>
been shown in the spontanity willi
which oiii' business men arc sub
.scribing t<> the subsidy fur ;i
stapc line In bo run between this
eily and Willow creek an.I tlie
keeping open of tin.' trail. It is
now definitely ascertained that
sufficient money will be pledged
to accomplish the purpose aimed
at. that is the diversion of a cer
tain amount of ih>> travel to ami
from the interior, which natural
ly desires to come this way. The
kei>pjn^ open of the trail will h*
We 11 advertised ho|h ill the cities
the smith and I hose in the jn
f'*rior. It was the intention to
have daily bulletins of the condi
I ion of the trail posle.l in the ho
tels of Seal I le UK Well a those of
rairhanks. in order lo o|f>et mis
leading statements which are
made every year in order lo ili_
v«-rl the travel |o other points.
I ho uiu'oi'iainty ni getting
through over tho Copper Rivor
road will as woll havo a tendency
I<• divert travel Ibis way, as tho
experiences of the past two years,
when the snow fall has been light,
has been such as to lend very 1 it
llo encouragement during a win
t«-r of heavy snowfall. The road
hy way r»f Chitina, may he a few
•hours shorter, when all things are
working well, but experience has
taught tho traveling public thai,
tho Valdez way is the sure way,
and in the end tho quickest way
by which to roach one's destina
tion, be it l«» the interior or from
tho inside to the coast.
Casually it. might be mention
ed that the business men of Val
dez have, in getting together in
this matter, shown what, can be
done when all pull together. With
a united front there is hardly any
limit which we can set on the pos
sibilities of our accomplishments.
The result of our work will be
shown during the long winter
months ahead of us.
THE SOCIAL EVIL.
Mayor (laynor's remarks lollie
committee of I he board of alder
men investigaling police condi
tions in Now York inighl well be
pondered l»y all who haw lo deal
with lhal form of vicc euphemis
tically known as Hie social evil.
II prevails more openly in large
cilies Ihan in small, and perhaps
more generally, in proportion to
the population, for the simple
reason thai visitors rather than
residents make il profitable. Men
are less earcfnl of appearances
abroad than at home. New York,
therefore, as the center of llie
largest (loafing population on Ibis
Mile of the Atlantic, presents the
problem oT deiiliug Willi llie so
cial e\ 11 in its most acute form.
The police may he\e failed in
iti'eir duly in some respects or
have yielded to llie forces of cor
ruption in individual cases; but,
I he ultimate responsibility rests
upon I he public conscience. When
lhal is more acute, when men
cannot commit with impunity ads
which pul women under the ban,
when the pursuit of vice is tin
longer compatible with respecta
bility, then a real beginning will
have been made at an apparently
herculean I ask.
Simply to disclose disreputable
resorts and drive the inmates out
upon the street and keep their
"moving on" from one apartrtienl
to another is nol. to solve I Ik
problem. There are object ion*
il is ♦rue, to the policy, attribufod
to Mayor Oaynor of merely pre
serving outward decency. Nor
I lie policy of regulat ion, usually
pursued, in the cities of Conti
nental Europe, one that English
speaking people have viewed with
complacency. Yet, it is obviouf
thai there i* a distinction hetweer
vice and crime, and that to ignore
the distinction ig to complicat<
the problem. There would be lest
occasion for police interference
the evil would be kept within nar
rower limits, if the moral guar
dian of the community did theii
duty more thoroughly. Just as
you cannot stop the sale of liquoi
so long a3 men war^ to drink,
so you cannot purify tke com
munity of any form of vice while
any considerable number of men
are vicious*. And especially you
cannot do this if public sentiment
is lukewarm on the subject and
lapses from virtue are lightly re
garded.
Nor does the responsibility lie
only with the men who themselves
1 'are vicious. Mayor Ciaynor char
acterizes as "infamous" the men
who pay women three dollars a
week and then declaim about the
pievalence of prostitution. All
'students of the subject agree as
to the force of the economic, mo
tive. t| requires almost super
ihuman resolution for any human
jbeing to starve for \irtuc\s sake
while vice offers food, shelter and
amusement. One might almost
say. indeed, llinl the economic en
franchisement of women, which
j is being brought about very rap
idly in these days, will of itself
do much to minimize the social
evil. What il cannot do the jn
j fluence of religion should be able
i to do. 'Hie law may restrain or
i punish, but. the reforming impulse
> must come from within. Mayor
jfiaynor is perfectly right in rc
i fusing to believe that police regu
alone can banish vice from
Itlie community. The subject is
j hedged ;iI»• >111 with all sorts <>f
; dill'icult ies: lull Ibis at least may
.lie regarded as absolutely pruvcd.
j The work is one for Christian
j men and women, moved by a sin
cere desire for serv ie«» to their
■kind, to undertake.
HIGHER TAX ON LUXURIES.
I
One ol" the propositions which
• failed of consideration by the re
!eeiiI congress was the hill of Rep
resentative lloherts of Massachu
setts which instructs I he Inter-!
slale Commerce Commission lo
!institute a thorough investigation
| of the freight rates charged by
common carriers on all articles
commonly classed as luxuries,
wilh a view of subsequentIv rais
ing llie rale.s on such articles lo
a point where the earnings oflhc
common carriers will allow I be
payment of just and equitable
wages to their employes.
Thijj is simply an applicaliou
lo railroad freight rates of I be
principle which, in theory at least,
and largely in practice, obtains
in I lie framing «»f the tarilT on
(imports. What Representative
jRoberts lias in view is an increase
till 1 I 1' lh II I I (11 « .1 I net t » III I I » * •» "•
; 111 rn load I«> a rise in I In* price!
of those things commonly called
j necessaries, thereby compelling]
■: I he wage earner, who is the chief]
'consumer, to meet most of I he
cost of the advance, lie would,!
| in other words, place the lax on
: things lhat are no I essential to
the wage earner, lie would make
'those who seek and enjoy and can
'afford luxuries indemnify the
■ railroads for surli increase in
11 heir expenses as higher wages
j would make necessary.
; Whether the thing that might
• lie properly classed as luxuries
.constitute a sufficient portion of
jtlie freight traffic of the railroads
i to yield. I>y an increase in the
.rales, the needed additional rev
enue. is something the interstate
|commerce commission can read
ily determine. ePmling I his infor
mation, no steps can he taken lo_
'ward pulling llepresenlalivc Hob
'ert's idea i11f«• practical operation.
It may he said al this singe, how
jover. that it has the merit of or
iginality and, so far as it may lie
seen now, |lie additional merit of
j fairness, since il apparent ly aims
j|o transfer a portion of I lie bur
den fro inoverloaded shoulders
to those that are running light.
This proposition sounds entic
ing. in its way, but it will require
more than a ruling by the Inter
state commerce commission lo
determine what are luxuries and
what are necessaries. Some of us
may not care about champagne,
while we are willing to fight to
the last ditch to get the lowest
possible rato. on prunes. It's very
largely a matter of taste and what
Hip country needs is an equitable
distribution of the transportation
lolls.
WI8DOM AND POL.ITIC8.
In these days feroclly is tlrsl
aid to veracity.
The man who yells liar first,
wins.
He who apologizes or explains
is I' H. Charge and accuflA early
i and often; a lie runs swifter am
i longer than a refutation. Trutf
, is eternal but is dreadfully slov
and unpopular.
A good alibi is bell or thau n
mediocre platform.
The long tongue that tioklet
Ihe long ears is as useful in a
campaign as a long purse and
better than a long memory.
A bawler on a barrel-head looks
as big as a statesman on . the
sidewalk.
While the elephant and Ihe bull
moose are quarreling the peace
ful donkey may walk ofT with the
bale of hay.
Write letters if you must, but
do not date them.
A personal diary and an easy
conscience arc a belter combina
tion than an embarrassing rec
ord and a leaky friend.
Platitude is the bass drum in
oratory's brasK band.
Tlie rude Napoleon I lie law in
polities—when you call a man a
thief, a liar, or a crook, you don't
have lo prove it; il is up lo him
In disprove il.
Never hop in lo euiint your
ehiekeiis until Ihe other fellow's
are addled.
You never miss the tipple |i!|
I lie town goes dry.
II is wiser lo keep your eye on
the principals on your lieket than
on ihe principles in your plat
form.--Tiosl on Herald.
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON PE
TITION TO SELL LAND.
j ii llie Pniled Stales Commission
er's Court for Ihe Territory of
j Alaska, Yaldez Precinct. In
| Probate.
| In I Ii«' m«il h'r of I Im* Kiinrdiaii
lii•» nl' Ihe estate of No Is Oscar
1 all, a menially incompetent per
fni.- Order lo Show Cause on Po
tion to soli Land.
The United Slates of America
o No Is Oscar Sail, Charles G. Sail,
,owis Sail, Albert S;ril and Mario
Vatson, and lo aly persons in
orostcd in the above-named es
ate or in the sal® of lands be
nnging to saidestpte:
The petition of Charles G.
all, as guardian/of the estate of
he above-nametFNels Oscar Sail,
mentally indpmnelent person,
eing duly filectfn this court, r^p
esenting thatJlt would be for the
•enefit of thor estate of said in
ompetent pofson and of all per
on.s interested therein that cor
am lands a/d mining property of
aid mentally incompetent person
'escribed /herein be sold, ana
raying tJiat license be granted
to the. s*id Charles G. Sail, as
uardiai/ to sell the same;
Now,/therefore, you and each
of you/are hereby cited, ordered
and required to show cause, if
ny you have, before this court,
t the United States Commission
r's court -oom in the court house
n the town of Valdez, in the above
namod precinct in the Territory
of Alaska, on the 7th day of Oc
tober, i9l2, at 2 o'clock p. m.,
why the prayer « f said petition
liould not he granted.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Alaska, this 20th day of August,
4 912.
THOMAS R. SIIEPARD.
Judge of the United Stales Com
missioner's Court in and for tho
Valdez Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.-In Probate.
Charles Loring and E. E. Ritchi<\
Attorneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7. 1912.
Last pub. October 5, 1912.
MINING ENGINEER
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing lies- Phone. IW9
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rjuentWi to fffflntor thfllr nain« with the
Valdez Odm Fellowa' Club. Kctiular
mcetln&fi. Amt and third Monday.
Call on P. H. HITVT, fforctarv.
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Fat Men
Lean Men
Tall Men /
Short Men /
We invite each and everyone\/oi you to
visit our store and inspect our larg^ine of
STE1NBL0CH
SMART CLOTHES
MEN'S SUITS
ar/iving on every boat.
Price^ from 15 to 35 dollars.
Notice of Annual Meetii^.
Notice is hereby given J|rit the
regular annual meeting^^f ihe
stockholders of the Sf^ey-Davis
Mining Co. will he hcMa at the of
fice of the compm in Valdez,
Alaska, on Tuesday, the 8th day
of October, iOlJjTat the hour of
2 p. m. for tl^n>urpose of elect
ing a board m. directors to serve
for the enmting year and the
transaction of such other busi
ness may come before the
meetira^ Transfer books .will bo
closer October 5th.
SK.^TEY-DAVIS MINING CO.,
II. F. Suossdorf, Secretary.
Copper River
g Co.
Fr*iK»uin>yttnil passengers to all parts
of the /ternr. General Trucking
bid. Wood, „ - Proprietor
McKtnley St, Valdet*
Cms. Perry, mo*.
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PRESCRIPTIOH SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regal* EI^SIDELO, Senator*, Millionaire*
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, f^lrfionico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, M^fo, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
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tfeneral
Banking
Business
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
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