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MONDAY, NuYKMHKll jr,. I'JIJ.
SOME HEROES.
Heroism does not wear quite
I ho same s I > 11• <»r garments as it
did when knighthood was in Mow
er, bid perhaps Ihere is just as
much ».»]' il as I here was I lieu and
it is just, as genuine. Tho man
who works on a modern steel
structure is a hero, aft«'r a fash
iou. His daring deeds are some
what humble. hut not more hum
He than were those of the arch
er and pikesman in old-time wars
who met death inconspicuously
while the armored knight was
prancing around the Held on his
mettlesome steed. It has always
been the gaudily displayed heroes
who obtained the prizes and the
rewards in wealth and fame.
The industrial processes of our
time are, upon the whole, as per
ilous as warfare and it requires
as much courage to carry them
on as it did of yore to march
against the foe on the stricken
Jield. Railroading is a singularly
dangerous occupation, hut per
haps not more so than log driv
ing, or even mining. As the ma
chines we use grow more com
plicated and powerful, death
•lurks in all soils of new re
treats rriady to pounce out up
on the unwary and not infre
quently upon the wary, too. Peo
ple who loll us that the cessation
of warfare will destroy manly
vigor an4j courage do not know
what they are talking about.
Peace demands more courage
nowadays than war did in tho
days of Charles the Bold.
HI8TORY REPEATING ITSELF. |
II is ;i ruriuus circnmslance
llial many foreigners after they!
have resided in tin* United Slates |
for a certain 11111111>eof years
experience a loii^in^ in change
I heir names. This used to he I he I
rase even Willi the Irish who
were no| so proud of the palro-i
nymics an,j Iheir rare lifIy years I
ago as lhey are now. In those;
days Irish emigrants were look- |
ed down upon hv I lie Puritan and
Cavalier slork amonn whom fair
had brought I liein Id dwell and
I hey sought as soon ;is I hey de
rent ly conhl In hide their origin ;
under an anglicised annie. Thus !
the O'PnrJy'*. were Iransformed :
into I lie Anglo-Saxoui/.cd Pnrdys. I
Other names were more serious- !
ly moditied. Some were dropped I
altogether and Knglish-sonndim? j
titles selected al random in Iheir |
places. Patrick O'Siillivan made I
hi111se11 o\er into Jim Sniilli and
diil not iniproxc himself always |
hy iln* change. Iml no donhl lie'
found a certain social advantage
in it.
Tile (iermaMs and Norwegians
who wi'i'e lloclvinu to the I nilcd
Stales in those days did the same
tiling. all hongh to a less extent
than I hi* Irish. Al present none
o!' these 11 a I ionalil ies . would
dream "I' dropping or altering the
names they hriug willi I hem from
the old coiiiilries They have he
come titles of honor instead of
badges of servitude, and they are
proudly worn and preserved.
Hnl it is otherwise with the
nationalities from southern Hu
mpy and Western Asia who arc
corning to oiir shores in these
latter times. The Irish and Her
mans have ascended, from ser
\ile toil to politics, trade and the
professions, and I he Slovaks, Ar
menians and Kalians have tak
en their places in I he mines and
on the railroads, soni'dimes un
der the most unhappy and de
graded conditions. When hy any
chance one of these men rises a
little in I he social scale tie hast
ens to forget his origin as quick
ly as possible and naturally does
all he can to make others for
get it. That is mere human na
ture, Of course as long as he
retains his foreign name more
or less of the tuint of the dago
clings lo him. Hence one of his
llrsl moves is to slough it oil' and
take an American cognomen. This
may he either Irish, German or
English.
Some <»f the funniest passages
in recent stories are devised by
presenting lo I he reader a Rus
sian Jew who calls himself Tiin
olhy O'Harrigau or a Slovak par
ading under the name of Hans
Wolfstein. In many ways his
tory will repeat itself in spite of
everyl liing.
EDITORIAL MOTES.
ICvidently Wood row Wilson
knows the "crying needs" of his
partj 'oI lowers.
A .Marathon race is now in pro
gress with the I>ardane||i«s as the
ohjeelive point.
Tin- Turks wll now cease run
ning. One more defeat and they
will have to swim.
II is n«»w said Wilson escaped
lo thi> Hermudas to escape Taft's
ant i-elect ion advice.
Tin- Sick Man is yelling for a
consultation of Cerman. Austrian
and Italian doctors.
Tlii' political pull of Katalla
readies as far west as Afognak.
judging from the returns.
We nolo no further mention «• r j
"Senator" Baldwin l»y our ami
able Cordova contemporary.
AI this writing all I lie fuderal
offices have been apporl ioned. in
the eyes of those after the jobs.
George Ade secured his place
as a humorist, when lie began
campaigning for the Bull Moose.
That kick-hack vote at Afog
nak dealt a sad blow to the on
ly simon pure advocates of Home
Rule.
Senator Knule Nelson will
please take notice that he has
been unseated as Delegate from
Alaska.
Oregon will elect a Democrat
ic U. S. senator, with only eight
Democratic members of the stale
legslalure.
War dispatches forget to men
tion what the Porte did with his
harem when lie took his sudden
departure' for Asia. /
Bermuda onions will help to !
give an air •»f sincerity to the!
feelings of disappointed Demo- {
cratie office seekers.
Now that the returns of the
I Third judicial division are all in,
Valdez nee^ not be ashamed of
the v«»te cast hy her citizens.
Young: KdiHon says his chief
ambition is to invent a fuel
cheaper than coal. He will soon
he an olToieial of the I'inchol coal
combine.
In the hands of a jury Cordova
postmasters are immune. It's a
pity the olVice does not carry
heavier funds ami then the rail
road Ioiiwii might he prosperous.
Schrank has received what
Roosevelt shoul-1 not have at
tempted to surpass. The former
will never want a second term and
the latter will never get anoth
er.
Our delegate insists 1 lial he is
a relative of the attorney gen
eral of the same name. The lat
ter vehemently denies I he soft
imp'aclimcn!. ami neither do we
believe him.
Senalor-eleel Harry Lane, of
()refron, an,| Key Pitman, of Ne
vada, are pioneer Alaskans, who,
during the next four years, may
be looked upon to do much for
the material advancement of this
territory, in the upper hraneh of
congress.
Schedule for Launch Donaldson.
Fort Liscum Alao!:^, Aug. 2
1912.—Office of the Quartermas
ter:
The following schedule Tor the
launch Lieut. G. V. Donaldson will
take effect Monday, Aug. 5, 1912.
All orders in conflict herewith are
revoked:
Leave Leave
Days— Ft. Liscuni Valdez
Mondays ...8:15a.m. 10:45am.
1:15 p.m. 4 :00 p. m.
Tuesdays ..8:15a.m. 10:45a.m.
2:00 p. m. 2:30 p. m.
5:00 p. m. 5:30 p. m.
Wednesdays8:15 a. m. 10:45 a.m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
Thursday ..8:15a.m. 10:45a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p. m.
Fridays ...8:15a.m. 10:45a.m.
1:15 p. m. 4 :00 p. m.
Saturdays .2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
Sundays, such trips as may be or
dered.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the second and fourth
Fridays each month, these days
being used to clean boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of
above will be made without no
tice, only to meet the emergen
cies of the service.
By order of Lieut.-Col. O'Neil.
L. A. KUNZIG,
1st Lieut. 30th Infantry, Quar
master.
Now is
The
Time
To advertise. If business is quici
invigorate it by bringing your
wares bofore the buyer. No mer
chant ever succeeded by cutting
down his advertising Just because
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merohant who
gets the money Is the one who
creates a demand for his wares
through the advertising oolumns
of the newspaper.
If you have something for sale
write up an advertisement telling
Its merits. We will bring It be
fore the people and are oonfldent
It will bring results. Try It.
Prospector
Thanksgiving Day
Is Next Thursday
Go to the Thanksgiving Ball dressed in a
STEIN-BLOCH SUIT
Don't forget
The Mariposa, just in, brought us a large
line of fruits and vegetables to go with your
Thanksgiving dinner. We will not have
another boat before Thanksgiving, so we will
be pleased to reserve your orders.
Our store will be closed all day Thanksgiving.
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting; an J passengers to all porta
of the Interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
Steam H..t Electric Li(*l.
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GOUD REASONS
The mopt progressive
store keepers all over the
country use electricity for
lighting. Whyiait?
BocausG
It makes a lighter store.
It is cle.miy.
It gives less trouble.
Itaoes not pelluto the air.
It lends Itself readily to
any special decorative
effect.
It shows up colors to
good advantage.
Phone for our expert to
talk It ovor with you. •
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We do a
general
Banking
Business
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ALL KINDS OF
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Drugs and Druggist Sundries
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