Valdez Daily Prospector
PUIIMKHKD BY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
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One Dollar per Month: Twelve Dollars per Year
THURSDAY, JUNK 13, 1912.
ROOSEVELT'S DECLARATION.
"On the fourth of March next,
I shall have served three and one
half years, and this three and
one-half years constitute my first
term. The wise custom which
limits the presidents to two terms
regard the substance and not the
form, and under no ciroumstances
will I be a candidate or accept an
other nomination for president."
Three years later, on December
11, 1907, he reiterated his dec
laration in these words:
"I have not changed and shall
not change the decision thus an
nounced."
HELP FOR THE NEEDY.
II is now almost a certainty
dial congress will extend much
n «'«l«k< 1 aid to those who have suf
fered as the result of Ilie erup
lji>n of Ml. Kalmai. They will
pass an approprial ion bill with
out lli«' long delays for which
that ptc a I law making body have
become so noted. The money so
appropriated will he disbursed
through I lie lli'veuu" r.ullcr Ser
vice. which is iin assurance that,
it will lie speedily and intelli
gently distrihutcd, for none know
(lie conditions, or have the facil
ity for rendering speedy aid such
;is is possessed hy the revenue
marine, and certainly no agents
of the government have more
sympathy for those struggling
for an existence in the far olT
settloincnts, than these polic.
inen of the sea. It is an assur
ance I hat the helpless and un
fortunate native will he treated as
human beings and will receive
help as well as his while broth
er.
The prompt measures taken by
ilie Yaldez Arctic. lirotherhood in
/•ailing upon their sister camps
for aid is another step in the
right direction and will in 111t end
prove of material assistance to
those who will he so much in
need.
This organization was prompt
ed to lake I lie burden of this
work upon their shoulders from
the fact that no concerted action
for extending relief had been as
sumed by others. As a purely
Alaskan order, with connections
throughout ilie territory, they
arc well equipped lo carry out Ilie
task I hey have undertaken.
TINKERING WITH THE TARIFF.
Tin* ilishoimsly of I lit* slanil
jialli-fM in tin* I'iiiI«*«l Stairs Sm
all' is mailc plain l»y their at
tempts In Mann* I In* iJcniorrals
for a failure of larill' IcKisIalion
at lliis session. They propose
fo linker lo their liking I In* lar
ill' measures Dial have heen pass
ed 11\ (lie Ihnise ami I lieu claim
before Ihe country | hat the dem
ocrats are responsible for III.'
failure I«♦ eiiael ley i.-lal ion rc
\ ii11y some 11f the ohiio\ jo11s
schedules downward.
The -tamlpat l« rs have dem
• •!!•»!rai■ I o•'11• 11 ihal llieyar^
• >pp' iM«i| i<» f j» :• ii;* reduelii.ii a I
(hi- > it in or a! any oilier s e s -
-i»iii. The snlt.-l i! ill-- hills I hey
prop""' fur the lloii.-e im asiires
«>n v . • i •-•.ii- a I i'I «le. I are not
mean: l«» he ii;t--ed. Imt In nm.
fn-e (Ii • mI mil ion ami ore\ • nt
a i> I a rift' lei-i.-lal ion.
If Ihe I'rie. i*e:.si\•• lie publicans
«|ippor| Ihe IJi'iiummtI ii* smih
lor- as ihe\ did al Ihe extra s"s
-ion. ih" larill' revision hills ran
he pa*«ef| practical^ as lliey
• i.ne from ihe lions*'. Itcpnhli
i: n- insist Ihal t'.oiiur'ss merely
pas* Ihe npproprialion hills ami
adjourn hefore Ihe national ron
\ en I ion s. Tlnl Mm ni'pnhlirnn*
ami not Ihi Democrats are re
sponsible for the conf-'oslion of
h -islal ion. hHav has heen (heir
policy. ami lhe\ sltonhl lie foreeil
either lo nel on 'lie taritV meas
ni' -: f-onn or remain in session
lint it llmv arc hronghl lo a miIp.
'I'lle v oo|. col Ion, sleel, free
snyar a ml income I n\ measure*
are prmhnir in the Senate. li<'_
imhlican rnnlors are merely Irif
lintr i111 Ihe larifT. If Ilii'.v are
willinu to \m on reconl. Ihesr
hills can he disposed of in short
oriler. II the Progressive* are
sincere in their dcmntwl* for lar
ill' reilnclion, lhe\ can nnlle willi
the !>cmoi'rnls ami put the hill*
fhrotiyh in spite of llic opposi
tion of the standpatters. Tlio
duty of Democratic senators is
plain enough. If they force the |
fighting, the Progressives will be
compelled to come into line or
confess their insincerity. Pen
rose and his Regulars will dodge
as long as they can.
The standpatters fooled Pres
ident Tuft into signing the Payne-]
Aldrieh tarifl' hill and they have j
fooled him ever since, l»y induc
ing him to pursue a policy that
meant, defeat of tarifl' legislation.
The standpatters care very much
less about President Tafl and his
party than they do about the
schedules demanded by the in
terests that have kept them so
long in power.
BETTER THAN A GOLD MINE.
It i* greatly to bo hoped thai
(ho discovery of extensive tin
ledges in Alaska will lie fully ver
ified. The report from Fair
banks announces the discovery in
the Hot Springs district of a
ledge of tin which has been trac
ed a distance of 3,70ft feet and
•has an average width of I- feet.
'Ilie ledge crosses the head of
] Toftv and Idaho creeks and has
| been cross-cut in four places.
More than half or the tin of
I I ho world is produced in the
I Straits Settlements, while Ohi
, 11:1, liolivia, Australasia and Eng
i land are producers. No tin has
; hen produced in the I'liiled
■ Stales, although there are some
.'<0 odd tiuplate mills in the conn -
i I ry. with a ca'.-iializat ion of ah s<:l
t $ 12.000,000 n il an annual >r >.
<!ti( li mi ai I1'ox:i ing 85ft,(mi» .
■ 0(10.
i If Alaska is found to contain
I any considerable quantity of tin
; Its possession and development
! may mean more to the territory
jam! the nation than the famous
I gold fields. The. presence of tin
> in large quantities would mean
'so much to the manufacturing
land commercial interests of the
Inalion that even Congress could
i no|. longer hesitate in passing
:egi •alion fo:* the protection and
I development of this remarkable
i I .'ensure field.
i
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
I If you wish to vote against Ihej
: big. interests watch the way they!
| are working. i
• -—"
| Uncle Joe Cannon has resolved!
himself into a white chip in the
; political card game now going
on.
i The Tall steam roller wont i
i give a tremor when it parses ov-!
er the corpses of the Vahley. dele
i gates.
Probably Taft will use the
eruption of Katmai as another!
example of the inability of Alas-j
ka to govern itself.
i
An alliance between Roosevelt
; and I.a Follelte would be about
as ridiculous as an Alaskan en
dorsing the former.
No doubl but that (iilmore has
ere this telegraphed to Nome that j
' tiie Third judicial division fired j
! oil' I li:iI v«dcano jn bis honor. j
i If the army continues to mon
key wilb aeroplanes they will bet
con i p.* I led lo ;i>|\ ('oiigrcs* for an j
appropriatinn to bury its dead of
licers.
■>lnl ||n\V •*ut|l»*» MilM'I'ill !
i villi i• \ i« a rich liinl. Tho'
lirsl Ihinir «r kimw wo will I»«• i
w • 1111 \ >\illn<:;l iui »• l":'»»rl «»n «• u ?•
t
nir!.
'I'lii* v.»*alIhm* i< M'l'v Kiinlly
awaiting III" iiolioii mT Uon^T'"**:
on lln* dike bill. ImiI if may ho-!
! oomo invpal i'-nl ?i flr nwhil«* nn«l
-1 • I 11111.
.Mr. Ilarno*. «»f N»'W York, ami
I It «• Man from Toxa* will Imlh he
r«>11 n«l vnliny: for Tnfl. in Iho H«*-|
1 iihlicnn cmivi'iiI i<hi ami 111«• pnh
, 1 i** ho «l — (I.
Tho Hopnhlioans soom l.o jfhial
ovor I ho rhanoiw »if Mr. Ilrvnn
(hnconiinpr Iho Domooralio imini
noo. Any ohl llifnff will ilofoal
. Iliom, fo i| inikIif as woll ho Itry
,nn'
II it*i\v ilo\<'hthai Iho n-lioM
, ihicwii mil of Ml. Kalmni m a
forlilizor. Wo would ho prrfool
j Iv willing lo soe j| lafcon In
l»lnooM whoro Iho soil roally iwod
! imI onrirhnionf.
Mi (Jill i«« now tfoiiiK jnlo Iho
roiirls lo prove Dial Iho pooplo
who vol oil npaiiiMf h i m <lhl not
know how lo rlo if rifrhlfully.
801110 mm novor sootn lo lonrn
when they have been sat down
upon.
"I will stick" wore the simple
words of Carl Armstrong, Dep
uty U. S. Marshal at Kodiak, tell—
ing lii.s chief that he would con
tinue to do business at. the old
stand. That man is huilt of the
right material.
The Times has been advised lo
beware of the political telegrams
which come lo this office pre
paid from the headquarters of
the various candidates through
out the territory. What our ad
viser intended to convey was the
admonition to beware of all of
those telegrams which do not
emanate from the office of the
Nome Nugget, the official paper
of the Seward peninsula candi
date.— Fairbanks Times.
THE MAJESTIC
AMUSEMENT CO.
H. C. DAVIS, Mgr.
Complete change of program on
Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday
Week days one show at 8 p. m.
Sundays two shows at 8 and
9:15 p. m.
VAUDEVILLE SPECIALTIES
PICTURES WORTH WHILE
Jack Surryhne, Musical Director.
INDEPENDENT MESSENGER Co.
and
VALDEZ VACUUM CLEANING Co.
LATOUCHE & PECK. Mart.
Office Smytbie't Tailor Sbop I'kone 102
Scrricc lo AD Part* oi Towa. Calls Autrtrtd Preaptl?
Boiiaeu Caifidcstia!
House and Carpet Cleaning
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
f*KI»0RTB ON MlNKB
Patbnt SumrmvB
Gmnbbal. Minima £noihbkrihq
'Phomb No. io»
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Lend end
Minerel Surveyor
Blue Printing Hrs- l'lionc. IBO
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'A.-B
Meet every Tuesday evening ut x o'eloclc in
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tend D. H. SI-KKM. ArtlcChlef
Valdez I,odge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Krifiilar Communications ttrst Wednesday in
each month in McKlnley Hull. Visitors always
welcome.
James 11. 1'ntterson,. W. M
C. C■ Reynolds. Sec
1.0.
O.F.
Vjsitinir nnrt local Oc'.d Fallows :irc rr
MtH'-HU'ti to register Ihi'ir mum' with i In*
Viililrz C)tl«l I'Vllows' Club. Iti'^ulnr
itrst nml tliinl Mnndiiv.
Cull on I'. s. HUNT. Srcretnrv.
h V fc.
v.M.nr:/. akkii; n<>. ir.;t
Meet every I'riiluy. # i». iii. Kwrl<* I lull
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing but be»t mnt-erialH iiHprl.
FRESH BREAD DAIL\
All klnclH of CnkeH, PIoh, rte.
made to order
WOOD & HENRICH, Prop..
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miner* & Prospector# Supplies
Fresh Gooda—Reatonablo Price*
FURS
urs
McMillan fur & wool co
miNNI. AI'MLIS, MINN.
WHITE FOR OIHO ULAI1S
Mr. Prospector!
This is to advise you that we are Headquarters
for Everything Needed by Prospector and Miner
We Carry
Dynamite
Drill Steel
Blacksmith Coal
Gold Pans
Cook Stoves
Cooking Utensils
Mosquito Tents
High Top Shoes
Bedding
Blankets
Rubber Pacs
Rubber Boots
DUXBACK CLOTHING
Waterproof
ALSO A FULL LINE OF
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
Copper River
Draying Co.
Kreiirhlintr and passengers to all parts
of the interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, * - Proprietor
McKinley St.- Valdei*
|1«iip Hon
' ~SEATTl£
Cmas. Penur, Men.
tot BiSTorEVEmrrHiM
in TwmAJfTormcmr ,
135KooiisWimhTH-50SumtBooH3
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP.
strictly first class
Fourth Ave Seward, AlasiCa
FISHER'S BLEND
i FLOUR
i
AT
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON
! PHONE 2.
:
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Un Her taker. Km ba Inters
Funeral Directors
Phon« M8 GEO. ROBBINS, Mgr.
Stemm "-1 Electric Light.
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Funmhed Room. A„ Modem ConYen.ence.
Good
Goods
THE BUFFET
Good
Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and ¥ ¥ T|V/|d7© an<* Bu*I<Ii"g
Puget Sound LiUlVIDE<I\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
■mZIT!! ! Patronize a Home Industry
the
Tairbanks Bar
George Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
Ingram & Bush Claar
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regal* EI. SIDEl.O, Senator*, Millionaires
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
We do a
general
Banking
Business
S-BLUM &. ®
N COP P O RATE D
BANKERS
CAPITAL $ 2 0 O. O O O.00
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit.