Valdez Daily Prospector
I'UIILISHEO By THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TKItMS
One Dollar ih.t Month: Twelve Dollars per Year
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 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 circumstances
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."
THE "TRUE FRIEND OF VAL
DEZ" AGAIN.
While I 1hi Prospector is on tli«*
subject i»f I In? things I >«»l«'/ralo
Wickershain lias not done for
Yaldi'Z, wp miprli I rile those
things he hasn't done to forward
I he passage of ;in act l« permit
the taking in of adjacent terri
Inry into the corporate limits of
an Alaskan municipality, in this
particular case a bill of direct in
terest to Valdez, and largely urg
ed by the citizens of this com
munity:
For many years Valdez has
been endeavoring to secure the
extension of the corporate lim
its of the town so as to include
the Reservation district. Elec
tions were held and the senti
ment of the people shown to be
practically unanimous in favor of
the change. Petitions were ad
dressed to the court seeking for
an ordf r changing the boundar
ies, put the court did not have the'
power under existing laws to
comply with the request. It was
found that, the only way was to
secure the passage of an act au
thorizing the change.
About , six years ago a bill was I
introduced in Congress authoriz-j
ing the inclusion of additional!
areas within incorporated towns
in Alaska. This measure ncv.?r!
go I «»ii| of committee, although it'
was introduced each session. The'
bill was strongly opposed by the (
cannerymen and lumbermen ad-!
joiu'ng Ketchikan, and by the!
railroad interests'at Cordova. I
In 1010 a special Valdez billj
was drawn so as to get away from'
the Cordova and Ketchikan oppo-j
sit ion. It was sent to Delegate
"W'uikrrshain by one of his strong
est local supporters, who re
quested hiin to introduce it. Mr. •
Wickershain answered the re
quest by staling that while it was i
a good hill, "my judgment is (hat |
you had better wail until I get
the home rule bill through Con
gress and then you can attend to
your local affairs in your own
legislature." The hill was nol
iril roduced.
December IH. ION, the town
council took the matter up audi
passed resolutions approving the
bill and urging our delegate to
introduce the same and endeavor
to secure its speedy passage.
Copies of the hill were sent out
and support was promised by
Governor Clark, by the commer
cial bodies of the Pacilic coast,
by numerous senators and con
gressmen and by the chairman
of the House and Senate Com
mittees on Territories. This
support was made conditional
upon the bill being introduced by
the delegate. Wickershain wns
informed of the promised sup
port and urged lo introduce the
bill.
Tn .Tnnnnry, 1012, Wirkprsham
in I i'imIiicciI Hip samp old trpupral
bill. di*repnrding nbfoluloly Hip
rPMUPMl* of llio Valdpz pooplo. Tn
mply lo l.hp lotIor from Iho Val
rlpz rount'fl lio -mid: "My ,iudg
ntfiil is Hint Ilio bill pptiI. dip wi^
iu>( bo snlin factory bccauso it
plnpp.H Hip wbolo bnrrlpn upon flip
rowrf and no| 11pr>?i ilio ppoplp."
An inspprlion of llio liill will
uliow Hip wpnknpss of lii« pxpusp.
A p lilion from nl 1 pn■«f n tnn.jor
ily of bona n»l;* rPflidPlils was rp
qnirpcl bpforp Hip pourt could kIvp
n liP^rinK in Hip mnflpr nl nil.
Tn n^HWrr lo n rprptpsl madp
rpppnlly n* lo IIip Bfalns of fh'P
prpnpral bill introdurpd l).v HipjIpI
pgnlp, Mr. WiPkorshnm wHIpa:
'"Nip bill is ppndinK hpforp IIip
rommilfpp and Jurigp Hubbard in
giving if III* ppr*onnl nllpnlion."
J'his is the- first intimation we
had that Judge Hubbard was our
deiegutu lo congress. Had we been
awa:v that Jt.cgt. Hubbard was
r«»piesoiiting us in congress, no
d« ubt but (lie council would have
addressed its c- inmunication of
impnry to bun .v place of »l».j
Wu kersbain.
The delegate's action in this
matter can lead lo but two con
clusions. Either the delegate
doesn't care a whoop for Valdez
or its wants, or ho is represent
ing a small coterio of politicians
who are secretly opposed to any
enlargmont of the corporate lim
its of Valdez, for fear they will
lose the power they have hereto
fore exercised in this commun
ity. The latter hypothesis is sup
ported by the blind zeal with
which this element is supporting
the candidacy of Judge Wicker
sham, notwithstanding the lat
ler's utter failure to lend even a
semblance of attention to the
wants of this community.
THE BOLTING SEASON.
Tin* recent Democratic bolts in
I In* District of Columbia wercj
fully «i.s ridiculous as the "con
tests" worked up by the Colonel's
followers in Colorado, Florida,
Alaska and elsewhere weeks af
ter 1 lie regular conventions were
held. The peculiarity of the
Democratic "mix-up" is thai
bolters bolted. What appears to
have been the regular Democrat
ic convention elected Clark dele
gates, but the bolters withdrew
and elected an uninstructcd dele
gal ion. Even this was not al
logelher satisfactory lo the in
surrectionary element, inasmuch
as there was a division of Ibis
second gathering, part of the
members withdrawing under the
leadership of National Commit
teeman Newman, who led the first
bolt.
If is a revolutionary year,
which makes it necessary for the
duly constituled party organiza
tions lo keep cool and act wilh
justice despite outcries. Other
wise, parly organi/.alion will be
destroyed.
As a mailer of fad, there are
a great many electors I hat would!
like to see the old party organi/.
al ions shattered. They condemn
holli parlies and express a hope
I hat there will be a general brcak
ingup Ibis year wilh a new align
ment. Apparently they have not!
fell the impropriety of takingi
pari in the primaries of the old!
parlies. At the very time Ihey
took part Ihey had a strong de
sire lo destroy the parly with!
which Ihey, for the time being,
affiliated.
Even the right of a parly or-j
ganizalion to exist has been de_ j
nied, and the wish has been voic
ed that hereafter candidates may
be selected in the non-par!isan
manner of choosing candidates.
Ihit this appears lo be a vain
desire. Men of like opinions have
the right to organize for the pur
pose of carrying certain meas
ures into elfect. The parly idea
is the co-operalive idea. It i*
the opposite of anarchy and when
an anarchistic condition develops
a despot soon appears to rule un
organized people wilh an iron
hand.
Perhaps political conditions
this year are less serious than
Ihey seem. Perhaps the threats
of disruption at Chicago are
m.o'cly designed lo frighten men
of weak and unstable character.
So far the conlenlion has been
chiefly in the Republican party
and, naturally, the Democrats
have got a good deal of satisfac
tion out of it. It may develop,
however, that the Baltimore con
vention will he an even more
strenuous contest than the Chi
cago convention. When hollers
boll, as I bed did in the District
of Columbia lost week, it is man
ifest thai Democrats are in an
insurrectionary slate of mind.
EDITORIAL NOTE8.
•I
Hoof sold f«»r 13% Penis h
pound repofil.ly in lb<* slales, Iml
Ihal ami n marker lo tlm priee
ofTeppd by Roosevell for soulb
ppn niggera on Ibo hoof, In bo
delivered nl llie Colliseum, Chi
PrtRo. Fori linn Inly Iho niprprer
Inisl Is l«» be invr»**lIprnI»'<l by Iho
House.
II was flieiM'o wlio deelared Mini
"iH'ospiM'ily demands «»f us more
prudeitee ami imub;raHon I ban
ndvcrsily." Cicero nevrr saw
Alaska.
Bring your Job work to tbo
Prospector office.
MAYOR QAYNOR
TAMMANY FAVORITE
New York, Juno 20—Charles
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall,
favors the candidacy of Mayor
Hanoi* for the presidency.
The Revenue Culler Thetlj is
due lo arrive on I he Alaska coasl
from Honolulu for her summer
cruise.
Kodiak sports say they will get
up a ball team lo boat Seward,
ashes or no ashes.
• Quite a number of Valdez peo
jle have signified their intention
of taking llio westward trip on
the Sampson to get a view of
snvoking Kalmai.
No show at the Majestic to
night. Mrs. Lewis will speak.
THE MAJESTIC
AMUSEMENT CO.
II. G. 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. Mara.
Office Smythie'i Tailor Shop I'hoce 102
Service to All Parti of Town. Call* Aoswered Promptly
Baiineii Confidential
House and Carpet Cleaning
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
Reports on Mines
Patent Surveys
Qenebal. Mining Engineering
'Phone No. t03
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Kr9. i»|,one. 11:9
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
A «tJ
Meet every Tuesday evening nt * o'clock in ;
KatHe Hall All members reriiU'steJ i° at
tend D. H. SM'.KM. ArtlcCliicf
Valdes Iyodge
No 168.
Free unci Accepted Masons
KcKulnr Communications tlrst. Wednesday in
each montli in McKinley Hall. Visitors always
welcome.
James II. Patterson..\V. M
C. C- Heynolds. Sic
1.0.
0. F.
Visiting ami local Odd Fellows nre re
quested lo register their name with the
Valdaz Odd Fellows' Club. Iicuular
nieetinKs. Ilrst nnd third Mondny.
Call on 1'. S. HUNT. Secretnrv.
. F O E
VALDKZ AKKIK No. 1071
Meet cve^y Friday. 8i>. m- KiikIc Hull
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing hnt bout nmtorlnlH lined.
FRESH BREAD DAILY
All kindfl of CftkeH, I'Ich, etc.
mado to order
WOOD & I1ENRICII, Prop..
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Frcth Gooda—Rcaaonnble Prices
fffilfr URS
iMcMII LAN fUR XWOTll GO
ITINNI AINILH. miNN •*
WIIITt F (I H 0 I It 0 IJ L A If S
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.
(■'rclKhliiii; iu.il imss'-i.i.'fr.s to all purls
of the inieri->r. Ucni-ral Trucking (
I
bid. Wood, - Proprietor j
McKinlcy St.* Valilw
|1«up Hotel
amopt*#
Sfxrriir
Chas. Perry, mob.
THE BESTOrEYimmtti
IN THE HEART OF THCC1TY ,
135RooHsWiriiB»nt-505*MPultoons
When In Seward Stop at t!ie
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SFXTON, ••nop.
STRICTLY first class
Fourth Ave Seaaho, *laska
FISHER'S BLEN D;
FLOUR '
AT
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON.
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking* Co.
Undertaker, Embalmcrn
Funeral Directors
MB GEO. RORB1NS, Mj-.r.
Ste^m Heat Electric Lights
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
:::: THF RIIFFFT s.v.d.
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL, KINDS OF
Native and ¥ ¥ T|yj|ni7P ant^ Building
Puget Sound JLi IVii^JCjjLV Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Pricc 9 Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Fairbanks Bar
George Krau, Proprietor
JPool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 1^00
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
If^TEGRIDAD, Rex, Regal* EL SIDELO, Senator*, Millionaire*
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 <8t @
H'C O R P O R AT C D —
a
BANKERS
C A PITAL $ 200,0 O O.10
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent interest on Time Certificates of Deposit.