Valdez Daily Prospector
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Prospector Publishing Co.
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Daily Prospeotop.
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By mail, per annum 10.00
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By carrier, per month 40c
By mail, per annum $3.00
The Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner, by carrier, to one address
only after September 1st..$1.25
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Miner by mail to one address
only $12.50
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Rooms, Phone No. 222.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10, 1912.
SOWING TARES.
Tlio attempt made upon llic
life «• f ex-President Roosevelt is
a most regrettable all'air, from
which we can only gain solace
from the fact that it did not ter
minate more seriously. The peo
ple of the United, Stales are not
yet re;yJy to descend to the use
of the revolver and stiletto in
the settlement of their political
differences. We are quite will
ing, for the present time, lit
least, to arbitrate our divergent
political views through the bal
lot box, and to rest content with
the dictum of the majority. The
armld assassin has no place in
American politics, ^although un
fortunately he has made himscll
occasionally felt. The shot tired
at Col. Iloosevelt on Monday
night was not, however, wholly
unexpected. The pre-convcntio
campaign was conducted with so
much bitterness; so many crim
inations and recriminations, tha,1
the fear of such a denouement
as took place on Monday night
has a number of times been ex
pressed in the press, by papers
of very divergent views. In all
times of great political, religious
or other forms of excitement
there .are always weak minds,
ready to give way to the tension,
and ripe for the committal of an
overt act. This ca,se is no ex
ception to that rule. Under our
present conditions, and with our
present mixed population, such
occurrences may be expected,
as much as we may deplore
the fact. Two of the presidential
candidates are much to blame
!< i the occurrences «>f Monday
evening, and none more than
I'm- victim of tin* would-bo a«
tassm's bulb.I.
7\iver in the history of ;his
country has there been comSucf.
ed micIi a \irulenl ilainpaig'i as
ihat waged ly Theodore Ro >s: -
\ell and liiiam Johnson. Ii s
imifrd ii.'p!ettable that men who
have been highly honored by
their fellow-citizens should so
far forget themselves as to de
scend to blackguardism and ilcui
agoguery.
All thi**, of course, does not
palliate the crime committed by
Schrank; his punishment should
he lh«' limit provided by law; we
are merely pointing to a moral
which men occupying high pi ic
es in the nation's councils may
well heed. We can only hope
r..r r,o|. RooseveltI's speedy re
covery.
VALUE OF A DOLLAR
The high cns| uf living lias be
come the |»r«*<|<>niimtinI ipiestion
of |present day. It effects
everyone, greal ami small, rich
and poor; ami il effects us all
m a more vital way than an\
oilier problem.
In trosl> lines prices have ad
duced very materially in lair
years, in fael the general in
crease in Hie cost, of livinK has
been, so slatislicians agree, a
bout 33 per cent, in I he last two
or Ihrce yen^s. This is indeed
an alarming slate of affairs, and
if. is no wonder the common ex
pression of I he face of fhe paler
familins nowadays s one of anx
ielv.
II is nof «o much lhal prices
have gone up rapidly as I hat mo
ney has depreciated in purchas
ing power. There lias been a
ulnl of gold (if such be possi
ble) (»n the market of late years,
and the; result of this abundance
has been to make the metal cheap.
This i« the cause most commonly
ascribed to the rapid rise in the
cost of living necessities. The
theory has been assailed, but
FOR T1
SENATj
George El Baldwin
CANDIDATE OF T« HOME RULE PARTY
If Elected ^Will Give My Best Efforts
to Accomplish the Greatest Good to
the Greatest Number of Alaskans.
I
ANNOUNCEMENT:
TO THE ELECTORS^OF THE THIRD DIVISION:
I hereby announce myself an a candidate for Representa
tive to the Territorial Legislative Assembly from the
Third Diviaion£«f Alaska, subject to the will of the voters
of said district^. I stand on a strictly Non-Partisan ticket,
and if elected,* will^do my utmost for the good of the en
tire district aijfd work for the interests of Alaska in gen
eral. I am engaged in gold quartz mining in the Willow
creek gold $amp, and fcl feel that the mining interests
sho 11 be represented in the Territorial Assembly,
j Respectfully,
Knik, Alaska, Oct 7, ]fl2. MILO KELLY.
Vote forj
R. D. GRAY
j of Katalla,
Non-Par tizan Nominee for the
Lower House
I herf is nevertheless some
ground, for the supposition. The
production of gold in the six
teenth century is said to have
been $500,000,000; in the sev
enteenth century $600,000,0.00,
and in the eighteenth century $ I ,
270,000,000. In the nineteenth
century the output was $7,700,
000,000; the first half $790,000,
000, the second half $6,910,000,
000. So far the record of the
twentieth century is: 1901-1905
inclusive, $1,611,000,000; 1906
1910, $2,100,000,000. In other
wards, there has been produced
more gold since 1900 than there
was from the period of the dis
covery of America to the Califor
nia gold rush, three and one
half centuries.
Perhaps the most striking ev
idence of the loss of value that
the almighty dollar has sustained
has been unearthed by an econo
mist, of a retrospective turn.
Finding out he number of pese
tas i aised to finance the expedi
tion of Columbus, he discovered
it was the equivalent of $7,000.
In I 192 $7,000 was snlTieient
to buy and lit out three cara
vals which were ultimately to
discover a new world and give
rise to a country containing a
population of nearly 100,000,000.
Today it costs several times that
sum to fit out n,n expedition to
I lie Arctic or Antarctic regions.
Even a little congressional jun
ket from Washington to Alaska
costs twice the sum it cost Co
Inmbtis to discover America.
A POLITICAL BLUNDER.
When Napoleon and Talley
rand kidnaped the I>uc d'Enghlen
and had him executed by a drum
head court-martini, Homebody
said to Foucbe that n great crime
had been committed. To which
the minister of police responded:
"It is worse than a crime. It
i* a political blunder."
Kvery attempt on I In- life of
a noted man is a political blun
der, whether successful or no!,
or whether madu by a despot or
a crank. I.ike persecution of a
bhurch, it merely exaggerates
popularly.
Whot this country most needs
is a vast corps of assistants for
the fool-killer.
Vote for
FRANK E. YOUNGS
For Representative
mining Engineer
L. W. S' ORM. E. M.
VAl mx. ALASKA
Rmfomra on M
Patknt Sumrmj
Qkmbbal. Mim\ i Bnoinmamno
Phowi No. »os
F. BllTTERWORTH
Civi Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
" liberal Surveyor
i
Blue Printing Res- Phone. 189 |
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening nt 8 o'eloeU in
Eaule Hull AH members requested t° at
tend D. H. SLEEM. ArtlcChlef
Valdes Lodge
No 168.
Free and AoocpunJ Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday In
each month In MoKlnley Hall Vlsl' ors always
weloome.
James H. Pi\un "m„W. M
C. C- Revnolds. 8c«
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L0.<
0. F.
VIdltliff and local Odd Fcllown nrc re
quested to register thrlr nume with the
Valdcs Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meetings. flmt and third Monday.
Call on P. H. HHVT. Secretary.
FOE
VAL.DBZ AKR1K No 1071
Me« every Friday 8 p. m. Y.Ml® Hall
Last winter a customer of ours told us he had a heating stove
which did not hold fire over night. He wanted one which did
and we sold him a Coles Hot Blast Heater.
In selling you a
Coles Hot Blast Heater
We guarantee a saving of one third in fuel.
We guarantee that it will hold fire for twenty-four hours.
We guarantee every stove to stay air-tight.
You can burn wood, soft or hard coal.
Two thirds of the heaters now used in Valdez are
Coles Hot Blast.
Try one and you will never use any other.
We are sole agents.
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NOTICE.
Is hereby given that the tax
roll for 1912 is in the hands of
the town clerk and is open for in
spection. The Common Council
will meet in the town hall as a
board of equalization on Monday,
October 14th, between the hour8
of 2 p. m. and 4 p. m. on the fol
lowing Tuesday, October 15th,
from 2 p. m. till 4 p. m., and on
Thursday, October 24th, from 2
p. m. till 4 p. m., to examine the
assessment book and equalize the
assessment of property in the
(own of Valdez, Alaska.
RANDALL E. ASH BY,
i Town Clerk.
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting anil passengers to all parts
of the Interior. General Trucking
feJd. Wood, • Proprietor
MoKlnley St/ ValJe?;
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STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave , Scward, Alaska
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Steam Heat Electric Lig&U
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ALL KINDS OF
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Puget Sound LjUIVIOLiIv Material
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Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRJtfG CO.
Drugs and Druggist /Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS . ,
Telephone Orders Solicited / Free Delivery
J
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arjfved Direct from the
Factorjfs a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAO, Rex, Regals ./ EL SIDELO, Senator*, Millionaire*
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Vicloi*, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
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Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To. The Trade
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general
Banking
Business
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BANKERS
(CAPITAL $ ^OO.OOO"1
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Internet on Time Certificate* pt Deposit.
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