Valdez Daily Prospector
PtHM.IKHKD Hy THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TKICVH
One Dollar ix-r Month: Twulve Dollars i>cr Year
TLKSD.W. JUNK II, 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 consti
tute my first term. The wise
custom which limits the presi
dents to two terms regard the
substance and not the form, and
under no circumstances will I be
a candidate or accept another
nomination fcr president." Three
years later, on December 11,
1907, he reiterated his declara
tion in these words:
"I have not changed and shall j
not change the decision thus an
nounced."
THE HELPING HAND.
i
.Marshal Harvpy 1*. Sullivan dial j
ilit» riu'lil tiling lasl <>\<*uiii;: in
having' his <h*puLips keep him {
as In Iht* real conditions!
existing In tin' westward ami np-t
orising I Ik* I)<• |»;ii*l m11 in W'asli
111mI < • 11 iif I in* I rue farts in or<l'*r
'hat llif goveminent nii^lil i'\-!
ii'iid sucli i i ii 11 n*i I i a I • * aid as may
he ui'ccssary In eeli«*v«* Iii•• vir-j
i iius < 11" I hi" vnlrniiic erupt i« >li. Hi
was tin fori unale I It a I I he w ireless |
-.lalion on Woods Maud was <h*~ i
> I roved. as il rut oil' from «lii***cl I
<*0111111 nniralion with lln* point ;
in>ar<*si I In* seal or i rouble, how-j
ever, it is h« >|»«*< I Ilia I pommuiii
ealion may In* opened through 11»«* j
Revenue Cutter Manning.
Thorp ran hp no donht hnl that!
there are other s<'lll<'in<*nls on'
I lit* mainland, murh closer I.»f
Kalmai, where I In* inhahilanls ur«* j
in more iinuipilialp need of holpj
♦ han those al Kodiak, who, no
douht, ii<-Oil prompt surcor. TIip]
alToeled ilistrirl is so isolated j
•'run i tin* run I ps of -.d earner Irav-j
<•1, thai I In* only prompl help
which pan h<* i*\l<*u<Jp<l inusl come'
from IIip .Manning and thesleain
<*r Dora, the only Iwo <*rafl in
these waters. II is to hi* lioppil
those vpsspIs will h<* <*nahh*d loi
visit (hi* villages of Kalmai, Kar
Ink ami Afognak, as w<*ll as oth
or points where liplp is Iik<• Iy
needed.
Tin*. PiHim*ry stations are gen-'
orally equipped with powerful j
sea-going tups and oilier rraft hy
which I ho ppople ran he taken
away should Hip oppasion arise j
wlipro safety pouhl only hi* had,
in flight. Thi* s«*al of danger Hps\
at Kalmai, where I In* hundr<*<l or;
iiim'o nalivps may h<* in dire dis-:
Itpss, if not hiiri<*d undiT an avn-j
lancho of rook, sand and ashes.)
Wlipthor a vpsspI could make'
thai point with Hip mounlain in,
eruption will not he known uulil;
an attempt is made. From the
meagre reports al hand there is
some dangerous work <*ul out for
1he hrave nii'ii who an* in Hip'
rosPUP work.
UNEASY LIES THE CROWN.
Just a< wo wired litis pnpoi'j
front Chicago last I>»•<•«*1111»<*r thai
I In* :nflorm»y general would do, j
ami lis wo lold the pooplo lali'r'
<11 lllOSO eoluillllS, At t • U'liey < it'll- [
oral \Vioker«diani has eomplololy I
exoneral«•«! Judge Overbold oil Iho!
ohargos filed against liim some j
lime sinoo. Also, tomorrow His-1
Iriot Attorney C.rossloy's lermox-i
pi res. ami iiis renoininafion has'
as y»• I nut boon sent lo flu? Sen
ate by President Tafl. Street talk
in Fairbanks is (bus given a shock
whioh is a grave question an lo I
its reliability.
Really, it is Iho eaMiosl thing in
the world lo loll just what Allnr
noy (touoral Wiekorsliam will do,
if yon inquire into tho matter in I
I ho prnpor way--by going straight
to him. Ho will do jns| exact-1
ly as In- says ho will do, and just
as he wauls to do. Ho will not
do what yon want him lo do. un
less lie believes that ho wants to
do just that thing.
Also, Judgo Ovorflold has ap
plied to (hi1 attorney general to
he allowod to change eonrls—to
bo m\i'M tin' oourl at Valdoz, in.
stead »«f iIm1 oourl horo. It will
probable oomo 111n( way. Judgo
'K»M'liold does mil beg tin' fjuos
liiui ii ' .rding tho oliaugo, and
In1 is ri< lit — 1111 • i*«* aro possibly!
Ii\ e b'oidri'd good rontons \vh>
.Indue o> r|ield Ini»iId sta*. with
I It ioourl. Ir'i iii-il hi*!* Hit' .jmlyo
nor Hit' .Vt'ws Minor oau think of
a single one «• r th#*u•. ll»*ro is
' «uhjoflod l• t lilllf I.ui *|rifo and
niisroprt'-oiilali"ii. ami Iho oust
of living here is so great that
I hit average salary of the govcrn
nii'iit employe is insufficient to
leave any adequate profit at the
end of tile year. To servo time
and (l<> miv's best, when the net
result is nothing lint trouble ami
lark of tinaneial gain, is poor
business--poor business.
Soon Fairbanks will have an
other jujdge. Whoever he is,
wherever lie eoines from, all we
can say for him is "(Soil pity
him." Unless in his lifetime he
has ilone some great ami lasting
wrong to a vast number of peo
ple somewhere, the punishment
he will receive here will be in
human in its severity.-_Ncws
Miner.
OIL FUEL IN THE NAVY.
Says the Railway ami Marine
News: "The Nevada and Okla
homa, the latest battleships for
the United States navy, have been
designed to burn fuel oil, fol
lowing successful experiments by
the department, with oil fuel on
lorp-'ilo boat*. Predictions have
been made that I lie oil fuel era
will be marked by two distinct
stages, tirst, the abandonment of
coal fuel for oil and then the
adoption of the internal combus
tion engine in which the. fuel will
be burned directly in the cylin
ders. The advantage of this fuel
is already shown in the design
of the Oklahoma ami Nevada.
Oial hunkers have been entirely
dispensed with, the oil being car
ried eh icily in the. double bottom
of |lie ship.
"The amotiul of space Hum
made available below deck has
enabled (he concentration of all
Ihe six boiler compartments at
Ihe renter «»f tin* ship where I hoy
occupy only f».rj feel fore anil aft.
This made il possible for these
vessels lo have only one smoke
siaek and also lo place around the
whole of I lie up-takes, a massive
redoubt nf armor wilh walls ev
erywhere thirteen inches in thick
ness.
"The importance of I his in
struction will be more clearly ap
preciated when it is stated that
in the Japanese war it was the
perforation of the up-takes
which contributed largely to the
collapse of ihe Russian ships. Th »
poisonous prases escaping between
decks were, drawn down and dis
seminated throughout the ship."
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Just Ihe sackcloth, and we will
be Ihe personification of humil
ity.
Those Chitina jurors evident
ly were not readers of Ihe Alas
kan and Leader.
II may lie Teddy has taken up
with the idea of becoming a "Pro
visionr.l president."
II is said that Katmaj would
be Inst sighi of in the hurly-burly
of a Republican campaign.
Kor some reason or other, Ted
dy appear* to have lost bis in
fluence around I bat committee
room.
Willi a Teddy organ in Valdez,
and a contest committee working
over lime in Chicago, there is no
reason why I'.lark and Jennings
should iii'l be elected.
"The Republican party would
ha\e died of dry rot had we not
made Ibis light," asserts Colonel
Roosevelt, (inuited. But it's now
living of exposed corruption.
Those conversant with the
facts state that those who pre
ferred the charges against Com
missioner llealey said more in
I heir newspapers than they did
(o the grand jury.
II was a very sudden conclu
sion tIk* Northern Commercial
company canic to in 1000, when
I hey deci.led not (o pay the ton
nage lax on their steamers, af
ler having complied with Ihe law
for six years previona.
If Ihe roadover&eer- lo Ihe
westward wore wine in their aire
and ^feneration, or were not under
(lie thumbs of Ihe canners. Iltey
would rolled road and poll I:»x
from Ihe H.non fishermen devas
I;iI ifitr the water* of thai seelion.
There i< Im|s helntr written
• I«»\\ ii Cordova wa> ahoul errand
juries and w hilcwa -di. Hut those
f» • 111 iw<< vh'itdd renu'iiihrr Mint I li i •<
is flit* n'li'iHii '»f ih ' vear when
whilewa-h i« In hi' ap
plied I" everything from n wormy
Ire.* In a disappointed edilor.
Suhserihe for Ihe Prospector.
No doubt but tlint the new
Wickersham paper will give us
some able articles in support of
Roosevelt and bis policy of con
serving the coal, timber and bear
of Alaska for Ibo pleasure and
l>rollt of future generation*.
There must be a straining
somewhere in the Wickersham
camp. Two years ago it was not
I bought necessary lo have a
Wickersham organ in I hi* city,
and results showed the correct
ness of the .judgment. This cam
paign the delegate's supporters
deem it nceessary t«» do some
newspaper boosting in behalf of
their candidate.
Obi Katmai has solved the
problem nf IransportiiiK Alaska
soil lo distant parts without pay
ing excessive freight rates.
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. Mora.
Office Smythie't Tailor Shop I'bone 102
Scrvicc to AD Part* ol Towa. C«IU Answered Ptoapll;
Bariaeu Coifidcatii!
House and Carpet Cleaning
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VaLDKZ. ALASKA
ftmromrm on Minks
Ratknt Sumvmvm
Qknkbal. Minimo Ehqinkkhihq
'phonm No. torn
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing ncs. Phone. 1R9
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Vk-B.
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock In
Eatrle Hall A)1 rrjcmbfcra request »'J to at
tend D. H. SLEKM. ArtlcChtef
. Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday Jo
each month In MeKinley Hall. Visitors always
welcome.
JamrS H. Potterson,.\V. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
1.0.
O.F.
Visiting and local Odd Fellows arc rc
quested to register their nume with tho
Vftlde/. Odd Fellows' Club. Itcgular
meetings. Hret and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HUNT. Secretary.
F O E
VAT.DEZ AKR1K No. 1971
Meet ctcry Friday, 8 u. m. * Kugle Hall
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing bat bent material* ased.
FRESH BREAD DAIL\
All kinds of Cakes, Pies, etc.
made to order
WOOD A HENRICH, Prop..
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ATjAHKA
General Merchandise
Miner* & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Good*—Reasonable Price®
I
plfcJJ R S
McMillan fur & wool co
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
WRITE TOR CIRCULARS
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
UUXBACK CLOTHING
Waterproof
ALSO A FULL LINE OF
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
Copper River
Draying Co.
FrelifliiiDjf and iiasspnjrprs to all imrio
of the iDierior. General Trucking
fekl. Wood, ; - Proprietor
McKinlcy St.* Vultlez
ffcwflpT)
■TtfiBCSTorEYmrniNG
iNTncnuirornEdn,
135toieJtmBGii-50SM<MBnoNa
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
CtOMu: SEXTON, Prop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Scward. Alaska
FISHER'S BLEND
FLOUR
AT
D0U6HERTY & FERGUSON
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Embalmern
Funeral Director*
RonS l4# CEO. ROBBINS, Mgr.
Steam Heat Electric Ligbta
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Room* AH Modern Convenience*
Good Tijr DlirCCT G ° °d
Goods lilt DUrrCI Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and I 1 IR/fPITP an<* Building
Puget Sound L<UIVIDILI\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Cijic
Tairbanks Bar
George Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
Ingram & Bush Dealer*
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, R«»( 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 & <&:
— INCORPO RATED —
BANKERS
CAPITAL $ 2 0 0.0 0 0.°°!
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certified ten of Deposit.