VaWez Daily Prospector
I'intLlSHKO lty THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
THKVS
Om Dollar per Month: Twelvn Dollars i>cr Year
WEDNESDAY. JI NK 5, 11)12.
DISTRIBUTING THE SPOILS.
Already there is talk of th» dis
tribution of tli«' spoils. To those
who had a hand in organizing the)
Aoosevelt movement shall he giv
-en the rewards of Iheir endeav
t*rs in the shape of offices, high
and iow, according to I lie plans
J/.mi g molded by lh*' Roosevelt
traders. As if I he halt I" were won
She tumult over and the platter j
ia the act of being passed.
But might it not he well lo pro
ceed with that caution character
istic of a deliberate man who, no
'natter what his feeling of secur
ity, realizes that the thing he
hopes for is not yet a reality?
There's many a <lip. .Vii<I Ihi; is
only May. November is distant.
\ long suiujni'i' intervenes, preg
nant with possibilities of bumper
crops or bad political blunders
and scores* of other events that j
make and unmake polit icians.
In all probability I In* enthu-u-!
.asm that now urges the Roose
vellians to say radical things ami,
do strange stunts, will not be so!
bumptious ju June. There j* ev
ery reason to believe that the
(Chicago convention will not name
Mr. Roosevelt. K\ ery passjup da>
now makes bis nomination more
"uncertain, ami not more eerlain.;
Bitterness will have reached aj
apoint where his nominal ion would ;
i»e suicidal.
J
And as Hie season advances I
:md the p.i«sinu<* of the vornal!
period arc calmed in Ili•> alembic'
of summer, who knows windher. {
in this period of quickly shifting;
public opinion and impulsive re
arrangement «• f political idea*,
ttre hero-worshiping thai seems j
jujw to be making a demigod r»f;
Mr. Roosevelt, will not he thwarl
ed by his own self-praise, and J
perhaps directed toward <omej
other fetich? Such things have
.happened so often in American!
-history.
Who knows whether a few!
months hence it will not he re-i
parded as a mark of political!
back-slidinp for a man to stand {
before his fellows as the "oripi-J
nal Roosevelt, man?" Things
quickly change, and it may be well
.4o withhold the distribution of
lire peaches and cream until we
«ee how this Ihinp i* rumin; onl.j
Skagway Alaskan.
Vfever mind, brother, r.humpj
will attend to all Hie details con- j
meted with the distribution of
oie8 after the 'ith of March, next..
THE P08TAL FRANK ABUSE.
i i
In the recent political cam-'
^paign in Massachusel I s. SO.ftOO •
^pieces of mail daily wen* deliver-!
«d through tin* lloslou pos|ofl'icej
Ml one under I li<> postal franks «»f •
Congressman McKinley or Sena-'
tor Dixon, represent ing I In* 'Fa fI i
-and Roosevelt forces, and Ions ofj
the matter wi'iv • 111 Ihr<mi^Ii out
postotTice:; in I hi* slate. Of course)
This matter was campaign lilera-,
lure for llii* I wo I'onlcslanl s for!
the Republican nominal ion fori
the presidency. Tin- mail* were;
he.ing used for purely private po_'
' Jitical purposes and I In- people
paid the bills.
Several years ago a congrcs-!
sional commission, afler careful
investigation, reported that llic,
franking privilege of congress-j
men was costing I lie posloffice
ritepartment al lensl 810,000,000, \
ut more than (lie amount of (he!
postal deficit al that lime. This!
commission also reporled that]
one-cent leller pontage would he j
possible if the franking abuses'
*rere eliminated.
This abuse hn* continued fori
^wnany years. II will conlinue tin- J
tUI the people become aroused loj
the point of refusing to pay the;
postage bills of candidates fori
officc.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The arrival of Ihe Sampson
last evening recalled old times.
Scientists have discovered a
hee tree. Ye*, they found il in
Ohio.
It is niiile amusing lo watch
Ihe serious mien of Mcpuhlicaus
when they talk of home rule.
All this talk of .Tustice lluuhes
as a dark horse might a< well be
abandoned. The barbers would
all oppose him.
Harry Thaw says that not all
of the insane men in the country
are in the asylums. Certainly not;
many of them are in politics.
The way has been paved for
lh»' popular election of senators.
The next tiling in order will he
iI.• • ••h'etioii of popular senators.
Pre idenl Taft and Colonel
1 n«»i>s"velt are doing most of the
talking. The Democrats are do
ing practically all of the chuck
ling.
It is noticeable that. Uncle .loe
Cannon has not been in Ihe
smoke of the recent presidential
light. Wouldn't any (>f the can
didates accept his services?
"Willi bands playing and ban
ners waving," is the way a Yal
dez dispatch to the Skagway
Alaskan announced the opening
of the WickershanY convention.
' The Tacoma News blames (In
direct primary system for the
hlaguardism indulged in by Taft
and Roosevelt. Well, Ilia! is
about as near tli«> truth a> a He
publican paper can gel anyway.
President Tall declares thai
tin' | a rill" will be Ihe paramount '
issue in Ihe campaign. President j
Tail has done his full share to j
make |h«> larill' issue to the liking j
<>i' ! lie 1 >ci:ioerals.
Treasury department. officials}
at Washington announce that a;
dangerous counterfeit sjo 11 j 11 is j
in circnlal ion. To most folks that j
report will come under I in- head;
of hearsay evidence. ]
■ 11iii11iri s rails i- i.i11k1111 a nar:
for having I<»sti 1«*«1 lhal Harrow!
Inlil 11i111 Franklin" llial Ihoj
IiriI»i• ry money was ruining from!
the president «»f Ili«> Federalion.!
Ifow does ho know what harrow!
said in I ho nuilter"?
Roosevelt is now seriously rnn
*si«l**riiik whether ho will love or
assassinate the Republican parly.
The Chicago hunch aiv evident -
Iv polling np steam in iheir po
litical roller for Hip exclusive
benefit <»f the Oyster Hay states-!
man.
r.hauucey Dopow says lhal im-|
dor the direct. primary system all
a presidential candidate needs are;
pull" and gab. The Republican j
candidate-; evidently have plenlv
of liolh ami should prove «iuiIo ;
satisfactory to Hie old New York'
chest mil.
f'.barley Hermit's anxiety for!
home rule is more political llian;
real. The Republican plank on1
home rule was placed in the plat-J
form, witli the hope of smother-j
iug self-government, by giving
Alaska a heavier load than she
could carry.
.Fust now, of course, the coun
try is in the very deuce of a tlx. J
Im! he patient. The oratory of!
the June graduates will swab all
III.' annoying grit out of the gov
ernment cogs—nr loll how it. can
he done and everything will be
as lovely as a newly-bathed pup.
"The hii'-ines-,; houses of Yal
de/. were closed during the con
vention." says a dispatch to Hie j
Skagwa> Alaskan. The hefu/.xled '
correspondent must have mixed !
up the convention and Memorial I
day. or perhaps he may have j
thought the exercises at the coin-j
olery had some significance with j
the closing of tin* Wiekershani j
campaign.
"Wo hold oui'3clvR8 as tlio or
iginal and bona fldo homo rule'
parly in Alaska," goos on lo gay
Iln» Wiekorsliam platform. IL was
no! so many moons pasl. sinoo
Wiekorsliam was opposing homo
ruh\ Prior lo HoggaH's incum
bency in llio gubernatorial chair
ovory oxoonlivo of Alaska slrong
ly urged self-govornmenl f«>r the
lorrilory, (lov. Swinford making
an especially strong plea for
home rnlo ovor Iwonly years ago.
Wo foar I ho oily council is
making a mistake in amending
ordiminro No. 25 so a- lo plan* in
Iho hands of llic l.own marshal
Ilif employment and discharge of
his dopniy. The ordinance now
piaroH ilie lennro of nil oily em
ployes in I lie hnmls of lite coun
cil itself. where il should ho, an«I
il seems passing strange llnil an,
exception should he mode of lliej
night marshal. I'nless Ihere is
sMine ulterior purpose in view Iho
council had heller I•• I mailers rest
as |hoy aro.
If you want all Iho news all lh?
imo road I lie Prospector
Less than two weeks after II n
ishing his term at McNeil's in
land for "peddling hootch" to
Indians, Tom Nagel was arrestih.
at Wrangell for a similar otfense.
lie was indicted recently by the
grand jury at Ketchikan. Nagel
is I lie man Aretander made hfs
famous appeal case for in which
lie contended that Indians who
have severed their tribal rela
tions have the right to buy liquor
tli«' same as u while man.
FOR RKNT--Threc room fur
nished house. Apply Tlios. S.
Scot I, al clerk's oft'ice, court
house.
Residents of the Reservation
who are busy during the week,
and wish lo work out their road
lax on Sundays can make ar
rangements to do go by seeing the
road overseer.
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 ^CoJ
and 1
VALDEZ VACUUM CLEANING Co.!
I. A TOUCHE & PECK. Mum.
Office Smythie'i Tailor Shop I'booe 102 j
Service to All Piiti oi Town. Ctlli Aaiwertd Promptly
Baiinct* Conf idcotia'
House and Carpet Cleaning
MINING ENGINEER
U. W. STORM. E. M.
I
VALOEZ. ALASKA
Weponrfl on Minks
Patent Surveys
CmENESAL MlNINO B HGIN E ERINQ
'Phone No. ios
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing K,.s. phone. l?tt
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
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A
cii i) i iirsuiiy evening ai n o fiocu in
Katrlc Hull All members requested t« at
tend D. H. SL-KKM. ArticChief
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
r ree and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday In
each month in McKinley Hall. Visitors always
welcome.
James 11. Patterson.. \V. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
1.0.
0. F.
Vlsitinif and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Vnldez Odd 1-VHowh' Oluh. Regular
meetings. Hrst nnd third Monday.
Cull on 1*. S. HUNT. Secrctnrv.
FOE
VALDEZ AERIE No- 1971
Meet every Friday, 8 p. m. Kwflc Hall
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing btit bent materlalu Died.
FRESH BREAD DAIL\
«• All klndH of Cakes, PieH, etc.
made to order
WOOD A HENRICH. Prop..
Fagerberg Bros.
NTZINA, ALA8KA
General Merchandise
Miner* & Prospectors Supplies
Freah Good*—Reasonable Price*
FURS
f SHIP
V ( ),l ' K
McMillan fur & wool co
I MINNC/M'OLtS. MINN.
! WIIITE Pflti _CI IIICMJ L A R 8
COMMODORE McHIE
Recommends following the new regulations
laid down by the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor regarding the equipment to be
carried by all motor boats
The Commodore Says It Pays To Do So
$26.65
We Carry a Full Line of Equipment as Follows
SIDE LIGHTS
FOG HORNS
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
And Everything to Equip Motor or Row Boats
BOW LIGHTS
BELLS
SPARK PLUGS
WHISTLES
BATTERIES
SPARK COILS
KATALLA GASOLINE
Copper River
Draying Co.
Fr«!i>fliiiii>r and passengers to all pans 1
of the interiir. liciicral M'rucUintf
hid. Wood, - Proprietor
I
Mclvinlcy St.- Vultler
!
fl«up flon
SEATTLE
Cm AS. P&t»Y, MM.
THE BEST OF EVEPTTHINC
IN THE HEART 0T THE CITT .
1358ooHsWlmB>TH-50StMMlloows
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward, Alaska
FISHER'S BLEND1
FLOUR i
AT
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON j
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Emhalmern
Funeral Directors
Phon« M8 GEO. ROBBINS, Mgr.
Steam Heat Electric Light*
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Room* All Modern Conveniences
Good Jiir DIICCCT g ° °d
Goods I lit DUiTlI Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and | | T]V/|0I?0 and Building
Puget Sound IjUIVIDILIV Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Zbe
Tairbanks Bar
George Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a I^arge Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regal* EL SIDELO, Senators, Millionaires
SMOKECRAFT, Rein* 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
SBLUM & ©•
— INCORPORATED —
BANKERS
CAPITAL $ 2 00,000.5
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Inter rat on Time Certificates nt Deposit*