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TUESDAY, Afiil'ST 27, UN 2.
HIGHLY IMPROPER.
Willi regard In I hat cosmic
111.M»ry liy which lln» sea lloor of
llic North Pacific is io bulge to
ward the surface ami shut up Ber
ing strait by making' the Aleutian
islands a continuous strip of laml
to Asia \vc unhesilalingly rank
ourselves with the opposition. It
is manifestly a scheme of the
railroad interests, who have been
desiring |o open a new route lo
Europe by a continuous railroad
trip around the world in the other
direction. To jrel the powers of
nature lo work for I heir benefit,
and furnish them with a land
l i^lu of way across the Pacific.
'J'11e fuss I b;i| will be kieked lip
when new land is thrown into the
international scramble will be
worse iban the famous golden ap
ple at the feast of the goddesses.
Imagine a si rip of land extending,
Ihe course of the Aleutians to Si_ J
beria. Russia would, of cours.«,
claim it as pari of her territory.
The United States would say that
il is simply the natural continu
ation of her land. Japan would
assert thai her interests in the
Bering waters make her owner
ship essential, while England and
fiermany would claim fragments
simply by force of habit. If we
got off without a real Armageddon
we would be lucky.
Moreover, look at Ihe useful
ness of it. if we got a strip of
land across the North Pacific one
of the first, things to do would be
lo cut canals in it to let vessels
across. The vessel trade is worth
more than the land in those I a t i—
1 udes.-Pittshurg Dispatch.
THE LAWYER HERO.
F.very ape has ils hero. Some
•lay Ihere is tiii^r to arise a law
>»*r who is brave enough ami I>iK
ciiihikI) In ively clear Ili«*
law of amitiruil i.'s ami interlaced
technicalil ies which now encum
ber il. lie i* fruinp: I«» cul out ,
some «»I* I In* whereases and hen*-j
in be fores and aforesaid* and
I heroin hohlens. lie will make
I lie law read like a newspaper and ]
mean whal if says. The laws of i
loday are not nnderslood by thej
lawyers themselves. Il is dmibi-j
fill if I hey ever have been. They j
are a vexation and a snare, eon-j
I a in inf.' lillle • • f I rnI h and no pool - j
ry. |
T'nder t li•> working of I lie son-i
Ie111 io11s and polysyllabic terms o| ,
the code i| is nllerlv impossible i
to even frive anybody a peanut, j
You must bequeath, be slow. Kraut
and convey, furnish, supply, pre-j
snit. deliver, make over, yield, ad-j
minister, profTer, eiuil, surrender, j
import, uller and abandon.
After Ibis has been done some!
one couies alonpr and nets out an
injunction, a demurrer, a vox pop
uli, an in hoe sipr. a causi lueri,
and a sic seinpre tyrannic, which
legally eats up the ffifl.-SkoKway
Alaskan.
PUNISHING MAIL 8WINDLER8.
The vigor wilh which the nosl
ntYiee authorities have bppn pur
suing |ho swindlers who makp use
'•f Iho mails fop fraudulrnt pur
posps is deserving of very high
praisp. TIip Hfnlonienl made hy
Chief lnsppclor Sharp as lo the
amount of loot collected from
gullible victims hy ''only-1 he fpw
swindling promoters who were ar
rested last year" gives an idea of
I he service • rendered hy Ihis
branch of (hp gnvernmenlal ma
chinery. Hp reckons lhal amount
at. approximately $77,000,000;
what may hp the total of the op
prations of this class of rogues
it is impossihlp to cstimatp. But
it is quite certain that the ar
rests and punishments that have
taken place are operating as ef
fective preventives, both because
of the wholesome fear that must
, be entertained by the would be
swindlers of litis type, and be
cause (he publicity that ha^ been
given to the matter puts thou
sands of intended victims on their
guard., v.':...'. •
It would be interesting to know
whether those who think that pun
ishment has no deterrent effect
upon criine-a view which, incred
ible as it may seem, is gravely as
sorted by some respectable per
fnns-really believe that fraudulent
money-making schemes would be
no more numerous if those car
rying them on wore subject to no
punishment when detected. An
intcnsliug point in the figures
given by Chief Inspector Sharp is
that out of 106 persons tried dur
ing the year, 1H'» were convicted.
It is a pity, however, that—ap
parently owing to some peculiar
ity of the law-punislnnenis alto
gether too light for the offence
have been imposed in some of the
flagrant and notorious cases. To
;be adequately deterrent, the law
• must provide a penalty that really
i looks terrifying to the would be
criminal.-New York Evening
| Post.
I
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The only thing we can suggest
to I.orimer i*< I hat In* start an
other parly.
Teddy is I<> answer Arrhhobl in
a month from now. Probably
working up an alibi.
If Cuiifiri'ss slioubl i<ass a law
compelling subscribers |o pay up
promptly, .publishers wouldn't
rare whether llu«re was a duty on
wood pulp «>r not.
The gamblers of New York com
plain Ilia! the police will not per
mit them to earn an honest liv
ing.
Taft probably will not pot his
foot in it when ho talks tomor
row on a hundred year old sub
ject.
A slight majority of the voters
of Valdez can congratulate them
selves on having home rule and a
foreign dike.
After stealing Bryan's policies
for a de.cade, Roosevelt has de
serted the Commoner and made a
raid on Debs.
The passage <»f the army ap
propriation bill will insure the
continuance of work on the gov
ernment road.
It is quietly whispered about
that (ieorge Baldwin has a full
sized Bull Moose to trade for a
puny elephant.
The "wild and woolly west" has
been superceded by the effete east
and its murderous policemen and
viee-re -king ofTiee holders.
fSovornor Marshall wants to
know jf the consumer is to be for
ever the tariff goat. Why cert.
The goat furnishes more wool.
Oregon's governor appears to
be holding down his job as it is
written in the book, judging from
the way he is handling derilicl of
ficials.
A Now York paper ha* a 1 r*n«1 in
editorial on "the passinp of the
tenderloin." No doubt hut that the
high cost of living ha* compelled
many Cinlhamilc? to pel down lo
ehuek.
I.oui. (Slas*. the San Francisco
grafter, is now In be placed on
trial when all the important wit
nesses are cither out of the coun
try or buried. Such is one kind
of Justice.
Colonel Roosevelt «ay« (Hat his
flghl began on Mount Sinai. Ho
probably refers lo (ho occasion on
which Moses smashed all ten com
mandments in an angry moment.
Hobs says the Republican party
stands for things as they now are;
the Democrat* for any old thing
and the Progressives stand for
honesty on a stolen platform. It
looks lo us as if Debs stood for
anything but honest toil.
It is now up to Taft |o appoint
the Alaska Railway commission to
report in favor of purchasing th?
Copper River & Northwestern
railroad. Subsequent proceedings
would indicate that Secreary
Fisher has been jobbed on his job.
Closing out suits, coals and ev
ening gownH at half price at Har
vey's Toggery.
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Stamp
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BSOLUTELY Self-Con
tained; ready to operate
onarrival;
Cott AtwwMti tfficUnt and
thunbU; matify tkipprd to
flow potnUi ntidi no
$ptcialfttmdatU>H.
One patron writes: "Wo are nninc
a 3S-meah screen and milling au
iiverage of 16 tons of ore per 24-hour
• day with each mill. Consider 1 ng
liorsepower eonasmed LITTLE 01 ANT
STAMP MILLS are most rapid entail
ers CTer seen; prefer them to any
other stamp mill on market."
Information obtainable by address
ing or calling on
Seattle Construction & Dry dock Company
Dept. S Seattle, TT. 8. A.
THE MAJESTIC
H. C. DAVIS
Complete Change of Pro
gram Tuesday, Thursday
and Sunday
One Sliow We*k Days - - 8 P. M.
Tv.o Shows Sundays 8 and 9:15 P. M.
Launches and Lighters
For Sale, Rent or Charter
Weekly service to Ellamar
Landlock and Fidalgo
Capt. D. E. MORRIS. City Dock
SHAMPOOING and MANICURING
Well Groomed Ladies and Gentle
men Appreciate My Service#.
Private bath room for ladies.
Corn# Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
8ENORITA MENDEZ
Phone 185 Wall St.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALDBZ. ALASKA
RmpOHTB on Minima
Patbnt Sumvmva
Qmnkbal. Mining Enoinkknino
Phonb No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Hcs I'honc. ISA
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'rlocU in
Kavlc Hull All members rcriuetttfd t° at
tend D. II. SI-KKM. Artie Chief
Vald ez I^odge
No 168.
Free and Acceptcd Masons
rvvgiiiur ^iiimuuit'ttviuiis iiriv ntuucwut) iu
each month In MoKlnloy Hull. Vlsl'ora always
welcome.
James H. Fatten "»n,,\V. M
C. C. Reynolds. See
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>0.F.
V(kltlntr and local Odd Fellow* *rc re
gueated to reiflater their name with the
Valdeit Odd Fellowa* Club. Regular
meeting*. <fl rat and third Monday.
Call on P. ft. HT7NT, Secretary.
F O E
VAUDK7. AP.Rie No. 1971
Mml eterjr Friday, 8 p. m. Ragle Hall
! F URS
Mr Mil LAN f lifUWOf" !''l
*11 N N I AI'IILI'i. UNi
Will 1 |. I (III I ft I. lit. < < .
$25 to $50 Saved Per Tear.
K Jt , r. " " r •• /
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It has been proven by actual test that
Coles Hot Blast Stoves
will save at least one-third of your fuel bill.
Will Hold Fire for 24 Hours.
A large line of different styles just received from the factory
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting and passengers to all parts
of ibe interior. General Trucking
hid. Wood, „ - Proprietor
MoKlnley St.- Valdez
$I«up Hon
'SEATTLE
~C/fAs. Perry, mm.
THE BEST Or EVERYTHING
IN THE HEART Or THE CITY
135RoomWlTn6ATn-50Siumf Rooms
When In Seward Stop at the j
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ALL KINDS OF
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CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited {Free Delivery
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
1NTEGR1PAP, Rw, Regal* EL SIDELO, Senators, Millionaire*
SMOKECRAFT, Rein* Victoria, Delraonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
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Special Price To The Trade
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Banking
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