Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED BY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TERMS.' ' ,
Daily Prospector. .
By carrier, per month. ...$ .1.00
By mail, per annum 10.00
The Weekly Miner.
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
The Daily Prospector and Weokly
Miner by mail to one address
only $12.50
Business Office and Editorial
Rooms, Phone No. 222.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1«, 1912.
A NEW INQUISITION.
As a rider to tlie Post-office bill
congress bas provided that every
newspaper, magaxin» or period
ical using the United States mails
must tile with (he Postinaster
(ieneral twice a year a sw. -n
statement setting forth the names]
and addresses of its editor, man
aging editor, publisher, busin «ss!
manager, owners and stockhold
ers; also the names of its bond
holders, mortgagees and other se
curity-holders. This informal ion
must also be published by I be
newspaper, magazine or periodi
cal in (|ueslion. In addition, anyj
editorial or news matter for which!
eompcnsalion is received must be!
marked "adverl isement."
So Tar as the Prospector is I
concern.'d il has no informal inn
of any kind to conceal from Ihe
government Jor from anybody.
Our books arc always open anil
our iii'Wjj ami editorial columns
arc no( for sale. Bui what have
all these rules and regulations
which congress imposes upon
publishers lo do with the post
office department or with the fed
eral government? If congress
may compel newspapers lo fur
nish a statement of their stock
holders and bondholders and
creditors lo ihe postmaster gen
eral for the privilege of using Ihe
mails, why cannot it compel ev
ery person who uses ihe mails
lo make a similar statement?
Why cannot it carry this inqui
sition info every factory, into ev
ery office, into every apartment,
info every farm house?
If Ihe postofTiee department
is to a nation-wide inquisition
rather than an apency for carry
ing the mails, why slop with Ihe
newspapers? Indeed, how long
will congress slop wilh the news
papers? How long before any
citizen's right lo mail or receiw
a letter will depend upon his abil
ity fo make a statement of his
private affairs which will he *al
isfaclory to a Washington bu
reaucracy?
THE NEWSPAPER.
Tho newspaper is a business
enterprise, which is conducted
solely for I tic good of Iho com
munity ami the health of the pub
lisher. II rccpiires very little*
ready money In si art a newspa
per, h\il il generally takes I ho
• 111 it«a<I efforts of n 11 Iho banks
in town lo keep it going. Every
oncc if) a while so mo financial
renins, who has to remove his
rollar fo \vriI«• a Ihroc*-lino local,
lakos hold of a newspaper ami
makes il pay largo, .juicy divi
dends. thereby inviting immodi
alo compel il ion in tho form of a
third paper. II is usually neces
sary lo invent f«»i11* nr live rpiar
lor sections of land and eighteen
hours a day lo bring a morning
dally lo iho point whore il can
stand alone, without loaning on
Iho morlgngo record. Tho most
product i\ff form of newspaper is
the farm journal, which give* it
self away, along with a fountain
pen iti order lo ho ablo lo leap
upon Iho advertiser in leaps of
'ift cents an agate lino.
Newspapers arc edited by pale,
thoughtful men in shirt, sleeves,
who spend their lime sorting out
words which people have lo look
up in Iho dictionary. Editors
usually have nn assistant, who
writes perth and pilhy paragraphs
and acts a* I he goaf whenever the
city council becomes peeved.
Newspapers are not so pros
perous as they wore when the
editor accepted everything on
subscription, from a Peach Plow
potato lo a washing machine.
People are more rruel lo news
papers than they used to be; as
they exxpeel the editor lo pay pari
cash and the rest during Iho life
time of his heirs and assigns.
Home newspaper* are printed in
such a hurry Ihat typographical
errors creep in and transform the
managing editor into a gibbering
maniac. Others are so leisurely
that they are still printing the
story of the Johnstown flood in
tpjate form. Newspapers are
cheap, but they aren't half so
cheap as the man who knows just
ho wthey ought to be conduct
how' Ihey ought to be conduct
THE CRISIS IN MEXICO.
The estimate of military ex
perts that it will require an army
of 100,000 and two years' lime
In restore order in Mexico in case
of intervention by this country
will naturally influence the presi
dent and congress, if a special
ses'i n is called, in going slow
before taking any such drastic
action as intervention.
At the same time, conditions
in Mexico today are such that it
seems almost imperative that the
United Stales should lake prompt
steps for the protection of the.
lives and property of American
citizens and other foreigners, who
are being made I be victims of the
rebel marauders. This i* demand
ed of the United Stales, under
I be provisions of the Monroe doc
trine, but il. would be none the
less Hie duty of this country were
no foreign interests involved.
There is cause for the belief
that many of the atrocities being
pe: pel rated by the Mexican reb
els are for the express purpose
of forcing the United Stales to
lake part, and the belief such
inlei'venl ion would mark I he
downfall of I In* Madcro govern-1
menl. which lias demonstrated il*
inability to conlcol the situation.
American citizens generally will
linpi' thai the United Slates may1
he saved from I lie necessity of in
tervention in Mexico. The entire
Lai in-American people are sus
picious of our attitude toward
(hem and interference hy us in
Mexico would go a long way to
ward ruining what trade rela
tions we now have with the na
tions to the South. Furthermore,
this country does not want a Mex
ican problem on its hands. But
in the crisis such as that, now
pending, it is apparently impera
tive that the United States should
do its duly and adopt whatever
course is necessary to restore or
der in Mexico and protect the
lives and interests of Americans
and other foreigners in the coun
try.
EDITORIAL NOTE8.
The high cost of living at New
port—$ 100,oon for one Fish ball.
People have never been able lo
Figure out satisfactorily how T.
It. tlnds time to eat.
Evidently the Cordova Daily
Alaskan lakes lhe Juneau leg
islative joke seriously.
We shall have to put an extra
"o" in Moses. The Colonel says
his fight began on Ml. Sinai.
A light between the Tammany
Tiger and the Bull Moose would
provide an interesting spectacle.
The inventor of a dancing bull
moose committed suicide because
he was short of money. Where
was Perkins?
Thai Socialist church estab
lished in Portland should he plac
ed under I lie provisions of I ho
pun* food act.
No wonder Senator La F«dlelle
is piqued. T. II. kidnapped his
hah.v and lauglil I he infant lo
call Ili«• C.nlonel papa.
Evidently the Alaska railroad
coiiimission are coming north on
the McCollough in order nc»( lo
have a surfeit, of the trail.
If father NoaV had known T.
H. was proiiiR |o stand at Arma
geddon he would not have lefl
the hull moose into the ark.
Our contemporaries are talking
ahoul the "null Moose Hymn."
The Hull Moose Hymn, we im
agine, is Theodore Roosevelt.
If Governor Johnson gets the
support of all the Hirams in Ver
mont no other vice-presidential
candidate will have much show
ing there.
Mrs. Belmont now has "Votes
for Women" painted on her
checks. If I he checks are satis
factory she'll find the endorse
ment. properly endorsed.
It may he correct lo pay Lori
rncr for his expenses in getting
out of the Senate, but no one yet
has proposed to reimburse him
for his expenses getting in.
Springlleld Republican.
Lord Mersey's Titanic inquiry
commission seems to put most of
the blame on the iceberg.-Omaha
World-Herald.
If you ,are' out of letterheads
call and see our new line of bond
papers. The finest ever brought
to Valdez.
ORDER TO SHOW CAU8E ON PE
TITION TO 8ELL LAND.
n the United Stales Commission
er's Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct. In
Probate.
In the matter of the guardian
hin of the estate of Nels Oscar
all, a mentally incompetent per
on.-Order to Show Cause on Pe
tit ion Jo sell I,and.
The United States of America
0 Nols Oscar Sail, Charles CS. Sail,
-ewis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
eresled in the abovo-named es
atc or in the sale of lands be
onging to said estate:
The petition of Charles G.
all, as guardian of tbo estate of
lie above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,
eing duly tiled in this court, r?p
esenting that it would be for the
lenellt of the estate of said in
ompetent person and of all per
ons interested therein that cer
ain lands and mining property of
aid mentally incompetent person
'escribed therein be sold, and
raying that license be granted
t<> the said Charles <«. Sail, as
guardian, to sell the same;
Now, therefore, you and each
of you are hereby cited, ordered
and required lo show cause, if'
any you have, before Ibis court,i
1 the United States Commission-j
er's court room in the court, house
in the town of Valdez, in the above
named precinct in the Territory
(if Alaska, on the 7th day of Oc
tober, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. in.,
why the prayer of said petition
hould not be granted.
Done in open court at. Valdez,
Alaska, this 20th day of August,
1912.
THOMAS R. SIIEPARD.
Judge of the United States Com
missioner's Court in and for the
Valdez Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.—In Probate.
Charles Loring and E. E. Ritchie,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7, 1912.
Last pub. October 5, 1912.
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Well Groomed Ladies and Gentle
men Appreciate My Services.
Private bath room for ladies.
Corns Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
8ENORITA MENDEZ
Phone 185 Wall St.
MINING ENGINEER
L. IV. STORM. E. M.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
Reports on Mineb
Patent Suryeyb
<mENEBAL. Mining E noinekrino
Phone Wo. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res- I'hone. 1S9
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Meet every Tuesday evening nt 8 o'eloek in
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tend D. rf. SLEEM. ArtlcChief
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Kegular Communications ttrst Wednesday in
each month In McKinley Hall. Visi'ors always
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Vlhltliu and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valder. Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meetings, flrst and third Monday.
Call on P. R. HtJNT. Secretary.
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Meet every Friday. 8 n. m. Engto flail
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