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CONCERNING CHEAPER COAL
The chamber of commerce in en
gaged in the commendable effort of1
trying to obtain cheaper coal for
Valdez ami nothing other than the
stupidity of the people us a whole]
stands in the way of success. The
people, however, must stand behind
the chamber in this regard for unless
there is unity of'purpose the plan will
fall of its own weight and before long
present conditions will resume sway.
There is no doubt that the com
pany at present supplying the town
with coal at $1K a ton will make a
sweeping reduction as soon as the
chamber of commerce enters the
field. In fact certain business men
of the town have even now been soli
cited for orders at $10 a ton, said
orders being sought by agents of the
coal company.
There is only one tiling to do and
that is for all of the citizens to stand
by tiie chamber and thus make it pos
sible for ail time to obtain fuel at a
reasonable price. In order that its
plan may he successful the chamber
must p.ir hase coal in large quanti
ties, and it may be necessary for the
first l.iHiiitons to In- disposed of at a
price considerably in advance of the
price sure to be set b\ the coal com
pany. (Mice this 1,000 tons is paid
for, however, the chamber from that
time on will be in a position to guar
antee coal lor at least $11 a ton, and
perhaps less.
Yaldez probably consumes annually
5,000 ions ot coal I be price paid rang
ing from $11 to £ls a ton according to
the amonint and quantity purchased.
I'lucing ?H> a ton as the average paid
now, coal al $11 a ton will mean a
saving to Valdez oi $J.r),ooo in one
year. To make Ihis possible it is
only necessary lor the people of Val
dez to support the chamber of com-1
inerce; otherwise it will be cheap
coal for a month or so and then pres
ent conditions will prevail.
VAI,Iv THOMAS C AI,lv
Since Thomas ('ah- has seen lit at
t he eleven! h h< >ur to tin1 Alaska
friends who have stood by him ever
since he was elected delegate tin?
action is reall,\ not a source of grief.
Mr. ('ale's motives ina\ he of the
best hut the vacillating course he
pursued regarding his candidacy for
nearly six months had already con
vinced many,of his supporters that he
lacked thejlibcr to represent them at
Washington as they would like to be
represented.' They were still sup
porting him because it seemed to be
the only thing to do under tliecir
cuinst anccH.
The ('ale support will go to.Judge
Wickersham except ing tlK>s<' men
who for reasons satisfactory to them
selves are strongly opposed to Wick
ersham in all things. However, near
ly all of Wickershttin's enemies were
already in either the Corson or Konan
auks, so lie will not lose many ("ale
otes and he will draw some votes
that ('ale could never have received.
The contest between Wickersham
ami Corson is likely to be close am)
however it may result the territory
will be represented at Washington by
an able man, much above the caliber
of the average state congressman.
In this end of the Third division the
vote will nearly all he for Wi< kersliatn,
chiefly on his own account, but he
will receive some support for the sole
reason that lie represents the anti
lloggatt light, which is not a had
reason alone although a narrow one.
1IRIDOES A NIJCIvSSITY
Tin* government road commission
has (lone, and is doing, good work
on I In' r«mI«• between Valde/. and the
Interior hut in order that anyone may
realize to the greatest extent the
benefits accruing from this work a
bridge across the glacier stream just
outside of town is a necessity. Miles
of line wagon road do little ^ood if
the principal purpose for which they
are const ructed is unavailing because
a torrent prevents, in the one case
getting into the road and in the other
getting to the place desired hy those
using the road.
However, the road commission has
respondcdjjto the appeals of the citi
zens of Valdez and it' is highly proba
hle that the bridges will he hullt in
time thin year to,permit embracing
the benefits ofitthe road.
Certain persons with political am
bitions, or more pro|>crly speaking
who once |w»scssed political ambitions,
and who directed those ambitions to
ward the support of Thomas ('ale are
wondering who is going to pay the
bill. Perhaps the only satisfaction
they will get Is that of learning that
some of the campaign literature they
paid for and sent westward has
directed strength toward a desd one.
The delegate race now contains
three Johns and a Jim. The Kills are
all running for president.
WHO ARE "THE PEOPI/E?"
Representative Humphrey of Wash
ington, is one of those members of
congress who blame the "people of
Alaska" because it is alleged they
can not agree upon the kind of legis
lation wanted. Mi. Humphrey must
have run aeross the spoor of Alaska's
white elephant, Governor Hoggatt,
last winter, in the national capital.
Delegate Cale was there of course,
and he, the elected representative of
the people, and Hoggatt, the appoin
tee of tht* federal administration,
were at sword's point all the time.
There was a continual clash between
the people's representative and the
representative of bureaucracy and
plutocracy; and so, J.because of this,
sundry and divers sapient congres
sional sapheads come to the conclu
sion that the "people of Alaska" can
not agree upon such legislation as
they need, ll is a mere subterfuge,
open and palpable, on the part of con
gressmen.
We are willing to admit that Mr.
Cale has made mistakes during his
brief career in congress. His maver
ick territorial bill proves that, but he
nevertheless* represents the people,
while Mr. Hoggatt represents some
thing else. Yet the Alaska people
must bear the blame and be the suf
ferers because of the disagreements
and unseemly bickerings, frequent
and sometimes disgusting, between
the delegate and the lobbyist. If
congress wants to enact legislation
for Alaska its duty is plain. It must |
listen to the man coining direct from
t lu* people, and not to the man direct
from the corporation and the govern-1
ment bureau. If the people's repre
sentative fathers tool bills, likeCale's
foundling, his constilileitis can soon
busy ;md head liim again on the
right path. Hut when the people put
their trust in corporation captains
and quarter-deck bureaucrats, like I
Governor Hoggatt, their interests are
sure to suffer. They will find them
selves befooled .mil hcdainned. Ka
talia Herald.
Tim I'ost -1n t ell igcucer devotes an
entire editorial to telling its readers
(hat the eountry how has 110 living
ex-|»resident for the lirst time since
Jetferson was inaugurated. Will the
I'-1 inform us what president was
living between the death of Andrew
Johnson in July lH7/i and the retire
ment of (ieneral Grant in March 1877?
An editorial writer on the Seattle
Times has discovered that Towne of
New York was Hryan's running mate
in HXK). This makes new history be
cause everybody else thought Adlai
15. Stevenson was second fiddle on
that ticket.
All indications point to the proba
bility that ('ale withdrew at least ten
days ago but the announcement was
kept dark because there was too
much Light on the subject. Perhaps
Private Secretary Light had reasons
of his own for holding out the story.
i'icrpont Morgan has had L. L. 1).
plastered upon him by Yale univer
sity. Well, I'icrpont has been doctor
ing laws and performing surgical oper
ations upon them whenever the>
stood in his way for lo, these many
years.
And now comes the Seattle Times,
which used to be press agent for
Jim I lam Lewis, and refers to him as
"he of the crimson whiskers and tlO
per cent pure nerve." Aint that a
shame?
Maybe* it is not fair to olame Mr.
('ale for this horse play about his
alleged candidacy for delegate. It is
possible that somebody else is taking
his name in vain.
Yaeob Yacobtton has been nomina
ted for governor l>y Minnewota (lemo*
crata to succeed Yoii Yonaon. Oie
OIhoii seema to havo boon left at. (lie
pOHt.
The Jonea-Ankeny senatorial tight
keeps tbo Post-Intelligencer busy but
It is still able to devote a little apace
to the beautloa of logged-otf lands.
Mr. Kenan oppoaca the eight hour
day, which is consistent because ho
will havo to work overtime to be
elected delegate on that. Issue.
(lov. lloggatt has precedent for
selecting Ed IfaHey an his chief coun
selor. 1/OiiIh XI made bin licadHtnan
^ hiH prime minister.
They yellod for an hour at Denvor
over Dry an. Whisky has a very
energizing effect at an altitude of
6100 foet.
Probably there are several persons
In Cordova who ought to be killed
but wan It necessary to send for Ed
Itaaoy?
At least It may be »«hl for Mr.
Honan that he stands by bin beliefs
rrgardless of the effect on the voting.
Heatt.ln will entertain the Eagle*
next month and a lot of buMards will
be there also.
Where are all those ('ale buttons,
so much In evidence a few days ago?
NTT IGNORES
ALL FOR HASEY
Guggenheim Officials Wait
While Governor and His
Henchman Converse.
When the Yucatan tied up at Jun
eau last Saturday Ed Hasey hustled
down the gangplank and greeted Gov.
lloggatt, who wan standing on the
dock, and the twain walked to one
side and held a long, confidential
conversation, while other distinguish
ed Guggenheims stood back and wait
ed for t he governor to recognize them.
S- W. Eccles and W. H. Rust, Frank
Burns and Stephen Birch were pas
sengers on the Yucatan but the gov
ernor saw them not until lie finished
his confab with ilasey.
The interview was strictly private
and as no report of its subject matter
has been passed along to a curious
public the world remains in ignorance
of the affairs of state, war or finance
which were discussed by the Damon
and Pythias of Guggenheinulom.
Mayhap the proletariat will never
know whether the Guggenheim's gov
ernor and minister of war were fram
ing up a new system lor the complete J
subjugation of Alaska Roughnecks j
who resist the rule of lloggatt and i
Ilasey, or were merely arranging for
Hasey to keep the peace on election
day, in Cordova, whither lie was j
drift ing.
Nevertheless this beautiful scene
afforded much interest to spectators
and not a little to the big Guggen
heims on the boat who figured in the
lloggatt game like rural callers in
the White House waiting for t he pres
ident to get through talking to Hill
Taftf
RONAN IS AGAINST !
EIGHT HOUR LAW
, j
Fairbanks, July 20—John Itonan, |
democratic candidate ft>r election
as delegate from Alaska t-o eon
gress has caused surprise to his
Opponents and consternation to his
supporters hy publicly announcing
his repudiat ion of the eight hour plank j
in the democratic platform, itonan ;
makes his statement in this regard |
in au interview published in the
Fairbanks Times, his personally
owned paper, and he declared that if
he goes t*> congress he will oppose
the eight hour law as he considers it
to he class legislation.
Konan's supporters have counted
[ on swinging in his behalf a eonsidra
ble per cent of the minig vote be
i cause of the fact that he used to be a
miner until lie "struck it rich." They
have however, realized that to do
this means hard work because of
Konan's activity in lighting the
miner's organization but they figured
on controlling the vote of those
miners who while holding faith in
union principles nevertheless repudi
ated the methods adopted by the
heads of the organization in the
Tan an a.
Now, in the face of Ilonan's declar
ation against' the eight hour law, his
supporters can see little hope of hold
! Ing in line those miners who have ex
pressed friendliness toward the can
didate, lot. alone lining up t he hereto
fore doubtful. It is believed by those
who oppose Itonan that he is going
to make a strong bid for the vote
controlled by the mine owners, figur
ing that they will oppose Wieker
sham because of the latter's stand
for the eight hour law.
LOUISIANA LAW
HARD ON BOOZERS
New Orleans, July 21—I-oniHiiuwi in
bound hard and dry by the now liquor
law juHt. placed In offoct In tho Htato.
Tho law in ho H.triugent that Km ono
miea doclaro thai It. punlflhett ovon
thinking about anything of an
aleholic naturo.
Tho citlzeni* of tho Htato aro not tho
only onoH to bo Inconvenienced by
tho law for It makew It n mlado
moanor to tako a nip from oiio'h
flask whllo panning through tho Htato
on a train ovon. Tho law, howovor In
not applicable to dining oara during
moal time and th««o lattor appurton
ancea to travol aro expected l/> do a
thriving bnalnoHH from now on.
Or. nurton haft aaaumed hin now
dutioa aa deputy United Btetoti clcrk
In charge of the Valdez ofYlee,
(Inc) Bankers and General Merchants (Inc)
Visit our BIG STORE while in the city and look over our line
of Dry Goods, Groceries, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings, Boots, Shoes,
Hats and Caps, Rubber Goods, Furniture, Carpets, Linoleum, Mats,
Draperies, Glass and Crockery Ware, Hardware, Stoves, Miners'
Supplies, Etc.
We receive a large shipment of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables on
every steamer. Special attention is called to a line of S. & W.
canned Goods, which are the highest pitch of perfection.
HUG BUNK J IHILE CO, INC.
aim PIONEER OOMTEBS sifii
Htno KkbrUNU
TO BRYAN'S APPEAL
Lincoln, July 21—Presidential Nom
inee Hryan's appeal tt> the far ners
for funds is hearing fruit. From all
parts of the country he has received
promises of tlnaneial support, and the
plan seems to have struck a chord in
popular favor.
Mr, Hryan has also received pro
mise of strong support, from prohibi
tionist sources. This support has been
promised in one instance by Wiley
Phillips of bos Angeles, one of tlie
leaders in the movement, and assures
Mr. Hryan that he can expect a big
vote from the prohibit ionists of the
country.
HITCHCOCK IKES
NO PREDICTIONS
Colorado Springs, July 20—Frank
Hitchcock, chairman of the republi
can national committee, is in confer
ence here with the leaders of the
party in the western states. Hitch
cock will make no predictions as to
the outcome of the campaign, saying
that it is not policy to so do.
It is known publicly that Hitchcock
has urged upon the leaders with
whom he has been in conference the
necessit y of the strong states doing
all in their power to assist the doubt
ful. Further than this the doings of
the conference are a secret.
PROHIBITIONISTS
NAME CANDIDATES
ColumluiH, July v18—Tho prohibition
1h(.h havejHelcotod Kukcuo W. Chatln
of Chicago, hh presidential candidate
and Avon II. Watkina t>f Ada, Ohio,
as candidate for vice-prcHident. Tiio
uominationH wore practically l»y ac
clamation.
Tho prohlbitioniHt.H will com phi to
their convention diitiott today. A
concerted effort in to bo made to
have a HtronR exprcHHion of anti
liquor Hontimeut registered lit the
election.
TAFT IS MEMBER OF
SHOVELMEN'S UNION
Hot HpringH, Va.f July *21—Proftl
ilcntlal Nominee Taft hns heen made
a member of the International Ho
oloty of Hteam Hhovelmen and he
will he ho notified at 'he flame time
that he Ih notified of his nomination
fiH republican proHldential candidate.
RALLAINF INSISTS
ROAD WILL BE BUILT
Hcattle, July 21—John Hallalno,
promoter of the Alaska Central Rail
road has lnHiied a circular letter to
the Hteckholdorn, In which he imdHta
that the road will he flnlnhcd despite
the mistakes of hia associate*.
Telegraph and Mai! Town in Itself. Wn-ksnJith Shop,
Station. * etc., etc.
Wortman's Roadhouse
FOOT OK SUMMIT, TWJONTY MILKS KliOM VALDKZ
Accommodation for 40 horses. Warm Doghouses
A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL SUPPLIES
^h™""
K"r«!.ViioTi!riun,!,,'Vtr ^-Pontius Magnuson Prop
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Bent of accommodations for man and beast. Fresh Meat
always on hand. Horse and Dog Feed All the latest
improvements. PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
I/. G. niul G. B. UORI?R, Proprietors.
118 MILKS ON FAIRBANKS
FROM VALDEZ AND EAGLE TRAILS
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Reservation Ave. near Court House
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
Hospital Tickets, $1.30 per Month.
Phone 77
ALASKA COMMERCIAL CO. I
Hove established a sta
tion at SUSITNA, at
the forks of the Susitna
prci Yeiutia livers and
\v 1* eariy a full Ine of
MINERS' SU P PLIES
Other Stations at UN AI, ASK A, KARI/UK,
AFOGNAK, SUNRISE, KODIAK,
KAGUYAK, TYONOOK
1HT
toliip
(oipy.,
• SEATTLE ■ VALDEZ ROUTE
FROM VAIvPES:
Penn8ylvatiia - - - 5
Santa Clara - - - - 12
Yucatan 19
Pennaylvania - - - - 27
Kloomcr horn xntl* from Hownrrt tho 15th of
enrti month for l7nnlA«kn n»<1 way port*.
11 i i n i i. «
J. if. Bunch, Vam>kz Dock Co.
P. A I'. A., Hofililn. l/oonl Affmit.