Vaidez Daily Prospector
1HUIMSHKU BY TKK
Prospector Publishing Co.
TK.ItVH
-One Dollar per Month: Twelve Dollars per Year
Kill DAY. .ll'Ni: II, 1912.
ROOSEVELT'S DECLARATION.
"On the fourth of March next,
I shall have served three and one
half years, and this three and
ono-half years oonstitute my first
term. The wise custom which
limits the presidents to two terms
regard the substance and not the
form, and under no circumstances
will I be a candidate or accept an
other nomination for president."
Three years later, on December
11, 1907, he reiterated his dec
laration in these words:
"I have not changed and shall
not change the decision thus an
nounced."
FAITH AND JUDGMENT.
Tin' strike inaili> <• n tin* 11t»r_
rules is news f«• r Yaldez, as
i! must In* pleasing to Co|. M. F.«
Millard. No man in lliis commun
ilv has done more lor tin- ad
vauetmcnt • • T our latent mineral
resources. and lias caused In lie
expended as iniieli wealth in the
•levrfiipini'iiI of this section.
For a peri«>d extending over
many years C.ol. Millard has
shown his faith in this section by
his works. These were not. easy
years, and tin* money obtained
was not had without an effort,
lie has had to surmount tin* al
most (insurmountable; his back
ers have been repeatedly told by
so-called mining experts that
there was. nothing: in the coun
Iry ami that they were wasting
their substance in quest of min
' c?h1 veins which did not exist.
In spite of all, Col. Millard con
tinned his labor .undaunted. On
ly last year, those behind the
Mineral Creek Mining company
were told by "experts" that they
were wasting their money. In the
face of all Col. Millard has shown
Unit there is paying ore on both
Mineral creek and on the Ilam
say-Hut her ford ground. He ha*
proved these ore bodies at depth
lo be larger and richer than on
file surface; he has demonstrated
they are in place.
None rejoice more in Co). Mil
lard's success tban the Prospec
tor. To no individual does Yal
di»7. owe more than to this perse
vering man. who is every flay
demons!rating that we are living
in -one of Hit most richly endow
ed sections of the country. With
the close of the open season Co|.
Millard will have shown those
who have placed faith in his
.judgment, that at least four
properties opened by him are
pa\ ing investmenls.
- ItADICALISM NOW AND IN THE
NINETIES.
A writer in Moody's Magazine
lias found "people who arc fond
of comparing the pro*piil' upris
ing Willi thai of I Ik* '00s, and thp
•Farmers'* Alliance and the Sil
A'pTiles. who were threatening to
carry all before llicm." The out
eonic I lieu was I hat before the
movement actually accomplished
anything "Ibe period of depres
sion was promptly followed by
a season «• f great prosperity and
conservatism." The writer be
lieves Ibe present wave of radi
calism lo lie far inure deep-set
than was I In- radical wave of the
'Oils, lie say.*:
"For a real imralh-l lo lite
present situation we must go
back prior lo the r.ivil war. when
Ibe Whiv and Memoeratic parlies
were liiiih fplit in twain, ami the
Whig parly aetnally went out of
business. Tin' issue of slavery at
that lime, cut a wide swalb
acro>s I.-.lb parlies. Tb.'re were
pro-slavery Whig* in Ibe South
and anti-slavery Whigs in the
North; (here were pro-slavery
Democrats in the South, and an
ti-slavery democrat* in the
North. The Whig party suffer
ed I he most, just as Ibe Republi
can party is sufTering the most
today. And if the siwns of the
times mean anything, it seems
probable I tin I the Republican
pnrlv will be done lo death in Ibis
instance iusl as the Whig parly
was in the T»0s. Home may *av
that Ibis view is extreme, and
that the issue of the T»0h was far
and away more serious than any
issues before the country today.
Tint let no one he Ion *ure that
1liis is I Hp case.
"People nowadays fond oI
looking back to the time before
the Civil war and saying that tho
contest was based on a great
moral issue. As a matter of fact,
the South never went to war on
a 'moral' issue. The issue to them
.was economic. Nearly all the
wealth of tho;South was bound
up in slaves and the slavery sys
tem, just as corporate wealth to_
j day is bound up in-the corporate
| system. What the capitalists of
| this generation are fighting for
[is-riot sentimental 'moral' rights,
i but what they considtr to bo their
property;; what the masses are
fighting for is legislation which
•will curtail the power of the
corporate interests to exact (what
they believe to be) njonopoly
privileges, which divert wealth
from the masses for the benefit
of themselves. Of course, from
a standpoint of the people, there
I is a moral issue, just as there
was in the slavery question on
the side of the abolitionists. Tin I
the thing which really is back of
I he radical uprising is economic
and is related to bread and but
ter."
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
The- notable improvement in
tins crop reports, particularly
from the Northwest, lias appar
ently removed every excuse that
some of the pessimists have hail
about tlie business outlook for
the year. Warm, growing weath
er is reported from every stale
in I he cereal producing bell ami
the outlook for a bumper crop
of wheat and in all lines of small
grains is most assuring. While
the planting in the corn belt was
delayed by wet. weather, reports
show that the corn crop has been
planted and the soil and weather
conditions are now highly favor
able for that staple, grain.
Reports from Eastern manu
facturing centers show increased
activity in the steel and in the
textile industries, the mills and
looms being worked to capac
ity and orders enough booked to
keep them in operation for
months to come. Export tradej
continues heavy, the demand for;
certain lines of American man
ufactured goods being particu
larly heavy in China and other
parts of Asia.
Although the railroads have
not been allowed to raise their
rates they have been large buy
ers recently of both rails and
equipment, the Pacific coast lum-j
her industry having profited ma-!
terially by orders for lumber for!
the new rolling stock of several
of the roads. There has I,*en
no speculative buying in any di-i
ruction, such as is usually wit-!
uessed in times of booming busi- !
ness. The business structure is
on a sounder basis than ever be_ 1
fore and is of sufficient volume
and of enough momentum to.
withstand the effects of any tem
porary political disturbance that j
may threaten. The country is
learning that business is morn
important, than politics.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Morally speaking, the man
higher iip, is the lowest down.
Why not put. Delect iv« Jhirns
on the trailAof those Roosevelt
| voles.
Mr. "I -ift keeps right. on taking
what delegates he. needs to en
sure his nomination.
Roosevelt -ays the spirit, <>f
progressiveiiess is in I ho air. So
' is the Republican parly.
John 1). Rockefeller K"l along
J well enough with ,jnsl one Stand
ard Oil, hut when I In* Supreme
i Court forced a dozen «»r more on
i'im, lie rleapilnli/ed himself for
' sino!her hundred million.
I AI Hie lime of I In* trial, the
Me.Namara's were siicl lo have
heen merely tools. F.videiilly I hey
have hecome very inneli dulled
1 •in.,'« lln'ir ineareernlurn.
i
II begins lo look ns if I here is
j nothing left for tin- Roosevelt fol
lowers to do hul go inlo vande
, ville.
Il i m nollceahle l ha I Hoosevelt
hits »io| resigned his conlrihul
inu editorship since entering the
enmpriigu.
As a campaign manager, Taft
would not ho a success. He would
leavo nothing for Ihe other side
lo work for.
The cause of Ihe continued
rise in Ihe price of meats is that
Ihe packers nre computing tho
cost of tfjose investigations as
fixed charge*. ,
Toddy has conic out boldly in
I I'avor of woman's suffrage, luit
ho is discreetly silent on the
question of prohibition. •"*
- ■" " - X'.*.
Seattle is to havo an official
municipal newspaper. Graoiou^
hasn't the town boon getting-ai}
lh«* i•;iii.k;ity it wants.
The Democratic club of Fair
banks. of whioh organization
Martin llarrai- is president, re
fused to ratify his nomination for
delegate to congress.
The Valdez Progressives of the
Itoosevelt -W'iokersham persua
sion, plaeo Alaska in the posi
tion of the beaten wife, who tells
the police judge that her bus
hand had not assaulted, but was
only very demonstrative in show
ing his love for her.
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.
LATOVCHE & PECK. Mora. ,
Office Smythie'a Tailor Shop I'koae 192 !
S«r»ic« U AD Firti •( Tows. Callt Anivxrrd Proaptlj
Buiitu CwfMcilU!
House and Carpet Cleaning,
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Rmromrm on M turns
Pmtmht Sumrmvm
OmNseml. Miming E noihkkrinq
'*HONK No. torn
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. Pbooc.
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
/K.&
Meet. every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in
K««le Hall All members request*:) to at
tend D. H. SLKEM. ArticChief
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications rtrat Wednesday lo
each month in McKinley Hall. Visitors always
welcome.
James H. Patterson,.W. M
C. C- Reynolds, See
1.0.
O.F.
Vlsltlntr and local CVd Fellows nro re
quested to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows' Club. Kexulnr
meetings. first and third Monday.
Call on 1*. S. HONT. Secretary.
FOE
VAl.OK/ AKIIIK No. M»7I
Med rvrry Fritluy, hp. ni. Ksijrlc Hall
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing but brut niatprlalH used.
FRESH BREAD DAILY
All kinds of CakeH, Pie*, etc.
made to order
WOOD & HENRICH, Prop..
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Good«-R*«aonable Pric«t
F 11 ft S
*-1111'
I Vol H
V r Y ' 1 i ft N I ij I • ili ' hi ; '. 11
WIN Nl * i Ml . • liNN
A III f I Ml M C I Hi; UL A MS
■■■■■■■■■■HI
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
DUXBACK CLOTHING
Waterproof
ALSO A FULL LINE OF
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting and passenger* to all parts
of the interior. General Trucking
fekl. Wood, * • Proprietor
Mclvlnley St.* Valuer
up Hon
Cm as. Pemy, mm.
TUT KSTOTEVEVninM
iNmnEwrorimcmr
135BoottsWlniB<iTti-50SmHftoaM3
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Scward. Alaska
FISHER'S B1END
FLOUR
AT
i
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON |
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Embalmer*
Funeral Directorft
p{£n" 148 GEO. ROBBINS, Mgr.
Meam He*f Electric Lights
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Root*. AH Modern Conven.ence.
Good
Goods
THE BUFFET
Good
Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and If TIV/ID 17 D »nd Building
Puget Sound LiUlVIDilil\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
==11: Patronize a Home Industry
the
Fairbanks Bar
Georjge Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
Ingram & Bush »Z'i"*rive cioar
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, RrgnU El. S1DEI.O. Senators, Millionaires
SMOKECRAFT, Reinn Victoria, Dclmonico 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 & <2
— NCOPPO WAfl'D —
BANKERS
l C A I3 I T ft I * > QO.OGO.
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
I. We P*V 4 Per Cent toter<mt tn Time CcrtUUmU* W