Valdez Daily Prospector
PUDLISHED BY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TERMS.
Dally Prospeotoa.
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 Weekly
Miner by mail to one address
only $12.50
Business Office and Editorial
Rooms, Phone No. 222.
Tl'ESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 i, I «•> I 2.
THE SUNNY SIDE.
I»» .1 you ever stop to think I hat
nmsl <>f the I rouble ami tough
places along this uncertain path
called life comes about through
misunderstanding*? Have you ev
er criticized the other fellow, said
hard things about him, thought
harder thoughts about him, and
when by some chance you hap
pened to gel his side of the story,
vmu got over on his ground and
looked at Ihe proposition through
his glasses, you found he was not
such a bad fellow after all. In
this burly burly liasle of modern
life we rush along and jump all
conclusiinis, form decided opin-j
ions wilhout any parheular good
reason.
It follows then thai we must of
t'Milimes be wrong, and isn't il
i-'-ally si range llial we are so
prone lo gel on Ihe wrong side
and insist on slaying there? IIow.
many of us see Ihe ugly tilings
along the path, the weak spots in,
r.ur fellows and fail to notice his
good qualities?
mis is not intended for a ser-!
inon, but right hero among our
selves, did you over notice the
man criticise his homo paper,
when that paper was doing its
very best to say a lot of kind
tilings about the old scamp? it's
a way most newspaper' have, you
know, of saying all the good |
things and trying to let the badi
Ihinps go unsaid. That is one!
reason that unkind things in a'
newspaper look so very, very bad|
lo some people. They can say!
all sorts of wicked things, true!
or untrue, about fhe paper, the
man or men who are making the
paper the best they can, and it•
goes, but fhe slightest defied ion'
from the sunny path on the part;
of the paper is most unjust.
Now, this newspaper is beingi
made f«»r you each day. Do you]
know we arv doing our very best.
t<» make Ih«» most of iho mater-,
ial you furnish? If you are poorj
material we an* sure to havci
some poor spots in our mnnufac-j
lured article. Wo ran only makej
I lie paper as good a 3 the material!
will permit.
To jour credit some si rangers|
have said that this is Iho best!
newspaper Ihev ever saw in a1
town (lie size of Valdez. The point!
we want to drive home is that you
ran make the paper bettor, make
the community heller and inci
dentally improve every one, not
excepting yourself, if you will do
a* well as the stranger and say
"rifdit ou| in meelin' " that Ihei
Prospector is the bo*t paper, iiij
the best town, in the best section,
iu Iho best mil ion, in Iho best
world you know anything about. (
Just try this for a week or two
and see if il will nol help II floesj
110I oosl much. Then if you will
make il a special order of busi-j
noss, to slop the reporter when
you see him and loll him whore,
you have been or where you inay|
be going or .whatever of local
news may bo specially interested
in thai follow lhal says there is I
no news in the pnpor will be forc
ed to quit. Remember the re
porter spends his life trying loj
toll about your movements, but
I10 is no mind reader and cannot
loll bv your outward appearance)
.just where you have been or what
you have boon doing. If you do
not see him call al the office or|
„ linn ! - I I. -
Somo nnr hnH snid lhnl boosl
ors pro fo honvon. WhMhor thoy
fill fin or nof, Iho sunny of
I lie slrooi is n prolfy ffoorl ««I n r I
nrul fbI« Is llm limo lo prof riprhl
over on lhnl sMo nml cnlrh Iho
slop.
A UNIQUE DECISION
Tn n Inlc raso In Iho Unifed
Slnlo* supremo oourl il is hold
Mini n munlripa"ly lifts tho logftl
righf io prohibil ftmusom^nls
which in and of themselves are
not immoral; provided it can be
shown that they have an immoral
tendency.
The case originated in South
Pasadena, Cal., and concerned the
conduct of a billiard hall, con
trary to the law of the town. Con
viction was had in the municipal
court and upon appeal to the Su
perior Court, the highest tribunal
that could review the matter, the
conviction was sustained. The
ease was then taken to the Unit
ed States supreme court upon a
writ of error, the contention be_
inpr that the ordinance under
which the conviction was had vio
lated the fourteenth amendment
to the constitution of the United
States in that it denied the de
fendant. the right to pursue an
occupation that was not a nuis
ance per se, and therefore could
not be absolutely prohibited.
inn narnirui tendency of (ho
panic when maintained as a com
mercial enlorprise was the fun
damental consideration upon
which the supreme court decision
was based. Justice I.amar, who
wrote the opinion, went so far
as to say that "the kocpinp of a
billiard hall has a harmful tend
ency" and that such fact "re
quires no proof and is incapable
of boinp controverted by I ho tes
timony of the parly that his place
was lawfully conducted, free from
gaminp or anvlhinp that would
afToe|. the morality of the com
munity or his patrons."
The decision is bolli unique and
'significant. TTpon I lie hiprheel au
Ihorily il establishes more exten
sive power in municipal povorn
menl. coverinp police administra
tion as il has lo do with conserv
inp I ho morale of iho commun-1
ily. Iban Iho avorape man over!
dreamed could bo oxereisod.
CONFESSION OF FACTS NEEDED j
Senator T.a FollclIo is not im_ 1
pressed by the virtuous silence of
Mr. Roosevelt aK to who furnished
ihe money for his campaign for ;
the presidential nomination at [
Chicago. In his magazine the -
senator insists upon publicity, not"
secrecy, as lo the Roosevelt con
tributions. '
The Wisconsin senator has
reason to know what influences «
put him out of the race as the|
candidate of the Progressive Re
publicans. He demands not a <
"confession of faith," such as the
third-term candidate made at the
Roosevelt convention at Chicago
August 0, but a confession of
Tacts.
In Ohio il is reported that over
*300,000 was expended to secure
delegates for Mr. Roosevelt. Who
supplied it?
Who conlribuled all the money
spent for Roosevelt jn Illinois?
In Maine? In Massachusetts? In
New Jersey? In Pennsylvania ? In |
Indiana? In Kansas? Where did
it all come from?
NEW LEADERS WILL COME TO!
THE FRONT.
II is impossible that politics
should ever settle back into the
old lines; that is the one thing
that is plain to the naked eye now
bill when little else is plain. Who
I lie leaders are to be, what the
parly will be, what Ihe specillc
laws will be, no man can foretell.
Hut I hat there will he new lead
ers, Hint some dominant parly will
speak the purposes of the move
ment. thai laws will lie enacled,
is jus| as sure now as il will be
when everything ha* been ae-j
complished. II is easy In permit
(lie ultimate thing to be obscur
ed by I lie things that arc imme
diate. It may be months before
Ihe debate will get away from
pei'soiinlilies and parlyisins. Pos
sibly the campaign will reach its
end in a riot of criminal ions and
recriminations. Bui because
Moses did no| reach Ihe promised
land, Ihe promised land was noli
lost lo the children of Israel.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
It's rather a touchy question to
ask a Cordovan when I ho train is
to leave;
The Kmpres* theater in Cor
dova has Hosed if* doors. The
rest of Ihe business* houses nrtght
as well follow gull.
Evidently Ihe unanimity of Ihe
Cordova primaries will only be
lexceedcd by Ihe discordant notes
heard on fieri ion day.
The Posl-lntelligencer, in
dwelling on ihe death of nenerft'ij
Nogl, rails his tragic end "A
heanlifnl suicide." II is difficult
lo conceive anything beautiful in
Iriisenibowlmrnt.
II is is earnestly hoped that the
Copper River road will be suffi
ciently repaired as to eliminate
all danger when (he Alaska road
commission is ready to go over
that route—if it can be kept open
at all.
It will lake quite a large sum
of money to put the Copper River
railroad in condition to run an
engine and passenger car over the
road from Chitina, in order" to
carry the Alaska railway commis
sion to the village on the Orca
mud flats. It would be the part
of judgment to have the train ar
rive, if possible, during the period
of high tide.
The Valdez Cafe is one good
place to eat. tf
ORDER TO SHOW CAU8E ON PE
TITION TO 8ELL LAND.
ii the United States Commission
er's Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdcz Precinct. In
Probate.
In the matter of tlie guardian
hio of the eslate of Nelg Oscar
all, a mentally incompetent per
on.-Order to Show Cause on Pe
tition to sell Land.
The United States of America
o Nels Oscar Sail, Charles G. Sail,
-ewis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
eresled in the above-named es
ate or in the sale of lands be
onging to said estato:
The petition ol' Charles G.
all, as guardian of tho estate of
lie above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
menially incompetent person,
oing duly llh'd in this court, r^p
escnling that it would he for the'
tencfll (»f I lie eslate of said in-i
ompotent person and of all per-i
ons interested therein that cor
am lands and mining property ofj
aid mentally incompetent person
"escribed therein be sold, ana
raying that license be granted
|o tho said Cliarle'3 G. Sail, as
uardian, to sell the same;
Now, therefore, you and each
Df you arc hereby cited, ordered
ind required to show cause, if
ny you have, before this court,
t. the United States Commis3ion
r's court room in the court house
n the town of Valdez. in the above
lamed precinct in the Territory
}f Alaska, on the 7th day of Oc
ojer, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. m.,
vhy the prayer c f said petition
hould not be granted.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Alaska, this 26th day of August,
1912.
THOMAS R. SHEPARD,
fudge 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.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALDMZ. ALASKA
fferOltTS ON Minkb
Patent Surykys
Qmnkbal. Mining E nqink krinq
Phonm No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res- Phone. Jfl9
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
ov.B
Meet every Tuesday evening Bt R o'eloeU In
Kavle Hnll All members reouestrd t° at
tend D. H. 3LKKM. ArticC'hief
Valdes Lodge
No 168.
i* roc ana ACCewej Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday lo
each month in McKloley Hall Vtxl'ors always
welcome.
James H. Patten "»n,.W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
L0.<
»0. F.
quMttnJ to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meetings. Ilrat and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HI7NT. Secretary.
F O E
VALDKK AKH1B v0. 1971
Meet every Friday, B p. m. Ki»«1c H»H
SHIP
vm K
FURS
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McMillan fur 8 woolco
frtlNNI Arni.rs. f, If.'N,
WJJITC FOR CHIC ULARS
Gigantic Clearance Sale
Ladies' Shoes
1
Over 200 pairs to pick from
Sale positively only for two weeks,
beginning Saturday, September 21st.
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting and passengers to all parts
of the interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, % - Proprietor
McKinley St. Valder*
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Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and | J TliyiOrO and Building
Puget Sound JLi vJ IVUDIZjAV Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18j
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
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Reg«U EL SIDELO, Senator., Millionaire*
8MOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
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general?
Banking
Business
• ' Mhn
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— INCORPORATED —
BANKERS
CAPITAL * 7QO GOO.1"
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent interest on Time Certificate* 6t Deposit.