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FRIDAY. OCTOBER II, I«.»1 2
FOREIGNERS' OPINIO OF US
Why is it (hat every time a
seeond-rale European author or
artist or statesman visits Amer
ica his "impressions" must he
sought as if a prophet were a
hout to speak?
The case of the newly arrived
French writer whose Oriental ro
mances have a certain vogue is
one in point. Hardly does he
reach his hotel before reporters
are summoned to interview him,
and his opinions are gravely re
corded as of serious moment.
What's I.oti to us that we
should care to learn that he
thinks our skyscrapers arc "in
spiring" and was "astounded" by
the suicide of Nogi? What the
great German chemists who have
been visiting lis think of Ameri
can progress in science is worth
kn< wing, or what Rodin might
think of our sculpture or Kitch
ener of our army.
But the eager curiosity to learn
what the ordinary run of foreign
er thinks of us generally reveals
o queer aspect of American char
acter and one suggestive of pro
vincialism. What our archi
tects think of skyscrapers is vast
Jy more important than what a
French romance writer thinks of
I hem, and what American boys
think of American girls °f more
consequence than the opinion of
a Hindo Gaikwar.
It is a poor'national pride that
is either tickled by the praise or
incensed by the blame of foreign
cr tics whose opinions are only
easual and not based on any real
kn* wledge of the subject.
FISH IN THE CAMPAIGN
Fish arc now figuring promi-.
nently in the presidential cam
paign. Bryan has been called
I he salmon candidate, because in
Hie f>nsI In; has run once every
four years and has been canned
each lime. T. It. slates that
Senator Penrose is a cuttlefish
who "squirts ink but dare not
fight." Penrose retorts that ffic
Colonel played hi nifor a sucker.
The harrassed voter is wonder
ing meantime what everybody's
raising halibut.
i> BACK TO THE FARM
Australia, 1 ik o I ho United States
i< promoting a hack-lo-l he-land
movement, tho government seek
ing lo chock Hie tendency To ur
ban prowlli by inviting apricul
lural laborers and domestic r»m'
vants lo immigrate from Ihe
mother country. Hut llic pflv
ormiicnl docs nol desire a grent
»• r Mow of immigration than Iho
nation can assimilate and angli
cise. for Australia would rather
prow more slowly and remain a
homogeneous, Anglo-Saxon- na
tion Ihan inyile and welcome all
comers with Hie result that TT
would become a cosmopolflan,
heterogeneous people with no Na
tional unity of origin and senli
IIM'lll .
NAVAL REVIEW
On October 15 there will bo
held otT New York City the pretti
est naval review ever seen in I his
conlry. The fleet will consist of
oigjity vessels, including thirty
two battleships, and will have on
board 30,000 officers and men.
The absence of I lie fleet now in
Pacific waters will not be noticed.
Indeed, if present, it would not he
noticed, save a* an addition, in a
small way, lo I he numbers.
NAPOLEON'S HOME
The villa bujll oji the Island of
Elba to be Napoleon's residence
in exile has been sold at auction
to Prince Oamillo Ruspoli for
$r»n,000. Napoleon arrived at
Ran Martino, Elba, on June t,
1814, and found the house which
had been bought for him by TiT«i
FOR THE
SENATE
George E. Baldwin
CANDIDATE OF THE HOME RULE PARTY
If Elected I Will Give My Best Efforts
to Accomplish the Greatest Good to
the Greatest Number of Alaskans.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE THIRD DIVISION:
I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Representa
tive to the Territorial Legislative Assembly from the
Third Division (»f Alaska, subject to the will of the voters
of said district. I stand on a strictly Non-Partisan ticket,
and if elected, will do my utmost for the good of the en
tire district and work for the interests of Alaska in gen
eral. I am engaged in gold quartz mining in the Willow
creek gold camp, and I feel that the mining interests
sho 11 be represented in the Territorial Assembly.
Respectfully,
Knik, Alaska, Oct. 7, 1912. MILO KELLY.
sister, Pauline Borghese, was
sunply an old hul. lie busied
himself with erecting a fine resi
dence, which was finished De
cember 17, 181 i, but he left the
island in February, 1815, (o be
ffein the campaign of 100 days,
and there is no evidence that he
ever occupied the house.
Vote for
FRANK E. YOUNGS
For Repretentative
STANDARD OIL
The suit in which the dismem
bered Standard Oil Company has
become involved with the Waters
Pierce Oil Company may cause a
rcuewed prosecution by the gov
ernment. This would be a more
serious matter than ihe original
suit, for it would take Ihe form of
charges of contempt, in violating
the court's dissolution order. At
torney-General Wickerslrtun Is
said to be closely watching the
proceedings as well as all the
methods of the trust's former
moinbers and, if he should 11ml
(halt they have violated the dis
solution decree, some wealthy
gentlemen may go to jail.
THE MONEY GAME
By Mucking ihe $bu,000,0o0
I oar. which China negotiated wifli
the .six power's have betrayed t.'ur,
Ihey had interior motives in
harking I he syndicate which of
fered to loan China $300,(100,000,
provided Ihey were allowed to
control I he expenditure of the
money. The syndicate wishes to
force the new republic to submit
|o the dictation of foreign invest
ors, l<> "get their hook in,"
donhlless with an eye to the pos
session of I he limitless undevel
oped resources of the new repub
lic. The Chinese statesmen ami
capitalists propose to exploit tin1
empire Iliemselvex, not to turn it
[over to foreign investors for »'X
ploilal ion.
AY. CiisiN
BACK TO STAGE
I
The members of the Alitskr
Railway Commission reached Mc
Carthy's on Thursday night
from which place they look Jul
automobile for Fairbanks, ex
pecting to he there by this even
ing, hut unfortunately some
thing happened in the engineroon
of their ship of elate and sh<
wouldn't choo-choo nny more, s<
the commission wa8 again forcc<
to lake Ihe singe, which wll
land them at their destination to
morrow, a day later than wa
scheduled for the buzz wagon
Up to the time ttiey reached Mc
Carlhy's they were averagini
thirty-six miles a dav, and wer
on Ihe rchedulo planned for then
by Ihe Road Commission, whicl
had taken charge of the trans
portatlon end of the long journej
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALOm*. ALASKA
/fmronrm om M/nif
Patmht Sumrmvm
Qmnkbal. Minihq EMQimmmniMo
Phoha No. iob
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res Phone. IW
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Regular Communications first Wednesday in
each month in MoKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
James II. P-»tt<?n "in,.\V. M
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Vihfttiir and local Odd Fellows nre rc
nucstnl to re/ister tlulr nsinie with the
Vnldez Odd Follows' .Club. 'KcKUlftr" •
inectlnK*. first and third Monuny.
Call on I». S. HIT NT. Secretary.
FOE
VALD1SZ AERIE Vo- 1071
Mec erory Friday 8 p. m. Engle Hftll
Notion of Annual Mooting.
Nolicc is hereby givon that the
i regular annual meeting of the
, stockholders of tho Royal Devel
, opment Gold Mining Company will
I ho held at the officc of the com
I pany on Keystono avenue (Eli
Larson's residence) on Monday,
October 14, 1912, for the purpose
of electing a board of directors to
serve for the ensuing yoar and the
transaction of such other business
an may como boforo tho meeting,
Meeting at 8 p. m. sharp.
JOHN EKEMO, Acting Sec'y.
•ufcftorlbo for tho ProapooWr.
S&ffe atJNef \Y$ri^H&jse 5h^w—v
s/mining three new StylefStetson fiats,
OUR business has grown
to its present size because
of the values we have given. Every
bit of merchandise we sell is the best
ii
obtainable at its price. That is why
we feature "Stetson" hats. Let your
new hat be a "Stetson".
NOTICE.
Is hereby given that the tax
roll for 1912 is in the hands of
the town clerk and is open for in
spection. The Common Council
will meet in the town hall as a
board of equalization on Monday,
October 14th, between the hours
of 2 p. m. and 4 p. m. on the fol
lowing Tuesday, October 15th,
from 2 p. m. till 4 p. m., and on
Thursday, October 24th, from 2
p. m. till 4 p. in., to examine the
assessment book and equalize the
assessment of properly in the
town of Valdez, Alaska.
RANDALL E. ASH BY,
Town Clerk.
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