Valdez Daily Prospector
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, I0IJ.
THE DEFENSE OF ALASKA.
Alaska ha«i been declared I lie
key to the Pacific coast by more
than <»ue military expert. Ail
enemy c<»uld command the safe
harbors in thai seeton, eould
have access to the fuel beds ex
sting here and eould use the ter
riory as a base, could plan u
descenl upon the United Stales
at his leisure.
For that reason ,the contem
plated vythdrawal oP federal
troops from Alaska ceases to be
a local problem and becomes an
issue in which not only the Pa
cific coast but the entire, country
is intimately concerned.
Aside from any question of tin?
absurdity of leaving exposed an
empire that possesses wealth of
incalculable proportions, military
necessity apparently would dic
tate the despatch of additional
troops to the North rather than
removal of the inadequate forces
presently stationed there.
■ There is every reason for safe
guarding Alaska against every
possible invasion, and none at all
for leaving it at the mercy of
the first foeman who might de
sire it.
The congressional delegations
from the entire West should
lake this opportunity to. hammer
home to congress and the ad
ministration the fact that even
thc present force is inadequate
and that only by the presence of
additional soldiers can the na
tion be assured that it will not
be subject to attack through its
furthest frontier. — Seattle
Times.
SPEAKINQ OF THEFT.
Singing "Onward. Chrisian
Soldiers,"' and professing' morals
-superior to (hose of I lie old po
litical parlies, tin* bull nloose <»f
California steal I In* name Repub
lican. to place il on Heel ion bal
lols and while I hey are commit
ting I lie I heft adopt resolutions
endorsing Roosevelt and John
son. Was I here ever in Amer
ican polities a more dishonora
ble proceeding?
The Johnson machine, which
is in power in California, went
over bodily to Roosevelt, but il
is dishonorable enough lo cling
|o the name Republican while re
jecting the Republican candidate
for president and declaring its
allcgianVe to Hie bull moose par
ly.
I'nder tin* C.alifornia law, can
didates for national elcdor are
selected by nominees for the leg
islature. The meeting for this
pi I r pose wa.s held Wednesday. It.
wax called a "Republican stale
convention." II nominated 13
candidates for elector pledged lo
Roosevelt and Johnson. Of
course, the Tafl delegates refus
ed to submit lo any such a pro
ceeding. They walked out and
held a real Republican conven
tion.
Johnson said in n recent
speech that Roosevelt was the
best two-handed lighter the world
had ever seen. The Johnson ma
chine is conducting a two-faced
tight in California, nnd already
a powerful reaction has set in
against such methods.
For n long lime the Johnson
machine intended to use its
power lo keep Taft electors off
the ballots altogether—a thing
that appears to be possible under
the law enacted by the Johnson
followers. Then the machine be
came frightened and the secre
tary of stale now is offering to
put, Roosevelt electors under the
head of "Roosevelt Republican"
on the ballot and Tafl. electors
under the head of " Taft Repub
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 of Alaska, subject to the will of the voters
of said district. I stand on a strictly Non-Partisan ticket,
and if elected, willjdo 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, andJI feel that the mining interests
sho 11 be represented in the Territorial Assembly.
Respectfully,
Knik, Alaska, Oct. 7, 1912.
MILO KELLY.
Vote for
R. D. GRAY
of Katalla,
/
Non-Par t)2an Nominee for the
Lower House
lican." The Taft forces will fight
this in the courts on the ground
that the Johnson organization
has no right to use the name Re
publican, inasmuch as it openly
bolted the Republican party.
It is what men do rather than
what they say that should count.
"Thou shalt not steal," the bull
moose party say, but even while
I hey say it they attempt In sleal
I he name Republican and go on
singing "Onward, Christian Sol
diers."
Rose Tinted Mountains
The rosey light that tinges so
beautifully the summits of lofty,
snow-clad mountains before sun
rise and after sunset is due to
lb'* fact that the yeiiow and red
rays of light possess more pene
trative powers than blue. The
first mentioned rays make their
way through stretches of the a
mosphere which entirely arrest
and I urn bark the blue, and they
do lliis the more especially if the
air be laden at I he lime wilh ex-1
I raucous particles that augment
their opacity.
When Ihe sun is below llie ho
rizon I!■•* red and yellow rays
struggle through the air as far
as Ihe snowy hi'ighls, dropping
llwir associates on Ihe way, and
llius painl Ihe fleecy surfaces
wilh red and yellow tinted lighl.
This rosealc afterglow is very
heanlifnlly seen on Ihe Juiif
frau. The broad-based is sud
denly covered in Ihe deepening
Iwilighl wilh the crimson hue of
Ihe rose, and this gradually
fades until Ihe whole has van
ished into darkness.
If (treece and her sisler stales*
cnn hop on Turkey's neck before
Iho sultan concludes his belli
gerency with Italy there is n pos
sibility that. Ihn "sick man" at
last will become a tit Hubjccl for
the' undi'i'lnkers, ami I horn won't
he crepo on many doors.
In spile of I fie greal publicity
of Iho bandana, (he while hand
kerchief continues to serve I fie
majority.
The railroads have lowered the
rales on blue vitriol.: How »woet
of them And just at a lime, too,
when it was most needed in the
campaign.
Vote for
FRANK E. YOUNGS
For Representative
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALDKX. ALASKA
FtmRORTB on Minks
fATKNT Sumvmvm
Qmnmsal Mining Bnqinmmnma
Phonm No. torn
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing
Hes- Phone. 189
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet e\cry Tuesday evenlnK at 8 o'eloeU in
Kb^Ic Hall All members requested t° at
tend D. H. 8LKBM. ArtieChlef
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Aoocptcd Masons
Kenular Communications first Wednesday to
each month In MoKlnley Hall Visl'or* always
welcome.
James H. Pittcn in..W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
1.0.
0. F.
VIhIUik and local Odd Follows tro re
nuentvd to resistor their name with the
valde* Old Follows' Club, Regular
meetings. Unit and third Monday.
Call on P. H. HtTVT. S^oretarv.
F O E
VAIjDKZ AERIE No. 1971
M«« every Fridey R p. m. E««le Hall
Lut winter a customer of our# told us he had a heating stove
which did not hold fire over night. He wanted one which did
and we sold him a Coles Hot Blast Heater.
In selling you a
Coles Hot Blast Heater
We guarantee a saving of one third in fuel.
We guarantee that it will hold fire for twenty-four hours.
We guarantee every stove to stay air-tight.
You can burn wood, soft or hard coal.
Two thirds of the heaters now used in Valdez are
Coles Hot Blast.
Try one and you will never use any other.
We are sole agents.
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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 houra
of 2 p. m. and 4 p. m. on the fol
lowing Tuesday, October 15th,
from 2 p. m. till 4 p. m.f and on
Thursday, October 24th, from 2
p. m. till 4 p. m., to examine the
assessment book and equalize the
assessment of property in the
town of Valdez, Alaska.
RANDALL E. ASH BY,
Town Clerk.
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Draying Co.
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of the Interior. General Trucking
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CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right
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Phone 18
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited
Free Delivery
Ingram & Bush
Exclusive Cigar
Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regal.
SMOKECRAFT, Rein. Victoria,
EL S1DELO, Senator*, Millionaire*
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
S-BLUM & ©•
— INCORPORATED —
BANKERS
CAPITAL $ ?_ OOOOO,"
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Ar Cent Interett on Time Certificate* of Depoeit.
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