Valdez Daily Prospector
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tVVKJ>NK8I>AY, APHIL - i, 11H2.
LET US CLEAN UP.
No Ilia I I In- snow is fast dis
appearing il will soon he up l<t
••arli individual lo olean up, not
only I he streets, as is pi*«»vi«l«*«l
by ordinaneo, lmI mir premises
as well. We should <I<» this nut
only as a proeaul ionary measure,
lull iu view, as \v«*lI. of I ho many
\\h<» iM'Kin to arrive from I In* out
side wiIliiii Ihe next month or
six weeks. A stranger's lirsl. im
pressions of a roinmunily are of
ten lasting ones. This is an Alas
ka oily of homos and it should
bo our prido lo have visitors re
mark on I lie oloanlinoss and or
derliness of our si roots and
yards. Were all lo join iu Hie
inovojiieiii. for a eleaner Valdo/J
the work and I ransforinal inn
would be done between suiiriso
and sunset.
THE HUMAN DERELICT.
Kvery now and then tin; front j
pajro "f «»ur ncw.xpapers toll «»f
some ship sip:htiup a slowly sink
ing wreck at sea. At other tinn's
we tiiiil the account under marine
news, where friends arc roeoiv
intr their first warning of a dis
aster on the preal ocean liiph-i
ways which may mean the break
ing up of home or robbing it of
its breadwinner. Seafaring men
call these wrecks derelicts. 'J'lie
tinal report on these derelicts is
usually ffiveii out from Lloyds,
and I lie warning from that source
is considered to lie the tinal word
of | lie loss of the ship. These
derelicts are a financial loss and
usually are the cause of much
sadness.
Hill how much more distress
ing are the human derelicts who
are derelicts lonp before they are;
known as such--derclicls whom.;
we miplit say perhaps, a few days
before, were well able to bailie
with the self of life; derelicts who
are slowly disappearing, sinking
deeper and deeper into the sea of
crime, into the sea of forget ful
ness. whore one who drills inI<
i| will be cauirlil into its whirl
pools and draped into an under
current of lite, which has no end
iiiK. but poos on and on. carry
ing Ms burden-, whose slrupKles
Krow weaker and weaker, mil iI il
poos unresist inpl\ to the end of
lis course. These derelicts are
nianx and miplil lie saved if we
had luii the helmsmen to pui.le
llioir course In a ha\ou «>f safely.
Maybe with hul sliplil repairs the
near de'relicl would lie able to
shape his own course, thus be
coming an asset lo (he eomuiuu
jly instead of a charge.
TAFT FORCES LOSING HEART.
Some «.r I In* rest I | m »I j| icians.
members «»r the I'M Kiianl lie|>t11>—
lican machine. who 11a\<> been
working jlldllsl I'iuiisly for 11|•• !*!•_
nominal ion of President Tall.
Iia\r become <1 i > Ilea rl clied over
I In* prospect and are .*><*«*ki11k a
compromise <*a 11 < I i < I it I • •. Just now
they arc considering I lit* propo
sition lo unite in support of Mr.
Justice llimhcs of I lie I'niled
Slali's supreme court.
Tlif New Vttrk Sun, rerngift/cd
as Ihe organ of Hit* Republican
machine in New York, a raliiil op
pont'iil of Colonel Roosevelt, usu
ally close in I oucli Willi I lie big
iuleresls in Wall street and else
where, has come on I openly for
Mr. Justice Hughes ami insisls
l.hiif Mr. Tafl can nol he elccl
eil. even if he is nominated at the
Chicago convention.
According to the Sun, the com
promise proposition is being urg
ed hy Senator Penrose, of Penn
sylvania, John Hays llaii{mond,
William Harnes, Jr., of New York,
Henaloi Murray Crane, of Mass
achusetts, Senator Smnot, of
Utah, and several other big lights
in the Hepublicon party. Mr.
Hammond has called for a confer
ence of Tafl and Roosevelt men
and it is understood that he will
suggest lo llmm Ihe advisability
of having both these candidates
withdraw in favor of Mr. .fustice
Hughes in order to restore har
mony in Ihe ranks and increase
Ihe chances of parly success in
November.
The light between President
Tafl and Colonel Roosevell makes
New York a doubtful slate Ibis
year. Polls recently Inken show
that 17 per ccnt. of the Repub
Mean voters declare Hint, thoy will
nol support Taft if lie is ii<»minat —
i>d ami that. I !> per rout, of I lit*
Republicans declare they will nol
support, Colonel Roosevelt if he
is chosen at. the Chicago conven
ti ti. This defection in New York
is duplicated in many other states
and augurs ill for Republican
success, particularly if Mr. Taft
is renominated.
I The first open admission of Mr.
i Taft's weakness comes in Ihear
iticie in the New York Sun. This
lis the declaration that Iln> astute
politicians in I he Hast have he
roine convinced of what the rest
of Hie country has believed for
many months—that the president
cannot be re-elected, and lhal his
reiiomination would simply in
vile parly disaster in November.
--Milwaukee Sentinel.
WICKERSHAM OR SUTHERLAND
Considerable pressure is being
brought on Judge Wickershani
to again become a candidate for
delegate to congress. While I he
Wickershain followers are not
adverse In Dan Sutherland, they
feel that the Huhv man has not
the forr.e of character of the del
egate, is not so well known, and
consequently will not. poll the full
strength of their present leader.
It is also argued among tin?
Wickershain followers that inas
much as they have stood hy the
judge during the past four years,
now in their extremity, he should
not desert, thum. reminding one
of the story told on Rev. llen
drikson, a missionary stationed
at Yakulal. It was during the
terrible earthquake of '1)8. when
all thought that portion nf Alas
ka was • i 11 ^ In the delimit ion
how wows, when the missioiiar>
undertook to hoard a steamer for
the outside. He was held hark hy
the natives, who told him that In;
had heen talking Anakowa (Sod)
for many sleeps without changing
the run of seal or salmon. They
had stood with him thi'ough all
t hosts times and now that there
was something to do he must re
main ami plead with Anakowa to
slop the earth shaking. It is so
with the Wickershain men. They
helieve I hey need their former
chieftain to carry them through!
in I heir ex I rein it y.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
We are not particularly cow
ardly. hill we should hale to lie
in the shoes of the scientist who
remarked that "Col. Roosevelt is
a notahle example of the distor
tion of conscious mental pro
cesses IIii-ourIi the process ofl
subconscious wishes."
A close perusal of The Out
look would lead a reader to he
lieve that Col. Hooscvelt is try
ing to force I he Itepuhlicaii nom
ination on his personal friend.]
Theodore Roosevelt.
Captain Scott, of the Kn^lish
navy. sa\s lie will remain at the
south pole for another year, lie
evidently is not trying to heal
Amundsen to the lecture plat-1
form.
Ii«'I>iii>Iii*;i11 |m>1 i| iciaiis .always
lalk about Ili«* fundamental prin
ciples of I liejr parly. Tlicy mean
I In1 11ii«l<*i*^rr<miikI methods by
which Ihcy perpetuate themselves
in power.
l.ina (iavalicri Iclls us thai
Americans arc cold ami unfeel
ing. In11 six* never lias seen a
crowd of roolcrs Willi I lie score
I icd in llic it in I li inning.
"Dancing." said an ilincrani
divine, "leads straight I<> the dev
il." And ycl wo have been told
thai famous highway was lined
wilh good intentions.
The, convenlinns having mel
and adjourned we are al liberty
lo give our undivided alien lion lo
I he big leagues.
J. Pierponl Morgan is said lo
have hough! an ancient Egyptian
temple. He will purchase I he
Nile next.
One word from King (ieorge
and I he coal miners gave up I heir
strike. A king in Knglaml has
almost the same authority as an
umpire in the big leagues.
(jhincse republicans propose lo
destroy their old idols. Just what
the parly is doing in Ibis conn
try.
The country is going to be
saved all right, all right. Kvcry
presidential candidate says so.
A C.hicago judge has ordered a
damsel to quit using paint on her
fair young face. Horn's our mill,
jedge. A painled 1111 is 11 mars I In*
landscape even more than a sign
board.
Judging from I ho way I lie Chi
nese woman pul down her fool
and demanded suffrage, I he an
cient mode of footwear is no
longer in vogue.
Whenever we read ahonl a
Mexican army of 800 men we
pause to wonder how Ihe 71»1>
generals manage |o agree.
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. Mart.
Office Smytbie't Tailor Shop Phone"102
Strrice to AD Parts of Town. Call* Auwercd Preaptly
Baiintu Confidential
House and Carnet: Cleaning
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Point*.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
Iron Pipe, Fittings.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALUE!, ALASKA
Reports on Minks
Patknt Surveys
Qenebal. Mining Engineering
Phone No. ios
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and*
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Onicc in Hurrinvton Hlrti.'.
on Water Front Hps- I'honc. l«9
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
A •
Meet every Tuesday evenlnjr at 8 o'rloclt in
Kmile Hall All members request e J t° at
tend T" G. QHINN. Artie Chief
Valdes Lodge
No 168.
Krce iiml Accepted Masons
"Visitors aiwaia
• C. C. FtoynoldSc11- ,,ntt°reon, W M
1.0.
>0.F.
Vlsltlntr and local Odd Fellows nro re
quested to register their nanftc with the
Vnldez Odd Fellows* Club.- Regular
meetings, flrat and third Monday.
Call on'P. fi. HUNT. Seoretarv.
FOE
VALDKS AERIE No. 1871
Meet every Friday, 81>. m. EHifle Hall
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing but best material* u«ed.
FRESH B&EAD DAILY
All kinds of Cakes, Pies, etc.
made to order
WOOD A HENRICH, Prop*.
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALABKA
General Merchandise
Miners A Prospectors Supplies
Fre«h Goods--R«aaonabl« Prices
ALASKA PRODUCT
Just Received a Cargo
of the Famous
Katalla Gasoline
Costs a Great Deal Less
Goes a Great Deal Farther
WE ARE SOLE A GENTS
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freitfhtlnii unit vtassnnitcrs to ull parts
of the inieriir. Uencral Trucking
bid. Wood, 2 - Proprietor
McKinley St.- Vuldcz
|i«up Hon
SEATTLE
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TflE BEST OF EVEPYTHING
IN THE HEART Or THE CITY ,
135RoohsWithBath-505am pu Rooms
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward. Alaska
FISHER'S BLEND
FLOUR
AT
D0U6HERTY & FER6US0N
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Embalmera
Funeral Directors
l4* GEO. ROBBINS, M«r.
Steam Heat Electric Lights
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good Tiir nilCCCT G 0 °d
Goods I IlL DUrr LI Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS Or
Native and ¥ ¥ Tli/ipCn and Building
Puget Sound Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Cbe
Tairbanks Bar
George Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
Ingram & Bush Dealers °
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
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general
Banking!
Business
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'cap IT A L % 200.00O.':
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rear of
mercantile
department
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