Valdez Daily Prospector
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Prospector Publishing Co.
TERMS.
Dally Prospector.
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 Weekb
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 Editoria
llooms, Phone No. 222.
WEDNESDAY. NOV. 27. ID 12.
A GOOD ROAD.
Tlii* editor n| i tic Whilchopsc
Star, in wrilinu about and boost
ing f«»r good mails in I In- north,
says:
"Tin* record breaking run
made )>y t)i<> While Pass automo
bile last Friday, from Carmars
to Whitchorse, a distance of one
hundrcVI and lliirlv_lwo miles in
eleven hours, is proof of what
could be done with a goo,i I rail.
While tlie dislanee covered av
eraged only twelve miles per
hour, it was fully twice as fast,
ns a horse stage could have made
it at this season of the year and,
with the road in proper condi
tion, the auto would cover twen
ty miles as easily as twelve per
hour."
When the people of Fairbanks
began an agitation fop an auto
mobile roa(j from that city to the
coast, many of the interior pa
pers began pohooing the idea and
suggesting that trie Tanana town
was tryng to get all the road ap
propriations to be expended in
the territory, forgetting that the
road between Yaldez and Fair
banks is the trunk line over
which practically all passengers
and freight must pass to get in
or out of the Yukon basin, and
hence the better the road the
quicker and the cheaper both
passengers and freight could he
transported for that distance.
With an appropriation of ap
proximately live thousand dol
lars a mile the government road
could be made into a fair high
way for automobile travel, a route
over which from fifteen to twen
ty miles an hour could he eas
ily and safely made, in either
winter or summer. Willi such a
route I he distance between the
ooulside' and the Tanana me
tropolis would be easily shortened
by almost one-half in time. In
that case tin' mail, instead of
taking the slow and tedious route
up the Innju and winding Yukon,
would be on sail water in two
days, leaving to the ri\»*r the
handling of heavy and slow
freights.
The rapid and proper develop
ment of all I lint interior roun
Iry, lying snoulh of tlie Yukon,
will never cine to pass miliI such
a sysleni of roads are l»tiill. We
a're nol ahum in seeing I lit* nec
essity n|' >i»iii(| iiiads: no oilier
question is occupying half Mir
alien!ion of ihc people of the
stales as god roads. This is nol
a rry from those seeking ave
nni's of pleasure alone: Ihr farm
er is cipiallx as well iulcrcsle-d
sinre ln> has learned nf the hur
dHn plaeed iipmi him lo poor
mads.
We. who are sn \ilally inlcr
vsIed. should make a uniled ef
forl l<> h;^e congress make a
sufficient appropriation l<» make
I he mililary mail passable for
holh freight ami passmive'r aulo
tuohilus al a fair rale nf speed.
In doing I his we will have ac
complished a greal work in Hie
advancement of the territory's
good.
EDITORIAL WQTE8.
The "hack In the hind move
ment" is keeping up riirlil along
willi a vial ion.
Heal lie is hiivinjr iimre Irouhh
wilh ils purily srpiad Hum il i
willi ils oilier nasiincuses.
The elTiciency of Harvard a?
an institution nf higher learning
Is evidenced on Hie gridiron.
Holh sleamship companies ap
pear inclined In he on llie "In
side" Willi I lie traveling pilhlic.
Nothing hul a llrsl-class pow
er like Ocrmany woould dare de
clare war against Standard Oil
A few elections like the late one
would rehabilitate the ancient re
spectability of the United States
Senate.
It is some satisfaction to know
that Gov. Clark has made his
last report against self-govern
ment for Alaska.
It is I be day after election
when the average government
employee appreciates tiu> efficacy
• I tin; civil service.
If (In* plans of the Bulgarians
to Christianize Turkey go through
wilh, we need not give up all
hope for New York.
No Republican patriot has yet
been found urging his candidacy,
as Tafl.'s running mate, before
the electoral college.
The greatest need of aviation,
at the present time, is a machine
that will fly without suddenly
diving for mother earth.
A hoslon judge say.-, In* will
not permit .divorced women to
use the prefix "Miss." Why not,
haven't they missed it once?
The owners of the express
companies are to be pitied if the
parcels post is to cut into their
800 per rent per month profit.
While it is true that llecker is
a long way from the electric
chair, yet it is equally true thai
it appears ever present to him.
Sir Thomas Upton is promot
ing a yacht race for the Panama
exposition. Here's to it. Let's
drink a cup of Lipton's tea over
I lie affair.
Willi the exception of Alaska,
the Pacific coast states are un
animously in favor of women's
suffrage. II will be up lo us lo
fall in line.
For the first time in Emperor
William's reign, Germany ap
pears to be without particular
vocation, in re the Balkan ques
tion.
The capital at Washington has
just been cleaned. After March
J Uh, many of Ihe private resi
dences in the same town will be
cleaned out.
When Ihe balance »>fo the re
turns come in from the westward
we are cerlain Ihe residential
portion of Kennieott will lake a
Many of those who have nunc
here from Fairbanks will have
I interested themselves in mining
roperties here before returning
t<> th«'ir homes for the winter.
(«ov! Johnson, of California,
will hav«> a lot of ironing to do
before he gets his political linen
smooth enough to wear comfort
ably during (,he next two years.
Having survived the last eight
years of Republican administra
tion, Alaska stands some chance
of living through the ncxL four
years of Democratic supremacy.
II is now high lime that the
Arctic Club indicates what its
pleasure is in regard to Alaska's
first legislature. NVe can at least
expect an invitation lo meet in
Seat I le.
A Canadian minister has re
signed because he could not keep
his pre-election pledges. If such
a custom should prevail in this
couontry, we would have an elec
tion iJvery sixty days.
Secretary Fisher hopes I<> can
cel all Alaskan coal claims be
fore he is kicked out of office.
There might. however, be such a
thing as a review before an hon
est secretary of I lie interior.
It was Captain Somebody who
said al I lie bailie of Santiago,
"Don't cheer, boys. they are
suffering." We simply rise to
remark thai similar conditions
exist since the late elections.
Now that surgery has succeed- i
•'<1 in grafting the bone of at
sheep's leg in the arm of man. j
why not go farther and substi
tute the sheep's head for those
worn by some of our electors.
During Turkey's pressing hour,
France and Spain arc busily on
gaged in partitioning their re
spective "zones of influence" in
Morocco, without the least of
outside influence to mar the har
mony Of the undertaking.
The Democratic party is still |
continuing to he the recipient of
much earnest sympathy for the
immense! responsibilities it has,
voluntarily taken upon its hands,.;
and by the way a responsibility
the other parties never shirked.
In no town in Alaska are' the
citizens more optimistic for the
future than are the people of
Valdez. We feel certain of the
growth and prosperity of our
city and the surrounding coun
try. Our present lead over oth
er towns will continue to grow
apace with the mining industry,
until the time comes when tin*
major portion of tin* population
of I he Third judicial division will
be centered on Valdez bay.
Now is
The
Time
To advertise. If business is quiei
invigorate It by bringing your
wares beforo tho buyer. No mer
chant ever succeeded by cutting
down his advertising Just because
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merohant who
gets the money Is the one who
creates a demand for his wares
through the advertising columns
of the newspaper.
If you have something for sale
write up an advertisement tolling
its merits. We will bring it be
fore the people and are oonfldent
It will bring results. Try It.
Prospector
Thanksgiving Day
Is Next Thursday
Go to the Thanksgiving Ball dressed in a
STEIN-BLOCH SUIT
Don't forget
The Mariposa, just in, brought us a large
line of fruits and vegetables to go with your
Thanksgiving dinner. We will not have
another boat before Thanksgiving, so we will
be pleased to reserve your orders.
Our store will be closed all day Thanksgiving.
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting and passengers to all parla
of the Intertor. General Trucking
t£d. Wood, - Proprietor
McKlnley St. Values
«® Hot
SEATTiC
Chas. Peppy, msb.
THE BISTOrEVEfYTlUHfi
IN TtlE HURT Or THCCITT
1?5BoohsWi in f]ATti-505ixPU Rooms
GOOD HEASONS
The mnr,t progressive
store keepers ail over the
country use electricity for
lighting. Why is il?
oecaiu'o
It makes a lighter store.
It is cle «nly.
It gives let.s troublo.
11 acos not pc llnte the air.
It lendr. itneif roadily to
any soocial decorative
effect.
It shows up colors to
pood adv <ntatTc
Phona for o« .* ox pert to
talk it over v/lth you.
ALASKA WATER, LI6HT i TEL. CO.
We do a
general
Banking
Business
S#JBJ.UM_& <2
N C O R P O R ATE D —
BAN K E R S
CAPITAL $ 2 0 0.000A®
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pmy 4 Per tent Interest an Time Certificates of Deposit.
Steam Heat Electric Lif At*
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good Tyr DIICCCT g ° °d
Goods I fit DUrrtl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and ¥ ¥ aIU* Building
Puget Sound m-a V/ 1V1J3JlL«1\. Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
i
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited
Free Delivery
Ingram & Bush Dealer*
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Re*, RegaU EL SIDELO, Senators, Millionaire*
SMORECRAFT, Rein* Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade