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Tl'F.SDAY, OCTOHRR I, 1 'J 12
A PRACTICAL' MAN.
Naturally a great captain of
industry like Mr. Roosevelt dis
misses willi contempt Gov. Wil
son's erit icisins of his miiiiinuin
wage scale as "purely academic"
ami ridicules I lie governor's opin
ions as based "not <»n actual
knowledge and experience hut by
reading musty bonks on political
economy." The Colonel himself
;it a tender age was put at hard
labor, lie rose round by round
from helper to foreman, from
foreman In superintendent, from
superintendent to general manag
er, and finally by sheer genius h.»
imide himself president ;.nd board
of directors of no end of factories,
railroads and banks. Hefore lie
was twenty-one lie dominated the
industrial world.
If Mr. Perkins were looking for
a man of the widest prectical ex
perience In manage the llarvesf
« r Trust, lie would pick out Mr.
Roosevelt and pay him any sal
ary. Jf Mr. Munsey were nn the
track of any man to superintend
his various businesses, be would
select Mr. Roosevelt and offer him
half a billion dollars a year. If
Mr. Cochran wanted the one per
son capable of running his cot
ton mills, his choice would in
fallibly light on Mr. Roosevelt.
If Mr. Garford of Ohio proposed
1o turn over his automobile con
cern to a confidential representa
tive while he runs for governor,
Mr. Roosevelt would be the man.
If they all at the same time need
ed one really experienced, expert
arid eminent business authority
to relieve I limn of future indus
trial cares, Mr. Rooseve't would
be their unanimous choice for the
.job. They could leave everything
to him, for he knows.
Such men are rare. It, is not
often lliai a man whose whole life
has been given up to polities and
offiee-hohling gels as horny
handed as Mr. Roosevelt in the
ranks of labor and high finance,
lb' is a "practical man," as he;
reminded Mr. Ilarriman, and no
body can leach him anything
about anything.
FREE SHIPS.
A grcal many of Ihc opponents
of «diip subsidies, who yet pro
fess |o ho keenly desirous of see
ing a revival of American deep-!
\valer shipping. have insisted thai
the one ihiiiK needed to thai end
--In I lie reslorat inn of American
shipping on the high seas—was
to have I lie privilege accorded
American investors l»» Iniy ships
Inii11 in other countries and In op
erale |hem under the American
Ha!Lr. There is now full oppnr
I u n it > In learn whether or not I his
theory lie correcl,
Aiimng niher provisions in llie
Panama canal hill wa< one pro
viding llial foreign-huill ships,
provided I hat they arc not over
live years old and are efTicienl
carrers, shall he admilled In the.
privileges of American registry
when owned hy American citizen .
These vessels, however, are not
in he permitted to engage in I he
coaslwise trade.
II has been estimated thai not
less than 1,000,000 Ions of for
eign buill ships, are really owned
hy American cit izens. In the var
ious inquiries into the cause of
decline of American deep-water
shipping ami the proper steps for
its revival, those of the American
owner* of foreign tonnage who
attended as witnesses, as a uni
form rule, admitted that, even if
permitted so to do, |hey would not
transfer their ships to Iho Amer
ican flag. Their reasons are easy
of comprehension. There was no
advantage* to them Jn so doing,
and a distinct, diftadyaolagfj. If
their A^ifpj/wer.e uijder the A,mejr
ioap fljig, tfioy wQyld hay$ to p*y
the American *cfcTe of wages and
, furnish the American subsistence
while as it was they paid th<
wages and furnished food cus.
tomary in ships of the national
, ity the Hag of which their ves
sels flew. x
It may be tt\at a change is im
inent; that) capital will invest til
foreign-built ships, under tb<
» new provision; but those familial
1 with maritime matters doubt it
At that, perhaps the experimeni
■ is worth trying. It will settle i
1 disputed point. If no good re
, suits, one argument against di
rect aid to American ships wil
be disposed of.
PARCELS POST LAW.
The parcels post law, whicli
takes effect January l next. maj
have an important influence on
changing the currents of business
in this country and a possibb
cfl'ert nn lowering tile cost of liv
ing. There are many and i in -
portant. changes from the exist
i ing law.
The weight limit on packages
to be carried is raised to eleven
pounds, |he weight now permitted
in the international postal un
ion. The /.one system makes the
carriage of packages up to this
weight very cheap for short dis
tances. The country is divided in
to zones. The charges for car
rying a package any distance
Wiil-in the limits of a sin/1* zone
{.re Identical. Between l\\.» zones
the rates {ire higher, and «o on
t-iil i I I lie whole country u cover
ed.
Pai-kani's np In futir ounces will
I in carried fur a cent an ounce,
I regardless of distance. Above
I four ounces rale.* are by the
pound ami vary according to ilis
lance and weiglil. A parcel for
delivery within tile cily where
mailed, or on llie same rural
rouIe, will lie carried ;i 1 the rate
of five cents f'"' single pound,
and the maximum weight of elev
en pounds will be carried for fif
teen cents.
For the fifty-miles zone the
prices will range from five cents
for a pound to thirty-five cents
for a package of the maximum
size For distances up to 300
mile.; the cost will be from seven
cents for a single pound up Lo
(fifty-seven cents. Packages will
be carried for 600 miles at a cost
ranging from 8 to 68 cents. The
largesL package for the greatest
distance will call for $1.32.
There is not the slightest doubt
I hat the system will be of the
greatest convenience to the peo
ple. It is altogether probable that
it may result in the development
of a plan by which farmers can
supply individual customers in a
cily wilhin their zone with much
of their foodstuffs by parcels post,
to I lie mutual advantage of pro
ducer and consumer.
ANOTHER BOMBSHELL FOR THE
MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
Abraham Flcxner, acting f"i*
the Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching, has
thrown another hoinhshell into
1 lit* ranks of the medical teachers
of America in his report on "Med
ical Education in Europe" and in
cidentally has gotten himself more
than ever disliked by those on
whose toes he has trod. In July
• •f into Mr. Flexner- made a re
port to the Carnegie Foundation
on medical education .n tin-Unit
ed Stales and Canada which threw
most »»f |he medical colleges of
the country into a ferment. He
recommended a reduction in the
number of colleges and the rais
ing of the standard of the re
mainder, criticising a large num
ber by name. <lhs report undoubt
edly bad considerable effect, fur
in the last two years a number of
cheap institutions calling them
selves medical colleges have gone
out of business.
In bis latest report Mr. Flex
ner asserts that present condi
tions are not satisfactory and be
draws a decidedly unflattering
comparison between the medical
colleges here and in Europe and
Mr. Pritchett, president of the
foundation, in a preface to the
Teport, slates th«t three-fourths
of the medical college* in Amer
ica would be driven out of busi
ness if the lowest terms on which
medical schools can exist abroad
were applied here. lie asserts
that "scandal in medical educa
tion exists in America alone," and
the report bristles with such
phrases as "scandalous condi
tions," "hypocritical preteniw,"
"selfish advantage" and*"selflsh
and unprogresslvo attitude," and
it Is asserted that one-fourth of
J.he medical schools of this coun
try would be ample for the need.
Dr. J. Wallace fceveridge of the
Cornell Medical school the
first to reply to the criticisms of
, Mr. Flexner and he claims thai
5 the physicians of Amcrica arc
. better trained than those abroad;
. that the average of life in Amer
. ica ia longer and that in everj
branch of medicine and surgcyj
. thp discoveries and the acoom
i plishments of American physi
« eians and surgeons are far great
• er (hail that <>r Ihe physicians an<
, 'surgeons-of Europe. And this if
only the beginning of the row.
WANTED—Position as stenog
rapher. Thoroughly experiencec
l in court work. Address box 198
post office. tf
LOST—He twee 11 Wynifs Cigai
Store and the Reynolds Mouse, an
Ivory, breastpin in shape of seal
Finder return to Mrs. 11. It. Wynn,
Reynolds House and reeeive re
ward.
Limited amount of treasury
stock of the Royal Development
("Sold Mining Company for sale for
5 cents a share. Money to be used
for development work. Inquire ot
John Ekemo, or phone James Pat
terson, 202.
ORDER TO SHOW CAU8E ON PE
TITION TO SELL LAND.
n the United States Commission
er's Court, for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct. In
Probate.
In the matter of the guardian
bin of the estate of Nelg Oscar
all, a menially incompetent pcr
on.-Ordcr to Show Cause on Pe
lion |o sell Land.
The United Slates of America
o N.'ls Oscar Sail, Charles <!. Sail,
,ewis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
e res led in Ihe above-named es
ale or in the, sai«> of lands be
, onping to said estate:
The petition of Charles («.
i all, as guardian of the estate of
j he above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,
eing duly tiled in this court, r?p
esenting that it would be for the
lencflt of the estate of said in
ompetent person and of all per
ons interested therein that cer
ain lands and mining property of
aid mentally incompetent person
'escribed therein be sold, and
raying that license be granted
to the said Charles G. Sail, as
uardian, to sell ihe same;
Now, therefore, you and each
of you are hereby cited, ordered
and required to show cause, if
ny you have, before this court,
t the United States Commission
r's court room in the courthouse
n the town of Valdez, in the above
named precinct in the Territory
of Alaska, on the 7th day of Oc
tober, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. m.,
why 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,
Judge of the United Stales Com
missioner's Court in and for the
Valdez. Precinct, Territory of
Alaska.-In Probate.
Charles Loring and E. E. Ritchie,
Alt orneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7. 1912.
Last pub. Ociober 5, 1912.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALDKZ, ALASKA
RkpORTB ON MtNKB
Patknt Sumrmra
Qbhmbal. Mininq eNoiNmmniNo
Phonb No. iob
f. Lutterworth
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing lies. Phone. 1«9
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet e>ery Tuesday evening at R o'elocU (n
Ka«!e Hull All members miuesttd to at
tend D. H. SLEKM. ArtlrChlef
Vald ez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accept*] Masons
Ketrular Communications nrst Wednesday lo
each month In McKlnley Hall Vlsl'ors always
welcome.
James 11. Pntcn ->n,.W. M
C, C- Reynolds. Seo
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0. F.
Vtoltllff and local Odd Fellow* are re
fiucst«d to reylster their name with the
Vftlder. Odd Follow#' Club. Rexular
meeting*, flrat and third Monday.
Call on P. H. HtTVT. Secretary.
FOE
> VAU>m AIM* No. Itv k . M
win Friday. • ». *. t«|l* Hftll
DO YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY?
The Old Saying, "Money Saved Is Money Earned"
The ladies of Valdez and vicinity have surely been
making money this past week by attending
our enourmous clearance sale of
LADIES SHOES.
This sale will positively end next Saturday, Octo
ber 5th, 1912. Don't forget the date if
you want bargains.
Notice of Annual Meeting.
Noticc is hereby given th.it the
regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Sealey-Davis
Mining Co. will be held at the of
fice of the company in Valdez,
Alaska, on Tuesday, the 8th day
of October, 1912, at the hour of
2 p. m. for the purpose of elect
ing a board of directors to serve
for the ensuing year and the
transaction of such other busi
ness as may come before the
meeting. Transfer books will be
closed October 5th.
SEALEY-DAVIS MINING CO..
II. F. Suessdorf, Secretary.
Copper River
Draying Co.
Kreiirhlin* and passengers to all parts
of the Internr. General Trucking
bid. Wood, .. - Proprietor
McKinley St. Valdes
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ALL KINDS OF
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VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited
I
Free Delivery
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regal* EX SIDELO, Senators, Millionaires
SMOKECRAFT, 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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