Valdez Daily Prospector
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Fill DAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1012/
THE RAILWAY COMMISSION.
Tin* coming of the railway com
mission lo Valdez marks an epoch
in our history. Whatever may be
I heir decision as lo the most
practical roule from the seaboard
inlo Hie interior, taking into con
sideration cost of conslruction,
maintenance and operation, we
have at least had an opportunity
to present our claims on an equal
/noting with other places, and,
what is belter still, the gentlemen]
composing the commission are
going over the route under Hie
guidance of a man thoroughly
familiar with the proposed road
from lhi< port to Fairbanks. We
refer to Mr. Henry Deyo. Having
examined the route from Valdez
to tin.' interior, the commission
will be able I•» judge for them
selves and will not be swayed by
designing people whose interests
lie elsewhere.
The people of Valdez, the moth
er community of Prince William
sound, have an abiding faith in
the eternal fitness of things, and
that unshakable faith has led them
to remain steadfast to this place
a-? the future entry port of the
great empire lying in the hinter
land. In the past, railroad pro
jects have come and they have
gone; our hopes have been build
ed high only to be dashed to the
ground again; other places have
grown up around us, nurtured on
railroad booms, but none have
yet equalled our steadfast pros
perity, save possibly during a
brief construction period, when
millions were being expended with
a prodigal hand. The expenditure
of unlimited money, the exercise'
of prodignus influence at the na-!
lion's capital, to lake from us
what we had huilded in the early'
days, has effected us only lem-j
porarily. Valdez has prospered!
and continued to prow and • has
permit led none of her sister com-,
munilies to outstrip her in any]
of those things which go lo make!
a prosperous pioneer community.j
The remarkable tenacity of Val-i
dez is wholly due |o her unrivalled i
position and her natural resour
ces, together, as we have before j
staled, in the unabiding faith of,
her people in her future destiny.
Valdez is largely peopled by pio
neers of southwestern Alaska —
men who have tramped the coun
try for many miles round about
and know that traffic, like water.]
will follow the lines of least re- j
sislanee, and hence must llnd its
outlet in Valdez.
\\ c I I'M | tint Hit' Alaska railway j
commission have come lo our
rounlry willi their minds open to
convict ion and with a dolermina
I inn to do I ho best in their power
for Alaska as a whole, and will ul
fimalely determine upon the host,
nll-Anieriean route lo develop its
resources—mineral, eoal and ag
rionllural. Thai done, wo can ask
no mor'o. Our failh continues
lo rest in Valdoz as the future
great oily of the Alaskan coast,
and that, without being Iho cre
ation as well as the creature of
a great corporation.
We wish the commission a
"pleasant journey into the inter
ior, if such a thing were possible
under Iho present olimatio condi
tions. However, Iheir discomfort
\vil| bolter loach Ihom the advan
1agoM of iho several routes under
The mosl adverse conditions, a
inosl important factor in select
ing Iho line of a groat artery of
commerce in a now country, pre
senting problems in railroad
building and maintenance not
found elsewhere. Wo hope con
gress will bo as fair lo us as the
Alaska railway commission prom
ises to be.
A refreshing reminder of the
times when conservative people
"back lookod Upon Buf
falo as being in the far West
conies in an editorial note in the
Providence Journal, complaining
that western newspapers have
been speaking of the floods in the
neighborhood of PitUburg as in
the "East." Say9 Ink Journal:
"The West not as conscientious
about its application of geograph
ical terms to the East as it
should be. Eastern people no
longer talk of 'out. West.' They
carefully specify, a little proud
of the greatness of the land. *
* The Western journals have
spoken of the Eastern Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania floods as
a misforfuni' to (lie 'East.' In
default of a suggestion that the
locality be called the 'near East,'
which would hurt Pittsburg's feel
ings, it might be reasonably safe
for the West to refer lo the gen
eral locality of the storm as the
'nearer East."
So Pittsburg is not in the East.
Pittsburg lies closer to tin* Atlan
tic seaboard than Central Wash
j inglon does to the Pacific ocean,
jSpokane, in this state, is about as
far from the Pacific ocean as Co
lumbus. O.. is from the Atlantic
ocean. Yet everyone here and in
the East thinks of Spokane as a
"Pacific coast city.
Somehow, ideas about the geog
raphy of this country make slow
progress back East. Six-sevenths
of this continent lies to the west
ward of tlio locality of the recent
floods. And yet they are not in
the East, according to Eastern pa
pers.
The Providence Journal is very
probably not aware of the fact
that Hie states of this continent
which are geographically rent ml
are such states as Kansas. Ne
braska and the* Dakotas, states
the larger portion of each of
which lies nearer to the Atlantic
than to the Pacific. The eastern
border of Montana is further from
the Pacific ocean than the west
ern border of Illinois is from the
Atlantic. If Montana is a west
ern state, which no one attempts
to dispute, why is not Illinois an
Eastern slate? People of the Pa
cific coast so regard it.
TEDDY AND STANDARD OIL.
"In spite of all his moral
twisting and squirming, Mr.
Hooscvelt got $125,000 from /he
Standard Oil for political purpos
es in 190S, and was used in his
election and he knew it. It was
not paid back. On the contrary,
more was demanded and refused. '
--New York World, Aug. 2i.
Now here is a chance for the
Colonel to start a whirlwind libel
action. He lias started blutT libel
suits before and dropped them —
one of them against the World. At
different limes tin- Colonel has
said Ilia) Standard Oil gave no
filing to his campaign fund in
and that if it did he knew
notliing ahout it. The World dis
tinctly charges that his committee
got tln> money, spent it with his
knowledge, and that he demanded
more. If this i ' not true the Col
onel can go after the World for
civil and criminal libel and nail
it. for both.
Why doesn't the fight in? Thill
Moose sail into that kind of a
scrap? It is a great chance to
make a mark of one of his most
relentless foes.
EDITORIAL NOTE8.
"What is I ho host fertilizer for
use on |ho farm?" asks an ex
change. Well. Ihe inns! effective
ferlili/.er vol diseovered in flio
rescue i»f llii* soil is farmers'
brains.
There's eonsolaf ion in Ihe
though! dial bail's assistance to
I lie school boy in solving prob
lems does not work injury thai a
smal l I earlier eannol overcome,
if slie spots (lie ease in lime.
Mr. Rockefeller says it look him
Ihirly years to save his first $1,
000. The possibilities of con
solidation in I he oil induslry had
riot been realized until afler Mr.
Rockefeller had been in Ihe busi
ness for many years.
Notice of Annual Mooting.
Notice is hereby Riven I hat the
regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of Ihe Royal Devel
opment OJold Minim? Company will
be held at Ihe ofTice of ihe com
pany on Keystone avonue (Eli
T.nrson'c, residence) on Monday,
October 14, 1012, for Iho purpose
of electing a board of directors tf
serve for the ensuing year and the
transaction of such other biisines,
as may come before the meeting
JOHN EKEMO, Acting Sec'y.
Closing out suits, coats and ev.
ening gown» at half price at Har
/ey'ii Toggairy.
'
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Valdez Min
ing company will be held at said
company's oflf.ce in the town of
Valdez, Alaska, on Monday, the
seventh day of October, 1912, at
the hour of two o'clock p. m., at
which meeting the directors of
said company shall be elected for
the ensuing year, and such other
business transacted as may reg
ularly come before said meeting.
W. H. CRARY,
Secretary.
Limited amount of treasury
slock of the Iloyal Development
C.old Mining Company for sale for
5 cenls a share. Money lo be used
for development work. Inquire of
John Ekemo, or phone James Pat
terson, 202.
i ORDER TO 8HOW CAUSE ON PE
TITION TO 8ELL LAND.
n the United States Commission
er's Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Valdez Precinct. In
Probate.
In the matter of the guardian
hio of the estate of Ne 1 s Oscar
all, a mentally incompetent per
on.-Order to Show Cause on Pe
lion to soil Land.
The United States of America
o Nels Oscar Sail, Charles (J. Sail,
_ewis Sail, Albert Sail and Marie
Watson, and to all persons in
erested in (lie above-named <;s
ato or in the sale of lands be
onping to said estate:
The petition of Charles CI.
all, as guardian of the estate of
bo above-named Nels Oscar Sail,
mentally incompetent person,
oing duly tiled in this court, r?p-,
esenling that it would bo for the
leiiolit of the estate of said in-!
ompetent person and of all per-J
ons interested therein that c«'r-|
am lands and mining properly of;
aid mentally incompetent, person j
'escribed therein be sold, and
raying tliiit license bo granted
to the said Charles <i. Sail, as
uardian, to sell the same;
.Now, therefore, you and each
of you arc 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 court house
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 < f said petition
hould not be granted.
Done in open court at Valdez,
Alaska, this 26th day of August,
4912.
THOMAS R. SHEPARD.
Judge of the United States Com
missioner's Court in and for the
Valdez Precinct, Territcfry of
Alaska.-In Probate.
Charles Loring and E. E. Ritchie,
Attorneys for Petitioner.
First pub. September 7. 1912.
Last pub. October 5, 1912.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. B. M.
VaLDEZ. ALASKA
RBfOKTS ON MlNKB
Patknt SuRrMYB
Qbnmbal. Mining EnoinbmmiNO
Phonb No. 10a
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Kcs Phone. IR9
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Mrcl every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in
KaiMe Hall All members requested to at
tend D. H. SLKKM. ArtlrChief
Valdeaj I^odge
No 168.
Free and Accei>te.<l Masons
Regular Communications llrst Wednesday la
each month In McKloley Hall Vlsl'ors always |
welcome.
James H. P-»tt«!n ">n..W. M
C. C- Reynolds. Sec
1.0.
O.F.
V|#Uhff and local Odd Fellow» arc re
quested to register tbclr name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meeting!*, first and third Monday.
Call on P. ft. HUNT. Secretary.
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Gigantic Clearance Sale
Ladies' Shoes
Over 200 pairs to pick from
Sale positively only for two weeks,
beginning Saturday, September 21st.
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting and passengers to all parts
of the interior. Ueoeral Truoklng
fcJd. Wood, . % • Proprietor
MoKlnley St, Valde**
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Cams. P£*»y, mob.
THE BEST Or EVERYTHING
in mrajuiTormcin
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G°od -riir DIICrCT Good
Goods I fit BUrm Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and ¥ ¥ I|l/[PI7P an^ Building
Puget Sound I^UiYiDILIv Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone *8
Patronize a Home Industry
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, R«§al* EL SIDELO, Senator*. Millionaires
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
S* BLUM &.
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bankers
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Bank in
rear of
mercantile
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