The Alaska Prospector
rubliMhcd nt Vnklcz. Alaska, every Thursday
hy the I'koshkctok ITbLisiiinc <"<•
I'iionk Main 1.
Kuterc<l at the Valtlez I'omollloe as second
class matter.
uttscriptlnn f-t per year. }- tor stx mouth
single copies 10 cents
THIv GOVERNOR'S PROCLAM
ATION.
On another page is published the
Thanksgiving Day proclamation is
sued by Governor lloggatt. The
proclamation was received by the
Prospector yesterday afternoon, too
late to usi>. It arrived via jxovcrn
inont eable, and was labeled "(). B.,"
which means ofllcial business, and
signifies t hat thero are no charges to
pay.
It is particularly for this last stated
fact that the Prospector is thankful.
It is trui"» that Alaskans liavi' a
groat deal for which to ho thankful,
but it is not of record that many of
tlu-in have anything for the possess
ion of which thanks is due to Gover
nor Hoggatt, unless it be in the pos
session ol a delegate to congress who
is free Iroin the governor's inllucncc;
had tin; governor selected a t andi
dale and t it. .1 worked against such
candidate, .lames Wiekershani might
not have **;;• ,-red tlic Held.
The govi r.jor issues his proclama
tion in tht'i. iine < ; the Administra
tion, ol wiii h Ik is tlic premier rep
resentative in Alaska. Searching
one's mem tor sninc act of the ad
ministration calculated to cause a
thankful te. ing i.i the bosom of a
resident.ol Aia-ica proves a fruitless
t isk. Ab<.tit thconly Inwever passed
t i i'. b »iiv'.i. . A..i iii i i that
making it a misdemeanor lor .laps to
kill fur sea! within the three-mile
limit. This law was by a subservient
congress passed for the benefit of t in
firm that has a fur seal privilege, and
with no thought of Alaska. Hut the
Japs get eanglit breaking the law,
are brought to Yalde/. and tried, with
the result that Yalde/. benefits to the
extent of divers and sundry of the
Itealm's symbols of value.
Lastly: < iovernor Hoggatt asks that
all persons suspend their "avoca
tions." As generally understood the
word means somelhing iu which one
finds pleasure a-dde from one's regu
lar employment; one may run a store
for a livelihood, and write poetry as
an avocation. The governor means
vocation, to let us eat turkey Novem
ber '2(>.
FADIvD FROM SIGHT
The Cordova Alaskan avers with
out an allidavit that Cordova polls
republican votes. Now where do
they keep them? Kven on the day of
the delegate election, when work oil
the railroad was nearly suspended to
allow republicans, democrats, popu
lists, socialists, socialist lahorit.es,
prohibitionists, independence leaguers
and other birds of passage who had
happened to drop off a boat to work a
few days, to cast their ballots for
Corson, only 77ti were polled lor the
brevet republican candidate.
Hut where are those pioneer Alas
kans and enthusiastic republicans
now? The straw vote for president,
taken just twelve weeks after Un
delegate election, harvested exactly
(it for Taft and Itlrt for all others. Thi
rd urns seem to indicate that in Cor-,
dova Corson is a good deal stronger
thai. Taft.
\/r i:uiiki ll (lonmoiy IH! I TIlC 1 11 i 11 I
nine-tenths of thorn* republican part
isans who took a day oil on lull pay !
to vote for Corson were just typical
railroad hobos, who never stay more
than three months in any place, and
that when the summer days were
gone arid the leaves bewail to fade
they dropped away like water run
ning from an open bun^hole ami ar
rived in Seattle, Tacoma or Portland
in time to vote at the November elec
tion for anybody's candidate who
paid them money to do it?
District Attorney Crossley seems to
be one of those strange and unusual
men in the office of district attorney
who deem it the business of a
prosecuting officer to sift evidence,
learn whether a crime has been com
mitted and advise the court accord
ingly. Pursuant to this theory he
moved the dismissal of a murder
charge in t he district court yesterday
when the testimony clearly indicated
self-defense. Ho different from most
men in the same position who con
sider It. their task to prove that the
defendant Is guilty even ii it. is neces
sary to suppress most of the truth to
accomplish tliat ond,
It appoars aft though one of those!
Bills running for the presidency Is'
mutilated currency, which same Is]
generally exchanged for something1
less Indicative of the wear and tear i
of time.
And now CJhnrles W. Morse, the
Ico king, Is likely to go to the cooler
for bank wrecking.
And no v they s iy Itrynn Is like n
salmo i lioeaus * ho runs every four
years and then gets canned.
SOME MODERN ASTROLOGY
The Scntllo Star says: 4!t. in protty i
generally known that these twine in
terests, tho Standard Oil crowd, have
bought a Hiring of daily and weekly
newspapers in Alaska. Among them
are the Fairbanks News, Ketchikan
Miner, Juneau Hecord, Skagway In
terloper, Nome Nugget, Cordova
Alaskan, and Valdez Prospector."
Now who has grabbed the Prospec
tor's bit? II any Standard Oil dough
has been poured into Valdessit slipped
through like a greased pig with a
shaved tail and the Prospector never
even got a run tor it, niore's the pity
because the Prospector needs the
money and is looking for it all the
time.
If the other papers named have
tapped Standard Oil without hunch
ing ill • Prospect >r they are totally
lacking in fratern.d spirit. We can't
helicvc the hoys wuttM do a thing
like that.
Stil! it max not lie true. The Star
I not only sul1cr> in ni -trahismus hut
has an iiv tirahl < as <•: acut e yellows
and to ii ; jaundice i eye only scan
dal is vi ;ihli . Su notorious is this
fact that .io'ootL v. h>, k.,ww the Star
believes unythi'i ■; ,-.n:>* 'it i i iis e >|
umns unl«'> tlie.-:.;.> is eo;rol orated
elsewhere. Th" Star like a police
detective i: ^ • im-ii'tain its
douht. i! reputation l>> iu>. i :g around
for erim • .:i<>I pr \ i. that .-nmebody
is guilt \ . ! ■•niiie liiii:' who' Iter any of
fense h.: - >« e c , •: i:: ted ... i i. t. It j
llourishes because eatt!e h; - o many,
people with on • '••• it h
And did yon no; ice i u ■ t tin* Aiaska
papers which t ii ■ -..* i ki sold to
Standard <>il a.' m: . winch do
not take the St a i • • ervico?
I he Seat t!e Time
ful democrat ic am in
an 1>\ tea millio:. t,
day before.
i .'1 < tie -i care
iiy ekct 11 Hry
; i Sly up t<> the
TOFTS hLbCilOk
BRINGS CONRilENCE
<Mnaha, Nov*, i—'.or railroad
0(|tii|>i)t(-nl, it 1111 uniin.', i;: :imn< v 1 >i
£•2 III,<>< ( ,< ho iiii•. • o <>.» i •!'• isci! i!i:i
inji the I\,i I'! \ -1;. 11," !.' II. Ji :•! paatl.
Tlicsc oi'il r.. v\'t r>' In lore > lec
tion , with '.lif i j ; ji 1 1.»: 1:; i 111 *. Ili.il llicj
actual con.-ainunal ion oi !'!•• transae
lion was ♦ »n I in o. •!, t upon i!ie mit
roinc of tlit- • 1«».•;'nil.
Tlif a<-t ( I l )m- \ ;t i out- railroads
throughout the countr\ i- considered
intlical i vr ol jrr.-aily re,i -v/cd com
mercial an-1 niaanla'-ii:. activity
throughout 1 In* I"i• i: t•'I . . i-f " A num
ber ol big j.lan? 11...: liavc linen
i*iiiiiii:ii: vvilli : :i< h :• •'1 •. ■ :i ••!> ii force
a:- to |>r: <1 i«■;• M auio. . »•. ;■ coin.
ploic shut .i. :i. ; prepara
Iion*. I re.-i ::i l! opera
t ion:..
FORMER SENATOR
IS KILLED IN OUEL
Nash villi-, «>\. lc Kdward Car
mack, former I * t > i 1 • m 1 States lenator
from Ti'iincs-ii'i', nnd i• 11»of tin*
TcitncKaecan, wa> killed 1 his morning I
I»y |{oltin ( 'oop'-r, ,i i he outcome of
a duel. <'<>(>|icr u ;!:• iioi through the
shoulder. I'ii" a'.lair has e.iused (he
Krcat«'Ht exc ii •«»' l> >thimm have
long hold prominent positions in the
political life ot *.li" v iate.
The shout in■; i.-t the result of a po
litical (juanvl hetw* en Carmack and
Cooper Carmack. in his paper, crit
icized Coopers polities in the light
that resulted in tin leleat at the pri
maries <»( earmark, \vh<> was running
for governor. (.'armaek was two
years agi defeated lor re-election to
the senate, aro Cooper had much to
do with this.
Cooper is the ton of Col. Cooper,
and is a member of one of the most
prominent families of Tennessee.
Vancouver, H. Nov. SI—Two
uiotermei. v,ere killed and twenty
paHsengers were injured this morning
as tlio result, of a street, car collision
In this city the cat's came together
head on, and traveling at a high rate
of speed, one of them being on the In*
terurban line and the other belonging
to the city «y»torn.
Ho far it is m t determined whether
any of t in- passengers are so hadly
Injured that they will die. Tho rew
ponslbillty for the accident has not
boon fixed.
"Sim, the town council Is a little
worried al out this Salome act you've
booked fer the Op'ry Hoiiae."
"Oh, I've cut out the objectionable
features."
"That'n just It. We wild afoored
yon would."
SHERIFF IS SEEKING
HUSKY "FALL GUY"
The sheriff's olllee is looking for a
good "husky" man to actus the "fall
guy" in serving papers ami taking
punishment in disagreeable eases. In
the last ten days three of the depu
ty sheriffs have been assaulted and
badly treated by persons on whom
they were serving writs of restitution,
otherwise known as ejectment
writs. Sheriff Smith yesterday
expressed the hope that his working
force would not he further crippled,
as he now had three deputies who
were resting after personal assaults.
Yesterday Deputy J. C. Liner went
to 2121 Sixth avenue and invited F.
I). Fee and wife to put their goods on
the sidewalk and leave their rented
liome, and though armed with a writ
was set upon by both husband and
wite and oadiy punished. Deputies
Fred llili and Walter Livesley were
sent to his assistance, and the man
and his wile were lodged in the coun
ty jan on Hie charge c,l lcsisting an
olliccr. Later the woman was released
to attend to her household goods,
which had been moved oui upon thi>
sidewalk. Shorill Smith sai«l yester
day :
■'i notice nian> business houses are
hiring "liill gu^s," and it looks as
though we neeuetl one in this ollict..
There is an increasing demand tor
men who are willing I.) lake disagree* j
able jobs it they are well paid lor it. j
1 nolu e inai. one or two ol luc 01^ a • j
Will hou:.;'!t ha\e iiiun specli.li.\ in
gaged 10 si_aiul lur ail uie protests!
made i>\ customers. iV woman cwiiu s
into lho :m. )re aiui complains ol siio.i
measure on a piece ol Hoods, am. int\
call ilj^. "i.ui guy" i". as nead ol the I
depart inei.i ami lell lliin lhai lie is
nreii. 11.is sanities the eilsloincr,
ami liui i i nonody, and ihe system is
saici u» work well. The "lall guy"
mu'ii ivceives a severe tongue lash
nig, but tnal is a part ot Ins work.
Now, a good "Kill guy,'" well cased
in hoi hi* iron, is what we need in these
i jeel ineiit eases. We've got lo have
soinetl.tng ol the sort or allow most
ol our im n to ;;o on the hospital list.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
PERISH IN FLAMES
Swan Lake, Manitoba, Nov. 7—Mrs.
K. ('an y, her live ehihhvn, and .Miss
<iillespie last night were burned to
death in the lire which destroyed the
Carey home in this town. The' lire
started alter the hour for retiring,
and the house was nearly destroyed
b. fore t be neighbors were alarmed.
The bodies ol the victims were
lound in the ruins, their posit ions in
dicating t hat the unfortunate women
and children bad been awakened and
had huddled closely lo a window, but
that (lie lloor bad burned from under
them before even one of them could
jump.
ALASKA HAS 12.000
SQUARE MILES OF COAL
Washington. Nov.!)—Alaska con
tains 12,000 square milesof coal lands,
according to I ho just completed re
port of iho geological survey, This
report contains the statement that
iiuich ()f the coal in Alaska is superior
to anv deposit of coal in quality < n
the Pacific coast, and that much of
it equals the eastern coal.
This report corrects the previously
made statement by Alfred Brooks, to
the effect that Alaska is one fourth
coal land. Heretofore this statement
by Mr. Hrooks has been allowed to
stand as authentic.
LADIES AUXILIARY
IS TO TAKE A REST
The Valdez Ladies Auxiliary, the
organization having in hand the ar
rangements for a domestic exhibit to
be made at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacifie
ICxposit Ion, has so far progressed its
duties as to make it possible for the
members to enjoy a temporary sur
cease from further labors in this di
rection. Mrs. James Fish, the presi
dent ot the organization announce"
that for a period there will be no
more meet ings as none are necessary.
The members of (lie various commit
tees have worked sasidlously toward
the accomplishment of their duties,
and the result Is gratifying to the
members of the auxiliary.
It has been decided to postpone
holding the local exhibition until af
ter the holidays, such a course being
deemed advisable because of several
reasons, among them being the fact
that the school children have not
completed their part of the exhibit.
The busy days consequent upon the
approach of the holidays is also a rea
son for the postponement, an if Is b(
lloved that the exhibition will bet ter
serve Its purpose on a date when more
time Is at the disposal of the residents
of the town.
w<
cation." /
"Queer, Isn't It?" /
"Not very." /
"Don'f you think ho?" ]'
''No. Von see, they haven't any."
VMJDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE GO.
(Inc) Bankers and General Merchants (Inc)
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX Clothing, the clothes
that satisfy*
We have just received our big line of fall clothing*
W e carry Slims, Stouts, Shorts, Mediums; clothes to fit any
form*
Every suit guaranteed, read guarantee in our display window*
RRfGES FROM
$13.OO TO $30.00
We are especially strong this season in men's furnishing
goods of al! kinds*
Remember your outfit for spring and get your order in early*
We carry the best goods money can buy, let us figure with you*
(ill FOR HOILT Ml and i I l Canned Goods
CHARLES HAND WINS
POST ELECTION WAGER
Charles Hand is, among other
tilings a democrat, at least, he was a
few days ago, and hereby suspends a
young romance.
I. seems that after it. became rum
ored about town that Bryan "had
run again," C. Hand approached his
friend, Henry Snssdorf, and with con
siderable emphasis declared that
every bank in the country will be
closed tour months after the day of
Taft's inauguration.
"You'r crazy, as well as a restaur
ant keeper," answered Hiney.
C. Hand immediately offered to
place a little wager to support his
contention, and the republicism in
Hennery overcome his scruples about
taking easy money, and the bet was
made.
"All right," said ('. Hand, aftor
the money was up, for C. Hand is
somewhat crafty, "Now I'l win der
moneys. Hiney take a calendar and
figure ahead four months from March
fourth."
"Stung" ejaculated Hennery, as
bis linger stopped on July 1
"Thats what it is to have a little
brains" murmured C. Hand as he
walked away with his winnings.
YENTNA DISTRICT IS
SHOWING UP WELL
The output <>l the Yontna and tho
Viildi / creek districts 11)ih season will
be Hose ((* $150,000, according to esti
mates of alt la to arrivalH in Seward
from tho now divings.
The surprise in tho Yontna diHtrict
has hoon tho discovery (hat Homo of
tho best gravol ho far Ih on t ho bench
es, where it was least expected. The
discovery was made by t he Murphy
party in the digging °f ditches to bring
water for Hluicing. Home of tho
bench gravel has yielded as high as
$1 a pan.
The permanent value of tho Yontna
as a big camp in now OHtablishcd, say
tho minors from Cache, Kahiltna and
other eroelcH, and all are expecting a
travel to the now Hold nextspringand
summer which may take on the pro
portions ot a genuine rush.—Howard
Gateway.
BRYAN'S DAUGHTER
ASKS FOR DIVORCE
Chicago. Nov. 0—Hot upon t.ho
IiooIh of Wllllnm Jonnln^H Bryan'ii po
litical rebuff comon public knowlodfjo
of tho fact Hint IiIh daughter Mrn.
Kutli Bryan Lonvitt, onn no longor
Olldurr. association with her nrtiHt
husband. Mrn. l/»>nvltt hiv» In tho
superior court of Cook dounty filed
finif for dlvoroo, alleging nou-nupport
iiti> 1 menial cruelty on tho part of her
husband. Mrs. I<crtvott nlso nnkw for
the eUHtody of her two children.
If oyon tho Inlhnate frlnndH of Mr*.
I<oavltt wore nware oVhor Intontlon*
with regard to hor d<rnostlc affair*,
thoy linvo boon remarlkibly ncorotlvo,
for tho first intimationVlven tho gen
eral public eamo with tllr* filing of tho
complaint in dlvoreo. \
Wortman's Roadhouse
Bar and General Merchandise
Accomodations for Travelers
Pontius Magnuson Prop.
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Host of accommodations for man and boast. Fresh Moat
always on hand. Ilorso and Dor Food All the latest
improvements. PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
h. G, nncl G. B. RORIJR, Proprietors.
118 MILES ON FAIRBANKS
FROM VALDEZ AND EAGLE TRAILS
Alaska Coast Co.
IS. S. BERTHA, 8111 of ach month
S. S. PORTLAND, 25th of each month.
From Valdez for
Juneau and all 1'ugct Sound Ports
Rights Reserved to Change Steamers or Sailing Dates Without Notice.
A. S. DAUTRICK. General Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Hoflorvation Ave. noar Court. Hourc
4
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
Hospital Tickets, #1.50 per Month.
"Phone 77
ARCTIC BROTHERS
ELECT OFFICERS
Victoria, It. O., Nov. 0-Tho Arotlo
Brotherhood has olootod ofllcorn for
tho onnulnfc yoar an follows*: Orand
Arotlo Ohlof, Jttdgo Hnnnum; 1'ant
Orand Arotlo Ohlof, Thomaw Bruoo;
Vloo-Orand Arotlo Ohlof, Stanley
flcoaroo; TroaHurer, Holly Hprlng;
Ouldn, Claronco IlogorH; Trail Bluer,
Harry Inland; TrtmtooB, JamoH Irv
ing, Paul Donhart, Morto Oralg.
This yoar* Mention of tho brother
hood haw boon markod by lavish
forniH of rntortalnmrnt. Tho Orand
(Jump next yoar will bo hold In
! HoaMlo.
LAWFUL BUSINESS
SAFE, SMS TUFT
Cincinnati, Nov. 6— Speaking be
fore the (Hneinnatl Commercial Oliib
lout nlRht William Howard Taft, pres
ident elect., declared that, every busi
ness man may now ro ahead with
all hi* energy i and without fear of fi
nancial embarrassments. Mr. Taft
declared that no enterprise the con
duct of which Ih within the atatutos,
need have fear of interforcnco, bni.
that, all Interest* under the Jurisdic
tion of the federal government will
be expected to comply with the
laws against dishonesty, and that,
theso laws will he rigidly enforced.
Mr. Taft apoko before a big crowd,
and wan warmly cheered.