Valdez Daily Prospector
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Prospector Publishing Co.
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FRIDAY, MAY 2 4, 1912.
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
After all is said and done Col.
lloosevelt will not be llie nominee
<>f ilie Republican parly. The
eampaign lias gone to too great
lengths; there has been too nnieh
bitterness engendi rod and too
many personalities indulged in to
ever permit of the two candidates
coming together, even if to agree
upon a third party. Taft con
trols the machine, and is at the
throttle »»f the steam roller. With
two-thirds of the national com
mittee at his back lie will pass
upon the credentials 01 all con
testing deiegat ions and in view oj
the liat.iie of the preliminary|
lampaign which we have been
experiencing it would really be
loo much ti» ask of the Taft par
tisans to surrender the control of
the convention to the opponents.
The Taft forces is composed of
the machine, officeholders and
hangers on. They will lake and!
keep their hands on all in sight.!
Roosevelt will not In* the llepub
'ics*n nominee. Taft will either
i»«• Ibi' parly's standard bearer orj
will mime the individual wln» will I
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FORGETTING THE TITANIC.
Kveu great horrors are «|iiick—
|v forgot leu in lliis work-a-day j
world of ours. The While Star'
liner Hall if arrived at. New York |
f lie oilier day with the pusscn-I
gers protesting lircaiisf «o much i
space on Hie vessel had been f-i'iv— j
ei\ lo (li«* areoiuinodatiou • • I" lit'e-j
boats. j
Captain Hanson said lliat many
of Hie passengers prolesled vig
orously because so much of the
deek space was occupied J)y Hie
hoals. ShuN'lehourd and ocean
golf had lo he abandoned, and de
votees of these pastimes were,
according to the captain, highly
indignant.
There were ]8I(» persons on'
hoard, .and the lifeboats, it was I
asserted, would hold 1813 pas
sengers.
This happened on the day fol
lowing tin* arrival of I lie cable-!
-hip carrying the bodies of sev-1
eral hundred <*1 I lie dead who lost
their li\i's in Hie Titanic wreck.
The ineith-nl illuslrates I lie im- i
legisalion by mn.
gress. supplemented by interna-;
lion agreeiiienls, requiring lliei
steamship companies lo furnish'
liefsavinn eipiipinent sufficient j
for accommodal ion of all passen-!
gers and members of (lie ships' I
crews, before the lesson of the j
Titanic horror is entirely forgot-i
ten.
THE DEBT TO MR. TAFT.
Some «»r I lie more imiI husias
I i<* nf President TafI s support
t>rs--aml ii•»I many nf litem are
ver\ fill husiasl ie these days—an*
offer iujr I Ik* argument thai the
It**|mihIican parly nwrs il lo I In*
president I«• remiminale him. just
10 preserve tli«* |m• Iil jcaI prece
dents of I In* parly. These pen
lleinen ailmil llial I hey are very
dubious about the result of I'
November elect inn, if Mr. Tafl.
sJmuhl ln> renominated. Iml I hey
slill insist I h;«I I In* parly "owes
11 t«i Tafl" |n pu him a the head
of |Ii«* lirki'l.
j Wh(lI possible henelll could
come In Mr. Tafl from n nomi
-nation followed by a losinp enm
paipn and defeat al I In* polls?
What could lhal brinfr him ex
cept hit initial ion. Would il not
ftx his'place in history as a pres
ident who brought his party down
in one term from overwhelming
j-.nwer to weakness and loss of
authority?
Then Hie adverse judgment
passed upon him would be lhat
of Mir* country, not Iho parly.
Then ho conM in no wav escape
Iho consofpienoes of fief«*aI. If
would b" impossible, to find com
fort in flie claim which bin ad
mirers onn make if ho is refused
a nominal ion til. Chicago, lhat
men aelive in polities misjudged
him hill llie people would have
approved bis record and called
for four years more of his sor
vioes if lliov had been given an
opportunity (o do so.
Of all illogical positions laken
in politics Ibis year the least
reasonable is lhat of Iho Tftft, Re
publicans who say that ho ought,
to bo renominated, even I hough
sure to be beaten at tbe polls
next fall. The Republican parly
owes no man any such sacrifice
of its own interests and oppor
tunities for usefulness. And no
such nomination, leading to de
feat and humiliation, could pay a
real debt for good service to the
party or the country.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The almanacs say there will be
a number of total eclipses this
year. Lei's see—Taft, Harmon,
Wilson.
The Department of Justice at
Washington has decided to look
into the Mirror glass trust.
Mary Garden has one hundred
pair of hose, while our entire lire
department has but one line.
The "good old days" have come
back to Cubans, now that they
have begun fighting betwen I hem
selves.
Up to the Ohio primaries the
Harmon boom appeared to be suf
fering from political locomotor
ataxia.
Harry Thaw denies that he is
insane, but admits that lie is
simply cra/.v to get out of Mat
tea wan.
Chicago is watching a conlesl
fop supremacy between the pow
it of I lie press ami the power of
I 111' pi'l'S^IIUMI.
Thi' beef trust lias faili'il lo
explain whether I In? advance in
prices i< iliu* lo llii» drought nr
loo tniii'li rain.
Afli*r all arguments have been
si11iiiii11i'i|t I In' cost of living,
however, depends much on I lie
person doing lln- living.
Banker Morse's ease demon
strates that the fresh air cure is
as effective with convicts as it i
willi tnliercnlosis sufferers.
Ohio, Tafl's native slate, and!
Illinois, the home of several rah-1
inel officers, returned the rom. |
plitneiil hy voting for Teddy.
Demands are being made for
ihe resignation of Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson, lml the old
man is rather hard o' heariiT.
A (California manufacturer has
lieen arresied for adulleraling
hologna sausage. It would he in.
leresling lo know what lie did it
with.
Most of these polilieians who
aie telling you that I hey waul to
saw Ihe country are not plan
ning |o begin work on Ihe .job un
til I hey get on Ihe payroll.
(Congressman Willis says that!
Champ Clark has the greatest
iniml in Washington. Well, none
of the other presidential candi
dates are there very much.
A tribe in West Africa prohib
its >ls orators from talking long
er than they can stand on one
fool. This rule would work well
in this country until November
next.
Xo one can stand tin* blame for
the Titanic disaster with less
perturhalion than the captain of
I hi' ill-fated steamer, unless it be
the others who went down with
the vessel.
Now that Abe Huef is free again
lie has begun telling how crook
ed he and his palls have been. If
he can be prevailed upon to tell
the truth lii.s exposure will make
jnleiesling reading.
Senator Hailey of Texas de
clares that he is disgusted with
existing political conditions,
which is calculated to make most
of us better satisfied with exist
ing political conditions.
Those Canadian bondholders
are really in earnest in their at
tempt In have Uncle Sam pur
chase the Alaska Northern rail
road. If Ihe fight keeps up much
longer the lohhy will have drank
tip Ihe price of Ihe road.
Heienlists elaim (o have dis
covered a lierelofore unknown
j raee inhabiting what is now Wis
consin. Apparently their de
>ccudaols are inhabiting' Ihe
! same »»Irl huntintr ground.
With a true Christian spirit,
ll«»v. Clarence T. V. Hicheson, who
was electrocuted for murdering
his fianee, "forgives his fine
mi.-p." Nothing is said ahout his
hav*ng a?kcd for forgiveness.
Hanker Summers, of Juneau,
should have almost a reverence
for th«> word "concurrently."
Sentenced to live years <>n each
of sixty-six counts, if the word
"consecutively" had hoen substi
tuted by Judge Lyons, we should
hesitate to follow the unfortun
ate man during his long exile of
servitude.—Alaskan.
The busy tly may as well hunt
, the eyelone eellar. A beauty ex
pert declares that fly swatting
will improve the feminine figure.
Sniiftcribe for the Prospector.
THE MAJESTIC
AMUSEMENT CO.
H. C. DAVIS, Mgr.
Complete ohange of program on
8unday, 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.
LA TOUCHE & PECK. Mora.
Office Smythie'i Tailor Shop I'kone 102
Service to All Parti of Town. Calls Aoiwered Promptly
Boiiorn Coof identia1
House and Carpet Cleaning
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pump* and
Well Points.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
Iron Pipe, Fittings.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Reports on Minks
Patent Surveys
Genebal. Mining Engineering
'Phone No. 103
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
oillcp in Harrington HUIk.
on Water Front Hps- I'lione. IPfl
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10]
>\.B.
Meet every Tuesduy evening at 8 o'cloeli in
K»«tle Hull- All members request*.! t° at
tend D. II. SI,KKM. ArticChief
Valdes Lodge
No 168.
Free and Acceptrd MusonsI
iit'KiMiir i oinnsiiniciuions nrst Wednesday io
each month in McKinley Hall. Visitors always
wclcomc.
•lames H. Patterson..W. M
C. O. Reynolds. Sec
1.0. (
0. F.
V|j,|tln(f ami local Old Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Valdcz Odd Fellows* Club. Ketfular
meetings, first and thinl Monday.
Call on P. S. HUNT, Secretary.
FOE
VALDKZ AERIK No. 1971
Mcol every Friday. 8 n. m. Kutrle Hull
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing bnt bent materials used.
FRESH BREAD DAIL\
All klmlH of Oaken, Plen, etc.
nin<1»« to order
WOOD '& HENRICH, Prop..
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fr«>h Goodi-Reiioiuble PHmi
FRESH EGGS
Do You Enjoy Elating Fresh Laid Eggs?
We have just started a Chicken
Ranch and will be able to supply
our customers with Fresh Eggs
EVERY EGG GUARANTEED
Our chicken ranch is located in our window
so see for yourself.
Copper River
Draying Co.
FYeitcliiint; ami passengers to all parts
of tlie imeri->r. tjcncrul 'I'ruvkiiiK
bill. Wood, - Proprietor
McKlnlcy St.- VaUlcr
I
ffsvp Hotel
SEATTLE
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THE BEST Or EVEPYTHINfi
IN THE HEART Of" THEOTY ,
135RooHsWmifcTN-505uffuRoo»ts
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GEORGE: SEXTON, Prop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward, Alaska
FISHER'S BLEND
FLOUR
AT
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON*
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Embalmers
Funeral Directors
148 GEO. ROBBINS, Mfr.
Steam Heat Electric LigbU
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modem Convenience*
Good Tijr DIICCCT G ° °d
Goods | nt DUrm Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and ¥ ¥ Tll/f PT7I? ant* Building
Puget Sound IVIIjIZ^JLv Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
the
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
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regal* EL SIDELO, Senator*, Millionaire*
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To .The Trade
We do a
general
Banking
Business
S'BLUM & ©•
— INCORPORATED —
BANKERS
CAPI TA L $ 200.000." )
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit.