Valdez Daily Prospector
PDDLISREO By THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
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OJe Dollar per Month: Twelve Dollars per Year
MONDAY, AUGUST J9, 1912.
settled policy toward de
velopment OF WATER
POWER.
The conservation of natural re
sources includes that of water
power. 'Harnessing water power
to supply the entire country with
motive power and also, though
perhaps in less degree, with light
and heat may yet prove to he the
supreme service to be rendered to
the nation by conservation.
Water power utilised is power
lost forever. With no other nat
ural resource is this the ease. Thq
u 11 felled forest grows in quantity
and value. The unmined ore re
mains undiminished and increas
es in worth. Hut wasted water
power not only is dead loss but
eauses the needless employment
of coal and oil for the genera
lion of power that water eould
and should supply.
J. liese UICIS IIIUKC I IK* develop
ment of water power Iranseend
ent in importance to the public,
ami a rijrlil policy of nalional reg
ulation or control a thing to be
sought until found. There ex
ists imperative need fur the es
tablishment nf a national com
mission by the government that
.-ball study Hie subject through
and lay tbe basis for an intelli
gent and permaneul policy fop Hie
government to pursue.
Consideration of certain facts
and figures emphasizes the neces
sity of such study and of econom
ic statesmanship.
The annual consumption of coal
by this country produces 100,000,
000 horsepower yearly. The de
partment of the interior has cal
culated that "were all practical
storage sites utilized and the wa
ter properly applied there might
eventually be established at least
200,000,000 horsepower.
Commissioner Smith, of the
bureau of corporations, has stat
ed that "the water power develop
ed and that, practically capable
of development probably does not
exceed 25,000,000 horsepower."
lie refers to commercial availa
bility, the department of the in
terior both to this and to engi
neering capability.
The public should keep its eyej
on tbe fact that I be elect rieal and
engineering trusts are moving
steadily toward the monopoliza
tion of actual and potential water
power. Public welfare requires
a settled nalional policy as to this
resource.-Spokesman-Review.
THE LAW OF DISCOVERY.
If Iho land department nf the
United States should soo fit by its
rulings to rosfrjol tho interpreta
Ii«>11 of law <>f discovery in such
manner as to make I ho most ex
ceptional mineral showings nec
essary In soeuro palonl, if will he
citnii' increasingly urgent that I ho
present law is ii<>1 only useless
I it i ( f»mlish. wh Hi* some amond
nionl or il ha# long boon con
sidered advisable by (lie hosl stu
dents of I ho Mih.j'of. Except in
1 ho oaso »>f dispute ovor fi11<» If)
H r« mi ml. llio mallor «if discovery
has for years hoon Iron I oil as ol
sin,-ill importance, and Ihoro aro
undoubtedly many instances of
mine titles secured willi on I any
imporlani mineral discovery as a
prooedonl lo llio filing of location
papers. Bnl I ho modorn "con
servalion" movomonl has devol
opod a certain squcamishncss
among officials lhal is apf lo
ranso a greaf deal of annoyance
lo claimants who aro sinooro in
Ihoir efforts lo dovclop Iho conn
fry's resources.
An enforcement of fhe view of
fho law fakon by Iho land depart
ment would indefinitely postpone
fhe devolnpmonl of Iho mineraal
wealfh of Princo William sound.
Prospectors are. as a rnlo, poor,
I he country bark from I he waler
is difficult of ncces# and lo mako
a sufficient mineral showing lo
constitute a valid discovery is bo_
yond I he means of Iho very men
who aro opening the country.
It may be urged that any pasf
winking at the law of discovery
would not .justify a continuauneo
of tho winking policy, now that
Iho authorities have learned how
negligent fhey have been all these
years. Even so, If the law of dis
covery Is not suitable to the con
ditions of discovery, the condl
tions of discovery will have to re
main and the law will have to bo
put out of the way of develop
ment. Conservationists to the
contrary, mineral development is
bound to continue.-Mining Science
tHE woRLb id What wc maki
it, ;
The present gambling scandals
in New York only helps to bring
to mind that our anti-gambling
laws serve to make these scandals
possible. To a certain extent
gambling is what wc make it.
From the earliest antiquity there
is hardly a record of a people that
did not gamble. According to
their inspiration, laws against
ghmbling have as much to do
in determining the character of
the vice as they do in checking
its practice.
Ancient CJreeco and Rome leg
islated against gambling, not be
cause it was immoral, but because
it was debilitating and effeminate.
The government wanted warriors
more than sports. In harmony
with this idea gambling naturally
fell into I ho hands of the weak*
and frivolous. The games and
(heir volaries were alike hold in
contempt.
it took religion several centur
ies to discover that gambling is
inherently wrong. Even to this
day we find it in one guise or an
other in church and-charily ba
zaars-hand in hand with good
works. In plaees where I lie ec
clesiastical powers finally con
demned it and declared its follow
ers to be devoted to damnation,
the brethren who were in the hab
it «>f taking rhanres simply ac
cepted damnation and persisted in
their sports.
For hundreds «»f years what was
called good society regarded with
special favor the high players.
The gamblers therefore lived up
to their reputation. They had a
true code of honor. Many a
gamester, demoralized in some
fashion into evil practices, died
with his boots on, the victim of a
superior gentleman's rapier or
pistol. When gambling was a so
cial function the blackleg did not
thrive.
Lotteries and raffles and cast
ing lots have always had the high
est sanction. Governments,
churches and hospitals have been
sustained and positions of honor
bestowed by them. Within a year
we have disposed of public land
by lottery as being the fairest
method of distribution where the
prizeseekcrs outnumbered the
prizes.
As recently as April last the
senators from the new states of
Arizona and New Mexico solemnly
drew lots to decide on whom the!
long and short terms should fall.
We have outlawed gambling and
of course the gambler has become
an outlaw. There is only one Ihing
to do with an outlaw and that is
to destroy him-. We make few
sincere attempts in that direction.
Onr usual course is to let crooked
politicians and policemen black
mail him and then give him im
munity to fleece the public with
his crooked games.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Tho ih»\v cocktail ral!<•*! th«• Bull
jMoo.si' should insure n rough
house, .'ill right.
Tin* only lost for a progressive
•s lo ho a blind followor «»f Iho
Big I Am «tf Oyster Bay.
Now York i s a big enough I own
all righl. Mayho dial's why hor
scandals aro always s«» big and
nasty.
All Iho roconl election candi
dal o.s will rocoivo certificates of
having ran hnl Ilarrais. lie will
got an afTidavil.
Tho onliro system of police
graft is founded on tho sucker
who just has to go against tho
other fellow's game.
Col. Hrvan charges Col. Roose
velt with being long oi^ criticism
and short on construction. Kind
of short changing us, as it wore.
There is one editor whom wc
would all he delighted to see take
a long vacation, and that is the
editor of the Congressional Rec
ord.
A writer for print goes over it
carefully several times, and thon
an editor goes over It again.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to give
some of Iho same sort of atten
tion to tho letters you write?
There ig a whole lot in careful
"editing."
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VALDEZ. ALASKA
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Qenebal. Mining Engineering
Phone No. 103
F. BUTTERWORTH
{Civil Engineer and?
|U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
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NOTIOE TO CREDITORS.
In the United States Commission
er's Court. ex officio judge in
Probate, Valdoz Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
Louis Camicia, deceased.-Noticc
to creditors.
Notico is hereby given by tho
undersigned administrators of the
estate of Louis Camicia, deceas
ed, to the cfeditors of, and all per
sons having claims against th.»
said estate, to exhibit them with
tho necessary vouchers, within
six (6) months after tho flrst pub
lication of thi8 notice, to the said
administrators at tho ofTico of C.
E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska, the
same being tho placo for the
transaction of the business of said
estate.
Dated at Valdoz, Alaska, this
1st day of August, 1912.
JAMES FISH.
W. IH. CA8WELL.
Administrators of the Estate of
Louis Camicia, deceased.
Fir t publication Aug. 12, 1912.
Last publication Sept. 12, 1912.
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