Valdez Daily Prospector
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Prospector Publishing Co.
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One Dollar iKir Month: Twelve Dollars v»cr Year
WEDNESDAY, JANUA11Y 31, 1912
HAIL TO THE SOURDOUGHS.'
The Yukon Order of I'ioneers
recently celebrated the seven
teenth anniversary of the found
ing of the order. Of the intrepid
hand that gathered at Fortyinile
in those early days, many are yet
in the vast. Yukon, striving for its
development. Men who belonged
to the lodges of Forlymilo and
Circle have since opened the Klon
dike, and a great many have par
ticipated prominently in the mak
ing of the splendid camps at. Fair
hanks, Koyukuk, Nome, Iditarod,
llampar.t and lluhy—a galaxy of
gold producers that holds the
world's record.
The Sourdoughs of Korlyniile
and Circle days hold I he honor of
having slarled ID** Yukon on its
upward career, hut I here are now
members «»f I lie order who rame
a IiI Mi* laler, men who joined in
the Ursl imi5-11 lo Klondike, who
also are eonuled as worlhy mem
bers of I lie order.
All who came laler must recog
nize the delil thai Yukon owes lo
those early comers. They faced
,'privalion and all oilier frontier
perils and look the long chance
of failure in their <|uesl. Many of
I hem have been rewarded hand
somely for their faith in the
country. Those who have not
carried out vast fori lines in gold
perhaps have gotten just as much
genuine good out of life. After
all. there is no freer, happier life
than that of the Yukoner. The
majority of the prospectors re
main prospectors or minors. To
that class Yukon must pay I he
highest respect.
No other man is or ever will be
more important To this region
than the prospector and the min
er. And, to discriminate between
the prospector and the miner, the
prospector, being the first in the
land, the man who blazes the way
to all discoveries and all devel
opment, must receive first hon
ors. He fought to get into the
country. Others followed* True,
the early traders and missionar
ies came first, but in another
sense. The first traders came to
deal with Indians; (lie mission
aries lo preach to the Indians.
The men whom Yukoners are
pleased lo term prospectors are
the firsl who came to develop I he
region and open the way for the.
occupation and development of
the country by the whiles. The
magnificent volume of wealth that
fias been poured info the lap of
the world by the miners of Yu
kon is due to the courageous
hearts of that first little hand of
sourdoughs.
TIM' pioneers -till form a stal
wart host in the Yukon, minify,
ing into nil quaHers in a v.^sl,
region now extending from Brit
ish C.olninltia lo Die Arelie. from
Mackenzie lo Ucrintr sea. Their
eflforls will not cease until they
arc called across (In* <ireal l>i
\ i«l«*. The wealth which lliey and
llipir I ircless successors will y«»|.
produce is inroiipeivahle.
Kvfry mother ami pvpp.v father,
••very society and insliluliou will
do a splendid scrvipe in leaching
Hip youlii of Hie land the full
meaning of I lie great work of Hip
sourdoughs of Yukon. Yukoncrs,
of laler advenl. and I lie world a I.
large today owe sullieient to the
Yukon pioneers to wararnt all in
today raising the glass with the
fervent cxelamaHon: "Vive le
Sourdough !"--Da*vson News.
Weather Report.
Maximum lemperalure. . . ,3i
Minimum lemperalurr.. . . - •
Mean lemperalure 29
Teiiiperalui'C at 0 p. in....*.'!)
Prcpjpital ion >17
Cloudy, light hree/.e N. K.
K. M. HI.ADK, Observer.
Still More Prizes.
At Hie Orpheum tonight there
will lie a few more prizes given
away |n the lucky ones attending
tonight's show. Thorp was a hig
attendance last evening and all
declared the following pirlurcH
Jlfip. Program:
Overture, orchestra.
"The Impostor," an imposing
military drama.
Illustrated song hy Mr. (lillia.
"The Apache's llevenge," sen
sational.
"5,000 Howard," a piclurr full
of PXPtnileenl and daring.
Selcclions, orchestra.
OLD MEASURE
IS INTRODUCED
Bill to Provide for Extension of
Limits of Incorporated
Towns
On January 10 lJelegale Wiek
ersham introduced a bill in the
house to authorize t tic extension
of the boundaries and lo include
additional areas within incorpor
ted towns in Alaska. The measuro
was referred lo the ronfmiltee on
territories of tin' house.
A similar measure was intro
duced last year but was never re
ported to the house by the com
mittee. Two towns in Alaska,
Yaldez and Ketchikan, are desir
ous of extending their boundaries
but the measure authorizing the
extension met with opposition be
fore I In* eomiuilleo and re
sulted ill ils failure to lie report
ed. Should tin' measure become
law it will provide that any com
munity in I lie district of Alaska
having' lifI> <»r limn! permanent
! inhabitants, being iinmediat 'ly
adjoining any incorporated town,
may become incorporated into and
a part of such incorporated town
by complying with ils reguht
I ions.
NEW MINING COMPANY
ORGANIZED LAST NIGHT
(Coninuod on page 21
lidenlly believed that the develop
ment will make such a showing
that the predion of a mill for
I lie treatment of the ore will be
warranted before Ihe snow leaves
the ground next spring.
Those interested in Ihe new
corporation are II. B. Ingram,
Win. E. I/>e, Andy Dieringer, R.
T. Larson, Chris Robertson, Fred
Waller, Oscar E. Olsen, C. W.
Hush, Ted Johnson. Mrs. Emma
Jensen, Frank M. Kempfer, Geo.
J. Love. 'II. T. Whitley, R. P. Fer
guson. O. Olsen, Win. A. Thomas,
George llobart, Fred Bing, John
H. -Biggs and John V. Stoler.
MOVING SUPLIE8
TO 8LATE CREEK
1'rod Kramer, who has born
hauling food ouf nvor Iho trail,
will begin tomorrow morning to
move his supplies for operations
on Slate creek next summer. He
purchased the oullrJ from the V.
T*. & M. store and \\.;ll relay the
shipment In the i 111oi
Congregate IOhuroh Choir.
A moot in? i* rro.-Khnize Ihn
i choir was held at Ihr parsonage
IwhI night. There wuh a nice at
tendance and several names
handed in of person* willing lo
assist. Tim Ilev. .folmson .said lie
had n'oHvrd apologias from sev
eral wno would ho pleased tr> h«*lp
in the choir, though they could
not hIlend litis meeting. II wnn
decided lo fix Thursday nighl as
practice night. 01 hern wi 11 iijg to
join I ho choir won hi he welcomed
indeed.
I If you are out of letterheads
call and see our now line of hond
papers. The finest ever brought
to Valdez.
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Complete change of program:
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Saturday Matinee at 2:30 p. m.
Children under 14, 10 c.
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PICTURES WORTH WHILE
TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY a und 0:18
MISS O'MALLEY, Pianiat
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M. 1
Rmfonre on Minks
Patbht SuNrmrs
Gfnebal. Mining EnoinbmniNa
Phone No. 10a
f. butterworth;
Civil Engineer and)
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Valdes Lodge No. 168
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Regular Communications first Wednesday io
cacli month in MeKinley Hall. Visitors always
welcome.
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C. C- Reynolds. Sec
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meetings, first nnd third Monday.
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