Valdez Daily Prospector
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Prospector Publishing Co.
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One Dollar per Month: TweW« Dollars per Year
THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1012
THE QLACIAL STREAM.
Resting in the belief that Hie
government appropriation for
the building <»f Hie dyke will not
become available in lime t<> pre
vent the city from Ibis year's
rushing waters, i>r. Boyle will
present In the council a plan by
which il is thought the waters
ran be held in check this year, at
a nominal cost as appears in an
other column. We are of the
opinion that I)r. Boyle is right, as
similar methods have been used
w'th success 611 the line of the
Copper River road, where the
melting waters of Spencer gla
cier were controlled within a
comparatively narrow channel for
two or more years. The experi
ment is well worth trying and has
the merit of beinK comparative
ly inexpensive.
GROWING POTATOES IN ALAS
KA.
Three million people in north
ern Europe, it has been estimat
ed, are now earning their live
lihood by agriculture in a cli
mate and under conditions very
similar to those prevailing in
the Tanana valley, Alaska. It was J
one of the missions of the Alas-I
ka-Yukon-Pacillc exposition in
Seattle in I t)0U to remind the'
world that instead of being all
snow and ice, with gold for the
prospector and scenic wonders
for I he tourist, the northern ter
ritory held thousands of acres of
fine farming land from which
comfortable livings might be
made.
The government experiment
station at Fairbanks .s carrying
on this work of enlightenment,
■* and doing a great service for the
Alaska farmer in helping him 1o
decide what he can 'grow with
profit and what, he should leave
to other climates and conditions
Cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes,
turnips, lettuce, rhubarb, carrots, 1
beets, parsnips, radishes, onions,!
celery, encumbers and mush- j
rooms have all been raised wilhi
an encouraging degreee of sue- j
cess, and market conditions ar.'i
such that there is a danger ofj
l!ic supply overbalancing lhed'*-j
mand. The possibility of nia!'.i-j
iiifr early varieties of oats, bar-j
ley and I'nll grains has also 1 »«•.• 11 i
proved beyond further •|ueslion-|
nip:.
ir,f (ill III* IIIH.^I | | | | | H l| I «| ■ i |. |
work of I lie demonstration sta-|
i it'll lias Ih'i'ii ils ex per i men I s with ]
potatoes. || is est inialed Hint the!
I airbanks district alone pays out
$ I(10,(10(1 annually Tor tubers,
nearly half of which (toes lo Hie
transportation eonipanies. The
report of J. \V. Ncal, superinlcml
en| of I he demonstration farii'.
points out that ton farmers ofj
the district might loilay he mak
ing SI.ooo each from potato
patches instead of sending this
sum onl of Alaska.
Willi liberal application nf fer- j
lilizcrs. the report declares, ten I
Ions of potatoes per acre can be
easily raised. On the experiment
farm IhnV acres of Kurcka, Kai'ly
Ohio and Oold Oin potatoes av
eraged six Ions per acre all over
Iho Held on second year unfertil
ized ground. Willi due allowance
for loss in sorting and grading,
Ibis crop was figured at $000 per
acre. The land had been clear
ed and put in condition for plant
ing at a cost of $200 per acre.
Adding to this the cost of culti
vating, seed, planting, digging
and sacking, the outlay approxi
mated $500 an acre—more than
paid for by the first, year's crop.
RIQHT8 OF REPORTERS.
Newspaper reporters are bound
lo keep faith with the men who
give them confidential informa
tion, else lose much of their val
ue and usefulness to society. He
sides, it in the honorablo thing
lo do.
The case of Julius Orunow, a
Jersey (lily reporter, who refused
to divulge the source of his in
formation concerning graft in a
certain department of the public
service, is directly in point. Haled
into court, Orunow said he be
lieved the grand jury had no right
lo ask him to divulge the names
of persons who had enabled him
to expose the existence of graft
in the public service. Orunow was
right, ami it was xvorso than
asinine for the court lo line him
for contompt.
(Srunow. had performed his
public dut> when he exposed the
Kraft and uncovered a sufllcient
number of leads to enable the
grand jury to get at all the facts
and to tlx the responsibility
where it belonged. In such cir
cumstances to ask that he reveal
the names of the men who had
j given him information in confl
i dence, was a mean and coutemp
| tiblc invasion of his personal and
professional rights; and for a
judge to tine him for contempt
because he bad courage and man
hood enough to stand upon his
honor, pledged when he had
promised not to reveal the sour
ces of his information, was an
act of judicial tyranny not at all 1
becoming to the American bench. I
1 Reporters have rights which 1
even courts are bound to respect, '
and one of these rights is to re
fuse, even if they have to go lo
jail for the refusal, to divulge the
confidential sources of their in
formation. The honorable re
porter would rather go to jail
than to break his word. Judges
who ask reporters to fling their
honor away would make cowards 1
and weaklings out of men who
always should be noted for their 1
courage, strength of character
and inherent honesty. Without
reporters of the right sort the
American press would become a
danger to the American people.
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. «
WICKERS HAM'S CANDIDACY
Tin* injection (if James Wick- I
ersham info I In* field of politics
adds zest to fho gallic. It will
worry no one, save perhaps
Shaekleford's unfortunate candi
date. Wo opine, however, that '
Judge Wickersham will lind pol- J
ilieal conditions much changed
since he, last, visited Alaska. The
solid phalanx heretofore found
supporting the delegate have, in
a very large measure, returned
to their former political altllia
lions, thus leaving the Fairbanks
lawyer with his personal follow- <
ing alone to carry him through.
It must he home in mind that -
Wickersham's former political
successes were as much due to
the weakness of his opponents as
his own personal strength, and
the issues he then stood for —is
sues now practically settled for
ever, s'lire the people of the na
tion have lioen awakened to their
gravity. Mis fighting proclivi
ties will avail him hut little in j
the coming contest, leaving himjj
hut little else than to enact the I,
role of Don Quixote, so artistic-I
ally (old l>y Don Cervantes. When
lie reviews his ranks, he will lind
many of his old guard missing,
and when the vole is counted he
will miss the old guard. The
people of Alaska have come to \
Hut conclusion that this territory
is in sore need of national help
and they fully realize the futil
ity of heiu'g represented in Wash- <
inglon by a delegate persona non
grata with the powers that he.
They know that in case Taft is
elected .Fudge Wickersham will
lie compelled to remain without
the storm door: in case the Dem
ocracy triufinphs, he will not be
in harmony with the dominant
parly. Alaska cannot afford to
resolve itself into a political ex
perimental station at this period
of her development, nor does she
longer need an animated can of
political ehloi'ide of lime to dis- i
infect the abuses with which at ■
one lime she was surrounded.
EDITORIAL NOTE8.
The death of E. C. Hawkins re
moves one who had an abiding
faith in the possibilities of Val
dez. His death, and that of Mich
ael J. Honey, removed the two
great constructive forcos of the
Copper Hivcr road.
' It looks as if National Commit
teeman Shackleford has succeed
ed in ridding himself of the only
judicial ofllcer whom ho did not
create. He'll have a cinch.
Five candidates in the running
will tend toward an interesting
ami lively campaign, but then,
some of them will do all their
running before election.
"Buck the lino hard," but don't
slug the roforee and break up the
gamo because you are loosing.
It's not good sportsmanship and
it's.not good politics.
If all John C. Chase said the
Socialists would do, when in pow
er, was dono, not ono of us would'
care for passage to heaven.
It is claimed Roosevelt's cam.
paign manager spends most of
his lime explaining to the Colonel
how it happened.
Gilmore's four years services
to Wickcrsham does not count
against his acceptance of the Re
publican nomination.
Many a pair of hungry eyes
lire watching for I In? opening of
the Guggenheim pork bar'l.
When a man gels the worst of
il, he (inds it dilllcult to make the
liest of il.
Even I he children will cast a
side their Teddy hears.
If you are out of letterheads
sail and see our new line of bond
iapers. The finest ever brought
o Valdez.
THE MAJESTIC
AMUSEMENT CO.
H. C. DAVIS, Mgr.
Complete change of program on
8unday, Tuesday and Thursday
A/eek days one show at 8 p. m.
Sundays two shows at 8 and
9:15 p. m.
VAUDEVILLE SPECIALTIES
PICTURES WORTH WHILE
lack 8urryhne, Musical Director.
MINING ENGINEER !
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALDKZ. ALASKA
Ibportb on Minks
9atknt Sukybyb
Sbnbbal. Mining Enoinecrino
Phonb No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
{Civil Engineer and'
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
)ftlce in Harrington Hldtr.
on Water Front Res- Phone. 189
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
>Ieet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in
Catrle Hall All members requested t° at
end T- G. QUINN. ArticOhief
Valdez I/Odge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
iach month in MeKinley Hall. Visitors always
velcome.
James H. 1'fttterson..W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
LO.
0. F.
Visiting nnd local Odd Fellows nrc rc
miestcd to register their mime with tno
Valdez Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meetings. Hrst nnd third Monday.
Call on P. S. HUNT. Sccrctarv.
FOE
V ALDBZ AKKIK No. 1971
•cct every Friday, 8 d. in. Knirlc Hall
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing bnt best materials used.
FRESH BREAD DAIL\
All kinds of Cakes, Pies, etc.
made to order
WOOD 3c HENRICH, Props.
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZUW, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fr«»h Good*-Rsa«onabl« PHc«»
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturer! of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam* and Hot
Watov HMtlnf, Pump* and
Well Point..
SliHt M«Ul Work of Ertry
DMcription, Hom Vtlrw,
Iron Pip*, Fittlac*.
.Scene at Nezv Show— •*
three new StylefStetson ttats.
OUR business has grown
to its present size because
of the values we have given. Every
bit of merchandise we sell is the best
obtainable at its price. That is why
we feature "Stetson" hats. Let your
new hat be a "Stetson".
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting urn! passengers to all imrts
of the interior. CJenerul Trucking
fckl. Wood, , . - Proprietor
McKinlcy St. Valdes
$1«up Hotel
EUROPEAN^
sfxrri/r
Cm as. Pewy, mop.
THE BEST Or EVEPYTHING
IN THE HEART OF THEClTY ,
135RooMsWiTtiBmi-505AMPif Rooms
t When In Seward Stop at the
li COLEMAN HOUSE
<> GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward, Alaska
FISHER'S BLEND
FLOUR
fAT
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON.
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Embalmers
Funeral Directors
REE ,4* CEO. ROBBINS, Mgr.
Steam Heat Electric Lights
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Room* . All Modern Convenience*
Good Tlir niirrrT Good j
Goods I nt DUrrtl Goods |
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and | | Tli^DCQ Building
Puget Sound 1-i vJ IVIIjJLjXy. Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Zbt
Tairbanks Bar
George Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
I
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, R*t*li 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
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department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificate* of Deposit.