Valdez Daily Prospector
PUHL.1SHKD BY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
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One Dollar per Month: Twolve Dollars per Year
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1912.
GOOD TIMES COMING.
The news that the Senate com
mittee had recommended the ap
propriation for the dyke has cre
ated an optimstic feeling in Yal
dez such as no other item of news
has been able to accomplish. It
has resulted in renewed activity
on I ho part of the citizens to urge
upon friends in the Senate and
Congress to secure speedy pass
age of the measure making the
appropriation immediately avail
able.
While there is nothing definite
as to the fate of the bill the citi
zens of Yaldez have good reason
to hope that the appropriation will
be made. The property of the
federal government in Yaldez is
worth much more, than the sum
asked to protect it and the whole
town from the glacier stream.
Yaldez wants the government
railroad to interior Alaska if she
is entitled to it. This town is
willing to stand on its merits in
the matter of the railroad. If it
can be shown that some oilier
coast terminal possesses more ad
vantages and would prove more
beneficial to Alaska as a whole the
citizens of Yaldez will he content
to await the time when business
will demand a railroad If) the in
terior from its bay. At present
Yaldez wants the dyke and must
have it.
The appropriation will mean
much to Yaldez, much more than
the mere $55,000 which will be put
into circulation here for labor.
It will settle the -dyke question,
which has added to the burden
of taxation every year and will
give a permanency and stability
to Yaldez real estate which has
been lacking through fear of the
ravages of the glacier stream.
The value of real estate will in
crease many limes the sum ex
pended by I lie trovorumcnl for the
work.
The mines surrounding Yaldez,
both gold and eopper, are rapid
ly coming to the front. The out- j
look warrant.*; preparations for aj
better class of buildings than
'property owners were .justified in |
erecting so long as I hey were sub
ject to destruction by the glacier!
stream. The granting of (lie dyke !
appropriation will be the signal!
for an increase in the price of Val
dez real estate and a building [
boom such as the town lias never)
witnessed.
REMEMBER THE ALAMO.
Tln» news from Washington i
ihal President Taft lias issued a
proclamalinn wanting all Amer
ican citizens lo leave Mexico
moans Ihal I In* time has come
when I he United Slates niusl call
a halt lo lln> disorders in the
neighboring republic.
Intervention on Ihe pari of
America was hound lo come soon
er or later as a mailer of self
defense. To permit Ihe struggle
to he eonlinued indefinitely would
he lo invite some other foreign
power lo slop in and demand
pence. (Sermany, Britain and
Franco have large interests in
Mexico and musl ho Iired of the
uncertainly attending their in
vestments in that country. The
United Stales could not permit any
foreign power to interfere in Mex
ico as such intervention would
mean that Ihe nation which used
its good offices in restoring peace
would probably be granted con
eossions in Ihe way of a strip of
territory for a naval base at our
very doors.
It may even be necessary for
America lo maintain a similar
course with Mexico as with Cuba.
For fifty years before Ihe country
came under the control of Presi
dent Diaz its history was one of
bloodshed and disorder. For
twenty-five years Diaz ruled Mex
ico with an iron hand and it was
freely prediclod that after him
would come disorder and strife.
The prophecies bid fair to bo ful
filled if Mexico is left to her own
devices.
Should the Mexicans attempt to
carry out their threat to massa
oro American citizens residing in
that country in retaliation for in
tervention on the part of the
United Rlalos it will moan the
winding up of that country as an
independent republic for many
years lo t?omo and possibly for
all lime. America will demand full
satisfaction for the lives of her
citizens and the loss of their
property and she must do I ho
same for all foreigners or other
nations will demand the right to
interfere.
President Taft is a lover of
Ipeace and will be slow to involve
[the nation in a war with Mex
| ico or any country. Other na
tions have no doubt brought dip
lomatic pressure to bear and his
proclamation is a warning to all
foreigners as well as to Ameri
can citizens.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
During' the latter days of this
month the Democratic territorial
convention will convene in this
city, for the purpose of nomiuat
inpr a candidate for delegate to
congress. This gathering will
bring in our midst a large num
ber of strangers, all more or less
prominent in the affairs of the
territory—men who have had and
will continuo to have much to do
with the upbuilding of this great,
northland.
At this particular time Yaldez
is "in the eyes of the people of
Alaska," by reason of her recent
mineral discoveries, her strategic
position as a railway terminus,
and as the entry port of the great
Yukon basin, in case rail connec
tion is established between tide
water and the auriferous gravels
of the Tanana.
It should become the duly of
every citizen of Yaldez to sec that
our guests are extended a hearty
Alaskan welcome; not necessarily
as Democrats, or party men in the
political sense, but rather as
Northmen, who come here in the
hope of bettering the conditions
governing us, and who have the
welfare of the territory at heart,
and are striving according to
their lights to lighten the burdens
which have rested so heavily up
on us in recent years.
Let. us, then, all join, irrespect
ive of party, in making the brief
sojourn of the Democratic dele
gates, a time long to be remem
bered by I hem in order that when
they return to their homes there
will linger in their memory kind
ly thoughts of Alaska's future me
I ropolis.
PASSION PLAY
SHOWN TONIGHT
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Many Exquisite Pictures and !
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Should be Seen by Every
body
Tlic Passion Play, which will
hi' put. on al the Orpheum tonight,
is one of tlie grandest pictures
ever shown. The pictures draw
crowded houses wherever shown
and affords many exquisite scones
of the life and passion of Christ.
Following are some of the scenes
from the play:
The Annunciation, the Won
derful Star, Following the Star,
Mirth of Christ, Flight Into Egypt,
An Angel Directing Their Path,
The Rest at the Fountain, The
Holy Family in Their Home, Josus
With the Doctors.
Miracles—The Wedding Feast,
Mary Magdalene, Breaking of the
Bread, The Transfiguration.
Christ Entering Jerusalem.
Driving Sellers From the Tem
ple.
The last supper. In IRe Har
den, The Kiss of Judas, Christ
Before Pilate, Crowning With
Thorns, Christ Handed Over to
the People.
Christ Faints on Way to Cal
vary, Putting Christ on the Cross,
Death of Christ, Taking Christ
From the Cross, Putting Christ in
I tie Tomb.
The Resurrection, the Ascen
sion, etc.
QA. H. COCKERILLE
Dentist
Office In
Whaling BuiMinr
VALDE3
INDEPENDENT MESSENGER Co.
and
VALDEZ VACUUM CLEANING Co.
LATOUCHK A PUCK, Man.
Office SaytfcU'l Tailor Shop
n«M 102
l«nki I* Al F«rt« W Twi. C.IU AtwmJ Pr«»»»H
iwiMM C«aM«attal
Houm and Carpet Cleaning
CAMERON
DAVIS
THE MAJESTIC
AMUSEMENT CO
H. C. DAVIS, Mgr.
Complete change of program on
8unday, Tuesday and Thursday
Week days one show at 8 p. m.
Sundays two shows at 8 and
9:16 p. m.
VAUDEVILLE SPECIALTIES
PICTURES WORTH WHILE
Jack 8urryhne, Musical Director.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALDMZ. ALASKA
R KROKTB ON MlNMB
PATKNT SUKYKYB
Qknkbal. Mining Enoinmbrino
Phomk No. ios
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and)
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Ofllce in Harrington I31<1k.
on Water Front
Kes- Phone. 189
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
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Meet every Tuesday eveninjr at 8 o'clock in
Ks«le Hull-. AU members requested t« at
tend T- G. QUINN. Artie Chief
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Reirular Communications first Wednesday la
each month in McKinley Hall. Visitors always
weloome.
James M. Patterson,.W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Seo
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O.F.
Vlsitlnsr and local Odd Fellows are re
quested to register their name with the
Vnldez Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meetings, first and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HfTNT. Secretary.
FOE
VAIjDEZ AERIE No. 1071
Meet every Friday. 8 i>. m. Euirlc Hall
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing but best materials used.
FRESH BREAD DAILY
All kinds of Cakes, Pies, etc.
made to order
W'OOD & HENRICH, Prop..
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Froth Good»"Rc««onable Price»
THE CUFF
P. S. HUNT
Proprietor.
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Sold Out
We Understand Several Mining Men on Board
We Wish to Announce to Mining Men and Prospectors
That our Stock of Mining Supplies is Complete
WE CARRY
DYNAMITE
SHOVELS
CAPS
ORE CARS
FUSE PICKS
BELLOWS VICES
ANVILS
HAMMERS
DRILLS
And hveryttung for Complete Mining Outfits
Also a Full Line of Groceries and Provisions
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freiithtlot; unil passengers to all purls
of the interior. General Trucking
fcid. Wood,
Proprietor
McKlnley St. Valdez
«w> Hot]
EUROPEAN
SEATTLE
Cm as. Pep&y, mob.
THE BISTOrEVECYTHIKfl
IN THE DIAJtTOTTHE CITY ,
135RDOMsWii)iB«it-50Sumf Rooms
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Prop.
STRICYLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave
Siward, Alaska
FISHER'S BLEND
FLOUR
AT
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON:
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Embalmers
Funeral Directors
Phon» 146
Phon*
GEO. ROBB1NS, Mgr.
Steam Heat
Electric Li|feti
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms
All Modern Conveniences
Good
Goods
THE BUFFET
Good
Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
■SSVi LUMBER
and Building
Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right
W. M. FINICAL, Mgr.
Patronize a Home Industry
Phone 18
Zb<
Tairbanks Bar
George Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment
Phone 100
Ingram & Bush
Exclusive Cigar
Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
iMTrrRinAD R«* Re««u EL SIDELO, Senator#, Million«ire»
JiSSkECRAFT Rrfni 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 & (a
— INCORPORATED —
BANKERS
lc A PI T A L $ 20 0.000.°?
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit.