Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED BY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TERUS
One Dollar per Month: Twelve Dollars per Year
TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1912
Democratic Ticket
For President—
WOODROW WIL80N.
For Vice-President—
THOS. R. MARSHALL.
For Delegate to Congress—
ROBERT W. JENNINGS.
PROQRE8S AND POVERTY.
The discovery of high grade
ore at Teikhell again forcibly ex
emplifies the absolute need of
good transportation facilities be
tween tide water and the interior.
Ore of the .quality found at Teik
hell cannot be treated on the
ground as the ores of Valdez bay.
To extract its values one must
.have recourse to a smelter, the
nearest place for the treatment
of ore of I hat eharaeler being Ta
Cnliia.
The Teikhell camp is Irihulury
In Valdez, but without I lie gov
ernment road being in good con
dition for hauling freight it would
be useless In at tempt the devel
opment of the property l«> a ship
ping basis. It is fortunate, in
deed, for Valdez. that delegate
Wirkersham's "-'i-page Idler to
the Secretary of War protesting
against any further appropria
tions being made for the build
ing ami maintenance of govern
ment roads in Alaska, was pass
ed by unheeded, otherwise this
promising trade would have been
but another vision to look for
ivard to.
Valdez must of necessity place
much dependence upon this great
artery of travel between the shore:
line of Prince William Sound and!
the great undeveloped inleriori
country. We cannot live upon!
each other, but rather our futurei
growth and prosperity must de
pend upon the opening up of our |
latent resource.*. There was ih
lime when this city controlled the
trade of lhe copper belt and tliej
great placer country beyond, but |
that day is passed; its trade has
followed later and more modern
commercial highways.
\aide/ now.js and has boon f«>i*
Ihe past 1\v<> years in a period of
Iransilion. It's <• I• I Irade lias, in
a large degree, sought oilier
channels: our new enterprises
liave no| ve I reached I lie point of
frnilion. II behooves us f«> be
ronlinually reaching oul for new
Holds of enterprise anil new
sources of venlure in I bat our
trade may justify the building up
of a oily here. For this reason
every oilizen having the welfare,
of llw eoinmunily al heart should
waleh with jealous rare that none
of llu* opporlunities which right
fully belong |o us are taken away
either by our own sense of se
eurily or the design of otehrs.
Probably the hardest blow al
the industrial growth of Valdez
since the failure of the Home
Railway project has been the blow
aimed at the Road Commission,
over file chad of the oily of Val
dez, by our delegate to Congress,
James Wiekersham, in his leng
Ih.v loiter protesting against any
further appropriations for road
building in Alaska, not only from
the point of view of the money
spent, directly here in carrying on
those great projects, but as well
Troni a deeper ami far more im
portant and lasting point of view
-that of the expansion of our
Irade to the surrounding coun
try, made possible only through
a system of highways which will
permit of its development.
To east a vote for James Wick
ershani at the coming election is
to perpetuate his fight against the
commission; it is to eventually
drive I he commission to a more
congenial community, if not to
put an end lo their enterprises.
Tt means a falling ofT in our busi
ness, a depreciation in our prop
erly values and a general disin
tegration of our community, if
this community feels Ihev can
prosper without the headquarters
of the Road Commission being
here; without the seal of govern
ment; without Fort IJscum and
without the Signal Corps head
quarters, then they will be jus
tified in maintaining James Wiek
ersham as our representative in
Washington, buf, upon the other
hand, if they believe we need all
those government institutions
here it becomes the bounden duty
of the voter to send a man to
Washington who will work in our
interests rather than against
them. This is business; it is
only in politics because the busi
ness must be transacted through
the ballot box. It is one of those
rare cases where the rate payer,
or the man who depends upon his
labor, is voting directly for his
bread and butter.
THE INCOME TAX.
The Minnesota legislature in
special session a few days ago
adopted a resolution ratifying the
proposed income tax amendment
to the federal constitution, leav
ing but the votes of three states
necessary to make the amendment
a part of the fundamental law of
the nation. The only stales
whose legislatures are to meet
this year arc Louisiana, Vermont,
and New Mexico, and if these
Ihree should fall in line the thing
would be accomplished. Arizona
ratified in April, but as the spirit,
of her sister stale seemfc to
tally different, it may prove that
New Mexico will hold back. There
is opposition in New England, too,
against giving Congress the pow
er of taxing incomes which it is
insisted ought to be reserved to
(lie plates. So "Vermont may re
fuse her approval.
If seeing probable, therefore,
that I he amendment will have lo
wail for the legislatures of 1913
In secure final ral ideal ion, which
however, is made reasonably cer
tain by .Minnesota's acquiescence.
The comparative ease with which
Ibis important const it lit ional
change has been >o nearly accom
plished, ami the probability that
Hie amendment providing for the
direct election of semitors will be
approved even more quickly, show
that const it ul ional amendment is
easier than lias been supposed.
The income lax change will be
the drst amendment adopted since
the series of amendments lo give
effect to the results of the Civil
War were put through. Many
authorities have asserted in con
sequence that nothing short of
war would make actual changes
in the constitution possible, and
that amendment by judicial
stretching of the elastic language
of Hie instrument to fi| new con
ditions is our only recourse.
II now appears that, although
the method of amendment pro
\ided by the fathers is complicat
ed and slow, i( is workable when
popular sentiment is behind it. It
wisely prevents our moving I««o
nuicklv.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
It's dollars lo doughnuts I list I.
Judge llaiifnril is bitterly oppos
ed lo Hip judicial recall.
Ami now comcs the scientist
wlio says love i.s only 100 yearn
old. It's a lusty kid at thai.
There is one quality sadly lack
ing in Tcddy^and lhal is modesty,
lie carries, however, a fearful
burden of egotism.
The press, a portion of I he har
and Ihe corporations of Seattle
are working I heir steam roller
overtime in thi? hope of saving
Judge Han ford.
It is no idle dream lo say lhat
Ihe eleclion of a Socialist at Ihe
present lime in Alaska will retard
the country's growth for a gen
eration or more.
II is the general opinion thai
F. E. Fuller, of Nome, will re
ceive the appointment lo Ihe va
cant judgeship. In that case Val
dez will be still Fuller of Nome
appointees.
8ixty thousand people assem
bled in the Tacoma stadium to
witness the "Fall of Mexico" and
watch a few soldiers drill, and
yet not one Tacoma business man
can afford to visit the Alaska
coast to share in its trade. Watch
Seattle growl
Candidate Gilmorc is preaching
a dangerous doctrine to Ihe vot
ers of Alaska when he tells them
they can nullify unpopular laws
by making I heir enforcement In
operative. Probably, however, he
is working up a practice against
his returif lo his profession In
August.
NOTICE.
All Yaldez town warrants up to
and including No. 3252, will be
paid if presented at the office of
the Town Treasurer on or be
fore ten days from date hereof.
Yaldez, July 15, 1912.
E. B. WHEAT,
k 26 Town Treasurer.
It corts no more to get your
clothing cleaned and pree^ec? at
Silverman's. Phone 198.
TOM MAGILL
GENERAL UPHOLSTERER
AND CARPET LAYER
At V. B. & M. C. Phone 8
SHAMPOOING and MANICURING
Well Groomed Ladies and Gentle
men Appreciate My Services.
Private bath room for ladies.
Corns Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
8ENORITA MENDEZ
Phone 185 Wall St.
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.
8undays 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.!
LATOUCHE & PECK. Mora.
Office Smythie'i Tailor Shop I'hone 102
Serricc to All Parti of Town. CalU Answered Promptly
Ba«ine»i Conf idcotia!
House and Carpet Cleaning
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. ~E. M. \
fBPORTa on Minks
patent Sunyeyb
Scivcsal Mining Engineering
•Phone No. »os
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing nca. Phone, tfifl ■
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock Id
Koitle Mall All members request*) t° at
end D. H. SLEEM. ArtlcChlef
Valdes Iyodge
No 16.8.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday la
;ach month in McKlnley Hall. Visitors always
welcome.
James II. Patterson..W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
1.0.
O.F.
VlsltlDtr and local Odd Fellows arc re
quested to register their name with tbe
Valdez Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meetings, first and third Monday.
Call on P. S. HfJNT. Secretary.
FOE
VAL.DKZ AERIE No. 1971
Meet every Friday, 8 p. m. Eagle Hall
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing but best materials used.
FRESH BREAD DAILY
Alt kinds of Cakes, Pies, etc.
made to order
WOOD St HENRICH, Prop*.
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALA8KA
General Merchandise
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goodt—Reaaonnble Price#
fssSF U R S
WnMIt I IN FUR & WOOL CO
MlrtNl .W'llLtS. MINN.
WHITE FOH <; IRC II LA Its
BUY
PETALUMA EGGS
and
BRADNER BUTTER
and know you are getting the
BEST
Copper River
Draying Co.
Fr<:itflitin»: and i>r.s<fnncrs to all icirts
of the inieror. (General Trucking
Mil. Wood, , - Proprietor I
McKioloy Si.- Vulde7.
|W Hotel
EUROPEAN.
seatm:
Chas. Persy, Mat.
THE BEST Or EVERYTHING
IN THE HEART OT •fflEClTT
135RDOHsVfiTnBuH-50SuouI)aoNS
When In Seward Stop at the f
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prof.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Scward, Alaska
FISHER'S BLEND
f.
FLOUR
AT
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON
PHONE 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Embalmers
Funeral Directors
pte 149 GEO. ROBBINS, Mgr.
Steam Heat Electric Li,i,t.
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furni.hed Room. All Modern Convenience.
Good
Goods
THE BUFFET
Good
Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and ¥ ¥ Tli/10170 anc* Building
Puget Sound LiV/lVIDljl\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
'rices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGR1DAD, Rex, Regala EL SIDELO, Senators, Millionaire*
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENT A, Medio, Full Value, Madrid
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
We do a
general
Banking
Business
S BLUM & <2
— incorporatld —
BANKERS
CAPITAL. $ 2 0 0-0 0 0.30
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit.