► The Alaska Prospector
1'ublintietl nt Valilvi, Alaska, every Tlniri«lay
by tb« l'ROSMSCTOK l*vm.l8iilNU Co
I'iiunk Main l.
Kuterei! nt the Val«tez I'oMoMlco .is hvcoikI
cIh>.> matter.
tibKcription H p 'r year. $J lor i»tx mouth
dingle eopleH 10 cents
YEARNING FOR GRIEF.
Truly the Cordova Alaskun is in si
parlous state. It is grievously angry
because the Prospector published as a
society item the fact that Gov. Hog
gatt held a long conversation with
Ed Hasey 011 the Juneau dock, in the
belief that Alaska people are more or
less interested in the doings of public
officials. The Alaskan admits the
fact but appears to feel that publica
tion of the story was sinful to a degree
and forgets its logic 111 seeking to con
vict the Prospector of lese majeste.
Still the Alaskan's "argument" il
lustrates the value of various forms
of illogical side-stepping,. I11 one
brief diatribe it clouds the issue not
only with a potful of injurious adjec
tives but with tlx* ignoratio elcnchi,
the illicit process and the undistribu
ted middle. Because the Prospector,
seeking to publish the news, described
the joyful reunion of two distinguished
Guggenheim* the Alaskan reasons
powerfully upon the iniquity of tel
ling about it.
The story was told simply and cheer
fully by the Prospector without dis
puting the right <>f the governor to
talk to l*'d Hasey or the editor of the
Alaskan, and yet the Cordova paper,
which constantly affirms that the
governor can do no wrong and that
Kd Hasey is an ornament l<> society,
is sorely annoyed at tlx- illumination
of a news item.
Once upon a time a poultry owner
went into the henyard and asked the
fowls with what sauce they would
like to be served. "Kill we don't
want to be eaten at all," protested
the birds. "Von wander from the
point," affirmed their owner.
KNOCKS OUT OI,D FIvlJI)
Stanley Ketch*?!1* success as a prize
ter lias *•11 ect«•( 1 a rccoiiciliat ion
between his divorced parents, or at
least a truce, or possibiy an armed
neutrality. His mother has met his
father in the warrior1* I raining camp
and the proud parents are assisting
their son in girding up his loins and
hardening his hiceps tor hat tic.
A recent cut on the sporting page
jo an outside paper shows that the
fond parents of the gladiator are get
ting close together, hi the picture
only their child stood between them,
which seems lilc« a paradox because
it is lie and his shining business suc
cess that have made papa and mamma
allies once more.
So in one case at least the roped
arena has nearly undone the work of
the divorce court and it Stanley can
get time to knock out that unneees- |
sary stop-father his mamma picked
up the family may yet he reunited.
'i'ViW circuit court of appeals in
Chicago may be right on the law in
reversing Judge Landis in the Stand- I
ard Oil ease and jio man has an\
license to criticise tin* decision un- 1
less he is fully informed both as to \
the law and the facts, hut public
opinion will sustain the president in
his announced purpose to bring the '
Standard Oil Company within the
law. This corporation built up its
monopoly by the commission of
nearly every crime dellned in the
criminal code, including arson and
murder, and it is old enough and rich
- enough to reform.
The ('ordova Alaskiin complains t hat
Delegate ('ah* accomplished absolute- ;
ly nothing in congress. Well, some- j
body put through the coal hill audi
pushed the Fourth judicial division
hill through the house at the tlrst ses- j
slon. And nurely the Alaskan will \
not claim that Governor lloggatt ho-j
cured the appointment of the post
masters at Juneau, Skagway and Val
doz. It Is even waid that the editor of
the Alaskan moved away from Juneau
hecauHe he didn't want to take hiH
mail from Hpiekctt.
The clevereHt thing the I'-l has done j
in an age was to have Senator Ank
eny'n speeches in Meat tie reported i
verhatim by an expert stenographer. •
Hcanning the result the admission I
mil»t lie made that while the senator
may he an ahlc HtntcHinau and iiHcful .
legislator he in hardly on public !
Hpcaking terms with the Knglish Inn- !
gliage.
Seattle in warring over the dlspo
idtloi) of itn garbage. They don't,
neern to he ahle to Spirit the trash
away. But then after the campaign
in over there will not he ho much af
ter all. They arc using the defunct
oat* and overripe cabbage* for politl
'• cal argument*.
Now In the time for the candidaten
to got In their elaimn. The I'rospco
tor will gladly print dally bulletins of
"elaimn" hy anybody at regular ad- i
vertlalng rate*. Meanwhile the Pros
pector will try to locate the-Apex In
It* nown column*.
THE UNGRATEFUL FILIPINO
The Philippine legislature has I
passed a resolution in favor of inde
pendence. And this is the llrst legis- '<
lature elected in the archipelago
since benevolent assimilation by the
United States. Ingratitude and trea
son have done their worst. It must
have given Judge Taft a bad half
hour when he read the news and
Mark llanna doubtless twisted un
easily in his grave.
After the United States government
at an expense of several hundred
million dollars has injected by force
of arms enough of the white man's
civilization into the little brown
brother to make it appear safe to
trust him with a self-government toy
he turns and slaps his benevolent
patron in the face with that same toy
gift.
Let this he a lesson to the paternal
government at Washington. If the
untutored brown man can be guilty
of such insubordination what may
not white men in Alaska do? Nearly
all of them have participated in self
government in the states and if en
trusted with any governing power in J
the territory they are liable to follow
their own whims instead of taking
orders from an All-Wise ruler in the
White House in' coi'iKirato agents in j
Alaska.
Do. s the sii|.|t. r( of John Itonan for
delegate h\ the (Suggenheim organ at '
Cordova mean that the gentlemen |
from Juneau who voted for a terri- '
torial government plank at Ketchi
kan and then went on) and knocked
il really want a democrat elected so j
that Gov. lloK}>att and I,. I'. Shackle-J
ford can pose a* I lie only republican ;
representatives «»t Alaska?
I'art ies liavini> a ('ale button can {
send the sum,' !o Fairbanks and have I
u in lis! ache put <>n the photo at the
expense <■! .1. Wiekershaiii, Ks<|.—
Cord, va ALsl.ai,.
Hut what e.i:i t he\ do with the|
whiskers?
Before elect ion clay an authoritative
statement ought to In- i\-«• 11 out to
inform tin* public whether John Cor
son is running tor delegate on his
own territorial government platform
or on the v iolent dcclarations of I
his Soiithcastcrn Alaska supporters
against it.
Some of the colt on wood timbers on
tin* Alaska Home Kailway viaduct
leading from Keystone dock are gaily
decorated with green leaves of their I
own sprouting. Is this a harbinger
of a resurrection?
The supporters of W'ickcrsham, j
Corson, Itonan and ( him arc- each
claiming an almost unanimous vote
in the Tanana and Nome. Must be j
the boys are going to vote four times j
apiece iu order to please everybody, j
It .Incite Wiekcrshant and John W j
Corson conic together on the stump
the debate will be worth hearing.
The ordinary wrangler has no busi- i
ness to tackle either of them.
And now \V. I{. Bust is accused of
saying that the- (liiKgcnheiiii rails
may not run up Copper river after all
and that he is opposed to that route.
Kt til, Unite?
In canvassing Alaska sentiment
don't overlook the Mecca saloon in
Seattle, where wayfarers from the
north hold irrigation conventions.
Still it is not claimed that the Pros
pector has borne false wit ness against
anybody. Must be the truth that ir
ritates.
Mr. Bryan will he glad to learn as
soon as possible what Mr. Hearst is
going to do with his Independence
League.
The weight of a bar of iron, steel,
copper, lead or brass may be very
quickly and quite accurately estimat
ed by the following formula, Multi
file dimensions and add one cipher to
the result. Then divide by It and the
dual rcHiili is the weight in lbs. For
example: Take a bar of wrought
Iron 20 ft. long by 2 in. thick by I in.
wide, and we have <20x2x1 - KM). Add
a cipher, which gives 1,600, and this
divided by :t gives 1-3, which is
the weight, in lbs. For east, iron, de
duct 1-1(1 from t he weight of wrought
iron. For^nteel add I-IK to the weight,
of wroiightjjiron. For copper, add 1-7
to the weight of wrought Iron. For
lead, add 1-2 to t he weight.of wrought
Iron. For htass, add |-:t to the weight
r»f wrought Iron.
CONGRESSMAN POWERS
OF MAINE, IS DEAD.!
Moulton, Mo,, July 20 -('ongroHK
mftn Mowcllyn Pownrn died la«t night
hln home hof© ftft«»r a short. IIIiichh.
rho (leoMHml hn<l twlon g«v«r
tor of tho Htato nu«l wftH Horvlng hln '
»ixih t<>rm in the hoimo. ||o hn<l nl« 1
ivny« bffAD a Mrong rrpul»lle«n.
HEARST APPLIES
ABUSE TO BRYAN
Organizer of Independence
League Classes Democrat
with "Bank Boodlers"
NOMINEE-KNIGHT IN MOTLEY"
Republicans Also Coine in For
Roast and Platform is De
clared Meaningless.
Chicago, July 29—Abuse of William I
Jennings Bryan marked the opening
last night of the national convention
of the independence league. There
was a single cry of "Bryan" and then j
from all parts of the hall came hisses,
eat calls and other vocal expressions j
of derision, followed by a demonstra
tion for William It. Hearst.
Mr. Hearst also berated the demo
cratic presidential nominee, saying ;
that Bryan can he judged by the
company he keeps, namely Parker, J
Taggart, Ryan and other "bank hood
ling bravos." Hearst referred to
Bryan as a "knight in motley" and
then roasted the republican platform,
which he declared to be meaningless. |
DO NOT BELITTLE
BRYAN SAYS TAFT
Republican Leader Calls Ne
braskan and Party Potent
ial Possibilities
I
Cincinnati, July 'Ji!—William Jen
nings Bryan and tin- democratic!
party must not he considered jokes,
nor must republicans belittle the
st rengt h of t heir opponents. Warning
to this elteet comes from no less a
personage than Presidential Nominee!
Taft and was made hy him in person
during an address delivered last night
before a meeting of the Ohio state
central and executive committees.
Mr. Taft cautioned against too much
confidence and urged unceasing effort
from now until after election,
Also at last night's meeting Mr. |
Taft dealt with local conditions and
made it plain that, everything that
has been done in a political way by !
Arthur Vorys, Taft's manager in this
state, has been done with Taft's ap- i
proval. Foraker's status is to be de
fined today at a special meet ing of \
the executive committee.
MINERS PLAN TO
RAISE $100,000;
I >»■ nver, July 29—Within a short
time t he Western Federation of Min
ers will have at ith disposHl a fund of
$100,OtK) for the exclusive purpose of
financing strikes. The executive
committee of the federation today an
nounced that it has levied a per capi
ta assessment tiiat. will produce the]
amount in question and that the fund
will he available in a short time.
The ofllcers t»f the federation de
clare that there in no prcHent inten
tion of calling a strike and that rais
ing the fund in merely a protective
measure. Those mine owners who
have heen apprised of the Intention
of the federation are, however, more
or less fearful that the strike rumors
that for some t ime have heen current
In certain parts of t he country are to
culminate in another gigantic labor
struggle.
Major Robert J. Morgan, a well-1
known resident of Hcattle for the |
(>ast' twenty years and lately a bailiff ;
in Superior Judge (lllllam'H court,!
filed at his resident, 1020 Thirteenth
livenue, last evening after an Illness
r>f eight weeks.
Major Morgan was born in Hyra
fuse, New York, tlfi years ago. lie
was a member of the Klks&nd of John
P. Miller Post, (I. A. It. Ife leaves a
widow, but no children.
The major was well known In Alas
ka. Ife was one of the men who went
jo the Northern territory In the early
lays and was for a Minn the rcpre
lentatlve of the Alaska (Commercial
CompanyP-1
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of Dry Goods, Groceries, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings, Boots, Shoes,
Hats and Caps, Rubber Goods, Furniture, Carpets, Linoleum, Mats,
Draperies, Glass and Crockery Ware, Hardware, Stoves, Miners'
Supplies, Etc.
Wc receive a large shipment of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables on
every steamer. Special attention is called to a line of S. & W.
canned Goods, which are the highest pitch of perfection.
ILDEZ BANK & MERCANTILE CO, INC.
ait PIONEER OUTFITTERS mm
STRIKERS HOLD
BOMBAY IN FEAR
Bombay, July 25—Twenty thousand
mill strikers are rioting through lh.e
streets of t his city carrying terror he
tore them ami leaving death and des
truction in their wake. Five men
have been killed and forty-three
wounded. Several of the injured are
Europeans, and the latter wherever
seen are being jeered and stoned.
Troops have been summoned and
their coming is anxiously awaited.
The strikers are desperate and fren
zied and as many of them are armed
with revolvers or rilles, and all of
them with knives, clubs and other
weapons of a similar character there
is hound to be severe slaughter.
SAN FRANCISCO WILL
EXHIBIT AT EXPOSITION
San Fraiieifico, July 20—San Fran
cisco is to lake an important part in
the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Imposition
to l)w held in Seattle beginning next.
June. The California Promotion Com
mittee today decided to aeeept the
invitation to attend the exposition as
a body and has named June 1 r», 190!)
as California promotion day. A spec
ial train will be arranged for and ar
rangements will be made to have
several hundred persons make the
trip.
A (committee of prominent San Fran
ciscans has been appointed to as
semble an exhibit, t hat shall be dis
tinctly representative of San Fran
cisco. This city purposes showing j
what can be done by its citizens,
even in the face of the conditions
consequent upon the disaster.
CORDOVA ALASKAN
"ARGUES" ETIQUETTE
From I lie Cnrilovn Alncknn.
Tho wailing of (bo editor of tlio
Vaidoz I'roHpeotor ovt r liIk failure nt
Ketchikan to mIiow I'roiddcnt Kooho
velt that "(lovoriior lioggatt Ih very
unpopular In Alanka," Ih hccomlng
oxtromoly puorllo In tone. Ilinpoov
IhIuichh coutd wolljbo ©ndlirod hut hint,
wook ho hlnbhorod vloloualy about
(lovernor llougntt mooting Ed O. Ma
nny nt tho (look in Juneau upon tho
arrival of a Ht earner thoro aiul link
ing hands with him, greatly to tho
ncgloot of tho official roproHontativofl
of H. Ouggonhoim Kmp, of London,
England.
Ron an Clnimn the Tanann
T. J. Donohoo ha« it moHHngo from
Kalrhankn which (innerta that itonnn'H
mooting thoro wo* tho higgcHt cam
paign crowd over AflHombled in tho
town and that gnyit. onthUxiaHm pre
vailed Tho Hftino authority olahnH
thnt Ilonan will carry the Tanana.
Telegraph mid Mail ^ Town Itl Itself lllaskflmith Shop,
Station. * etc., etc.
Wortman's Roadhouse
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A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL. SUPPLIES
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from Vnltlc/. to (lie Siiiiimit
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48 Miles From Valdez
Oil Government Trail.
Best of accommodations for man and ben Hi. HVphIj Meat
always on band. llorso and Dot? Feed A11 the latest
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