Valdez Daily Prospectoi
PUBLISHED BY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
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One Dollar per Montb: Twelve Dollars per Year
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1912.
Democratic Ticket
For President—
WOODROW WIL80N.
lor Vice-President—
TH08. R. MARSHALL.
For Delegate to Congress—
ROBERT W. JENNINGS.
A WORKWOMAN'S APPEAL.
The appeal of organized labor,
made in 191ft, made by a com
mittee from I lie Valdez Miners'
Union No. 188, against the re
flection of James Wickersham, as
delegate to congress, and repeal
ed again this campaign, is worthy
of the thoughtful consideration of
every voter who can lay aside
personal preferences and preju
dices and cast a ballot for what
he deems the best interests of
the territory as a whole. The ap
peal to the electors is a dispas
sionate review i»f Mr. Wicker
sham's record upon the bench and
of two years' service at the na
tional capital as our representa
tive in I lie balls of congress.
At Hie lime lliis appeal was
made il was pointed out by Mr.
Wickersham's friends that lie was
only finishing up bis lir*t t.M'in
and thai it was unreasonable to
expect much of him iu the short
lime he had served. Since then,
I wo more years have elapsed and
we lind I he spokesmen for the
delegate telling their audiences
llial we must not judge Mr. Wick
ersham by what be has accom
plished, but .rat her by what he has
tried to do. Judging him from
the latter point of view, we arc
compelled to admit that the com
mit tee of representative laboring
men were right iu declaring that
our delegale misrepresented,
rather than represented, us in
Washington.
Since I In* Hod inn of two years
ago Mr. Wickcrsham has made 110
effort fit grant relief lo I he wage
earner by remedying Ihe lien law,
m» as In make it effective. lie
has repeatedly announced himself
as opposed In I hi' government
ownership i• f an Alaskan railway,
of I In- ki'X"!'!'!!iiii-iiI owning ami
nperal ing its own coal mines. If•*
lias nppnyed I'Vi'i'y leasing hill by
which our coal depnsils mighl ho
opened hy private individuals or
corporations. lie has opposed
further appropriations for fho
building •»f government roads and
I rails. lie has al no lime, in
iii• way, shown any micros! in
either lahor or llie ilevolopincnl
nf Ihe territory.
Xi» workmen are neller able lo
jmlpe Ihe efficiency of a public
servant in our legislative halls,
than organized lahor, for Ihov
maintain a luireaii in Washington
tor Ihe purpose nf keeping lah on
their representalives. They arc
11o| led astray hy dike hill and
home rule grand stand plays,
which have neither ineril or Irulh
in either I heir concept ion nr car
rying mil. II is indeed a hopeful
sipn of the times when organiz
ed labor casts aside the demagog
ue and refuses fo he led hy Ihe
cheap clap-frap of Ihe prdilical
charlatan who is continually see^
iiiK a bogey, which lie alone 'can
successfully cnmlmt, as Ihe pre
server of I be lives and liberties of
flie dear people.
II is indeed l.rnlli when I hey say,
"legislation a| Washington, per
taining lo Alaska, is being hinder
ed by Ihe disagrccahlencss of
Wickorsham. His many quarrels
are iml due In Ihe fact thai ho is
working for Alaska, but arise
from prejudice in some cases, and
in others in trying lo gloss over
his pasl record while juflgc in
Alaska."
CIVIC QOOD MANNERS.
Kroni what you have read about
Kansas nily, you would hardly ex
pect the men of that city lo sol
Ihe nation an example in good
manners, yol I h a I is jusl what has
happened there.
Some weeks ago Ihe si reel car
company of Kansas City posted a
"No Smoking" order and later at
tempted to secure Ihe passage of
an ordinance sustaining Ihe or
der. Hired representatives of the
Tobacco Trust thronged Ihe plat
forms of the cars, insisted upor
smoking and forced the police ant
conductors to eject them. A rea
sensation was created in the citj
over, the order and the Kansas Citj
Star- look a vote of the patron*
iJ the street car company to as
certain whether they wanted
smoking on the cars or were will
ing to permit it. Of course a ma
jt rity of the wi men and a very
large proportion of the men pa
trons \oted to sustain the "No
Smrkii'fc" order.
The council Anally revoked its
ordinance, but the men of Kansas
City, be it said to their credit, ac
cepted public opinion as their
guide and refused to smoke on the
street cars. Then an efTort was
made to re-enact the "No Smok
ing" ordinance. We are not in
formed whether the ordinance was
passed or what the legal status
of the case is just now, but the
Kansas City Star is authority for
the statement that ordinances cut
no figure in the practice. The men
of Kansas City are not smoking
on the street cars and, more than
that, are rather tabooing any
fresh young or old man who at
tempts the habit.
It is a decidedly unusual thing
lo imd the men of a whole city
giving a les on in manners by
their example. Kven inveterate
smokers musl admire the action
of ihe Kansas City men who, by
common consent, have furnished
a sinking object lesson in civic,
manners.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Yalde/. ••an now hosisl «>r a Hull
.Moose or^anizalion.
We thought, from all said by
lloosi'Yi'll, that Tall bad I lie steal
'trust cornered.
We have sent for a foul of cap
ital I's in order to report Teddy's
convention speech.
We wonder if Wickersbani, as
a delegate to Teddy's convention
will have a vole or just a speak
ing privilege.
An honest attempt to regulate
the trusts, according to Taft,
would be a violent assault upon
tin- constitution.
The Seattle Times concedes
California to Taft, which is a
great more than the Califor
nians will admit.
In lieu of lireworks at the Pro
gressive convention in Chicago on
| Monday, lliey will have the gen
tleman from Oyster May.
(intrfsi' Haldwin will rejoice
greatly when lie learns Ihiil Wiek
crsliam lia.s detailed him as mit
er guard in the Koosevclt Nation
<al Progressive camp.
While our game law do.»sn'l
ioueli upon the subject, this ap
peal's to he the closed season for
I lie political fool hens roaming
about this neck <»' ihc woods.
K.\-Senal«»r Hev^ridge, as Pro
gressive candidate for governor of
Indiana, will be in a position to
make more certain the funeral ob
sequies of one William Howard
Taft.
With another raise or two in
[the price of beef that heretofore
[stable article of food will have to
go on the shelf along with pale
dc fois gras birds nest soup and
terrapin.
J The United Stales occasional
ly practices what it pivaMies. In
J notifying the world not to estab
lish coaling stations on the Amer
ican continents, il is forbidding
jwhat it itself refuses to do in
[ Alaska.
Like the pied piper of Hamlin,
our delegate, with a single note
of his flute, has enticed his fol
lowers to new scenes in the far
off valleys of the National Pro
gressives. If Wickershnni had
not insisted upon an endorsement
of Roosevelt and had not joined
the only political organization op
Hi to him, it is safe to say that
not one in a hundred of his ndher
cnls would have dreamed of sup
porting this modern At ilia—the
scourge of Alaska.
"Oh, that initio .Miemy would
write a hook." If the boil-infest
ed prophet, Job, had lived in Val
dez in modern limes, he would
probably have said, '7>h, that
mine enemy would start a news
paper." Some people have an
idea that running a newspaper ia
something anybody can do. That,
like (he Missourian's hound pup,
i being useless for any other pur
I pose, ought to make a good coon
dog; any man, however much of
a failure in other lines, could run
a newspaper. 'Here 13 where Job
comes in. The old Hebrew proph
et knew that if he could once get
his enemy down in black and
white, his ignorance and lack of
horse sense would show up so
plainly that he who ran might
read and the Yiddisha seer would
then have the horse laugh on him.
Some of the would-be followers
of Horace Greeley should wipe the
dust from the good old book, look
this text up and ponder well the
wisdom of Job.
The Copper River and North
western railroad Is running but
one train a week to Chitina, the
terminal.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the United Stales Commission
er's Court, ex officio judge in
Probate, Yaldez Precinct, Ter
ritory of Alaska, Third Judic
ial Division.
Louis Camicia, deceased.-Notiee
to creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrators of the
estate of Louis Camicia, deceas
ed, to the creditors of, and all per
sons having claims against th.f
said estate, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers, within
six (G) months after the first pub
licalion of this notice, lo the said
administrators at the ofTice of C.
E. Bunnell, at Yaldez, Alaska, the
same being I he place for the
transaction of the business of said
estate.
Dated a| Yaldez, Alaska, this
1st dav of August, 1912.
JAMES FISH. I
\V. ML CASWELL. ,
'Administrators of the Estate of,
Louis Camicia, deeeasrd. 1
I First pith. A sir. I. 1012.
j l.a<t pub. Aug. .'II, 1912.
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Launches and Lighters
For Sale, Rent or Charter
Weekly service to Ellamar
Landlock and Fidalgo
Capt. D. K. MORRIS. City Dock
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.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
V ALDE Z , ALASKA
Reports on Mines
Patent Surveys
Qenebal. Mining Enginekrino
'Phone No. 103
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy LaAd and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing r,.9. phone. 1R9
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday rvmlnK nt k o'clock in
Katrlc Hall All members reiiueMtd t° at
tend D. If. SLKKM. ArtlcChief
Valdes I<odge
No 168.
Free and Aeceincd Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday io
each month in MeKinley Hull. Visitors always
welcome.
James II. I'attcrson,. W. M
C. C- Reynolds. Sec
1.0.
0. F.
V lulling and focal Odd Fellows arc re
quested to register their name with the
Valder. Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meetings, firs* and third Monday.
Call on P. H. HUNT. Heeretarv.
FOE
VALDKZ AKfUK No. 1071
Meet every Friday. 8 p. m. Katflo Hall
[iVEF U R Si
V!.,M!!.tiN FUR X WOOL CO '
! w it i r r run c i ho iilaks;
We are pleased to announce that we have
been appointed
SOLE AGENTS
for the FAMOUS NAPA-TAN SHOES. This
shoe is manufactured at Napa, California.
Made of the choicest calf leather and solid
oak sole leather.
THE BEST SHOE ON THE MARKET
For Miners and Prospectors
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting anil passengers to all pans
of the interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, . - Proprietor
McKinley St.; Valdez
«up Hot]
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PHONE 2.
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Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Embalmer8
Funeral Directors
,4B GEO. ROBBINS, Mgr.
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Steam Heat Electric Light.
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furm.hed Room. AH Modern Convenience.
Good
Goods
THE BUFFET
G o o d j
Goods i
4
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and ¥ ¥ Tll/ID CD ant* Building
Puget Sound Vx lYlDlliIx Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices 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
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regala EL SIDELO, Senators, Millionaire*
SMOKECRAFT, Reina 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
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BANKERS
CAPITAL $ 200.000.'?
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
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