Valdez Daily Prospectoi
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WKDNKSDAY, January 17, 1912,
PASSING OF ADMIRAL EVAN8.
In the death of Hear Admiral
Robley 1). Evans—"Fighting Hob,"
as the world knew him best—the
nation has lost a man as univer
sally loved as he was respccted,
says the Taeoma Ledger in com
menting on ttie passing of that
great sea officer. American all
through, as kindly as lie was cour
ageous, ready for tight or frol
ic, and possessing a grim per
sonality that gave him a distinc
tion over all other officers, he was
to his admiring countrymen all
that a sailor should be. The gov
ernment found in liini even more.
Succeeding secretaries of the
navy all gave their most import
ant tasks I«» "Fighting Hoh." To
I hem he was not only a skillful
comninmlcr. nil unrclenl ing tight -
er and an emissary absolutely
dependable. IiiiI lie was. h'llilld
his gruff exterior, a diploma! as
well, and as niueh ;i man lo en
lerlain royalty as to row a l.alin
Ameriean nioh. They I'onnd him
a roust ruet ive naval expert, and,
had Admiral Fvaiis never seen a
day of sea serviee, his work in
I lie offices of I lie department,
helping lo >hape I lie new navy out.
• if the old. would ha\e entitled
liini to a nation's respect.
Much as Hie public loved him
n< "Fighting Hoh," Admiral Hv
iilis di.-likeil the sohliipiel. He
was a man of kindly inslinets,
and did not want lo lie looked up
on as a "roiiiih." lie was not
pugilistieatl> inclined, and was
•-ensilive to the fart thai I here
was in the nickname ami donhl
Iess in* the popular estimation of
his character a suggest ion of the
man who was ready with his lists.
For I hi-; reason, friends of the
gallant admiral I e 11 us. they nev
er referred to him as "Fighting
Hob" in his presence.
In a heller sense, however, the
I il lr was an apl our. All his life
I hit Admiral was in a struggle.
As a hoy I lie naval academy was
his goal, hnl as lie hail nol On;
influence to hi* appointed from
his native slate—Virginia—he ao
eepted an olTer lo go to Utah and
he sent from there. On his way
lo thin western slate his party
was attacked hy Indians, and he
received his llrst wound hy help
ing to light I hem off. At the naval
acadiMny he caini* into conllict
with the authorities over a token
from his mother, ami won mil. A
little later, when the civil war
hursl upon'Ihe nalion. the moth
er. her sympathies with the
South, deinamleil llohley's resig
ualMMi. informing him thai his
hrolher had alreail> taken up
arms for tin* Confederacy. The
I'uliire admiral- was hoi for Ihe
I'nion. ami Willi many a hearthuru
lie hroke willi his mother. Ii was
\ears afterward before sh" wouhl
eoiisenl I•» a reconciliation.
I.failing a valiant charge of
marines at Kort l-'isher. K\ans,
then in his leens, received a
wiiiiihI which lamed him for life.
At the point of ;i |-e\o|\cr thai
had hern made useless hy wa
ter. I lie wounded hoy forced a
>ti Ik lug soldier lo draft him lo
safety. The doc|or> foui'ul lie had
hceii shot in lioih legs, ami order
ed a double ampulalims. Again
making use of his revolver, Kv
ans forced Ih•• medical men to
change their diagnosis.
The same spirit was shown in
the liarhor of Valparaiso in I HIM,
w hen*llie sailors of the liny gun
hoal Yorklown were Ihrcaleued
wilh ami ill ilal ion hy an inllamcd
populace. The whole Chilean
fleet had ils guns I rained on the
on.* American vessel, hut her com
mander had lo lie reckoned wilh.
Kvatis carried his hi11IV Ihrough
successfully, and. hud achinl con
llict coine. there are I hose who
he(ic\e thai, despite I lie odds, lie
would have "made good" ill a very
different way.
The Spanish-American war
found him in command of the hal
lleship Iowa, lie it was, after the
r>ii - iii i lc en ii ii iug light at Santi
ago. who s"l Ihe hlm'.jackcls
cheering hy handing hack Ihe
sword of Up* dazed Spanish com
mander whose riddled ship had
gone down under Ihe American
lire. II has heen said to neither
Sampson nor Schley should go
the credit for lhal famous vic
tory, bill, lo I,ho captain who
fought so gallantly and who act
ed largely on their own initiative.
Of these, none took a more prom
, inent part than Robloy D. Evans.
The roccnt voyage of the Amer
ican fleet around the world, with
Admiral Evans in command as far
as San Francisco, is fresh in tho
memory. Evans was broken at
the time, the prey of his old
wounds and of rheumatic Rout,
hut it was decided, as a final hon
or, (o send him with the ships as
far as he could go. It was a fine
st.oke of courtesy and gratitude
lo the veteran who was to retire
in a few months.
"Fighting Bob's" name will live
long in American history. He has
no single great battle to his cred
it such as that of Dewey at Ma
nila bay, buL his fame will be equ
ally lasting. Since Farragut's
day the United Stales has had no
better sailor, and not. even Far
ragut was butler loved.
THIRD GAME
OF TOURNAMENT
Team From Big Place Were In
Lead for First Two Games
But Lost
Tin' Ingram vV Hush howling
11 «*;i ii i won tin' lliinl straight game
from tin' I •■situ represenl ing tin*
Big IMai'i' last niglil. At tho imiiI
of the si'i'oinl ga n ii' lasl nighl I lie
Hig Place aggregation had a coin
forlahle lead ami il looked as
I hough I hey winihl prove the win
ners. Iiavis and CJanly, of the
I. ami M. leain, who had been
falling far short of their usual
scores, turned loose in the lasl
game and brought home the ba
con.
Merchant was high with IH7
|pins. Hush made high average
Iwilli ITS 2-3 pins. The scores i»f
j 1 hi' players were as follows:
Ingram & Bush.
Davis I 25 I 28 I 7<» 420
< San l y I :*2 1 »r> 183 460
Hush 17 1 I Hit IK2 530
Kelsey 15(1 133 1 '.«) 438
Merchant 172 1 .IH 187 497
• Totals i. . . . .756 727 877 2300
Big Place.
Mossman 151 153 174 478
Gray <71 171 159 501
.Thomas 137 127 155 10
Thoinpkins ...138 153 150 447
Dal ton 1 '»8 145 15G 449
Totals 745 749 800 2294
Oh, My! Oh, My!!
I low we all did laugh at the
pictures shown in Ihe Orphcum
last nighl. I am going again this
evening, as they are a sure cure
for Ihe blues. Program:
(Kerf lire, orchcsl ra.
"Dad's Girl," soinelliing sensa
, I ional.
j "Med Hose," illustrated song.
"Holm's 'Hold-up." a scream
I comedy.
1 "Exception lo Ihe Hnle," anolh
1 er sensible comedy.
"ilrn/.y Gulch," a side-splitler.
I Seleclions by orchestra.
INTERIOR WEATHER.
I'irsl column temporal lire; .scc
; mill column snowfall.
jWorlman I MO Cloudv Calm
Summit Cloudy
|Heaver I>am r» in (Hear Calm
jTeikhell mu '»r> Clear Calm
|Tonsina li It) r.lcar Calm
) Con. Conlcr •* i I.'{ Clear Calm
Gulkana 20 17 Clear Calm
jtlogan IK 10 Clear Calm
jPaxson 'Jit 20 Clear Calm
Call for Warrants.
IS'olieo is hereby given thai. 1
will pay all regular oily warrants
up to and including No. 2895 it
presented within 10 days from
dale. K. H. WHEAT.
Town Treasurer.
Vnhlcz, Alaska, Jan. 6, 1012.
Weather Report.
Itaromel le pressure 20.81 .'I
Maximum temperature. . . .MM
Minimum temperature. . . .25
"Mean I em pern I uro 20
Temporal urc al 0 p. m...MM
Cloudy, liuhl hree/.e N. K.
K. M. UliADK, Observer.
WORK 18 8CAROE
IN OLD ENGLAND
The owners of Caxlon hall,
Westminster, who adverlisod for
a hallkoeper who could show good
testimonials for faithfulness,
| honesty, tac| and intelligence, ro
'colved 2,200 applications for the
Joh, which was worth but #8.75
a week. And of those 000 appli
cants had irreproachable creden
tials. An Oxford graduate got
the position.
Wfajestic
± JM. C. N. JONES, Mgr.
Complete change of program:
Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursday
and Saturday.
Saturday Matinee at 2:30 p. m.
Children under 14, 10 c.
If You'ro Pleased Tell Others.
K not. ten US
pictures WORTH WHILE
TWO SHOWS NIGHTLY S and 9:18
MISS O'MALLEY.1 PUnbt
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Rbroktb ON Minmb
PaTKNT SUNYBYB
Qknkbal. Minimb Ewe/wam/vo
Phonk No. ios
f. butterworth;
Civil Engineer and)
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor.
Ofllce in Harrington Uldt;.
on Water Krool Res. !». ••• 1W9
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
end T" G. (JUINX. ArticChief
Valdes Lodge No. 168
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
each month in McKinley Hall. Visitors always
welcome.
James M. Patterson,. \V. M
C. C- Reynolds. Sec
1.0. <
>0.F.
Visitinir nnd local Odd Fellows are re
quested to rejiister their mime with the
Valde/. Odd Fellows' Club. Ke^ular
meetings, tlrst nnd third Monday.
Cull on P. S. HUNT. Secretary.
VAL.DEZ AERIE No. 1971
Meet every Friday. 8 p. tn» EdkIo Hall
BUY YOUR BREAD at
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Nothing bat best materials used.
FRESH BREAD DAIL\
All kinds of Cakes, Pies, etc.
made to order
WOOD & HENRICH," Prop».
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NIZINA, ALASKA
General Merchandise '
Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fresh Goods—Reasonable Prices
THE Holiday reunion of
fer# an opportunity for
1 having that group picture
1 made.
gi We are equipped to pro
I duce the best in groups or
1 individual portrait*,
g We offer a variety of
I style* and size*.
1 P. S. HUNT
I STUDIO
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THE 8EASON HAVING CLOSED
The Mutual Commerical Co.. op
erating the launches Three M and
Flirt, does a general launch and
lightering business. All sched
ules discontinued for the winter
months. 8alllngs subject to
weather. Leave orlers at Valdez
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Archibald, Bld'g.
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IN THE HEART OT THECITY ,
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Best Money Back goods.
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PHONK 2.
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Undertaker, Embalmera
Funeral Directors
R22J"14* GEO. ROBBINS, Mgr.
S,eam Heat Electric Light.
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Finely Fumi.hed Room. All Modern Conven.ence.
Good
THE BUFFET
Good
Goods II1L DUrrtl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and J * T]VflDI7D a™* Building
Puget Sound Li\J1Y1DHiI\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
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Zb*
Tairbanks Bar
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George Krau, Proprietor
I Pool, Cigars, Liquors]
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
Ingram & Bush
Exclusive Cigar
Dealers
Just Arrived Dircct from the]
Factories a Largej .Shipment of
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SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
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