Valdez Daily Prospector
I'UIILISHKD UY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TBIIVS
One Dollar i>er Month: Twelve Dollars per Year
TUKSDAV, MAY I t, UHl'.
ADMITS OF PERFIDY.
Tlu» speech made )»y Martin
llarrais in Juneau is a most re
markable eon fession on llic pari
of the candidate nominated for
delegate to congress hy the rump
eonvenlion. Hy his own admis
sion. voluntarily made, lie eame
to the liemoeralic convention in
structed for Jcnninprs, "whose
candidacy interior Alaska I)em
erats* unqualinedly favored" and
yet. hulled that eonvenlion to
further his own candidacy under
lhe excuse "that I was also in
structed to embarrass the pres
ent national commit Iceman, Mr.
l>aly, as much as possible."
Probably il <Ii< 1 not percolate
111 run fib llarrais' skull I list ( bis
instruction related lo the ]»i'i»u»—
cralic convention thai nominal"«|
It. W. Jennings ami • Ii«I not con
template his bollinpr I ho eonven
lion. II is wilbin the ranpe of
possihilil ies lalil had Martin llar
rais remained lrm> In his in
>1 rucl i<»ns lialy rouhl have been
defeated. In \ iew of the admis
>iini< made by .llarrais we are
\\ ill iiim I" leave I lie honesty of his
methods Id the bar of public
■ •pinion. .Mr. llarrais canmd
claim thai lie was led away by an
ovcrwhcliniiiK sen I imeii I or car
ried oil' hi- feel by a stampede.'
for lie personally was a leader in
the movement lo obstruct the
\cry organization of the conven
l ion which was lo and did noni- j
male It. \V. Jennings in coiiso- j
nance with llie i lis I rucl ions of the]
people of interior Alaska. At no i
time during llarrai.-* slay in.Val-!
de/, did lie make Mich a dcclara- :
lion as lie made in .luiieau and j
lie cerlainlv made no plea lo Ihej
* j
delegates assembled in further
ance of what lie Ihoufrhl the vol-i
i'1's who sent liini here wanted. |
llarrais came here as a candi- j
dale for delefrale lo congress. |
Within the writer's own hearing!
lie denied he was a candidate for j
national r .uiiiiilleeinaii and lac-j
illy avowed he was in the hands!
of John Moe. < rConnor audi
Frame. The filiation in a mil-!
-hell is llial Sluickleford. who i*
eliief counsel for I lie Treadwell
company and political agronl for
I lie < iiit:^enlieinis, who hales and
fears .leiiniiifis. saw an oppor- !
I unity to Kill two birds wilh one
stone. Tl'eailwell delegates were j
inslrucled !o vide for llarrais..
and Frame and oV.onnor tickled
his vanity lo serve their deeper!
end: A faithful rendering «»i i
service lo Treadwell and the Svn- i
dicale. while O'Connor, by ilu
move had himself recommended
as national commit Iceman and
Kraine for lerrilorial commillee-j
man, knowing full well I tint liar-!
rais never could lie elected and in 1
rase of a Deinncralic victory in i
national offices O'Connor ami j
Frame would control llie democ
racy. while Shackleford ami
Tread\ve|| would be revenged on |
.Jennings. Wlial drives the siliij
alion more color is the l.-n l thai >
upon reaching Juneau 'llarrais j
i in Hied ial ely proceeded lo Tread-i
well, where he was iii cousiiila
lion wilh Manager Kin/.ie and
II eherl, the man employed by
T. cad well ami who jrave the
Treadwe|| proxies to Frank Marli
lo be voted for llarrais. Mr.
llarrais has every reason lo ex
pect 2fio non-union Treadwell
voles, which I hey have promised
to jzi\c him. This is the only pre- j
cincl lie will carry in llie First
judicial division.
SCHOOL ADVANCEMENT.
il'tlCCC is (I movement fining Oil
anions |in' children IhrouKhoul.
I hi* sin I i»m for I In* hcaul illcat ion
of I heir school grounds. A great,
ilea | <»r work in 111 is direct ion has
been done, piving impetus In the
movement which promises most
desirable results, the fruits of
which will he enjoyed for fre iter
ations In follow.
Opposition hns been expressed
in sonic ipinrlei'M against anynl
lenipl lo ndnrn mcIiooI grounds
on (lie Iheory lhal children will
destroy tlicni. The Interest llio
ehihlren Ihomnclvcn lake in Ihc
work |m a refutation of I ho claim.
If I here he vandals among Ihem,
I hen il is I lino I hey were taught
lo conserve public properly. No
doubt I hey will he restrained by
I heir fellow pupils and the lesson
taught wil| he a good one. Taught
i«» preserve public properly, they
will likely observe the rules per
taining I<> I In* preserval ion of
private property, The presence oT
flowers ami plants on I lie school
grounds wilj have I lie effect of
'instilling into the careless a due
regard for the rights of others,
and, of course, the youngsters
will learn to love tlowers if they
! • it> not already possess that af
j'feelion, and tin* effects of that
'alone upon a community cannot
jhe overestimated.
I' Hcautiful surroundings ini
douhtedly work for a belter citi
zenship; shift lessness and ugli
ness work hand in hand. The
adornment of the school proper
ties wil| give to the cliihlrcn an
'added love for their schools com
ensurate with I ho disgust we old
er ones hold for the stables in
which the three It's were cram
med into our heads by liberal ap
i plications of birch oil; it will give
tliein a greater respect for insti
tutions and a liner regard fin
obedience to law. Planting is a
part of life and far loo long our
school curriculum has overlooked
[the fad.
i
HELP THE MINERS.
Tin* surestii»n lias I made
thai I In' mail overseer of lliis dis
trict. in collect inj; funds,
I c*!•••• IiI llii> amounts collected from
those enframed in the several tnin —
in;r mm*I iinis. In those localiI ics;
111a I is. wherever an «?IV« »rl is be
imr nnnlt' I• • Iniilil a mad I•» open
up mining ramps. Insli*a<! of
s|>«• 1111iiiIlia* hulk of tin- IIIOIU'J
in lixinjr up si reels mi I he Res
«• r\ at i«»11. Ilir money i->>111• I In* used
fi» IH'11«• r purp11si• in making roads
Jo 11|h'ii up llif lalml I'l'Miiirci's
II pi 111 wit nil lliis i-< > i n 1111111 i I > will
liavi« In ilt'pt'inl fop ils very «»x— ;
islciiee. Those owning properly
mi llif lie scrval ion, if llit'v have
streets needing repairs, ran vol
unlarily dn wlial residents of Ili«>
municipality an; compelled In do,
III a I is lax Iheir properly for 111 o
ileftliwi improvements. Some en
couragement will have |o he piv
eii I hose al tempi inp to open up
mines tributary |o the eily. ami
no easier way ran he fouml than
lo tlevole a lai'Ke pmporlion f»f
Hit' mail lax moneys |o that pur- |
pose. Heretofore this money has
all heeij spent ill the i 111111 et I i a I •'
xif*iiliIy of the town to Ihe exclu
sion of those places which iiectl
cil p I mails Hie mosl.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
j
In a,n aviation sense, a IHirlil of|
fancy is less ha/artloiis than a>
fancx llipIII.
I
A man who has lo he watched!
is no| safe: lie will li in I an op-I
porlun l> to do you.
r.hica^o is to have a hip aero- {
plane mecl. The city will fur-j
nish sky room ami wiml.
Hanks may merpe ami ciucrff \
hul Ihe formality of ucKotintiiiK a
loan presents Ihe same ohl ililVi
cilll ies.
The administration steam roll
er Slicceeileil ill llallcuillK out
Seunlor Nixon's llooseveli cam
paign in Montana.
A Pennsylvania farmer discov
ereil a coal mine in his cellar. If
thai happi'iieil here the jrovern
inenl wotihl conserve it.
The harem skirl has received
ils ih'nlli blow. A (ierinaii phy
sician has discovered thai liffhl
skirls have a tendency to develop
knock knees.
Americans complain Ihcv are
nol safe in Mexico. To tpiole
Congressman hriscoll, Me.\ieo
was there llrsl, lei Ihe Americans
move out.
A Philadelphia ninn, henl m»
ruicide, swallowed poison, in
haled Kas ami cnl his tliroa.,
.ludfrc ho wns entirely loo aelhe
for llial old I own.
Seal lie has spenl over *3,000
in exterminating rals during I lie
past twelve months whleli hns
caused n#ch a scarcity of rodents
ns lo cansi» a wailing nmong Ili«*
feline family at I In* liiKh cost •»f
'living.
And I his from uiip of I Im* fed
eral hripade: There is .just
objection llml we have In a I«• i*—
iMorial Kovernmenl in Alaska. II
iiifrhl have Ihe «• fl'i***I of |es<eti.
inu* the assumed power of mini'
of fho peanut federal officials
who now lord il over jrood Ainer
itnu citizens in Ihis norlh|and.
An assanll Is helng made all
along the line against I he mid
I
(Hi-man, whose profits liulli the
|iiiMincer iimJ consumer say is
excessive. Well, then, how is the
middleman going 1° meet. the in.
crease in (lie cost of living?
The same Republican papers
under the same mviii'i's ami ••«til_
urs who arc now decrying Koose
vi'lt's lliinl 11*1*111 aspirations,
were less than four years ago try
ing l«» explain that in case llose
vell was again a candidate he
would not he running for a Ihird
term, having been a candidate hut
once before the people.
THE MAJESTIC
AMUSEMENT CO.
H. C. DAVIS, Mgr.
Complete ohange of program on
8unday, Tuesday and Thursday
Week days one show at 8 p. m.
Sundays 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.
LATOUCI/E & PECK. Mora.
Office Smythie's Tailor Shop Phone 102
Service to All Paris of Town. Calli Answered Promptly
Business Confidential
House and Carpet Cleaning
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Points.
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
Iron Pipe, Fittings.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
V ALOE Z, ALASKA
Reports on Mines
Patent Surveys
Genesal. Mining E ngineerino
'Phone No. toa
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Ofilrp in Ifurrinsfton
on Water Kront K»-s. 1'honc. IW)
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
^t.b.
Meet every Tuesday wenlng at 8 o'eloeU Id i i
Kni-'le Hull AH members requeste I t" at- |
tend • D. II. SL-KliM. Artie Chief
Valdes I/Odge
No 168.
Free and Accented Masons,
Nebular Communications first Wednesday in 1
each montli in MeKinley Hull. Visitors always
welcome.
James 11. Patterson,. W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
I.0.<
O.F.
VisiUnu nnd focn) Odd KpIIowh nrc rc
»iiirHtc«l to reiriKtcr ilit'ii" name with th<;
Vnlde* Oilil Kcllowti' Club. KPittilur
meetings, ttrnt nrul thinl Mondny.
full on P. s. HUNT. Secrclnrv.
FOE
VAT.DK/. A Kit IK Nil. MCI
Mort every KrMny, 8 i>. ni. KiikIc Hull
BUY YOUR BREAD at
VALDEZ BAKERY
Nothing but bent nmtcrlnlfl uwod.
FRESH BREAD DAIL\
All kln»1n c»f Cnkrn, l'icn, ot<\
mado to order
WOOD A HENRICH, Prop..
Fagerberg Bros.
NIZINA, ALAHKA
General Merchandise
Miners &. Prospectors Supplies
Freah Goodi-RHaonibla Prices
We Want You to Get Acquainted
With our Line of CRESCA BRAND
FANCY GROCERIES
If You Have Never Tried Them it Will Pay You to Do So Now.
QUALITY MUCH BETTER
PRICE VERY LITTLE HIGHER
THE ASSORTMENT CONSISTS OF
Mushrooms in glass
Mushrooms stuffed
Rose leaves preserves
Cresca baby onions
Cresca Pate de foi gras
Cresca anchovis in kegs
Cresca imported Pempernikel
Cresca Bar Le Due jelly
Cresca Brussel sprouts
Cresca Petis pois
Pimientos, Spanish peppers
Qerman Broad noodles
StufTed figs and dates
Cresca pickled walnuts
Cresca Camembert cheese
Cresca salted pecans
Cresca salted almonds
Cresca salted filberts
SEE OUR CRESCA WINDOW
Copper River
Draying Co.
Kreitflitirnf and passengers to ail parts
of thu interior. CJeneral TruoUinx
sid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKinloy St.- YuMcx
fl«up Hotel
stxrrir
Cams. Perry, mop.
THE BEST Or EVERYTHING
IN THE HEART OF TttEfilTY ,
135RooHsWlT(tBMit-50Swn|itI!ooMS
When^In^Seward ;Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward, Alaska
FISHER'S BLEND
FLOUR
AT
DOUGHERTY & FERGUSON
I'llONK 2.
Valdez Undertaking Co.
Undertaker, Kmbalrners
Funeral Directors
Phona CEO. ROBBINS, Mgr.
Steam Heat Electric Lights
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Room* Al! Modern Conveniences
Good Tiir DIICCCT G ° °d
Goods I fit DUr I LI Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALTj KINDS OF
Native And ¥ ¥ JIV/IDII'D an£I Building
Puget Sound i-i w IVlDLdiX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Zb<
Tairbanks Bar
* George Krau, Proprietor
Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
Ingram & Bush Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
INTEGRIDAD, Rex, Regal* EL SIDELO, Senator*, Millionaires
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
I S-BLUM & <S
— INCORPORATED
bankers
cahita_l _ $ 20o 000 S
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates of Deposit.