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SATURDAY, DECEMBER >»8, '12.
ELIMINATING ILLITERACY.
The boast «• I" the Federal Bu
reau of Education that illiter
acy is being rapidly eliminated
is bnrncl out by the bulletin on
the subject just issued by the
Census Bureau. The bureau
treats as illiterate all persons ov
er ten years of age who cannot
write, regardless of their ability
to read. The figures show that
<ho number of illiterate persons
in the United States has decreas
ed from 0,180,000 in 1000 to 5.- i
516,,093 in 1010. a falling oil' in j
ihe decade id' more than 000,000
in number and a decline from
10.7 to 7.7 per cent, in the per
centage of population.
The decrease in illiteracy is
general throughout the country,
with exception of New York and
Connecticut, where the percent
age remains I In* same as ten j
years ago, due to the heavy in
flux of foreigners.
Much the most, interesting lig- j
ures given arc those relating to!
children from ten to fourteen !
years of age. The proportion of i
illiterates among these declined |
during the decade from 1.2 to i.t j
per cent., the percentage for them I
being lower at .each census year!
than that for the population over <
-4eh years of age taken as a whole. I
.Illiteracy among the uativcwhile j
children has fallen to 1.7 per!
cent., while among lhos.» of for-i
eign or mixed parentage, who for I
the most pari live in cities, the
proportion is as low as six peri
C'lll.
Alining' \\ hil<* eh ilili cn as aj
whole Ihr |nMTi'iiljuxi' •»I' illili'r-i
ary fell (lin ing I In- «;t«l«* from j
:«.r» lo I .M per ••••ill., wliih* aiimiif,' j
colnreil rh i 111 r«* 11 I lie proporlioni
<Jorliiiril I'rmii .'{(>.1 In IN.'.! per i
conl. prnpnrl i • • 11 nl' i 11 il •• r—
ary in I in* imrl Ii.tii sit! inn nf
-tin* «*i>ti111 ry is iiiiw. il appi'.'irs,
coiisii|<>ialil> 11• >s llian hum per
(•••ill i»I* I In* whole 11111111i* nf
cliiMi i-n I Ih.m'i'. Taken «i11«111 —
er, IIm* liminv- fur I In* «'11iI• I■•«• 11
seem In alVnnl a l»asi> fur tin*
sl.ali'iiumiI ■ iiii11<• h> Ili<- C.i'iisus
1-ti i !•«•;» ii 111; 11 ill il i-rarv is heiiiK
pi'aiilially •• Ii• 11iiisiI*•«I. ami .j11<Ilt
iiiK hy 1 liciii. I In* school »yslcm nl'
11n* nniiil r>. nl" which I here has
Jm'.'ii im i il I It* criticism nf late.|
lias I mm1 11 accomplish in;: sunn* re
siills nl' a noteworthy charadcr.
II was \i• i'\ finilisli I'm* |ho.«c
si eailltil li'fs In Kill each oilier ov
er an si 111 < hi H »l ii Ii*. 11> pulling in
an extra "lay's work 111»•> conhl
Jiave each pnrchascil one.
Till* colored ni'KI'n pol'tel' who
«*hot a hamlil has al lust solved
I lie vexed p r. 11 r I < • 111 nf I In- smith.
'J lie iii'KI'ii rare iniuhl In* pi11 In
running down bandits.
Now thitl I )i'\\ ey nl I rihnles his
si-vyiily-llvi* years' Ii!'«> In his sn.
briely, we imisi eonclude lliiil had
his liahils Iii otherwise, lie
would hint' died in I KMT.
There is ii r*iinilie in I he labor
marked exeepl anions Ih«* eahmol
makers. Thai industry is over
crowded .iusl now. according to
reports reaching Mr. Wilson.
Kvidenlly I lit* Punamaian an
urchisl who atlempled In Mow up
President Tafl hadn'l hoard wlial
I ho American people had done lo
I heir rliief executive only 11 short
I III.' ago.
Thai t'.hina has '"politely re.
fused" lo further ronsider anew
Iroaty with Knglaml does not hike
from the hitler eonnlry her de
Hire to acquire Thibet or her "de
late" Mama.
Light, is shed on the hiKh eosl
of living problem by the fact that
Iho Chicago Waiters' club sold
enough old champagne corks al
brary of 2,000 volumes.
A Kansas highwayman shot and
[killod a man last week for fail
ing to put up his hands when
ordered to do so. Served him
right. He should have obeyed the
ethics of the profession.
"This is a nation of profes
sional liars" says a St. Louis
minister who, apparently, is still
reading Ihe literature sent out by
the managers of the recent na
tional political campaign.
It was J. Pierpon! Morgan, we
believe, who said the courts could
not unscramble eggs. But they
have managed to unscramble a
powerful railway merger, which,
after all, is the next best thinp.
John Chink is fast leaving be
hind him the country's old cus
toms of the Orient. He has now
taken up Hie modern calender
and will celebrate the new year
with us. and probably in Ihe same
manner.
Is there anyone in Illinois who
was here when the state was ad
mitted into the Union ninety
four years ago? asks the Chica
go Inter-Ocean. We thought
Shelby-M. Culloin was delegate
from the territory.
Were we I«> come bark to Alas
ka 1 Oil years hence we would be
surprised to see the advance
made in Ibis land of ours, but as
we can't, let us make Ihe place
as pleasant as we can while we
a re permit I ed to live.
Marriageable girls on I lie out
side might And a bundle of Alas
ka mining stocks quite an in
centive to matrimony, as far as
Hie young men are concerned.
And I lien. loo. much of it can be
purchased a a nominal cost.
The Department of Justice is
bent upon increasing Ihe cost of
living. First they went after Kel
logg's "toasties" for violating the
Sherman act and now they are
aiming a death blow at Mellen's
food along the line of the New
Kngland railroads.
SERIAL NO. 01652.
MINERAL APPLICATION
MINERAL 8URVEY NO 736 I). S. I.HIlA
orriee, Juneau, Alaska, /November u ;,
16 IS.
JSotlce I? hereby given lhai Ibe Muffins
Island Copper Mining Company, a cor
poration organized and existing under
and by virtue of the laws or the Ter
rilory or Alaska, by s. A. Iteinpie, its at
lorney in raet, whose postoiriee address
is Valdez, Alaska, has made application
Tor a patent Tor twelve hundred rorty-one
linear reel or the Appolla Lode, lode,
mine or vein; lirteen hundred linear reel
<>r the Hercules l.ode, lode, mine or
vein; lirteen hundred linear feel or the
Paid Knob Lode, lode, mine or vein;
thirteen hundred forty-three and eight
tenths linear feet or the Mogul Lode,
lode, mine or vein; llilrleen hundred nine
ty linear feet or the One Dime No. J?
l.ode, lode, mine or vein; lirteen liundreii
linear feel or Hie One Dime Lode, lode,
mine or vein, all bearing copper, with
MiiTace ground six hundred reel In width
on each or said lodes, situated in tbe
Valdez Mining District, Territory or
\laska, and described In the otllclal plat
(Mice or UN aegratar of IM ll, B. Lud
OBIce at Jdmq, Territory or Alaafta, u
followfl, to-wit:
Beginning at Corner No. I, -a yim
atona »♦" .* ,»•?' s!iO" aftt is" ta um
■raoad. -with ■ monad of atoaa oBlamad
wita a cro*f) and 78«-ai, from
which 0. B. Location Monument Mo. 17
baara N. It deg. 63 mln. B. 165.44 rcat
distant; tbanca N. 84 deg. 94 min a.
688.80 foci to Corner No. 9; tbeoee B.
88 dev. 84 mln. B. <841.00 raet to
Corner Ho. 8; thence 8. 84 deg. 04 mln.
W. 000.84 feet to Corner No. 4; thence
N. 07 der. 38 mln. W. 1840.14 feet to
Corner No. 1, the place or beginning.
HERCULES LOOS.
Beginning at Comer No. 1, which is
Identical with Corner No. 4 or tne Ap
polio Lode, rrom which U. S. L. M. No.
17 bears N. 09 deg. 65 mln. W. 1940.98
reet distant; thence N. 84 deg. 04 mln.
B 000.54 rcet to Corner No. 9; thence 3.
72 deg. 84 mln. E. 1600.00 reet to Cor
ner No. 8; thence S. 94 deg. 04 mln. W.
604.48 reet to Corner No. 4; thence N.
79 deg. 46 mln. W. 1490.48 reet to Cor
ner No. 1, the place or beginning.
BALD KNOB LOOK.
Beginning at Corner No. 1, rrom
which U. 9. L. M. No. 17 bears N. 06
deg. 99 mln. W. 9779.39 reet distant;
thence S. 08 deg. 39 mln. P. 1600.00 reet
to Corner No. 9; thence S. 97 deg. 39
mln. W. 588.20 reet to Corner No 3;|
thence N. 89 deg. 13 mln. W. 1608.03
reet to Corner No 4; thence N. 27 deg.!
32 mln. E. 018.20 reet to Corner No. I.
( the place or beginning.
, MOOUL LOOK.
Beginning at Corner No. 1. rrom which
I U. S. I.. M. No. 17 boars N. 66 deg. 49
mln. W. 3058.50 reet distant; thence N.
24 deg. 27 mln. E. 673.09 rcet to Cor
ner No 2; thence N. 87 deg. 30 min.
E. 1343.80 reet to Corner No. 8; tnence
S. 24 deg. 27 mln. W. 073.09 reel to
Corner No 4; thence S. 87 deg. 30 mln.
W. 1343.80 reet to Corner No. 1, the
place or beginning.
ONE DIME NO. 2 LODE.
Beginning at Corner No. 1 rrom which
U. S. L. M. No. 17 bears N.* 37 deg. 38
mln. E. 353.19 rcct distant; thence S.
07 deg. 38 rain. E. 1390.00 reet to Cor
ner No. 2; thcnce S. 27 deg. 32 mln. W.
600.00 rcet to Corner No. 3; thence N.
67 deg. 38 mln. W. >300.00 reet to
Corner No. 4; thence N. 27 deg. 32 min.
E. 600.00 reet to Coiner No. 1. the
j place or beirlnnlnBr.
ONE DIME LODE.
Beginning at Corner No. 1, identical
! with Corner No. 4 Appnlla Lode, Corner
1 No. 1 Hercules Lode and Corner Ko. J
One Dime No. 2 Lode, all or tms s.i;'v\\v, j
rrom which U. S. L. M. no. l hi-a.'s n.
52 deg, 55 mln. W. 1340.93 r»«?i •iiatani;
ihence S. 76 deg. 43 mln. E. f 500.00 L
reet to Corner No. 2; theme 3. t"-7 dev.
32 mln. W. 618.20 reet to Corner No. 1
thence N. 76 deg. 02 mln. W. 1495.60,
, reet to Corner No. 4; thence N. i'7 d^p. ;
! 32 min E. 600.00 reet to Co:*nv iSo. 1. •
{ the place or beginning.
Variations at all corners or tills survey I
! 30 deg. 47 min. E. !
AREA8
Acres Acres
Area or Appolta Lode
I Area or Hercules Lode . . . . 20.
^Area or Bald Knob Lode . issur.
Less area In conllict with
Hercules Lode .... t<
Net area Bald Knob Lode . . is 701
Area Mogul Lode .... 18.509
Less area In conflict with
Bald Knob Lode . . . . 1.370
Net area Mogul Lode 17.130
Area One Dime No. 2 Lode . . . iv.oots
Area One Dime I.ode . . . 20.320
i Less area in conll.ct with
Hercules Lode 1.709
[Net area One Dime Lode .... 18.570
Net area Inl Survey No. 736 . . 110.977
The presumed course or the lode line
on the Appolla Lode Is S. 68 deg. 24
mln. E., on the Hercules Lode S. 72
deg. 54 min. E., on the Mogul Lode N
87 deg. 30 min. E. on the Bald Knob
Lode 88 ueg. 32 mln. W.. on the one
I Dime No. 2 Lode N. 67 deg. 38 mln. W.,
I on the One Dime N. 76 deg. 43 mln. W.
through tlie center lengthwise or each
[ or said claims.
Mir lutaiHiii iiuiiuc* (II 9UIU tunc III II)
ing claims are recorded in the u s.
Commissioner's and ex-olllclo's onice at
Valdez. Alaska In Book C. of Mining Lo
cations on Page 92, in Book E. on Pago
279,. In Bonk C on Page 91, In Book K. •
on Page 420 and in'Book H. on Pago
09 respectively.
Any and all persons claiming adverse
ly any portion or said Appoiia hone,
Hercules l.ode, Mogul Lode, Bald Knoh
Lode one Dime Lode No, 2, or line
Dime* Lode are required to tile their
adverse claims with tlie Beglster or the
United States Land Olllcc at Juneau,
Alaska during Hie sixty day period or
publication liereor or within eight months
thereafter, or they will lie Barred by
I provisions or Hie statute.
! Knifflils M.iikI Copper Miming Compauv
By S. A IIK.MPLK,
Attorney in Fact I
I'MTKh STATIC.. LAN I) OITICK I
Juneau. Alaska, Nov. 27, 1912!
I II is hereby ordered that the rorego- i
I ing notice he published in the Valdez .
I Prospector, llie newspaper published I
| nearest the said mining claims rur a
period or sixty days. i
C. B. WALK KB, Beglster
Dale or First Publication Dec. 0 1912 I
I Dale or Last Publication Feb. 15', IV12 j
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone H6 I | Rou^h Dry 10c lb.
FOR SALE
2 1-2 H. P. Stationary Gasoline
Engine
A BARGAIN
Keystone Dock Valdez Iron Works
VALDEZ DOCK CO.
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY AND GRAIN
PHONE NO. 1.
*
Agent for
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO. ALASKA COAST COMPANY..
The Wind She Blew,
by and by She Blow Some More"
So prepare for it by getting inside of one"of our
OVERCOATS,
We have them from $12.50 to $85.00,
and then let her blow.
FELT SHOES and CAPS
We have them of all kinds
Copper River
Draying Co.
♦
l-VelthtiDir and passengers to all parts
of the Interior. General Trucking
Kd. Wood, - Proprietor
McKlnley St. ValUez
f
«up Hotel
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING
IN T11E HEART OF THEC1TY
1 C5RooHsWtTh Bhh-50 S&hpuRoohs
GOOD REASONS
Tho most progressive
store keepers all over tho
country use electricity for
lighting. Why Is it?
Because
It makes a lighter store.
It is cleanly.
It gives leiis trouble.
Itaoes not pollute the air.
It lends itself readily to
any special decorative
effect.
It shows up colore to
good adv.intfifje.
'Phone for oiir expert to
talk it over with you.
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT 4, TEL. CO.
S'"m He" El~tric Ligftta
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnuhed Room. All Modern Convenience*
Good TIIC DlinXT Good
Goods I lit DUrrtl Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and 1 ¥ Tl\/|l3IIj,I3 an<^ Building
Puget Sound IVJLIjIZjJLV 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
Arguments May Be Disputed, But
"Facts A re Facts."
II i a fact (hat Valdez beer is n food and not a Ionic.
Ask any doctor you know. Valdez lie or aids digest ion. Use
il a few timos with your tneals ami you'll find we're right.
If you drink l.ecr you should use Valdez beer in preference to
others. First, because of its unquestionable high quality.
Second, because il is a hoine product; brewed in your home
town nnd all who are interested in th«» growth and prosper
ity of Valdez should patroniz home products.
VALDEZ BREWING AND BOTTLING CO.
We do a
general
Banking
Business
'S* BlaJJM & <2
— INCORPORATED —
BANKERS
'capital $ 200 GOO."*5
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates o1 Deposit.