Valdez Daily Prospector
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Prospector Publishing Co.
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One Dollar prr Month: Twelve Dollurs vet Year
TL:KSJDAY, MAY 28, 1912.
AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY.
Yesterday's dispatches an
nouncing: tlu* intention <>f the!
Wliitc Pass railroad company to j
extend their line to Dawson and j
to Fairbanks, is fraught with i
much interest to t lie entire]
southwestern coast of Alaska,
taking, as it would, tint entire
trade of the interior through i
British territory I«» tide water on I
l.ynn Canal.
it is true that such a line, by
reason • if its length and grades,
would alVord bid a modicum of
relief and would »»t" necessity be
compelled to charge an cxliorbi
taut tariff, yet it would immis-j
lakably cause a delay, perhaps of
years in the building of an all
Ameriean route, having a lesser j
distance, lower grades and less
eost ly eonsl ruct i<»n.
Xo doubt Fairbanks would wel-|
eoiue (lie building of I he line, audi
it is bill natural that they should. |
ye| in the course of a very few j
years they would be paying a:
fearful price fur the luxury in the]
way nf additional freight tolls, as
well as I lie hick of sufficient ly j
cheap freight r;icililies for thej
proper di'Veli >[i|||e|| I of III MID-j
try embraced in the great Taiiamt'
\ alley. |
Thai portion nf Alaska «Ir;ti 11 (>«1 ■
liy I In' Tanana will nrwr reach |
• • v• • 11 ils approximate develop
ment until such lime at. lliul sec
linn is piven direct rail Iranspnr
lalinn id tide waler on IM-incc
William snui/l. In the Mrs I place .
I lie. distance between Valiliv. and'
i ho Tanana metropolis is I ho
^horlesl practical route which can j
he (raced on Hip map. II has llicl
lowest ^ra<h's of any practical!
ron I e yd 111;i|>|>«*«I mil. It can ho
constructed for one-half I h• • j
money which will have |o he OX-1
pi'txh'il «'ii any «»f I In* «»l h«*i* lincsi
! a Iked of.
A railroad roslinp I In* ainoiinl
accredited lo I lit' Hopper Hiver '
Xorthwesli-rii is no| and cannot !
';e a practical roiile iii Alaska.-,
for I In- reason I ha I I lie fixed j
charges are so preat a> lo pre-j
clllde I he Use of I he road for any !
i»111 urpeiil necessities and possi- I
Idy I In- shipineiit of ver> hiphj
prnde ores, and in the latter case!
I lie shipper is playing lo a very I
expensive luxury, as I lie road's j
larilV sheet will show.
I*'or these reasons we feel that !
the extension of (lie While Pass,
road into the Tanana valley will,
iii the lonp run, prove to he an
expensive play ihinp to those of'
the interior who expert lo prow
np with I he country.
STATESMEN WITH REBUILT j
NAMES.
Why tint's I In- president ial j
lightning play >«» often ahoul Hum
heads of 1111*11 who have tinkered!
willi llii'ir names? "Il«»\v does it
happen Dial a practice which is I
not ci mm nit >ii anions nifii in ^tm-i
era I slnmltl crop mil, every now
ami llifii, in connection willi I lit*
highest i>11 iff in Hie emnilry?
C.liamp ('lark <Ii<I not hegin life
with dial short and choppy oul
III. His parenls had him cliris
lened .lame Hfanchamp Clark, and
m his early manhood he usually
signed himself "J. H. Clark." On |
formal occasions he was some
Ifines "James B. ('lark." The idea
«>f chopping his mother's family
name in Iwo in Hie middle and
adoptinK Hie last half of il as
his own and on-ly given name did
not occur In him unlil later in his
career. No good reason is known
why il should have come into his{
head al all.
And Wood row Wilson was
Thomas W. Wilson when lie I
started life for himself. He he
came Thomas Wood row Wilson
after a lime and then he dropped
his lirsl name and Woodrow Wil
son lie has heen over since. II is
doiihlful whether lie has prolll.ed
l>\ I lie change, in politics. As
"Tom" Wilson lie uiivlit have
heen aide lo make the people
whose \oil's lie wanls fed ;i |j|_
lh* neari'r lo him than lie will «»v
er gel ii< Woodrow.
flrover r.lexeltind did the same
lliintr. Iff was ehrislened Steph
en (trover. Iml his first name fell
away from him so utterly llial in
his puhlic carei'r il was never
heard of except as n curiosity
sonic searcher of old r 'cords iIiik
up, now and llien. Is il llicC.lcvc
r
land example which influences
(iovernor Wilson? Certainly it
ni'vcr had anything In do with the
transformation of .lames H.
('lark into "Champ."—Cleveland
I l.eader.
A TAFTIAN, HOPE.
In all probability the enthusi
asm that now urges the Roose
velt ians to say radical things and
do strange stunts, will not he so
bumptious in June. There is ev
ery reason to believe that I lie
Chicago convention will not name
Mr. ltoosevelt. Every passing
day now makes his nomination
more uncertain, -and not more
certain. Bitterness will have
reached a point where his nomi
nal ion would he suicidal.
And as the season advances
and the passions of the vernal
period are calmed in the alembic
of summer, who knows whether,
in this period of quickly-shifting
public opinion and impulsive re
arrangement of political ideas,
the hero-worshiping that seems
now to be making a demigod of
Mr. Roosevelt, will not be thwart
ed by his own self-praise, and
perhaps directed toward some
other fetich? Sueh things have
happened so often in American
liMory._-Tacoina News.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Thaw will have miliI fall I• •
prove liis sanily. IN* will then
pel another fall.
We I'iin'l see why the Koo>e
veil rmil indent should want to get
the senator from .Minnesota.
I.ike lh«' Ilea. Ih«' politician
lust's his si ri'ii^lh when tin* ••••hi
wave hits him.
If Ihev extend lhal White Pass
road it will hi* a flagrant case of
invading a friendly power.
We ran already begin lo hear
(Jcorge Baldwin's speeches in a
whirlwind campaign in behalf of
Col. Roosevelt.
II is currently reported lhal the
.Jersey skeeters, which nibble al
the Colonel, shortly after reel
ahntil as if intoxicated.
Without wishing lo invade <leo.
Ade's lie Id of literature, we think
the Fairbanks Cili/.cn has gone
nuts, politically speaking.
In an advert isemenl Martini
llarrais says he. is a self-made |
man. Probably no one else I
would assume the responsibility.
Of course the president had no
intention of intervening in Cuba,
when New Jersey was in so much
need of presidential intervention.
Mistah Jonsing is now in I,as
Vegas, so the dispatches fell us.
We have previously been told he
was in jail. Which ore we to be
lieve?
It is no longer a proper form
of salutation to »ay "Good morn
ing" lo a passing friend. It's
now. "What have you heard of
tin- dike?"
II is .said that Hoosevell would
get his heaviest support in and
around Kalalla. where tin* people
art' swayed l>y I lie influence <»f
(iifVonl Pinchol.
It was indeed a line Irilnile
Judge Wickersham paid lo I lie
efforts of .Judge lluldiard in
Washington during the past win
ter and spring.
There must be an elect ion com
ing on somewhere in South Amer
ica. judging from Hip quantity of
small arms recently sold by east
ern manufacturers.
The papers of the Tanana
valley have a hard task settling
down in the political field, it be
ing difficult at limes I" find just
where the best pasturage lie*.
Those Cubans are opposed to
American iuterxcution and yet of
fer us the s|ro'»ire*| inducements
to (fo down Hi »• to administer to
them ;i much needed spanking.
II will be worth the price of
I admission |n waleh fieorge liahl
! win and I'.. I-'.. Ililehic whoop it up
fur |(iio^i-\elt, lieillir such eiillill
nja^l ie ailmir 'i's «»f tin* Modest
One.
He\ . Z,\r\i 11• i* will find an ample
; Held for work when he reaches
out to Kllamar, having no inis
isiouaries lo precede him save li
ceiised and unlicensed spiritual
I is Is.
i
I
; I.oral stockholders of Mineral
(Creek Mining company stuck will
gladly welcome llnj Ramsay
Rutherford into the family, prom,
ising il (lie inosl tender rare and
assiduous attention.
]( will be a sight for I he big:
! and little gods to watch tIn* iJeni
| or ratio members in the Progres
sive Republican convention en
dorsing: Teddy or some other
"good" Republican.
It is earnestly requested that
all delegates to the Progressive
Republican convention who are
not earnest conservationists
leave their consciences behind
when they attend the sessions.
It is said (he fishermen to the
westward are coming this way to
meet Charley Herron, under the
mistaken impression that he
made very satisfactory arrange
ments with the Republican Con
gressional committee, which will
permit of ample largesses to
those who remain faithful to the
cause.
Swii.M-nbe for the Prosppolor.
THE MAJESTIC
AMUSEMENT CO.
H. G. DAVIS, Mgr.
Complete change of program on
Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday
Week days one show at 8 p. m.
Sundays two shows at 8 and
9:15 p. m.
VAUDEVILLE SPECIALTIES
PICTURES WOIITII WHILE
Jack Surryhne, Musical Director.
INDEPENDENT MESSENGER ^Co.
and
VALDEZ VACUUM CLEANING Co.
LATOUCHE & PECK, hi on.
Office Smythie's Tailor Shop t'hone 102
S«rri<c to AH Parti o( Town. CalU Aoiwtrtd ProapUjr
Batiaeii CoalUntii!
House and Carpet Cleaning
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
RERORTS ON Minkb
Patent Surveys
Qenebal. Mining Engineering
'Phone No. 10a
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Offlco in Harrington H1<1k.
on Water Front Res. Phone. 1R9
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A
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in
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Itetrular Communications Hrst Wednesday io
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welcome.
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Valdez Odd Fellows' Club. Keitular
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Call on P. K. Hf'NT. Secretary.
FOE
VALDKZ AKKIK No. 1971
Meet every Friday. 8 d. m. Knglc Hnll
BUY YOUR BREAD at
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Nothing but beet material* lifted.
FRESH BREAD DAILY
All klndw of CakeH, I'ien, etc.
made to order
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Miners & Prospectors Supplies
Fr«»h Goodi"RMionibl« Pric««
COMMODORE McHIE
Recommends following the new regulations
laid down by the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor regarding the equipment to be
carried by all motor boats
The Commodore Says It Pays To Do So
$26.65'
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FOG HORNS
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
BOW LIGHTS •
BELLS
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WHISTLES
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And Everything to Equip Motor or Row Boats
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Copper River
Draying Co.
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AT
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PHONE 2.
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Undertaker, Embalmer*
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pfcn* 148 GEO. ROBBINS, Mgr.
Steam Heat Electric Lights
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Finely Furnished Room* All Modern Conveniences
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Goods | fit DUrrtl Goods
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ALL KINDS OF
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CONSTANTLY ON HAND
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the
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Pool, Cigars, Liquors
Courteous Treatment Phone 100
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Just Arrived Direct from the|
Factories a Large Shipment of
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