Valdez Daily Prospector
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By mail, per annum 10.00
The Weekly Miner.
By carrier, per month 40c
By mail, per annum $3.00
The Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner, by carrier, to one address
only after September 1st..$1.25
The Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner by mail to one address
only $12.50
Business Office and Editorial
Rooms, Phone No. 222.
TfKSDAY, OCTDKEIl l"», 1012.
ADEQUATE PUNISHMENT.
When punishment is made to
lit the crime it is usually tlie
rase dial I here are few crimes to
punish. The knowledge I hat
retribution will follow closely
upon ail infraction oT the laws
iiiul that punishment not only
will be sure but as severe as the
law will permit, will usualy de
ter men from committing acts
which will subject I hern Id the
rigor* of I he law.
In communities where law en
forcement is lax or where lender
hearted judges or lax juries seek
1«»r extenuating circumstance- as
a justification for the imposition
«'f light sentences, men of the
lawless sort lose their respect for
the law and feel safe in attempt
ing crimes which should, hut too
often do not, bring upon them
selves condign punishment. It
is this lack of proper enforce
ment, of the law that has result
ed in the waves of crime and it
is this which has often resulted
in the name of a community be
ing besmirched because of lynch
ings and mob violence.
Whert a man goes out and de
liberately employs gunmen to do
his Killing in order that he may
continue levying tribute on
crime, it is a crime calling for
the application of the limit of
punishment, and when a man de
liberately arms himself with a
knife and goes where his victim
is sitting and cuts him up, as was
recently done in Fairbanks, then
it is time to give him the limit ol
punishment described by law; it
makes no difference whether
there had been threats of vio
lend or not. There were ample
means for that man to protect
himself, and the fact that lie had!
time to to another place to
secure a weapon proves delibcra
I *oii, and deliberation in the kill-!
nig of a human being calls for J
the inflection of the death penaU j
Iv. When another man goes to
his home to secure a weapon be
cause an officer of the law was
liable to arrest him for disturb
ance, and then goes back upon
the street and shoots the officer
down, there can be no extenuat
ing circumstances no matter if
the officer is shown to have
drawn his weapon, or even to
base tired al the lawbreaker..
Tlit' Pro?<peel*«»r holiovos I luil il!
I- lll'iMiph law «• II I'l »!•«•«» i n«* it I I luil j
ynojoly I'lM'riVi's Slll(M|ll(ll(' pi*n|oC-|
I ion. ami II dnoy unl holiovo I hill;
leniency i-> i'vit jiolilii'd in I lie!
"I «I• • Iiheralc crime. The]
liiii'Khir ulnt onion* ;i Inm.-e ;il j
Viiylil will rmiiinil iniinliT if his'
safely is menaced, anil iho r»icl
I luil lie has never been cniiuhl in
siirli a crime before should no|
In* regarded ns exlenualinn his
• •H'ense.
Wlu'ii fniirls ami .juries do
I heir whole duly in cases of pre
meditated crimes wo will havo
robberies which iiicnnco lifo ami
I ho community will enjoy a
greater measure of safely lhari
is possible whoro polonlial law
breakers havo hoou led lo holiovc
I hat Micro in a good chance lhal
lhoy may escape wilh a light sen
tence roin Iho results of llioir
crimes.
A TARDY PROTE8T.
Ill answering a charge of Iho
English press lhal ho dishonor
ed Iroaly obligations, President
Tafl makes a Irong point whon
ho sa\'s lhal he gave notice a
year ago in his message to con
gress as to Ihe construction he
placed upon the Hat-Panncefoto
treaty, so far as Mio Panama
FOR THE
SEDATE
George E. Baldwin
CANDIDATE OF THE HOME RULE PARTY
If Elected I Will Give My Best Efforts
to Accomplish the ^Greatest Good to
the Greatest Number of Alaskans.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
TO THE ELECTORS OF THE THIRD DIVISION:
I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Representa
tive to the Territorial Legislative Assembly from the
Third Division of Alaska, subject to the will of the voters
of said district. I stand on a strictly Non-Partisan ticket,
and if elected, willjlo my utmost for the good of the en
tire district and work for the interests of Alaska in gen
eral. I am engaged in gold quartz mining in the Willow
creek gold camp, and ?I feel that the mining interests
• sho 1 t be represented in the Territorial Assembly.
Respectfully,
Knik, Alaska, Oct 7, JD12.
MILO KKLLY.
Vote for
R. D. GRAY
\ \ •
of Katalla,
N on-Partizan Nominee for the
Lower House
canal tolls for American vessels
are concerned, and he adds sig
nificantly: "No suggestion that
my construction of I he treaty
wa.s at fault was made until the
L'anal hill had almost reached its
II ii a 1 passage."
As to the criticism that treaty
ihligations have been dishonor
ed, President Taft well says it
is mil c< mi pet ent to charge dis
honor before it lias hern estab
lished that w«» violated tin?
I real.v. There was a difference
[»f opinion in congress as •«> the
meaning of I he treaty. The mln
i»rity took a view utilized by
fireat Britain in her protest. The
majority and President Taft held
there was no violation of treaty
obligations in the Panama canal
legislation, and their position
rannot fairly !»«• called dishonor
able.
II is nothworthy thai the pro
les! of (iieat Britain came very
late. In llial country it appears
I here was very little discussion
r»f the treaty, so far as it bears
i>ii llie question exempting Am
erienn coastwise vessels from
the payment «»f lulls, until nfler
tin* protest was filed. II looks
;is if the protest miglil have been
;i 11 afterthought, The I'niled
Slntcs having gone into a eon
Irovers.v over the meaning of (lie
treaty, il was only natural for
fiivnl Britain lo "save her rights
which seeiiM'd I<• be on the sj.le
taken by Americans who held ex
emption of any vessels from the
payment of lolls was contrary lo
I lie treaty.
A Chicago man who died leav
ing 12 cent**, i$ found lo have
carried $160,000 lifo insurance
—which shows I hat some men
are worth more dead than alive.
Read the Dally Prospector.
Notice Annual Meeting.
Notice is hereby given lhal, by
Older of fho president, Ihe an
nual meeting of Ihe stockholders
of the Black Diamond Hold Min
ing Company will be held nl. Ihe
company's office, No. 8, Whaling
Building, Valdez, Alaska, on Mon
day, November 4, 1012, at 8
o'clock p. in., for Ihe election of
directors and such other huaincsn
as may regularly come before the
meeting.
nr.O. J- I-OVF, Secretary.
Vote for
FRANK E. YOUNGS
For Representative
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VALOBZ. ALASKA
Rmromra or* M in urn
Patmnt Sumrarm
QmNKBAU Minino f/ioiNamaiNQ
Phohm No. 109
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing
Rrs. Phone. 1R9
MISCELLANEOUS
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
A
Meet every Tuesday evening at K o'clock in
Kaule Hull All members reouested t° at
tend D. II. SLK1SM. ArtlrChlef
Valdefc I<odge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
fleKular Communications first Wednesday lo
each month In MoKlnley Hall Vlsl'ors always
welcome.
_ „ „ James II. 1'nten ">D..W. M
C. C> Reynolds. Sec
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O.F.
Visiting ami local Odd Fellow* arc re
nnentrd to register their name with the
Valdez Odd Fellows' Club. Regular
meeting*, first and third Monday.
Call on P. H. WI7NT. Secretary.
F O E
VALDCZ XKK1K No in
M«« every Frktor • n- K«cl« H»ll
OUR business has grown
to its present size because
of the values we have given. Every
bit of merchandise we sell is the best
obtainable at its price. That is why
we feature "Stetson" hats, L^ti your
new hat be a "Stetson".
NOTICE.
Is hereby given that the tax
roll for 1912 is in the hands of
Lhe town clerk and is open for in
spection. The Common Council
will meet in the town hall as a
board of equalization on Monday,
October 14th, between the hours
of 2 p. m. and 4 p. m. on the fol
lowing Tuesday, October 15th,
from 2 p. m. till 4 p. m.f and on
Thursday, October 2-41h, from 2
p. m. till 4 p. m., to examine the
assessment book and equalize the
assessment of properly in the
lown of Valdez, Alaska.
RANDALL E. ASH BY,
Town Clerk, i
Copper River
Draying Co.
Frelffhtiotr ami passengers to all i>ans
of the Interior. General Triu-Uina
fckl. Wood, „ • Proprietor
McKlDley St. Vulilez
$t«m> Horn
THE WSTOr EYMTHIHd
IN TOE HEARTOHllEClTY
139 ROO «sY/l THfoWN "50 SumillOOMS
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avi
&IWAMD, A
READ THE
PROSPECTOR
Steam HmI
Electric Light*
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Famished Room*
All Modern Convenience*
Good
G o o d s
THE BUFFET
Good
Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
AT A j KINDS OF
Native and
Puget Sound
LUMBER
and Building
Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
V
Prices Right
W. M. FINICAL, Mgr.
Patronize a Home Industry
Phone 18
VALDEZ DRUG CO
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited
Free Delivery
Ingram & Bush
Exclusive Cigar
Dealers
Just Arrived Direct from the
Factories a Large Shipment of
iMTrmin AD Rex ReanU EL SIDELO, Senator®, Millionaires
SMOKECRAFT, Reina Victoria, Delmonico BELMONT, Monarch
REPRESENTA, Medio, Full Value, Madnd
Box Trade Solicited at Seattle Prices
Special Price To The Trade
We do a
general
Banking
Business
SBLUM & <S
— iNCOf/POP AT CO —
BANKERS
CAPITAL $ 2 0 0.0GG.
Bank in
rear of
nercantile
department
W* 1*0*4 P*r Le+t <m Thm CmriUicmtos at JtejwwU.