Valdez Daily Prospector
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Rooms, Phone No. 222.
•PIU HSDAV, DKCKMKKIl 5, 1012.
ALASKA'S SALMON PACK.
The salmon park of Alaska for
1 lie season, ii is now estimated,
will reach a lolal of upwards of
:i,000,000 rases, willi a market
ready to ahsorli I lie entire out
|iut at. remunerative prices. The
pack lias increased steadily, year
hy year, since 1002, :ind has now
reached record-breaking figures.
Next to the produclion of prec
ious metals, I lie packing of sal
mon is now I lie largest industry
in Alaska, and the value of tlie|
salmon output promises lo ap
proach closely to the gold out-j
put. The increaes in recent
years in the magnitude of the
pack is due to the increased nuin
her of cannories an,| to the *n-j
largement of the older ones.*
Hut unless there are heller
steps taken in the future than in I
lh.^ past by the federal govern
ment, which controls the situa
tion, the supply of raw material
is destined to decrease rapidly
in the future. The Alaska out
put is out of all proportion great
er than that of the canneries of
this state of Washington, yet
Washington does ten times as
much toward conserving the sal
mon supply, toward maintaining
hatcheries and toward making
arid enforcing proper regulations
for (he government of the fish
eries in this state as the federal
government is doing with the
much greater industry in Alas
ka.
The difference is that the laws,
their enforcement, the rgulations
nnd the steps toward conserva
tion, in the stale of Washingto i,
are on the ground, by those fa
miliar with local eonditions and
intent on preserving for all time!
an industry i>r gival importance
to I hi' stale. Fur Alaska I he |
laws are made by congress, and I
the appropriations for their en
forcemcnt are such as congress,
caring nothing about Ili•• sub
ject. is prepared to make, with
the certainty that they will al
ways be inadequate. Now Ihafi
Alaska has a legislature of its
own, it would be well to turn the
subject over to that legislature.!
if the industry is to be preserv-|
ed.- -Sea I tie Post-Intelligencer.
WANTS ORDER.
Democrats in Alaska are pret
ty well agreed Upon I lie propo
sition that \laska offices shall
^o |o bona Ible Alaskan residents.
This is as il should be. The
Democrats have plenty of men
capable (if tilling all the govern
ment positions within I lie pifl of
the preshb'iil -elect and his sub
ordinates. There is no adeMuale
reason wlt\ ea i pel haulers should
be sent lo this country with fal
appointnieuls in their pockets.
Il is unjust lo men who live here.
Another plan which is receiving
attention i-. fur each division lo
agree upon candidates for the bin
appoinlive posit ions--such as
judges, marshals and district al
|orneys--and llien have the ter
ritorial committee ratify I lie
choice of the respective division
al committees. If this plan were
adopted, it would save a bd of
\vranaliug and unnecessary bick
ering.--Seward < »al ewav.
EDITORIAL WOTES.
Knfrsifimre is tipparenlly sok
friiiK in#mi«l more.
My 11• f• ir >|i*iiilm y<< shall kimw
IIi'mm. mc w* in I s Im Mini •■'(T'M'l.
When fiili- lias il in fur any
limn m!i«' sHs him In «|<>«Imi11Ihe
liicifT i-fxiM-.
II is said (lie new l<'ii f.lnitiMfiml
dollar bill is n work «»f art. II if
priced like one.
Wauling to vote is an ok
feminine instinct. It would be n
feather in her hat.
This is the season when it i*
fashionable to refer to the prob
able eoal shortage.
Wonder if the Kurds had any
thing to do with the liulgars' de
cision l<» cheese it.
The (Jarnegie pension board
an* in danger of losing tin; chance
of grubstaking an ex-president.
The Democratic parly in Alas
ka has grown with exceeding rap
idity since all the returns are in.
It the spring frirl has no
curves, it is still to be' hoped
that she will have good control.
| Seattle butchers are engaged in
a bitter warfare. Hut no hint of
[cutting in the price of meat is
beard.
Business having outgrown its
fear of political ghosts, is not
afraid to meet a laritV revision in
Ho* dark.
Washington papers in decry
ing tin recall forget that the
blame lies with the people and
not th.' law.
The cunning Swiss are storing
their warehouse with cereals
while the balance of Europe is
getting ready to tight.
The man who murdered his
soil because his wife refused a
reconciliation, showed that she
was a sensible woman.
News from Indianapolis would
indicate I hat life was one con
tinuous Fourth of July for the
SI rticlural Iron Workers.
A scientist has discovered that
tausagc is filled with microbes.
We neVer really did know what
fhe butchers put in thrim.
"The New Sin" is drawi.ig rec
ord breaking houses in a N. w
York theater. Eviedntly they
have something new to learn.
The acquittal of Snca(i in Tex
as is only a reminder that that
great stale has not yet entirely
emerged from its frontier cloth
es.
We can smile, lay back and
wait developments while the
Rockefellers and Rothschilds are
fighfinpr over the pric.» •»f coal
Mil.
.Maxor <ia>nop says there is
ini imne crime oil the East Side
llian in any other portion of the
I city. The town must lie getting
tuuRh all over.
Our ■alphabet, now strained to
the breaking point by the Balkan
war, is in no position t«» with
stand a conflict between China
and Russia.
The next to expatriate them
selves are the Vand.M'bills. We
will wake up one of these Hue
days wtilli much adde,| respect
for our country.
Should the allies withdraw their
support from firecce that coun
try will renew her experience of
a few years ago when she. went
to war with Turkey.
Il lias now been discovered that
those Kansas women who burn
ed their bonnets to celebrate the
suffrage victory, sacrificed only
their millinery of last year's
vintage.
The most serious danger to
the const it ut ion, during the
present meeting of congress lies
in the fad that Senator Hailey.
of Texas, is no longer on band
j to defend it.
Johnson has married the Cam
eron girl. Now if there was only
a law by which the two could
be compelled to live together, we
beliexe the rinds of justice would
be subserved.
i Robert Service thinks be can)
jdo more damage by writing poc-I
try to III.* Turks than can the;
Hulgars with their heavy guns.'
We who have read Service's poc- I
j I ry are led to believe he is right, j
Willi one ■ rollege professor
eapturing the presidency and an
other winning an ex-president's
widow, loads us to the belief Ilial
there is nothing so slow about
the college professor, as politi
cal opponents would have had us
believe.
Since the recent gambling ex
posures in New York, Mayor Gap.
nor is keeping the lid down tight.
All church euchre parties are be
ing forbidden and all Sunday ball
games have been placed under the
ban. Criminals are having a
hard lime of it, suiv enough.
About the only bearing the set
tlement of the electoral vote of
California can have is that of
settling bets made on the result
in that state. It is only a ques
tion whether Democrats or Hull
Moosers are to have the privilege
| of saying: "Lei's have aimlh
j er."
The Prospector It the oaper u
buy.
Now is
The
Time
To advertise. If business is quiei
invigorate it by bringing your
wares before the buyer. No mer
chant ever succeeded by cutting
down his advertising Just beoauso
money tightened up a little. On
the other hand the merohant who
gets the money is the one who
creates a demand for his wares
through the advertising columns
of the newspaper.
If you have something for sale
write up an advertisement telling
Its merits. We will bring It be
fore the people and are oonfldent
It will bring results. Try It.
Prospector
Given Away Free
A BEAUTIFUL DOLL~Life Size
With every 50-CENT PURCHASE in our Toy Department we will give you a
ticket entitling you to one chance on the above doll.
Drawing will be held at 7. P. M., December 24th 1912
Our Toy Department is complete and the largest in Alaska.
We also have a large line of goods
for presents for ladies and gentlemen,1
Such as Smokers' Sets, Combination Tie Sets, Tie Holders, Military Brush
es, Cut Glass, Silver Deposit Ware, Imported China, Hammered Brass
Ware, and many other articles for the house, too numerous to mention.
Will be pleased to have you call
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freighting and passengers to all pans
of tbe Interior. General Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKinlcv St. Valdez
|l«up Hotel
SEATTLE
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THE BEST Or EVERYTHING
IN TflE HEART Or THE CITY
Jv5Rooi(sWithBatii-505*wu Roohs
6008 wmm
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store koo»">r.ir. "t*1 over ti>o .
country ti.c 'i'jity for j
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ALASKA WATER. LIGHT & TEL. CO. |
Steam Heat Electric LigAu
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good Tiir DIICCCT G ° °d
Goods lilt DUrrtLI Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and f ¥ TIV/IDII'D an<^ Building
Puget Sound Li U lYlDJLiJa Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 1 (
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited
Free Delivery
Arguments May Be Disputed, Bui
"Facts Are Facts/'
II i a far! tliui Valdnz beer is a food and not a Ionic.
Ask ni»y doctor you know. Vnhh*/ beer aids digcsliou. Use
il n few times wilh your men I* and you'll find we're right.
If you drink beer you should use Valdez heer in preference to
others. First, because of its unquestionable high quality.
Second, becntis® it iM n home product; brewed in your home
town nnd all wlio are interested in the growth and prosper
if> (»f Vnldez should palroniz home products.
VALDEZ BREWING AND BOTTLING CO.
We do a
general
Banking
Business
S*BLUM & ©•
— I N COR P O RATE D —
BANKERS
CAPITAL. $ ?. OO QOQ.g
»S
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Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest on Time Certificates ot Deposit.