Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED By THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TIFV8
One Dollar per Month: Twelve Dollars per Year
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 7, 1912.
Democratic Ticket
For President—
WOODROW WILSON.
For Vice-President—
THOS. R. MARSHALL.
For Delegate to Congress—
ROBERT W. JENNINGS.
JAMES WICKERSHAM AND OUR
BREAD AND BUTTER.
The Prospector has contended
throughout this campaign that
the political battle which we aru
now waging, insofar as Valdez is
concerned, is one of bread and
butter; nay, it is more; to this
community it is a struggle for
its very existence.
Valdez has come to the turning
of the road. I( is up to us lo say
whether we wish lo retain the scat
of government; whether we can
afford to vole the removal of the
r«»ad commission from our midst;
whet her we wish to Keep I lie head
quarters of ihi» cable and tele
graph service here. II is for us to
decide whether Fori I.iseum is of
any value in Hie business inter-!
<•-1 s of I he eily, it m I, Hi tally whel h
er we would deem il of advantage
I• • ourselves I" have Ihe mail and
stage lines again make their coast
terminus here instead of Cordova.
A systematic and organized at
tempt is now being carried on in
Washington with a view of hav
ing these government officers re
moved from Valdcz to Cordova.
With thai end in view estimates
have been made of the cost of
building a two-wire telegraph line
from Willow creek to Chitina. The
Copper River and Northwestern
railroad having signified their
willingness to the War depart
ment to turn over their pol.'s and
wires, along their railway, from
Chitina to Cordova to the govern
ment, without cost and under such
operating terms as is usually giv
•Mi by llie railroads to the tele
graph companies.
Captain I.e Noire, l\ S. A., com
manding I lie caldeship Bnrnside,
has heeu ordered to resoprl es
linialt's of I In* eosl of extending
I lie heavy cable, from I lie point
of junction with liie trunk cabl.»
line, near the west end of Ilincli
inbrook island to Cordova.
Delegate James Wickersham
lias introduced a bill in congress
and is working hard for its pass
age. appropriating $ I on,nun for a
public building in Cordova, of suf
licienl > i/e lo accomniodale the
court nini its attaches, the clerks,
marshals, district attorneys, cus
tom house, cable heaibpiarlers
and road commission, together'
with a modern jail. Does anyone
in Valde/ believe thai Cordova
needs a hundred thousand dollar
building of such dimensions for
the local 11-e of the community?
Does James Wickershain enter
tain any such belief? Valde/ has
heretofore and is now gelling
ah ng <|uite well with a #10,000
buildmg.
Willi tin* abamloiimenl of Val
de/ hy lli'* road coininissilon and
tin* signal corps, will follow Fori
l.isciiui and its troops. The gov
e rn men I road from Willow creek
lo Valde/ will ;is well lie allowed
to return to a state of nature.
Several days since I he Prospec
tor published an editorial in which
it contended that Delegate James
Wickershain and I lie (iuggen
heinis had made their peace and
would henceforth work in har
mony.
In fliis issue wo publish Hip
appointment of Henry Rodon, act
ive law pari nor of Jamog Wick
ersham, in Fairbanks and the
Tditarod, as agent of the Yukon
r;r>]«| Company, a ftuggenhoim
corporation, Ibus bearing out the
Prospector's assertion Itial (here
has boon a coming together «»f
these heretofore considered irre
concilable forces.
If Iho position maintained by
Iho Prospector is nol true, ran
anyone tell us why Wiekorsharn'a
law llrm should have boon chosen
ff» represent the Yukon Oold corn
pany? Han anyone give a valid
reason why Judge Wlckcrsham
should introduce in congress a
bill appropriating $100,000 for a
government building in Cordova,
after the several departments in
Washington had made estimates
on the amount of floor space re
quired to house all the govern
ment departments stationed in
the Third judicial division.
The record shows that James
Wickersham never lifted his hand
in behalf of the Valdez dike bill
after it had been favorably report
ed by the House committee on
territories until quite recently,
when he introduced a separate
measure, well knowing that it
would never be reached on the
calendar. He permitted the rivers
and harbors bill to pass the House
without making an attempt to in
sert the dike item, when our
friends in the Senate, alive to the
situation and the shortness of
time ahead, adopted that means
of saving the bill.
Since Judge Wickersham has
been a member of congress he has
never done a single act for the
benefit of Valdez. Simple matters
wanted by this community he has
treated with contempt.. There are
several occasions when he has
worked directly against its inter
ests.
This is a plain unvarnished
statement of the facts which eon
front us today. The record bears
us out. How can .any man own
ing property in Valdez, or other
wise interested in the commun
ity, in face of these facts, vote
for James Wickersham, to enable
him to ent ry out the plans he has
matured fop the depopulation of
I his city?
That is the reason the Pros
pector calls I his a bread and but
ter fight. This paper is working
to keep James Wickersham from
laking tlx* bread and butler from
llic mouths of the buna fide home
owners and business men of Val
dez. As you make your bed*, so
you will sleep.
IS IT TREASON?
During last May Delegate Jaino^
Wickersham forced upon his fol
lowers in a convention held in
Valdez to renominate him for con
gress, to endorse the candi
dacy of Theodore Roosevelt for
the presidency and the election
of six rump delegates to the Re
publican national convention. It
goes without saying that this del
egation were unanimously denied
seats, their credentials having no
merit whatsoever. James Wiek
ersham, however, makes use of
these credentials addressed to th?
Republican national convention to
seat, himself ns a delegate in a
convention of another party, re
cently funned by Col. Roosevelt,
about as unpopular a public man
in Alaska as any whose name ever
floated here, and not without
cause, for Jo liini alone we owe
Hie stagnant condition of the de
velopment of our latent resour
ces.
Yesterday, in addressing his
malcontent followers. Col. Roose
velt reiterated his belief in con
servation, defended his past
course, expressed himself ns
pleased with what lie had done
for Alaska and in the very langu
age used by (iifford Pinehot in
McKinley hall, last summer, said
that Alaska was purchased by the
money of the people of the Unif
ed Stales, venturing the opinion
that they were entitled to as much
say in what should be done with
the resource* of Alaska ns are
those who have made the north
ern territory their home, lie takes
a s|cp in advance of ex-Forester
Pinehot and suggests the thought
I hat our minerals, our gold, our
copper, tin. iron, marble, gypsum
ami oil, like the coal and forest
lands, should be conserved for fu
ture unborn generations, and on
ly worked under government su
pervision and for government
profit.
As a delegate lo that convention,
although self-acrccdilcd lo Alas
ka, James Wickersham owes a
debt to the people of this terri
tory which has so signally honor
ed liiin in the past, and that is to
contest the position assumed by
Col. Roosevelt. To continue as a
delegate in that convention with
out a protest, is to betray Alas
kans. To continue as a member
of the body silting in Orchestra
Hall in Chicago is to give assent
lo Iho utterances and beliefs of
Theodore Roosevelt and his wild
theories on conservation. It is
I, 'ling the people of the United
Slates that AlasVa, through its
duly accredited delegates (al
though self-appointed) that Alas
kans acquiesce in Ibis new and
radical conservation movement
and are willing lhal Iho people of
Ihe state* should limit our rights
of exploiting the natural resour
ces, as well as our willingness to
share wilh the government in any
minerals we may find by our lolls
iand deprivations in the rugged
hills of the Alaskan coast.
If the voters of Alaska and this
suction wish to send a delegate to
congress representing these ideas,
well and good.
The Prospector is of the be
lief, however, that the voters on
Tuesday next will see to it that
our next delegate is in closer
touch with I he sentiment of the
community than Hie present in
cumbent.
What say you if we conserve
our votes for a candidate for del
egate who will conserve our best
interests?
Our delegate, evidently, will fol
low Roosevelt if he has to sacri
fice Alaska. Probably nothing to
hold him here, anyway.
Isn't it strange the CJuggen
heinis should go to their enemies
to act as the agents of the col
losal corporation they practically
own ?
James Wickersliam's most loy
al friends will not deny that by
continuing as a delegate in Roose
velt's Chicago circus, he is giv
ing moral support to Roosevelt's
keynote speech, which is even
more binding upon the candidate
than Ihe platform adopted by the
convent ion.
The fact that Wirkersham is
working for Hit* $ I Oft,000 govern
ment building in Cordova, and
that his partner, Henry Rnden, i*
Ihe Yukon <*<>1<1 Company's agent
in llic Idilarnd, should eonvince
even tin* most skeptieal that our!
delegate i> liplililir- tl-e C!ir;:ri'|)- j
liejins as liar*' he \vorke<| for
Ihe dike bill.
Launches and Lighters
For Sale, Rent or Charter
Weekly service to\EHamar
Landlock and Fidalgo
Capt- D. E. MORRIS. City Dock
SHAMPOOING and MANICURING
Well Groomed Ladies and Gentle
men Appreciate My Services.
Private bath room for ladies.
Corns Removed, Without Pain, $1.00
3ENORITA MENDEZ
Phone 185 Wall St.
MINING ENGINEER
L. W. STORM. E. M.
VaLDBZ, ALASKA
Reports on Mined
Patent Surveys
(Senegal Minino E noineerino
'Phone No. 10a
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Res. Phone. ITO |
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Meet every Tuesday evening nt 8 o'elocU in
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Regular Communications first Wednesday In
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