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Valdez Daily Prospector PUIU.ISHBD BY THK Prospector Publishing Co. TERMS. Daily Prospector. By carrier, per month....$ 1.00 By mail, per annum. 10.00 The Weekly Miner. By carrier, per month. 40o By mail, per annum.§3.00 The Daily Prospector and Weeklj Miner, by carrier, to one address per monlh.$1.25 The Daily Prospector and Weekly Miner by mail to one address only per year. . $12.50 Business Office and Editorial Rooms. Phone 152. Advertising Rates on Application. TUESDAY. EEliRUARY IB. 1013. SAFEGUARD IMMIGRATION While | here ran he mi object inn lo I ho impnsilinn nl' a modified literacy tosl niton all immipranls <*ominp In mil' shores, still il must Jte rouiomhoroil I ha I Iho proalesl dapper I n mil' insl il ill inns dues nni rulin' from men wlm oaiinul read nr write. Iml from Iho more able rascals, wlm have loll their countries for Iho pond of I hose counlries. The amount of evil 1.hal Iho ipnoranl man can do is iusipnilioanl when compared with that which may ho wrnuphl hy I he oducalod criminal. I,el.' US I iplileu lip I lie lull's -which exclude professional crim inals and mischief makers. I.el ■ ds apply slrielcr Icsls’ In men ol ; anarchislic views and Id the ox clusion of ('.astro, who is a pro fessional rowilul ionisl. and Me lius, wlm has boon convicted of seokinp In slay not ahuio the charader of a kiup Iml a if a wom an he reparded as ennlmllinp jirocedenl and we will ha\e done , mure, to raise the standard of uur immipraliou Ilian we ever could do Ihrouph Iho application "f lil craey tests. CHANGE OF ROUTES IMPERA TIVE. I*’, i r lit*' > t ir 11 n 11 lilies f 11 is win ter a snnwsl hie ha- occurred mi the Copper River railroad ami n\ -i‘r sixteen tons of mail for in ferior Alaska is hloekaileil. with no hope of gel I ing Ihrough lor some time In roine. The local wireless slalnm received a mes sage from Xulalo la:-1 Wednes day saying Mini Huh (irilVis had left fur Idilarml I hat morning, lull carried m* oiilside mail 1<u‘ the reason ahoxe slated. The last eousignmenl of lirst dass mail reached Fairbanks Ihe day before Ciirisl mas. sinee when no mail wiialever has come in. and none is expected until I he end ■of January. Manx tons of inlerinr Alaska mail outward hound is now pil ing up in Fairbanks awaiting re sumplion of I ravel mi Ihe Copper River railroad, and a similar .. i|j| Inn prevails regarding inw ard bound mail at the nthefiend. Postal officials at Ciirdova re fuse in send t Im mail leiHpnrnrily over llw Yaide/-Fairh.inks route, while Jill eresl i*d Cmalovanls se|_ tislilydisregarding anx inlebesls oUifsr Ilian I heir own ’ a: e cirru dlai.'f-ng l‘epm,fs In Ihe elle.l thill ‘■the trail is md pa-snlde. They are ’ a fraid I bat once tin- true condi tions luenine known, and the iin— possibility of Maintaining a regu lar wilder service oxer Ihe rail road heroin".' rceugni/ed. Ihe cm. ornmenl xxill change iji•• mule. II Would lie mix is lhle flic I III - arod and oilier camps In assisl in securing a helli'r serx ice, and they can do Ibis hx wiring llndr proles! In W’ashiiiglmi al mice. It. is very evident new thill Ihe Copper Rixcr valley is not nego tiable Mirnnglioul the wilder, and a change of routes for the xvinler mail service is impernl ive.— Idit nroil Pioneer. EDITORIAL !»OTES. You may. if you wish, pick up your grouches when* you drop ped them. Tlnf if i< imf compul sory. i f A Vienna cable sa>- the. Turks are stronger,' Ilian ever.-1? That probably means fbnf ! hoyywill he able to run farther. Nicholas,.of Russia, carries $5,-' oon.oon in life insurance, but that doesn’t, make him any more safe from the attacks'of nihilists. Chicago has a pair of bandits— the man holds you up, and the woman goes through yourpock • Ms. II’s n safe bet she’s married. Cable reports say I hat the Rus sian police are organizing for graft purposes. Must have, been taking lessons from the NewAnrk police. An Kastern professor has dis covered nd-headed men seldom marry red-headed women. Prob ably each understands the temper nf the other. A London dispatch tells of the recent delivery of a post card that was mailed from a station nine mill's away in 190(1. They do bel ter I ban in Tacoma. .The Department of Agriculture says that lightning may strike more than once in the same place. Usually, however, in the. political sense, one stroke is amply siill'i cicnr. A Ohicap'n school teacher sel tire lo a pupil's trousers by ex ploding matches in bis back pock et while spankinp him. Sounds suspiciously like a school hoy trick. I Imupll. The latest novelty in dresses has only (wo hooks, ('diners b\ he overworked husbands, temper ed with the question as lo Imw many billions are thrown in for pood measure. II has been proved conclusive ly that a \oiinp woman can sup port life on a week ill I'lliI adelpliia. All that now remains 11> be proved is I bat life is wort h support inp at I hat fipure. One Titanic widow wauls s|, (|(l(l,(ili(l damapes for file loss of her husband, lie was in the the atrical profession, where domesti cated. house-broken husbands are not .1 drop i in the ma rkel. (kirdova doesn't seem to rare a hurrah about the balance of Alas ka so bmp as it can use I ncic Sam's mail service for adyprljg iiip purposes. Savors somewhat of dop- in Ihe iiianpce.- HubyC.il i/en. Your Christmas presents from ihr "folks hack home are without doll I ! scattered a In UK I lie Copper lti\e,. railroad line. There may also lie a few remit I anres. You may uel all of these some lime next -ii mmer--may he... Ruhy Cit izen. SALTING THETA DOWN. There's I roll hie ill si ore for the K'cnl who never salts down a red eenl. who looks upon cash as the vcriesl I rash, fur foolish exlrav afranre meant. Since money comes nasy I inlay, lie thinks 'twill lie al ways that way, and lie liunis up I lie scads with the rnllickiutr lams and warhles a madrifial fray. I(is dollars are drawn when they're due; mid rather than salt down ta few, tie throws them, with,justs, | at the robin red breasts, with jr'iolous hullabaloo. I look down i the scurrying years—for I’m the i descendant of seers, and the 'spendthrift descry when his youth is gone by, an object of pity and tears. I see him parading the street, on weary and ring-honey feel, a-begging for dimes, for the sake of old limes. In buy him some sauerkraut local.. I see him abandoned and sick, his pillow a dornick or brick, and the peeler comes by with a vulcanized eye and swats him for luck with a slick. I seo him when dying: he groans, hut his anguish for no. Ihin'g clones. And I hey carl him away in the dawn cold and gray, to Hie place where they bury cheap bones. Don’t burn up your limpey. my friend: don't squander or fool ishly lend: though you say il is dross and regret not ils loss, it's a com fori and sI afV in I lie end. WALT MASON. SOCIETY WOMEN WEAR ’EM AT “BAL MASQU£” I'll iIii<l<‘111It ia. I' eli. 18.—Wear inn I ifi-hI s_-l lie real art iele—wil I) IlMiin I li h el capes dmopinn In the rj’.nii'ii nf Ihe knees, I’llilailelpliia syiciely vvinnen Imlay have Wil-^ jin111 Penn's slaiil old city nasi® inn nvcr Ihe warmest I h inn--l hqj^ j^ill il a hal masinie—ever hel'T ’here. Tho event started last ninhf. ?!l lliii’l iciill nral hall and cunlin iied ivikty, with mi sinn nf a let up. <)nl\ a few nf the sneicly wnineii tin i tin'll I In wear dresses,’’ and Ihnse whn did were renardi'd with senrii. Sneiely eh;iraeteri/.ed , ’the affair as. Ihe nm>| hrillianl event in I lie sneial hislnry nf I he city, hut Ihe averane I'hiladel p h inn is nf the np in inn that if William Penn's Irndy has iml turned uver in its nra\e il missed a li lie nppnrl n n it >. Si inie nf till’ debit laid es ;illd matrons wore what they called live costumes, lint it is reported snine nf Ihe inas.ijncrs .just limnnlil* almin the * failin'’ and I in III s. lea\ inn I III’ rest nf I lie cos I lime at home. Towards ninrn . inn. il is said. Ihe revelry hmke ! all pre\ inns reenrds. and il was I hinted sonic nf Ihe dances sleti_| lied hy the sneielv wnineii made Ihe ‘'Ihinny Hnn." "Tnrke.x Tmi' and lialhis Dip”^Tnfdi like flu ! en|l\ eal inllill wall z. S_ -" • | ■lllsl received ill Harveys T'.m- j irer.v. ;i new line nf dry nnnds in j slapies and novelties, also Ill’s!- | class drcssinakinn: niiisipierade j. suits desj-ned and made In 'dcr. j I 'OH 11 PINT-- Five rnnm house ! Oil Sherman SI. I! M | II ire n f M I'S, ! II. I .cave!. To the Public. \\ .• !t<■ ri• 11> animum-n I lull \\ •• \ !!:i\ c ri l iri'il I'l'iini I In* Iiank in.- 1 liii'iinass 11'1111 Iuim' I I'anifi'iTi'il | • iiii- Iiank iita; - i|i'|iarl nnnit In f in* j Yalilr/ Iiank & yi’i'iisl mun|iany. i fur \\Ininiv we In/fpn'nk 1111■ u• • ■ • ■ 1 ; will "PI 11 a. 111 ui 11 i<** YAI.UKX !b\K Y Ml.ltCWl'll.l' ; mATPAtyk* / • Yalil<‘z. AEi>ka. Jan. l’9, 1919. , Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Avc Telephone (!(!_ I ! lloup'h Dry 10c lb. V K I JOBBER IN HAY AND GRAIN PHONE NO. I. Agent for ALASKA STEAMSHIP GO. ALASKA COAST. COMPANY. FOR SALE 2 1-2 H. P. Stationary Gasoline Engine A BARGAIN Keystone Dock Valdez Iron Works • % Lenten Suggestions Norway Mackerel, Mackerel in Oil, Sweedish Anchovies, Imported Sar dines, Sardine Paste, Minced Clams, Blue Point Oysters, Clam Chowder, Findon Haddock, Fish Balls, Salt Sal mon, Codfish Bricks, Alaska Red Sal mon, Norway Fish Balls, Tureene Clams, S. S. Oysters, Yarmouth Bloaters, Kippered Herring, Ham burg Eels. Salmon Steaks in Cans. Copper River Draying Co. • Krei^iitini' and pass<frisers to all inirts • >? ih«* interior. <deneial Trucking Hi Vi'c.j'1, • Proprietor • McKintey St, Valdez4 flsrUP Horn fUPOPEJtN-. r|>iyr| mmW'sMrnt ||p" CtiAS. Pemy, mgr. $mi BEST OF EVERYTHING I N THE HEART OF THE CITY 135RoomsWithBath-505akpieRoohs Tho most progressive store keepers ail over the country use electricity for lighting. Why is it? Because It makes a tighter store. !t is do.:nly„ It gives less trouble. It does not pollute the air. It lends itself readily to any special decorative effect. It shove up colors to pood advantage. ’Phone for o»v c :oert to talk it ov- . v. i: . v oa. ALASKA WATER. LIGHT & TEL. CO, Steam Heat Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences Good Goods t THE BUFFET Good Goods Copper River Lumber Co., Inc. ALL KINDS OF ^Native and I ¥ Tl\/fDI7D &*>d Building Puget Sound I-* vJ 1V1I3JlLIy Material CONSTANTLY ON HAND f •r « Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18 Patronize a Home Industry VALDEZ DRUG Jiff):* Drugs and Druggist Sundries PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery Arguments May Be Disputed, But (<Fccts A re I c cts. ” Hi a fact t fiat Valdez beer is a food and not a tonic. As!; any doctor yon know. Valdez beer aids digestion. Use it a few times with your meals and you’ll lind we’re right. If you drink beer you should use Valdez beer in prefer nice to others. First, because of He unquestionable high quality; Second, because it is.a home pr ducLi JjjfgSved in your home, town and all who are interested in t^jv^rowlti and prosper ity ol Valdez, should palroniz home products. VALDEZ BREWING AND BOTTLING CO. We do a general Banking Business We Pay 4 Per Cent Interest an Tijm Certificates ot Deposit. Bank in rear of mercantile department