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Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11
BASEBALL PLAYERS
 ARRANGE B|G TIME
Details Of Masquerade h. cIude Change Of Date To
 Night Of Feb. 12

The night of February 12 instead of February l3 has been decided upon as the date for the big masquerade ball to be given in Mckinley hall by the baseball boys. This was decided upon at the meeting held last night in the cigar store of Bush x Ingram, ! as were many other details of the dance, which is purposcd to be one of the big affairs of Valdez social history.
 The last dance given by the base ball boys was a huge success, finan- cialIy and otherwise, and the boys are determined chat the coming affair will make the first one appear like a chess match by comparison. The prizes for the Friday nights dance will be worth striving for, for the boys realize that it is considerable work to get up q good masquerade costume.
 The committee named last night to look after the various phases of the coming affair consists of Doe" Will liam II. Caswcll, Dr. F.. F. German, IT. s. Bess, Gus Manthey and l.. r. Cl,o,, r., ,JI;I;n,, tS, hig nEt,rr'IuI;cu "Doc." Caswell will attend to get ting the prizes.
 The Cordova contingent promises to be large one, and Capt. Svenson of the Elsie is spending all his spare time in that town rusGing up en- thusiasm and cxpatiating on what q "time there will be-"
 Guy Cameron is to have charge of the music end of the affair, and he promises that it will be the best ever.
 While they are going to spare no expense to make the dance the suc- cess they promise, the boys expect to have tidy sum to be devoted to the improvement ofthe ball grounds and so all those who attend will not only benefit by the good time they will have, but will derive tho benoht of seeing the national game played this summer under much better condi- lions that was She case last season.
 The Hot Springs Post reports that Internal Revenue Collector J. A. Cameron has disappeared from Fair banks and has not been heard from for Che past two tbonths.
 Jack the Hugger has made his ap. poaranec at Nome and the men of that city are makigg an awful howl al,ottt ff Tho yvotssoo doftI acorn Lo
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11
CHEER UP, EGGS ARE
 ONLY 60 CENTS HERE
tTanana rribuuc)

There is an egg war on in the city among proprietors of local hcnnerys, Mike Balton having risen in wrath against some of his competitors who have cut prices without reason in the dead of winter, and gone them one better by putting the tax on home grown eggs down to &. 1t is needless to add that Mike is swamped with orders for hon fruit from the various citizons who arc making haste to avail Themselves of this opportunity to taste fresh eggs without tbat un- comfortable feeling that they are eating money straight. However, it is matter of indifference Co the pro- prietor of the hen ranch on Seventh and Cowles whether or not he sells his eggs, for he possesses seven ir. cubators, part of which arc alrosdy fired up, and he can easily turn all of his eggs into chickens, at handsome profit.
 The Balton chicken ranch will be open to the public each Sunday after noon between the hours of 2 and 1 ?. m.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

Valdez wharf Munson is one of those coming under the ban, of the law against afIinities. He is accused of being the paramour of Mrs. Mercer of Seldovia, who was also indicted and who is now out on bail.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

Tho cable correspondent was sure we couldn't be happy unless we learned by wire the name of the young lady who busted q bottle of wine over the bow of the Delaware at tho christening of the big battle ship. Now who in thunder or Alaska ever heard of her before?
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

The bill for a fourth judicial divis- ion in Alaska makes the Tanana end the Fourth but assigns the officers of the present Third to the Fourth However it adds the provision that the president may assign them to the Third if he secs iib.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11
Arizona Would Adopt pora,.e,

Arizoha Would Adopt Foralser
 Phoenix, Feb. sscnator Foraker of Ohio, whose term of office expires with the present session of congress may be asked to become resident of Arizona to the effect that in case statehood Ia granted he may return to congress as "sonator from Arizona.n
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11
FRIEND AND MUNS0N
 ARE BOUND FOR JAIL

Seattle, Feb s--Charles Friend and Fred Munson, placed under arrest in this city on tclegraphic warrants from Valdez, are aboard the steam. ship Pennsylvania, departing north ward this morning.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

The mon montionedin the foregoing dispatch were indicted by the last grand jury. Friend is charged with grand larceny, his alleged crime con- eisting in converting to his own use a barrel of orockery that was on the
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

When Missouri went republican some people thought the state had rec formed but here it turns up with Gumsnoo Bill Stone in the senate for another term.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

Mir. Bryan's daughter is suing for q divorce with better prospects of getting it than the democratic party has Of getting separation from Mir. BIyan's bed and board.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

A man was held up and robbed near the busidcss district in Seattle the other night. Evidently the Seattle folks are practicing to work on the fair yisitors.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

George Max Esterly's Nizina out ft came to Valdez after all, in spite of pr"clamations that it would be transported up the Copper river. Now who is to blame for this?
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

The Katalla Herald is publishing q list of applications for patent for coal lands so long that 1t is too big job to count them.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

So New Orleans is shy on dress suits for the Taft banquet. Aint that q shamc2 If Alaska was little nearer we would ship them q stack of par uuea.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

Are those animals the Northwestern is bringing for Fairbanks going in over the Copper riyorq
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

The fellow who butts into a fight between T man and his wifo most al- ways gets licked but he doesn't often even np by killing the husband.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

The Juneau Record is engaged now in fcrocious war upon President Roosevelt. Lots Of people will en- thusiasUcally indorsc all the Record prints dm the subject but the query arises; What has happened to cause Gov. IIoggatt's organ to cut loose hisway against the president who has made q pet Of the governor2
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

Jack the Hugger has made his ap. pearancc at Nome and the men of that city are makipg an awful howl about it. The wofuen don't seem to complain
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11

What brand of dope somebody must have handed to the president to induce him to call cabinet meeting to considcrtho charges against Judge Reid. The administration seems to have been persuaded that an insur. rcction was going on in Valdez con- corning q subject which was never even the subject of local gossip.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-02-11
sTIRRINGUP THE ANIMALS

The Juneau Record has started q fight on Marshal Shcup of th" First diyisDon because, as il alleges, ''hc fails tp offer a mur" zoalous drmon- .tratjon of official activity in co"ncc tion with the office of United States Marshal in this city than iu smoking good cigars, looking wise and keeping the jail full of $iwaehcs charged with otlicnsos of a petty character"
 The Record is adding steadily and frequently to it's list of undesirable of- iciaIs and may be expected to go af- ter fourth-class postmastcra soon.
Graham guardian., 1909-04-02
BETTER PLAYS NEEDED

once had the supreme pleasure
of listening to most inspiring
and uplifting sermon on the cult
walton of the feelings" of whien
| am often reminded, usually pleas
antly, but with feelings of regret
when l observe the persistency with
which our communities cultivate
their taste for low class entertain
ment. ...., O.,
When there comes a shady con-
versation and leg show, the house is
crowded and get there moneys
worth, while highly respectable peo-
pie, who not only perform well, but
at the same time acquaint us with
the best thoughts of the best think
ers in pleasing and elegant language,
are Inundated by the knowledge
that the attraction is so small that
they have not cleared expenses.
While it may have been necessary
in the past to cultivate alfalfa ex-
clusively, it seems to me that we are
now able to spend small portion OF
time in the cultivation of our better
feelings, and as rest from raising
hay, let us raise the standard of our
taste and have share in the harvest
of happiness whicn comes to those
who see and appreciate good thing,
the most genuine pleasure in all the
world. A READER.
I'VE must certainly agree with
Reader" that il is time we cult
Graham guardian., 1909-04-02
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the
ear. There is only one way to cure
deafness, and that is by constitu.
tional remedies. Deafness is caused
by an infamed condition of the mu.
ccus lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inflamed you have
rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed.
deafness is the result, and unless the
information can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by catarrh, which is nothing but an
inhamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give one hundred dollars
for any case of deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation. .
Graham guardian., 1909-04-02
THE NEW HOMESTEAD ACT

The new homestead law gives to
every qualified entryman 32O acres
of the public land instead of 16C
acres as formerly. The law applies
to the States of Colorado, Montana,
Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington,
Wyoming and the Territories OF
Arizona and New Mexico. 1t is
provided that lands entered under
this act shall be non-mineral, non.
irrigable, unreserved, surveyed pub.
lie lands of the United States and
further, that these lands shall not
have on them merchantable timber.
The lands taken up. must not be
over one and one-half miles in ex-
treme length. . - -
In cases where persons have taken
up, under the old law, land of this
character, they may, if final proof
has not been filed, take up an addi-
tional amount to make up a total of
800 acres and residence upon and
cultivation of the original will cover
the additional entry. .'~
One-eighth of the entry must be
cultivated, beginning with the Sec
ond year of the entry, and one
fourth, beginning with the third
year.
The old homestead law is not re-
pealed, but no person is allowed to
make entry under both acts. !,
Graham guardian., 1909-04-02

with reference to the bonded in
debtedness of the Stafford school
district, was timely and should be
endorsed by every tax payer.
As | understand the matter, the
district was bonded eleven years ago
for SIS, 10000. The bonds were made
to run twenty years, and after the
first ten years had expired, the
whole, or any part Of the principal,
could be paid. Let US calculate a
little in the matter. The. interest
for ten years amounted to So, ,850.00.
At the expiration of last year the
district had paid $3,85O.00, and still
had $5,50O.00, the original principal,
to pay. If the district pays the
principal in the remaining nine years,
they will have paid as interest
81, 10000 more, making total pay
ment of $11, 10000 on an original
debt of 5,500.00. Such is the story
of bonded indebtedness.
Now, l would suggest the follow
ing as feasible plan, and will ask
the tax payers to consider it. We
must have more school room at once.
If we are to pay off the old bonds
and issue new ones, as suggested by
THE GUARDIAN, ! can see no reason
why we should not keep the ones we
have. Instead of raising a special
tax for the purpose of paying off
the old debt, why not let the old
debt stand, and pay it off as fast as
possible by the ordinary means of
taxation. In that way we get the
benefit of the increasing property
valuation of the district. Then levy
a special assessment, as is permitted
by law, and build the necessary ad-
dition to the present building. If
we cannot raise enough to build four
rooms, build two, and later on build
the rest. On an assessment of ap-
proximately $3.50, ,0OO. 90, which l un-
derstand is the valuation of the dis
trict, a tax of seventy-tive cents en-
the hundred would raise $2,625. 90.
That ought to build two rooms.
What do you think of it?
TAX PAYER.
Graham guardian., 1909-04-02

waited higher. taste for plays,
There is nothing elevating in the
average travelling vaudeville show
which appears so frequently of late
at our valley play houses, and gen.
orally to crowded houses, while a
good wholesome play or entertain
ment by local talent, which portrays
the better things in life, and leads
to better thought and more real en-
joyment, is given more often to
poor houses and at financial loss.
A change in this line would certain
ly lead to higher ideals for both
young and old, and is something we
should all strive for.-EpTToR.]
Graham guardian., 1909-04-02
COMMON SENSE

Leads most iptellIgen: people to use only
medicines Of known composition. There
fore Il Is that DR.. Pierce's medicines, the
makefs& &of WI Aich print every ingredient
entering loAo them upon the bottle wrap.
pers and attest Its correctness under oath,
are daily grSHing in favor. The com.
position Of DtlPierce's medicines Is open
TO everybodyvDr. Pierce being desIrous
OF having the search Ught Of inyestIgn:
GQn turned fully upon his formula, being
confident: that Ihe batter the coml0sItIon
Ql these medicines Us known the more
will their .grsat cIratlYe merIts he recog:
nized. Being wholly made Of The active
medicinal principles extracted from ma.
tive, forest roots, by exact processes
original with DR.. Pierce, and without the
use OF drop Of alcohol, triple-retined and
chemically puro glycerine being used In.
stead in extracting and preserving the
curative virtues residing in the roots
employed, these medicines are entirely
by creating an appetite for either al
cohollc beverages or habit forming
drugs. Examine the formula on their
bottle wrappers-the same as sworn to by
DR.. Pierce, and you will find that his
"Golden Medical Discovery" tho great,
blood purifier, stomach tonic and bowel
regulator tho medicine which, while not
recommended to cure consumption in Its
advanced stages (no medicine will do that
yet does cure all those catarrhal condi.
tlons OF head and throat, weak stomach,
torpid liver and bronchial troubles, weak
lungs and hang-on-coughs, which, IL neg,
lectcd or badly treated lead up TO and
finally terminate In consumption.
Take the uGolden Medical Discovery y
IN time and 1t Is not likely to disappofnt
you II only you give 1t q thorough and
Jdtr trial. Don't expect miracles. 1t
won't do supernatural things You must
exercise your patience and persevere In Its
use for reasonable length OF time TO get
its full benefits. The ingredients OF which
DR.. Pierce's medicines are composed have
the unqualified endorsement OF scores Of
medical leaders--better than any amount
Of lay, or non-professional, testimonials.
They are not given away to be eIperi-
mepted with but are sold by all dealers In
medicines at reasonable prices.
Graham guardian., 1909-04-02
ARIZONA'S PROGRESS

AS shown by the Statehood bill
Arizona was segregated from New
Mexico in 1868. 1t is 378 miles long,
339 wide and 1920 square, or 49,
600, 900 acres. The estimated popu-
lation is 100000, SO per cent. be-
ing American, 13 per cent. Mexican
NATIVE and foreign born), II per
cent. foreign. The estimated litter
acy is l per cent.
The Territory has two normal
schools valued at $500, 900. 1t has a
university Tin connection with a
military institute, college of mines.
and agricultural and mechanical
college), with buildings valued at
$145, 900; an insane asylum, 1920, 600;
a Territorial prison, $136, 900; indus
trial school, $35, 900; capitol building,
$16O,0O0. There are eighteen daily
and fifty-four weekly newspapers
three in the Spanish language) =,
and three are issued monthly.
The total assessment for taxation
in 1908 was $50, ,937, SAL. The gov
ernment estimates the valuation at
$3.50, 900, 900. The soil, when irri-
gated, is very fertile. Dry farming
is meeting with great success.
Two irrigation projects-on the
Colorado river, near Yuma, and on
the Salt river at Roosevelt-will cost
So, 200, 900 and irrigate 300, 200 acres.
This amount of irrigated land will
support a dense population.
There are thirty-two Territorial
and thirteen National banks, with
capital and surplus of $3,555, 781.6
deposits of $13, 3,S49, ,214.6O, and loans
and discounts of $9,35S, ,64S. The
forest area is the largest in the
United States-3,0 100000 acres.
The chief industry is mining. The
Territory leads the world in the
production of copper. Arizona has
about 1900 miles of railroad as
against 1,400 miles of three years
ago. The bonded indebtedness of
the Territory on June 80, 1908, was
So, 49, ,255, including indebtedness
of the various counties which has
been assumed by the Territory, the
counties re-imbursing the Territory
for the interest paid.-Yuma Sun.
Graham guardian., 1909-04-02
Ten Doctors
Said He Would Die

"In 1903 we wrote you regard
ing my husband, who was suf-
fering from heart trouble. He
was superanuated by the North
Georgian Conference. Ten doc
tors at different times said he
would die. You advised DR..
Miles Heart Remedy and Re-
storative Nervine; we did as
advised, and improvement was
apparent from the very first. He
recovered and the Conference in
1904 gave him a charge. He
never felt better, although he
has very heavy work and does
a great deal of camp meeting
work. I am so glad we took
your advice and gave him the
medicine, and feel that / ought
to let you know of the wonder.
full; good results from its use"
MRS. T. S. EDWARDS,
, Miner, Ga.
This proves what DR.. Miles
Heart Remedy will do. Get a
bottle from your druggist and
take it according to directions.
1t does not matter whether your
heart is merely weak, or you
have organic trouble, if it does
not benefit you take the empty
bottle to your druggist and get
your money back.
Graham guardian., 1909-04-02
APRIL 2, 1909.
STAFFORD SCHOOL DEBT

A very interesting communication
from a tax payer in regard to pay
ing off the bonded indebtedness O.
the school district and providing ,
plan for building additional schoo
rooms, appears in another column il
this issue, which should be read b.
every tax payer in the district.
The increased attendance in oul
school makes it necessary to provide
more school room. The presen
building, with its four rooms, vii
not accommodate, even bv crowd
ing, the different grades. The mum
Der of school children has increased
and new quarters are absolutely
needed in order that they may be
able to attend school.
TAX Payer" suggests a plan by
which money could be raised to pay
for an additional two rooms, viz;
To levy a special assessment of rs
cents on the hundred dollars, which
would yield about $2,625.O0.
THE GUARDIAN believes that il
would be better to raise sufficient
funds by a special tax to be voted
for by the people, for the purpose
of cleaning up the present bonded
indebtedness, and then issue new
bonds to build an addition of four
rooms, with hall, to the present
building. This plan would clean up
the debt at once, and a bond elec-
ton could be held without delay to
authorize the issue of new bonds for
the additional rooms.
However, there is much good in
TAX Payers" plan of letting pres
ent bonded indebtedness stand as it
is for the present, and raise by spec
ial tax sufficient funds for the two
rooms, if the tax payers do not feel
they can stand an assessment large
enough for the building of four
rooms.
In any case, it is up to the tax
payers of Stafford school district to
get busy on some plan to lessen the
present indebtedness and provide
more school room for the children
of the district.
1t is certainly not economy to re-
main in debt and thus be prevented
from raising money to build addi-
tional rooms to the school building.
If the tax payers consider their own
interests they will not be against
any good proposition that would be
placed before them, which would
provide the ways and means for Sc.
curing the room needed now by the
large number of children who they
are in duty bound to educate.
Graham guardian., 1909-04-02

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Graham guardian., 1909-04-02
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT URGED

The following communication was
received from a tax payer in Stafford
School District which should set the
minds of other tax payers to work
at once to devise the best way to Sc
cure additional school room for
Stafford:
EDITOR GUARDIAN: The editorial
appearing in last weeks GUARDIAN
Graham guardian., 1909-04-02
He KNEW

Doctor" said the convalescent
smiling weakly, you may send in
your bill any day now"
Tut, TUT" replied the M. D.,
silencing his patient with a wave of
his hand. You're not strong
enough yet"-Leslie's weekly.
Graham guardian., 1909-04-02

For the incest dinner in the land,
Get your groceries SOLWICO brand,
Then to complete, gitchurchicken,
Eat your fill and Kwitchurkicken.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-09
HOW IRVING ACTED
 OFF THE STAGE

Hall Caine numbered Horny Irving among his friends from the days when they were both young men with their fame still to win. In the April Apple tons the novelist relates several anec- dotes of the actor.
 The truth is, he says, that, great actor as Irving was, the dominating element of his personality was for many years d hampering difficulty In the way of popu- lar success. When in my boyhood I knew him first, he was young fellow of thirty, very bright, very joyous, not very stu dious, not very intellectual, full of ami mai vigor, never resting, never pausing always rushing about, and hardly ever seen to go upstairs at less than three steps at q time. At the end of his life he was a grave and rather sad old man, very solemn, distinctly intellectual, and with never-failing sense of personal dig nity. Between his earlier and his later days he had done something which I have never known to be done by anybody else he had created character and assumed it for himself.
 Just as an actor might create charac- ter for the stage, or a novelist for a novel, so Irving had created a character for hls own use in real life. 1t was character of singular nobility and distinction, but 6 difficult character, too, not easy to put on, and having little in common with the outstanding traits of his original sef-a silent, reposeful rather subtle, slightly humorous, detached, and almost isolated personality, with a sharp tongue, but a sunny smile and certain gleams of the deepest tenderness; in short, compound of Voltaire and Cardinal Manning.
 There was nothing artificial or theatrical in Irving's assumption of this character which grew on him and became his own oil tIa SfOnd in the of his success in profession wherein the first necessity Is that the actor should be able to sink his own individuality and gel into the skin of somebody else
 No man could sink personality like that of Henry Irving, and toward the end of his life. with the ever-increasing domi. nation of his own character and the limI- tation of cpoice which always comes witf advancing 'years it. was only possible lol him to play parts that contained some thing of himself. He was painfully con- scious of this.