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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10
AMAZING SALARIES NOW
 PAID TO BALL PLAYERS.
Tho $1o,000 Mark Often Passed, Where.
 as $1,5o0 Used to Be Big Money.

Says Ed X. Goewey ill Leslie's:
 As one manager expressed it recent Iy. "Fhe sky's the limit in baseball sal aries at the present time as far as the stars are concerned, and even the ev- eryday players are receiving as much or more than the most famous diamond heroes of few years ago."
 Iris" Speakers rise in a few sea sons from the minors to the highest salaried star in the game is without parallel in baseball or any other sport. He made good from the time he went to Boston. each season being up among the leading sluggers, and it was his bat that had much to do with the Giants loss of worlds championship pen nant. Last season he finished fourth among the American league batsmen with percentage of 1866, He took part in Al games. made 94 runs, had 190 hits for total of 27S bases and stole 46 times. In 520 times at bat he struck out but twenty four times. Speakers salary with the Bostons will be 18OO0 a season for the next two years.
 Other players drawing down fancy stipends annually are Mathewson, $15,- GOO; Cobb. $12,5O0; Tinker, $12.O0O; Evers, $1O.000; Wagner, $1O,OOO. and Walter Johnson, $7,50O. And don't overlook the fact that John J. McGraw. the peppery little leader of the Giants, drew a salary of $3O,OO0 in 1913. and he will get the same amount annually un- til the end of 1917 in accordance with the terms of his present contract. Me Graw gets no percentage from the New York clubs profits, but he did add $3,5O0 to his salary last year, the tidy sum being his share of the worlds se- ries battles and some exhibition con tests
 A ball player receiving from $1,5OO to $1.S00 in the old days was considered fortunate. by most of his fellows. The actual annual salaries of the former kings of the diamond were: John Ward, $4,OOO: Amos Rusie, $3,2OO: George Van Haltren, $2,2OO; Buck Ew. ing. $2,400; Tim Keefe, $2,40O; Rube Waddell. $2.OOO. and Dan Brothers. $500.
 Recently when the Federal league was bidding for the game's best talent Ty Cobb was offered a three year con tract calling for $45,O0O to desert or ganized baseball. and Mathewson was promised $65OOO if he would pitch for and manage the Brooklyn outlaw" team for three seasons. Speaker also was offered large salary for three years. supposed to be about $20000 an nually.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10
HAS UNIVERSAL PEACE BEEN
 BROUGHT NEARER,

If the Florentine engineer, Glullo Ulivi, has invented an apparatus oy which he can detonate isolated ex- plosives at distance of some miles, and has the fleets of the world, as we'll as all forts and depots of 'am- munition," at his mercy, if his ap- paratus can approach within ten or fifteen miles of them, universal peace may be at hand. It IS the ue- sire of the majority of the world s civilized peoples to enjoy permanent peace. So far, however, successive congresses at The Hague have only regulated to a certain extent the manner in which war should be car ried on, thus assuring shorter per iods and smaller territories of hos tility, less destrucution of lives and treasure. The reason may be that The Hague gets it's mandate, not from the people, but from their gov ernments, and governments are not yet ready TOT peace.
 If The Hague had popular man. date unequivocally supported by the state, it could end war at once, just as the duel has been ended in cer- tain communities by making it so deadly-those participating in it be- ing liable to be punished for mur- der-that none would indulge in it. In other communities, where the duel has been regulated" it still sur wives, just as war survives under the regulations of The Hague.
 The state of "deadliness," which, it is believed, will give The Hague the mandate to abolish war, is be- ing brought about by two forces: the cost of war, including the unpro- ductive wealth sunk in armaments with the unproductive labor employed to keep them, and the improvement in the destructiveness of war en- zines. Yet, at any stage in the de- velopment of these forces their ulti- mate effectiveness may be rendered nought by the governments repre- scented at The Hague. The role, therefore, that Ulivis invention, even if it is as potent as he thinks, may play in promoting. universal peace cannot be definitely determined FX
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10
Notice of Forfeiture.

To Henry Seymour and Thomas
 Lynch, their heirs, administrators,
 and to all who it may concern:
 You are hereby notified that have expended $300OO on the Association claim No. l, Association claim No. 2 and Association claim No. 3. located on the Chistochina river at the mouth of Slate creek, in the Copper Center recording precinct, Territory of Alas ka, the location certificates of said claims being of record in the U. S.. commissioners office at Copper Gen. ter, Alaska. Said expenditure was made in order to hold said claims un- der the provisions of the laws of the, United States and of this territory, and was made in the year 1913.
 And # you fail or refuse to pay your proportion ($10O00 each) with in 90 days after the completion of the publication of this notice your interest in said claims will become the property of the. undersigned, your co-owner. under Section 2S24, Re vised Stautes of the United States.
 w. R. MORTON. , First publication Juno IS, 1874. Last publication September 1e. 1914.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10
INCREASING POTATO CROP.
Growers Pay Too Little Attention tc
 the Seed They Use,

Growers Pay Too Little Attention to
 the Seed They Use.
 Washington.-The American potato grower is charged with paying too lit tie attention to the selection of seed potatoes by the department of agricul- ture in statement declaring that by the use of high grade seed the returns from the crop would be increased by many millions of dollars. ~
 The increase that might be expected from the use of high grade seed is con servatively estimated at not less than 10 per cent. Such an increase. based on the average production or the aver age production of the last five years. says the statement. would amount to over 34,0OO,OOO bushels. having an ap- proximate value of $21.OO0.OOO.
 Of the many causes which operate to produce a low average potato yield in the United States. it is pointed out. i'm pure seed Is an important one. Euro pean potato growers, especially those of Great Britain and Germany. pay the strictest attention to the quality of the seed used.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10
FARM WAGES OF
 s3,5oo,.ooo,ooo
United States Treasurer Burke
 Duo This Amount Now.
AGREEMENT MADE YEARS AGO

Farmer Promised "Johnny" All the Money That Had His Name on 1t. Now His Name Appears on All Bank
 notes-Thousands Printed Each Day
 at Washington.
 New York. - John Burke. United States treasurer, made a bargain near ly fifty years ago by which he was to be paid a bonus on his services for work done at that time, when there seemed little hope of its fulfillment. When Chester Ferry has fulfilled his part of the contract with Mir. Burke he will make the latter easily the rich est man in the world, says the Tribune of this city.
 Burke hired out when a boy not yet ten years old to husk corn for a neigh boring farmer and received for his pay the small sum of 50 cents a day. When the time came for his employer to pay him for his seasons work Ferry said:
 "Johnny. l want you to know that what I can afford to give you now for your work regard as insufficient pay. I am sure you will think that you have earned more, for you have been dili- gent and painstaking and have never complained. So while l can pay you only 50 cents day for your time I'll agree to hand over to you in the future all the money you can show me with your name on it."
 "I accepted his proposition" says MT. Burke. "but 1 gave it little con- sideration during the intervening years until the beginning of the present ad- ministration. when 1 became treasurer of the United States. Then the episode came to mind. and ] have written to MT. Ferry. reminding him of his obli- cations"
 This is the letter in part:
 When we lived neighbors on adjoining farms in German township and l was little mite of ten you frequently em- ployed me in corn husking and corn plant ing times and on various other occasions. for which services you paid me 50 cents day. You will remember, however. that at the time of settlement you assured me
 
 was a sufficient remuneration for my serv- ices and that in addition to the payment of 50 cents a day you were to turn over to me all the money that you got with my name on it. which agreement was perfect ly satisfactory to me and was duly ac- cepted at the time.
 Fearing that you may have forgotten this obligation on account of lapse of time, I am calling your attention to 1t now. for of course I know that all that is necessary for me to do is simply to call your attention to it. that your part of the agreement will be faithfully kept
 The bureau of engraving prints Mir. Burke's name on 1.0SO.OOO notes of the United States currency day. In addi tion to this vast daily increasing obli gation on the part of the farmer. Mir Burke has signed his name to mum Der of $1O,OOO certificates.
 At this rate the bureau of engraving prints currency bearing his name to the amount of $2.S76.0O0 a day. which by the end of his term as treasurer will net him $3.5OOUtU, ,OOO should he be for tunate enough to realize upon his youthful investment.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10

Nubone Corsets. Try Mrs. St. Marie's for one of those Nubone corsets. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10

If you want all the news all the
 time. read the Prospector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10
TELEGRAPH LINE DOWN
 NEAR RICHARDSON

The telegraph line from Valdez to Fairbanks is down near Richardson because of the damage to the line by reason of the recent floods on the Panama river. The line will be re- paired in few hours, workmen hay ing reached the scene of the break down this morning.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10
ADMIRAL EVANS
 LEAVES JUNEAU

The steamer Admiral Evans, which left Seattle July 9th, passed here this morning at o'clock at the same time as the Alameda and will call at Yakutat, Katalla and Cordova en route to Valdez.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10
ALAMEDA PASSES
 THE CAPITAL CITY

The steamer Alameda, of the Alas ka Steamship Line, which left Seattle July 9th, passed Juneau at 10 o'clock this morning for Skagway, Cordova and Valdez.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10
women oppose amokino.

Portland, Ore.-Because they say cigar and cigarette smoke in the city hall and courthouse, where they go to register. makes them sick. Portland women have started move for city ordinance forbiddIng smoking in pub lie buildings.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10

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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10
FIRST FULL BATH WHEN 72.
Civil War Vet Ordered to Take One Ia
 Apprehensive.

Civil War Vet Ordered to | axe One Is Apprehensive.
 Sandusky. O.-According to Sergeant s. N. Cooke of Cottage Mack. State Soldiers home. a veteran from near Urbana, admitted the other day, sighed when ushered into the receiving bar racks anteroom to await his turn in the barracks bath and remarked:
 "Well, I'm seventy-two years old. ana this is going to-be the first time ever took regular out and out bath."
 The old man made no effort to con. ceal feeling that if he survived the first operation he might try 1t again. according to Sergeant Cooke.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10

Notice.
 Notice is hereby given that the an nual meeting of the stockholders of The First Bank of Valdez will be held at the office of said bank in the Town of Valdez. Alaska, on Tuesday, July the 14th, 1914, at the hour of four o'clock ?. m. at which meeting the directors of said bank shall be selected for the ensuing year, and such other business transacted as may regularly come before said meet ing. k14 M. BLUM, Secretary.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10

The Nenana river is not navigable for boats according to Captain Dob Ter.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-07-10
BASE BALL SCORES
Games played July 9. 1914.
National League

National League. Pittsburg 0, Philadelphia l. Pitch ers-McQuillan, Cooper; Tincup. Chicago 1, Boston g. Pitchers Vaughn James.
 Cincinnati 5, Broooklyn G. Pitch ers---Douglas, Rowan; Ruelbach, Ad- ans.
 American League New York 7, Cleveland 4. Pitchers --Pich: Gregg, Morton. Second game. New York 3, Cleve- land 3. Pitchers-Keating; Steen. Tie game.
 Philadelphia 8, Detroit 8. Pitchers --Bressler; Covaleski.
 Second game. Philadelphia g, De- troit 5. Pitchers-Bush, Wykoff; i; Dubuc. Washington 0, St. Louis l.. Pitch ers-Shaw, Bentley; Hamilton. Boston 2, Chicago 3. Pitchers Collins, Bedient; Cicotte.
 Federal League. Brooklyn 5. Baltimore 2. Pitchers ---Finnerson; Wilhelm.
 Buffalo ?, Pittsburg 1. Pitchers Ford; Camnitz.
 St. Louis 0, Kansas City 4. Pitch ers-Davenport, Keupper; Cullop. Chicago 4, Indianapolis 3. Pitch ers-Hendrix; Kaiserllng.
 Northwestern League. :. Seattle 3, Victoria 4. Pitchers Dell; Pope.
 Vancouver l, Portland 3. Pitchers --Reuther; Narveson.
 Spokane 7, Tacoma l.. Pitchers. Moves; Andrada.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-07-10
LOOK At THE TWO PICTURES

The reported abdication of Kirg
Peter of Servia in favor of one of
his sons has not caused surprise
in Europe. He had seriously con-
sidered this step long before the
outbreak of the Balkan war.
The renewed talk on the subject
recalls certain suggestive facts
bearing upon the course of events
in Mexico during the last year and
a half.
When the horrible butchery of
King Alexandria and Queen Draga
in the royal palace at Belgrade &C.
Cured in 1908 Peter was living in
Switzerland where he had been
most of the time since his service
in the French army during the
Franco-German war. He was call
ed to Belgrade to be the successor
of thu murdered Alexander. 1t
has not been shown that he had any
thing to do with the tragedy that
paved his way up to the throne,
but for some unexplained reason,
King Peter in making w his first
cabinet included some of the men
notoriously engaged in the con-
spiracy that brought about the as
s~assination nf King Alexander and
Queen Drage.
The tolerance of the conspiratnrs
led Great Britain and other Euro
pean powers to withhold recogni-
tion from King Peter for a year
and a half and until he had elimi-
mated from his cabinet the men who
had taken part in the assassination
of his predecessor.
And yet many of the same critics
that applauded Great Britain and
he continental government for
their course with reference to King
Peter have been the severest critics
Of President Wilson for Withholding
recognition from Dictator Huerta
of Mexico who was the foremost
figure in the conspiracy that led to
the assassination of President Ma
dero! There are the facts. Ponder
them.-Buffalo Courier.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-07-10
FOR USE IN THE MOUNTAINS
Monster Locomotives That Are Con.
strueted With a Capacity for
Getting There"

Not long ago the railroads rsGu-ted
to the use Of from one TO six locomo.
tives coupled together to pull heavy
freight trains over steep grades in
the mountains OF the West. That was
costly pulling. for each engine re-
quired a half crew. Where as many
as half a dozen locomotives manned
by o dozen or more men were need.
ed, now o monster locomotive de-
signed especially for crawling over
the hump" In the mountains does
the work at q great saving. The mon.
ster machines may Justly be termed
the "dreadnaughts" Of the railroad
world, for certainly they fear no load
man can put on them. They can
walk of" with q string OF cars look
ing nearly as long az the tail OF Hal
ley's comet, and theH will do II be-
fore or after meals, or in all sorts OF
weather. One Of these great loco.
motives will weigh az much as a whole
train OF the type in use a few years
ago. They are not built for speed
Just for getting there" when the
right of way starts skyward. A fea-
ture Of their construction enables
them to use their strength to keep
the heavy trains behind them from
running away on a down grade.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-07-10

There is more Catarrh in this Sec
tion of the country than all other
diseases Pot tog, ther and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For q great many years
doctors pronounced it a local d.
sease and prescribed local remedies
and by constantly failing TO cure
with local treatment, pronounced
it incurable. Science has proven
Catarrh to be a constitutional di-
sease, and therefore requires consti-
tutioLal treatment. falls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio is the
only Constitutional cure on the
market. II is taken internally. 1t
acts directly on the blood and nue.
Gus surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any
ease it fails to cure. Send for cir
culars and testimonials. Address!
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, rs cents.
Take Halls family Pills for con-
stipatiun.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-07-10
Handles Are ExtensIbIe.

handles can be made various lengths
to suit the purpose for which 1t is
used. This truck ia made Of strips of
spring steel, and at the upper ends
the handles are curved pronouncedly.
In general appearance 1t Is the same
as the ordinary truck, but the, handles
are made In two slidable sections. For
use on the ground the handles can be
extended their full length, but when
an expressman wants to carry a trunk
on his back he can shorten them to a
convenient length and hook the curved
ends over his shoulders. Thus he can
not only support his burden more COM
fortably than when he has to hold it
on by his hands, but those important
members are left free to open doors
and SO forth.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-07-10
TO STOP UNSAFE pRAcTlsEs
Exhibit Car viii Travel over the
Country Carrying Literature on
the Subject, and Lecturer.

Supplementing the rafety commit
tees campaign Of education there Is
being built an exhibit car that will
be sent up and down the lines. visiting
In time every city and hamlet. be It
ever 30 small. It will be stocked with
safety literature. There will be an
art gallery Of pictures showing unsafe
practises Of every sort. There will be
some 90 models Of machines in shops
for this campaign is not confined to
the operating department alone-show.
ing how them machines should be guard
ed-in other words, made fool-proof.
A stereopticon constitutes part Of
the equipment, and competent lectur-
ers will be on hand to discuss the
questions.
Meetings will be held wherever 1t iR
possible to gather a sufficient number
OF employees, and the safety propa
ganda will be expounded. The public
VIII be invited to inspect the exhibits
wherever the car stops, for the public
Is often the chief offender, through
the practise Of t~respassing or exercis-
Ing insufficient caution at crossings
and other dangerous points.
Having spent vast sums to correct
unsafe conditions, the railroads are
now ~devoting money and energy to the
elimination Of unsafe practises 80 far
as possible. From q humanitarian
standpoint, 1t Is one Of the greatest
things ever undertaken, and the scien-
tihc manner in which the work is be-
ing prosecuted augurs we'll for lasting
good.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-07-10
NO PLACE For PARASITES

The usual crop of carpetbaggers
out Of jobs, ne'er DO wells and
loafers who csnnot find any other
means of support are getting ready
for the biennial imposition of run
ming for the legislature. These
pe%rennials are hardy and their
nerve is not surpassed 10y any bunch
Of anarchists willing to sacrifice
themselves for d chance to get
their fore feet in the trough at
Carson City. Somehow these people
manage to force themselves to the
front and impose on the public by
persisting in running for office,
which does not offer any very
tempting allurement to men of
affairs who have business OF their
own to attend to. The inducement
for business men to allow their
names to be used for the legisla.
ture are few and any one with a
substantial interest cannot afford
to make the rare unless he is
actuated by a lofty sentiment that
inspires him with a holy courage to
lend himself to an assault upon the
forces entrenched at Carson City.
The emolument is small, scarcely
equal to the cost Of living in a
strange place where sessions of the
lawmakers always are productive
of higher charges and entail ex-
penses wholly out of proportion TO
the honors sccruing 70 the men in
office. II a man is honest and
DESTROYS OF doing his duty to hi.
constituents, he finds himself work
ing at an actual loss. He is the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-07-10

man who turns a deaf ear to sug-
gestions of graft and who is always
looking for a chance to curtail the
privilege with which the profess
SIGNALS surround themselves. His
conscience will not permit him to
become a party to extravaganza
and since be devotes himself to
a%bridging the cost of government,
he is not likely to enhance his own
popularity.
However, 1t is pleasant to note
the first faint sounds of an awak-
ening that means the taxpayers of
Nevada are going to insist on bet
ter government beginning with a
better and higher class of repre-
sentatiyes in the Legislative branch.
Nevada has been too tolerant. The
people have slept on their rights So
long that a lot Of in%terlopers and
carpetbaggers have been entrusted
with the conduct of public affairs.
This has to end. Nevada is ridden
with too great a burden and every
session of the legislature sees the
number Of offices multiplied and
the list of commissions and other
membranes increased to an ex-
tent that implies indirectness and
expense. Taxpayers are slumber-
ing, but the time is ripe for an up
rising that should sweep the nom
resident lawmaker off the board
and give the state an administration
of business men and a body of tax
payers whose interest is to see that
the laws are predicated on actual
requirements of the people. Team
work is required and local demands
should be subordinated and handled
with a view to s~atifying the ma
jority rather than as a sop to gain
the voting strength of one or more
counties.
Therefore let the personnel of
the twenty-ceventh assembly and
senate be composed Of business
men and lei of constructive TALENT
who have helped upbuiId the state.
If the voters of Nevada adopt this
policy nepotism at the capital will
he abolished, the number of office
holders reduced to a minimum and
the money of taxpayer diverted to
useful improvements that are a
crying necessity. 1t is up to the
voters. Economy can only be had
through the election uf business
meo. If leeches are sent to the
capitol another two gears Of blood
letting may be expected Tonopah
! Rnnanza
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-07-10
Tobacco Smoke.

To dissipate the smell OF tobacco
smoke from a house, put a lump oil
crystal ammonia into u jar and add
three or four drops OF oil of lavender.
Pour over this a few tablespoonfuls
Of boiling water and let stand in the
room. 1t will give out a faint, pleas.
mt odor, which will entirely do away
with all traces OF the smell of tobac.
co.-Good Housekeeping Magazine.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-07-10
Motion Pstarded

Intoxicated Party--"Of'cir, will you
De kind huff to blindlCld me SO / cant
zee those Stop, look and listen signs
IN the telegraph poles? It's taken me
llalf an hour to walk two blocks tryin'
o cooperate I'm this safety business
Buffalo Express.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-07-10
Enouuh

Passenger-"That last station was
my destination, sab. Why, sab, didn't
you stop thar" Conductor-"We
n stop there any more. The en-
yineer is mad at the station agent"
Sacred Heart Review.