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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1914.
NO JOINT INTERVENTION.

Of all the suggested solutions of the Mexican problem, which, it must be admitted, has lately grown more serious, joint intervention by the un- ited States and other American re publics, including Argentina, Chile and Brazil, is least entitled to serious consideration. In any case where joint intervention is justifiable there is a common interest among the par ties which could not exist in case of an agreement between Washington and the governments of the South Amer ican countries to act together for the restoration of Mexican peace. The interest of Brazil and Chile in Mexico is not ours The troubled country is not contiguous to their borders, the continuance of disorder in Mexico uoes not affect them as it affects us, their financial and commercial rela- tions with Mexico are inconsiderable in comparison with ours. European  to secure order in some troubled state frequently since the Napoleonic era, but their interests have been similar, and joint intervention at it's best is accompanied by many dangers with which diplomatic ability of the high est order is sometimes unable to cope. Gy,1 iy, LS,,r0 history any close analogy to our pres ent relations with Mexico. We can not share our responsibilities in this matter with any other country what ever, and it would be the height of unwisdom to enter into relations with South American republics which would would inevitably lead to disturbance of our present friendly relations with them.
 Intervention in Mexico of any sort, however, is not a pressing question. In spite of their burden of trouble the Mexican people seem 10 be get ting along pretty we'll. Their exports last year were large and the two Governments have thus far found the means of subsistence. IL is easy to say that things cannot go on as they are going much longer Mexican af- fairs have always gone on in very much the same way, except in the thirty years of facetitous peace under Diaz, and the commercial classes themselves were directly responsible for the overthrow of Diaz. All over this country there disapproval of the Mexican situation and the dispo- sition is general to credit much of the trouble to the presidents policy. But there is no sane suggestion of an alternative policy. Armed interven- tion is not favored Recognition of the unstable government of Huerta would be out of the question now, even if fhe had done anything to jus tify change of policy. Huerta's on ly hope lies in his vanquishing Villa at Torreon if Villa ever goes to Tor reon, unless, indeed, the old soldier should see his way clear to frank admission of his inability to restore peace and should call conference of all parties to consider new measures for the country's protection.---E
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Notice is hereby given that; pur- suant to an order made by the dis trict court of the Territory of Alaska, Third division, in the matter of the annexation of certain territory 10 the incorporated Town of Valdez, the common council of the Town of Val deg has called n election to be held in said town and in the territory pro posed to be ann xed to said town, on Saturday, March 21, 1914, to deternl- inc whether said territory shall be 50 annexed as prayed for in the peti~ ton therefor, filed in said district court as provided by law. The de scription of said territory as set up in said petition, is as follows, to-wit;
 Beginning at Meander Corner No, of the Valdez townsite survey and running thence south, 24 degrees, 19 minutes, II seconds east, 240.63S feet, thence south 53 degrees, g minutes east, 122S.26 feet; thence south, 74 degrees, 52 minutes east, 56S26 feet: thence south, 45 degrees, 4S minutes east, 1862 feet: thence south, 30 degrees, 27 minutes west 13124 feet; thence south, 29 degrees, 12 minutes west, 123.42 feet; thence south, If degrees, 45 minutes west, 51.95 feet; thence north, 61 degrees, 27 minutes east, 5000 feet; thence north, 2S degrees, 4S minutes west, 205O feet; thence south 61 degrees, 30 minutes west, 5700 feet, to place of beginning.
 At such election qualified electors are invited to vote upon said prop osition to annex said described ter ritory to the Town of Valdez by plac- ing upon their ballots the words For annexation to the Town of Valdez" or Against annexation to the Town of Valdez" or words equivalent there to-
 The polling place for such election in the Town of Valdez shall be in the hall of the common council on Broadway avenue. The polling place in the territory proposed to be an irxed shall be in the ground f1ool roor, of the Fish building on Mckin- ley street, adjoining the Tillikum Tub. The polls shall be open from 9 a. m. to D. m. of March 21, 1914
 The election board designated for the Town of Valdez is composed of the (OllOWluS utISOHS. JuuGCo |. Sullivan, Louis Rosenthal, Thomas Hunt; clerks J. J. Cavana, Dan Will cey.
 The election board designated for the territory proposed to be annexed is composed of the following persons: Judges-Adam Swan, Oliva Maroise' J. H. Bell; clerks-Frank Willard, Robert Weber.
 The qualifications of an elector en- titled to vote at such election, pre- scrjbed by law, are as follows: He or she shall be a male or female per son of the age of twenty-one years or more and shall be the owner of substantial property interests in land. building or improvements on land or tide land within the said corporation or the territory proposed to be an nexed to or incorporated within such corporation.
 TOWN OF VALDEZ. By E. E. RITCHIE, Mayor. RANDALL. E. ASHBY. Town Clerk. First publication Feb. 20, 1914. Last publication March 20, 1914.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21
Notice to Creditors.

In the United States Commissioners
 Court, ex officio Judge in Probate, Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Dl-
 vision, Territory of Alaska.
 In the matter of the estate of Peter Steinmetz, deceased. w. A. Rystrom, administrator--Notic to Creditors.
 Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned, administrator of the estate of Peter Steinmetz. deceased, to the creditors of, and all persons having claims against the said estate, to ex- hibit them, with the necessary vouch- CTS, within six (6) months after the first publication of this notice, to the said administrator at the office of c. E. Bunnell, at Valdez, Alaska. the same being the place for the trans action of the business of said estate.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska. this 10th day of February, 1914.
 w. A. RYSTROM. Administrator of the estate of Peter
 Steinmetz. deceased. Y First publication Feb: Il, 1914. $ Last publication March 16, 1914.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21
Valdez, March 20, 1914.
A Treasure For 25 Cents.

LONDON, March 21.-A remarka- ble find is reported from Winchester. In a box of old books sold for 25, cents as rubbish the purchaser dis covered the first edition in three vol umes of Pope's Homer, with an in scription stating that 1t was present. ed to Gilbert White of Selborne, the naturalist by Pope, on White taking his university degree.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21

could not have done with an old fashioned" machine, as only too many dreadful accidents have shown.
 The moral is obvious upside down flying must be included among the requirements for an aviator's license. and aeroplanes must be built and equipped for doing it.-Ex.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21
MIDST MEN FALL AT FORTY"
"More Orthodoxy In Jail Than Church. .''
 Assertions of "Pastor Vigilante."

Preaching in Chicago recently, the Rev. William Rader of san Francisco said:
 More men fall into sin at forty than at twenty years of age
 Ut Is time we stopped slandering the working girl and directed our mis- sionary efforts toward the fashionable rich, who clink their wineglasses.
 i've found more orthodoxy in pen itentiaries than have in the churches"
 The Rev. Mir. Rader formerly was a Presbyterian minister and during the fight on graft in San Francisco was known as the "pastor vigiIante."
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21
Ducks Mosquitoes Foes.

"The most effective method of ex- terminating mosquitoes" says Dr. Geb' bing. director of the Leipzig geological
 garden, "is to keep wild ducks on the ponds where they breed. These birds feed eagerly upon all insect fife in the larva state.. and where there are
 plenty of ducks very. few of the larvae reach the glories of .mosquitohood. even in the most stagnAnt pools" ,u
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21
Liuuor In Furniture.

Almost every conceivable method has been employed to introduce liquor into the Indian country of Oklahoma from Fort Smith. Ark. but United States marshals lately discovered two new schemes. In the drawers of a washstand and dresser consigned to company at Barnett, Okla.. sixty quarts of whisky were found. Inside a barrel of salt was ten gallon keg.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21
 News Films of the Passing Show

A jackass is horse for law pur- poses. Washington court has ruled.
 Description of the loud clothes worn by Abraham Abromowitz of Bos- ton. wanted there for conspiracy. led to his arrest in New York.
 John White, said to have been the smallest man in the world, died recent ly at Margate. England, aged fifty three He was one foot nine inches tall. He kept candy store with his two sisters. who are of normal stature
 William Sullivan of New Haven. Conn.,, while digging in a hole seven feet deep turned up an iron pot con taining enough buried treasure to make life easy The best thing in the find was silver dollar of 1894, which col lectors quote at from $3,OOO to $3GOO
 After eating porterhouse steak in San Francisco restaurant six men told the proprietor they were without mon. ey and he might call the police if he chose He did, but the sextet was dis missed in the police court by Judge Deasy. The men said they had tried to get work to buy food.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21
Ao spittal of the Good Samaritan.

For. $500 we will give you a ticket you to hospital service and ,are for any eight weeks out of the lear from date of your ticket. when .ncapacitated by injury or sickness. See w. H. MegisF. ''
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21
PLENTY OF WINTER AHEAD

There will be no lack of win ter weather. anywhere in. the
 United States if government weather bureau experts read the signs aright. Inquiries at the
 bureau as to the prospects of a
 mild winter, were met with the ~statement that. storms merely, were slightly delayed, but that nothing had come under the d.
 partment's observation to inda- cate less than the usual rain or : <! :ASAnA, r 'H' -s .!. !, :' SoS" ''' ..n |, <.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21

FOR SALE-Household furniture; Mrs, George R., Walker.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21

If. you want all the news all the time. read the Prospectcr.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21

Dr. German. the, dentist. As back and is prepared to attend to his patients.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21
WEATHER RECORD.
Taken at 500 a. m. Snow is given as depth on level, in inches.

Taken at 500 a. m. Snow is given as depth on level, in inches.
 Locations. Temp. Snow
 Saturday, March 21, 1914. Wortman's, cldy, elm, snow 32 71 Summit cloudy, windy .... 125 Beaver Dam, cloudy, calm 40 78 Teikhell, cloudy, calm .... 32 67 Tonsina, cloudy, calm .... 30 IS Copper Center, cloudy, light wind
 .............. oo 10 Gulkana, cloudy, calm .... 29 26 Hogan's, cloudy, calm, ..., B 28 Paxson's, cloudy, calm .... 42 30 Wortman's-Trail heavy. Sunlmit-Trail open. Beaver Dam-Trail open. Teikhell-Trail open. Tonsina-Trail open. Copper Center-Trail good. Gulkana-Trail good Hogan n's-Trail good. Paxson's- 's-Trail open.
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21

Hope may be good asset, but 1t is responsible for good bit of wasted time..
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21
Valdez Daily Prospector
 PUBLISHED BY THE Pfospector Publishing Co.

TERMS.
 Daily Prospector. By carrier, per month. .$1.Oo By mail, per annum. .......... .1o.00
 The Weekly Miner. By carrier, per month. ..........$ 40 Rv mail. per annum m.,...... 800 The Daily Prospector and Weekly Miner by carrier to one address, per L0OuLl VA'~V The Daily PrOspector and weekly Min- CT by mail to one address only, per year .. .elS.oo Business office and Editorial ROOMS.
 Phone t52.
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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21

L. W. STORM. E. ~.
 VALDEZ. ALASKA REPORTS ON MIHEs PATENT SyRyEvs GENEsAL MINING EHGiNEERiHo
 PHONE No ,os
Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-21

A jackass is horse for law pur- poses. Washington court has ruled.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-04-23
Improving American HOOIs by Australian
Methods.

II American wools we're sent to mar
ket graded and put up as are Australian
wools, it is estimated that an increase
in price Of as 8 cents a pound might
be received by the grower. Wool
growers, dealers, ana manufacturers
generally admit tina the American sys'
tenn Cor lack Of sYstem) is very bad,
and at the annual meeting Of the
National Wool Growers Association in
Salt Lake City, u.ah, considerable in
terest was shown in the proposal to
adopt the Australian method OF putting
up wool. Three cents pound upon
woods selling at from IS to so cents
pound is very high percentage Of
loss, which can and doubtless will be
prevented by growers in the future.
The growers gain in this particular is
in no way opposed 10 the interests OF
the dealers or manufacturers.
The Bureau Of Animal Industry has
prepared a collection Of American and
Australian woods for use in educational
work in this direction. This exhibit
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-04-23
The Cost of VeTmin.

Many popular beliefs on medical
subjects seem to be based on instinct
without any facts TO justify them, yet
increasing knowledge in new fields fre'
quently justifes opinions which have
been held for centuries. Rats, mice,
flies. mosquitoes and the various lorms
OF body parasites have always been
held in contempt and disgust, and
everywhere have been regarded as
vermin. Growing knowledge Of the
important role played by these lower
forms Of animal life in the transmission
Of disease is ample justification for this
feeling The attention which has been
called to parasites and scavengers Of
the human race has resulted in demon
strating another reason why mankind
has always abhoned them. They are
an exceedingly expensive luxury. The
Journal Of the American Medical As,
sociation comments on recent article
in the Farm and Fireside, which dis
cusses the amount Of damage done in
this country by rats, and estimates thai
there are in the United States at leas
800, 100000 Of these animals, alike
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-04-23

destructive to property and dangerous
to health. Rats are said to destroy
hundred million dollars worth OF grain
every year in this country, or enough
to feed one hen Tor every man, woman
and child in the nation, The annual
cost OF rats to the nation is estimated
at $500, 100000. In addition, the rat
population Of the country forms fertile
field for the dissemination Of bubonic
plague, which only needs a starting
point in any Of our seaports to spread
throughout the country and cause the
loss Of thousands Of lives. In the
same issue Of the Farm and Fireside,
but in different department, appears
an article on the cattle tick, in which
it is estimated that the difference be-
tween the market value Of an animal
free from this parasite and one infected
with it is about SO per COW, and that
the cattle tick is to-day costing the
slockmen of the country a hundred
million dollars each year. The dis
coyery and development Of bacteriology
showed that man had been carrying on
for centuries an unconscious struggle
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-04-23
The Great Crest Of the Sierra.

Mount Whitney, the highest point
in the United States, is not an isolated
mountain peak like Mount Shasta or
Mount Rainier, but is the loitiest point
in the great California crest or enormous
saw-tooth ridge OF the Sierra Nevada,
including many eminences almost as
high. Mount Whitney is 14,50l feet
above sea level. Among those Ui
slightly lesser height are Mount Russell,
less than mile distant, l4,l60 feet;
Mount Williamson, II, ,334 feet; Mount
Muir, l4,02S feet; Mount Langley,
14,042 feet: Mount Barnard, 4,003
feet, and Mount Tyndall, l4,025 feet.
The most distant Of these is less than
six miles away.
BY strange freak Of nature the low
est point OF dry land in the United
States is less than 80 miles from the
highest. The lowest point is in Deatf
Valley and is 276 feet below sea level
1t is said that from this point Noun
Whitney can be easily seen on clea
day.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-04-23

success costs no life or an awkwardlY
handled camera leaves no wounded
animal to die lingering death"
Mr.. Shiras sets his camera and fash
light before darkness. A string across
the runway along which the animal is
expected to come, or bait connected
by cord with the shutter and fash
apparatus are all the mechanical con
tTivances necessary.
I think very few people suspect
the abundance Of night'loving animals
in the vicinity Of country homes, where
there is a dense thicket, a swamp, or
a rocky ravine," he continues. Il
have set out every winter for several
years past a camera and hishlight in
the town Of Ormond Beach, Florida,
within 100 yards OF dozen cottages
and a great winter hotel harboring a
thousand guests and employees. Nearly
every night came the burst ola brilliant
light between an orange grove and a
thicket. During 50 nights in 1918
the negatives showed twelve skuuks,
nine Of which we're Of different mark
ings, four coons, three possums, one
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-04-23
Camera Hunting.

Washington, D. C.-George Shiras,
3rd, who has just arrived in Panama
to assist COL Goethals in making the
Canal Zone a large and safe haven for
birds and animals, is the originator Of
night photography Of wild animals and
the pioneer hunter with the camera.
Mr.. Shiras' most recent contribution
on the subject Of the newest form OF
sport, camera hunting, is 10 the shape
Of communication 10 the National
Geographical Society at Washington,
D. c. He opens up a wide range Of
possibilities for the sportsman and
throws new light on the proper way to
teach the young idea how to shoot"
A camera and accessories can be
so arranged that any animal or bird
and many reptile, however large or
small, agile or cunning, may have its
picture faithfully recorded, during day
light or darkness, without the imme-
diate presence OF human assistant"
writes Mr.. Shiras To meet the
difficulties l have developed methods
suitable to the habits OF each animal.
I have used many Of the devices Of
the trapper rather than The hunter,
substituting the automatic camera for
the trap and using the same bats and
scents in favorable localities and during
the season oi the year when success is
likely. Some who take up camera
hunting become discouraged BY early
failures and are unable to see how such
an instrument can ever be satisfactory
substitute for the sportsman's gun.
Others continue on until won over by
the attractiyenass Of contest where
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-04-23

includes samples Of various grades Of
wool, showing how grade and value
may be determined by factors under
the control Of the sheep raiser.
Australian and New Zealand wocls
are graded or "classed" at the time Of
shearing. They are also shipped in
bales instead OF sacks. The wool
classers" who do their work at the
shearing plant are familiar with the
basis Of grading wool for manufacturers
Uses. No bale contains more than
one grade Of wool and any one bale is
true representative OF Others shorn
from the same flock. In many in
stances the feeces are also "skirted." "
Skirting is the removal from the fleece
OF that part Of the wool shorn from the
legs and belly. Such skirtings con
tain most Of the dirt and foreign mat
ter present in the fleece and wher
baled and sold separately bring theiI
actual value and do not detract from
the appearance and uniform charactei
Of the body wool.
Quite frequently the bodies Of Aus
tralian feeces are held together by {
roll twisted from the fleece itself anC
which serves TO TO keep the fleece in
tact while being placed in the bal
and after the bale is opened at III
market, thus avoiding possibility Of in
Jury from the use Of unsuitable twine
/ Only small proportion Of America
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1914-04-23
Week With Sized Docket Hear

wool growers separate their wool into
grades before sacking for shipment.
Unless the flock is OF very uniform
character the sacks Of wool must be
opened at the warehouse and their
contents graded before being offered
for sale. Skirting is never done in
America and on the majority Of ranches
the tags and dung locks are left with
the ieeces.
The breeding Of the sheep is Of first
importance in determining the grade
Of the wool. Woolgrowers, as a rule,
are not familiar enough with the com
mercial grading pl wool to understand
into which of the grades the feeces Of
a particular breed OF sheep would be
placed. Aside from the matter Of
grade, the value oil WOOL is conUolleu
to a great extent by the feed supply
and methods OF hetding the sheep on
range. Lessons upon these points as
well as upon the handling Of the shorn
wool can be brought home by the ex
hibit that has been prepared by the
Bureau of Animal Industry. 1t is not
too much TO expect that in the decade
improved business practices will add
over ten per cent to the returns
returns received for wool by sheep
raisersr