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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-09

@You call it that for him to want
herr" Henrietta questioned steadily.
@What if you find she takes him?"
"She won't
"I'm not so sure. Elsie's crazy
about his house-she calls it angelic"
"His house!' echoed Dana blankly.
"You don't quite know Elsie"
argued Henrietta. "Queer little thing
she's made the step straight from
doll houses to wanting a real home
of her own"
Dana sagged down in his chair,
staring straight ahead of him. He
whose sleep was broken and his flesh
wasted with longing for only little
tirle and money to feed to the
traction controller, was better able
than Henrietta to gage the strength of
Elsie's desire for house c. her own
even for Humphreys individual house.
$50 he got across to you with his propo-
sition, hey? You've fixed it for him to
come here to-day he said on falling
note. you'll get out of the way to let
him see her alone-poor brat, putting
flowers in the front room, sprucing the
place up for his call. And you're specu-
lating right now on what his money could
do for you if Elsie"
"For you too, Dana" Henrietta bit
her lip.
Outside, there sounded the putting of
an automobile climbing the steep hill
that led I'm from Main Street
"There they are Henrietta pulled on
her coat.
Humphrey" Dana whirled round; his
eyes were hostile.
mo. Bob Osborne and the Parkers.
Mr.. Humphry'll come afoot; he still
thinks the delivery truck is good enough
to ride in of Sunday. He'd buy an inn
ported car for Elsie if she asked for one.
Dane" she caught and held his glance,
"don't interfere. We'd better not. Maybe
it's what she wants.
what she wants?" The young fellow
shrugged away from her look roughly, as
/. if it had been physical grasp. elsie
doesn't know what she wants. Wait till
some mans made love to her"
"Well-it is what we're waiting for
isn't it?"
HANK He jumped up and followed
her, stopping her at the door. "Do you
mean Humphry by that?"
"Of course. You didn't suppose he'd
offer to marry girl by circular-the way
he sells coffee and sugar-did you? l
should think she might know when he
1t seemed to me that if he had chance
to
"Paw around her some!" Dana's face
was black as he pushed his sister away
from him. "You women-good women
--ugh!" -
He went back to his chair, and again
sat staring.
In the front room, Elsie was making
some last rather. pathetic and trustful
efforts toward bringing beauty out of
clumsy, decrepit utility.
"You. don't mind entertaining Mr..
Humphry by yourself this afternoon, do
your" Henrietta paused, studying the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-09

cency, either. This is
against nature"
Il W i S h 20 u
wouldn't fly off the
handlelike that, Dane.
Elsie's going to marry
sometime. This is her
first offer-and a very
good one, most peo-
pie would think"
@For heavens sake,
Hank!" Dana ex-
ploded. "You talk
as if you'd let him
have her.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
ROMANCE OF THE BAHAMAS.
Life In Nassau Was Once "Purple
 Princeiy Thing"

PrinceIy ThIn0.
 During the American war between the states Nassau of the Bahamas was very much on the tongues of men, as the devil-may-care emporium of contra band cotton, whereby hangs many a dashing sea story, some of which you can still hear from the lips of the men who took part in them.
 The whole history of the Bahamas, since Columbus made his first landfall in the western seas on Watling's is. land. has been a fantastic record of desperate opportunism. The prose of Legitimate" business has seldom dull. ed the edge of precarious prosperity on these dere!ict islands, whose very ex. istence still seems at the grudging mer. cy of the sea.
 , Buccaneering. wrecking and blockade running-no more tedious employ than these masculine professions occupied the Bahamians for generations. and so long as there were merchantmen to be boarded or scuttled, rich cargoes to be harvested from the white .fanged reefs or cotton to be run to Wilmington at a profit of $1OO,O0O the trip life in Mas sau was a purple princely thing. and even the shoeblacks in Bay street play ed pitch and toss with gold.-Richard Le Gallienne in Harper's Magazine.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
How a Coal Fire Protects Itself.


 A curious way in which fire in the heart of coal pile keeps itself from being put out is noted in a mining journal Such fires often start in the interior of large piles of coal owing to heat developed by slow oxidation, which is prevented by the size of the pile from escaping into the air. Such fires are difficult to put out owing to the fact that the burning mass turns the coal around it into coke, which Is nearly impervious to water The pile may thus be thoroughly drenched with out putting out the fire. which it never really reaches. The only way to deal with the situation is to drive into the pile sharpened iron pipe long enough to reach the burning coal and then to couple hose to the upper end and turn on the water.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
EAST INDIAN IDOLS.
Bcre Tha, Are Guarded and salutsd
 by British Troops.

Bcre That Are Guarded and Salutsd
 by British Troops.
 In India a British guard of honor presents arms to a stone tiger every day. The tiger is regarded by the na- tives as god who drives away all danger and calamity. and once some soldiers. in a spirit of mischief. over- threw the image from its resting place and sent 1t rolling into the valley be- low.
 So shocked and scandalized were the natives that Il revolt seemed imminent. and Lord Combermere quieted the out ragged natives by restoring the image to it's pedestal and ordering the regi- ment to salute it in full view of all. Since tbat time British troop has kept watch over the tiger idol day by day.
 Another Indian idol which is watch ed over by the British is the god whose name is Kiak Kiak. equivalent i to Lord of Lords." which is supposed to be asleep for G,000 years and whose awakening will be the end of all things.
 Hence the natives of the city of Pegu. in Burma, are terribly afraid that some one will arouse the god, so the British government. to avert trou- ble. stationed sentry there to prevent this catastrophe.
 | Once a year q strange custom is ob- served in Cairo. A piece of carpet on which. according 10 tradition, Ma homet once sat and which is the most famous sacred relic of Islam. is car ried through the streets. and the khe- dive and his troops all receive it in re view order and salute it as they pass. The relic is guarded most carefully at ordinary times. and the officer in charge of it each morning must sa- lute it with his sword raised. while the bugler blows three blasts before it. -Exchange.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
GREAT SALT LAKE.
It's Water Is Saline Simply Because k
 Has No Outlet,

Has No Outlet.
 Great Salt lake has no outlet. The Jordan river. which enters it from the south, is the outlet of Utah lake. Bear river. coming from the north. carries the outflow from Bear lake. The wa. ters of Utah and Bear lakes and of Jordan and Bear rivers are fresh, and so is the water of Weber river. the third great tributary of Great Salt lake, but the lake into which the three rivers flow is saline. It is saline be- cause it has no outlet.
 The fresh waters of the rivers con- tain some saline matter, but the quan- tity is too small to be discovered by taste.
 As stated by the chemist. in parts per million. the quantity seems minute. but when account Is taken of the total volume of water brought by the streams to the lake in year their bur den of saline matter is found to be really great. amounting annually to more than 500.O00 tons.
 Year by year and century by century the water which they pour into the lake is evaporated. but the dissolved solids cannot escape in that way and therefore remain. .
 They have accumulated until the lake water is approximately saturated. holding nearly as much mineral matter as it can retain in solution. The lake contains over 5,OOO,OO0 O00 tons of com- mon salt and 9OO.OOOOOO tons of glau- Der salt (sodium sulphate, as we'll as other mineral matter.-New York Tele. gram.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12

Before the war high speed tool steel was worth about 75 cents per pound, tungsten about 50 cents per pound, and tungsten ore about $6 per unit. 4 present high speed tool steel fetches about s3 per pound. tungsten per pound and tungsten ore about $50 per uHit. Even at the enhanced prices sup plies are scarce.
 The fabulous price for tungsten ore has stimulated prospecting for it throughout North American and also South America. This ore is not known to occur in large deposits. The annual production of concentrated ore in the United States previous to the war WAS only about 1,490 tons. However, this ore has become so valuable that the discovery of a deposit that af- lords a single carload is the finding of fortune. A ton of ore assaying 60 per cent tungsten trioXide-the standard commercial grade-at $50 per unit is worth $3,000; carload of 40 tons would be 120,000. So pre- cious is this ore that the assay offices are being secured for specimens. Brokers do not sheer at trade in one pound lots. The purchasing agent of the Crucible Steel Company is very grateful if somebody can give him 100 pounds-Engineerin and Min ing Journal .,-,-
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
6uri.l Customs of tho Hittitss.

Although the tombs of the metropolis had been rified at an early date, a great deal that is new was learned about the burial customs of the Hit. utes. Graceful vases. simple in design and undecorated, held the ashes of the cremated body, together with any trin. kets the person was wearing at the time of death. A small, vase about a foot high was inclosed in a footed yes. sel of cylindrical shape. which was beautifully decorated in patterns like those of Crete and Cyprus. Around the middle vessel were grouped various dishes containing burial gifts or oil. most of them plain. but some of beau. uful shape and as thin as modern china, though unglazed. It can well be seen that these two vessels would pre- tect the ashes from dampness from bss low. but as both were open at the top there was large cover. like an enor- nous bowl, inverted over the other two vessels.-Christian Herald.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
SENTRIEs FOR CHURCHES.
A Custom Forced by Native Feuds In
 the MeIanesian Islands.

{ A NuStom forceo oy NdtiVe TeuoS 'H the MeIanesian Islands.
 In the Melanesian islands the natives
 carry on feuds with a more relentless
 hatred even than the vendettistes of
 Corsica. In 'hese islands Christianity
 has been made. at least in outward
 aspect the religion of the people. i That it really does mean something
 to the Melanesian is evidenced by the
 reply I received from an intelligent old
 chief when asked him why he did not
 become Christian.
 1 I'm to be-" he said, when 1 kill the
 devil who kill my boy five years ago" { So relentlessly are these feuds car ried on that it Is the custom for a na- tive of wealth with grievance against
 another. but who finds 1t impossible or inexpedient to kill his enemy and se-
 cure his head himself. to hire profes.
 sional murderer and pay him upon the delivery of the head.
 Often in the years that are just gone indiscriminate killing went on with such savage persistence that even dur
 ing church service pot shots" were taken at marked worshipers through the doors and windows.
 The situation became so acute in one village that the government was peti- toned. and the response was the loan
 to the missionary of a rife.
 The missionary took the hint and armed one of his natives who stood guard outside the church during serv. ices. And so it became the fashion sOn many of the islands to add sentry to the
 church rolls.-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
Notice of Forfeiture.

Notice of FOfTestHfe.
 ero Frank Wincheste, and Joe Do-
 memzet:
 you and each of you are hereby notified shat I have expended during the wear 1915, one hundred dollars ls1oo %, in labor and improve ments upon the MAYDA1 LODE mining claim, situate on the north aide of shoup Bay, about one mile tberefrom isl the Valdez recording nrecji.rt, Territory of Alaska, the 10, Scation certificate of which Is 1ounu -of Record in Book 15, at Page 5oVs in the office of the United states Commissioner ard eX-officio Record ar in and for the said Valdez Re- cording Precinct, at Valdez, Atasha' in order 70 hold said claim under tne laws of the Enited States and the Territory of Alaska relating to the annual labor upon mining claims oe, ing the amount required to hold sald lode mining claim for the period ending on the 31st day of December 1915. And if. within ninety days after the publication of this notlce, to-wit. within ninety days after the 10th day of May, 1916, you or either of YOU fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditure as a co-owner. which amounts to thirty-three dollars and thlrty-tnree cents (S33.33) for each of you. then the interest or interests in sald c'alm of the one or both you so falling or refusing to contribute will become the property of the subscriber. your co-owner. who has made the exE en- iitnre required by said laws.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, Febru- w. D. THOMPSON.
 First publication Feb. Is, 1916.
 Last publjcation May 10. 1916.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
INJUNCTION HOLDS IN
 THE PETERSBURG CASE,

Judge R. w. Jennings refused to dissolve the temporary injunction in | the Petersburg townsite case Satur- | day afternoon, but continued it in ef- feet until further testimony could be introduced showing the financial con dition, of the city. The city account books were placed in charge of the clerk of the court pending their ex- animation by an expert. and the in troduction of further testimony. The suit is one to declare certain indebtedness contracted by the town of Petersburg for a city light plant void on account of it's being in ex- cess of the anticipated revenues for the year, and to prevent the payment of certain warrants issued in pay ment for the plant.
 The defense contended that the city had not exceeded it's legal limit of indebtedness, and that the light ing plant was obtained on lease. The plaintlf. the Petersburg Packing Company, alleged that the lease so- called, was in effect conditional sale and offered as evidence to sustain the position the high rentals stipulated. 1 A temporary restraining order was issued to prevent the payment of the warrants already issued on the con- tract or the issuance of any more warrants.
 1 The hearing occupied some time at the court house Saturday afternoon, when the court continued the tempo rary injunction as stated. By stipulation between the attor- neys in the case some of the testi- mony of the defendant was taken by Mrs. c. D. Green, court stenbgrapher. This was done in order to permit the witnesses in the case to return to Pe- tersburg and be there at the election. 1 The interest of the Petersburg Packing Company in the expenditure of the town revenues was shown by the introduction of the testimony to prove that it paid much. more than half the taxes in the city.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
TINE TABLES FOR APRIL.

The following table is compiled for high and low tides in Valdez Bay.
 Wednesday, April IF. High, 7:35 am. 6S; 9:1S pm, 6.6. Low. 1:46 am, 4.3; 2:43 pm, 20.
 Thursday, April IS. High. 7:4S am, 70; $50 pm, 7.3. low. 3:o4 am. 3.5; s:26 pm, IS.
 Friday, April IA. Hisn. 9:46 am, "A; 10:20 pm, so. LOW, s:54 am. 26; 4:o2 pm, 1.6.
 Saturday, April 15. High 1O:35 am, 7.S; 1O:47 pm, S.7. 1n1L,A:34 am. IS; 4:33 pm, 1.5. Sunday, April 16. High. 11:17 am, S.1; 11:16 pm. 9.4. Low, 5:os am. O.5: 5:05 pm, 1.5.
 Monday, April 17. Low. 5:46 am, 0.4; 5:35 pm, 1.6.
 Tuesday, April IS. High, 11:45 am, 10.0; 12:42 pm, S.3. Low, 6:25 am, II; 6:14 pm, 1.7.
 Wednesday,, April 19. High, 1922 am, 1O.4; SPA pm, S.1. Low, 7:O5 am, 1.5; 6:49 pm, 20.
 Thursday, April 20. High. 12:5S am, 10.5; 2:19 pm, 7.7. Low, 7:49 am, IS; 7:30 pm, 2.3.
 Friday, April 21. High, 1:36 am, 1O.4: 800 pm, 7.S. Low, S:36 am, IS; S:10 pm, 2.7.
 Saturday, April 22. High, 2;25 am' 1o:1; O. S;57 /; 7,,l pm { s's'
 Sunday, April 23. High, 3:17 am, 9.4: 5:06. pm, 6.5. Low, 1929. am, O.2; 10:O7 pm. 3.6.
 Monday, April "A. High. 4:23 am, 8.7; 6:26 pm, 6.6. Low, 11:39 am, O.4.
 Tuesday, April 25. High, 5:44 am, so; TAO pm, 7.1: Low, 11:35 am, 3.S; 12:55 pm, O.S.
 Wednesday, April 26.s High, 7:17 am; 7.6; s:3s pm, 7.7. Low, 1922 am, 3.4; 2:05 pm, 10.
 Thursday, April 27. High, $40 am, 7.6; 9:25 pm, S.4. Low, 2:47 am, 2.5; 800 pm, 1.2.
 Friday, April 2S. High, ,.9:47 am, 7.7; 10:O5 'pm, 9.1. Low, BAG am, IA; 3:47 pm, 1.3.
 Saturday, April 20. High, 1O:42 am, 7.9; 10:4O pm, S.6. Low, 4:36 am, O.5; 4:2S pm, 1.5.
 Sunday, .<pril 80. High. 11:29 am. 8.U; 11:1S pm, 9.9. Low, 5:1S am, 0.3: 5:04 pm, 1.7.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
A Dreadful Mistake.

Glympe tin railway carriage)-Thls is splendid book. masterpiece. recommend you to buy it. Gumph- l wonder how 1t is selling. Glympe- It is selling in thousands. Cant pub fish it fast enough. Pm the publisher, so ought to know. Gumph-Im so glad to hear you say that, because am the author. Glympe suddenly col. lapses)-Well-er- is, 1t may sell fast. But there are very serious risks" (SwoOns away.)-LOndon Mail.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
RAPID ADVANCE PRICE A OF RARE MINERALS

One of the most spectacular ad- vances in commodity prices occasion. ed by the war has been in tungsten both metal and ore. This has been due to the extraordinary demand for tungsten steel-an essential constit- uent of making high speed tool steel. The manufacturer of immense quan- titles of military material has requir- ed greatly increased quantities of tool steel, and consequently correspond ing quantities of tungsten; hence the advance in price for it,
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
NORTHWESTERN GETS
 AWAY FOR NORTH TO-DAY

SEATTLE, April 1=.--ne steam CT Northwestern sailed this noon for Southern Alaska ports with a capae. ity cargo of freight and full pas senger list The passengers for VaG- deg are Mollie Kussman- A. Dorgan, w. Storey. J. Calvin, Vim. Glenden- ming, Dudley G. WoOten and wife Mrs. E. Davis, A. Schomeker, J. Berg strom, Arthur Lang, for Valdez, and L. Eddy and Nels Johansen for La touche.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
sh. Valued Her Head.

Henry VIII. after the death of Jane Seymour had some difficulty in getting another wife.> His first offer was to the dowager Duchess of Milan, but her answer is said to have been: II have only one head. If had two one should certainly be at his service"
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
His Feat.

Your friend had quite an acrobatic promotion"
 Flows thatY' Went up over a lot of other peo- ple's heads."-Baltimore American.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12

The Valdez Gold Company receTv- ed & large consignment of lumber on the Watson for their mine at ShouI Ray. It will be taken down as soo- as barge can be secured.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12

Parties finding a gold watch angl nugget chain on the Valdez dock vii confer favor by leaving same at tbs Prospector office.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
Alaska Rearher Seattle.

SEATTLE. April 12.-The steamer Alaska reached here this noon from Southern Alaska ports.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
Stop that Internal Racket

Show your wife how much you love her and send that noisy old pump to the Valdez Iron Works and let them remove the peace disturber, your neighbors will appreciate it. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12

Josh Billings used to say that when man begins going downhill all ere ation seems greased for the occasion.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12

Panoramic views of Child's and Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug store. tf
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12

FOR SALE-My house and lot, with barn and garage, on Hobart St., opposite Court House. Price $75O. J. A. Spenard If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12
Still on High.
The moon boasted.

The moon DOaSteu.
 "And yet when I left the earth all the wiseacres said would come down Sun.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12

Valdez Drug company nave fint line of Schccl Stationery. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12

Anything in the jewelry line at the Valdez Drug Co. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12

Kodak Supplies at the Owl Drug Co. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12

A new line Of Jewelry at the Ow Drug Co. If
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-04-12

Full line of Stationery at the Owl Drug Co. If
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-10
DO YOUR OWN THINKING.

One of the greatest faculties worth cultivat- ing is the faculty of thinkin gfor ourselves. If we think for ourselves. We invariably act on our own initiative. We don't depend on Bob, Jack ar Frank to tell Us what to do.
 The cultivation of that faculty has been much .1-o4raged Of late years, yet it'is far short Q. eaa1 1t should be. We have had several eN-
 r.es If hat lately. \ strike is the child of minimizing people. The great war is the child a the minimizing mass who allowed the 5e--
 s .o 6Q their thinking. just me same aS the waking bosses do for the strikers. Just the same as the reformer does. In the political world the same condition exists. There are some who want to dictate They allow their mind .3 run away with the notion that they are
 -az5se when as 8 matter of fact they are only .-.ob.5-claserS. We have few in Alaska. For .anaeeIg. We are acquiring the habit of thinking for ourselves. We don't allow the grouchy. the -aa.r-..uder to direct our actions. We have learned to distinguish the difference between the E.essir-ist and the optiniSt; the lover of peace and the trouble breeder. It's good thing too.
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-10
< REASON HI

One 0t -1a bas. reasons why the people should elee- .na he--l5-a9 candidate lCr the senate a- the coming election .~ .s knowledge o- r..a p-r- cipal indus-ze 55 Southeastern AlaSsa--ne fish ing industry. h -r.S division -ze fishing indus t-- Is Cs Ia roe n-os- .1-ror-ar-. We believe that sevzr.-T--.ee 9zr een- 1- The population de- bend an =ae s..- .-as-z..- for 2. living. Direct r or indirectly. o-r candidate J. R. E5csE1aa. knows al a55a. t. From catching the Isa = marketing l. Ee < -a= e=e nm Evso ..az made a s-.5- T -ea ns-1.-. a15 1e .s -hs enc man above a-. c-.ars ear devise ways -a1 means -5 regulate -.-= industry. What better e1a-i.ca- ton can .z5 as. e5 3. e4-5.s-=. None ss--4r.
 Now, what ae.-- c.z opponent. Does ae know azs-..-= about cee industry . -s..z whatever. E .s comparatively zR5as.-s. Wnzr ce knows -= cz> learned iron. -earsa. and -te same ezo ae said a-s1- everything else This shows ras- difference .I -15 qualification oz -ne -zee candidates.
 Another difference e=-=1 e-4 two ear5.- dates .s Ee.sz .z rz5 la-. ass session 5z the Legislature Senator. Tanner --s era e5aE sponsor c- --= --a1- r- =zx - while J. P. Hecs1a1 e.--=zE posed every --ove along that line. Now E1r -nz -9 have --e a1&acitv co come before --= voters and z5.il.- -e-.r sup
The daily progressive-miner., 1916-10-10
HONEST EFFORTS
FTog1 HarpES

tEToE Harper S-t
 Nests ta-ed never 10 enter the Land of Promise e s-=i1sy viewed atar: and Columbus never found 4a1 sa1 non wish that he had.-that unimpeded sea -5-= =z-ard India that he sought wisely and so -e-azs E=e s- rae world moves on and by mysterious 1 unexpected ways the great brave soul is permitted sz-=rra .as teIignant purposes os God contemplating -e= .-sa-5az and blessing ot man And I cannot ze-s aaze.zsh efforts in our day for the ameliora- a e- zzcz ha-5saips. though their methods may be re =c.=z as mistaken or detective win yer signay con -ac 5 =.- contemplated ends Fail nor. then. humble e5r=- .e- sl= good time coming to lend your feeble -7 s= 1bz sails of whatever bark Is treiEhted with efforts for shs mitigation ot human woes, nor s-1- zz- -= divine breath shall waft il last its --=z -1- zave1t