STORE NEWS
The government is calling upon
everyone to subscribe as much as pos
sible for Thrift Stamps. This store is
very glad to be the first business in
stitution to contribute space for their
publicity. Read particulars on Page
3.
GEORGIAN and Patrician pat
terns in Community Silverware,
they are guaranteed for fifty
years.
A BIG DISPLAY being made
of house dresses, black Sateen
petticoats and silk petticoats.
THE OHIO STEEL RANGE the
best seller of the better grade
ranges in Alaska.
VALDEZ WOMEN are finding
“Our Choice” cut stfiqg l^eans
an exceptionally good quality.
They’re priced at Fifteen Cents a Can.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
FOR REPRESENTATIVE
On the Republican Ticket
Third Division, Territory of Alaska
JOSEPH L. REED
OF VALDEZ, ALASKA
Subject to the Will of the Voters at the
Primary Election, A pril 30,1918
If elected I promise to give the Third Divi
sion and the Territory of Alaska efficient
painstaking service, with a view to legisla
tion for the masses and not the classes. I
respectfully solicit the votes of the electors
of the Third Division for this office, and ask
them to thoroughly investigate my qualifi
cations for the position.
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
H. P. SULLIVAN
CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION AS
ROAD COMMISSIONER
ON THE
REPUBUCAN TICKET
AT THE
Primaries April 30, 1918
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
JAMES H. PATTERSON
pf VALDEZ, ALASKA.
Has filed for Representative for the
Third Division, Democratic ticket.
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Born In New York In 1876. Came to Alaska In 1898. Prospected in
all camps in the interior including Pawaon. Resident ot Valdes
for fifteen years. Twice mayor, pf Y^dej Wd times elect
ed as councilman. Blacksmith by tt|4*- « **9*Mf* the ag
nation Mr. Patterson promises tq givq hie time and attention to leg
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NEWLYWEQS qine 0N STEW
Wlfey Prepares Dainty Morsel With
' Own Little Hands — But Physi
cian Must Be Called for Hubby.
The cook had Insisted on a day off,
and young Mrs. Freshly-Wedd was In
a quandary and her stunning new
house gown of twisted percale, muses
the Detroit Free Press.
*TU make a stew—anybody can
make a stew I” she cried.
And she proceeded to make a stew.
In the icebox she found seven frank
furters, a dozen fried oysters and three
pickled herring.
“How fortunate—meat is the very
Importantest thing 1" she exclaimed.
And she chopped it all up and added
three cupfuls of salt and two of pepper
so as to be sure not to forget the sea
soning. Then—because she knew that
a stew must have lots of variety—she
put in a glass of olive oil, two table
spoonfuls of grated nutmeg, two pack
ages of Saratoga chips, a can of sal
mon and a half cake of bitter choco
late.
At 6:30 Freshly-Wedd came home—
her Ben, stalwart and handsome, who
had never known an hour’s Illness In
his life.
“Phew 1” he exclaimed. “What’s
thnt smell?"
"It's a stew I made for you wlv my
own ’Ittle hands,” she told him.
“Divine aroma I” cried Freshly-Wedd,
and forthwith sat down and ate two
big platefuls, while his wife watched
him so eagerly that she forgot to eat
any herself.
Three hotirs later. In response to a
hurry call. Doctor Blister drove up and
rang the front doorbell. Query: Who
was the patient, and why?
AMERICAN MANNERS OF TODAY
Prevailing Bearing in Thoroughfares
and 8treet Cars Indicates That
Courtesy Is on the Decline.
As for manners, we are klndhearted
| os a people and civil when appealed to,
; hut no one would suspect It If our bear
! Ing In thoroughfares and street cars be
1 a criterion. The spirit of the age Is
i first come, first served; to be waived
, only In favor of the crippled and the
! positively Infirm. Courtesy In the old
| fashioned sense—the deference of the
j young for the seniors, of the stronger
I for the weaker sex, of the vigorous
for the frail—If not extinct Is so spor
j ndlc as to be noticeable when manl
] fested, Robert Grant writes In the
Tale Jtevlew. The young men who
push their way forward In public con
veyances retain without compunction
the seats for which they have strug
gled.
Here again we have the philosophy
of the tired business man: "I got there
first; we are all equals In the United
States, and I want to read my news
paper.” The apotheosis of naturalness,
and In self-defense we all more or less
subscribe to It; but after all, It Is nat
ural for pigs to struggle for places at
a trough. Well may we ask ourselves
If It Is Impossible to safeguard lnde
; pendence. Initiative and equality ex
I cept at the cost of all the social graces
| that prevailed when society was more
j artificial.'
The Middlemen.
A farmer raised a peck of wheat
: beside the River Dee; a boarder ate
! a wheated loaf 'way down In Ten
i nessee; the loaf the boarder fed upon
| cost half as much nndfmore as did the
i farmer's peck of wheat a month or so
before. “Now, why Is this,” the board
j er raved, “they hold me up on'bread?”
j “And why Is wheat so bloomin’ cheap?"
i the plodding farmer said.
A chap beyond the Rocky ridge
raised 20 pounds of limes; another
one in old New York was kicking on
the times, for be had downed a glass
of “ade,” and, poor forlorn galoot, bad
paid one-half the market price of 20
pounds of fruit “Now, why Is this,
they soak me thus for this wee sip of
‘ade’?” “And why," exclaimed the
orchard man, “am I so poorly paid.**
Now bold your horses steady there,
you man beside the Dee; go easy
there, you hungry chap in sunny Ten
nessee; restrain yourself, you orchard
man, forbear this angry talk, and you
beside the soda fount in Little Old
Noo Yawk, remember this: Our food
and drink, no matter where and when,
must also be the food and drink of
thirty middlemen.—Utica Globe.
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Curious Burials.
The Inhabitants of Mesopotamia
have curious customs In the disposal
of their dead. The corpse Is carried
to the grave dressed In ordinary
clothes, with the face uncovered. Bod
ies are buried In shallow graves, and
after a period dug up again, the bones
being collected Into a white linen bag
and deposited in small buildings.
“One day,” says an officer of the
R. A. M. C., “I saw such a bag In a
church; It was labelled with a wom
an’s name. In a village near the
Struma I have visited one of these
storehouses of the bones of the de
parted. The bags most recently placed
In It were stlM white and whole; oth
ers were whole, but stained brown by
time. Those that bad been deposited
In years past had rotted away.”
Evidently 8ha Had Net
The small boy was teasing hls mam
ma for candy all during the prepara
tion for a trip downtown, when Anally,
exasperated, she said: “Otfode, If yon
don’t stop mother will be angry, if I
see At when we get thersf HI buy some,
othefrwlsdYllnot’? ~ v ' ’
He was «nlet during several vis
its In and ont of the downtown stores,
whs* finally (« UMl “MOttHS.
yon seen your fit ywr
tiTEAMt.lt SAILINGS
Steamship Spokane — Sailed south
from Valdez Feb. 25.
Steamship Victoria—Sailed north by
the outside passage from Seattle,
Mondya, Feb. 25.
Steamship Alaska—Sailed south
February 2|, for Seattle and way
ports.
Steamship Admiral Evans—Sailed
south from Valdez, Monday, Feb.
19.
Admiral Evans—Sailed west for Ko
diak, Wednesday, Feb. 13.
Steamship Northwestern — Sailed
south from Valdez, Saturday, Feb.
16.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
The following schedule for the har
bor boat “Lt. C. V. Donaldson” will
ake effect today. All orders to the
oiitrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays. Thursdays,
ind Fridays:
Lve. Fort Llscum Leave Valdez
8:16 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 6:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:15 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
11:15 p. m. 12:00 m. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
ju the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
ibove will be made without notice
mly to meet ey'gencies of the ser
vice.
All official tuslness oetween Val
lez and the Post should be arranged
or transaction, where possible, so
' hat advantage will be taken of the '
-cheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only i
when urgently needed
U R KOEHLER,
Capt. 14th Infantry, A. Q. M.
LOST—Small class pin, set with
three pearls and having letters F. H. i
S. ’15 on black field. Finder return to
Prospector and receive reward. tf
OOLAKANS FOR SALE
A fresh shipment of oolakans re
ceived from the westward on the
Steamship Alaska by the Love-Whit
ley Co., at 15c per pound.
SAVE THE FOOD
Two wheatless days each
week, Monday and Wednesday.
One meatless, Tuesday.
One evening meal dally,
wheatless.
One meatless meal daily.
Two porkless days for each
week, Tuesday and Saturday.
OUR DAILY RECIPK
l'ISH (’HOWOKK
Rabbit, fowl, or any meat may be j
used instead of the fish, or tomatoes
instead of milk. Carrots may be
omitted.
1 1-2 lbs. fish (fresh, salt of can- ■
ned), 9 potaoes peeled and cut in
small pieces, 1 onion, 2 cups carrots
cut in pieces, 3 cups milk, pepper, 3
tablespoons flour, 1 tablespoon fat.
Fry an onion in fat for five min
utes. Put fat, onions, carrots and
potatoes in kettle and cover with boil
ing water. Cook until vegetables are
tender. Mix flour with one-half cop
cold milk and stir in liquid in pot to
thicken. Add the rest of the milk and
the fish which has been removed from
the bone and cut in small pieces. Cook
until the f}sh is tender, about 10 min
utes. Serve hot.
Advertise in the Prospector.
Furnished rooms et Mrs Osland’s
Prices reasonable. *
Kodaks and kodak supplies at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
FURS MADE UP
Furs remodeled, also new skins
made up In all the latest styles. Prices
very reasonable. Special attention
paid to Alaska trade. All work guar
anteed. Richmond Furs, 305 Cham
ber of Commerce Bldg, Tacoma.
Wash. M
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
VOTE FOR
JAMES L. GALEN
Republican Candidate fof
Rqa^ Commissioner
Primary Election Tuesday, April 80.
REPORT Of FINANCIAL CONDITION OP
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Located at Valdez, Territory of Alaska, at the close of busi
ness on the 14th day of February, 1918.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts .$102,862.30
Overdrafts ...■ 1,226.77
Bonds, warrants and other securities. 90,551.05
Furniture and Fixtures . 2,773.60
Checks on other banks and other cash Items. 4,624.71
Cash on hand and Sight Exchange. 62,288.16
Total .$264,320.40
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid In ..$ 25,000.00
Surplus fund . 2,000,00
• Contingent fund . 1,000.00
Undivided profits . 5,622.31
Due to banks—deposits . 5.79
Deposits. 229,628^63
Certified checks . 1,068.76
Total .$264,880.40
United States of America, Territory of Alaska, Third Judicial
Division, 88.
I, J. W. Gilson, cashier of the above named bank, do sol
emnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
J. W. GILSON, Cashier.
Correct Attest:
E. B. WHEAT
J. C. MARTIN,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of
February, 1918.
(Notarial Seal) FRANK J. HAYES.
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires May 19, 1921.
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
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