STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
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Copper Block Hotel
VALDBZ. ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 F0R 0NLY
Independent Steam Laundry
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BETWEEN OUR FABRICS
you'll find a wide choice of
patterns and colorings, and all
exclusive xvith us. We shall be
glad to have you look at them.
If you find a cloth that suits
your fancy, and we know you
will, have us tailor it with a
stylish modeled, perfectly fit
ting suit. Tli© price need not
deter you. It will be very mod
erate.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
* PINZON BAR
Imported and Domestic
Wines, Liquors and Cips
Phone 69
Taxes Now Due.
Taxes for the Town of Valdez for
the year 1916 are now due and paya
ble at my office at the corner of Key
stone avenue and McKinley street.
Taxes will be delinquent on Monday,
December 4, 1916, at 6 o’clock p. m.,
and unless paid prior thereto, a pen
alty of 10 per cent will be added to
the amount and interest at the rate
of 12 per cent per annum.
Warrants issued by the present
council will be accepted in payment
of taxes.
Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 m.
and 2 p. m. to 4 p. m., except Sun
days.
Dated this 9th day of November,
1916.
E. G. AMES,
Town Treasurer.
Kill 11-23.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to aH parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
Splawn Heads Pioneers.
NORTH YAKIMA. Nov. 23.—A. J.
Splawn was for the third time elect
ed president of the Yakima Society
of Washington pioneers at the an
nual meeting was held Saturday. The
meeting favored naming Mt. Hood
Mf. Tahoma. An expression was giv
en in favor of placing a monument at
the ford on the R. N. Harrison ranch
where the first body of pioneers cross
ed the Yakima river in the Selah val
ley in 1853.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Pictures developed at the Valdes
Drug Company. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
See Marcus Missick, ladies’ and
gents’ tailor, up-to-date fur remodel
ing, cleaning, pressing and altera
tions. Guarantee perfect satisfac
tion. Next to Senate saloon. tf
Something new. Loganberry Phos
phate. Candy Kitchen. tf
Hand laundry. Phone 81 McKiule;
St. tf
TIDES FOR VALDEZ BAY.
Thursday, Nov. 23—
First High Tide 10:07 a. m., 9.8.
Second High Tide 11:24 p. m., 7.1.
First Low Tide 3:50 a. m., 2.7.
Second L»w Tide 6:07 p. m., —0.7
Friday, Nov. 24—
First High Tide 10:45 a. m., 10.3.
First Low Tide 4:36 a. m., 2.7.
Second Low Tide 5:47 p. m., —1.4.
Saturday, Nov. 25—
First High Tide 0.07 a. m., 7.3.
Second High Tide 11:25 a. m., 10.8.
First Low Tide 5:17 a. in., 2.6.
Second Low Tide 6:29 p. m., —1.9.
Sunda$u-Nov., 26—
First High Tide 0.51 a. m., 7.4.
Second High Tide 12:08 p. m„ 11.0.
First Low Tide 6:00 a. m., 2.6.
Second Low Tide 7:13 p. m., —2.0.
Monday Nov., 27—
First High Tide 1:36 a. m. 7.4.
Second High Tide 12:53 p. m., 10.9.
First Low Tide 6:45 a. m., 2.7.
Second Low Tide 8:00 p. m., —1.9.
Tuesday, Nov. 28—
First High Tide 2:24 a. m., 7.4.
Second High Tide 1:42 p. m., 10.5.
First Low Tide 7:35 a. m., 2.8.
Second Low Tide 8:48 p. m., —1.5.
Wednesday, Nov. 29—
First High Tide 3:16 a. m„ 7.3.
Second High Tide 2:34 p. m., 9.7.
First Low Tide 8:30 a. m., 3.0.
Second Low Tide 9:39 p. m., —0.8.
Thursday. Nov. 30—
First High Tide 4:12 a. m., 7.4.
Second High Tide 3.13 p. m., 8.8.
First Low Tide 9:36 a. m., 3.2.
Second Low Tide 10.33 p. m., —0.1.
Phone 48
Sonuie’s New and Second Hand
Store. Highest prices paid. tf
Jast Received—i h-- iaiest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Anything in nugget and ivory jew
elry at Valdes Drug Co.
Banquet Steel Kanges, plain and
polished tops, at Mead’s. tf
Fresh line of Lowney’s Box Can
dies. Candy Kitchen. tf
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
Valdez Drug Company ,has a fine
line of tffeool Stationery. tf
A new assortment of toilet waters
and perfumes.. Owl Drug Co. tf
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
a _
The Owl Drug Store can furnish
you with a 1917 Dairy. tf
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For steam heated rooms come to
the Golden North. tf
Home-made Mince Pies at the Ar
cade. tf
I
UN REPLIES
RUSHES MESSAGE
EXPRESSES SINCERE THANKS
Wires to Republican Candidate Ex
pressing His Appreciation for Kind
Wishes and Extending His Best
Wishes for the Future.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. Nov. 23.—
President Wilson this morning sent
a message to Charles Evans Hughes
in which he expressed himself as sin
cerely obliged for the congratulatory
telegram received and itB expressions
of good will and hope for a successful
administration. The president in re
turn extended his best wishes for the
future of the Republican candidate.
SCARLET WATER SCARES
MEN DRILLING FOR OIL
While drilling for oil at a depth of
500 feet near Ellsworth, Kansas, re
cently, a suddden flow of scarlet wa
ter gushed from the hole, says the
Ellsworth Times. Artesian wells are
nothing unusual in this vicinity, but
bloody water was very much unex
pected, and nearly created a strike.
The bright, red fluid spurted out
and spattered over the men, and those
who were at all superstitious quit
work immediately. Mgny were their
speculations as to the cause of the
phenomenon. Not until an expert
was called on the scene was their
wonder and horror satiated.
"Altho,” said he, “this is some
thing I believe, that has never hap
pened previous to this, it is easily ac
counted for. Deep under the surface
of the earth rocks, blood red in col
or, are known to exist. It Is simple,
this vein of water chanced to come
thru this rock, and years of constant
churning has worn much of it loose.
It has dissolved into the water with
the result that you see. In a few days
when the loose sediment has come
away, this will be ordinary water and
you'll be glad to have a drink of it.”
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL
BUILD KELP PLANT
Interest in the kelp industry was
much advanced during September by
the visit of Dr. J. W. Turrentine, a
chemical engineer from the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Dr. Turrentine
came on from Washington, D. C.t to
investigate various locations for a
government, plant which is to be
built for experimental purposes,
1175,000 having been appropriated
for the purpose by the last session of
Congress.
It is the purpose of the government
to build a station that will handle
100 tons of wet kelp daily, evolving
processes whereby the fertilizing in
gredients and particularly the by
products may be economically saved.
Railroad Man Killed.
CENTRALIA, Nov. 23.—John Mul
ford, an employe of the Northern Pa
cific railroad freight house was found
dead near the 6th street viaduct last
night with his head and chest crush
ed. He Was about 25 years of age
and leaves a widow and two children.
Matinee for Children.
There will be a free matinee for the
children at 2 o’clock next Saturday
afternoon at the Empress theatre giv
en by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fischer.
A heavy gale is blowing on the ba7
today and small boats are staying
close to port.
Yesterday was the coldest day of
the present winter season. The mer
cury stood at five degrees above zero
at the government weather bureau.
Notice F. O. E.
There well be a nomination of offi
cers Friday evening, so all members
are requested to be present. 2t
SONNIE
Will Buy
Bed Springs and Mattresses.
Stoves, Ranges and Heaters.
Trunks, Suit Cases, War Bags.
Folding Cots, Blankets, Quilts.
Tarpaulins, Tents, Camp Outfits,
Office Furniture, Safes, Typewriters
House Furniture, Carpets, Rugs,
Mining Tools, Steel, Etc.
Mechanics’ Tools of All Kinds.
Cooking Utensils, Desks, Etc.
Phonographs, Sewing Machines,
White Enamel Bath Tubs, Sinks,
Basins, Store Fixtures,
Dog Sleds, Hand Sleds,
Snow Shoes, Skiis, Etc.
PHONE 48
Sonnie’s New & Second Hand Store
HIGHEST PRICES PAID
BURMA’S OLDEST TEMPLE.
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This Towering Pile Looks ss Though
' '' It Wore Built of Gold.
Burma's oldest and most famous
temple, Shwe Dagon Pay a. is one of
the sights of Rangoon. The temple
stands on a mound which was ap
proached by four flights of steps, one
at each point of the compass, but the
southern side is the principal entrance,
and at the foot of these steps are two
great leogryphs covered with white
plaster. The western entrance has
been closed by the fortifications which
were built by the English during the
Burmese wars.
At the top of the stairs is a broad
platform, from the center of which
rises the paya. This is of brick cov
ered with gold, studded in places with
jewels, and it is surmounted by a glid
ed “htl" or umbrella, from which hang
quantities of gold and silver bells
which tinkle continually in the breeze.
The pile Is about 370 feet In height,
and It gives the effect of being made
of solid gold. The shape is also very
graceful, and seen against a back
ground of deep blue sky is almost daz
zling in its beauty. At the base of the
structure and round the edKe of the
platform are numerous shrines anJ
chapels, and in every direction there
are bells of all sizes, each with deer’s
antlers beside It, with which the wor
shiper strikes it as he passes.
The platform of the pagedn presents
an animated scene. Numbers of Bur
mans in their picturesque and brightly
colored garments throng It continually,
but It is so spacious that many thou
sands can assemble there without
any impression of overcrowding.—Ex
change.
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SWEPT AWAY THE MOORS.
Grimaldi Saved Monaco and Was Made
Ruler of the Tiny La'nch
Did you ever bear of the most dis
tinguished of tfie Grimaldi family, not
the Genoese general who remained at
home and fought for his own country,
nor yet the artist who did heroic stunts
;>n canvas, nor the sixteenth century
Grimaldi who died by the hand of an
assassin in the palace at Monaco, but
the tenth century ancestor of that
prince who saved Monaco from the
Moors? His was an achievement
worthy of a true soldier of fortune.
The tiny principality, perched on its
seagirt cliff had been settled by the
Greeks even before Athens became the
greatest city of tbe civilized world, it
was one of the cultural outposts of
Rome, and in the fifth century it was
<in Important center of Christianity.
Then the Moors crossed the Medltcr
ranean, extended their sway over Spaiu
■ind seized the ancient Heculls Mouoeci
Portus and gave over Its churches and
monasteries to the infidels. For 200
years they defied the soldiers of Eu
rope, and then Grimaldi came. There
had been many wars in Genoa, ami
here was a chance for a Genoese cap
tain.
When his military genius had driven
the Moors into the sea, he was re
warded by being made absolute mon
arch of a country fifty-three miles in
circumference.—St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat.
When Shaw Wee Married.
"I was very ill when I was married,”
Bernard Sbaw once wrote, “altogether
a wreck on crutches and in an old Jack
et which the crutches had worn to
rags. I had asked my friends. Graham
Wallas and Henry Salt, to act as wit
nesses. and, of course, in honor of tbe
occasion they were dressed in their
be6t clothes. Tbe registrar never im
aglned I could possibly be tbe bride
groom. He took me for tbe inevitable
beggar who completes all wedding^ pro
cessions. Wallas, who is considerably
over six feet high, seemed to him to be
the hero of the occasion, and he was
proceeding to marry him calmly to my
betrothed when Wallas, thinking the
formula rather strong for a mere wit
ness, hesitated at the last moment and
left the prize to me.”—“George Bernard
Bhaw—His Life and Works.”
A Snake’s “Leap.”
A naturalist denies that It Is true
that a snake ever “leaps" at Its foe or
prey. Except the cobra, no snake can
raise more than a third of its length
from the ground, though there are In
stances in which rattlesnakes, prob
ably unconsciously, have gained an ex
tra leverage from a wall of rock im
mediately behind them and so struck
farther than the ordinary range.—Lon
don Spectator.
A Long Lived Pike.
In 1407 an enormous pike was caught
In a lake near Halllerum, in Suabla.
with a brass ring attached to It, en
graved on which was a statement that
the flsh was put In the lake In the
year 1230, thus Indicating that it must
have lived at least 267 years.
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Tactful Discretion.
“But you listen to people who talk j
gossip.”
“Always,” replied Miss Cayenne, “so j
as to know what topics to avoid In my
own conversation."—Washington Star. I
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Hie Lesson.
“But, you silly boy, if I married you ;
with your means you couldn’t even
dress me.”
“Perhaps with a few lessons I could
learn.”—Exchange.
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Weather Mote.
Mistress—Well, Cooper, what Is the
weather to be like? Gardener—Well, j
mum, I dunno, but the paper do say
“forecast.”—IiOndon Punch.
—
To please, one must make up his
mind to be taught many things which
he already knows by people who do
not know them.—-Chamfort
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TALK WITH SMITH
Valdes Real Estate Agency
■sr TONY’S PLACE ’SS1
EVERYTHING ANTON CARLSON,
FIRS'! CLASS Manager.
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in Agent for
Building- Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magniflcen Steamers offers FREQUENT, PER
FECT SERYTCB Between all Points in
Alaska and California
Leave Seattle
Nov. 23—S. S. Admiral Evans,
Seldovia and Kodiak.
Nov. 30—Admiral Watson.
Dec. 10—Admiral Evans,
For Seward.
Leave Valdez
Dec. 3.—Admiral Evans.
Dec. 8.—Admiral Watson.
Dec. 18.—Admiral Evans.
For Cordova, Katalla, Yakutat,
Juneau, Ketchikan,
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Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings from Seattle—
Nov. 26—Northwestern.
Dec. 1—Mariposa.
Dec. 8—Alameda.
Dec. 16—Mariposa.
Dec. 24.—Alameda.
Sailings Valdez to Seattle—
Dec. 4.—Northwestern.
Dec. 7.—Mariposa.
Dec. 15.—Alameda.
Dec. 23.—Mariposa.
Dec. 31.—Alameda.
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, PT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheop
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
P. B. TRACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Lncal Agent
Take the “MILWAUKEE”
* On Your Next Trip to the East
Electrification of its main line over the backbone of the
Continent has eliminated all soot, smoke and cinders, per
mitting an unobstructed view of the magnificent panoramas
through the Bitter Roots and Rockies.
J. C. Martia, Valdez, Phone 1 A. L Harm, T. P. A. Juoeae, Alaaka.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Foxy Hot Dnnks, Candy Kitchen, tt
For first-claae meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cate. tf
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart street. *
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
The Golden North, the House of
Comfort. tf
Special order, Cham Chowder lSe,
it the Aroade. tf
The n. & 8. leaves the Valdez dock
on regular sailing days. See adv.
Carbureters, magnetos, batteries,
spark plugs and coils at Mead's. tf
Pare Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
The best dinner at the Arcade
Cafe. tf
Best Sourdough hotcakes and best
eoffee at the Areade. tf
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