FANCY BLANKETS
UST in time for cooler weather—a nice
line of all-wool blankets in Scotch Plaids;
come grey and white, brown and white
and pink and white with neat border plaids
of pink or blue. Sizes 68x80 and 70x80 inches
with satin or taffeta bindings. Weight from
4 1-2 to 5 pounds.
Priced a pair, $9*4)0 to $10.00
FRESH FRUITS & VEGETABLES
wl HIS morning’s, boat brought us a very-complete
w and choice lot of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Your inspection is invited.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
|£ Y IU I Strictly fresh Eggs, Butter, Fruit
11 1 Oil ff alii antj Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 1,88
REPORTS'.MANY AMERICAN
MINERS IN SIBERIA.
*■ An American trader named Thomp
son recently returned to Nome trom
a trading trip of two years along the
Siberian coast and reports that ;§iiiout
two hundred miners are mak-ng a
living in the Anadir district sniping
on the bars. He reports that the war
has caused all mining operations to
he closed doyrn in Siberia and What
work is being done is contrary to the
Russian mining laws. He declares
that despite the adverse reports of
mining engineers who reported on
the Anadir district for American capi
talists, that the country is rich in
placer gold and that miners have
panned out as high as $1200 in two
weeks from rich spots on the bars.
Thompson states that there are large
deposits of coal in the district but
that the residents are not permitted
to mine itx even for their own fudl.
The coal is a lignite and burns quick
ly with a hot flame and leaves muCb
ashes
SEWARD’S LOW GRADE
ORE GIVES VALUES OF $0.00
Recent assays made on the low
grade ore taken from the mountain
about two miles from Seward on Res
urrection river have reached as high
as six dollars to the ton. Samples of
the minerals have been sent to assay
offices in San Francisco and to Wash
ington, but they have not been report
ed on as yet. A. H. Case, the min
ing man who is here in the interests
of the Miami Copper mining com
pany of New York, sent samples to
his company. Z. N. Bergman of Se
attle who made the discovery says
that there is between two and three
billion tons of quartz in twenty-one
claims.—Seward Gateway.
GOVERNMENT STARTS SUIT
TO RECOVER OIL LANDS.
DENVER. Colo., Oct. 12.—Action
seeking to enjoin the Ohio Oil com
pany, the Midwest Oil company, the
Midwest Refining company, the Grass
Creek Oil and Gas company of Mon
tana, two other corporations, and
1500 individual defendants from op
erating claims in Wyoming oil fields
has been filed In the United States
District court of Wyoming.
The jWit was instituted by Attor
ney General Gregory, and according
to the government is the forerunner
of similar suits which will Involve
producing wells in Wyoming valued
at $106,000 to $200,000. The pro
ceeding is said to he based on an ey
utive order by President Taft in 1909,
by which lands on which the wells
are located were withdrawn from en
try. The legality of this order was
sustained by the United States Su
preme Court.
According to the Taft order, the
withdrawals were made ;ro conserve
the nation’s oil-supply fox the benefit
of the navy.
In addition to a permanent injunc
tion, th© Government asked a tem
porary restraining order to compel
the immediate -suspension of opera
tions in the Grass Creek and Salt
Creek oil districts and damages Tor
all oil extracted since the executive
order became effective.
SWEDISH SOCIALISTS HAVE ■
EXPELLED P1MM3ERMAXS.
STOCKHOLM: Professor Gustave
Steffen, Oscar Jerte, and Engve
Larsen, three prominent members of
the Socialist party, were expelled to
day from the party by the unanimous
! vote of the Stockholm Socialist com
mune, on the ground that they were
co-authors of the so-called “War
Book.”
This “War Book,” which was pub
lished two months ago, strongly ad
vocated Sweden’s participation in the
war on the side of Germany, and has
been the most widely discussed publi
cation in Sweden since the beginning
of the war. It presented an elabo
rate argument, showing that for his
torical reasons, it was Sweden’s duty
to fight against Russia.
Although It was known that the
hook was written by five men, their
names were not given, and the -anon
ymity caused endless speculation. The
discovery that part of the text was
the product of members of the Social
ist party, which favors the entente
powers, has caused a sensation.
Change Tonight.
A complete change of program -at
the Liberty Theatre tonight. *
POISES BODY IN SPACE
UNDER FULL CONTROL.
PARIS: An Italian engineer, M.
Rota, has solved the problem of hold
ing an object unsupported in space,
according to the Marseilles corres
pondent of the Petit Parisien. Rota
is credited with having constructed
an apparatus which, by the action of
electric currents, can be elevated to
a height of 2000 to 3000 feet and'
kept motionless or propelled in any)
direction at a speed of more than 100 j
miles an hour.
Rota’s apparatus is spindle-shaped,
twelve feet long, and two feet in di
ameter and can carry a weight of 90
pounds. It is said to remain mo
tionless in a wind of considerable
velocity, but if the wind becomes
very strong it rises automatically to
a calmer region of air. The inven
tion is based upon reactions obtained
from the electro-magnetic forces of
the atmosphere.
Change Tonight.
A complete change of program at
the Liberty Theatre tonight. *
PRISONER ESCAPED ON
WAY TO NOME JAIL.
Curly Lovell,' the Koyuk min
ing magnate or Council city deputy
marshal, had quite an experience
with a lone prisoner named Pierce,
who formerly was one of the orna
ments of Uncle Sam’s fighting force.
Pierce, it will be recollected, was
brought up here from St. Michael’s
during the winter and lodged in the
bastlle, charged with breaking into
a government station at the mouth of
the Yukon. He was taken out of the
federal jail under bond and Incarcer
ated in the Fort Davis guard house,
from whence he made his scape. Pur
suing his way down the coast, accord
ing to charges filed against him, he
was constrained to annex consider
able property Including a boat, stove,
etc., as he went along. A John Do©
warrant was sworn out against him
arrd the Thomas put Into Chtnik to
take him with Curley Lovell. Chris
tensen says they were unable to come
hack with the prisoner to Nome, as
he had on board fifteen miners, all
'full of hopes of striking it rich in the
Koyuk. After unloading these argo
nauts he returned towards Nome with
Lovell and the prisoner, but owing to
the bad weather they had to -put into
Moses for shelter Curley Lovell and
Christensen had been up all night
and day and the deputy placed Pierce
upon his honor to remain without a
guard and thereupon sought refuge
for his weariness in the arms of Mor
pheus It was'during this somnolent
condition of the deputy of the crew
of the Thomas that Pierce made his
dash for freedom, taking with him
Christensen’s gun and ammunition as
a memento of the escapade. About
three hours later the captain ar.tl
crew and the deputy awoke to find
the prisoner missing and I.ovelt took
up the chase. They located Pieree in
a cabin at Quick, but Pierce slept line
a fox with his eyes open and seeing
them coming dashed out from the
window, leaving Christensen's gun
and ammunition in the small boat as'
he took to the hills. The last Chris
tensen knew of the case the deputy
was chasing Pierce to a finish.—
Nome Nugget.
WEEKS ADMITS HE MAY
BE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
PHILADELPHIA; “Talk of my
j candidacy for President did not origi
nate with me at aTl,” said Senator
Iwee'ks of ‘Massachusetts, who came
to this city to address a Chamber of
'Commerce delegation on the mer
chant marine. “But I am doing all
.that seems desirable at this stage of
jthe T916 campaign,” said the Sena
jtor. "Whether 1 Shall be a candi
date depends on conditions as they
ideveTop.”
j Asked as to the issues upon which
the Republican party should make its
fight, the Senator said:
"The Republican Party ought to
advocate a protective tariff; a reas
onable preparation for national de
jfense; a general policy of encourag
ing individual efforts and the protec
tion of‘business enterprises; and the
upbuilding of a merchant marine. It
should oppose any attempt to put the
Government into the ocean transpor
tation business:"
Senator Weeks said the chances for
a Republican Victory next year were
j excellent.
"The Democratic administration
ihas very largely failed to carry out
I the claims made for it both during
the campaign and at the time its laws
were passed."” the Senator said. “This
especially applies to the tariff bill,
which has not reduced the cost of liv
ing, but rather Increased it, has not
not stimulated foreign trade, and has
been the poorest revenue producing
tariff legislation since the civil war.”
DENMARK IS BUYING
UNITED STATES COAt
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Den
mark is another country that has
added itself to the list Qf European
countries that will have to depend on
American coal next winter, because
the British supply will not be avail
able. The Danish government has1
Just received a cargo of American
steam coal for her navy, the first
shipment being 2,600 tons, as an ex
periment. If this coal is satisfactory
it will displace the British coal for
some time to come. It is believed
its steaming qualities are as good as
the British product and that a good
deal more will be bought. The price
laid down in Copenhagen is $13.38 a
ton.
Danish coal operators are watch
ing the Government experiment with
interest, and if it turns out all right
will be in the market for a large
quantity. Consul Winslow, at Co
penhagen, says in a, report to the De
partment of Commerce that Denmark,
next winter, will be forced to depend
very largely on new sources of coal,
and the United States seems to be
the only available source. There is,
however, great concern as to the at
titude of Great Britain in allowing
cargoes to pass.
Subscribe for .he Prospector.
BROOK TROUT.
Science Outdoee Nature In Raising the
; Young Fiah.
The brook trout Is a nest builder, but
does not belong to the group of fish
which cares for Its eggs and young.
When the function of egg laying is
completed and the nest covered with
gravel the parent fish seem to feel that
their whole duty has been performed,
and they depart, leaving both eggB and
the young when they are hatched to
the care of nature, and nature, it must
he confessed. Is generally neglectful of
her charge.
Early in autumn the mature brook
trout in pairs seek the gravelly bot
toms of shoals and spring runs. Here
with nose and fins they hollow out a
shallow basin and make It scrupulously
clean. This is their nest, and over the
bottom the eggs are scattered, covered
with gravel, and their duty to posterity
is ended.
Only a smnll proportion of the eggs
deposited naturally are fertilized, and
many of these are destroyed by spawn
eating Ashes. Most of the tiny Ash
which do develop and succeed in punch
ing a hole through the egg shell with
their little tails and emerging into a
watery world do so only to And quick
lodgment In some larger Ash.
As a foster parent the trout culturlst
is a greater success than Dame Nature.
The latter, under the most favorable
circumstances, rarely succeeds In hatch
ing more than 10 per cent of the eggs
deposited, while the former expects to
develop Into wiggling Ashes nearly 50
per cent of the eggs obtained.
PERFUME OF MUSK.
The Oder Is Penetrating Because the
Substance Is Radio-active.
The extraordinarily penetrating pow
er of musk perfume Is accounted for
by the fact that it Is radio-active. The
United States consul at Chunking.
China, writes that this property causes
the odor to be carried through the air
in 11 way that would otherwise be Im
possible. And he ndds that this radio
active property "affects most peculiarly
the natives who carry It. If it is held
close' to the body for any length of
time It produces sores that are proba
bly similar -in .character to those caused
.by (jure radium."
Musk is a secretion of certain glands
or (touches of the male musk deer and
,1s secreted-ouly during certain seasons
■of the year. It is difficult to obtain
tpure. and one-Of tbe largest French
manufacturers of perfume keeps a rep
cesentative at Tachienlu, near the
Tibetan bolder, for the sole purpose of
buying it.
Three thousand pounds of musk on
•an average are shipped every year
from Chunking, and fully half of this
bits passed through Tachienlu. which
ts>sue of the;principal musk markets of
•the world, though eighteen days' Jour
ney from‘Chunking, the nearest port.
Ebe deer, which are seldom more
tbusi three feet long and twenty to
twenty-two inches tall, are beiug
slaughtered in such numbers that they
are becoming more and more scarce
and will.eventually be extinct
That Genius Whistler.
‘Of Whistler Lady St. Heller in
•'.Memories of Fifty Vears” writes
thus: “He ‘was a genius aud had all
tile defects stud qualities of one. To
him .everything was a joke, the subject
uf u rboumot. The lightest and dainti
est of persiflage was what he expelled
in. ami one .never bad a dull moment
in Ills company. He was always late
for dinner, arranging the immortal
Jock of gray:isiir In its proper place as
toe came into.the room, with apologies
.and excuses, none of them true, of
which he was .perfectly conscious and
.-also that they were not believed.
Wherever be wus there would be a cir
ole listmiing to him. and his ringing
laugh .would be heard all over the
•room as lie sent his shafts right and
left into the Joints of the armor of
those who were attacking him. It was
a great surprise .and almost a shock
When he appeared as a benedict”
The Colossus of Rhodss.
The remains .of the Colossus of
Rhodes have been dispersed beyond
possibility of recovery or even of trac
ing. it stood for little more than half
a century and then, lu 224 B. C.. was
overthrown by an .earthquake. The
Rhodians rained from benevolent out
siders large sums of money for Its res
toration. but divided ‘the fund among
themselves, asserting (that the oracle
of Delphi bad forbidden them to set
it up again. Bo tbere the ruin lay un
til C72 A. D.. when the Saracens sold
it to a Jewish merchant, who loaded
800 camels and went away—literally—
with the brass.—London Spectator.
A Cruel Comparison.
“I don’t make much.” said the fond
suitor. “My salary Is $30 a week.
Could we live on that, dear?”
"Ah.” sighed the maiden dreamily,
“just the price of a tire for father’s
motorcar.”
Then something told the f. 8. that
he was wasting time. — Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Engaged.
Stranger (Impatiently)—Say, isn’t that
newspaper to be had yet? I’ve been
waiting for It for two hours. Waitress
—I’ll see about it Farmer Cross has
it in the side room. He’s teaching his
little boy to read.—FliegendO Blatter.
Munich.
And 80 It Is.
•'What do you consider the greatest
human paradox?"
A secret session of a woman’s club.”
-Philadelphia Ledger.
.< -7---—r~ .
Friends are 'ost by.celling often and
calling seldom.—Swift.
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