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y, January 26—
igh Tide, 2:27 a. ni., 9.2.
High Tide, 2:25 p. m., 9.3.
igh Tide, 8:21 a. m., 0.5.
Low Tide, 8:43 p. ni., —1.0.
day, January 27—
igh Tide, 3:09 a. in.. 9.3.
High Tide. 3:16 p. in., 8.2.
aw Tide, 9:14 a. in., 0.5.
Low Tide, 9:21 p. in., 0.0.
jy, January 28—
igh Tide, 3:50 a. m., 9.2.
High Tide, 4:10 p. in., 7.1.
aw Tide, 10:11 a. m., 0.7.
Low Tide, 10:10 p. ni.. 1.0.
ay, Jan. 29—
igh Tide, 4:37 a. in., 8.9.
High Tide, 5:15 p. m., 6.0. (
►w Tide, 11:16 a. ni., 1.0.
Low Tide, 10:44 p. in., 2.0. j
lay, January 30—
igh Tide, 5:29 a. m., 8.6.
High Tide, 6:39 p. m„ 5.3.
>w Tide, 12:34 p. m., 1.2.
Low Tide, 11:35 p. m., 2.9.
lesday, January 31 —
igh Tide, 6:30 a. ni., 8.2.
High Tide, 8:23 p. ni„ 5.1.
5w Tide, 2:03 p. m„ 1.2. j
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iscopal Ohurcli Services.
George John Zinn, minister j
:e.
es Sunday, Jan. 28, 1917.
h Sunday after Epiphany,
ng service and sermon 11 a.
y School. 12 m.
r service and sermon at 4 p.
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Congregational Church.
. Demain Nicholls, pastor.
, January 28, 1917.
n. Worship and Sermon:
four Light Under a Bush.'l.”
n, Sunday School.
. m.. Song Service and Ser
te Man Forgotten.”
ay afternoon, the Ladle i Aid j
; at the Church, Mrs. H. R.
jstess.
ay, 7:30 p. :n., mid-week
toir pray and study; "What
ught About Pleasure.”
iractice after the meeting.
Catholic Church. 1
330 and 10:30 a. m.
r School immediately fol
|g Services 7 p. m.
[Father A. Fletcher, S. J.
istian Science Society.
Pioneer Hall.
f service, 11 a. m., subject,
i
j School, 12:15.
»ny meeting, Wednesday, 8
% room open to the public
,y from 2 to 2 and 7 to 8.
ng and copying photos and
enners the Photographer, tf
Dd home-cooaed meals try
Ison, on Hobart street. *
i Cottage Dining Room for
le-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
•hone 131 tf
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He Quit Too Soon.
Rex Beach recently told a story of
his gold-hunting experiences in Alas
ka. “I grew discouraged,” said Mr.
Beach, “after working oh a red-head
ed miner’s claim for an entire month
without discovering any signs of gold.
So I left and went to another man’s
claim in search of the yellow' metal.
One day I walked back to the red
headed miner’s claim and found him
picking nuggets out of the dirt as you
would pick raisins out of a pie and
throwing them in a baking powder
can. My eyes hung out like loose
overcoat buttons, and I nearly died.”
SAYS WILSON IGNORANT
BASIS EUROPEAN STATES
BERNE, Switzerland, Jan. 27—
The Nachristen, in commenting on
the speech of President Wilson be
fore the Senate, says that the Presi
dent violates the Monroe doctrine In
meddling in European affairs and that
he shows his ignorance of the princi
ples of European government and the
the basis of the European States.
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WRITING FORJTHE STAGE.
gir W. 8. Gilbert Wat Net OverprouS
of Hie Own Work.
“No man," writes Mrs. Alec-Tweedle
in her reminiscences, "My Tablecloths,”
•‘hpd stranger admirers or keener
haters than W. 8. Gilbert Successful
people always have, but then, added to
tils success, he had a pompous manner
and a sarcastic tongue.
“He was in excellent form one May
ulght In 1898 when he dined with me.
We were talking about ‘Lyslanne,
Sarah Bernhardt's new play, which 1
had just seen in Paris, and I said It
was a poor play splendidly acted.
“ ‘If it’s a poor play It’s sure to suc
ceed.’ he retorted. ‘No good play is
ever a success. Fine writing and high
morals are hopeless on the stage.’
” 'That is severe.’
“ ’Not any too severe. 1 have been
scribbling twaddle for thirty-five years
to suit the public taste aud ought to
know. And. after all, look at the the
uter. It contains some 1,500 persons
Now, If you serve up tripe and onions
for the gallery It offends the stalls; If
you dish up sweetbreads and truffles
for the stalls it disgusts the pit. There
fore plain leg of mutton nnd boiled po
tato Is the most suitable fare for all
Light fllppery and amusing nonsense
are whut I have endeavored to write.
But I can tell you that after thirty-five
years of that sort of thing, which I am
glad to say has brought grist to the
mill. I ani about sick of It. and I
shouldn't mind If I never wrote anoth
er word.’ ”
FADS OF LITERARY MEN.
A Latter From Hit Wife Always Made
Hawthorne Wash His Hands.
Keats liked red pepper on his toast.
Dickens was fond of wearing Jewelry.
Joaquin Miller uailed all Ills chairs
to the wall.
Edgar Allan Poe slept with his cnt
and was Inordinately proud of his feet
Daudet wore his eyeglasses when
asleep.
Thackeray used to lift, his hat when
ever he passed the house In which ho
wrote “Vanity Fair.”
Alexandre Dumas the younger bought
a new painting every time he had a
new book published, t
Robert Louis Stevenson’s favorite
recreation was playing the flute. In or
iler, as he said, to tune his Ideas.
Robert Browning c«>ul(l not sit still.
With tlie constant shuffling of his feet
holes were worn In the carpet.
Longfellow enjoyed walking ouly at
sunrise or sunset, as ho said his sub
litnest moods came upon him at these
times.
Hawthorne always washed liis bauds
before reading a letter from bis wife.
He delighted in poring over old a deer
tisements in the newspaper liles.
Oliver Wendell Iloliues used to carry
a liorse chestnut in one pocket and a
potato in another to ward off rheuma
tism.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Horrors of Thirst.
There is no horror like the hogror <•.
thirst—no physical suffering conipnrn
ble to It. A traveler over the desert
in Egypt describes a man who had lost
his way. wandering about for days
without water, and filially came stag
poring into bis camp. Tlie limit's eyes
were bloodshot, his lips swollen to
twice their natural size. Ills tongue,
blue, parched and swollen, bung out
of his mouth. To ullow such u man
to drink water at will would be like
pumping cold water into a red In u
steam boiler. It would kill him. Till*
man required to be ’held forcibly In
four men in his eagerness to get at
drinking water, while a tilth man a!
lowed n few drops to trickle down tin
throat of the sufferer at long Intervals
He had to he cooled off little by little
like an overheated boiler.
An Unanswerable Argument.
The poor relation had not been invh
ed to the formal function at the greai
house, but he went to the door lu spite
kof that oversight.
“Where’s your card?" inquired the
tirst gentleman in waiting.
“Haven’t got any," responded the
poor relation meekly.
"Nobody can get in without a card',
"Well, I’m nobody." murmured -the
poor relation, but the .first gentleman,,
in waiting could not grasp the delicate
humor of It, and the poor relation w.as
turned away from the inhospitable
door.—Exchange.
Where. Men Wear Combs.
The traveler in India la surprised to j
see that men wear combs in their hair
much more than women do. A Clogs
fese gentleman wears what we know
as the circular comb and a very orpa i
mental back comb of tortoise shell to
gather his curly locks together. Be
wears a full beard also, but his servant
must trim bis own beard end. is nl
lowed to wear the circular comb only
-Exchange.
Bad Color Scheme.
“The man I am engaged to has been
terribly wild, but is going to torn over
s new leaf."
“Don’t put your trust lu such a bad
color scheme. Rosy futures seldom
grow on a purple past-” — Baltimore
American.
Sure Thing!
Mrs. Ese— Dear, what does It mean
when you get a notice from the bank
that your account Is overdrawn? Exr
-In the case of a man It means tbn:
he is married.—Boston Transcript
His Tsndor Spot , . .
Hokus—That fellow Closeflst doesu .
know what It means to be sensitive
Tou can’t hurt h!s feelings. Pokus
Dld you ever try pinching him in tli.
po<’ketl>ook ?—Town Topics.
Steamship Sailings
Admiral Evans—Sailed north fo'*
Valdez Jan. 25.
Victoria—Sailed north front Seattle
Jan. 24, with freight only.
Mariposa—Sailed north from Seattle
January 20, at 9 a. m.
Alameda—Sailed south front Valdez,
January 20.
Spokane—Sailed south from Valdez.
Jan. 14.
Admiral Watson—Sailed south from
Valdez, Jan. 4.— Struck on rocks
near Irish Cove, Fidalgo Bay.
Alaska—Sails from Seattle frr Val
dez, Jan. 26.
Northwestern—Sails from Seattle for
Valdez. Feb. 1.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE:
Lvs. Fort Liscutu Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.nt. 4:00 p.nt.
TUESDAYS.
8:15 a.nt. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.nt. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.nt. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:0 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
Daily Weather Report
Valdez. Alaska, Jan. 26, 1917....
Barometric pressure 30.135
Temperature at 7 p. m.12
Maximum temperature .17
Minimum temperature .11
Mean temperature .14
Snow on ground .48 in.
Clear, 20 mile N. E. wind.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 27, 1917
Barometric pressure .30,179
Temperature at 7 a. m.13
Maximum temperature 13
Minimum temperature .10
Mean temperature .11.5
Snow on ground .42 in
Clear, 10 mile N. E. wind.
—Myrtle F. Billings, Obs.
Trail Weather Report
Fairbanks —35 below, 15 inches of
snow, clear calm.
Salcha— 43 below, 18 inches snow,
part cloudy, calm, trail good. Isen
minger with 2 horse team north at
12:30 p. in. 2 men with dog team
sou ill 3 p. in. yesterday. Maril north
6:55 date.
Richardson—30 below, 7 inches of
snow light north wind, part cloudy,
trail good.
McCarty—36 below, 8 inches of
‘■•iiovv, clear calm, trail lair.
Dun nelly—15 below, 25 inches of
snow, cloudy, light north wind,
trail fair.
Rapids—-South mail departed si:;
a. in. North mail not arrived yet. 2
hikers north yesterday.
McCallum—25 below. 55 inches of
snow, storming, high winds, trai’
drifted. Stage north 5 p. m. yester
day.
Paxson—14 below, 20 inches of
snow, cloudy, north wind, trail;
heavy.
Hogans—12 below, 30 inches of;
snow, clair calm, trail fair. :
Sourdough—stage south 2 passer, i
gers. Road Commission tea mnorth.
Gulkana—40 below, 6 inches ol;
snow, clear, north wind, trail fair. •
Three teams south 7 a. m. one teau .!
north 7 a. ni.
Copper Center—22 below, 9 inches j
of snow, clear, calm, trail good. Stage.
north, no passengers a. m.
Tonsina—10 below, cloudy, 18 in.,1
snow, clear, strong wind, trail drift-!
cd. i
Tetkhell—10 below, cloudy, light j
wind, 25 inches of snow, trail drift-;
ed. Davis north 8 a. m. breaking
trail.
Beaver Dam—4 above, 36 inches of
snow, clair, high north wind, trail!
drifted full, heavy.
Thompson Pass—3 below 68 inches
of snow, blizzard worst storm of the
year, trail heavy and drifted.
, Wortman—5 above, 32 inches o’ j
snow, clair strong north wind, trail!
drifted. _
FINE GAME OFJ3A8KETBALL
PLAYED AT MOOSE HALL*
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The basketball games at Moose
hall last evening drew a large audi
ence, and were well worth seeing.,
In an unusually fast game the Pinzon
team defeated the Fort Liscum teanij
in the second game of the champion-1
ship series, by a score of 37 to 21. Lis- j
cum played a good game but was
unfortunate in having several of hsr
star men disabled, and the Pinzon
team was strengthened by the addi
tion of Botway, who is a star player,
and Roseen. In the first half the
Liscum five finished with four points
to the good, and it looked as If they,
had the game cinched* but a few
bad plays in the second half, and the
team work displayed by the Pinzons,
broke their "Wring.Aid gave the'
game to the tMrn boys,'
Both teams%iayed 4Rmlleut ball
and aroused much applause from the
spectators by their fine work. On
the Pinzon team. Roseen threw nine
ie’.d baskets and Ober eight. For
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Resources over $300,000.
Drafts sold on all Foreign Countries.
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Do It Electrically
Electrical helps make housekeeping easier. Few
people realize the number of electrical labor-saving
devices that have found a place in the household.
The Electric Iron has become a household ne
cessity and ninety per cent of the families using elec
tric light also use an electric iron.
Other labor saving devices are the Vacuum
Cleaner that averages less than seven pounds in
weight. Then there is the washing machine for fam
ilies that do their own laundry, Electric Buffing mo
tors for polishing the silverware, and small electric
motors for running churns, ice cream freezers and
for numerous other purposes.
Are your electrical appliances working satis
factory? If not notify the
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Tele. Co.
the Liscum team Fisher threw three!
field baskets, Rogers two, and Hill
one. The line-up or the teams was
as follows:
Pinzon—Botway. Pasco, guards',
Roseen center, Haines and Ober for- j
wards; Saling and Douglas were sub
stitutes.
Fort Liscum—Fisher and San
nek, guards; Hill center, Lang and
Rogers forwards; Colin and Morris
substitutes.
The girls’ game was a hard fought
one, and the ladies closely contest
ing every point. While the score
was not so large as that of the mer'c
team, the game was very interesting
and ended by the Blues winning by
the score of five to nothing. The
line-up of the team was as follow*:
Blues—-Jepson and Dakin, guards;
Swanson center, Selby and Keesler
forwards. Ruth Selby threw two field
baskets and one foul for the Blues.
Whites—Miller, center, Furrow
and Hubbard forwards; Egan and
Mary Miller guards. No baskets
thrown for the Whites.
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FIVE HUNDRED CHICKENS
AT Bid WEDHDING FEAST
MERCED. Cal., J>an. 27.—Five
hundred chickens, with other gopd
things in proportion, Were served at
the two day’s celebration of the wed
ding of Bert Mussatlo, a wealthy hor
ticulturist, and 17-year-old Kathe.
ine Bertalna.
The ceremony was followed by
the protracted jubilee, including fire
works. music, feasting and dancing.
Throngs attended the wedding and
partook of its spectacular delight*.
Music waB furnished by a brass band,
which escorted the bridal pair to a
studio, where they were photograph
ed in, wedding attire.
Have you tried our poker chip
candy and also our new line of chew
ing gum. Candy Kitchen tf
Mother Lode Stock Drops.
Stock of the Mother Lode recently
dropped 14 points on the announce
ment that the company had taken
ever the adjoining claims of 180
acres and the townsite of the Hough
ton-Alaska Exploration company. The
ground adjoins the Kennecott and the
Mother Lode. The price to be paio
was not divulged. There seems to be
a veil of mystery as to why the
Mother Lode company should at this
time seek additional holdings, and P
is felt that tbe money it has on hand
is needed for the financing and devel
opment of ground already owned.
The fact that the Houghton-Alaska is
said to own valuable water power
rights which properly developed
would facilitate the Mother Lode
plans probably offers the real reason
for this new acquisition to its hold
ings.—Alaska and Northwest Mining
Journal.
Count Gives Cp Title
SAN FRANCISCO, Ian. 27.—The
Count Henry Helmuth von Adelmann
of Stuttgart, Germany, was Just plain
Henry von Adelmann, of Richmond
Cal., when he left the United States
District Court. "I willingly give up
my title to become an American citi
zen." said the Count to the Cour'.
where he went to become naturalized
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Notice to the Public.
The Alaska Gold Hill mining stock
will be withdrawn from the Valdez
market at 12 in., Saturday, January
27, 1917.
3t F. M. KEMPFER.
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