* VALDEZ. ALASKA
"The House of Comfort”
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PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
YOU’LL SURELY BE
WELL SUITED
with the suit we make to your
measure/'Made up in the clas
siest style, from cloth of ex
clusive pattern in the very
best of tailoring craftsmanship
it will be a suit that will car
ry individuality and distinction
in every line. Stop in and be
measured. You can afford to
at our prces.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
« PINZON AR
Imported and Domestic
,* Wines, Liquors anil Cigars
v Phone 69
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRKSH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
PtaeM •» OPEN ALL NIGHT Cl»as. Fischer, ProjJi .
Quartz and Placer
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Location Notices
< For Sale at
The Prospector Office
THEW SENATE
ANGUS OH ISHOISt—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS ^ ...
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone fi6
Foot Keystone Ave
Rough Dry lGc lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and. Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 84
* COCKTAILS
Oyster Cocktails, Crab Cocktails
Shrimp Cocktails, Minced Clam Cock
tails, ready to serve, at Love-Whit
ley’s.
V , * "
| Dent’s kid gloves in black, white
1/and tan would make a very nice
Christmas present. At E. Winter's, tf
A new line of hand painted china.
Owl Drug Co. tf
-- "-- till 'It 'III
i Location notices, both quart* and
placer, for aale at the Prospector of
fice.
Notice O. E. 8.
There will be an important meet
ing the O. E. S. on Tuesday eve, Jan.
2. All members will please be pres
ent. Visitors welcome,
a&t H. COCKERILLE, Sec.
Two Hundred of the latest Colum
bia Phonograph Records just receiv
ed on the Alameda. Owl Drag Co. tf
Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. II.
Rueksr. Phone 1*1. tf
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The Owl Drag Store eaa furnish
yon with a 1*17 Dairy. ft
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MEETING HELD
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fer of the $500 reward for informa
tion be placed in the newsp^^er to
day.
Deputy Marshal C. W. Mossman
stated that he was pleased to say that
the people of the town had manifest
ed great interest in the efforts of the
marshal’s office to apprehend the
guilty party or parties, and hod been
very prompt in coming forward with
information which might have some;
tearing on the case, for which the of-1
fice was extremely grateful. He said
that the office would welcome ir.y
information, no matter how trival.
regarding the fire, and that all sir'll
information would be followed out ’o
ihe best of their ability. Via il
might lead to nothing, he sa*ti. need
not influence the informant, for out
of this information might grow clues
that would eventually lead to the
apprehension of the guilty ones. He
hoped that no one would hold uack
anything because of its apparent triv
iality, aa It might be just the infor
mation they were looking for.
Dr. Merritt suggested that now
would be a good time to get after the
postal and military authorities in an
attempt to get a federal building to
house the various federal ofhees.
H. T. Whitley suggested that the
subscriptions be Btarted at once and
said he would open the list with $25.
It was suggested by Meyer Blum
that inasmuch as two rewards were
to be offered, and possibly only one
used, that the subscribers be called
upon to pay only their pro-rata of the
reward paid.
On this basis the sum of $1505 was
pledged within the next ten minutes,
the subscriptions coming in so last
the secretary of the meeting. T. P
Geraghty, was pressed to keep pace
with them.
The following is the list of sub
scribers and the amounts subscribed
up to 1 o’clock this afternoon:
Jas. Patterson . 25.00
T. J. Donohoe . 100.00
Love-Whitley Co. $ 50.00
Valdez Drug Co. 75.00
John Lyons . 100.00
Empress Theatre . 50.00
H. E. F. King . 25.00
Ben Silverman . 25.00
Levy & Ross . 25.00
Major P. W. Davison . 25.00
S. Blum & Co. 200.00
Valdez Dock Co. 250.00
Stewart & Selby . 50.00
George Mead . 25.00
Max Schmidt . 5.00
Eli Larson . 5.00
E. P. Cash man . 5.00
Oliver Morrais . o.d'
Dave Bennett . 10.00
Dr. Merritt . . 10.<»0
Adam Swan . 10.00
Wm. Brennan . 10 00
George Sanders ,. 10.dO
Wm. Gelineau . 10.00
Grant Remington . 5.00
E. G. Ames. 20.00
Frye-Bruhn Co.y. 50.00
Alaska Liquor & T.^fcJb. 75.00
Jos. A. Bourke . 20.00
C. J. Todd.-/.. 20.00
Sam Jensen . 20.00
Tom Hunt . 5.00
August Hokanson . 5.00
L. Decker . 5.00
Charles Sealey . 25.00
J. P. Holman . 5.00
H. M. Saling . 10.00
Andy Marovich . 10.00
D. F. Millard . . 5.00
B. C. Wiltse . 5.00
Porter King . 5.00
Walter Elliott . 5.00
H. M. Conrad . 5.00
C. H. Golden . 5.00
C. H. Voll . 5.00
Jack Hughes . 5.00
H. E. Albert . 5.00
O. A. Hall . 5.00
W. J. Morton .. 25.00
Frank Lowe. 10.00
Rev. Nicholls . 5.00
Wm. Meals . 5.00
[Valdez. Merc, co. zuu.uu
[Dr. F. M. Boyle . 50.00
IT. Dougherty . 10.00
Dr. J. A. Silverman . 20.00
Senate Saloon . 50.00
Merchant’s Cafe . 50.00
Ed. Wood . 26.00
Jas. Gllmour . 5.00
Ed. Spearstad . 5.00
Chamber of Commerce . 50.00
A. Dieringer . 25.0k
Guy Cameron .. 10.00
Dr. H. Cockerille . 5.00
C. C. Rudoiph .’. 5.00
Albemarle Hotel . 10.OK
Mrs. M. Rucker . 5.00
R. D. Kelsey . 5.00
Frank Nelson . 6.00
W. R. Millard . 10.0k
J. C. Martin.. 10.00.
Sam Knudsen . 10.00
F. J. Hayes . 6.0 J
B. D. Burhoe.. 5.00
Owl Drug Company. 50.00
Geo. ftelnkb . 10.00
Geo. Ffcwcett . 6.00
E. winter .^. 20.CO
W. Whalen . 5.0C
ST A. SwiSet ....... 1....... 1.00
Jake Hepflnger . 16.00
Alaska Inv. Company . 6.00
C. B. Smith . 6.00
Geo., Strlxner. 6.00
Ross Paden . 6.00
Dr. von Gunther . 20.00
William Schmidt . 10.00
Hugo Bergstrom . 6.00
Wm. Sparvelo . 5.00
Robert Weber . 5.00
Tom Beasley . 6.00
Tim Marcum . 5.00
George Cristo . 5.00
J. J. Betties . 10.00
Gus Henckle . 5.00
J. D. Hamilton . 5.00
Harry Ober . 5.00
City Express . 10.00
George Brown . 5.00
C. J. Egan . 5.00
E. E. Ritchie . 100-.00
$2382.00
SOCIALIST PAPER
WANT COMPROMISE
SAYS NEITHER SIDE CAN WIN
Vorwaarts, leading German Socialist
Publication, Says Continuation of
War Means a Useless Sacrifice of
Life and Tremendous War Debt.
BERLIN, Jan. 5.—A strong arti
cle was printed in the Vorwaarts, the
leading Socialist newspaper here to
day, urging the belligerent nations
to compromise and enter upon nego
tiations for peace. The article states
that it is conclusively proven by the
past year’s fighting that neither side
is able to gain a decisive victory, and
that further warfare is merely a use
less wast of life and piling up of an
enormous indebtedness.
Notice to Patrons.
In the recent fire a book of For
warding Addresses was lost. If the
addressees will please send names in
again to the Post Office matters will
be greatly helped.
C. J. TODD,
Postmaster.
Charles St. Clair, one of the pio
neers of Alaska, was a visitor In town
yesterday while the Alameda was in
port. He is now a resident of Idita
rod, and came overland to Seward.
Charles Sealey was an arrival from
Latouche last evening on the Admiral
Watson.
LITERARY HOBBIES.
Even Railway Time Tables May Make
Interesting Reading.
Rudyard Kipling finds both pleasure
and profit in reading the dictionary,
and this habit largely accounts for his
wonderful knowledge of words, his
rich vocabulary and his newness in the
use of words. He does not confine him
self to the ordinary dictionary. He
I likes to look at a slung edition or a dic
tionary of a dialect.
There is a certain noble lord who
loves nothing better than turning over
the pages of Bradshaw, spying out ail
the ways to anywhere, all the branch
lines and noting the railway stations
with queer names. He Is an adept In
all railway lore and is often referred to
by his brother i>eers when a moot point
is raised about the Iron roads of the
world, for his knowledge extends from
Charing Cross to New York via Yoko
hama.
But probably the queerest literary
hobby was a certain doctor’s predilec
tion for reading an old file of the Lon
don Times. He said it made him bet
ter contented with things at present to
see how things were muddled up twen
ty years ago. He found politicians just
as quarrelsome and the comments just
as caustic, and yet he concluded:
“Here we are. much as usual!”—Lon
don Answers.
HIS FATE A MYSTERY.
Ns Cns Knows Just How the Youngest
. of the "Signers’* Died.
By a strange trick of fate Thomas
Lynch, the youngest “signer” of the
Declaration of Independence, was also
the first one of these men to die.
Lynch was born in Prince George
parish, S. C., Aug. 5, 1749. He was
only twenty-six when the congress de
dared the Independence of the colo
nies. Ill health compelled him to leave
congress soon afterward, and near the
close of 1779 he embarked on a vessel,
intending to go to Europe for the bene
fit of his health.
The ship on which he sailed was
never heard of afterward, and the
fate of the youngest of the “signers”
remains a mystery. It is supposed, of
course, that the ship sahk and that
Lynch and all on board were drowned,
but there were rumors that it was
blown out' of its course In a storm and
wrecked on a lonely island of the Weit
Indies and' that some of the passengers
and crew were saved.
Thomas Lynch was educated In Ehg-1
land and was the son of a wealthy i
South Carolina planter. — New York !
World.
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OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a Are insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if Are does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresight is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
■S' TONY’S PLACE™
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EVERYTHING
FIRS'! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER*
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
Leave Seattle
Dec. 20—S.S. Admiral Watson
Jan. 2—S. 8. Spokane
For Seward.
Leave Valdez
Dec. 20—S. S. Spokane
Dec. 27—S.S. Admiral Watson
Jan. 9—S. S. Spokane.
For Cordova, Katalla. Yakutat,
Juneau, Ketchikan,
SEATTLE, TACOMA
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francises,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Dally Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF TOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Hall in km 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.
-CAUJNG AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA. ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell. Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
K. U. 'PitACT, Gena Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent
Make it a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to Elec
trification, you’ll enjoy the comfortable accommo
dations and you'll like the little courtesies inci
dent to “Milwaukee” service.
J. C. Martin, Valdez, Phone 1 A. E. Harris, T. P. A. Jnnean, Alaska.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
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For first-clasB meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Special order, Cham Chowder 16c,
at the Arcade. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfer that baggage for you. tf
Your picture will please the folks
at home better than anything you car
send them. Jenner the photographer
tf
Pure Fresh Drags at the Valdes
Drag Store. tf
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BOOKS? Ye* we here them. triiU
able tor Xmas presents; and Pyrhlln
I>ory, hand painted. Valdez Drag
Os.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
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Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Per soon hams-cooks* meals try
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