Nugget-Nugget & Ivory
/Chaink, Charms, Brooches, Scarf Pins
Rings, Bracelets, Crosses.
Just Received on the Northwestern,
A Large Assortment of Toys
Do Your Christmas Shopping Early,
OWL DRUG CO.
Same Location New Management
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FRYE-BRUHN CO.
Wholesalejand Retail Dealers in J
Beef, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Poultry
and Produce.
Sole Agent* for MAYFLOWER BUTTER and EGGS. Phone 29
STEAM HEA+ED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel m the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. __Rate* Reatonable
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed |
Telephone 66 I
| Foot Keystone Ave
I Roujrh Dry lCc lb
Red Cross Hospital
Key»tone"and Hobart Stm.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooms for Patients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX, Matron
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP
S'iRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Wans, Light Rooms—The House of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates Bp the MontL
PHONE 133 MRS. SYR1NG, Prop*
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary,
Valdez, Aleak*. j
„ Copper River
Draying Co
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Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD, Proprietor
BUT SLIGHTLY INJURED.
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Recent dispatches state that the
King of England was only slightly in
jured by a fall from his horse as he
lit on his head.
ELLAMAR COPPER DISTRICT
SUBJECT SPECIAL REPORT.
In these days of rapid consumption
of copper in the manufacture of mu
nitions of war, and the consequent
.high price of that metal, special in
ter&t attaches to any discussion of
our national supply of copper. Dur
ing the last 15 years the Prince Wil
liam Sound region, Alaska, has be
come an important copper producing
district and the number of produc
tive mines there is constantly increas
ing. The Ellamar district, a part of
this region, has been the scene of ac
tive mining since 1900, and in order
that accurate information concerning
this area should be available to the
public the United States Geological
Survey has recently prepared and
published a detailed report on it.
This report contains excellenj topo
graphic and geologic maps, on a scale
of about a mile to the inch and is il
lustrated by numerous plates and fig
ures. The discussion of the history
of the district and the description of
the geography are of interest to the
lay reader; the treatment of the areal
and structural geology and the dis
cussion of their bearing on the dis
tribution of the ore deposits as well
as the description of the mines and
prospects are more technical.
The geology of the Prince William
Sound region is highly complex and
the attempt to read the geologic his
tory of this part of America from the
rock formations as they now appear
encounters many difficulties. The al
most complete absence of life in the
Alaskan oceans during the period
of deposition' of many thousands of
feet of sediments has left the rocks
practically devoid of fossils, which
are so valuable in determining the
age of rocks. Nevertheless the suc
cession of the rock formations at El
lamar has been determined and their
determination should aid in deciph
ering the geology of other parts of
Prince William Sound.' Some new
conclusions have also been reached
concerning the origin of the Ellamar
copper deposits.
The report, which is entitled “The
Ellamar district, Alaska,” by S. R.
Capps and B. L. Johnson, is publish
ed as Bulletin 606 of the United
States Geological Survey and may be
obtained free by applying to the Di
rector.
HADN’T SEEN ONE.
Afa—You've been drinking again. I
smell it in your breath.
Pa—Wot a drop. I’ve been eating
frogs' legs and you smell the hops.
AEROPLANE DROPS INTO
BAY, WOMAN KILLED
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 17.—Lulu Com
stock, aged 74 years, who attempted
to make a flight yesterday with Avia
tor Myershoffer, was drowned when
the machine dropped into the bay.
The woman was seized with an un
controllable fear when the machine
was at an altitude of 50 feet, and
grasped the operator’s arms, causing
the machine to plunge into the ocean.
Meyershoffer was rescued uninjured,
but the body of the woman has not
been recovered. The accident was
witnessed by thousands of persons.
ALASKA KELP BEDS ARE
BEING INVESTIGATED.
WRANGELL, Dec. 17.—Henry M.
Stowe and Thomas D. Smith, of
Cleveland, O., are here to investi
gate the kelp beds of southeastern
Alaska with a view of utilizing them
for the manufacture of potash and
by-products, which will be used as
fertilizer. They have taken an op
tion on the Warm Springs Bay, where
the plant will be located if the kelp
beds are found to be extensive enough
to warrant the venture. Stowe is a
pioneer newspaper man of Alaska,
having come to the territory nearly
twenty years ago.
SEASON'S CROPS VALUED AT
FIVE AND HALF BILLION.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Dec. 17.—
The annual report of Secretary Hous
ton, of the Agricultural department,
as submitted to congress, sho^s that
the crops of the past season have a
value of five and a half billion dol
lars, the highest figure ever reached.
The wheat crop also broke all records
and amounts to more than one bil
lion bushels. It is stated that eighty
six thousand square miles were un
der crop last summer.
Great Scott! Again?
One of those picture sales, just like
the one that created so much interest
five years ago. On Tuesday, Dec.
21, next, I will place on sale thou
sands of pictures, from the very fin
est to the very poorest I have. On
Tuesday they will be sold at regular
prices, each day thereafter they will
be reduced 6c in price. All you have
to do is wait until they get down to
6c each. The sale will be between 2
and 6 p. m. each day. At the Candy
Kitchen. Signed, P. S. Hunt. tf
To Have Open Air Rink.
"Happy” Moore, who prepared an
open-air skating rink on the tideflats
back of Rudolph’s store, but which
was ruine'd by the last high tide, will
try again and is preparing the lots
nearly opposite the court house for
flooding. He has packed the snow
tight to form a base for the ice which
will be formed when the ground is
flooded. There are a number of Val
dezans who have skates but it is
rarely that they have an opportunity
of using them.
A Fine Show Tonight.
A complete change of program at
The Liberty Theatre tonight.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
A fine display of nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. - tf
Angus McDonald returned from Fi
dalgo bay last night on the launch
Shamrock. He will go to the interior
where he has mining interests.
Happy Buren was a passenger on
the Shamrock last night ftom down
Sound.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Padden, who
have been at Landlock Bay for some
time, returned to Valdez last night on
the Shamrock.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, fresh hull
ed shrimp, fresh whipped cream and
other table delicacies for the Christ
mas table at Love-Whitley’s. k!26
The Alameda is expected to be
back in Valdez tomorrow and will
make a quick trip southward as the
officers and crew are anxious to eat
their Christmas dinners in Seattle.
AMERICANS TAKING OVER
ALLIED INVESTMENTS
Already American companies are
purchasing control of various En
glish and French owned tnterprises in
South and Central American and oth
er countries. The ownership of vari
ous Canadian, South African and Aus
tralian mining apd other interests in
cluding railroads is passing from En
gland to America. American com
panies are also being organized to
take over British and French owned
interests in China add other Asiatic
countries. Practlcsgly every one of
these transactions results in adding
to London or PariB or Rome credits
in America, and in the end, paid for
war munitions and other products
purchased in New York. In spite of
all thlB activity, however, gold con
tinues to come to the United States
from Europe, Asia, Africa, Austra
lia and South America.
RESOURCEFUL MOTHS.
They Found a Way to Cross the Fruit
Growers’ Barriers.
England's winter moth Is one of the
greatest pests with which the fruit
growers of that country have to con
tend. It begins to appear in October,
and the female, whose wings nre very
short and quite unadopted to flight,
climbs the trunks of the fruit trees and
deposits her eggs. These hatch out In
the spring, and the caterpillars soon
devour the young leaves. Heretofore
it has been comparatively easy to com
bat the ravages of the pest. Seeing
that the female is unable to fly. fruit
growers pluce bands of a sticky sub
stance round each tree. The female,
in climbing the trunk, comes to the
band nnd is held fast.
But a wonderful thing has happened,
says the Manchester (England) Guar
dian. In recent years the female moth
has been found from time to time above
the band, and bow she got there was a
mystery. Finally, however, an ento
mologist expert unveiled it. He saw
the male and female moths together
above the band on the tree—the male
evidently having Just deposited the fe
male.
There appears to be little doubt, adds
the Guardian, that !n this we have a
remarkable adaptation to circum
stances. The female cannot fly. but the
male can. and it would seem that be
bad flown to the higher part of the
tree, carrying his wife upon his back.
This is oue of the most striking discov
eries in natural history and is creating
much interest among nature students.
A CURIOUS HISTORY.
The Life of Sir William Cavendish,
With a Comment by Pepys.
Sir William Cavg^disb. known in
English history as the first Duke of
Newcastle, was commander of King
Charles I.'s first royal army in his
contest with Cromwell. Sir William's
second wife, the Duchess Margaret
wrote a life of her husband, in which
she depicted him as a “most illustrious
prince” and in every respect the pink
of perfection.
The work was supposed to be entire
ly authentic and truthful, for Sir Wil
linrn himself assisted in its preparation.
It wus published early in 1007. and
many complimentary copies were sent
out. including one to the officials of St.
John's college. Cambridge university.
In acknowledging its receipt they
wrote:
“Your excellency’s book will not only
survive our university, but hold date
even with time itself, and incontinent
ly this age by reading your l>ook will
lose its barbarity an‘d rudeness, being
made tame by the elegance of your
style and manner.”
1 But old Samuel Pepys was not quite
so favorably impressed. In his cele
brated "Diary.” under date of March
18, 10117. he made this entry: "Staid at
home reading the ridiculous history of
my Lord Newcastle, wrote by his wife,
which shows her to be a mad. conceit
ed, ridiculous woman and he an usse to
suffer her to write what she writes to
him and of him.”—Exchange.
Eating When Tramping.
Experiments have shown that ani
mals which demand a mixed diet will
starve as purely and almost as quickly
when fed on a one sided diet, even
though it be large in bulk, as when de
prived of food altogether, and the same
thing holds true for men. Hunger of a
moderate degree is not prejudicial to
strength and vigor, provided it be what
might be termed a general hunger. The
i thing to be carefully guarded against
on a hard march is the tremendous
hunger for some particular food con
tent. such as sweet or fat or starch,
which we so often And in the case of a
carelessly equipped ex|>edition. A well
rounded ration is worth two which are
not so. The man who has this prin
ciple, firmly in mind has made a long
step toward success ns a field leader.—
j Outing.
Wealth In Middle Ages.
i Hallam. whose “View of the State ot
Europe During the Middle Ages” was
published in ISIS, calculated that In
the latter half of the thirteenth cen
tury money had at least twenty-four
or twenty-five times more purchasing
power than at the beginning of the
nineteenth. In Edward I.'s day a
knight passed "extremely rich” on floO
a year, while an annual income of
between £10 and £20 was reckoned a
"competent estate for a* gentleman.”
But the gentleman of those days had
few. if any, foreign luxuries, and rare
ly left his own county—except to fight
—l.oudou Mirror.
Apprehensive.
Little Violet hud been carefully
couched ns to the necessity for quiet
ness upon the occasion of her first
church attendance. She remembered
admirably. Feeling that her behavior
was worthy of some audible recogni
tion. she said to her mother at the close
of the service:
••Say, mother. 1 didn’t wake anybody
up. did I?"—Woman’s Home Compan
ion.
A Narrow Eaeape.
••I’ll give you a hamburg steak,” be
gan the hind lady. “If you’ll chop”—
Here tbarman darted out of the yard.
“If you) ebop the meat.” she con
cluded. “Come bach If you’re .hungry.
I wouldn’t,thfnk of asking you to chop
wood.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Its Plaeo.
“This Isn’t the place, yon stupid, to
secure your accommodation on the
steamer. This Is the city health de
partment.”
“Well, oughtn’t I be able to get In
formation nere on the berth ratef”—
Baltimore American.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL HOATS AND NEVER MISSES A TRAIN
Auto for Hip e Day or Niglit.
liuy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD. Prop.
KYnil Wont *trict,y fre#h Butter, Fruit
* "" dllt antj Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
UPPER T0NS1NA ROAD HOUSE
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Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chit in a.
General Freighting. KNUTF. nafsted. Mar.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Chaw. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 34
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
| PUGET SOUND
I California
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 2 5th«~EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th ealla Illamna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Anoliorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San FrandMco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamer* Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
IUCIIAUD J. RING WOOD, Mgr., Seattle; VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
1
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
H. S. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TH AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, I8TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNBjAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway. Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 6th: Latoucho, on the 16th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Gea’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One'road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It's the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
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For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Vaffeez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.