DOUGHNUTS
The secret to the doughnuts did not burn.
Come—1 fry them, you buy them—and our
Sale Still Continues
Some fine bargains yet—Lots of new
goods have arrived. -
Entrance, first floor former P. O. Building to
Schmidt's Table Queen Grocery
The Home of the Home-Made Doughnut.
Fresh Butter and Eggs. *
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALD1CZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN NOLY
Arcade Cafe
OPEN VIA- NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
Heater.
BREAD FOR SAJJ5
Jack Callin •• - Proprietor
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
t
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
“ Shamrock
C-VVT. TIM MARCITM
Sails tor Port Wells, Portage
"if Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
J)at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
W' dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay,
and Fid algo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 168
Free aad Accepted Maaoaa
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
HalL Visitors always welcome.
P. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
«S VESSELS FOR NAVY
YET TO BE COMPLETED
WASHINGTON: A serious obsta
cle in the way of the preparedness
program was revealed to the House
Committee on Navel affairs today
when Chief Constructor David S.
Taylor of the navy informed the com
palttee that private ship building
yards in the country were rushed
with work and government yards
fajul not the facilities now to under
take the construction of new vessels
even if the building of vessels should
be authorized.
It the private yards were to be in
duced to turn their attention to
Government vessels, Chief Construc
tor Taylor said, they would have to
receive “adenuate consideration,”
■' Representatives Butler and Kelley,
members of the Naval Committee,
developed that the government now
bad now uncompleted a total of six
ty-eight vesela,'among them nine
battleships. Two of these battleships,
the Chief Constructor said, had just
been begun aud one had hardly been
started.
"Some of these sixty-eight uncom
pleted vessels have been authorized
for five years, have they not?” asked
Mr. Butler.
"They have,” said the Chief Con
structor.
"I am not for a paper navy,” said
Mr. Bntler, banging the Committee
table. "If we are going to authorize
ships we ought to provide the means
for building them.”
Chief Constructor Taylor said that
there were three ships in navy yards
which were about completed and
ready for launching—the Nevada,
the Oklahoma, andthe Pennsylvania.
The first two had their trials, and the
Pensylvania would have her trial in
February. The new dreadnought
Idaho could he launched in the
Spring.
Among the unfinished ships ac
cording to Constructor Taylor, are
seventeen destroyers, thirty-eight
submarines, two fuel ships, one sup
ply ship and one transport. At the
New York ways are to be con
structed, but these cannot be ready
for somo time. The ways at the Mare
Island yaru now contain a fuel ship,
but will oe free within a few months.
Ways w;». be available at the League
Island Yard within a year.
( nief Coustructor Taylor agreed
to furnish to the committee later a
statement showing when all of the
ships previously authorized may be
completed. He said he had made an
estimate showing that if all Govern
ment and private yards were driven
to their full capacity they could car
ry on the construction of twenty-two
naval vessels at one time. To accom
plish this work, however, there must
be improved ways and building ap
paratus.
Members of the . Committee
seemed concerned over the situation
as portrayed by the Chief Construc
tor, who admitted that the rush of
work in private yards may be deter
rent in the rapid construction of na
val vessels which may be authorized
as well as those previously author
ized.
Small navy men in the House are
preparing to use as an argument
against the defense program that
vessels authorized several years ago
are not yet completed and that the
Navy Department does not appear to
be expediting construction despite
the claims that there is urgent need
of preparedness.
Weather Report.
Valdez, March 1, 1916.
Barometric pressure .30.321
Temperature 7 p. m.20
Maximum temperature.20
Minimum temperature .16
Mean temperature.17.5
Clear, fresh gale of wind, 45 miles.
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Interior Weather.
Valdez, Alaska, March 2, 1916.
Fairbanks, —20; clear, calm.
Salcha, —25; clear, calm.
Richardson, —40; clear, calm.
Donnelly, —24; partly cloudy,
calm, trail fair.
McCallum, —21; clear, calm, trail
drifted.
Paxson, —12; clear, calm, trail
good.
Hogan, —8; clear, calm, trail
good.
Gulkana, 6; clear, windy, trail
good.
TonBina, 10; clear, windy, trail
good.
Toikhell, 10; clear, high wind,
trail fair.
Beaver Dam, 10; clear, windy, trail
drifted.
Wortman’s, 20; clear, windy, trail
closed north, heavy south.
Fanny btatlonery at the Valdez
Drug Store •
PUN FOR ALASKAN
WATERS SURVE1
Putterson Southtof Wrangell, Taku In
Wrince William Sound, Explorer
to Cover Dali Coast.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 1.—
E. Lester Jones, director of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey has announced'
the plans for ocean surveys in North
Pacific waters during the coming sea
son.^ The Patterson and Explorer,
wit|t the small steamboat Taku, are
all the vessels available owing to the
fact that the McArthur and the Ged
ney were sold recently because they
were unfit for service and other coast
survey vessels were lost several years
ago on uncharted reefs in Alaskan
waters.
The steamship Surveyor, now be
ing constructed, will not be ready un
til the latter part of this year. The
vessels now in service and two wire
drag parties will begin the season’s
work early in April. The Patterson
is assigned to the passages leading
southward from Wrangell and Sum
ner Strait including Kashiavorof Pas
sage, Rock Bay and tributaries, 55im
ovow Strait, Eastern Passages, Blake
Channel and Ernest Sound.
These waters have never been ac
curately surveyed, present charts be
ing based on a reconnaissance made
in 1886. The Explorer will survey
the outer coast of Dali and other isl
ands northward from Cape Muson, in
cluding the important fishing hanks
in the vicinity of Forester Island and
unsurveyed dangers bptween the lat
ter island and the coast. The pres
ent chart is based on sketches and is
described as a "makeshift.”
The two wiredrag parties which
will work in connection with the Pat
terson this season will endeavor to
complete the main channel from Clar
ence Strait to Wrangell Inlet, thru
Channels from Ernest Sound to
Wrangell and the main channel of
Sumner Strait from Wrangell to
Cape Decision, including the broken
area northward of Coronation Island.
The Tabu will continue work in the
Prince William Sound district.
No vessel is available for work on
the exposed coasts of California, Ore
gon and Washington, nor on the coast
of Aleska west of Cross Sound.
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iJOVAXj brevities.
BORN: To Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus
W. Harrington, a daughter, weight 8
pounds, at Red Cross Hospital on
Wednesday, March 1, 1916. Dr. C.
A. Winans was in attendance.
Anything in the Jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Dr. Dalton is hurrying bach from
Camp Comfort to catch the Admiral
Evans which is believed to be due to
reach Valdez this afternoon from the
westward. V
Mrs. Marlon Leach’s bouse for rent.
Enquire at The Pinzon or Gellneau’s
Barber Shop. 4t
No information has been received
by the local steamship office regard
ing the movements of the Admiral
Watson which was reported froni Se
attle to have sailed for Southwestern
Alashan ports last Friday.
For Bale.
Launch 3-M, 67x12x3.8. Make us
an offer. T. J. Morris, by D. E. Mor
ris. Agent. Call Prospector office, tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. * '
Pictures leveioped at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska wear. Guy F Cameron,
Tailor. tf
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley’s.
Far good nome-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cookers,
Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on t)ie last boat for
the Emporium. tf '
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Kodak Supplies at me Valdez
Drug Company. tt
Word was telephoned in from
Camp Comfort') roadhouse this after
noon that Dr. Dalton and F. W. Shee
lor were on route to town as it has
been found unnecessary to make the
trip to Gulkana. Advices from that
point received this morning are to
the effect that Sergt. David Maxwell,
who had been reported seriously ill,
is reoovering.
THE CURIOUS KANGAROO.
A Theory Its Queer Style o* Animal
Architecture Suggests.
The kangaroo family Is unique and Is
found only In Australia. It Is the most
remarkable branch of the order of the
marsupials, or pouched animals, the
!touch being a kind of pocket In which
the young are nourished and protected
for a long time after birth. The opos
sum is an example of a marsupial It,
habiting America, but it bears no out
ward resemblance to n kangaroo.
The marsupials arose in very ancient
geological times somewhere in the me
,sozoic age. and later on nearly disap
peared except In Australia and neigh
boring islands, where today they con
stitute the characteristic native fauna
There is one curious fact about the
kangaroo which appears all the more
singular when we reflect upon the
great antiquity of the order of the mar
supials. It almost looks us If this ex
traordinary Australian animal repre
sents a survival of a style of nuimul
architecture which was once a favorite
with nature, but has since been aban
doned.
The frames' of those creatures are
characterized by on enormous develop
ment of the posterior parts, Including
gigantic tails and massive thighs and
hind legs. If any of the dinosaurs had
a leaping power comparable with that
ofthe.kangaroo the terror Inspired by
I heir forms must have been matched
by that arising from their movements
—New York Journal.
HIS DAY OF REST.
A Town !n France Where a Legal Holi
day Is Strictly Observed.
The jeweler’s face expressed bewil
derment and astonishment and amuse
ment. He looked from the artist tome
amj back again at the artist. He
started at the end of every sentence to
say something, but the artist didn’t
give him a chance. The artist kept on
talking, while I kept on trying to con
trol my sense of humor. 1 wanted to
shriek. I longed for the ability to
write shorthand, so that I could put it
all down for posterity.
The artist hau left a watch to be
mended, and we were standing in front
of the jeweler’s shop on one of the nar
row streets of Douurnenez, a town in
the extreme west of France. The shut
ters were up in front of the shop, and
the jeweler was in his shirt sleeves,
looking as if he bad been waked up by
our knock from an enjoyable after
dejeuner sleep. The artist and I were
leaving by the 3:16 train for Pont
Croix, and we dldb't intend to come
hack this way. It was Thursday, but
tbe jeweler bnd politely explained that
be conld not give us tbe watcb until to
morrow, although it was all ready and
was banging from its little book in tbe
shop at whose open door we stood. The
reason was that Thursday had been
chosen by the jeweler for his repos
hebdomadalre—the one day in seven
rest imposed by law.—Herbert Adams
Gibson in Harper's Magazine
Uight of a Deep Sea Shrimp.
One of the most extraordinary Crus
tacea evpr discovered was dredged up
by tbe Prince of Monaco from a depth
of 10.000 feet. It has been named
Oplbphorus grimaldi. It is a sort of
shrimp, and its peculiarity is that it
squirts from two boles near its mouth
a liquid which, on coming into contact
with salt water, produces a fine pale
blue light.
Absolute darkness reigns in the
depths where it lives, but the little
shrimp does not find it necessary to
keep its light always burning. This
would use up too much energy, so it
squirts out the illuminating fluid only
when it wants to look at something, or
perhaps to. attract tbe minute animal
culae that form its food.—New York
World '
A Poverty Stricken Queen.
Partly owing to the fact that she
was wedded to an avaricious king and
partly because she was generous with
the JitUe: money allowed her Elizabeth
of,.Yorfci:queenof Henry VII., spent
bu^a spall amount for dress. She
was very often in debt, and the sums
she spent were ridiculously small, 20
shillings ($5) being the greatest amount
expended at any one time. Her gowns
were mended and turned, and new
waists were made for them, as is
shown by tbe record of bills paid to
her tailor. These bills prove that she
wore her clothes for a long time, for
her gowns were obliged to be newly
hemmed, and also that, though a prin
cess,of the great house of i’lnntagenet,
she wore shoes costing but 24 cents,
which were decorated with tin buckles.
Charm Cures.
Belief In charm cures la not quite ex
tinct even today. Only a short while
ago a child In East Anglia went to a
chemist with a request from her moth
er for a spider in a nutshell to bang
round baby’s neck to cure bis whoop
ing cough. In tbe west country some
still pin faith in the cure of whooping
congb by administering cooked dor
mouse or by plucking a hair from the
sick child’s neck, hiding it In a piece of
meat' itnd giving it to a dog. No child
'Pili ever have the malady, others af
firm. If it has fldden on the back of a
heart—London Telegraph.
Friday Wedding*.
Friday is a day of which about to
wed couples are extremely nervous. It
Is a matter of record in most cities that
fewer license* are Issued on that day
than on the other live of the working
-week- In the divorce court no auch
hesitancy la manifest
Aridity.
He—The town you live In Is rnther
erld sorlnlly. Isn’t It 1 She—Arid? Well,
I abould say so. Why. the sol) there Is so
end socially that yon can't even raise
your eyebrows.—Vanity Fair
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time—Let us do the
worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
IFoot Keytiione Ave
Roujrb Dry ICo lb
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAn/Y
Phone OS Elias. 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
PLUMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATEP. HEATTNG,
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
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
Onfe"road—one management—one service all the'way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
i-1
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9P. M. on
5th* 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Malllag tStb ealla Ulauina and* Kodiak—Ail Mailing eall nt Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Son fraaelaeo every Wednesday nnd Sunday, com nee ling with
Steamer* Yale and Harvard for Southern California,
Eight reserved to change schedule without notice
HICHAM) J. H INCl WOOD, Mgr,, Seattle? TALOBI DOCK C9, Local Agt,
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THB10TH, BOTH AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TU, 18T11, 28Tn, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell? Douglas, Skagway. Cordova. Bliamar, Vhldea and La
touch*. Explosive*. B. » Howard, on the 5th; Latourhu, on the 16th. S. ».
Cordova, 3Bth of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
f, B. TRACY, deni Agra* VALRIMI ROCK CO„ Lscsl Agent.