Do You Need a Pipe?
We Have Them in All Styles
and Sizes at
The Buffet
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 191?
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and RUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contract* on wharve*, bridge*, fish trap* in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA—PHONE 18
REFERENCES * ' S. BLUM A CO., Valdes, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Merchant’s Cafe
Phone 68 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Che*. Fischer, Propr.
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
LET IS MEASURE YOU
for your new suit and let us do
it now. The new fabrics in serge,
worsted, thibet, etc., are in and
we are prepared _to cut them in
to suits of class and snap at a
very low rate considering the
quality of the cloth and the tail
oring. Do it now.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
I Foot Keystone Ave
| Rough Dry lie lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicel^Furmshe^Room^^^^^^^^Phonj^3E^
PORT WELLS MILL
AND
LUMBER COMPANY
Orders taken for sized and
dressed lumber.
THE PINZON VALDEZ, ALASKA
Going To Fairbanks?
Ask For the Sheldon Service j
SHELDON AUTO STAGE LINE
Through Service from Valdez to
Fairbanks and all Interior Points.
For further information call on or
address
THE AGENT, at the Prospector Off ice
DESCRIBES TRIP
OVER CHITINA TRAIL
Charles L. Mason, secretary to
Chairman Edes, of the Alaskan Engi
neering Commission, who was a mem
ber of the party of officials on their
recent trip to the interior, sends the
following to the Alaska Railroad Rec
ord at Anchorage:
Interpreting the Indian word rather
freely and using its verb form pro
duces a word description of my re
jcent trip, for I was, a tenderfooter,
i soft, downy and cushiony.
I Leaving Anchorage on August 13
we reached Cordova before autumn.
Mr. Corser, of the C. R. & N. \V. rail
road. had his private car awaiting
u and we were whisked away for
Miles Glacier. After listening to its
awesome thunder for half an hour
we piled into a Ford car trained to
; run on a railroad track, and bowled .
1 away for Chitlna.
t nairman Kties party is wen na-j
' lanced. There is L. & I. Manager
! Christensen, who acts as spokesman
land orator, Mr. Ferguson is ballast
| and the undersigned is luggage boy.
| New, there is a joke connected with
j that last item, but 1 never was much
| good on telling jokes—on myself!
With a driver we filled every crack
and crevice of the railroading Ford.
At Chitina Bobby Sheldon’s Fords
made fine connection; in fact they
had been waiting for us for a week,
j it was 5:30, but we tore off 50 miles
jto Copper Center, where the Tender
' foot from Anchorage entered with
fear and trepidation his first road
house. A sumptuous supper was serv
ed, table de hote looked like anything
but war time, and we were all ready
for the straw, which is accurate for
some of the bunks. "Four-fifty,” the
proprietor said next morning, and
I replied that each traveler was pay
ing for himself, he went on to ex
plain that he was quoting to me my
i individual bill. Well, to live thus iso
lated deserves some reward.
We were up with the sun and on
that day passed Gulkana, Sourdough,
j Meier’s and Paxson, 87 miles. Ber
ries to right of us, boulders to left of
us, chug-holes in front of us, onward
we rambled.. "And the morning and
the evening were the second day.”
Then came the treacherous chang
ing glacier streams, but we made for
: them at 5 o'clock in the morning and
passed the most difficult before they
had time to swell to any great extent
with the day’s sun upon them. We
were really surfeited with scenery.
Here a dashing stream, now a strip
of dense woodland; ever drawing
nearer the snow-capped range. As we
advanced the reception committees
became larger and more insistent, and
we finally put on our veils! At last
came the summit, Donnelly's Dome,
and the road house at Richardson’s
with its inviting white sheets, signs of
drawing civilization. Distance for the
day 115 miles.
Only 70 miles lay between us and
Fairbanks, and Bobby Sheldon wired
that’lie would arrive at noon. As the
whistle blew for 12 o’clock we pulled
into the town’s main street. Simply
Seldom Service, as Bobby mispro
nounces it. Distance traveled from
Chitina 319 miles, over roads more or
less indifferent as to quality (the best
the road commission can do perhaps
with the funds available) in actual
running time of 30 hours.
PORTLAND HOTELS
WILL HOOVER1ZE
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct 2.—Port
land hotel men, restaurant keepers
and caterers met today with W. B.
Ayer, Oregon repreentative of Her
bert C. Hoover, national food admin
istrator, and agreed to eliminate toast
as a garniture; to discontinue serv
ing bread and butter before the first
course; to substitute corn breads for
wheat; to use chicken, fish and shell
foods instead of meat; to offer cheese
more frequently; reduce use of fats;
save sugar by use of other sweets
and to help the public cultivate a
taste for more vegetables.
William and Robert Schroeder ar
rived in town this week from the
Slate creek district.
8IX IN ONE FAMILY <
MYSTERIOUSLY ILL
RAYMOND, Oct. 2.—Physicians
ere puzzled at the mysterious Illness
which has seized the six members of
Charles Borovec’s family who reside,
at Smith Creek near here. The father, I
mother and two sets of twins sudden
ly were stricken after presumably
drinking from a well now believed to |
have been contaminated. One of the
older set of twins, who was 3 1-2
years old, died in a short time, and
the father in dangerously ill. All have
been taken to the hospital in South
Bend. .
»
The Road Commission trucks
which left here this morning for (Mi!-,
tina are reported to he stuck in the
canyon.
WANTED—A position as camp1
cook at sawmill or roadhouse by ex
perienced woman. Inquire Prospec-|
tor. tf
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i
Public Notice
Proposals will be received up to I
11 A. M., October 3, 1917 for thej
removal of two hundred yards of sol
id rock from the Mineral Creek road
at a point near Snowslide Gulch. And
the removal of 250 yards of solid
rock from the Mineral Creek road
at the intersection of the above road
with the Shoup Bay trail at the Mil
lard Bridge, the rock to be used in
a two hundred yard fill at the Mil
lard Bridge.
Separate proposals will be received
for the construction of two 100 foot
bridges across Mineral creek, one op
posite McIntosh’s Roadhouse, the oth
er near the mouth of the Upper Can
■yon as indicated by survey stakes.
Separate proposals will be receiv
ed for the slashing of a 16 foot road
from Mc-Intosh’s Roadhouse to Cal
ligan’s Camp, a distance of about two
and two-thirds miles.
Specifications and contract forms
may be seen at the office of the Divi
sional Commission, and proposal
forms obtained.
kl0-3 JAMES W. WILSON
Chairman Divisional Road Commis
sion.
Nolire of Equalization
Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of the Town of Val
dez, Alaska, will meet as a Board of
Equalization on the second Monday
of October (8th) and on the Tuesday
next following (9th), and on Thurs-!
day next following the third Monday
in October (18th) between the hours
of 8 and 9 P. M. on each of said days,
for the purpose of equalizing the 1917
assessment roll. All persons protest
ing against their assessed valuations,
will present such protests in proper
form on these dates.
The assessment roll is now in pos
session of the Town Clerk and open
for public inspection at the Town
Hall.
k Oct. 3 W. M. MEALS,
Town Clerk.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
The following schedule for the har
bor boat "Lt. C. V. Donaldson" will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Llscum Leave Valdez
8:15 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 4:30 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 6:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:15 p. m. 4:30 p. m.
7:16 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above twill be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
All official kaslness between Val
dez and the Post should he arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled tlips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
0. R. KOEHLER,
1st. Lt. 14th Infantry. A. Q. M.
By GEORGE NEWLOVE, M. R. C.
Evrything, good or
bad, gets mo’so
with age. Thar
even ain’t no fool
like an ok fool.
1 '
f Mellowness Is the rare gift bestowed by Tune on only
the best of man's or nature’s handiwork—the fine wine,
the fine violin and VELVET. VELVET, The Smoothes^
Smoking Tobacco, is Kentucky Burley de Luxe?with
all its natural flavor and body mellowed to*anmged-in>
the-wood smoothness by more than two years* careful
curing. '
WHEN FLAMES FILL
THE FACTORY
despair Alls the owner who has
neglected to look after his in
surance. We handle the Insur
ance of some very large con
cerns. We place it in the bett
companies, pay the premiums
promptly and attend to renew
als. Let us do that for you.
It will not cost you anything
for our service.
Valdez Heal Estate Agency
Tony's Place r2T
Orders to ANTON CARLSON, Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle 9 a. m.—
Sept. 25—S. S. Alameda.
Sept. 30—S. S. Alaska
Oct. 6—S. S. Mariposa
Oct. 12—S. S. Northwestern
Oct. 18—S. S. Alameda
Valdez to Seattle—
Oct. 5—S. S. Alameda
Oct. 12—S. S. Alaska
Oct. 16—S. S. Mariposa
Oct. 24—S. S. Northwestern
Oct. 28.—S. S. Alameda
Call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Ska way, Cordova, Ellamar, Fort Lie*
cum, Valdez, Latouche, Seward aid Anchorage,
Except—S. S. Northwestern and S. S. Alaska do not call at
Skagway Southbound.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdes and La
touche Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
P. B. TRACY, Uea’I Agent VALDEZ DUCK CU, Local Agent
Phone No. 1. VALDEZ DOCK CO., Agent, Valdez Alaska.
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships Offer Frequent,
PERFECT SERVICE
Between All Points in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
Leave Seattle 10 a. m.—
Sept. 24—S. S. Adm. Watson
(For Kodiak)
Oct. 2—S. S. Adm. Evans
Oct. 10—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Oct. 18.—S. S. Adm. Watson
From Valdez to Seattle—
Sept. 28—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Oct. 7—S. S. Adm. Watson
Oct. 14—S. S. Adm. Evans
Oct. 22—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Oct. 30.—S. S. Adm. Watson
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Monday, Friday and Saturday for
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES ~
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
IF YOUR TICKET READS “PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY”
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Take a look at our new line of
postearde and pictures of the Canyon
etc. Valdes Drug Store. tf
If It Isn't an Eastman it Isn't a
Kodak. We carry a complete line of
Eastman Kodaks and supplies. Val
des Drug Store. tf
A special on stationery at the Val
des Drue Store. Box paper, worth
from 50c to $1.00 now 25c. tf
Ansco Films Will
fit any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard. Guy E. Cam
eron. tf
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.
AUT08 FOR HIRE
DAT OR MIGHT
Positively No Cqal Delivered Un
less Paid for In Advance
KATALLA QUEEN
Capt. Otto Elfstrom
Weekly trips to Port Wells
and all Sound Points.
FOB CHARTER FOR PAR
TIES OR TOWING
'or rates and sailing dates see
CAPT. OTTO ELFSTROM.
On Boat, Valdez Dock
Candy Wen
L V. HUNT—la Owl Drag Star*.
FOUNTAIN DR.NKS
HOT-COL1»
A nice line of cm. enter tool* at
Rudolph's. tf
Lownej's Bax Canutes at Host's
Dandy Kitchen. tf