£TEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONF. 7 FOR MEN ONLY
THE BEST DRESSED MEN
have their clothes made to
measure. It is not a fallacy to
1 say that their clothes reveal
their origin even to the casu
al observer. And there’s an
air of distinction to our
clothes that can come only
from years of experience in
tailoring garments We have
satisfied your friends, why
not you?
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdes Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AnI PASTRY DAILY
■tone 63 OPEN ALL NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Propr.
|icHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
« i
;; Dealer in Agent for
;; Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 ' I R°«*b Dry 1Cc ,b
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Man 114 Dies at El Paso.
EL, PASO, Jan. 19.—A resident of
El Paso when this city was known as
Franklin and Jaurez as Paso del
Norte, is dpad at the age of 114. The
pioneer was Soledonia Molina. His
death certificate was filed by a man
- yho, although 6<4 years of age, said
"that he was the youngest child of the
deceased.
(JURIED IN SLIDE) WHILE
TRYING TO RESCUE PARTNER
In an account of the accident on
Porphyry mountain, which resulted
James Barclay (Jimmy the Bear) and
Alex Herman being killed in a snow
slide, the McCarthy Avalanche says:
“Word came to McCarthy about
noon January 1, that they were miss
ing, A small party immediately
stated out to rescue them, and ow
ing to the shortness of the days and
the danger of snowslides in the dark
r.ess, no trace was found. A larger
party was organized for the next day
and opening the tunnel in which the
men would have entered to do the
gosseesment work found no one had
been there ands no work done. A
search of the mountain side at last
revealed the body of James Barclay
with 20 feet of rope about his wai3t
indicating that he was going to the
rescue of Herman, wno had gone
down the mountain side. Jimmy, it
seems, started a slide in which he met
his death. The coroner’s inquest ar
rived at a verdict that these men had
met their death purely accidental.”
We have all outside rooms, well
lighted, and well ventilated at the
St. Elias. tf
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
For the most efficient service and
satistaction go to the St. Elias. 1*
We sell marshmailews In bulk at
the Candy Kitohen. tt
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
All kinds of cscktails. At the
Candy Kitchen. tf
Anything in nugget and ivery jew
elry at Taldes Drag Os.
TACOMA SMELTER TO HAVE
LARGEST STACK IN WORLD
TACOMA, Jan. 19 —Plana for the
construction of the largest smoke
stack in the world at the Tacoma
Smelting company's plant at Ruston
have been practically completed.
Construction work will be bcgt'n
in the near future and it is reported
that the contract already has been
let. The giant stack will be 550 feet
high, :10 feet higher than the one at
Butte. Montana, now the largest in j
the world.
The stack will be built to secure a
I
large part of the precious metals
which now are lost to the smelter if j
the form of dust. The stack now in
iuse, it is said, has been equipped with
an electrical device which recovers
a large part of this valuable dust. The
new stack, it is reported, will double
the amount of dust recovered.
The recovering device consists of
a wire screen which hangs in the in
terior of the stack. This screen is
charged with an electrical current
and acts as a magnet for the minute
particles of metal in the smoke. At
regular intervals the screen is vio
lently shaken and the dust falls to
the ground. It is said that more
than 20 tons of valuable metal dust
are recovered every day by this pro
cess in the present stack, and that the
construction of the new stack will
bring this amount up to more than
40 tons a day.
GRANBY SMELTER PAYS
BIG QUARTERLY DIVIDEND
SPOKANE, Jan. 19.—The Granby
Consolidated Mining, Smelting and
Power Company with properties in
different parts of Alaska and British
Columbia and smelters an Anyox and
Grand Forks, B. C., has declared its
record quarterly dividend, $2.50 the
share, payable February 1, 1917, to
stockholders of record January 18.
The disbursement will amount to
$374,962.50 as 149,985 of the com
pany’s authorized capitalization of
150,000 shares at $100 each have
been issued and will increase the
grand total to $7,151,799.50.
This declaration is at the rate of 10
per cent or $10 a share yearly, an
advance from 8 per cent on which
basis the last payment was made.
Disbursements of 1916 aggregated $7
a share, the two last having been of
$2 each and the first two at $1.50
(each. The report carries with it an
intimation that the rate of 10 per
cent may be continued throughout the
year.
Expectation of $10 a share this (
year is encouraged by a report that
the company is earning at the rate
of $10,000,000 a year on a l asis of
29 cents the pound for copper, or $66
a share, 75 per cent of this at the
Anyox plant, the remained at Grand
Forks. The total output is at the rate
of 52,000,000 lbs. of copper annu
ally.
KIKES GUN IN I’KAY
AND KILLS BROTHER!
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 19.—“I didn’t
know it was loaded,” sobbed 13-year
old Frank Hewitt of Hailey this eve
ning as he rushed into a neighbor’s
house and said he had just shot and
killed his brother, John Henry Hew
itt, aged 15. The boys had just re
turned from school and were going
to light the kitchen fire. Frank was
the one who found the gun, a 30-30,
standing beside the door, and pulled I
the trigger in play. The bullet en
tered his brother’s heart. Two young-.
er brothers were present at the shoot-!
iug.
NOTICE—Electrical heaters, cook-!
ers, percolators, vacuum-cleaners,
will be advanced in prices after New
years, by the manufacturers. Stock
on hand will be sold at prevailing
prices, at the Emporium.
Prospector ads bring results.
VISCOUNT BRYCE.
Former Ambassador to United
States Favors League of Peace.
SAVING OLD JMAIL BAGS.
Rough Usage Makes Their Repair ■
Big Task For Unele Sam.
The repair and proper maintenance
of mnll bags are in an establishment at
Washington, and the number repair
ed and plnced in good condition in tbe
lust year was a million.
One of the difficulties connected with
this repairing process was the accu
mulated dirt and dust which attached
to these bags when returned from the
service. A fcystem was finally adopted
consisting of Inrge tumbling barrels,
each having n capacity of several hun
dred bags. Driven rapidly by electric
power, the dust confined to a tightly
constructed room and carried off by
biowars and lodged in Immense can
vas receptacles, resembling u dirigible
balloon when Inflated, this process was
found thoroughly suitable. Four thou
sand a day are treated by this process
Tbe life of a mail bag is about six
years, bur the rough usage io which
they are exposed makes many bags un
fit for repair. Such bags ns still have
good material make what are known
as ‘‘pieced bags." Many are thus re
claimed and returned to service.
Tbe advent of the parcel post made
It necessary to enlarge tbe repair shop,
because at times It was found impos
sible to obtain bags from the con
tractor in quantities sufficient to meet
the demnnd. A manufacturing fea
ture was therefore added.—New York
Sun.
HIS PERFECT TRUST.
Hs 8Howed It In th« High Compliment
He Paid Hie Good Wife.
This story Is not contributed, though
it concerns a contributor. It came to
us by devious paths, but It arrived,
and it is a true story.
It carte to pass that in the course of
years Contributor Ablntra arrived at
his thirty-first wedding anniversary,
and that was on a day recently. And
In the morning at the breakfast table
be expressed himself thus from an
overflowing heart:
"Well, we've been married thirty or
forty years today. And, my dear, I
want to hand yon this tribute while I
think of It In the presence of these
children and grandchildren I wish to
state that during all these years never
once have you been guilty of the rep
rehensible habit of going through my
pockets for money after I have retired
at night."
“That Is true.” acknowledged Mrs
Ablntra, “but how do you know It?"
“How do I know It?” cried Ablntra
“Why. I have never once forgotten to
count my change carefully night and
morning."
Perfect trustl — Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Absolute Zero.
What is the absolute zero of tempern
ture? The zero of thermometers Is
purely conventional. The inventor of
the centigrade simply took for zero the
coldest temperature known In his day.
while Fahrenheit had even less ground
for his selection. Absolute zero Is a
point fixed by nature and may be nr
rived at in a variety of ways. All
gases expand or contract equal
amounts for every degree of heat—the
amount of 1-273 of their volume for
each degree centigrade. If. then, a
gas is cooled down continuously It
must reach a point at which further
contraction is Impossible. If a gas
loses 1-273 of Its volume at each down
ward degree of centigrade, then In 273
degrees it would exhaust this power
and become a solid; hence minus 273
C. Is the absolute zero of temperature
This answers to minus 461 F.
China’s Dried Persimmons.
China has developed a seedless per
simmon of exquisite flavor for drying
purposes. The dried perslmmou is
said to resemble a dried fig in looks
and taste and Is heavily coated with
a layer of fine grape sugar. When the
fruit Is ripe, but before It begins to
soften, the peeling Is stripped off. and
the fruit Is bung on sticks to dry in
the sun and wind. The sticks used are
strips of bamboo pierced through the
center of the persimmon Several
weeks are devoted to the drying proc
ess, after which tbe persimmons are
covered with matting and allowed to
cure, during which process the grape
sugar is formed.
Sweet Voiced Froga.
in Japan there is a kind of frog
very celebrated for his sweet voice.
He is called kajiki, and people pay as
much as $10 for a pair of these marsh
musicians. A poet in Japan keeps
scores of singing frogs at his home,
and he sometimes gives a party to his
friends, when, after listening to the
music, every guest is asked to write a
poem in honor of the frogs.
Asafetida.
Sheep have a flt of Joy eating the
young asafetida plant, and Persians
and other oriental races relish It as
mnch as sheep The juice of the asa
fetlda plant when fresh Is so strong
that a teaspoonful turns out more
smell in a house than a hundredweight
of drug store asafetida.
Cautious Father.
The Aspirant—Sir. may 1 count upon
your support? The Father—That de
pends. young man. Are you running
for office or are you asking for my
daughter’s hand?—Puck.
Suitable Reward.
Randy McNab (to porter who has put
all the heavy luggage Into the vanv
Mon. Ar conaee-der ye’ve been very
obleegln. Will ye tak* a ptucb o
snnff?—London Today.
He that cannot obey cannot com
mand.—Benjamin Franklin.
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
'Sf TONY’S PLACES11
EVERYTHING ANTON CARLSON,
FIRS! CLASS Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle— For Seattle—
Jan. 24—S. S. Evans, Feb. 4—S. S. Evans,
for Kodiak. Feb. 11—Farragut
Feb. 3.—S. S. Farragut, Feb. 23—S. S. Evans
Feb. 15—S. S. Evans, Mar. 8—S. S. Watson
Feb. 25—S. S. Watson, Mar. 10—S. S. Farragut.
for Kodiak. For Cordova, Juneau, Ketchi
Mar. 2—S. S. Farragut, kan, Seattle and way ports.
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
I/os Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone I VALDEZ DOCK COMPAN Y Vulde/., Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Nullings from Seattle— Valdez to Seattlo—
Jan. 11—S. S. Alameda. Jan. 10—S. S. Mariposa.
Jan. 16--S. S. Mariposa. Jan. 18—S. S. Alameda.
Jan. 24—S. S. Alameda. Jan. 24—S. S. Mariposa.
Feb. 1—S. S. Mariposa. Feb. 1—S. S. Alameda.
-CALLING 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
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. U. TRACI’, Gen’l 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- i
triflcation, you’ll enjoy the comfortable accommo- j
dations and you’ll like the little courtesies inci- j
dent to “Milwaukee” service.
J. C. Martin, Valdei, Phone 1 A. E. Harris, T. P. A. Juneau, Alaska.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
For fine Candies see our stock.
Valdez Drug Co. tf
A new line of Heaters priced right,
at Mead's. tf
The Owl Drug Store can furnish
you with a 1917 Dairy. tf
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
FOR SALE—A No. 16 I. X. L.
heater in good condition. Inquire of
Mrs. Arthur Lang. 3t
Skookum Apples, Jonathans and
Spitzenberg at Keystone Produce Co.
3t
A new assortment of silk wadsta ir
Crepe de Chine and Taffeta, joat re
ceived at H. Winter’s tf
Why not a VICTROLA? We have
them from 916 up. Tatdez Dr a*
•e. tf
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genet al Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advene e
fissstfSi senses, sett eesrtz an*
ptMer, at fie «wr tfk.