Read TKis—It Means
Money To You:
Our grocery section offers at a sav
ing to you these special combina
tions for TOMORROW ONLY:
$5,00 OUTFIT
Consisting of
16 lbs. of granulated sugar $1.00
1 lb. bulk coffee.JO
1 can ground cloves.10
6 bars Lenox soap.25
12 cans milk, any kind... 100
1 lb. bulk tea, any kind. .. .60
2 cans corn.25
1 can string beans.20
1 can succotash.20
1 bottle vanilla ext., 2 oz. .25
1 bottle lemon ext., 2 oz.. .25
1 lb. G. G. baking powder .50 j
V2 gal. can Ivy syrup.60
4 1-lb. packages Lilly gloss
starch .25
1 can Black Jack stove
polish .15
1 package Magic yeast... .05
Total value .$6.05
Price of above
list tomorrow.....
$10.00 OUTFIT
Consisting of
35 lbs. granulated sugar. .$ 2.00
49 lbs. Fisher’s blend flour 2.00
1 lb. G. G. baking powder .50
12 cans milk, any kind.. 1.00
1 lb bulk tea, any kind.. .60
2 cans corn.25
2 cans string beans.35
1 bottle vanilla ext., 4 oz. 50
1 bottle lemon ext., 4 oz. .50
10 lbs. pink beans.50
10 lbs. navy beans.50
3 packages Domino mat di
es .25
% gal. Teagarden syrup .60
10 lbs. salt.25
12 cans Van Camp’s pork
and beans, No. 1. 1.25
Total value .$11.05
Price of above
list tomorrow...
Valdez Mercantile Com
TRUE VALUES
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National Unnrer»ity
Washington, D. C.
Pl„,.110 DENTIST,
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 • THE DENTIST
Office rooms over O'vl Drug store. Office hours
3 a. m., to 6 p. m , 7 p, m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaaka
Mr. Sydney Laurence
The Studio—Keystone Ave.
Photographic Portraiture
Sittings by appointment
Developing. Printing. Enlarging
A. W„ L. & T. Co. Phone 217.
LAUNCH
FOR
Port Wells and Way Ports
Leaves Valdez every Saturday Morning carry
ing Mail, Passengers and Freight Calls at
Ellamar. Welle Bay, Golden, Hobo Bay, Port
age Bay. Esther Island. Special trips by ar
rangement
SEE CAPT. STAMEY.
Arcade Cafe
Open untill 9 P. M.
Try Our Specials After 4 P. M.
Private Tables
Jack CaUin_-_-_Propriety
AWAKE
and on the job—day or night—buy
and *ell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the reg
ular annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Alaska Water, Light and
Telephone Company will be held at
said company’s office, in the Town
of Valdez, Alaska, on Monday, the
third day of May, 1915, at the hour
of two o’clock in the afternoon of
said day, at which meeting the di
rectors of said company shall be
elected for the ensuing year, and
such other business shall be trans
acted as may regularly come before
said meeting.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 17tii
day of April, 1915.
JONES H. KIRK,
Secretary.
First publication April 17, 1915.
Last publication May 1, 1915.
Dissolution of Partnership.
The undersigned, Andrew M. Maro
vich, has purchased the interest of
Tony Kowes in Louie’s Cafe and is
now the sole owner. All bills due the
partnership are to be paid to Andrew
Marovich and all indebtedness of the
firm will be paid by him.
ANDREW M. MAROVICH.
TONY KOWES.
At the Orpheum Tonight.
The Orpheum program tonight at 8
o’clock sharp. Only one show.
“The Hand That Rules the World,”
swell drama, featuring Edwin August.
“The Sheepherder,” a two-part dra
ma with J. W Kerrigan in the lead
ing role.
“On Suspicion,” comedy drama by
Lois Weber and Phil Smalley.
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST GO.
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ENGLAND REMAINS
UNEASY OVER JAPAN
Okuma’s Effort To Allay Appre
hension Concerning Demands
On China Falls Flat.
_
LONDON, Apil 2S.--ln an interview
at Tokio, Count Okuma, the Japan
ese premier, is at pains to tell what
Japan is not requiring of China, but
is silent as to the nature of the ac
tual demands. To this attitude the.
Daily News takes exception in an edi
torial, asesrting that until such a rev
elation is made uneasiness in this
country will continue.
Count Okuma asserts that German
intrigue has been employed to spread
broadcast an exaggerated idea of
what Japan is demanding of China.
He declares that “Japan is asking on
ly what China has already granted
Germany,” and asserts that “Japan’s
proposals are in complete accordance
with the Anglo-Japanese alliance, as
well as treaties with other countries
guaranteeing equal opportunity in
China and the integrity of that coun
try.”
Japan, says the premier, seeks no
monopoly in China, does not aim to
infringe the rights or interests of
other powers, has not demanded the
appointment of Japanese advisers,
does not seek to create a protector
ate, and has not demanded a joint
policy except at points in South Man
churia threatened by lawlessness.
Taking these negative assertions as
a text, the Daily News says:
“The only comment possible on this
declaration is, Why are these final
disclosures delayed? What object can
the Japanese government have in sub
mitting quietly to a campaign of cal
umny when the demands from which
this campaign springs are thus wholly
reasonable and moderate? If it is
possible to thus state categorically
what these demands do not contain,
why should it be impossible to in
form the world as to what they do
contain?
"Every one, in this country at least,
is willing and even anxious to put
the best possible interpretation on
Japan’s activities. If it ccrld be
shown, as to judge from Count. Oku
ma’s statement, it only requires the
publication of the real terms of the
proposed treaty to show that Japan's
aims in these negotiations have been
totally misrepresented, the news
would undoubtedly be very warmly
welcomed in England, but so long as
the proposals thmselves remain
screened behind a veil of official sec
recy it is quite impossible to allay the
uneasiness that has been aroused. It
is difficult to imagine any solid com
pensating advantage which Japan can
hope to gain from persistence in a
silence which is undoubtedly doing
her injury.”
Clinton Griffiths, a former saloon
keeper at McCarthy, who was forced
out of business when the town went
dry, passed through Valdez on the
Mariposa for Anchorage and kfc will
engage in the freighting business in
the Cook Inlet town.
M. L. Tatom, the mining operator,
is coming back to Valdez on the Ala
meda after spending the winter in
Portland, Ore.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdez
and Is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the t'me of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths:
Monday, April 26.
High tide 9:45 a. m., 10.7: 10:03
p. m., 11.9.
Low tide 3:43 a. m., 1.4; 3:45 p.
m., 1.1.
Your Last Chance.
The Little Place has received on
the Northwestern: Bottled Bock Beer
and will be sold as long as it lasts,
four quarts for |1.00. As the Rainier
brewery suspends operations next
January, it will be likely that nd
more real bock beer will be brewed.
W. I. LEVY.
WELCOME GEESE.
An Unexpected and Badly Needed
Feast In the Arctic.
Noah in his ark could not have been
more delighted over the return of the
dove than were the members of Ejnar
Mikkelsen's party, in the desert of
Greenland ice, with the sight of a
flock of wild geese. In "Lost in the
Arctic" Captain Mikkelsen tells of
their need of food, of the fatigue of a
long sledge journey and of his own ill
ness. He had become so weak that be
was obliged to ride on tbe sledge. Con
sequently their progress was very slow.
We drive on between a lot of little
Islands or banks of glacial ice. Sud
enly Iverson makes a snatch at the
sledge, causing tbe dogs to halt in as
tonishment, and whispers eagerly.
"Look, look! What's that?” He points
to something that looks like a lot of
round stones, and I can scarcely be
lieve my eyes. It is a big flock of
geese, sitting there sound asleep. They
have not heard us. In a few seconds
Iverson is on his way toward them.
I of course remain whore I am on the
sledge.
He takes nltn. fires and the whole
flock rises. Stop a minute! Isn't there
one on the ground? I snatch up tbe
glass. Not one, but two are left upon
the field, and after following the shriek
ing flock a little way Iverson returns,
beaming with joy, a big fat goose in
either hand. We are delighted and
drive off southward in the best of
spirits. Iverson even stops every now
and then to feel the splendid fat bodies
of the birds, and we do nothing but
talk of what a feast we are to have
when they are cooked. Tbe dogs are
doing their best. Iverson marches at
the rear of the sledge, singing at the
top of his voice, and even I feel a lit
tle better.
POLAR RESEARCH.
Arctic and Antarctic Problems That
Still Remain Unsolved.
The era of pole hunting Is now hap
pily over, and the best result of Pea
ry’s and Amundsen’s athletic feats in
the north and south is that the really
important problems of the circumpolar
regions can henceforth be attacked
with a single mind. From a scientific
standpoint enough work remains to be
done in these regions to last for sev
eral generations.
The antarctic has only been scratch
ed. so to speak. Owing to the diverse
scales used In school geographies the
average man goes through life with
badly warped ideas concerning the rel
ative sizes of various parts of the
earth’s surface, and so probably few
people realize that the antarctic conti
nent Is very much larger than Europe
—in fact, about as large as Europe and
Australia combined. Of this huge con
tinent we do not know even the shape
and location of the coast line, except
for one long stretch south of Australia
and a few widely scattered points else
where, while the whole Interior, apart
from a narrow wedge between Ross
sea and the pole, is virtually blank on
our maps.
In the arctic a patch of a million
square miles is still absolutely un
touched. So much for mere surface
geography; but. of course, modern po
lar research Includes a wide range of
nongeographical problems pertaining
to such diverse subjects as geology,
glaciology, meteorology.terrestrial mag
netism, seismology, oceanography, zool
ogy, botany, physiology, ethnology and
nrcbaeology.—Review of Reviews.
Sure to Return.
j One morning a merchant whose
: goods did not very strongly substanti
ate his advertising claims put out a
new sign. He was pleased to see that
a great many people stopped to read it.
but directly be was puzzled and an
gered to notice that they all went on.
laughing. There was nothing funny
about the sign. It merely read:
If You Buy Here Once
You Will Come Again.
The merchant went outside in a cas
ual sort of way and glanced at his sign
to see what was the matter. Some
one. no doubt a former customer, bad
added another line it now read:
if You Buy Here Once
You Will Come Again
To Bring It Bach.
—Youth’s Companion.
Colorsd Glasses.
Wearing spectacles to protect the
eyes from the glare of the sun Is a
very old custom. The natives of the
far northern regions long ago Invented
spectacles of wood with a very narrow
slit in the center to diminish as far as
possible the continual glare of the long
arctic day. It Is said that the Emperor
Nero, who was an albino and whose
eyes were therefore very sensitive to
light, used amethysts or emeralds to
shield bis eyes.
His Prsferencs.
"Good gracious," exclaimed a vicar
as he met a village laborer wearily
pulling a loaded wheelbarrow. "It
would be much easier if you pushed
it"
"Daresay,” was the answer, “but I'm
sick of the very sight of It”—London
Telegraph.
His Weigh.
“What la the way of the transgres
sor?” asked the boob.
t “Fifteen ounces to the pound.” re
plied the grouch.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Well, It’s Suspended.
“Pop, tell me one thing.”
* “What is Wt'my son?”
“Is a suspended sentepfa a hanging
matter?”—Baltimore American.
as m lock away.
ALGERIANS ARE LIARS.
They May Tell the Troth at Timee, but
You Are Never Sure.
The chief fault of the native Alge
rians seems to be a certain predilection
for lying. It appears to be an instinc
tive desire to deceive, not so much for
the sake of profit as for the sake of de
ception. Albert Kd wards, In “The Bar
bary Const,” tells us that he asked his
French host why one of his workmen
wore green braid on his turbans, since
in Persia only those who have made
the pilgrimage to Mecca are thus at
tired.
“Mohammed!” my host called. The
tall, dignified native left his plow and
came over to us.
“Have you been to Mecca?” M. Gar
det usked in Arabic.
“No, Sidi,” the Arab said and went
back to his work.
“He says ‘No,’ ” M. Gardet translated
to me. “But like as not he has been
there six times. If they would always
lie you could understand them. But
sometimes they tell the truth. Perhaps
he hasn’t been there. If I should ask
six of my workmen about it three
would say that Mohammed had been
to Mecca, three would say he hadn’t.”
So I stopped asking my host ques
tions about the Arabs. But in all tho
time I have been in Algeria I have
never found a Frenchman who felt dif
ferently about it. Guy do Maupassant,
whose eyes pierced so deeply through
tho lies of French life, could not fathom
the Arabs. “They are incomprehensi
ble,” he writes. “They lie.”
THE WORLD’S WATER POWER.
Forces That May Ba Utilized When
Our Coal Is All Gone.
Tlie following figures may prove of
interest to those fearing the exhaus
tion of the world's coal supply, says
the American Machinist. In a sum
mary of the water power of the world
the possible horsepower of France Is
estimated at -1,500,000, of which only
800,000 is utilized. About an equal
amount of power is available in Italy,
but only 30,000 horsepower is utilized.
Falls of 10,000 horsepower are abun
dant in the Alps.
The estimate in Switzerland is in
complete, but about 300,000 horsepower
is in use. Germany has 700.000 horse
power available, with 100,000 applied.
Norway has 000,000 horsepower avail
able. with a large part already devel
oped. In Sweden there is 7G3,000 horse
power available.
The resources of Russia are estimat
ed at 11.000,000 horsepower, of which
only 85,000 has been developed. The
United States is credited with 1,500.000
horsepower, while Japan has 1,000.000.
of which 70.000 has been exploited. In
India 50,000 horsepower bas alrondy
been developed, mostly at a consider
able distance from any Industrial cen
ter. In Great Britain there is 70,000
horsepower already utilized, and an
equal amount in Spain.
Promoting the Janitor,
They were joint owners of an apart
ment house and one day the junior
partner sought his colleague iu some
trepidation.
“The janitor wants $10 more a
month or he'll leave. I hate to give
up the money, but we can’t spare him.”
The senior partner disappeared and
returned In a few moments.
"It’s all right.” said he, "I've satis
fied him, and it didn’t cost us any
thing.”
"How’s that?”
“The janitor is now the superintend
ent.”
“Good work!" declared the junior
partner. "But why didn’t you make
him superintendent in the first place?”
“Because,” answered the senior mem
ber, “I knew he'd want a promotion
eventually. Every man wants a pro
motion some time and, to my mind, a
good man deserves one.”—Judge.
Smoky Also Foggy.
The relation - oiween smoke and fog
is ably set forth a bulletin Issued by
the Mellon 'a-'ifvt'r of Industrial Re
search. University of Pittsburgh, and
written by Dr. Herbert H. Kimball,
professor of meteorology. United States
weather bureau. He suras up the mat
ter by saying:
“City fogs are more persistent than
country fogs, principally because of
their increased density due to the
smoke that accumulates in them.
“In consequence of the above there
are fewer hours of sunshine in the
cities than in the surrounding country.
“The sunshine Is less intense in the
city than in the country, the light of
short wave lengths, or the blue light
suffering the greater depletion.”
Saving Time.
“Say,” exclaimed the excited young
man with the discolored optics, “I
want you to strike me off a few thou
sand cards.”
“All right, sir,” responded the print
er. “What shall I put on them ?"
“Just print ‘None of your business'
In big type. Then when the next per
son asks me how 1 got this black eye 1
can just band him a card and save
words.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
Ethan Allen’s Foundry.
Ethan Allen prior to the American
Revolution operated an iron furnace
and foundry In Litchfield county.
Conn. HU iron foundry subsequently
furnished much of the shot and shell
that was used In the Revolution.—Mag
shine of American HUtory.
Toot
Willie—Paw, what U tactf Paw—
liact U the art of making-other people
think they know more than yoa do, my
afh.^CiiM|ngatl' Raqdtfsru
. Ha thatwtllnotbe eoanseUd cenaat
be helped.—German Proverb.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
Chas. Perry
P^T—. MANASES
Seattle
w4 Complete Service
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1135Boomswitb bath-50 Sample Rooms
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed EnHdir.g, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
c 7 a in to a in
MILLS' Lunch 12 in to 1 p in
f e to 7 j» m
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nunes—Private Rooms for Patients
For Terms’and Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To G. A. Brown, tils heirs and ad
ministrators and to all it may con
cern:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the years 1912,
1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun
dred dollars ($300.00), lawful money
of the United States, in labor and
improvements, upon your one-sixth
interest in those mining claims lying
and being on Mineral creek, in the
recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska,
which are known as the Monte Carlo
group consisting of the Monte Carlo,
Monte Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo No.
3, Monte Carlo No. 4, Monte Carlo
No. 5, Monte Carlo No. 6, the
location notices of said claims
being of record in the office of
the commissioner and recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, pages numbered 322.
323, 325, 326, and 327, of Book 2 Min
ing Records, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes ol
the United States, concerning annual
labor on mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode
claims for the period ending Decern
ber, 1914.
And unless within ninety days af
ter the completion of the publication,
of this notice, to-wit: within ninety
days after the 6th day of May, 1915,
you contribute your proportion of
such expenditure incurred in perform
ing said annual labor and improve
ments, which is the sum of three
hundred dollars (-$300.00), your inter
est in said claims will become the
property of your co-owners, who have
made the required expenditure, by the
terms of said secMon.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 4th
day of February, 1915.
MIKE BARRETT.
JULIUS JUNGHOLM.
Last publication May 6. 1915.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Leaves Fort Liscuru. Leaves Valdez
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
There wHl be no trips of the launch
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used
to clean boll'rs.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“b'aclT” a good plan, a
good ic|ea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
em’terprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
w,«th the idea, the man
* with a prospect or busi
ness'to the man with the
Abvnrriac' in tmk
a WO—IOTOH FOR RK
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