I STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
Mead's Sheet Metal Works
plumb'ng STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Ho*e, Pipe and Fitting*
Valdes Dock. Oppoeite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
YOU'LL BK ADMIRED
and oft’ times envied in one of
our swell form fitting suits
> Suits of fully shrunken pure
I woolen cloth. There's a dash
and class to our tailoring that
sets off your figure to the best
advantage. And another thing
the suit will hold its shape and
wear well.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Independent Steam Laundry
l batisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
* Telephone 66 1 I Roujrh Dry lCc lb
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Clias. Fischer, Projir.
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOIM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms._Phone 35
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 191/
PIONEER CONTRACTOR aN BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contract# on wharves, bridges, fish traps 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 j S. BLUM * CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS | B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, A la aka.
Quartz and Placer
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Location Notices
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For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Location notices, noth quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
faster Eggs, in all sizes, at Hunt's
Candy Kitchen.
. fresh Razor Back '.'lams. Crabs.
Tted Snappers, Codfish and Halibut at
Frye-Bruhn's. k27
Wmister’s New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; come in
and look it over. Valdez Drug Co. if
Fine assortment Koenig’s Easter
Box Candies. Keystone Produce Co.
^ ' Anything in nugget and ivory Jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
Notice.
There will be a meeting of the
Common Council of the Town of Val
dez, Thursday, March 29, at S jv m.
At this meeting applications from
candidates for the offices of Council
man and Clerk of the School Board
for a place on the Official Ballot at
the Municipal election, to he held on
Tuesday, April 3, 1917, will be re
ceived.
Done by order of the Common
Council of the Town of Valdez.
2t WM. M. MEALS.
Town Clerk. ]
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Axel N'asman came up on the B. F. j
M. last evening from Granite for a
visit in town.
Charles Koppus is a visitor in town i
from the Cube mine today, having
come up last evening.
SKXATK WANTS ALASKA
HARBORS FORTIFIER j
Preparedness for Alaska la the plea
extended to the National Congress
aud President Wilson through the
adoption of a resolution introduced
by Senator Sulzer. The text of the
resolution Is as follows:
"To the President of the United
States, the United States Senate and
the United States House of Represen
tatives:
"Your memorialists, the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Ter
ritory of Alaska, respectfully repre
sent that: Whereas, the vast Terri
tory of Alaska equal in area to all the
States of the Union east of the Missis
sippi river having a coast line of
26,000 miles, a commerce with the
nation during the last calendar year
of over 150 million dollars, and pos
sessing coal, copper and gold mines,
fisheries and other vast resources un
equaled in the world, and
"Whereas, the the coast of Alaska,
I with its innumerable harbors, extend
' ing westward nearly to the Orient is
! the key to the Pacific, the loss of
which would expose the entire Pacific
| coast of the nation to the mercy of a
i foreign foe, and, whereas, millions of
dollars have been expended in the
Philippine Islands, in Hawaii and
' practically all United States Territory
{excepting Alaska for the purpose of
defense and protection, while Alaska
; has been absolutely neglected in this
i respect, not having a single fortified
I position or a single naval vessel, and
'only a mere handful of several hun
dred men of the regular army scat
| tered over its vast extent of Terri
i tory,
“Therefore, we, the Legislature of
! Alaska speaking in the name of the
i people of Alaska, deplore this shame
ful condition and in order to secure
!the great resources of Alaska to the
! nation, to safeguard the great ports of
our Pacific coast, and to render ade
quate protection to the Republic, we
demand that Congress take immedi
ate action to establish a fortified nav
al base on the Alaskan coast and pro
vide other defensive measures, naval
and military, in order that the nation
may be amply safe-guarded.
Suffragettes Organizing.
SANTA FE, N. M.—Equal suffrage
advocates in New Mexico continue to
be divided as to submission of an
amendment by the present Legisla
true, one organization favoring sub
mission and the other contending
that the cause of suffrage would be
best served by making the fight for
support of the national amendment.
Meantime the suffragists under the
leadership of Mrs. W. E. Lindsey,
wife of the Lieutenant-Governor, are
effecting local organizations through
out the State.
Mrs. Aiafar Dunlap Is Coming Duck.
Mrs. Aiafar Dunlap, who furnished
, a considerable share of the court bus
iness at Anchorage for about a year,
through alleged activity in the dispo
sal of hootch without a license so to
do, and whose last offense drew her
ia fine of $1,500 in the district court
| here, and wno immediately thereafter
: left for the States, is reported to be
1 a passenger on the Alameda en route
1 to her old stamping grounds at the
i nqw railroad city.
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i JON ME GETS A BLUE
TICKET AT ANCHORAGE
Advices received at the marshal’s
Itffice from Anchorage states that
; Jonnie Gillespie, an old time resident
of Valdez, and who has lately made
! Anchorage the scene of his endeavors.
! was recently arrested at that place on
| the charge of carrying concealed
weapons and fined $25 and sentenced
to thirty days in jail. The jail sen
tence was suspended on condition that
l.e take the first boat for other scenes
end Jopnie acquiesced.
The launch Katalla Queen arrived
in port last evening bringing the body
of John Gray, who died recently at
Latouche.
LOVE TKIANGE 18
CAUSE OF MURDER
PORTLAND, Ore., March 27.—
Henry Meister, aged 55, president of
a transfer company, wfcs shot and
killed in an apartment house tonight
following a quarrel with Emil H.
Spranger, his life-long friend. Spran
ger and Mrs. Meister were arrested
Spranger admitted the shooting, but
said he had fired in self defense.
Other residents in the building told
the police that Mr. and Mrs. Meister
and Spranger had been playing cards
in Spranger’s apartments during the
evening and that after Meister had
left for half an hour and returned,
the quarrel and shooting ensued.
HAS SUCCESSFUL SEASON
TRAPPING IN TEIKHELI.
Fred Reese arrived in town yester
day afternoon bringing a fine bunch
of fur, the result of his season's trap
ping in the Teikhell country. He dis
posed of about one-third of his cntc'i
on his way into town at good prices
and will send the remainder outside.
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WANT MUSICIANS TO
KNIJST IN THK NAVY
WASHINGTON, D. C„ March 27.—|
Naval recruiting stations are being,
Instructed to enlist nil the men prxk|
sible who have musical training as a;
result of a pronounced shortage of
musicians with which to compose the
hands for the new war ships that hav r
recently or will soon be commissioned
according to navy department officials.
Young men who have a slight
knowledge of music can enlist under
the classification of "landsmen for
musicians” at $17.50 a month and
found. Skilled musicians can enter
the navy at $33 a month and main
tenance. After two years service the
first-class musicians receive $39.50 a
month, and bandmasters get $57.20
The newly recruited novices are
schooled in hand music for six
months before being assigned to ships.
The life of a new musician is var
ied. They start the day by surround
ing the flag-pole and playing ‘‘The
Star Spangled Banner" as the colors
are raised. At 8 o’clock they start
playing and continue playing for one
hour. At noon they play for another
hour, and In the evening they give a
concert from 7:30 to 8:45 o'clock. At
sunset they surround the flagstaff
and again play "The Star Spangled
Banner” as the colors are lowered.
The musicians enliven the life of
the entire ship. In case of war they
play stirring patriotic airs when an
attack is made upon the enemy, and
in time of peace they lighten the lab
ors of the jackies by playing the pop
ular music of the day. In the even
ing after work is done the band
starts its concert and the men group
about the main decks, dance clogs,
and arrange impromptu entertain
ments. When the crew is coaling the
bandsmen play and the music cheers
them and has a tendency to facilitate
and expedite the work.
German us (MHciul Language.
AMSTERDAM. Holland, Mar. 27.—
A Vienna telegram to German papers
intimates that a program of German
rarties in Austria is to be adopted
and promulgated by decree. German
will be introduced as an official lan
guage throughout Austria and Bohe
mia, divided into administrative dis
tricts, but no final decision has yet
been reached concerning the estab
lishment of Galician autonomy.
SAX KRAXriKrO-NOJIK
SAILING OX MAY 2K
SEATTLE. March 27.—Announce
ment was made yesterday by the Pa
cific Steamship (Company that the
lirst sailing ol' the steamer Senator
for Nome would be from San Francis
co. May 2S. and that thereafter she
would sail from Seattle. The first
sailing of the Umatilla for Nome will
be from Seattle on June 1. A heavy
passenger list from San Francisco is
expected on the Senator.
Harnessing a Volcano
Larderello, Italy, has an electric
central station which is one of the
most extraordinary installations ir.
the world. Three big turho-generaior:
sttpply the townspeople with electric
ity for illuminating purposes at night.
During the day the power is used to
operate big munition factories. And
not a pound of coal is consumed to
supply the turbines with steam, foi
the steam is piped to the turbines
from a smoking volcano and the
whirring dynamos change the waste
energy of nature into electricity ready
to furnish light, heat and power to
the towns and villages of Tuscany.
Two of the generating units have teeij
operated with the volcanic heat fA
nearly a year with complete satifac
tion, and electric energy for manu
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1917
Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the W'orld gives so ranch
at so low a price.
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The value and need of a newspaper 1
in the household was never greater'
than at the present time. The great!
war in Europe is now half-way into I
its third year, and whether peace bo;
at hand or afar off the events to fol- j
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice a Week World, The;
Daily Prospector and The Week'./j
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get i56 copies of I
the World. 313 copies of the Prospec-j
lor and 52 copies of the Minen for thir .
price. Can you afford to be without
liicm. !
Yne Thrice-a-Week World,
The Daily Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
ALL FOR 913.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly
Miner are the only papers published
at Valdez, and are replete with local
and world news. The Miner makes a
specialty of Territorial News in con
densed form. The World is too well;
known to our readers to dilate upon
;ts field of usefulness
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW. ;
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDIJvS
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a fire insurance policy on your
-home and its contents. Then
If fire does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresight is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Real F’state Agency
r‘ TONY’S PLACE™
EVERYTHING ANTON CARLSON,
F1RS1 CLASS Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle— Valdez, to Seattle —
March 23—S. S. Alameda. March 24—S. S. Northwestern
March 30—S. S. Alaska. April 3—S. S. Alameda.
April 5—9. 8. Mariposa. April 10—8. S. Alaska.
Apr. 11—8. 8. Northwestern. April 15—S. S. Mariposa.
April 17—S. 8. Alameda. April 21—S. 8. Northwestern
CALL AT Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Ellamar, Ft. Liacum, Val
dez, Latouche, Seward and Anchorage beginning with Alameda Sail
ing March 23rd.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheen
Greek, Treadwell, Douglan Skagway, Cordova Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
R B. TRACY. Gea’I Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO- Local Agent
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL IJNE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle —
Mar. 19—S. S. Adm. Watson,
for Seward
Mar. 26—S. S. Admiral Evans
for Anchorage and Kodiak
April 1—S. S. Adm. Farragut
April 9— S. S. Adm. Watson.
April 17—S. S. Adm. Evans,
for Anchorage
Valdez to Seattle—
Mar. 27—S. S. Adrn. Watson
April 8-—S. S. Ad in. Evans.
April 12—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Apr I 2" ■*. F. Adm. Wal.o.
April 28—S. S. ulni. Evans
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los 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 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
l'acturing and domestic purposes has
practically displaced coal, which is
both scarce and expensive.
Prince Ginori-Oonti was the one to
whom is due the credit of hitching
up volcanic heat to perform the work
of the neighborhood. He experiment
ed with the powerful jets of steam
forced up through cracks in the
ground and in 1903 tried to apply the
waste energy to a steam motor. After
wards a strong jet was used to run
a small electric lighting set and
enough electricity was generated to
light the borax workings. The scheme
was improved upon later when holes
were bored into the ground and pipes
driven down to tap the source of the
steam some 300 to 500 feet below
the surface. With bore holes varying
from a foot to twenty inches in size,
steam under a pressure of from two
to five atmospheres and with a tem
perature of 150 to 190 degrees Cen
tigrade enough power was obtained
to operate an ordinary steam engine
of 40 horse-power in 1906. The me
chanical operation of the engine was
a success, and it ran for several years
with volcanic steam at practically no
expense. The only disadvantage lay in
the rapidity with which the natural
salts and gases, 'mixed with steam,
lusted away the working parts of the
engine.
Not to lie discouraged with this
difficulty Prince Ginori-Conti removed
this undesirable feature by piping the
superheated steam to a boiler and
using it to heat the boiler and gen
erate steam which did not contain the;
injurious salts and gases. Using the
volcanic steam instead of fuel he-!
i eath an ordinary tubular boiler, he,
secured steam under a pressure of'
two atmospheres which he applied
to a steam turbine connected to an i
electric generator and distributed the j
power to the city and outlying vil- I
[ages. So successful was the scheme j
that an extensive plant was planned j
und three turbo-electric generating j
units, each with a capacity of 3000 j
kilowatts were installed. A specially '
fonstrueved group of boilers with alu- j
minimi flues to prevent the corrosive,
effects of the natural steam was erect j
ed in connection with them, and in
January 1916 the first unit was start
ed. Since that time all three units
have been put in operation and have
given entire satisfaction thus prov
ing the success of the scheme and
! opening up a new field for the use of
natural resources made to furnish
heat, light and power.
This method of using the internal
heat of the earth to generate elec
tricity may he increased to many hun
dreds of thousands of horse-power,
iand the current already generated
I lights the cities of Leghorn, Florence,
(and many of the smaller towns of
j Tuscany.
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Full Line Koenig’s Chocolates at
| Keystone Produce Co. tf
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All of the latest Books, Magazines
and News Papers received on each
boat. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tt
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.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE.
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance