-THE BIG SALE IS NOW ON
Everybody in town knows we are going out of business. Christmas will soon be
here. Why wait until the last day to buy your Christmas Gifts? Our stock is going
fast and now is your opportunity to save from 50 to 75 cents on the Dollar. Why
pay the full price when you can buy the best for less than 50 cents on the Dollar.
PLANT & CO., .... JEWELERS
The FirstBank of Valdez
CAPITAL $25,000.
45o PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
OUR STOCKHOLDERS ARE
S. BLUM
M. BLUM
E. B. WHEAT
JOHM LYONS
J. M. LATHROP
W. M. WILSON
JAFET LINDEBERG
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY.
Apple Was The Fruit Of The Gods
When you cat an Apple you are taking into your system albumen, sugar, gum, mallicacid,
gallic acid, fibre, water and phosphorus. This sounds very alarming doesn't it? But neverthe
less nothing could be better; the mallic acid neutralizes the excess of chalky matter caused by
too much meat—thereby helps to keep you young. _, _
Apples are good for the complectiou; their acid drives out the noxious matter which cause
skin eruptions; they are good for your brain, which those same noxious matters, if retained,
render sluggish. More-over, the acid of the apple diminishes the assidity of the stomach that
comes with some forms of indigestion.
Surely the ancients were not wrong when they esteemed the Apple the Fruit of the Gods;
the magic renewer of youth through which the Gods restored, when they felt themselves grow
ing old and feeble. ^
Order a box now for Christmas. We have a dozen varieties to choose from with prices
from $2.00 to $2.75.
The Yakima Fruit Company
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Rough Dry 10c lb.
VALDEZ SHEET METAL WORKS
Plumbing. Steam and Hot Water Heating.
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES
Pumps. Well-Points. Valves T Water. Steam and Suction
and Packing. _ Hose.
PIPE AND FITTINGS
WHY PAY MORE
?
COMPARE OUR PRICES WITH OTHERS
Rainier Beer, per case, quarts.. $5.00
Rainier Beer, per case, pints.$5.50
All Brands of Bottled Goods
In Bond, per quart . . $1.65
BEERS
Rainier, Four Quarts for .... $1.00
Rainier, Six Pints for .... $1.00
Budweiser, Five Pints for .... $1.00
Budweiser, Three Quarts for . $1.00
WINES
Port, Sherry, Claret, Riesling, Sauterne,
Angelica, Muscatel.
Highest Standard Brands, 75 cents Per Quart.
' Free Delivery to all parts of the City. Why Pay More?
Buy Your Holiday Wines and Liquors at
The Big Place.
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TOURISTS MET
THEIR OBLIGATIONS
All of Two Hundred and Sixty-five
Thousand Dollars Lent In London
Returned Except $250.00.
LONDON, Dec. 14.—American trav
elers In London will be endowed in
the future with a tradition of honesty
which ought for years to be a source
of national gratification. It is earn
ed by the way in which they have
met the unusual credit facilities ex
tended to them during last August
and September.
During this period of financial
emergency $265,000 was advanced to
the embarrassed Americans by the
American Committee out of funds put
at their disposal by private individ
uals, banks and the United States
government. In paying out this
money the widest variety of credit
documents were accepted—letters of
credit which could not be cashed, per
sonal checks upon country banks, and
even I. O. U.'s.
Today every dollar of this formid
able sum has been repaid, except
$250, and the recipient of this loan
has written that he has been pur
sued by exceptional hard luck, but
that he is nevertheless now arrang
ing to borrow enough money to repay
his debt to the American Commit
tee. “Sometimes «*-e just looked a
man in the eye and took his word,
but the fway they have paid up
makes one keenly proud to be an
American,” said Herbert Hoover, the
chairman of this committee.
But it was not only from the Amer
ican Committee that stranded Amer
icans received welcome credit facili
ties at a time when the otherwise
well to do might have actually been
in need. Hotels and department
stores especially went out of their
way to extend credit and accept
checks. In most cases the solvency
of and individual and the worth of
his check were guaranteed by the
American Committee, but in a num
ber of cases a manager or floorwalk
er simply looked a man or woman
in the eye and took his or her word.
And yet today there is not a word
of complaint to be heard. “I don’t
think we lost a dollar by our efforts
to assist our American friends imme
diately after the outbreak of war,”
is the way H. Gordon Selfridge put it
when asked about the departures in
favor of embarrassed Americans
which his store made, and his words
were echoed by the Secretary of the
company which controls such hotels
as the Savoy, the Berkeley, and
Claridge’s.
Yakima netted Gem spuds, 17 lbs.
for 50c at Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Harvey’s Toggery Retiring From
Business.
We are closing out our entire stock
below cost. Fixtures for sale. tf
Get a Skate On.
Go to the Valdez Rink; five-piece
orchestra every Sunday, Tuesday and
Friday. tf
8weat Baths.
First-class sweat baths and mas
sage parlors at room 5, Montana, tf
The Eastern Star will hold its last
regular meeting for 1914 Tuesday, De
cember 15. All members requested
to be present. Installation of new
officers will take place Tuesday, De
cember 29. Visiting members wel
come. Bertha E. Cockerille, Worthy
Matron.
Just arrived from Chicago “Hold
heet” ‘leetrie stoves, $2.75; alumi
num percolator, $2.50, at the Em
porium. tf
FIRE DESTROYS
SKAGWAY DOCK
Moore’s Dock Goes Up In Smoke With
a Loss of $200,000—Will
Be Rebuilt.
SKAGWAY, Dec. 14.—The big
Moore wharf at Skagway was de
stroyed by fire last night. The loss
Is fully $200,000. The wharf was used
by all the steamship lines and also
by the White Pass & Yukon railroad
and the grouping of the interests of
transportation lines at the wharf ac
counts for the heavy loss.
The work of repairing the dock
will start at once.
ROOSEVELT’S GIRL
IS COMING BACK
PARIS, Dec. 14.—Dr. Darby and
wife, formerly Miss Ethel Roosevelt,
a daughter of Col. Roosevelt, left
here today to return to the United
States. Dr. Darby has been connect
ed with the American hospital as a
surgeon while his wife has been
nursing in the same hospital.
SENDING FLOUR
TO NJTHERLANDS
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 14.—Two
thousand tons of flour was shipped
from here today to the Netherlands.
The flour shipments have increased
since the destruction of the German
fleet.
NEW STYLES!
EVE’S DAUGHTERS
CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—The women’s
styles for the next year will include
frills and fur-belows similar to the
styles worn, by the women in 1830.
The manufacturers have decided that
women must wear the new dress be
cause it requires more material and
they insist on the consumption of
material as the means of making pros
perity.
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I List Your Houses with the J
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Houses for Rent or Sale. Collections Made. j
CJB- SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Wall Street. j
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fineat Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Roona.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
Chas. R. Crawford *•» »«•». <“>>»« 159
Plate Glass, Windov* Glass, Roofing and Building Papers, Roofing
Pitch, Lime, Celtaent, Plaster Lath, Shingles, Builders’ Hard
ware, Shop and Job Work of all kinds.
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finishing Lumber. FAtRBAtfic "morse a co
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in'Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Norses—Private Rooms for Patients
For Tarms?an<l Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge.
For First Class
MEATS
Try
FRYE - BRUHN CO.
PHONE 29
We will receive on the
“Mariposa” a shipment
of strictly fresh killed
Suckling Pigs, Turkeys,
Geese, Ducks & spring,
roasting and fricassee
Chickens.
Absolutely no cold stor
age poultry handled
this Christmas.
Leave your orders with
us early and we will
guarantee satisfaction.
THE PRICES WILL BE'RIGHT
If you want all the news all tne
time, read the Prospector.
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UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. knute! nafsted. Mur.
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
and GRAIN
Office, foot of Wall street.
Only The Best
Smokers Can Now Enjoy
the Best
Juan De Fuca Cigars
U.S. Government Inspected.
Made In Bond
Ingram & Bush
SOLE AGENTS
RED GROSS HOSPITAL
PRIVATE ROOMS.
Open to All Physicians
MISS JONES,
Hobart Street. Matron.
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday In
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY, W. M.
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP.
SIRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avc Siward, Alaska
A. M. Die ringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight*
ing to all interior points
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGF
Teaming of all kinds
Positively no coal delM
oolass paid lor lo advance
D0NALD80N SCHEDULE.
Leaves Fort Llscum. Leaves Valdes
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 will be no trips of the launch
on the secoi-d and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used
to clean boilers.