News for
V lot of Light Weight
Overcoats in Tan; all
Sizes to 42; Closing
them out for Five Dol
lars.
A lot of Youth’s Over
coat* thit ate very at
tractive, Priced at Five
Dollars.
KNOX HATS are Best.
All kinds of Shoe Polish
now on hand.
A Heavy Wool Sox at
Fifty Cents that can’t
be beat.
News fog
Women
Jersey Silk Knickers in
white, Camisoles, Night
Gowns, Envelope 'Che
mises, etc.
Art Linen in White and
Ecru.
Crochet Cottons in white,
ecru and colors.
A new»assortment of Cro
chet Hooks.
A good quality of White
Soiesette for Spring Un
derwear.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
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NOTICE
Owing to the increased expense of
operation, occasioned by application
of the Territorial eight hour law, it is
necessary to Increase the price on de
livery of coal, therefore the price of
coal delivered will be as follows:
Hulk .114.60 per ton
Sacked (ton lots) . 18.00 per ton
Sacked, (half ton) .... 9.50
Sacked, less than Vi ton 1.35 a sack
rf VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
A minimum temperature of 9 above
is reported for the past twelve hours
in Valdez, with a barometric pressure
of 2 9.9 0 ■>.
Kodaks and kodaK supplies at thej
Valdez Drug Co. tf 1
DONALDSON «rHKDL'LR
The following schedule for the har
bor boat “Lt. C. V. Donaldson” wlllj
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Llscum Leave Valdez
8:16 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:15 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:15 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
11:15 p. m. 12:00 m. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4 th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
All official business between Val
dez and the Post should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed
O. R. KOEHLER.
Capt. 14th Infantry. A. Q. M.
FISH
A tine lot of black cod received on
the Northwestern by the Iiove-Whit
ley Co. tf
Gulkana holds the ret ord today tor
cold, the temperature for that burg
registering 26 below zero. Fairbanks
is rejoicing over a temperature of 2
above. Twenty below with a blizzard
raging is reported from the Summit.
KKOZKN KICKS KILL TWO
BELLEVILLE, 111., Jan. 28. Ed
ward Lee, chief engineer at the mu
nicipal lighting plant at Swansea, Ill
near here, were killed tonight when
two large boilers at the plant explod
ed because of frozen pipes.
KINO CHARLES ACCEITN
CABINET RESIGNATION ,
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AMSTERDAM. Jan. 28. King
Charles, according to dispatches from
Budapest, has accepted the resigna
tion of the Hungarian cabinet. A new
cabinet will be appointed this week.
Theo. Behrendt was a pussenger on
ilie steamship Northwestern for Oor-j
dova.
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The steamship Victoria sails from
Seattle for Valdez. Friday, Feb. 1.
Deputy Marshal A. C Dowling ar
rived Saturday on the Admiral Evans1
with an insane person, who is con-:
fined in the federal jail here at pres-;
ent.
CITY EXPRESS. Phone 82; read) j
to transit. U-.u ha. ......^ mr you t? j
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Second Call
We will accept Liberty Bonds for
stock in the Valdez Iron Works.
Make your money earn 25 per cent
instead ot 4 per cent. tf
ALASKA’S PRIDE
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Is the new Brew
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Has all the requirements,
strength, nourishment, re
freshment and taste pf beer
but has no kick.
Put up by
ALASKA BEVERAGE &
BOTTLING WORKS.
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY
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where Waters fqunq muse
Cottages, Gardena. Woods, Rlvereldea
and Hayatacks Afforded Inspira
tions for 'famous Authors.
There la not inuoli "local color" fnt
a hook like “Kohlnson Crusoe” round
about the Surrey town of Dorking, ob
serves a bookworm, but Defoe wrote at
least a part of that Immortal story of
a desert Island, the parent of hun
deeds of Imitators, at Bnrford Bridge.
Just noder Box Hill. Tne ft rat house
On the‘left In WesthUmble Latte Is
cblled the Cottage, abd there Defoe
lived and worked, '
‘In the gardefi of the hotel on the op
posite aide of tjie road, Bnrford Bridge
hotel, a haunt of blrda, one of the,
places where'One may almost certainly
hear the nightingale Mhg. the poet
Rests 'Wrote part of his Immortal
poem, "idndyraidn ;** ind In k lovdf
cottage surrounded bf a wonderful
Hedge of box. a hundred yanjs nearer
London, George Meredith wrote “l>lnna
of the Crossways.”
Tennyson wrote rumen Amen
overlooking the sen to his garden In
»he Isle of Wight. Shelley wrote “The
Revolt of (shun” whilst lying In «
punt under the woods «t Marlow. Hnd
“The Onel” on the roof of the Villa
Valsovano, at Leghorn. Being weath
er-bound at Ouehy for two days. By
ron wrote every word of “The Prison
er of Chillon."
“The Ahelent Mariner" and “We Are
Seven" were written by (Vderldge and
Wordsworth respectively In a little
cottage on the Qnantock llllls. Brown
ing wrote “O to Be In Knglnnd!’' after
a hoot of sea-sickness In the Mediter
ranean: and P.ums wrote “Tam o'
Shunter" l*y the riverside on his own
farm, and his immortal poem. "To
Mary In Heaven." lying full length un
der n haystack in the middle of the
night. ■
RUSSIAN IKONS NOT IMAGES
Piece* Are Picture* of the Savior, The
Virgin Mary and the Saints, Used
for Devotional Purposes.
Many references have been made by
writers on Russia to the ikons which
are found in such profusion In. all
parts of tin* country. and which are a
distinguishing feature of Russian na
tional life, notes a correspondent.
These Ikons are used for devotion'll
purposes, and are not images as sent"
suppose. Iitil pictures of the Savior
the Virgin Mary ami the Saints. In
these pictures nil lull the faces ami
hands are covered with inetHl-gold or
silver or gilt—anti the gorgeous or
minientatlon of the setting fixes tin
price of the Ikon.
Ikons are generally painted hy pos
tulants for the religious life, who use
as ihelr guide a twelfth century manu
script written hy I'loityslus. the fit
mous prior of Mount Athos. Hlaek
Virgin ikons are not uncommon, white
a favorite Madonna was brought from
Mount Athos tu Hi 'V This is known
as the Iberian Mother of God. si ml
Czar Alexis built a splendid chapel te
house this sacred treasure III Golden
Moscow. It Is known as the Iberian
chapel, and 18 silver chandeliers with
tapers continually hurtling stand be
fore the ikon which is decorated with
n crown of diamonds and a veil of
pearls with other costly gems on the
forehead and shoulders. The vestments
are both gorgeous anil elaborate, ami
the whole is surrounded with angels'
heads on enamel plaques.
History of Term “Caucus."
The origin of the term ‘.‘muons” is
traced buck to the Caucus club, Bos
ton. of Revolutionary days, notes an
exchange. This club was composed
usually of persons engaged In ship
building. and was one of the most
radical opponents of British rule. It
and the Merchants’ club of the same
period used to meet before elections
and agree on candidates for town and
provincial offices. "Caucus" is be
lieved to be a corruption of “Caulk
ers.” the Massachusetts pronuncia
tion of which would sound like cati
ons. If this derivation of tfie word
seems 'improbable there Is another
even more so wjdch derives its name
from an aboriginal Indian word “caw
cawasaaugh,” meaning a person who
urges or pushes on some scheme. John
Adams, a Boston man. used the word
in 1763, writing In Ids diary, “this day
learned that the Caucus club meets
at certain times In the garret of Tom
pa wes, the adjutant of the Boston
regiment." This argues secret meet
ings and may refer tb the “Caulkers’”
club. The British Cyclopedia says
the word came Hrst Into use in Great
Britain In 1878. und was introduced
then by Istrd Beuconsfleld to discredit
bis political opponents.
Tadpoles and Froga.
In general terms the tadpole is a
vegetarian, while the frog lives on ani
mal food. The tadpole In the pool or
pond feeds chiefly upon the algae. But
'he tadpole will ulso eut decaying In
sects, earthworms, fruit and almost
any kind of meat.
It Is u curious fuct, says Boy’s Life,
thut when the tadpole transforms Into
the frog the Intestine shortens, the
mouth becomes wider and the tongue
Increases greatly In size. These
Changes take pjace to adapt It to a
change of At the same time, the
legs grow rapidly, the rouuded body
alters'In form and the tall Is absorbed.
The Ittags develop ' rapidly “and the
tadpole frequently comes to the sdlfc
ace for ait. The3 frog breathe*
! through' Its hqsfrils fiy a pudping or
1 swallowing mdiess due to the actyob
of thf'mouthM<l nag by the action ,qf
Its rihs 'hs l« algher forms of animals,
the toog also Imbibe* oxygen dlieddy
hrough Its Ain.
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FURTHER SAVING
EARNESTLY II I
(Continued from Pagp 2>
are associated in the war.
' “It is now an undlsputable fact that
the revolution in Russia was in real
ity a food riot, seized upon by the
radical and pacifist elements of that
country, fostered by Pfusbian props
ganda as a pretext to eliminate Rus
sia as a fighting factor in the con
flict.
“Mr. Hoover,- United Slates Food
Administrator, says: "If through any
failure of ours, we should bring nbout
this situation among our Western Al
lies or among our own people, there
will rest upon us the responsibility
for failure of civilization and govern
ment larger than ever rested upon a
nation.” This responsibility is yours
and mine, and the man in the street
and the woman in the home. The man
or woman who looks lightly upon tills
responsibility, disregards the needs
of today, and refuses or neglects to
save the esential foods, as far as his
condition and circumstances will per
mit, and to eliminate the waste In
food from the home, in order that we
may supply the over-sea demands. Is
giving aid and comfort to the cause
of F’russianism and autocracy as sure
ly as the IT-boat crews that sink the
food-laden vesels destined for u
French or Knglish port. Ft is merely
another method of depriving the peo
ple and soldiers of our associates and
our buys ‘over there1 of what they
must have to enable them to carry out
the purpose for which they have left
the pursuits of peace and taken up
arms.
Kacli individual will. I an. sure,
continue to do his or her part gladly
and cheerfully to this end. Small be
ginnings accomplish great thine?, and
every ounce of the essential loods sav
ed means another shell fired into the
milks of I'russianisiu. The range is
great from Alaska, but Alaskans can
stand without flinching, they shoot
straight, and I prophesy, without Hesi
tation, that the record from this Ter
ritory in food conservation will keep
Alaska at the head of the list where
Alaska always belongs and stands in
every good work.
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STKAMIK SAILINGS -I
Steamship Admiral Kvans- -Sailed
South from Valdez. Saturday, Jan.
26.
Steamship Northwestern -- Sailed
South front Valdez. January 26.
Steamship Victoria—Will sail from
Seattle Feb. i.
Steamship Alaska—Passed Juneau to
day, northbound.
Steamship Alanteda—Sailed south
from Valdez, Saturday, Jan. 5.
I’MTKI) STATUS Gl'NBOAT
USKI) BY 1‘liOTTKBS
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28.—The
wireless of the United States gunboat
Yorktown was used to transmit mes
sages between conspirators in an al
leged plot to overthrow British rule
in India, according to testimony ad
duced at the trial of thirty-one of
the supposed conspirators in the Uni
ted States district court here today.
It was also announced in court by
John W. Preston, United States dis
trict attorney, that the conspiracy Is
still alive. Preston stated at the close
of the session that he had knowledge
that conspirators seeking a Hindu
stani republic in India were still ac
tive in several Mexican cities.
Letters said to have been taken
from the private correspondence of J.
Clyde Hizer, San Diego attorney and
one of the defendants. Indicating that
the Yorktown's wireless was used by
W. H. Page, supercargo of the Annie
Larsen to obtain further charter mon
ey for that vessel while both ships
were in the Mexican harbor of Acap
ulco. were introduced.
Nothing was introduced to show the
commander of the Yorktown or any
member of the crew had knowledge
they were aiding a supposedly crim
inal act.
(■KRMAN ORIPPLKH TO
RKTURN IRON TROHSKH
LONDON, Jan. 28.—An appeal is
being circulated among mutilated
German officers and soldiers having
the Iron cross asking them to return
the crosses as a protest against the
fact that a number of "home war
riors" and leaders of (he fatherland
party are wearing the same ihsfgnTa.
according to ap JUtcpangi TS^tfaph
dispatch from Amsterdam. There >ae
bedti a Urge response. 1180d crosses
froni 'Berlin alone befcgWt to #e
warmlgistef^e «r^ Ae appiaj
appeared) • ^
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Subscribe for the Prospector.
Why worry about your
Valuables_
Why not engage a box for them
in our fireproof vault wfier* per
fect protection is assured?
Why not do it today? Tomorrow
may be too late
Price $5., $10. and $ 15. per year
according to size
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U. S. depositary for Postal Savings Funds
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
JOBBKRIN
GOAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office Foot of Wall Street
Headquarters For
Electrical Supplies
Only the best manufac
tures are represented in
our stock.
All electrical Supplies we
sell are guaranteed pro
ducts.
Make your electrical pur
chases here and have the
assurance of absolute satis
faction and quality.
Prince William Soupd Water,
Light, Power, Tel. Company
I,. Platt left on the steamship Ev
ans for Cordova, on his way to Ken
necott.
TIDES FOR JANUARY
Monday, Jan. 28.—
First high tide 1:17 a. m., 7.8.
Second high tide 12:52 p. m.. $.3.
First low tide 6:51 a. m., 1.7.
Second low tide 7:28 p. m, —0.6.
Tuesday. Jan. 29.—
First high tide 1:45 a. m., 7.9.
Second high tide 1:26 p. m., 8.8
First low tide 7:26 a. m., 1.5.
Second low tide 7:54 p. m.,—0.3.
Wednesday, Jan. 30.—
First high tide 2:13 a. m., 8.0
Second high tide 2:00 p m., 8.3.
First low tide 8:02 a. m.. 8.3.
Second low tide 8:20 p. m., 0.1.
Thursday, Jan. 31.—
First high tide 2:39 a. m.. 8.0.
Second high tide 2:35 p. m., 7.6.
First low tide 8:3$ a. m., 1.4.
Second low tide 8:47 p. m.. 0.7.
Anything yon want In the lino of
photography—Jenner can do It for
you. ^
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Advertise in the Prospector.
Furnished rooms at Mrs oslaad’s.
Prices reasonable. •
FURS MADE UP
Furs remodeled, also new skins
made up in all the latest styles. Prices
| very reasonable. Special attention
| paid to Alaska trade. All work guar
anteed. Mrs. B. Richmond, 305 Cham
ber of Commerce Bldg. Tacoma.
Wash. tf
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at O. O. Relnke’s. tf
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants' Cafe. tf
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Cannery Sites
We have customers tor select can
nery sites located in the Prince Wil
liam Sound District. It jou have any
thin* to offer sead tall particulars,
location, description, etc., to
BOND ft BAB SON.
Field Dept.
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NpwYork City.
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