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MM CHAS.R. CRAWFORD 191'
PIONEER CONTRACTOR at BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING
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 I S. BLUM A CO, VbMbb, uO Corpora,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Jhm, AImOrb.
Merchant’s Cafe
PhoM 68 . OPEN DAT AND NIGHT Ch*i. FtodMr, Propr.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLUMBING, STOVES and RANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve* Hoe* Pipe and FWingB
Veldes Pock. Opposite Prospector Office._
LGT US MIWIBtHA ivt 4
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for your new suit end let ue do |
It now. The new fabrics In serge. 2
| worsted, thibet, etc., are in and j
I we are prepared to cut them in- 2
to suits of class and snap at a J
very low rate considering the 2
quality of the cloth and the tail- j
oring. Do it now. • ■ |
BEN SILVERMAN \
THE TAILOR j
Independent Steam Laundry |
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
I Foot Keytttone Ave
Hough Dry 11c lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms._ Pfione 3S
Why send outside for what you can get at homeT We
can do that job of printing for you at a price that will
prove satisfactory. Lotus firgure on your work.
We have recently added several hundred dollars
worth of improved bindery and printing machinery
and can do the job, no matter what sixe. ^ |
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man can be pretty well
broke and still
have one faithful
friend left to draw
on—his pipe
Even the newest addition to your pipe rack soon
takes on the good fellowship of an old familiar
friend, when it gets seasoned by the aged-in-the
wood mellowness of VELVET, The smoothest
. Smoking Tobacco. VELVET has all the slow burn
ing, satisfying qualities of Ken tacky Burley ds
hum i smoothness that is VELVETS own.
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BOSTON. Maas., Not. 17.—WaHar
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ton Nationals baseball teams, visited
the Boston navyyard today and said
he woeld enlist la the navy nest week. ,
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DIAMONDS FOUND
ALONG WAR COAST
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Fishermen Have Made Fortunes by
Picking Up Valuables from
Wrecked Vessels
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BASE OF AMERICAN FLOTILLA
IN BRITISH WATERS, Nov. 27.—
Irish fishermen along the coasts where
the U-boats operate, have made some
remarkable catches during the past
year. The story of the fisherman who
found a $15,000 box of diamonds
from the Lusitania in his nets one
day, and whose honesty in returning
them to the rightful owners was re
warded by a check for $1,000, Is well
known. There is another fisherman
who arrived home from a fishing ex
pedition with a 0«e new American
automobile lashed to the deck of his
little trawler. There are hundreds of
fishermen who havfc made modest for
tunes out of salvage of one kind or
another. Wheat, flour and coal sal
vage are all profitable businesses in
the coast towns nowadays.
The story of the man who came
home from the sea with a brand new
automobile is a household favorite in
the Irish ports. Accompanied by his
son he was mackeral fishing one day
when he was aroused by the report of
an explosion. On the horlson a cargo
steamer from America was settling in
the stern. It had been torpedoed. The
fisherman headed for it and soon met
the captain and crew in two open
boats. '‘She's loaded with American
automobiles you might get one be
fore she goes down,” said the skip
per Jokingly as he and his shipmates
passed on towards shore.
The torpedoed ship wait suit well
above water when the fisherman came
alongside. He at once sent his son
aboard to look around. The latter
found the hold full of automobiles
"Run one out through this gangway,”
directed the father. With the aid of
some tackle the machine was drop
ped into the fishing vessel. A few
moments later as the trawler steamed
away the ship disappeared. The fish
erman with an automobile is now the
envy of the village.
Many torpedoed vessels manage to
reach shore where they the usually
pounded to pieces on the rocks. But
before the cargo is lost forever peo
ple come from miles around to sal
vage it. Anything that will float is us
ed and everyone helps himself. Men,
women and children attack cargo and
ship, removing brass fittings and any
thing'else of value. Flour and canned
meats, fruits [and vegetables form
the larger portion of the salvaged ar
ticles.
One village has had the good for
tune to have a couple of foodships
bring up on its very doorsteps,. Most
of the ships of course go down at sea,
but this does not dishearten the alert
fisherman who have been known to
transfer several hundred sacks of the
best American flour from a vessel
while it is sinking many miles from
land. If the explosion tears a big
enough hole in the victim much of
the cargo will become loosened and
wash ashore where it is quickly spied
by the watchful eyes of the natives.
Salvage companies also are very
active and are making huge profits.
Soipe have transferred their whole
outfits to this coast Their agents can
bid on a wheat cargo without seeing
it and can tell just how far into a
sack of flour the water will have pene
trated in a given period.
DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED
FOR DESERTION REMITTED
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 27.—
Death sentence imposed upon a sol
dier stationed, at Panama in the canal
cone for desertion was remitted today
when it was shown that the man de
serted for the purpose of joining ano
ther regiment and going to France.
The. findings of the court martial were
set aside.
Communication
Valdes, Alaska, Nov. 27, 1217.
Mr. Editor—You have articles
sometimes in your paper which create
In me all the characteristic qualities
0/ a “Sinn Fein" or a Southern Am
srican Revolutionist and I feel like
starting a good slsed revolution right
now. Last spring you asked us all,
through the medium of. your paper,
to “do our bit" for democracy, by
planting and producing something
tha) would help tbs Mod supply of
sountry, which a few of.ds who really
van ted to be useful eitlgens proceed
sd to do by psqrlng out our hard
sarned dollars for ploughing, fencing
snd seed of all sorts if war prloes.
(and then some) then we put in some
Mck-brertlng days, ruling, hoeing,
seeding, until our share of the food
tupply was large and pricy enough to
;o taste good/to mischievous, idle
soys, who were “too busy” to plant
any for themselves, when they were
offered the ground tor their own feds,
then the cows Joined in to help with
the work of destruction by trampling
on what they couldn’t devour, In the
meantime wiping thqjr nice, clean
backs on our week's wash and making
•-manure heap out of our front yard.
But a horse in the city would demor
alize it-and we must pay a license for
our dogs. If you happened to have
potatoes that kids or cows wouldn’t
eat or dig, then some Mistake of Na
ture with Kalseriattc principles in Its
off-colored brain comes along some
dark night and puts its “Me and God"
Ideas of democracy Into practice by
Jaying in winter’s supply of spuds and
all you have left Is the “bit” part
without (he bite.
Now you ask us to “take more in
terest in the civil life of the town,”
to “trade with our local merchants,”
to "pull together.”
Why don’t you ask the civil life of
the town to take more Interest In the
welfare of what few citizens are left
in town. Why don’t you ask our local
merchants to sell their goods at buy
able prices, of course, any intelligent
person knows that a merchant must
make some proflp or cease to exist as
a merchant, but no one likes to be
considered just another fellow’s meal
ticket. And now about pulling to
gether. I know several men in this
town who are Just as white, square,
and honorable in every way as men
can be, who used to pay out real mon
ey, tbe same kind that the other fel
low paid for a ticket and they paid
for the privilege of being made to feel
like an alien enemy in a hostile camp,
so they Just dropped out. Now why
don’t you tell the man who has a
clerical job, oh, pardon me, I mean
tbe gentleman who holds a position
land draws a salary, that he is not
a damn bit better at this stage of the
game than the man who has a job and
gets wages, each one is a cog in the
wheel of democracy and all must
“pull together” to keep it revolving
in the right direction. We all know
that none of us are here Just for the
salubrious effect of this glorious cli
mate. We are all here to do the best
we can and that’s done best by help
ing some one else do the best he can.
Each one is Just a cog in the wheel
of democracy and til must pull to
gether to keep is revolving in tbe
right direction, otherwise It might
fly to pieces some day and wreck the
shop.
MRS. IAS. G1LMOUR
, MEDALS FOR BOY SCOUTS
This Is the medal which has been
swarded to each Boy Scoot who ob
tained Liberty Loan subscrtptlona from
ten or more persons. Thousands of
the lads are proudly wearing them to
day. Probably never before In the
nation’s history has the government
placed the aesl of the treasury de
partment on a bronse medal to bo
awarded to others than soldiers and
sailors In the service of the country.
Labor Market and Women.
There la an Increasing demand In
England today for wall-educated and
efficient women for work in various
government departments, those posses
sing degrees In economics, mathemat
ics and natural science being most in
request advises a correspondent The
ministry of food needs experienced ac
countants for expert statistical work
In connection with Its Increasing ac
tivities. There Is also a growing de
mand for clerical workers, shorthand
writers and typists. Educated women
to act as supervisors are also needed
In the Women's Auxiliary Army corps,
The average salaries of women em
ployed by tbs government urs better
than they wars at tha baginning Of tha
war and sducated and affidsnt woman
are capable of earning at least 918 s
week without difficulty.
The Evolution of Flour.
Tbs conversion of wheat Into flour
was one of tbs earliest development*
of civilisation, and even the primitive
races in the dawn of history submitted
tha grain to u coarse pounding be
tween atones. Perhaps tbs oldest floor
"nflUar* in existence urs the rude
stones found among tike remains of the
■adunt Inks dwellings in twltaertand.
WHEN FLAMES FILL
THE FACTORY
despair fills tbs owner wbo has
neglected to look after bis in
surance. We handle tbe Insur
ance of some very large con
cerns. We place it In tbe best
companies, pay the premiums
promptly and attend to renew
als. Let us do that for you.
It will not cost you anything
for our service.
Valdes Real Estate Agency
Tony's Place rl7
Ordef8 to ANTON CARLSON, Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Prom Seattle 9 a. m.—
Not 17—S. S. Alaska
Dec. 1—8. 8. Alameda
Dec. 8—8. 8. Alaska
Dec. 18—8. 9 -
Valdez to Seattle—
Nor. 25—8. S. Alaska
Dec. 9—S. S. Alameda
Dec. 16—S. S. Alaska
Dec. 24—S. S. -
Call at Ketchikan, Junean, Cordova, Ellamar, Fort Liacum, Val
dez, Latouche, and Seward.
S. S. Alaska sailing from Seattle Dec. 8th connects with S. S. Dora
at Seward for Alaska Peninsula ports.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell. Douglas, dkagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdea and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
VALDES DOCK CO, Local Agent
Pbene No. 1. VALDEZ DOCK CO., Agent, Valdez Alaska.
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships Offer Frequent,
PERFECT SERVICE
Between All Points in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
Leave Seattle 10 a. m.—
Nor. 21—S. S. Adm. Brans
/Nov. 25.—8. 8. Spokane
(For Kodiak)
Dec. 6—8. 8. Adm. Brans
Dec. 17—8. 8. Spokane
Dec. 28—8. 8. Adm. Brans
(For Kodiak)_
From Valdes to Seattle ■
Nor. 30. S. S. Adm. Evans
Dec. 8—S. S. Spokane
Dec. 18.—S. S Adm. Evans
Dec. 29—S. S .Spokane
Jan. 10.—S. S. Adm. Evans
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
, Leave Seattle Monday, Friday and Saturday for
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES,
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
IF YOUR TICKET READS “PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY”
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST.
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Opea Day aad Night MdJaley Street, Below Cable Office ,
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Take a look at oar now Hno of
postcards and pictures of the Canyon
etc. Valdes Drag Store. tf
If it isn’t ah Eastman it isn’t a
Kodak. We carry a complete line of
Kodaks and supplies. Val
des Drag Store. tf
A special on stationery at the Val
des Drag Store. Bos paper, worth
from 60s to 91.00 now 98c. tf
Anaoo Films Will
lit any standard make o f camera.
They'are the standard. Gay B. Cam
won. tf
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A. M. DIBRINGBR
Valdsz Transfer
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Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Bdfcfing
Telephone No. 60
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General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
AUTOS FOB HIRE
day or man
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Positively No Cool Delivered Uh
less Md for In Adnage '
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KATAUA QUEEN
Capt. Otto Elfitroa
Weekly tripe to Port Wells
•ad all Soaad Potato.
FOR CHARTER FOR PAR.
TIES OR TOWING
'or rates aad ealllig dates see
CAPT. OTTO ELFBTROM,
Oa Boat, Valdes Book
Candy Kitchen
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