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STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
* VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
1 When Id Seward Stop al the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON,RPOP
STRICTLY first class
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT “SHAFFER, Prewlmt.
Granite Mine.
CHASu 'McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdez Aleaka.
TJB»E TABLES TOB APRIL.
The following table is compiled for
high and low tides in Valdez Bay.
Wednesday, April 5.
High, 1:19 am, 9.9; 2:17 pm, 7.8.
Low, 8:01 am, 0.7; 7:44 pm, 2.2.
Thursday, April «.
High, 1:53 am, 9.5; 2:55 pm, 7.2.
Low, 8:37 am, 0.2; 8:15 pm, 2.7.
Friday, April 7.
High, 2:24 am, 9.0; 3:37 pm, 6.5.
Low,9:17 am, 0.4; 8:05,pm, 3.3.
Saturday, April 8.
Hf|t', 3:01 am, 8.5; 4:28 pm, 5.9.
Lbw. 10:03 am, 1.0; 9:31 pm, 3.8.
Sunday, April 9.
High, 3:43 am, 7.8; 9s41 pm, 5.5.
Low, 10:59 am, 1.6; 10:24 pm, 4.2.
Monday, April 10.
High, 4:39 am, 7.12; 7:21 pm, 5.5.
Low, 12:13 pm, 2.1.
Tuesday, April 11.
High, 5:59 am. 6.8; 8:34 pm, 6.6.
Low, 12:42 am, 4.3; 1:40 pm, 2.2.
Wednesday, April 12.
High, 7:35 am, 6.8; 9:18 pm, 6.6.
Low, 1:46 am, 4.3; 2:43 pm, 2.0.
Thursday, April 13.
High. 7:48 am, 7.0; 9:50 pm, 7.3.
Low, 3:04 am, 3.5; 3:26 pm, 1.8.
Friday. April 14.
High, 9:46 am, 7.4; 10:20 pm, 8.0.
Low, 3:54 am, 2.6; 4:02 pm, 1.6.
Saturday, April 15.
High, 10:35 am, 7.8; 10:47 pm, 8.7.
Low, 4:34 am, 1.5; 4:33 pm, 1.5.
Sunday, April 16,
High, 11:17 am, 8.1; 11:16 pm, 9.4.
Low, 5:09 am, 0.5; 5:05 pm, 1.5.
Monday, April 17.
High, 11:5.9 am, 8.2..
Low, 5:46 am. 0.4; 5:35 pm, 1.6.
Tuesday, April 18.
High, 11:45 am, 10.0; 12:42 pm, 8.3.
Low, 6:25 am, 1.1; 6:14 pm, 1.7.
Wednesday, April 10.
High, 12:22 am, 10.4; 3:24 pm, $.1.
Low, 7:05 am, 1.5; 6:49 pm, 2.0.
Thursday, April 20.
High, 12:58 am, 10.5; 2:19 pm, 7.7.
Low, 7:49 am, 1.3; 7:30 pm, 2.3.
Friday, April 21.
High, 1:36 am, 10.4; 3:00 pm, 7.3.
Low, 8:36 am. 1.3; 8:10 pm, 2.7.
• Saturday, April 22.
High, 2:25 am, 10.1; 3:57 pm, 6.8.
Low, 9:29 am, 0.8; 9:13 pm, 3.2.
Sunday, April 23.
High, 3:17 am, 9.4; 5:06 pm, 6.5.
Low, 10:29 am, 0.2; 10:07 pm, 3.6.
Monday, April 24.
High, 4*23 am, 8.7; 6:26 pm, 6.6.
Loyy}VrA39 am, 0.4.
Tuesday, April 25.
High, 5:44 am, 8.0; 7:40 pm, 7.1.
Low, 11:35 am, 3.8; 12:55 pm, 0.8.
Wednesday, April 26.
High, 7:17 am, 7.6; 8:38 pm, 7.7.
Low, 1:22 am, 3.4; 2:05 pm, 1.0.
Thursday, April 27.
High, 8:40 am, 7.6; 9:25 pm, 8.4.
Low, 2:47 am, 2.5; 3:00 pm, 1.2.
Friday, April 28.
High, 9:47 am, 7.7; 10:05 pm, 9.1.
Low, 3:46 am, 1.4; 3:47 pm, 1.3.
Saturday, April 20.
High, 10:42 am, 7.9; 10:40 pm, 9.6.
Low, 4:36 am, 0.5; 4:28 pm, 1.5.
Sunday, April 30.
High, 11:29 am, 8.0; 11:13 pm, 9.9.
Low, 5:18 am, 0.3; 5:04 pm, 1.7.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Frank Winchester and Joe Do
memzet:
You and ych of you are hereby
notified that I have expended during
the year 1915, one hundred dollars
($100.00) in labor „ and improve
ments upon the MAYDAY LODE
mining claim, situate on the north
side of Shoup 'Bay,' about one mile
therefrom in the Valdez recording
precinct, Territory of Alaska, the lo
cation certificate of which is found
of Record in Book 15, at Page 300,
in the office of the United States
Commissioner and ex-officio Record
er in and for the said Valdez Re
cording Precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
in order to hold said claim under the
laws of the United States and the
Territory of Alaska relating to the
annual labor upon mining claims, be
ing, .the. amount required to hold said
lode mining claim for the period
ending on the 31st day of December,
lflft5. And if, within ninety days
after the publication of this notice,
to-vrit, within ninety days after the
10tb day of May, 1916, won or either
of you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of such expenditure
as a co.-owner. which amounts to
thirty-three dollars and thirty-three
cents ($33.33) for each of you then
the interest or interests in said cisim
of the one or both you so falling or
refusing to contribute will become
the property of the subscriber, your
co-owner, who has made the expen
diture required by said laws.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, Febru
ary 16, 1916.
W. D. THOMPSON.
First publication Feb. 16, 1916.
Last publication May 10. 1916.
LONE ROBBER i
LOOTS BANK
SECURES MONEY AND JEWELRY
Makes no Attempt to Rob Mail and
Express Cars, But Is Content to
take Valuables from Passengers—
Makes His Escape.
CHEYENNE, April 5.-—A lone
bandit held up the Overland Limited
train on the Union Pacific road near
this city last night, and secured a
considerable amount of booty.
The robber made no attempt to
rifle the mail or express cars, but
content with relieving the passeng
ers of their valuables. He is said to j
have secured more than $500 in cash
and a great quantity of jewelry and
other valuables. He made his escape,
and has not yet been apprehended.
MOSES AND SANITATION.
Ancient Laws as Effective as Modam
Rules of Hygiene.
There has been gathered a collection
of facts to prove that the sanitary laws
of Moses were not only on a line with
the modem rules of hygiene, but In
some cases In advance of them.
The Jew, thousands of years before
Christ, settling in a semltroplcal coun
try. was forbidden to eat pork or shell
Bsh, and milk was designated as a
source of contagion. In the Talmud
a method of slaughtering, animals was
prescribed . which is acknowledged tp
day In our markets as the most sani
tary.
Five thousand years before Koch gave
to the world the results of his re
searches In bacteriology the Mosaic
law pointed out the danger to man
from tubercplosls In.cattle, but did not
forbid Infected poultry as food. It was
only a few years ago that German spe
cialists discovered that fowl tubercu
losis was harmless to man.
The Mosaic law also enforced the
Isolation of patients with contagious
diseases and the burial of the dead
outside all cities. These hints the Gen
tile world did not fully accept ontll a
century or two ago.
The wise lawgiver prescribed npt
only fasting at certain periods of the
year, bb.t the removal of all families
In summer out to camps, where for e
time they could live close to nature.
Many of the laws of Moses were pre
scriptions intended for the health of
both mind and body.—Boston Tran
script
i « , ■ ...
Frigga, from whom Friday Is de
rived, was either a god or a goddess,
according to time and country. As a
man he was a great hunter and war
rior, always represented with a drawn
sword In one hand and a bow In the
other. In the Scandinavian countries
Frigga was called the “Venus of the
North," and the sixth day of the week
was consecrated to her worship.—Lon
don Mall.
LOCAL BREVITIES
Hotpomt Electric Heaters, Cookers,
Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
the Emporium. tf
Far good nome-cooied meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Fancy stationery at the valdet
Drug Store. *
Kodak St/ppUes at die Valdet
Drug Company. tf
Pure Freeh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
* ■■ IIBM
A fine display of nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
POLICE HELD
f€R CONTEMPT
IGNORE ORDERS OF THE COURT
Workers Against Kansas €ljy Mayor
are Jailed, and Held Until Polls
are Closed—Officers Arrested this
Morning.
KANSAS CITY, April 5.—Follow
ing the city election yesterday, two
police commissioners and several po
lice captains and a number of patrol
men, were arrested this morning on
a charge of contempt of court.
The officers tafeen in custody re
fused to honoT a writ of habeas cor
pus, issued by the court, for the pur
pose of securing the release of three
hundred men who were working to
secure the defeat of Mayor Jost, who
was a candidate for re-election. The
men, it is alleged, were arrested on
trumped-up charges, and were held
in custody until after the polls had
closed, thus depriving them of their
votes, and preventing their activities
against the mayor.
Shortly after their arrest, friends
ot the prisoners obtained an order di
recting the officials to bring the pris
oners into court. No attention was
paid to the writs, and the prisoners
were confined until last night, when
they were released.
MASTER HENRY WVLEF
WRITES SONNET ON VALDEZ
Master Henry Wulff, the 10-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G.
Wulff, who left for Brooklyn last
fall, is mighty hoipesick for Valdez.
That is, we should judge he was by
the letter recently received by the
Prospector from him. He reported
the family all well, but desperately
homesick for Valdez, and enclosed the
following sonnet to show where his
heart belonged. Pretty good for a
ten-year-old, don’t you think?
I wish I were down on the farm, \
Because it’s far away from harm;
But there’s lots of ducks and geese J
And you can sell them for 50c apiece |
Because I like to eat at St. Marie’s.'!
•
I’ve received letters galore
And they wish me back once more; j
And I’m going back some day soon j
About in time for the eclipse of the I
moon; 1
And so I am sure you see
My friends would like to play with I
me.
I want to go fishing in Siwash Creek,
And of the fish I’ll take my pick.
Once more to fish with sturdy gaff,
Once more to hear that dear creek j
laugh.
And I wish I could play with Elwell,|
And take Prospectors out to sell.
I have seen enough of the big city
And I think it is a pity
The way the winds blows down tl\f
street,—
The way it knocks you off your feet;
And in the circus way down town
You always see a funny clown.
I wish we were Wortman’s roadhouse
To chase the squirrel, the ermine and
the mouse;
Once more to shoot a porcupine;
Once more to fish with hook and line.
How I’d like to catch a salmon trout;
Once more to pull a beauty out.
How I’d like to see dear Rover,
For I'd pat him over and over;
And to have once more a sleighride.
With Rover pulling us in pride.
Pulling us over the Richardson^oad;
Pulling us home, though we’re a load.
Once more to go to deep, rock lf61e,
Or else to catch a flounder or sole; j
Once more to catch a salmon bright;
Once more to have with it a fight;
Once more to 6ee the glacier stream,
Once more to see its silvery sheen.
Once more to see that mountain range
And play once more on sandy plains;
Once more to join the Scouts I’d like,
And then to go out on a hike.
Once more to go skiing on the dike,
And then to jump the creeks I’d like.
Once more to see my candle fish;
Once more to serve them on a dish;
And sometimes these games we play,
Such as tag and pum-pum-pullaway.
Once more to go to old Moose Hall;
Once more to go to a concert or ball.
Once more to sell the Weekly Miner,
And read about sinking of some liner.
Once more to go to Port Valdez
And play around among the trees.
And then to see the 'Frisco Pair—
I’m sure I’d rather he up there.
Once more to Ellampr to go.
And Elwell and I can take a row
Out in the bay and Busby’s way
And go for salmon berries some day
And so to go on the Admiral Line,
And then to stop at Ellamar mine.
And from 5000 miles away
I’d like to be up there today;
To see again my dear dog, Rover,
And then to pat him over and over;
And then to play among the trees
Way “back home” in dear Valdez.
—Master Henry Wulff.
Will receive a fine line of Spring
millinery on the Admiral Watson or
the boat following. Mrs. Merchant. 2t
Valdes Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tt
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska wear. Ouy F. Cameron,
Tailor. tl
SWAYED BY THE WEATHERS
Soma Parsons Are Greatly Influenced1
by Climatic Condition*.
Weather, influences on man may be
roughly divided Into two classes—viz,
those which are direct and obvious and
those which are the more or less indi
rect and obscure. The influences be
longing to the second class have been
during tbe past decade or so the sub
ject of immense research.
Some .persons are pronounced *‘me
jeoropatbs.” ubnormally subject to
"weather neuroses.” Friedrich Nietz
sche was one par excellence. Such
persona, as a rule, are more specifically
•'cyclonopaths.” . The passage of cy
clonic depressions accompanied by cer
tain characteristic types of weather is
reflected In their sensation and in tbe
mode of operation of their bodily and
mental functions.
Tbe groas change of barometric pres
sure pertaining to a cyclone, or “low.”
is not in itself an important factor in
producing these manifestations since it
never exceeds that experienced in the
ascent {without tht effort of climbing)
of a good sized hill. Indeed, many
“lows” do not expose us to greater
pressure of changes In the course of
tweuty-four hours than we .experience
in a couple of minutes in riding to the
top of an average office building.—Bal
timore American.
A GREAT DESTROYER.
One That la Actively at Work Every
Minute of the Day.
I am more powerful than the com
bined armies of the world. I have de
stroyed more men than all the wars of
the wond. I am more deadly thun bul
lets, and I have wrecked more homes
than the mightiest of siege guns. 1
steal in the United States alone more*
than $300,000,000 each year. I spare no
one, and I find my victims among rich
and poor alike.
The young and old. the strong and
weak, widows and orphans, know me.
1 loom up to such proportions that I
cast my shadows oyer every field of
labor from the turning of the grind
stone to the moving of every railroad
train. I massacre thousands on thou
sands of wage earners in a year. 1
lurk in unseen places and do most of
my work silently. You are warned
against me, but you heed not. 1 am re
lentless.
I am everywhere, in the home, on the
streets, in the factory, at railroad cross
ings, on the seas. I bring sickness,
degradation and death, and yet few
seek to avoid me. I destroy, crush or
maim. I give nothing, but take all. I
am your worst enemy. I am Careless
ness.— Holyoke Transcript
Nation* That Left No Sign.
There are two great nations of an
'tiquity whose inscriptions cannot yet
be rend—the Etruscans and the Hit
tites. The Etruscans occupied a part of
Italy corresponding roughly to what is
now known as Tuscany. The Hittites
at one. time occupied a part of Pales
tine and united with the Canaanites to
resist the invasion by the Israelites
under Joshua. The Etruscan and Hit
tlte inscriptions have thus far resisted
the attempts of scholars to decipher
them, though no one knows when some
one may stumble on a bilingual in
scription which will serve as a key.
just as the Hosetta stone, discovered in
Egypt in 1799, served as a key to the
Egyptian hieroglyphics. In the new
world the so called Maya inscriptions,
found on the ruins in Y ucatan. are also
a puzzle to scientists.—Christian Her
ald. _
Not An Epicure.
One afternoon a sad eyed hobo ram
bled up the garden walk ofta suburban
home and meekfully tapped on the
back door.
“Lady,” said he in a tearful voice to
the woman who answered his knock.
“1 bain’t had a thing to eat since last
week. If you would only give me j
some bread or”—
“Mary,” suddenly Interjected the wo- ;
man. addressing some invisible person. I
“bring Towser out here at once.”
"All right, dear lady,” said the hobo
in a resigned voice; “even dog meat is
better than starvin’ to death.”—Phila
delphia Telegraph.
Laughter.
Laughter begins either with the
mouth or the eyes. Then come the
other muscular groups, and then come
the vocal expressions of laughter, such
as brays, cackles, sniggers, simpers,
giggles, snorts, grunts, foghorn rum
bles, yells, shrieks, guffaws, trills,
chuckles, snipes and all sorts of .pe
culiar bird notes and musical sounds.
—Exchange.
Coroner: In England.
In early times the coroner la Eng
land waa a revenue officer of the
crown, and his business was to find
out the. criminals. extort tbei|r confes
sions and confiscate tbelr' goods. to the
crown! From records It appeared that
King Alfred had a predilection for
hanging his coroners because they did
What was unjust.
Thu Great Condo.
The great military genius Conde was
a precocious ‘boy. At eight he under
stood Latin, and at eleven he gave out
a treatise.on rhetoric. When fourteen
he had become thoroughly conversant
with the principles of warfare'and of
ail military tactics.
. Disagreeable. „ ,
Aunt—I. can tell at a glance what
other people ^re thinking of jne. Niece
(Ubsentmlododlyl-eow very disagree
able for you, auntie:
.Be who feedUth the hungry refn>ab
eth his own *oul; thus salth wiadeUa.—
Nietzsche.
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time—Let u* do the
worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I ; Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 | j Rouirh Dry lCc lb
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our itandard. Sold everywhere
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 68 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 6(
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLIMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One^road—one management—one service all the*way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to tke East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND ~A<m1 PUGET SOUND
California Line. Alaska
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE, 11:00 A. M.—
Monday, Mar. 5, Admiral Farragut for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Wednesday, Mar. 15, Admiral Watson for Seward and W'ay Ports.
Sunday, March 19, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and W’ay Ports.
Sunday, March 26, Admiral Farragut, for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 2, Admiral Watson, for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 9, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 16, Admiral Farragut for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 23, Admiral Watson, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 30, Admiral Evans, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle te Saa Fra a cisco every Wednesday aad Saaday, connecting with
■teamen Yale aad Harvard tor Southern California.
•I..-..',.. Right reserved tachange schedule without notice .
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle! YALDBE DOCK CO„ Laeal Ayt
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, BOTH AND 80TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—STH, 18TH, MTB, Ft* CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight eervlce for Ketchikan, Wrwogell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglaa Skegway, Cordova, Bllamar, Valdes and La
touche. Bxploetvee, KB. Seward, on the 6th; Latouche, on the 16th; a a
Cordova 26th of each month—right recerved to change thle echedule
without notloa (
F. B. TRACT, Gem*! Ageat TAUDBB DOCK CO, Local Ageat.