Valdez Mercantile Co. ■«.
TRUE VALUES
Just in Time
for Xmas
A delayed shipment
of beautiful
CHENEY
w SILK *
CRAVATS
Just arrived on the last boat;
Bat-wings, Tubulars and Flow
ing and Four-in-hands in the
newest patterns and colorings.
From 75 Cents Up.
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
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VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
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local brevities.
G. H. Watkins is in town from El
lajnar.
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf
A fine assortment of Christmas
cards at the Valdez Drug Co. Make
your selection early.
Cooking apples 52 per box at the
Vakima Fruit Co. tf
Just arrived largest assortment of
Christmas ties at Ben Silverman’s, tf
Prescriptions carerully compound
ed at Valdez Drug Co tf
G. O. Reinke, the watchmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
George Swan left on the last boat
Tor Juneau, where he will work for
the Alaska Laundry.
The most exquisite hand-painted
ohina ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Suits pressed Tor J1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Tel> phone 198.
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Latset dances of the day will be
shown in moving pictures at the Or
pheum tonight.
See Ted Winter ror your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
; Over a dozen varieties of apples to
1 pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Just arrived the most beautiful and
i largest assortment of Christmas ties
! at Ben Silverman’s. tf
1 Art leather goods make appropri
I ate Xmas presents. See Valdez Drug
. Company. tf
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| A nice line of art pictures just re
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^ Drug Co. tf
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► Suits pressed ror J1.00 at Silver
► man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
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^ Sterling silver (cut of Valdez) sou
►5 venir hat pins 90c at the Emporium.
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► Beautiful hand-painted vases just
^ received at Valdez Drug Co. tf
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► Imported Japanese baskets at Val
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PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m., to8p. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Velde* Drug Store.
Now Company’* Phone No. BO
HOURS—9 to 12 a.m.; 1 to6and7to9p. m.
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS Sc RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices In Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdee. Alaska
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C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 81 VALDEZ
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaaka
\ F. BUTTERWORTH
I ’Civil Engineer and'
| U. S. Deputy Land end
I Mineral Surveyor
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Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
One Better.
✓—s.._
“What’s funnier than a bull In a
china shop?”
“A bear In a bucket shop.’*—St. Louie
Globe-Democrat.
CauM for Thankfulnaaa.
Patron—I don’t think this picture
looks a bit like me.
Photographer-Well, you’re a lucky
guy.—Chicago News.
Sweat Baths.
First-class sweat baths and mas
sage parlors at room 5, Montana, tf
Before purchasing Christmas pres
ents drop in and see the stock on dis
play at Valdez Drug Co. tf
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Latest dances shown at the Orpli
eum on Wednesday.
Efforts are being made in China to
improve the native tobacco by plant
ing seed from the United States and
teaching better methods of cultiva
tion.
South Portal to Palace of Food Products, Pan
ama-Pacific International Exposition,
San Francisco, 1915
Copyright. 1914. by Panama-Pacific international Exposition Co.
THIS portal is probably the most modern In feeling of any doorway to
any of the main gronp of exhibit palaces. The portal la Italian ren
aissance In form and treatment, but much of the ornamentation la oi
more recent origin. The photograph gives no Idea of the great dimen
■tons of this portal, which la sixty-six feet In height to theJlp ***• orm
mentation surmounting the arch. The eaglea above the line of pilasters of the
portal are six feet In height The Exposition palaces are constructed of gray
tab cream plaater In imitation of Travertine marble
AN OPTICAL ENIGMA.
Why la It the Human Eya 8eea Thlnga
Right Side Up?
Just why we are able to see things
right side up Is a mystery which
science has nut yet been able to ex
plain.
We know that the human eye In
volves the same optical principles as a
camera. Owing to the fact that light
always travels in a straight line and
never In a curve, the rays which em
anate from any object within our
range of vision have to descend and
ascend In order to travel Into the nar
row opening In the eye which corre
sponds to the camera’s lens.
These rays finally reach a point
where they intersect Continuing on in
straight lines, their relative position be
comes Just the reverse of what they
were when they left the object seen.
Thus the image register on the retina
of your eye is topsy turvy. Just as It Is
on the photographic plate In a camera.
If you are looking at a house, for In
stance. the image your eye gets will
show the chimneys down below, the
foundation walls up above, and so on.
But the impression your brain gets
reveuls the bouse right side up unless
you happen to be afflicted with a rare
disorder, which results In everything
always appearing topsy turvy.
During the infinitesimally short pe
riod required to flash the image seen
from the eye’s retina to the brain all
the light rays which created the image
are reassembled and put back In their
proper places, so that the brain sees
the object as it really is and not In the
topsy turvy form It was registered on
the retina. Just how this miracle is
performed Is what science would like
to find out.—New York American.
GRAVESTONE LUNCHEONS.
One of the Curious Sights of New
York’s Financial District.
In old Trinity churchyard, where
Robert Fulton and Alexander Hamil
ton lie burled, dozens ot girls can Be
seen, through the pickets of the bronze
fences every day enjoying their noon
day lunches amid the tombs of the
old time New Yorkers. All about are
high skyscraping office buildings. The
elevated trains clatter and bang over
head. and ' on Broadway the trolley’s
gongs add tumult to the roar of the
city. Within the old churchyard all
is peace and quiet. It is here that the
girls from these big office buildings
come of a noontime to eat their lunch,
“far from the madding crowd," yet
within a hand’s reach of the bustle of
Broadway..
It was only a few years ago that
some girl, a typewriter in a nearby
office building, chanced to let her eyes
fall over the gravestones of old Trinity.
They did not bring thoughts of ghosts
to her mind—they only made her think
that it would be lovely if she could eat
her lunch among such peaceful scenes.
The next day she and a girl friend
brought their lunches. They entered
the churchyard and. seeking a secluded
spot behind the old church, sat down
on an old tomb and began to eat their
saudwiches. Nobody objected. The
next day they came again. Other girls,
emerging from stuffy restaurants, saw
them and resolved to imitate them.
The next day there were half a dozeu
there, and nowadays, when the noon
hour is bright and sunny, the number
has increased to sometimes seventy
live.—New York Cor. Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
Equality of Sex.
There is a little girl in Springfield.
Mass., who, like many of her sex, re
sents the imputation that the feminine
mind is not so strong as the masculine.
One day her mother remarked on the
apparent lack of intelligence in a hen.
“You can’t teach a hen anything,"
she said. “They have done more harm
to the garden than a drove of cattle
would. You can teach a cat. a dog or a
pig something, but a hen—never!"
“H’m!" exclaimed the child indig
nantly. "1 think they know just as
much as the roosters!”—Youth’s Com
panion.
Mystery of the Stomach.
“Why does uot the stomach digest It
self?” ts a question often asked. The
Journal of the American Medical As
sociation confesses that the reason has
not yet been found. There are many
theories, but not one of them is entirely
satisfactory, and we are still unable
to say more than Hunter said more
than a century ago. “that these living
cells remain intact under such circum
stances ‘because they are alive.’ **—
New York World.
Honesty the Best Policy.
Doubtless tbe sorest mao In tbe
United States today Is tbe fellow wbo
dropped his purse, containing $90.
while be was robbing a chicken coop,
and who is afraid to claim bis prop
erty. Verily, honesty Is the best pol
icy.—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Something Learned.
Farmer Clapole—Has that city feller
who bought Stone’s farm learned any
thin’ yit? Farmer Sands—Wall, he’s
larnt It don’t do no good ter try ter
make apple butter In a churn.—Judge.
A Missing Man.
“What has become of the old fash
ioned man,” asks tbe Cincinnati En
quirer, "who used to wear a yard of
crape on hts hat?” Perhaps he’s mar
ried again.—Toledo Blade.
Beth. Bad.
"Is there anything worse than owing
money you can’t pay?”
"Tes; being owed money you can’t
collect.”—Boston Transcript
' No bat of ns may do that which if
done by all would rain society.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE-Call You'on Time for'the boat
if We Handle Your Baggage.
We Buy andJSell Anything from
DeadJCrabt to Live Bean.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
t 7 a m to 9 a m
MEALS] Lunch 12 m to 1 p m
( 6 to 7 p m
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
ARCADE CAFE
“We Never Close.’*
Private Dining Room.
The Best of EverythinR.' We Bake Our.Own
Bread and Pastry.? Bread forlSale.
Jack Callin_-_- Proprietor
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Chas. Peppy
^ Seattle?
Complete Services
•“IN THE HEART OF THE CITY f
jj55RoomswiHibaih-50 Sample Rooms
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WASHED
AND
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When
You
!( Use
a
Western Electric
Washer and Wringer
Simply put in the clothes and
start the motor;—in 1 0 to 15
minutes the clothes are washed
white and clean ready to be
hung on the line without the
wear and tear of the wash
board.
Connect to any electric lamp
socket.
Costs only 2 cents an hour to
run.
Let us send one to your home
for 15 days’ free trial?
I Alaska Water, Light
& Telephone Go.
Somebody
With Money H
always has been found to
“back" a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
FROSFEOTOR FOR RE
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