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CHAS. RICHMAN
“The Man From Home”
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Copper Block Hotel
VAIiDKZ, AIjAHKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
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is necessary in order to have a
period tit. We know how to
do the measuring, the cutting
and the putting together ol'
garment:-. Our made to meas
ure suit:1 repre'.ent tile higher!
degree of perfection at incom
parable prices. Have as tailor
you one or two winter suits
You will then ho ready for the
Holidays.
BEN SILVERMAN
Til 10 TAII.OK
Imported and Domestic
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Phone 69
(Paid Advertisement)
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froa you f5.00 per ten hour day and board and tunic-house free of
charge, also an Association card »hicf> will entitle, him to
doctor's care and hospital treatment free, should he get hurt ox
Inour sickness while In your employ or In the xmploy of any member
of our Association. He understands that he is to have nothing to do
with any union,* federation or any other agitators whatsoever, but
report dlreotly to you lmaeMately upon his arrival In Fairbanks
Hlnlng District; and he further understands that should he In any way
violate the conditions herein eontalnel, he forfeits all his olala
on you for employment or to the receipt of an Association sard.
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Good Clean Hunks.
If you go to the Pioneer Bunk
House on Keystone avenue. Hvery
thlng handy for housekeeping for
oily $8.50 per week.-tP
Hot corn bread and baked new po
tatoes after 5 p. m. at the Arcade, tf
Location notices, noth quartz and
placer, at the Miner office.-■
Would Divorce Two Hwbblee.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 2.—Suits
for divorce from two husbands of the
game name were filed by Mrs. Maggie
Hill yesterday. Mrs. Hill Hied the
suits seeking absolute divorce on. tho
grounds of abandonment and non
support from the one, Cyrus Hill, and
an annulment of the marriage to the
other, Tony Hill.
Think twice before you speak an I
you will find that you were not going
to say anything.
TEMPORARY INSANITY.
Caused by Mental Trouble Somewhat
Akin to Epilepsy. .
Is there such a thing as temporary
Insanity?
Many people think that the expres
Sion merely covers the kindly lnten
tlons of a Jury to save relatives pain,
but numbers of doctors who have made
a study of mental disorders emphati
cally declare It Is no idle term.
One doctor has stated that tempo
rary Insanity Is a condition of double
consciousness, not dissimilar to epi
lepsy. A person normully quite sane
tnay have altucks of temporary aber
ration lasting little more than a few
minutes, especially after long bouts of
hard, continuous mental work, being
particularly liable if insomnia auper
venes.
Crimes bave been committed in thr
early morning, when the perpetrator
has not really been properly awake and
has been horrified to find wbat he baa
done. This la a true case of temporary
Insanity, but It la comparatively rare,
and a man In norjnal health would not
suffer In this way.
A specialist In mental diseases haa
stated that he knew a case In which a
person was Insane during a certain
time each day and that others have
been known when the patient was
quite normal at ordinary times, but
suffered from a temporary fit of mania
regularly once a mouth.—Pearson’s
Weekly.
REAL WHITE AFRICANS.
On* Nativ* Race, th* Barbara, Hava
Fair 8kin and Light Hair,
Most people Imagine all African
tribes are dark skinned people, but this
Is a wrong Impression. The Berbers
are an African race, and, although they
have lived on the dark continent for
ages, they are white as Europeans.
They are very flue looking people, with
white skin, tine complexion and many
have blue eyes and very light hair, and
many of the women and young people
have very pretty rosy cheeks.
It Is pretty generally believed the
Berbers originally came from southern
Europe centuries ago, and the race has
remained distinct all these years In
spite of the odds that would seem to
be against them.
Many of the Berbers are very in
dustrlous, and some show considerable
mechanical skill, having Invented a
number of devices that are In use
among the people of their own tribe.
If they dressed and lived as Eu
ropeuns It would be difficult to detect
them from our more modern people,
but In their own way In the dark con
ttnent there Is nothing to Indicate their
origin except their color, which has
remained perfect for all these long
years as If they came from Europe.—
New York American.
8ecrecy In ParliamanL
Heavy penalties are Inflicted for the
revelation of parliamentary secret ses
sion or cabinet decisions, but they
cannot well be heavier than those
which the parliament of Henry VII. ln
fllcfcil for a similar offense. One mem
her of the bouse of commons was fool
ish enough to tell the king himself
what the commons bad been debating
He was sent to the tower, and a spe
clal act of parliament was passed by
which he and his posterity were barred
from sitting In the house of commons
as* the “representative of any place
whatever." In the days of Queen
Elizabeth a certain Mr. Hall, M. P..
was found guilty of revealing the de
bates In the commons. He was ex
pelled from the house, sent to the Tower
for six months and lined £500—a con
siderable fortune In thos^ days.—Lon
don Spectator.
Dark Nabula*.
A new astronomical belief is that
there are not only dark stars in apace,
but dark nebulae. The dark stars are
Invisible, revealing themselves only by
their effect on the motion or light of
bright stars, but dark nebulae may he
visible as unllghted masses showing
against the feebly luminous background
of space. Professor B. B. Barnard
notes that many striking dark patches
of sky hitherto supposed to be simply
starless regions may be really dark
nebulae The case of Hind’s nebula In
Taurus, which Is now feebly visible
after completely fading away from a
state of conspicuous brilliancy shows
that a nebula may lose its light, and
perhaps many have never had any
light—New Orleans Ttmes-Plcayune.
Precedent.
“Have you over bad any experience
In tbla business before?”
“No, air."-,
“Ever thought anythin* about It?”
“No, sir.”
“And yet you want me to appoint
you general manager of tbla company
Where did yon get the idea ?“
“Well, you know that’a the way our
government appoints Us cabinet offi
cers. ”<-Life.
The Lesser Evil. _
Old Grump — Why doesn’t Ethel
marry that young Idiot? I’m getting
blamed tired of bla coming here to
much. His Wife—I believe I’d prefer
to have him come here. If Bbe marries
him he’ll stay here. —Boston Trap
script __
The Headache Exouee.
“Does your wife suffer from head
aches much?”
“Only when I want her to do some
thing that she doesn’t want to do.”—
Detroit Free Proas.
A Cruel Comparison.
“Why does be say that her face la
like one of Browning's poems?”
“Because It has some hard lines la
It “—Buffalo Express
ROM COMMISSION
SENOSOin REPORT
ACTIVITIES ABE WIDKHPBEAD
Attractive Pamphlet In IsNued by the
Hoard Giving Description of the
Work Accomplished Throughout
t-lie Territory.
The annual report of the Alaska
Road Commission for the year 1915,
just off the press, is being sent out by
the Board. The report is a very
comprehensive one, embracing the
work of the Commission throughout
the territory, and contains a detailed
account of the expenditures on the
various roads and trails constructed
and under construction.
A supplementary report shows that
on June 30, 1916, there were over 900
miles of roads, which cost on an aver
age of three thousand dollars per
mile. This includes all the cost of
of sUTveys and construction; cost of
maintenance for ten years of the ex
istence of the roads and also all over
head charges of every nature for the
same period. In other words, the
entire cost of construction atid main
tenance has averaged three hundred
dollars per mile per year for ten
years.
Compare this with the money ap
propriated for the construction of the
Bagnio-Benguet road in the Philip
pine islands, where, when 28.7 miles
of road was "finally ready for traffic”
the cost aggregated 61,961.847.05
(see "The Philippines, Past and Pres
ent," page 466, by Commissioner
Worcester, secretary of the interior of
the Philippine islands.)
The above comparison is made only
to show the liberal policy toward the
roads in the Philippine islands com
pared with that toward Alaska.
On a recent issue of a road map of
California by the California Ilighwuy
Commission, there is a statement lo
the effect "that out of every dollar ex
pended, 87 1-2 cents went directly in
to roads,” and that “the remaining
12 1-2 cents represents every other
character of expenditure.”
This statement shows an expendi
ture of over sixteen millions; shows
excellent results accomplished and
shows, moreover, that in this expen
diture, as in all others, a certain per
centage (12 1-2 in this case) of an ap
propriation for roads cannot be put
“directly into the roads,” but must be
used for “every other character of ex
penditure” made necessary by the
work at hand.
The percentage of an appropriation
which can be put "directly into the
roads” must obviously vary somewhat
with the size of the appropriation, but
notwithstanding the various and ir
regular amounts the Alaska Road
Commission has had at its disposal
during the past ten years the records
show that ninety per cent of all mon
ey appropriated for roads has been
put “directly into roads.”
The above comparison is made only
to show that money appropriated for
roads is as economically expended in
Alaska as elsewhere.
The salaries of the members of the
Alaska Road Commission are not paid
from the appropriations for roads,
but diTectly by the war department,
and this in some measure may ac
count for the increased per cent of
the appropriation the Commission has
been able to put “directly Into roads.'*
Much speculation is often Indulged
In as to cost of roads. Many people
are often heard to splurge forth on
such subjects as "upkeep,” "overhead
charges,” “maintenance,” and “con
struction of roads,” without having
very definite ideas as to just whut
the cost of their theories would be if
put Into practice.
For instance, not long ago a gen
tleman seriously advocated a three
mile plank wulk on trestles to crosB
a glacier delta instead of an earth
road connected by bridges at inter
vals as at present.
Another advocated the digging of
a river channel from Valdez hay to
the glncier (about 4 miles) and forc
ing the glacier stream to follow It.
Many similar impracticable theo
ries and suggestions might be quoted.
The road work In Alaska differs some
what from that in the United States,
but it. is safe to say that the best re
sults are obtained by following the
general principles laid down by em
inent engineers long familiar witli
such work.
I’otasli Discovered.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 3
The department of commerce today j
cabled the American consul general
at Havana to investigated published
report that millions of tons of potash
have been discovered near Motembo
on the Matanzus and Santa Clara bor
der, with deposits averaging 26 per
cent.
Steamers in Collision.
NEWPORT NEWS. Oct. 2 — The
British steamer Bombadier and the
Norwegian steamer Lostand, both in
ward bound, collided in a heavy fog
today off the Virginia capes. Both
ships had their bows badly smashed
but were able to proceed.
Malted Milk, hot and cold, phos
phates of all kinds, and hot drinks
at Hunt’s.
Best Sourdough hotcakes and best
coffee at the Arcade. tf
Carbureters, magnetos, batteries,
spark plugs aut^colls at Mead’s. tf
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
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New Fall Hats
New fall hats Just arrived at E.
Winters. tf
A Big Shipment.
Just received, a fresli line of Haas
Candies, the kind you like, at Levy &
Ross.’ tf
Early or Late
Phone 48
Baggage Transferred
at a reasonable rate
Sonnie’s Express
Office at
SONNIE S NEW
& SECOND HAND STORE
Men’s Furnishings
Boys and Girls Attention!
Baby Ford Auto
Real Juvenile Auto Given Away
Absolutely Free
FREE
BIG
$50.00
VALUE
“DROP AROUND” and take a peek at this beauty
IT TAKES JUST A LITLE HUSTLE TO WIN
Get your friends to patronize us and save the Votes for you
— ■■ i. ■ iB~c=aawaB=a«' .. —
Don’t Forget To Turn
In All Your
AUTO TICKETS
By The Tenth.
OWL DR U6 CO.
and CANDY KITCHEN
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Resources $250,000.
WE DO A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
DRAFTS BOUGHT AND SOLD ON ANY PART
OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent.
DEPOSITARY FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
[MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdes Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
V TONY’S PLACE”™
EVERYTHING
F1RS1 CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in . Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Routfh Dry ICe lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHIHHOIjM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Heat tie—
Kept. 26—H. H. Alaska.
Kept. 80—H. H. Mariposa.
Oct. 5.— H. 8. Northwestern.
Oct. to—8. 8. Alameda.
Prom Valdez—
Sept. 2(1.—S. S. Northwestern.
Oet. I—S. S. \lameda.
Oet. tl—S. S. Alaska.
Oet. It*—S. S. Mariposa.
Oet. 15—S. S. Northwestern.
Oct. 20—S. S. Alameda.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau. Sheep
Creek. Treadwell. Douglas. Skagway. Cordova. El la mar, Valdez ami l.a
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without noth e.
F. B. TRACY, Uei'l Agent VALDEZ DUCK CO., I.oeal Agent
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line.
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE—
Oct. I—S. S. Admiral Wataon—
Anchorage and way porta.
Oct. 8—S. S. Admiral Evaaa—An
chorage and way porta.
Oet. IS—S. S. Admiral Farragut—
Kodiak andPWay Porta..
Oet. 22—S. S. Admiral Wataoa—
Anchorage and way porta.
Oct. 29—S. 9. Admiral Evana—
Anchorage and way porta.
Nov. B—S. 9. Admiral Farragut—
Anchorage and way porta.
saii.i\<;s ritoAi \ \1.1>i:/.
Or(. (l—S. S. Admiral I’nrrnnui
Oft. i:t—S. S. Admiral \A al»o»—
Oft. ‘im-S. S. Admiral Kibiin.
Oft. 27—**. *. Admiral I'arraKiit.
So*. 2— S. S. Admiral \Aal*oi».
Nov. 10—S. S. Admiral I’.tauu.
Aov. 17—S. *». Admiral (''arra^ut.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Son Kraaelseo on the Sth of each month and ever} live dn}«
thereafter, connecting with Steamer* Vale mid »Iar\ord lor
Southern California.
Bight reserved to change, schedule without notice.
A. J. HAINES, Manager. Seattle.
Valdez Dock Company, Local Agents.
Over the Top of the World
by Electric Power.
The ‘•OLYMPIAN" and the “COLUMBIAN." the Mil
waukee's crack transcontinental trains are now hauled
over mountain barriers by electric power. Take these ..
smooth riding ALL-STEEL trains and avoid the ;i .
smoke, aoot and cinders incident to steam travel.
J. C. Mutim, Valdai, Pfcaaa 1 ' A. L Harm, T. P. A. Jukii, Alatka.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway