..MAKE MONEY..
We still have a few lots left which we will sell at a very
reasonable price for cash, or reasonable terms:
One good resident lot, 50 x 140 feet . . $150.00
One good lot on City Dock, 50 x 140 feet . $150.00
One lot on Alaska Avenue, 50 x 140 feet . $350.00
One lot on Nizina Avenue, 50 x 140 feet . $300.00
Two lots near dike on Hobart St $150.00
At the above price the lots will not last long
so prospective home-builders should take ad
vantage of these bargains. S. A. HEMPLE.
WHY PAY MORE
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COMPARE OUR PRICES WITH OTHERS
Rainier Beer, per case, quarts.$5.00
Rainier Beer, per case, pints.$5.50
All Brands of Bottled Goods
In Bond, per quart . . $1.65
beers
Rainier, Four Quarts for .... $1.00
Rainier, Six Pints for .... $1.00
Budweiser, Five Pints for .... $1.00
Budweiser, Three Quarts for . $1.00
WINES
Port, Sherry, Claret, Riesling, Sauterne,
Angelica, Muscatel.
Highest Standard Brands, 75 cents Per Quart.
Free Delivery to all parts of the City. Why Pay More?
Buy Your Holiday Wines and Liquors at
The Big Place.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I [ Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Rough Dry 10c lb.
FULL
QUART
..bottled in bond———
Has Had no Peers for Fifty Years
_SOLD BY ALL DEALERS __
Learn To D 1 the Modern Dances.
Miss Jean Gravelle has opened a
class for modern dances at the cor
ner of Keystone and McKinley street.
Open from 2 to 5 every week day and
from 8 to 10 at night. New ’phone No.
44. Private lessons by appointment.
Sweat Baths.
First-class sweat baths and mas
sage parlors at room 5, Montana, tf
Get a Skate On.
Go to the Valdez Rink; five-piece
orchestra every Sunday, Tuesday and
Friday. W
G. O. Reinke. tne watchmaker and
jeweler. Is at the Valdez Drug Co.
Vll work guaranteed.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Bargains In holiday goods, wearing
apparel and articles of every-day want
at the Emporium. tf
Home cooked meals at Mrs. Matil
da Olson’s on Hobart street. Phone
219. Dinner served at 6 p. m. tf
Harvey’* Toggery Retiring From
Business.
We are closing out our entire stock
below cost. Fixtures for sale. tf
Subscribe for tbe Prospector.
6UITERREZ NOW
IN THE SADDLE
New Provisional President Welcomed
In Mexico City—Villa Has Force i
of 30,000 In Capital.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 3—General
Villa and Provisional President Gu
tierrez entered this city today. The
new president will immediately take
charge of the government, while Villa
will commence extensive operations
against General Carranza, who has es
tablished his capital at Vera Cruz.
Villa has had a force of men in
Mexico City for several days but did
not enter the city until today. The
streets were lined with the people
ready to give a welcome to the new
dictator. A month ago the same'
crowds cheered the arrival of Pro
visional President Carranza.
Thirty thousand men were brought
tc the city by Villa and they are all
well equipped and ready for exten
sive operations against Carranza.
ENGINEERS SOON
MAKE REPORT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The re
port of the Alaska engineering com
mission is expected to be ready for
President Wilson some time early in
January. The commissioners have es
tablished offices in the Bureau of
Mines building. The report will not
be made public unti' it has been
placed into the hands of the president
for his decision of the route to be
Selected for the trans-Alaska road.
The engineers are now comparing the
data of the different routes.
BOER REBEL
IS CAPTURED
PRETORIA, S. A., Dec. 3.—The of
ficial announcement was made here
today by the authorities of the Union
of South Africa that General De Wet,
the leader of the Boers who have re
belled against the British government,
has been captured and that the in
surrection has been quelled.
General De Wet lost his son in one
of the recent battles between his com
mand and that of General Boltha.
STEAMER MARIPOSA
SWLSTOSEflTLE
The steamer Mariposa left Valdez
last night at 5 o’clock for Seattle
with the following passengers:
Hattie M. Meyers, Frank Fraze,
Mrs. A. F. Hoffman, Dr. C. H. Vance,
J. O. Reans and wife, Senator B. F.
Millard and wife, Geo. Pulver, F. M.
Brown, Matt Raich, James Wicker
sham, W. N. Spence, D. E. Morris,
CHILDREK'S DANCE
TOMORROW NIGHT
A dance for the children will be
given tomorrow night at Everyman’s
Club House. Mrs Harry T. Whitley.
Miss Spence and Miss Verna Fish will
take charge of the dance and see that
the children have a good time. All
children of Valdez are Invited to at
tend.
Learn To Dance the Modern Dances.
Miss Jean Gravelle has opened a
class for modern dances at the cor
ner of Keystone and McKinley street.
Open from 2 to 5 every week day and
from 8 to 10 at night. New 'phone No.
44. Private lessons by appointment.
CHILIAN MOBS
CREATE HAVOC
German Owned Traction Company
Wanted To Raise Far&—Mobs
Destroy Their Property.
VALPARAISO, Chile, Dec. 3.—The
local traction company, owned by Ger
man bankers, yesterday raised the
fare for rides on the cars and started
a riot resulting In the destruction of
a large part of the rolling stock and
the burning of several company build
ings.
Not satisfied with the wrecking of
the traction company buildings, the
mobs demolished a number of office
and residence buildings owned and
occupied by Germans. The buildings
were looted.
The railway company will not be
able to operate for several weeks, as
new equipment will have to be built.
Feeling is running high against the
Germans and more trouble is expect
ed. The government has a large
force of troops ready to aid the po
lice should another outbreak occur.
DAI LAMAR
ISJONVICTED
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—David Lamar,
the “wolf of Wall street,” was convict
ed In the federal court this afternoon
of impersonating an officer of the
government and was sentenced to
serve two years in the penitentiary.
Lamar refused to introduce any tes
timony in his own defense, claiming
that the indictment and conviction
cannot be sustained in the higher
courts. Lamar operated on Wall
street and by impersonating Con
gressman Palmer and other govern
ment officials, was able to secure in
side information by which he could
sell or buy stock before a raise or
decline. He was finally caught and
is now under conviction.
CHICAGO TABOOS
NUDE ART STUDIES
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—The city art
commission today decided that they
would not spend one red cent to se
cure art for Chicago which displayed
the nude. It is held by the commis
sion that many more beautiful art
studies can be secured other than
the nude form of women and that
it will be the purpose of the com
mission to dispose of those already
owned by the city and replace them
with art studies of animals and men
not in undress.
LOOPS THE LOOP
fOHJJST TIME
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3.—Aviator
Hill, a boy of 20, was killed here
yesterday when he tried to loop the
loop. The operator lost control of
his machine and it first turned side
ways and then plunged to earth and
was smashed into thousands of pieces.
Every bone in the body of the boy
was broken.
WAITRESSES MUST
GET $11 PTH WEEK
OLYMPIA, Dec. 3.—The State In
du-trial commission tod&y fixed the
wages to be paid . waitresses in
.Washington at not less than $11.00 a
week. The new law goes into effect
immediately. The commission con
sider that with $11.00 a week the girls
will have enough to provide them
selves with a decent home and will
not as easily become the prey of
the men who make up the difference
between living wages and those paid
the girls but demand a price which
society in the end must pay while
the girls themselves also pay a ter
rible price for the few extra dollars
they so badly need.
Before purchasing Christmas pres
ents drop in and see the stock on dis
play at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
and GRAIN
Office, foot of Wall street.
VALDEZ SHEET METAL WORKS
Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating.
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES
Pumps. Well-Points, Valves T Water. Steam and Suction
and Packing. Hose.
PIPE AND FITTINGS
UPPER T0NS1NA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE! NAFSTED. Mgr.
List Your Houses with the
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Houses for Rent or Sale. Collections Made.
C. B. SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Wall Street.
VALDEZ ELECTRIC COMPANY
THE CONSUMERS’ COMPANY
Office in Copper Block, on Broadway
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
Chas. R. Crawford Wi111 Str">- pfc»"'159
Plate Glass, Window Glass, Roofing and Building Papers, Roofing
Pitch, Lime, Cement, Plaster Lath, Shingles, Builders’ Hard
ware, Shop and Job Work of all kinds.
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finishing Lumber. fairbanks^mcTrse a co
Only The Best
Smokers Can Now Enjoy
the Best
Juan De Fuca Cigars
U. S. Government Inspected.
Made In Bond
Ingram & Bush
SOLE AGENTS_
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Gradoate Norses—Private Rooms for Patients
For Terms and Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge.
Valdez Lodge
No 168,
Free and Aocepted Masons
Regular Communications tlrst Wednesday 10
each month In McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
A. F,. GRIGSHY, W. M.
C. C- Reynolds. Sco
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
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Ed. Wood, - • - Proprietor.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP.
S'lRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward, Alarka
A. M. Dieringer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGF
Teaming of all kinds
Positively oo coal deliveied
unless paid for in advance
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Leaves Fort Liscum. Leaves Valdes
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips of the launch
on the secoLd and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used
to clean boilers.
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time, read the Prospector.