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Quality Tailoring Co. of N. Y, Inc.
(Connected with the Alfred Benjamin-Washington Co.)
Correct Clothes,
and we are now in a position to take
your measure for “Made to Order
clothes; from Twenty "five dollars up.
Spring Samples now ready.
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National Universal
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen vears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 18 THE DENTIST
Offictcooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9a.m.,B8pj»., 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. SuDdays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. B9
HOURS—9 to 12 a. d. ; 1 to 6 and7 to9p. m.
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valde*,Alaaka
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
'Civil Engineer and’
U. S. Deputy Lend end
| Mineral Surveyor
Blue Prating Valdez, Alaska.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party of Alaska
Meets every Saturday at 8 p. m.
Next door to Senate Saloon.
Everybody Welcome.
Caught Once.
She—What do you think of matri
mony?
He—Sorry, but I’m married already.
—uhjindelDhla Itecord
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THE READING TABLE
There Is no light that in kes night '
reading so easy as does Electricity. / n
Electric portable is a source of ploasuro
in every home—as well as a in a.is of
health. The ontiro body suffers if the
eyes becomo affected. Reading in im
proper light is one of the worst tilings
for the eyes. Get an Electric Portable
and read in comfort and peace.
Alaska Water, Light Telephone & Company
ALASKA’S SEAWEED.
Volcanic Eruption* Hava a Deadly Ef
fect Upon Kelp Life.
The damage done to seaweed add
other forms of marine vegetation is
about the last thing, that would occur
to anybody who bad not made a stndy
of the subject as a possible result ot
a volcanic eruption.
Kelp is one of the most useful forms
of seaweed. It used to be found In
abundance off various parts of the
coast of Alaska, but for several years
pust the crop has been practically de
stroyed by volcanic eruptions wbicb
have occurred In that vicinity.
This has been a source or great loss
to the natives of Alaska, who have
made use of kelp In a variety of ways
As It grows only In shallow water, It
bos proved a valuable aid to naviga
tion In waters where there are prac
tically no aids except such as nature
I has provided. Then, too, the natives
used It to fertilize their gardens,
i There are various theories as to jnst
how the action of volcanoes Interrupts
! or entirely stops the growth of kelp
One Is that the hot blasts and poison
ous gases which ponr out of the
craters during eruptions are fata! to
plant Ufe.
Another more probable explanation
| of tbe damage done to kelp Is that it
Is due to tbe enormous masses of pum
i Ice from the volcanoes.
I This pumice, it Is thought, covers tbe
rocks so that the kelp and other ma
rlne plants And It impossible to cling
to them, or It may be that It Is the
grinding effect produced on this great
nmss of rough stone by tbe constant
movement of tbe tides and waves
wbicb crushes out the water’s vege
table life.—New York American.
BRAZIL NUT TREES.
Thsy'Oo Not Bear Fruit Until They
Are Fifty Years Old.
In this country Brazil nuts are al
most as well known as walnuts, yet
few know the manner of their growth
and the steps taken In their collection
and marketing. The tree Itself Is the
most majestic In the valley of the Amo
zon. where It attains a height ranging
from fifty to a hundred feet Geuer
nlly severnl hundred trees are found In
a group. The control of the best pro
dticlng districts long ago passed to prl
vate Individuals; hence the natives are
not free to pick and sell the nuts ai
will.
The Brazil nut tree does not begin to
bear fruit until It attains the age of
fifty years or thereabouts and contln
ues to produce crops intermittently al
most forever At least trees known to
be hundreds of years old hnve pro
duced crops. The pods In which the
nuts are contained drop in November
and December.
These pods are very bard and weigh
several pounds, consequently the trees
are studiously avoided during the pe
nod in which the pods are dropping
since It would be extremely hazardous
for tbe gatherers to expose themselves
to the danger of having the pods fall
ou them from such a great height
Each pod Is at least seven Inches in
diameter and Is full of nuts. The pod
19 usually opened with a machete. — Ar
gonaut
Ruskin’s Roast Beef.
During n visit to Mntloc-k In 1871
Ruskln was seized with an attack ot
Internal Inflammation, which nearly
carried him off. Mrs. Arthur Severn,
who nursed him, records that at the
crisis of this Illness “he hungered, to
our horror, for a slice of cold roast
heef It was late at night, there was
node In the hotel, and Albert Goodwin
went off to get some anywhere be
could At last at an eating nonse in
the town he discovered some and
came back triumphant with It wrapped
In paper. Mr Kuskin enjoyed his late
supper thoroughly Though we ans
lously waited till morning for a result.
It nad done no harm, and to every
body's surprise be recovered "—London
Spectator.
An Observant Boy.
“I wish you boys would be more ob
servant" said a young schoolmaster
“When I was a boy I was always on
the lookout, and what 1 did not see was
not worth seeing. I was famous for
that 1 remember once 1 was told by a
man I met that 1 was all eyes. What
do you supine he meant by that?"
“Probably be was referring to your
conversation.” replied one boy, and the
other boys looked out of tbe window
as they tried to keep their faces sober
This shows that ordinary boys have
eyes and ears both.—Philippine Educa
tion
Hit Counterthrust.
The Other Side's Counsel (Bercelyi—1
suppose you were brought op to tell
the truth't
The Uoeded Witness—No. I wasn't
The Lawyer- Not brought op to tell
the truth! What do yoo mean by
that)
The Witness—My folks Intended me
for a lawyer.—Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Psouliar Poison.
The Mexican Indiana derived from
their ancestors, the Aztecs, the method
of making the poison of talavatchi It
ia a subtle drug, tbe constituents ot
which are not known. Tbe pecnitai
effect of tbe poison Is to destroy the
mind, while only slightly affecting the
body
A Wist 8slsction.
Grubbs— How do you like my new
pmhrellat Stubbs—FIdo. flnet You
seem to bavs picked ap someth In u
good. Richmond Dispatch.
Tbe blood mors stirs to rouse a hoc
than to start a bars.—Shakespeare
ANCIENT WAR METHODS.
Did Hannihal Use Dynamite In Hie
Passage of the Alps?
Every one knows the story of how
Hannibal crossed the Alps. It is usual
ly asserted that be demolished the
rocks that opposed his progress with
the aid of fire and vinegar. The word
used by the Latin historians and which
Is ordinarily called in English transla
tion ‘‘vinegar" Is ucetum.
The question has been raised by a
European officer whether this Is the
true meaning of the original. He thinks
that by acetum the historians Intended
to describe a substance resembling dy
namite In Its properties, and he invites
chemists to consider the question
whether the ancients may not have
possessed a formula for maktog a pow
erful explosive of this kind.
He calls attention to the fact that
two ancient historians, Marcus Grae
cus and Albert of Aix, speak of the ex
istence of two kinds of acetum, one of
which possessed greater energy than
the other. A clew to the composition
of this explosive may be found, be be
lieves, In the fact that to acetum was
ascribed the property of extinguishing
the dreaded "Greek fire.” He thinks
the substance may have been strongly
oxygenated.
Although to discover bow Hannibal's
“dynamite” was made would be to add
nothing, perhaps, to our sense of the
greatness of his achievements, yet such
a discovery would certainly throw new
light on some Interesting events In the
wars of antiquity.—Washington Star.
THE FRENCH ZOUAVES.
A Picturesque Corps Whose Fame Be
came Worldwide.
Among the most Interesting classes
of soldiers of modern times Is the
French corps called the zouaves. The
1 body of daring and picturesquely at
tired warriors reached the height of
Its fame during the Crimean war. The
zouave corps at that time was sup
posed to consist of Frenchmen, but It
was in reality quite international, since
Its ranks contained many daring young
foreigners. In this corps served many
men from Oxford, Uottingen and other
universities, and It is probable that the
greater part of Its members had joined
more for the love of lighting than for
love of country. Its fame as a tight
ing body soon spread throughout the
world.
When our own war between the
states broke out several corps of zou
aves, wearing the splendid oriental
uniforms of the French corps, or a
modification of them, were formed on
both sides. On the Federal side the
best known wus that corps command
ed by Elmer Ellsworth, a young officer
from New York, the first man, it Is
said, to be killed on the Union side
In the Confederacy the most famous
corps of zouaves was that called the
Louisiana Tigers.
While In American military life the
zouave uniform has practically disap
peared. It still persists Id France.—
Exchange.
Old Time Sea Food.
A glance at the tish shops today
arouses the reflection that oue could
have fasted with far more variety In
the middle ages. Where 13 now the
whale of yesteryear that was roasted
und served on the spit or boiled with
peas, the tongue and tall being the
choicest parts? The porpoise, too. was
a royal dish, roasted whole and eaten
with mustard, when Henry VII. was
king, and so was the grampus or sea
wolf. The lamprey, after Its one dra
matic and regicidal performance, seems
to have lost Its popularity, and nobody
nowadays Is anxious to eat the limpet
Many fish, however, seem to have en
dared throughout the ages, such as
the sprat and herring, eaten especially
In Lent; the oyster (officially a tish)
and the anchovy, sternly anathema
tlzed by old Tobias Venner In 1020 as
"food for drunkards.London Stand
ard.
A Floral Murderer,
The mocassin plant is a wanton mur
derer. its flowers are so shaped ns to
lure ants and other wingless Insects to
them. Once Inside they have small
chance to escape. There they stay,
struggling until they starve to death.
These orchids are not considered In
sect eaters, but they undoubtedly draw
a certain amount of nourishment from
the decayed bodies of their insect prey
Many other flowers trap insects, which
they kill and gradually digest as food.
The Eagle.
“As free as a bird In the air,’’ we
say. Now, of all the birds of the air
the eagle Is king and, therefore, of all
birds be Is tbe freest This fact, cou
pled with the eagle’s Independence,
self reliance and unconquerable cour
age, caused It to be chosen as tbe em
blem of our republic.
What’s In a Nam*.
“There’s a gentleman In tbe parlor,
air,” said the maid.
“Did be give you his name, Katie!"
asked the man of the house.
“Oh, no. sir; but I think It’s tbe one
who wants to give his name to your
daughter, sir."—Philadelphia Ledger.
One of War’s Evila.
One of tbe evils of a war is tbe low
ering of the national physiqua In the
generation after the Franco-Germ fin
war there was an appreciable decrease
In the stature of Frenchmen through
the large number of young men of good
physique who were killed.
Casus Belli.
“Why did that picture agent run so
fast!"
"He asked a fat woman whether I
she didn’t want her photograph m- I
larged."—Philadelphia Ledger.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
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on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE^Call You on Time for the boat
^ itfcWe Handle Your Baggage
WeJBuy and^Sell Anything from
Dead'Crabs to Live Bears.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
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Notice of Registration.
Notice is hereby given that the reg
istration books for the registration
of voters at the municipal election to
be held in and for the Town of Val
dez, Alaska, on the Gth day of April,
1915, will be open at the office of
the Town Treasurer, in Copper
Block, in said Town, on the 1st day
of February, 1915, between the hours
of 2 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon
of said day, and will remain open for
such registration between like hours
on each and every day thereafter, ex
cept Sundays, until and including the
27th day of March, 1915; and on the
last two days on which such regis
tration may be made, viz;, the 26lh
and 27th days of March, 1915, said
books will be open for such registra
tion between the hours of 1 and 6
o’clock in the afternoon of said days.
Town Treasurer E. G. Ames has
been named registrar, and will enter
in said registration books the names
of all persons, residents of the Town
of Valdez, who are qualified voters,
or who will bo such voters at the
date of said election, upon their ap
plication in person at his said office
w'ithin the office hours and between
the dates mentioned; and no voter
who does not personally appear and
register at said office between said
dates will be permitted to vote at
said election.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In I’robate.
In the matter of the estate of 1.
D. Flynn, deceased.—Notice of settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that W. T.
Scott, the administrator of the estate
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and til
ed in the above entitled court, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th day of February, 1915, at the
hour of two o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the court room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by me, the
undersigned, as the Judge of said
court, as the time and place for the
settlement of said account, at which
time and place any and all persons
interested in said estate, may appear,
file exceptions in writing to the said
account or otherwise contest the al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23rd
day of December, 1914.
(Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex Officio
Probate Judge, for the Recording
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date last publication February 24,
1915.
Somebody
With Money
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
w;ith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
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SULTS.
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Umo. read ttae Preapaaaoa.