STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
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Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONF, 7 FOR MEN ONLY
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office._Telephone 24
AFTER THE DINNER PARTV
and you stroll down the thor
ofare you’ll feel good all over
if you are clad in one of our
exceptional suits. The party
may have been a pleasant one.
hut not so pleasing as the
knowledge that you are well
dressed in the latest fashion.
When we make your suit it's
sure to please.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
.1994 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1917
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will lake contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA-PHONE 18
REFERENCES j S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaslca.
Independent Steam Laundry
*atisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66
j Foot Keymone Ave
I Rouifb Dry ICo lb
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone #3 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Ohas. Fischer, Propr.
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
Quartz and Placer
f >. ;
Location Notices
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For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Randall Ashby was an outgoing
passenger for Seattle, where he will
meet his family, who have been
-pending the winter in the States, and
return with them on one of the next
boats.
Fresh Razor Back Flams. Crabs,
Red Snappers, Codfish and Halibut at
Frye-Bruhn’s. ^27
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Remember your friends by sending
them a Panoramic View, a new lot
just received. Valdez Drug Co. tf
A full and complete line of Cigars,
Cigarettes. Smoking Tobacio and
Pipes. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Labor Grafters Found Guilty.
CHICAGO, March 19.—The thir
teenth defendants in the so-called la
bor graft cases were found guilty by
a federal grand jury today. The de
fendants were four former business
agents of the Electrical Works’ union
and nine members of the Chicago
Switchboard manufacturers. The
charges were conspiracy and mainte
nance of a boycott.
Webster's New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; come in
and look it over. Valdez Drug Co. if
The best of everything in box
Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen tf
Tor first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer- '
chauts’ Cafe. tf i
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TRAVEL AS AN EDUCATOR.
Baaing tha World and It* Wondara
Broadans tha Mind.
Millions of people never travel. Ris
ing day after day. they look out upon
the same scenes, go through the same
daily tnsks and tumble into the same
bed again at night, no different than
they were the day before.
Each year thousands are traveling
for the first time, not only the wealthy,
but the middle class nud even the poor
est. They are coming to view travel
not as an extravagance, but as the
price of comfort, health. experience
and knowledge. Ocean liners nre ver
itable floating hotels, with ballrooms,
promenades hiuI conservatories, while
trains ure the last word in comfort
with their thickly upholstered seats
and handsomely appointed dining cars
with up to the minute service.
The educational value of travel is be
ginning to hare the greatest weight.
Boys and girls who liuve Iteon to the
best schools help complete their edu
cation by seeing the world or such
I>arts of It as their time ana circum
stances will permit. The grown up
who Is wise realizes the broadening In
fluence of travel and counts each day
well spent that brings him new expe
riences In foreign fields. No one can
fail to he uplifted by seeing some of
God’s masterpieces or the handiwork
of man in picture, sculpture, cathedral
and splendid public edifices. Nor is it
necessary to leave one's own country.
There is plenty to lie seen and learned
in our home land if we will only go in
search of it.—Kathleen Hills in Les
lie's.
STANDARD TIME.
The Railroad Confuaion That Exiatad
Bafora Ita Adoption.
Prior to 1883 time differences caused
especially confusing complications on
railroads In the United States. It was
formerly customary for a road to use
throughout large sections of Its terrl
tor.v the local time of one of the prin
cipal cities through which It passed.
The result was that when two rail
roads met In some smaller town It fre
quently bapiicued that they were run
ning under widely different time sys
tems. As many as five different kinds
of time were thus simultaneously In
use in a single town.
It was the need of an International
standard of time that led to the prime
meridian conference at Washington in
1883. This reeommentlpd the use of
the Greenwich civil time, reckoned
from zero up to twenty-four hours.
In accordance with (his resolution
and to remedy tile aforementioned dif
ficulty the United States and Canada
selected a series of standard meridians
differing in longitude from that of
Greenwich. Kngluud. by exact multl
i ih>s of 15 degrees.
On Oct. 18, 1883, a convention was
called by W. F. Allen, secretary of the
general railway time convention, which
decided on the in trod net ion of standard
time, to take effect on Nov. 18. 1883,
and on that day the change to the pres
ent system was made without any dilii
culty.—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
How the Duet Get* In.
When the barometer falls the air
around expands into a large volume,
and the air inside the bookcase, the
clothes closet and the cupboard also
expands and forces Itself out. at every
minute crevice. When the barometer
rises again the air inside the cupboard,
as well as outside, condenses and
shrinks and the air is forced back into
the cupboard to equalize tlie pressure,
au<l along with the air in goes the
dust. The smaller the crevice the
stronger the Jet of air, the farther
goes the dirt. Witness the dirt traeks
so often seen in imjierfectly framed
engravings or photographs. Remember,
whenever you see the barometer rising,
that an additional charge of dust Is
entering your cupboard and bureau
drawers.
Grava Humor.
The punster Is Irrepressible. He even
indites his jokes on tombstones. An
epitaph in Waltham abbey Informs ns
that Sir James Fullerton died Vfijller
of faith than of fears, fuller of resolu
tions than of pains, fuller of honor
than of days.”
There Is another of Daniel Tears:
‘Though strange, yet true, full seventy
years was his wife happy iu her Tears.”
This was written of au organist:
•‘Here lies one blown out of breath who
lived a merry life and died a Merideth.”
Another says: ‘‘Here lies Thomas
Huddlestone. Reader, don’t smile, hut
reth>ct as this tombstone you view that
Deuth. who killed him. In a very short
while will huddle a atone upon you."
Fearsou’s Weekly.
Easily Changed.
‘‘la your portable garage satlsfac
tory?”
‘‘Ob. yes,” replied the suhurbau
dweller; “it suits me very well, ami
I'm glad for my wife’s sake that I
bought the portable kind."
“Why so?”
“She's had it moved half a dozen
times because she didn't think it looked
well from the street.”—Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Praparadneaa.
“When my husband proposed to me
the jMior fellow’s voice stuck iu ills
ihroat.”
“Then how did you know he
proposing?’
“Well, you see, 1 was afraid that
might happen, so I had taken les-auc
in lip reading."—Boston Transcript.
Gat Fra8 Ride*.
To this day. under the terms of
treaty with (he Pah Utes made in 1881!
members of that tribe are entitled t<>
free transportation in (be state of NY
vada on the Central Pacific line.
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OISTRICT COURT
I
- i
This morning the motion of Attor-|
ney Booker for Otto Kanitz for the j
return ot certain trunks, papers etc ,.
belonging to defendant now in pos- j
session of the marshal was hrough*j
up. Attorney for plaintiff stated thatj
he desired to present authorities sus-,
taining his demand. E. E. Ritchie, j
for the government, stated that there1
was no objection to the returning of
the articles of wearing apparel, «*tc.,
but that certain articles were desired)
as evidence and the return of these
would he res’sted. The court stated .
that as a jury trail was coming up ihe.
matter could he presented at the clone
of the trail.
The case of the United States vs.
Ed Sellers, charged with robbing n
mining claim, was brought up. The
court sustained the motion of defen
%
(iant's attorney to strike the third
count in the indictment, but overruled !
the demurrer to the indictment as toi
the other two counts.
The selection of a jury was c;im-i
menced, and the panel being exhaust
ed an order was issued for a special1
venire of ten men.
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WITHHELD PORTION PLOT
GIVEN OUT BY SENATOR
WASHINGTON, D. C . March 20.
j According to a democratic senator,
! who has close relations with the State
J Department, one portion of the fa
I mous Zimmerman-to-Bernstorff-to
Von Eckhardt note which referred to
the reward for Japan, should she join
the proposed alliance with Germany
; and Mexico in making war on the
ifnitcd States.
In this portion, according to the
Senator. Germany proposed to Car
^ranza to offer to Japan, if Japan
: would join in making war on the
i United States, compensation, that
compensation to be nothing less than
"The cession to Japan of all the Uni
ted States west of the Rocky Moun
tains.'
The Senator asserts the State De
partment and the President felt it
1 wise to withhold the offer to Japan at
! the time of publication of the note,
jas it was then known that Japan had
* never received the offer. Now that
Japan has had a chance to declare
herself and also to announce that she
had not seen the note, the Senator
;aid he did not know of any further
reason for withholding the informa
tion.
S< '< ITU X1 > LA X D<)WX ER
USES GERMAN HELI*
EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 20.
! -The people of the Isle of Skye and
! the neighbor islet of Rassay are up
in arms over a German invasion of
their territory and have appealed to
I the government in London to clear
their Highland soil of the unwelcome
1 visitors.
The trouble is due to the action
of a local landowner who is employ
; ing a large number of German prison
■ers. The islanders allege that the
! prisoners are being employed not be
' cause there is no local labor avail
able, but because the local people will
| not accept the landowners’s terms of
ment.
' The Island of Rassay, which has
a population of about 400, is owned
by the family of a wealthy ironmaster
and at the southern end are iron
mines. These have been extended
since the war began, antf are being
[THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1017
Practically a Dally at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the World gives so much
at so low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
in the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe Is now half-way into
its third year, and whether peace bo
at hand or afar off the events to fol
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice a Week World, The
Dally Prospector and The Week'/
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
In advance. You get 156 copies of
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for this
price. Can you afford to be without
them.
Hie Thrice-a«Week World,
The Daily Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
ALL FOR $18.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly
Miner are the only papers published
at Valdez, and are replete with local
and world news. The Miner makes a
specialty of Territorial News in con
densed form. The World is too v.ell
known to our readers to dilate upon
its field of usefulness.
SEND TN YOUR ORDER NOW.
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a fire insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if fire does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresight is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Real Kstate Agency
IF TONY’S PLACED
EVERYTHING
FIRS'! CLASS (
.'.A A A A .*
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
Mar. 9—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Mar. 19—S. S. Adm. Watson.
for Seward
Mar. 26—S. S. Adm. Evans
for Kodiuk.
Apr. 4—S. S. Adm. Farragui
for Seward
Apr. 9.—S. S. Adm. Watson.
From Valdez for Seattle—
Mar. 8—S. S. Adm. Watson.
Mar. 10—S. S. Adm. Evans
Mar. 17—S. S. Adm. Karra^ul
Mar. 27—S. S. Adm. Watson
Apr. 6—S. S. Adm. Evam
for Ancbo«*ag°.
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARK ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings from Seattle—
I'eb. 16—S. S. Alaska
Keb. 24—S. S. Northwestern
Alar. 1—S. 8. Mariposa
Mar. S—S. 8. Alaska
Mar. 1 tJ—S. S. Northwestern
Valdez, to Seattle—
Feb. IS—S. S. Mariposa
Feb. S. S. Alaska
Mar. 4—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. S—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 16—S. S. Alaska
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN. JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUSL
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Gea’I Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Ageat
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worked at a much greater capacity
than ever before.
Many of the islanders have been
employed in the mine at wages from
115 to 18 shillings a week,* but some
iutside labor has always been neces
i sary, as a considerable proportion
of the islanders decline to work un
i
derground or are dissatisfied with the
i terms ottered them.
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Organist is Killed
KANSAS CITY, March 20.—Ed
|
jward Kreiser, organist at one of the
; largest churches here, was shot' and
killed at his home here today. Mrs.
Kreiser, his wife, was arrested by
■ the police and according to them
[confessed to the shooting. The orgau
] ist and his wife had been quarreling
iclmost constantly since Monday night
she is quoted by the police as say
jing, and yesterday she purchased a
: revolver.
Kreiser was one of the best known
! musicians in Kansas City. Mrs. Krei
ser was a third wife.
; Iu her statement to the police Mrs.
i Kreiser is quoted as having said her
I husband had been untrue to her for
,ten years and that Monday night he
admitted the alleged indiscretions.
Northwestern Passes Juneau.
The stear.er Northwestern, north
bound, passed Juneau at 6 o’clock th>s
morning and is expected to arrive
here Thursday.
Deputy Marshal S. O. Casler left
this morning for Port Wells on offi
cial business.
A new line of heaters priced right,
at Mead'8. tf
A new stock of Al Fruit Tablets
Candy Kitchen. tf
Fresh canciy at the Emporium, tf
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Anything in nugget and ivory jew-!
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.!
Candy Kitchen. tf|
All of the latest Books, Magazines
and News Papers received on each
boat. Valdez Drug Co. tf
A fresh lot of Haas’ Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to ‘12
a box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Sweepstake Stock Wanted
Wish to purchase shares of Sweep -
stake Mining Stock,
tf ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
We have a fresh line of Augustine
Kyer box candies at the Candy Kitch
en. 'tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe. that baggage for you. tf
WANTED-—Mill man's job as first
amalgamates References to prove for
several years, handy with tools espe
ciallv wood work. Inquire at the
Prospector for K. Lahz. k-22
Try our satin-finish hard candies
in hulk at the Candy Kitchen. tf
Fresn King Salmon at Louie's Cafe
today. 3t
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genet al Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE.
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance