UY six pairs of Holeproof Hosiery
now and you won’t have any darn
ing to do for half a year—no neces
sity of wearing darned hose—no wasted
time in looking for whole hose—no hos
iery trouble whatever. Try it for six
months.
On the last boat we received a shipment
of this famous hosiery for men, women
and children. They are priced a pair, 25c,
35c, 50c’ and $1.00.
“Holesproof Ends the Mend."
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, ING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
WORK ON RUBY-LONG ROAD
PROGRESSING FAVORABLY.
The repair work on the Ruby
Long government road is being done
in a most efficient manner under the
supervision of S. T. Kincaid, who has
been entrusted with the expenditure
of the $4000 allotment made by the
road commission.
This week the road gang is en
camped near the 16-mile post and is
working up the big hill between
Beaver and Long creek.
Three bridges have been built, the
largest of which is across Beaver.
' Many culverts have been put in,
washouts filled, and the road well
ditched and drained.
At the present time Mr. Kincaid
has ten men, including the cook and
teamster. The gang is composed of
local men and each individual takes
an interest and pride in the work
done to an extent seldom seen among
men on public work. They work
eight hours and are full of life in the
evening, and in the best of spirits,
and the amount of work they are
doing speaks for itself.
Mr. Kincaid has asked for funds
to repair the bridges and fill the
washouts between Long and Poor
man.
When the freezeup comes and the
.teamsters go back to the winter trail
aj&in they will find a pleasant sur
prise awaiting them for, unlike pre
vious years, the road for the entire
distance between Ruby and Long w4il
be in excellent condition.—Ruby Re
cord.
An Ominous Outlook.
"The judge of my court is a char
acter,” remarked the ‘. clerk. “He
saw a play called ‘Seven Days’ and
the following morning every prison
er got seven days. Then he read a
book called ‘Three Weeks,’ and every
culprit got three weeks. I’m a little
puzzled as to the outcome of his
present literary activities.”
"Why so?”
“Just now he is reading a volume
entitled, ‘One Hundred Years of
Progress.’ ”—Kansas City Journal.
Notice of Meeting.
The Eastern Star will meet Tues
day evening at 8 o’clock.
2t WALTER STEWART, Sec.
For the Nu-Bone Corset see Mrs.
Leavell, phone 200. tf.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual meeting of the stock
holders of Fidalgo-Alaska Copper
Company will held at the Company’s
office, being the law office of Dono
hoe & Dlmond, in the town of Val
dez, Alaska, on Monday, the 4th day
of October, 1916, at the hour of two
o’clock in the afternoon of said day,
„ at which meeting the directors of said
Company shall be elected for the en
suing year. There will also be con
sidered at said meeting a proposi
') tion to sell and dispose of all of the
Company’s property at Fidalgo Bay,
Alaska, consisting of twenty lode or
quartz mining claims, together with
the improvements thereon; there will
also be considered such other busi
ness as may regularly come before
said meeting.
T. J. DONOHOE, President.
First pub. 8ept. 18, 1916.
Last pub. Oct. 2, 1916.
PRESENTED TONIGHT
AT THE LIBERTY THEATRE
The third of the list of features,
“The Ragpicker of Paris,” will be
presented at The Liberty Theatre to
night for the last time. “The Rag
picker of Paris” was taken in Paris,
and is one of the first-class three-act
feature films the Liberty Theatre
closes its program with Jefferson De
Angelis, that great Broadway star, ir
a farce comedy with a star cast, “Be
ware of a Dog.”
The following features are booked
at the Liberty Theatre for the coming
dates: Uncle Tom’s Cabin, in five
acts; Weber & Fields, in Old Dutch:
The Deep Purple; Mrs. Wiggs of the
Cabbage Patch; The Fight; The Mas
ter Criminal; The Pit; What Hap
pened to Jones, with Fred Mace in
the lead, a five-act comedy; The
Boss; Lullian Russel, in Wildfire;
Alias Jimmie Valentine; The Last
Day’s of Pompeii; Sapho; The Lights
of London; Fine Feathers; Mother;
The Gentleman From Mississippi.
Weber & Fields in “Two of the Fin
est; Opened by Mistake; Raffety
Stops the War, and Two of the Brav
est.
These are some of the finest pro
ductions ever presented on the Amer
ican stage and are now presented in
J the moving pictures to the public.
For GOOD pictures visit the Lib
' erty Theatre.
j Tonight’s program, The Ragpicker
! of Paris, in three acts, and Jefferson
j De Angelis, that Broadway star,
! supported by an all start cast in,
| “Beware of a Dog.”
CASES BEFORE THE
FEDERAL COURT.
Judge Brown this morning over
ruled the demurrer to the indictment
in the case of the Japanese indicted
by the grand jury for supplying li
quor to Indians at Ellamar and the
case will go to trial.
The court granted a bar room li
cense to Murray & Thompson, of
Cordova.
The case of James Fields, indicted
for grand larceny at Anchorage, came
before the court at 10 o’clock this
morning.
Peter Johnson, of McCarthy, was
arrested on a warrant issued by the
district court, information having
been gained by the court that he has
been selling liquor without a license.
He was placed under bonds of $1000
at McCarthy, and arrived in Valdez
last night. Accused was given three
days to enter pleas.
MARIPOSA ARRIVES
FROM THE SOUTH.
The steamship Mariposa the Alaska
Steamship Company’s liner, arrived
from the south this afternoon, bring
ing several large shipments of freight
for local merchants. The list of her
passengers for Valdez as sent from
Seattle follows: Elsie Connell, Eliz
abeth S. Carter, N. Shaw, J. Patton,
Katherine Monahan, J. McCarthy,
and Mrs. O. Frantcen.
WANTED—Ladles and men, boys
and girls for auto rides. For rates
Phone 82, or see Joe. tf
The Paris police force Is to be in
creased by the addition of a corps
of divers to work beneath the River
Seine.
BELUGO INDUSTRY
TO BE DEVELOPED
Juneau Man Believes that the White
Whale will Form Basis of An
other Big Industry.
That the beluga, or white whale,
will eventually figure prominently In
the profitable Industries of the Alas
kan coast is the opinion of J. A.
Maglll of Juneau, who has engaged
in the business during the past
summer at Cook Inlet. An interview
relative to the beluga industry given
the Juneau Dispatch by Mr. Magill
follows:
“The beluga Is a white whale, be
ing pure white while in the water,
and is from six to 20 feet In length.
They run by tens of thousands in the
Cooks Inlet country, starting about
the 15th of April and continuing un
til the 1st of October in the streams.
After the 1st of October they can be
caught in the open water until the
first of January.
"The beluga furnishes a grade of
leather which is highly prized among
the manufacturers of fine shoes. The
leather is of a fine grain, practically
waterproof, and very tough and is
extensively used to make high grade
sportsmen’s boots.
“The principal demand for the
leather comes from Europe, Scot
land, Holland and England taking
the bulk of it, although American
tanners are after all they can get.
The hides bring about $3.50 per
pound after tanning.
“An average fish will furnish a
hide which weighs about a hundred
pounds, 400 pounds of dark edible
red meat, which is pickled and sent
to the Japanese market, 400 pounds
of bones and offal for fertilizer, be
sides a barrel and a half of a color
less and odorless oil which is highly
prized for lubrication. The oil is
used by the natives for cooking pur
poses. Each fish brings returns of
about $100.
"The industry of fishing for belu
ga has been carried on in Norway for
hundreds of years and on the Atlan
tic coast for ninety years. This i3
the first time it has ever been tried
on the Pacific.
“Since I left Juneau I have estab
lished two fishing stations, built three
buildings and made a start on the
fishing end of my project. On the
Atlantic coast hauls netting many of
these fish have been made, and with
the proper equipment I can dupli
cate this were I am located. The
fish are caught with large drag
seines and I have not the proper
equipment at present. I am now on
my way to Seattle for new equip
ment and I expect next season will
be a big one for me.”
In speaking of the beluga the In
ternational Encyclopedia says: ”.v
species of fish—the great sturgeon.
It is sometimes 12 to 15 feet in
length and weighs 1200 pounds or
in rare cases even 2000. The best
isinglass is made from its swimming
bladder. Its flesh is sometimes eaten
but is occasionally Unwholesome. It
is found in the Caspian sea and the
Black sea, and the large rivers which
flow into them. It is also called the
white whale. It belongs to the farn
ily Delphinidae. It inhabits the Da
vis Straits and other portions of the
Northern seas, and sometimes as
cends rivers.”
SAY NEW KOYUKUK CAMP
IS ASSUREDLY PERMANENT.
The Nome Industrial Worker says:
John Le Mountain, writing from the
mouth of the Kovuk, where he is
running a store for Chester of Chi
nik, says that Dime creek is looking
very good. There are twenty-two
men now working on Sweepstakes
creek and twenty-five on Dime creek.
This is not counting natives who are
working at subsidiary labor. Le
Mountain is engaged among others in
putting up permanent buildings for
a permanent camp is now regarded as
assured. The creek (Dime) is show
ing up very well. The miners are
crosscutting on ground held on lease
from George Leonard by Curley Lov
ell of Council. The crosscut has de
veloped three to four feet of pay
ranging in value from 8 to 10 cents
The crosscut has been run 30 feet so
far an8 the pay still holds up won
derfully uniform. There are others
also engaged in work, but the main
mining will be carried on during the
winter. Le Mountain is very sangu
ine of the camp’s future.
Notice to Pioneers.
All members of ^Igloo No. Seven
are requested to be present at the
regular meeting Wednesday night,
September 22nd, and to consider
changing the meeting night.
2t E. G. AMES, Sec.
Subscribe for .he Prospector.
WOMEN WARRIORS.
Amazons of Old Appear to Have Been
Dames of High Degree.
For a long time it was held that tlie
itor.v of the Amazons, the valiant race
of women warriors, so great a favorite
with the Greeks and other peoples of
antiquity, was a mere poetic myth, liut
within recent years archaeological re
searches have indicated that there
were Indeed women fighters of high
rank in those remote days.
A couple of yefirs ago there was un
earthed a sepulcher In that part of Italy
known as Etruria in which was discov
ered a war chariot of bronze and iron,
wherein was crouched the skeleton of
a woman. About this skeleton were
the remains of rich robes and orna
ments of gold and ivory, such as In the
old traditions the Amazons wore to
battle. The bronze work and the terra
cotta vases fixed the date of the tomb
as about 800 B. C.
The first stories of the Amazons as
signed them to the northeastern part
of Asia Minor, but Etruria was peo
pled from Asia Minor and had attained
a high degree of skill in certain of the
arts long before Rome was founded,
finch evidence as this tomb affords Is,
In tho opinion of more than one au
thority. more convincing than the pic
tures of Amazons on the old vases or
such legends as that of Queen Pene
thesilea. who was said to have led
8,000 women fighters to the aid of
Priam during the Trojan war.—Bar
par’s Weekly.
BLACK SEA DEAD LINE.
Below 1,200 Feet the Poieonous Water
Kille All Organic Life.
The Black sea. which In some parts
has a depth of more than 6,500 feet.
Is poisoned by sulphnreted hydrogen
wherever the water is deeper than
1.200 feet. This accounts for the curi
ous fact that there Is no organic life
below that depth, excepting perhaps
some bacteria of very low order, im
pregnated with sulphur.
The causes for this phenomenon are
explained by the quick outflow of the
fresh water through the Bosporus,
while salt water coming from the
Mediterranean enters through a deeper
current into the depths of the Black
sea. The waters on the surface are.
therefore, controlled absolutely by
horizontal currents of considerable
force, and vertical currents which
might carry the noxious gases from
the bottom to the surface and fresh
oxygen from the surface to the bottom
are hardly ever noticeable.
The water at great depths is so satu
rated with sulphuric gas by the dis
integration of organic matter sinking
to the bottom by reason of its weight
that no fish or other living being which
needs oxygen for its organic system
can exist beyond a stated depth.—Ix>n
don Standard.
Made In Glasgow.
It was a long and tedious train jour
ney, says the Glasgow News, and the
other two occupants of the compart
ment had exhausted several other top
ics and were now “on” about cock
fighting. "When I was a lump o' a
laddie In Blant’re.” said one of them.
“I had a wee bantam that could bate
ony bird ye could pit before him. Weel.
this Sunday mornin’ he bate twa cocks,
yin efter the ither. but he wls that
sair torn that to pit him oot o’ pain 1
thrawed his neck and threw him on
the midden. Then we took oot anither
pair o' birds, and yin o' them crnwed
his challenge, when up me wee ban
tam staggered tae his feet, gied a cock
a-leerie-law. and drappit doon deid aff
the midden." “Ye’re an nwfu’ man.
Wully.” said the other man solemnly.
“Are ye no' feart ye drop doon deid
yersel'?"
Not Sufficiently Explicit.
“I think we met at a slimmer resort
two or three years ago, didn't we?"
“Perhaps we did. Your face looks
very familiar to me."
“It ought to. I proposed to you one
evening and you accepted me."
“Did I? Do you remember where it
was?”
“It was on a hotel veranda, behind a
lot of palms and rubber plants.”
“Oh. you will have to he more ex
plicit than that. Nearly half of my en
gagements have taken place with that
kind of a stage setting.”—Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Not an Uncommon Experience.
“I don’t know whether or not It’s
because they have a personal grudge
against me.’’ said the smiling cynic,
“but I know when I ride In full day
light on a street car with which I’m
perfectly familiar the conductor calls
every cross street loudly and clearly,
but when I’m trying to find my way
on a dark night In an entirely new
neighborhood he’s silent as a church
on a Monday morning,”—Milwaukee
Sentinel.
Jumbled Wrong.
Munager—My denr madam, your com
plaint is a very foolish one. The stage
director did not slander you because he
gave your role to another actress. Ac
tress—Qf course be slandered me.
Didn’t he take away my character?—
Baltimore American.
He Knew.
Lady Customer—I wish to tell you
how these shoes of mine are to be
made. Shoemaker—Oh, I know that
well enough—large Inside and email
outside.—Meggendorfer Blatter.
Pretty Bad.
Wife—Aren’t yon going to smoke
those cigars I gave you? Husband
No I’m keeping them till Tommy be
gins to want to smoke. They’ll settle
it.—Illustrated Bits.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES A TRAIN
Auto for Hire Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 i. A. SPENARD, Prop.
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fimt Haul in the lettrier---Wall Heated, Clean Ratal,
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
Jas. E. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To \ Any Part of the Country.
PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Plione 63 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
j Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE nafsted. Mar.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Doing Business As Usual
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Roujrh Dry 10c lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBIXG, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pii>e and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche, on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 26th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing lBth calls Iltamna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J, RING WOOD, Mgr., Seattle I VALUE* DOCK CO- Local Agt.