Valdez Daily Prospector
PlJliLISHED By THE
Prospestor Publishing Co.
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Advertising Rates on Application.
MONDAY, AUGUST 10 1914.
LAW OF CONTRABAND GOODS.
The question of contraband goods
Is of much interest to neutral na
tions during war among neighboring
states. The law as to what consti
tutes contraband of war is really
well-settled, the issue arising only
when doubt exists as to the intent
with which goods not necessarily
contraband are sold and delivered.
An acceptation of contraband goods
is given in the opinion by Chief Jus
tice Chase in the case of “The Peter
hoff” (5 Wall. 28). He divides mer
chandise going into a nation at war
into three classes:
"Of these classes, the first consists
of articles manufactured and primar
ily and ordinarily used for military
purposes in Jime of war; the second,
of art'eles which may be and are
used for purposes of war or peace,
according to circumstances; and the
third, of articles used exclusively for
peace purposes. Merchandise of the
first class, destined to a belligerent
country or places occupied by the
army or navy of a belligerent, is al
ways contraband; merchandise of the
second class is contraband only when
actually destined to the military or
naval uses of a belligerent; while
merchandise of the third class is not
contraband at all.”
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Alius remember that th’ less a feller
knows th’ more emphatic he is—that
th’ more he’s wrong th’ louder he
talks—an’ th’ redder he gits th’ less
he’s worth listenin’ to. Nobuddy kin
talk as fluently an’ convincin’ly as
th’ feller that’s not hampered by facts
an’ information.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Middlecamp
came up this noon from Ellamar.
Eli Larson, the Knights island cop
per operator, and his sister, Mrs.
Erickson, came up to Valdez today.
Mrs. Erickson will leave on the next
steamer for the states, en route to
her home in Minnesota.
The banks of Valdez have been or
dered . to make a statement of the
condition, o fthe bank’s business at
the close of business on August 7th.
The statement is called for by the
Treasurer of Alaska, who is in charge
of the banks. Bank examiners will
verify the statements.
Few Jury Trial* In England.
There are only four classes of civ
il cases in England today in which
there is an absolute right of jury
trial: Libel, slander, criminal con
versation and seduction. In the to
tal bulk of English litigation jury
trials form an. Infinitesimally small
part. In 1907, for example, in the
King’s Bench Division of the High
Court of Justice, 29,737 judgments
were entered, and of these only 734
were tried by jury.
Subscribe tor the Prospector.
TO SEARCH FOR
LOST ROCKER MINE
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It is reported that another party
is being organized in the states to
search for the “Lost Rocker Mine,”
which is believed to be located on
the upper Porcupine or Firth river.
The finding of the supposedly rich
mine has been the dream of scores
of prospectors who have returned
from the search poorer but wiser
men. All attempts to find the spot
froth which Wagner took the $60,000
he -deposited ii> the San Francisco
mint in the fall of 1896 have failed.
There are few pioneers of Alaska who
are not familiar with the story of
the lost mine, and several miners
are still in the north who have been
members of parties who have spent
■ time and money in the vain search.
Wagner, claiming to hail from Alas
ka died of Bright’s disease in Chi
cago in the winter of 1896. Before
his death he told a fewT friends that
he had discovered a place in Alaska
where gold nuggets could be picked
from the bed of a stream. He left
a map describing the location of his
find. A search of the records in San
Francisco disclosed the fact that a
man named Wagner had deposited a
large amount of gold, all of it in
nuggets. Parties were organized and
attempted to follow the’ dead man’s
directions to the stream but with
out success. Some few miners re
fuse to believe the mine a myth and
dream of some day being the lucky
one to locate it.
Pingree! Pingree! Pingree!
S. Blum & Co. sole agents for the
Pingree shoe.
Industry Personified.
The following is copied from the
letter-head of an energetic western
attorney:
1871. 1914.
Capital $3.50. Capital $60,000.00
Oniee or
W. P. KNOTE,
Money Loaner.
Dealer in S'udebaker Automobiles,
Excelsior, Indian and Flanders Mo
torcycles. Loans Money on Person
al or Chattel Security. Attorney-at
Law and Notary Public. Deeds, Mort
gages and Wills Correctly Drawn.
Hard Collections Solicited—Might Buy
Poor Accounts, Notee or Anything
Else. Owner of the Best Breeding
Animals in the World, and the Best
Hotel, Barber Shop, and Livery Barn
in Douglass, also Auto Livery. Ex
banker, Hardware Merchant, Drug
gist, Physician, Proprietary Medicines
and School Teacher. Independent in
Politics, Moral Guide: The Golden
Rule. Age 65, Weight 270 lbs. Mar
ried. Reads Ed. Howe, Walt Mason,
Dodd Gaston and the Douglass Trib
une. Motto:—“Square Dealing.”
Don’t miss the new pictures at the
Orpheum tonight.
A fresh line of paint received on
the last boat by the Valdez Sheet
Metal Works. Prices reasonable, tf
G. O. Retnke, the watcnmaker and
Jeweler, Is at the Valdez Drug Co. All
work guaranteed.
For one week only wall paper will
be discounted 10 per cent. C. C.
Rudolph. k 21
Agents Wanted I,*™ It
Unusual opportunities for Intelligent man
with ability to sell.
Write for particulars ,
RAND McNALLY & CO.,
Dept. B, Chicago, 111.
VALDEZ SKATING RINK
NOW OPEN
Admission-Gentlemen 50c; Ladies and Children 25c
Good, Healthful Exercise - - Great Pleasure
An “Old Line” Company with “New Line” Idea*.
NORTHERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
HEALTH Q lu 1 PROVIDING
HEALTH < U I WT ERFECT
ACCIDENT U | * ROTECTION
Premium* Paid for You on Your Life Insurance
If Permanently Disabled. ,,
-iOME OFFICE, WHITE BUILDING, SEATTLE, U. S. A.
A. E. RANSOM. E. A. PALMER. Rwld««tAwnt,
Dfabira Sipt. far AUtki. Otter with C. G. Guty-P. 0. Bri 200.
800.000.00 DEPOSITED WITH STATE TREASURER.
SPRINGS 220 DEGREES HOT.
Will Cook Eggs In Three Minute* and
Beane While You Wait,
Portland. Ore.—Springs hot enough
to cook beans and boll eggs in three
minutes have been found within a
short distance of Portland. They are
on the Clackamas river, thirty miles
south of Estacada and seventy miles
from this city.
These springs are fifty in number,
and one throws out a stream seven
inches in diameter. The springs have
been known to the Indians for many
years. A French half breed named
Michel Arquette, a trapper, hearing an
old Indian of the Molalla tribe $peak
of hot springs this side of the range,
made an investigation and found them.
The springs are supposed to be the
hottest in the world—220 degrees.
Beans have been cooked in the larger
spring with the same dispatch as on a
stove. Eggs encased in n mesh of
any kind have been cooked in three
minutes. Even fish have been caught
in the Clackamas river and without
being taken off the line have been
dropped into the spring and in a very
brief time cooked to a turn.
The waters come from solid rock
and are strongly impregnated with
salts, but not of sufficient strength to
make the taste objectionable.
Many stories are told by the Indians
with regard to the wonderful proper
ties of these springs, and they have
been known to cross the mountains
from the reservation on the other side
to bathe in the water of the “big hole,”
as they call it.
A SUCCESSFUL HUNTER.
In 8ix Months Has Killed Panthers,
Wildcats and Five Bears.
Port Oxford, Ore.—Within six months
E. L. White of this place has proved
himself a successful hunter of preda
tory animals, and his dogs have treed
and he has killed five bears, five pan
thers and a goodly number of wildcats.
He recently spent several days up on
Sixes river and killed a female panther
that had destroyed many sheep and
deer in that locnlity. She had often
been run with dogs and had learned to
elude them by springing from tree to
tree and from stump to log, then dodg
ing .and running in a different direc
tion.
Before the big cat was killed several
photographs were taken as it was
snarling and showing its teeth at the
hunters.
TEXAS WOMAN BANKER
INSPIRES CONFIDENCE
Consulted on Business and
Heads Woman’s Association.
Austin, Tex.-Miss Leffler Corbitt,
who was elected president of the Texas
Woman Bankers’ association at the
recent convention of that organization
at Fort Worth, is one of the ablest as
well as the most popular business
woman in the state. Miss Corbitt is
connected with the Austin National
bank, holding the position of note
teller.
After leaving the University of Texas
Miss Corbitt taught school for awhile.
She then turned to banking as a more
congenial and profitable occupation,
entering the employ of the Austin Na
tional bank as general utility clerk..
Through her business ability-and by
close study of banking methods, she
rapidly worked her way up until she
now holds one of the most responsible
bank positions of any woman in the
state. In addition to her official duties.
Miss Corbitt acts as the adviser and
business representative of a number
of wealthy women of this city, who
place more confidence in her opinions
on business matters than In the aver
age business man.
Owing to the press of business Miss
Corbitt was unable to attend the con
vention at Fort Worth. She was so
well known among the women bnnkers
of Texas, however, that she was
elected president of the association by
a unanimous vote. She is planning
to widely extend the influence of the
Texas Woman Bankers’ association
while at its head. Among the am
bitions of the Texas association Is the
organization of a national body, which
shall include, all the women bankers
In the United States.
POLICE TO LEARN MANNERS.
Pittsburgh Purposes Having Fores of
Chesterfields.
Pittsburgh.—Schools in politeness for
city policemen will be established by
Charles S. Hubbard, director of pub
lic safety. Members of the force will
be Instructed In the rudiments of eti
quette and drilled In modern methods.
Mr. Hubbard says he Intends to have
the most courteous police department
In the United States. Complaints from
citizens of the impolite actions of men
tn his department caused the director
to make the move.
Blaok Cat Averts Wrack.
Fond du Lac. Wis.—A black cat prob
ably saved many Uvea on a St. Paul
road passenger train near Mayvllle.
As the train was leaving the city En
gineer Henry Holder saw a black cat
crossing the tracks In front of the loco
motive. Being superstitious. Holder
slowed down. A minute later, while
the train was moving slowly, the loco
motive was derailed. Had the train
been traveling fast a serious wreck
would have occurred.
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Another Line for
The Ladies
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Famous Fox
Priced
3 to 4.50
Priced
3 to 4.50
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Line of Low Shoes.
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PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National Univenitj |
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms over VALDEZ
Valdez Drug Co.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST |
Office rooms over On 1 Drug store Office hours
9 a. m . to ti p. m.. 7 p. m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office on Wall St. next Prospector office
Valdez, Alaska.
New Company’s. Phone No. 89
HOURS—9 to 12 o.>.1>6 sad 7 to 9 p. m.
DR. C. H. VANCE
the OSTEOPATH
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Kikrsville. Mo.
OFFICE HOURS-t to 12a.. 1 tel p. a., er k»
TREATMENT *2.80
Office and Residence'Court St. FHONE 203
E. E. RITCHIE
LAWYER
PHONEI136' Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
attorney-at-lXw
Offices Wall Street
Phone Si VALDEZ
F. BUTTERWORTH
'Civil Engineer end
U. S. Deputy Land and r
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdes, Alaska.
A. C BALDWIN
Civil Engineer and
Deputy Mineral
Surveyor. /
Vald5?AiikSnSr: IP. o. BOX 274
Steam Heat Electric Light*
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Room* All Modern Convenience*
Good jnr DlirCCT G ° °d
Goods I IIL DUiTLI Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
^Native and ¥ ¥ Tji^DCD and Building
Puget Sound JL. U IVlljEJX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
MILK-MILK-MILK
Fresh Milk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY
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Telephone orders to Phone 187
STANTON STAGE LINE
Carrying U. S. Mail, Pas
sengers, Freight, Express
from Valdez to Gulkana.
Lutn VaUei lit ml 15th ot each ■Both
For rate* see Valdez Transfer Co. Phone 60
Travel East
OVER THE
“MILWAUKEE”
The Newest and Shortest Line to the East
Crossing the Cascade Mountains, the Kittitas Valley, the Colum
bia River, the Bitter Root Mountains and Montana Canyon, trav
ersing a country of surpassing scenic grandeur, historical interest
and wonderful development.
TWO FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAILY
“The Olympian” and “The Columbian”
The NEW ALL-STEEL TRAINS to
BUTTE. MILES CITY. SIOUX CITY;
MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL. MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO
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For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations, etc.,
cal on. or address
C. H. Kraemer, General Agent,
Alaska Steamship Co. and Alaska Coast S. S. Co., Valde:, Alaska
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
443 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C.
Second Are. and Cherry St., Seattle
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