AM CLOSING OUT
DRIED FRUITS
SAPS, 7 bars for.......
TSUP, Schneider’s, each...-r*.fr
LIANCE SOLID PACK TOMATOES, two for. 25c
LIANCE FANCY MAIN CORN, two for.25c
WHITE FIGS, fancy, a pound
BLACK FIGS, 4 pounds for.-.25c
DRIED APPLES, 3 pounds for. ... 25c
ITALIAN PRUNES, fancy, 3 pounds for 25c
DRIED PEACHES, 4 pounds for.“c
SOUP, Tomato, soiled labels, 4 cans for Z5c
MEXICAN BEANS, 4 pounds for.. 25c
GREEN PEAS, 4 pounds for.. - , - 25c
LIMA BEANS, 4 pounds for - zsc
And Other First-Class Goods at a Steerage Price.
ALL REAL BARGAINS
Schmidt's Table Queen Grocery
Located at Old P. O., Next to Silverman’s
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
: Copper Block Hotel
VAIJJEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
EVERYBODY GOING
TO JITNEY OUNCE
Number of Tickets Sold Indicate that
Eagle Hull will be Crowded to
Doors this Evening.
The last touches are being made
to the decorations at Eagle Hall for
the grand Jitney Dance which will be
given there this evening for the Val
des baseball club. The entertain
ment committee report that every
thing possible to provide for the
comfort of the guests has been done
and that the floor and music will be
just right.
The demand for admission tickets
indicates that nearly every person in
town is planning to be at tbe dance,
and the boys have provided plenty
of jitney tickets.
Pew events during the present
season have received so much adver
tising as Valdez has some splendid
ball players and the prospect of see
ing them matched against teams from
other coast towns is pleasing to tbe
fans. V
The admission is only four bite.
’ hQclqdttaff five jitneys and tbe boys
pronne that those who buy tickets
and'attend will not lack for enter
tainment even if they not participate
In tbe dancing.
HVK KIDDED WHEN
TRAINS GOME TOGETHER
SPOKANE, Peb. 22.—Five persons
were instantly killed and several se
rioasly injured when a Northern Pa
cific passenger train hit a Burlington
-train during a dense tog last night.
The dead include the state oil in
spector, state Chemist and three oth
ers. The accident occurred at Che
ney, a junction near this city, and
the injured have been brought to
Spokane hospitals.
ASTORIA MAY BE
MADE GREAT NAY AD BASE.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Peb. 22.—
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, has
introduced a measure in the Senate
’ asking an appropriation of three mil
lion dollars for a naval base to be es
tablished at Astoria, Oregon. The
measure has the endorsement of
Secretary Daniels of the Navy De
partment who recemmonded that it
he made an emergency measure.
Miners coming up the bay from
Irish Cave state that Ed Wood, who
has the contract for hauling one
and tons of copper ore from the
y-Alaska mine to thei beach, is
g trouble In making a good
road; Heavy rains during the past
week caused the trail to go to pieces
and Wood sent word that if the rain
fall continued much longer he would
use boats instead of horses in trans
porting the ore
Don’t put it oft and wait until the
last minute to have your work done.
Now is the time of year to order your
engines and renewals. Valdes Iron
Works. m-tf.
TAKING TE8TOMONY ON
CHILD LABOR LAW
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Feb. 22.—
It is announced that the hearings
before the Interstate Commerce com
mission which is taking evidence re
garding the proposed universal child
labor law will be continued as many
have requested permission to appear
before the committee to offer testi
mony.
Don't Miss This.
See the Mutual Weekly News at
the Liberty Theatre tonight. The
movie man took the Revolution of
Hayti when bullets were flying all
around him. Also latest war pic
tures. At the Liberty tonight.
LOCAL BREVTT1K8.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
James Howell, who is developing
a property in which he is interested
at Port Wells, is a visitor in Valdez
after an absence of many months.
Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cookers,
Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
the Emporium. tf
The special Sunday attraction at
the Empress. Pathe’s Sensational
Movies of everything wonderful in
Central Africa. Six reels, big show.
Admission 25c.
When Passing
Look in the Liberty Theatre lobby
and see some of the coming attrac
tions that are booked for Valdez.
Mrs. J. H. Harvey, wife of J. H.
Harvey, the well known local mining
man, is a passenger on the ;North
western en route to Valdez.
Panoramic views of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and
W ran gel on sale at the Valdez Drug
store. tf
Sam Brightwell, the deputy mar
shal at Cordova, who brought Emel
Davis up to the Valdez jail, returned
home this morning on the Admiral
farragut.
Jack Began, who is developing a
gold quartz property on Thomas bay,
Port Wells, was a passenger on the
Admiral Farragut this morning for
Seattle. He is making shipments of
two tons of ore from his property to
the Tacoma smelter in Omcr «.o ascer
tain the true values of his ores.
Mcose Hall has been engaged for
the evening of St. Patrick’s Day,
March 17th, for the staging of Father
Corbett’s play, “The Irish Eden.”
The launch Shamrock will go to
points down the Sound tomorrow
morning and will carry the piledriver
crew to build the wharf at Irish
Cove for the Dickey-Alaaka Mining
company.
Reports from Port Wells state that
a number of new properties ate be
ing opened by their owners and that
scores of miners are preparing for
an active summer's work.
THREE INJURED
III TONG WAR
Portland's Chief of Police will Make
Effort t& Have Leaders Deport
ed if War Continues.
PORTLAND, Feb. 22.—A tong war
has 'broken out among the Chinese
residents of this city and one man is
dying and two others fatally wound
ed as a result of the fight which took
place last night.
Special police have been placed on
patrol in the Chinese quarters and
the chief of polfce has called all the
leading Chinese merchants into con
ference and informed them that im
mediate steps will be taken to have
the leaders of the various tongs de
ported unless the war is stopped.
The Chinamen deny all knowledge
of the alleged trouble among the
tongs and profess to believe that the
fight last night was the result of the
men having engaged in gambling.
INFANT HON OF GRANITE
MINE COUPEE PASSES ON
Funearl services were held over
the body of the infant son of Mr. and
Mrs. John S. Raymond, of the Gran
ite mine, at the parlors of the Valdez
Undertaking company at 2 o'clock
this afternoon. The child was born
| at the Granite mine and was two
| months and sixteen days old.
The little one had been ill for sev
eral weeks and the parents had plan
ned to come to Valdez in order that
medical attendance could be secur
ed. When the launch B. F. M. left
Hobo Bay on her last trip a storm
was raging and the parents decided
to await the arrival of the Admiral
Farragut from the westward, but the
child died last night on the steamer.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond’s many
friends extend sincere sympathy to
them in their bereavement.
i.OCAE BREVITIES.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Chas. Knoche of Ellamar. is spend
ing a few days in town.
—
i Notice.
{ Sunday school at the Episcopal
church every Sunday at 12 m. Every
one invited to attend these services.
When Passing
Look in the liberty Theatre lobby
and see some of the coming attrac
tions that are booked for Valdez.
Spring Samples in heavy weights!
for Alaska wear. Guy F. Cameron,
Tailor tf
There will be only one show at the
Empress this evening at 8 sharp on
account of the Jitney Dance. Plenty
of time after the change of pictures
to attend the dance. Tonight at 8
sharp.
A fine display of nugget jewelTy at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Thursday night at the Liberty, a
Mutual Mesterpiece from Richard
Harding Davis’ story, “The Lost
House.”
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Jack Hughes returned to Valdez
this morning on the Admiral Farra
gut from Port Wells.
Fancy btatlonery at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Ft>r good nome-cootted meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Mrs. L. Vincent and son were out
going passengers on the Admiral Far
ragut this morning and will spend a
few months visiting relatives in the
States.
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Jim Galen, the well known Port
Wells mining man, returned from
Seward on the Admiral Farragut this
morning.
Kodak Supplies at tne Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Masonic Meeting.
A special meeting of Masons will
be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow, Tues
day, afternoon. All Masons are re
quested to be present.
ALBERT GRIGSBY. W. M.
John Stolter, the well known
Slate Creek miner, is a passenger on
the Northwestern which sailed for
Valdes last night. Mr. Stolter has
spent the winter visiting his parents
In New York state and will go Into
the Interior over the trail.
AN INSECT MARVEL
Curious and Complex la the Tongue of
the Butterfly.
Of all the marvels, in which the
world of insect life Is so rich none is
more curious and remarkable than the
tongue of the butterfly."
This is nlways of great length.
When not in use it is coiled like a
watch spring in a flat spiral close to
the head. But when the butterfly vis
its the flower on which it feeds the
tougue is uncoiled, the tip inserted
deep in the heart of the flower and the
juices sucked up.
The butterfly’s tongue really consists
of two tubes. Each of these has a
concave inner face, whose edges in
terlock one with the other, so as to
form a third or central tube.
In butterflies we have the highest
development of the insect race, so far
as beauty Is concerned. In other re
spects. however, they do not hold so
high a place. They are outranked in.
intelligence by ants, bees and wasps
and in perfection of external parts and
mechanical excellence of the joints by
beetles.
The colors and patterns on the wings
which make butterflies so beautiful are
duo to the arrangements of innumera
ble scales that can be distinguished
only with a powerful microscope. In
some cases these scales are themselves
colored, hut often the effect of color is
only optical, due to the reflection of
liglit from the delicate ridges on each
scale. -New York American.
' SAFEGUARDING ROYALTY.
i Precaution* In Olden Days When an
English Monarch Was III.
i The British law retains some pecul
iar provisions with reference to the
"illness of the king.” These provisions
are mere survivals in the present set
tled order of government, but there
| was a time when the king’s incapacity
j afforded opportunity to aspirants to
j tlie i hrono to shorten bis day at a min
imum risk of detection. Accordingly
certain wise precautions were matters
of law.
In his "institutes” Coke says: "If
the King be taken sick there ought to
he a warrant issue from the Privy
Council, addressed to certain physi
cians and surgeons, authorizing them
to administer to the Koyal patient po
tiones. syrupoR. lasitavas, medicinas,
etc.; still, none of these should be giv
en except by consent and advice of
the Council, and they ought to set
: down m writing everything done and
i administered', and they should com
! pound all drugs themselves and not
entrust their preparation to any apoth
ecary.”
Coke thus wrote of precedent in
1610. anti today the law is practically
as he found it. although now the privy
council simply hoars reports of the
j progress of the king’s malady and
lgaves actual treatment entirely to the
physicians in direct charge of the case.
—Pearson’s Weekly.
Antiquity of Shorthand.
Shorthand is apt to be looked upon
as an essentially modern art. The
predecessors of Pitman—Byrom in the
eighteenth century. Mason in the sev
enteenth—are dim and distant figures
tieyond which it seems useless to ven
ture. Cicero dictated bis orations to
his freedman. T. Tullius Tiro, and
was inconsolable when temporarily de
prived of his services. He complained
in a letter to a friend that, while “Tiro
takes down whole phrases in a few
signs, Spintharus (his provisional sub
stitute) only writes in syllables.’’ We
need not, however, suppose that the
"uotae Tironlanae” were actually in
vented by the freedman In question.
As M. Guenin points out. the Romans
ereuted very few of the arts of peace,
contenting themselves, as a role, by
■ copying from the Greeks. M. Guenin,
however, indicates the banks of the
Nile as the cradle of the art
Blunderbuss.
In using the word “blunderbuss' we
j unconsciously imply a sense of dispar
| agement for the shooting powers of
our forefathers contrasted with the
precision of the modern rifle. The
word itself has. however, a terrible
enough meaning and disdains all con
ueeton with “blunder.” "Blunder
miss." in fact, as we have it Is a
strange corruption—perhaps not alto
gether untinged with the sense and
sound of “blunder”—-of the old Dutch
word “donderbuss,” which can be lit
erally translated Into the English
“thunder box” or “thunder barrel.”
Unfailing.
The prime minister sent for the wis
est man in the land.
“I’ve got a lot of stuff about our
country that I’d like to have known
throughout the world, hut it's pretty
dry. and I’m afraid other peoples won’t
read It What shall I do?"
"Put it in a book." said the sage,
"and make the title ‘Secret Diplomatic
Memoirs.’ They’ll eat It up. statistics
and all.”—Boston Transcript
He Liked It
A man who lives alongside of a
graveyard was asked If It was not an
unpleasant location.’
“No,” said he: “I never resided in
all my life with a set of neighbors
that minded their own business so
steadily as they do.”—Pittsburgh Press.
, Home Millinery.
Poetic Lady—Ob. bad I the wings ot
a dove! Practical Lady—They're not
using them very much In tne newest
hats.—Philadelphia Record.
Looks like ever’thlng In the world
comes right If we Jes’ wait long
enough.—Mrs. Wlgga.
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time—Let u« do the
worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Roush Dry ICe lb
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Are. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLIMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
K. 8. ALAMEDA AND S. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TH AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, 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, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
P. B. TRACT, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO, Local Agent.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
"T-flurr— Sailing 10th calls Illaiana and Kadiak—All Sailing call at Kaik
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, eoaneetlag with
Steaaiera Yale and Harvard for Seathern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINOWOOD, Mgr, Seattle! VALDB1 DOCK CO, Local Agt.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One"road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over .
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write pf ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger, Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.