Men’s Heavier Underwear
Cool mornings and evenings tell
a story of their own. Heavier
underwear in both two piece
and unions.
Wnght s two piece
ribbed, good weight,
all sizes, a suit $3.50.
A good weight flat
wool, two piece. Pri
ced a suit $4,00
Medlicott in tnreeair
ferent weight*, in nil
sizes, priced a suit $5,
$6, and $7,
Union Suits are pri
ced from $3.50 to $7.
For clothes that will stand up to service
buy a Benjamin. Every suit guaranteed
all wool. _ _
VALDEZ MERCANTILE CO.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
The United States marshal’s of
fice at Juneau has been notified that
a man was shot one night recently on
the Salmon creek road. According to
the story told the marshal’s office the
young man was coming to town when
he heard a nosie behind him, and
turned just in time to be nearly
knocked down by a bullet from a re
volver held within 20 feet of him,
and which inflicted a scalp wound. He
continued to advance toward his as
sailant, who fired a second shot and
fled.
Word was received' in Juneau re
cently of the finding of high grade
tungsten ore near Petersburg. The
find is said to have been made by
Conrad Dahl and Myre Hofstadt on
Kupreanoff Island, about 14 miles
from Petersburg at a point called
Cape of the Straits.
The Customs House authorities at
Juneau have received a report of the
wrecking of the launch Aurum, a boat
of 1 6 tons, on the beach at Golovin.
The vessel was owned by It. D. Hun
ter, of Nome.
* Dr. G. ('. Haule, a dentist of Doug
las, who was held at Juneau recent
ly pending an investigation as to his
sanity has heen declared sane, but
is now undergoing treatment at the
general hospital for a severe nervous
breakdown.
Aboard the Princess Alice recently,
bound for Atlin, was Lieutenant Tay
lor, of the Canadian forces on a visit
lo his parents. Taylor is 22 years of
age and four months ago possessed
coal black hair. Now his head is as
white as snow, the result of his ex
periences with the Canadian forces
at the attack on Vimy ridge in France.
Taylor was wounded and is on leave
of absence.
The body of William Ginty, a rest
• /
(lent of Juneau, was found recently
in the water under the Pacific Coast
dock at that place. The body was
hanging to a piling by a nail which
had caught in the clothing, and was
in a bad state of decomposition. Ginty
had been engaged in longshoring and
l-.ad been missing about two weeks.
William Harrington committed sui
cide recently by hanging himself to
one of the trestles on the tram of the
Mt. Andrew mine near Ketchikan.
Harrington had been at the place
only four days and no cause for the
deed is known.
William Schmidt successfully com
pleted his mail contract to Willow
creek this morning, and was released
from his bonds. Mr. Schmidt took the
contract in June to carry the United
States mail to Willow creek, and in
Lerior points, twice a month, and lias
given good service, notwithstanding
t lie excessive rains. The mail has been
delivered on time and he never miss
ed a trip.
The crew from the Hemple Copper
property at Landlock bay returned
yesterday, the mines having closed
down for the season. S. A. Hemple.
the owner, will leave within a few
days for Seattle, where he and Mrs.
iIomple will spend the winter.
Mark Gleason, foreman at the
Hemple copper property, returned to
'own for the winter yesterday.
The 1'rince William Sound Light,
I’ower and Telephone Company is er
ecting a handsome building opposite
i lie Crawford shop to be used as a|
-lorcroom and a pumping station, foe
tire protection.
The dance given by the Moose
Hand boys Saturday night was a high
ly successful affair, a neat sum being
realized. About fifty couples were
iresent and enjoyed the fine music
hugely.
SAINT ELIAS HOTEL1
MRSJiFRANCESaCRUM^TMGR. “ a VI fl
Rates made |on Rooms by Week] or
Month,JWarm,] 'Comfortable, Home-Like
;J Special Attention to Transients. |
THE PINZON
Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars,
Cigarettes, Tobaccos and
Smokers’ Sundries.
Finest Pool and Billiard Tables
in the North.
Card Rooms in connection.
PHONE 69 Me Kinley St, Valdez
I GREATEST OF ALL SUNS.
Qiant Canopus, tha Blua Beauty ef tha
•outhom Hemisphere.
Star gaaers of northern lands often
overlook tha fact that some of the
most brilliant mid beautiful stars and
Qnost nebulae and star clusters In the
heavens belong to the southern hem
Isphere and are not visible In our lati
tudes.
Magnificent blue Canopus, the second
brightest star In the heevene, llee Just
below our southern horison In the
large end Important southern constella
tion Argo Navis, named for the famous
ship of the Argonauts. It Is usually
divided Into three constellation*—Pup
pis. Carina and Vela. Canopus was
the chief pilot of the Argonauts, but
the star was known and worshiped
on the banks of the Nile long before
It received its name from the Greeks
and bee been calle^ the Bur of Egypt.
It has also been a guide to many tribes
In Africa, Bouth America end Austra
lia In their Journeys through pathless
wilds.
Although Sirius appears nearly twice
as brilliant as Canopus, this la due
only to the fact that Slrlua la compara
tively near to us. not quite nine light
years dlsUut, while Canopus has been
estimated to be at a distance of 460
tight years. It Is, as far ms we know,
the greatest of all the giant suns,
equal In light giving power to 85,000
anna such as our own. Sirius, with a
brilliancy estimated at forty-eight
times that of the sun. shrinks Into a
pygmy when contrasted with Canopus.
—New York Sun.
CARVED JADE.
It Take* China** P*tl*nc« to Work
Thl* Hard Oriental 8t*n*.
When you go Into an oriental shop
In any big city you are almost aura to
•ee ring* or necklaces or bracelet*
which are a pretty, clear green In col
or and are made out of Jade. If you
ask the shopman to tell you something
about Jude he will answer that the
true jado Is seldom found outside of
Asln and Oceanlca, hut tlmt In these
parts of the world It Is to be had in
considerable qunntltlee.
You, of cqprso, know that a dla
mond Is so hard that it will scratch
glass, hut perhaps you have not heard
that Jade Is ulso extremely tough and
will cut gluss uml quartz. Because of
Its great ha'ilness the man who carves
It must possess vast patience, and the
Chinese are almost the only people
who have sufficient patience and per
sistence to • arve designs In Jade.
The Chinese muke numberless art!
eles out of Jade—paper weights, han
dies for swords, belts, bangles, rings,
vases, cups, plates, pendants, and so on.
Jade Is far from cheap to buy. Now
adays line pieces of Jade are Just as
much valued among collectors as are
Quo paintings for their great beauty
and artistic value. So. then. If sonic
on* gives you a little pendant of earv
ed Jade, you will understand that you
have a present which not only would
be valued highly today, hut one which
many peoples In all times would have
treasured.—Christian Science Monitor
The Cat and th* Chick*n*.
An authentic story tells of a male cat
and a female cat In France tlmt lived on
terms of perfect amity with all the ani
mals on the place—dogs, ehlekens and
what not. It so hapiiened that a hen
which had a brood of seven ehlekens
was killed accidentally. The eat, which
some two weeks before bad been de
prived of her kittens, appeared to o!>
serve the predicament of the seven lit
tie chickens. She criAvled Into then
nest, and the chickens, looking fo>
warmth, nestled Into her warm fur.
;tecplng gratefully. The chickens, feci
by their owner, throve j>erfectly, and
every day the strange sight was pre
sented of their following the mother cat <
about the premises as If expecting her
to find them food after the manner of
a hen. _
Few Reads In China.
That Industrial development must
stagnate so long as transport facilities
are Inadequate needs no emphasis, and
when It Is borne in mind that there Is
not a road worthy of the name, so much
as 100 miles long turoughout China, it
becomes evident that the country Is
very severely handicapped. Certainly
there are the rivers and canals, which
Intersect the laud In every direction,
but locomotion on them Is naturally
slow and uncertain. Railways are few
and far between and serve only to con
nect a few of the larger centers.—Com
merce Report
Constellation of Orion.
The constellation known as Orion Is
referred to in Job lx. 9 and xxxvlii, 81.
Orion la the "giant" of oriental as
tronomy, and the giant was Nimrod,
the mighty hunter, fabled to have been
bound In the sky for Impiety. The two
dogs and the hare In nearby constella
tions made his train complete.
8trange Happening.
"1 saw a man with a crowd around
him go up to another man and delib
erately knife him without a single one
Interfering.”
"Was he a Black Hander?”
“No; he was a surgeon.”—Baltimore
American.__
T rue.
“1 don’t see anything remarkable
about that baby.”
“Oh, but you would If It was yours.”
—Detroit Free Press.
Making Homs Happy.
Bess—And Is she a good housewife?
Jane—A pippin! Why, the poor chap
has no comfort whatever!—Life.
Contentment Is natural wealth. Lux
ury Is artificial poverty.—Socrates.
STEAMER SAILINGS
I —
Steamship Admiral Watson—Sailed
west from Valdez, Monday, Oct 1,
for Kodiak. She will return Oct.
7.
Steamship Alameda—Passed Juneau
Westbound Saturday. She will ar
rive Wednesday.
Steamship Admiral Evans— Sailed
south from Valdez, Saturday, Sept.
22.
Steamship Alaska—Sailed south
from Valdez, Friday, Sept. 21.
Steamship Mariposa—Sailed south
from Valdez, Saturday. September
22.
Steameshlp Admiral Farragut—Sail
ed south from Valdez to Seattle,
Sept. 28.
FOR RENx—One 3-room furnish
ed house. Also 1 two-room furnished
cabin. See Rudolph. tf
The launch Della will leave for El
lainar, Landlock and Fidalgo Wednes
day on her regular trip.
FOR RENT—The Stanton house,
3 rooms, furnished, $15. Apply C. B.
Smith. tf
George Kirk is making good pro
gress on his mineral creek road con
tract.
At Mrs. Caprls' you will find knit
ted or crocheted caps made to or
der. tf
Judge William A. Munley took the
Judge William A. Munly took the
Attorney this morning, vice W. N.
Spence. Judge F. M. Brown admin
istered the oath.
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A nice line of Earthern Teapots
at Rudolph's. tf
Corporal ltnwbottom, who left here i
Sunday morning for the interior, ar
rived at Beaver Dam yesterday.
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FOR SALE—800 shares of Sweep
stake stock for 10 cents per share.
Inquire Prospector office. tf
The construction camp crew of the
telegraph repair outfit left Beaver
Dam for Valdez last evening.
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at G. O. Reinke's. tf
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Five inches of snow is reported to
have fallen at Mct’allum's last night
and yesterday.
A pretty line or colored crochet
cotton and stamped pillow slips a;
the Needlecraft Shop. tf
The steamship Alameda passed Ju
neau at 12 o'clock Sunday, and will
probably reach Valdez some time to
morrow or Wednesday.
FOR SALE—5000 shares or less of
Sweepstake Stock. Enquire Prospec
tor. k 05.
The mercury registered 16 above
at McCallum last night.
Por first-class meals and good serv
Ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
A number of duck hunters were
cruising the bay yesterday, with poor
luck, as the birds have not arrived
yet from the northern tundras.
WANTED—Five cents per pound
will be paid for clean, cotton rags at
the Prospector Office. tf
Many prospectors and miners are
arriving In town, the camps having
shut down in many places for the
winter.
Genuine Sweet Apple Cider at
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. tf
Olsen's road commission crew left
Paxson’s this morning, on their way
in to town after a summer’s work on
the trail.
Old papers in bunches of 100 at
this office, only 10 cents. tf
A new lot of manufacturer’s sam
ples of men’s and women’s wearing
apparel just received at the Empor
ium. tf
Odds and ends of wallpaper 3 & 4
rolls to the bundle, cheap at Ru
dolph’s. tf
Notice to Public
A new line of one-pipce dresses
Just received at E. Winters; tf
Use Rexall Hair fontt and you will
use no other. Valdea Hjjsg Store, tf
Do your bit, Sent. 26c to Dr. J. A.
Silverman for the purpose of furnish
ing the boys at the front with smokes.
Ice cream every day, specials on
Sunday at Hunt’s Candy Kitchen, tf
Without a Rudder
No one would wish to ride in a ship
without a rudder.
Cancelled checks are a rudder for
your future guidance, and will enable
you to save and cut out many useless
expenditures.
Come in and let us tell you how a
checking account with this bank will
help you.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
Motor. Coffee
Grinding
When The Sun Goes Down
Mr Merchant your show windows get in their best
work.
Night window shoppers are next day buyers.
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Telephone Co.
Valdez-Fairbanks Auto Service
CARRYING U. S. MAIL and EXPRESS
Passenger Service—Valdez-Fairbanks
25c Per Mile To All Interior Points
LEAVE VALDE3 1st and 15th ot Each Month
SPECIAL TRIPS ON APPLICATION
Address: WM. SCHMIDT, Valdez, Alaska
Phone 228
KEYSTONE PRODUCE Co.
HEINZ'S 57 VARIETIES
AMOCAT CANNED GOODS
Groceries, Butter, Eggs, Fruits,'Vegetables, \
Cigars, Tobaccoes and Confectionary.
Keystone and McKinley Streets
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 88; reed;to trenafe. Uet betu*** lor Ton. tt