STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ. ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 191/
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take 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 tunes.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA-PHONE 18
REFERENCES j S. BLUM A CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
• BANKERS i B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Merchant’s Cafe
Phone 63 OPEN DAY .AND NIGHT Chns. Fincher, Propr.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
Plumbing STOVES and RANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hose, Pipe and Fitting*
Valdes Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
WHEN YOU PUT ON
THE TOP COAT
we have tailored for you, your
first thought will be how com
fortably it fits. A look in the
glass will at once demonstrate
its smartness, distinction and
individuality. And your satis
faction will be heightened by
the knowledge that you haven’t
had to pay extravagantly for
such high class tailoring.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAIEOR
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Rough Dry 11c lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
For Sale
Excellent hard coal base burner
at a great bargain. Apply Mrs. Chas.
Kraemer. tf
Fresh veal and live chickens at
Frye-Brubn’s tf
Wm. Calaghan, with the launch N
& S, left for Port Nellie Juan yester
day to engage in fishing for the com
pany. A1 Blair and George Taylor ac
companied him.
Webster’s New International Dic
tionary, strictly ap to date; come in
and look it over. Valdez Drug Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe* t-at bag(t^cC tor you. tf
I/'EEPIN’ cool under fire shows
a good soldier — an' good
tobacco. •
nit&r
*\f ELVET’S
smoothness—
and coolness—is
largely the result
of its two years*
Natural Ageing.
SOWING MINES IN THE SE&
Hew Thee* Ship Destroyer* Are LaM
and Anchored.
Mine laying and mine sweeping are
two lm|K>rtant subordinate functions
ln„a modern navy. iu.d liotb of these
occupations are fraught with danger
to those engaged In them.
A mine la really a metal globe con
taining anything from 200 ponnds to
2K0 pounds of trinitrotoluene, or
T. N. T.. an extremely powerful high
explosive, calculated to make things
very unpleasant for any ship that runs
against one of the little horns on top
of the mine.
Before the mine is put into the ses
the globe stjuats. as one might say
between four metal uprights upon a
round, flat weight, to which It Is at
tacbed by a short length of wire rope,
the greater part of which ts coiled
round a drum inside the weight.
When the mine Is pnt Into the water
the whole contrivance sinks at once
to the bottom. As soon as It touches
ground the bump releases a little
catch, which sets all sorts of wheels
revolving, with the result that the four
uprights fall outward. They gr1|i the
sea bed. and the contrivance is an
chored. Then the globe begins to rise,
while the rope unwinds until it has
reached a fixed length.
Thereafter woe betide the unfortu
nate ship that runs upon it—London
Chronicle.
EXPENSIVE FISHING.
Why the Angler Dressed in Oilskins
Was Net Hired.
An ardent fisherman was President
Cleveland, and a writer in the New
York Bun says of him that be enjoyed
angling for the fish that would not
bite quite an much as be did for those
that would. While fishing one day,
dressed in oilskins and a slouch bat,
be was addressed by an angler garbed
In the height of piscatorial fashion
with:
“Hello, boatman! You’ve certainly
got a good catch. What will you take
for the fish?"
“I'm not selling them,” replied the
man in oilskins.
“Well,” continued the persistent an
gler, “what do you want to take me out
fishing tomorrow?” '
Mr. Cleveland, who was plainly en
joying the Joke, replied: “I can’t make
any engagement except by the season.
Will you give me as much as I made
last year?"
“You're a sharp fellow,” replied the
angler, “but a good fisherman, and I'll
accept your terms. What did you
mabe last year?"
“Oh.” replied Mr. Cleveland, "about
a thousand dollars a week! 1 was
president of the United States."
Strength of the Condor,
The enormous strength of the con
dor is equaled by his voracity and
boldness. This immense bird often
pounces upon small animals, but from
the shape and bluntness of bis claws
it is unable to carry anything very
heavy, so he contents himself with fix
ing it against the ground with one of
bis claws, while with the other and
bis powerful beak be rends it to pieces.
Gorged with food, the bird then be
comes incapable of (light and may be
approached, but any attempt at cap
ture Is furiously resisted. An Ameri
can traveler in the Andes encountered
a large condor just after it bad fin
ished a hearty banquet on a young
sheep and foolishly attempted to seize
the bird, with the result that be re
ceived a gash from its claw. Then he
called up his two guides, and the three
men maneuvered to take the bird alive.
But every attempt was frustrated, and
in the end one of the men killed it by
a blow with a hatchet
We’re All Lika Har.
Terence V. Powderly of labor fame
was talking about compulsory arbitra
tion.
“The trouble with the world in gen
eral.” be aaid thoughtfully, “ia that we
all know just what the other fellow
ought to do, but we take little account
of what we ought to do ourselves.
“I found a young bride one day bend
ing, with a stern and severe air. over a
dry looking volume.
" ‘What are you reading? 1 asked.
“ ‘An excellent work,' she replied,
‘called “Happiness In Marriage." ’
“ ‘What advice.' I said, ‘does it give
to wives?'
** ‘I don’t know,’ she answered. Tin
reading the advice to husbands.’ "
Thrifty Gesse.
The solan geese are so fond of col
lecting materials for their nests that
they do not desist from the habit even
when they are about to abandon their
ne6ts for the winter migration. Off
the coast of Scotland one day patches
of straw bedding were seen floating,
and. although the birds were on the
eve of departure, they gathered up
every wisp, as though they bad their
nests to build, and in the same place
they were seen collecting seaweed
every day.
The Servant Question.
“Beg pardon, ma'am." said tbe but
ler, “but your son has just eloped with
tbe cook.”
“Yes. i put him up to it." replied
Mrs. Uppson. “She’s the best cook we
ever had. and i don’t want to lose her.”
—Indianapolis Star
An Expensive Luxury.
“Yes," said the literary man. with a
sigh, “style is a fine thing for a writer
to have, but when his wife’s got it too
it takes all the profit away."—Har
per’s.
Call "Girls!" and those of sixty look
up just as quickly as those of sixteen.
-New York Sun.
STEAMER SAILINGS
—
Admiral Evans—Sailed south from !
Valdez, June 16. *
Steamer Northwestern—Sailed from i
Seattle to Valdez, June 1,9.
Steamship Alaska—Sailed south from !
Valdez June 16.
Admiral Farraput—Sailed west from I
Valdez June 19.
Steamer Mariposa—Sailed west from I
Valdez June 19.
Admiral Watson—Sailed from Seattle
for Valdez and way ports June 20.
TIDE TABLES FOR JUNE
Sunday, June 23—
First high ide 1:54 a. m., 8.8.
Second high tide 3:15 p. m., 7.4.
First low tide S:39 a. m., —0.1.
Second low tide 8:37 p. m., 3.0.
Sunday, June 24—
First high tide 2:32 a. m., 8.2.
Second high tide 3:50 p. m., 7.4.
First low tide 9:12 a. m., 0.4.
Second low tide 9:23 p. m., 3.1.
Monday June 25—
First high tide 3:15 a. m., 7.5.
Second high tide 4:26 p. m., 7.5.
First low tide 9:45 a. m., 1.0.
Second low tide 10:16 p. m., 3.0.
Tuesday, June 26—
First high tide 4:01 a. m., 6.8.
Second high tide 5:05 p. m., 7.6.
First low tide 10.20 a. m., 1.6.
Second low tide 11:17 p. m., 2.9.
Wednesday, June 27—
First high tide 4:59 a. m., 6.1.
Second high tide 5:48 p. m., 7.8.
First low tide 10:58 a. m., 2.2.
Economy
“Smith and his wife both have ma
chines.”
"How extravagant!”
“Not at all. Hers keeps his going.
I You see, hers is a sewing machine.”
Americans Come Home
AN ATLANTIC PORT, June 23.—
Many American citizens arrived in
the United States fr^m Europe today
on the Norwegian steamship Bergen
fjord. The vessel brought 928 passen
gers. No submarine was sighted on
the voyage.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
The following schedule for the har
bor boat “Lt. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Liscum Leave Valdez
1:15 p. m. 4:30 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:15p.m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:15 p. m. 4:30 p. m.
7:15 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
All official business between Val
dez and the Post should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
G. R. KOEHLER,
1st. Lt. 14th Infantry, A. Q. M.
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trqde Solicited
Rates 75c and Up
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Baths in Connection
j PHONE 133- |BV MRS. STRING, Prsf
Capt. Otto Elfstrom
Weekly trips to Port Wells
and all Sound Points.
FOR CHARTER FOR PAR
TIES OR TOWING
"or rates and sailing dates see
CAPT. OTTO ELFSTROM,
On Boat, Valdez Dork
1 A remedy for Infeetiont
n of the or to ery tract.
_ Painierr. noB-polrouour
|J and trill not etricture.
Belietee in 1 to 3 dayr.
_iiMun.
Parcel Poet if deeired—Price fl, or 3 bettlea *2.73.
THE EVANS CHEMICAL CO.. CINCINNATI. O
WHKN FLAMKK FILL
THK FACTORY
despair fills the owner who has
neglected to look after his In
surance. We handle the insur
ance of some very large con
cerns. We place it ill the best
companies, pay the premiums
promptly and attend to renew
als. Let us do that for you.
It will not cost you anything
for our service.
Valdez Real Kstate Agency
’3* TONY’S PLACES™
EVERYTHING ANTON CARLSON, *
FIRS'! CLASS Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle— Valdez to Seattle—
June 2—S. S. Alameda May 31—S. s. Mariposa
June 7—S. S. Alaska June 8—S. S. Northwestern
June 13—S. S. Mariposa June 12—S. S. Alameda
June 19—S. S. Northwestern June 19—S. S. Alaska
June 25—S. S. Alameda June 25—S. S. Mariposa
Call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Ska way, Cordova, Ellamar, Fort Lis
cum, Valdez, Latouche, Seward aid Anchorage,
Except—S. S. Northwestern and S. S. Alameda do not call at Skag
way Southbound.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdes and La
—' reserved to change schedule without notice.
V ALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Ageat
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points In
Alaska and California
From Seattle 10 a. m. Valdez to Seattle—
June 4—S. S. Admiral Evans June 10—S. K. Admiral Watson
June 12—S. S. Adm. Farragut June 16—S. S. Admiral Evans
June 20—S. S. Admiral Watson June 24—S. S. Adm. Farragut
June 28—S. S. Admiral Evans July 2.—S. S. Admiral Watson
July 6—S. S. Adm. Farragut July 11—S. S. Admiral Evans
S. S. Admiral Watson due Valdez June 3 and S S. Admiral
Evans July 4 call at Kodiak.
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San F>ancisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address . ■* ’
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
LOUIE’S CAFE
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Pr«pr.
Painting t)s. Printing '
i
Both are artists in their respective
iines, but we pride ourselves in
“Printing just a little bit better” I
than you expect. This is the reason
why most of the best printing is
done by us. Service, first, quality al
ways, as you want it and when you 1
want it, is what we give you.
We never copy but are known as I
originators of High Class Printing.
Let us estimate on your next
order. We are always glad to
submit as many designs as de
sired.
I
The Prospector Publishing Company ,