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formerly because of the tenden
cy toward close fitting effects
in costuming over the corseted
part of the form.
There are new models, back
and front lace designs, for all
figures. Materials are of exqui
site patterns, and together with
neat trimmings, make Warners
one of the most attractive of
1917 lines.
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Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
Hexall stand for par excellence, not
alone in drugs, but every article sold
tinder the name. The Owl Drug
•fetore.
TIDE TABLES FOR FEBRUARY.
Compiled for Valdez Bay, by T.*u
Prospector:
Thursday, Feb. 22—
First High Tide 0:38 a. m., 9.2.
Second High Tide 12:40 p. m., 10.1.
First Low Tide 6:32 a. m., —0.2.
Second Low Tide 7:00 p. m., —1.6.
Friday, Feb. 23—
f irst High Tide 1:15 a. m., 9.5.
Second High Tide 1:28 p. m., 10.9.
First Low Tide 1:28 p. m., 10.9.
First Low Tide 7:19 a. m., —0.7.
Second Low Tide 7:36 p: m., —1.1.
Saturday, Feb. 24—
First High Tide 1:53 a. m., 8.4.
Second High Tide 2:13 p. m., 8.8.
First Low Tide 8:06 a. m., —0.8.
Second Low Tide 8:13 p. m., —0.3.
Sunday, Feb. 25
First High Tide 2:30 a. m., 9.7.
Second High Tide 3:00 p. m„ 7.8.
first Low Tide 8:52 a. m.f —0.6.
Second Low Tide 8:48 p. m., 0.5.
Monday, Feb. 2 6—
First High Tide 3:10 a. m., 9.4.
Second High Tide 3:50 p. m., 6.8.
First Low Tide 9:42 a. m„ —0.2.
Second Low Tide 9:25 p. m. 1,5.
Tuesday, Feb. 27—
First High Tide 3:52 a. m., 8.8.
Second High Tide 4:48 p. m., 5.8.
First Low Tide 10:37 a. m., 0.4.
Second Low Tide 10:05 p. m., 2.4.
Wednesday, Feb. 28—
First High Tide 4:45 a. m., 8.2.
Second High Tide 6:07 p. m., 6.1.
First Low Tide 11:45 a. m.. 1.0.
Second Low Tide 10:56 p. m., 3.2.
Only a first-class drug store can
; secure an agency for Rexall products.
(The Owl Drug Store, exclusive agents
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Barber found Guilty.
MOUNT VERNON, Feb. 22.—Earl
H. Sweet, for the last 20 years a bar
ber o£ Anacortes. was yesterday found
guilty of selling liquor unlawfully
from his barbershop in Anacortes.
The jury was out fifteen minutes.
I SLIGHTLY WARMER AT
INTERIOR STATIONS
With the exception of Fairbanks.
Salcha and Gulkana. all stations be
tween Valdez and Fairbanks report
a raise in temperature during the past
twenty-four hours ranging from 1 to
24 degrees. At Fairbanks a drop of
6 degrees to 6 below zero was re
corded, and Salcha reports a drop of
12 degrees to 2 below. At Gulkana
the drop was 18 degrees to 10 below
Donnelly reported a raise of 24 de
grees to 14 above. Hogan 20 degrees
to zero, and McCarthy 12 degrees to
zero. The raise at the other stations
ran from nothing at Paxson to 6 de
grees at Thompson Pass and Tonsina
The local weather report shows slight
ly colder weather during the past 12
hours with a maximum of 10 above
and a minimum or 3 above. At 7
o'clock this morning the thermometer
registered 6 above. The barometer
is rising slowly indicating a continua
tion of fair weather.
POBAIILY NO SHOW
AT EMPRESS TONIGHT
Unless one of the steamers front
the south arrives here before 8 o’clock
this evening, bringing a consignment
of films, there will be no show at
the Empress theatre this evening. In
the event the films arrive on time
the usual show will, be given.
GERMAN-AMERICAN8
ASK POPULAR VOTE
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.—A
popular vote on the question of de
claring war in the present crisis was
asked in a resolution adopted Iasi
night by the German-American Leag
ue of California. Copies were mailed
to the California congressional dele-1
gation. The resolution says in part.
“The executive officers of the Ger-,
man-American League of California j
urgently request your excellency to
submit the question of declaring war
to a referendum. Tims we are sure j
a way will be found to keep our be- j
loved country out of the hell gates
! of -var.”
Karrafcut Due Tonight
The steamship Admiral Farragut
is reported to have arrived at Cor
dova at noon today and is expected
l t.o reach here about 8 o clock this
j evening.
M. Barrett is a visitor in town
I from Fidalgo Bay.
! _
Gem Imports 95,42*MI>*>4
l NEW YORK . Feb. 22.— January
■entries of precious stones at New
' York broke the record for any simila
month in the history of the port, ac
cording to figures given out yester
day by Deputy Appraiser C. C. Kee
nan. Total importation for the last
month reached an appraised foreign
value of $5,425, 654, or just about
double the value of the gems brought
here in the corresponding period of
1916, when the importations were
'set down at $2,797,297. Two years
ago in January precious stones brot
| here were returned at only $894 -
| 032.
■ CONGRESSMAN JOHNSON
LEASES HIS PAPER
HOQU1AM, Feb. 22.—Major H. W.
Patton, one of the best known news
paper men of the Northwest, has
leased the Daily Washingtonian o?
Hoquiam. from Representative Albert
Johnson. Major Patton assumes con
trol of the paper March 1. He suc
ceeds C. D. McClure as editor. Mr.
McClure will remain with the paper.
KING OF NORWAY.
Haakon VII.. Whoso Country
Has 8ufforsd by U Boat Warfaro.
Steamship Sailings
I
Admiral Farragut—Due here about j
8 o'clock tonight.
Alaska—Due here from the souti.
2 o’clock tomorrow morning.
[Northwestern—Sailed south Feb. 12.
| Admiral Evans—Sailed south from
Valdez. Feb. 9.
! Admiral Watson—Sailed south from1
Valdez Feb. 12.
I Mariposa—Sailed south from Valdez
j to Seattle, February 15.
1 • 1
DONALDSON SCHEDULE:
jLvs. Fort Liscum
8:15 a.m.
1:15 p.m.
Lvs. Valdez ,
9:45 am.
4:00 p.m.
TUE8DAYS.
8:15 a.m.
1:15 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
9:45 a.m.
2:00 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS.
1:16 p.m.
7:0 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
10:30 p.m. j
There will be no trip of the launch j
on the second and fourth Fridays ofj
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
Dally Weather Re|x>rt.
Feb. 21, 1917, 7:00 F. M.
Barometer .30.096 |
Temperature ..'..10
Maximum temperature .30
Minimum temperature . 8
Mean temperature .19
Snow on ground .31 in. I
Clear, northeast, 5 miles.
Feb. 22, 1917, 7:00 A. M. j
Barometer .30.16i!j
Temperature .. 6
Maximum temperature .10
Minimum temperature . 3
| Mean temperature . 6.5
] Snow on ground .31 in.
Clear, calm.
—Myrtle F. Billings, Obs.
_
Interior Weather.
Feb. 22, 1917.
Fairbanks—6 below; 19 inches of j
snow; clear, calm.
Salcha—2 below; 14 inches snow:!
part cloudy, calm, trail good; mail
north 7:15 a. ni.
Richardson —11 above; 5 inches
of snow; part cloudy, no traffic.
McCarthy—12 above; 5 inches of!
snow: cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Donnelly—14 above; 14 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm; trail good. South'
mail by 12 noon yesterday; north
mail left Rapids 7:30 a. m.
McCallum—5 above; 55 inches of
snow; cfear, calm, trail good: stage
north noon yesterday.
Paxson—10 below; 20 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail fair; Alask;. j
Road Commission and McDonald oui-|
fits north 6 a. m.
Hogan—Zero; 22 inches snow:'
clear, calm, trail good.
Sourdough—Stage south, 3 pas j
sengers; stage north, no passengers.,
Gulkana—10 below; 7 inches of]
snow; clear, calm, trail fair; Brogat.1
and Beran south 6:30 a. m.; Alaska j
Road Commission team south 6 a. i
m.; Alaska Road Commission team j
north 7 a. m.
Copper Center—18 below; 10 in.
of snow; clear, calm, trail heavy;
Warren outfit north 8 a. m.; Charles
North 6:30 a. m.; N. C. feed team
south S a. m.
Tonsina—16 below; 30 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail heavy; no
traffic.
Teikhell—5 below; 35 inches
snow; clear, north wind: trail heavy
Rowbottom and Lines arrived 1 p. m.
yesterday departed north 6:30 a. m
Beaver Dam—9 below; cloudy,
calm; 4 feet of snow; trail open
north; no travel.
Thompson Pass—6 below; 76 in.
of snow; clear, calm, trail closed.
This Day In History
Feast day of Sts. Thalasius and
Limneus; St. Baradat, St. Margaret
of Cortona.
The Pope excommunicated all Bi
shops who attended the Diet of
Worms in 1076.
Insurgents led by Marcel marched
on the Palace at Paris in 1358.
Fast Day in Massachusetts changed
to Thanksgiving Day in 1630.
Treaty of Pisa between Pope and
France arranged in 1664.
Queen Henrietta, wife of Charles
I., landed in England with troops and
arms to aid him in 1643.
Snow fell six feet in Boston in
1732.
British captured Ogdenburg, N. Y.,
in 1813.
Spain ceded Florida in the United
States in 1819.
First railroad in California open
ed in 1856.
Wilmington, N. C., occupied by
Federal troops in 1865.
Rexall Drugs! Absolutely pure. Owl
Drug Store.
Miner Ads. bring RESULTS.
INVENTED NOVEL PLAN
TO GUIDE THE THIRSTV
SEATTLE, Feb. 22.—Use of a
child’s doll with the arms operated
like a semphore to signal thirsty in
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
located at Valdez, Territory of Alaska, at the cl as; of busi
ness on the 15th day of February, 1917.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts .. $ 89,106.55
Overdrafts . 374.48
Bonds and Warrants . 70,884.37
Furniture and Fixtures 3,591.95
Other Real Estate Owned. 1,000.00
Checks on other Banks and other cash items 2,316.00
CASH ON HAND AND
SIGHT EXCHANGE . 109,550.92
TOTAL . $276,824.27
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock Paid In. $ 25.000.00
Surplus Fund. 1.000.00
Undivided Profits . 6,458.68
Due to Banks—Deposits . 4,480.12
DEPOSITS 239,855.47
Certified Checks . 30.00
TOTAL .$276,824.27
United States of America, Territor; of Alaska. Third Judicial Divi
sion, ss.
I, J. W. GILSON, Cashier oi the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowl
edge and belief. J. W. GILSON,
Cashier.
Correct Attest:
E. B. WHEAT.
JOHN LYONS,
J. C. MARTIN.
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19tli day of February,
1917.
(Notarial Seal) ANTHONY J. DIMOND,
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My Commission Expires March 13, 1917.
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Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Tele. Co.
(lividuals and let them know when
the booze locker was full and when
it was empty was charged by Town
Marshal Tom Smith, of Enumclaw,
testifying against J. A. Piquette, of
that town, on trail before Justice J.
B. Gordon on Friday on a change of
venue from Justice Brinker’s court,
on a charge of havlug violated the
prohibition law.
A collection of empty liquor bot
tles was the principal evidence against
Piquitte, who denied violating the
1 law. asserting that any intoxlcats he
; had were obtained by permits. He
said that he won the doll in a chance
game at the Auburn fair and had al
lowed youngsters to play with it in
his room. )
According to the marshall, the doll
was set up in the front window so it
could be seen from the outside. He
declared that he had obtained infor
mation that when the doll’s arms
pointed up the locker was full and
when the doll’s arms were down, it
meant that the liquor cupboard was
bare.
Justice Gordon took the case un
der advisement.