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Splendid comical films at the
Orpheum tonight.
Piledriver (Jus left for Port
Wells yesterday.
Miss Qualley leaves this ev
ening for the states.
—
Mai'k Gleason leaves for the
states on the Maripsoa.
Just arrived, a line or latest
style waists at Harvey’s Toggery.
Ernie Johnson is in town, hav
ing returned from a trip down the
sound.
The Eastern Star held a large
ly a 1 tended meeting of the 1 idge
last night.
The regular Wednesday night
dance at Moose Hall this evening
at 9:30 sharp.
Sam Blum leaves this evening
for Cordova for a short visit to
the railroad town.
FOR SALE cheap, all my furni
ture. Mrs. Horace DeLine.
Five fine comedies at the Or
phan mlonight. Three-reel fea
ture tomorrow night.
C. E. Pulver, of the Seacoast
Mining company, leaves on tint
steamer today for Seattle.
The launch Onward is in port
from th,e Seacoast Mining com
pany’s properly on Shoup hay.
Mrs. Sam Blum aipl children
leave on the Mariposa for Seat
tle to spend several months vis
iting with friends and relative-.
One-half oir on trimmed milli
nery and 25 per cent, discount on
suits at Harvey s Toggery.
Mr. and Mrs. Pulver will leave
for the -states on the Mariposa
after a short visit in Valdez.
Mr. Pulvefr is connected with the
Seacoast, Mining company.
Lieut, and Mrs. Weeks and son,
Robert, will leave this evening
on the Mariposa for Vancouver
Barracks, near Portland, Ore.
where the Lieut, will be station
ed with his regiment.
A flesh supply of Chinese
goods just received on the Samp
son—Chop Suey and Chinese
Noodles at the Valdez Cafe.
W. II. Crary, the agent of the
^ew York Life Insurance com
pany, will leave on the Maripo
sa for Cordova to pay Mrs. Lon
ey Price an insurance policy of
$3,000 carried by her husband in
the New York company.
Lieut. Kunzig has leased the
Dalton home on Broadway and
will occupy it as soon as Dr. and
Mrs. Dalton can move into the
Dalton building on Reservation
Avenue, which has been occupied
by Lieut, and Mrs. Weeks.
Fine watch arid Jewelry repair
ing, all work guaranteed. H. V.
Herndon, with Owl Drug Co.
M. Hickey, the mining con
tractor, has taken a contract
from the Valdez Mining company
to drive 100 feet of tunnel on the
claims. James Wilson has mov
ed the necessary outfit to the
ground and the work will com
ni'ence in a few days.
Strictly Conscientious.
At a matinee performance a
stout woman appeared at the en
trance, leading two boys, aged 7
and 9, and presented one ticket.
“You will have to buy tickets
for those boys," insisted the
manager'.
“No, I won’t,” she protested.
“They always go to sleep as soon,
as tl\ey get Inside. Why should
I pay for them if they don’t.see
the show?" *
The manager thought of the
days when his motfler took him
to the matinees, and as the ar
gument was one that he could
not get aroint#* he paenwd them
in. After the first act an usher
came to the] inanageii^pd, handed
him a quarter.
“What’s this for?” he asked.
“The fat lady told me to tell
you one of the kids woke up.”
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I JAMES NARAY, THE f
SHOEMAKER
ha* moved to the Phoenix Block
in Keystone Ave. where he will do
BOOT Sc SHOE Repairing
in firet cIm* order end reasonable.
MAKING A DWARF TREE.
It I* Don* by Root Pruning and Juot
Kfoping th* Plant Alivo.
How gardeners manage to grow
miniature pines, firs and oaks in
flower pots for half a century has
always been more or less of a se
cret. It is the result chiefly of skill
ful, long continued root pruning.
They aim first and last at the ■
seat of vigorous growth, endeavor- !
ing to weaken it just as far as pos- |
sible without destroying the life of
the tree.
They begin with the young plant,
say a seedling of a cedar or hem
lock, when oniy two or three inches
high and cut off its tap roots as
soon as it has other rootlets enough
to live upon and replant it in a
shallow earthern pot or pan.
The end of the tap root is gen
erally made to rest on the bottom
of the pan or on a fiat stone within
it. Alluvial clay is then put into
the pot, much of it in bits the size
of beans und just enough in kind
and quantity to furnish a scanty
nourishment to the plant.
Just enough of water, light and
heat is given to keep it alive, but
not enough to excite a vigorous
habit.
Thus by using very shallow pots
the development of the tap roots is
impossible, and by using poor soil
and little of it and little water
rapid growth is prevented.
Then, too, the top and side roots,
which are within easy reach of the
gardener, are shortened by means
of a pruning knife or are seared
with a hot iron. In this manner the
little tree is headed off on every
side and is allowed to grow just
enough to live and look healthy.
Accordingly, each new set of
leaves becomes more and more
stunted, the buds and rootlets are
diminished in proportion, and at
length a balance is diminished be
tween every part of the tree, mak- j
ing it a dwarf in all respects.—Sci
entific American.
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Maddening.
A gentleman was attending a lec
ture one evening when he saw, two
seats ahead of him, a man whom he
took to be an acquaintance. Hav
ing no other way to attract his at
tention, he asked a stranger sitting
next to him to poke the supposed
acquaintance with his umbrella. As
the disturbed man turned his head
the gentleman discovered that he
was not the person he had suppos
ed, so he fastened his gaze atten
tively on the lecturer, leaving the
man with the umbrella to settle
with the man he had disturbed, an
embarrassing and difficult task. At
last the man with the umbrella
turned rather indignantly to the
gentleman.
“Didn’t you ask me to poke that
gentleman with my umbrella?”
“Yes.”
“And why did you ask me ?”
“I wanted to see whether you
would do it 1” was the reply.
When Lost In the Woods.
It is a well known fact that we
walk naturally in a curve. If you
are in the woods with nothing to
guide you, you will walk in a circle
and not find your way out. If you
are on the plains und have neither
sun nor stars nor compass for
guides you will do the same thing—
walk in a circle and arrive nowhere.
In the woods, however, a clever de
vice to be resorted to is this: Select
three trees in a straight line and
walk toward them. When you reach
the first one there are still two
ahead which keeps the line straight
for you. Select a third tree in line
with the other two and walk to
ward them. Always keep the line
of three trees ahead and you will
never walk in a circle. — Chicago
Tribune.
The Feminine Dig.
“When women set out to say
mean things about each other they
usually succeed,” said a well known
New York state senator the other
day. “My wife had several guests
recently and I overheard a bit of
conversation that I thought was a
prize.” Then he told this story:
“A certain Mrs. Blank was under
discussion. ‘I see that she employs
colored help now,’ remarked one of
the ladies.
“ ‘Yes,’ said another, ‘she became
tired of having people ask her if her
mauls were relatives of the fam
ily.’”—Detroit Free Press.
On tho Wrong Man. j
A gushing woman who prided
herself upon her literary 'tastes,
hailed Bret Harte with rapture
when he was introduced to her. “I
am so delighted to make your ac
quaintance, Mr. Ilarte,” she said.
“I have read everything you ever
wrote, and of all your dialect verses
I think there is nothing better than
your ‘Little Breeches.’ ”
“I quite agree with yon, madam/’
answered Mr. Harte, “but you have
put the little breeches on the wioug
man. They belong to Mr. John
Hay.”—St. Louie Republic.
A. M. Dieringer
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VALDEZ AERIE No. 1971
Meet every Friday, 8 p. m.T Eagle Hal
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock In
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VALDEZ LODGE NO. 6,1.0. 0. F
Meets every Monday at 8 p. m. in
ODD FELLOWS HALL
■■Visiting Brothers especially invitied
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PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. 7.
Meets every first and thtrd Mon
day of each month. All visit
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