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VALDEZ, ALASKA
"The House ®f Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER. President,
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM, Seceetary,
Valdez Alaska.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP
SlRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth'^ Ave, Seward, Alaska
On the —
Remington i(
and Nowhere Else _
Here are two fact^ about
the Remington which
every typewriter buyer
should know:
1. The Remington Column
Selector adds 25 per cent, to
the letter writing speed of the
/typist. This is riot a claim or
Jan estimate, it is a definite fact
T—proved and established by any
number of comparative tests.
2. The Column Selector is a
Remington feature exclusively. - -
No other machine has !t — or Adds 25 percent, to the speed
anything like it. Adds nothing to the price ,
Oh, yes, other rr.arhir.es have devices which took like it, with the five
keys, etc. It is easy for a salesman, who knows the supreme merit of
this Remington feature, to call them “column selector” keys. Bat there
is no other device on any other typewriter which can do what the Reming
ton Column Selector does.
The Remington Column Selector vides tine “express service" with
is the only feature on any type- no stop-to-stop movement in
writer which permits instantane- reaching any writing point,
oussetting of the carriage at any And //W arf tlle fcatures which
desired po.r.t on toe line. make the 25 per cent, speed
It is the only feature which pro- gain.
vides this netting by either for- Let us fhow the real ard
ward or backward movement. on]y Column Elector-on the
It is ttic only feature which pro- Model 10 Remington.
REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY
(Incorporated)
1111 3rd Ave., Seattle, Wash.
F. D. MILLARD. Agent and Supplies—Copper Block. Valdes
TIDE TABLES FOR APRIL.
The following table is compiled for
high and low tides in Valdez Bay.
High, 7:17 am, 7.6; 8:38 pm, 7.7.
Low, 1:22 am, 3.4; 2:05 pm, 1.0.
FFiday, April 28.
High, 9:47 am, 7.7; 10:05 pm, 9.1.
Low, 3:46 am, 1.4; 3:47 pm, 1.3.
Saturday, April 89.
High, 10:42 am, 7.9; 10:40 pm, 9.6.
Low, 4:36 am, 0.5; 4:28 pm, 1.5.
Sunday, April 30.
High, 11:29 am. 8.0; 11:13 pm, 9.9.
Low, 5:18 am, 0.3; 5:04 pm, 1.7.
RETURNED MINER TELLS
ABOUT NEW GOLD STRIKE
The Skagway Alaskan says:—
Jack Enright, steward on the S. S.
Yukon for the past three years and
an old steamboat man of the A. Y. N.
Co., returned to Whitehorse today
from Rude Creek, where he has been
prospecting his claims during the
winter months.
, In speaking of the new strike on
Rude Creek, Mr. Enright said; “I
reached there by dog team about the
seventh of December, having been
outfitted at Dawson. I arrived at
the mouth of Issac creek which emp
ties into the Yukon about forty miles
below Selkirk and found a settlement
^consisting of fifteen or twenty cab
and a telegraph station. At that
Awne the only pay dirt that had been
located was at Discovery at Rude
creek. The discoverers are Jens Rude
and George Jenson who made the
find late last summer.
“They worked the claims and took
out about fifty ounces, in a short time
but weather conditions were sot fav
orable for a winter’s work and it was
necessary to cease their operations.
The discovery made by these men
caused quite a stampede into the dis
trict. The whole creek was staked in
a very short dime. There must have
been fifty claims staked.
“Rude creek lies back of the Yu
kon about twenty-two miles. It emp
ties into Dip creek about ten miles
from its head. This creek in turn
empties into the Klotassin on the
other side of the divide from Isaac
creek. Isaac creek flows into the
Yukon and has a number of trib
utaries, all of which have not been
prospected but have been staked. At
least six hundred claims have been
staked and recorded in the district.
“When I left they had discovered
pay on at least six claims on Rude
creek. Mat Noonan representing Sid
Barrington’s interests has located a
pay streak on number eleven below.
It will run at least $1.25 to the
square foot. Bed rock is reached at
forty feet. The ground is frozen.
The formation is a granite with a
porphyry sand, which lay$ on top
of the bedrock. Whenever this sand
is found ft carries pay.
“On the lower end of twelve Steph
enson and Leslie sunk a pit forty feet
into the rock and drifted in about
ten feet when they ran onto a strata
of this porphry sand about five feet
in thickness. It will average from
five to six cents the pan. No work
has been done below this claim. I
o\yn number 19 below and have re
fused an offer of one thousand dol
lars for it.
Banquet Steel Ranges, plain and
polished tops, at Mead’s. tf
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
"The Celebrated Scandal,"' with
Betty Nansen the/Toyal actress from
Copenhagen in her first made-in
America photo play at the Empress
tonight. She is assisted by Edward
Jose and an all-star cast. Five acts
commencing at 8:10 sharp.
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PIONEER WOMAN
(HESJOBDENLY!
SIFTERS APOPLECTIC STROKE
_
I
Mrs. Ed Wood, One of the Earliest
Settlers In the Town, Drops Dead
>
While Talking with Acquaintance
at Horne '.un McKinley Avenue.
—
I Mrs.. Ed Wood, one of the pioneer
|residents of Valdez, died suddenly
ithis morning about 11:30 o’clock at
(her home on McKinley street.
Mrs. Woods was engaged in con
versation with an acquaintance when
(she suddenly fell to the floor and ex
pired almost immediately. A physi
cian was summoned, hut on arrival it
was found that she had suffered an
apoplectic stroke and that death had
I been almost instantaneous. Mr. Wood
is at Shoup bay and friends have
[gone down there to break the sad
inews to him.
Mrs. Wood was one of the earliest
! settlers in Valdez. Arriving here in
1S98, she has resided here since that
.time continuously. She has been
identified with the growth of the
jtowp, having been an active worker
in every project for the upbuilding of
the community. During her long res
idence here she has gained a wide
circle of friends, who will mourn her
'loss. She was a true friend to those
'in distress, every ready to extend a
ihelping hand, and her taking away
j will be a distinct loss to the comnmi
Inity.
1 The sympathy of the community
| will go out to the bereaved husband,
who has lost a devoted companion
and helpmate.
LENA MORROW LEWIS IS
NAMED FOR DELEGATE
Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis of Ju
neau, has been nominated by the So
cialists for Delegate to Congress. She
has been notified by Chas. G. Ganty,
of Valdez, secretary of the Socialist
Territorial Committee, that she had
Carried the referendum vote in each
of the Socialist locals of Alaska and
|was the unanimous nominee of the
party. Mrs. Lewis has notified Mr.
Ganty that she will accept the nomi
nation and make the race for the
party.
Mrs. Lewis has been a resident of
Juneau for nearly two years, and of
Alaska for about four years. She
has been engaged as a lecturer for the
Socialist party at newspaper work,
and as a lecturer on various subjects.
This is not the first time that Mrs.
Lewis has been highly honored by
i Socialists. She was the California
member of the Socialist National com
mittee from 1906 until 1908, and
from 1909 until 1912 she was one of
the seven members of the Socialist
National Executive Committee and
the first woman to ever hold place on
that committee.
Mrs. Lewis is probably the best
i known Socialist in Alaska. She is a
pleasing public speaker. At the last
| two municipal elections here she has
'lead the Socialist municipal ticket.—
Juneau Empire.
PLAN SAFE TRANSFER
EUROPE’S SECURITIES
A leading New York surety com
jpany announces a plan for the safe
! transfer of securities from Europe to
this country. The scheme contem
plates the destruction of stocks and
bonds on the other side in the pres
ence of European bankers, the Amer
ican agents, the American consul and
a representative of the surety com
ipany, and the insurance of a docu
i ment describing the destroyed secur
ities. These documents are to be for
! warded here and application made for
i the issuance of new stock certificates,
, the presentation being accompanied
iby a surety bond.
"Where did you get that chicken
you had for dinner yesterday?”
“Looky here, boss; if you’s axin’
jes’ out o’ inquisitiveness tain' no use
o’ wastin’ time on’; if you’s holdin’
an’ ’vestigation you’s got to staht in
by provin’ dat I had any chicken foh
dinnah in de fust place.”—Washing
ton Star.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
New Spring Coats just arrived on
the last boat at E. Winters.’ tf
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug
Company. tf
A nice assortment ot evening
gowns and millinery just received at
E. Winters. tf
Bristles in your teeth'? Not if you
buy a guaranteed tooth brush at the
Owl. H
CHOPSTICKS IN JAPAN.
How They Art Used and How Tl'.ey
Are Served In Public Places.
The use of chopsticks is general in
Japan, except union" the richer class
es. who have adopted Euroiiean knives
aud forks, nnd. to some extent, the
European cuisine. Small bowis of chi
na or lacquered wood are the usual
table equipment After tbe various
solid portions of the food have been
lifted to t&e mouth with chopsticks the
liquid remaining is sipped from the
bowl.
In tbe case of rice, which would be
tedious to pick up grain by grain, the
howl is often raised to tbe mouth and
the rice shoveled or flushed in with the
chopsticks. It is also customary to
pour a little tea into the rice howl aft
er it has been nearly emptied, and in
this way the few remaining grains of
rice are washed down as the tea is
drunk.
At public places the chopsticks at
each meal must he new. This is indi
cated by tbe fact that the chopsticks
are made from one piece of wood and
are left joined together, as were
matches at one time in the United
States. These new chopsticks are in
cased in a thin paper envelofie. sealed
at the end. and bearing Japanese char
acters advertising either the hotel or
some firm that has furnished them free
to the proprietor for the sake of tbe
publicity thus gained. Toothpicks,
which are freely used by all Japanese
at meals, are also inclosed in envelopes
that frequently bear advertising mat
ter.—New York Times.
EXPLOSIVES OF WARFARE.
To a Great Extent They Are a Develop
ment of Fireworks.
, War Is a wholesale fireworks cele
bration. A giant firecracker is really
a dangerous bomb, and rifle grenades
are but small rockets, carrying high
explosives and fired from rifles. Great
fort destroying projectiles look simply
like gigantic rockets. *
The first magazine gun was a Ro
man candle. The first projectile pro
pelled by an explosive was a rocket.
The first shrapnel was a bomb dis
charging luminous stars instead of bul
lets.
Modern warfare is, so to speak, a
development oft Fourth of July ideas.
However, gunpowder—the first ex
plosive—was itself mere play stuff for
at least a thousand years before any
body thought of using it for war pur
poses. It was commonly employed in
China for fireworks and crackers dur
ing the earliest centuries of the Chris
tian era. The bombs nowadays drop
ped by military aviators are children's
torpedoes magnified to make them
deadly.
Really an Incendiary bomb was the
famous “Greek fire" of the crusaders.
It has been said that shrapnel is a
modified fireworks bomb. It has the
form of a cylinder, which, at a dis
tance from the gun muzzle suitably
timed by a fuse, blows its own bead
off, throwing out 250 or more lead bul
lets that travel on their own account
with a velocity of 400 feet a second.—
Philadelhpia Record.
Cemeteries Where Women Gossip.
Friday, the Sabbath of the Moslems,
when all true believers of the mascu
line gender make a point of going to
church, their wives, sisters and daugh
ters resort to the cemeteries and wail
for the dead. But all their time is not
spent in weeping, and sorrow is not the
only emotion they display on these oc
casions. They take with them bunches
and garlands of flowers and decorate
the graves of their relatives and pray
and weep over the dead for a time
Then when this pious duty is perform
ed they gather in little groups and have
a good time gossiping about the living
Thus the day of mourning is very popu
lar among the Moslem women. It gives
them almost the only opportunity they
have of cultivating the acquaintance of
their neighbors.
Crowns by Wholesale.
It is told of oue of the ancient kings
of Egypt that his coronation proces
sion occupied a whole day in passing
through the city of Alexandria and
that 3.200 crowns of gold were carried
by the servants. One crown was three
feet in height and twenty-four feet in
circumference. There were also car
ried in the procession sixty-four suits
of golden armor, two boots of gold,
four and a half feet in length; twelve
golden basins, ten large vases of per
fumes for the baths, twelve ewers,
flfty dishes and a large number of ta
bles—all of gold. Twenty-three of the
3.200 crowns were valued at £334.400.
and it la not surprising that the pro
cession was guarded by 90.000 soldiers.
—St. James’ Gazette.
Let Her In on This.
“I believe a man should be master
in his own house." said the newly mar
ried man. "There can be only one
bead in a family, and 1 qoean to be it"
“That’s a very good idea.” answered
hla friend, who had been married
more years than the other had lived,
“a very good idea indeed. Have you
spoken to your wife about it?”—8t.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Tree Leaves and Water.
Ash leaves are capable of taking up
more water than those of most other
trees. Ip a hundred pounds of ash
leaves are elghty-flve of water. In the
same weight of beech leaves seventy
five, of maple sixty, of pine fourteen
and of fir ten.
Naturally 80.
“She's been so conceited since'they
managed to get a player piano."
“Well, dear, player piano owners do
as a general thing put on airs.”—Bal
Mn.am I ncrinon
VALDEZ - and . ANCHORAGE
CITY EXPRESS
Meets all boats! On the job, day or night
We never sleep.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave.. Telephone No. 60
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Chas. Fischer, Projir.
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 86 | I Rou^h Dry lCc lb
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Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND Admiral [ PUGET SOUND
California Line. Alaska
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE, 11:00 A. M_
April 30—S, s. Admiral Evans— Kodiak and way port**.
May 7— S. S. Admiral Farragut—Kuik, Anchorage and way portM.
May* 14—S. S. Admiral Watson—Knik, Anchorage and way ports.
May 21—S. S. Admiral Evans—Kodiak and way portM.
May 2s—S. S. Admiral Farragut—Knik, Anchorage and way ports.
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SAILINGS SOLTH FROM VALDEZ—
April 2S— S. S. Admiral Farragut.
May s. s. Admiral Watson.
May 12— S. S. Admiral Evans.
May 19— s. s. Admiral Farragut.
May 20—s. s. Admiral Watson.
June 2—S. S. Admiral Evans.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle: VALDEZ DOCK CO., I. oca I Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings from Seattle— Sailings South from Valdez—
April 30— S. 9. Northwestern. April 30— S. S. Alaska.
May 5—S. S. M&riposa. .May 5—S. S. Alameda.
May 10—S. 9. Alaska. May 13—S. S. Northwestern.
May 15—Alameda. May 15—S. S. Mariposa.
May 30—S. S. Northwestern. May 30—S. S. Alaska.
May 25—S. S. Mariposa. May 35—S. S. Alameda.
May 30—S. S. Alaska. June 1—S. 9. Northwestern.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Crfeek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellainar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. R. TRACY, Gen’I Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent
When You Leave ,
For the Outside
take thp
“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 on-ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.