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VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHGNE7 FOR MEN ONLY
ValdezlIHners Uskm lie, 188
Western Federation «f Miner*
ROBERTSSHAFFER, Prrrirtimt.
• Granite Minr.
CHAS.^cCALLUM.Sg^u^
When 1b .Seward Stop at tb«
COLEMAN HOUSE
3EOR3E SEXTON, »f>0?
SiRICTLy FIRST CLAGS
Fourth Are, Seward, Alaska
TIDE TABLES FOR APRIL.
The folio* ing table Is compiled for
Ihigh and low tides in Valdez. Bay.
Saturday, April 8.
High, 3:01 am, 8.5; 4:28 pm,'L9.
;low 10:02 aso,'1.0; 9:31pm, 3.8.
Sunday, April 9.
• High, 3:43 am,~7.8; 5:41 pm, '£$*■
Low, 10:59 am, 1.6; 10:^4 pm,-4.-.
’ Monday, April 10.
High, 4:39 am,'7.12; 7:21 pm, :£:5.
i^ Low, 12:13 pro, .2.1.
/ Tuesday, April 11.
High, 5:59 am, 6.8; 8:34 pm, 6.6.
Low, 12:42 am, 4.3; 1:40 pm, 2.2.
Wednesday, April 12.
High, 7:35 am, '6.8; 9:18 pm, 6 6.
Low, 1:46 am, 4.3; 2:43 pm, -.0.
Thursday, April 13.
High, 7:48 am, 7.0: 9:50 pm, 7.3.
'Low, 3:04 am, 3."if, 3:26 pm, 1.8.
Friday, April 14.
-High, 9:46 am, 7/4:; 10:20 pm, 8.0. j
Low, 3:54 am, 2.6; 4:02 pm, 1.6.
Saturday, April 15.
High, 10:35 am, 7J8; 10:47 pm, 8.7. ,
Low,'4:34 am, 1.5; 4:33 pm, 1.5.
Sunday, April 16.
High, 11:17 am. 8.1; 11:16 pm, 9-4.'
Low, 5 :09 am, 0.5; 5 :05 pm, 1.5
Monday, April 17.
High, 11:59 am, 8.2.
Low, 5:46 am, 0.4; 5:35 pm, 1.6. j
Tuesday, April 18.
High, 11:45 am, 10.0; 12:42 pm, 8.3,
Low, 6:25 am. 1.1; 6:14 pm, 1.7.
Wednesday, April 40.
High, 12:22 am, 10.4; 3:24 pm, 8.1. ;
Low, 7 :05 am, 1.5; 6:49 pm, 2.0. ;
Thursday, April 20. j
High. 12:58 am, 10.5; 2:1® pm, 7.7. ,
Low, 7:49 am, 1.3; 7:30 p.m, 2.3.
Friday, April 21.
High, 1:36 aw, 10.4; 3:00 pm, 7.3.
Low, 8:36 am, 1.3; 8:10 pin, 2.7.
Saturday, April 22.
High, 2:25 am, 10.1; 3:57 pm, 6.8.
Low, 9:29 am., 0.8; 9:13 pm. 3.2.
Sunday, April 23.
High, 3:17 am, 9.4; 5:06 pm. 4.5.
Low, 10:29 am, 6.2; 10:07 pm. 3.6.
Monday, April 24.
High, 4:23 am, 8.7; 6:26 pm, 6.4.
Low, 11:39 am, 0.4.
Tuesday, April 25.
High, 5:44 am, 8.0; 7:40 pm, 7.1.
Low, 11:35 am, 3.8; 12:55 pm, 0.8.
Wednesday, April 26.
High, 7:17 am, 7.6; 8:38 pm, 7.7.
Low, 1:22 am, 3.4; 2:05 pm, 1.0.
. ' Thursday, April 27.
Yt»gh, 8:40 am, 7.6; 9:25 pm, 8.4.
" lidw, 2:47 am, 2.5; 3:00 pm, 1.2.
Friday, 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 20. I
High, 10:42 am, 7.9; 10:40 pm, 9.6.
Low, 4:36 am, 0.5; 4:28 pm, 1.5.
Sunday, April SO.
High, 11:29 am. 8.0; 11:13 pm, 9.9.
Low, 5:18 am, 0.3: 5:04 pm, 1.7.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Juliet Steinmetz. Emmy Petersen
and Mandy Petersen, Heirs of Pe
ter Steinmetz, Deceased, and Devi
sees Under His Will; and Charles
Newbill: ,
You and each of you are notified
that the undersigned, co-owner with
you of the Big Queen and Little
Queen lode mining claims, situate
near the head of Landlock Bay, Val
dez Precinct, Territory of Alaska, has
performed the annual labor required
by law to hold said claims for the
year 1916; that said work was done
in the year 1915 and to the amount
of $100 on or for the benefit of each
of said claims. And you, Juliet
Steinmetz, Emmy Petersen and Man
dy Petersen, are notified that the
amount due from you for said annual
labor as owners of the interest of Pe
ter Steinmetz, deceased, which said
interest was an undivided one-third
of said claims, is $.66.67. And you,
Charles Newbill, are notified that the
amount due from you for said an
nual labor as owner of an undivided
one-third of said claims is $66.67.
And unless within ninety days aft
er completion of publication of this
notice you pay to your co-owner who
has performed said annual labor, the
proportion thereof due from you as
aforesaid, your interest in said Maims
will become the property of said co
k owner.
■ Dated, February 26, 1916.
ROSS PADEN.
First publication February 26, 1916.
Last publication May 27, 1916. sat
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska wear. Guy F. Cameron,
Tailor. tf
For Sale—Six-hole range, good
condition. Inquire D. F. Millard, tf
List your for sale or rent property
with the Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdes
Drag Store. •
PLAN TELElfJtON E
LINE TO SEWARD
According to'fi. J. Weir, last sum
mer in charge <Jf a survey party in
the Interior anti now engineer in
charge of the work of the Alaska
engineering commission at Anchor
age, the complete equipment for the
first unit of a standard long distance
telegraph line from Seward to Fair
banks is now in feeward, and the
poles will be erected this summer,
or before, if possible.
Engineer Weir, according to the
information received in the last mail,
states that his telephone line will
connect the coast terminal of the
railroad with Fairbanks, and will be
erected just as speedily as is pos
sible to erect it.
In commenting on the speed with
which the work will be started on
the other end of the line. Engineer
Weir, says; "We will have the steam
shovel’s nose in the ground before
anyone expects anything to be doing.
We have the new steam shovel prac
tically ready for use, and a Brown
ing locomotive crane, whidh is be
ing erected in the machine shop at
Seward, will be finished just as soon
as a missing part, lost by the car
rier, has been traced.
"As-soon as the $2,000,000 emerg
ency appropriation becomes available
for use, the engineers will be ready
to go to work. The work will be
rushed with all possible dispatch,
and it is not expected that there will
be any trouble that might arise from
the so called labor trouble that will
retard the work on the railroad. The
road will he rushed through to Fair
banks as soon as possible. The tele
phone line from Seward to Anchor
age to the Interior terminal will pro
bably be completed some months be
fore the railroad is. A telephone is
essential to the rapid progress of the
construction work, and instructions
from the members of the commis
sion under which I am working, lead
me to the belief that the construc
tion of the telephone line will be
rushed through, possibly next sum
mer.”.—Fairbanks Times.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
New Spring Coats just arrived on
the last boat at E. Winters.’ tf
Kimonos, House-dresses, Aprons,
Caps and Wool Petticoats arrived on
the last boat for the Emporium, tf
Fer good nome-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. •
Kodak Supplies at the Valde*
Drug Company. tf
J. J. Chisholm, of tne Great West
ern Smelting & Refining Co., is a
visitor in town, and is calling upon
the trade in the interests of his com
pany.
Mrs. Topliff is confined to her
home suffering from a severely
sprained ankle.
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Face Value Fine.
Briggs—Then yon can recommend
Rogers as a man of good character?
Griggs—No; merely as a man of good
reputation. — Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune
CHANGED HIS MIND.
■Andrew Lang Didn’t Like Steveneem
When They Firet Met.
Andrew Lang was the unyielding
enemy of everything that savored of
decadence. He,particularly disliked the
affected young aesthetics of the 1890’-s.
And. although he came, as the world
knows, to toe the devoted friend -of
Robert Louis Stevenson, his first im
pressions of him were most unfavora
ble, for he mistook him for an aes
thete of the aesthetes.
In his book "On the Trail of Steven
son” Clayton Hamilton gives a record
of Andrew Lang’s account of his first
glimpse of Stevenson. Andrew Lang,
it seems, practiced the conversational
economy associated chiefly with the
name of the late Alfred Jingle, Esq.
Mr. Lang said—-and Mr. Hamilton Jot
: ted it down Immediately after In the
: London Underground—these things:
"Mentone promenade. Saw him com
ing. Didn’t like him. Long cape.
: Long hair. Queer hat - queer.
. Hands—white, bony, beautiful. Didn’t
like the cape. iDtdn’t like the hair
Looked like a - aesthete. Never
liked aesthetes. Can’t stand them.
Talked well. Saw that Still seemed
another aesthete Colvin had discover
,ed. Didn’t like iiim. Didn't like him
nit all. * • • Later—oh. yes—but 1
;needn’t tell you that Didn’t like him
at first Took time.”
THAT FORTY INCH WAIST.
H iMeana Overeating, Underexercieing
and Future Poor Health.
“Beware of a forty inch waist line."
says a bulletin from rt.be North Carer
lina state board of health. “Ten to
one the man who is five feet eight
inches tall and forty Inches about the
waist will sooner or later have to con
sult a doctor for gallstones .and kidney
trouble :and most likely for Bright's
or some other serious disease.
"Forty Inches about the waist is an
abnormal size and condition and shows
that he who carries such a burden
around with him has an appetite of an
abtiormal -size and proportion. It fur
ther shows that something is wrong
with his diet or that his energy is re
dueed to naught. His appetite is ei
(her several sizes too big or he 'sits
light’ on exercising. Most likely he
eats excessively of meats, pastries and
heasy foods, which means overworked
kidneys and faulty elimination.
•’There is usually one. and only one.
diagnosis to lie made of this class—
•fat and forty.’ Their bulkiness, flab
biness and shortness of breath are
symptoms having for their cause ‘over
fed and underworked.’ ”
The bulletin concludes with. “Over
feeding contributes more to disease
and premature deaths tban under
feeding.”
Origin of Dollar.
The dollar was originally a Jochlms
tbaler-guldeu-groschen. But that name
was too long for general use, and it
was cut down to thaler, which was
transliterated into the present form
It could not be either a gulden or a
groscben. because tbe gulden had al
ways been minted of gold. It was not
a groscben. because that coin was of
small value, so tbe two were combined
Tbe essential part of tbe name was
Jochimsthal. or Joachimsfhal. as it Is
now spelled, the Joachim valley, in
Austria, from which the silver was de
rived for the minting of this large
coin. As that great silver mine Is lo
eated in Bohemia, the original thaler
was the Bohemian dollar. Those si)
ver mines have since attained world
wide fame, because they are the source
of radium, but tbe dollar comes closer
borne to most of us.
Protecting “Bob White.”
"Bob white” has received complete
protection in a number of states, and
in many other instances tbe season is
a short one. Perhaps his defenseless
condition in the other states should be
recognized as a tribute to his powers
of passive resistance. His chief ene
mies, after all. are not human beings.
Polecats, weasels, foxes, minks and
common eats account for a large num
ber Of eggs. Coons are especially fond
of tbe latter, and Mr. White has need
of all bis cunning and powers of en
durance if bis little brood Is to bie
brought to maturity. — Outing Maga
zine.
Ceylon'* Rice Fields.
It is a surprising condition in Ceylon
that rice is not grown in nearly suffi
cient quantities for home consumption
British India ships considerable quan
tities to Ceylon. There are vast tracts
of irrigable land on the island now un
cultivated which would be suitable for
paddy fields, but bow to bring about
the utilization qf this rich land remains
unsolved'.-rArgonaut
The Term “Minster."
The term minster was first applied to
churches of outlying English parishes
in the tenth century. It Is now given
to a number of the Important cathe
drals, Yorl$, RIpon, Lincoln and South
well, and to a few large churches and
abbeys, such as Sherborne, Winborne
and Westi&lnster.—London Globe.
—•
A Handy Dog.
I ra Line—My dog is a regular black
smith. Ivan Other—How’s that? Iva
Line—Why, I kicked him the other day
and be made a bolt for the door.—St
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Safety First.
“Isn’t it distressing to think of all
the poverty in the world?"
“1 never do. I confine myself exclu
sively to thinking of thy oWn.”—Life.
It needs more courage to Suffer than
to die.—Napoleon.
i FERTILE ALASKA.
i -
jlUnct* 8am'« Big North Farm and Ita
Great Possibilities.
| Alaska is an unknown world as to
Its farming resources. I stood on the
hills near Fairbanks and looked over a
million or «o of acres of tillable soil in
the Tanana valley. The whole terri
tory is said to have oO.OOO.OOO acres of
I possible farm lands, and the Aleutian
j islands will feed thousands of cattle.
1 Here and there I visited the horne
1 steaders. and I stopped for some time
I, at all of Uncle Sam's experimental
farms. Upon one of them the grain
which stood in the fields reached to
the height of my head, and I saw
them growing oats, barley and hay and
|-even alfalfa. I saw potato patches
that were yielding four tons to the
I acre and one potato field, which, I was
| told, had a crop In the ground that
| will sell for $10,000.
Another surprise was the wild ber
i ries that grow all over Alaska and
i another the wild flowers that make the
sides of the hills and the lower slopes
; of the mountain blazes of color. I
i found plenty of grass everywhere, and
! in places the weeds were as high as
my head. I saw fat stock on the
! homesteads of the Tnnana valley and
j visited dairies which were supplying
| butter and milk to the towns and min
j ing camps near by. The Aleutian is
j lands have, a climate milder than
I Scotland, and on the island of Kodiak,
j which is as big as Porto Rico, they
i are now raising Galloway cattle and
i king wooled sbeep.—Cor. of Christian
Herald.
I
LINCOLN’S ARMCHAIR.
; H Had One Great Charm Despite Its
Forlorn Condition.
There is an interesting story of
j Abraham Lincoln’s qnaint humor that
; turns on his habit of sitting with his
long legs thrown over one arm of his
1 chair. That was a habit common
among country lawyers sixty or seven
! ty years ago. and Lincoln never got
| over it.
j Very fond of the ease he found in old
i slippers, he would often meet his offl
! cial family with them on his feet, and
: during cabinet meetings he would
sometimes sit with one or both legs
I dangling across the chair.
In the cabinet room was an arm
■ chair which from the constant batter
; ing of the presidential legs had grown
weak and seemed almost ready to
shake to bits. A few days after Lin
| coin’s second Inauguration there was a
cabinet meeting, and one of the cabi
: net ministers noticed the old chair and
remarked on its rickety appearance.
"It seems to me.” he said as he gazed
down on the old wreck that stood at
i the head of the table, “that the United
; States ought to furnish the president
with a better chair than that.”
| Lincoln screwed up his face into a
i comical smile
"What is the matter with that chair?”
; he asked. "Shabby as it is, there are
i thousands of men in this country who
; would be delighted to occupy it.”—
| Youth’s Companion.
A Pirate’s Model Kingdom.
Pitcairn island Is in latitude 25 de
grees 3 minutes south and longitude
130 degrees 6 minutes west, or almost
exactly south of Vancouver island and
just a little south of the tropic of Cap
ricorn. It was first settled in 1790 by
nine mutineers from the English ship
Bounty and eighteen natives of Tahiti.
By the year 1808, when the Island was
discovered by the English, the popula
tion had grown to sixty-six persons,
who formed a model community under
the patriarchal government of John
Adams, the only surviving mutineer,
who bad saved a Bible from the ship
and was ruling with wisdom and jus
tice his little kingdom of slightly over
two miles in length. The island is un
der the British flag and has a couple
of hundred inhabitants.—Christian Her
ald.
It Wouldn’t Work.
Some time since a learned doctor
was giving a friend a bit of good ad
vice with regard to mastication.
“No matter what you eat,” said the
physician,' "you should ' chew each
mouthful thirty times. It”—
•‘That’s all right, doctor," smilingly
interjected the friend, "but that would
not work in my case."
“It wouldn’t work?" responded the
doctor wonderingly. “Why not?”
“I live in a boarding house," answer
ed the friend, “and my voracious fel
low feeders would have the table
cleaned while I was eating one mouth
ful."—Philadelphia Telegraph.
Getting Around It.
‘When I was your age 1 worked
fourtesp hours a day,’’ said the won
rled father.
“Well, what of It?” replied the young
man who squanders.
“Nothing much; only when you get
to be iny age that is probably what you
Will have to do.”—Washington Star.
Bathed In Blood.
Not always was a bottle of wine used
In christening a ship. In the days of
sacrifice to the gods, it is said, it was
customary to sacrifice a human being
tifhen a boat was being launched and
t6 cut fils throat over the prow so that
bis blobd baptised it—Argonaut
Relief.
“Is your daughter improving in her
music?”
‘.‘No: but the next best thing is hap
pening. She’s getting tired of it and
won’t practice."—Washington Star.
Those who eat most are not always
the fattest, so those who read much
have not always the most knowledge.
—Calbott
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time—Let us do the
worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Roush Dry lCc lb
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our atandard. Sold everywhere
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
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. Telephon 2S
I
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“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 or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND Mi] PUGET SOUND
California une. Alaska
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE, 11:00 A. M.—
Monday, Mar. 5, Admiral Farragut for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Wednesday, Mar. 15, Admiral W?atson for Seward and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 19, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 20, Admiral Farragut, for Seldovia and WTay Ports.
Sunday, April 2, Admiral Watson, for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 9, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and WTay Ports.
Snnday, April 10, Admiral Farragut for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 23, Admiral Watson, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 30, Admiral Evans, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Saa Proaclsco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamers Tale and Harvard for Soothers California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD. Mgr.. Seattle) VALDEZ DOCK CO, Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, BOTH AND 80TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—«TH, 18TH, 88TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
9. a. TRACY, Gn>l VAIAU DOCK CO, IamI A*e»t.