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Men’s Heavier Underwear
Cool mornings and evenings tell
a story of their own* Heavier
underwear in both two piece
and unions.
Wright’s two piece
ribbed, good weight,
* i t
all sizes, a suit $3.50.
A good weight flat
wool, two piece. Pri- .
ced a suit $4,00
Medlicott in three dif
ferent weights, in sJl
sizes, priced a suit $5,
$6, and $7,
Union Suits are pri
ced from $3.50 to $7.
For clothe8\that will stand up to service
buy a Benjamin. Every suit guaranteed
all wool. _ _
VALDEZ MERCANTILE CO.
GERMAN OFFICER OBJECTS
TO SHOT IN THE LEG
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 28—A story
of the fraternizng of the German
and Russian troops along the east
front is told by a Swedish journalist.
The usual daily visits were going on.
he says, and all was peaceful when
the Russian soldiers suddenly began
firing furiously from one section of
the trenches. A German officer ran
over and called out, “What do you
mean by shooting with ball cart
ridges?”
A Russian officer explained apolo
getically that their colonel had just |
made a tour of the trenches, but that I
he would be going away in a minute
and peace would once more be re
stored.
When the press correspondent was
at the front a German major told how
one of his officers was shot through
the leg while walking in front of the
trenches at a time when by the cus
tom of that period, neither side was
supposed to lire. He made indignant
representations about it later to the
Russians and was told that a party of
high officers had visited the trenches
and the soldiers had to shoot.
“But even at that they could just
as well have shot high,” said the ma
jor.
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Baths in Connection
PHONE 133 ' MRS. SYRING Prop
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free and Accepted Maaaaa
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month In McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
P. M. BROWN, If, M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
ALASKA BANKERS WILL
BOOST LOAN BOND
Eight of the territory's leading fin
ancial institutions effected an organi
zatoou known as the Alaska Bankers’
Association at a meeting yesterday.
Officers chosen were B. M. Behrends,
president of the Behrends Bank, Ju
r.eau, president; J. J. Cole, president
of the Miners and Merchants’ Bank
of Nome, Vice-president; H. H. Post,
cashier of the First National Bank.
Juneau, secretary; and Thomas Scott,
cashier of the Cordova Bank, treas
u rer.
The objects of the organization
will be mutual protection, promotion
of the general banking business and
the placing of the Territory’s finan
cial system on a firmer basis.
As soon as the Alaska bankers’
Association perfects its organization
in every detail anil all Alaska banks
affiliate, application will be made to
(lie American Bankers’ Association,
a national organization, for a char
ter.
Aiding the government is placing
Liberty Bond loans will be one of
the chief aims of the newly created
association.
The body of Sally, native woman,
wife of “Kunter Bay Charlie” was
brought to Juneau August 24. The
woman came to her death Tuesday
at Funter Bay, during a drlnkng
bout between herself and another na
tive woman and two white men, said
to lie members of the crew of the
steamer Firwood.
Do your hit. Sent. 25c to Dr. J. A.
Silverman for the purpose of furnish
ing the boys at the front with smokes.
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf
Bargains in souvenir spoons at Geo.
O. Reinke’s. tf
Ice cream every day, specials on
Sunday at Hunt's Candy Kitchen, tf
SAINT ELIAS HOTEL
MRS. FRANCESQCRUM. fMGR.
Rates made on*' Rooms£by Week or
Month, Warm, Comfortable, Home-Like
Special Attention to« Transients.
THE PINZON
Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars,
Cigarettes, Tobaccos and
Smokers’ Sundries.
• *• * • nr •*
Finest Pool and Billiard Tables
in the North.
Card Rooms in connection.
PHONE 69 Me Kinley St, Valdez
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fKOM OUR MIKES
The Treadwell Company will build
a 50x150 addition to Its foundry and
at a cost of $50,000 has installed an
electric furnace.which Is taken to ln
dcate that the company has no Inten
tion of retiring from the mining
game in the near future.
Recent arrivals In Fairbanks from
the Broad Pass report that excellent
copper prospects have been located
in that section, tbe ore of which car
ties fair values in gold and silver.
Platinum prospects have also been lo
cated there.
Carl Starkenburg. proprietor of the
Pioneer roadhouse at Long, In the
Iditarod section, died recently during
a convulsion He had been suffering
from poor health for some time and
had had several convulsions before
He is survived by a wife and a 2-year
old son.
Recent arrivals at Nenana from the
Broad Pass country, report that a man
by the name of Hill was drowned in
the upper Nenana river during the
early summer while on his way to the
Pass. He was a man well along in
years, and left Nenana shortly before
the big floods in the early part of
July.
Zeke Perovich was arrested in An
chorage recently for the violation of
the Presidential order which prohibits
the giving or selling of liquor within
five miles of a military or naval res
ervation in unincorporated territory.
While Perovich is held on the charge
of giving away the liquor, it is intim
ated by the authorities that he may
have been guilty of selling the stuff
on the sly
Owing to the extremely high cost
of building materials no steps will be
made this fall toward the construction
of the school of mines and agriculture
at Fairbanks, authorized by the last
session of the territoral legislature.
Men at a camp near Mile 20 re
port seeing seven bears in one day,
four brown and three black ones.
They were at a distance above the
timber line.—Gateway.
I
Harry Ellsworth attempted to navi
gate from Seward to the radio sta
tion with his Ford yesterday but the
stream was a wee bit deeper than the
draft of the car. The engine stalled
and there was evidence of an unex
pected sea voyage on the high tide
but Charles Christensen came along
with his team and snaked the car out
of trouble—Gateway.
Humors that the Admiral Farragut
was ashore down the bay went the
rounds for a little while last evening
when the liner stopped, whistled and
turned on her searchlight at the
Johnson-Stagnath fish camp, but it
was soon learned that she was mere
ly taking aboard some forty barrels
of salt salmon and two hundred gal
lons of shark oil.
A young undergraduate from the
I'nlvcrsity of California went on a
snipe hunt with a number of fellow
employees over to the naval radio sta
tion the other night. Those in the
know, left him holding the sack while
they rounded up the snipe -i-. e., went
hack to bed. After some course of
time the tide came in and Rudolph
figuring that it was a bad night for
snipe, came back to camp wetter and
wiser.
The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rived from the westward this morn
ing about 6 o'clock and sailed an
hour later for Seattle with the fol
lowing passengers; Mr. and Mrs. John
Emel, J. L. Hansen, Mark Tatom, S.
W. Shellman, J. M. Foster, Jos. Emel,
V. Enzenauer for Seattle; John Zugg,
Jono. Rldy, Juneau; Gene Cramer,
Val Fleet, Ray Hoyt, Victor Close,
Cordova.
Public Notice
Proposals will be received up to
11 A. M., October 3, 1917 tor the
removal of two hundred yards of sol
id rock from the Mineral Creek road
at a point near Snowsllde Gulch. And
the removal of 250 yards of solid
rock from the Mineral Creek road
at the Intersection of the above road
with the Shoup Bay trail at the Mil
lard Bridge, the rock to be used in
a two hundred yard fill at the Mll
’ard Bridge.
Separate proposals will be received
for the construction of two 100 foot
bridges across Mineral creek, one op
posite McIntosh’s Roadhouse, the oth
er near the mouth of the Upper Can
yon as indicated by survey stakes.
Separate proposals will be receiv
ed for the slashing of a 16 foot road
from Mc-Intosb’s Roadhouse to Cal
ligan’s Camp, a distance of about two
and two-thirds miles.
Specifications and contract forms
may be seen at the office of the Divi
sional Commission, and proposal
forms obtained.
klO-3 JAMES W. WILSON
Chairman Divisional Road Commis
sion.
Steamship Admiral Watson—Sailed
from Seattle for Valdez and Alas
kan ports Tuesday. September 25.
Steamship Admiral Erans— Sailed
south from Valdez, Saturday, Sept.
22.
Steamship Alaska—Sailed south
from Valdez, Friday, Sept. 21.
Steamship Northwestern — Sailed
north from Seattle, Saturday, Sept.
22.
Steamship Mariposa—Sailed south
from Valdez, Saturday, September
22.
Steameship Admiral Farragut—Sail
ed south from Valdez to Seattle,
Sept. 28.
Steamship Alameda — Sailed from
....Valdez for Seattle, Friday, Sept.
14.
TIDES FOR SEPTEMBER
Friday, Sept. 28.—
First high tide 10:20 a. m., 8.8.
Second high tide 10:24 p. m., 9.6.
First low tide 4:00 a. m., 0.3.
Second low tide 4:17 p. m., 1.4.
Saturday, Sept. 29.—
First high tide 10:56 a. m„ 9.7.
Second high tide 11:16 p. m., 9.9.
First low tide 4:42 a. m., 0.1.
Second low tide 5:06 p. m., 0.2.
Sunday, Sept. 30.—
First high tide, 11:33 a. m„ 10.5.
First low tide 5:22 a. m., 0.2.
Second low tide 5:52 p. m., —0.6.
FOR RENT—One 3-room furnish
ed house. Also 1 two-room furnished
cabin. See Rudolph. tf
F. R. Van Campen arrived this
morning on the Admiral Farragut
from his mine at Latouche, and wlli
leave on the next boat for Seward.
FOR RENT—The Stanton house,
3 rooms, furnished, $15. Apply C. B.
Smith. tf
J. M. Foster, recretary of the Val
dez Packing Company, left this morn
ing for Seattle.
At Mrs. Caprls' you will find knit
ted or crocheted caps made to or
der. tf
Harold Wiltse, and sister Gladys
were passengers on the steamship
Victoria for Seattle this morning.
A nice line of Earthern Teapots
at Rudolph's. tf
FOR SALE—800 shares of Sweep
stake stock for 10 cents per share.
Inquire Prospector office. tf
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at G.. O. Relnke’s. tf
Have you bought your ticket yet
for the big Moose Band dance Sat
urday?
Just received a new fall and win
ter line of ladies coats, at E. Win
ter’s. tf
A pretty line of colored crochet
cotton and stamped pillow slips at
the Needlecraft Shop. tf
/
For Hrst-class meals and good serv
Ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
WANTED—Five cents per pound
will be paid for clean, cotton rags at
the Prospector Offloe. a
Genuine Sweet Apple Cider at
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. tf
Old papers In hunches of 109 at
this office, only 10 cents. tf
A new lot of manufacturer's sam
ples of men’s and women's wearing
apparel just received at the Empor
ium. tf
Odds and ends of wallpaper 3 & 4
rolls to the bundle, cheap at Ru
dolph’s. tf
Notice to Public
A new line of one-piece dresses
just received at E. Winters. tf
George Cristo left on the steamer
Victoria for Seattle.
New Coats
Just received some
very nifty styles in
Winter Cotfs tf
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Without a Rudder
No one would wish to ride in a ship •
without a rudder.
Cancelled checks are a rudder for
your future guidance, and will enable
you to save and cut out many useless
expenditures.
Come in and let us tell you how a
checking account with this bank will
help you.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Valdez Dock Co # FHQME NO. I
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
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Office, foot of Wall street.
Motor. Coffee
(j RINDING
When The Sun Goes Down
Mr Merchant your show windows get in their best
work.
Night window shoppers are next day buyers.
Prince William Sound Water,
P«w?r, tight & Tejephppe Co.
Valdez-Fair banks Auto Service ‘
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Passenger Service—Valdez-Fairbanks
25c Per MiJe To All Interior Points
LEAVE VALDES 1st and 15th ot Each Month
SPECIAL TRIPS ON APPLICATION
Address: WM. SCHMIDT, Valdez, Alaska
Phone 228
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Groceries, Butter, Eggs, Fruits, Vegetable,
Cigars, Tobaccoes and Confectionary.
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