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Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
. * “The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER, President.
Granite Mine,
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdez Alaska.
SIAY TIDE TABLES.
The following tides are given for
Valdez bay. Parties outside should
add to or subtract from the times of
high and low water for other locali
ties:
Sunday, May 21.
High, 2:17 am, 10.2; 3:54 pm, 7.4
Low, 9:30 am, —1.3; 9:08 pm, 3.1
Monday, May 22.
Hirtfb, 3:13 am, 9.4; 4:55 pm, 3.2
Low, 16:16 am, —0.6; 10:19 pm, 3.2
Tuesday, May 23.
High, 4:15 am, 8.5; 5:56 pm, 7.6
Low, 11:13 am, 0.1
Wednesday, May 24.
High, 5:34 am, 7.6; 6:57 pm, 8.0
Low, 11:44 am, 3.1; 12:14 pm, 0.8
Thursday, May 23.
High, 6:59 am, 7.0; 7:52 pm, 8.5
Friday, May 26.
High, 8:22 am, 6.7; 8:41 pm, 8.9
Low, 2:31 am, 1.8; 2:10 pm, 2.0
Saturday, May 27
High, 9:33 am, 6.7; 9:23 pm, 9.3 •
Low, 3:31 am, 0.9; 3:02 pm, 2.4
Sunday, May 28.
High, 10:31 am, 6.9; 10:02 pm, 9.5
Low, 4:19 am, 0.2; 3:48 pm, 2.7
Monday, May 29.
High, 11:21 am, 7.1; 10:39 pm, 9.7
Low, 5:02 am, —0.4; 4:30 pm, 2.9
Tuesday, May 30.
High, 12:03 am, 7.2; 11:14 pm, 9.7
Low, 5:40 am, —0.7; 5:08 pm, 3.0
Wednesday, May 31.
High, 12:42 am, 7.2.
Low, 6:16 am, —0.9; 5:44 pm, 3.1
THIS DAY IN HISTORY.
•? -
Feast day of; St. Julia, martyr; St.
Desiderius, of Langres, martry; St.
Desiderius of Vienna, martyr.
1898—Girolamo'Savanarola, reli
gious reformer in Florence, burned at
the- stake.
1683—Appeals to the king in mat
ters less than $400 forbidden in Vir
ginia.
1701—William Kidd, American
pirate executed.
1752—William Bradtord, earliest
iter died.
posed state of Transyl
1798—British troops defeated at
Kilcullen, Ireland.
1S53—David Livingston reached
Linvanti in British East Africa.
1861.—People confirmed by popu
lar vote the Virginia ordinance of se
cession.
1S68—Kit Carson, Fremont’s guide
and noted Indian fighter and trap
per, died.
1878—First case of yellow fever
reported in Louisiana, 4,500 deaths
followed.
1911— House passed joint resolu
tion approving constitutions of Ari
zona and New Mexico with qualifica
tions.
1912— United States House of Rep
resentatives passed Panama Canal
Bill.
1912—Presbyterian General assem
bly refuses to open its pulpit to wom
en.
1912—Twelfth International Navi
gation Congress opened at Pitts
burg.
t Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that noisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the peace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate it. tf
FOR SALE—A complete new res
taurant; fine location. Apply H P.
jfing, Valdez, Alaska. •
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice. I
A swell line of crepe deehlne and
wash silk waists just arrived on the
last boat at E. Winters. tf
C. O. Ganty and G. F. Cameron
made a trip to tbe Glacier and back
yesterday.
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
NEW RECORD MADE
IN' ALASKA TRADE
Breaking al records tlie exports to
Alaska for April, 191G, amounted to
$3,863,115, or $1,219,437 more than
for the previous record month of
June last. The exports for April,
[1915, amounted to $2,543,161, says
the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of May
6th. ^
Fifty-nine vessels cleared for Alas
ka during April, and in addition to
.3525,000 worth of tin plates and tin
cans, there was exported to that ter
litory $275,000 worth of canning
machinery and $114,000 worth of
box shooks, showing the preparations
that have been made for caring for
all the available salmon which can
possibly be handled this year.
Considerable quantity of the ex
ports were for the government’s Al
aska railroad, the $22,000 worth of
float freight cars and other railroad
supplies requiring for their transpor
tation five vessels exclusivly. One
hundred and twenty-five thousand
eggs and 113,000 pounds of butter
were also shipped to Alaska during
April.
TREADWELL MEN WILL
BUILD HUNTING LODGE
. A $15,000 hunting lodge in the
heart of the best game region in
Southeastern Alaska, will be erected
by C. E. Bennett, master mechanic
at Treadwell, and E. K. Allen, also
of Treadwell. The lodge will be built
at Appleton Cove, near the head of
Windfall ha:bor, Pearl Straits, Bar
anoff Island. The lumber, brick, cem
ent and other building material will
be taken by scow this week to the
location, being towed there by the
Tug Alice.
The hunting lodge will be two
stories in height and a basement. The
building will be seventy foot long
and twenty-seven feet wide and will
be constructed of Douglas Island
sawed timber. The large dining and
reception room will be furnished in
hard wood and the floors will be of
genuine hard maple. All modern con
veniences will be had at the lodge.
A data will be constructed to secure
water power for an electric light
plant. Ex.
The best of the world’s literature
at the public library.
ELBERT H. GARY.
Steel Company’s Head
Announces Wage Increase.
HEAVY FIGHTING
HEADMAN’S HILL
GERMANS SUFFER MORE LOSSES
Penetrate First Line of French
Trendies but Are Driven Back Be
fore Bayonet Charge of the French
—Carnage is Frightful.
LONDON', May 23.—A Paris dis
patch states that yesterday the Ger
mans launched a terrinc infantry at
tack against the French lines in the
vicinity of LeMort Homme (Dead
man’s Hill), and penetrated the first
line of defenses, despite the terrible
rain of shot and shell poured into the
advancing columns by the French ar
tillery. The report states that the
Germans were immediately driven
back, retreating before a bayonet
charge of the French and suffering
enormous losses.
WHALER WILL SEARCH
FOR FRANKLIN’S TOMB
According to San Francisco advices I
ihe old whaling schooner Oscar &
Hattie, now laid up in the East water-j
way, where she is submerged at high
(ide, will be repaired and outfitted by
Captain Bayne, her owner, for an ex
pedition into the arctic in search of
lie town of Sir John Franklin. Cap
tain Bayne will head the expedition
and will be accompanied by his bride
whom he led to the altar last month
in San Francisco.
The Oscar & Hattie has been laid
ip near the shipbuilding yards of
Ward & Sons in the East Waterway
for the last two years. She is a
125-foot vessel with two masts. In
former days she belonged to the I
Arctic Whaling fleet. She has oak J
planking and was a sturdy vessel in j
her day, but the Seattle waterfront
for the last year has regarded her
as headed for the junk heap. With
a couple of month’s work, however,
she can be placed in good condition.
Captain Bayne is a veteran North
Pacific and Arctic navigator. He is
now past the Biblical limit of three
score years and ten, but is in vigor
ous health and ready for another ex
pedition into the frozen ocean.
Sir John Franklin died in the Arc
tic in 1847 after six year’s work as
she head of a party of scientists. He
had explored regions unknown even
to the Eskimos. Captain Bayne
was a member of the Hall expedition
which searched for Franklin’s tomb
in the Arctic in 1869. In the late
'90’s Bayne headed another expedi
tion in search of the tomb. On that
venture, he says, he learned from the
Eskimos the approximate location of
Franklin’s last resting place. The rec
ords of Franklin’s scientific observa
tions are believed to be hidden in the
tomb and the primary object of
Bayne’s proposed expedition is to re
cover the records.
Mrs. Bayne, who formerly was Mrs.
Stella D. G. Davis, widow of an old
time resident of San Francisco, is en
ihusisatic over the expedition into the
\rctic. She declares that she wants
the title of second mate on the boat.
“I’m a good walker,” she said re
cently at her home in San Fransico,
‘and I know I can drive a dog team.
;ike dogs anyway. Captain Bayne
:s picking his men from whaling ves
sels. They are all to be Arctic veter
ans. We will bring home Franblin’s
records. They will be of inestimable
value to science and that will be our
reward.”
Captain Bayne expects to come to
Seattle the latter part of this month.
While more than seventy years old, he
wants to engage in one more Arctic
venture before settling down. '
LOCAL BREVITIES
New hats for men, women and chil
dren at the Emporium. tf
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
WANTED—Gold property that will
stand close investigation. Call at of
fice of Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
Bristles in your teeth? Not if you
buy a guaranteed tooth brush at the
Owl. tf
Grenadine Punch special at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
An up-to-date line of cook stoves
and ranges at Mead's. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
Try a Cherry Sjindae or Cherry
Phosphate, true fruit flavor, at Hunt’s
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
To Calculate Congreaaea.
To determine the years covered by a
given congress double the number of
the congress and add the product to
1780. The result will be the yenr Id
which the congress closed. Take, i'or
example, the Thirty-fifth congress.
Doubling it gives us seventy; add 1780
and we have 1850, the year in which,
on March 4, the Thirty-fifth congress
closed. To find the number of a con
gress sitting in any year subtract 1780
from the year. If the result is an even
iiumber half that number will give the
congress of which the year in question
saw the close. If the result is an odd
number add one, and half the result,
will give the congress in which the
year in question was the first year.
Take, again, the congress sitting in
1858. Subtract 17S0 from 1858 and the
result is sixty-nine. Add one, making
seventy, and divide by two, showing
that the Thirty-first congress was hold
ing its first regular session in that
year. The year 1780 is the busic num
ber, because that was the year in
which the First congress under the
constitution convened. — Philadelphia
Press.
Ironing the Tablecloth.
A tablecloth should be pulled intd
shape before being Ironed. After it is
pulled into shape, fold it together
lengthwise through the middle, so that
the wrong side will be outside; then
turn back the edges at each side so that
the cloth is in four long folds, each fold
of the same width. The outer folds
will now l>e right side out. Iron these
two outer folds, then turn them inside
and iron the two inner folds that are
now outside and are the right side of
the tablecloth. When the four folds
are thus finished the long length can
be doubled back and forward the de
sired width, but the crosswise folds
sbould not be Ironed in. Papers can be
placed where the tablecloth hangs over
on the floor from the ironing board. A
little practice will soon make you per
fect. The old fashioned way was to
first iron a tablecloth on the wrong
side, but the tablecloths coming under
my observation that look the best are
Ironed in the manner above described.—
Eunice Haskins in Independent Farmer.
An Ideal Island.
The island of Ascension, in the At
lantic, belonging to Great Britain, is
unique in many respects. There is no
private property in land, no rents, no
taxes and no use for money. The
flocks and herds are public property,
and the meat is issued as rations. So
are the vegetables grown on the farms.
When an island fisherman makes a
catch he brings it to the guardroom,
whence it is Issued by the sergeant ma
jor. Practically the entire population
are sailors, and they work at most of
the common trades. The climate is al
most perfect. The island is 8 by 6
miles in size and has a population of
about 450. It is 250 miles northward
of St Helena and is governed by a
captain appointed from the British
navy. _
Hamadan In History.
Hamadan seems to be certainly the
Ekbatana, the summer residence of the
ancient Persian kings, where Alexan
der the Great stored his enormous loot
from Persia, estimated at over £41,000.
000. But there is topographical diffi
culty about identifying it with the ear
lier and still more interesting Ekbata
ua described by Herodotus, the city
where the first Median king, Deioces,
realized the ideal of royal isolation by
shutting himgelf up in a palace on top
of a hill, surrounded by seven fortified
circles of different colors descending
the slopes in order and allowing the in
habitants. of these to communicate
with him only by writing. Either this
story is a myth or the Ekbatana of
Herodotus is to be found on a hill be
tween Hamadan and Tabriz.—London
Chronicle.
\
Eating and Fighting. '
It Is not creditable to a thinking j)eo
ple that the two things they most thank
God for should be eating and fighting.
We say grace when we are going to
cut up lamb nnd chicken, and when we
have stuffed ourselves to an extent that
an oraug outang would be ashamed of
we offer up our best praises to the
Creator for having blown and sabered
his “images," our fellow creatures, to
atoms and drenched them in blood and
dirt.—Lejgh Hunt.
Cream Sauce.
To make a satisfactory cream sauce,
first put the milk on and while this is
getting warm rub the butter and flour
together until smooth. As soon «s the
milk comes to the boil gradually add
the creamy mixture while the milk
continues to boll, and the finished
sauce will be quite smooth. •
Close Call.
“Pa,” said little Jimmie, “I was very
near getting to the head of my class
today.”
“How was that, Jimmie?"
“Why, a big word came ail the way
down to me, and If I could only have
spelled it I should have gone clear up.”
—Exchange. ,
Intelligent Lad.
Employer—Boy, take this letter and
wait for an answer. New Boy—Yes,
jrtr. Employer-Well, what are yon wait
ing for? New Boy—The answer, sir.
—Boston Transcript
The Peaeimlst.
“Pa, what is a pessimist?”
“My son. a pessimist is a man who
when given his choice between two
evils takes both of them."—Life.
The Plaoe For Him,
“He’s so reckless he’s always taking
chances.”
“Ob, do send him to our charity
bazaar.”—Baltimore American.
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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.
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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
S.__ _
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line.
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE, 11:00 A. M.—
April 20—S. S. Admiral Evana—Kodiak and way porta.
May 7—S. S. Admiral Farragut—Knlk Anchorage and way porta.
May 14—S. S. Admiral Wataon—Knlk Anchorage and way porta.
May 21—S. S. Admiral Evana—Kodiak and way porta.
May 28—S. S. Admiral Farragut—Knlk Anchorage and way porta.
SAILINGS SOLTH FROM VALDEZ—
April 28—S. S. Admiral Farragut.
May 5—S. S. Admiral Wataon.
.May 12—S. S. Admiral Evana.
May 10—S. S. Admiral Farragut.
May 20— S. S. Admiral Wataon.
June 2—S. S. Admiral Evana.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Sau Frauciaco every Wetfheaday and Sunday, connecting with
Stenmera Vale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr., Seattlei VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings from Seattle—
April 30—S. 9. Northwestern.
May 5—S. S. Mariposa.
May 10—S. 9. Alaska.
May 15—Alameda.
May 20—S. S. Northwestern.
May 25—S. S. Mariposa.
May 30—S. S. Alaska.
Sailings South from Valdez—
April 20—S. S. Alaska.
May 5—S. S. Alameda.
.May 12—S. S. Northwestern.
May 15—S. S. Mariposa.
May 20—S. S. Alaska.
May 25—S. S. Alameda.
June 1—S. S. Northwestern.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Gen'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent
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.