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For Discerning Men and Young Men,
$20 and Up.
Authoritative styles that are cut on lines
appreciated by good dressers. Various new
fabrics that will appeal to your good taste.
Quality workman ship:-Satisfaction guaran
teed—Different from ordinary clothes in every
thing but price.
Your Spring Suit is now ready.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
(Incorporated.)
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Alaska Water, I,ight & Telephone Company
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PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington* D. C.
„ DENTIST
in both eoapuie* Fourteen vears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone it THE DENTIST
Ofltoe rooms over Owl Drug store. Ofltoe hour*
> a. m., to e p. m.. 7 p. m.. to9 p. m. Sunday*
by appointment All work guaranteed
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
' Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
attorneys-at-law
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
See Ted Winter tor your watch and
jewelry repairing at B. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, • - • Proprietor.
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Valdez Misers Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
H. M. CARTER. President.
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary.
Valdes. Alaska.
Notice of Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdez Electric
Company.
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the stockholders ot
the Valdez Electric Company, will be
held at the offices of the company,
in *he town of Valdez, Alaska, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915,
at the hour of 2 o’clock, in the after
noon of said day, for the purpose of
considering the question of increasing
the capital stock of said company,
from its present capitalization, name
ly twenty-five thousand dollars, di
vided Into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each,
to the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be divided into
one hundred thousand snares of cue
par value of one dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend its
articles of incorporation, so that Its
indebtedness may be increased to a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars, with full power to issue bonds
in payment of all of its indebted
ness, and to mortgage or otherwise
hypothecate its property or any part
thereof, for the purpose of securing
such indebtedness. Also authorizing
the company to amend its articles of
incorporation, so that it may acquire
by purchase or otherwise water rights,
water power, and the lands incident
al thereto, and that it may reduce the
number of its directors from seven
to three.
And you are hereby notified to be
present at said meeting either in per
son, or by your regularly authorized
proxy or attorney in fact for the pur
pose of considering said questions.
This notice is" hereby served on
you by publication thereof, in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper
published at Valdez, Alaska, which
is the principal place of business of
said company. Said notice will be
published in said newspaper for eight
consecutive weeks, beginning with the
issue of February 24th, 1916, and end
ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915.
Witness our hands as directors of
paid company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL,
GEO. J. LOVE,
Directors.
Blooded Dogs for Sale.
Two airedale terrier puppies, breed,
ing unsurpassed. Fine bead, ear, eye
and coat. Pedigrees furnished. Eight
champions in three generations. En
quire at Prospector. tf
“What part of the club paper is
Emmeline going to look after?"
“Well, she’s such an expert on the
subject that I suggested that Bhe at
tend to its make-up."
TESTING CONCRETE.
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Experiment* to Show the Action of
Sea Water and Frost.
One of the largest construction com
panies in tills country is making ex
periments to determine what is the no
tion of sea water and frost upon con
crete. According to Science Conspec
tus, the company made twenty-four
concrete columns, each sixteen feet
long and sixteen inches square, re-en
torced with iron bars near their cor
ners, and in January, 1009, immersed
them iu the water at the Boston navy
yard.
At high tide the water almost entire
y covers them, but at low tide they are
completely exposed. Tims in cold
weather the columns are alternately
thawed and frozen ns the tide rises
and falls. The columns are made with
various qualities of concrete—mixed
dry, plastic and very wet—and also
with different qualities of cement. Ex
perts are studying the effects of the
addition of waterproofing materials.
Clay and other substances are added
from time to time, and the effect is ob
served.
Many years must elapse before it
will be possible to tell witli certainty
what kind of concrete is most per im
nent. When last examined many of
die columns were virtually unaffected,
hut others were badly eroded. The
columns that contain the largest pro
portion of cement, mixed wet, hive so
far shown the least wear. Of two col
umns made with one part of cement to
one of sand and two of stone the one
mixed dry was badly eroded over its
entire length, whereas the other,
which was mixed very wet, was only
slightly pitted.
The experiment, it is expected, will
throw much light upon a problem that
has long perplexed construction en
gineers.
FEATS OF DIVERS.
Remarkable Endurance of the Pearl
Fishers of Torres.
The greatest depth recorded of work
done by a diver in a suit is 1S2 feet
This depth was reached by the Spanish
diver, Angel Hrostarbe, who recovered
$15,000 in silver ingots from the wreck
of the steamship Skyro off Capo Finis
tone. The sponge divers of the Medi
terranean work at a maximum of 150
feet and the Australian pearlers at
120 feet (
Tlie greatest depths readied by dlv- j
ers witiiout apparatus are used by the
pearl Ushers of Torres, mostly Malay
ans from the smaller islands. They go
down with the aid of a stone and a
loop in the rope thereto attached which
they clutch with their toes, these or
gans being far more prehensile than
in races normally shod. They seldom
venture to descend below fifty feet, a .
depth at which they can remain for
two minutes. The stone enables them
to remain at the bottom while they are .
sweeping the pearl oysters into a bas
ket attached lo the stone. When tlie
diver feels that he must come up lo
breathe lie releases Ids toes from the
becket in the rope and at once floals
lo the surface.
Young and healthy Malayan divers
working oyster beds below six fathoms
make four descents an hour dur.ng
four hours in the morning and the
same during four hours in the after
noon following a four hour rest. A
civilized man at a depth of fort.v-two
feet finds such a dive intolerable after
[a single minute.- New York Mm.
The Gorgons.
Tile Gorgons were creatures of Greek
mythology, mentioned by Homer ami
I Euripides as being of peculiarly abhor
j rent, aspect. Their hair was composed
[of serpents, their bodies covered with
j scales and girdled with reptiles with
heads erect, vibrating their tongues
| threateningly, while the hands of the
Gorgons, adorned with sharp talons,
were of brass. The gaze of the mon
sters was deadly, all upon whom they
fixed their eyes being turned to stone.
One of tbe three terrible sisters was
conquered and beheaded by Perseus,
and as he took flight in the air en route
for Ethiopia, holding the severed head
in his hands, the drops of blood which
fell from it became serpents, which
ever after Infested the sands of Lybia.
“Not Like Us.”
Mrs. Anderson’s husband Is Scotch.
Mrs. Anderson Is an American woman,
and she has in her employ as black a
cook as ever descended from Ham.
One day the cook said to her mistress:
“Yo’ husband he ain’t no ’Merlcan, is
he?”
"Oh, no, Phoebe, he is a Scotchman.”
replied Mrs. Anderson.
“Well,” said the cook, “I could see
he wasn’t like us, missus.’’—New York
Post.
Doubt.
At a luncheon at the Philadelphia
Country club a notoriously poor golfer
said to a noted woman champion:
“I am improving. I did the difficult
fourth hole yesterday in three.”
The champion smiled.
“Three what—hours?” she said.
Not In His Line.
“They tell me,” said the new report
er, who was doing an Interview, “that
you have succeeded In forging your
way to the front."
“Sir," said the self made man coldly,
“you have been misinformed. I’m no
forger.”
Accident, All Right.
Officer—Did you get those bruises In
an accident? Sad Guy—Yes; I didn’t
think the other fellow would fight.—
New York Globe.
Virtue consists In avoiding vice and
ts tbe highest wisdom.—Horace.
~HENRY SHRAPNEL
Inventor of the Deadly War Missile and
His Reward.
Shrapnel was originally the name of
i British general who, about u hun
Ired years ago, was begging the board
>f ordnance of liis native land for some
substantial recognition in respect of
the new and deadly missile he had
placed absolutely at their service and
was being told that the institution in
question “had no funds at its disposal
for the rewurd of merit”
Ilenry Shrapnel's invention was
probably first employed at Surinam in
1804 and was then “favorably report
ed on,” but eleven years later Sir
Ueorge Wood, who commanded the ar
tillery at Waterloo, declared that
shrapnel had won that famous battle.
Without it, Wood asserted, no effort of
the British could have recovered the
farmhouse of l.a Ilnye Sainte.
In 1814 the government granted
Shrapnel a pension of £1,200 u year
for life, but this was interpreted by
his paymasters to cover all the inven
tions Shrapnel had given to the army,
Including an Ingenious gun mounting
whereby the recoil was utilized to
tiring one gun into action at the same
time as another was put under cover.
Shrapnel was thus placed at a disad
vantage, though he had the satisfac
tion of drawing his pension to a ripe
old age. lie died in IS 12. aged eighty
one.—Argonaut.
Iht IvlAL I tot UtliBI.
Its Curious Race Course With Go as
You Please Rules.
Ilorso racing is a favorite sport the
world over, but it is doubtful whether
any nation can boast of such a curious
race course or claim more remarkable
ideas of the sport than the Maltese.
Once a year the road skirting Sliemu
harbor is reserved as a race course, and
the people turn out in thousands.
There is no regulation of the course.
The crowd simply clears out of the
way as the horses cornu along.
The jockeys ride without bridles or
saddles, and each carries a whip in
either hand—one for Ids own mount,
the'other to keep hack any horse which
may try to overtake him. We saw one
of tile spectators deliberately trip a
horse up by putting liis leg out, at
grave risk to himself.
These things, however incredible as
they seem to sportsmen in this conn
try, are taken as quite a matter of
course, and consequently hardly a year
goes by without a fatality of some
kind. All things considered. It is not
likely that the "go as you please” rules
of this Maltese derby are likely to com
uieud themselves to other turf authori
ties.—Wide World Magazine.
Quicksilver.
The ore from which quicksilver is
obtained is a brilliant red rock known
ns cinnabar. When of high purity it
is actually vermilion in color. Cinna
bar is the original source of the pig
ment known commercially as vermil
ion. It. is a compound of sulphur and
quicksilver, and in order to separate
the latter from the sulphur the rook is
roasted. Passing off in the form of a
gas, the mercury Is afterward con
densed and Hows out in a line stream,
like a continuous pencil of molten sil
ver. Like gold and silver, mercury is
occasionally found in a native or pure
state. Sometimes the miner's pick
penetrates a cavity that coir ins a
cupful or more of the elusive and beau
tiful llitld. Miners suffer much from
the poisonous effects of the quicksilver
fumes. Extreme cleanliness is the best
safeguard for workers in this danger
ous occupation.
Moving Picture Tricks.
Some of tlie most thrilling scenes in
the moving picture dramas are taken
with the aid of small models, which
are considerably less than life size.
It is much cheaper, of course, to burn
up a toy building or to sink a minia
ture ship than to destroy an original
to make a moving picture holiday. The
models used for this work are carried
out with great attention to detail, and
the pictures are taken with the cam
era very close to the ground to get
the proper perspective. The moving
picture audiences, even when paying
the closest attention, are completely
deceived.—Boston Herald.
The Stronger Material.
A crockery dealer was just closing
up his store for the day when one of
his customers, a grocer, came In in a
great hurry.
“Here,” said he, “I packed this jar
full of butter and the jar split from
top to bottom. Perhaps you can ex
plain the phenomenon."
“Oh, yes; I can!” was the ready re
ply. “The butter was stronger than
the Jar.”—Atlanta Constitution.
8ide Stepped.
“I can give you a cold bite,” snid the
woman. _
“Why not warm It up?” asked the
tramp.
“There ain’t any wood sawed.”
“So? Well, give It to me cold.”—New
York Sun.
Accommodating Him.
Youth—Oh, I don’t want to take that
character. I’ll make a fool of myself
sure. Malden—Well, you said you want
ed nn easy part.—Exchange.
Ruinous.
Crawford—I hear It was a bad fail
ure. Crabshaw—Very. Even the re
ceivers didn’t make anything out of It
-Puck.
We are slow to believe anything
that If believed, would hurt our feel- i
tags.—Ovid. j
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
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and on the job—-day or night—buy
and sell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
liilillllSil)
Complete Services
j ’ IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
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Notice of Registration,
Notice is hereby given that the reg
istration books for the registration
of voters at the municipal election to
be hold in and for the Town of Val
dez, Alaska, on the nth day of April,
1915, will bo open at the office of
the Town Treasurer, in Coppet
Block, in said Town, on the 1st day
of February, 1915, between tho hours
of 2 and 1 o'clock in tho afternoon
of said day, and will remain open for
such registration between like hours
on each and every day thereafter, ex
cept Sundays, until and including the
27th day of .March, 1915; and on the
last two days on which such regis
tration may bo made, viz:, the 26th
and 27th days of March, 1915, said
books will be open for such registra
tion between the hours of 1 and 6
o’clock in the afternoon of said days.
Town Treasurer E. G. Ames has
been named registrar, and will enter
in said registration books the names
of all persons, residents of the Town
of Valdez, who are qualified voters,
or who will be such voters at the
date of said election, upon their ap
plication in person at his said office
within the office hours and between
the dates mentioned; and no voter
who does not personally appear and
register at said office between said
dates will be permitted to vote at
said election.
KANDAI.T. E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
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Notice cf Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of I.
D. Flynn, deceased.—Notice of settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that \V. T.
Scott, the administrator of the estate
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and fil
ed in i tie above entitled toert, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th day of February. 1915, at the
hour of ttvo o’clock In the afternoon
of said day, at the court room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez, A' iska,
has been duly appointed by me, the
undersigned, as the Judge of said
court, as the time and place for the
settlement of said account, at which
time and place any and all persons
interested in said estate, may appear,
file exceptions in writing to the said
account or otherwise contest the al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this 23rd
day of December, 1914.
(Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE.
U. S. Commissioner and Ex Officio
Probate Judge, for the Recording
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date last publication February 24,
1915.
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Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back" a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
vyilh the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
If you want all me newt all tte
Umo. read the Prospector.