Exceptional
Values
We are making some extraordinary low prices
on broken size and odd* lot merchandise; snch
as Men’s Six and Eight Dollar Sweater Coats
at $1.50; Three Fifty to Five Dollar Sweaters
at $1.00; Men’s Dollar leather Mitts at 50c.;
Men’s Two Fifty Underwear at $1.50; also
many other excellent values. A visit to this
store will convince you.
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Gnaduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen y ears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone id THE DENTIST
r
Offltte rooms over Owl Drue store. Office hours
9 a m., to 6 p ji., 7 p, m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointmSft All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. SO
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and7 to9p. m.
DONOHOE & DIMOND
attorneys-at-law
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdea, Alaska
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS A RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
jCivil Engineer and'
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdez, Alaska.
LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party of Alaska
Meet* every Saturday at 8 p. m.
Next door to 8enate 8aloon.
Everybody Welcome.
•>
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners | {
H. M. CARTER, President. .
Granite Mine.
CilAS. McCALLUM. Secretary,
Valdez, Alaska.
Transferred.
He told the shy maid of his love.
The color left her cheeks.
But on the shoulder of his coat
It showed for several weeks.
' —Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Prospector office for job work.
THE READING TABLE
There is no light that makes night
reading so easy as does Electricity. An
Electric portable is a sourco of pleasure
in every home—as well as a moans of
health. The entire body suffers if the
eyes become affected. Reading in im
proper light is one of the worst things
for the eyes. Get an Electric Portable
and read in comfort and peace.
AlaskaJl¥ater, light Telephone & Company.
ONCE A MIGHTY CIJY.
Ypres, In Belgium, Was Famous Whan
Barlin Waa a Hamlet.
The little 'Belgian town of Ypres, In
Belgium, in the heyday of Ita great
ness and prosperity runted as large In
the civilized world as Philadelphia,
Chicago, Berlin and other big cities do
today. Indeed, it was a splendid city
when Berlin was a mere hamlet of half
civilized Slavs.
It was in the days of the commercial
greatness of Venice that Ypres at
tained the summit of its prosperity.
It was an Important distributing cen
ter for the traffic which came up
tbrougb the Adriatic by boat, was car
ried overland and then scattered from
Belgium to England, France. Holland,
Germany and other countries. It also
bad great manufactures, and in the
fourteenth century its population ex
ceeded 200,000, making It one of the
largest cities in Europe. Ghent and
Bruges, its near neighbors, were no
less prosperous. With the changing o(
the trade routes of Europe the wealth
and population of Ypres disappeared
until it has now less than 20,000 peo
pie.
When one reads of the rise and de
dine of these communities which flour
Ished long before America was discov
ered It is interesting to speculate
whether the same fate will overtake
our own cities. Who can tell? To us
their foundation seems substantial, but
doubtless tlie worthy burghers of
Ypres thought the same of their be
loved city 000 years ago.—-Philadelphia
Record.
NOISELESS NORWAY.
Country ot Quiet Voices, Gentle Man
ners and Placidity.
The population ot Norway is nearly
2,500,000, but if the entire population
met in a given area 1 venture to say
that their coming and their going and
their meeting would not make as much
noise as one may hear every five min
utes on dozens of street crossings
either in New York or in Chicago.
Norway Is thecountry-of quiet voices,
gentle manners and no noise. The
steamers dock almost without a sound
and depart as silently. At Christian
sand, where we touched first on Scan
dlnavtau soil, people got on and off tbe
steamer, farewells were waved, the
crowd on the dock moved about delib
erately, but no voice was raised, there
was no shouting, no physical unrest ex
pressing itself in squirming bodies or
twisted features; they were almost as
calm as tbe stars above them.
All over Sweden and Norway one is
attracted by the smooth skins, uuwrln
kled checks and unfurrowed brows of
both the men and the women. They
have placid faces, as of men and wo
men who have not yet been In contact
with our disease of striving to live all
of life in a day. Tbe trains slide away
from the stations at- the sound of a
scarcely audible whistle, and there are
no bellb or shouted warnings; tbe
crowds In the streets or elsewhere
seem to pitch tbeir voices out of the
range of bearing of ears accustomed
to tbe catarrhal rumble of London, the
strident gabble of New York or the
sibilant cackle of Paris—Tbe Late
Price Collier in Scribner’s.
Keep a Firm Hand on the Tiller.
The sails ot boats ore our emotions,
tbe rudders are our characters. Our
sails are breathed upon by gentle
zennyrs of affection and Inclination, ol
Dope and love and ot bate. They are
lorn by sudden gusts of passion. We
are blown hither and yon by conflict ot
quarreling winds, driven from our
course by angry squalls. The only
force by means of which we can coun
teract the effect of the winds and bold
our course Is the rudder of character.
We know that we shall be blown
upon all our lives by various influences,
good and bad; tbat our emotions—those
wbite sails that respond to every
breeze—will be played upon by every
human appeal and desire. What will
become of tbe craft that bas not a firm
hand on the tillerV— Youth’s Compan
ion.
Relics of Old Persia.
Sboster. tbe old capital of Persia, Is
one of Iran’s wonder cities, in tbe
dawn of Persian civilization it took a
leading part. On tbe bank of the only
navigable river tbe country can boast
the city gets Its name from the famous
ruler, Sbapur. who built great irrigat
ing dams and a noble bridge across tbe
Surun. now wrongly credited to the
Umperor Valerian. Sixteen hundred
years have left the great bridge, a
quarter of a mile In length, with yawn
ing gaps, but tbe water of tbe river
runs today tbrongb the channels and
tunnels made to fertilize a land that
bad not yet been overrun by tbe Arable
barbarians who destroyed tbe culture
of Persia.—London Mail.
Barley Water,
Barley water is a safe and cooling
drink and is nutritious as well. Put
into a pitcher one large tablespoonful
of well washed pearl barley, pour over
It two quarts of boiling water, cover
end let stand until cold. Drain off the
liquid, add one-balf cupful of sugar
end a little nutmeg. If liked the Juice
of a lemon Is a pleasant addition.
Knew the Exact Amount.
De Eaque— If t could get some one
Go invest (1.000 in that scheme ot mine
1 could make some money. Dawson—
How much could you matte) De
Eaque—Why. (l.OOO.-Baltlmore Sun.
Perhaps.
“Sir, 1 came down from a long line
ot ancestors."
"indeed! Were many ot them hang
ing on itl"—Exchange.
Ivy to do yonr duty and you at once
know what la In you.—Goethe.
HEROES OF MEDICINE.
Many an Obsoure Physician Has Disd
For Humanity's Sake.
The physicians who have met death
from diphtheria, from smallpo;, from
tuberculosis In tbe heroic discharge of
duties so common as to seem trivial,
cannot be computed. Time has failed
to keep a record of the noble dead. A
roster of their honored names Is out of
our power. Obscure heroes who have
fallen In the strife for humanity All
our churchyards, where they sleep In
unacknowledged graves.
St Paul boasted he was a citizen ol
no mean city. We may boast in the
same spirit that we belong to no mean
profession, to no Ignoble calling, and
while ungrateful beneAclaries may ac
cuse us of practicing medicine for
money, we may be sure that alike in
city and in country, alike among tbe
homes of wealth and the hovels of des
titution, there exists a great body of
men wbo by unselfishness, by forti
tude, by kindness and charity, sustain
amply the traditions nnd fulfill worth
ily the scope of our noble calling.
To those men what is a money fee?
ft is not time and study and care
alone that they offer to tbe afflicted. It
Is their own strength, their sleep, their
very lives that they lavish upon them,
and what is a fee in exchange? Do
men sell their blood for gold?—“Recre
ations of a Physician.” by A_ Stuart
M. Chisholm. M. D.
DIAMONDS IN SUGAR.
We Know They Are There, Because
Science Has Extracted Them.
Although at first thought the state
ment seems Incredible, It Is perfectly
true that a lump of sugar may oe con
verted into diamonds.
Not all the substance of the sugar
of course will enter into the composi
tion of the diamond, but only the car
bon that it contains. Sugnr consists
of carbon united with oxygen and hy
drogen.
It is an easy matter to separate out
the carbon, and In certain experi
ments for the production of diamonds
this sugar carbon has been employed.
The diamonds so produced were of
course very small and destitute of
commercial value, but still they were
real diamonds, and the chemical re
sult achieved would be no greater in
trinsically if they were as big as the
Cullinan.
Scientists have often expressed the
hope that an improvement in the proc
ess of manufacturing diamonds may
be effected whereby the necessity of
dissolving the carbon in molten iron
may be dispensed with, and the re
quired combination of great pressure
with great heat may be brought about
by some such operations as squeezing
the carbon between redhot metal
plates.—New York World.
Got In Her Answer.
“Maria,” said Mr. Jollyboy very sol
emnly, thinking to take a rise out of
the wife of his bosom, “1 heard of a
dreadful operation which was under
gone by a girl. She seemed in danger
of losing her sight, and the clever oph
thalmic surgeon who operated on her
found”—
“Yes!” breathlessly Interposed Mrs.
Jollyboy. “Found what?”
"That the poor girl had a young man
In her eye!” rejoined huliby, with a
chuckle.
Silence reigned supreme for the space
of live minutes, at the end of which
time Mrs. Jollyboy said quietly:
“Well, of course, it would all depend
on what kind of young man it was, as
there are many men she would have
been able to see through." And, with
a serene smile. Mrs. .1. resumed her
knitting.—London Express. *
First Carrier Pigeons.
The sport of pigeon hying dates back
100 years, although the Egyptians
trained pigeons to serve as messengers
4,000 odd years ago, and their example
was followed by the Assyrians, the
Chinese, the Greeks and the Itomans.
The first pigeon race was organized in
Belgium in ISIS, and tv^o years later a
bird was flown from Paris to Verviers.
where its arrival was hailed by a pro
cession with brass bands, in England
the first pigeon race was held in 1875
from Neweastle-on-Tyne to Bexhill.
The sport caught on rapidly, especially
in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and such
long distance flights as from Manches
ter to San Sebastian (700 miles) have
been achieved.—London Standard.
Hardening Steel.
Tbe usual method of hardening steel
by Immersion In oil or water or alba
line baths. It is said, results In tbe for
matlon of a line of considerable tension
between the hardened and unburdened
parts. By the use of compressed air.
however, the zones of cooling may be
carefully graduated and much better
results obtained. By adapting the
shape of the nozzle to the worb a wide
range of results is possible.
Lampblack.
A German process of collecting lamp
black consists In placing two electrodes
in n flame rich in carbon and passing a
direct electric current of about fifteen
volts. The lampblack deposited on the
negative electrode consists of much
finer particles than'the ordinary, the
material being especially suitable for
One printing inks and high grade
paints.
Tbs Name "Beth."
Beth, in tbe names ot places men
tioned in tbe Bible. Is the Hebrew
word for “bouse " Thus Beth-Iehem
Is tbe house of bread; Beth-aalda.
house of mercy.
Time and chance can do nothing for
those who will do nothing for them
selvea. —Canning.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE Call You onifTimetforlthelboat
if,*!We Handle Your] Baggage.
Wei Buy and*Sell£Any thing fromf J
Dead^Crabs to Live Bears. ^
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
!7 a m to 9 a m
Lunch 12 ni to I i> m
6 to 7 p in
BOARD & ROOM SEO per Mo.
Chas. Perry
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Ter
ritory of Alastca, ss.:
I, Charles E. Davidson, Secretai y
of the Territory of Alaska, do here
by certify that on this date there has
been filed in my office consent of
stockholders to dissolution of th >
James E. Wilson Transportation
Company, a domestic corporation or
ganized under the laws of the Terri
tory of Alaska, and said corporation
is therefore dissolved.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
Great Seal of the Territory of Alas
ka, at Juneau, this 21st day of De
cember, 1914. (Seal.)
CHARLES E. DAVIDSON,
Secretary of Alaska.
Publications Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In I’robate.
In the matter of the estate of I.
D. Flynn, deceased.—Notice of settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that W. T.
Scott, the administrator of the estate
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and til
ed in the above entitled court, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th day of February, 1915, at the
houi of two o’clock in the afternoon
■ f said day, at the court room of said
ourt, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by me, the
undersigned, as the Judge of said
■ourt, 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
iceount or otherwise contest the al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23 rd
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.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found tp
“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
w,ith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTI8E IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULT*.
I It you want all tna newa all t»a
time, read the Prospector.