Do You Need a Pipe?
We Have Them in All Styles
and Sizes at ^
The Buffet
1994 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1917
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contract* on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA-PHONE 18
REFERENCES j S. BLUM & CO, Valdes, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Merchant’s Cafe
Phone 63 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chns. Fischer, Propr.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdes Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
LET US MEASURE YOU
for your new 6uit and let us do
It now. The new fabrics in serge,
worsted, thlbet, etc., are In and
. we are prepared to cut them In
to suits of class and snap at a
very, low rate considering the
quality of the cloth and the tail
oring. Do it now.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Rough Dry 11c lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
PORT WELLS MILL
AND'
LUMBER COMPANY
Orders taken for sized and
dressed lumber.
THE PINZON VALDEZ, ALASKA
Going To Fairbanks?
Ask For the Sheldon Service
SHELDON AUTO STAGE UNE
Through Service from Valdez to
Fairbanks and all Interior Points.
* For further information call on or
address
THE AGENT, at the Prospector Office .
I 8OI/ON8’ LETTERS
ARE READ AT TRIAL
SEATTLE, Oct. 8.—The defense in
the trial of Hulet M. Wells, charged
by the government with having con
spired to resist the draft law, intro
duced letters from three members of
the Washington delegation in con
gress in an effort to justify the ac
tivilty of Wells and his three co-de
fendants.
The letters, addressed to Miss Anna
Louise Strong, member of the Seat
tle school board, were written last
February. One letter from Congress
man C. C. Dill, dated February 15.
declared that he was heartily in fa
vor of a referendum on the question
of war. Another from Dill, dated Feb
ruary 24, spoke of his opposition to
the espionage bill.
"Even if nominal war should oc
cur.” wrote Senator Miles Poindexter,
to Miss Strong on February 24,
"there cannot he, as I stated during
the campaign, real or actual war in
view of the conditions such as you
point out, namely, that It would be
out of the question to attempt to
invade Germany.”
A letter dated February 19, from
Congressman Albert Johnson suggest
ed that those who supported the Pres
ident because he kept the United
States out of the war should “exert
themselves to the utmost to keep the
President out of war.
UNCLE HAM TRIES TO
SETTLE BIG STRIKES
WASHINGTON, D; C., Oct., 8.—
Labor department officials today ex
pressed the opinion that there “is
some prospect of adjustment soon”
of the shipbuilders and Ironworkers
strike at San Francisco.
Their estimate was based largely,
it was said, upon a telegram received
from W. T. Boyce, assistant commis
I sioner of immigration at San Fran
cisco, who is acting as conciliator. Mr.
Boyce reported conferences last night
and that he expected to resume them
today.
Urgent suggestion from the Ameri
can federation of Labor, however,
that the entire Pacific Coast should
be considered a unit in determining
wage scales for shipyard employes
dimmed the hope of shipping board
officials of settling independently the
strike of ironworkers at San Fran
cisco. Consequently the shipping
board devoted more attention to so
lution of the difficulty arising out
of a Seattle company’s action in
granting high union wage demands.
I Chairman Hurley, of the board, con
sidered postponing his trip to the
Coast until he could confer with the
general manager of the Seattle com
pany due to arrive here tomorrow.
Mr. Hurley had planned to leave late
today.
The suggestion of federal conciliat
ors that the San Francisco strikers
go back to work temporarily on the
basis of the Mare Island wage scale,
recently increased about 10 per cent,
was not received favorably by officials
of the metal trades department of the
American Federation of Labor. They
explained that the Mare Island scale
was based on rates in commercial
plants about San Francisco and was
considered too low. International of
fiters of ihe federation expressed the,
opinion that the San Francisco dig- ’
pute could not be settled before thej
Seattle situation is composed. Mr. |
Hurley and Samuel Gompers arrang
ed another conference today on the1
problem.
SCHEME. TO SPOIL FRUIT
LAID TO ALIEN ENEMIES
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Oct 8.— !
Examine Ihe new rubbers of your
fruit jars before you use them for,
sealing. This is the advice offered the
I housewives of Bellingham by a man i
whose wife discovered that some of
them contain hidden pieces of razor
edged tin, which cul the rubber when
the cap is sealed and by letting in the1
air thru the incised band caused the
fruit to spoil.
Among those who have made the
discovery that enemies of the country
are trying to damage the fruit crop of!
the nation in this wise is Mrs. Esker
Fitzwater, 905 Maple street. After
sealing a can of fruit the other day
Mrs. Fitzwater noticed that the can1
contained air. Puzzled to learn how;
this could have happened, she un-|
screwed the cap and examined the!
rubber and found that it contained a
.small piece of tin cut like a Y, which j
had pierced the band when the top
was put on. She then examined the |
reaminder of her rubber bands and1
found the same kind of an instrument |
in several of them.
A number of Bellingham women
have complained lately that some of
their fruit has spoiled and as they
used new rubber bands they have been
unable to account for it. Mrs. Fitz
water’s discovery appears to furnish
the solution. Elsewhere, as in the
Yakima country, a mysterious loss of
fruit has been reported recently,
doubtless from the same cause. It is
presumed that the tin pieces are in
serted in the bands at the factory
by uncrupulous supporters of thei
central powers, in the hope of caus
ing widespread damage to food con
servation.
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I
GIRL SOLDIERS MAKE
ATTACK ON GIRL OFFICERS J
PETROGRAD, Oct. 8.—A small |
riot occurred today in the ranks of the |
woman's battalion drilling at Mos-1
cow, and it resulted in an attack by
the girls upon Vera Butchkareff, the;
twice wounded suffrage soldier. Ac-1
cording to the Bourse Gazette, an in-1
furiated mob of girls, who resented j
acts of their leader not clearly defin- i
ed.
As a result of the affair many of i
the girls will be sent home and only
250 will be permitted to go to the
front.
A second riot of more serious con
sequence is reported to have follow
ed an attempt by a crowd of women
to take away from one woman a small
quantity of cldfh which she had pur
chased at the market place. Militia
men tried to defend the woman and j
they in turn were assailed.
i
Kelly Olesen of Seward was a pas-1
senger on the steamer Alameda from
the westward.
Mrs. W. Jacobson of Latouche was i
an arrival on the Alameda.
MAKE EMENDS
WITH YOUR FEET
THERE’S no sense in wear
ing boots that make your
feet yell for mercy. Try a pair
of “Hipress” Boots and see how
pleased your feet feel.
“Hipress” Boots are built foot-easy
—tfiat’s the reason—by the leading
rubber experts of the world. Anoth
er tiling—“Hipress” Boots are built
all in one piece without a seam, so
they can’t possibly leak. The same
tough stock goes into them that is
used in Goodrich Tires. The only
boots made this way. That’s why
they outwear any footwear made.
40,000 Dealers
THE B.F. GOODRICH COHPAlYt&r
Seattle Branch: 113 King St. jj
Factories: AKRON, OHIO A, \
with the RED LINE'raund'the top
TheGOODRICHBoot/
Th at Outwears Steel'
WHEN FLAMES FILL
THE FACTORY
despair fills the owner who has
neglected to look after his In
surance. We handle the Insur
ance of some very large con
cerns. We place it in the best
companies, pay the premiums
promptly and attend to renew
als. Let us do that for you.
It will not cost you anything
for our service.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
Tony’s Place- 'SF
Orders to ANTON CARLSON, Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle 9 a. m.—
Oct 2.—S. S. Alaska.
Oct. 8.—S. S. Mariposa
Oct. 16.—S. S. Alameda
Oct. 24.—S. S. Alaska
Valdez to Seattle—
Oct. 7.— S. S. Alameda
Oct. 13.—S. S. Alaska
Oct. 18.—S. S. Mariposa
Oct 26.—S. S. Alameda
Call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Ellaniar, Fort Liscum, Val
dez, Latouche. Seward and Anchorage.
S. S. Alameda and S. S. Mariposa call at Skagway southbound.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell. Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdes and La
Phone So. I. VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Agent, Valdez Alaska.
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships Offer Frequent,
PERFECT SERVICE
Between All Points in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
Leave Seattle 10<a. m.—
Sept. 24—S. S. Adm. Watson
(For Kodiak)
Oct. 2—S. S. Adm. Evans
Oct. 10—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Oct. 18.—S. S. Adm. Watson
From Valdez to Seattle—
Sept. 2S—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Oct. 7—S. S. Adm. Watson
Oct. 14—S. S. Adm. Evans
Oct. 22—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Oct. 30.—S. S. Adm. Watson
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Monday, Friday and Saturday for
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES,^
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
IF YOUR TICKET READS “PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY”
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Take a look at our new line of
postcards and pictures of the Canyon
etc. ^aldez Drug Store. tf
If It-Isn't an Eastman It Isn't a
Kodak. We carry a complete line of
Eastman Kodaks and supplies. Val
dez Drug Store. tf
A special on stationery at the Val
dez Drng Store. Box paper, worth
from 60c to $1.00 now 26c. tf
Ansco Films Will
fit any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard. Ouy E. Cam
eron. tf
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
J AUTOS FOR HIRE
DAT OR NIGHT
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Capt. Otto Elfstrom
Weekly trips to Port Wells
and all Sound Points.
FOR CHARTER FOR PAR
TIES OR TOWING
'or rates and sailing dates see
CAPT. OTTO ELFSTROM,
On Boat, Valdes Dock
Candy Hon
E. W. HUNT—la Owl Draf Stwt.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-C n n
A nice line of carpente: toils a*
Rudolph’s. n
Lowney*s bos Caudles at Hunt's
Candy Kitchen. tt