TRUE VALUES
Women’s Silk Hose, A Pair 35c
OMEN’S fiber silk boot hose, comes
in black only. Sizes 9, 9 1-2 and
_ 10. They have linen heel and toe,
and will give splendid service. flC
Priced a pair
Summer Underwear For Women
-T’S time now to be thinking about
lighter underwear. We’re showing
in the union suits several very at
tractive numbers including the cumfy cut.
The styles come in low neck, sleeveless, both
cuff and tight knee. Priced a 1C
garment.* ^
Fisher’s Blend Flour A Sack $2.00
HIS price holds good for tomorrow
only, and we believe it to be the
record price on this celebra- |hn ||||
I ted flour. The price Wednesday, a sack.. iPL'UU
Valdez Mercantile Co.
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commiwion
S7 a m to 9 a m
Lunch 12 m to 1 p m
6 to 7 p m
BOARD & ROOM SSO per Mo.
AWAKE
and on the job—day or night—buy
and tell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
LAUNCH
BRIGHTON
FOR
Port Wells and Way Ports
Leaves Valdez every Saturday Morning carry
ing Mail, Passengers and Freight. Calls at
Ellamar, Wells Bay, Golden, Hobo Bay, Port
age Bay, Esther Island. Special trips by ar
rangement.
SEE CAPT. STAMEY.
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—Private Rooms for Patients
For Termt'and Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge,
Send the Prospector To Your Friends In The States
On the basis ot Security and Service
v we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY*
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. a COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National Unhrerait*
Washington. D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
?hone is THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
) a. m., to 6 p. m., 7 p. m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
Library Hour*.
Library books can be secured at the
Everyman’s Club rooms between 3
and 5 o’clock each week day, and
from 7:30 to 9 on Wednesday and
Friday evenings.
The Prospector office for job work.
CHINKS REFUSE
JKPS DEMANDS
(Continued from page X.)
were asked of him concerning the
negotiations now going on between
China and Japan. He replied that
while the negotiations were still pro
ceeding he would not be able to make
a detailed statement. Speaking gen
erally, however, he declared that the
policy of the British government with
respect to China continued to be gov
erned by the terms of the Anglo-Ja
panese agreement, as defined above.
The foreign secretary added that
the government was in close touch
with diplomatic circles in China and
Japan, and with commercial bodies
interested in the Far East, and said
the House might rest assured that
the government would endeavor to
secure, to the best of its ability, an
open door to British comemrce in all
parts of China.
U. S. Demands Open Door.
PEKING, China, May 4.—It is an
nounced here that as soon as the
United States government was in
formed of the demands made on Chi
na that President Wilson, through
Secretary of State W. J. Bryan, in
formed the Chinese government that
the United States would insist upon
its right under the favored nation
clause of the treaty. This would
place the United States upon an
equal footing with Japan and any
concessions granted to the Japanese
would also apply to Americans if the
treaty is effective.
Washington Is Silent.
WASHINGTON, May 4.—While de
clining to discuss in detail the Amer
ican policy toward the Japanese-Chi
nese negotiations, Secretary Bryan
told inquirers today that the United
States government still stood firmly
on the announcement made at the be
ginning of the Wilson administration
of its purpose to support the policy
of the open door and freedom of com
mercial opportunity in the Far East.
Sir Edward Grey’s statement of a
similar character in the British Par
liament indicated to officials that
Great Britain’s position had under
gone no change, and that the prin
ciple of the open door would continue
to be the ainn of the powers. The
Japanese government itself had given
the United States, as well as the oth
er powers, assurances that it is not
its purpose to violate in any way
either the open door policy or Chi
na’s territorial integrity.
How far the present demands on
China by Japan may be considered as
infringing upon these principles is a
question which can be answered on
ly by a knowledge of the details of
the negotiations, something here of
ficials are unwilling to discuss be
cause of the injunction of secrecy
placed upon the matter by the Japan
ese government.
Officials here, however, have re
cently appeared optimistic over the
progress of the negotiations, indicat
ing a belief that the difficulties at
Peking may be satisfactorily adjust
ed without requiring further diplo
matic correspondence between the
United States and Japan.
Alder wood for sale at 15.00 a cord,
four-foot length. Phone 195. k 6
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Arcade Cafe
Open untill 0 P. M.
Try Oar Specials After 4 P. ML
Private Tables
Jack Callin--Proprietor
Mr. Sydney Laurence
The Studio—Keystone Ave.
Photographic Portraftorc
Sittings by appointment
Developing. Printing, Enlarging
A. W., L. & T. Co. Phone 217.
CRANKS AT SEA.
Some of th# Things With Which Cep*
tains Have to Contend.
"Panic, more or less suppressed,
seizes many passengers on un ocean
liner when anything out of the ordi
nary happens,” said the ship's officer.
‘Often they are cranks who seem to
be obsessed with the belief that their
opinions will help navigate the ship,
And who pursue the engineer or the
captain with incessant advice.
“On our last trip, which was very
rough, one old gentleman tried to
reach the bridge where the captain
was and had to be halted by force.
“ ‘But 1 want to ask the captain
about the crew,’ he fumed. 'Is the
crew trustworthy? What shall we do
if we sink? What shall I tell my
wife?’
“Two sailors were detailed to take
him below with instructions to remain
and unswer his questions.
“When we reached port his first act
was to call on the president of the
steamship company for the purpose of
giving notice that he would never trav
el on another ship of their line.
Said he:
“ ‘It was only by a miracle tbat
any of your passengers reached port
at all. In the midst of all that storm,
with the sea threatening to swallow
us all, your captain slunk away where
not a soul could reach him.
“ ‘I call that negligence!’ ’’—New
York Times.
LOST HIS OWN CASE.
An Unfortunate Contradiction That
Queered Him In Court.
A Cleveland lawyer tells a story
about a woman from the country who
wanted a divorce. When the case got
into court the judge, disregarding for
the moment the technical grounds,
tried to find out the real reason for
the lady’s desire to be separated from
the man she had lived with for so
many years. The man himself was in
court with a lawyer, and it looked us
if he was going to fight the case.
“Mrs. Dash,’’ said the judge, “tell me
what fault you have to find with your
husband."
“He is a liar, a brute, a thief and a
brainless fool!" answered the lady
promptly.
“Tut, tut!" exclaimed his honor.
“You could hardly prove all that."
“Prove it? Why, everybody knows
it!’’
“If you knew it, why did you marry
him?’’
“I didn’t know it before I married
him.”
Then the husband spoke for the first
time.
“She did, too!” he shouted.—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Answered the Call.
Floors castle, home of the Duke of
Roxburghe, was the scene of a curious
psychical mystery over a century ago.
Sir Walter Scott relates the incident.
John, third Duke of Roxburghe, who
died in 180i, the celebrated book col
lector, when arranging his library em
ployed neither a secretary nor a libra
rian, but n footman called Archie, who
knew every book as a shepherd doe3
each sheep of his flock. There was a
bell hung In the duke’s room at Floors
which was used on no occasion except
to call Archie to his study. The duke
died in St. James’ square at a time
when Archie was himself sinking un
der a mortal complaint. On the day
of the funeral the library bell sudden
ly rang violently. The dying Archie
sat up In bed and faltered, “Yes, my
lord duke, yes, 1 will wait on your
grace instantly.” And with these
words on his lips he fell back in bed
and died.—St. James’ Gazette.
No Joke at All.
Reginald came Into the club In a
highly excited state one afternoon and
drew an acquaintance aside into a
corner of the lounge.
“What do you think?” said he. "1
went to see that broker fellow Rosen
wasser and asked for a loan of $1,000
to tide me over. If you’ll believe me
the bounder said all be could spare
was 50 cents."
“Never mind, Reggie,” replied the
acquaintance soothingly, “that was
just Rosenwasser’s little joke."
“Joke! You call It a joke, do you?
Look here! Here’s the 50 cents.”—
New York Post
Rough on Ellon.
Among the quaint scrapbooks of the
late Clyde Fitch there was one devoted
entirely to typographical errors.
One of these errors appeared in a
criticism of Ellen Terry. The review
er wrote, “Her love of Portia made
acting easy.” The sentence appeared
In the paper as ‘Her love of port made
acting easy.’ "—Florida Tlmes-Unlon.
Celluloid Cement.
Celluloid articles can be mended
with a cement made by dissolving bits
of celluloid In acetone. It takes only
a few minutes to make the cement,
which Is applied like glue. The bro
ken edges are pressed together and in
fifteen minutes the cement Is bard.
Her Ears In Danger.
Susie had left her toys about the
kitchen. Mother (picking them up)—
Susie. If you leave these things about
the kitchen again I’ll box your ears
and throw them in the ash pit
Satire.
Satire Is a sort of glass wherein be
holders do generally discover every
body’s face but their own. which Is the
chler reason for that kind reception It
meets with In the world.—Swift
The world would be both better and
brighter if we would dwell on the duty
of happiness as well as on the happi
ness of duty.—Sir John T.ubbock.
RECKLESS RAILROADING.
I'hey Kicked on the Speed and Bag
gage Smashing In 1846.
A correspondent. Professor Edward
[j. Morse •£ Salem, sends the following
jxtract from a letter written by Louis
\gasslz to his mother. The letter is
lated Boston. December, 1840:
“Leaving Boston the 10th of October.
[ went by railroad to New Ilaven.
>assing through Springfield. The rapid
ly of the locomotion is frightful to
:hose who are unused to it, but you
idapt yourself to the speed and soon
jecome, like all the rest of the world,
mpatient of the slightest delay. X well
understand that an antipathy for this
mode of travel is possible. There is
something infernal in the irresistible
power of steam, carrying such heavy
masses along with the swiftness of
lightning.
“The habits growing out of contin
ued contact with railroads and the in
fluence they exert on a portion of the
community are far from agreeable un
til one is familiar with them. You
would cry out in dismay did you see
your baggage flung pell inell like logs
[>f wood—trunks, chests, traveling bags,
hat boxes—all in the same mill, and if
here and there something goes to pieces
no one is nstonished. Never mind!
VVe go fast—we gain time. That is the
essential thing.”
And this was on the Boston and Al
bany! And there was baggage smash- |
ing in 1840!—Boston Herald. j
TIME TO CURTAIL STUDY.
Check Brain Work When the Child l»
Growing Rapidly.
As soon as a child begins to grow
rapidly all intellectual exertion should
be checked. Such is the theory which
Dr. C. Mercier, the famous English au
thority on children, expresses in an
article in the London Lancet. Espe
cially when there is any family tenden
cy to nervous or mental disorder, rap
idly growing children should be with
drawn from school altogether until the
period of rapid growth is over.
Mercier does not think that intellec
tual work at high pressure is harmful
to either boys or girls ns long as food,
sleep nnd bodily exercise are sufficient
but he is sure that pressure of intel
lectual work in those who are grow
ing rapidly should never be permit
ted, nnd if growth be proceeding very
rapidly all intellectual work should be
put aside.
Dr. Mercier insists that it is scarce
ly possible to give growing children
too much to eat and it should always
be borne in mind that the carbohy
drates — starch, sugar and fat —are
mainly fuel that is burned up in pro
ducing muscular movement and that
the proteins are the main elements in
the formation of tissue. Consequently
it is a mistake to restrict the meat ra
tion of children,
Nietzsche Hated the Germans.
“Nietzsche’s personal charm of man
ner,” said Dr. Brandes. the Danish
critic in a recent lecture, “was in
strong contrast to the violence with
which he attacked established institu
tions in his writings. His pet aver
sion was the Germans, and in his later
books the word Teutonic stood for. him
for all that was evil. To dine with
Germans, he said, gave him indiges
tion!
“This antipathy to his countrymen
is closely paralleled in Byron's an
tipathy to Englishmen, Stendahl’s to
the French and Heine’s to the Ger
mans. it arose in Neitzsche’s case
from a disgust of humanity—a disgust
which was best expressed by what the
Greeks called misanthropy.”—London
Globe.
She Makes Violins.
Working quietly in a sunny apart
ment in Brooklyn, the only woman
maker of violins in this country, if
not in the world, plies her trade. She
came by her talent naturally, for her
father was a famous maker of violins
in Austria in his day, and he impart
ed the seen* of Ills art to his daugh
ter. The young woman fashions the
delicate instruments with the master’s
touch and then, when all is completed,
applies the coat of varnish, that proc
ess which makes or mars the finest
Instruments. The formula of the var
nish is a secret given to her by her
father.—New York Tribune.
French Kongo.
The territory formerly known as the
French Kongo and now designated as
French Equatorial Africa comprises
more than 000.000 square miles and
contains approximately 74)00,000 In
habitants. The country is divided into
three colonies: Gabon, capita) at Libre
ville; Moyen (or middle) Kongo, capi
tal at Brazzaville; Ubangi-Chari, capi
tal at Fort de Possel, and the territory
of Tchad. ___
Togoland.
Togoland, a German West African ,
colony, lies between Dahomey on the
east and the Gold Coast colony on the
west the Atlantic ocean being tbe
southern boundary. It has an area of
13,659 square miles and a population
of more than 1,500,000.
Must Be III.
"Your father’s a sicker man than we
thought”
“That so, mar’
“Yes. 1 Just did something that
suited him.”—Detroit Free Press.
No Vicos.
Nell—I don’t suppose Mr. Billlcus has
any vices. Belle—Vicesl Why, be be
longs to a glee club, an amateur the
atrical society and writes poetry —
Philadelphia Record.
Through the wide world he only ta
alone who lives not for another.
Dougherty & Ferguscn
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Somebody
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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
w>ith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
do'llar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To G. A. Brown, his heirs and ad
ministrators and to all it may con
cern :
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the years 1912,
1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun
dred dollars ($300.00), lawful money
of the United States, in labor and
improvements, upon your one-sixUl.
interest in those mining claims lying
and being on Mineral creek, in the
recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska,
which are known as the Monte Carlo
gro'up consisting of the Monte Carlo,
Mono Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo No.
3, Monte Carlo No. 4, Monte Carlo
No. 5, Monte Carlo No. 6, the
location notices of said claims
being of record in the office of
the commissioner and recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, pages numbered 322,
323, 325, 326, and 327, of Book 2 Min
ing Records, In order to hold said
claims under the provisions of Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, concerning annual
labor on mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode
claims for the period ending Decem
ber, 1914.
And unless within ninety days ar
ter the completion of the publication
of this notice, to-wit: within ninety
days after the 6th day of May, 1915,
you contribute your proportion of
such expenditure incurred in perform
ing; said annual labor and improve
ments, which is the sum of three
hundred dollars (-$300.00), your inter
est in said claims will become the
property of your co-owners, who have
made the required expenditure, by the
terms of said sec^'on.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 4th
iay of February, 1915.
MIKE BARRETT.
JULIUS JUNGHOLM.
Last publication May 6. 1915.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Leaves Fort Liscum.
Leaves Valdex
8:15 a. m.
1:16 p. m.
9:4b a. m.
4:00 p. m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m.
1 :Vj p. m.
4:30 p. m.
9:45 a. m.
2:00 p. m.
5:00 p. m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p. m.
7:00 p. m.
4:00 p. m.
10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips of the launch
on the secoLd and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used
to clean boilers.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water Is for the Port of Valdes
and is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the t'me of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
In feet and tenths:
Tuesday, May 4.
High tide 3:05 a. m„ 12.6; 4:55 p.
m., 9.7.
Low tide 10:16 a. m., -0.7; 9:57 p.
m., 3.3.
Wednesday, May 5.
High tide 4:09 a. m., 11.6; 6:09 p.
m., 9.7.
Low tide 11:22 a. m., 0.1; 11:25 p.
m., 3.6.
Spring is here. Get your disinfect
ants at Valdez Drug Co. tf