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Steam Heat Electric Light.
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Convenience.
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Goods 11|£ DUriL! Goods
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OVER THE
"MILWAUKEE”
The Newest and Shortest Line to the East
Crossing the Cascade Mountains, the Kittitas Valley, the Colum
bia River, the Bitter Root Mountains and Montana Canyon, trav
ersing a country of surpassing scenic grandeur, historical interest
and wonderful development.
TWO FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAILY
"The Olympian” and "The Columbian”
The NEW ALL-STEEL TRAINS to
BUTTE. MILES CITY. SIOUX CITY.
MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL, MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO
For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations, etc.,
cal on or address
C. H. Kraemcr, General Agent,
Alaska Steamship Co. and Alaska Coast S. S. Co., Valdez, Alaska
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
443 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, H. C.
Second Are. and Cherry St., Seattle
VALDEZ HARNESS SHOP
HARNESS and SHOE
REPAIR WORK
DOG HARNESS MANUFACTURED
We Make or Mend Any
thing in Leather.
Workmanship Guaranteed
['rices Reasonable. Ship in Swan Block
GUY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
U my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
If you want all the news all the
time read the Daily Prospector.
CITATION TO SHOW CAUSeT
In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
. Territory .of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
I. D. Flynn, deceased.—Citation
to Show Cause.
To Mabel M. Flynn and all
olher heirs unknown, and to all
persons interested in the above
entitled estate, greeting:
You and each of you are here
by cited and required to appear
before the judge of this court,
at the court room thereof, in the
Town of Valdez Alaska, on Tues
day, the 23rd day of December,
1913, at ten o’clock in the fore
noon of said day, then and there
to show cause, if any you have,
why W. T. Scott, the adminis
trator of said estate, should not
be authorized by an order of this
court to sell at public sale all the
property belonging to said es
tate, the same consisting of sun
dry personal effects and a one
third interest in and to lot 1 1-2,
in block 7, of the Town of Valdez,
Alaska.
And it is ordered that this ci
tation be served upon you by
Sublication thereof in the Valdez
'aily Prospector, a newspaper of
general circulation, printed and
published at Valdez, Alaska, for
a period of at least four succes
sive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Geo. J.
Love, United States Commission
er and ex Officio Probate Judge
in and for Valdez Precinct, Third
tfudicial Division, Territory of
Alaska, with the seal of said
court affixed, this 21st day of Oc
tober, 1913.
(Seal) GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and ex Of
ficio Probate Judge.
First pub. Oct. 21, 1913.
Last pub. Nov. 18, 1913.
REEDER GETS A
LIGHT SENTENCE
Makes Scene in Court Room, Charg
ing That Wife is Living in a
State of Adultery.
Judge Fred M. Brown today sen
tenced Dan Reeder, convicted of as
sault with a dangerous weapon for
shooting and mortally wounding
William Rowe, to serve six months in
the local jail. After Reeder was sen
tenced he asked the Court if it was
possible for him to secure justice.
He charged that his wife was living
in a state of adultery at Cordova and
that he had appealed to the Mar
shal's office and the District Attor
ney’s office to have the matter in
vestigated but sthat no action had
been taken. Judge Brown stated
that he would order an investigation
of the charge.
When Interviewed by a representa
tive of the Prospector, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Brubaker said that the
matter had been called to the Dis
trict Attorney’s office by E. E. Rit
chie, one of Reeder’s attorneys, and
that he had immediately wired the
deputy marshal at. Cordova to make
an immediate and vigorous investi
gation. The deputy found that a cer
tain man was stopping at Mrs. Reed
er’s house, but that Mrs. Reeder
claimed that she was in need of
money to support herself and chil
dren and was furnishing this man
with board and room to support her
self and family. The deputy report
ed that he was unable to obtain evi
dence to disprove this claim because
of the fact that he was well known
to Mrs. Reeder. Mr. Brubaker then
took the matter up with Mr. Ritchie
and requested him to wire to a close
friend and fellow lodgeman of Reed
er’s, requesting this friend to obtain,
if possible, sufficient evidence to sup
port the charge. Mr. Ritchie sent
such a telegram end the same was
paid for at government expense, but
the appeal to Reeder’s friend failed
to produce any result. The authori
ties have made and will continue to
make every effort to secure justice
for all concerned.
ALAMEDAHERE
FROM SEATTLE
The Alameda, of the Alaska .Steam
ship line, in command of Captain
Warner, reached Valdez at 4 o’clock
this afternoon | ith a small passen
ger list, but with 300 tons of freight
for local merchanls. The steamer
will sail west early tomorrow morn
ing. The following passengers arriv
ed: J. II. Plant, M. L. Gleason, Mrs.
H. II. Ingram, Ole T. Anverson, Wil
liam Taylor, E. K. Adamson. For
Seward—Mrs. Kittle Alexoff, H. B.
Hastings, H. E. Carlton and wife.
Mrs. M. Kisinger and William Evans.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Prospector office for job work.
Kd Suskey is in town from the
trail. i
Fresh eastern oysters at the Vai
dez Cafe. tf
Splendid change of pictures al the
Orpheum tonight.
If you want all the news all the i
time, read the Prospector.
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Jim Wilson’s outfit left for Wort- 1
man's this morning.
The goods must go at a sacrifice at :
Adler’s.
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Death and Disaster, two-reeler at 1
the Orpheum tonight. ;
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The dance last evening in Moose !
Hall was well attended.
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Robert Sheldon, of Seward, arrived j
in Valdez this morning.
Great reduction in everything new j
and second-hand at Adler’s.
W. R. Polk arrived from the west
ward and it at the Copper Block.
Judge R. J. Boyer arrived on the
Alameda this afternoon from Cordova.
Mrs. Eby came over on business
today on the steamer from the rail
road town.
Deputy Marshal Hastings, of Un
ulaska, came up on the Alameda
from Seattle, where he went with an
insane patient.
' OLD ROMAN HOTELS.
Wher* One Could Get Tiger or Lion
8tew, but No Credit.
The traveler who is prone to
complain of sleepless nights spent
in uncomfortable hotels in this
country may find some solace in
this account of the Roman hotels in
the days of the late republic and the
empire:
Most of the hostelries and tav
erns of Rome, says Humbert de
Gallier in “Usages et Moeurs d’Au
trefois,” were situated along the
Appian way. Some of them were
passable. It was at one of the bet
ter ones that Cicero used frequent
ly to stop and write his letters.
The most interesting hostelries,
however, were near the circuses
and amphitheaters. The shrewd
and. generally dishonest owners had
a double purpose in selecting that
situation. It was well chosen for
the patronage of the huge crowds
that went to the circuses on holi
days to see the lights between wild
animals and the gladiatorial com
bats, and the landlords could buy
conveniently and reasonably those
animals that had been slaughtered
during the day, to be served on
their tables.
Thus a merrymaker might wit
ness a battle between a- lion and a
tiger in the amphitheater in the aft
ernoon, and if he went to a nearby
hotel might find parts of the same
lion or tiger in his stew for dinner.
A bear’s steak was considered a
great delicacy in Rome.
The furnishings of the common
r.ooni, which in those hotels served
as dining room, parlor and taproom
were severely simple. A few wood
en tables, a few wooden benches
and a sort of elevated throne were
the only pieces of furniture. On the
raised chair or throne sat the owner
! of the inn and watched over his
1 guests and probably his belongings.
' A large number of the hostelrics
displayed upon the ceilings of their
common rooms a painting repre
senting a rooster. The painting
bore an inscription, the spirit of
| which will never grow old: “When
this cock crows, then we will give
credit.”
That is the one link that hinds
the crude, uncomfortable tavern of
ancient Rome to the elaborate ho
tel of the present day.
Names of Dances.
The position taken by the dancers
gives the name to the “quadrille”—
literal English for “a little square”
in the French tongue. From the
French we get also “country dance,”
which, as a matter of fact, has no
reference to rural frolics. “Contre
danse,” which has reference to the
position of the couples, opposite
each other, is readily corrupted into
“country dance.” The “polka” is a
Polish dance, the name being deriv
ed from the Bohemian word “pul
ka,” meaning half, and refers to the
half step which occurs in this meas
ure. The “waltz” is German—
waltzcn, meaning to revolve—the
circular motion of the couples
easily explaining the connection.
The “reel” is suggestively obvious.
“Jig” is of course from the French
gigue.
Glacier* of the Alaskan Coast.
It is very probable that more
American travelers are familiar
'with the picturesque liords and gla
ciers of Scandinavia than have
viewed the incomparable scenery af
forded by the coast of their own
Alaska, where the somber inlets are
bounded by sheer and towering
Cliffs and where the great fields of
slow moving snow ice lose them
selves in some bay or inlet or pitch
off suddenly into the ocean itself.
The stream of visitors to this splen
did American scenery is ateiually
increasing in numbers, and w those
who indorse the “See America
First” program Alaska offers a mag
nificent field.
A Perilous Pet.
An English major with a pen
chant for entomology asserts that
the hornet is “a gentle, inoffensive
creature, very suitable for a pet.”
I'll is reminds one of an incident in
the life of the late Lord Avebury.
Traveling one day on a railway
train with a pet wasp in his pocket,
he hurriedly thrust his hand into
his pocket to get his ticket, and
the wasp stung him. He did not
blame the wasp, however, as his
hurried action had frightened the
creature. Wasps have frequently
become pets, but the major is said
to be the fii;st to turn the hornet
into one.
A Welsh Verdict.
Welsh juries were formerly ac
cused of giving their, verdict in ac
cordance with their liking for the
rival counsel rather th$n on the
merits of the case. Sir Francis Pal
grave tells of a Merioneth jury
whose foreman, when asked for a
verdict, replied: "My lord, we do
not know who is plaintiff or defend
ant, but we find for whoever is Mr.
Jones’ man.”
A. M. Dierlnger
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
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STORAGE
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WHALING BLDG. VALDEZ
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;Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
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Valdez. Alaska
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Meet every Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock In
Battle Hall. All members arc requested to
attend S. McNIKCE. AictitCChief
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Acoepted Masons
Regular Communications (list Wednesday fa
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
James H Patterson.,W. M
C. c. Reynolds. Sec
VALDEZJLODGE NO. 6. J. 0. 0. F
Meets every Monday at 8 p. nt. in
ODD FELLOWS HALL
Visiting Brothers especially invited
Wu. Thomas. N. a. P. S. Hon-Cp. t ..'Seo
POSITION wanted by experienced
woman as camp cook. Inquire at the
Prospector office.
Fine watch and jewelry repairing,
all work guaranteed. H. V. Hern
don, with Owl Drug Co.