STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
\ Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
MERCHANT’S CAFE
fuesh bread and pastry daily
Phone OS «ias- Pischer- I>roI,r
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus; or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain onr atandard. ^ ^ Sold everywhere
The Best Place in Valdez to.
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
W»n», Light Roobs—The Hon** of ComfortO
• RATES REASONABLE
MTH ROOM Special Rate* By th* Meath
PHONE 133 *'RS SYR1NG, Piep.
VAUIEZ liODGE
NO UK
me and Aeteepted Blaaoaa
jssn ce°£rsrs»"mck&
*Sl. " Visitors a,«Ve.rt M.
HD. WOOD, Secretary.
Red CroissHospital
opejcto all physicians.
private Roome for Patient*.
Ptoae!14-4 MRS-C H WILCOX, Mattea
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PHOF
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Are, Seward, Alaska
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Pa**engers
to iiu part* of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valde*
ED. WOOD, Proprietor
Valdez Miners Union Ns. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHATFER^IWjwjt^
CHAS. MsCAUdfogaerslja. .
lniirt once Denies Patent.
The commissioner of the General
Land office has affirmed the decision
of the Juneau land office in denying
patent to an eighty acre tract of land
located on Glacier creek, on Turn
again Arm, to James Gird wood. Pat
ent was denied on the grounds that
the entryman had not made the entry
as a homestead in good faith and with
the intention of making his home of
the land, and his cultivation was
wholly Inadequate to comply with
the improvements required by the
homestead law.
V Juneau Votes for OoaseUdaStoa.
At a special election held at Ju
neau to determine as to whether the
inhabitants living adjacent to the
town limits should be included in the
ettp at mpuwmjw—w**-^*1 mtumtik
* Unison paeh-andAhe OoJd Belt aqunA*
ter addition voted in the affirmative,
while the ttdeflat addition voted to
stay out. It is claim by Juneau of
ficials that street and other improve
ments will be carried forward in the
additions which were annexed and
the charge for Bohoot tuition will be
removed, while it will remain in
force against the residents of the
tWIeflnts.
Get $18,000 in Gold from Miners.
North Yakima Herald. A. Z.
Scouse and Lorenzo Byrnes, former
ly of Fairbanks, but now residing in
Seattle, have filed suit against Mrs.
Belinda Corbonneau and her sister
Margaret Mulrooney and Mrs. V7. F.
Thompson, who compose the Alaska
Yukon investment compa" The
plaintffs allege that they have been
able to trace $18,000 in gol'i taken
years ago to this place and its in
pied by the women.
Dog Attacks Fur-Top Boots.
A Cleveland woman was walking
down a street, wearing a pair of those
new fur-top shoes. A dog saw the fur
and made an energetic attack, divest
ing one of the shoes of its trimming.
All of which' is interesting, for the
dog may have thought that he recog
nized in that fur an old-time foe—
the neighbor’s cat. But evert if he
did, women who wear fur-trimmed
shoes may feel sure that mice, wom
an’s old enemy, will give them a wide
berth.—Cleveland Press.
Offer Reward for Son.
Dr. Irwin, father of Fisheries
Warden Irwin, who disappeared near
Ketchikan several months as>>. with
two other-men, believes that his son
is still alive and has offered a re
ward of $1000 for his return and no
questions will be asked. Irwin’s sis
ter, Mrs. C. H. Smith, of Warrenton,
Va., has offered a similar reward.
They believe the warden was made
prisoner by some of the men who
were suspected of violating the fish
laws.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Billy Hogan will go to Port Wells
tomorrow on the launch B. P. M.
Hats Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf GUY P. CAMERON.
L. A. Decker left for Cordova this,
morning on the steamer Alameda.
Nugget jewelry made to order at
the Valdez Drug Co., by G. O.
Reinke. tf
John Evanson will be a passenger
on the launch B. F. M. for the Gran
ite mine tomorrow.
Panoramic views of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug
store. tf
Oscar Brink was a southbound
passenger on the Alameda this morn
ing for the States.
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley’s.
W. N. Cuddy, manager of the Val
dez Mercantile company, was an out
going passenger on the Alttineda for
the States, and plans to return early
next month.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland's.
Prices reasonable. *
John Buerman, the malgamator
at the Granite mine, who spent the
New Year holidays in Valdez, will
return to the mine tomorrow on the
launch B. .F. M.
Anything m the Jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
W. L. Smith, who has been devel
oping the Mountain Kind mining
Prd^«^ beiF' tljM’heed of Mineral
creek, was an outgoing passenger on
the Alameda.
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
Pictures developed kt the Valdes
Drug Company. tf.
Fancy btationerr at the Valdez
Drug Store •
ECKERN FINANCES
HOBO HAY MINE
Property Upon which He Holds Op
tion of Purchase will Be De
veloped on Big Hcale.
Advices were received in the last
mail from Edwin Eckern, who went
outside several weeks ago, stating
that he had been successful in finan
cing the development of a quartz
mining property at Hobo Bay. Port
Wells, on which he holds an option
of purchase.
The property is owned by Bert Gau
thier, Chris Everson ahd Bert Cooper,
and has been partly developed by a
system of tunnels and surface work,
which have shown that it has merit
and gives indication of developing
into a big mine.
Mr. Eckern’s letter reported that
financial arrangements had been com
pleted for the development of the
ore bodies on an extensive scale and
that the people whom he Ijad inter
ested are in position to install any
kind of mill required for the reduc
tion of the ores.
He is the man who interested the
Granby people in the copper property
across the bay from Valdez, which
resulted in their buying the claims
and developing one of the biggest
copper mines in Alaska. It is to be
hoped that his latest venture will
meet with the same degree of sue
cess.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Kodak Supplies at tne Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Far good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
An Anchorage exchange reports
that a man was recently arrested
there for passing Confederate money
on some of the foreigners who were
employed on the construction of the
railroad last summer.
Our fresh candy arrived on this
last boat late for the holidays, 12%
cents half pound at the Emporium.
Brooms 25c, 35c and 50c; for the
beet at the Emporium. tf
Bargains at the Emporium; open
from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. *
New Tonight.
A new show at the Liberty Theatre
tonight.
Wants to Murry Alaskan.
Working woman of 45 would like
to correspond with gentleman 50 to
65 with home, that is tired living
alone. Give description in first let
ter. No triflers wanted; all letters
answered; object matrimony. Ad
dress Dolly B. Ross, Seattle, Wash.,
Gen. Del. tf
To the Merchants.
Don’t think we are slighting you
if we don’t call in every day and
make a purchase as there is so many
of yon in the same line that we
would have nothing lef| to lay in
modern tools and machinery to keep
up with the automobile business, as
it is setting a rapid pace for our lim
ited means, as we have no bank con
nected with the business; but we so
licit your, patronage just the same,
and if you have an axe to grind, just
bring it along; the emery wheel is
running. Valdes Iron Wks. sat-tf
Jeff Devenney, who came in from
the Three-in-One mine on Sboup bay
to be present at the installation of
officers of the Odd Fellows lodge, was
disappointed as the qgremony had
been postponed until Monday evening,
January 10. He returned to the mine
this morning and reports that devel
opment work is going forward in a
satisfactory manner.
L _ ;
Johnny Kaceroskey.'well known In
Valdez, as he resided here tpr several
years, was a passenger on the^Alame
da this morning en route to the
States. During the past year he has
been in the employ of Brown & Haw
kins, the Seward merchants. He will
spend the balance of the winter in
Los Angeles and among the orange
groves of California.
I
Herbert Toiler, who was general
manager of the Alaska Northern
Railway at Seward until that road
was taken over by the Alaskan Engi
neering commission last August,- was
an Outgoing passenger for the States
on the Alameda. He is interested in
a number of valuable mining proper
ties near Seward and will return to
the north at an early date next
spring.
GOVERNMENT SHOTTED MAKE
ITS OWN MUNITIONS.
WASHINGTON. D. 0.. Jan. 8.—As
serting that the "war magnates are
making millions and millions out of
the war in Europe.” Representative
Clyde Tavener, an Illinois Democrat,
in a speech in the House today said
that the makers of war munitions;
were heavy contributors to certain or- i
ganizations working for big appro
priations for national defense. He ad
vocated the adoption of a policy un
der which this Government would
build all its battleships and manu-i
facture munitions of war at its own ;
plants, independently of private man- i
ufacturing establishments.
Mr. Tavenner assailed the reputed
practice of retired army officers ac
cepting employment with concerns
making war munitions. He insisted
that such relations were improper
and should be prohibited by the gov
ernmeut. He said that the govern
ment should make its own munitions
because there could be no adequate
and economic expansion of the mili
tary establishment so long as the
government paid the high prices ex
acted under a private manufacture of
munitions of war. He charged that a
community of munition makers was
inciting the government to enter into
the war so that they could reap a har
vest from the bodies of the nation’s
sons.
Mr. Tavenner charged that the du
Pont Powder company had an agree
ment with foreign nations whereby it
was to impart to that nation any se
cret that should come into the com
pany’s possession regarding the sci
ence of powder making. At the same
time he alleged that the company had
relations with the United States
which gave it advantage of any in
formation obtained by American offi
cers as to powder processes.
Mr. Tavenner referred sarcastically
to the fact that Major General C. W.
Humphrey, retired, was an officer of
the du Pont Powder company and
that Rear Admiral Bronson, retired,
was connected with the nickel trust.
TOO HIGH BUSINESS
FOR THE WIRELESS I
_
I
Press Dispatches Crowded Out by |
Pressure of Private Business
Over Marconi System.
*
.The government cable between
Valdez and Seattle, which parted sev
eral days ago between Sitka and Se
attle, is still out of commission .and
the Iodal office of the Signal Corps
has no Information as to when com
munication may possibly be restored.
During the past few days the Mar
coni radio system, which has stat ons
at Juneau, Ketchikan and S attle,
has been handling the business of i x
terior Alaska but has been unable to
keep pace with the business offered.
As a result the press service of tin
newspapers of this section of the ter
ritory has been eliminated for today
to permit the Tfeteess catching up
with its business^*
The Dominion line has also been
experiencing trouble and has been
unable to supply interior Alaska
newspapers with the outside news,
and as a consequence all avenues for
telegraphic dispatches have been clos
ed so far as this issue of the Pros
pector is concerned.
Seward to Have U. 8. Depositary.
In order to facilitate the handling
of funds used in connection with the
government railroad opera*'ons a
agitation has been started a: Seward
for the establishment of a govern
ment depository there. It is reported
that under the present system nearly
$1,000,000 was paid out in Seward
and Anchorage last summer to mer
chants and others who were unable
to cash their checks prompily. The
trouble was due to the failure of the
government to make arrangements
with the Seward banks. The govern
ment officials demanded the usuat in
terests on deposits, but as the banks
had to pay $5.00 per thou .and on
coin shipped from' the United States
to Alaska, the,, banks contended that
they lost by the transaction. In view
of the fact that several million dol
lars iflll probably be paid out there
during the present year the govern
ment is being urged to provide for
the prompt payment of its cnecks.
H. B. Ingram, who has been repre
senting Seattle and Portland whole
sale houses taking order for future
shipments from Valdez merchants,
left on the Alameda this morning for
Cordova. He will go over the win
ter trail to Fairbanks and after work
ing that city will oontinue his trip to
Ruby and other lower Yukon river
towns.
_•*|§.Sfc
A fine display of nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS AIX BOATS AND NEVER MISSES A TRAIN
Auto for Hir e Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed |
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Rou^h Dry lCc lb
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior—Well Heeled, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE nafsted. Mur.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves. Ktc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th ealla lllamaa and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr., Seattle! VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
8, 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TH AND BOTH,
EVERY MONTH
'FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEJ*, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Cteek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellam&r, Valdes and La
touche. Explosives, S. 8. Seward, on the 6th; Latouche, on the 16th; 8. 8.
Cordova, 26th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
p. B. TRACT, Gea’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO, Local Agent.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THINEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A E HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
^ Juneau, Alaska.