HOT AND COLD BATHS
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
Notice of Removal
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On or about January », I will remove from my present quarters
£ the store formerly occupied by H. Blum & Company on the cor
ner of Broadway and McKinley Street, where 1 will open with a
full line of Clothing and Haberdashery. You are cordially invited
to call and inspect my stock which will he new und up-to-date.
BEN SILVERMAN
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Imported and Domestic
Wines, liquors ami Cigars
Phone 69
MERCHANTS CAFE
FRESH BREAD AN» PASTRY DAILY
Phew S3 OPEN ALL NUSHT Ch«s. Fiscber, Prepr.
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
, Dealer in Agent for
iSuilding Material. Machinery, Gas Engine*
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed |
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Roujrh Dry lCc lb
i Mead’s Sheet Metal Works ;
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
COCKTAILS
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Oyster Cocktails, Crab Cocktails,
I rife-imp Cocktails, Minced Clam Cock
jfAils, ready to serve, at Love-Whit
[ lei's. tf
when you want something good to
■ try the Merchants' Cafe, open all
fat. tf
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A new assortment of silk waists in
repe de Chine and Taffeta, just re
fcved At E. Winter’s. tf
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Jbe &nd see our new line of nug
nd ivory ware at Alaska Jewelry
[>any. tf
Two Hundred of the latest Colum- j
bia Phonograph Records just receiv
ed on the Alameda. Owl Drug Co. tf
A new line of hand painted china.
Owl Drug Co. tf
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Why not a VICTROLA? We have
them from $15 up. Valdez Drug
Co^ _ tf
Dent’s kid gloves in black, white
and tan would make a very nice
Christmas present. At E. Winter’s, tf
SHOE ORDERS REFUSED.
BECAUSE OVERSOLD
BOSTON, Dec. 30.—The great de
mand for Bhoes throughout the coun
try, particularly for "makes” where
the price advances have been only j
moderate, is illustrated by the fartj
that one big manufacturer this week J
received an order for over $3,000,00''*
worth of shoes.
The same manufacturer was oblig
ed to turn down orders at the rate
of $150,000 a day last week. These
orders were for shoes to be delivered
in 1917, and it was left to the manu
facturer to name his own price if they
could be obtained. The sold-up con
dition of plants made it impossible
for the concern to accept these or
ders.
Handsome Prizes.
Just take a look at those hand
some prizes on display in the window
of Blum’s store. They are to be given
away at the Eagle Masquerade on
Saturday night. And the Mystery
Prize. What is it? You will find
out and maybe win it if you attend
the dance. Whether you win a prize
or not you will more than get your
money’s worth. Spectators 50c.
BONEHEAD BASEBALL
On* Curious Break That Even the Um
pires Did Not Notice.
Baseball s champion foolish play was
made in a game between Washington
and the White Sox in 1907. In that ;
battle Larry Schlafly was captain of ]
the Washingtons and also played sec I
ond base.
At the end of an early inning Schlafly |
went out to telephone or buy a goat or
something and was delayed so long
that the Senators bad three men pnt .
out before Ills return.
The Sox came trotting in for their
turn at hat Washington took the field,
with only eight men and nobody on
second, and the game went on that
way till Fielder Jones hit one straight
across second. Then, and not till then
was it discovered that there was no
body on second base.
Incredible as it may seem, nineteen ,
men—seventeen players and two urn
pires—had started the half Inning in
this fashion and not one of them got
wise till Jones' hit shot over the 1
empty station.
Schlafly reappeared at tills Juncture,
and the umpires decided that the hit
was illegal when made with only eigln
men in the field. Jones had to go hack ■
and bat over.—New York Sun.
Calamities of Authors.
Homer was a beggar: Plautus turned
a mill; Terence was a slave: Cervantes
flic author of “Don Quivote." died of '
hunger: Bacon lived a life of menu ;
noxs and distress: Raleigh died on the 1
scaffold; Spenser, the charming, died in :
want: the death of Collins was through
neglect, first causing mental derange
ment: Milton sold his copyright of
“Paradise Lost" for £15: Dryden died
in poverty and distress; Otway died ,
prematurely and through hunger; Lee ;
died in the gutter: Steele lived a life •'
of perfect warfare with bailiffs; Gold i
smith's “Vicar of Wakefield" was sold ■
for a trifle to save him from the grip j
of law; Savage died in prison at Brls J
tol, where he was confined for a debt }
of £8; Bntler lived a life of penury and ;
died poor; Chatterton. the child of
genius and misfortune, destroyed him
self.
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Naming the Gerrymander.
The gerrymander was christened In
1813, although it must bare been in op
eration long before that. A stanch old
Federalist, Governor Elbridge Gerry,
controlled through bis legislature the j
redistricting of Massachusetts under ;
the census of 1810. In the office of j
Benjamin Russell, an ardent Repub
lican editor, hung a map of the state 1
as newly subdivided by Gerry and his j
men. Gilbert Stuart’s ready pencil 1
.vhiirsieally added to the outlines of a
grotesque district the wings and tail of
a dragon.
"Ha!” he said when he had finished
"How’s that for a salamander?"
The Republican Russell growled, j
"Better call it a gerrymander.’’ And j
American politicians have taken his !
advice.
Barley Water.
Sometimes the doctor orders barley
or oatmeal water for baby. When such
is the case prepare as follows:
Add two tablespoonfuls of washed
pearl barley or of oatmeal, as the case
may be, to a quart of cold water. Boil
this down to a pint, cooking slowly for
about two hours. Then strain while
hot and add a sufficient quantity of
cold boiled water to make a quart of
the fluid. Keep cool in a covered Jar.
Jellyfish,
The bay of Naples abounds In me- !
dusne. or Jellyfish, often growing as ■
large as two feet in diameter and '
weighing fifty and sixty pounds. Some
of them shine at night with a greenish
light and are known as "noctiluca"
(night lanterns) by the natives.
The Limit.
“They say old Closefist has still got
the first dollar he ever made."
“Yes. and I'll bet be has still got the
first umbrella be ever borrowed.”—St
Louis Post-Dispatch.
About.
“What did your baby cry about Iasi
night?" asked the man next door.
“About live hour®.'* replied Mr
Youngpop.—Exchange.
Don't ever worry about what you
• annot help.
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CURIOUS BRIDGES.
OfM In Switurlind That la Famsd Far
Its Roof Paintings.
Probably no town In tbe world baa
snch strange bridges as Srlna'gar, tbe
capital of Kashmir, In India. Tbe city
Is built on the banks of tbe river Jhe
Inm, which is crossed by many wooden
bridges lined with old and dilapidated
shops and houses with balconies and
lattice windows. Some of these are
very Insecure and look as If they might
at any time fall into tbe river beneath.
Timber has always been largely used
for building bridges, and the earliest
one of this kind on record is that which
Julius Caesar made across the Rhine
and which he describes in his "Com
mentaries."
The roofed Knpelihrucke nt Lu
cerne Is one of the most Interesting. It
crosses the river Iieuss diagonally and
has 112 triangular paintings beneath
the root, recording the heroic deeds of
old Switzers and the sufferings of their
patron saints. In I he midst of the Ka
pellbrucke stands an octagonal tower,
which formed part of the fortifications
of the town in the thirteenth century
The bridge was built in 1333.
One of the curious and ancient bridges
in Europe Is that at Croyland, in Lin
colnshire. England, which Is supposed
to date from the ninth century. No
road now passes over and no water
under It consists of three pointed
arches, which meet In the center, and
the ascent is so steep that only foot
passengers can go over it. Upon the
bridge Is a seated figure in stone of a
rebel Saxon king.—Pearson’s.
MUSIC’S UNIQUE QUALITY.
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Wherein It Differe From Sculpture,
Poetry and Painting.
Music finds its perfection In Itself
without relation to other objects. It
Is what it is in Itself alone. It Is non
definitive; it does not use symbols of
something else; it cannot be translated
into other terms.
The poet seeks always a complete
union of the thing said and the method
of saying It. Flaubert seeks patiently
and persistently for the one word
which shall not only be the exact sym
bol of his thought, but which shall fit
his euphony.
The painter so draws his objects, so
distributes his colors and so arranges
his composition as to make of them
plastic mediums for the expression of
his thought, and the greatness of his
picture depends first of all and inevi
tably on his |>ower of fusing his sub
Jects with his technique.
In sculpture precisely the same pro
cess takes place. Neither of these arts
actually copies nature. Each “ar
ranges” it for its own purpose.
In music this much sought union of
matter and manner Is complete. The
thing said and the method of saying it
are one and indivisible. It is. ns Pater
says, “the ideal of all art whatever
precisely because in music it is im
possible to distinguish the form from
the substance or matter, the subject j
from the expression.”—Atlantic.
Boorish and Urbane.
When we speak of a person as “boor
ish" we mean that lie is rude, ill bred
and uncouth. We seldom stop to think
that the word originally meant noth
ing more than “rustic.” Boor is the
same word as the German “bauer"
and tlie Dutch “boer,” signifying “a
farmer." The munners of the peas
antry are alluded to in an uncompli
mentary way by the history of this
and many other words in the lan
guage. “Heathen” and “pagan” meant
simply “country bred" and “village
bred” once upon a time. Culture and
the higher civilized virtues were
thought of as originating in towns and
making their way slowly, if at ail. to
the rural districts. So we have as an
antonym to "boorish” the word “ur
bane”—which originally meant “city
fled."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Vicioua Dwarf.
Bebe was the favorite dwarf of the
former King Stanislas of Poland. Born
hi 1741 In I<orralne, at the age of five
he was twent.v-two Inches high and nt
bis death in 1764 thirty-three inches.
He was' neither physically nor mental
ly active. Once Count Borowlaskl
visited him, and he became so jealous
of the former's superior manners and
intellectual qualities that he attempt
ed to throw his visitor into the fire,
but was prevented by the household.
A Disappointing Trip.
“I hear that you were invited to take
a four day automobile tour with Mr.
and Mrs. Whitby.”
“Yes.”
“How did you enjoy it?”
“Oh, I didn't care much for it. Mrs
Whitby was so enthusiastic over tin*
scenery and things that she never told
me a thing about any of our friends
that I hadn't heard before.”—Albany
Knickerbocker Press.
Keeping Posted,
“1 see Blinks always carries a vol
ume of the encyclopedia with him to
read on the train instead of a newspa
per.”
“Yes. You know he has three small
| children at home, and be makes it a
| point to try to answer all the questions
they ask him.”—New York World.
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An Extremist.
“Mrs. X. is a great stickler for form
and ceremony, I understand.”
“Mercy, yea. Why, that woman
would insist on dressing up to enter
tain an Idea.”—Boston Transcript.
Judging Prom Experiencs.
“Pop. are bald eagles a distinct vari
ety, r
“I ean’t aay positively, my son, but 1
rather fancy a bald eagle is simply a
married one.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a lire Insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if fire does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresight is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
TONY’S PLACES
EVERYTHING
F1RS1 CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
* (ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER-ff
FECT SERVICE Between all Points In
Alaska and California
Leave Seattle
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Dec. 20—S.S. Admiral Watson
Jan. 2—S. S. Spokane
For Seward.
I/eave Valdez
Dec. 20—S. S. Spokane
Dec. 27—S.S. Admiral Watson
Jan. 9—S. S. Spokane.
For Cordova, Katalla, Yakutat,
Juneau, Ketchikan,
SEATTLE, TACOMA
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Ijeave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Dally Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings from Seattle—
Nov. 26—Northwestern.
Dec. 1—Mariposa.
Dec. 8—Alameda.
Dec. 16—Mariposa.
Dec. 24.—Alamed.i.
Sailings Valdez to Seattle*—
Dee. 4.—Northwestern. ,*
Dec. 7.—Mariposa.
Dec. 15.—Alameda.
Dec. 23.—Mariposa.
Dec. 31.—Alatneda.
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Gon’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Lecnl Agent
Make it a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to Elec
trification, you’ll enjoy the comfortable accommo
dations and you’ll like the little courtesies inci- '
dent to “Milwaukee” service.
J. C. Martin, Valdes, Phone 1 A. E. Harris, T. P. A. Jnneao, Alaska.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
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Foxy Hot Drinks, Candy Kitchen, tf
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
[ Just Received—the latest Popular
: Songs and Music. Valdes Drug Co. tf
Special order, Cham Chowder 15c,
at the Arcade. tf
The N. & S. leaves the Valdes dock
on regular sailing days. See adv.
Carbureters, magnetos, batteries,
spark plugs and colls at Mead’s. tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdes
Drug Store. tf
BOOKS? Yes, we have them, suit
able for Xmas presents; and Pyralin
Ivory, hand painted. Valdes Drug
Co.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genet al Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart street. *