STEAM HEATED HOT AND COED EATHS
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Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
pH0NF 7 FOR MEN ONLY
AS YOU PASS ALONG
the highway you can tell at a
glance the custom tailor dress
ed man from the other fellows.
And if he be particularly well
clothed the chances are we arc
his tailor. Our new fabrics
and style models are now
ready. We invite an inspec
tion which we know will be
followed by an order.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 191?
PIONEER CONTRACTOR Hi BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will lake contracts 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., VaMez, and Cordova,
BANKERS | B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaaka.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, VaWes, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 83 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chafe. Fischer, Propr.
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM'—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed |
Telephone 66
I Foot Keystone Ave
I Kontrb Dry lCc lb
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at iHSI
The Prospector Office
BELLINGHAM IH TRYING
TO GET IN ON TRADE
New Center of Supply for North Is
Opened by Merchants.
BELLINGHAM, Wash., Feb. 26.—
Kepresentatives of Bellingham job
bers and wholesalers will visit Alaska
this year in an effort to capture part
of the increasing trade in that terri
tory.
Merchants here believe that with
the completion of the government
railroad and the promotion of other
enterprises that a new center of suir
ply can be developed, especially as
Bellingham wholesale prices on farm
and dairy products are much cheaper
than Beattie prices.
Funds are being raised for the pur
chase of a 2,000 ton steamer to ply
between here and the railway termi
nal, and in case the effort fails, the
Border Line Transportation Compan/
will make Bellingham a port of .call
for a minimum of 50 tons of freight
for each trip.
BRITISH SHIPS GATHER
OFF THE VIRGINIA CAFES
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Feb. 26.—
British steamers carrying munitions
of war are assembling off the Vir
ginia Capes and will be convoled to
England by British warships. Sources
that generally are reliable said more
than a score of vessels had gathered
at the rendexvous. British Vice Con
sul C. E. Kenworthy declined either
to deny or affirm the report.
BAGPIPES ARC ANCIENT.
Scotland Didn’t Adopt Thom Till the
Fifteenth Century.
Neither Scotland nor Ireland can
claim to have invented the bagpipes.
Greeks, Romans. Assyrians and Chi
nese all played bagpipes of sorts long
before the time of Christ, and the in
strument actually figures on one of the
coins of Xero. who may have played It.
The Breton bignon, the Calabrian zam
pogna. the German sackpfeife and the
French cornemeuse are all bagpipes
under different names.
It was actually a Scotsman and no
less a man than the lord advocate of
the time who publicly declared fifty
years ago that "the bagpipe is an Eng
lish Instrument, essentially English.
The English were the original bag
pipers." He pointed out that, while
Shakespeare often speuks of bagpipes,
he never does so in "Macbeth” and
that It is in Lincolnshire and York
shire that he localizes the pipes. To
Chaucer and ^[tenser also they are
English. James IV. and other Scot
tish kings paid for "Inglis pypnrifl” at
their court, while Edward I., Edward
III., Henry VI. and Henry VIII. seem
to have had native pipers.
The highlanders never used the pipes
In war before the fifteenth century.
The harp was Scotland’s instrument. -
Loudou Chronicle.
WEIGHING A PIG.
It Wai a Perplexing Problem, but the
Farm Lad Solved It.
A Massachusetts boy has solved a
problem which ought to be of Interest
to all farm youngsters. ’If you bad a
pig and wanted to weigh him, but own
ed a pair of scales recording only
twelve pounds, wliat would you do
about It?
This eastern farmer boy had enter
ed a pig In a contest conducted by the
agricultural department and had to
keep mouthly records of gains In
weight, but he suffered the handicap
described above. His solution was a
credit to his Ingenuity.
The boy notched a high board fence,
put a long pole evenly across it, resting
In the notch, and fastened a crate to
one end of the pole and a box to the
other. He put sand In the box until
the pole was exactly balanced. Then
be enticed the pig Into the crate by
means of corn, fastened him and pat
small stones Into the box until the pole
again balanced. These stones be
weighed on his little scales, load after
load, and their total gave him the
weight of the pig.
That boy when he grows up may in
vent the much talked of substitute for
gasoline. — Des Moines Register and
I.eader.
A Profitable Reduction.
The capitalist knew that the new
company was spending too much
money; also he knew that in some
way they had got to put a stop to it.
So anxious was be to reduce expenses
that he offered his private secretary
$25 a mouth extra if he could find a
way to cut down current expenses.
The young man overhauled his ac
counts. but he failed to find a single
expense that could be judiciously cut
down. Just as he was about to give
up the promised increase in salary it
occurred to him that he was already
getting $S0 a month. Brimming over
with enthusiasm, he sought the eapl
talist.
“1 have found a way.” lie said. “You
can save $10 a mouth on me. I have
taken that amount off my salary."
It took the capitalist just about a
tenth of a second to see that the young
man was still $15 a mouth ahead, but
the bargain stood.—New York Times.
Wrong Interpretation.
A city official tells of a conversation
be and a Spanish maiden had when be
was a sergeant with troops stationed
on the island of Porto Rico.
“The seuorita," said the official, “bad
become Infatuated with a certain sol
dier named Harry, and she bad learned
his name. One morning she approached
me and asked:
“ ‘Where Harry?’
“He was asleep, and 1 laid my head
on my band and closed my eyes to tell
the girl. She misunderstood the signs
and. with a cry, pointed to heaven. 1 -
shook my bead and pointed down. The
seuorita raised her hands in silent sup
plication. Later Harry was seen on
guard, and the girl looked at me re
proachfully.”— Iudlanapolis News.
His Wail.
“She's like all the other women.”
“In what way?”
“She imagines all a man has to do
to get bis salary raised is to ask
for it.”
“Well?"
“And I can’t convince her that the
boss won’t give me more money un
less I earn It. She insists on blaming j
me because we’re poor.”—Detroit Free j
Press.
Scrambled.
“No," she said to the grocer, “we
got some eggs the other day by par
cel post”
“How map??” ventured the grocer I
“Well, I don’t knoty how many, but j
I would say about a gallon and a hall j
of ’em.’’—Farm tjfe.
Rocks.
Blobbs—He has made quite a stnd.i .
of geology, hasn’t he? Slobbs—I be
Ueve so. At any rate he is going to !
marry a girl with the rocks.—Pblladel J
phla Record. I
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A wound inflicted by firearms can j
still be healed, but one inflicted by j
tongue will never heal up.—Persian
Proverb.
TIKES ACTION OK
IPPOOPRHTION
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[CHAMBKR SKNRS TKLKGRAMS
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Messages Are Sent to Secretary Lane,
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Secretary Baker, Senator Cliainher
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lain anil Others Asking Roail Mon
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ey Be Appropriated.
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An interesting meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce was held Sat
urday evening in the office of Dr. Mer
ritt, president of the organization, at
which action was taken regarding the
cutting out of the Alaska road appro
priation in 'he military bill by the
lower house of congress. Following
|a discussion of the matter the secre
tary was instructed to send several
: telegrams to officials in Washington,
protesting against the elimination of
the road appropriation and the fol
lowing telegrams were framed and
sent:
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i A message to Secretary of the Inte
rior Franklin K. Lane stated that the
appropriation for roads was absolute
ly necessary to the progress and wel
fare of the territory and that mining
and other industries of the country
would receive the wost set-back in
'the history of the Territory. The
work of the Road Commission was eu
jdorsed, and the secretary was urged
to use his influence to have the ap
propriation reinstated in the Senate.
| A telegram was also sent to Secre
tark of War Baker in which the work
!of the Road Commission was strongly
endorsed, and the .Secretary urged to
use his influence to have the appro
priation reinstated in the military bill,
i To Senator Chamberlain of Oregon,
! chairman of the Senate Committee on
! Military Affairs, a telegram was sent
setting forth the necessity for the ap
propriation, endorsing the work of
the Alaska Road Commission, and
urging the Senator to use his influence
to hdve the appropriation reinstated
in the Senate.
A telegram was also sent to Sena
tor Knute Nelson of Minnesota, si
well-known friend ot' Alaska, asking
his assistance in securing the rein
statement of the appropriation in th“
Senate. The necessity for the appro
priation was set forth.
A message to the Alaska Bureau of
the Seattle Chamber of Commerc:
was also sent, asking that body to use
its influence with the Congressmen
of Washington and other Pacific
Coast states to have the appropriation
t replaced in the military appropriation
I bill.
Much indignation was expressed by
the members of the Chamber at tin
attempt to punish Alaskans by with
drawing all appropriations for roa 1
and trails; many prominent men be
lieving that the abandonment of work
ion our roads would seriously hamper
the development and output of mines
and mining in the Territory.
j LOS ANGELES CONSUL
HAS BEEN RELIEVED
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26.—Pinned
to the door of the German consulate
today is a slip of paper bearing the
ione word, “closed.” Consul Emil Roe
der will go to San Francisco as soon
las he can pack his effects. German
'affairs will be in charge of the Swiss
consul at San Francisco.
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THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
| OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1017
Practically a Dally at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
i per 1b the World give* so mcli
at ho low a price.
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The value and need of a newspaper
in the household was never greater i
jthan at the present time. The great
|war in Europe is now half-way into
its third year, and whether peace be
at hand or afar off the events to fol
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company!
offers the Thrice a Week World, The]
Daily Prospector and The Weekly
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 106 copies of
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for thlr
price. Can you afford to be without
them.
' Hie Thriee-a-Weefc World,
The Dally Prospector.
Hie Weekly Miner,
AliL FOR $13.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly
Miner are the only papers published
at Valdes, and are replete with local
and world news. The Miner makes a
specialty of Territorial News in con-j
densed form. The World is too w ell!
known to our readers to dilate upon ■
its Held of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of atucli
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a fire 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
~E TONY’S PLACE™
EVERYTHING
FIRS'! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Oar Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
(<>010 Seattle to V'alde*— From Valdez for Seattle—
Feb. 15—S. S. Adm. Farragut
For Seward Feb. 23—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Feb. 25—S. S. Adm. Watson,
For Kadiak Mar. S—S. S. Adm. Watson
Mar. 2—9. S. Adm. Brass
Mar. 9—S. S. Adm. Farragu* Mar. 10—S. S. Admiral Evans
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francises to Lm Angeles, Dally Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOPR nOKBT READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VAIA>HZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez. Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Hailing* from Beattie— Valdez to Seattle—
Feb. IS—S. S. Alaska Feb. 15—S. S. Mariposa
Feb. 24—S. 9. Northwestern Feb. 23—S. 9. Alaska
Mar. 1—S. S. Mariposa Mar. •}—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. 8—S. 9. Alaska Mar. 8—S. 9. Mariposa
Mar. 16—S. S. Northwestern Mar. 16—S. S. Alaska
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LI8CUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
P. D. TRACY, Gen'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO, Locnl 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 "Jtfilwaukee” service.
J. C. Martin, Valdes, Plane 1 A. L Harris, T. P. A. Jaaean, Alaska.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
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Try the Cottage Dining Boom for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker, Phone 1*1. a
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf1
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Pure Fresh DrugB ax the "Valdes
Drug Store. M
For fine Candles see our stock.
Valdez Drug Co. tf
A new line or heater* priced right,
at Head’s. tf
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Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Just Received—th* latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdes Drug Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe, tLat. buR.-.it,t for you. tf
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Furnished rooms at Mrs Oslaod's.
Prices reasonable. *
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alatka Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
' Genet al Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
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LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Location notices, ootn quartz and
placer, at tbe Miner office.