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$20.00 and Up.
1914-15
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
You Run
No Risk
in Joining the LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE OF THE WORLD on the
charter of Valdez Lodge No. 1427, b ecauae you can transfer to any other
lodge at any time, can take out a withdrawal card or a 8upreme Lodge
card in case No. 1427 becomee defunct. But as long as ten members
desire to retain the charter H cannot be forfeited. So once a Moose,
always a Moose. The Supreme Lodge, with a fat treasury, stands back
of every subordinate lodge, and In oases of fatal disasters or epidemics
extends unlimited relief the afflicted lodges Immediately without the un
winding of any rad tape or assessment of the membership. The minute
you take the oath of a Loyal Moose one million members stand ready to
protect the honor of your homo, aid you In sickness and distress, give
your children a free vocational training and yourself and wife care In
old age. A correspondence course will soon be available to the member
ship and a period at each meeting devoted to study. Competent Instruct
ors will visit each lodge frequently to better aid the Loyal Moose along
the paths of progress.
The Mooseheart governors are searching Arizona for the best avail
able site for a sanitarium, where all members stricken with the white
plague will be taken and'BUred. .And the cost of all this Is only $13.00
per year. You cannot afford to overlook the advantage of being one of
a million members in the LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE OF THE WORLD,
an order that now ranks only second among beneficial fraternities, and
in less than two years will be the largest and greatest in the world.
“Get the password, get the rap;”
“Join the Moose and be a PAP!”
MADRID’S ARID SITE.
Parched and Dutty Now, It Was One*
a Watered Garden Spot.
Travelers find it hard to believe that
Madrid ever abounded with water.
The modem town stands on so bleak
and arid an eminence, Its surround
ings, save in early spring, are so
parched and dusty and the water ped
dler’s cry of “Agua! Agua!” is so in
sistent and ubiquitous one fancies
Madrid must have been thirsty from
the beginning.
Yet its ancient coat of arms was a
large flint half Immersed in water,
with steel hatchets striking it on ei
ther side, the ascending sparks form
ing a sort of canopy around it. Ap
pended was the motto:
I was built on water.
My walls are of fire.
9uch is my emblazonment
This device was emblematic only of
the city and its early days before
Charles V. had started it on its head
long career of greatness merely be
cause be credited its climate with hav
ing cured him of a fever.
At that time Madrid was a small
town embowered in gardens and
woods and meadows and with springs
and wells lavishly supplied by nature.
The Manzanares, now a melancholy,
meager stream, was of a measurable
depth. But with the apportioning of
her territory into palaces and lodging
houses for the royal hangers-on and
the cutting down of the trees to swell
the royal treasury the Inevitable fol
lowed. The sun of well nigh 400 sum
mers has burned and reburned the site
of the old town and its bestrlpped
suburbs and dried up*the natural mois
ture. At present the climate of Mad
rid is nearly the most trying in all
Europe.—From Calvert’s "Madrid.”
SCHOOLS IN ARABIA.
Pupils Sit Swaying on the Floor as
They All Study Aloud.
In the schools of Arabia the children,
with the schoolmaster, sit upon the
floor or the ground in a semicircle, and
each has a tablet of wood which is
painted white and upon which the les
sons are written. When the latter are
learned they are washed out and re
placed by other lessons.
During study hours the Arab schools
remind one of the Chinese, for the
children all study aloud, and as they
chant they rock back and forth like
trees in a storm, and this movement is
continued for an hour or more at a
time. The schoolmaster rocks back and
forth nlso, and altogether the school
presents a most novel appearance as
well as sound. Worshipers in the
mosques always move about while re
citing the Koran, as this movement is
believed to assist the memory.
The desks of the Arab schools are
odd contrivances of palm sticks, upon
which is placed the Koran or one of
the thirty sections of it. After learn
ing the alphabet the boys take up the
study of the Koran, memorizing entire
chapters of it until the sacred book is
entirely familiar.
A peculiar method is followed in
learning the Koran. The study begins
with the opening chapter, and from
this it skips to the last The last but
one is then learned, then the last but
two, and sg on in inverted order, end
ing Anally with the second chapter.
Origin of the Word "Mustard.”
Oar English word "mustard” Is
traceable to the French “moutarde,”
the origin of which is curiously given.
In 1382 Philip the Bold, duke of Bur
gundy, granted to the town of Dijon
the privilege of bearing his armorial
ensigns, with the motto “Moult me
tarde” (“I wish ardently”). In return
for a handsome contingent of a thou
sand men furnished to him at Its ex
pense. Pleased with the royal con
descension. the authorities ordered the
device to be affixed over the principal
gates of the city. Time or accident at
length obliterated the middle word,
and the two remaining, moult tarde,
were printed on the labels which the
merchants of Dijon pasted on pots la
which they sent this commodity all
over the world.
Our Constitution.
The United States constitution la not
modeled on any other; but, on the con
trary, several are modeled on It, nota
bly those of Canada. Australia, tba
Central and Booth American republics,
Swltaerland and, to a certain extent,
China. It was drafted by a conven
tion in 178T, ratified by nine statee (the
prescribed number) in 1788 and aat to
work under George Washington as
lint president In 1780. It la a very
simple document, containing originally
only seven articles.—Christian Herald
Jeweler.
Tod Winter, the jeweler, Is now
located at E. Winter’s store and Is
prepared to do all kinds of jewelry
repairing. Nugget jewelry made from
your own designs. Expert watch re
pairing. All work guaranteed. tf
FOR SALE—One new, ready to run
3% horse power POlton engine. Com
plete equipment. No wires; no
batteries. Enquire at this office.
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 time of high and low wa
ter Is given the height of the tide
In feet and tenths:
Saturday, November 7.
High tide 2:60 a. m., 6.6; 1:48 p.
m., 9.1.
Low tide 7:47 a. m.. 3.8; 9:06 p.
m., 0.3.
VALDEZ ELECTRIC COMPANY
The Consumer’s Company.
The entrance of this company into busi
ness brought down lighting and telephone
rates in Valdez, and its continued exis
tence keeps rates down.
Electric lamps and fixtures for sale at
minimum prices.
Mazda Lamps, 40 watt, 30 cents.
60 watt, 40 cents.
100 watt, 75 cents.
_ 250 watt, $2.00.
WE SELL
Noiseless Electric Pumps
Office in Copper Blocfc, on Broadway
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
—DENTIST
in both companiei Fourteen years in
Office Rooms over VALDEZ
Valdez Drug Co.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to 6 p. m.. 7 p. m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office on Wall St. next Prospector office
Valdez, Alaska.
New Company’s Phone No. 59
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m.
DR. C. H. VANCE
the osteopath
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Kikrsville. Mo.
OFFICE HOURS -9 to 12 m.. 1 to 5 p. m., or by
appointment.
TREATMENT $2.50
Office and Residence Court St. PHONE 203
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
C E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaaka
F. BUTTERWORTH
JChril Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surrey or
Blue Printing Valdes, Alaska.
Geo. f. white
The Aasayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
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Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
1UE Call You on Time for the boat
” if We Handle Your Baggage.
We Buy and Sell Anything from
Dead Crabs to Live Bears.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
57 a m to 9 a in
Lunch 12 in to 1 y in
6 to 7 i> m
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
Valdes Lodge
No 168 j
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications lirst Wednesday in
aeh month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
relcome.
A. E GRIGSBY. W. M,
C. C. Reynolds. Sec*
ARCADE CAFE
“We Never Close.’*
Private Dining Room.
The Best of Everything. We Bake Our Own
Bread and Pastry. Bread for Sale.
Jack Callin - - Proprietor
Launch N. & S.
Leaves from Valdez dock for
SHOUP BAY
and way points Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays until further notice at 10 a.m.
W. J. CALLAGHAN. Phones 177
j Sendees*
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THE REASON
50 candle power lights, 50 cents per month.
Meter Rates... 2 cents per kilo-watt hour.
TELEPHONES, $1.00 PER MONTH
PRICE OF MAZDA LAMPS
40 watt, each 30 cents 100 watt, each 75 cents
60 watt, each 40 cents 250 watt, each .. $2.00
Alaska Water, Light & Telephone
Company.