NEW CABLES LAID
ACROSS TIOEFLAT
Old Cables Had Been Rendered Al
most Useless by the Intense
Heat From Big Fire.
The cableship Burnside has been in
Valdez bay for several days during
the past week during which time the
cable crew have taken up the old ca
bles crossing the tideflat from deep
water to the Signal Corps office. A
fault was traced to the tideflat and
when the cables were uncovered it
was found that the insulation had
been destroyed by the great Are in
July. In a number of places piles had
been placed on the cables, and while
that may not have worked any harm
it certainly did not do any good and
necessitated the old cables being cut
out at both sides of the piles.
The Burnside repaired two breaks
in the cable while on her north trip.
One of the breaks was1 near Wrangell
and the other about forty miles north
of Sitka where several miles of new
cable was laid as the old one when
raised from the bed of the ocean
showed signs of being weak.
Lieut. H. G. Gregg, of the U. S.
Signal Corps, who is in charge of the
cable laying, reports that the new ca
ble now being manufactured in the
.Vnited States is greatly superior to
the old cable laid between Seattle
and Valdez more than a dozen years
ago. The service, both cable and
land lines, is working to perfection
and it is hoped that no more breaks
will occur in the near future.
Before the gangplank is on the deck.
Joe is there your baggage to check.
He knows just where you want to go.
And his auto bus is not so slow.
When leaving Valdez it is just as well
To wait until you hear Joe’s bell.
He never yet has missed a boat
But connects with all that ever floats.
Joe never sleeps day or night,
He does his best to treat you right.
The traveling public well can bless
The man who runs the City Express.
All you do—Just Phone Eight Two,
The City Express will see you thru.
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BROAD PASS ORE IS
- ~ again being discussed.
Among those who have property in
the Broad Pass country are Don S.
Ray and W. M. Springer, the former
claiming that the ore there assays
from $2 to $360 per ton. Springer
says he panned ore in the leads on
the property worth $46 per ton.
These men were recently in Seward
on their way outside.
“The extent of the Broad Pass for
mation is twenty-five miles long,”
said Springer. “It has all been lo
cated and all shows strong mineral
ization. Claims from Costello creek
through to the Ohio creek district
show values.
lnwtfi,thire,andadHEN’2,llobs.peou
“There is no chance for a man to
put a mill on any of the ground now
and make money, but when the rail
road reaches that district it will be
a different matter.
‘-The Guggenheims and Gastenau
people could not agree with owners
on details of options, but there are
others.
“When It comes to giving an option
on ground of the obvious values that
this groufid contains for three years
with no payment down, nothing do
ing. We can hold it till the railroad
is finished just as well as the Gug
genheims. The report by Dunkle
that there is not enough ore in sight
to' load a donkey shows that the
Guggs in this case are either knaves
or fools.
“There are practically no miners
left in the Broad Pass district now,
all of them having finished their as
sessment work and have come out for
the winter. There were probably 100
men in the district during the sum
mer.”
See,
Be sure and don’t miss Sunday
night at the Liberty Theatre. “Across
the Pacific,” a photo play produced
by the World Film Co. of Chas. E.
Blaneys, a melodrama of the Spanish
American war. Dorothy Dalton, Lee
Milar, Sam Hynes and other well
known actors make up the cast. --
DON’T LET THEM FOOL YOU.—
I am still in the photo work and as
well, if not better fitted to do your
finishing work than ever. I have
merely moved my place up stairs Ip
the Clift house, temporarily, which
I have been running for the past four
years, and have more photo goods in
stock than any other place in town.
Amateur finishing work can be left
with my son in the Candy Kitchen.
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FRYE-BRUHN <
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Fresh
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton,
Poultry, and Provisions.
Fresh Stock on Every Boat.
PHONE 29.
FREE
AT THE
PINZON BAR
*
The following are the conditions
governing the gift of the Ford Au
tomobile advertised by the Pinson:
With each One Dollar purchase one
Coupon will be given entitling the
holder to one chance on the car—
absolutely free of charge.
The car to be given during Christ
mas week.
Family trade solicited. All orders
delivered. Remember a Dollaijpur
chase entitles you to Gne Coupon.
FMUWt ew
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CROWD LISTENS
TO BOYLE’S SIDE
In Connection With Other Si»eakero
Tells How Controversy Over
Valdez Dock Company Arose.
The Liberty theatre was comfort
ably filled last night to hear Mayor
Boyle and other city officials explain
their side of the controversy in which
they have become involved over the
Valdez Dock and assessment protests.
Mayor Boyle was temperate in his
utterances and made a good speech.
He declared that the fight had cost
him thousands of dollars but that he
believed it was for the best interests
of the city and. would continue in the
fight till the city had won its con
tentions before the highest court. He
recalled early history of Valdez be
fore the City dock had been built and
declared that it saved the city $50,
000. Naturally, the audience was in
sympathy with the speaker and cheer
his utterances. The Prospector will
print the speech in full in an early is
sue as it was too lengthy to be set
in type for this issue.
The mayor was followed by Senator
O. P. Hubbard and John Frame. Hub
bard bitterly attacked the editor of
the Prospector and indulged in per
sonalities generally. His utterances
were not recorded.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Otto Bergstrom is in town from
Port Wells district.
Jim Davis will leave this evening
for Lowe river, where he will begin
the development of his mining prop
erty there.
A 6-room and a 3-room house,
furnished, for rent by Rudolph, kll-1
George Cristo is in Valdez from
down the sound where he has been
prospecting for several week|.
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
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Pictures developed at the Valdes
Drug Company. if.
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
Liberty—New Show Tonight.
Complete change of program at the
Liberty Theatre tonight. Pour good
reels. *
Par good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
The launch Shamrock left for Port
Wells this morning‘with a capacity
load of freight and about a dozen
passengers for different Sound points.
Fresh cream and buttermilk al
ways on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
Fresh Oysters received on every
boat.—Frye-Bruhn Co. tf
5 Ten men left on the launch Sham
rock this morning for Port Wells to
work in the Granite mine. The re
cent rich strikes in the mine has caus
ed the management to operate on a
larger scale than ever before as the
ores can now be handled to better ad
vantage.
Fresh cream and buttermilk always
on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailoi. Telephone 198. tf
Chas. Miner was a passenger on the
Shamrock for Port Wells this morn
ing.
Mr. Palmer, who has been suffer
ing from rheumatism for some time,
will leave on one of the first boats
en route to Los Angeles where he
hopes to be benefitted by the climatic
change.
E. D. Reiter, manager of the Alas
ka Mines corporation, of Fidalgo Bay,
returned to Valdez after a trip to the
property, having taken a number'of
miners to the property to increase the
working force.
How does a ride to Camp Comfort
with a dance and a dinner before re
turning strike you? Fresh killed
chickens and Alaska vegetables at
your command. For particulars see
CITY EXPRESS.
tf Phone 82.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Oct. 29, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29.528
Temperature 7’p. m.27
Maximum temperature .33
Minimum temperature .13
Mean temperature.23
Partly cloudy, wind northeast 4
miles. ...
YOU want
not the slight
est shadow of
a doubt when
YOU bring your
prescription' to a drug
store — investigate the
Valdez Drug Co’s pre
scription department.
HUGE WET PARADE IS
HEED IN CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 30.—The op
position to prohibition closed their
campaign for the election which wtll
take place in this state next Tuesday
by holding a “Wet” parade last night
in which thousands of the most prom
inent citizens of the city and state
joined. The electors of the state will
determine the question of state wjde
prohibition next Tuesday and the
campaign now closing has been the
most vigorously fought in the history
of the state. Both sides claim vic
tory, but conservative leaders state
that the election will be close.
William Jennings Bryan, former
secretary of state, has spent several
weeks aiding the prohibitionists in
their fight against the liquor interests
and it is admitted by the "wets” that
if they go down to defeat he will be
entitled to a large share of the credit.
LIBERTY THEATRE FEATUR
ING “ACROSS THE PACIFIC”
“Across the Pacific” with an all
star cast of photo-players is the feat
ure Sunday night in five acts a tale
of temptations and triumphs. The
play deals and tells of the many
struggles of a keen-witted young man
and woman and a film that spans the
ocean from America to the Philippine
islands and is a war drama of merit.
Many thousand people take part
and the western scene crossing the
plains show the hardship of older
days.
First time shown in Valdez, Sun
day night, no advance in prices.
Spend the evening seeing a good
play in a warm comfortable theatre,
where everyone goes—the Liberty.
Special music to accompany this pro
duction. 2t
Interior Weather.
Valdez, October 30, 1915.
Fairbanks, 3 above, 3 inches snow;
clear and calm.
Salcha, 8 below, 8 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail rough.
Richardson, 6 above, 3 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail fair.
McCarty, 12 above, 3 inches snow;
cloudy, windy, trail fair.
Donnelly, 2 above, 8 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
McCallum, 1 above, 36 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail good.
Paxson, 2 below, 14 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Hogan, 16 above, 8 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail fair.
Gulkana, 8 below, 6 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Copper Center, 7 below, 5 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Tonsina, 4 below, 2 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Teikhell, 4 above, 3 Inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam, 10 above, 5 inches of
snow; snowing, calm, trail good.
Wortman’s, 20 above, 2 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
Don’t forget the Eagles old-time
'98 Hallowe’en dance, Saturday, Oct.
30th. •
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Follow the Crowd
to the
LIBERTY
THEATRE
To-Night.
Arcade Cafe
OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M.
We Grew Our Own Vegetables
Private Tables
' Jttli Cilh_■._Pwpriator
Send the Folks in the Old Country
Your Christmas Present NOW!
MONEY IS CHEAP IN EUROPE—
WE SELL EUROPEAN CHECKS AH FOLIXJWH:
$26.30 will buy 100 Kronor on Norway. *
$26.80 will buy 100 Kronor on Sweden. (
$26.80 will buy 10O Kronor on Denmark.
$16.20 wUl buy 100 Lire on Italy.
$20.95 will buy 10O Marks on Germany.
$17.45 will buy 100 Francs on France.
$15.80 will buy 100 Finmarks on Finland.
$15.88 will buy 100 Kronor on Austria.
RATES SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
Our Rates are About Ten Per cent Less than
the Post Office Charges.
The First Bank of Valdez
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITARY
The Pinzon
Cor. McKmlty aid Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA.
Finest Pool and Billiard Room
In Alaska.
El Belmont) I ^ A DC ) El Sidello
Admiration \ I I ( Carabana
We handle only the Beat
Cigars and Tobaccos.
Haas and Vogan Candies. w
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Free Auto Tickets
-AT
THE BUFFET
PHONE 7 VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
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Office, foot of Wall street * V
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The "light” Fantastic
Tango down here and let us
give you some light on the sub
ject of EDISON MAZDA Lamps
and you’ll feel no Hesitation
about dancing back home with
a full equipment of
EDISON
MAZDA LAMPS
They give three times as much light
as old-style Carbon lamps—with the
same amount of electricity. Put one in
every lamp socket in your home, office
store or factory.
Let us show you.
Alaska
Water,
Light and
Telephone
Company
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lvs. Fort Liscum Lvb. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:30 p.«.
There will be no trip of the lavneh
on the aecond ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
dean boilers.
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