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NOTICE.
Notice is hereby gtven that the
regular annual meeting of the stock
holders of Fidalgo-Alaska Copper
Company will held at the Company's
office, being the law office of Dono
hoe & Dimond, in the town of Val
dez, Alaska, on Monday, the 4th day
of October, 1915, at the hour of two
o’clock in the afternoon of said day,
at which meeting the directors of said
Company shall be elected for the en
suing year. There will also be con
sidered at said meeting a proposi
tion to sell and dispose of all of the
Company’s property at Fidalgo Bay,
Alaska, consisting of twenty lode or
quartz mining claims, together with
the improvements thereon; there will
also be considered such other busi
ness as may regularly come before
said meeting.
T. J. DONOHOE, President.
First pub. Sept. 18, 1915.
Last pub. Oct. 2, 1916.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Divi
sion, at Valdez—In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of W. H.
Blackwell, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Rose
M. Blackwell, the executrix of the
estate of W. H. Blackwell, deceased,
has rendered and presented for set
tlement and filed in the above-enti
tled court, her final account of the
administration of said estate, and
that Thursday, October 28, 1915, at
the hour of 2:00 o’clock in the after
noon of said day at the court room
of said court in the Town of Valdez,
Alaska, has been duly appointed by
me, the undersigned as the judge of
said court, as the time and place for
the. settlement of said account, at
which time and place any and all
persons interested in said estate may
appear and file exceptions in writing
to the said account or otherwise con
test the allowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 20th
day of August, 1915.
(Seal) GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex-Offlcio
Probate Judge for the Recording
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
First publication, Aug. 21, 1916.
Last publication, Sept. 25, 1915.
^ Just received, a large line of Lino
leum, Rugs and Mattresses. S. Blum
& Co. __ ' *
i- Valdez Weather Report.
September 24, 1915.
^Barometer Pressure .29.102
Temperature 7:00 p. m.41
Maximum temperature.46
Minimum temperature .41
Mean temperature .43
Precipitation. 1.01
Cloudy, wind southwest, 4 miles;
rained at night and from 6 a. m. to
3:46 p. m., and 6:15 to 7:00 p. m.
WILL PATROL EVERY
FOOT OF BORDER
General Funston Requested to Estab
lish Identity of the Mexicans
In Progreso Battle.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.—The
possibility of the Pan-American con
ferees recognizing either Gen. Carran
za or Gen. Villa as the Mexican lead
er who will have the support of the
United States and Latin-American
countries in establishing a stable
government in the Mexican republic,
are diminishing owing to the numer
ous raids across the Mexican border
into Texas.
The war department has instructed
Gen. Funston, commanding the Uni
ted States troops on the border, to
establish the identity of the band of
Mexicans which battled with the cav
alry at Progreso, and to determine
beyond a doubt whether the bandits
belonged to the Carranza or Villa
factions or were merly a roving band
of outlaws.
The announcement has been made
by the war office that in compliance
with the request of Gen. Funston foi
additional troops that reinforcements
would be sent to the border which
would permit of every foot of the
boundary being guarded against in
vasion.
QUEER FACTS TOED
IN WAR ZONE NEWS
London—The present war is a pun
ishment for Europe’s irreligion, said
the Bishop of Sebastopolis in a ser
mon at Salford Cathedral.
London—“Anzac” is the latest
coined war word. It means Austra
lian New Zealand army corps, now
fighting at “Anzac,” Gallipoli.
Liverpool—A Liverpool school girl
asked in the course of an examina
tion to name “two fabulous animals’
wrote: "The Kaiser and the Crow«
Prince.”
London—England’s family wal
service record is held at Ashford,
Kent, where John Golding and hie
eleven sons have volunteered for ac
tive army service.
London—An over patriotic patron
of a barber shop located in a big Lon
don hotel, kicked to pieces two bar
ber chairs, made in Germany, and
promptly paid *300 damages.
Paris—French soldiers who were
barred from raising hirsute facial
adornments, may now cultivate mus
taches by official sanction, because
they add to martial appearance.
The Prosperous Philippines.
The Island of Romblon is, for ite
size, one of the most prosperous and
thrifty of the Philippine Islands. Ite
population is about 35,000. It hae
three profitable industries which
yield a good annual return to the
people after paying for the principal
food staple of the people—^rice—
which 1b largely imported. Copra,
white marble and burl hats are the
exports which account for most ol
the island’s prosperity.
OUR SHRINKING SUN.
It* Diameter Become* About Pour
Miles Less Each Century.
There are various theories to account
for the enormous store of heat and
light in the sun. The theory now gen
erally accepted by physicists is that
the gradual contraction of the sun in
cooling is the chief source of apparent
inexhaustible energy. It has been cal
culated that at the present rate of ex
penditure of heat the sun’s diameter
would contract four miles in a century,
and in a few millions of years it may
become as dense as the earth.
The sun is supposed to be composed
of much t{ie same materials as the
earth, except that they are at a much
higher temperature. About forty of
the seventy teres trial elements have
been identified by the spectroscope as
existing in the vapors around the sun.
Astronomers think that they find traces
there of very few substances not al
ready known. Even these may be dis
covered on the earth some day.
It has been calculated that the heat
thrown on a square mile exposed at
noon under the equator would melt in
an hour 26,000 tons of ice. This amount
has to be multiplied fifty million times
to arrive at the quantity of heat re
ceived by the earth's surface during a
single hour. Yet this enormous supply
is even less than one two-thousand
millionth part of what the sun pours
forth in all directions in space. It
stands to reason that this inconceiva
ble outgiving of heat must be accom
panied by a gradual though impercepti
ble diminution in the size of the sun.—
Philadelphia Press.
THE CZAR’S CHECK.
It Passed Over Itching Palms, but That
Was No Surprise.
/When Professor Tuxen, the Danish
artist, had finished his greut work,
“The Coronation of Edward VII.,” he
received, it appears, an order from the
Russian emperor for a copy of this
painting, for which the czar was to
pay 12,000 rubles.
In due course the professor repaired
to Petrograd to deliver the painting.
He was grunted an audience with the
czar, who expressed his satisfaction
with the picture and who handed the
professor an order on the imperial
treasury for the sum agreed upon.
When the professor presented the
check for payment he was told that an
order from the emperor was subject to
a discount, and he had, therefore, to
accept a sum considerably smaller than
the face value of the check.
Before his departure from Russia the
professor had a farewell audience with
the czar, who in the course of conver
sation asked him, “Did you get your
money, professor?”
Professor Tuxen replied that he had
not Intended to mention the matter,
but since his majesty himself raised
the question he would say he had re
ceived only part of the money.
At this the czar seemed not at all
surprised, but calmly made out anoth
er order for the sum which had bee.
deducted from the original amount,
and thus Tuxen got his money.—Wash
ington Star.
Curious Letter Endings.
A few specimens of the style of be
ginning anil ending letters In the old
days may prove interesting as in strik
ing contrast to the laconic “yours obe
diently,” “faithfully" or "truly” of the
present day. It would certainly be
difficult to match the following sub
scription of a letter from the Duke of
Shrewsbury to Sir Thomas Hanmer,
dated September, 1713: “I desire that
you will believe that, wherever I am,
I shall always endeavor to deserve and
very much value your friendship, be
ing, with a sincere esteem, sir, your
most faithful and obedient, servant.
Shrewsbury.”
Frequently one meets with bellicose
subscriptions, as in the case of the
Earls of Huntly and Errol, who In 1594
threatened “awful consequences” to the
magistrates of Aberdeen unless they
released certain gentlemen imprisoned
in their city and subscribed, “Yours as
ye will, either present peace or weir.”
Quotes the Headlines.
“Do you see thnt youngster standing
on the corner with his bands in his
pockets and whistling with all his
might?”
“Of course I see him and hear him
too.”
“He’s one of the calamity howlers Jn
our neighborhood.”
“You must be mistaken.”
“No, I’m not. He sells newspapers
after school.” — Birmingham Age-Her
ald.
Telling Time In West Africa.
Because of the scarcity of clocks in
West Africa events are timed by the
regular daily occurrences. For ex
ample, a native wrote thnt she had re
ceived news of her sister’s illness “a
little while before the guinea fowl
talk”—that is, about 5 o’clock in the
morning.
Why Ha Was Sad.
“Why so sad and downcast?”
“My wife has threatened to leave
me.”
“Cheer up. Women are always
threatening something like that, but
they hardly ever do it”
“That’s what I was thinking."—
Houston Post.
March ef Progress.
“What has become of love in a cot
tage. anyhow?”
“It has given away to incompatibili
ty In a bungalow.”—Kansas City Jour
nal.
Thu first duty of a man is still that
nf subduing feur.—Carlyle.
SONG OF THE SHREW.
It Is Pitched So High That Only Sharp
Ears Can Hoar It.
The high pitched squeaking or whis
tling of the shrew Is a curious sound
and frequently acquires quite a Bong
like character. More often, however,
the voice of the shrew is raised in an
ger, for It Is a pugnacious little animal,
and the males have fierce combats in
the spring (ft the year. It is a curious
fact that many people are unable to
hear the shrew's squeaking, not that
the sound Is not loud enough, but be
cause It is so highly pitched that only
sharp ears can record the vibrations.
Though often spoken of as a mouse,
the shrew Is of an entirely different
species, being Insectivorous and having
sharp teeth on each side of the mouth
instead of front teeth, suitable for
gnawing, such as are possessed by
mice and other rodents.
Though It exists in very great num
bers and can very frequently be ob
served, much remains to be discovered
regarding the life of this little crea
ture, an Italian species of which Is our
smallest known mammal. It Is still a
mystery why so many dead shrews
should be found about the roadsides
and pathways. They are fearless little
animals, and even when disturbed In
their spring Journeys from one place to
another they do not allow themselves
to be put out of their course by a trifle.
—London Spectator.
SIX MEALS A DAY.
This Husky Old Laborer Had a Fairly
Healthy Appetite.
Undoubtedly It Is better as a gen
eral rule to take food sparingly than
to eat to repletion, and there are some
people who, even advocate living on
one meal a day and who practice what
they preach. But there was no “one
meal a day” nonsense about the aged
Sussex laborer whom E. V. Lucas met
Thus he described his daily round and
common task:
“Out in the morning at 4 o’clock,
mouthful of bread and cheese and pint
of ale: then off to the harvest field,
ripping and moen (reaping and mow
ing) till 8; then morning breakfast and
small beer—a piece of fat pork as thick
as your hat is wide; then work till 10
o'clock: then a mouthful of bread and
cheese and a pint of strong beer (fore
nooner—‘farnooner’s lunch,' we call it):
work till 12; then at dinner In the
farmhouse, sometimes a leg of mutton,
sometimes a piece of ham and plum
pudding; then work till 5; then a
nunch and a quart of ale (nunch was
cheese, 'twas skimmed cheese, though);
then work till sunset: then home and
have supper and a pint of ale.”—Lon
don Chronicle.
Arithmetic by Hand.*’
We shall never be In clanger of for
getting that our ancestors did their
sums on their lingers so long as arith
metic retains the word “digits.” But
modern civilization knows nothing of
the elaborate developments of this
method. It takes a Wallackian peas
ant to multiply 8 by 9 on his hands.
This is how he does it: The fingers of
either hand, beginning with the thumb,
stand for the numbers from 6 to 10.
So the ring finger of one hand and the
middle finger of the other are stuck
out to represent 8 and 9. Counting
the fingers remaining on the side far
thest from the thumbs, he finds them
1 and 2 respectively, and 1 multiplied
by 2 gives him the units of his prod
uct—2. Then he counts from the
thumbs to the stuck out fingers inclu
sive, finds them 3 and 4, adds these
and gets 7 for his tens. Answer. 72.
All this to avoid knowing the multi
plication table beyond 4 times 4!
Napoleon’s Temper.
A story is told of a sudden rage lntc:
which Napoleon I. fell one day as he
was at dinner, fie had scarcely par
taken of a mouthful when apparently
some inopportune thought or recollec
tion stung his brain to madness, and,
receding from the table without rising
from his chair—his small stature per
mitted that—he uplifted his foot—dash
went the table, crash went the dinner,
and the emperor sprang up, intending
to pace the room. Quick as a flash his
waiter scratched a few magic symbols
on a bit of paper, and the emperor’s
check had grown more than double.
Napoleon appreciated the delicacy ol
his attendant and said, “Thank you,
my dear Dunand.” with one of his In
imitable smiles. The hurricane had
blown over.
An Old Verb.
To laze Is an old verb. In Samuel
Rowlands’ “Martin Markall,” 1010, we
are told that “loyterers laze in the
streets, lurke In alehouses and range
In the highwaies.” The word occurs,
I believe, in some of Mortimer Collins’
lyrics:
But Cupid lazeth ’mongst the falery
lasses,
Whose clere complexion he oft sweareth
passes.
—London Notes and Queries.
Anchovies.
The delicious little fish called the an
chovy is found in large quantities in
the Mediterranean sea and also on the
coasts of Spain, Portugal and France,
where extensive fishing operations are
carried on during the months of May,
June and July.
A . ■ . ' ■ ■ -
, A Far Cry.
Ella—Miss Antique says she wishes
she could step to the phone and call
up her happy college days. Bella—If
she did she’d have to employ the long
distance phone.—Florida TImes-TJnion.
Nothing but the harmony of friend
ship soothes our sorrows. Without its
sympathy there Is no happiness on
earth.—Mozart.
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When in Chitina Stop at the
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Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
1 VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Business As Usual
Independent Laundry Co.
'► Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
11 Telephone 66 l I Roush Dry lCc lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
ALASKA
| STEAMSHIP CO.
t S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
I sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
1 EVERY MONTH
$ From Valdez south--7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Ccr
Idova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche, on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
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California Alaska
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ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing lBth call* IUamaa and Kodiak—All Sailing eaU at Knlk
aad Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Saa Francisco every Wednesdayand Bnaday..connecting with
Steamera Yale and Harvard (or Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notide
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr., 8eattle| VALDES DOCK CO, Local Agt.