STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain onr standard. Sold everywhere
MAY HAVR TWO
8PRKK8 PRR YEAR
Two sprees a year is to be the lim
it for the New Yorker, and three a
year will mean that he cannot take
another drink for the rest of his life,
if the National Defense Association
has its way. And if one credits Jack
Landon, Henry Pord, Charles Mellen,
and other Celebrities who go to make
ap the membership of the association,
the New York Legislature of 1916
will be too intelligent to reject the
bill outlined at a meeting of the Nat
ional Defenders, held atop of the
Grand Central Terminal.
According to the "No Drunkard
Bill,” in the first place if you want
to take a drink you must have a card
which is to be made a durable card'
and will be issued at the City Hall
on the payment of $1. A concession
to the bashful is that the cards may
be issued by mail. After you get
your card you rest one foot on the
brass rail, face the bartender and ask
for your favorite tipple.
"Lemme see your card,” challenges
the barkeep.
You show your card and may there
after take aboard as much cargo as
you can carry without tacking. When
you begin to tack, your card is of
no more setprice, for if the barkeeper
sells you another drink he forfeits
a big bonus he has left down at the
City Hall. The first,.time one is ar
rested for intoxication or treated by
a physician, one gets a warning with
his headache; the second time one
loses one’s license for a year; the
third time one is out— that is one
loses one’s license forever and can
never have another drink, the bill
says.
No, you can’t borrow your friend’s
card, for if you are caught using it
there is a fine o^ $100 and 30 days in
jail for the offense. And if one is
caught baytaff a drink without a
card both the buyer and the seller
go to jail. If one really ill, one may
get a doctor’s prescription, but it
may be used only once. A violation
sends the user forthwith to the jail.
The finest thing about the plan, ac
cording to the officials of the as
sociation, is that one has the best
excuse not to take a drink.
And, by the way, women must have
cards, too, and they must certify
that they are 21 or more to get them.
If a man thinks his whole family
needs alcohol, he can get a ramuy
license for $5, bnt he must specify
by whom it is to be used. The family
license can be used only when the
head of the house is along. If wify
goes to the tango teas and does aught
hut tango, she must have her own
license. Yes, they will come in differ
ent colors to match one’s gown. You
see the plan is to be thoroughly
reasonable.
William T. Hoyt, who lives in Mil
t ford. Conn., and is President of the
National Defense Association, told
all about the plan after the meeting.
"It will be an honor to have a
drink card,” he explained, “because
it will certify that one dosn’t drink
too much. Very simple ,1b it not, for
if one drinks too much one ceases to
have a card, and consequently can
not drink any more. In that way there
will be no drunkards. Very simple in
deed. Then if one drinks only because
it seems a social obligation, one has
a good /excuse If one says one has’nt
a card. {f a person gets locked up for
being intoxicated, he can’t dodge the
issue by giving a fictitious name, for
if he hasn’t a card he goes to Jail
anyway, and if he has a card it iden
tifies him. Very simple. Here are
a few things this law will do:
« win stop treating."
“It will stop selling to minors, for
no minors can get a license.
“It will stop the creation of dip
somaniacs, Inebriates and drunk
ards.
"Salesmen, politicians, reporters
and other popular persona may refuse
alcoholic drinks without giving of
fense. simply by having no card.”
RAILROAD WILL OPEN
CANYON CREEK DISTRICT.
The Canyon creek district of the
Kenai peninsula will prove one of the
biggest gold producers of the north
with the coming of the railroad and
the possibility of getting the proper
equipment, says John R. McDonald,
of Seward, who has recently pur
chased holding on Canyon creek. The
district is about fifty miles square or
a toal area of 2,500 square miles. It
is bounded on the north by Turn
again Arm, on the west by Resurrec
tion river, on the south by Kenai lake
and by the government railroad on
the east. The natural boundaries form
a rough square and the entire region
is cut up by hills and creeks, making
it an ideal location for the use of hy
draulics.
“But best of all is the tact that
the placer gold is there,” said Mr.
McDonald. “The district is one of the
old districts of the north, but has
never been developed because of the
difficulty of taking in equipment. It
has produced a lot of gold through
primitive methods but its real worth
as a district will date from the pres
ent or since the railroad has been
assured. Practically all the ground
has been staked and a great deal of
it twenty years ago, so there is little
chance for a prospector to locate
anything. The many creeks heading
in the district insure plenty of water
for the sluices and giants and once
the owners of these properties begin
to operate there will be a nevr gold
centre. Among the creeks that have
been located are Resurrection, Can
yon, Crow creek and a host of smaller
ones. As far as the gold being there
is concerned I saw one man last fall
bring out sixty-seven pounds of the
metal on his back, the result of the
season's work with a primitive hyd
raulic outfit.
WOMAN MAKES LONG TRIP
TO VISIT FRIEND
DAWSON NEWS: Dawson has a
noteworthy visitor in the person of
Miss Linds Majken Nilsson, of Adel
aide, South Australia. She journeyed
over the snowy winter trail from the
Coast to the Klondike metropolis to
visit her long-time comrade, Miss
Emmel McHenry. The long winter
trip is but a preliminary for the
plucky, energetic and charming
yound Australian, for she has pre
pared herself as a volunteer nurse
in the Red Cross, and will leave here
the end of the week or the first of
next for a greater journey, which
will take her to the great battle front
in Europe.
Miss Nilsson spent several months
training as a nurse in Victoria, and
will go to England prepared for
work at the front, and will meet all
her own expense of the trip.
Miss Nilsson is the first woman to
come over the long stage route to.
"65 mile from Whitehorse to Dawson
this winter and perhaps the first
woman who made the winter jour
ney to Dawson for the simple pur
pose of a few days’ visit with an old
companion. She is buoyant, and full
of life, exceptionally well educated, a
splendid conversationalist and a wide
observer, and the journey has been
a revelation to her.
“Certainly I should have hesitat
ed,” said Miss Nilsson today, "had I
known the journey by stage was so
long, and through such a vast stretch
of silent, unpeopled hills and vales,
but now that I am here, I am delight
ed with the trip. It certainly would
be a great restorative to those nerve
racked mllllonali'es, and it is too bad
that all those in need of new health
cannot make it.”
Valdez ana otner Alaskan pictures
at the Empress tonight.
Billy McPhail went to Shoup's bay
yesterday to work for the Sea Coast
Mining company- He was accompa
nied by several others whose nathee
could not be learned.
GOVERNOR REPORTS
LABOR CONDITIONS
.Annual Report of Governor Strong
States that There was an Excess
of labor (>ast Year.
Governor Strong, of AlaBka, in hiB
annual report on labor conditions in
the territory last year says:
There was an excess of labor in
nearly all industrial sections of Alas
ka during the fiscal year. Despite
many warnings given by government
officials and others through the pub
lic press the influx of men seeking
work was almost continuous. In part
this influx of men seeking work was
stimulated by the beginning of con
struction work on the government
railroad at Anchorage on Cook Inlet.
However, up to this time, a consid
erable amount of labor has been ab
sorbed in railroad work while mining
and prospecting afforded employment
for others.
The mines of southeastern Alaska
give employment to a large number
of men and the number so employed
is constantly being increased. It is
expected that the opening of some of
the coal fields in Alaska will greatly
extend the volume of mining opera
tions throughout the territory thru
the furnishing of coke and cheaper
fuel for industrial use. The fishing
industry the present season gave em
ployment to the usual number of
men; in this industry many Indians,
Chinese, Jananese and other aliens
are employed.
The territorial legislature at its re
cent session passed an 8-hour law for
all workers in lode and placer mines;
and during the past summer in the
Ruby and Fairbanks mining districts
labor strikes resulted in some of the
placer mines, when the employers at
tempted to reduce the wage scale
which had been paid for a 10 hour
day. In the Fairbanks district the
difficnlty was soon adjusted, however,
and the men returned to work. In
the Ruby district the difficulty has
continued without settlement. An 8
hour law was already generally in
force in the lode mines of the terri
tory. The wage scale paid to placer
miners in the Fairbanks and Ruby
districts during the summer season
prior to the passage of the 8 hoar
law was $6 per day. In the Nome dis
trict no reduction of the wage scale
followed the enforcement of the 8
hour law. Wage scales in other parts
of the territory have remained prac
tically stationary during the year. The
scale of wages paid in lode mines in
Coastal Alaska is from $3 to 33.60
per day.
WX’Al, BREVITIES.
Mrs. Jack Callin is recovering from
a severe attack of the grippe.
Few cases of sickness are reported
and those are most grippe. ►
' Alaska and its wonders at the Em
press tonight.
The open air skating rink U prov
ing a great attraction for both young
and old.
The Woman’s Guild met this after
noon at the residence of Mrs. Harry
Whitley.
Mrs. F. G. Davis, who has been
ill with the grippe for some time,
has recovered.
The boys at the Post are planning
another smoker to be held in the
sear future.
Joe Spenard’s dances have been
such great successes that he is now
talking of having them staged regu
larly.
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The epidemic of grippe which has
been going around the past week or
so, has nearly ran its course, as most
of the patients are well again, with
uo fatalities.
P. O. In Same Old Place.
Postmaster Jefferson says the news
in yesterday's issue of the Prospec
tor that the postoffice would move
into its new quarters in the Kanitz
building today is too good to be true.
He bad hopes of moving sometime
before the close of the present week
so as to be in shape for the big ship
ment of mail which is coming on the
Northwestern but has abandoned the
idea as the painters are still in pos
session of the buuamg.
Charles Wallace, foreman of the
Cliff mine, is in town today.
Teddy Noon leaves on the next
boat for the.8tates.
Judge Brown will leave Seattle on
the 25tb for Valde*.
ALLIES PREPARE TO
EIGHT 10 YEARS LONGER
LONDON: The British and French
governments believe that it has been
Germany’s purpose for years to over
ride Europe with her army, that
there has been a fixed determination
on the part of Emperor William to
make war on and whip France, Rus
sia and England. That she expected
to defeat them one or two at a time
it is said, has been discovered. Ac
cepting this as a premise, it is ar
gued in London that it would be folly
to stop the war until peace shall
come through a complete victory for
one side or the other, and there is
no question but that military opinion
in all three capitals is convinced be
yond the question of a doubt that
there can be but one end to the con
flict is carried to its logical conclu
sion and that is the defeat of Ger
many.
That the war will be much longer
than it was thought by Lord Kitch
ener when he said that it would con
tinue for three years, is the convic
tion of many, though it is believed
that the German and Austrian armies
will be forced from foreign soil by
the end of the second year and that
from that time forward until the end,
the contest will be waged within
Germany and Austria.
That England, France and Russia
are preparing for a long war is evi
denced by every act ol the govern
ments at their capitals.
AMERICAN FROZEN BEEF
APPRECIATED BY PARIS
PARIS: The first consignment of
seventy-one tons of American frozen
beef has proved greatly to the taste
of Parisians. About 4000 pounds
are sold daily at the central market,
Les Halles. The commissary in
charge says that the meat is spoken
highly of on all sides, and as partic
ularly suitable for grilling and
roasting.
The supply has hitherto come from
the firm in Chicago, but contracts
are about to be signed with the Lon
don agents of other Chicago firms.
Owing to the small amount im
ported and to the fact that the ex
periment has been only five weeks
on trial, no effect on prices has been
registered as yet. It is anticipated
that as the good quality of the meat
becomes more widely know this ef
fect will begin to operate. The price
of the frozen meat at present is be
low that of the French grown meat,
namely, 14 to 16 cents per pound, as
compared with 18 and 22 cents for
French.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Moose will give a Leap Year
dance next Saturday evening. The
dance will be in charge of the ladies
and a supper will be served. kl6
Hats Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf GUY F. CAMERON.
Our fresh candy arrived on this
last boat late for the holidays, 12%
cents half pound at the Emporium.
Want* to Marry Alaskan.
Working woman of 46 would like
to correspond with gentleman 60 to
65 with home, that is tired living
alone. Give descHption in first let
ter. No triflers wanted; all letters
answered; object matrimony. Ad
dress Dolly B. Ross, Seattle, Wash.,
Gen. Del. tf
Just received .the finest line of
neckties ever shown in Valdes, at
Ben Silvorman’s.
Panoramic viewB of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdes and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdes Drag
store. * **
Nugget jewelry made to order at
the Valdes Drug Co., by Q. O.
Reinke. tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdes
Drug Store. ' *
Brooms 25c, S6c and 60c; for the
best at the Emporium. tf
Bargains at the Emporium; open
from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. *
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. / *
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley’s.
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf.
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Kodak Supplies at the Valdes
Drug Company. *f
A fine display of nugget Jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Fancy btatlonery at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Far good bome-oooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, oa Hobart Street •
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES A TRAIN
Auto for Hire Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66 I
I Foot Keymone Ave
I Koutfh Dry ICe lb
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fined Held m lie Interior—Well Heated, Clean Room.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE nafsted. M*r.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PU MPING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdes Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th call* lllamna and Kodiak—All Bailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard (or Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD. Mgr, Seattle! VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. a NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE IOTH, 20TH AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdes and La
touche Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 6th; Latourhe, on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice
r. a TRACT, Oea'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO, Local Agent.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C MARTIN, Agent, Valdes, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.