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We are making some extraordinary low prices
on broken size and oddj lot merchandise; such
as Men’s Six and Eight Dollar Sweater Coats
at $1.50; Three Fifty to Five Dollar Sweaters
at $1.00; Men’s Dollar Leather Mitts at 50c.;
Men’s Two Fifty Underwear at $1.50; also
many’other excellent values. A visit to this
store will convince you.
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.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
r,...,, DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen vears in
Office R&oms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
P^onei* THE DENTIST
Office rooms over O'vl Drug store Office hours
0 a. m., to 6 pjp.. 7 |). m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointmem All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. B9
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m.
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
^ LYONS & RITCHIE
Attomeya at Law
Office* in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaaka
F. BUTTERWORTH
,Civil Engineer end'
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdes, Alaska.
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VsMss, Alaska.
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Freighting and Passengers
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GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
Careful.
Doctor—I’m afraid you are going to
be ill. I shall have to examine your
heart
Betty (who is in love)—But—but doc
tor, you are discreet, aren’t you?—Phil
adelphia Record.
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1 THE READING TABLE
There is no light that makes night *
reading so easy a \ does Electricity. / n
Electric portable is a source of pleasure
in every home—as well as a means of
health. The entire body suffers if the
eyes becomo affected. Reading in im
proper light i3ono cf the worst things
for the eyes. Get an Electric Portable
. and road in comfort and peace.
Alaska Water, Light Telephone & Company.
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SHIPYARD SECRETS.
Precaution* Taken to Guard Them by
the English Officials.
Every British shipyard that bnllds
for the navy must take great precau
tions that none of the secrets intrust
ed to its care shall leak out. Detec
tives watch all visitors and keep the
workmen under observation also. Plain
clothes officers guard every entrance,
and nobody Is allowed to bring In
even a small parcel unless it is first
examined, for fear that It may conceal
a camera. At one of the big construc
tion yards one man in every two dozen
Is thoroughly searched from bead to
foot each night on leaving. All the
draftsmen engaged on the drawings
of a new warship are sworn t. “ccrecy.
and the plans are invariably Kept un
der lock and key when not in use.
These precautions have brought
many suspicious circumstances to
light One night when a new cruiser
was about to undergo her trials two
men crept aboard as she lay at an
chor. They were captured and banded
over to the police. Shortly afterward,
on the day of her trial, the chief en
glneer thought It would be advisable
to have another look at the interior of
the turbines before steaming to make
certain that no rubbish had got Inside
to Injure the delicate turbine blades.
But worse than rubbish was found.
When the turbines were opened two
heavy steel chisels were discovered In
side. If the machinery had been start
ed the damage would have taken
months to repair.—Pearson’s Weekly.
SNARED BY AN ECLIPSE.
Superstition Caused the Death of Two
Athenian Generals.
In the old days eclipses were looked
upon with superstition and dread, and
more than once they were factors In
battles. A lunar eclipse was the Uual
undoing of the Athenian general Ni
cias and bis supporting general. De
mosthenes. The Athenians attacking
Syracuse had won encouraging prelim
inary successes and at one time almost
had the city in their power Indolence
or overconfidence held them back when
breaks in the defense invited them,
and before the opportunity was im
proved a Spartan general with a small
force made his way into the city and
encouraged its militia to new efforts.
Nicias and his supporting general.
Demosthenes, who had come with re
enforcements, decided to abandon the
campaign and go borne while they still
had control of the sea. Nicias was sick
and discouraged. Ou the eve of sailing
a total eclipse of the moon disturbed
him. It was regarded as an inauspl
clous sign, and Nicias waited a month
for a more favorable omen.
In that month the Syracusans barri
caded the Athenian fleet in the harbor
A futile effort was made to break
through, and then a wretched army
undertook an overland march, was pur
sued. surrendered after three days' at
tack, und Nicias and Demosthenes
were put to death.
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Child Discipline.
It is bitter medicine, but the one
thing needed most in the human soul
is discipline.
It Is well to nave force, genius, vigor,
enthusiasm, love, power, but you may
have them and be a criminal, a maniac
ora end You become great only when
to these yon add self control.
The latest movement in education is
toward developing the initiative of the
child. This can hardly be carried too
far And the old. stupid method of
thwarting, denying and browbeating
little ones Just for the sake of disci
pline cannot be too roundly condemned
Hut for all that there is danger that
in our Dew eagerness to find and bring
out the child's forces we may forget
the prime need of strengthening his
self denial —Dr. Frank Crane In Wo
man’s World.
Encouraging.
A lady advanced in age and in a de
dining state of health went, by the
advice of the physician, to take lodg
ings In a village near the metropolis.
She agreed for a suit of rooms and.
coming downstairs, observed that the
balustrades were much ont of repair.
“These." said the lady, “must be
mended before I can think of coming
to live here."
“Oh, no. madam.” replied the land
lady, “that would answer no purpose,
as the undertaker’s men in bringing
down the coffin would break them
again immediately."
Cause For Rogrot.
"Do you Bnd that set of books yon
bought Interesting?"
“Not very,” confessed the man who
tries to Improve himself.
“Do you regret your bargain?"
“A little. I'd feel better about it .If
the man who comes around to collect
were as good an entertainer as the one
who sold me the books "- Exchange.
Elementary. Watson.
“Does Wombat own or rent bto
house?”
"Rents it”
"How do you know?"
"1 know' all right. He scratches
matches on the paint.” — [xjulsvtlie
Courier-Journal.
Short, All Right.
De Tanque-Oh. I believe In a snort
life nnd a merry one. Wigwag—Well.
I guess you'll get the benefit of the
first half of your theory, all right. -
Exchange.
Other Man’s Eyea.
We can only see a- very little bit at a
time; and we moat I think, learn to
believe that other men see bits of truth
aa well aa ourselves.—Drummond.
ARMY AND NAVY TERMS.
Origin of Some of the Titles and Ex
pressions In Use.
Here are the origins of some of the
terms used in the army und navy:
“Captain” is derived from the Latin
“caput,” meaning a head; "colonel"
comes from the Italian “colouua.” a
column, the “compagna colouella” hav
ing been the first company of an in
fantry regiment, the little column
which the “colonel" led. The title
"lieutenant” comes from a word sig
nifying “holding the place”—e. g., a
lieutenant colonel is a sort of under
study for a colonel, a lieutenant looks
after a company in the absence of the
captain, and so on. The titles of “lance
sergeant” and “lance corporal” origi
nated in the fact that In the old days
the holders of those ranks carried a
lance instead of a halberd, round the
head of which was twisted a slow
match. Their duties were to go round
the ranks with these torchlike lances
and give fire to the matchlock men just
before a battle took place.
The word “dragoon” was first used
of a regiment of mounted infantry, so
called from the “dragons,” or short
muskets, with which they were armed;
the well known cavalry call of “Root
and saddle” is really a corruption of
the old French signal, “Doute selle,”
or “Put on your saddles.” “Admiral"
comes from the Arabic “Emir of bagh,"
meaning "Lord of the sea”; “commo
dore” comes from the Italian "com
mandatore;” “mate” is from the Ice
landic and means an equal, and the
term “giving quarter” is believed to
have originated in the agreement which
existed in the old fighting days, that
the ransom of a foot soldier should be
one-quarter of his pay for one year.—
Pearson’s Weekly.
BELFRY OF BRUGES.
A Belgian Landmark That Goes Back
to the Thirteenth Century.
Of all the cities of Belgium Bruges
has best preserved its medieval char
acteristics. Bruges iu Flemish means
bridges, the city deriving its name
from its many bridges, all opening in
the middle to admit of the passage of
vessels. It Is connected with the sea,
eight miles away, by the three canals
from Ghent, Sluys and Ostend.
Dating from the third century,
Bruges ultimately became the metropo
lis of the world’s commerce. Seven
teen privileged trading companies,
from seventeen different kingdoms,
settled there, while its importance was
such that twenty ministers from for
eign courts at one time had mansions
within its walls.
The belfry of Bruges Is probably the
most famous In the world. It was
built at the end of the thirteenth cen
tury. It is 353 feet high and pos
sesses a carillon of forty-eight bells,
regarded as the finest in Europe. It
is really one of the detached municipal
belfries which were erected in the
twelfth and thirteenth centuries in cer
tain continental towns as Important
symbols of their freedom.
Caxton, the first English printer,
lived at Bruges, th’here he served out
his apprenticeship after the death, in
I 1441. of his first master. Robert I.angc
! (lord mayor of London. 1439-40). Gas
ton lived in Bruges for thirty-five
years, when he returned to London
and set up his press iu Westminster.—
London Answers.
Wellington’s Plans.
Wellington’s reticence once drew a
protest from Lord Uxbridge, the bril
liant cavalry leader, who lost a leg at
Waterloo and became Marquis of An
glesey. On the eve of the great battle
Uxbridge, although next to Welling
ton in command, knew nothing of his
chief’s plans for the morrow's battle.
With trepidation he approached the
duke. If Wellington were killed Ux
bridge would become commander in
chief. What was the plan? The duke
listened patiently. “Tell me, Uxbridge,
who will attack the first tomorrow, 1
or Bonaparte?" “Undoubtedly Bona
parte.” “Well, Bonaparte hasn’t giv
en me any idea of his projects, and. as
my plans depend upon his plans, how
can you expect me to tell you mine?”—
London Standard.
Source of Supply.
“What is one of the principal prod
ucts of the West Indies?1 asked the
teacher.
The class remained dubiously silent.
“Oh, come, think a little!" adjured
the teacher, with patient encourage
ment “Billy, tell the class where the
sugar you use in your home comes
from.” ,
Billy pondered bashfully for a mo
ment. then, blushing, blurted out:
“Sometimes we buy It at tbe grocer’s;
but I think we usually borrow it from
the folks who live next door.”—Chicago
News.
Happy Thought.
Ministerial Friend Ion a visit)—1
wonder what it is that makes your
mamma so happy today? She is sing
ing around all over the house. Little
Nell—I dess she’s thought qf somefln'
to scold papa about when he comes
home.—London Tit-Bits.
An Exception.
“I believe in the motto ‘Never pnt
off till tomorrow what you can do to
day.' ”
“Pay me that $5 them”
“Tbe rale doesn’t apply; that’s some
thing I can’t do today.”—Boston Tran
script _
A Philosopher.
“Takes things as they come, eh?”
“Yea And when they don’t coma he
takes a rest”—Birmingham Age-Her
ald. .
Tbs beautiful seems right by force j
of beauty—HI. B. Browning.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Ter
ritory of AlasKa, ss.:
I, Charles E. Davidson, Secretary
of the Territory of Alaska, do here
by certify that on this date there has
been filed in my office consent e
stockholders to dissolution of the
James E. Wilson Transportation
Company, a domestic corporation or
ganized under, the laws of the Terri
tory of Alaska, and said corporation
'is therefore dissolved.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
Great Seal of the Territory of Alas
ka, at Juneau, this 21st day of De
cember, 1914. (Seal.)
CHARLES E. DAVIDSON,
Secretary of Alaska.
Publications Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In tlie Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of I.
D. Flynn, deceased.—Notice of settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that W. T.
Scott, the administrator of the estate
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and fil
ed in the above entitled court, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th day of February, 1915, at the
hour of two o’clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the court room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by me, tbo
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,
file e«ceptions in writing to the said
account or otherwise contest the al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23rd
day of December, 1914.
(Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE.
U. S. Commissioner' and Ex Officio
Probate Judge, for the Recording
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date last publication February 24,
1915.
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