On the Boat Received
A fresh new line of Cakes from
the National Biscuit Co.
i
A big shipment of Hunt’s famous
Canned Fruits—the kinds that are
not lye pealed.
Atwell selected line of fresh fruits
and vegetables.
Enter the V. M. Garden
and Vegetable Contest
open to ail Children
sixteen years and young
er-four prizes-start your
garden plot at once.
ValdezMercantileCo.
THE
PINZON BAR
W. I. Levy, Prop.
Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars,
Cigarettes, Tobaccos and
Smokers’ Sundries.
PHONE 69 Me Kinley St., Valdez
PHONE 44 Fresh Fruits—Fresh Vegetables
AMOCAT CANNED GOODS
Washington Creamery Butter, Fresh Ranch Eggs, Cheese
HEINZ 57 VARIETIES
KEYSTONE PRODUCE CO.,E
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
A*ts. for EQUITABLE Life Ins.
Public
I
Accounting
Stenography
Reed Bldg.
Phone. 196
the VANITIE SHOP
#12 Worth of Work for #10.
Hairdressing . $1.00
Manicuring .Goe to 75c
Plain Shampooing $1.00
Med. Shampooing .81.25
Dry Shampooing $1.00
Facial Massage $1.00
Scalp Treatment . $1.00
Med. Scalp Treatment . $1.25
High Frequency Hot Oil $1.60
Violet hay Treatment... $1.50
Bleaching per hour. 75e
Dyeing per hour.$1.0'J
Nestle Permanent Wav
ing, per curl .1.00
Baths . 50c
Combings Made Up
oovkkxmioxt to i'ioi.d
KXAMIXAT1 OX AT .IIXKAV
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that a steno
grapher and typewriter examination
will be held in this city on June 2,
1917, to establish » register of eligi
ble* from whifek election may be made
to fill • ’fancies as they may occur in
the pos. a of stenographer and type
writer, h«..d service, age, 18 years or
over. Roth men and women will he ad
mitted to the examination. Several va
cancies now exist in the position of
male stenographer and typewriter;
entrance salary $900 to $1,200.
\ Application blank and pamphlet of
Vformation may be obtained from
Charles Naghel, local secretary, board
oLcivil service examiners, at the Sur
veyor-General’s office at Juneau or
the Secretary, 11th civil service dis
trict. 303 po3t office building, Seattle,
Wash.
Experts to Aid Gardeners.
NEW ORLEANS, La. The State
Agricultural Commissioner today des
ignated two experts from his depart
ment to give free instruction in truck
! gardening to all persons applying in
I New Orleans.
. Goods coming on every boat for the
' Emporium, open for business from 2
j to 6 and 7 to • p. m. tf
For Sale.
1 complete sawmill outfit with plan
jcrs (Russell & Co.) 11-13. Nominal
i h. p. 35. Indicated h. p. 77.
| Circular saws and other materials
1 new Willamette Donkey engi.'.c.
8%-10.
1 slightly used W'illamette Donkey
Engine 7 %-10.
2 slightly used Florry Donkey En
gines, 7-10.
For further information write >>
wire
ALASKA ANTHRACITE RY. CO.
Per Geo. W. Nelson,
tf Katalla, Alas.*;;.
AI JEN TEACHERS OF
STATE WILL RE OUSTED
OLYMPIA, May 3.—Aliens will be
barred from teaching in the schools
of the state after September 1, 1917,
as a result of & resolution unanimous
ly adopted by the state board of edu
cation in session here yesterday. The
resolution provides that no one who
is not a citizen of the United States
or who has not declared his intention
of becoming one can teach in the
common schools after September 1.
while in institutions of higher learn
ing exception is made on behalf of
"exchange" professors and some spe
cial instructors. Special schools under
state control are also exempted. The
resolution reads as follows:
"Resolved that beginning Septem
ber 1, 1917, no person shall be em
ployed in the common schools of the
ctate or in institutions of higher
learning, except as exchange profes
sors or temporary instructors, or in
special schools under state control,
who is not a citizen of the United
States, or who has not declared his
intention of becoming a citizen.”
A resolution was adopted provid
ing that every certificate issued in th's
state shall contain an appended state
ment of all subjects which the hold
er is authorized to teach.
| NEWS PRINT MAKERS
HAVE BEEN INDICTED
NEW YORK, May 3.—The News
Print Manufacturer’s association and
seven members of its executive com
mittee were indicted today by the fed
eral grand Jury, charged with viola
tion of the Sherman anti-trust law.
The seven individual defendants
are George H. Mead, Philip T. Dodge,
Gordon H. P. Gould, George Chahoon,
Jr., Edward W. Backus, Alexander
Smith and Frank J. Sensen Brenner,
jail heads of large news print paper
| manufacturing concerns, who togeth
ier are said to control 55 per cent of;
!the news print paper production of
| the country.
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1 >11X1 SI KHS REFUSE
TO MARRY SLACKERS
CHICAGO. May 3.—While the ar
jiuay. navy and marine coips recruit
ing officers are clamoring for more
men. the rush for marriage licenses
i continued today. Numbers of men
j were waiting when the bureau open
| ed for the day s business. Recruiting
'details were stationed in the license
^office to attempt to dissuade men seek
I i.ig matrimony to escape war duty,
j Meanwhile a number of ministers
announced that they would not per
form the wedding ceremony for a
“slacker."
I ^
j PREDICT MEAT SHORTAGE
AND SCARCITY OF FATS
_
BKRKELY, Cal., May 3.—Ameri
ican people cannot be starved but a
j shortage of meats and fats will come,
[according to an announcement made
public by the committee on resources
and food supply of the California
State Council of Defense.
The committee, in view of the war
emergency, urges the farmer to pro
duce the greatest quantities possible
of meat animals, eggs, butter, milk
and forage crops, such as milo, Egyp
' ian corn, morkhum, brown durra and
Sudan grass, which gives maximum
results from a minimum effort.
SPOKANE GERMANS ARE j
GIVING UP THEIR ARMS
SPOKANE, Wash., May 3.—Spo
kane Germans are voluntarily giving
up their firearms in compliance with
President Wilson’s proclamation:
“Several Germans of the city have
i voluntarily come in and given up their
‘weapons,” said District Attorney Gar
i reht. “Under the terms of the procla
mation they cannot retain them.
No orders have been received to;
search German homes as yet.
.» ■
EXI ST RECEIVES AN
OFFICER’S COMMISSION
I -
Master Signal Electrican Faust, of
the local cable office, this morning re
ceived a commission from the War
Department as First Lieutenant, U. S.
Signal Corps, Officers’ Reserve Corps,
Advices were also received that when
( apt. Robert M. Nolan shall be reliev
ed from service here. Lieut. Faust will
he appointed to succeed him as Officer
in Charge of this division of the mil
itary cable and telegraph system.
iAPPEALS TO GERMANS
'IX) CONTINUE THE WAR
BERLIN, May 3—The Norddeutsch
Allgemine Zeitung appeals to the Ger
man people not to give up for the
sake of a mouthful of bread, but to
hold out a little while longer, that En
gland 1b beaten and America is en
tering the war to save what money she
put Into the ammunition business.
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The launch Prospector of Cordova,
with VV. E. McDonald of the forest
service, arrived in port last evening.
Mr. McDonald is making a cruise of
the Sound in the interest of the serv
ice.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE:
Lrs. Fort Liscum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUE8DAYS.
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*0 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Jamaica discovered in 1494.
Mouth of the Amazon discovered by |
Cabral in 1500.
Jamaica taken by the English from
Spain in 1655.
Lord Cornbury became governor of
New York in 1702.
First American medical school
founded 1765.
Havre Da Grace, Maryland, burned
by the British in 1813.
Williugton created a Duke and giv
en 413.000 pounds in 1814.
Captain Boss and Lieutenant Parry
sailed to find the Northwest l'assage
in 1818.
President Lincoln directed the sus
t
pension of habeas corpus in certain
cases, in 1861.
Turkey closed the Danube and
blockaded th" Black Sea In 1877.
Merchants bridge across the Missis
sippi river completed at St. Louis in
1890.
Japanese sank steamer and block
aded Port Arthur in 1904.
University of Pennsylvania sent an I
expedition to explore the upper Ama
zon in 1912.
WILL MAKE LOANS
TO ITALY AND IKANCE!
.secretary of Treasury Anoiiunres Him
tired Million lie Loaned Each
WASHINGTON. I). May 2.
.Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo an
nounced this morning that a loan of
i 1 "O.OflO.OOn would lie made both to
'ranee and Italy, and that $25,000,
0(1" would be turned over to the rep
resentatives of the Italian government
today. He announced that the plan
would probably be adopted of issuing
treasury certificates twice monthly,
and that it was expected two billions
would be raised in this manner before
the first of July.
GOVKHXMKNT WINS SI IT
H»K KAIRIMIAII RAMIS
WASHINGTON I). May 2.
Deciding the Oregon-C’alifornia land
case today, the Supreme Court issued
•i decree enoining the Southern Pa
cific Railroad company from dispos
ing of timber or minerals on its lands
received by Congressional grant.
By the same decision the govern
ment won its suit against the South
ern Pacific Railroad to regain land
worth $20,000.000.
XKW COMMISSION MAI*
HAS KKKX KKCKIVKHi
Tile 10 It! map gotten out by the'
Alaska Road Commission, has just
! een received by the Commission, one
of which is on display in the window
ef the oflice. The new map is the most
complete ever issued of Alaska, show
ing every town, road, trail, railroad,
telegraph, cable and wireless stations
and a vast amount of other informa
tion invaluable to every resident of
the north. The maps are offered for
sale at the nominal price of $1 each,
and at this price the supply should be
speedily exhausted.
WILL STICK JUST
LIKK A BROTH KR
WASHINGTON, D. C.. May 3.—
The State Department has received a
report from Petrograd today thgt Rus
sia is no more likely to abandon the
war than is the United States. "We
will stick it out” is the basis of the
report.
A force Of men will start to work
on the aidewalks and crossstreets this
week. Many of them are in bad con
dition and the Council at its meeting
last night voted to make the neces
sary repairs.
The Moose Lodge has raised a Hag
pole over its hall and is displaying
Old Glory.
Olaf Olson is a visitor in town from
the Granby.
Launch Patsy
for Charter Amvyliere ou
VALDEZ BAY
At any Time Day or Night
J. D. Jefferson
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Travel on Wells Fargo Traveller's Cheques
They will make money matters simple
and easy for you in any part of the
world. They will relieve you of worry
over the safety of your travel funds.
They are as convenient as an “In
ternational Currency” would be, and as
safe to carry as your personal check
hook. We issue them. Call or write for
booklet.
The First Bank of Valdez
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
JOBPER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street
Electrical Supplies
Only the best manufacturers are repre
sented in our stock. All electrical
supplies we sell are guaranteed
products.
Make your electrical purchases here
and have .the assurance of absolute
satisfaction and quality.
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Tele. Co.
.MAKII’OSA IRK b'KOM
SOUTH THIS KVKMXO
Advices received at the local steam
ship office state that the steamer Mar
iposa. from the south, is due to ar
tive here about 7 o'clock this even
ing.
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The Misses Lulu anti Margaret
Learn and Kae Learn, children of the
llev. Geo. A. Learn, superintendent of
the Kodiak Baptist Orphanage, were
passengers on the Farragut for home
after a visit to the States.
E. S. Hewitt, the L. C. Smith type
writer man. is a visitor in town, ar
riving last night on the Farragut.
All of the latest Books. Magazines
and News Papers received on each
boat. Valdez Drug Co. tf
A pretty line of colored crochet
cotton and stamped pillow slips at
the Needlecraft Shop. tf
Remember your friends by sendiug
them a Panoramic View, a new lot
just received. Valdez Drug Co tf
Time tabi,kn for may.
Thursday, May 3—
First high ttde 10:05 a. m., 7.2.
Secondjhigh tide 10:09 p. m., 7.2.
First low tide 4:05 a. m., 1.5.
Second low tide 3:49 p. m., 2.2.
Friday. May 4—
First high tide 10:53 a. m., 7.1.
Second high tide 10:34 p. m., 8.9. j
First low tide 4:41 a. m., 0.6
Second low tide 4:23 p. m.. 2.2.
Saturday. May 6—
■First high ttde 11:33 a. ra.. 7.3.
Second high tide 11:06 p. iu., 9.4.
First low tide 5:16 a. m.. —0.1.
Second low tide 4:57 a. m.. 2.3.
Sunday. May 6—
First high tide 12:0S p. m.. 7.4.
Second high tide 11:38 p. m.. 9.8.
First low tide 5:51 a. in., —-0.S.
Second low tide 5:30 p. m., 2.3.
Monday, May 7—
First high tide 12:52 p. ni., 7.4.
First low tide 6:27 a. in., —1.2.
Second low tide 6:07 p. m.. 2.4.
Tuesday, May 8—
First high tide 0:13 a. m., 10.0.
Second high tide 1:23 p. m., 7.4.
First low tide 7:06 a. m., —1.5.
Second low tide 6:43 p. nt.. 2.6.
Wednesday. May 9—
First high tide 0:51 a. m„. 10.1.
Second high tide 2:17 p. m., 7.2.
First low tide 7:48 a. m., —1.5.
Second low tide 7:26 p. ro.. 2.7.
Thursday, May 10—
First high tide 1:32 a. m.. 9.9.
Second high tide 3:05 p. m., 7.0.
First low tide 8:32 a. m.. — 1.3.
Second low tide 8:12 p. ui.. 3.0.
Friday. May 11—
First high tide 2:18 a. in.. 9.6.
Second high tide 3:59. p. m., 6.8.
First low tide 8:22 a. m.. —0.9.
Second low tide 9:06 p. m.. 3.2.
Saturday, May 12—
First high tide 3:12 a. m.. 8.9.
Second high tide 4:59 p. m.. 6.3.
First low tide 10:15 a. m., 0.4.
Second low tide 10:14 p. in.. 3.3.
Sunday. May 13—
First high tide 4:16 a. in.. ,8.2.
Second high tide 6:03 p. 'u., «.2.
First low tide 11:14 a. m., 0.2.
Second io wtide 11:37 p. «u„ 3.2.
Monday. May 14—
First high tide 5:35 a. m.. 7.5.
Second high tide 7:06 p. ni.. 7.7.
First low tide 12:17 p. m.. 0.8.
Tuesday. May 16—
First high tide 7:03 a. in., 7.2.
Second hig htide 8:02 p. m.. 8.3.
First low tide 1:10 a. m., 2.6. •
Second low tide 1:21 p. in., 1.2.
Wednesday, May 16—
First high tide 8:26 a. ni., 7.1.
Second high tide 8:51 p. m.. 0.0.
First low tide 2:80 a. in.. 1.6.
Second low tide 2.2t p w.. 1.5.