DOUGHNUTS
* The secret to the doughnuts did not burn.
Come—1 fry them, you buy them—and our
Sale Still Continues
Some fine bargains yet—Lots of new
goods have arrived. -
Entrance, first floor former P. O. Building to
Schmidt’s Table Queen Grocery
The Home of the Home-Made Doughnut.
Fresh Butter and Eggs.
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Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary,
Valdez. Alaska. _
m Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MARCITM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
yJJay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
Pot Ellamar, Landlock Bay,
and Fidalgo, every Wednes
day. 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Kates, Apply «>n Boat.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Juliet Steinmetz, Emmy Petersen
and Mandy Petersen, Heirs of Pe
ter Steinmetz. Deceased, and Devi
sees Under His Will; and Charles
Newbill:
You and each of you are notified
that the undersigned, co-owner with
you of the Big Queen and Little
Queen lode mining claims, situate
near the head of Landlock Bay, Val
dez Precinct, Territory of Alaska, has
performed! the annual labor required
by law to hold said claims for the
year 1916;.that said work was done
in the year 1915 and to the amount
of llOO^ip or for the benefit of each
•f said* claims. And you, Juliet
Steinmetz, Emmy Petersen and Man
dy Pfttersen, are notified that the
amount due from you for said annual
labor as owners of the interest of Pe
ter Steinmetz, deceased, which Mid
interest was an undivided one-third
of said claims, is $66.67. And you,
Charles Newbill, are notified that the
amount due from you for said an
nual labor as owner of an undivided
one-third of said claims is $66.67.
And unless within ninety days aft
er completion of publication of this
notice you pay to your co-owner who
has performed said annual labor, the
proportion thereof due from you as
aforesaid, your Interest in said claims
will become the property of said co
owner.
Dated, February 26, 1916.
ROSS PADEN.
First publication February 26, 1916.
Laat publication May 27, 1916. sat
WA NTS PROTECTION FOR
COLUMBIA BREAD BASKET
to
If an enemy penetrated into the
bref-.! basket, known as the Colum
bia, river valley, there would be fat
picking for a large army. This potent
fact has moved the Astoria commit
tee on national defense to send out
a strong and insistant call for pro
tection. Mr. Harley, chairman of the
Astoria defense committee, wants
the mouth of the river blocked, even
though past efforts have been dir
ected toward keeping it open. The
Central! Hub quotes Mr. Harley as
follows:
“Stjaight up the Columbia, and
reacM^I by a water grade, lies the
great wheat belt of the Northwest,
where, once established, an invading
force could grow fat and prosecute
a campaign with astonishing comfort.
"Realizing this and it is incom
prehensible that people should not
realize it, the question confronts us,
what shall we do about it? To this
question there is to my mind but one
ansVer.
"It is essential that this acceeible
entry to unlimited forage be effec
tively blocked, and the very thought
of invasion of the Columbia basin
should be made ridiculous.
“And if mine laying is effective
against the mightiest naval power on
earth, allied with the fleets of three
of the great powers, all possessing
naval bases within a few hundred
miles of the German coast, then how
great security could we not expect
from its inception at the mouth of
the Columbia river. And it is per
fectly apparent that we must, have a
naval base at the mouth of the river
for a fleet of battleships, scout boats,
mine layers, submarines and destroy
ers to complement the mine fields.”
-—Seattle P. I.
STEAMSHIP OWNERS
COINING MONEY NOW
Steamship owners are coining mon
ey these (lays. At least they should
be. for never before have such high
freight rates been received.
Flour, which three years ago went
to the Orient for $2.50 and $3.50 a
ton. now gets $25 a ton, and there
are chances that it will go higher.
The lumber rate has jumped from $9
to $30; canned salmon from $8 to
$18 and 20. Steel has advanced from
$3 to $30. possibly more, and there
are large quantities of steel moving
in the form of war supplies and rail
road material.
Advances on rail shipments from
the east to the Orient are high. The
same applies on shipments arriving
from the Orient. Even higher rates
are effective on the Atlantic ocean,
say shipping men.
Powder has a rate of $50 a ton,
but the powder rate always has been
high. There is more powder moving
now.
Steamship men say the cost of la
bor. insurance and other operating
necessities has increased since the be
ginning of the war. They admit how
ever. that the advance of freight
rates is greater than the increase in
operating expenses.—Tacoma News.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Feb. 25, 1916.
Barometric pressure .30.347
Temperature 7 p. m.30
Maximum temperature .32
Minimum temperature .19
Mean temperature .25.5
Precipitation .13
Cloudy, wind northeast 4 miles;
mixed snow and rain from 6:30 to
7 p. m.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Alaska, Feb. 26, 1916.
Fairbanks, 39, cloudy, calm.
Salcha, 39; cloudy, windy.
Richardson, 32; part cloudy, high
wind.
Donnelly, 38; 30 inches of snow;
raining, light wind, trail heavy.
McCallum, 25; 46 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Paxson, 36; 30 inches of snow;
cloudy, windy, trail' heavy.
Hogan, 26; 26 Inches of snow;
clear, calm, trail fair.
Gulkana, 36#; 30 inches of snow;
partly cloudy, light wind, trail fair.
.Tonsiua, 42; 25 inches of snow;
cloudy, windy, trail heavy.
Teikhell, 44; 48 Inches of snow;
cloudy, high wind, trail good.
Summit, 105 inches snow; cloudy,
calm, trail drifted.
Wortman’s, 34;'56 inches 3now;
cloudy, calm, trail closed north;
heavy south.
Say, are you going to wait until
the dust'begins .to fly before you get
that automobile, motor cycle or gas
boat overhauled? If you do, don’t
ask us as a special favor to. you to
get your • work out* by noon as you
want to get to your copper prospect
by supper time. There is a chance
that you will miss supper. Valdez
Iron Works. sat-tf
Ernie Erickson, came up from El
lamar on the launch Shamrock last
night. f
Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cookers,
Bakers, Pereoiatora and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
the Emporium. tf
Storm Bring New Crop of Gold.
“The heavy winds and big storms
mean a new crop of gold for beach
mnlng" is the belief of a number of
miners who have had experiences at
Nome and Yakataga, and are pre
paring lo return to beach diggings
for next summer. Miners claim that
it is an absolute fact that after
heavy storms gold mining prospects
may be found where the ground had
already been worked out.
New Placer Gold Discovery.
A discovery of placer gold has
been made oil Gold Creek, which is
about three miles from Henry Wil
liam bay, the half-way place between
Juneau and Skagway. The creek is
about a mile and a half long and
| forks around a considerable dome
composed of granite, shale, and small
!stringers of quartz. Pans yielding
as high as ten cents have been
found by the miners and they have
built a substantial cabin and are pre
paring to begin active mining. Wa
ter has prevented sinking to. bedrock
but the miners are confident that the
ground is only about eight or ten
feet deep and can be worked to ad
vantage by bedrock drains.
j Marshall City Good Producer.
John Allman, writing to friends in
Juneau from Marshall City, says that
camp is showing up well and should
be a good producer with a little pros
pecting. He says that Willow creek,
one of the new creeks discovered last
spring, has already produced $10,000
from three claims, and these are be
worked only in a small way. Georg*
Reily, one of the most successful
miners in interior Alaska, has leased
a number of claims and will put in
a steam scraper next spring. About
fifty white men are in the camp and
' it is reported that there will be
enough work for one hundred more
j men when spring operations begin.
Steamer Ramona Salvaged,
j The steamer Ramona which went
I to the bottom off Spanish Island in
Sumner strait, five years ago is be
ing salvaged by Diver C. P. Stagger.
He recently located the vessel in ten
fathoms of water and says that she
is resting easily between two large
rocks which have protected her from
being crushed. The boilers are re
ported as being in fairly good condi
tion notwithstanding the fact that
they have been five years under wa
ter. Two auchors and several fath
oms of cable were secured on the first
trip and the diver will attempt to re
cover one hundred and twenty tons
of piglron which was used as ballast,
and nine hundred dollars which was
in the safe when the steamer went
down.
i-iOCAIi BREVITIES.
John Erickson, of Ellamar, is
spending a few days in Valdez.
Pictures .level.roed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
John Stolter will be an incoming
passenger on the Northwestern from
Seattle.
A fine display of nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Mrs. J. H. Harvey will arrived on
the Admiral Evans to join her hus
band after spending several weeks
visiting relatives in Seattle.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. (island's.
Prices reasonable. *
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Joe Schultz, who has spent the
winter in the States, will be an in
coming passenger on the Northwest
ern. .
—
Kodak Supplies at ;ne Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Angus McDonald, who has been
developing a copper property at Fi
dalgo Bay, came up to Valdez last
night on the launch Shamrock and
will leave on one of the first boats for
Cordova, en route to Chitina, where
he has mining interests.
Just Received—-the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Ftr good nome-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. •
Pure Fresh Drugs at the 'Valdez
Drug Store. •
Valdez Drug company nave a fine
line of School Stationery tf.
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love^Whitley’s.
Panoramic views of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson. Valdes and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdes Drug
store. tf
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska wear. Ouy F. Cameron,
Tailor. tf
For Sale.
Launch 3-M, 67x12x3.6. Make us
an offer. T. J. Morris, by D. B. Mor
ris, Agent. Call Prospector office, tf
ODD MEMORY TEST.
A Bit of Nonsense Literature Whose
Author Is Unknown.
There Is an oild hit of composition
that has figured in nonsense literature
as follows:
"So she went into a garden to pick
a cabbage leaf, to make an apple pie
of. and a she bear, coming up the
street, put her head into the shop and
said. 'Do you sell any soap?' So site
died, ainr he very imprudently mar
ried the barber, and the powder fell
out of the counselor's wig. and poor
Mrs. MacKay’s puddings were quite
entirely spoilt, and there were present;
the Garnclles and the Goblilies and
the Pickaninnies and the great Panjan
drum himself, with the little round
button at top. and tbe.v played at the
ancient game of 'catch who catch can'
till the gunpowder ran out of the heels
of their hoots."
The origin of the passage is obscure.
Maria Edgeworth i17G7-1S49i. quotes it
in one of her stories, attributing it to
Samuel Foote <1720-77*. The British
Quarterly Iteview said (hat Foote
wrote it in order to test a certain lec
turer who claimed that, he could learn
anything by rote on once bearing It.
Another account says that it was
written by an actor named James
Quinn (I<i!*:M7ti(P to puzzle Foote,
with whom he had a wager that Foote
could not memorize something that
Quinn would write. Foote anti Quinn
both were noted actors in their day.
and tlic nonsensical passage probably
was the omgrowtb of some convivial
contest of wits between them
It used to figure in school rhetorics
to illustrate the difficulty of memoriz
ing something that had no sense to it
COLORING METALS.
Almost Any Hue, Bright and Lasting,
Quickly Imparted to Brass.
It lia-i been found that metals may he
colored quietly and cheaply b.v forming
on their surface a coating of a thin
film of a sulphide. In five minutes
brass articles may be coated any color,
varying from gold to copper red. then
to carmine, dark red and from light
aniline blue to a blue-white like sul
phide of lead and at last a reddish
white, according to the thickness of
the coat, which depends on the length
of time the metal remains in the solu
tion used. The colors possess a very
good luster, and if the articles to be
colored have been previously thorough
ly cleaned by means of acids and alka
lies they adhere so firmly that they
may he operated upon by the polishing
steel.
To prepare the solution dissolve half
an ounce of byposulphide of soda in
one pound of water and add half an
ounce of acetate of lead dissolved in
half a pound of water. When this clear
solution Is heated to from 190 to 200
degrees F. It decomposes slowly and
precipitates sulphide of lead in brown
flakes If metal be now present a part
of the sulphide of lead is deposited
thereon, and according to the thickness
of the deposited sulphide of lead the
above colors are produced. To produce
an even coloring the articles must be
evenly heated iron heated with this
solution takes a steel blue color and
will retain the coloring unless some
abrasive Is used to remove It.- Tendon
Chronicle.
Tbs Penalty of Pride.
'■When 1 was running a circus." said
a retired showman. “1 never lost an op
portunity of advertising. I always
made it a point lo get my name every
where, and whenever any one asked
for my .autograph you may be sure he
got it. Once when I went to a little
town a great string of boys and girls
stood In a line waiting for a chance to
get my autograph on the small cards
they curried. I wrote then) as fast as
I could, thinking proudly. ’Fells, old
boy. your name is getting to be a house
hold word!’ When 1 looked around the
tent that afternoon I thought all the
school children in the town were there.
That meant money, and I was feeling
pretty happy till I began looking over
the receipts, and then 1 found over a
hundred of m.v autographs with the
word* 'Admit bearer' writteq above
them!"
Hearing Kesnsr Than Sight.
An Irishman, an Englishman and a
Scotchman once went up iuto a tower
to see which conld see the farthest
through a telescope. The Englishman,
who looked first, said:
"Oh. Pat, I can see the minute hand
of a clock four or fire miles away."
“1 can sec the minute baud on the
same oloelc moving." sold the Scotch
man
Pat stood Id amazement listening to
bis comrades. When be looked through
he was seen to smile. Then—'*
"Faith, if 1 don’t bear tbe same clock
striking.’’-Kansas City Times.
One of Those Friends.
"Wombat. I’m a friend of yours and
I most tel) you that today Flubdub
was saying some very mean things
♦bout yon."
“If you are a friend of mine why did
you stand there and listen to him?"
"Well, I’m a friend of hla too."—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Assisting the Wicksd to FIs*
“Tbe wicked flee when do man pur
uueth.” quoted tbe deacon to the minis
ter.
“Tea," said tbe minister, who be
lieved in muscular Christianity. “That
is true, but they make much better
time when somebody is after them."—
ladles’ Home Journal.
Laurel Leave*
According to an old tradition, laaret
communicatee tbe spirit of poetry and
prophecy, teener tbe custom of puttmft
laurel leaves under Osh's pillow t® ac
quire inept ratio*.
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time—Let us do the
, worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed j j Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone fi*i ' / Roa^h Dry 10c lb
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone (S3 Chs!>. Pitcher, Propr.
1 VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
| Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
a Absentees Business Properly Handled
| Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLl MBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings. Valves. Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
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, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
{Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.|
[ PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND !
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California Alaska i
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I ALASKA |
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on \
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
\ Htearner Wallins: 15th call* lllamaa and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Kaik $
I’ and Anchorage. J
CALIFORNIA
Seattle M'lu Piaad«o every Wednesday and Sunday, canretilts with S
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California. £
! High' reserved to change schedule without notice
| RICHARD J. R1NOWOOD. M*r„ Seattle) VALDBZ DOCK CO. Coral Agt
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
8. *. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAUL 1W*M SE
ATTLE THE 10TH. BOTH AND BOTH,
EVERY MONTH
r
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—«TH, I8TH, B8TH, FOR CORDOVA.
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
' Creek. Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellaniar, Valdes u<is
touohe. Bxploaivea. SB. SewarA on the Bth; Da tour he, on the 15th; STB.
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reaerved to uhangn this schedule
without notion.
I. a. TRACY, Goal Agent VALDU DOCK CO, Local Agent.