Valdez Mercantile Co.>.c
TRUE VALUES
Will Come To Valdez
Santa Claus is due to arrive here on sched
ule time notwithstanding some reports to
the contrary. Many thought it would be
rather “hard going” for Old Santa this year
but after seeing our assortment of Toys and
asking the prices they have had a “change
of heart” and decided to help him along.
Here are a few suggestions for the
“Kiddie’s” Xmas
Dolls.75c to $2.25
Laundry Sets .$1'75
Doll Beds ..50s to $2.25
Washing Machines .$1.75
Tea Sets .$1-75
Doll Furniture .3c to $1.25
building Blocks .25c to 75c
Books .15c UP
Tool Chests .$200
Mysto Erector.$2.25 to $4.50
Drums .40c to $2.25
Mechanical Toys.25c and up
Sleds .$1.35 to $1.75
Air rifle .$2.00
Games .10c and up
CHRISTMAS CANDLES AND DECORATIONS
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
dentist
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms oyer Owl Drun store. Office houra
9 a. m.. to 6 II. m.. 7 p. m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. S0
Hours—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9p. m.
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
! LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorney* at Law
Office* in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 81 VALDEZ
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
;Ci»U Engineer and[
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Una Printing Valdes, Alaska.
Summons for Publication.
In Justice’s Court for Valdez Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
Frances Wilson, plaintiff, vs. Anna
Guenther, defendant.—Summons for
Publication.
To the defendant, Anna Guenther:
Take notice that you have been sued
in the above-named court by the
above-named plaintiff upon an ac
count for goods sold and delivered,
in the sum of $55.50; that personal
property belonging to you has been
attached to satisfy said claim; and
unless you appear and plead to plain
tiff’s complaint within thirty days af
ter completion of publication of this
summons, to-wit, within thirty days
after December 21, 1914, plaintiff will
take judgment for the sale of said
attached property to satisfy her claim
against you.
This publication is made pursuant
to an order of the court dated No
vember 9, 1914.
(Seal) GEO. J. LOVE,
Commissioner and Ex Officio Justice
of the Peace.
First publication November 9,1914.
Last publication December 14,1914.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
Qualifying His Statement.
Disgusted Fisherman—You said this
was a good pond for fish!
Boy—It Is, but I never see one in It
—Chicago News.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide U ■
hies issued by the Coast and GeodeC
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdez
and is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the time of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths:
Monday, Dec. 14.
High tide 9:16 a. m„ 10.4; 10:42
p. m., 7.1.
Low tide 2:53 a. m., 2.7; 4:26 p.
m„ 0.9.
Tuesday, Dec. 15.
High tide 10:06 a .m„ 11.0; 11:36
p. m., 7.4.
Low tide 3:46 a. m., 2.8; 5:16 p.
m., 1.7.
Wednesday, Dec. 16.
High tide 10:55 a .m., 11.3.
Low tide 4:41 a. m., 2.8; 6:04 p.
m., 2.1.
Thursday, Dec. 17.
High tide 12:26 a. m., 7.6; 11:43 a.
m., 11.4.
Low tide 5:33 a. m., 2.7; 6:51 p.
m., 2.2.
Friday, Dec.' 18.
High tide 1:12 a. m„ 7.7; 12:31
p. m., 11.2.
Low tide 6:22 a .m., 2.7; 7:37 p.
m., 2.0.
Saturday, Dec. 19.
High tide 1:59 a. m„ 7.8; 1:19 p.
m„ 10.7.
Low tide 7:12 a. m., 2.7; 8:21 p.
m., 1.5.
8unday, Dec. 20.
High tide 2:45 a. m., 7.8; 2:06 p.
m. 10.0
Low tide 8:03 a. m., 2.8; 9:05 p.
m., 0.8.
Monday, Dec. 21.
High tide 3:31 a. m., 7.7; 2:54 p.
m., 9.0.
Low tide 8:68 a. m., 3.0; 9:48 p.
m., 0.0.
Tuesday, Dec. 22.
High tide 4:17 a .m., 7.7; 3:46 p.
m., 8.0.
Low tide 9:59 a. m„ 3.2; 10:30 p.
m., 0.9.
Wednesday, Dec. 23.
High tide 5:05 a. m„ 7.7.; 4:46
p. m., 7.0.
Low tide 11:09 a. m., 3.3; 11:14 p.
m., 1.8.
Thursday, Dec. 24.
High tide 5:53 a. m., 7.8; 5:57 p.
m„ 6.1.
Low tide 12:58 a. m„ 3.1; 11:59
a. m., 2.6.
Friday, Dec. 25.
High tide 6:41 a. m., 7.9; 7:24 p.
m„ 5.7.
Low tide 1:46 p. m., 2.1.
Saturday, Dec. 26.
• High tide 7:28 a. m., 8.1; 8:50 p.
m., 5.6. t
Low tide 12:61 a. m., 3.3; 2:51 p.
m., 2.0.
8unday, Dec. 27.
High tide 8:14 a. m., 8.4; 10:52 p.
m., 6.2.
Low tide 1:46 a. m., 3.8; 3:43 p.
m., 1.3.
PICTURESQUE ICE FIELDS.
Scenio Beauties of Uncle Sam’s Glacier
National Park.
Thut the Ice fields of Glacier Nation
al park present some of the best ex
amples of active glaciers now found in
the United States, is a statement made
by W. C. Alden In a government pam
phlet. "They have a splendid setting
in magnificent alpine scenery,” says
Mr. Alden, “unsurpassed in grandeur
anywhere. Hidden away in the reces
ses of the mighty mountain ranges,
these rare and wonderful features form
a climax to many of the interesting
trips open to the tourist.
“There are in the park about ninety
small glaciers, ranging in size from
Blackfeet glacier, with Its three square
miles of ice, down to masses but a few
acres in extent, yet exhibiting the char
acteristics of true glaciers.
“After examining these features one
can easily picture to himself ns he
looks down the valleys the great rivers
of ice which in ages past cascaded
from the cliffs below the upper cirques,
converged as tributaries from the many
branch valleys and united in great
trunk glaciers. In imagination he can
see these great glaciers, many hun
dreds of feet in depth, filling the great
mountain valleys from side to side and
deploying thence upon the bordering
plains. He seems to see these mighty
engines plucking away the rock ribs of
the mountains, smoothing, grinding
and polishing the irregularities and
sweeping away the debris to be spread
on the plains below. These glaciers
developed and extended three times
and, after each development, the con
gealed masses melted away on the re
turn of milder climatic conditions, un
til at length only the small cliff gla
ciers of the present day are left lurking
in the protected recesses at the heads
of the capacious valleys.
“Many of the rock walled amphithe
aters are no longer occupied by ice, but
from all there issues streams fed by
the melting snow or ice. These plunge
over the cliffs in beautiful, foaming
cascades and rush on down the moun
tain gorges. The melting glaciers left
many inclosed basins, large and small,
and in these the waters rest awhile
and mirror In their crystal depths the
dark green of the surrounding forests,
the rich colors of the rugged mountain
walls and the deep blue of the cloud
flecked sky. On, again, from lake to
lake, the waters flow and finally start
down their long courses to the sea to
merge at length with the chill waters
of Hudson bay, the balmy tides of the
Gulf of Mexico or the rolling billows
of the Pacific.”
WEIGHT OF AIR.
One Cubic Foot of Atmoephere Weighs
More Than an Ounce.
The common belief that air -weighs
nothing or almost nothing, a belief
which has given rise to the simile
“light as air,” needs correction.
A toy balloon filled with a cubic
foot of air weighs 564 grains more than
the same balloon collapsed. This shows
that the weight of a cubic foot of ntr
is 564 grains, which is a good deal
more than an ounce. Accordingly a
small room (15 by 15 by 10) contain
ing 2,250 cubic feet of nir would weigh
2,900 ounces, or 183.7 pounds avoirdu
pois, as much as a large man. Could
you lift a room full of air?
The air in an automobile tire under
pressure of 150 pounds a square inch
weighs proportionally ten times as
much, while air under the pressure of
fifty atmospheres weighs fifty times as
much as an equal volume of ordinary
air. When air is liquefied its volume
is reduced to one sixteen-hundredth
normal, so that the liquid is 1,600 times
as heavy as gaseous air, or about us
heavy as water.—St. Louis Post Dis
patch.
Advice.
Howell—Lend me a dollar, old man.
Powell—I haven’t a cent
Howell—Why don’t yon save some*
thing for a rainy day?—Chicago News.
Handieapped.
Mother (severely)—Bobble, wby didn't
you take off your cap when Mrs. Jones
called?
Bobby—Aw, how could I? I bad a
piece of custard pie In It.—Chicago
News
BANKUTU CANNIBALS.
A Belgian Kongo Savage Tribe That
Cannot Be Subdued.
The cannibal Baukutus of Belgian
Kongo make a practice of removing
the upper Incisors. Their dress con
sists of a plaited skirt, which does not
quite meet on the right thigh. But the
women of the south wear a hide girdle
with a deep fringe of palm fiber string.
Among this tribe the slaves are com
pelled to wear a special dress, which
Is, In fact, the ordinary costume of
the Akela, to which tribe most of them
belong. The Baukutus are great canni
bals as far ns the male members of
the tribe are concerned, and the vic
tims are always slnves. In fact, all
slaves are ultimately eaten, since It is
believed that if a slave were burled
his ghost would kill his master.
Their chief weapon Is the bow, poison
being used on the arrows. Shields are
now obsolete. One of their most Inter
esting points is their use of a conven
tional throwing knife ns currency. The
Baukutus are almost the only tribe of
this region who have been successful
in resisting the advance of the white
man. This fuct is due to their skill in
forest warfare. The way leading to
their village Is defended by poisoned
spikes hidden by leaves. They use
bows and arrows set like traps in the
form of primitive spring guns and are
quite ready If a white man is expected
to bait such traps with a live baby,
being sure that the European will be
unable to resist the temptation to pick
up an apparently abandoned child. The
poison they use is absolutely deadly.
THE CHANGING TIDES.
Causes That Contribute to the Rise
and Fall of the Ocean.
Many people regnrd the rise and fall
of the ocean as a profound and baffling
mystery.
The mystery really is not very hard
to understand. As we all know, the
surface of the ocean rises and falls
twice in every lunar day, this rise ap
pearing along a coast to be a horizon
tal motion—always ebbing or flowing.
Now, the lunar day consists of about
twenty-five hours. Thus, of course, the
“time” of the tides varies each day.
Tile tides, moreover, do not always rise
to the same height. Every fortnight,
with the new and full moon, they rise
very much higher than at other times.
These high tides are called "spring”
tides, the alternating low tides being
termed “neap.” When the moon is
nearest to the earth the rise and fall
of the ocean are markedly increased.
Thus the spring tides are greatest at
the equinoxes—i. e.. at the end of March
and the end of September.
Yes, you say, but what has the mooa
to do with it at all? Surely it is the
sun which attracts the earth.
That is so. But, although the sun’s
attraction on the earth is far greater
than the moon’s, the moon is so very
much nearer to the earth that the dif
ference between its attraction at the
center and on the surface is three
times as great ns the sun’s. And it is
this difference which causes tides.—
London Answers.
A Trick of Oratory.
Victor Murdock says that the best
advice he ever received in regard to
public speaking was from a hack dri
ver. After making one of his maiden
speeches in Kansas he was being driv
en to the railway station by the polite
liveryman.
“Like the speech?” asked Victor.
"Y'eh,” answered the driver, “only
you’d get more hand claps if you’d al
ways put the names at the last when
you say anything.”
Victor didn’t understand, so the dri
ver explained:
“You spoke of Henry Clay and
Grant and James G. Blaine and then
went on to tell about what they did.
You ought to go over the things they
did and then say, ‘That’s what was
done by Clay and Grant and James G.
Blaine!’ Always put the names last
and the crowd’ll take more interest”—
New York Sun.
Long Lived Ships.
If the life of the old man-of-war
was longer than that of the present
Dreadnought the old merchantman liv
ed longer still. The Lively, for in
stance, when wrecked at Cromer in
1888, had been af oat two years over a
century. The Liberty, too, built at
Whitby in 1750, was in regular use
till 1856, and the Betsy Cains, which
began life as a frigate and ended as a
collier, went down in her one hundred
and thirty-seventh year. And in 1902,
according to a dally paper, the Anita,
then trading between Spain and Amer
ica, dated from the days of Columbus.
--London Standard.
On the Safe Side.
•‘If you were a bird what sort would
you rather be?"
“Why, an eagle. He's so majestic!
What sort of bird would you rather
be?”
“I guess I’d rather be a jaybird.”
“The deuce! Why a jaybird?”
“I’ve never seen u jaybird shut up In
a zoo.”—Birmingham Age-Herald.
It Would Make a Difference.
Scbooolmaster— Now, If your mother
Were to give you a large apple and a
smnll one and told you to divide with
your brother, which apple would you
give him? Johnny—D’you mean my
big brother or my little brother?—Lon
don Tit-Bits. |
Association of Ideas.
Man (In bakeshop)—My wife told me
to get something else—what was It?
Baker—You have biscuits and a pie—
maybe It was some crullers. Man—No;
I distinctly remember her telling me
not to get things twisted.—Boston
Transcript.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE Call You on Time for the boat
if We Handle Your Baggage.
We Buy and Sell Anything from
Dead Crabs to Live Bears.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
i 7 a m to 9 a in
MEALS< Lunch 12 in to 1 p m
' 6 to 7 p m
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
ARCADE CAFE
“We Never Clone. *’
Private Dining Room.
The Best of Everything. W'e Bake Our Own
Bread and Pantry.g,Bread for’Sale.
Jack Callin - - Proprietor
^4 Complete Servic es
* IN THE HEART OF THE CITY r
1155 Rooms with bath-50 Sample Rooms
WASHED
AND
When
You
lf Use
a
Western Electric
Washer and Wringer
Simply put in the clothes and
start the motor;—in 1 0 to 15
minutes the clothes are washed
white and clean ready to he
hung on the line without the
wear and tear of the wash
board.
Connect to any electric lamp
socket.
Costs only 2 cents an hour to
run.
Let us send one to your home
for 15 days’ free trial?
Alaska Water, Light
& Telephone Go.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
"back” a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of th£ man
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
doHaA.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.