. Valdez Mercantile Co.«
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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. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
rb.i-.no DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 18 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Druit store. Office hours
8 a. m., to6t>. m„ 7 p. m., to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work euaranteed
DR. M.O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. BB
HOURS—9 to 12 a. n.; 1 to 6 and7 to9p. a.
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS A RITCHIE
Attorney* at Law
Office* In Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
C E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
► Offices Wall Street
► Phone Si VALDEZ
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
|CM1 Engineer andj
U. S. Deputy Lend and
Mineral Surveyor
Hue Printing Taldea, Alaeb,
f
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
Brave Fighting.
“One of the Bravest” is the title
•of the fine two-reel production at the
Orpheum tonight. This picture shows
some sensational deeds by firemen,
etc. Also laughable comedy called
"His Brother’s Wives at the Harem.”
Subscribe for the Prospector.
G. O. Reinke, tne watchmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
Remington ana smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Double Meaning,
—N. A A
Billionaire's Son—My dad says he
was happier when he was working for
$10 a week.
Friend — Everybody was. — Chicago
Dally News. _
Main Entrance to Palace of Machinery at Pan
ama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915
Copyright lilt by Panama-Pacific Internationa) Exposition Co.
THE photographer was stationed at the most northern of the three arched
portals constituting the main western entrance to the palace and
turned his camera to the north. The huge columns adorning this en
trance are of Imitation Sienna and are In warm contrast with the
creamlsh of the "Trarertlne" plaster of which the walls are composed.
The frlasce at the base of the columns and the spandrels shore the archways
of the restlbule are the work ef the sculptor Haig Pattgian. In architectural
style the Falaoe of Machinery la early Homan. The architect Is Clarence B.
Ward ef Sea Muieoa _|
MASQUERADE FOR
TOMORROW NIGHT
The Eagle masquerade will be held
tomorrow night at Eagle Hall. The
'Reinke orchestra has been secured
for the evening. Valuable prizes have
been offered by the management and
many fine costumes will be worn.
All dancers must be masked up to
the time for unmasking. Unmasked
lancers will not be given the privil
ege of the floor.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Matinee at the Orpheum Saturday.
Phil Collins is in town from down
the bay.
See Tod Winter ror your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
Fine Sunday dinner at Mrs. Matil
da Olson’s on Hobart street. Dinner
served at 5 p. m. Phone 219. tf
Art leather goods make appropri
ate Xmas presents. See Valdez Drug
Company. tf
Dunk Stewart is in town from Port
age bay.
The most exquisite hand-painted
china ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man's the tailor. Tel> phone 198.
Chris Iverson came up on the
launch Brighton.
Cooking apples $2 per box at fhe
Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Imported Japanese baskets at Val
dez Drug Co. tf
Yakima netted Gem spuds, 17 lbs.
for 50c at Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Alex. Byers is in town from Port
Wells.
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
A nice line of art pictures just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Over a dozen varieties of apples to
pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Frank Olcase arrived in town from !
Portage bay.
Just arrived largest assortment of
Christmas ties at Ben Silverman’s, tf
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf
_
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Middlekamp
came up this afternoon from Ellamar
and will remain in town a few days.
Matinee at the Orpheum on Sat
urday for the children.
Before purchasing Christmas pres
ent4 drop in and see the stock on dis
play at Valdez Drug Co. tf
G. M. Barry is in town from El.
lamar.
Deliver Mail With Bear Team.
Joe Spenard, the City Expressman,
who has the contract to carry the
mail from the postoffice to the steam
er, yesterday took the mail to the
Admiral Evans with his team of
young bear. Five thousand pounds
of outgoing Christmas mail was taken
to the dock from the postofflce in
20 seconds, a record trip.
Sweat Bathe.
First-class sweat baths and mas
sage parlors at room 6, Montana, tf
TIDE TABLE8 PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
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 glvefi the height of the tide
In feet and tenths:
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 1:69 a. m., 7.8; 1:19 p.
m., 10.7.
Low tide 7:12 a. m., 2.7; S;21 p.
m., 1.5.
Sunday, 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 8:58 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., 8.2; 10:80 p.
m., 0.9.
ART TREASURES OF FRANCE.
Precaution* That Guard Them at the
Louvre, In Paris.
Those who visit the Louvre do not
suspect the labor that is necessary iu
keeping the building in order. It must
be protected at night against Are and
burglars by watchmen, who, with re
volvers at hip and dark lanterns in
hand, make their rounds, accompanied
by police dogs.
Upstairs and downstairs and along
the corridors, snys the Paris corre
spondent of the New York Sun, the
distance they travel amounts to four
miles, and in every room the watch
men must “punch” the clock that
shows whether the rooms have been
inspected and how often.
During the night the most valuable
works of art are kept under lock and
key. When the galleries nre closed to
the public a clever piece of mechanism
is set in motion that carries the royal
jewels, worth millions of dollars, into
a special burglar proof chamber. The
Venus de Milo, too, has her own spe
cial bedroom. An iron shutter rises
from the ground in front of her and
hides the marble features of the god
dess.
In the early morning nn army of
custodians pours through the rooms,
and the process of cleaning begins. A
force of 150 men sets to work with
brooms, dusters and floor polishers.
The custodians exceed the strength of
a company of soldiers on a war foot
ing. There are one ctyief custodian,
three underchiefs, twenty-seven supe
rior and 148 inferior custodians. To
these must be added the Louvre’s arti
sans, for the great place has its own
works department and almost its own
factory.
RADIUM AND LIGHTNING.
And the Better Protection of Horses
During Thunderstorms.
Radium has been discovered vastly
to improve lightning rods in their pro
tection of buildings during thunder
storms. Of course the enormous cost
of radium prevents any practical use
of the fact as yet. But there is a very
fair possibility that the information
gained in this way will lead to a new
form of lightning rod which will be
more efficient or that further experi
ments will show that a tiny quantity
of radium at a reasonable cost will im
prove the protection.
The purpose of lightning rods, of
course, is to catch the electrical cur
rents in the air during a storm and
lead them safely into the ground in
stead of allowing the lightning to pick
its own course down through a house
or church steeple, and their use Is
based on the principle that a metal rod
will give the electricity a smoother
path of less resistance than ordinary
building material.
The whole trouble with lightning
rods now is that, though they can be
made to do the trick if the electrical
discharge is near them, there is no way
to lead electricity through the air to
the rod. ltadlum will do this part of
the work, as has been demonstrated in
scientific experiments. Two milli
grams of radium on the end of a rod
made the air a considerable distance
away a vastly better conductor.
Thus any electrical discharge within
several yards of the rod had a path
open for it along the radium rays to
the rod and then down the rod to the
earth.—Saturday Evening Rost
Out of the Mouths of Babes.
Sunday School Teacher—Can you tell
me who dwelt In the Garden of Eden?
Little May—Yes. ma'am; the Ad-j
amses.
“What is an amateur, Bobby?” quer
ied his small sister.
"An amateur,” replied Bobby, "is
anything that isn’t nature.”
“Mamma,” queried little Myra, "do
you think grandpa has really gone to
heaven?"
“Yes, dear.” was the reply.
“Well, continued Myra, “I’ll bet he
sneaks outside once in awhile to smoke
his pipe.”
In the lesson mention had been made
of the canthook that is used in rolling
logs.
“Can you tell me what a canthook
is. Tommy?” asked the teacher.
“Sure,” replied Tommy. “It’s a cow
that hasn’t any horns.”—Detroit Free
Press.
What Bobwhita Eats.
Fifteen per cent of the food of the
bobwhlte is composed of insects, in
cluding several of the most serious
pests of agriculture. Half of its food
consists of weed seeds, one-fourth of
grain and about one-sixteenth of wild
fruits. Taken in all the bobwhite is
very useful to the farmer, and while
It may not be necessary to remove it
from the list of game birds every
farmer should see that his own farm
is not depleted by sportsmen.
Father Foots the Bill.
Father .(having Just accepted cigar
from son)—And whnt do you pay for
these? Son—Two for n quarter. Fa
ther—What! And I content myself
with two for a dime! Son—Well, you
know, dad, our cases are different. If
I had as large a family as you to sup
port I shouldn’t smoke at all.—Boston
Transcript
Watch and Watoh.
First Pickpocket—Here he comes,
now! Second Pickpocket—All right
You keep a watch on 'lm while I take
a watch off ’lm I—London Answers.
Where to Find It.
Wigwag—1 never knew such a fel
low aa BJanee. He la always looking
far traafaie. Henpeckke-Tban why
doesn’t he get married?
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE.Call You’on Time forjthe boat
if We Handle Your Baggage.
We Buy and^Sell Anything from
DeadJCrabs 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
S7 a m to 9 a m
Lunch 12 m to 1 p m
0 to 7 p m
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
ARCADE CAFE
“We Never Close.*'
Private Dining Room.
The Best of Everything. We Bake OurlOwn
Bread and Paatry.&Brend for^Sale.
Jack Callin - - Proprietor
11 Chas.Perry I
lv~S£Krfi£i
rJi Complete Services*
• IN THE HEART OF THE ClTi,
1155Booms witii bath-50 S&mpleRooms
, ALL
WASHED
AND
mTww i
When
You
Use
a
Western Electric
Washer r id Wringer
Simply put in the clothes and
start the motor;—in 1 0 to 13
minutes the clothes are washed
white and clean ready to be
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 the man
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPEOTOR FOR RE
SULTS.