Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED BY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
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Dally Prospector.
By carrier, per month....$ 1.00
By mail, per annum. 10.00
The Weekly Miner.
By carrier, per month. *Oo
Bv mail, per annum.$3.00
The Daily Prospector and Weekl>
Miner, by carrier, to one address
per month.• 1 ;2,5
The Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner by mail to one address
only per year.812.50
Business OlTice and Editorial
Rooms. Phone 152.
Advertising Rates on Application.
THURSDAY, AUDI ST 1 1, 1013.
FOR THE MUTUAL GOOD.
When Scull 0. Hone, editor-in
chief of I lie Seattle Posl-Inlclli
geneer, entered the editorial
rooms of (lie Fairbanks limes
shortly after his arrival in town
on Wednesday, the lirsf tiling
Dial seemed to catch his eye was
a long table laden almost |o Ihe
ceiling with unopened newspa
pers and magazines which had
come by mail. The space from
the floor lo Ihe table top was
packed with similar mail mailer.
Mr. Hone had heard tell of the
feast-and-famine mail service in
interior Alaska, hut the actual
sight impressed him in a way
tha| startled him. When Mr.
Hone left, il was wilh Ihe prom
ise lo use1 his powerful news
paper in Seattle to secure hel
ler mail service for Fairbanks
and other towns in Ihe interior.
Thai, is only one iiiusirauon
of the good which is hound to
follow tin* visil of I hi* Seattle
chamber of commerce parly to
Fairbanks. The visit will ben
clit Alaska directly and plainly
in many ways; the. indirect bene
lits can hanlly he eslimaled, for
they spread like tile waves.
Through Hie eyes of Snlli Mann,
President, W ilson will become
wider awake lo the neeessily for
railways in Alaska. Olliers will
work lo mend I lie land laws so
(hat. they will encourage selllers'
to come lo Alaska. Others will
work for I lie opening of I he coal
fields, and slill others for I In*
rapid employment of wain* pow
er which now runs wash*, liy
virl he of I heir visil, all will have
dear ideas of whal they are
ahoul. and of tin* malerials I ln*y
are working with.
X(11 least in count, is I he hos
pilalily with which I lie ..ph* of
Fairbanks received lln* visitors
and entertained lliem. People will
always I ry lo ilo more for friends
filmi for I hose who show a reluc
tance to go out of | heir way for
friendship's sake. II need not Pc
protested I hit ( lln* hospitality was
genuine, and not merely a mal
ter of best policy; Dial goes with
out saying. In the same spirit.,
it is a matter for congratulation
to note that if anv of the old anti
Seal lie feeling survives, it is loo
weak lo sland up. The Seal lie
chamber of commerce has made
good ils promise |o start some
thing for lln* advancement, of
Alaska, and Fairbanks appreci
ates lln* friendly ell'ort and will
never I'nrgel il.— Fairbanks
Times.
Florists, seeking to produce a
blue iiiFtity should not despair.
The wor-hlcan all'ord l.o give Ijieni
plenly of lime lu go on Irving.
■ 1 A writer says, “The brave are
always lender: AVhal. a buneli of
cowards llial last sbipmenl of
catlh* to Yjiitlez must have been.
C win any is. thinking about pro
hibiting rubber mouthpiece# op
nursing dollies for saiiilary rea
,ims Of.- fioucse,': .they migh',
make < m of si eel'.
An enterprising Chicago de
partment slnrt* has opened a
branch al one of . the popular
■summer.resorts. That is all that
was needed- lo make mother and
file girls thoroughly enjoy their
yacal ion.
The gray tall hat is the latest
fashion for men in London. The
American man who belonged to
a Blaine marching club in 188 4
can dig up the top piece of his
regalia and be right in style
again.
Princeton student admits I hat
he corresponds with sixteen' dif
ferent girls. He would make an
excellent irain dispatcher.
Fine program at the Orpheum
tonight.
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CATS AND DEATH.
An Oocult View of the Myeterioue Fe
1 line Senee of Smell.
In the Occult Review Elliott
O’Donnell in an article on certain
“supernatural” peculiarities which
tradition associates with “the harm
less, necessary eat” shows that he
has no illusions on the subject.
“From endless experiments made
ui haunted houses,” says Mr. O’Don
nell, “1 have proved to my own
satisfaction at least that the cat
acts as a thoroughly reliable psy
chic barometer.” Later he says:
“Has a cat insight into the fu
ture? Can it presage wealth or
death ? ' I am inclined to believe
that certain cats can, at all events,
foresee the advent of the latter and
that they do this in the same man
ner as the shark, crow, owl, jackal,
hyena, etc.—namely, by their ab
normally developed sense of smell.
My own and other people’s experi
ence has led me to believe that
when a person is about to die some
kind of phantom, maybe the spirit
of some one closely associated with
the sick person or maybe a spirit
whose special function it is to be
present on such occasions, is in
close proximity to the sick or in
jured one, waiting to escort his oi
lier soul into the world of shadows
and that certain cats scent its ap
proach.
“Therein, then, in this wonder
ful property of smell, lies one of
the secrets to the cat’s mysterious
powers—it has the psychic faculty
of scent—of scenting ghosts. Some
people, too, have this faculty. In
a recent murder case in the north
of England a rustic witness gave it
in her evidence that she was sure
a tragedy was about to happen be
cause she ‘smelt death in the
house’ and it made her very lin
easy. Cats possessing this peculi
arity are affected in a similar man
ner—they are uneasy. Before a
death in a house I have watched a
cat show gradually increasing signs
of uneasiness. It had moved from
place-to place, unable to settle in
any one spot for any length of time,
had frequently tits of shivering,
gone to the door, sniffed the atmos
phere, thrown back its head and
mewed in a low, plaintive key and
shown the greatest reluctance to be
ing alone in the dark.
“This faculty possessed by cer
tain cats may in some measure ex
plain certain of the superstitions
respecting them. Take, for instance,
that of eats crossing one's path pre
dicting death.
"The eat is drawn to the spot be
cause it scents the phantom of death
and cannot resist its magnetic at
traction.
“From this it does not follow that
the person who sees the cat is going
to die, but that death is, overtaking
some one associated with that per
son, and it is in connection with
the latter that the spirit of the
grave is present, employing as a
medium of prognostication the cat,
which has been given the psychic
faculty of smell that it might be so
used.
“But, although I regard this the
ory as feasible, I do not attribute to
cats, with the same degree of cer
tainty, the power to presage good
fortune, simply because 1 have had
no experience of it myself. Yet,
adopting the same lines of argu
ment, 1 see no reason why cats
should not prognosticate good as
well as evil.”
A Small Fable.
A man was cast ashore on an un
known island and found a high
slate of civilization. Artists paint
ed beautiful pictures and singers
sang marvelous songs. To them he
paid tribute. But there was a little
withered man to whom poets, paint
ers, everybody bowed down.
“What has this man done?” ask
ed the traveler.
"He has accumulated 3,000,000
cocoanut shells,” they told him in
awed whispers.
At first the traveler was inclined
I to laugh, but then he. thought of
conditions in his owm country and
became- thoughtful. — Pittsburgh
Post.
His Capacity.
Lester had ended his little prayer
with: “Bless papa, mamma, gran’
ina, little baby Hannah and make
f ester a good boy. Amen.”
Cousin Eunice, who was waiting
to say her prayers, broke in with:
“Lester, you didn’t put me in.”
“I know I didn’t,” said the five
year-old. “I have enough, to take
care of now, and if I put any mortt.
in I’d never get through!”—-New
York Post.
They Were Falee.
A doctor attended an old lady
who had caught a severe cold.
“Did your teeth chatter when you
felt the chill coming over you?”
asked the doctor.
“I dinna ken, doctor; they were
lying on the table 1” was the pleas
ant reply.—London Telegraph.
Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
BAKERY in:connection
EVERYTHING GOOD
JACK CALUN & CO.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry^call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
ia my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
~ "CAPt. STAMEY
Leaves once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK; for
PORT WELLS and
Way Porta.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
BARGAINS
ADLER will sell
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a barga'n.
A Five-room house with ten
foot shed for less than lumber
cost.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
SiRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward, Alaska
FOR SALE—“Quick Meal” oil
stove. Suitable for camp use.
Perfect order. Inquire Mia
Shepard.
They are all good live pictures
at the Orpheum tonight.
Bring your job work to the
Prospector office.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
.. in. and 5 to G p. in.
The Order of Ala'skan Moose
For Sale Cheap.
Twenty-eight foot Racine mo
tor boat hull. Inquire of E. P.
Cashma.t
NOTICE OF SEIZURE.
In the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Di
vision. ,
United States of America, Lib
elant, vs. one ship’s boat, her
tackle, apparel, furniture and
equipment. ■ • ?
Whereas a libel of information
hrs been 11 led in the above court
on the 14th day of July 191 i. on
behalf of the United States again
st the above mentioned ship's
boat, her tackle, apparel, furni
ture and equipment; and where
as the substance of said libel of
information, is that the said
ship’s boat, her tackle, apparel,
furniture and equipment were
seized on the 25th day of July,
1910, and turned over to the Unit
ed States Marshal who now holds
the same at tin port 01 unaias
ka, Alaska, as forfeited lo the
United States for the reason that
the same was Ihfn and there
found engaged in unlawfully kil
ling fur seals within the waters
of Alaska, and praying that the
said ship’s boat, her tackle, ap
parel, furniture and equipment
he condemned and sold for use of
the United States.
Now therefore, in pursuance
of the monition under the seal
of said Court.to me directed and
delivered, 1 .do. hereby give public
notice 4o all. persons claiming
the said ship’s boat, the tackle,
apparel, furniture and equipment
nr in an^v manner interested
therein, that, they be and appear
before the United States District.
Court for. the Territory of Alas
ka, Third Division, to he held at
l.Jnalaska, in and for the said
Territory and Division, on the
18th day August 1913, at 10
o’clcok in the forenoon of that
day, provided the same shall be a
day of jurisdiction, otherwise cn
the next day of jurisdiction there
after, then and there to inter
pose their claims and to make
their allegations in that behalf,
and that in event of their fail
ure so to do default and condem
nition will be ordered. ..
H. P. SULLIVAN.
United States Marshal for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Divi
sion .
GEORGE R. WALKER.
Shushana
The shoe to land you at the new
diggin’s is the
HUNKIDORI
A new line just] [received that
will stand the wear
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all pans
of the interior. (leneral Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKiUieySt, Valdez
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate, glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop' and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pump* and
Well Point*.!
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
Iroi °ipe, Fittings.
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ChAS. Pe*»Y, MGfi.
ra BtsiorivwnwM
iNTHiuittTorman >
135to«ts%nB»m-50Su»iillacm
IRONING WORRIES] 1
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TE. F.PHONE COMPANY.
Steam Heat Electric Ligntsl
THE COPPER BLOCK1
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good Yur niirrrT Good
Goods I nt DUiTLI Goods
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and f ¥ Tll^DCD and Building
Puget Sound u vJ lYil3£il\ Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
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