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Stacks Dl Women’s Kid Glovesi
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HERE is no need now of having to
send out to buy gloves, for right here
you will find varieties large enough
to satisfy every want. There are plain
colors in black, white, tans, blues, grey ^
and brown. They come in the plain stitch- j
ings, and the heavily embroidered backs ij
now so much in demand—black with jj
white, white with black, etc. All the fa- j
mous makes are represented:—Perrins, ij
Dents, Fownes, Steinburger, Kalisher and j
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Priced a pair, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, and $2,50
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It T»UVVani anj Groceries, and appreciate
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KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
WHY GERMANY YIELDED
TO PRESIDENT WILSON.
V The Frankfurter Zeitung, com
menting on the action of the German
government in making consessions
to the United States, which aroused
much interest in Germany, suggests
that Count Bemstorff’s assurances
given to Secretary Lansing were in
tended to cover only passenger ships
in the strict sense of the word, and
not ships containing passengers and
r munition shipments.
“If the Imperial Government has
declared itself ready to enter nego
tiations with Washington, and even
to make concessions to the United
States,” it says, “it is certainly not in
order to express our thanks fo,r their
attitude during the past year to the
Americans who have equipped our
enemies with all sorts of arms and
war material, and are now to arrange
for the foes of our country, for the
financing of this war, a loan that is
•v to amount to billions of marks; but
it happened because our sole aim in
this war is to wifi the victory and to
travel unsweMingly the path that
' leads to thtoPfesult:
“We must allow such considera
tions as these to be influenced as lit
tle by reasons of sympathy or anti
pathy as by stiffness of judgment that
asks only about right and wrong,
good or bad. We wish to conquer,
and therefore must keep aloof from
everything that can impede our vic
torious course. The force of our
blows has frlfhently proved itself al
ready and has attained that which
could not otherwise have been attain
ed that which could not otherwise
have been attained. Should we have
done our opponents the favor of en
dangering the dramatic conclusion on
the Balkans at the last moment by
cheap joy in a harsh note to the
American government? And does it
not cause many a one to think that
^ the question of passenger steamers is
not the only one that is held in sus
pense in Washington? If negotia
tions are being conducted concerning
loans, cotton, and other things at the
same time as concerning those pas
senger ships, then there is many a
reason to assume’ that it would be
one-sided merely to sp»k about Ger
man concessions.”
Taxes Due.
Taxes for the Town of Valdez for
the year 1915 are now due and pay
able at my office at the corner of Key
stone avenue and McKinley street.
Taxes will be delinquent on Monday,
December 6th, 1915, at 6 o'clock p.
m., and unless paid prior thereto,
a penalty of 10 per cent will he added
to the amount and interest at the rate
of 12 per cent per annum.
» Warrants issued by the present
- Council will be accepted in payment
of taxes.
Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 m.
and 2 p. m. to 4 p. m., except Sun
days.
Dated this 3d day of November,
1015.
E. O. AMES,
Town Treasurer.
Kill 11-18
MILLIONAIRE HUNTER
TALKS OF ALASKA BEAR.
Seattle: H. N. $ogel, the million
aire sportsman of Los Angeles, who
returned last month from a hunting
trip in the Yukon valley, where he
bagged five mountain sheep, three
caribou, two grizzlies and one black
bear, and at the same time lost his
reputation with the guide who ac
companied him into the wilds, ex
plains the low esteem in which his
guide holds him as merely due to
his carefulness.
“You see, the guide and I came
upon a big grizzly and I was lugky
enough to drop him,” said Mr. Vo
gel. “We Bkinned the bear and then
the guide started to get the dogs
ready to pack our stuff, while I skin
ned out ahead. I was busily engaged
in this work when the guide whis
tled softly and I looked up to see
a big grizzly coming out of a clump
of brush and start slowly past us ai
about forty yards distant.
“I thought surely that this was
the biggest grizzly in the world un
til the brush moved again and an
other came out close on the heels ol
the first. He was bigger yet and
when the brush again started tc
move, I got over closer to the guide
The third grizzly must have been th«
] grand-daddy of them all, for he was
as high as the first floor of the Smith
building.
"I asked the guide how many cart
ridges he had, and he told me three
I had four.
“The guide said, ‘Let's tackle ths
beasts.’ I said, ‘Go to camp. I want
a bigger gun and more cartridges.
The wind was right and they didn’l
smell us, so we beat it to camp.
The guide noticed that I changed
from the usual method^ of following
in his footsteps and wanted to know
what the hurry was all about. I told
him that I wanted to get that othei
gun and was tired of bear hunting
anyway.
“However, we got our reinforce
ments and went back two days latei
and got one of the grizzlies and a big
black bear that was fooling around
the place.”—Seattle P.-I.
Ladies’ buttons made from youi
own material, any size. Guy P.
Cameron. tl
A crew of miners left yesterdaj
for the Ellis Imperial mine, near
the Cliff, to perform the annual as
sessment work.
Natives Anxious to Farm.
That the natives along the Yukon
river are interested In agriculture
and are anxious to take up land is
the report coming from Gibbon. It is
reported that many Indians have ask
ed for patents on«pieces of ground,
and a number have taken up full
sized homesteads. In the Tananao
& Yukon river valleys. Delegate
Wlckersham, Commissioner Riggs, ol
the Alaskan Engineering commission,
and Archdeacon Stuck, of the Episco
pal churfih, recently held a conference
with a number of Indian chiefs, and
the Archdeacon has keen very active
in locating the Indians on the farms.
WATER SOAKED WATCHES.
What to Do When Camping or Where I
a Jeweler Can’t Be Found.
WUut to do with a water
watch Is often a problem when one is i
caught In the wilderness, or In a com- I
raupity where no jeweler is to be
found. Lack of knowing what steps i
to tnke often results in much expense,
if not in the utter ruin of the watch.
Watches made with both a screw
face and screw back may be dried
easily by removing the front and back,
emptying the watch of as much water
ns will run out. reversing the crystal,
screwing it on the back of the watch
and then laying it where the sun will 1
have a chance to reflect through the
crystal.
The heat of the sun on the crystal
will drnw the moisture from the works
in fifteen or twenty minutes. If water
still remains in the works, the crystal
rany be unscrewed, wiped and replaced
and the process repeated. -
After the sun fails to draw any more
of the water out on to the glass it is
safe to'conclude that there Is no more
in the works, and the oil originally on
them, warmed by the sun. lubricates
the parts.
There should be no more trouble with
the watch, although it is advisable to
have it examined by a jeweler at the
earliest opportunity—Technical World.
NEWSPAPER ERRORS.
They Appear Glaring Because of the
Publicity They Face.
The capacity of some people for de
tecting errors' in the newspapers is
marvelous. Also it Is singular how
many unexpected meanings the people j
can find.
ir tile reporter writes unit a mini i
wore a coat of such anil such a char
actor some one may call up and ask If
the coat was all the man had on? To
satisfy these moralists you must
enumerate item by item the other arti
cles of attire or they will accuse you
of making the victim appear half
naked. ?
The reader who digests his paper on
the quiet in his home feels that lie has
shown' great brilliancy if be detects an
error in grammar or capitalization. It
is one thing to find mistakes at your
leisure in another mail's work, quite
another to turn out a high degree of
accuracy and precision in the haste of
newspaper composition.
The- banker makes blunders in his
figures, the lawyer draws up incorrect
papers, and the business man submits
erroneous bills. Such blunders are
known only to the few persons whom |
they concern. The newspaper is like j
tlic actor oil the stage, whose slightest
slip is manifest to all and seems ridicu
lous.—Iowa City Republican.
“According to Hoyle.’’
The first^ author of books dealing
witli card games was Edmund Hoyle,
who died in London, aged ninety-seven,
in 1770. His treatises on whist, piquet
and other games are still authorities,
and "According to Hoyle” has become
a proverb. Hoyle lias been called the
inventor of fvhist. which is an error,
although lie was the first to popularize
tile game and place It on a scientific
and exact footing. Hoyle wns a lawyer
by profession, blit lie derived a good in
come from his books. For liis treatise
on whist lie received $i>.<XH), and the
work was so popular that it ran
through five editions the first year, be
sides many pirated editions. Hoyle
gave instructions in whist to parties of
ladies and gentlemen, charging each
$5 per lesson. For some years lie held
an official court position in Ireland
which paid him $3,000 per year.
Hoyle's book on whist was first pub
lished in 1743.
Bad Spellers.
Lord Woiseley noted that spelling
had been the weak point of many
great commanders. lie was defending
Marlborough against the .charge of il
literacy. brought by Lord Chesterfield
for one. who said he was “eminently
Illiterate, wrote had English and spelt
it worse.” Woiseley replied that a
great many of Marlborough’s dis
tinguished contemporaries, such as
Lord Chancellor Somers, spelled quite
as badly and that Wellington and Na
poleon also were among those who
could never learn to do it properly.—
London Telegraph. 1
Ready to Bargain.
Suitor (to her father)—Sir, I love the
very ground your daughter treads on.
Father (grimly)—Well, young man, you
ain't the first party that’s had an at
tachment for It Howsomever, If you
love it well enough to come and help
pay up -the mortgage on it you can
marry Sarah.—Exchange. •
I A Wise Woman.
Mr/ Snaggle (snappishly)—Don’t be
correcting that boy always, Sarah. Let
nature take its course, won’t you? Mrs.
Snaggle flaying aside the shingle)—
I’ll do nothing of the sort Mr. Snag
gle. I don’t intend that 'pny woman
shall have such a husband as I’ve got
If I can prevent it
Hard to Keep.
"Do you keep any servants?”
“No, of course not” 0
“But I thought I saw one in yonr
kitchen ?” ,
“Oh. we have servants on the pre
mises a day or two at a time, but we
don’t keep them.’’—Houston Post
A Batter Reason.
Askitt—Why do you always avoid
Hllow? Do you owe him money? Tel
Itt—No: and I don’t want him to owe
me any.—Indianapolis Star.
I If your customer loses his patience,
yon cannot help him to find It by losing
your own.-Yauth’s Companion.
BIG TREE MAIL STATION.
Unowned ■■ the Oldeet Poetoffioo
Building In America.
The pioneers of the northwest often
nade use of huge trees hollowed out
>y tire or decay. Some of these "tree
louses” they occupied as temporary
esidences. Others they used as shel
ers for stock or as primitive barns.
Jnly one, however, ever had the dis
lnctlon of being a United States post
>tlice. That stump is in Clallam couu
;y, in the state of Washington.
In early days the settlers were wide- j
y scattered, and it was a long Jour
ley over rough trails to the postoflice.
Carriers could do no more than leave
nail at some central point The big
;edar stump, twelve feet in diameter
md reduced to a shell by tire, was a
uase from .which a number of trails
radiated.
By common consent it became the
postoflice for a wide region. The set
tlers put on a roof of cedar shakes
ind nailed boxes around its interior,
which they regarded as marked with
their names. There was a larger box
tor the outgoing mail. There were no
locks, but the mails were never tam
pered with.
This primitive postoflice was used
for more than a year. It has been
carefully preserved and is annually
visited by hundreds of Interested sight
seers. The stump Is believed to be
over 2,000 years old, which clearly es
tablishes Its right to the distinction of
being the oldest postoflice building in
America.—Youth's Companion.
GRANDEES OF SPAIN.
Etiquette of the Hat That Differen
tiates the Three Ranks.
A grandee of Spain enjoys the priv
ilege, granted him many hundreds of
years ago. of remaining "covered" in
the presence of his sovereign. This
custom dates from the period when,
according to the theory then held, the
king was "the first among equals.”
The ancient formula always at the
coronation of the kings of old Spain
was: “We, your equals, choose you
to reign over us.” And the king as
sented in this declaration of ills nobles.
There was a time when all grandees
of Spain wore their hats in the pres
ence of the king, but in time tile idea
of caste began to prevail, even among
tlie grandees, with the result that they
were eventually divided into three
classes, aud these classes were distin
guished by the hat etiquette.
The first class entered the royal pres
ence covered: the second class entered
uncovered, and after an advance of a
few sleps. put on their hats, unbidden
by the king, and the third class also
entered uncovered, hut did not “cover”
until requested to do so by the king.
Then, according to the etiquette, “all
were equal.”
There have been grandees who were
not Spaniards—notably the Duke of
Wellington, upon whom the eortes con
ferred the honor in recognition of ids
services to the state.—Exchange.
Safety First.
It was a children's matinee of “Alice
In Wonderland.” Parties of small fry
convoyed by guardian adults had been
pouring in a steady stream down the
aisles to settle in their seats with much
flutter of short skirts and bobbing of
heads and tossing back of curls.
One group consisted of mother and
nurse, a gay little maid of eight or so.
and a solemn little hoy somewhat
younger. Each child clutched a pro
gram. and on their faces was a look of
rapt expectancy. As they were tiling
into their seats the little gill pulled at
her mother’s sleeve and said in a loud
stage whisper:
"Mother, don't you think you and
Marie had better sit at the two ends to
keep away the germs, you know'/”—
New York Post.
The Czarina.
“Do try and get the empress to
smile. Eulalia.” said one of the grand
duchesses to me at some court func
tion.
Hut that was sooner said than done.
There is not a trace ol’ artificiality
in tlie empress’ character. She seem
ed unable to pretend she was enjoy
ing herself when, in point of fact,
she was fatigued and bored. Moving
as tlie central figure of a splendid
pageant, I think she was always wish
ing the ceremony to be at an end and
to find herself free to be with her chil
dren again.—H. R. H. the Infanta Eu
lalia in Century.
Alphabetical.
Willis—Won’t you dine with me?
Gillis—Thank you, I just dined. I was
home and had my regular meal of ap
ples, apricots and asparagus. Willis—
isn't that a rather odd combination?
Gillis—Well, you see. my wife went to
.a domestic science school aud had to
leave after the first week.—Life.
Not Guilty.
|t was 4 a. m., and Bilklns crept soft
ly Into the house und removed . his
shoes, but as he tiptoed up the stairs
one of the treads gave a loud creak.
“Is that you. John?” demanded Mrs.
Bilklns from above.
“No, my love," replied Bilklns; "it’s
the stairs."—Illustrated Bits.
Learning About Women.
“The only way for a man to learn
ill about a woman Is to get married."
“And study the ways of his wife,
eh?”
“No! Listen tq what she tells him
about other women.”—Boston Tran
script
Two of a Kind.
“My dear Mrs. Gadsby, I’m so glad
to see you. What Is the latest gossip?”
“My dear, that Is just what I cifltM
to find out."—St Louis Post-Dispatch
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Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
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ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th calls Illamna and Kodiak—.All Sailing call at Knik
and Anchorage. «
CALIFORNIA j
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with *
Stcamera Yale and Harvard tor Southern Californiu. j
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
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; S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th j
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 13th, 19th, 2Sth and 31th for Cor- 1
! dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle. 3
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• Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep H
• ' Creek. Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdes and La- 4
> touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouohe, on the 15th; 8. S. J
■ Cordova, 26th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule H
• without notioe.
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