Fresh Fruits And Vegetables
YESTERDAY’S boat brought a new supply of
fresh vegetables and fruits. There are or
anges, bananas, celery, cabbage, cauliflower,
Florida tomatoes, head lettuce, carrots, etc. Your
inspection cordially welcomed. *
New Yard Goods Received
WHITE cotton crepe that so many people have
been calling for was received yesterday,
priced a yard twenty-five cents; a beautiful qual
ity of white cotton poplin also received, priced
a yard thirty-five cents; for aprons, children’s dres
ses, etc., three pieces of light percales came in,
priced a yard twenty cents; a splendid quality
of black sateen lining also came in, priced a
yard, thirty-five cents.
The Food Sale Tomorow
IT’S given by the Guild women, which assures the
excellency of the cooking. The sale will be held
from two to five in the afternoon. Two young ladies
will serve coffee, which service will be free of charge.
Valdez Mercantile Co. i*
TRUE VALUE6
Headquarters tor Traveling Men.
Copper Block
VALDEZ
“The House of Comfort,”
For Men Only
Steam Heat. Hot Baths
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUOET SOUND PUCETJSOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at lO A. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer tailing 15th calls Iliamna and*Kodiak--All tailings call at Knilc Anchorage
^ CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Bivht reserved to chan ire schedu.e without notice
RICHARD J. RIN6W00D, Mgr., Seattle. VALDEZ DOCK CO. Local Agt.
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I 1 T1UIP17P and Building
Puget Sound L* U lVlULilx Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
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TO SETTLE STRIKE
Painters Union In Chicago Are Out
and It Is Feared That General
Strike Will Follow.
CHICAGO, April 2.—Samuel Gomp
ers, president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, is working hard to
bring about a speedy settlement of
the threatened strike of the Building
Trades unions. The painter’s union
has quit and the Steel Workers and
various other unions are threatening
sympathetic strikes.
The agreements of the various un
ions with the Master Builder’s asso*
icat.ion, under which they' have been
working for the past year, expired
on April 1 and no new contracts have
been agreed upon. The strike was
precipitated by the painter’s union
quitting in advance of the expiration
of the contract, claiming that the em
ployers were securing men to take
their places.
CURE A SUCCESS
BUT PATIENT DIED
ABERDEEN, Wash.. April 2.—Isaac
Beemer, a pioneer resident of this
district, died at his home last night
from blood poisoning caused by using
a bunion crue which had been rec
ommended by a local druggist. The
cure removed the bunion but as the
foot continued to swell physicians
were summoned but the case was be
yond their help. The case is being
investigated as the body shows indi
cations of poison having been one of
the ingredien*s used in the manufac
ture of the cure
(Official Publication.)
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL
CONDITION of the Valdez Bank &
Trust Co., located at Valdez, Terri
tory of Alaslia, at the close of busi
ness on the 10th day of February,
1915.
Resources.
Loans and discounts.$32,495.36
Overdrafts . 4,970.21
Bonds, warrants and other
securities . 9,221.43
Banking house, fruniture
and fixtures . 15,604.07
Due from banks. 176.29
Checks on other banks and
other cash Items.. 1,553.96
Cash on hand. 2.641.60
Total .*66,662.92
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid in.*25,000.00
Undivided profits . 307.47
Due to banks . 1,617.12
Deposits . 39,738.33
Total .*66,662.92
United States of America, Territory
of Alaska, Third Judicial Division, ss.
I, Edwin Eckern, cashier of the
above named bank, do solemnly swear
that the foregoing statement is true
'to the best of my knowledge and be
lief.
EDWIN ECKERN, Cashier.
Correct Attest:
M. F. HENDRICKSON,
EDWIN ECKERN.
| Directors or Partners.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 2nd day of April 1915.
(Notarial Seal.) JAMES FISH,
Notary Public and for the Terri
tory of ‘Alaska. My commission ex
pires Sept. 18, 1915.
Notice of Election.
Notice Is hereby given that a Gen
eral Municipal Election will be held
in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, on
the sixth day of April, 1915, for the
purpose of electing seven members of
the Common Council, who shall hold
office for the term of one year, and
until their successors are elected and
qualified; also one member of the
Valdez School Board who shall serve
as a director for a term of three
years and until his successor is elect
ed and qualified.
The Town Hall has been designat
ed as the polling place for said elec
tion.
Said election shall commence at 9
o’clock a. m. and shall continue un
til 7 o’clock p. m. of the same day:
without closing the polls.
R. E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Publications March 8, 15. 22. 29.
On the basis ot Security and Service
• . ■
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELl.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
STEAMER FIRED BV
USEOF CHEMICALS
Man Arrested As German Spy Charged
With Setting Fire Claims To
Be American.
HAVRE, France, April 'i.—Chem
ists who have examined the ashes
found in the hold of the French lin
er Tourraine, which was severely
damaged by tire while crossing the At
lantic, assert that the fire originat
ed through the use of chemicals and
not by an explosion. Swoboda, who
was arrested on suspicion of being a
German spy, is held on the charge
of having set fire to the vesesl in
the hope of destroying the shipment
of ammunition which the Tourraine
was carrying for the French army.
Swoboda claims to be an American
citizen and declares that his pass
ports were lost while being transfer
red from the Tourraine to the steam
er which rescued the passengers in
mid-ocean. The American embassy
has been requested to assist him in
establishing his claim.
LIVE WIRE CANINES.
Queer Little Watchdogs on the Canal
boats In Holland.
For many generations the breed of
dog now known as the schipperke was
nameless, but as they became familiar
features along the banks of the canals
in their native country, Holland, they
won their present name, which means
“little skipper.” Tourists of the pres
snt day in Holland will see few canal
boats that have not their two skippers,
man and dog. His popularity is much
more than national in extent. Travel
ers and dog breeders, attracted by the
intelligence and nervous energy of this
twelve pound mite, have carried him
into other countries.
The schipperke is an excellent watch
dog. For generations he has been
trained to guard his master’s boat. His
bark is peculiarly rapid and piercing,
and his oval eyes see everything. He
has the reputation of never sleeping
except in "cat naps” of a few minutes’
duration. The activity, alertness and
endurance of the schipperke are really
astonishing. He lias been compared to
a bundle of "live wires.”
In appearance the schipperke is an
odd little fellow. As a rule, his coat is
entirely black, abundant, thick and
harsh except on the head, erect ears
and legs, it increases to a mane or
frill round the neck. The head is foxy
in type, the muzzle line, but not weak;
the neck strong and rather short and
the chest broad. Many of the scliip
perkes are born without tails. Those
that are not so born have their tails
docked when very young since custom
insists on a tailless schipperke.—Lon
don Standard.
OLD r JGLISH FORMALITY.
j When a Wife Never Called Her Hus
band by His First Name.
There is a curious picture of the for
mality of a former generation in Sir
Algernon West's "One City and Many
Men,” wherein he states that in his
youth it was considered highly im
proper for a wife to address her hus
band by his Christian name or for a
sou to address his parents without
saying "sir” or “ma’am.”
“I never heard iny mother cal) my
father by his Christian name,” he
writes, "and I recollect distinctly that
the fame of a very fashionable and
brilliant woman was seriously imper
iled because after some great man’s
death a letter from her to him was
discovered beginning with Ids Chris
tian name.
“The formal ’sir’ was current every
where. At Eton we never recognized
any departure from this practice, and
letters between boy friends began.
‘My dear sir.*
“A friend of mine dining with Lady
Jersey heard her say she never recol
lected her father, Lord Westmoreland,
though specially attached to her sis
ter, Lady Lonsdale, calling her any
thing but Lady Lonsdale. And Heurv
Grevllle, who was present at the same
dinner, said that he remembered his
mother, Lady Charlotte, and her broth
er, the Duke of Portland, meeting in
the morning at Welbeek abbey, when
the salutations were:
“ ‘How is your ladyship this morn
ing?’
“ ‘I am quite well. I am obliged to
your grace.' "
Railroad Fatalities.
A contemporary Isas estimated that
since the average length of a railroad
journey in this clmntry is thirty-four
miles, and i passenger may take 2.27.V
122 such journeys with only one
chance of being killed, it would take
him, at two trips a day. 3.71)2 years to
run the full gamut of risk. That is to
say, if the one futal accident happened
to him iu the present year it would
have been necessary for him to start
his railroad traveling, at two trips u
day, iu the year 1879 B. C. It must
be borne in mind, however, that he
might be killed on ids first trip.
If you want ail the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
Badly Off.
“There hobbles Air. Spogg, papa. I
guess he hasn’t found a cure for his
rheumatism."
“It's worse than that, my son. He’s
found several.”—Wisconsin State Jour
nal.
Not So Very.
i
Mr. ?Younghoam—This Is nice cake,
but it’s a little too rich.
Wlfey—Rich? Why, dear, it cost
only 19 cents.—Chicago News.
“How did you come out with your
law-suit?” “I won it.” “Get dam
ages?” “Sure! I got almost enough
to pay my lawyer.”
Summons By Publication
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
J. L. Reed, plaintiff, vs. Eri Thomp
son and M. A. Ellis, defendants.—
No. S-49. Summons by Publication.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting: To Eri Thomp
son, the above named defendant: You
are hereby summoned to appear in
the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, in the Third Division, at
Valdez, within thirty days after the
completion of the publication of this
summons against you, to-wit: within
thirty days after the 19th day of Ap
ril, 1915, and answer tne complaint
of the above named plaintiff, filed in
the clerk’s office of the above entitled
court: and unless you so appearand
answer or otherwise plead, the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complain*,
to-wit: a decree subjecting to the
lien of certain judgments duly docket
ed in the above entitled court, in fa
vor of the plaintiff and the said de
fendant Eri Thompson, on the Battle
Ax placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, and or
dering that the same be sold to satis
fy said judgments.
This summons is served on you by
publication thereof, pursuant to an
j order duly made and entered by the
above entitled court, on the 8th day
of March, 1915, which publication was
directed to he made once a week for
six consecutive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, judge of said Court, this 8th
day of March, 1915.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court.
By CHAS. A. HAND, Deputy.
Date of first publication March 8.
1915.
Date of last publication April 19.
1915._
Dougherty & Fergusen
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
AWAKE
and on the job—day or night—buy
and sell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses— Private Rooms for Patients
For Terms and Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen vears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
122ZJ2 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.t to 6 p. m.. 7 p. in., to 9 p. in. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
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 b >
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
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
SUITS Sponged and Pressed $1.00
J. D. CLARK, Panama Hotel
Give us a Call. Both Phones 15
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Has Had no Peers for Fifty Years
SOLD BY ALL DEALERS