The new store hours
Eight-thirty a.
Five-thirty p.
Prompt and accur
ate deliveries.
Mercantile Co.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
The following schedule for the har
bor boat "Lt. C. V. Donaldson" will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Liscum Leave Valdez
8:16 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 6:00 p. tn.
SATURDAY
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:16 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
11:16 p. m. 12:00 m. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice. „ ,
All official t uslness between Val
dez and the Post should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
O. R. KOEHLER,
Capt. 14th Infantry, A. Q. M.
New Goods
Coffin's Codfish Chunks, Swedish
Sweet Toast, White and Rye Knocker
brod. Grant's Hygienic Crackers,
l’ata-a-Cake and Teco Buckwheat, at
Love-Whitley co. tf
LOST—Gold band ring, buckle pat-J
tern. Return to Eddie Petrie or Pros-|
pector office. tf
A letter received by the Prospector
from Miss Ethel Egan, of this city,
who is attending school at St. Anne’s
School in Juneau, states that the wea
ther at the capital is very cold, and j
that the Taku wind is something ter
rific. She states that scarlet fever is
prevalent at Treadwell and that chil
dren under 14 are required to remain
indoors.
George Kirk has been doing some
neat interior finishing for the Pinzon
poolrooms. *
NOTICE
Owing to the increased expense of
operation, occasioned by application
of the Territorial eight hour law, it is
necessary to increase the price on de
livery of coal, therefore the price of
■coal delivered will be as follows:
Bulk .$14.50 per ton
Sacked (ton lots) . 18.00 per ton
Sacked, (half ton) . .. 9.50 per ton
Sacked, less than % ton 1.35 a sack
tf VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
Anything you want in the line of
photography—Jenner can do it for
you. **
HTEAMLH SAILINGS
Steamship Alameda—sailed west from
Valdez, Thursday, Jan. 3.
Steamship Admiral Evans—Sailed
south from Valdez, December 31.
Steamship Alaska—Sailed north from
Seattle for Valdez, Thursday, Jan
uary 3.
Cannery Sites
We have customers for select can
nery sites located in the Frlnce Wil
liam Sound District. If you have any
thing to offer send full particulars,
location, description, etc., "to
BOND & BABSOX,
Field Dept.
32 Broadway,
New' York City.
WANTED—To rent a piano in good
condition. Will pay reasonable price.
Inquire Prospector. tf
Notice to Masons
There will be a special election for
Secretary at the regular meeting on
Wednesday, January second. All mem
bers requested to be present. 3t
Daily Weather Deport
Jan. 3, 1918 t Jan. 4. 1918
7:00 p. m. 7:00 a. m.
25 Temperature 30
30 Maximum 36
23 Minimum 24
26.5 Mean 30
Precipitation .16
. Snow fall 2
14 Snow on ground 16
Calm, cloudy. Snow, S. W. wind.
— Myrtle F. Billings, Obs.
By H.
Salesmen Wanted
Does your trade use salesboards?
We invite correspondence from sales
men who are making their trade reg
ularly. The most remunerative side
line—no samples—no collections—
Commissions due as soon as order is
shipped. We want only first-class men.
Enquiries to receive attention muBt
state line carried and how long, class
of trade called on. territory and how
often covered. The K & S Sales Com
pany, 154-56 Whiting Street, Chicago,
Illinois.
Toys! Toys! Toys!
Of all descriptions at the Valdez
Drug Store. t*
Buy your groceries direct. Save
fifteen to twenty-five per cent. The
house that sells direct to consumers,
Randall Grocery * Brokerafie Co..
Inc., 82 Marlon St.. Seattle Wn. tt
LOUIE’S CAFE
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,'
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
KEYSTONE PRODUCE CO.
groceries
Heinz 87 Varieties
A Large Assortment of Fancy Boxes
af Chocolates and Bon Bons
keystone avenue. Hdoatun street.
WlFEY GOT OUMKOPFFS ROLL
•powm InduMd Him to Curtail Ex
pmiM at Calebratlon, Then Di
vided Money "Equally.”
Adolph Dumkopff had made a kill
ing at poker, eaya the Detroit Free
Praaa.
"Oh, Adolph, how lovely!" struggled
hie wife. "Too must have held won
derful hands, Adolph. Wbat did yoo
have—Jack* down, or a full kind, or
something?"
"How about a little celebration?"
•aid Hr. Dumkopff, jovially. "How
about a little theater party, and then
a little aomothlng to eat at 8nooten
macher’a?"
“Now, Adolph.” remonstrated Hra.
Dumkopff, "what'a the good of squan
dering It right away? Now that you’ve
got It, you may aa well keep it for a
rainy day. Vfb’ll celebrate reasonably,
that’s what well do.”
And after enpper they went to the
movies to see the beautiful Snooales
Wonderful In “Imoplng the I mop” In
five parts, after which they each hod
a pickle sandwich In Childish’s.
“Now, wasn't that a reasonable cele
bration?" sold Mrs. Dumkopff, when
they had returned home. "Only elghty
ftvf cents altogether."
“tlieap al half the price,” agreed
her husband, cs he dropped off to
sleep. Half hii hour later Mrs. Dum
kopIT carefully removed his trousers
from the ehalr by his head, extracted
his roll from the right-hand pocket,
divided If with scrupulous fairness
Into two equal parts, kept the six tens
and replaced the six fives in her hus
band's trousers.
“I'll buy something for the house
with this, smdi us the prizes for my
card parly next week," thought Mrs.
Dnmkopff. as she tucked the bills Into
her buck Imir and sllppisl into Ins! to
sleep the sleep of the foxy.’
SHOULD SALUTE THE FLAG
Virginian Who Has Lived Abroad
Urges Reverence for the Emblem
of the Country.
“Why iIiimn the average American j
not salute the Hug?" asked It. (>. (Mil
fault, a Virginian who lias Itvcd'nhroHd
for the last ten years, according to tile
Washington Post.
“On III*- day of the draft parade In
Washington the only man I saw saint- |
lug the regimental colors was a police- j
man. probably an old soldier who has j
learned the love and reverence which I
every man who has served feels for ]
the flag. When 1 and the friend with >
me—a Britisher—bared oar heads |
every time the flag of a regiment went j
past a few persons in the crowd be
gan. somewhat shamefacedly, to fol
low otir example.
“In London or In Paris yon would
have no choice. Any man who kept
his hat on when the colors of a regi
ment passed would have It knocked off
for him. If nothing worse happened to
him. I do not mean, of course, that
one should saline the thousand and
one Hags carried in such a procession.
Inn every one should at least liai'e his
head when it regimental Hug goes pust.
That’s what thousands of men are go
ing to tile for before we are twelve j
months older. The least one can do is |
to salute It while we can before It j
goes somewhere in France."
Switzerland’s Water Power.
There are no coal mines in Switzer
land. hut there is "white coal" or wit
ter power in abundance tliut can he i
transformed into light, heat and pow
er. An electric railway climbs a tun- J
nd inside tin* Jungfrau mountain, j
Halfway on the Journey a good hot j
luncheon is served at the restaurant, j
in a station hollowed out from the
rocks. The temperature of the tunnel ,
in this snow-covered mountain ia but
little above the freezing point, even in
similiter, hut the trains are lighted,
heated and driven up the mountain,
and the cooking and heating at the
restaurant are all accomplished by the
utilization of the Icy cold wuter ruu
utiig down the iiioiilltalu side us water
power to generate electricity.
Few countries In the world are so
well supplied with potential water
power as Switzerland, and with this
power fully developed she need never
again see her Industries at the mercy
of a neighbor who might become at
auy time an alieu enemy.
First German Colonists.
German emigration to America had
Its beginning £54 years ugo, when the
first party of pioneers from Germuny
landed at Philadelphia, relates a bis
torts. There were 85 of them, mostly
relatives, and all members of a relig
ious sect closely aklu to the English
Quaker. Subjected In Germany to
bitter persecution, they determined to
seek refuge In the new world. The
Frankfort Lund company was organ
ised, and purchased from William
Penn, the governor of Pennsylvania,
a tract of land near Philadelphia.
Francis Daniel Pastorlus negotiated
the deal, led the colony to America,
laid out the town of Germanopolls, or
Germantown, and became the recog
nised head of the settlement.
8tspa Drive Bueinees Away.
Store entrances now are flush with
the sidewalk, or aa nearly so aa con
ditions will permit; observes s mer
chant in the New York Sun. We store
keepers are. aware that customers ,tre
more ljkqr to wglk straight into a
store, wlhen.upUnpqdfd thgp to 19 up
even 099, phor$ atop. Bapk* werp the
toft to the, handicap imposed
buildings now with steps at the freed
as they did la the old days.
STEAMER ALAMEDA ARRIVES
WITH MANY PASSENGERS
The steamship Alameda arrived in
port last night about 8:30 with a
large consignment of freight and a
number of passengers. Those arriv
ing were Otto Haering, Olaf Larson,
Helen Blackburn. W. Ellis, J. Abel,
C. B. Anderson, Pvt. Kahn, Pvt. Kos
ki, Pvt. Horroth, Pvt. Wade for Val
dez and N. Radulovlch, T. Stephen
rich, Sam Marcovich and several
steerage for Latoucbe.
I. E. Fisher, the Remington type
writer salesman, and well-known
musher, arrived on the steamer Ala
meda and will remain In town un
til the Alaska passes thru. He will
take thd trail from Seward to An
chorage on a business trip.
Otto Haering returned last night
from a business trip to Cordova. In
the interests of his new brew.
Hand Practice Tonight
The Moose Band will practice to
night in .'.Toosc Hail. Every member
is urged to be there.
Mrs. Paul Capris left today for El
lamar, where it is reported that Mr.
Capris, who is a tlmberboss in the
mine of the Eliamar Mining Company
had the misfortune to break his Itg
while at work recently.
The launch Della, Capl. H. L. Wid
er. left today for Ellamar. Mrs. Paul
Capris. Janies Young and several pas
sengers left for the mining town on
the Della.
The present warm spell is hard on
the coal dealer, but our citizens are
rejoicing nevertheless.
|
Hmel Edward Hurja, formerly of!
Valdez, and secretary to Delegate Sul
zer, sends Christmas greetings to the
Prospector and to all his friends in
Valdez.
.Misunderstood
Erastus Phinney, black, thirty-two, i
and in uniform, stood before the
judge, lie bore the marks of recent
battle, but smiled pleasantly through
two or three stitches and a yard or
so of court-plaster.
"Charged with assaulting five men
at a dance,” said the judge. "What
have you to say. Erastus?”
“I suttenly did razor dem coons,”
admitted the prisoner.
“You're just back from Mexico too,
I understand.”
“Yas, suh, yo' honor.”
“Have you no respect for your
country or your flag?”
“Now, listen, jedge. dem things did
n't hah nothin’ ter do wid it at all.
I went ter dis dance an' mah uniform
done attract de ladies. Dey des flock
ed an' dey flocked. Dat’s whut made
dem yeller no 'counts mussy. Dey
jealous, jedge; I done took fo’ han'
some gals ter de ice cream counter
and den de trouble begin.”
“Hut you invited it, didn't you?”
“No. yo' lionah! Hit des’ fullered
us ter de ice cream. Den one of dem
diocolate coons said: ‘Niggah, yo is
d** las' drop er sweat off’n de las'
candle, and it's kaze yer tongue is a |
wick dat makes yo' sputter when yo’
talks.’ An' dat wuz whar de razor wuz
drawn, yo' honor."—Case and Com
ment.
Those who missed Charlie Chaplin
in "The Cure” last night missed one
of the best Chaplin productions. Char
lie was at his best and kept the audi
ence in a roar of laughter from the
start. The Empress will sl\ow Theda
Bara in Oiid's famous nove'l, “Under
Two Flags,” Sunday night. This Is
the old time play so many of us have
seen in the early days of stock com
panies, and the play has never out
worn its popularity.
At 6 o'clock this morning we had
every promise of a fine day, but a
heavy gale with snow flurries, blew in
about 7 and all small boats are held
in port in consequence.
At nearly every point along the
trail today the mercury registers
above zero weather, in many places
as high as 20. The mercury Is still
—2 at Fairbanks, but in view of the
extreme low temperature of the past
month it must seem sultry for the in
habitants of the Interior metropolis.
Thompson’s Pass reports a tempera
ture of 20 above.
Surprised Him
The following comes from Blsbee:
A big raw-boned Texas cowpuncher
applied for work at the C. & H. and
was given a Job as a mucker on the
1800 level at the function mine. Dur
ing his first morning out he came
across a long black spit-fuse in the
muck pile. After carefully slsing it up
he wan beard to remark. “Mr Gawd,
I never ’spected to find roots so deep
in the earth ap tMs.”
i 1 •" '
A card reeeinilfeQm Steve 8,0m
ieh. 531 F. Avenue, Douglas, Axis.,
states that he is doing well, but longs
lex Valdes.
Financial Reserve
There is hardly a day passes but mast
ef us are called upon to draw upon our re
serve, either physical, mental or financial.
Have you some in store?
■ This bank is a good place to start a fin
ancial reserve and it cannot help but be of
real sendee to you.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEE
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdez Dock Co • PHONE NO- 1
«
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office Foot of WaM Street
Headquarters For
Electrical Supplies
Only the best manufac
tures are represented in
our stock.
All electrical Supplies we
sell are guaranteed pro
ducts.
Make your electrical pur
chases here and have the
assurance of absolute satis
faction and quality.
Prince William Sound Water,
Light, Power, TeL Company
Id a letter received from Elliot
Stewart, formerly proprietor of the
Prospector, he states that sugar is re
tailed in Pennsylvania two pounds at
a time, and that things are out of
sight In price, many Btaples costing
more than on the coast. Turkeys sold
at 40 cents per pound, and many per
sons refused to pay the price and de
pended on pork and other luxuries
for their Christmas dinner.
The city council will meet tomor
row night.
Xmas Goods
and useful articles are now coming
on every boat, tor ths Emporium, tf
just received a new line ot Pyra
ln Ivory suitable for Christmas gifts
at the Valdez Drug Store. tf
nilifntinn
A nice display of hand-painted plo
tures at Rudolph’s V
. ' " J' . ,,,B
Yaides Pish Prices
i Halibut' .07- cents a poupd, City
Dock: halibut .01 «oat« pound, 0*
flshlnd prounds; black cod .01 1-fc
cents.
1-. Q. W. LONG.
' Valdez Iron Works. If you hamt,
anythin*, else to do fco tshlap. tf
Jut recetred eU Ue latest papu
lar soaps at O. o. Relake's. U
^ _____
A oomplete line of nugget and irery
jewelry, watches, diamonds, etc., at
the Valdes Drat Store.
For flrst-clase meals aid good aorr
loe at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants' Cafe. tl
Second Gall
We will accept Liberty Bonds for
stock In the Valdez Iron Works.
Make your money earn 2S per coat
Instead of 4 per cent. if
Ansco Films Will
Ot any standard make o t camera.
They are the standard, day S. Cam
CITY KXPRX88, Phoao U; reedr
to tranato* LUat baggage tor yon. tf
Hot-Point Bioctrio Heaton and
Cooklng-Appllanoea at tho Bnperiam.
Chriatmaa gooda oomlng on tho noat
boat tf
Uao RexgJlHalr Toaio ig4 poo ajll
nan no other. IBUt Bfoi Store, tf