On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account■
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
Packard Shoes for Men
Packard shoes are merit shoes--made from the best
leathers—workmanship of the highest character. When
a man once wears a Packard, nine times out of ten it
will be a Packard the next time. This store has an
unusually splendid stock for inspection.
For instance a cresco calf in tan and black,
double sole, lace, blucher, water proof, fin
ished foot form last—Its style num- (PC QQ
ber is 38. The price.
A Shoe Pac Sale for Men With Big Feet
.The writer of this adv. found just eighty-five Shoe Pacs
that had been in stock longer than they should have been—
and to make matters worse sizes are 11 and 12; they have 12
and 16-inch topi, no heels; Hood and Gold Seal makes. Orig
inally they sold from $3.50 to $5.00; now we SI1 9H
are going to close them out, for a pair.01 «tU
Valdez Mercantile Co.
TRUE VALUES
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and f f TR>|D17D and Buildin*
Puget Sound LUlViDl-ilv Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry _
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south -7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau. Sheep creek Treadwell, Douglas
Cordova. Ellamar. Valdez and Latouche. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th j
S S Latouche, 15th; S S Cordova. 25tli of each month—Right reserved to change this
sohedule without notice.
F B. Ttacy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET S.OUND
California Alaska j
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at lO A. M. on j
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH g
Steamer .-I=-g 15ti> calls Uiamna and Kodiak-All tailing* call ai Knik Anchorage 3
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Franciaco every Wednesday and Sunday connecting with 3
Steamer* Yale and Harvard for Southern California. vj
Ripht reserved to change schedule without notioe 3
RICHARD J. RIN6W00D, Mgr., Seattle. VALDEZ DOCK CO. Local Agt. g
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Mrs. M. F. Roberts, Her heirs
and administrators and to all It may
concern: You are hereby notified that
I have expended during the past year,
1914, the sum of $66.66 (sixty-six dol
lars and sixty-six cents) lawful money
of the United States in labor and im
provements upon your one-third inter
est in those mining claims lying and
being on Avery river, in the recording
precinct of Valdez, Alaska, which are
known as the Beauty Bird and Beauty
Bird No. 1, the location notices of
said claims being of-record in the
ofTlce of the commissioner, and rec
orded at Valdez, Alaska, pages num
bered 95, 96, in Book 10, Mining Rec
ords. in order to hold said claims
under the provisions of section 2324
of the Revis d Statutes of the Unit
ed States, concerning annual labor
on mining claims, boing the amount
required to ho'd said lode claims for
the period ending December, 1914.
And unless within ninety days after
the completion of the publication of
this notice to-wlt: within ninety days
after the 7th day of June, 1915, you
contribute your proportion of such ex
penditure incurred in performing said
annual labor and Improvements,
which is the sum of 666.66, your in
terest in said claims will become the
property of your co-partners, who have
made the required expenditure by the
terms of said section.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 8th
day of March, 1915.
JULIUS RONNING.
Last publication June 7, 1915.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To G. A. Brown, bis heirs and ad
ministrators and to all it may con
cern:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the years 1912,
1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun
dred dollars ($300.00), lawful money
of the United States, in labor and
improvements, upon your one-sixth
interest in those mining claims lying
and being on Mineral creek, in the
recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska,
which are known as the Monte Carlo
group consisting of the Monte Carlo,
Monte Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo No.
3, Monte Carlo No. 4, Monte Carlo
No. 5, Monte Carlo No. 6, the
location notices of said claims
being of record in the office of
the commissioner and recorder, at
Valdez. Alaska, pages numbered 322,
323, 325, 326, and 327, of Book 2 Min
ing Records, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, concerning annual
labor on mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode
claims for the period ending Decem
ber, 1914.
And unless within ninety days af
ter the completion of the publication
of this notice, to-wit: within ninety
days after the Cth day of May, 1915,
you contribute your proportion of
such expenditure incurred in perform
ing said annual labor and improve
ments, which is the sum of three
hundred dollars ($300.00), your inter
est in said claims will become the
property of your co-owners, who have
made the required expenditure, by the
terms of said sec*'on.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 4th
day of February, 1915.
MIKE BARRETT.
JULIUS JUNGHOLM.
Last publication May 6, 1915.
Notice To Creditors.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska. Third Divis
ion. At Valdez. In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of W.
H. Blackwell, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been regularly appoint
ed as the executrix of the estate of
W. H. Blackwell, deceased, and cred
itors and all other persons, having
claims against said estate, are here
by notified to exhibit the same to me,
together with the necessary proof
thereof, at my place of business at
Valdez. Alaska, within six months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice, the same being the place for the
transaction of all business in connec
tion with said estate. Dated at Val
dez, Alaska, this 13th day of Febfu
ary, 1915.
MRS, W. H. BLACKWELL,
Executrix of the estate of W. II.
Blackwell, deceased.
Date of first publication Feb. 16, 1915.
Date of last publication March 16,
1915.
Notice of Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdez Electric
Company.
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the stockholders ot
the Valdez Electric Company, will be
held at the offices of the company,
in ‘he town of Valdez, Alaska, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915,
at the hour of 2 o’clock, in the after
noon of said day, for the purpose of
considering the question of increasing
the capital stock of said company,
from its present capitalization, name
ly twenty-five thousand dollars, di
vided into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each,
to the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be divided into
one nunarea uiuustuiu sumes ui me
par value of one dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend Its
articles of incorporation, so that Its
indebtedness may be increased to a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars, with full power to issue bonds
in payment of all of its indebted
ness, and to mortgage or otherwise
hypothecate its property or any part
thereof, for the purpose of securing
such indebtedness. Also authorizing
the company to amend its articles of
incorporation, so that it may acquire
by purchase or otherwise water rights,
water power, and the lands incident
al thereto, and that It may reduce Urn
number of its directors from seven
to three.
And you are hereby notified to be
prqsent at said meeting either in per
son, or by your regularly authorized
proxy or attorney in fact for the pur
pose of considering said questions.
This notice is hereby served on
you by publication thereof, in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper
published at Valdez, Alaska, which
Is the principal place of business of
said company. Said notice will be
published in said newspaper for eight
consecutive weeks, beginning with the
Issue of February 24th, 1916, and end
ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915.
Witness our hands as directors of
said company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL,
GEO. J. LOVE,
Directors.
The Prospector office for Job work
SAFE FROM GERMS.
• .—
It Was Easy For th# Pullman Porter to
Convince the Doctor#.
A party of physicians were on their
way to a medical convention, and they
had gathered in lhe buffet car to dis
cuss professional matters. The talk
had begun with proper cleanliness in
bandaging. It had progressed to that
point where sneezing was condemned
for the germs It disseminnted. when
the engine whistled to announce an ap
proaching station. The porter entered.
He waved his whisk broom.
•‘Itresh you off. sub?” he asked of
one of the doctors. The doctor turned
on him.
".lust exactly what I’ve been con
tending,” he said heatedly. "There's
one of the finest little systems of
spreading germs that ever was invent
ed. This porter comes in here and he
brushes me off: then he brushes you
and you and you. and every one else,
and starts a lot of germs flying round
in the air to be breathed in and start
disease. I say that germs ought not
to he disturbed in public. It’s danger
ous. They ought to he let alone—not
thrown up into the air by all this
brushing!”
There was a moment of silence. The
porter grinned foolishly. lie stood
first on one foot, then on the other.
He grinned again, then waved his
brush.
"Come on. doetah," he begged: "come
on and let me brosh you off! I’shaw!
Don’t let tlmt idea about microbes
bother you any! What little bresliin’
I'm going to do ain't going to disturb
no germs. No, sub!”—Youth's Com
panion.
IVORY NUT TREES.
How the Fruit Changes From a Liquid
to a Solid Substance.
Once considered useless, the ivory
nut has become an important product
and now adds considerably to Ecua
dor’s export trade. Something like
2<),<XX) tons are shipped from that
country each year, worth about $1,
700,(XX>, while Colombia and Panama
are both increasing their output.
The tree is a stunted palm fern
with a short thick trunk which grows
slowly to a height of ten to twenty
feet, marked by spiral lines or scars
left by fallen leaves and fruit stems
Tbe leaves resemble large gorgeous
green feathers and are like those of
tbe eocoanut palm, while tbe blossoms
are of pure white and very fragrant.
Tbe seeds or kernels resulting from
these are first in tbe form of sacks of
sweet, refreshing liquid that changes
into a soft, delicious, edible pulp anil
finally becomes tbe hard nut of com
merce. The nuts mature very slowly,
requiring from blossom to ripeness
fully a year. The gathering of green
or unripe tagun nuts is prohibited by
law In Ecuador.
Hundreds of natives, called tnguaros.
make a business of gathering these
nuts from tbe wild trees of tbe in
terior of Ecuador, collect them on
rafts and float them down the rivers
to Esmeraldas or other Pacific ports,
where they are sold in open markets
to the exporters.—Argonaut.
Boiling It Down.
They had been married just one year.
That was why he risked losing his
train by allowing her to fasten a bunch
of violets on to his coat. But his foot
tapped the floor impatiently, neverthe
I less, and he frowned as he wondered i!
j his wife’s kindly thought would cost
| him his cozy corner seat. "(Jeorge."
(said his wife tremulously, "you don't
i love me as you used to!” “My darling
heart of hearts," lie exclaimed, des
perately eyeing the clock, "what makes
you say that?" "Because. (Jeorge."
she answered, "when we were first
married It used to take von a whole
hour just to say g. _ <11% and ti-now”
tears interrupted too words and ran
down her cheeks "you can k-kiss me
and c-catch your train all In four min
utes!"
He Took No Chances.
A physician known for his coolness
and skill In surgery went to a dentist
to have a tooth extracted and other
work done on his molars.
"Will It be painful?’’ asked the phy
sician quaklngly.
‘‘It’ll be just as painless as one of
your surgical operations,” the dentist
replied encouragingly.
Grabbing up bis bat hurriedly, the
physician remarked as be started to
ward tbe door: ”1 forgot 1 bad an en
gagement in my office for this hour
I'll see you later, doc.”—Indiahapolls
News.
An Acrobatic Feat.
The fresh air kid had discoursed for
thirty minutes on the acrobatic won
ders of the vaudeville stage.
"Huh. that ain’t so much." sniffed
the farmer’s son at last. "We’ve got
something In this very barn that will
turn without moving.”
“Haln’t neither! What Is It?"
“Milk.”—Detroit Free Press.
His Finish.
Saplelgh—How much money do yon
think a mau ought to accumulate be
fore be can safely ask a girl to marry
him? Miss Keen-lt depends on the
man. Mr. Saplelgh. Yon will probably
have to accumulate several millions—
Boston Transcript.
Wise Man.
Rustum—You know Miss De Kov
very well, don’t you? Van Swain—No.
Rustum—What! 1 thought you were
engaged to her? Van Swain—So 1 am.
—Judge.
The favor of great men and the
praise or the world are not much to be
relied on.—French Proverb.
AS THACKERAY SAW US.
His Opinion of American Cities and
Civilization In 1852.
Early in December of 1852 Thackeray
wrote from New York city to a friend
in England: ‘T’ve been here and there
in the •upper ten' world, but not much,
it’s the most curious varnish of civili
sation. The girls are dressed like the
most stunning French actresses, the
house furnished like splendid gambling
houses. It’s all gold and yellow bro
cade, and little ladies are like French
shop boys, and the bouses are all so
new that the walls are not even pa
pered. and on the walls in the midst
of the hangings of brocade and the
enormous gold frames and mirror you
see little twopenny pictures and color
ed prints."
Two months later he wrote from Bal
timore: "Now 1 have seen three great
cities—Boston, New York. Philadel
phia. I think 1 like them all mighty
well. They seem to be not so civilized
as our London, but more so than Man
chester and Liverpool. At Boston is
very good literature company indeed
It is like Edinburgh for that— a vast
amount of toryism and donnishness
everywhere; that of New York the sim
plest and least pretentious, for it suf
fices that a man should keep a fine
house, give parties and have a dough
ter to get all the world to him.”—Pitts
burgh Press.
STICK INSECTS.
They Sleep In the Daytime by Going
Into a Rigid Trance.
One of the most curious inhabitants
of the insect world is what is known
as the stick insect, about which Pro
fessor Schmidt of the Imperial uni
versity of St. Petersburg lias been
making some strange discoveries.
This queer insect remains in a quiet
state during the hours of daylight
Until now it lias always been supposed
Unit this was slumber, but Professor
Schmidt says it is really a state of
catalepsy, or trance, which the insect
lias developed as a means of protec
tion against its enemies.
When in one of those trances the in
sects will remain for hours in most
abnormal positions—standing on their
heads, flat on their backs or with
their legs extended high in the air
and the body arched in the form of a
bow. Only some prolonged excitement
of the nervous system will rouse them
from this rigid cataleptic state, but
when tbe trance is over they show no |
signs whatever of muscular fatigue. j
The stick insect passes all its days
in a trance and feeds at night on the |
foliage of plants where it lives.—Ex
change. *
Amateur Headsman.
Most of us are wont to think of the
beheadment as a relic of the dark ages,
but the last decapitation which took
place in the British isles was no later
than 1820. The victims were two tin
fortunates who had taken a part in the
Bonnymuir rising and were convicted
of high treason. The sentence was car
ried out in Stirling. Scotland. The
headsman, who was masked and wore
a serge gown, was a small, nervous
man who did his work so badly that it
was not until the third stroke that he
decapitated one of the unfortunates
The assembled crowd yelled “Murder!"
and the miserable headsman was heard
to remark. "I wish to heaven I had not
it to do.”' For a long time his iden
tity was a mystery, but it later (level
oped that he was a young medical stu
dent of Glasgow The ax and the
mask which he used on the occasion
may still he seen.—New York Sun.
What He Left.
liesiding in a little village is a law
yer who is famous for drawing wills
in which branch of business be lias
long enjoyed a monopoly of tile conn
try for miles around.
A few mouths since a wealthy man
died. There was much speculation as
to tile value of the property, and tbe
town gossip set about to find out the
facts. He bunted up the lawyer, and.
after a few preliminary remarks about
tbe deceased, he said rather bluntly:
“1 suppose you made Brown’s will?"
“Yes.”
"Then you probably know how much
he left. Would you mind telling me?"
“Not at all.” the lawyer answered,
as he resumed his Vrltlng. "He left
everything he had.”
Did His 8hare.
The lecturer raised his voice with
emphatic confidence.
“It Is my belief, and I venture to
assert it" be declared, “that there isn’t
a man in .this audience who has ever
done anything to prevent the destruc
tion of our vast forests."
A rather timid, henpecked looking
man quietly arose in tbe rear of tbe
ball and said:
“I—er— I’ve shot woodpeckers!”—Ev
erybody’s.
An Idyl.
“He Is my Ideal and I’m bis idol,”
said tbe girl.
“And your love affair?”
“Is an idyl.”
"And your fiance?”
“He’s Idle, according to papa.”—La
dies' Home Journal.
A Fish Story.
In a school for colored children the
pupils were asked to construct a sen
tenee containing the word "ampblh- <
Ions.” Quick H8 a flash one boy gave ]
tbe following: j
“Most fish stories am flbious.”—Dc- ,
trolt Free Press ']
Pretty Rloh.
Louise—Are they rich enough to af
ford competent servants? Julia—My ■<
dear: They’re rich < mtugb to afford
dishonest ones - Life
Dougherty & Ferguson
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Summons By Publication
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska. Third Division.
J. D. lived, plain! iff. vs. Eri Thomp
son and M. A. Ellis, defendants.—
No. S-19. 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 llie publication of this
summons against you, to-wit: within
thirty days after the 19th day of Ap
ril, 193.9. and answer the 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-wil: 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 (he same be sold to satis
fy said judgments.
1 111.-* MlllHUUU.-* i..-* > VU Kill JUU II.)
publication thereof, pursuant to an
order duly made and entered by the
above entitled court, on the 8th day
of March. 1915, which publication was
directed to be made once a week for
six consecutive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, judge of said Court, this Sth
day of March, 1915.
(Seal) AI1THFR RANG,
Clerk of the District Court.
By CHAS. A HAND Deputy.
Date of lirst publication March S.
1915.
Date of last publication April 19,
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.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“bade’’ 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
w,«th the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dottier.
ADVERTISE IR THE
PROSPEOTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
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