Spring Samples of
PackarcftShoes Here
HE Packard trunk confining all the
new skye styles Ajt {he/year 1916
arrived on the l^boat. Men desir
ing something diffcfredt, or those who
have trouble "findings comfortable last
will do well to inspect the lines. Delivery
takes about four weeks.
Packard Shoes are priced at $5.00 and $6.00.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
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Messages are Being Sent from Val
dez to Juneau via Cable and
Transferred to Wireless.
The government cable between
Valdez and Seattle, following its usu
al custom when big events are attract
ing the attention of newspaper read
ers of the world, has gone out' of
commission. The break occurred
south of Sitka and may have happen
ed close to Seattle, in which event
the interruption will be of short du
ration as the cableship Burnside is
at Seattle.
While the cable is out of commis
sion messages are being received over
the Marconi radio system from Seat
tle to Juneau, where the messages
are turned over to the Signal Corps
for transmission by cable to Valdez.
Most of the cable news in today's
Prospector was received in this man
ner as this paper is determined to
supply Its readers with news of the
day even at an increased expense for
tolls.
During the break in the cable the
rate of commercial messages will be
increased slightly in order to absorb
the additional expense of transfer
ing the messages from the govern
ment to the Marconi systems at Ju
neau. The ordinary rate for ten
word messages during the day or fifty
words as night letter service, which
was $2.40, has been increased to
$3.15. The messages will also be ac
cepted subject to delay owing to the
pressure of business thrown on the
wireless system by the interruption
of the cable service.
.
Important.
See the three act comedy “Cap
tain Racket,” at the Liberty last time
Wednesday night.
Bill Holmes is in town from the
Cliff mine looking after his private
interests and will return tomorrow.
SEATTLE BANKER HAS
LAID BURDEN DOWN.
SEATTLE, Jan. 4.—R. R. Spen
cer, vice-president and founder of th‘e
National Bank of Commerce here,
died this morning. Deceased was a
pioneer business man of the state
and had amassed a fortune by the
development of Seattle.
Fred Tracy Married /
It is reported in Seward chat Fred
Tracy, the popular general agent of
the Alaska Steamship company, was
married to Mrs. Steele, at Los Ange
! les on Christmas eve, and that the
[couple will spend their honeymoon
in California.
Secretary of State and Home Affairs
Resigns, Despite Pleadings of
Premier Asqaitli.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—The British
cabinet is facing another crisis which
was brought about by Sir John Si
mon, secretary of state and home af
fairs, resigning from the cabinet de
spite the pleadings of Premier As
quith. The desertion of the secretary
of the state from the cabinet which
it is believed will be followed by oth
ers. has weakened the advocates of
conscription and it 'is doubtful that
the measure will be passed.
Tt is announced that the canvass of
the British Isles under Lord Derby
shows that there are nine million,
four hundred thousand men of mili
tary age who would be subject to
conscription if the measure is enforc
ed. This number has, however, been
! reduced by the modified conscription
plans decided upon by the British
cabinet as Lloyd George will insist
that Premier Asquith’s promise be
kept that married men would not be
subject to conscription except as a
last resort. >
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EVERYTHING ANTON CARLSON,
FIRST CLASS ' Manager. J;
FRYE-BRUHN CO. j
| Wholesale'and Retail Dealers in j
: Beef, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Poultry j
l and Produce.
[ Sole Agents for MAYFLOWER BUTTER and EGGS. Phone 29 ;
SWANSON LEAVES
FOB SLATE GREEK
Will Transport Supplies and Hydraul
ic Plant to Placer Mining
Claims on Interior Creek.
When C. P. owanson, the Slate
Creek operator, left for the interior
this forenoon with four men and
eight head of horses Alaska avenue
presented a familiar sight to oldtim
ers, reminding them of the days
when scores of freighters made their
headquarters In Valdez and teams
were‘leaving over the road at nearly
every hour of the day.
Swanson is accompanied by Her
man Nelson and Peter Randen. his
partners, with Peter Robs and Two
Step Nelson as assistants. He is tak
ing eight head of horses, having pur
chased six fine animals from Ed.
Wood of the Copper River Transfer
coippany. Thos. Berg, another mem
ber of the party, who is now in
the States, will join the party at
Chitina.
The party will go over the govern
ment road to Chitina, from which
point they will begin the work of
transporting supplies and machinery
to 81ate creek. The machinery will
include a hydraulic plant which will
be installed on the ground during the
coming summer.
During the winter a gang of men
are being kept busy getting out tim
ber for the sawmill located about
twenty miles from the Swanson work
ings. After the supplies are landed
on the claims the work of delivering
the lumber of the big flume which will
be built to carry water for the hy
draulic plant will begin and the oper
ators believe they will be all ready
when the snow disappears in the
spring.
Another partner, Billy Greer, who
is at Anchorage and was expected on
the last boat from the westward to
join the party, failed to connect and
will go in via Cordova to Chitina.
Jack Miller, who is an extensive
operator on Slate creek, will send in
his teams with supplies at an early
date. The horses have been winter
ed in Valdez and will be .taken over
the government road to Chitina. His
crew of men have spent the winter in
Valdez and are ready to hit the trail
as soon as the freight shipments have
reached ,~nitina.
HOLLAND AND AMERICA
HAVE MUCH IN COMMON
Holland of today is a paradox, a
country surrounded by the warring
nations, hemmed in by the restric
tions forced upon it from all sides,
and yet. with that grim determina
tion and spirit of endurance and
thrift which has characterized itB his
tory throughout the centuries, it is
successfully weathering the storm
which is now sweeping over Europe,
spreading death and devastation in
its path.
Commercially Holland is doing an
enormous business; the estimated
profit for the past year is $400,000,
000. Financially it finds itself an
important factor as a clearing house,
a. go-between for the belligerent
countries, whose financial relations
must, in this era of commercialism,
and despite political differences, re
main closely linked. Politically Hol
land is in a difficult, at times preca
rious position, and yet her commer
cial and financial status will proba
bly safeguard her, since her entrance
into the war on either side would
prove more of a hindrance than a
help to whichever ally she would
choose.
The fact that this little country
has been able to establish such a po
sition for itself is due partly to its
geographical situation, but primarily
to the remarkable patriotism of the
Dutch people and to their, under
standing of the word “neutrality."
Whether she speaks to a diplomat or
a peasant, a man of business or a
workman, one finds a distinct sym
pathy for or against each warring na
tion; one finds pro-Germans, pro-En
glish. pro-French, but each one is
pre-eminently Dutch—a patriotism
that is willing to set aside personal
prejudice and momentary consider
ations: that is even willing to humil
iate itself in the acceptance of the
many harsh conditions imposed upon
its business by both England and
Germany—a patriotism that aaka
only that wbiotf shall be for the good
pf the fatherland. And, above all,
they desire peace, yet not at any
price, for Holland would fight to the
bitter end should its territory ever
be invaded.
But in spite of this apparent pros
perity, the other side of the picture
presents a striking contrast. While
many industries fy&ve Increased
enormously, many have ceased al
together; the mobilization of 650,
000 men during this entire year has
caused untold hardships among the
poor and middle classes, and since it
costs the Dutch Government approx
mately $400,000 per day to main
tain this army, the rate of taxation
is consequently greatly increasing.
Thus even if Holland succeeds in
maintaining its neutrality it will pay
a heavy price therefor. Financially
there are such tremendous difficulties
to overcome, each large transaction
brings down upon it the scrutiny, the
suspicion, and the condemnation of
the various powers, whose spies are
everywhere.
And there are many days when
the war clouds hang low over this
peaceful, quiet land; when the diffi
culties of remaining neutral are al
most insurmountable; when the
dread enforced militarism, so for
eign to the policy of the Dutch peo
ple, looms large before them.
And so, day by day, they who have
seen all the pitiless horrors and
heartrending miseries of the Bel
gian devastation pray to the Almighty
God for peace and for the safety of
their home, for the preservation of
their husbands and sons from the
tragedies of war, and, above all for
freedom.
Truly, Holland and America have
much in common; many of their
hopes and ideals are alike, and they
should work hand in hand in this
great crisis for the cessation of host
ilities and for a world wide and last
ing peace.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Jan. 3, 1916.
Barometric pressure .30.015
Temperature 7 p. m.20
Maximum temperature .21
Minimum temperature . 4
Mean temperature .12.5
Partly cloudy, wind northeast 6
miles.
Interior Weather.
Valdez. Jan. 4. 1916. ,
Fairbanks, —21; 11 inches snow;
cloudy, calm.
Salcha, —28; 24 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Richardson. —14; 15 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
McCarthy, —15; 23 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Donnelly, —12; 23 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
McCallum, —10; 48 inches snow;
cloudy, light wind, trail fair.
Paxson, —19; 20 inches snow;
trail good, cloudy, calm.
Hogan, —18; 21 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Qulkana, —14; 19 Inches snow;
cloudy,. calm, trail good.
Copper Center, —15: 17 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
Tonsina, —18; 28 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Teikhell. —10; 42 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam, —9; 33 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
Summit, —4; 8 feet of snow;
clear, calm, trail drifted.
Wortman’s, —6; 40 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail closed to north,
heavy south.
FRENCH SOLDIERS ARE
WELL FED iJi TRENCHES
PARIS: As far as food goes, the
French soldier lives well, if the ordi
nary program of the French common
people is taken as a standard. His
menu is based on two solid meals a
day, with a breakfast of bread and
coffee.
There is nothing the French sol
dier appreciates so much as his morn
ing coffee. It is brought to him in
canvas buckets, sugared but without
milk. If the weather is bad there is
usually a sip of rum to go with the
coffee and bread.
For dinner and supper the two
great staple disheB are ragout and
pot-au-eu. The ragout is made of
stewed meat, preferably mutton,
highly seasoned. The pot-au-eu is
boiled beef and soup. The stem is
generally thickened with dried beans
or rice, but the pot-au-eu receives as
many varieties of vegetables as inge
nious foraging can muster with
a plentiful baqis of potatoes.
Occasionally the French cooks,
even close to the firing line, vary the
menu with special dishes, such as
steaks, brains and heartB, which they
carry to the men in the trenches. It
is a current remark in France that
the cook is the bravest man in the
regiment.
Brand New Tonight
A complete change of program at
the Liberty theater tonight a show
well worth seeing as follows: <
A Pine thrilling and appealing
three reel feature picture. “Through
the Fires of Temptation."
“A Game of Hearts", a comedy of
merit.
"Just Plain Dog”, a laugh from
the start to the finish.
“The Ranch Girl’s Measurement.”
Making a total of five excellent
reels of film at the Liberty theatre
tonight.
P. S. Don’t forget amateur night
Friday sonw good attractions.
W..jNVl * »'
Pasteurised Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whltley’s.
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Protect Yourself
Against Theft and Fire^
By Placing Your Valuables In a
Safe Place.
We have Safety Deposit Boxes to
rent as low as five dollars a year
The First Bank of Valdez
Resources $240,000. "
THE PINZON
Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’ Candy
We Have
Varied Sweets Nut Chocolates
Glace Fruit French Mixed
Old Fashioned Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials ^
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
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DONALDSON SCHEDULE '
Lvs. Fort Liscum Lva Values
8:15 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. y
SATURDAYS
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these day* being used to
clean boilers.
GRAND OPENING OF
SKATING RINK WEDNESDAY
W. R. Moore, who has built an
open air skating rink on the vacant
lots nearly opposite the court house,
announces.that he will give a grand
opening of the rink tomorrow eve
ning. He has worked industriously
for weeks and reports that he now
has a One sheet of ice.
The rink will be lighted by elec
tricity and music will be furnished
by a large phonograph. He has also
secured the use of the Dehney cabin
near the rink for use as a
room and will keep it warm Au4. Mpt
fortable for bis patrons. There arm%
many Valdez people who are the hip^
py possessors of skates and no •doubt,
they will turn out in numbers -at Mu#
grand opening. A shipment of ukatee
is expected on the next steamer fol
lowing the Alameda.