Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
February Clearance Offerings
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Women’s
Underwear
Two piece woolen underwear,
broken lots, mostly small sizes,
50c and 75c garment.
Women’s Hosiery
Unusual values at 15 cents.
Pumps and Slippers
Broken size lots of up to date
footwear at reduced prices;
Three-fifty, Four dollars and
Four twenty-five values,
at $2.75 pair.
Women’s
Sweater Coats
All-wool sweater coats, grey
and white—formerly sold for
five and six dollars,
now priced $1.00.
Red Cashmere
Seventy-five and Eighty-five
cent values, now 50 cents.
All One-twenty-five to Two
fifty corsets offered now at
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
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
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
(Vice rooms over O'rl Drier store. Office hours
9 a. is., to B p. in.. 7 p, in., to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. 59
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m.
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
[Civil Engineer and'
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor'
Blue Printing Valdez, Alaska.
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Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Weitern Federation of Miner*
H. M. CARTER. President.
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary.
Valde*. Alaeha.
Copper River •
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party ot Alaska
Meets every Thursday at 8 p. m.
Next door to Senate Saloon.
Everybody Welcome.
Newspaper Reporters.
I havp always hud great sympathy
for newspaper reporters—a class of
men generally about equally feared
and criticised. During a large part of
my life since my graduation I have
been brought in constant contact with
the men of this profession. Only on
rare occasions have 1 suffered at their
hands serious injustice, due either to
deliberate intent or to gross misunder
standing. I have generally found them
courteous and considerate, honestly de
sirous of getting the truth and of re
porting it accurately.—Abbott's "Itern
iniscenees" in Outlook
Regret.
liegret is a dangerous tiling. You
lot a little one no lugger than a mus
tard seed Into your heart, and before
Jon know it you've hatched out a
whole brood. Everything is woven
into a pattern of the whole, and the
Lord knew the figure he had in mind.
—Ellen Glusgow
The Prospector office for Job work.
THE READING TABLE
There Is no light that makes night
reading so easy as does Electricity. An
Electric portable is a source of pleasure
in every home—as well as a means of
health. The entire body suffers if the
eyes become affected. Redding in im
proper light is one of the worst things
for the eyes. Get an Electric Portable
and read In comfort and peace.
Alaska Water, light & Telephone Company
DIGGING A POST HOLE.
Ho Worked Faithfully and Cheerily,
but Lacked One Esientlal.
lie was a vigorous worker, and he
was digging a post hole In the bed ot
a river. A post was to be placed in It
as part of the extension of a wharf.
'lie worked hard and got rapidly
deeper and deeper
Lie struck stones, but he reached
down and pried them up.
He got thoroughly soaked, but he
grinned cheerfully
He sang at his task and was an in
spiration to ail the other workmen
Five o’clock came, but he faithfully
finished his post hole, though it took
him ten minutes longer. He was no
time server
Then he climbed, dripping, out on
the bank and walked home, happy in
the consciousness of good work accom
plished.
But he did not put a post into the
post hole, and when he came back the
next morning he found the bole filled
again with mud and completely oblit
erated.
However, he cheerfully went to
work again, singing as lie labored, and
dug the hole once more.
And the company paid the bill.
Moral.—Cheerfulness is good, zeal is
better, but a bit of brain is bust of all
—Christian Endeavor World.
SECRET OF SUCCESS.
Bo Efficient and Do Things That Other
People Do Not Do.
A man has a weary time awaiting to
rise in the world by force of sympathy,
by getting somebody else to pull him
along. You see such people standing
around expecting compassion and a
lift from some who have succeeded.
But ibis is not the way success is at
tnined. That conies by working for it.
by being worthy of it. b,v doing one’s
best, if il comes at all. The world is
full of failures because a man hangs
Imtk and depends upon others.
Efficiency Is the greatest word in tile
language. There is no real progress
without it. And what does efficiency
consist off Of sobriety, honesty, dili
gence. patience, happiness, unselfish
ness, good habits and putting in full
time.
Of course a man can get rich by not
caring for these, fie can gamble, steal,
defraud, pad payrolls and expense
hills, borrow money and never pay.
But such riches don’t Inst. They drop
n man pretty hard finally. ’
The only way is to start out in the
world and do one's best without wait
Ing to see what others do. As Stein
metz. tlie master electrician, said, "To
earn $100,000 a year do things other
people don’t do.”—Ohio State Journal.
Volcanoes and Disease.
Many strange and exaggerated ac
counts have been given of terrible dis.s
eases in human beings, lower animals
and plants as a result of volcanic ac
tivity. In a prize essay by I)r. H. .1.
■lohnston-I.avis It is shown that there
is no direct connection with disease,
but that volcanic outbursts may indi
rectly cause or increase epidemic dis
ease in several ways. The poisonous
fumes may have irritating and de
pressing effects on the eyes and throat.
The disturbance of water courses may
bring about the infection of wells ami
surface supplies with sewage, and in
terference with ventilation ot houses
may result from the accumulation ot
ejected materials. The moral depres
sion from fear, with hunger from the
cutting off of food supplies, may have
the effect by lessening the resistance
of the organization to infection - Ex
change.
Keeping His Secret.
When Lord Wellington was com
miinder of an army in India a certain
rich man offered him $500,000 for some
secret information on a very important
question. Wellington looked thought
ful a few moments, as If he were
weighing the temptation. At length lie
said:
"It appears that you can keep a se
cret, sir.”
“Certainly,” said the man. feeling
sure that he hod gained his point.
“So can I,” said Wellington. Good
morning, sir." And the mau went away
with a crestfallen air.
Foresight Defined.
The children had read the word fore
sight in the reader, and the teacher
was endeavoring to make it plain.
“Foresight.” she said, "is looking
ahead. Now, Freddie, you give me an
example of foresight if you can.”
“Well, foresight would be not to eat
too much brenkfast when you knew
you were going out into the country to
your grandmother’s for dinner," ex
plained the boy.—Indianapolis News.
Cheerfulness.
Wondrous Is the strength of cheer
fulness find altogether past calcula
tion Its powers of endurance. Kllorts
to be permanently useful must be uni
formly Joyous-a spirit of all sunshine
—graceful from very gladness- beautl
ful because bright.- Carlyle.
Hers.
“I suppose that you and your wife
are two souls with but a single
thought. ’
"That's about the situation, but
about half the time she will not tell
me what that thought Is."—Phlladel
phla Record.
Big Page.
Stout Wife—How do you like my
masquerade costume? I'm a page.
Husband—Page? You look more like
a volume.—Princeton Tiger.
In conversation confidence has a
greater share than wit.-Rochefoucauld.
ARMY CAMP WATER.
Ho* the Supply Is Conserved and Used
In the German Army.
Suitable drinking water is of vital Im
portance to an army, and tlds is only
one of a multitude of problems tbut
must be studied carefully by those who
conduct a successful campaign. The
water supply of a camp Is a matter of
great importance. Only running water
is used.
In the German army the upstream
water is used for drinking purposes
and the downstream water for water
ing horses and for bathing. Suitable
signs notify ttie men which water is
safe to drink and which may be used
only for bathing. In shallow or narrow
streams basins are dug or small dams
built so as to form a reservoir of ample
dimensions.
Stepping stones are provided to keep
the water clea*. as well as hoard pro
tection to prevent the banks from
crumbling. Basins are dug for water
ing horses; troughs are provided only
in case of necessity and are then prop
ped on posts and filled by means of
pumps. Pipes may be driven if water
lies at a reasonable depth—in other
words, not more than twenty feet. De
pending upon their size, these pipes will
deliver from four to twenty-two gal
ions of water per minute.
If water lies very near the surface a
hole is dug and a cask, the bottom o(
which has been knocked out. is placed
in the hole to form a basin. If the wa
ter lies at a greater depth the basin
may be formed of box sections driven
in one on top of the other.—Scientific
American.
FISHES WITH ITS WINGS.
The Cassowary Has a Way of Its Own
For Capturing Its Prey.
Habits of the cormorant and of our
native fish hawk tire generally known
Their methods of taking fish tire very
much like those of birds of prey. But
tile cassowary fishes according to a
method of Its own. A well known
naturalist witnessed its operations on
a river in tile island of New Britain.
He saw a cassowary come down to
the water’s edge and stand for some
minutes apparently watching the wa
ter carefully. It then stepped into the
river where it was about three feet
deep and. partially squatting down,
spread its wings out. submerging them,
the feathers being spread and ruffled.
'The bird remained motionless and
kept its eyes closed as if in sleep. It
remained in this position for a quarter
of an hour, when, suddenly closing Us
wings and straightening its feathers,
it stepped out on the bank. Here it
shook itself several times, whereupon
a quantity of small fishes fell out of
Us wings and from amid Us feathers
These the bird Immediately picked up
and swallowed.
i The fishes had evidently mistaken
the feathers for a kind of weed that
grows in the water along the banks of
the river in this island and which
much resemble the feathers of the cas
sowary. The smaller fishes hide in
these weeds to avoid the larger ones
that prey on them.—St. Paul Pioneer
| Press.
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Camels In Warfare.
I Camels are a feature of warfare in
'tlie far east. Basar was In the year
I 050 the scene of a fight known as tlie
battle of the camel, in which Ayeshah.
the wife of Mahomet, headed the
charge mounted upon one of these
beasts. And down through the ceil
| ttiries Arab hosts have been led by a
j girl riding on a blackened camel, sing
! ing songs of encouragement to tier
i own side and insult to tlie oilier. Ac
j cording to tlie strict rules of tlie game,
j her capture or death meant the tlight
of her tribe, while in the event of
victory she led the triumphal march -
London Chronicle.
Human Life.
Human life is the same everywhere
If we could but get at the truth we
should find that all the tragedy and
comedy of Shakespeare have been re
produced In this little village. God
has made all of one blood. What is
true of one man is In some sort true of
another. Manifestations may differ,
but the essential elements and springs
of action are the same.—Whittier.
Sleep In the Dark.
The most undisturbed sleep is al
ways enjoyed in a thoroughly darken
ed room. Light acts upon the brain,
and those who keep their blinds up
will find that in the summer time,
when so few hours are really dark,
their sleep is restless and disturbed.
This is often attributed to the beat,
but more often than not it is tbe light
which causes wakefulness.
Where the Danger Wae.
“I’d cross the world for you, dear,”
said the Infatuated young man on the
parlor sofa.
“Oh, that’s all right.” said the sweet
young thing alongside of him, "but
don’t cross father."—Yonkers States
man.
Herat’s Hard Luck.
The city which has been most often
destroyed Is Herat, in Afghanistan.
Fifty-six times have its walls been
laid In ruins, and llfty-seven times
have they been built.
The Proper Thing.
"Here’s a story of a mun who banged
himself, and space Is short. What shall
I do?"
"Cut him down.’’—Baltimore Ameri
can. _
The man makes the clrcumstauces
and is spiritually as well as econom
ically the artificer of his own fortune.
—Carlyle.
Dougherty & Ferguson
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
_ Chas. Peppy
’Seattle^
^4 Complete Services
a IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
1155 Rooms with bath-50 Sample Rooms
Notice of Registration.
Notice is hereby given that the reg
istration hooks for the registration
of voters at the municipal election to
be held in and for the Town of Val
dez, Alaska, on the Mil day of April,
1915, will be open at the office of
the Town Treasurer, in Coppe;
Block, in said Town, on the 1st day
of February, 1915, between the hours
of 2 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon
of said day, and will remain open for
such registration between like hours
on each and every day thereafter, ex
cept Sundays, until and including the
27th day of March, 1915; and on the
last two days on which such regis
tration may be made, viz:, the 26th
and 27th days of March, 1915, said
books will be open for such registra
tion between the hours of 1 and 6
o’clock in the afternoon of said days.
Town Treasurer E. G. Ames has
been named registrar, and will enter
in said registration books the names
of all persons, residents of the Town
of Valdez, who are qualified voters,
or who will be such voters at the
date of said election, upon their ap
plication in person at his said office
within the office hoir t and between
the dates mentioned; and no voter
who does not personally appear and
register at said office between said
dates will be permitted to vote ;.t
said election.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of 1.
D. Flynn, deceased.- Notire of settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that W T.
Scott, the administrator of the esta'o
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and fil
ed in the above entitled court, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th day of February, 1915, at the
hour of two o’clock In the afternoon
of said day, at the court room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by me, tho
undersigned, as the Judge of said
court, as the time and place for the
settlement of said account, at which
time and place any and all persons
interested in said estate, may appear,
tile exceptions in writing to the said
account or otherwise contest the al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this 23rd
day of December, 1914.
(Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex Officio
Probate Judge, for the Recordin';
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date last publication February 21,
1915.
Somebody
With Money
always lias been found to
‘'bacli” 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
\yith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
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