■ The old location of
Sphmidt’s Bakery
has wooden windows—If you should hear someone
say, Where’s The Bakery? just say:
He is a block further up that way—You will do two
favors at gne lime. Why? Because the customer
and I both save money on every transaction.
Homemade Bread
Large size, 3 for 25c.
Homemade Doughnuts.
Best Eggs and Butter.
Ground floor entrance former P. O. building.
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
• $
pH0NE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
ttoe tables for makch.
The table given below is for high
and low water in Valdez Bay, for
the month of March- 1916.
Wednesday, March 15.
High, 9:28 am, 7.7; 10:52 pm, 6.S.
Low, 3:55 am, 3.9; 4:31 pm, 1.2. _
Thursday, March 10.
High, 10:18 am, 8.2; ll:16>pm, 7.5.
Low, 4:31 am, 3.1; 5:01 pm, 0.8
Friday, March 17.
High, 11:01 am, 8.6.
Low, 4:59 am, 2.3; 5:27 pm, 0.6.
Saturday, March 18.
High, 11:40 pm, 8.1; 11:37 am 8.8.
Low, 6:84 am, 1.4; 6:62 pm, —0.5.
Sunday, March 19.
High, 0:04 am, 8.7; 12:16 pm, 8.9.
Low, 6:09 am, —0.7; 6:19 pm, —0.6
Monday, March 20.
High, 12:30 am, 9.3; 12:62 pm, 8.8.
Low, 6:44 am, 0.0; 8:47 pm, —0.8.
Tuesday, March 21.
High, 12:67 am, 9.7; 1:31 pm, 8.5.
Low, 7:31 am, —0.5; 7:19 pm, v1.3.
Wednesday, March 22.
High, 1:28 am, 10.0; 3:12 pm, 8.0,
Low, 8:01 am, —0.7; 7:61 pm, 1.6.
Thursday, March 23.
High, 2:02 am, 10.0; 2:68 pm, 7.3.
Low, 8:46 am, —0.6; 8:28 pm, 2.1.
Friday, March 24.
High, 2:41 am, 9.8; 3:62 pm, 6.6.
Low, 9:36 am, —0.3; 9:07 pm, 2.8.
Saturday, March 25.
High, 3:28 am, 9.4; 4:69 pm, 6.0.
Low, 10:37 am, —0.3; 10:01 pm, 3.4
Sunday, March 20.
High, 4:37 am, 8.8; 6:34 pm, 6.7.
Low, 11:64 am, —0.7; 11:14 pm, 3.9
Monday, March 27.
High, 6:46 am, 8.4; 8:02 pm, 6.1
Low, 1:26 pm, —0.8.
; Tuesday, March 28.
High, 7:22 am, 8.2; 9:18 pm, 6.8.
Low, 1:02 am, 3.3; 2:45 pm, —0.6.
Wednesday, March 29.
High. «k50 am, 8.4; 10:04 pm, 7.7.
LowL4K48 am, 3.3; 3:42 pm, 0.4.
Thursday, March 80.
High, 9:67 am, 8.7; 10:44 pm, 8.6.
Low, 3:56 am, 2.2; 4:27 pm, —0.2.
Friday, March 81.
High, 10:61 am, 9.0; 11:18 pm, 9.3.
Low, 4.48 am. 1.1: 6:06 pm. —0.2.
NEVER STRAIN GASOLINE
THROUGH A CHAMOIS
Garage men beware! Autoists, at
tention! Boatmen, be careful. When
ever you filter gasoline through cha
mois you are playing hide and seek
with one of the deadliest combina
tions known to man—electricity and
gasoline.
If your tank is under the seat, be
careful when you fill it. If you are
not, you are as foolish as the man
who looks for a gasoline leak with a
lighted candle.
Never strain gasoline through a
chamois. Now we’ll tell you why it
is dangerous.
Gasoline and chamois do not get
along. They are not "neutrals.”
Let us assume that yon are about
to fill your tank. The funnel is the
nozzle. A chamois strainer is in the
funnel. The gasoline is turned on
and as it pours through the chamois
it generates static electirity. Static
electricity may be defined as electric
ity that is at rest. It is an agent
neither of construction nor destruc
tion so long as nothing is done to
unleash it. Unleash it, by brushing
a clumsy finger against a natural
law, and you have to deal with the
most diabolical physical agent known
—a force that destroys with the
quickness of lightning.
We have seen that gasoline, a vol
atile substance, passing thru chamois
forms static electricity which charges
the funnel. When the amount of
electricity insufficient to produce a
jump sparft, that spark, following
the inevitable law of electricity at
traction jumps to the nearest ground,
which is your tank. In doing so it
must pass across the opening between
the end of your funnel and the edge
of the tank through which gasoline
vapor is rising. Suddenly there is a
violent discharge, like that of light
ning, which is, after all, a gigantic
jump spark. All those in close re
lation are, as it were, struck by light
ning.
Many have been burned and scar
red for life through ignorance of this
fiend of electricity. Many more, it is
sad to relate, have been measured out
on their last cool bed. No one was
able to tell just why they died.
The moral to be derived from this
article is: do not put gasoline thru
chamois skin. But if you still insist
on taking chances, be sure that you
have a ground on it, by seeing that
the funnel touches the opening of
the tank. Be doubly sure that you
lake this precaution. (
Fire department statistics of many
cities show that an overwhelming per
cent of auto fires are caused by using
chamois with gasoline—a fatal com
bination.
It might not be out of place in this
article to state that thousands of peo
ple do not know that the vapor aris
ing from gasoline when mixed with
the proper proportion of air, is one
of the most dangerous and powerful
explosives known.—Timken Magi
zlne.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Frank Winchester and Joe Qo
memzet:
' You and each of you are hereby
notified that I have expended during
the year 1916, one hundred dollars
($100.00) in labor and improve
ments upon the MAYDAY 1,0DR
mining claim, situate on the north
aide of Shoup Bay, about one mile
therefrom in the Valdez recording
precinct. Territory of Alaska, the lo
cation certificate of which is found
of Record in Book 16, at Page 300,
in the office of the United States
Commissioner and ex-offlcio Record
er in and for the said Valdez Re
cording Precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
in order to hold said claim under the
laws of the United States and the
Territory of Alaska relating to the
annual labor upon mining claims, be
ing the amount required to hold said
lode mining claim for the period
ending on the 31st day of December,
1916. And if, within ninety days
after the publication of this notice,
to-wit, within ninety days after the
* 10th day of May, 1916, yon or either
of you fail or refuse to contribute
your proportion of such expenditure
as a co-owner, which amounts to
thirty-three dollars and thirty-three
cents ($33.33) for each of you. then
the Interest or interests in said claim
of the one or both you so failing or
refusing to contribute will become
Whe property of the subscriber, your
Jo-owner, who has made the expen
diture required by said laws.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, Febru
ary 16, 1916.
W. D. THOMPSON.
First publication Feb. 16, 183 6.
Last publication May 10, 19,3 0.
The Alaska Water, Light & Tele
phone company is installing an elec
tric pump in Louie’s Cafe. The ma
chine is of the latest pattern, of large
capacity and absolutely noiseless.
Anything in the Jewelry line at the
Valdes Drug Co. tf
Kodak Supplies at cue VaMec
Drug Company tf
The Navy.
"A Romance of the Navy” is the
Star Feature at the Empress tonight.
This picture is very Interesting as it
shows doing at Newport, etc., and
features such stars as Ormi Hawley,
Louise Huff, Bari Metcalf and Edgar
Jones, supported by the full Lubin
Company.
U. S, SOLDIERS
COB BORDER
(Continued from Page One.)
la was lauded for his lawless acts
along the border. The articles creat
ed the most intense excitement among
the residents of the city and it wat
only by the most strenuous effort
that the police were able to prevent
the lynching of the editor by the in
furiated citizens. For a time It look
ed as though a race war was immi
nent, but wiser counsels prevailed
and quiet was restored.
Army Measure Passes.
WASHINGTON, March IB.—The
Senate this morning passed a resolu
tion similar to that passed by the
House yesterday, authorizing the
president to bring the army up to its
full war strength. No difficulty will
be experienced in obtaining recruits
for the army. Already reports from
the recruiting stations throughout
the country report a great increase
in the number of men making appli
cations for enlistment, and within a
short time the full quota of men will
have been secured. '
Cabranza Soldiers Revolt.
MARFA, Tex., March 2B.—A revolt
has broken out among the Carranza
troops across the border from here,
and rioting is'in progress. The col
o7i el in command of tho detachment
was murdered thi3 morning, and a
battle is raging between the sympa
thizers of Viila among the soldiers
and those still loyal to the govern
ment. It is certain that a l%rge num
ber of the soldiers will join the out
law.
Call for Regular Democratic Pri
maries.
The regular Democratic Territorial
Convention having been called to.
meet at Jnneau, May 24, 1916, for
the nomination of a candidate for
Dolegato to Congress from Alaska;
the nomination of a candidate for At
torney-General for Alaska; the elec
tion of Delegates to attend the Na
tional Democratic Convention, to he
held at St. Louis, Mo. Jane 14t.h,
1916, and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before
the convention:
Notice is hereby given, that a pri
mary election will be held Tuesday,
March 22, for the purpose of electing
eleven (11) delegates from the town
of Valdez to attend the convention at
Juneau.
Polls will be open at Valdez City
Hall between the hours of 1 to 6
o’clock p. m.
Qualifications of Voters: The pro
posed voter must he a Democrat, and,
if the voted at the election of Novem
ber, 1914, that he voted for the nomi
nees of the regular Democratic Par
ty; that he intends to support the
nominees of the Democratic Conven
tion to be held at Juneau. Alaska, on
the 24t.b day of May, 1916, at the
next regular election; that he has not
voted at any primary or taken part
in any caucus of any other political
party during the year 1916, and, if
the proposed voter is challenged, he
shall he questioned by the Board of
Election of the primary or caucus at
which he proposes to vote as to his
qualifications as herein before set
out, and if the said Board of Election
is satisfied that the proposed voter is
qualified as herein stated, he shall be
permitted to vote, otherwise his vote
shall he rejected.
Valdez, Alaska, March 15, 1916.
C. J. TODD,
Chairman.
LOCAL BREVITIES
Lillian Walker at the Empress to
night in the comedy, “A Lily in Bo
hemia.” Plot—He is fond of the gay
life of New York, his wife is not. She
becomes a good sport to tantalize
biin. He settles down, etc.
Miss Hilda Hihnala, who haB been
confined to her room the past few
| days with a severe cold, is reported
'much better today.
^eddy Johnson left this morning
for Mineral creek with a load of sup
plies for Wilson’s freighting outfit,
which is working there.
George J. Love was a passenger on
the Admiral Farragut for Seward,
where he will adjust the losses sus
tained in the recent fire for the insur
ance companies Interested.
F. M. Kemplier and Mrs. Kempher,
formerly of this city, were passengers
on the Adjniral Evans for the west
ward.
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
For 8nTe.
Launch 3-M, f,7xl 2x3.6. Make us
an offer. T. J. Morris, by D. B. Mor
ris. Agent. Call Prospector office, tf
Pure Freeh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
SPRING ATTRACTIONS
■ AT THE EMPRESS
The Empress Alaskan circuit has
contracted for a run of pictures to be
hown in their theatres, the best that
money can get, in fact the finest pho
toplays that are produced, such as:
A Fool There Was (The Vampire)
Theda Bara and Edw. Jose.
The Gilden Fool—Wm. Farnum.
Walls of Jericho—Edmund Breese.
Kreutzer Sonata—Theda Bara and
Vance O’Neill.
Cinderella—Mary Pickford.
The Celebrated Scandal—Betty
Nansen.
St.^JBjlmo, Wormwood, Sampson,
Lady Audley’s Secret, Carmen, The
Clemenceau Case, The Thief, Prin
cess Romanoff, The Nigger, Life’s
Shop Window, Eetc.
The first attraction will be “A
Fool There Was,” adapted from Rud
yard Kipling’s famous poem, “The
Vampire.”
This sensational play, one of the
most successful of the century, and
for many years the starring vehicle
of Robert Hilliard, has been convert
ed into a supremely vivid and start
ling photo-play by the William Fox
forces.
Edward Jose, former leading man
with Sarah Bernhardt, portrays in a
masterly manner the “Fool,” who
forsakes family and friends for a
soulless creature in the guise of a
beautiful woman.
Theda Bara, leading woman at the
Theatre Antoine, Paris, has been cast
as the “Vampire,” one of the most
fascinating, though revolting female
characters ever created.
Miss Bara’s interpretation is. re
markable fhr its dramatic realism,
and she is supported by Mabel Fren
year, Victor Benoit, May Allison, Clif
ford Bruce, and little Runa Hodges,
the clever child actrees, forming a
company seldom gathered for a sin
gle pjmjliuj*ior> * P •
Weather Report
Valdes, March, 10 1914.
Barometric pressure .29.929
Temperature at 7 p. m..11
Maximum Temperature.18
Minimun temperature .9
Mean Temperature.14
Clear fresh gale. Wind N. E. 45
miles.
Interior Weather
Fairbanks, —27; clear calm.
Salcha, —38; 48 inches of snow
clear calm.
Richardson, —36;38 inches snow,
clear calm.
McCarty, —36; 36 inches of snow,
clear calm.
Donnelly, —38; 40 inches of snow,
clear calm, trail good. ’
McCallum, —35; 36 inches snow,
clear calm, trail good.
Paxson, — 14; 27 inches of snow,
clear calm, trail good.
Hogan, —20; 26 inches of snow,
clear calm, trail good'.
Gulkana, —16; 20 inches of snow,
clear calm.
Copper Center, —36; 12 inches of
snow, clear calm.
Tonsina, —21; 20 Inches of snow,
clear windy, trail good;
Tiekhell, —13; 40 inches of snow,
part cloudy, calm.
Beaver Dam, —6; 60 Inches snow,
clear windy, trail drifted.
Summit, 110 inches snow clear,
north wind trail drifted.
W,ortman’s, —12; 66 inches buow,
clear windy, trail closed north, heavy
south.
Pasteurised Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley's
A fine, display of nugget Jewelry at
Valdes Drug Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time—Let us do the
worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
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I Foot Keyntoue Ave '1
I Rou>rl) Dry lCc lb JI
« I
Buy Alaska Made Cigars j
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by ;union workmen.
We maintain our tiandard. Sold everywhere •
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phono OS Chas. Fincher. Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
.Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLIMBIXG, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves. Etc.
, Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdes Dpck, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
"MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the'way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
ft> over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE, 11:00 A. M —
Monday, Mar. B, Admiral Farragut for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Wednesday, Mar. IB, Admiral Watson for Seward and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 10, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 20, Admiral Farragut, for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 2, Admiral W'atson, for Scldoviu and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 0, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 10, Admiral Farragut for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 23, Admiral Watson, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 30, Admiral Evans, for Anchorage and Wray Ports.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Franrlani.every Wednesday and Sunday, connection with
Steamers V dleiiad Harvard lor Southern California.
Klaht leaerrfed to change schedule without notice
RlCIfARD J. HUH WOOD. Mar., Sea tt lei VALDEZ DUCK CO.. Local A at.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN BAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, BOTH AND 80TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular D-elght service for Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau. Sheep
Creek.Treadwell. Dougina. Skagway. Cordova. Ellamar. Valdes and La
touche. Kxploslvea, S. 8. Seward, on the 6»h; Latourhe, on the ISth: 8. SL
Cordova. 25Jb of each month—right reserved to change thfll schedule
without notice.
r. Ik TH try. Oral Ami VALDES DOCK CO, Ideal Agent.