A Word
To the Wise Is Sufficient
“Wear a Benjamin ”
Valdez ^Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
Steam Heat E,ectric U*Mt
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conven.ences
THE BUFFET --
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc. j
.
ALL KINDS OF
•Native and I f IMPUD and Budding
Puget Sound JLUlVlOllilV Materia)
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
^ .. - • t '
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
I “OLYMPIAN”!
The Train of Luxury
TO
Butte, Miles City, Sioux City, Minneapolis,
and St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chicago
<•' AH Points East, via the
“MILWAUKEE”
Leaves Seattle Daily at 10.15A.M.
“A TOUR DE LUXE” is an expression supremely fitting in con
nection with a trip to the East on this palatial all-steel transconti
nental train. It combines the enjoyment of rare scenic beauties
With the pleasure of a journey in absolute ease and comfort.
No Extra Fare on This Train
For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations,
etc., call on or address ♦
C. H. Kraemer. General A cent, Alaska Steamship Co., and Alaska Coasts. S. Co.
.. .......... nu .
Chy Ticket Office,. Chicago. Milwaukee t Si. Paul Railway. 441 Halting, si. We*
VANCOUVER. B. C.
SECOND AVK. AND CHERRY ST.. SEATTLE'
- <
VALDEZ HARNESS SHOP
HARNESS and SHOE
REPAIR WORK
DOG HARNESS MANUFACTURED
We Make or Mend Any
thing in Leather.
Workmanship Guaranteed
Prices Reasonable. Shop in Swan Block
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
is my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
If you want all the news all the
time read the Daily Prospector.
CITATION TO 8HOW CAU8E.
In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
I. D. Flynn, deceased.—Citation
to Show Cause.
To Mabel M. Flynn and all
other heirs unknown, and to all
persons interested in the above
entitled estate, greeting:
You and each of you are here
by cited and required to appear
before the judge of this court,
at the court room thereof, in the
Town of Valdez Alaska, on Tues
day, the 23rd day of December,
1913, at ten o’clock in the fore
noon of said day, then and there
to show cause, if any you have,
Why W. T. Scott, the adminis
trator of said estate, should not
be authorized by an order of this
court to sell at public sale all the
property belonging to said es
tate, the same consisting of sun
dry personal effects and a one
■.third interest in and to lot 1 1-2,
h) block 7, of the Town of Valdez,
Alaska.
I And it is ordered that this ci
tation be served upon you by
publication thereof in the Valdez
Daily Prospector, a newspaper of
general circulation, printed and
published at Valdez, Alaska, for
a period of at, least four succes
sive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Geo. J.
Love, United States Commission
er. and ex Officfo Probate Judge
in and for Valdez Precinct, Third
Judicial Division, Territory of
Alaska, with the seal of said
colirt affixed, this 21st day of Oc
tober, 1913.
(Seal) GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and ex Of
ficio Probate Judge.
First pub, Oct. 21. 1913.
Last p'ib. Nov. 18, 1913.
A DOCTOR’S EXPERIENCE, j
- I
Result of Telling a Lie to Relieve a
Mother’s Anxiety.
'Whether to ltd I si patient or the
members ol' his family just what is
the matter with him is one of the
most puzzling problems the young i
medical practitioner lias to faee. |
Very often he lias to lie about it, j
says the New Yor.k Times. Some
times lie does not get found out.
“When 1 began the practice of
medicine I was located in the heart
of old Greenwich village, and the
diphtheria antitoxin hud not been
discovered,” said one physician.
“Parents as well as physicians
were much exercised when a child
had an attack of diphtheria. In
the immediate neighborhood when
the news got about that a child was
stricken with the disease there was
almost a panic. I was called on a
case one night and found the child
well advanced in the disease. The
mother was very young, it was her
lir.sl child, and she was so worried
over the condition of the little one
that in order to calm her 1 assured
her it was not a case of diphtheria,
only an aggravated form of tonsi
litie sore throat. That so relieved
her that 1 was not sorry I had lied
to her. The ease yielded to treat
ment so readily .that when 1 called
in early the next day the child was
.well on the way to recovery.
“My lie would never have been
discovered and no harm would have
been done had it not been for an
intermeddling old grandmother,
who put in an appearance about an
hour after L had left the house. She
was sure there had been diphtheria
and hustled off to her family phy
sician. lie had no scruples about ]
telling the truth about the case. J
He tried to calm the mother by tell- j
ing her that no one could have done
better with the case and that I bad
probably saved the child's life.
“When 1 called at the house in
the afternoon there was a storm, of
which J was the center. L was not
allowed to see the baby. Hut I did
see the mother, and what she said
was good and plenty. 1 pleaded
in extenuation of mv prevarication
that I had saved the child's life, had
done no injury to any one and had
spared her a lot of needless worry
and anxiety. That availed nothing.
She discharged me after paying me
my fee.
“Two months later 1 was sorry 1
| had lied about the case. That moth
er told all the neighbors in the
| block, and they told till the rest of
Greenwich village that I ‘didn't
| know a case of diphtheria when 1
! saw one!'
j “Tlptt settled me. 1 lost every
i patient I bad in the vicinity. So 1
| moved away uptown and started in
I all over again and for ten years
| lived in fear that the lie and its
| effects would follow me to my new
' location. Hut it never caught up
I with me.
j “Since that experience 1 have al
: ways evaded direct replies as to the
i nature of a disease 1 was called upon
! to diagnose unless I had to deal
| with a strong, hard headed man. I
tell such a one the tr.ut.li as nearly
as I can. He can tell the members
j of bis family, whatever he likes.'’
Simple Cements.
One of the simplest hard cements
is the well known mixture of lith
arge and glycerin made to n stilf
paste. It sets hard as a rock and
is oil proof. A solution of water
glass mixed with powdered calcium
carbonate serves the same purpose.
A mixture of boiled linseed oil and
lire clay resists acid better than
most cements, though sulphur melt
ed with glass powder is also very
resistant to chemicals in general. A
good stone cement is made by mix
ing two parts of maghesium oxide,
one part of magnesium chloride,
powdered stone to suit as a filler
and water to make a stiff paste.
Basic magnesium chloride is formed.
He Recognized It.
One evening at a social function,
where Sarasate was among the
guests, a young violinist had the bad
taste to play one of Sarasate’s com
positions with variations of his own
creation. The latter were inappro
priate and inartistic and jarred
upon the ear's of all. The perform
er ended his work and made his way
to Sarasate, doubtless expecting a
word of recognition or praise. Sar
asate said nothing, and the player
finally asked:
“l hope von recognize that
piece?”
“Certainly,” Sarasate promptly
replied. “It was a piece of impu
dence !”
Which?
A preacher married a couple and
said to the groom, “This is the end
of your trouhfes.” ,
After a year or two, the. man
came to the preacher and said, “You
told me my marriage was the end
of all, my troubles; why, my troubles
have.just begun.”
“Well,” said the preacher, “I did
not sav which esd.”
HEAVIER THAN WATER.
-
Cork and Wood Will Float Only Whila i
They Contain Air.
A cork near the surface of the j
water is so buoyant that it will pop '
up with startling rapidity, and it is
difficult at first to realize that the j
substance of cork is heavier than j
the water. The same, is true of !
wood, hut this appeals much more !
readily to the mind, for there are |
some forms of wood—such as iron
wood—which will sink in water j
even after they are kiln dried. It
is evident that if some wood will j
float and some wood will sink, and '
that if hoih are made of the same
sort of fibers, there must be another
cause for their difference in floating
powers than the substance of which
they arc made. They must, as it
were, hold something which is light
er than water and which keeps them
at the surface or brings them to
the surface if they have been plung
ed under. The imprisoned lighter
substance is air.
It is frequently remarked as ;
strange that dead fish are rarely j
seen on the surface of the sea, al- |
though if a dynamite blast be set j
off hundreds of stunned fish will j
he seen floating on the surface. The j
reason is precisely the same—the I
living fish holds imprisoned tiny j
(sometimes large) hubbies of air; j
1 he dead lish do not. At the same j
time it is remembered that there
have been hundreds of thousands 1
of wooden ships and vessels with |
cargoes of timber wrecked at sea. |
If wood floated simply because it
was lighter than water there would i
he timbers floating on the top of
every wave. Hut the only reason ;
that wood floats is because of the j
air bubbles it contains, and when if j
has been submerged long enough j
for the water to get into the crevice
and crack and cell and drive out the 1
air tin' timber becomes waterlogged
and sinks.
ICxactly the same thing occurs if
a piece of wood or a cork he carried
down beneath the surface of the
ocean sufficiently far. As the weight
of the water increases with the
depth it is easy to see that a great
pressure is put upon any substance
which has been sunk to a great
depth. This pressure, little by lit
tle. squeezes the particles of the
eork or the wood together, releasing
the air, so that a eork which was an
inch in diameter at the surface will
be compressed almost to the size of
a lead-pencil at a depth of <>.(100
feet and will sink rapidly. At great
depths a float has to !>e made in
such a way that it will resist tre
mendous pressure. This increasing
pressure of the water keeps the sea
free from am debris by hurrying t>>
the bottom anything that has. how
ever gradually, sunk through the
upper strata of the ocean.—Xctv
York American.
Sauce For Goose and Gander.
rii Queen Victoria's time it was
the graceful custom alter a “com
mand" performance for her private
secretary to send a letter of thunks
next morning to the entertainers.
The late Sir Henry I'oitsonhy, upon
whom this duly devolved, was the
very soul of politeness and never
made any nice distinctions as to the
recipients of her majesty's grati
tude. Accordingly the same form
of letter was sent to,all alike, and
on one occasion tin* proprietor of a
troupe of performing geese, which
| had entertained the royal children
at a Windsor garden party, received
j the following communication from
I Sir Henry: “Sir—I am instructed
by the queen to thank you for your
! visit of yesterday and to express the
hope that the ladies and gentlemen
of your company have returned
safely to London and in good
health.”—London Chronicle.
Uses of Tungsten.
Tungsten, the metal so much to
the fore in the manufacture of in
candescent lamps, has very interest
ing properties. It is as heavy as
gold and will easily scratch glass.
It melts only in the heat of the elec
tric arc—a fact which explains how
the filament supports, without fu
sion, the intense heat necessary to
incandescence. Alloyed with iron it
communicates its hardness, making
the so-called “self hardening” steels.
Tools of tungsten steel may be
brought to redness and reforged j
without losing their temper. Mag
nets of the same alloy retain their
magnetism without loss and for this
reason are extensively used in the
manufacture of speedometers. Me
tallic tungsten is prepared by re
duction in the electric furnace.—
Wail Street Journal.
Cannibal Snails.
A species of Mexican snail of the
family of glandinidae has acquired
such a reputation for cannibalism
that it is actually being considered
as an importation to France to abate
the plague of common snails with
.which the French farmer is afflict
I ed. An adult glandina is said to
! have eaten ten snails in twenty-four
hours.
A. M. DieririRer
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight
ing to all interior points
LIVERY ard FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds'
Positively no coal delivered
enless paid tor in advance
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.'
DENTIST
Phone 92 Feurtccn years' in
Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
DR. GERMAN
THE DENTIST
I OllU't* rooms over Owl Druir store. Oftlce hours
; 9u.ri).. to Oil m.. 7 i*. m..to« p. m. Sundays
| by appointment Ail work uunrantml
\
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Sfreet
Phone 31 VALDEZ
E. E. RITCHIE
I, A W V 10 R
l'HON'i: i.te Valdez, Alaska
JOHN LYONS
ATTORNEY AT*LAW
All Mining Business Given Prompt
Attention.
WHALING BLDG. VALDEZ
MINING ENGINEER^
F. BUTTERWORTH
'Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Itcs. Phone.
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, alaska
Reports on Mines
Patent Suryeys
General Mining Engineering
Phone No. 109
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less '
VALDEZ, ALASKA
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet e**er.v Tuesday eveniDK nt 8 o’clock in
Hattie Hail. All members are requested to
attend. " S. McnJKOK. Arctic!Chief
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday it
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
James H Patterson.,W. M
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
VALDEZJLODGE NO. 6,1.0. 0. Ff
Meets every Monday at 8 p. m. in
ODD KKLLOWS HAM.
Visit inir 1* rot hers especially invited
Wm. Thomas, n. o. P. S. p. < w'Sio
POSITION wanted by experienced
woman as camp cook. Inquire at the
Prospector office.
Fine watch and jewelry repairing,
all work guaranteed. H. V. Hern
don, with Owl Drug Co.