STEAM HEATED . HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR men only
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. ^Telaptione^g4^_^
FROM ANY VIEW POINT
our clothes show their superi
ority. In the material, in the
workmanship—every stitch set !
with care—and in the fit and
hang of the garment. Don’t
spend a lot of money but to re
gret it; let ns tailor you this
time and forget the past. A
host of fetching designs to
choose from.
BEN SILVERMAN
l THE TAILOR
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
I Foot Keystone Ave
I Rou?h Dry He lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35 j
| MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
i pj^one M3 OPES DAY AND NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Proj.r.
V_
Vor Sale.
1 complete sawmill outfit with plan- 1
ors (Russell Co. > 11-13. Nominal I
h. p. 35. Indicated h. p. 77.
Circular saws and other materials !
1 new Willamette Donkey engi.'.c, I
Engine 7 Vi-10.
1 slightly used Willamette Donkey;
8*4-10.
2 slightly used Florry Donkey En- i
tir.es, 7-10.
For further information write or
wire
ALASKA ANTHRACITE'RY. CO.
Per Geo. W. Nelson.
tf Katalla. Alaska.1
\
A frt-ch lot ol Haas' Candies receiv
ed on last beat, from 50 cents to 52
a box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Location notices, notb quartz and
placer, for sale at tbe Prospector of
fice.
3_. A natdi tor lafectioa*
U of Ike Biittii tract,
ft Paibl*M, BOD'POtWBOW
V and will not atrictsra.
__ Boltova* in 1 to 1 dar*.
MU BT BBOfmcn.
Parcel Poet if deeired- Price «, or 3 bottle* #2.73.
TBE EVANS CHEMICAL oS.. CINCINNATI. O.
'T'ROUBLES and mosquitos
* are a lot alike. Neither
one stays ’round a place whar
thar’s plenty o' good g.
pipe smoke.
VELVETiii|oodpip«iiDokl V
LAUNCH
PATHFINDER
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
Plying between, Valdez, Klla
in a r, FKlalgo, Port Wells, Land
lock, Nellie Juan, Wells Bay,
and all Sound Points. Times of
sailing and terms upon appli
cation to Master.
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
VALDKZ, ALASKA
OLD PAPERS—Just the thing to j
place under carpets, ten cents per j
bundle of 100 at thi6 office.
Ladies’ Coats, Skirts, Middies,:
Shirt Waists, Men’s Dress and Sport
Shirts at the Emporium. tf
Switches, transformations, Janes
Chignons, Dolly Varden Curls, and
Cluster Curls made up from your own
combings at the Vanitie Shop. tf
FRENCH SOLDIERS CARRY
RECORD IN PLAIN SIGHT
PARIS, May 22.—The French roI
dier carries his whole military record (
on his sleeve. An Inverted V high on i
the right sleeve means "wounded,"
and a new one is added for each addi
tion. A V right side up on the same
sleeve means “sent home on sick
leave.” The V on the left sleeve in- j
dlcates length of service; one for the |
[first year and one for each succeed-j
ling six months. A new distinction,1
which is highly prized, has recently1
been created, a narrow horizontal bar;
meaning "six months at Verdun.”
LABOR WANTS THORNY
IRISH ISSUE SETTLED
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LONDON. May 22.—Powerful rep
resentations are about to be made!
to Premier Lloyd-George and the warj
cabinet by representatives of labor asj
to their view of the imperative urg
jency of a settlement of the Irish
!question, the Pall Mall Gazette un
derstands. It is understood, adds the
I newspaper that unless a satisfactory
'settlement is quickly arrived at the
labor membe -s of the government may
ben compelled to reconsider their po
sitions.
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j .MAY CREATE THREE
NEW CABINET POSITIONS j
| WASHINGTON, .D. (\, May 22—j
■ It is believed in official circles that!
three new cabinet positions will be,
created. Food, War Administration i
and Munitions, and that officials with
the title of Secretary, will be appoint
ed to fill these offices. The proposed
{action is due to the Senate action
jin curbing the powers of the Council
‘of National Defense.
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WILL RUSH WORK ON
NEW FOOD REGULATIONS
—
! WASHINGTON. .D. C., May 22—
|The\ Republican members of the Sen
ate have started work on the proposed
food legislation. Senator Gore rush
ing the essential features of the pro
posed measures. Herbert Hoover, who
has been named by the President as
food director, has started work on
|his plans for the conservation and
idistribution of foodstuffs.
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iALASKA CRUISERS BERN
TURNED OVER TO U. S.
I SEATTLE. May 22.—The cruisers
!Auklet and Muree, built for the Bu
reau of Fisheries for Southeastern
Alaska waters, have been turned ov
er to the government and they will
.ail shortly for the north.
!SENATE PASSES THE
GREAT WAR BUDGET
i
i Confer* upon President Unlimited
! Power in Construction Ships
WASHINGTON. D. C.. May 22—
| The Senate has passed the great war
; budget, carrying huge appropriations
'and conferring upon the President
!unlimited powers to order the con
struction of merchantment to combat
the German submarine campaign.
Blue-Eyed Women Best
| LONDON. May 22.—Women work
ers in munitions factories whose duty
'it is to test and straighten rifle bar
rels are selected primarily by the col
'or of their eyes, it having been shown
jthat gray or blue eyes provide far
| the largest percentage of efficient
j workers.
! OREGON SENATOR IS
DYING AT CAPITAL
: Blood Clot on Brain Superinduced by
! Nervous Breakdown from Overwork
WASHINGTON. D. C., May 22.—
Senator Harry Lane, of Oregon, is
dying here from a blood clot on the
brain, superinduced by nervous break
down from overwork.
Old papers in bunches of 100 at
|tdiis office, only 10 cents. tf j
I Try a high frequency violet ray
j treatment for that tired feeling, at
'the Vanity Shop. . tf
-:
j CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
jto transfe, tout bator you. tf
_
Window Shades with fixtures, ring
-and cord, 65 cents at Emporium. We
I have new goods and remount shade
rollers for 50 cents. tf
A full and complete line of Cigars,
Cigarettes, Smoking Tobacco and
Pipes. Valdez Drug Co. tf
—
Old papers in bunches of 100 at j
I this office, only 10 cents. tf |
Why look old and care-worn? Thej
famous Parisian method for rejuven
ating the complexion and hands will
erase from 10 to 20 years. Remem
ber a woman is as old as she looks.
iMethod^fully explained at the Vanitie
Shop. tf
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Remember your friends by sending
them a Panoramic View, a new lot
l just received. Valdez Drug Co. tf
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.
Tha Large and Puxtling Part "Man
Failure” Play* In Them.
Close oliservers are not astounded oy
the statement made at a "safety" meet
ing that 10 per cent only of industrial
accidents are due to machine failures,
tlie remaining JW per cent being wholly
chargeable to “man failure."
Students, however, will not be satis
tied with tlie simple statement, but will
want to know something more, espe
cially ns to conditions that contribute to
this uppallingly large percentage charg
ed directly to man's share in tlie fault.
It will not ilo to say tunt in each in
stance wanton carelessness is blame
able. Psychologists arc no longer con
tent with that explanation, but ure go
ing deeper into the causation of acci
dents. seeking to determine Just why
the normal mental processes at times
break and the interrupted co-ordination
between brain and body ends in disas
ter.
In the matter of interpreting railway
signals, for example, it lias been set up
that registered impressions vary as to
individuals and that likewise individ
uals react in different ways to the im
pressioua given.
Emergencies Invariably arise in tbe
operations of modern industry similar
to those in the transportation service,
and, while tbe safety device niay work
with mechanical accuracy, the human
factor cannot be depended upon.—
Omaha Pee.
FRUIT AS A FOOD.
Only Figs. Datss and Maybe Bananas ,
Are Really Nutritious.
"Fruit of all kinds, when mature and I
fresii. is beneficial for healthful diges
tion. good quality of blood and as a j
preventive of clogging of the liver, kid
neys and skfu and. last but not least,
the brain.
“it is a mistake, however." writes j
W. Howard James. M. D., in Good
Health, "to look on fruit ns a source of j
nourishment. It should not be takeu
with that idea It should be looked on 1
more as the lubricator which makes •
the machinery work harmoniously and ;
without destructive friction. __
“Some fruits may certainly be rank
ed as food, such ns figs, dates and per
baps bananas. Those in the tropics,
who live largely on the Itanana. we ate
told, develop considerable abdominal
distention on account of the quantity j
taken. With the exception of the date i
and the fig. fruit should never be con
sidered as a food.
"The taking of fruit often does good [
by lessening the amount of food taken
We are a generation of dyspeptics on '
account of excess of food, insufficient j
oxidation and lack of proper supply ot
fruit and pure water."
Codfish Will Eat Anything.
1'he cod has the reputation of being
as omnivorous as the goat, whose ap
petite for posters and old tin cans is
the subject of frequent jests. The va
ried nature of what the cod swallows
is not more remarkable than the enor
mous quantity. According to n writer
in tlte Scotsman, such articles as sil
ver brooches, clasp knives, books and
rubber balls have been found in its
stomach One fisherman of Aberdeen
has a stone that weighs more than a
pound taken from a cod that had swal
lowed it for the sea anemones with
which it was covered. The same fish
erman has also found specimens of al
most all the stalk eyed crustaceans
that frequent the northeast coast of
Scotland and of every kind of fish that
a cod can master, including its own
young. Cod have been known to swal
low partridges, guillemots and hares.
Dangerous Sport.
First Lady (reading a newspaperi
This golf seems to be a very clanger
oils game. Did you see what happen
ed to a mau named Taylor? He went
Into a bunker and was in two when
he came out
Second Lady—How dreadful!
“Tes, here are the words. Taylor
getting out in two: Braid secured a
half.’ ’’ j
“Well. Tommy?”
“Does it say what happened to the !
other half?”
“Xo. but there was worse to follow.
According to the report. Taylor then
fell completely to pieces "—Exchange.
Altering the Map Without War.
lu a world where nations grow and 1
decay, where forces change and popu- j
lat ions become cramped. It is not pos- .
sihle or desirable to maintain the stat- j
su »iuo forever. If peace is to he pre- ]
served, nations must learn to accept j
unfavorable alterations of the map i
without feeling that they must Gist '
be defeated In war or that in yielding
they incur a humiliation.—Bertrand
Bussell in Atlantic Monthly.
No Discrimination.
“I’m afraid fatber-ln-law doesn’t care
much about me.” said tbe young man
“He finds fault with most everything
I do."
“Nonsense!” replied his wife. “You
don’t know his ways. He is treating
you just like one of tbe family.”—Ex
change.
Ear of tho Whalo.
The orifice of the whale’s ear is
scarcely perceptible, yet It is said that
the whale’s bearing is so acute that a
ship crossing its track half a mile dis
taut will cause it to diva instantly.
True.
Professor—Now. what was the cause
of the decline of the Itomau empire?
Bright Student—1 know, it was due
to too much militarism on tbe part of
outsiders.
Believe me. it is prudence that first
loi>akes the wretched.—Ovid.
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WHEN A KIRK STARTS
ihe firemen’s best efforts are
given to putting it out as
quickly as possible. He aims
to save as much as he can. But
once a fire starts, damage end
loss commence. The only way
to offset that loss is to be well
insured. Our policies cover
all losses from the very min
ute the damage by flames, wa
ter or smoke commences.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
T- TONY’S PLACE ST
EVERYTHING
F1RS*1 CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Seattle— Valdez to Seattle—
May 10—S. S. Alameda. May 15—S. S. Northwestern.
May 15 S. s. Alaska. May 20—S. S. Alameda
May 21 —S. S. Mariposa. May 25--S. S. Alaska
May 27— S. S. Northwestern. May 31—S. S. Mariposa
June 2—S. S. Alameda, June 0—S. S. Northwestern
CAIJ, AT Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Kllainar, Ft. I.isrutn, Val
dez, l.atoucbe, Seward and Anchorage.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellatnar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. TRACY, firm'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Locnl Ageat
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle, !> P. M. Valdez to Seattle—
May 11—R. R. Ail in. Evans May 15—S. S. Adm. Watson
May lit R. R. Adm. Farragut May 22—S. S. Adm. Evans
May 2s—R. R. Adm. Watson May 2,1—S. S. Adm. Farragut
June 4—S. S. Adm. Evans June 10—R. S. Adnt. Watson
June 12—S. R. Adm. Farragut June 1 ti—S. S. Adm. Evans
CALIFORNIA ROl’TE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for Sail Francisco,
Los Angeles
san Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
II YOFR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOC ARK ASSFRKD THE VERY REST
For Full Particulars .-^iilress
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
1994 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1914
PIONEER CONTRACTOR )<ROILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA--PHONE 18
REFERENCES j S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS '/ B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tt
Complete line cf Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tt
Genuine Sweet Apple Cider at
Hunt's Candy Kitchen. tt
Anything in nugget and leory Jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
Pasteurized Products.
Pasteurizer Whipping Cream. Pas
teurized Sweet Milk and Pasteurized
Buttermilk at Love-Whitley Co.’s, t?
A new line ot heaters priced right,
at Mead’s. If
Lowney’s Box Candies at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. t?
The articles you ordered have ar
r»v*d at the Emporium. tf