AM CLOSING OUT
DRIED FRUITS
BAPS, 7 bars for -•* - ..Ill
TSUP, Schneider’s, each .
LIANCE SOLID PACK TOMATOES, two for 25c
LIANCE FANCY MAIN CORN, two for 25c
WHITE FIGS, fancy, a pound , .
BLACK FIGS, 4 pounds for.
DRIED APPLES, 3 pounds for ...
ITALIAN PRUNES, fancy, 3 pounds for ^ 25c
DRIED PEACHES, 4 pounds for “c
SOUP, Tomato, soiled labels, 4 cans for
MEXICAN BEANS, 4 pounds for
GREEN PEAS, 4 pounds for.
LIMA BEANS, 4 pounds for.. "c
And Other First-Class Goods at a Steerage Price.
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Located at Old P. O., Next to Silverman's
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
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SEAMAN'S LAW CAUSES
RAISE OF THE RATES
The new seaman’s law, which was
passed by the last congress, has caus
ed the Border Line company to raise ’
the passenger tariffs to all Alaskan
points. ' The new rate which is now
in effect, applies to all passenger,
traffic over that line from Juneau j
and way ports to Seattle.
The difference is $1.00 on both first
and second class from Juneau, Tread
* ^Irdti; Douglas, and Thane, while
Ketchikan must stand an increase of
$2.50 on first class. This makes the
3rat class rate from Juneau to Se
attle $20 instead of $19 and the sec
ond class $13 instead of $12.
• The increase in rates from Seattle
to Ketchikan is $2.60 for first class
and $1.00 for second class, making
the first class rate $17.50 and the sec
ond class $11. This same rate ap
pHes^p .Wrangell.
Jo Petersburg from Seattle the
i has advanced $2.00 for first
class and fl for second class.
GOOD HHOW AT THE
IJCBKHTY LAST NIGHT.
The patrons of the Liberty thea
tre last night enjoyed a well ar
ranged program and it is safe to say
that the house will again be crowded
tonight as thos# who witnessed the
aims are giving the show sdme ad
vertising. Thp orcheetra v/bich usu
ally furnishes mu&.- ounday evenings j
was lacking owing to the illness of
Robert Weber, leader of the orches
tra.
The management of the Liberty,
however, endeavored to make up for
the disappointment of the audience,
and .engaged Miss Rose Johnson, Val
dez’ favorite singer, to fill in the pro
gram. Her song, “1 Want to Lin
ger,” made a great hit.
The excitement of the evening was
furnished when Jack Bishop, the ir
repressible, asked ff Johnny Kace
rosky was in the house. Johmfy was.
present and in response to a call sang
“When I Get Back to My Home In
Tennessee.” He was heartily encored
and responded by repeating the song.
Johnny lived in Valdez for a number
of years before he deserted us to take
up his residence in Seward, but he is
still popular with the people of Val
dez.
GOOD SHOW AT THE
• LIBERTY TONIGHT.
A good show of sighs and mostly
laughs at the Liberty tonight; also
as a special attraction a four-piece
orchestra. Good music, good show
at The Liberty tonight. adv
Don't put it off and wait until the
last minute to have your work done.
Nbw is the time of year to order your
engines and renewals. Valdes Iron
Wbrka. ' ■ ' in-ff.
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PRISONER BROUGHT TO
JAIL FROM CORDOVA.
Emel IJavls, who is well known
in Valdez, was brought over from
Cordova, on the steamer Alameda last
night by 11. S. Deputy Marshal Sam
Brightwell, as he had been sentenc
ed to serve six months in jail for as
sault and battery committed on a
Cordova citizen. It is reported that
Davis visited Cordova for the pur
pose of trying to induce^ his wife to
return to him and when she refused
he jiunted up the man in the case and
handled him roughly.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Mrs. 1. McDonald came up from
Eliamar last night on the launch
Shamrock.
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
j Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cookers,
; Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
the Emporium. tf
Mrs. L. Vincent and child will be
outgoing passengers on the Admiral
Parragut en route to the States.
Panoramic views of Child’s’ and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Wrangel on sale at. the Valdez Drug
store. tf
Judge Royal A. Gunnison of Ju
neau, was an incoming passenger on
the Alameda last night and will at
tend the session of the district court.
i Kodak Supplies at me Valdez
! Drug Conmany. tf
Music Tonight.
i . Don't miss that four-piece orches
tra at The Liberty theatre tonight.
iWell arranged program also.
I
Martin Ellington will be an out
going passenger on the Admiral Far
ragut for Cordova and will go into
interior Alaska, where he spent last
summer.
♦
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
C. J. Atkinson, a traveling man
who has been taking orders from Val
dez business men for his wholesale
house in Saif Francisco, was a pas
senger on the Alameda last night for
| Seward.
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Nugget jewelry made to order at
the Valdez Drug Co., by G. O.
Reinke. tf
Music tonight at The Liberty The
atre.
R. E. Ellis, who is well known to
many Valdez people as chief engineer!
of the freighter Latouche, is now the
chief of the machinery department
on the steamer Alameda and made
his first visit to Valdez in that capac
ity last night.
Ft>r good home-cooked meals try 1
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Music. Topight.
Don't miss that four-piece orches
tra at The Liberty Theatre tonight.
Well arranged program also.
John Barrett, traveling agent of
the New York Life Insurance com
pany in Alaska, was a passenger on
the Alameda last night for westward
points after having spent a few days
in Valdez. He plans on making the
trip to Anchorage on the first steam
er after opening of navigation.
Fancy biationery at the Valdez
Drug Store.- • •
Pictures Jevelopefl at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf;
Frank McKenna, a .well known
miner, who spent a number of years
in the Valdez district prospecting and
mining, returned to town last night
on the Alameda. During the past
year he has been employed at the
Kennecott mine and although he is
familiar with the large copper mines
in Montana that he has ni&rer seen
anything to equal the mines of the
interior.
A fine display of nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Oo. tf j
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska wear. Guy F. Cameron,
Tailor. tf
Notice.
Sunday school at the Episcopal
church every Sunday at 12 m. Every
one invited to attend these services.
The launch Shamrock returned
last night from a trip down the
Sound and brought a number of pas
sengers from Fidalgo bay and Ella
mar. On her outward trip she took
the barge carrying Gus Hogbloom's
piledriver outfit to Irish Cove where
it will be used in the construction
of the wharf and ore bunkers for the
Dickey-Alaska Mining company. The
Shamrock will make another trip
down the bay Wednesday and will
carry the piledriver crew and sup
plies to the scene of action.
COLOSSAL GRAVEYARDS.
imposing Mountains That Are Built of
Animal Skeletons.
Many of the most Imposing mountain
ranges of t(ie globe arc largely made
up of limestones composed almost en
tirely of tub hard parts of animals
which once lived In the sea, the most
important of these rock building forms
being of a very small size. The solid
earth is, in fact, a colossal graveyard,
and many of Its most imposing eleva
tions are stupendous tombstones.
The cbalk making up the white cliffs j
to which England owes her name of |
Albion (Latin, albus, white) is chiefly !
comitosed of microscopic shells closely :
resembling those now found at the
bottom of the sea. Hills and mountain
ranges largely, made of this chalk ex
tend from Britain and France round
the shores of the Mediterranean and
away into Asia and are largely repre
sented in other parts of the world.
Even more remarkable Is the limestone
of which the pyramids are built.
This is chiefly made up of coin shap- I
ed’shells (mummolltes). partly res{)on- j
sihle, no doubt, for eastern legends of J
magic money. The limestone contain- i
Ing them attains a thickness of sever- :
al thousand feet and is the material of j
which many mountain ranges are I
largely built. Beginning on the west,
we have the Pyrenees and Alps, fol
lowed by the Carpathians. Caucasus,
mountains of Asia Minor, north Africa
and Baluchistan and, lastly, the Sulei
man mountains, Himalayas and ranges
in China and Japan.
THE JUDGE’S CHARGE.
It Dazed the Culprit’s Lawyer, Who '
Felt He Had Won His Case.
The following experience of a Mis- j
sissippl lawyer was related by himself j
years ago. He said:
I was defending a prisoner for horse
stealing, and seeing no other means of
defending him under the circumstances
1 set up the plea of insanity. I argued
It m length, read many extracts from
works of medical jurisprudence and
had the patient attention of the court.
The prosecuting attorney did not at
tempt to reply to my argument or con
trovert my authorities. I seemed to j
have things my own way and whisper- :
ed to tlie prisoner (hat lie needn’t be :
uneasy. j
Then came file judge's charge, in j
which he reminded the jury that
then* was no dispute between counsel j
as to the facts of the case. Indeed, j
there could not have been, for several ]
witnesses had sworn positively that |
they saw my client steal the horse.
‘•But.” concluded the court, "the plea
of insanity has been set up, and I
charge you. gentlemen of the jury,
that it should receive your very grave
and serious deliberation, but I must be
allowed to say. gentlemen, that for
myself, upon a review of the whole
ease. I can discover no evidence of In
sanity on the parr, of the prisoner, ex
cept perhaps in the selection of his
counsel."—Chicago News.
This Country of Bigness.
America is a quarter section, not a
square foot country. It is the land of
the biggest lakes, the longest rivers,
the fastest trains, the tallest buildings,
the laud of the huge corporation and
the spacious farm and tlie prodigious
industrial enterprise. The inhabitant
of this country of bigness feels the
urge of these immeasurable interests;
therefore his fascination for large tig
ures and enormous scales of measure
ment. He feels that he must keep up
in the pace of business or get out of
t he game or be run over. One advance
step necessitates a longer stride to
follow. He must always have his
•next.” * * * Big and swift busi
ness always fascinates the American
mind.—From "American Ideals.” by
Clayton Sedgwick O-ooper
Habit* of th* Wildcat.
To say that a dog can ‘‘whip hie
weight In wildcats" is to pay about the
highest tribute, to his strength, cour
age and activity, and there are very
few dogs that would care to earn such
a tribute if they understood all It Im
plied. Not that a wildcat is of a spe
cially aggressive disposition. On the
contrary, he would Sooner mind his
own business any time than light So
anxious is he as a rule to keep’out
of trouble that he has often been ac
cused of cowardice, but. he has on so
many occasions given evidence of the
most desperate courage that It to
doubtful if the accusation is a fair
one. When wounded or at bay he to
perhaps as dangerous as any creature I
of his size. *
Th* Orkney Island*. %
• The member from the Orkneys" is
the only man In the British house of
commons Who can say he sits for 200
islands. Only sixty of the islands am
inhabited, but the constituency em
braces more than 60.000 people.
The Orkneys were once given by
Norway to England as security for a
queen’s dower and never redeemed. In
the islands the voters must gb to the
polls by boats, and in some cases the
distance to tie traveled Is eight miles.
Oxen Cavalry.
Madagascar possesses the only oxen
cavalry regiment in the world. The
climate to so unhealthy for horses that
some substitute bad to be found. Tbo
oxen have been trained to maneuver
With surprising skill, but of course are
not speedy.
Hie Joke.
"Hicks has a job I wouldn't care for
—pouring molten metal in a foundry.”
"Mnerbebdtwork."
"Ton bet! He perspire* at. every
ponr”'—Bbeton Transcript.
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 1
I Foot Keystone Ave
! Rough Dry lCc lb
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR' W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our ctandard. Sold everywhere
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD A YD PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 Chas. Fischer, Pro|tr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY j
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave: Telephone No. 601
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLUMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves. Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 34
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. ALAMEDA AND S. S. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, BOTH .AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, I8TH, B8TH. FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche, on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
p. B. TRACY, Gn’l Agent VALDfiZ DOCK CO, I, oca I Agent.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
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PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line
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PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sail lag: 15th call* Illamaa and Kodiak—All Sailing rail at Knlk
aad Anchorage*
CALIFORNIA
Scant* Ml Sam Fraaelaeo every Wednesday aad Sunday, connecting with
I tram ere Vale aad Harvard far Son them California.
i
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. BINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle; VALDEZ DOCK CO. Local AgL
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One"road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. IPs the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdes, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.