STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, .ALASKA
“The. House of Comfort”
PHONF. 7 F0R MEN 0NLY
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLUMBING STOVES and RANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hose, Pipe and Fitting*
Valdez Bock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
OUR WAYS LIE
TOGETHER
| if good clothing interests you.
If you demand style and indi
viduality in your apparel you
need us as much as we want
yon. You can see examples of
our tailoring on many of the
best dressers in town. (*on*e
and let us put yon in their
class.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I K°ot Keystone A'e
Telephone 6« I I Rou*fh Dry 1,c ,b
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone »13 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Propr.
KEEP POSTED
The next few months will he the greatest in the
history of the United States.
Each day will produce events that may make or •
mar the destinies of you and your town!
Nations will grapple with nations; great battles
will Ik* won; kings will he unthroned; dynasties
change and tin* world’s lines of demarcation shilled.
Floating cities bulwarked with steel will he
thrown against other iron leviathans the deep.
Fan you afford not to keep posted at this time !
It is your duty as a citizen and a man to keep
abreast of the nation’s affairs that you may realize
that Opportunity is knocking—for you. Opportunity
to serve your Country and vonr Flag!
You cannot afford to allow Old Olorv to send
out he S. O. S.
Freedom is crying to each man to do his part.
This is not a time for slackers!
During the crisis in the Nation's ai'laiis The
Prospector and Miner have arranged to receive A Ur
news of importance to our readers.
Twice the telegraphic matter will he received, in
.irder to keep these papers up to their present high
standard!
If von wish to keep posted on world affairs you
must, take sontf paper. Why not The Daily Prospec
tor at $1.00 per month, delivered at your door !
Or The Weekly Miner, at $2.00 per yea)*; also
delivered.
Or, better yet, take both The Daily Prospector
and The Weekly Miner for only $1.25 per month, de
livered.
These papers will also have a good illustrated
service of men prominent in National affairs; and
a photo of every battleship and cruiser taking part in
the great sea battles certain to come between these
mightv floating fortresses and the death-dealing sub
marines.
DO NOT DELAY! MAIL OR TELEPHONE
Us YOUR ORDER AT ONCE!
SUBSCRIBE NOW
FOOD HOARDING IN
CAPITA I, OF AUSTRIA
VIENNA, April 21—Searching ex
aminations of Vienna storage houses
hy the police recently resulted not
only in the discovery of immense
quantities of foodstuffs, but also re
vealed the existence of an elaborate
organization for obtaining exorbitant
prices for the food stored. A mass of
documents and account books seized
| by the gendarmes showed that an en
jormous profit had been made in less
|than three months,
i The head of the organization was r
: Oreek named Stephan Pantasi. who
[only came to Vienna at the beginning
jof the war. flis business methods,
'though apparently complicated, were
| run on one main idea—to get the
greatest possible profit for himself,
i Possessed of .ample capital, he in
'trusted money to a number of agents
| to lay out for him in acquiring all
| kinds of provisions. As for prices,
i these were immaterial, the one con
dition being that nothing should he
paid for until it was delivered. When
the ttoods were obtained they were
never sold to storekeepers, hut to
j ..liddlomon, who. in return sold them
to the dealers. The account books
'confiscated showed that Pantasi had
I made huge profits. Ho hardly ever
sold any stuff for less than two or
'three times the original price, and in
many instances the price had increas
ed six times before the food reached
the consumer. Pantasi and his prin
cipal agents have all been arrested
and will probably be- sentenced to
long terms of imprisonment, as the
i.iiistrian authorities seem determin'd
to put a stop to this ‘‘profiteering'’
in the daily necessities of life of the
population. AH the goods seized hy
the police have been confiscated.
Similar illicit accumulations of pro
i visions have been found in many other
cities and towns in Austria-Hungary.
! At the Hungarian port of Fiume the
'police discovered vast stores of pro
j 'tsions in the tverchanl’s warehouses,
consisting ol' butter, canned meats.
! salted and dried fish and other food
I -.lulls, besides large quantities of
Irugs. The whole stocks were con
fiscated hy the police and the mer
chants have been arrested.
I 0 i
Notice to Contractors.
Sealed bids wanted for removal of
taltery building at Knikiik and erect
ng same on City Dock at Valdez on or
lefore May 15th, 1917. Rids will be
0 pened April 24.
Successful bidder will be required
o give bond lo amount of one-half of
1 ontract pric--. Right reserved to re
•ect any and all bids.
!<22 VALDEZ PACKING CO.
Your Attention. •
l Just at this tinie of the year is the
‘•ime to have your blankets washed.
| or your carpets cleaned. The Inde
nendent Steam Laundry is prepared
| to take care of this class of work and
guarantee satisfaction. Lace curtains
! carefully laundered. tf
—
i A fresh lot of Haas’ Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to 52
J;; box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Remember your friends by sending
hem a Panoramic View, a new lot
just received. Valdez Drug Co. tf
A full and complete line of Cigars.
Cigarettes, Smoking Tobacco and
Pipes. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Webster’s New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; come in
and look it over. Valdez Drug Co. if
Miner Ads. bring RESULTS.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
i OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1917
Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the World gives so much
at so low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
| n the household was never greater
I rhan at the present time. The great
I war in Europe is now half-way into
. ts third year, and w-hether peace be
it hand or afar off the events to fol
| ow will he world shaking.
' The Prospector Publishing Company
i ft'ers the Thrice a Week World, The
I Daily Prospector and The Weekly
i Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
n advance. You get 156 copies of
rhe World. 313 copies of the Prospet
*or and 52 copies of the Miner for this
price. Can you afford to be without
them.
The Thrice-a-Week World,
The Daily Prospector.
The WTeekly Miner,
AIX FOR $13.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly
Miner are the only papers published
it Valdez, and are replete with local
>-d world news. The Miner makes a
■peelalty of Territorial News fn con
tensed form. The World is too well
uiown to our readers to dilate upon
ts field of usefulness.
FEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
THE ABUSE OF SOAP.
Tm Free Um of tho dooming Agont
May Injur# tho 8kin.
“The oft quoted aphorism attributed
to Wesley that ‘cleanliness Is next to
godliness' constitutes un uik'aic <u be
lief uniong clvi.iz.ed peoples." says the
Medical Itceoru “There is a strong
prejudice against dirt in general and
l-nriicularly against personal unclean
llnoss. The prejudice is healthy and
to Is* encountged. but should not be al
low ed to become a fetish.”
Tills Is part of a review <>f an article
by l>r. Frank Burr-ndt in the Liverpool
1 Medical and t'hirurgical Journal on tin*
I abuse of soap. 1 »r Ha remit attributes
| many skin iroii.drs. esfieeialiy in chil
dren. to t<>o Ditieli soap. Among these
are the furfurti'-eous patches on their
. faces. .Nurses, he says, often use too
much soap <>n their patients, especially
when these are routined to bed, when
tile “secretion of their skin is sluggish
and tiie excessive removal of natural
grease leaves the skin rough and
branny.”
The delicate skin of newborn Imbies
is sometimes irritated by the zeal of
the nurse in rubbing with soap ami
water.
I»r. Itaremit, says the best toilet soap
is a com blunt ion of den to and si ea rate
of sodium. B.nt even it should be used
with discretion.
THE SECRET OF SILK.
Story of the Englith Worker Who Stole
It From Leghorn.
The development of the silk manu
facture in England began some time in
the seventeenth century, hul was great
ly extended through the enterprise of
John Ixtuibe of Derby, who in 1715
went to-leghorn, Italy, to leant the
secret of the Leghorn silk manufac
tures. a most difficult and dangerous
adventure.
Visitors were allowed to pass through
the factories and see the machines iu
motion, hut could learn nothing of their
construction and operation. Finnily,
through tlie good offices of a priest to
whom he appealed to find him a situa
tion. I.ombe secured employment as a
workman, slept in the mill, worked at
a spinning machine by day and by
night made measurements and plans
lie worked at the mill until an EuulMi
ship was sent on purpose to take him
away.
lie had scarcely sailed from Leghorn
when an armed brig was sent after
him. and he barely escaped safely to
England. It is said that he died at the
age of tuenty-nine, poisoned by the
emissaries of his Leghorn employers,
but the silk manufacture was securely
established, became a great industry
in England and lias since been estab
lished all over the world.—National
Magazine.
Singing on Carpet.
Standing upon carpet lias a tendency
to muffle tlte voice, since a layer of
inelastic and nonconducting material
is then interposed between the scat ot
voice production and tile floor, which,
wlicn it is not covered, acts as h sound
board, taking up tlie vibrations and
giving Increased effect and distinctness
to them. This can be illustrated by
placing a timepiece first upon a rug or
carpet and then upon the bare floor.
In tlie latter position the ticking is
iiiucli louder, because tlie vibrations of
tlie clock are then much more forcibly
communicated to the floor and so to
the air of the room anil finally to tin*
ear by actual contact between tlie
dock and the floor. A carpet damps
or kills these vibrations because it is a
bad conductor of sound. The differ
ence. which is so audible iu this case,
is in some degree to lie detected when
the voice is heard under similar con
ditions.
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Bird* In Danger of Extinction.
According to Louis Agassiz Fuertes,
a widely known naturalist and painter
of animals, more than twenty-five spe
cies of American birds and animals
have become extinct within the mem
ory of persons now alive. The ex
tinction of the wood duck, he says, is
seriously threatened. This is a tree
nesting species and reputed to be tlie
most beautiful of the many American
species of wild duck. The woodcock
also is iu danger, with many other
shore birds that once were plentiful,
even the well known killdeer plover,
or killdee. beiug on the list of doubt
ful survivors.
Had Him There. ’
The fluent spoken man iu the smoke |
room of a certain hotel was talking of
his great abilities—what he had done. !
what he could do. and finished up tints:
"I always go by the motto, *lf you
want a thing done well do it your
self.’ ’’
“Nonsense!’’ replied a man in the cor- J
ner. “Suppose you want a hair cut?”
Knew All About It.
••Did you ever think about owning j
vour own home?” asked the real estate
agent.
“Yes. and I've tried it. too.” said the j
other.
Then the talk drifted into politics.— i
Louisville Courier-Journal.
- j
Well Named.
“What's your dog's name, sonny?"
••Ginger."
“Does Ginger bite?”
“Naw! Ginger snaps!"—Boston Tran
script.
Expensive Modern Sport.
“Do you remember when you were a
youngster and played bean bag?”
“Yes. Weren't beans cheap in those
<lays?"-Washington Star.
When yon have courage to say. “I
was to blame,” you are not least
imong the heroes.
jL'SW
WHKX A KIRK STARTS
the firemen's best effor‘s are
given to putting it out as
quickly as possible. He aims
to save as much as he can. Hut
once a fire starts, damage and
loss commence. The only way
to offset that loss is to oe well
insured. Our policies cover
all losses from the very min
ute the damage by flarnea. wa
ter or smoke commences.
Valdez Real Kstute Agency
TONY’S PLACE™
E VERYTHING ANTON CARLSON,
FIRS! CLASS ^ Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
I-Vom Seattle— Valdez to Seattle—
April 14.—S. S. Alameda. April 20—S. S. Northwestern.
April 22—S. S. Allska. April 27—S. S. Alameda.
April 28.—S. S. Mariposa. May 2—S. S. Alaska.
May 4— S. S. Northwestern. May 7—S. S. Mariposa.
May 10—S. S. Alameda. May 14—S. S. Northwestern.
t’Al.li AT Ketchikan, -luneau, Cordova, Kllaniar, Ft. Mscum, Val
dez, l.atouclie, Seward and Anchorage.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Kllamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Eight reserved to change schedule without notice.
K. B. THACY, firi’l Agent V tl.UKZ DOCK CO., Local Agent
Pacific Steamship Co.
( ADMIRAL LINE)
Our I,urge Fleet of .Magnificent Steamships oiler Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Retween all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle, It P. M. Valdez to Seattle—
Apr. 1 — S. S. Adm. Farragut Apr. *i S. S. Adm. Evans
. ..0^,1 . Apr. 13—S. S. Adm. Far:agut
Apr. !»— S. S. Adm. Watson
Apr. 21—S. S. Adm. Watson
Apr. 17—S. S. Adm. Eva. s. VpL 29__S. S. Adm. Eva. s
Apr. 25 S. S. Adm. Farragut May 8—S. S. Adm. Farragut
May 3 S. S. Adm. Wation May 15—S. S Adm. AVatson
May 11 -Adm. Fvans May 2 3- S. S. Adm Evans
S. S. Farragut sailing from Seattle April 25 calls at Kodiak.
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
Sail Francisco to Los Augeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to Sail Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
1834 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1917
PIONEER CONTRACTOR anil BUILDER
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 sdl times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA—PHONE 18
REFERENCES i S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS \ B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Goods coming on every boat for the
Emporium, open for business from 2
to 6 and 7 to 8 p. m. * tf
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Tor first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants' Cafe. tf
lee cream every day, specials on j
Sunday at Hunt’s Candy Kitchen, tf I
Pasteurized Products.
Pasteurizer Whipping Cream, Pas
teurized Sweet Milk and Pasteurized
Buttermilk at Love-Whitley Co.’s, if
FOR RENT—Three room house
completely furnished, electrical appli
ances. close in. Rent $15.00: Alaska
Investment Co. tf
A pretty line of colored crochet
cotton and stamped pillow slips at
the Needlecraft Shop. ' tf