STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
V VALDEZ, ALASKA
“ The House of Comfort ”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our Mardard. Sold everywhere
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Kodak Supplies at me Valdez
Drug Company. .
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland s.
Prices reasonable.
Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cookers,
Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
the Emporium. tf
Panoramic views of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug
store.
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Mrs. Rose Johnson, upon whose
ability as a lustier the Seward Gate
way is willing to wager fifty thou
sand dollars, returned from the vest
ward on the Alameda to visit her fam
ily for a fe^v days. Mrs. Johnson is
engaged in freighting between Rew
ard and Anchorage, and according tr>
the Seward exchanges she has ntr.de
good where strong men hesitated to
undertake the work. Mrs. Johnson
has also taken a homestead near Mat
anuska Junction and will engage in
farming next summer to supply the
crews working on the railroad v ith
fresh vegetables.
Hats Cleaned and Blocked.
Hats cleaned and blocked; suits
cleaned and pressed.
tf GUY P. CAMERON.
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
New Radishes, new California Cab
bages, at the Keystone Produce Co. *
Jim Klock, the well known miner,
will leave on the Alameda for the
States.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
V.
The beat groceries received
eih^every boat.
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdez
ED. WOOD, Proprietor
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture-or a good mining pros
pect; otherwise a good many
of -today's successful busi
ng enterprises would still
be mere' dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or "business to,the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
RELIEF PARTY
VISITS ISLAND
Anchorage Expedition to Fire Island
Returns and Reports that Island
Not Been Visited for Months.
Advices reached Seward from An
chorage last Saturday that the rescue
party which left Anchorage to go to
the relief of the party which was be
lieved to be marooned on Fire Island
had returned to Anchorage and re
ported that they found the island un
inhabited and were unable to find any
signs of anyone having been on the
island for months.
All sorts of rumors have been in
circulation in Anchorage regarding
the identity of the party who were
believed to be on the island. The
launch Traveller was reported lost,
but when the Dora arrived at Seward
from the westward she brought the
news that the boat was at Seldovia,
where she ivas awaiting the arrival
of engine parts as she had suffered a
slight mishap.
W1 eh the Traveller was reported
safe rumor connected the Onward
with the fire signals which were re
ported to have been seen on Fire Isl
and and the business men of Anchor
age subscribed to a purse in order to
send a rescue party to the island. An
additional sum of $25 was offered as
a bonus for the first man reaching
the place where the Onward’s crew
were believed to be perishing from
hunger and cold. The investigations
of the Anchorage people have set at
rest all anxiety on the part of the rel
atives of the members of the launch
crews.
HANNAH HAD CHRISTMAS
TREE MADE OF OAR
The Christmas tree used at Sannak
this last time was made of a broken
oar around which vines of a sort
were entwined. Mrs. Hammond, who
is the teacher of the government na
tive school there writing to a Seward
friend says that not a shrub a foot
high grows on the island. This did
not, however, prevent the celebration,
as there is a vine growing on the isl
and which, when properly attached
to the broken ore made a very pre
sentable substitute for the evergreen.
Notice.
At the request of the Valdez school
hoard I will be prepared to examine
all school children at the school
buildings for contagious diseases and
affections of the eye, ear, nose and
throat. These examinations will be
made Tuesday morning, February 1.
Certificates from other local physi
cians that such examinations have
been made will be accepted at the
time named. -
ERNEST C. DALTON. M. D.
AMERICANS FINANCE
DOMINION FOR WAR
OTTAWA: The United States is
supplying most of the extra capital
that is required in Canada on ac
count of the war. According to fig
ures compiled by the Dominion Secu
rities Corporation of Toronto, the to
tal amount of Canadian securities
sold in the year has been $232,198,
000, of which Americans bought
$46,392,000, and Canada took $38,
975,000. The last total Includes $30,
019,000 of municipal bonds as against
$.31,396,000 bought in the United
States.
W. T. Gill and C. S. Sterling,
members of the Signal Corps, were
passengers on the Admiral Farragut
this morning for Cordova, en route
to Hinchinbrook wireless stat'on
where they will be stationed until the
break in the cable has been repaired
Valdai Drug Company nave a fine
Una pt School Stationery. g.
JOSEPH D. SMITH
WAS NOTED CHOI
Man Who Victimized Valdez Business
Houses Bast Summer Appre
hended in California City.
Joseph B. Smith, who victimized
several Valdez business houses last
summer by means of forged checks
while working on. the construction of
the Frye-Bruhn building, has been
apprehended in Redding, Calif.,
where he secured several hundred
dollars from the Redding National
bank.
Smith was one of the smoothest
crooks operating in the western
states and had eluded the detectives
of the American Bankers’ Association
for >ears, and is believed to have se
cured thousands of dollars during the
past few years by issuing forged
checks. He claimed to be a special
writer and all the forged checks were
purported to have been drawn on the
First National Bank of Philadelphia
for articles written for the .Saturday
Evening Post.
A copy of the Journal of the Amer
ican Bankers Association received in
the last mail, shows an excellent
likeness of Smith, who also went un
der the name of Robert B. Jones when
it suited his convenience. He had
serv.d two enlistments in the anny
and < ne in the navy, having used that
as a means of evading the detectives
when hard pressed.
Smith's sporting proclivities were
wel! developed ard he spent mu j't of
his spare time while in Valdez fish ng
and looking for game. Being po3‘.ess
ed of an affable disposition he made
many friends and as the checks
which he passed on the Pinzon Cigar
store and the First Bank of Valdez
appeared to be genuine he had no dif
ficulty in securing.the money on them.
In order to make the case stronger
Smith also had forged'letters written
on stationery of the Saturday Even
ing Post, thanking him for his con
tributions and mentioning the fact
that a check for his last story had
beeii remitted to him.
According to the Bankers’ Journal
the lorger worked one of the smooth
est games at Redding known to de
tectives. The bank had refused to
cash the check which he presented un
less he could be identified by some
one known to the cashier. To over
come the difficulty Smith hunted up
an old acquaintance who had known
him twenty years ago, but who was
ignorant of his recent escapades, to
identify him.
He profited to the extent of $160
which he secured from the Pinzon
Cigar store and $62.50 from the First
Bank of Valdez while visiting in 1 al
dez.
SEWARD WHARF
BEING REBUILT
Passengers on Alameda State that
Structure will be Ready to
Handle Freight in Fed Days.
The steamer Alameda returned
from Seward early Sunday morning,
and after a short stay here continued
her trip southward. The officers of
the steamer reported that consider
able trouble was experienced in dis
charging freight at Seward owing to
the destruction of the wharf there by
Are last week. The steamer Dora
was in port, as she had been awaiting
coal on the Alameda from Cordova
and assisted in landing the freight.
Passengers from the westward
state that the Alameda had troublo in
effecting a landing as a teriffc wind
prevailed when she arrived. The an
chors wore dropped near the wharf
but the gale caused them to drag <>nd
the vessel was carried some distance
down the bay before she could gain
headway against the storm.
It is reported that good progress
is being made in the work of cons'ruc
tion on the new wharf which the
Alaskan Engineering Commission is
building at Seward to replace the
one destroyed by Are. It is expected
the structure will have advanced be
fore the next steamers arrive from
the south so that they will be enabled
to land their freight without difficul
ty.
The outgoing passengers trom Val
dez were: Jas. B. Clock, J. C. Han
sen, H. J. Rutherford, E. N. Lindsley,
E. J. Witcher for Seattle; Mr*. E.
Mill, for Cordova; and J. C. Schreve
for Ketchikan.
cunirja Tu:;zncuL0Si3.
Care Without Climate Is Cotter Than
Climate Without Cats.
A bulletin of (ho North Carolina state
board of health gives o:;t the following
bit of advice to eoi suuiptivcs, especial
ly to those who are prone to go away
to take die “climate care." It says:
"Care without climate Is a far hotter
euro for tuberculosis than dim.lie with
out care, and unless one lias the price
for both he had better remain ut home
aiul have the best care that he cun
afford.”
The reason for this advice is found
in the now well known fact that con
sumption can he cured anywhere. “And
because this is true.” says the bulletin.
"It is far hotter for a patient of mod
erate means to remain at home and
take treatment at a nearby sanitarium
than it is for him to seek some adver
tised climate or resort without means
to secure the proper care and treat
ment that his disease demands and
that he might otherwise have.
“Ttcst, complete rest, freedom from
worry or care, is now considered per
haps the most vital factor In the cure
of tuberculosis, and this the tubercular
traveler with moderate means Is not
likely to have. The secret of the cli
mate cure, after all.” advises} tbe bulle
tin, “is living out in the open air day
and night, and this is as practical in
North Carolina as much of the year ns
in many of the western states.
"Taking the cure Is much of a game,
anyway. If you play to win you win;
If you are careless and indifferent yon
are more likely to lose than to win.”
A BOY AND HIS FUTURE.
The Serious Matter of the Selection of
a Suitable Career.
(liven a basis of good character, good
bcallh and thoroughness, the choice of
life work is the next great influence
upon a hoy. Many parents foredoom
their son to failure by trying to foree
him to gratify their ambitious in a call
ing for which he has neither interest
nor ability instead of helping him to
develop his own individuality.
The false idea that there is soAil dis
tinction in certain professions is the
basis of many failures that might have
beeu successes in other callings.
Wherever we look we see failures,
many of whom were men of undoubted
ability, whose talents were misdirect
ed. You whose sons have their future
all before them enn guard against
shipwreck by studying their taste, di
recting their abilities and discussing
with them tlie problem of their future.
If you eanuot afford to see them
through a long term of training for
some profession discuss the matter
freely so that they will appreciate the
necessity of turning tlieir interest Into
other channels—unless they can work
their way through their training with
out Impairment of health.—Isaac Ded
ham In Mother’s Magazine.
ine viiare or uignt.
Persons who shrink from the glare
of light, as distinguished from those
who shrink from, light itself, sutler
from what I)r. Ernest Clarke calls
pliotcnugiophobia. It is due to defi
ciency In the pigment of the retina and
is especially marked in albinos. Sir
William Crookes invented a glass that
cuts off the infra red as well as the
ultra violet rays, which cause the trou
ble.
The Medical ltecord says that any
one with a tendency to shrink from the
glare should be careful to shade his
eyes with a suitable cap. should work
or rend with well shaded lights; his
desk should never face a window, and
his apartments should be decorated in
cool ueutral tints, dull sage green be
ing the best.
The Zadruga of Sarvia.
Those who know Servia well declare
that the economic system known as
the zadruga has saved the Serbs from
the Ills -of poverty and all that flows
from it It is a glorified family. From
one house others grow, as the family
grows by marriage, until a little com
munity is established on something like
Socialistic principles. The stareshina
(headman) and bis wife live in the big
gest house and direct the industries of
the satellite houses. Anxiety as to
bread and butter being eliminated, the
Servian has become one of the gayest
of the races of mankind.—London
Graphic.
Small and Taata.
The sense of smell Is most nearly al
lied to that of taste- Hearing and see
ing depend upon nerve responses to
vibrations In the air and In the ether.
In order to taste a substance It has to
be wholly or partially dissolved; In or
der to smell a substance It must en
counter the olfactory organs as a va
por, an emanation, a cloud of particles
arising from odoriferous matter.
Stage Type.
“My bride is disappointed about
housekeeping."
“What’s the trouble?”
-'She can't get a maid who will cour
tesy like they do lu the musical come
dies she goes to see.”—Kansas City
Journal. _’
Clinging.
"Jones used to say be admired a'
dinging woman. 1 suppose be married
one.”
“Yes, she bangs on to every cent of
his salary.”—Boston Transcript
Knough Said.
Strawber—Why do you think you
trill have any trouble in keeping the
engagement secret? Stngerly—1 bad t*
tell the girl, hadn't 1?
The envious man pines in plenty, like
Tantalus up to the chin In wgter and
yet thirsty.—T. AdaW
CITY EXPRESS
———T—BaMBM—Ba——————
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the beat on time—Let us do the
worry ing.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66 I
| Foot Keystone Ave
I Rout'll JJry 10c lb
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAIIjY
Phone 03 Chas. Fischer, 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
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 24
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL PROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TH AND 80TH,
EVERY MONTH
PROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, 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.
F. D. TRACY, Gcn’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND Admiral PUGET SOUND
California LiRB Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th call* Illamaa aad Kodiak—All Sailing eall at Kalk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Vraaclaeo every Wednesday aad Saaday. connecting with
Steamers Yale aad Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD I, RINOWOOD, Mgr., Seattle) VALDEZ DOCK CO. Local Agt.
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
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J; C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdes, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE A ST, PAUL RY.
; A. E. HARRIS, Breight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.