A Coupon Sale
We want to know just how many
people read the Prospector and
whether or not they believe in
advertisements. So tomorrow
we are going to sell our standard
quality Superba Coffee, always
sells for 50c a pound, for
a pound. ,.g
XJ/'yT’C'. The coffee will not be
on special display and
you must cut out this advertisement
and give it to the salesman in order
to make the saving.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south—7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau, Sheep creek Treadwell. Douglas
Cordova, Ellamar. Valdez and Lutouche. Explosives. S S Seward* S S Seward. 5th
S S Latouche, 15th: S S Cordova. 25th of each month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice. .
F B. Tiasy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at lO A. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer tail in, 15th calls Iliamna and Kodiak—All tailing! call at Knik Anchorage
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday connecting with
Steamers Yale and 'Harvard for Southern California.
night reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RIN6W00D, Mgr., Seattle. VALDEZ DOCK CO. Local Agt,
Notice of Forfeiture.
To G. A. Brown, his heirs and ad
ministrators and to all It may con
cern : '
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the years 1912,
1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun
dred dollars f$300.00), lawful money
of the United States, In labor and
Improvements, upon your one-sixth
Interest in those mining claims lying
and being on Mineral creek, in the
recording precinct of Valdezr Alaska,
which are known as the Monte Carlo
group consisting of the Monte Carlo,
Monte Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo No.
3, Monte Carlo No. 4, Monte Carlo
No. 5, Monte Carlo No. 6, the
location notices of said claims
being of record in the office of
the commissioner and recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, pages numbered 322,
323, 325, 326, and 327, of Book 2 Min
ing Records, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, concerning annual
labor on mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode
claims for the period ending Decem
ber, 1914.
And unless within ninety days af
ter the completion of the publication
of this notice, to-wit: within ninety
days after the 6th day of May, 1915,
you contribute your proportion of
such expenditure incurred in perform
ing said annual labor and improve
ments, which is the sum of three
hundred dollars ($300.00), your inter
est in said claims will become the
property of your co-owners, who have
made the required expenditure, by the
terms of said sec*!on.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 4tli
day of February, 1915.
MIKE BARRETT.
JULIUS JUNGHOLM.
Last publication May 6, 1915.
Notice To Creditors.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska. Third Divis
ion. At Valdez. In Prohate.
In the matter of the estate of W.
II. Blackwell, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given I hat the un
dersigned has been regularly appoint
ed as the executrix of the estate ol
W. H. Blackwell, deceased, and cred
itors and all other persons, having
claims against said estate, are here
by notified to exhibit the same to me,
together with the necessary proof
thereof, at my place of business at
Valdez, Alaska, within six months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice, the same being the place for the
transaction of all business in connec
tion with said estate. Dated at Val
dez, Alaska, this 13th day of Febru
ary, 1915.
MRS, W. H. BLACKWELL,
Executrix pf the estate of W. If.
Blackwell, deceased.
Date of first publication Feb. 16, 1915.
Date of last publication March 16,
1915.
Notice of Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdez Electric
Company.
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the stockholders of
the Valdez Electric Company, will be
held at the offices of the company,
in 'he town of Valdez, Alaska, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915,
at the hour of 2 o’clock, in the after
noon of said day, for the purpose of
considering the question of increasing
•the capital stock of said company,
from its present capitalization, name
ly twenty-five thousand dollars, dl
vi led into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each,
to the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be divided into
one hundred thousand snares of tne
par value of one dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend its
articles of incorporation, so that Its
indebtedness may .be increased to a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars, with full power to issue bonds
in payment of all of its indebted
ness, and to mortgage or otherwise
hypothecate its property or any parr
thereof, for the purpose of securing
such indebtedness. Also authorizing
the company to amend its articles of
incorporation, so that it may acquire
by purchase or otherwise water rights,
water power, and the lands incident
al thereto, and that It may reduce the
number of its directors from seven
to three.
And you are hereby notified to be
present at said meeting either in per
son, or by your regularly authorized
proxy or attorney in fact for the pur
pose of considering said questions.
This notice is hereby served on
you by publication thereof, in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper
published at Valdez, Alaska, which
Is the principal place of business of
said company. Said notice will be
published in said newspaper for eight
consecutive weeks, beginning with the
issue of February 24th, 1916, and end
ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915.
Witness our hands as directors of
said company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1916.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL,
GEO. J. LOVE,
Directors.
The Prospector office fer Job worx.
•4- —
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account
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WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
ENLIVENED THE PLAY.
Bentiment and Impromptu Humor at •
Moving Picture Show.
••Where we went last night,” said
l frequenter of moving picture shows,
'there was a scene in one of the films <
showing a man anil a girl, young lov
ers, kissing. She was a pretty girl i
md he was a tine, manly, young fel- c
low. and of course everybody was
deeply interested in the picture. But
at the precise instant that the lovers’
lips met some man in the audience ex
ploded with a gigantic sneeze, where
at the whole house blew up with spon
taneous hilarious laughter.
“In this picture scene there was a
third figure, that of a man who had
seen the lovers meeting and who when
he saw them kiss turned away from
them to smile. He was, to be sure,
smiling over the lovers; but as he look
ed out on the house at this moment
with that smile on his face he seemed
like a real man smiling in appreciative
understanding of what hail just hap
pened in the audience. At the sight of
his smiling face the audience again
blew up. But. of course, the pictures
kept on moving all the time, and in
half a minute the audience had once
more settled down to look on again at
tile pictures in the usual quiet.”—New
York Sun.
DOPED AUTOMOBILES.
Acid Sometimes Used to Put Gingei In
Second Hand Cars.
"If you are intending to buy i^ sec
ond band automobile from a stranger
or any one but a reputable dealer, keep
an eye open to see that the ear is not
'doped,’’’ said H. Clifford Brokiuv,
principal of the automobile school of
the West Side Young Men's Christian
association. "Not long ago a friend
told me he had a chance to buy a
very good car at a low price. He said
he knew it was a good car because it
could climb the highest hills on high
gear, it could almost jump over a
house, he said
“An investigation showed that the
car was old. hut that previous to the
trial trip it had been doped with picric
acid. Picric acid, mixed with gasoline,
will give a motor a greatly increased
power. A wornout motor can be made ;
to do wonderful stunts by the use of
proper proportions of picric acid.
Chloroform will have the same effect.
Picric acid, however, will ruin the
cylinders of the best motor. It will
give the car much greater power when
first used, hut 1 would not care to buy
an automobile in which it had been
used.”—New York Times.
Failures.
"Stand up, Julius Caesar. Didn't
you have fits?"
“Yes. your honor.”
"Weren't you bald?"
“I was. your honor.”
"A dyspeptic?”
••I was."
"Didn't you write your commentaries
for political effect?”
"1 did. your honor.”
"Thereby proving yourself without
character. Below normal weight?"
"I was. your honor.”
“Then step over there with Napo
leon. Alexander. Hannibal. Newton.
Charlemagne. Kant. Pope. William Pitt
and William of Orange."
“What’s the matter with them, your
honor?"
"Matter enough. They are all defec
tives. They've failed to pass our tests."
-Life.
—
Unabashed.
Years ago Isidore do Lara used to
sing his own songs at concerts to his
own accompaniment. The most popu
lar of them was "The Garden of
Sleep." On'ce—so runs the story—Mr.
de Lara was "Garden of Sleeping" at
a private house, and lie was immense
ly annoyed by Geoige Moore, who
went on insistently talking after the
song had begun. Mr. de Lara sung a
few bars and then sprang indignantly
to his feet.
"Mr. Moore." he said. "I was singing
the other day before the Prince of
Wales, and he spoke, and 1 stopped."
"Well, my dear chap.” replied Mr.
Moore calmly, "he survives.'’
Mr. de Lara had humor enough to
join in the general laugh.—London An
swers.
Yes, He Was All Right.
George R. Sims' account of forget
ting bis own address and having to
look It up In the telephone directory
was capped by a friend of mine, says
a writer In the London Sphere, who
told a story of a man trying to tell blin
from what be had been suffering. "1
have been very ill.” he said, “with—
with-with”— and could get no fur
tber. And tbeu suddenly It came to
him. "with loss of memory. Hut.”
he added. ‘Tm all right now."
Nothing Left.
“Have you," asked the judge of a
recently convicted man. "anything to
offer the court before sentence is
passed?”
“No. your honor.” replied the pris
oner. "My lawyer took my last far
thing."-London Tit-Bits.
Storm Center.
" 'Uneasy lies the head that wears a
crown.’"
“In a republic it Is the president’s
private secretary who acquires the In
somnia.”-' Kansas City Journal.
Effective Covering.
“When the train bandit was cap
tured was be covered with confusion?”
“No. sir: with the train crew's re*
1 volvers.’’-Baltimore American.
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I He who will not reason Is a bigot;,
be wbo cannot is a fool: be who dares
uot Is u slave.-Byron.
A BABEL OF TONGUES.
fhe World’s Languages Now and What
May Be In the Future,
now many men, If asked how many
anguages there are in the world,
■on Id give anything like an accurate
inswer? The average man’s knowledge
>r ability to speak languages rarely
■xceeds two besides his native tongue.
It may appear strange, but it is nev
ertheless true, that there are over 4,000
anguages spokfen by mankind, while
he number of dialects exceeds this,
rbere are more than sixty vocabularies
u Brazil, and In Mexico the Nalina is
jrokcn up into some 700 dialects. There
ire hundreds in Borneo, and in Aus
tralia there is no classifying the com
jlexities. I.et us assume that fifty
Haled s. on an average, belong to each
language and we have the colossa
total of 200,000 linguistic abilities.
A century hence the probability is
■hat there will only be four languages
jf importance in the world. Central
Europe may produce a newer and more
straightforward German language. Im
perial English may reign alone over
the North American continent, while
a more businesslike Spanish will be
used in South American states. Then
Russia may fake on some more rich
Slavonic dialect, which will blend the
races of eastern Europe and central
Asia Into a harmonious federation. So
that in future tiiese four languages will
enter into what may be a never ending
competition.—Exchange.
ERRORS OF SCULPTORS.
Statues In England Noted For Crude
Blunders In Modeling.
Some of the statues in public places
in England are notable for certain
unique symbols or glaring errors in
modeling. One of the former kind is
the statue of Sir Anthony Ashley at
With borne. Dorset. Carved out of a
stone at the feet of tlie ligate is a
faithful representation of a cabbage,
indicating that Sir Anthony Introduced
the vegetable from Holland into
England.
Even more peculiar is tbe carving
on one of the four panels on tbe Queen
Victoria statue in George square. Glas
gow. Tbe subject is the knighting ol
James Anderson, the lord provost of
that city. As no sword was available
tlie ceremony was performed with an
umbrella, and the substitute lias been
copied by tbe sculptor. This same
statue is incorrect in one important
detail. The stately pose of tbe horse
is negatived by the position of the bind
legs—a position which is only possible
when a horse is racing at full speed.
Perhaps tbe worst equestrian statue
in tbe world is that erected in front of
Trinity college. Dublin, to tbe memory
of King William III. Among other
faults, one of tbe forelegs of the horse
is straight and tbe other curved con
siderably. yet both boofs meet side
by side on tbe pedestal.— London Spare
Moments.
Our Longest Canal.
Tbe longest canal in tbe United
States is the Erie canal, which covers
a distance of 15S7 miles. Tile Florida
East Coast canal is 3o0 miles long and
runs from Mayport. Fla., to Miami.
The Miami and Erie canal, between
Cincinnati and Toledo. O.. is 274 miles
long. There are three canals in Penn
sylvania. the Schuylkill Navigation
company, between Mill Creek and Phil
adelphia. 10S miles; the Pennsylvania,
between Columbia. Northumberland
and Wilkesbarre. 1H11 miles, and the
Lehigh Coal and Navigation company,
between Con I port and Easton, lb*'
miles long. The longest canal in Eu
rope is the Ilerliu-Stettin. 120. and' the
nest longest, the Suez. 101! miles.—Phil
adelphia Press
. Beauty of Zambezi Falls.
To realize fully the wondrous beauty
of the Zambezi falls. Kliodesia. one
must have time to linger and watch
the ever changing scene. The depths
of the chasm below are veiled from
sight by the rising columns ot opales
cent mist, and above the yawning
abyss the sun glints and sparkles,
weaving the drops into a maguiUeent
rainbow. Three hundred feet below
roars and boils the swirling flood as It
emerges from the Boiling Pot. rushing
on down the zigzag gorge between tow
ering cliffs of rock, nnrrow. fierce
and of unfathomable depth.—African
World.
She Was Frank.
The moving picture director was hav
ing trouble In getting one of the scenes
right. The girl was supposed to resist
an attempt to kiss her, but the re
bearsal was far from satisfactory.
"Think, now,” said the director,
coaching her. "haven’t you ever tried
to Rtop a young man from kissing
you?”
"No,” was the girl’s frank reply.—
London Answers.
Mbdern Superciliousness.
“My ancestors came over in the May
flower.”
“Yes?” rejoined Mrs. Cumrox. “I
understand that the fare was really
quite low. But gracious me. the bout
must have been terribly overcrowded ”
—Washington Star.
Fairly Warned.
Cbolly—Before 1 met you I thought
of nothing but making money. Ethel
Well. keep right on! Pop ain’t so rich
as folks think!—Dallas News.
A Matter of Taste.
The Woman—I'd rather live on bread
and water than on charltj. The Tramp
—Yes. mhm: there’s no acconntfeT fer
taste.—PBU-.de! ph In Ledger.
Luck counts once In uwlille: brains
count all the time.—W. H. Lough. '
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Dougherty & Ferguson
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on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
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and on the job—day or night—buy
and sell anything.
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Summons By Publication
In the District Court for the Terii
tory of Alaska, ’ihinl Division.
J. i.. Reed, plainlMT, vs. Kri Thomp
son and .M. A Kiiis. defendants.
Xo. S-49. Summons by Publication.
The Presideii: ol the United States
of America, gieeiins: To Kri Thomp
son, the aho\e named defendant: You
are hereby summoned to appear in
the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, in the Third Division, at
Valdez, within thirty days after the
completion of the publication of this
summons against you. to-wit: within
thirty days after the l!)th day of Ap
ril, 1915, and answer the complaint
of the above named plaintiff, filed in
the clerk’s office of the above entitled
court; and unless you so appearand
answer or otherwise plead, the plain
! tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complain*,
to-wit: a decree subjecting to the
lien of certain judgments duly docket
ed in the above entitled court, in fa
vor of the plaintiff and the said de
fendant. Kri Thompson, on the Battle
Ax placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, and or
dering that the same be sold to satis
fy said judgments.
This summons is served on you by
publication thereof, pursuant to an
i order duly made and entered by the
! above entitled court, on the 8th day
j of March, 1915, which publication was
j directed to he made once a week for
I six consecutive weeks.
Witness tlie Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, judge of said Court, this 8th
day of March, 1915.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG.
Clerk of the District Court.
| By CHAS. A. HAND, Deputy,
i Date of first publication March 8,
, 1915.
! Date of last publication April 19,
j 1915.
i
Notice cf Election.
| Notice is hereby given that a Gen
i era! Municipal Election will he held
! in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, on
i the sixth day of April. 1915, for the
purpose of electing seven’members of
j the Common Council, who shall hold
office for the term of one year, and
until their successors are elected and
qualified: also one member of the
Valdez School Board who shall st rve
as a director for a term of three
years and until Ills successor is elect
ed and qualified.
The Town Hall has been designat
ed as the polling place for said elec
tion.
Said election shall commence at 9
o’clock a. m. and shall continue un
til 7 o’clock p. m. of the same day,
without closing the polls.
R. E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Publications March 8, 15, 22, 29.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day's successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar. f
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
Imported Japanese Darter* at Val
dei Drug C9. tf