Benjamin Clothes for Men
Every garment is a prize
of intrinsic value. From
the weaving of the cloth
to the sewing on of the
buttons. Benjamin Cor
rect Clothes are indelibly
stamped with character
and distinction, and the
finished product bears the
signatures of many mas
ter - workmen, Fabrics
out-of - the - ordinary are
skillfully tailored into styles
that are absolutely authen- \
tic—both sufficiently va
ried to meet all tastes in
quest of really good taste.
Add faithful service and moderate prices, and you
have as good a clothes story as any can tell.
Splendid assortments at $20, $25, $27.50, and $32.50.
Men’s Wool Shirts Aplenty
We’re trying to make the men’s corner the best in town
merchandise of a kind that men really like, and service
second to none. All the best makes are represented in
all wool and worsteds, heavy, medium and light weights,
stripes, checks and plain patterns, either military or low
collars. Colors are grey, brown, tan and blue mixtures.
Regular sizes 15, to 17J.
Prices $2.00, $2.50 and up.
Butterick Patterns for April
Yesterday’s boat brought Butterick Fashions, the Delinea
tor and patterns for April. All the newest styles are shown.
Get your patterns early for sizes are sure to sell out fast.
UYTD A Ma^ta Vita, the well known
LA 1 * breakfast dish, a concen
trated malted food, delicious and nourishing.
Regular 20c, tomorrow special 10c
package .
Valdez Mercantile Co. me
TRUE VALUES
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND ; PUGET SOUND
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California Alaska
ALASKA :
Steamers sail from Seattle at lO, A. M. on
5th, iSth, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer tailing 15th callt lliamna and Kodiak-All tailing! call at Knik Anchorage
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday connecting with
Steamers, Yale ana Harvard for Southern California.
Bight reserved to change schedule without notion
RICHARD i. RIN6W00D, Mgr., Seattle. VALDEZ DOCK CO. Local Agt.
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BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commiaaion
' (7am to 9am
MEALS < Lunch 12 m to 1 P m
' 8 to 7 p m
BOARD & ROOM BBO per Mo.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Norses—Prirate Rooms for Patients
For Term* and Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge.
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 sutn of three hun
dred dollars ($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 Valdez, Alaska,
which are known as the Monte Carlo
%roup 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 4th
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 Probate.
In the matter of the estate of W.
II. Blackwell, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been regularly appoint
ed as the executrix of the estate of
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 13t.h day of Febru
ary, 1915.
MRS, W. H. BLACKWELL,
Executrix of the estate of W. II.
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.
“a
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, di
vided 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 trie
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 part
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, 1915, and end
ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915.
Witness our hands as directors of
said company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL,
GEO. J. LOVE,
Directors.
The Prospector office for job worx.
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On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVEL1.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
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NATIVE INNS IN JAPAN.
Where You Shed Your Shoos Before
Going to Your Room.
The entrance to native Inns in Ja
pan is most always a roofed vestibule
with u well trodden eartben floor
bucked by a raised platform about
twenty inches high, forming at once
a seat and the outer extension of the
first floor.
A scattered line of shoes, sandals and
geta belonging to the guests usually lie
along it, and at one side is u cupboard
where umbrellas and footgear are de
posited. A big drop octagon clock on
the wall, a low desk, a hlbachi and a
pile of cushions generally complete
the office equipment.
The traveler's jinrild customarily de
posits him in the vestlbuieNit the edge
of the plutform. beneath the overhang
of the roof. Shouts of "O Kyaku san"
(honorable visitor) apprise the master
and the maids that a guest is arriving
and all hurry forward to receive him.
uttering cries of welcome and bowing
glossy black heads to the floor.
As the traveler sits on the platform
a servant removes his shoes and others
divest him of his wraps. Shoes are
seldom cleaned, and if they be wet or
muddy they are left untouched. Ha
bitual frequenters of inns often pro
vide themselves with foot coverings to
slip over slices and thus be able to
wear them to the apartment. Without
them one must don the heelless slip
pers furnished or go to one's room un
shod.—Kansas City Times.
TWO HUSBANDS.
A Humorous View of the English and
American Business Brands.
In the American Magazine .lames
Montgomery Flagg writes humorously
about husbands. Following is an ex
tract from what he has to say about
the American business husband:
"This animal is very popular and
Justly so. lie comes in a variety of
colors, white, tan. deep red, mottled,
brown, and sometimes green. The
white variety is generally desired.
There is no animal known that will
take the amount of abuse and neglect
that this one does, and still be devot
ed and affectionate. Hence his popu
larity. They are limited in intelligence,
their one thought being the collecting
of money. They will thrive on almost
anything—scraps at the table, a few
hot words or anything lying around
the room that comes handy.”
Of the English husband lie says:
“The march of the centuries has
made no change In this sturdy animal
Their love of hunting and killing is
perhaps their most endearing quality.
They will never distress you by com
ing home bleeding or mangled as they
do not attack animals of their own
size. They will eat anything except
real food properly cooked. This is
technically known us patriotism. Fan
ciers iu England claim preposterous
human qualities for them, but this
may be laid down to native enthusi
asm.
"Applications of arnica are excel
lent for bruises.”
A Cup of Coffee.
As a matter of fact, the secret of
good after dinuer coffee is merely
strength—say u tablespoonful to each
cup. The true test of coffee making
is not after dinner coffee, but the ma
tutinal pot. The French, as a rule,
make execrable cafe an lait. not to
mention their perverted taste for the
bitterness imparted by chicory. The
best coffee I've found (and I make it
every morning niyselfi is in Germany.
Austria, the United States and tlie
South American republics. The secret
of it lies neither iu boiling nor per
colation (which is the better method
never can lie settled), but in using lots
of coffee. The average English cook
expects a tablespoon fill of ground cof
fee to produce as much liquid as the
same quantity of tea.—Brazilian in
London Opinion.
"Full Many a Flower.”
Aunt Lindy liad brought around her
three grandchildren for her mistress
to see. The three little darkles, in cali
co smocks, stood squirming in line
while Lindy proudly surveyed them.
"What are their names, Lindy?” her
mistress asked.
"Dey’8 name’ after flowers, ma'am.
Ah name’ ’em. De blgges’ one’s name’
Gladlola. De nex’ one. she name’ Heli
otrope.”
"Those are very pretty.” her mis
tress said. “What is the llttlest oue
named?”
"She name’ Artbuflclal. ina’um.”—
New York Post.
And to Spare.
"Mrs. Alden has flve children. If
there were seven more, how many
children would Mrs. Alden have?”
Several hands were raised.
"Anna may tell us.” said teacher.
“How many children would she have.
Anna ?”
“Enough.”—New York I’ost
Another Surprise.
Cbolly—And was my present a sur
prise to your sister? Willie—You bet!
Sis said she never thought you’d send
her anything so cheap —Boston Trans
cript.
Didn’t Get It.
"So you demanded an apology. Well,
and what happened?”
“The supply wasn’t equal to the de
mand.’’- Boston Transcript.
The Last Word.
“I wouldn't mind my wtfe's having
the lust word." said Mr. Benpeck. "if
she would only hurry up and get to
It!"—Lippincott’s.
Manners carry the world for a mo
ment. character for all time.
SAVE A OTTLfc.
A Bank Account la Better Than 3how
That Keepe One Broke.
It Is quite possible that the Ameri
can family Is too optimistic. It is al
ways going to have a larger Income
next year or in live years. It desires
to keep up fu social matters with the
people next door or farther up the
street. It buys pianos or motorcars or
encyclopedias on monthly payments,
but in most cases put no monthly in
stallment in tlie savings hank. It has
no margin of security.
How much better it is to have u mar
gin of resources than to be living con
tinually on tile ragged edge of nothing
as many of us do just because we are
such devotees of the god of appear
ances.
While the high cost of living is one
of tlie live topics of the day, a note of
warning should be sounded—a warning
against extravagance, a suggestion that
every family make a deposit in the
savings bank each month. The fu
ture happiness and prosperity of tlie
average American family depend upon
the proper adjustment of income and
expenditure. It is not what a man
earns, but what lie and his family
save, that counts in determining tlie
ultimate success or failure of his life
from a material standpoint.—T. L>. Mc
Gregor's “Talks on. Thrift.”
CHILDREN MUST PLAY.
That Is the Method Nature Provided
For Their Development.
"And the streets of the city shall be
full of boys and girls playing in the
streets thereof.” Thus spoke Zeelinriab
in oiiO B. C. But there were fewer
motorcars in Zecburiah's day than
there are in ours. The children now
need for their play some place safer
than the street.
More important than the playground,
however, is the play. It is well that
children should play in a safe place,
but it is absolutely necessary that they
should play somewhere if they are to
grow up at all. for there is no doubt
now. I think, in the minds of educa
tors that play builds the child. It is
tile method that nature has provided
for his development. Play, indeed, is
the positive side of the whole phe
nomenon of infancy.
The reason the higher animals—and
man, above all—are born so helpless
and Unformed is that they may be
finistLd by this special method. It is
for the sake of play that infancy ex
ists; that there is such a thing as a
child at all. The child who is depriv
ed of his chance to play is deprived
of his opportunity to grow up.—Crafts
man.
Cats and Man.
No subject that Dr. Weir Mitchell
studied, either scientific, or social, is
more curious than the one lie describ
ed in a little known paper entitled
“Of Ailurophobia and the Power to Be
Conscious of the Cut as Near. When
Unseen and Unheard.” In this pa
per Dr. Mitchell declares that there
are persons who have been able to dis
tinguish the presence of a cat by its
smell, but cannot any longer do so
and yet who retain ability to detect
unseen cats.
“It is likely." he says, “that the cat
emanations may affect the nervous
system through the nasal membrane,
although unrecognized as odors. Why
these emanations should, if plainly
perceived as due to cats, cause cer
tain symptoms in those who dread oats
is readily understood.
“The ultimate cause of unreasonable
terror of cats I cannot explain.”—Cen
tury.
Her Congratulations.
ah Evanston lady was telling the
othei day about a rather lugubrious
aunt who seemed to see everything
through blue spectacles. Her greatest
pleasure in life was in attending fu
nerals, and in case of a friend's illness
she would console the patient with
gloomy forebodings and with tales of
others who had met untimely deaths
through similar afflictions.
Her sister, who. though In good
health, was by no means young, was
celebrating her birthday, and it fell to
the melancholy one to send congratu
lations.
“My dearest sister,” she wrote, “you
have passed another milestone in life's
Journey. Do yon realize that you are
a year nearer the grave? I wish you
many happy returns of the day.”—Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
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Strained.
They were discussing Bessie's wed
ding.
“Usually It Is the bridegroom who is
nervous, while the bride Is self pos
sessed." commented one of tbe brldes
maids% "but Bessie’s voice sounded as
though she were frightened. It sound
ed rather strained.”
“Oh. there’s a reason for that." ex
plained one of the ushers. “You see.
she was talking through her vell!”
Llpplncott’s.
Long Winded.
“Don't you enjoy bearing your wife
discuss questions of the hour?"
“When Henrietta discusses any
thing." replied Mr. Meebton. "It Is not
a question of the hour. It Is a ques
tion of several hours.”—Washington
Star.
Too Cheap.
“Majolica pitcher brings $636 In
sale." read Mrs. Kan.
"Huh!” sneered Mr. Fan. "Ho can’t
be much of a player.”—Buffalo Ex
press.
Tbe universe is not rleb enough to
buy tbe vote of an honest man.—Greg
ory
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Summons By Publication
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
J. L. Reed, plaintiff, vs. Kri Thomp
son and M. A. Kllis, defendants.—
No. S-49. Summons by Publication.
The President of the I’nited States
of America, greeting: To Kri Thomp
son, the above 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, t.o-wit: within
thirty days after the 19th day of Ap
ril, 1915, and answer the complaint
of the above named plaintiff, tiled 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
order duly made and entered by the
above entitled court, on the 8th day
of March, 1915, which publication was
directed to be made once a week for
six consecutive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, judge of said Court, this 8th
dav of March, 1915.
(Seal) ARTIIim LANG,
Clerk of the District Court.
By ('HAS. A. HAND, Deputy.
Date of first publication March 8,
1915.
Date of last publication April 19.
1915.
Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby given that a Gen
eral Municipal Election will be held
in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, on
the sixth day of April, 1915, for the
purpose of electing seven members of
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 serve
as a director for a term of three
years and until his 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
o’clock a. m. and shall continue u
til 7 o’clock p. m. of the 3ame da
without closing the polls.
R. E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Publications March 8, 15. 22, 29.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“bac£” a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi-j
ness venture or a goods
mining prospect-other-i
wise a good many of toJ
day’s successful busines#
enterprises would still b«.
mere dreams. I
Advertising has broughf
about a majority of thf
introductions of the matr
with the idea, the mgr."
with a prospect or busl.'J
ness to the man with tf>
dollar. I.Y
ADVERTISE IN T®H
PROSPECTOR FOR rf.'A
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