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PUBLISHED BT
STEWART * SELBY, Proprietor*
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class llatl Matter,
July 23, 1912. at the postofllce of Valdes,
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Dally Prospector.
By carrier, per month -—$ UM
By mail, oer annum ---SIAM
The Weekly Miner.
The Daily Prospector and Whekly
Miner, by mall, to one address
only, per year ...JUJ9
Business Office and Editorial Rooms
ty carrier, per month__-> .4*
y mail, per annum ---> ASS
The Dally Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ad
dress. per month --4 UE
TEL. 1SS
Advertising Rates on Application.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 227, 1916
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ALASKA GOES DRY.
Old Timer, have you heard the
news? , Alaska’s going to cut out
boose and henceforth will that frozen
clime subsist on pop and seltzered
lime, and miners from the frozen
hills in buttermilk will bathe their
gills and Klondike Pete and Rough
House Liz will quench their thirst in
kickless fizz and mushers chilled on
Arctic trips will drink beef tea and
smack their lips.
The roadhouse will no longer cheer
the train-worn soul with hootch or
beer; the mining camp will silent be,
except for miners drinking tea. No
more they'll seek D. Rum of nights
and get lit up like Northern Lights,
since none may buy or steal or mooch
one tiny little shot of hootch. And
Yukon Ike, the good old sonl, will
have to shinny up the pole, and qpon
we’ll see Hell-Roarin’ Pete, upon the
water wagon’s seat.
The sourdough when he wants a.
drink will amble to the Yukon’s
brink, and qualf a horn of H20, a
harmless drink as well you know;
then go his way in search of gold and
sing an ode to water cold, and when
he makes a stake he’ll go to camp
and buy a drink or so, of orangeade,
near beer or lime, and swear he’s had
a ripping time. '
Not like tl>e days of old, not much:
John Barleycorn is- now in Dutch,
from Sitka to the Arctic shore, and
Forty-Rod will cheer no more, the
hardy Argonaut for he, has climbed
ihe pole like you and me.—Anacortes
iWn.) American.
UNIQUE LEAD MINING.
Mining in two inches of ground
may sound unreasonable, but it is
really true, according to the writer
in the New York Evening Post. Did
yon ever stop to consider what be
comes of all the lead fired from the
shells of trapshooters’ guns. Of
course you know trapshooters shoot
over the same grounds week in and
week out. Therefore the constant
shooting over practically the same
territory makes lead mines, for be the
aim good or bad, the lead finally falls
to the ground. Far sighted contrac
tors have seen the business possibil
ities in going after this mining busi
ness.
At prominent clubs where many
squads shoot Avery week it is only a
matter of a few years ithqn it is im
mensely profitable for the miners.
About three years ago theeground in
front of the traps at the du Pont Oun
Club was mined and a pile of lead of
23 tons was the result. A portion
of the grounds of a club at Colum
bus, Ohio, was put through the sieve
and 26 tons resulted. A year ago a
second trip was made to the du Pont
Club at Wilmington, Deta., and re
sults equal to the first attempt were
obtained. Other club grounds are
now undergoing similar treatments.
The methods of securing this lead
are simple. Plots of ground about
3x5 are skinned about two inches
deep. This topsoil is then put in piles
and allowed to stand two or three
days until it dries. It is then put
into a large coarse cylinder sieve,
which gets rid of the earth contain
ing no lead. Then it is put through
a fine sieve and more dirt is removed.
If the earth sticks several screenings
are necessary. Then the remainder
of the shooting territory is handled
in the same manner. On grounds
like the dn Pont Club it takes only
60 lbs. of earth to give 1 lb. of lead.
THANKSGIVING.
Probably in our remote rural dlr
tricts the spirit of Thanksgiving In its
original simplicity remains. Farmers
are closer to nature than we are in
the city. They have good reason to
be thankful if their crops are a suc
cess. They are like the New Englaid
fathers in that respect and while In
the more prosperous days of agricul
ture one expects something more than
a scanty living from the soil, the fact
remains that the farmer is more de
voutly thankfu’ for the good things
In life than any other person. He is
indebted really to the Maker for the
sunshine that has ripened his harvest
and for the rains that have watered
tt.
But city life is more artificial. The
battle is not so much with the forces
of nature as with men. We expect
vastly more than we receive and feel
injured if we do not receive more.
We are inclined to thank ourselves
for our successes and to blame the
other fellow if we fail. Thanksgiv
ing day is a day of feasting rather
than of prayer. We dine at the cafe
instead of around the family board
at home. There is no blessing pro
nounced over the turkey. We have
lost our faculty of giving thanks.
Lest we forget! We can at least
make some one less fortunate than
ourselves thankful and in doing so
we may feel in some measure the
spirit of Thanksgiving.—Cartoons
Magazine.
Alameda Halls Sooth
The steamer Alameda arrived in
port shortly before 11 o’clock, and
sailed south about an hour later for
the states. Sho had a large list of
passengers from the westward, and
the following were booked from
here: Dan Sheehan, T. W. Robinson,
Ben Raste, Mrs. A. H. Plnkus, Oscar
Olson, W. C. Lawrence, G. F. John
son, Andrew Nelson, Blanche Fogg,.
Mrs. J. H. Ingram, J. H. Ingram. Mrs.
F. A. Hull, Tillie Ruttenburg, Mrs.
F. M. Brown, Charles A. Fowlkes,
Mrs. Anna Esson, A. F. Sullivan, for
Seattle; J. J. Motyka, W. L. Mooney,
Al. White, for Cordova; J. J. Cavana
for Junean.
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J. J. Cavana was a passenger for
Junean on the Alafceda.
“The Morals of Marcus”
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5 Act Comedy Drama by the Famous Players.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
“IN THE BANK”
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8 p.m. Sharp. Regular AAmmlsa
FURNITURE FOR SALE
1 have been authorized by Capi.
B. F. Duckwall to sell the following
of hU personal property: * *'
Oil stove & bake oven.
China closet, mahogany.
2 white screens.
Davenport & mattress.
Round library table, fumed Oak.
Square library table, fumed Oak.
Brown reed rocker.
Brown reed rocker with leathei
seat.
Heavy brown fumed Oak chair.
4 light straight fumed chairs.
Brass bed ftmattress.
Princess dresser, mahogany.
Large rocking chair.
Wicker chair, straight legs.
White dresser ft stool.
White writing table.
' One oil heating stove.
Root beer bottles.
2 galvanized tuba. .*
1 ‘ wash board.
1 wringer. .± ‘
1 porch swing. ,
1 camera ft tripod, carrying case ft
several plate holders.
1 Buggy.:
These articles may be seen at
Capt. Duckwall’s late quarters at
Fort Liscum, Any person desiring
any information as to the above will
please call Post Exchange, Fort Lis
cum.
8. FISHER
TRAIN BANDIT BIDS HIS
VICTIMS GOOD NIGHT
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 27.—
As the Missouri Pacific’s Omaha
Lincoln express train No. 180 was
leaving Leavenworth, Kan., last uight
for Kansas City, Mo., a masked rob
ber entered the Fear sleeping coach,
levelled a pistol at the! fotjr tnhle
passengers and the conductor, C. R.
Schmidt, and obtained $26. The
bandit then informed his victims that
they might resume their seats. “I’ll
ride a ways with you,” be said. When
the train pulled into Kansas City.,
Kan., the man wished his victims a
laughing “good night’’ and disap
peared.
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WILSON OPPOSES USE OF
PICTURE AS TRADE MARK
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—Customers
of a local wholesale dry goods house
may no longer order “a thousand
yards of Wilson,’’ the firm having
announced today, after receiving a
letter from the White House request
ing it to cease using a pen and ink
portrait of the president as a trade
mark. The trade mark will be elimi
nated. According to a statement by
the firm, no objection was offered
when the idea was submitted for ap
proval in 1912.
Sealshjpt Oysters. , ‘
Fresh Sealshipt Oysters in bulk.
New York Counts and Selects. Olym
pia Oysters in pint cans, Oyster Cock
tails and Crab Cocktails. Quality
First and Purity Always at Love
Whitley Co.'s.’ *
1 !■ ; »:• -V. .Vi„ no t
Two >Wfe—ish tps Sunk.
London, The Greek steamship Bar
bara and the Norwegian steamer
Lokken are reported to have' tffeen
sunk.
The Barbar, 2,831 tons gross, sail
ed from Barry, Wales. November 8
for St. Johns, N. F. The Lokken,
1,954 tons gross, was last reported
in the Tyne on October 26.
The Frye-Bruhn Company will re
ceive on the Alameda an unequalled
supply of fresh killed turkeys, ducks,
geese, chickens and suckling plgn,
fresh Booth oysters and crabs, and
also a full line of green goods such
as cranberries, celery, grape fruit,
and all other kinds of fruit. tf
F. D. Tracy and wife were through
passengers on the Alameda for the
south.
An up-to-date line of cook stoves
and ranges at Mead’s. tf
Hand laundry. Phone 81 McKinle;
St. tf
Your picture will please the folks
at home better than anything yon can
send them. Jenner the photographer
tf
Location notices, both quarts and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
All kinds of cocktails. At the
Candy Kitchen, tf
What We Need Most.
There can only be one reply to
this, which is insurance and mor?
insurance, both life and fire. Be
prepared and feel secure. Alaska
Inv. Co. 2t
Fresh line of Lowney’s Box Can
dies. Candy Kitchen. tf
Paaar Stationery at ts TaMen
Dr«« Store. «
MAYOR GILL ASSAILS
EVERETT MILL OWNERS
PORTLAND, Nov. 27.—Mayor Gill
of Seattle, talking here yeaterday to
a gathering of city officials,'and busi
ness men, gave them his views about
the I. W. W. troubles in Everett
which resulted in the death of two
Everett citizens and five members of
the raiders In the shooting affray,
I November 5. *
“The city and county both are con
trolled by the mill companies. Every
thing is run by the sheriff of Snoho
mish county, the man who was in the
light on the dock ten days ago, and
such things as the administration of
the city ordinance about speaking on
the street is taken out of the hands
of the city authorities.
“Thousands of men with automat
ic revolvers in their pockets throng
the streets of Everett. If a stranger
in overalls comes into the town he Ib
asked what he was doing by two or
three men. If he would not give a
good account of himself be had to
leave the town.
few days before the fight on the
dock 40 men, the I. W. W.’s or their
sympathizers, were taken out into
the woods, lined up and then beaten
good and plenty. Sixteen men were
in a Seattle hospital as a consequence
one with a broken arm.
“They went back to Everett that
Sunday with guns, determined they
would not be beaten again. The
mill interests at Everett have brought
about a remarkable condition in the
town.”
Basket Ball Games.
Two games of basketball will be
played this evening at Moose hall be
tween the first Moose team and the
first Liscum team and the second
Moose team and the Liscum secoi.l
team. These are practice games and
will lead to a series of match games
later.
Taldez Drug Company has a One
line of School Stationery. tf
The Alameda carried a party of
mining men from the Iditarod coun
try, about 20 in number, who mush
ed overland from the interior to Sew
ard, where they arrived yesterday.
Several of the men carried consider
able dust with them, the total aggre
gating about $20,000.
A new assortment of toilet water'
and perfumes. Owl DrHg Co. tf
Sergeant Mooney and Private Mo
tyka of the local cable office, left on
the Alameda tor Cordova, from
where they will go to the wireless
station at Whltshed to assist the op
erators there during the rush occa
sioned by the breaking of the cable.
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drag Co.
Andrew Nelson left for the States
on the Alameda, and will spend sev
eral months in the outside.
The Owl Drug Store can furnish
you with a 1817 Dairy. tf
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Mrs. F. A. Hull, of Granby, left
pp the Alameda for the states ac
companied by her young son.
Home-made Mince Pies at the Ar
cade. tf
Pictures developed Cl the TtM«
Drag Company. tf
For steam heated rooms come to
the Golden North. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Valdes Drug
Company. tf
Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that noisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the peace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate it. tf
New Heaters from 812.60 «p.
Wood Stoves, Pipe, Cooking Utensils
and Wash Boards at Rudolph’s. tf
The Golden North has steam heat
3d rooms. tf
The Home of the Pat-a-Cake. At
Love-Wh:;)ey Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfer that baggage for you. tf
Location notices, both quarts and
placer, at the Miner office.
When you want something good to
aat try the Merchants’ Cafe, open all
night. tf
Try the Cottage Dining ftooip for
good home-cooked meals. Mn. .M.
Rncker, Phone 181. tf
FOR SALE—Thoroughbred Lfcw
ellyn pups, $10 and $16 each. Brick
Lucas, Seward, Alaska. 11-80
A Big Shipment.
Just received, a fresh line of Bine
Candies, the kind yen like, nt Levy A
Ross.* > m
ST. ELIAS HOTEL
v Under New Management
THOROUGHLY RENOVATED; WARM, LIGHT, OUTSIDE ROOMS
SPECIAL RATES TO PERMANENT GUESTS
PHONE 104 MRS. L. HOLT, Prop.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Vsldss Docfc-OpposHs Prospsctor Office. Tdephon* 24
MERCHANT’S CAFE
PRRSH BRKAD AND PASTRY DAILY
' Phoae OS * OPHN ALL NIGHT Om FMiv, Profr.
LOUIE’S CAFE
baylfal Fin* dm
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH. Prop.
LAUNCHN & S
a baa VoMea Dock for Beila
a*A IcoflMk, oad PMolto
Uora or err Satardar of 7 a. a
from Voider Dock for Odor Bor,
WcUo Bor. Port WcMo ad Gae
lic Mae.
PORTR on BAT AND OTHER
POINTS BT CONTRACT
W. J.. CALLAGHAN
ovm AMD MAI7BA
Candy Win
E. V. HUNT—hOvi Drag Star*.
FOUNTAIN DRINKS
HOT-COLD
ADMIRAL EVANS SAILS
NORTH FROM SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Noy. 27.—The steam r
Admiral Evans sailed from here for
Valdez and way ports Friday night.
The passengers for Valdez were Mrs.
C. Hoyt and P. Malone.
Fresh Augustine & Kyer Butter
Krlsp and Queen Victorias at Hunt’s.
k new line of a eaters priced right,
at Mead's tt
A new line of hand painted china.
Owl Drug Co. tt
FOR SALE—17-foot boat, with 2
1-2 h. p. Cnchman engine. Boat and
equipment as good as new. Price $90.
Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
Come and see ear new line of nag
get and Ivory ware at Alaska Jewelry
Company. tf
It Isn't Enough
That You
Trade at Home
SHIHIHHBBBP BT1 SHIHHHilHHi
TELL YOUR NEIGH
BORS TO DO
LIKEWISE
If every man and woman
in this town will trade
with the home merchants
it will make lor an ideal
community.
EVERYBODY
WILL BENEriT
IMMEDIATELY
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DR. S. W1CKES MERRITT
®*een ore* TStcaDntCa
IdUMcyMml
Contract Surpeon, U. & Army
A. A. Surgeon* t* & Public HectUl Serv
(MMm Hoapitai)
DR a COCKERILLE
DENTIST
narttai Van Ip Tolflm *
PHONH IM
Offlc* Rooms In Wbafflag Itmiitlnf
DONOHOE & DIMOND
mORNET S-AT-LAW
OSicc Onnualtc Oonrt Honae
Phone M VALDBS. ALASKA
JOHN LTONA a jc IUTCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNBYS-AT-LAW
OSeee In Whallap BnJtdiag
Phone IW VALDBZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
V. S. Miami Surveyor
McKfarfey Street onneMte V. K Store.
Valdea, Alatkn
PIONEERS OF ALASKA
IGLOO NO. 8KVEN
Meets every Tuesday evening at 8:00
[o'clock in their hall over U. S. Com
missioner's office. Visitors are always
welcome.
T. H. HUNT, President.
K. O. AMES, Secretary.
TAUWfi LODGE
so in
Rssufesr Communications first Wed
nesday In eastf; month. la. MeKlaley
HD WOOD. HcHtMf
A. M. DIERINGEE
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior PointB.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Raaai—Tha Ham of Caadart
RATES; REASONABLE
BATH|R00M Spadal Rata* By tba Moatb
PHONE IBB MRS. STRING. Prep