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^ VALDEZ, ALASKA
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Why this man
bought a
Remington
Junior
Typewriter
“I have been investigating several of the
recent makes of machines, seeking for one of
simple construction for ordinary manuscript
and lette r writing. I was nearly ready to buy
a machine of another make when I just hap
pened to see for the first time the Remington
Ju nior, and found it to he the very thing I wanted;
and that was a typewriter built, simpler and
not incumbered with fixtures not needed for
writing ordinary manuscript or letters.”
The man who wrote this is the post
master of a small Southern town. He is
only one of thousands who have recently
bought a Remington Junior. But his
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to YOU.
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It has the Remington Name,, the Rem
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And its price is
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lx f. liLLARD, Agent and Supplies—Copper Block. Valdes
Sergt. Zwink Leaves Seward.
Sergt Wo. i. Zwink, who was » ii-(
nected with the local office of the i'Ig
nat Corps, but who has been in charge
of the cable office at Seward during
the past year was a passenger on the
steamer Alameda Sunday morning for
Seattle. Sergt Zwink was unfortu
. Bate in losing some of his honsehold
goods when the Seward wharf ^as
destroyed by fire. Sergt. Dan Murphy
succeeded Zwink and tbe latter will
be stationed at Seattle where he will
be Joined by Mrs. Zwink who went
outside several months ago.
The friends of Marvin Burford of
the Valdez Mercantile company, are
congratulating him on the arrival of
a fine healthy boy, which was born in
Seattle on January I, where Mrs.
Burford la visiting her parents.
SKKS i.-.LATEST OF ALL
MINING BOOMS COMING.
Mining Age: The present tile of
prosperity which is being experienced
by the metal mining industry of this
country-cannot he measured by an;
ordinary scale of exeprience. We ar<
living in an extraordinary pe: iod
Statistics are no guide. The co-.di
tions that confront us today are ex
ceptional. Despite an enormous ex
pansion in the production of variour
metals, the price quotations have
advanced to almost unprecedented
levels.
Copper production for 1915 will
exceed that of 1914 by approximately
45 per cent., yet the price of the
metal has shown an advance of
nearly 90 per cent., over the low
price of last year. Lead has adva ced
60 per cent, in value. Spelter has
quadrupled in value. Silver, after a
long, drawn out decline of 46 cents
an ounce, has in a fortnight made
up practically all of its loss.
The increased earnings accruing
to the mining companies have not
as yet been generally understood.
The coppers, perhaps, have shown
greater advance in the market than
the other metal issues. We ars in
the midst of a great metal shares
boom, which is destined, there can
be no doubt, to expand to greater
proportions.
The silver issues, long neglected,
have just commenced to revive. T hey
are heading for considerably higher
levels—levels which are warr-'r.ted
by improved earnings.
The lead-silver issues. * the leads
and the zincs which are profiting by
metal prices that spell increased
profits of magnitude, are as yet neg
lected. but they are beginning to
loom large on the horizon and will
soon, no doubt, partake of the gen
eral movement.
A boom on still another group of
metal mining issues is incubating
and this may prove to be the greatest
of all the booms. It is in the Mexicans.
If General Viya is subjugated, or re
tires from thd field, as now seems
probable the mining empire of Mex
ico will come into its own. Then a.
mining stock speculation will be in
augurated such as this country has
never before witnessed.
Captain Tim Marcum of the launch
Shamrock, who returned today from
a trip down the Sound, reports that
he experienced fine weather during
the entire trip. The launch w,..
beached at the next high tide in or
der to make repairs to her shoe,
which was lost on the trip to Port
Wells. The -amrock will go to Fi
dalgo bay Thursday morning.
PORTRAITS made bv appointment
in your own homek by F. W. Sheelor.
Phone 186. tf
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdes
ED. WOOD, Proprietor
Somebody
With Money
always ha* been found to
“back” * 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
ness 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.
OUR NAVEL ORANGES. !
Wo Got Them From Brazil, Where
They Were First Cultivated.
The navel orange first appeared at
Bahia. Brazil, as a hud sport of the
Portuguese variety of orange, I.urnrija
selecta. and was Urst propagated by a
Portuguese gardener at Bahia In 1822.
These statements and those tbut fol
low are made on >be authority of A. D.
Shame), physiologist of the United
States department of agriculture. Riv
erside, Cal., who tells in (Jte Journal
of Heredity the results of an expedi
tion to Bruzil made by himself, P. H.
Dorsett and Wilson Popenoe.
There are about 50.000 trees growing
nuvel oranges at Bahia.
The navel orange was introduced
Into the United States In 1873 by Wil
liam Saunders, horticulturist and land
scape gardener of the patent office
He got the American consul to send
him some of the trees, which he bud
ded on seedlings grown in the govern
ment greenhouses. He sent two to
Mrs. L. C. Tibbetts of Riverside. Cal..
and the others to Florida. The latter
never amounted to much, but the for
mer thrived and are still living and
bearing fruit All the navel orange
trees in Callfornii are their progeny.
There are about 100,000 ncres of this
variety in that state, and about 10.000.
000 boxes are produced every year.
The navel orunge cannot be grown
from seed, as it contains no seed. It
Is in California generally budded upon
stocks from the Mission sweet seed
ling orange.
THE SEVEN DAYS’ KING.
Short and Tumultuou* Career of a
Neapolitan Fisherman.
In 1047. when the kingdom of Na
ples was under the grinding rule of
Spain, a fisherman of Sorrento was
stung to madness by the indignities ,
offered his wife by Spanish officials be
cause she had attempted to smuggle a
few handfuls of flour. So furious was
be that be tore down an edict that had
just been posted by the authorities.
The whole population, including worn
en and children, rallied around him.
Forty yestrs of Spanish oppression had
made them frantic. They terrified the
viceroy, resisted the soldiers success
fully and killed many of the Spanish
residents. They secured a revocation
of oppressive edicts, the abolishment
of oppressive taxes and full pardon for
all who engaged in the insurrection.
The fisherman, whose name was
Masanielo, was the leader In all this
and became the Idol of the people. He
ruled Naples for seven days, but his
success seems to have turned bis bead.
He became dictatorial and oppressive
and was put to death by the populace.
IXeuce he is called the “seven days
king.”—Argonaut
“We" end “They."
In the smaller towns and country dis
tricts people say “we” when they speak
of governmental activity. “We" built
the courthouse and got it done at low
cost “We” organized the high school.
“We" pay the expenses of keeping pris
oners in the jail.
In the big cities people say “they.”
“Why don't 'they' do thus and so?”
People wonder when the city govern
ment falls down. It Isn’t a personal
matter with them. The government
isn't their government It Itelongs to
somebody else.
There is a world of difference in the
two attitudes. When the people of the
cities get to saying “we” about their
cities and counties, then they are going
tu clean bouse and take possession.—
Kansas City Star.
What the Knife Said.
"Some folks want funny inscriptions
engraved on their silver," said the
jeweler. "Take wedding knives. Many
wedding cukes are such mountainous
affairs that a special knife is required
to cut them. One of last month's
brides cut her cake with a knife that
was a present from her aunt. I guess
not many of the guests got to read the
inscription. If they had they wduld be
talking about it yet. These knives are
supposed to be used for cutting the
bride’s cake and then laid on the shelf
for the rest of the time, but the aunt
couldn't distinguish, apparently, be
tween wedding and birthday cakes, for
she made us engrave on the knife,
'May 1 serve thee well and often.’ **—
New York Press.
Passing of ths Whale.
The whale Is passing and rapidly.
Modern means of destroying him ha vs
reduced Ins numbers until, compara
tively speaking, only a few remain.
Ten years ago the whalers operating
from the various Newfoundland sta
tions made an annual catch of 1.500.
Today a catch of 810 in a year Is con
sidered remarkable. The whale will
soon be extinct at that rate—Boston
Herald '_
Scientific Research.
•‘Well, what Is the professor np to
tiow?"
•‘More aclentlBc research. He Is con
ducting experiments to determine the
exact velocity with which a man tlro|Mj
a hot potato." — Louisville Courier
Journal. _
Just a Lapse.
Hokua—I actually caught Longbow
telling the truth yesterday. l*okH»—
Wasn’t he emhurrnssedY Hokus—only
momentarily. He Immediately tried to
lie out of It.—Life.
Repetition Desired.
He—Dearest, this kiss tells you all I
have to say Have you understood met
She—Oh. please say It again.—Boston
Transcript, v_
A woman nowadays Is only as old aa
her clothe*—Mr* John i-ane.
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CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time-~Let us do the
worry ing.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
' Intfepiitfent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Goar an teed I
Telephone 66 j
I Foot Keystone Avo
I Roujfh Dry lf;c lb
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED, M«?r.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAniY
Phone H3 Elias. 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
PLI MBING, 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.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TH AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM 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, Ellarnar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latou.-he, on the 15th S. 9.
Cordova, 26th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
r, B. TRACY, Uni Agent VALDEZ DOCK C0„ Local Agent.
.essiast ».stss«ts»«»tt « t-LA. «. « «- » • g..i.e. *« i » t » >
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND Admiral PUGET SOUND
California Line Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at B P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Hall lag Utfc calls Illamaa aad Kodiak—All Sailing call at Kalk
aad Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle tv Saa Francisco every Wednesday aad Sunday, connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
MICHAUD J. niNGWOOD, Mgr, Seattlei V AI.DEI6 DOCK CO, Local AgL
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, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.