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Crossing the Cascade Mountains, the Kittitas Valley, the Colum
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ersing a country of surpassing scenic grandeur, historical interest
and wonderful development.
TWO FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAILY
"The Olympian” and "The Columbian”
The NEW ALL-STEEL TRAINS to
BUTTE, MILES CITY, SIOUX CITY,
MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL. MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO
Fur further information regarding fares, train service, reservations, etc.,
cal oil or address
C. H. Kraeiner, General Agent,
Alaska Steamship Co. and Alaska Coast S. S. Co., Valdez, Alaska
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee Sc St. Paid Railway
443 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C;
Second Ave. and Cherry St., Seattle
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Prices Reasonable. Shop in Swan Block
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry call on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
is my motto.
Phone 82. J, A. SPENARD, Prop.
If you want all the news all the
time read the Daily Prospector.
CITATION TO SHOW CAU8E.
In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
I. D. Flynn, deceased.—Citation
to Show Cause.
To Mabel M. Flynn and all
other heirs unknown, and to all
persons interested in the above
entitled estate, greeting:
You and each of you are here
by cited and required to appear
before the judge of this court,
at the court room thereof, in the
Town of Valdez Alaska, on Tues
day, the 23rd day of December,
1913, at ten o’clock in the forer
noon of said day, then and there
to show cause, if any you have,
why W. T. Scott, Hie adminis
trator of said estate, should not
be authorized by an order of this
court to sell at public sale all the
property belonging to said es
tate, the same consisting of sun
dry personal effects and a one
third interest in and to lot 1 1-2,
in block 7, of the Town of Valdez,
Alaska.
And it is ordered that this ci
tation be served upon you by
publication thereof in the Valdez
Daily Prospector, a newspaper of
general circulation, printed and
published at Valdez, Alaska, for
a period of at least four succes
sive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Geo. J.
Love, United States Commission
er and ex Officio Probate Judge
in and for Valdez Precinct, Third
Judicial Division, Territory of
Alaska, with the seal of said
court affixed, this 21st day of Oc
tober, 1913.
(Seal) GEO. J. LOVE,
•U. S. Commissioner and ex Of
ficio Probate Judge.
First pub. Oct. 21. 1913.
Last p ib. Nov. 18, 1913.
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~ THE HYDRAULIC RAM.
8imple*t and Best Device For Raising
Water by Water Power.
To most people a hydraulic rain
is a mystery. As a matter of fact,
it is the most simple and efficient
mechanical device for raising water
by water power. This is probably
what makes it seem so mysterious
to those who have never seen a ram
at work.
Hydraulic rgms are not only
adaptable for pumping water for
household purposes, but they can be
used for delivering large quantities j
of water for irrigation, town water
works, railroad tanks, etc. Where
the least possible expense must be
incurred for pumping water for any
of these purposes, there is naturally
a great demand for rams. This ap
plies particularly to irrigation, as it
enables the farmer to raise crops at
a minimum cost per acre.
Hydraulic i;ams can derive the
power for operating them from a
spring, brook, flowing artesian well
or river, and if the ram can be lo
cated at such a point that a con
stant stream of water can be sup
plied to it through a pipe having
an incline fall of three or more feet
in a given distance, the conditions
being such that the power water
which escapes at the ram can be
drained away, it is possible for the
ram to deliver a steady stream of
water to a point at an elevation
thirty times the difference between
the levels of the ram and the water
supply. This stream of water, once
started flowing, will continue with
out interruption, day and night,
winter and summer, requiring no
attention nor expense except for the
renewal of rubber valves on the ram
once every year or two. This is a
trifling expense, as the valves cost
but little.
The efficiency of a ram can be
very great, reaching under favor
able conditions 80 percent or more.
This means that the ram will pump
more water to the same height than
any other kind of engine which
pumps water by means of water
power.
The amount of water that may
be pumped per day by such a ram
is remarkable. It will pump as much
as a quarter of a million gallons a
day. If a delivery of two million
gallons a day is required, a “bat
tery” of rams can bo installed—that
is, two or more rams are placed
side by side.
Where pneumatic pressure tanks
are used instead of gravity tanks,
rams will not only supply the water,
but also maintain the air pressure
up to 100 pounds, as may be desir
ed.—Scientific American.
The Joy of Discovery.
What is it that confers the no
blest delight? What is that which
swells a man's breast with pride
above that which any other experi
ence can bring to him? Discovery!
To know that you are walking
where none others have walked;
that you are beholding what hu
man eye has not seen before; that
von are breathing a virgin atmos
phere. To give birth to an idea—to
discover a great thought—an intel
lectual nugget, right under the dust
of a field that many a brain plow
has gone over before. To find a new
planet, to invent a new hinge, to
find the way to make the lightnings
carry your messages. To be the
first — that is the idea. — Mark
Twain.
Hard Luck.
Two negroes, after having dis
puted over, a certain lady whom
they both admired, decided to set
tle the matter by a watermelon
duel, the winner to have the lady.
Each prepared himself and appear
ed at the appointed hour. When
the melons were consumed it was
found that the larger negro had
devoured the greater number. The
future bride, having witnessed the
duel, wi;ote the following note to
the winner:
“Dear Mr. Washington—1 admire
your courage, but have decided to
marry your opponent, realizing my
inability to support-any one with
such an appetite as yours.”—Na
tional Monthly.
The Poetry Business.
Soon after, the death of the poet
Wordsworth, a gentleman met a
farmer of the neighborhood and
said to him:
“You have had a great loss.”
“What loss?"
“Why, you have lost the great
poet.”
“Oh, ay,” said the farmer, “he is
dead, but ah hev me doubt t’ wife’ll
carry on t’ business and mak it as
profitable as ivver it was.”
Earned It.
“You say you are worth a mil
lion ?”
“Yes, sir. And I earned even
penny of it too.”
“I’d like to know how one man
eould earn a million.”
“1 married for it.” — Houston
Post.
- ELECTRIC CURRENTS.
Why Birds Are Not Killed When They
Hop Upon the Third Rail.
While waiting at a railroad cross
ing you may have been horrified to
see a robin or a starling calmly step
upon the third rail. Of course you
expected to witness a fluttering of
the wings and then—death. In
stead, the bird hopped along the j
rail, meandered to earth and hop- |
ped back again, while you wondered
what magic saved the bird from |
electrocution.
The problem is very simple. It j
is not duo to any biological differ
ence between birds and other ani- t
mals or human beings, but to the !
nature of electricity.
At every power house 12,000 to ;
30,000 volts are generated, the j
number varying according to the
distance to be'traversed. In short
services, such as the ordinary sub
urban service, about 12,000 volts are
generated, which are reduced to
675 volts before being sent through
the third rail to the substation, '
from whence the electric current is I
returned to the power bouse, 60 j
that a continuous circuit is insured, j
The brush of the motorcar picks up i
the current and in passing through :
the motor the electric current drives '
it, then returns to the third rail.
Now, the tendency of all electric j
currents is to return to the earth,
and when any conductor—that is,
any body through which electricity
wiil pass, is placed on the third rail
at one end and allowed to rest on the
earth with the other, the entire elec
trie current contained m me miru ,
rail will rush through this body into .
the earth. This is what electricians !
term a short circuit. Now, when a |
human being or a dog places one j
foot on the third rail, remaining in j
contact with earth at the same time, j
as anything on legs is bound to do, j
a short circuit is formed, the 073
volts of electricity rush through the !
animal’s or through the human ,
body, and in the case of a small ani- j
mal, such as a rabbit or a dog, it is j
bound to be fatal.
It is necessary to clearly under- j
stand the foregoing before we can j
understand why a bird is not killed j
by the third rail. A robin or a star- i
ling, to return to our example, will I
not reach down to the earth with
j one foot and upward to the third
j rail with the other. lie solidly
j plants both his little feet on the
dangerous third rail, which immedi- j
[ ately is rendered nondangerous, be- |
cause the bird rests entirely upon it ;
| and in no way has established a con- j
| nection with the earth. The dan- i
| gerous 075 volts pursue the danger- j
; ous tenor of their way, leaving the :
! fat robin unmolested.
Hut wore a waddling goose to
come along and to lift one foot to i
the rail while the other remained I
| on the earth, its fate would be the
i same as the rabbit's or the dog’s.— 1
New York American.
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One Dante Missed.
\Ye came to a great lake of mol- j
ten lead. On (he banks stood thou- j
sands of hydroplanes. Every sixty I
i seconds a cringing shade was pi;od- j
; ded into the seat of a hydroplane j
and compelled to shoot high into j
j the air. When the machine had :
reached an elevation of 1,000 feet I
the hydroplane would wobble until
it tossed the screaming occupant !
out, and he would fall into the lake
below.
“What does this mean?” we
asked.
“This is where we punish the
men who rocked the boats when
they were on earth,” replied his
satanic majesty. — Cincinnati En
quirer.
The Crab a« a Fisherman.
The crab sometimes catches a
fish, and it catches it without hook
and line. It lies in wait, perhaps
in some creek, with its claws ex
tended in front and open. Perhaps
a school of killies comes along, and
it may be that a killie on the out
skirts of the school may swim un
suspectingly along through the
clear water between the upper and
lower parts of otic of the motion
less open claws of the crab. When
it is well within them the claw sud
denly snaps together, and that par
ticular little killie goes no farther.
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Queer Way to Read.
Two Irishmen were discussing
the various books they had read.
“Have you read ‘The Eternal
City?’ ”
“I have.”
"Have you read Marie Corelli’s
works ?”
“I have that.”
“Have you read ‘Looking Back
ward?”’
“ITow on airth could I do that?”
Now 8h* Hate* Him.
“Then you won’t maiyy me?”
“No; but I’ll be a sister to you.’
. “I can suggest a better scheme
than that. Let me call you moth
er”
Then he made a quick getaway.—
Pittsburgh Post.
A, M. Dierlnger
Valdez Transfer
Company
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ing to all interior points
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STORAGE
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Dr. H. COCKERJLLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.\
DENTIST
Phone 92 Feurteen years£ia
Office in Whaling building VALDEZ
Next to cable office
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Phon, 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Uwl Drug store. Office hours
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
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Phono 31 VALDEZ
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JOHN LYONS
ATTORNEY AT'LAW
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Attention.
WHALING BLDG. VALDEZ
MINING ENGINEER^
F. BUTTERWORTH
!CiviI Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Kes- Phone. 139
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez. Alaska
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VALDEZ, ALASKA
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet c*Tr.v Tuesday evening at 8 o'clook in
Eagle Hull. All members are requested to
uttend. S. BflCNJECE. ArcticC Chief
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
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VALDEZJLODGE NO. 6,1.0. 0. F
Moots every Monday at 8 p. in. in
ODD FELLOWS HALL
Vtailing Hrothers especially invited
Wm. Thomas, n. o. P. S. HUF~.tr. (,.'Sto
POSITION wanted by experienced
woman as camp cook. Inquire at the
Prospector office.
Pine watch and jewelry repairing,
all work guaranteed. H. V. Hern
don, with Owl Drug Co.