Do You Need a Pipe?
W e Have Them in All Styles
and Sizes at
The Buffet
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will lake contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA—PHONE 18
REFERENCES I S. BLUM ft CO., Valdex, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Merchant’s Cafe
0
Phone 63 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chaa. Fincher, Propr.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
LET I S MEASURE YOU
for your new suit and let us do
it now. The new fabrics in serge,
worsted, thibet, etc., are in and
we are prepared to cut them in
to suits of class and snap at a
very low rate considering the
quality of the cloth and the tail
oring. Do it now.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
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(Foot Keyaiune Ave
Rough Dry 11c lb
M -V ’/ . L
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
PORT WELLS MILL
.and . , ..
LUMBER COMPANY
Orders taken for sized and
dressed lumber.
THE PINZON VALDEZ, ALASKA
Going To Fairbanks?
Ask For the Sheldon Service
SHELDON AUTO STAGE LINE
Through Service from Valdes to
Fairbanks and all Interior Points.
For further information call on or
address
THE AGENT, at the Prospector Off ice
GET BACK TO NATURE.
Live the Simple Life end Win Heelth
end Happiness.
The movement to return to nature
and simple life is the solution offered
to the high cost of living problem, but
health experts and enthusiasts have
, found it to be the only way of right
liviug or healthful living known today.
They have adopted it as a safe road to
( health. They say that a return to ns
I tine means good digestion, sound sleep,
1 a clear head, a placid mind, content
i ment and Joy to lie alive.
But first, they say. It means getting
| close to nature—living out of doors as
l much as itossihle by working, playing
i and resting hi the o|ien air and. above
all, by sleeping hi the open air. "Out
door sleeping is the best life preserver
known." it means also going to the
garden and orchard for your bill of
fare-tomatoes, lettuce, celery, spinach,
turnips, beaus, coni, peas, melons, her
ric-s, apples, peaches, plums and all
other fruits and green stuffs untouched
by tire.
The real value of adopting the sim
pie life, according to the health ex
perts, lies In the pleasure we find In
living It. To do It grudgingly or with
out knowing mid appreciating its bene
fits we botch It nud fall, but to love
health more than appetite and seek It Is
to have health, comfort, efficiency and a
long life. “Start the simple life—begin
! It today,” Is the motto of this wealth
\ movement.— North Carolinn State Board
| of Health Bulletin.
COLORS IN SURNAMES.
Why the English Word "Rod” Is Not
to Bo Found Among Thom.
Black, White aud Brown are com
mon surnames In English, but there Is
no English family called Red. The for
mer names were given originally be
cause of the complexion of the persons
who received them. It seems strange
that In a people among whom red
heads were common none should have
acquired the name “Red," especially as
this Is frequently bestowed as a nick
name. A dictionary explains this as
follows:
“Red, like lead (led), with which it Is
phonetically parallel, had in Middle
English a long vowel, which has be
come shortened. The long vowel re
mains, however, In the surnames Read.
Reade, Reed, Reid, which represent old
forms of the adjective and the exist
ence of which as surnames explains the
almost total absence of the expected
surname Red. parallel to Black, Brown.
White, etc.”
| The equivalent of "red” In foreign
languages Is Just as common a sur
name as are the equivalents of
“black,” “white” and “brown," for the
reason that in them there has been no
modification of the original word.
New York World.
Old Tim* London Ruffian*.
At the beginning of the eighteenth
century a number of ruffianly young
men of the higher classes—called by
Swift “a race of rakes that play the
devil about the town every night”—
known as "Mohocks," infested London,
sallying out drunk into the streets, car
rying short clubs loaded with lead at
both ends and perpetrating shame
ful cruelties upon peaceable passersby.
wantonly wounding and disfiguring the
men and subjecting all alike to atro
cious insults. Lecky says that ma
trons Inclosed in barrels were rolled
down the steep and stony Snow bill.
Watchmen were unmercifully beaten,
and their noses were slit. Coaches and
chairs were overturned on rubbish
heaps, and country gentlemen visiting
the theaters had to be accompanied
by their armed retainers as if in time
of war.—Pearson's Weekly.
WANTED—A position as camp
cook at-sawmill or roadhouse by’ex
perlenced woman. Inquire Prospec
tor. tf
Public Notice
Proposals will be received up to
11 A. M., October 3, 1917 for the
removal of two hundred yards of sol
id rock from the Mineral Creek road
at a point near Snowslide Gulch. And
the removal of 250 yards of solid'
rock from the Mineral Creek road
at the intersection of the above road
with the Shoup Bay trail at the Mil- ]
lard Bridge, the rock to he used In
a two hundred yard fill at the Mil
lard Bridge.
Separate proposals will be received
for the construction of two 100 foot •
bridges across Mineral creek, one op
posite McIntosh’s Roadhouse, the oth-j
er near the mouth of the Upper Can-^
yon as indicated by survey stakes, i
Separate proposals will be receiv-1
ed for the slashing of a 16 foot road
from Mc-Intosh’s Roadhouse to Cal-j
ligan’s Camp, a distance of about two.
and two-thirds miles.
Specifications and contract forms
may be seen at the office of the Divi
sional Commission, and proposal
forms obtained.
kl0-3 JAMES W. WILSON
Chairman Divisional Road Commis
sion.
Notice of Equalization
Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of the Town of Val
dez, Alaska, will meet as a Board of
Equalization on the second Monday
of October (8th) and on the Tuesday
next following (9th), and on Thurs
day next following the third Monday
In October (18th) between the hours
of 8 and 9 P. M. on each of said days,
for the purpose of equalizing the 1917
assessment roll. All persons protest
ing against their assessed valuations,
will present such protests in proper
form on these dates.
The assessment roll is now in pos
session of the Town CJprk and open
for public inspection at the Town
Hall.
k Oct. 3 W. M. MEALS.
Town Clerk.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
The following schedule for the har
bor boat "Lt. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Liscum Leave Valdez
8:16 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 4:80 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:15 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:15 p. m. 4:30 p. m. ,
7:15 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
All official business between Val
dez and the Post should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will he taken of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
O. R. KOEHLER,
1st. Lt. 14th Infantry. A. Q. M
By GEORGE NEWLOVE. M. R. C.
BUY SO
ANY BOOTS
T^EXT time your boots wear
^ out, buy a pair Of* ‘Hipress’ *
Boots and you’ll find itvFill be a
long spell before you need an
other pair*
“Htpress” outwears any boot ever
made. There’s a mighty good reason,
for “Hipress” isn’t “built up” like
other boots. - It’s welded into one solid
piece without a seam—so. there’s no
place for it to leak—and it’s actually
made of the same extra tough rubber
that goes into Goodrich tires. Also it’s
the boot tor solid comfort.
40,000 D*al*n
f :' - ; , •
THE B.P. GOODRICH COMPANY
SEATTLE, WASH.
Factories:
Akron, Ohio
HI PRESS
BHIhBBH with the RED round the top
GOODRICH Boot
That Outwears Steel i
WHEN FLAMES FILL
THE FACTORY
despair Alls the owner who has
neglected to look after his In
surance. We handle the insur
ance of some very large con
cerns. We place it in the best
companies, pay the premiums
promptly and attend to renew
als. Let us do that for you.
It will not cost you anything
for our service.
Valdez Heal Estate Agency
SH Tony’s Place If
Orders to ANTON CARLSON, Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.;
from Seattle 9 a. m.—
Sept. 25—S. S. Alameda.
Sept. 30—S. S. Alaska
Oct. 6—S. S. Mariposa
Oct. 12—S. S. Northwestern
Oct. 18—S. S. Alameda
Valdez to Seattle—
Oct. 5—S. S. Alameda
Oct. 12—S. S. Alaska
Oct. 16—S. S. Mariposa
Oct. 24—S. S. Northwestern
Oct. 28.—S. S. Alameda
can at netcaikan, Juneau, Ska~way, Cordova, Ellamar, Fort Lls
cum, Valdez, Latoucke, Seward aid Anchorage,
Except—S. S. Northwestern and S. S. Alaska do not call at
Skagway Southbound.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell. Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdes and La
Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
P. B. TRACY, Gea’I Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent
Phone No. I. VALDEZ DOCK CO., Agent, Valdez Alaska.
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships Offer Frequent,
PERFECT SERVICE
Between All Points in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
Leave Seattle 10 a. m.—
Sept. 24—9. S. Adm. Watson
I For Kodiak)
Oct. 2—S. S. Adm. Evans
Oct. 10—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Oct. 18.—S. S. Adm. Watson
From Valdez to Seattle—
Sept. 2S—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Oct. 7—S. S. Adm. Watson
Oct. 14—S. S. Adm. Evans
Oct. 22—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Oct. 30.—S. S. Adm. Watson
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Monday, Friday and Saturday for
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES,“
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
IF YOUR TICKET READS “PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY”
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST.
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LOUIE’S CAFE
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Take a look at our new line of
postcards and pictures of the Canyon
etc. Valdez Drug Store. tf
If It Isn’t an Eastman It Isn’t a
Kodak. We carry a complete line of
Eastman Kodaks and supplies. Val
dez Drug Store. tf
A special on stationery at the Val
dez Drug Store. Box paper, worth
from 60c to $1.00 now 26c. tf
Ansco Films 'Will
lit any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard. Guy E. Cam
eron. tf I
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Contyanj
Office on Al*aka Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Pointa.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
DAT OR NIGHT
Poeitiveljr No Coal Delivered Ua<
leas Paid for in Advance
KAMA HEN
Capt. Otto Elfstrom
Weekly tripe to Port Wells
and all Sound Points.
FOR CHARTER FOR PAR
TIES OR TOWING
'or rates and sailing dates see
CAPT. OTTO ELFSTROM.
On Boat, Valdes Dock
Candy Wen i
L W. HUNT—b Owl Tng Stare. i
FOUNTAIN DRINK3 !
HOT-COLD |
A nice line of ca’ -ten jp f*»- « at
Rudolph’s. •
Lonrney's bo* CanCea at Hant.'
Candy Kitchen. tf