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^ TRUE VALUES
Will Come To Valdez
Santa Claus is due to arrive Here on sched
ule time notwithstanding some reports to
the eontrary. Many thought it would be
rather “hard going” for Old Santa this year
but after seeing our assortment of Toys and
asking the prices they have had a “change
of heart” and decided to help him along.
Here are a few suggestions for the
“Kiddie’s” Xmas
Dolls.75c to $2.25
Laundry Sets .$1-75
Doll Beds .50s to $2.25
Washing Machines .$1.75
Tea Sets .$1-75
Doll Furniture .3c to $1.25
building Blocks .25c to 75c
Books .1$c UP
Tool Chests .$200
Mysto Erector.$2.25 to $4.50
Drums .40c to $2.25
Mechanical Toys.25c and up
Sleds .$1.35 to $1.75
Air rifle .$2.00
Games .10c and up
CHRISTMAS CANDLES AND DECORATIONS
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we solicit your account.
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PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen vears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
omce rooms over Owl Drug store. OMce hours
9 a.m.. to 6 p. m., 7 p, m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. 80
HOURS—9 to 12a.m.; 1 to 6 and7to9p. m.
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
[ Offices in Whaling Building
| Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
[c. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
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► Offices Wall Street
t Phones, VALDEZ
DONOHOE *& DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdoz, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
JCWil Enginaar and'
U. S. Daputjr Land and
Minaral Surrajror
Blna Printing Valdai, Alaika.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - • Proprietor.
Brave Fighting.
“One of the Bravest” is the title
of the fine two-reel production at the
Orpheum tonight. This picture shows
some sensational deeds by firemen,
etc. Also laughable comedy called
“His Brother’s Wives at the Harem.”
Running Chances.
1
Bank Teller—This check is all right,
but you must be introduced! Can’t you
bring in your husband?
Woman—Who, Jack? Why. if Jack
thought you wanted an introduction to
me he'd knock your block off!—Kan
sas City Star.
Over a dozen varieties of apples to
pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Entrance to a Vast Exhibit Palace at Panama
Pacific Exposition at San Francisco In 1915
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Copyright, 1814, by Panama-Pacific International Expoaltlon'Co.
THIS photograph (hows the great western portal or entrance way of
the noge Palace of Pood Products. The half dome Is known as the
Half Dome of Vigor and to 118 feet In height Brilliant riotous colors
are employed in the mosaic in the vault of the half dome, which was
designed by Jules Guerin. America's most celebrated decorative artist
DENMARK SHOWS HIGH
TEST IN LITERACY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Only one
person In every 1,000 in Denmark is
unable to read and write, compared
with seven out of every 1,000' in the
United States. This fact is disclosed
In a report today by H. W. Fogt, of
the Federal Bureau of Education, of
his investigations of school condi
tions in Denmark. It is shown also
that of 260,000 Danish children of
school age only 370 failed to attend
ischool during 1911. The secret of
Denmark’s high place in educational
affairs, according to Mr. Fogt, lies in
the hold which the teachers have up
on the entire people. The teacher
has high social rank, is a leader in
both churches and state, and Is in
variably pensioned for disability or
age.
URGES STATES TO UNITE
TO MAKE LANDS FERTILE
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19.—Maj.
Fred R. Reed, of Boise, Ida., commis
sioner from his state to the Ranama
Paciiic exposition, has instituted a
movement having for its ultimate ob
ject the settlement and cultivation
of vast areas of land in western
states now virgin to the plow. He
has interested officials of the trans
continental railroads in the project
and a conference with their represen
tatives will be held here next week.
It is the intention of the Idaho
commissioner to bring about a con
ference of governors of the western
states. In each state the land avail
able, whether owned by the federal
(government, the/ state, -iorf individ
uals, will be listed, with the terms
of payment, etc. If the land must
be purchased it will be sought to
have the terms of payment extend
over a period of 15 to 25 years, and
to procure free transportation for the
prospective settler.
BAGGAGE OF A GENERAL
DOESN’T SHOW HIS WORTH
It may be laid down as a military
axiom that a general’s ability is not
measured by the amount of baggage
he takes to war, says the Washing
ton Star. It is said that when Gen.
Sir John French embarked to take
ommand of the British forces now
fighting with the French against the
Germans in northern France all the
baggage he took was contained in a
single suitcase.
When Stonewall Jackson started
out on a campaign he took along no
personal baggage except a withered
carpetbag of ancient pattern, and ev
en this modest receptacle was but
half filled.
Contrariwise, when Napoleon III.,
emperor of France, left Paris in
1870 to take command of the arm
ies which, he said, were going
straight to Berlin, he took along 48
trunks, besides a most voluminous
kitchen and bedroom equipage. The
Germans got every scrap of it all
at Sedan.
If you want all the news all tne
time, read the Prospector.
j TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide tc ■
hies issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdez
and is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the time of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths:
Saturday, Dec. 19.
High tide 1:59 a. m„ 7.8; 1:19 p.
m., 10.7.
Low tide 7:12 a. m., 2.7; 8:21 p.
m., 1.5.
Sunday, Dec. 20.
H.igh tide 2:45 a. m., 7.8; 2:06 p.
m. 10.0
Low tide 8:03 a. m., 2.8; 9:05 p.
m., 0.8.
Monday, Dec. 21.
High tide 3:31 a. m., 7.7; 2:54 p.
m., 9.0.
Low tide 8:58 a. m., 3.0; 9:48 p.
m„ 0.0.
Tuesday, Dec. 22.
High tide 4:17 a .m., 7.7; 3:46 p.
m., 8.0.
Low tide 9:59 a. m., 3.2; 10:80 p.
m., 0.9.
Wednesday, Dec. 23.
High tide 5:05 a. m„ 7.7.; 4:46
p. m., 7.0.
Low tide 11:09 a. m., 3.3; 11:14 p.
m., 1.8.
Thursday, Dec. 24.
High tide 6:63 a. m„ 7.8; 5:57 p.
m„ 6.1.
Low tide 12:58 a. m„ 3.1; 11:59
a. m„ 2.6.
Friday, Dec. 25.
High tide 6:41 a. m., 7.9; 7:24 p.
m„ 5.7.
Low tide 1:46 p. m., 2.1.
Saturday, Dec. 26.
High tide 7:28 a. m., 8.1; 8:50 p.
m„ 5.6.
Low tide 12:51 a. m., 3.3; 2:51 p.
m., 2.0.
8unday, Dec. 27.
High tide 8:14 a. m., 8.4; 10:52 p.
m., 6.2.
Low tide 1:46 a. m., 3.8; 3:43 p.
m., 1.3.
Monday, Dec. 28.
High tide 9:00 a. m., 8.7; 10:68
p. m, 6.2.
Low tide 2:43 a. m., 4.0; 4:28 p.
m,, 0.7.
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BELGIAN KONGO SAVAGES.
Cannibals In War Paint Whose Past Is
Black Mystery.
In bis book “Hunting and Hunted In
the Belgian Kongo” Mr. K. D. Cooper
speaks of tbe remarkable people who
live in the forest wilds:
“Threading our wny down the stony
path, winding in and out among the
trees, we began to walk the remaining
few miles along the sandy shore to
Butlaba. A slight breeze sprang up
from the southwest, and very shortly
the sun had kissed the Bulegga moun
tain peaks that rose thousands of feet
sheer from tbe water's edge in tbe
west
“Gaunt forbidding sentinels of the
Kongo! What strange people dwell
behind you—the dwarfs and others,
with their poisoned implements of war
—cannibalism with all its attendant
horrors—a people that cannot tell us
of their past. The ages gone by are
all a blank to them. These people are
akin to the beasts of the forest inas
much as they care only for the present
They live for the present. The past is
gone. No records have been written of
them.
“The war paint of vermilion colored
pigments which is smeared all over
their bodies adds to the hideousness
of these savages, darting from rock
to rock, hiding behind trees, lying hid
den in the foliage overhead, waging
war with all. Tragedy follows tragedy
behind those Bulegga mountains in the
Kongo, to the south of which lie the
snow capped crests of rugged Ruwen
zori.”
QUEER JOURNALISTIC FEAT.
It Hit the London Times and Boomed
the Manchester Guardian.
Once there was an obscure subeditor
of the Manchester Guardian In Eng
land. It was a long time ago. and the
Guardian was scarcely known outside
of its own city.
The subeditor had a habit of drink
ing ale until he was so drowsy that he
could not lift his head from his desk.
On one occasion the composing room
was yelling for “copy,” as the editorial
page was absolutely vacant.
The subeditor had been asleep on
his desk for hours and his pen had
been idle. The foreman of the com
posing room finally succeeded In arous
ing the man and yelled in his ear that
something must bo done for copy.
Whereupon the sleepy one grabbed a
pair of shears and clipped one whole
column from the editorial page of the
London Times. At the top he wrote in
a crabbed hand:
“What does the London Times mean
by the following?”
It was printed, column and ail. That
single quizzical Introduction made the
Manchester Guardian famous. People
began to ask what the Times did mean
by the editorial, which was on a rath
er revolutionary subject The sub
editor slept for several hours, but John
E. Wilkie says his paper’s greatness
began from that moment—Washing
ton Star.
"Engaged Man’s Panic.”
"Engaged man's panic" is as famil
iar a phenomenon ns the squnwking
of a captured chicken or the flopping
of a hooked fish. And woman in
stinctively anticipates it feels it be
fore it actually begins, deals with it
according to her abilities. No woman
ever feels that this is a slur upon her
She knows that it does not involve her.
but is only the nervousness of the free
at the touch of the matrimonial bridle
—and that bridle, as she knows and as
he knows, is uot in her hands, but in
the hands of society. Even the man
marrying for a home, even the man
marrying for children or for money,
even the man marrying because only
by marriage can he hope to get some
one to associate with him, bear with
him, listen to him on terms of his own
arranging—even these men feel the
nervousness as the bridle drops over
their heads and the bit presses their
quivering lips. — From "Uegnarmo's
Wife,” by David Graham Phillips.
"Knotty” History.
Tying knots in a handkerchief to jog
one’B memory had its origin in China
thousands of years ago. Before writ
ing was Invented in that country,
which did not happen until 3000 B. C.,
memorable and important events were
recorded by long knotted cords. The
most ancient history of China is still
preserved as told by these knots.
When Emperor Tschang K1 Invented
writing the entire system of "knot
ting” was abandoned. And today the
memory knots made by us in handker
chiefs are the only surviving descend
ants of that ancient custom.
Cooper’s Hawk.
The almost universal prejudice
against birds of prey Is due to the ac
tivities of a few members of the hawk
family, chief among which is the Coop
er’s hawk. Cooper’s hawk usually ap
proaches under cover and drops on un
suspecting victims, making great in
roads on poultry ynrds and game cov
erts. This bird, together with its two
near relations, the sharp shinned hawk
and the goshawk, should be destroyed
by every possible means.
Ha Wanted to Know.
sraarles.” said the teacher, “do you
snow the causes of the Revolutionary
war?’
Charles looked Interestedly at his in
structor and replied, as if carrying on
a social conversation. "No, do you?’—
Ladles' Home Journal.
Amber.
Amber is believed by the Turks to
bs an tefeMble guard against the In
jurious effects of. nicotine: bones Its
insert ro use fur aoutbbteces eC pipes.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE Call You~on Time for"the boat
if We Handle Your Baggage.
We Buy and^Sell Anything from
DeadJCrabs to Live Bears.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
c 7 a m to 9 a m
MEALS < Lunch 12 m to 1 p m
( 6 to 7 p m
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
ARCADE CAFE
“We Never Close.**
Private Dining Room.
The Best of Everything:. We Bake Our.Own
Bread and Paatry.RBread.for’Sale.
Jack Callin - - Proprietor
j_ Chas. Perry
"L4 Complete Services
! * IN THE HEART OF THE CITY ,
115Stooma with bath-50 S&mpleRooms
ALI
(WASHED
AND
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When
You
Use
a
Western Electric
Washer and Wringer
Simply put in the clothes and
start the motor;—in 1 0 to 15
minutes the clothes are washed
white and clean ready to he
hung on the line without the
wear and tear of the wash
board.
Connect to any electric lamp
socket.
Costs only 2 cents an hour to
run.
Let us send one to your home
for 15 days’ free trial?
Alaska Water, Light
& Telephone Go.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPEOTCR FOR RE
SULTS.