STEAN^HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
* Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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“The House of Comfort”
PHONF. 7 F0R MEN 0NLY
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
w hen YOU LOOK
IN THE MlltKOK
are yon satisfied? Do yonr
clothes tit? Have they that
"easy" hang? And look like
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full value received? If they
don't we want you to come to
us. We specialize on dress
clothes and know how to cut
them. Your full dress and
Tuxedo won't cost much here.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed } | Foot Keystone .Ave
Telephone 66 I I Routfh Dry lie lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms._Phone 35
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone <>:! OPEN BAY AND NIGHT Chas. Fi«ther, Propr.
['ART OKfVooD SI CKLY OK
NATION MAY BK TAKKN OYKH
CHICAGO, May 16.— Plans to seize
at least part of the nation's food
supply are being considered by the i
United States government. This was :
admitted today by District Attorney j
r. F. Clyne, who said that within
the last few days district attorneys
from the Mississippi conferred in Chi-,
••ago on means of taking over the
food supply. He declared that any
further announcement must come
front Washington.
Location notices, noth quartz anti
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
Ice.
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Fresh line of Box Candies just re- j
reived at Hunt's Candy Kitchen, tf j
For Sale.
1 complete sawmill outfit with plan
■ rs (Russell & Co.) 11-115^ Nominal
h. p. P>5. Indicated h. p. 77.
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Circular saws anti* other materials.
1 new Willamette Donkey engine,
$^>-10.
1 slightly used Willamette Donkey
Engine 7 H-10. ,
2 slightly used Florry Donkey En- I
t ines, 7-10.
For further information write or
wire
ALASKA ANTHRACITE RY. CO.
Per Geo. W. Nelson, |
tf Katalla, Alaska, j
SHII'S RKI'AIRKl) FOR
SKRVICK OF AMKRIC A
WASHINGTON, I). (’., May 10.—
Seventy-one German and Austrian
merchant ships seized by the govern
ment will be repaired and ready for
commission within five months, unless
concealed damage is discovered, the
federal shipping board estimated to
,dav. This will add 535,722 tons to
America’s merchant marine. Many of
the smaller ships can be made ready
for service in less than four months.
21 BILLIONS HAS BKKN
SPKNT BY KNGLAND
LONDON, May 16.—‘Andrew Bonar
Law, chancellor of the exchequer, in
his speech introducing the fourth war
budget in the house of commons to
day, said that since the beginning of
the war £S22,000,000 had been ad
vanced to Great Britain’s allies and
£142,000.000 to her dominions. The
national debt, he said, stands at 854,
000,000 pounds ($19,270,000,000)
less advances to the allies and domin
ions.
.Measles on Alameda
When the Alameda arrived from
the south this morning she had aboard
two cases of measles. -.The patients
had been quarantined in their state
rooms, however, and after an exami
nation by Dr. Silverman the passen
gers were permitted to land.
A new thing
for a cigarette to do—
20 for 10c
Chesterfield
CIGARETTES
of IMPORTED and DOMESTIC toiaam-BItwU
SUFFRAGE OPPONENTS
GET HEARING TODAY
WASHINGTON, D. C.,'May 16.—
Opponents of woman suffrage were
heard today by the senate committee
considering the suffrage amendment
to the constitution.
Mrs. James Wadsworth, wife of the j
New York Senator, and daughter of
former Secretary of States John Hay,
led the speakers and urged that, at
least during the war, suffrage agita
tion be abandoned.
If'American women earnestly want
to vote, Miss Minnie Brossom. of Io
wa. stated, they could quickly get
it through their husbands. She den
ied that the foreign vote has been
responsible for the defeat of equal
suffrage In several states.
COUNCIL TO ENFORCE
THE SPEED ORDINANCE
At the meeting of the City Council
last night, the usual routine business
was transacted, and the matter of the
Fourth of July Celebration was tak
en up and discussed at some length.
It was then determined to await ac
tion until the next meeting, at which
time suggestions are invited from
the residents ot the town as to the
character and scope of the celebra
tion.
Several of the eotinclimen stated
that complaints had been made to
them regarding reckless driving of
autos through the streets of the town,
and the chief of police was instruct
ed to rigidly enforce the Speed Ordi
nance, prohibiting the driving of autos
at a rate in excess of 10 miles an hour.
GOMPKItK MAKES TALK
OX I’EKMAXEXT PEACE
_
NEW YORK, May 16.—Working
men everywhere must unite to estab
lish permanent peace in the world,
,and factional strife among them will
not he tolerated, Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, declared at the national
convention of the National Cloth Hat
and Cap Maker’s Union of America,
held here yesterday.
He said that the Jewish press of
'this country must not he permitted
to dominate the labor movement and
he warned his hearers that unless
they quickly settle the differences be
tween themselves and the United Hat
ters of America their charter in Un
American Federation of Labor will
be withdrawn.
"The conscience of the American
,1ahor movement is far above any
-press devoted to any particular na
tionality or religion.” he declared.
ALL 15 A Ml ES ARK
MADE LEGITIMATE
lHSMARCK, N. 1).. May 16.—North
Dakota will have no more illegiti
mate children. A hill signed by the
governor makes all children horn out
of wedlock legal offspring of their
parents, entitled to inherit and sup
port and protection.. The Dili was in
troduced by Representative B. Ten
neson. a Fargo attorney.
Gorman Flyer was l'. S. Spy
SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.—F. C.
Wolf, a lieutenant in the German
army, wiio deserted front the avia
,tion corps at San Diego, where he
was serving as a spy. has been ar
rested here/ Wolf was wounded at
Verdun while flying for the kaiser
Among his personal effects were com
plete plans of the fortifications along
the Pacific Coast.
hryax pleads for
FOOD CONSERVATION*
SAN DIEGO. May 6.—A plea for
ifood conservation and increase in ag
ricultural production to the maxi
mum was voiced here last night by
William J. Bryan.
“This country has the reputation
of being the most wasteful in the
world.” said Bryan. “Now is the time
tor the housewives to practice con-j
servation and economy, and for the
girls to be taught conservation of
tood products by means of canning
und preserving. The boys can do their j
share by organizing corn clubs, which j
! in the Middle West have enabled |
|thousands of youngsters to add to the,
wealth of the nation and the products j
of the farm.”
Applause greeted the speaker when j
he declared his opposition to trails- >
forming anything tit for food into al- |
cohol.
An Old-Timer Returns
Among the passengers on the Ala
meda for Valdez this morning was'
John Caution, one of the pioneer resi
dents of Valdez, and one of the lo
cators of the Granby mine. Mr. Cant
Ion has been making his home in
California for several years past, but
the call of the North was too strong
to resist, and he is once more a resi
dent of Valdez.
Why look old and care-worn? The
lamous Parisian method for rejuven
lating the complexion and hands will
erase from 10 to 20 years. Remem
ber a woman is as old as she looks.
Method fully explained at the Vanitie
Shop.
WATER PORTERS OF QUITO.
TK* Funny Way Thay Hava In Daliver
ing Thair Liquid Load.
; About a fount a in in one of the prin
i cipal squares of Quito, tile capital of
Ecuador, assemble every morning the
city's uguadorcs. Ti.ese water porters
j differ from the less energetic ones of
some South American cities in carry
ing their jars upon their backs instead
of on the backs »if mules. Their earth
en jars are deep, have a wide mouth
and hold alrout forty pints.
The porter carries it <>n his shoulder
fastened with leather straps, lie never
I detaches himself from his-^ar either to
(ill it or to transfer Its contents to
that of his customer.
| He turns his back to the fountain so
that the jar conies Under one of the
jets of water and listens to the sound
of the water in the jar, and Ills ear is
so well trained that lie always walks
away at the exact moment when it is
iilled to the brim.
Arriving at the house of a customer,
lie goes to tiie household jar, makes a
■ deep how and disappears behind a tor
rent of water. Foreigners can never
receive witSout laughing the visit of
their aguador. the respectful little man
who bows to one behind the cataract
of water.—Eos Angeles Times.
OLDEST MAP IN THE WORLD.
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It Prov** Th*t Postal Routes War*
Used In Abraham's Time.
Postal routes of :t„"0O years ago.
when the parcel post and the eirculat
i tug library already had been ill ex
istence ut least SMHi years, are shown
on the world's oldest map. a treasure
that was discovered among tbe Nippur
; tablets in the museum of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania by Dr. Stephen
Daiigdiui, tiie orientalist from Oxford
university. Dr. I.angdou considered
the map not only the oldest, but the
best preserved that lias come down
from antiquity. ,
j Dating before the time of Abraham,
' the map allows a comprehensive sur
; vcy of the region about the temple of
j Nippur and indicates that the country
| was under a high state of intensive
I cultivation. Canals were numerous and
served both for irrigation and trans
I portation. They were t lie mail routes.
| and a tag lias been found for a basket
i of "books'' or literary tablets sent from
the library of the Nippur temple to a
town about six miles distant, Sburup
! pek. According to Babylonian tradi
i tion, Noah lived at this town and built
the ark there. The tag was used about
! 2300 It. C.
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Donkeys In Trouser*.
Tiie stranger in Guayaquil, in Ecua
' dor. at oiu*o remarks one very curi
j oils feature of ils life and general ap
pearance. We are used to seeing nets
! over our horses in the summer, but
; such an out tit as is required by the
donkeys in the tropics strikes the
stranger ns ludicrous. The donkeys
are numerous in the city and are used
for all manner of load purposes, from
baskets of fruit to the carcasses of
butcher's meat, in the morning a
j string of them may be seen trotting
through the streets with a load of
fresh meat from tiie slaughter house,
which is situated outside the town.
, Tiie donkeys are all provided with cov
' erings around the fore legs, like or
| dinary trousers, and with a protection
j over the ears against the mosquitoes
1 The Guayaquil donkey presents a
most ecmical appearance in trousers,
especially if his garment is embroider
ed. as it sometimes is.
Home of a Workingman.
The mechanic who eats underdone
biscuits in a leaky kitchen presided
! over by a discontented wife is not a
good investment for his employer. Bad
| homes are as great an enemy to indus
trial improvement as bad habits, says
i Ida M. Tarliell in "New Ideals In Busi
! ness.''
■‘Competition itself is forcing employ
ers to consider the outside life of their
employees.'1 says Miss Tarbell. "Tiie
first and most important thing they
must consider is the house tiie man
i lives in. A good workingman wants a
home. Fie wants if possible to own bis
home. To have efficient, trustworthy
and steady men you must have healthy
aiul contented men. Men are neither
healthy nor contented in wretched
! homes."
I
Squelching a Dealer.
i "Can I sell you some antiques, sir?"
“What have you in stock?"
i “I've got a chair George Washing
ton sat in. a cradle Jenny Lind was
i rocked in. a mirror used by Catherine
! the Great of Russia and”—
••Say no more. These things are com
paratively modern.’'
“Util consider, sir"—
“I want some real antiques. In fact.
I am anxious to acquire the set of tools
used by Xouh in building the ark.”—
Brooklyn Citizen.
Curious.
A lady one du.v remarked to Bulwer
Lyttou how odd it was that a dove
I i Latin, colombe) should have been sent ,
I out to tlud the old .world, and Columbus
(Colombe) should have found the new. !
j “Yes.” agreed the novelist, “but more
curious still is the fact that one came
from Xoah and the other from Genoa!"
A Pessimist.
Tommy—Dad, what is a pessimist?
Dad—A pessimist is a man who would
rather read the death notices in a i
newspaper than the jokes.—Exchange.
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Gloomy Prospsct.
The Suitor—What will your father |
settle on the man who marries yon? j
The Girl—All the rest of the family, I |
suppose—Puck. |
God bless the good natured, for they
bless everybody else. — Henry Ward
Beecher.
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\VH K.\ A KIRK STARTS •
ihe firemen's best effor'a are $
given to putting it out as 8
quickly as possible. He aims $
to save as much as he can. But •
once a lire starts, damage end 2
loss commence. The only wav 8
to offset that loss is to be well 2
insured. Our policies cover 8
all losses from the very min- J
ute the damage bv'flames, wa- 8
ter or smoke commences. 2
Valdez, Real Kstate Agency •
| 'S* TONY’S PLACES” j
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EVERYTHING C'A'.iW ANTON CARLSON, J
I FIRST CLASS ^ 1 Manager. +
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
I* 1*01*1 Seattle— Valdez lit Seattle—
May 10—S. S. Alameda. May 15—S. S. Northwestern.
May 15—S. S. Alaska. May 20—S. S. Alameda
May 21 — S. S. Mariposa. May 25 S. S. Alaska
May 2 7-—S. S. Northwestern. May HI— S. rf. Mariposa
June 2 --S. S. Alameda. June d—S. S. Northwestern
* At.I, AT Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Kllaiunr, I't. I.isciuti, Val
dez, l.afouclie, Seward and Anchorage.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellarnar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. II. TRACV, l.m'l Vgent \ VI,IIK7. IKK li I II., Local Agent
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
One Large l icet ««f Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle, !> I*. M, Valdez to Seattle—
May 11 —-3. 3. Adm. Evans May 15 3. 3. Adm. Watson
May 19 - S. 3. Adm. Farragtit May 23—S. S. Adm. Evans
May 2.S—3. 3. Adm. Watson May 31- 3. S. Adm. Farragtit
June I—3. 3. Adm. Evans June 10—3. S. Adm. Watson
June 12— 3. 3. Adm. Farragut June 16—3. S. Adm. Evans
CALIFORNIA KOI TK
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to Sail Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
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YOI ARE A SSI'RED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Plioue 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez. Alaska
1894 CHAS.«. CRAWFORD 191/
PIONEER CONTRACTOR indiRUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take 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 ( S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS '( B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf !
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Complete line cf Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf
Genuine Sweet Apple Cider at
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. tf
Anything in nugget and ivory Jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co. <
Pasteurized Products.
Pasteurizer Whipping Cream, Pas
teurized Sweet Milk and Pasteurized
Buttermilk at Love-Whitley Co.'s, tf
A new line of heaters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
Lownejr’s Box Candies at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
The articles you ordered have ar
rived at the Emporium. • tf