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H. B. SELBY, Editor and Proprietor.
VALDEZ. ALA9KA
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Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23. 1912. at the postoffice of Valdes.
Alaska, under act of March 3, 1879.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1917
FRIENDS.
AH, they are firmer friends by far
V/ Than any other creature* are!
How happy their two Uvea must be.
Blessed with such perfect sympathy!
Where I* the pair so fond aa they
Together through the whole long dayT
Indeed, It’* sure they’d spend the ntght
On one same pillow If they might.
(And. to be frank with you.
At times—and unbeknown—they do!)
Bach live* but for the other'* joy.
They are a puppy and a boy.
—Brooklyn Eagle.
A SHORT AND SIMPLE ANNAL.
I’ve been a good fellow.
Earned all I spent;
Paid all I borrowed.
Lost all I lent.
I once loved a woman.
That came to an end.
Get a good dog, bov*.
He'* always your friend.
—Pewamo
THE HEROIC FRENCH
The whole world has been inspired
by the gallantry of the French. No
country at war has won such laurels
on the field of battle; and week after
week, month after month, the French
maintain their honor unsullied, their
shield still glorified.
As the hymns of hate and the acts
of savage passion have been spread
upon the pages of the war’s history,
the part that France has enacted in
the great world drama has been un
marred by these things, and there is
not a neutral country today that does
not honor it for the heroic defense
of liberty and justice. None of the
nations at war have fought more gal
lantly and with so little chauvinistic
conceit and none have better earned
the plaudits of the onlookers.
With her army badly weakened by |
the terrific struggle 'of three years
France Is displaying the same fine
courage and heroism today that was
hers in the trying days of 1914. The
defense of Verdun, which was won by
the French, was the most notable
vectory since the Marne, and the slo
gan of that historic siege—"they
shall not pass”—has again been
adopted with success in the defense
of the Champagne. For ten weeks the
Germans have been trying to break
through and have failed. Forty at
tacks during that time have been
burled back and today the crown
prince holds hardly a foot of terri
tory gained by this costly offensive.
It has been said that the French
army is in a serious plight because J
of the enormous losses it has suffer-1
ed and through the sacrifice of its!
young manhood. Possibly it is true,
but the morale or the fighting ability
of the French army has not been im
paired. The enemy makes no greater
impression on its lines than he did ,
three.years ago.
It has been willed that we should
take part in the great struggle on the
fields of Europe, and we can rejoice
that our comrades in arms are such
heroic men as the French nation has
produced.
TOMORROW night at Eagle Hall
will be given a patriotic program by
body of earnest men and women
who are endeavoring to do all in their
power to help the nation win the
war in which she is engaged. Good
speakers have been placed* upon the
program, the Moose Band will play
some inspiring patriotic airs, and a
number of splendid instrumental and
vocal solos will be rendered by tal
ented local artists, the whole to con
clude with a grand ball to which ev
eryone is Invited. You will be asked'
to take a part in bearing the nation's!
expenses, and if you cannot take $100 .
worth of these bonds, take $50 worth.
YOUR money may win YOUR war.
Be sure and attend these exercises.
FIDO Is to be relegated to the back
yard. The edict has gone forth and
henceforth the numerous canines
which make the nights hideous and
the day insecure as to footing must
to be licensed or shot. Marshal Scott
has a notice in this issue of the Pros
pector warning all dog owners to call
and secure a license, for which two
perfectly healthy bones are required.
Food Commissioner Hoover has call
ed upon the nation to exterminate
the useless dogs, which he says eat
as much as a man, and are of little
use. He puts it up to the patriotism
of the people, as it were, to elimin
ate all dead wood in the canine fam
ily. And the cats. It is estimated that
there are several million cats, in the
United States which consume each
day of 24 hours a pile of food 248
feet high, 422 feet long and 17 feet
wide. He wishes to stop this waste.
If your dog is of no use, shoot it.
THE cost of the war to Great Brit
ain, whch is said to be now about
$44,000,000 per day, has doubled
THE EMPRESS
TUESDAY EAGLE HALL S SHARP
JULES VERNE’S
20,000 Leagues Under
the Sea
EIGHT REELS OF THE MARVELS OF THE DEEP.
Nothing like it on earth!
Giant Octupus and Pearl Diver in death grapple on
ocean’s bottom; Wonderful Romantic Drama, Inter*
woven with marvelous Submarine Views and amaz
ing panoramas of the sea make this the most Fascina
and Instructive Picture Shown.
Admission - 25 Cents
STEAM HEAT NEWLY FURNISHED
SEATTLE HOTEL
MRS. B. MILL, Propr.
VALDEZ ALASKA
since the war started three years ago.
The expense to the other nations has
Increased In equal proportion. And
yet this enoromus financial strain has
not told to any appreciable extent in
either the allied or teutonic group of
belligerents both of whom have en
ormous sums to expend for supplies if
they could get them. These financial
sharps who stated that war could not
continue any length of time because
the nations would go bankrupt have
been forced to revise their opinions
and now hold that it will be a scar
city of food which will eventually end
the war.
NEARLY every price fixed yet by
the various commissions appointed is
a “minimum" price. What the peo
ple want is a maximum price estab
lished; the dealers will attend to the
minimum.
SNOW is falling today. We can now
settle down to a nice long siege of
talking about our neighbors and won
der'ng how the old home outside
loo’*3 about now.
PARTIES not receiving their pap
ers within a reasonable time after
publication are requested to call this
office and a messenger will he Imme
diately sent with one.
Notice to Dog Owners
You are hereby notified that on and
after November 1st, 1917, Ordinance
No. 33 of the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
providing for license and impound
ing of dogs running at large, will be|
strictly enforced.
License tags may be procured from
the Town Clerk upon payment of two
dollars for each dog.
WILLARD SCOTT,
k27 Town Marshal
The Swellest Line Ever Shown
We have just opened and have on display
a splendid assortment of men’s shoes.
There are no better on the market
and they have the three quali
ties demanded in a shoe,
WEAR, COMFORT, STYLE.
We offer you a choice of black kid or
calf, tan, willow, or patent leather in
either lace or button.
S. BLUM & COMPANY
GOOD GOODS
Bank to Close
The First Bank of Valdez will re
main closed all day tomorrow on ac
count of the holiday.
Stores Close Tomorrow
All stores will close tomorrow, as
it is a national holiday. Patrons
should shop early so as to relieve the
delivery men as much as possible.
GENII'S liOWERS
COST OK BREAD
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23.—Am
erican ingenuity is being called into
play to reduce the cost of manufactur
ing bread.
A bread making machine was dem
onstrated recently to army officers
at the Presidio, This machine mixed
and baked thousands of loaves of
bread without being touched by hu
man hands.
The model exhibited was mounted
on a motor truck and appeared ready
for immediate service in the field.
This invention, it is claimed, with
five operators, will do the work for
100 men.
SUICIDE’S BOXES ARE
FOUND NEAR CENTRAL!.*
CENTRALIA, Oct. 23.—A story of
suicide is told by a bullet hole in the
skull and a rusted revolver, burled
in the mud. near by a skeleton which
$ $ $
SAVED
WHY send out for your printing when we can
furnish you with anything needed in stationery for
the office and store.
A dollar kept at home is a dollar saved to the com
munity. If you send for your needs your neighbor
will follow your example and we all suffer. The town
that is up and coming is the town with an abiding
faith in its future, and how can you maintain your
faith in the city when you buy all you eat and wear
outside?
Beers, Sawbuck & Bunk have busted more towns
than they have built up, and you never saw a dollar
of your money ever come back to you.
When you send your money outside to the old re
liable printing houses of Seattle and Tacoma you
may get a cheaper job in every sense of the word,
and you may also have to pay a higher price for it.
Location notices, both quartz and placer; warran
ty deeds, mill site location notices, proofs of labor,
quit clai mdeeds, amended location notices, and all
kinds of legal blanks at The Prospector Office.
We sell a good quality of typewriter paper at $1.50
Ser box, a better quality for $2 and the best Crane’s
apanese Linen for $2.50, legal size. '
Why not let us print you 100 calling cards in the
latest style type, for $1.50.
$ $ $
MADE
was found in the woods in the Hans
ford Valley Sunday by A. H. Foote
and Charles Banz, who were out look
ing for lost calves. The skeleton was
a half mile in the timber. The bones
were removed to the parlors of cor
oner Edward Newell, who is endeav
oring to establish Identification. The
bones were found on the ranch of D.
Probst and it is thought possible that
they may be those of the rancher's
son, Grover Probst, who dropped from
sight about two years ago.
Some of the bones were trampled
into the mud by cattle, the skeleton
being found in a cow trail. A pair of
heavy logger shoes, half eaten by
coyotes, a hat, rotted clothing and
about $5 in money was all that was
found to establsh identification, with
the exception of the revolver. One of
the shoes, the hat and the lower jaw
bone were found a considerable dis
tance from the rest of the bones, hav
ng apparently been carried away by
the coyotes. A gold crown is miss
ing from the upper jaw of the skull,
by which young Probst could have
been identified.
LAUNCH DELLA
Capt. H. L. Rider
Weekly trips from Valdes to
Ellamar, Landlock, Fidalgo and
way ports. Passengers landed
at all points.
Carrying freight and passen
gers.
For rates apply on board.
CAPT. H. L. RIDER
HOTEL SEXTON
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The traveling public’s
home.
European Plan.
HOTEL SEXTON
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Waatani Fad a rati on of Minora
W. M. CONLEY Praridaat.
VaMaa Alaska.
GEORGE M. BARRY Sacratarr.
_VaMaa Alaafca.
J. E. WILSON
Freighting to all points
in the third division.
Horses bought end sold.
Phone 166.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DR. S. WICK.ES MERRITT
Offices in Fish Building, adjoining
Tllllkum Club.
Pboae BO. McKinley Street.
Contract Surgeon, D. 8. Army
A. A Burgeon. U 8. Public Health Serr
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
SSSSmTSTS'
DENTIST
In Vnldez Since 1898
PHONE 110
Office Hoorn* in Whaling Building
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OBec Opposite Ceart Boaee
Phone S« VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LIONS < * RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
attornrys-at-law
OBseo lo «halls* Bnlldla*
Phone lSl VALDEZ. ALASKA
ROBERT SIMPSON Opt. D.
JUNEAU, ALASKA
Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground
LOVE & MEALS
' Insurance
Fire-Surety Bonds-Life
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Private Rooms
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Sunday by Appointment
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