Your Money’s Worth
In style, material and workmanship—that’s
what you should expect and what you will get,
when you buy
Urnjamtn (Bnrrrrt GUntbea
Made by ALFRED BENJAM1N-WASHINGTON CO., New York.
For Discerning Men and Young Men,
$20 and Up.
Authoritative styles that are cut on lines
appreciated by good dressers. Various new
fabrics that will appeal to your good taste.
Quality workman ship:-Satisfaction guaran
teed—Different from ordinary clothes in every
thing but price.
Your Spring Suit is now ready.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
(Incorporated.)
TRUE VALUES g
ItajanrinGmtcdtMia
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I f HV/IDCD and Building
1 Puget Sound LUIVIDIIiR Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Junean, Sheep creek Treadwell. Douglas
Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and Latouche. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th'
S S Iiatouohe. 15th; S S Cordova, 25th of each month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notlce« ; .
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt- Valde« Dock Co., Local Agt.
Pacific Alaska Navigain Co.
MET SOUND MET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at lO A. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th-—EVERY MONTH
Steamer tailing 15th caHa lliaoina and Kodiak—AU sailing! call at Knit Anchorage
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Arancieco every Wednesday and Sunday connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
I ■; nigh* roaorred toohpnae soheduie without notice . ,
RICHARD J. RIH6W00D, Mgr., Seattle. VALOEZ DOCK CO. Local Aft,
The launch B. F. M. got away for
the Granite mine at 5 o’clock yes
terday morning with Supt. Ray Mil
lard aboard. Ray had been subpoen
aed to attend court in the trial of the
Pyne robbery case.
Blooded Dogs ror Sale.
Two airedale terrier puppies, breed
ing unsurpassed. Fine head, ear, eyo
and coat. Pedigrees furnished. Eight
champions in three generations. En
quire at Prospector. if
Notice of Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdez Electric
Company.
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the stockholders of
the Valdez Electric Company, will be
held at the offices of the company,
in ‘he town of Valdez, Alaska, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915,
at the hour of 2 o’clock, in the after
noon of said day, for the purpose of
considering the question,of increasing
the capital stock of said company,
from its present capitalization, name
ly twenty-five thousand dollars, di
vided into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each,
to the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be divided into
one hundred thousand snares of ttie
par value of one dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend its
articles of incorporation, so that its
Indebtedness may be increased to a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars, with full power to issue bonds
in payment of all of Its indebted
ness, and to" mortgage or otherwise
hypothecate its property or any part
thereof, for the purpose of securing
;such indebtedness. Also authorizing
the company to amend its articles of
Incorporation, so that it may acquire
by purchase or otherwise water rights,,
water power, and the lands incident
al thereto, and that it may reduce the
number of its directors from seven
to three.
And you are hereby notified to be
present at said meeting either in per
son, or by your regularly authorized
proxy or attorney in fact for the pur
pose of considering said questions.
This notice is hereby served on
you by publication thereof, in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper
published at Valdez, Alaska, which
is the principal place of business of
said company. Said notice will be
published in said newspaper for eight
consecutive weeks, beginning with the
issue of February 24th, 1916, and end
ing with the issue of April 21st, 1916.
Witness our hands as directors of
said company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1916.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL,
OEO. J. LOVE,
i Directors.
HOOKING A SHARK.
It’s an Exoiting Sport Evan if One
Doesn’t See the Fish.
Fishing for sharks off the pier at
Palm Beach is a Brobdingnaglan sport.
You tlsb with clotheslines and a hook
the size of a split anchor. Half of
some great (ish is slipped on your hook
for bait. You throw it off the pier and
fasten the end of the line to the railing
and then take out your detective story
and read.
Sometimes you get a bite; sometimes
you don’t. At evening the colored gen
tleman in charge of the shark fishing
on tlie pier goes around and takes in
the lines. That in itself is on rare oc
casions an exciting sport.
Once a New York vacationist was
standing on the pier enjoying the sun
set ufter a day's fruitless angling when
he heard a shout from the colored gen
tleman, who had discovered a shark on
one of the lines that had been left out.
The colored gentleman wns having
trouble in handling the beast, so the
New Yorker went to his assistance.
Together they pulled and hauled at the
line in vain. Another man on the pier
Joined in. and then the three braced
their feet against the rail and tugged
for all they were worth. But in spite
of all they could do the line slipped
gradually through their fingers.
Finally all the slack was used up.
and the rope, coming taut against the
rail, snapped like a thread. The New
Yorker lias always wished ho could
have had Just one look at that shark.—
New York Post.
MARTEL AND POITIERS. .
The Man and Battle That Saved Eu
rope From the Saracen Yoke.
A traveler approaching the city of
Poitiers. France, would hardly believe
that It was around the site of that
small city that the battle which saved
all Europe from the Saracen yoke was
fought. The man who commanded the
French in that great battle was
Charles, who afterward received the
surname Martel, "the hammer,” from
his mighty prowess in that fight.
Ue baffled the Saracen invasion by
his great victory at Poitiers. The Sar
acens had mastered all Asia and con
quered Spain. Nothing could with
stand their arms, and the Crescent
bore death and desolation before It
wherever it went. The Mohammedans
determined to conquer all Europe in
the name of the Prophet. Spain had
fallen, and France was next. The two
armies met at Poitiers. The strife was
bloody, for the Saracens bad the pres
tige of former victories and the ad
vantage of numbers; France had the
wisdom of Martel. That wisdom tri
umphed, and the Mohammedan was
hurled back, a broken power. This
victory saved Euroi>e from want and
desolation, for the brave people would
have suffered anything sooner than
embrace Mohammedanism. The great
champion of Christian civilization lived
nine years after his famous triumph
at Poitiers and died in the year 741.—
Irish World.
Force of Drops of Water.
It seems almost Incredible that so
small a thing as a drop of rain should
injure the propeller of an aeroplane,
but such is the case. At so great a
speed does the propeller revolve—1.200
revolutions a minute as a matter of
fact—that a rain drop hits it with such
enormous force as to chip a piece of
the wood away. Some idea of the
hardships entailed by dying through
the rain at sixty miles an hour may
he gathered from the fact that au avia
tor who recently went through such an
experience, alighted with the edge of
liis propeller fretted us though it had
been gnawed by rats. The rain drops
had chipped pieces out of the blades
and also bruised the aviator's face,
owing to the force with which they
hit against his flesh.-London Specta
tor.
Antiquity of "A Regular Shindy.”
The antiquity of many familiar terms
is surprising when it is known. Many
people ure not aware that “What the
dickens!” occurs in Shakespeare, hut
fewer still will be prepared to hear
that the phrase “a regular shindy” is
found In an authon’s note to a poem
called “The Popish Kingdom.” pub
lished In 1570. A writer quotes this
note, which refers to the celebration
of Maundy Thursday, "Midnight serv
ices are held in church, the lights are
put out, and a regular shindy follows,
men being beaten and wounded."—
London Globe.
Fine Language.
As a rule tbe educated native of
West Africa, like his Indian brother,
loves high flown language. A clerk
some time ago sent a report complain
ing that the carbines' of tbe police at
bis station often misfired. This Is
bow he put It: "It is ridiculous to re
port that the firearms of tbe police
when pointed at tbe firmament refuse
to give explosive sound.”—London Sat
urday Review.
Of the Past.
Geologists say that several species
of man have entirely disappeared from
the earth. Doubtless these last spe
cies Include the nice old gentleman
who used to pull off his boots of an
evening with the help of the bootjack.
—Chicago News.
Tha Fourth Estata.
The expression “fourth estate” was
first used by Thomas Carlyle and was
applied to the editors during the period
of the French revolution.
Impudent.
Registrar—How otd are yon, madam?
She—I’ve seen nineteen summers, air.
Registrar—How long have you been
blind?—Brooklyn Ragle.
THE WHY OF WORRY.
Those Who Live Only In the Present
Have No Fear of the Future.
We worry because we are afraid of
something. Worry Is fear of the con
sequences of something that has oc
curred or something that may happen.
A curious thing ubout it is that it is
never ussociuted with the immediate
present. It is generally in the future,
though sometimes in the past
Animals and babies who are eon
scious of nothing but the present can
not worry. As all creatures, except
human beings, live only for the mo
ment, they do not worry because they
have no recollection of what has hap
pened and can form no conception oi
what may happen.
Human beings having the capacity
to look back or forward, mentally, are
susceptible to the fear that causes
worry, and, as most persons live more
in the past or future than In the pres
ent, this tendency affects for worry
or not, according to our viewpoint of
lifq in other respects. Worry Is mentul
fear of an impending something.
Persons afflicted will be less worried
about their condition than relatives or
friends who sympathize with them. A
person may worry til anticipation of
a sickness or operation, but when they
have the sickness or the operation is
performed, the worry disappears, and.
though they may fear, they cannot
worry in the present.—Hoston Herald.
BEST PAYING RAILROAD.
It’s a Little One, Built of Scrap Iron
on Wooden Rails.
The railroad that pays the biggest
dividends on the capital invested is.
according to the Technical World mag
azine, the Grand Island railroad. It Is
in northern Alberta, Canada, 200 miles
from uny trunk line or feed
it is only a quarter of a mile long
and built of scrap iron on wooden
rails. Its rolling stock consists of two
battered freight cars, which are push
ed along the road by the men who ship
the freight, no locomotives being used
The freight that is handled on this
road consists principally of furs, which
are towed up the Athatmska river on
scows hauled by men, are laden on
the cars, pushed down the railroad and
shipped again on other scows, thereby
circumventing the dangerous Grand
rapids. Returning, the scows carry all
sorts of freight for the Hudson Bay
company’s factors and are floated down
the river.
The Hudson Bay company charges
$2.50 a ton for all freight on tills little
railroad, and the shipper must handle
bis own goods and push the cars him
self.
Where East Seems West.
Those who have crossed the line Into
the southern regions of our globe are
aware that In Chile the sun seems to
rise In the west and set iD the east
In spite of knowing the contrary to be
the fact. It Is well nigh Impossible to
sbake off the strange illusion. And
this because our senses conspire to tell
us the reverse. As In north temperate
latitudes the sun never attains the
zenith In Its Phoebus driven course,
we Instinctively face the sunward hall
of the sky when we look south and be
low the equator, and we are abetted
In our deception by the cold winds
which blow, as at borne, from the op
poslte quarter. To all our senses north
Is south nnd south north The sun, rts
tng on our right to set upon our left,
seems therefore to travel dally back
ward from west to east in u thorough
ly upsetting way.—1'ervlcul Lowell in
Youth's Companion.
Bermuda Fish.
There are '2915 species of Bermuda
fish, but of course all are not edible
and many are too Insignificant in size
to excite the nngler But there are
quite enough large ones to make ex
citing sport for the most fastidious
fisherman. For fishing Id shallow wa
ter the native uses a dinghy, but when
he goes to the reef he travels In a
whaleboat or motorboat in almost
every Bermuda bay ODe finds ponds
that are stocked with fishes that are
being fattened for the market like
Thanksgiving turkeys.—KxchRnge.
Force, Wisdom and Faith.
When a human soul draws Its first
furrows straight the rest will surely
follow. Henceforth your existence be
comes ceaseless activity. The universe
belongs to him who wills, who knows,
who prays, but he must will, be must
know, be must pray. In a word, be
must possess force, wisdom and faith.
Be conquerors on the earth. Your con
victions will be changed to certainties.
- Honore de Balzac.
An Illustration.
"How many men there have been
whose merits were not appreciated till
after their death.” said the expert in
gloom.
“Oh, well," replied the pattern person,
“that's the way It is all through nature
A turkey struts around a whole life
time without any Idea what It Is really
good for.”—Washington Star.
His Source.
"Bow do you suppose Noab managed
to keep his arc lights going?”
“Well, from the fact of the flood
there most have been a strong current
running''-Baltimore American
To Wear Better.
Lenders—Say, I’ve been carrying
those 1 O. 0 '8 of yours until they are
■bout worn out Burrows—Sorry, old
man Next time I’ll use better paper
- Boston Transcript
A man does not please tong when be I
baa only one apadea of wit—La Roche- J
foncenid.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
AWAKE
and on the job-—day or night—buy
and sell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
I
Chas. Perry
■SEATffr
^4 Complete Services
• IN THE HEART OF THE CITY,
1155Roomswith baIh-50 Sample Rooms
The Prospector office for job work.
Summons By Publication
In the District Court tor the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division,
J. L. Reed, plaintiff, vs. Kri Thomp
son and M. A. Kllis, defendants.—
No. S--19. Summons by Publication.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting: To Kri Thomp
son, the above named defendant: You
are hereby summoned to appear in
the Distric t Court for the Territory
of Alaska, in the Third Division, at
Valdez, within thirty days after the
completion of I he publication of this
summons against you, to-wit: within
thirty days after the 19th day of Ap
ril, 1915, and answer the complaint
of the above named plaintiff, filed in
the clerk’s office of the above entitled
court: and unless you so appearand
answer or otherwise plead, the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complain*,
to-wit: a decree subjecting to tho
lien of certain judgments duly docket
ed in the above entitled court, in fa
vor of the plaintiff and the said de
fendant Kri Thompson, on the Battle
Ax placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet.
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, and or
dering that the same be sold to satis
fy said judgments.
This summons is served on you by
publication thereof, pursuant to an
order duly made and entered by the
above entitled court, on the 8th day
of March, 1915. which publication was
directed to be made once a week for
six consecutive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, judge of said Court, this 8th
day of March, 1915.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court.
By CHAS. A. HAND. Deputy.
Date of first publication March S,
1915.
Date of last publication April 19.
1915.
_—,
Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby given that a Gen
eral Municipal Election will be held
in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, on
the sixth day of April. 1915, for the
purpose of electing seven members of
the Common Council, who shall hold
office for i lie term of one year, and
until their successors are elected and
qualified: also one member of the
Valdez School Board who shall serve
as a director for a term of three
years and until his successor is elect
ed and qualified.
The Town Hall has been designat
ed as the polling place for said elec
tion.
Said election shall commence at 9
o’clock a. m. and shall continue un
til 7 o’clock p. m. of the same day,
without closing the polls.
It. E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Publications March 8, 15, 22, 29.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“baclT” 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
<*ollk>rv
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
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Imported Japanese Basnets at Val
dez Drug Go. tf