STEA^I HEATED HOT AND^ COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONF, 7 FOR MEN ONLY
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
APPEAR WITH CXI X FI DEN C E
before the keenest critic of
style and class if the suit you
wear is one of our tailoring.
The perfect tit, the exclusive
pattern of the cloth, the dis
tinctive individuality of style
will all proclaim your good
judgment and taste in select
ing us as your tailors. You
ought to see the new clothes
and style models.
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THE TAILOR
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Foot Keynione Ave
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THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms.Phone 35
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone <13 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT < ha.s. Fischer, Pr-ijir.
AMKItl(';«lS ARK SAKK
T FROM GERMAN CAMPS
BERLIN, April 30.— There will he
no internment of Americans in Ger
many. After a conference between
the political anil military authorities
tonight it was announced that the
German government would treat ail
Americans here on the same lines as
Germans were treated in the United
■States. They will have every freedom
that is accorded to other neutrals, ex
cept that they will not be allowed io
reside in fortified places and they are
subject to stricter police registration
tequirements. They may carry on
their business as before.
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tt
BLANCHE W. FREEMAN, Public
Stenographer. If. S. Commissioner’s
Office. kl
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1917
Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per ip the World gives so much
at *o low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
•:i the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now' half-way into
its third year, and whether peace be
at hand or afar off the events to fol
low will lie world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
ffers the Thrice a Week World. The
Daily Prospector and The Week’y
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 156 copies of
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for this
price. Can you afford to be without
’hem.
The Tlirice-a-Week World,
. The />ally Prospector.
/ The Weekly Miner,
ALL FOR $13.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly
Miner are the only papers published
:,t Valdez, and are replete with local
and world news. The Miner makes a
specialty of Territorial News in con
densed form. The World is too well
known to our readers to dilate upon
:ts field of usefulness.
send in your order now.
T. G. Quinn l-'Ll-st to Hoist l-'lag.
T. O. Quinn of the Prince William
Sound Light & Power Company was
the first citizen this morning to hoist
tlie ensign over his place of business
in response to the Miner's appeal to
business men to fly the ensign over
their offices and homes. He was fol
lowed closely by the Owl Drug Store,
Dr. S. Wickes Merritt, the Valdez
Mercantile Company, The Prospector,
and many other citizens: S. Blum &
Co., have decorated their delivery
auto with the national colors, and
the response to the appeal has been
general. This is as it should be. All
the other towns on the coast are lav
ishly displaying the National Emblem
and it is but fitting that our citizens
do so. as they are in no way less pa
triotic than those of other towns.
OREGON ACREAGE IN
WINTER WHEAT LOW
PORTLAND. Or., April 30. — A ■■an
vass of the Eastern Oregon wheat dis
tricts just made by the Oregon-Wash
ington Railroad & Navigation Com
pany shows winter wheat acreage to
average at least 30 per cent below
that of a year ago. In some districts
the shortage runs to more than 5<»
per cent. Winter grain generally is
reported in good condition, although
reseeding will be necessary in a few
districts. Preparations are under v'ay
for heavy sowing of spring wheat but
the season is fully a month late.
WANTED A FARM HAND
SO SHE MARRIED HIM
SPOKANE, April 20.—Spokane
county officials surrendered in a hurrv
when a young woman, declaring she
wanted to get V. N. (Sear Face)
Brown out of jail to marry him. ap
peared with the money to pay his lire
end costs, amounting to $250.
Brown was arrested in connection
with a big haul of liquor at Hillyard
last month. He was sentenced to serve
20 days in jail and to pay a $200 line.
The young woman who did not
leave her name but who is said to own
a ranch near Reardon told Sheriff
Reid and Justice Stocker that she
needed help on the ranch and wished
to have Brown released to marry him
Interior Trail Hone.
Reports from the interior telegraph
stations this morning state that the
snow trail has gone and that the road
is rather soft. Considerable traffic is
reported in both directions.
IPliAN I'NDKR WAY FOR
A Ml'NK IPAI, FARM
-
A scheme Is being agitated here*foi
ithe establishment this summer of a
municipal farm for the purpose of
!raising vegetables and root crops for
I the use of the people of the town. It
is pointed out that under the present
uncertainty as regards shipping, and
the possibility that several of the
.steamers on this run may be taken
over by the government for service on
the Atlantic coast, it is going to be
increasingly dillicult to ol.tain food
stuffs from the States, and that some
steps must be taken to make the local
pioduction as large as possible if a
shortage is to be avoided. There ara
a number of good locations at no
great distance from the town that
could lie cultivated at little cost and
would produce enough to supply a
greater part of the needs of the town.
1'he plans have not been completely
| worked out as yet, but will be com
pleted within a day or two. It is be
lieved that oractically everybody in
town will be willing to come in on
the project and that it can be made a
complete success.
“< 'liimmh* KH»?<leu" h Srn’iim.
What was considered to lie the
largest crowd ever assembled in a Val
dez shov.house wltmssn! tin- prodm
tion ot' Hie popular comedy photoplay
“Cbimi.iie Kaddiii." at the 'Impress
theatre lost night. The S. K. (). sign
was out before the show started and
Manager Over. Meals was forced to
pack the late arrivals in the rear end
of the hall like sardines to get them
all in the house. It was a splendid
performance and kept the audience ir.
;; roar of laughter.
WOI’I.D RECIiAI.M WRECKED
MEN EOR ARMY SERVICE
CHICAGO, April 30.—A plan to re
deem for war duty thousands of men
in Chicago who have lost all physical
rtamina thru over-indulgence in al
cohol was made public today. At a
meeting of police captains, Chief
Scheuttler outlined a series of raids
on saloons and cheap lodging houses
in the down-town district. With the
co-operation of municipal judges it is
planned to send the men taken to the
Bridewell for treatment and work
which will lit theih for places on the
farms, in the factories and the ar ny
anil navy.
II KUO, NOT SLACKKIt, KAYS
OKI'CTY, OK BKNKDICT
TACOMA. April ;50.— "A mail who
marries with flour at S9 a barrel and
cabbages worth their weight ill gold
is a hero, not a slacker," announced
Deputy Auditor Torn Desmond this
morning, the presiding genius at the
county marriage license bureau. Mr.
Morris indicated that he is disappoint
ed that there is not more of a rush
to his counter, scarcely any men of
military age applying for a permit to
enter the double state and apniica
t ions not one above normal.
“The man who flghts,” lie* said,
shows an easy form of bravery. But
the cine who is willing to enter the
lists against H. L. has a real bat
tle on his hands. Those who apply
here will not have yellow ribbons
pinned on them, but should be deco
rated with a fitting emblem denoting
their bravery.”
Tanana Opening.
A report from Salcha this morning
states that the Tanana river at that
place is beginning to open.
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AIDED CHINA TO BREAK.
! -
Alfred 8ze, Chinese Min
ieter to Great Britain.
It has heen reported that Alfred
S/e. t'hina's envoy to London, was one ■
of the imiKirtnnt iidlueuces to advise
1'revident Li Yuan Hung to break off
diplomatic relations with Ccruiany un
less siie gave up her ruthless sulmw i
rlne warfare lie is a young man ami !
has been minister in Loudon since hb j
eoniitrv became a republic.
i
| THE MAN WHO FLIES.
! H* Should Bo Young and Robust Both
In Body and Mind.
Tlie work of tin aviator demands ro
! bust health of Ixjtl; ! tvly a;.! :. !i d
i From leakage of petrol spray the pilot
| may lie.-ome dizzy, and the exhaust
I gases from the engine— carbon monox
i Ido and dioxide—may cause headache,
i drow siness and malaise. The rarefied
lair at great elevations may induce the
I -vmptoms well known in balloonists,
land Weils refers to a case of frostbite
| in an airman who had been expose I t„
'•'A degrees of frost at an elevation of
Io.i*m feet. Psychasthenic symptom*
-namely, loss of seif confidence and
the resulting mental worry (ncrosthe
uiai—are not um-oniinon and prove that
tile victim lias mistaken tils sphere of
activity.
Flying is undoubtedly the Job of a
'young man under thirty years of age.
and not every young man is tempera
mentally or physically fitted to carry
1 it through. Perfect eyesight is neces
sary to insure safe landing, correction
with glows la-ing not without Its
dangers: perfect hearing is essential to
detft the first Indications of engine
defect, ami free movement of Joints of
the lower limbs to control Uie steering
gear.
Fits and tendency to faint absolutely
deter the aspirant from the air service.
In one remarkable instance at liaslar
an airman who fainted, with the result
that the aeroplane dived nose down
ward 1.3pm feet into a plowed field, es
ca|>ed with such minor injuries that lie
was at first extremely loath to give up
this branch of the service.— Ixmdon
Lancet.
A CONTINENT OF MARVELS.
Som* of South America’s "Greatest In
the World.”
Bring on the superlatives!' We write
of South America, tlie continent where
hiv tlie world’s greatest mountain
ranges, densest forests and largest riv
ers.
Just for instance, the Amazon river
system has over 0<*MX> miles of navi
gable waterway, enough to tie two
loops around our planet. It can be
navigated for J.GOO miles by (.scan
steamers, a greater distance than from
New York to Panama.
Tlie ltio de la Plata is 1 JO miles wide
at its mouth!
And notwithstanding all Colonel
Itoosevelt's discoveries South America
si ill lias tlie largest unexplored urea
of any continent.
Almost everybody knows tlint Brazil
is larger than Kurope or tlie continental
L'uited States, but the size of the
"little” republics is not so well known.
Texas could be lost twice in "little”
Venezuela and still leave room for
Kentucky and Tennessee.
Peril could comfortably swallow Cal
ifornia, Oregon, Washington. Nevada.
Arizona. Flub and Idaho.
And It is over J.iVhi miles from one
end of < 'Idle to I he other—aliiiosi ns far
as from New York to Hlasgow!
Hold is found in every state of South
America, and from Potosi alone, the
anions "peak of silver" in Bolivia,
more than $J.<MM*00.000 in silver lias
been milled in the last three centuries
-World <Unlock.
ironing Kill* the Germ*.
One need not worry about receiving
infection in clothes sent to a laundry,
oven though they be washed with those
‘if other families in which there may
!>e infectious diseases. Such, in sub
stance. is u report Just issued by the
L'uited Stutes public health service
after ail Investigation by M. C. !$■ -bree
der and S. (i. Southerland of tlie New
York department of health. For what
ever disease genus are not killed in the
washing will be killed by the ironing
In fact, the ironing kills more germs
ilian the washing.
There is. however, danger in having
lollies washed by a laundress at her
own home, for, "owing to (he close j
jualters in which the laundresses live, i
there Is possibility of reinfection of the
clean linen if communicable diseases
are present among tlie member* of the I
laundress’ family."
Finds Relief In “Needling.”
For ages one of the customs of t'lil- j
uese physicians lias been to thrust tine
ucttlles into (he body to let out pains
and various maladies, and it appears
ihut bleeding in this way is often real
ly useful. After long observation in
(.’liiusi. l>r. .lames t'antlle reports hint
self so much impressed with tile re- ;
<ults that lie has adopted the procedure
himself for certain cases. Needling
seems to lessen tliu tension ill tiie in
thimed part and to relieve neuralgic
and rheumatic pains, swelling and
stiffness from sprains and fractures, j
and espe -ially the ludelinite hip pains 1
usually called sciatica.
!
Quite Fatal.
A Newark firm doing a hig business !
in accident insurance received this note j
from one of its clients a few days ago: j
“I received a fatal accident to mj i
hand. Have been looking for you to !
adjust damages. Please come soon. I
don’t want it to henl till you have seen
it, and it is quite a job to keep it
bound up. So please attend to it prompt
ly before it gets well.”—Newark Call.
Hardly.
Lawyer—Did you see what passed
between the two men during the at'- j
fray? Witness—No, sir. Lawyer— |
But you were present, weren’t you? !
Witness—Yes, sir, but iny eyes are not
quick enough to follow a bullet.—Bos
ten Transcript.
Silly Momenta.
“You’re so smart, can you tell why
the seaside?"
“Ortainly; because it was blue.”—
‘kiltimore American.
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WHKX A HRK STARTS
the firemen’s best effor‘3 are
given to putting it out as
quickly as possible. lie aims
to save as much as he can. Rut
once a fire starts, damage end
loss commence. The nnl> way
to offset that loss is to oe well
insured. Our policies cover
all losses from the very min
ute the damage by Haines, wa
ter or smoke commences.
Vulilez Real Kstnie Agency
T TONY’S PLACES,?
EVERYTHING
FIRST CLASS
H* ♦ 4* *5* <•*><*•>
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Krom Seattle—
April 14.— S. S. Alameda.
April .'2—S. S. Alaska.
April 2.x —S. S. Mariposa.
May 4—S. S. Northwestern.
May 10-—S. S. Alameda.
Valdez to Seattle—
April 20- -S. 3. Northwestern.
April 27—S. S. Alameda.
.May 2—S. S. Alaska.
May 7—S. S. Mariposa.
May 14—S. S. Northwestern.
< \IJ. \l Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Kllumar, Kt. IJscuin, Val
dez, l.atouelie, Seward and Aneliora^e.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglas, Skagwuy, Coidova. Eliainar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
P. B. THAfY, lirn'l Agent V Vl.DP.Z DOCK CO., (.oral Agent
Pacific Steamship Co.
f /WMIRAJj LINE)
Our I .arue Fleet uf Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, l*Klt>
KKt'T SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle, !> P. M.
Apr. 1 -S. S. Adm. Karragut
Apr. It S. -S. Adm. Watson
Apr. IT—S. S. Adm. Eva>«.
Apr. 25 -S. S. Adm. Karragut
May !!—S. S. Adm. Walton
May 11—Adm. Evans
Valdez to Seattle—
Apr. tj—S. S. Adm. Evans
Apr. 12—S. S. Adm. FartaKUt
Apr. 21—S. S. Adm. Watson
\pi. 29—S. S. Adm. Evans
May S—S. S. Adm. FarraK'it
May 15—S. S. Adm. Watson
May 2J- S. S. Adm Evans
rs. si. rarragut sailing troni seame April go cans ai nomas
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Leave Seattle Mondays. Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
Sail Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Tliursday and Saturdays.
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YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phoue 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez. Alaska
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR Ml WILDER
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 I S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaika.
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale' at
The Prospector Office
I
Fop Sale.
Two-rooui house on City Dock, fur
jnished. Built last fall, Cash $300.
| Must he taken immediately.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Pasteurized Products.
Pasteurizer Whipping Cream, Pas
teurized Sweet Milk and Pasteurized
Buttermilk at Love-Whitley Co.’s, tf
The articles you ordered have ar
rived at the Emporium. tf
A new line of neaters priced right
at Mead’s. tf
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! Lowney's Box Candies at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
! Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
i Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf