STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
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Copper lock Hotel
VALDEZ. ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
pH0NF 7 . FOR MEN ONLY
AS YOU PASS ALONG
the highway you can tell at a
glance the custom tailor dresc
ed man from the other fellows.
And if he be particularly well
clothed the chances are we are
his tailor. Our new fabrics
and style models are now
ready. We invite an inspec
tion which we know will bo
followed by an order.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
11* CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR Md BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contract* on wharves, bridge*, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept m stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA-PHONE 18
REFERENCES
BANKERS
j S. BLUM A CO- Valdez, and Cordova,
\ B. M. BE HR ENDS, Junoao, Alaaka.
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 2d
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Propr.
THE SENATE
4NGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed j
Telephone 68
I Foot Keyaioue Avt
I Roach Dry lCc lb
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
TRAINING 5,000 AVIATORS
FOR HOME DEFENSE
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 27.—
Plans for strengthening aeronautical
defenses have been laid before Presi
dent Wilson by the national1 aerial
coast patrol commission, headed by
Rear Admiral Peary and including
> Representative Kahn of California,
Senator Sheppard of Texas and Sen
ator Johnson.
The plan includes the stationing of
1,000 hydro-aeroplanes along the
coasts and training of 2,500 aviators
in six months and 5,000 in a year,
the establishment of a department of
aeronautics, with its head a member
of the cabinet, and construction of a
central aeroplane plant in the interior
of the country.
To Heenk Big Credit
LONDON, Feb. 27.—The parlia
mentary papers today announce that
the go/ernment will ask a supple
mental vote of credit for £200,000,
000 for war expenses to March 31 and
also a vote of credit of £350,000,000
as a first installment of the amount
required for the year ending in March
of 918. The government will intro
duce a bill in the bouse of common?
on Monday for suspension of grand
juries during the remainder of the
war.
NEW YORK, Feb. 27.—The Union
Pacific Railroad today declared an
extra dividend of one-half of 1 per
cent on the common stock in addi
tion to the regular quarterly divi
dend of 2 per cent.
STEALING ELEPHANTS.
It Would Soon Difficult, Yet It la a
Regular Trade In Siam.
It would seeui that an elephant
would be about the last thing in the
world a man would be able to steal.
Yet In Slam one must keep a careful
watch on auch elephants as he may
own, no matter what their size, lest
they be stolen from him.
Elephant stealing In Slam has al
ways been more or less prevalent and
for some time past ha9 been a source
of much anxiety to the officials. Reg
ulations were drawn up about flfteeil
years ago by the British and Siamese
authorities with a view to the suppres
sion of this offense. Later these were
supplemented by additional regula
tions. embodying definite rules for the
purchase and sale of elephants and
imposing penalties on all persons in
possession of elephants who are not
provided with sale papers properly ex
ecuted before the local authorities.
Notwithstanding all these precau
tions elephant stealing continues In
Slain, and In one yenr alone fifty ele
phants were stolen from British for
esters, representing a loss of some
$4".,000.
The Karen tribesmen are the chief
offenders: but, though their somewhat
inaccessible villages are well known
to the near kwen. or district otflcial.
in no single Instance has the assist
ance rendered by tlje Siamese officials
led to the discovery of tbe elephant
stolen or of the thief. In short, re
covery, when effected, has been due
to the activity and energy of the
British foresters and the searching
parties sent out by tbe British compa
nies who employ the foresters.—Los
Angeles Times.
BARRISTERS AND BEARDS.
In Former Days Lawyers In England
Woro Forced to Shuvo.
Nowhere waa there mqra prejudice
against beards than at the Inna of
Court centuries ago. The ‘‘Black
Books” of Lincoln's Inn of the six
teenth century are full of references
to offenders who were "fyned double
comens dnryuge such tyme as they
shall have any berde.”
This proving Ineffective, a whole
batch of bearded barristers was in
1554 “bunysshed from ye Howse,” and
shortly afterward a Judge’s order was
obtained for the compulsory shaving?
of some of the members. The inner
temple benchers were not quite so se
vere, for a fine of 20 shillings was the
sole penalty Imposed In 1556 for "wear
yng lteardew of more than three weekes
growthe.”
The war against bearded barristers
continued at the Inns of Court until the
seventeenth century. Long after this,
however, the prejudice aguinst the uu
sliaved barrister remained. The late
Vice Chancellor Bacon carried his dis
iil.e so far that he always refused to
listen to bearded or mustuched coun
sel, pretending that be could not bear
theiu. Even now, although there are
plenty of bearded banisters and K. C.'s.
few have attained eminence.
The most brilliant exception was per
haps the late Judah Philip Benjamin,
"silver tongued Benjamin," who de
spite his mustache and American
•goatee” earned the princely income of
£35,000 a year.—London Chronicle.
Spiders and ths Stars.
Spiders as an aid to astronomy are
recognized to such an extent that cer
tain species ^re cultivated solely for
the tine threads they weave. No sub
stitute for the spider’s thread has yet
been found for bisecting the screw of
the micrometer used for determining
(lie |K>sitions and motions of the stars.
Not only because of the remarkable
fineness of the thread are they valua
ble. hut because of their durable qual
ities. The threads of certain spiders
raised for astronomical purposes with
stand changes in temperature, so that
often in measuring sun spots they are
uninjured when the beat is so great
that the lenses of the micrometer eye
pieces are cruckcd. These spider lines
are only one-flfth to one-seventh of a
thousandth of an inch in diameter,
compared with which the threads of
the silkworm are large and clumsy.
Naturally Grave.
“1 have here,” said the party with
the unbarbered hair who had injected
his person into the editorial sanctum
wheu the office boy wasn’t looking,
“a little poem entitled ‘A Pauper's
Grave.’ ”
“Huh!” growled the editor. “Notb
tng remarkable about that. Who has
a better right to be grave than a pan
per? You certainly wouldn't expect
his mirth to slop over, would you?”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Ha Stopped.
“Didn’t you hear the whistle?” said
the scared engineer aa tye stopped to
pick up the man his engine had knocked
off the track.
“Sure. I did—and 1 saw the sign too
It 9aid, ‘Stop, Look and Listen,' and
that’s Just what I did.”—New York
World.
On the Square.
“Do you consider it wrong to bet t»i
a presidential election?”
“I’m not sure about It. But it’s a
great temptation. It Is one form of
contest in which no contender is eve.1 j
suspected of throwing the game.”
Washington Star.
Effect of Heredity.
“What a crusty fellow Jinks is!”
“No wonder: his father is a baker.' |
—Baltimore American.
Yesterday Is goue: tomorrow may j
never come; today is short—get busy! ,
—Youth's Companion.
WHAT FRIENDSHIP
MEANS UP NORTH
James Oliver Curwood. who wrote
"Kazan,” "The Honor in the Great i
Snows,” "God!« Country and the Wo
man” and other stories of the North,
literally lives what he writes.
One-half of each year he spends in |
tvhat he calls "God's Country,” the
land north of the Great Lakes and
south of the Arctic Circle— the land
of the mink, the moose, the tall
spruce, the half-breed trapper and
the white man's trading post. '
Mr. Curwood was telling recently
of what Northern friendship means.
“I was coming down from the North
and with me were my wife and a;
half breed. One day we struck an j
Indian's camp. Metoosin was his!
name. His wife, his three children!
end himself were all down with the j
measles.
"In the northland measles *s a des-;
perate disease—the next dreadful;
thing to smallpox. Within a week lie (
ihad buried two of his children of the!
isease and one of the remaining three!
jwas about to die.
“My wife and I got out our iuudi-1
Icine case and for six days we waited!
;near and attended to them until they!
jwere out of danger.
, "A year passed and then came the!
; sequel. One day a bulky package
! was delivered to me at my home and
upon opening it I found $500 worth
of beautiful skins, mink, erminu, and j
|sable. They were from Metoosin. He!
■ did not know' my name or where I|
: lived when I left him.
"He had gone to the Hudson’s Bay
post, fifty miles distant, and found
; out all about me, and had got the
i clerk there to send me bis furs, which
! probably represented two-thirds of
I his winter’s catch.
| “Among the furs was a slip of pa
! per on which were just three words
| written in English by the agent, and
jwitb Metoosin's name under them,
land were ‘For the Lady.’”
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Protest Freight Rates
| BOSTON, Feb. 27.—A protest
I against freight rates on paper refuse
1 shipments from New England to the
jWest was made at a hearing today
; before Wm. A. Disque, an examiner
of the interstate commerce comrais-;
sion by the interstate commerce com
mission by the International Pur
chasing company of this city, whicli
• had petitioned for a revision. Coun
sel for the company claimed that tho
refuse rates were higher than thos'*;
on paper maker’s fibre and that,
charges for less than carload lot!'
were two and one-half times higher!
than for full carloads.
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I necked the Nerve.
The pretty girl of the party was j
bantering the genial bachelor on his I
reasons for remaining single,
j “No, I was never disappointed In
love,” he meditated. “I was more,
what you might call discouraged. I.
was very much enamored of a young \
lady of my acquaintance; and was
mortally afraid to tell her of my feel
ings, but at last I screwed up my cour
age to the proposing point. 1 said.
’Let’s ,;et married.’
“And she said, ‘Good Lord! Who’d
have us?”—Everybody’s.
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May Raise Postal Rates
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 27.— j
An immediate increase from 1 to
1 cents a pound in the postage rate
on newspapers and periodicals for
this year and to 2 cents a pound next
year is provided in the postoffice ap
propriation bill ordered reported to
the senate today by the postoffice
committee.
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THE THRICE-I-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1017
Practically a Dally at the Price
ol a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per la the World gives so much
at so low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
in 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 be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
Jeffers the Thrice a Week World, The
I Daily Prospector and The Week'/
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
,in advance. You get 16# copies of
jthe World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 62 copies of the Miner for thir
price. Can you afford to be without
Them.
The Thrico-a-Week World,
The Daily Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
ALL FOR $13.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly
Miner are the only papers published
,at Valdez, and are replete with local
!and world news. The Miner makes a
specialty of Territorial News in ccn-j
idensed form. The World is too well
known to our readers to dilate upon j
its field of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us Issue you
a fire Insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if fire does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresight is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez. Real Estate Agency
Tsl TONY’S PLACES11
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EVERYTHING
FIRS'! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points In
Alaska and California
From Seattle to Valdes—
Feb. 16—S. S. Adm. Farragut
For Seward
Feb. 25—S. S. Adm. Watson,
For Kodiak
Mar. 2—S. S. Adm. Brans
Mar. 9—S. S. Adm. Farragnt
From Valdez for Seattle—
Feb. 23—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Mar. 8—S. S. Adm. Watson
Mar. 10—S. S. Admiral Evans
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San JVaiahco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDHZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings from Beattie—
Feb. 18—S. S. Alaska
Feb. 24—9. 9. Northwestern
Mar. 1—9. S. Mariposa
Mar. 8—9. 9. Alaska
Mar. 18—S. S. Northwestern
Valdez to Seattle—
Feb. 15—S. S. Mariposa
Feb. 23—S. S. Alaska
Mar. 4—S. S. Northwester:)
Mar. S—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 1G—S. S. Alaska
-OAliUHO AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUOHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. TRACY. GenT Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Locnl Agent
Make it a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to Elec
trification, you’ll enjoy the comfortable accommo
dations and you’ll like the little courtesios inci
dent to ‘‘Milwaukee” service.
J. C. Valdes, Pbone 1 A. L Harris, T. P. A. Joaeaa, Alaska.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Try the Cottage Dining Room for
! good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
| Rucker, Phone 1S1. tf
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valde*
Drag Store. tf
For fine Candies see our stock.
Valdez Drug Co. tf
A. new line of heaters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
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Just received, a new line of Toilet!
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
Just Received—tho latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdes Drug Co. tf
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CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe, tliat baggage for you. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE.
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Location notices, ootn quartz and
placer, at tbe Miner offlre.