* STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDBZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONF. 7 FOR men only
HIGH TONED TAILORING
to high toned men. Gentlemen
who are the mest exacting in
the style and fit of their gar
ments swear by us. Our fab
rics are of the highest grade,
cut and fit by most skillful tai
lors and at the same prices
paid for inferior work.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1917
PIONEER CONTRACTOR ml BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will fake contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
jsart 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 j S. BLUM A CO, Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. B EH RENDS, Juneau, Alazfca.
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
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT (has. Fischer, Pi-»|»r.
V
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 86
| Foot Keybione Ave
! Rough Dry lCc lb
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Locution notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Complete line cf Buik Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf
Anything in nugget and ivory jew
elry at Valdez Dmg Co.
Rexall! Rexall! Investigate Rex
all products at the Owl Drug Store, tf
Valentines, three for five cents and
upward, at the Emporium. tf
The best of everything in box
Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen tf
Hot drinks are in full swing at the
Candy Kitchen. tf
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
iubscribe for the Prospector.
Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker. Phone 131. tf
Pictures and Panoramic Views
make fine presents. Valdez Drug
Co. tf
Prospeetor ads bring results.
For Sale.
Lop-Eared Malamute Dog, 15 mos.
old, weight 103 lbs.; price f. o. b. Val
dez |76.00. Address, Box 232,
Douglas, Alaska. kS-1-17
BATTLE OF CHAPULTEPEC.
It Was th# Last 8erioue Conflict of Our
War With Mexico.
Chapultepee la tbe name of a hill
three mllee southwest of the City of
Mexico, rising shout fifty feet shove
the surrounding plain. On It the Artec
monarebs are said to have mnde their
summer home, and here in 1785 Gal
vez. then viceroy of Mexico, began to
erect an Imposing fortified castle,
which, though never completed, was
used after 1822 ns a inilltury school
Iu the war between Mexico and the
United States tbe bill was strongly
fortified by tbe Mexicans and was the
scene, on Sept. 12 and 13. 1847. of fhe
last serious conflict of the war.
After the battle of Mnllno del Roy.
Sept. 8. General Scott planned n move
ment agnlust Cbnpultepec and on the
12th opened a heavy bombardment, un
•ler cover of which, on the following
day. Geuerals Pillow and Quitman,
supported respectively by Generals
Worth and Smith, made gallant as
saults, the former carrying the fortifi
cations on the west and the latter on
the southeast. The Mexicans, after
making a stubborn defense, were
driven in confusion back toward tbe
city. On tbe 14th tbe Americans en
tered tlie City of Mexico, and the wnr
was virtually ended.
During tbe three days (Sept. 12. 13
and 14» the Americans lost 803 In
killed and wounded. General Pillow
being among the latter, while the Mex
icans are known to have lost a much
larger number. On tbe side of tile
Americans about 7.500 men were en
gaged and aliout 4.000 on the Mexican
side.
INSECT INVENTORS.
CUv*r Thing* Don* by 8pid*rs, B**«,
Wupi and Ant*.
“The best commentary perhaps on
such a sentence hb ‘The inventor is
just a clairvoyant who translates his
forecastings to castings' is that among
onr greatest inventors are the insects."
writes James A. Ford In America. "As
a warning reflection on human clever
ness these insect inventors should
not be forgotten. The wasp made ex
cellent waterproof paper ages before
man ever thought of doing so. and
made It from wood pulp. We have
been using that material only for a
couple of generations.
“The bee and the wasp used hypo
dermic needles long before man ever
thought of them, and the bee uses
formic acid as an antiseptic to pre
serve its honey from fermentation.
“The spider made the first suspen
sion bridge according to all the rules
of the craft, and some spiders make
excellent airships. One of them even
makes u diving bell.
“The bee makes a wax that we can
not imitate.
"The silkworm is still tlie unrivaled
manufacturer of silk.
“To these we knight add the nnt.
wliich makes tunnels and subways,
tile mason bee. with its cement work,
and flic great peacock moth, which 1
calls its kind from a distance by wire
less telegraphy. But to complete the
story we should have to reprint Henri
I’abre's books.”
Dye Before You Patch.
"Never patch a garment just before ti ;
goes to the dyers.” wus the advice of a
young woman in u uyeing establish- j
uieut. “Unless the patch and the thread
it is sewed on with are exactly the same |
kind of material as the garment they
will come out of the dye pot different ■
shades. Here is a blue skirt that was ■
brought to us cream colored. The cloth
bail worn through in several places. ;
and the owner had patched the tiny :
holes so painstakingly that the patches \
could not be detected in the original ;
color, but after the dyeing they show- j
cj up a darker blue. The amount of 1
dye any material will take depends
niiou bow much cotton, wool or silk it 1
contains. It is so hard to determine '
that exactly thut any garment that has j
to be mended can be matched much j*
better after dyeing.”—New York Sun. j
Old Leather Bottles.
Leather bottles, or blackjacks, were
common in Europe two centuries ago.
The bottles were often made of one
skin doubled up and closely stitched
together, leaving an aperture for the
neck. The stopper was made of wood,
born or old leather. A good deal or
care was required in the preparation
of the leather, which had to be oiled
and worked with hammers to make it
supple and then washed with a lye
that all the impurity was entirely re- j
moved, leaving the leather clean and
dry. No moisture or air had any effect
on It
Moth Killsr.
If moths get into a closet snturate a
olqth twelve Inches square with for j
maldehyde; place cloth in the closet j
and close up tightly for twelve hours i
The same plan may be used in chests
trunks or boxes where clothing is .
stored. The fumes will kill moths au
well as their eggs.—New York Amerl !
can.
An Obstinate Family.
Cholmondeley—I thought you intend t
ed to marry Miss Wealthlngtou? Do! J
mondley—I thought so, too. but he: j
family objected. Cholmondley—Wlia:
did Miss Wealthlngtou say? Dolmond !
ley—Oh. she’s one of the family, yon I
know. j
j
Making It Eaay For Her.
“Yes’m, I’m going to leave. I'm tire.l
healing this family quarrel." _ 1
“Please don’t leave. Julia. Promise
me you’ll stay and I’ll get you a pal' i
of ear muffs.’’—Browning’s Magazine
Hia Diaappointmant.
Visitor—Poor man! Have you been j
disappointed In love? Hermit — No
lady; only In matrimony.—Exchange.
HHE WENT AND THEN
WENT TO PIECKN
A recent Issue of the Nome Nug
get gives the following account of a
tryout of Scotty Allen's new aerosled,
which resulted disastrously to the
machine:
"She went anyway. As one Eski
mo said, when he stood on the beach
and watched her smoke: "That skins
dogs." Which is only another way
of saying that Scotty Allen gave h:s
motor sled a tryout yesterday He
turned her loose in front of Darling
& Dean’s place on Front street, and
had some difficulty in steering. After
missing the buildings on the south
side of the street by a narrow margin
he nursed the cavorting critter down
to the ice on Bering sea, while the ex
pectant crowd stood in the lee of the
buildings to escape the biting north i
wind. On the level ice Scotty opened j
1 er up a bit and in a jiffy had a speed
of about 20 miles an hour. Then a J
12-inch shell exploded right it. the
bow of the craft. The propeller blades
went high in the air and flew a hun- j
dred yards to either side. The hood j
of the engine flew into the air a; d j
other parts were scattered about. Ev
crybody ran down fearing that Scotty
and his two passengers were hurt, hut
luckily they were not. The dejecta
membra were gathered together and
a post mortem held. It developed
that the forward timbers under thel
engine had broken down and the col-,
lapse caused the engine and propeller |
to foul the bottom. The propeller isj
only splintered and can be duplicat
ed. Apparently the expensive motor
is not seriously injured and can be
fixed by local machinists.
Mr. Allen is going to make some
changes it is understood, widening
the sleigh and strengthening the un
derpinning. He is convinced, and so
rre many others, that he is on the
right track towards solving the win
ter transportation problem in Alas
ka by motor sled and after repairs
are made he will give his invention
another trial. He made twenty miles
an hour without turning on the full I
power and picked up this rate of J
speed in less than a hundred yards.
His run covered only a quarter of a
mile before the accident occurred.”
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Huge Monument Placed
PUYALLUP, Feb. 20.—A massive j
gray granite monunfent, weighing 2,-1
800 pounds subscribed by the chil-1
dreu of Mr. T. Simmons, was placed j
yesterday afternoon on the grave of
Mr. Simmons at Olympia. The plac- i
ing of the memorial was witnessed j
by Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Simmons of j
Puyallup and t\ M. Simmons, of:
Klaher. Mrs. F. M. Simmons said that
those present stood in eight inches J
of snow. This is the second memor- j
ial for Mr. Simmons, the first having
been placed iu front of the old pi
ioneer’s house in Tumwater by the
residents of Thurston county.
The stone was placed between the •
graves of the colonel and his wife.
The carving on the granite shows that
Mr. Simmons crossed the plains in
1844 and settled the first year in
Tumwater, Facts concerning Col.
Simmon’s wife are also on the stone
Simmons built the first sawmill and i
grist mill in this state, and was the |
first to operate a boat on a regular
run from San Francisco to the Sound •
Before returning to Puyallup Mr. and |
Mrs. F. M. Simmons visited a cousin
in Tumwater.
Why uot a VICTROLA? We have
:hem from $15 up. Valdez Drug
Jo. tf
Rexall Drugs! Absolutely pure. Owl i
Drug Store.
JHE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
| OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1917
I Practical!}- a Daily at the Price
| of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the World gives so much
at so low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
iin the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great |
war in Europe is now half-way into'
jits third year, and whether peace bo
,at hand or afar off the events to fol-|
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice a Week World, T*ie|
Daily Prospector and The Week'y1
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash;
in advance. You get 156 copies of j
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for thir!
price. Can you afford to be without:
them.
Hie Thrice-a-Week World,
Hie Dally Prospector.
Hie Weekly Miner,
ALL FOR $18.00 PER YEAR j
The Prospector and the Weekly:
Miner are the only papers published:
at Valdez, and are replete with local |
and world news. The Miner makes 8 j
epecialty of Territorial News in ccn-]
densed form. The World is too w ell,
known to our readers to dilate upon
its field of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW. i
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
T TONY’S PLACED
EVERYTHING ANTON CARLSON,
FIRST CLASS Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequoi '. PER
- FKOT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle to Valdez—
Feb. 16—S. S. Adm. Farragut
For Sevard
Feb. 26—S. S. Adm. Watson.
For Kodiak
Mar. 2—S. S. Adm. Evans
Mar. 5—S. 8. Adm. Farragut
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 Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ABE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCIC COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings from Seattle—
Feb. 16 —3. 3. Alaska
Feb. 24—3. 3. Northwestern
Mar. 1—S. 3. Mariposa
Mar. S—S. 3. Alaska
Mar. 16—S. 3. Northwestern
Valdez to Beattie—
Feb. 15—S. S. Mariposa
Feb. 23—S. S. Alaska
Mar. 4—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. 8—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 16—S. S. Alaska
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau. Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar. Valdes and I.a
toyche. Explosive* Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
P. B. TRACY. Ccs’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Local 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 courtesies inci
dent to "Milwaukee” service.
J. C. Mart'ui, V.Mex, Pkooc 1 A. L Harris, T. P. A. Jaaeaa, Alaska.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Rexall! Rexall! Always gets flrbt
call by discriminating buyers wh *
know that Rexall stands tor superla
tive excellence. Owl Drug Store, ex
clusive agents. tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
For fine Candles see ear stock.
Valdez Drug Oe. tf
A new line or heaters prloed right,
it Mead’s. ~ tf
Just received, a new line or Toilet;
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
_ J
Just Received — the latest Popular i
Songs and Music. Valdes Drug Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
;o transfe. tliat bag„..^e 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 quarts and
placer, at the Miner offlre.