ii Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc. j
TRUE VALUES |
February Clearance Offerings j
Women’s
Underwear
Two piece woolen underwear,
broken lots, mostly small sizes,
50c and 75c garment.
Women’s Hosiery
Unusual values at 15 cents.
Pumps and Slippers
Broken size lots of up to date
footwear at reduced prices;
Three-fifty, Four dollars and
Four twenty-five values,
at $2.75 pair.
Women’s
Sweater Coats
All-wool sweater coats, grey
and white—formerly sold for
five and six dollars,
now priced $1.00.
Red Cashmere
Seventy-five and Eighty-five
cent values, now 50 cents.
All One-twenty-five to Two
fifty corsets offered now at
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen vears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug siore. Office hours
9 a. m, to 6 ~ p. m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company's Phone No. 59
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m.
E DONOHOE & DIMOND
► ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
| Office Opposite Court House
► Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
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JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
’ LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
jCivil Engineer and'
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdez, Alazka.
■ t1.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Weitora Federation of Miner*
H. M. CARTER. PrahUat.
Cm.IT. Miaa
CHAS. McCAU^Wao.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Kd. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party of Alaska
Meets every Saturday at 8 p. m.
Next door to Senate Saloon.
• Everybody Welcome.
Mamma—Professor, what would fin
ish off Gertie’s voice?
Professor—Ever try sand paper?—
Chicago News.
G. O. Reinke, tne watchmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
' THE READING TABLE
There Is no light that makes night
reading so easy as does Electricity. An
Electric -portable is a source of pleasure
in every home—as well as a means of
health. The entire body suffers if the
eyes become affected. Reading in im
proper light is one of the worst things
for the eyes. Get an Electric Portable
-'-'i read in comfort and peace.
Wattr>
HOME OF THE BIG TREES.
Foreat Gianta In the Sequoia and Gen
eral Grant National Parke.
The Sequoia and General Grant Na
tional parks, the home of the big trees,
are situated in Tulare and Fresno
counties, Ual., and are celebrated
mainly for the greut groves of the big
trees which are scattered through
them. Sequoia National park may be
reached from Visalia, thence by way
of electric railway to Lemon cove,
thence forty miles by stage or private
conveyance to Camp Sierra, in the
park. General Grant National park
can be best reached from Sanger,
thence by automobile, stage or private
conveyance, a distance of forty-six
miles to the park.
The streams and lakes in these parks
afford splendid trout fishing, boating
and bathing. The waters are all pure
and lit to drink. The forests contain
the largest, oldest, tallest and most
valuable trees lu the world. Aside
from the giant Sequoia, there are other
forests of pine, fir, cedar and many
deciduous trees that are truly royal.
There are many shrubs, wild dowers,
ferns and mosses of superb beauty,
while frolicking wild animals and
beautiful song birds are another en
joyable feature of the parks.
In four of the groves certain trees
within them have been named, while
in all other groves they have not. The
General Sherman tree was discovered
by James YVolverton. a hunter and
trapper, on Aug. 7, 187!), at which time
he named the tree in honor of General
Sherman, under whom he had served
during the war. The General Grant
tree was named by Mrs. Lucretia 1’.
Halter, who was a member of the par
ty which camped near the tree in Au
gust, 18(57. This tree has a height of
o(i4 feet and a base diameter of thirty
live feet.
EXPECTATION OF LIFE.
Years One May Count Upon Living at
Any Given Age,
No statistics have been calculated
with greater care than the tables which
give the exact expectation of life for
men anil women at various ages
These mortality tables are officially ac
cepted by the various states in the
United States, and from them the life
insurance companies compute their
rates of Insurance. They are as ac
curate as the most carefully gathered
figures can make them.
At ten years of age ttie expectation
of life is 48.72 years. When one lias
reached the age of twenty the chances
are much improved, and there is still
an expectation of 42.20 years before
one. At the age of twenty-live the
average has improved, and there are
still some thirty-nine years ahead.
For the normal man or woman thirty
years of age the average length of life
is sixty-live years. A person thirty-five
years old may count, according to those
tables, on thirty-two years more.
As each milestone Is passeil the pros
pect brightens. Thus at the age of
forty the prospect is for nearly twenty
nine years more, and at forty-five there
is an expectation of twenty-five more
years.
By the fiftieth year the expectation
is about twenty-one years, and in the
fifty-fifth year it is nearly eighteen
, more. A man of sixty may look for
ward with some confidence to fifteen
more years of life, and this increases
so that at seventy years t lie prospect
is eight years. On having successful
ly passed the eightieth year there is
an expectation of about five years.—
Kxcliauge.
Of Great Price.
The lion had been teased and prod
ded by an ill conditioned keeper until
his patience was quite spent. The en
raged tieast leaped upon the fellow,
knocked him down and fetched him
such a blow on the head that his skull
was crushed like an eggshell.
“That means the end of you, your
majesty," sniggered the jackal in the
next cage.
“it would, old night prowler, if I
were a mere man,” replied the lion,
licking a bloody paw. “but you forget
that I cost $5,000."
The surviving keepers came, soothed
the costly creature with a quarter of
fresh beef and hastily removed the
body of their comrnde from the cage.—
New York Post
Nuts as Food.
A Judicious use of nuts has cured
cases of indigestion by relieving the
constipation which was the cause. Bra
zils and pine kernels particularly are
rich in natural oil which gives warmth,
keeps the digestive system clear nnd
does much toward making the skin
clear and healthy. Weight for weight
outs contain actually far more proteid
than bread. They are a safe food for
all who have a tendency toward any
form of rheumatism, aud they are also
beneficial in cases of mental strain and
general “nerves.”
Her Doings.
“His wife made a fool of him.”
“What reason have you for snyiug
lhat?”
“I have his own word for It.”
“Get out!”
"I have. He says that all he is lie
owes to his wife.”—Houston Post.
Might Have Helped.
“We were traveling all day iu the
teeth of the gale.”
“Pity yon didn’t have a dentist”
“What for’/”
“To draw the teeth.”
Honesty.
He who praises freely what ho
means to purchase and ho who enu
merates the faults of what he means
to sell may set up a partnership with
honesty.
THE BATTLE OF MARATHON.
And the Mound Under Which the Old
Grecian Heroes Rest.
A great Grecian landmark Is the
Suros, the mound erected over the
graves of 102 Athenians who fell In
the battle of Marathon, Aug. 12, 490
B C. The mound is about forty feet
high and 900 yards in circumference.
Underneath the mound lie the heroes
wiio died in this most decisive victory
which prevented the I’ersluns from in
vading Europe.
The battle tiad hardly tiegun when
the Persians iu immensely superior
force, doubtless ten to one, pulled
themselves together and by sheer mass
broke through the Greek center. But
this had been calculated upon before
hand. Miltiades employed strategy,
making his line weak at the center,
and allo.wed the Persians to break iu.
Then, with his heavy masses at the
ends, he ground the Persian wings to
pieces and fell upon their center. The
most stubborn fighting, apart from the
battle at the ships, was probably at
this spot, half a mile from the shore.
Six thousand four hundred Persians
luy on this plain and along the shore,
while 192 men of Marathon lay wrap
ped in glory on the held.
It was long suspected that the he
roes of Marathon were buried under
the mound, but Mr. Stais, one of the
Greek epliori of antiquities, studying
the plain, came to the conclusion that
the surface of the soil had been raised
by’ alluvial deposits eight to ten feet
above the level of 490 B. G. in 1890
he drove a trench with a downward
slant into the center of the mound
and found the bones of the heroes
with their weapons beside them.—
Strand Magazine.
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SINKING SHIPS.
If Completely Submerged They Must
Go to the Bottom.
Answering u correspondent who
writes: “I am very anxious to lind out
whether a ship will sink if the bottom
of the ocean is at great depth or, at
least, at such depth that the weight of
the water would be greater than the
weight of the ship. It is the opinion
of many that at a certain depth the
ship would remain suspended instead
of sinking to the bottom. I’lease ex
plain the exact truth of the matter,”
Edgar Lucien I.arkin in tlie New York
American says:
* “Any mass that will entirely sink
below the surface of the ocean will
sink to the bottom of any sea or ocean
on earth. This is because water is al
most incompressible.
“Enormous pressure in hydraulic
presses has been made upon distilled
and also upon sea water, and the di
t ruination of volume—that is, increase
of density—is only 0.000044 for ocean
water for each atmosphere, i. e., each
addition of fifteen pounds to each
square inch. Then water soaked wood
would be increased in density by very
nearly the same amount.
“Hence if ail of the wood in a wood
en ship sinks below the surface it must
go to the bottom. The question of
reaching the bottom of the ocean is de
cided for any kind of matter of any
ship or boat by its behavior at the sur
face. If all of tlie material of the boat
! sinks at all below the surface, then it
i will fall to tlie bottom of any sea. there
being such a slight increase in density
■ of water at the bottom of the deepest
; ocean.”
Height of Waves.
Among the most trustworthy scion
i tide measurements of ocean waves are
1 those of Lieutenant Paris of the
| French navy. Tile highest waves
! measured by him were in the Indian
j ocean between the Cape of Good Hope
and the island of St. Paul. Thirty
waves measured during a northwest
gale there averaged twenty-nine and
one-half feet in height, and six of
them, following one another with
beautiful regularity, were thirty-seven
and one-lialf feet in height- Some still
higher waves were seen, but not meas
ured. In a moderate breeze the length
of a wave was found to be about
twenty-five times its height, but in a
gale only eighteen times. — Loudon
Globe.
A Kind With For Mother.
The five-year-old found his mother
looking a bit unhappy.
“Have you a pain, muvver?” he ask
ed sympathetically. When she nodded
be thought n minute nud then ex
claimed:
"I wish a fairy would come and turn
your pain into a piece of cake.” Then
the small boy asserted himself over
the angel child, adding. “And I would
eat It.”—New York Sun.
One of the Family.
Stranger—I notice your name Is De
Mfiryon. Are you relnted to the
wealthy De Mafyous of Belgravia?
Poor but Respectable De Mnryon
I am a—a distant relative, sir.
“Indeed! How distant?”
“Well, sir. as distant us they can
keep me!”
What Rules the World.
When Nnpoleou caused the names of
his dead soldiers to be inscribed on the
face of Pompey’s pillar some one crit
icised the act as “a mere bit of linagi
untlou." “That is true.” replied Na
poleon. "but Imagination rules the
world.”
Lost Precaution.
“Your suit, my dear, isn’t season
able.”
"Tbnt’s odd. when 1 got a pepper and
salt one too.’’—Baltimore American.
He is not wo ’thy of the honeycomb
who shuns the hive because the bees
have stings.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE Call You on Time for the boat
if We Handle Your Baggage
We"Uuy and Sell Anything from
Dead Crabs to Live Bears.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
Chas. Peppy
_ — MANAC.ER^
„ Seattle
Ji Complete Services
' IN THE HEART OF THE CITY,
1155 Rooms with bath-50 Sample Rooms
Notice of Registration.
Notice is hereby given that the reg
istration books for the registration
of voters at the municipal election to
be held in and for the Town of V.il
dez, Alaska, on the <ith day of April.
1915, will be open at the office of
the Town Treasurer, in Coppo!
Block, in said Town, on the 1st day
of February, 1915, between the hours
of 2 and -1 o’clock in the afternoon
of said day, and will remain open for
such registration between like hours
on each and every day thereafter, ex
cept Sundays, until and including the
27th day of March, 1915; and on the
last two days on which such regis
tration may be made, viz:, the 26th
and 27th days of March, 1915, said
books will be open for such registra
tion between the hours of 1 and 6
o’clock in the afternoon of said days.
Town Treasurer E. G. Ames has
been named registrar, and will enter
in said registration books the names
of all persons, residents of the Town
of Valdez, who are qualified voters,
or who will be such voters at the
date of said election, upon their ap
plication in person at his said office
within the office hours and between
the dates mentioned; and no voter
who does not personally appear and
register at said office between said
dates will be permitted to vote at
said election.
ItANDALI. E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner’s Court for th<*
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
in Probate.
In the matter of the estate of I.
D. Flynn, deceased.—Notice of settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that \V. T
Scott, the administrator ol' the estate
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and fil
ed in the above entitled court, liis
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24tli day of February, 1915, at the
hour of two o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the court room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by nte, the
undersigned, as the Judge of said
court, as the time and place for the
settlement of said account, at which
time and place any and all persons
interested in said estate, may appear,
file exceptions in writing to the said
account or otherwise contest the al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23rd
day of December, 1914.
(Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE.
U. S. Commissioner and Ex Offlcle
Probate Judge, for the Recording
Preoinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date last publication February 21,
1915.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found lo
“back” 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
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
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