One of those beautiful
J >: '»<* .-'f-f
MEERSCHAUM PIPES
at the
BUFFET
would make a delightful Xmas gift.
1894 JQHAS. R. CRAWFORD «
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANPLB ANY CLASS OF BUILDING
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of
wall board kept in stock at all times
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ ALASKA
• - '• 51 Phone 18
REFERENCES j s. BLUM A CO„ Valdes, and Cordora,
BANKERS I B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
_.....-.... — ....
MerfcKant?$ Cafe
Phone 68 : OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Ch«. Ftacher. Propr.
I,KT US MEASURE YOU
for your new suit and let ua do
It now. The new fabrics In serge,
worsted, thlbet, etc., are In and
we are prepared to cut them In
to suits of class and snap at a
very low rate considering the
quality of the cloth and the tail
oring. Do It now.
BEN SILVERMAN
the tailor
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hoae, Pipe and Fitting*
Val«l*» Dock. OppotHe Pro*pector Off tee._Telephone 2*
Independent Steam Laundiy
Satisfaction Guaranteed |
Telephone D*
Foot Keystone Ave
Roujfh Dry lie lb
THE SENATE
ANOTO CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS AND BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 3S^
THE
u TOBAGQQANDaidARS
3Kaa£
GafflcJ,flLChocoiatcJ, *
, POOL AND BILLIARDS
PHONE 69 Me JCuUey Sj^Yald**
hotel sexton
Seward Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The£traveling public's
> ..borne* i'lu •.
EuroppML Man.
HOTELSgXTOH
A complete line of fountain pens,!
perfume*, stationery, etc., at the
Valdes Drug Store. Buy your Xmas
gifts, there. . ., • tf
» *
Rainer Cereal Beverage, non-ln
toxlcatlng at B. Hunt'* tt
•Sir.' w
Inn Goods
and useful articles, axe now coming
a..'of Ma «
RUMANIA 18 GIVEN
A88URANCK BY WILSON
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Dec. 13.—
America’s pledge to support and use
its efforts to maintain Rumanian in
tegrity has been given to that gov
ernment hy President Wilson In a
message sent to the king.
Assurances that the United States
will continue to assist him and his
people in the war were renewed. The
message of the president follows:
“The people- of the United States
have watched with feelings of warm
est sympathy and admiration the:
struggle of your majesty and the peo- l
pie of Rumania to preserve from the!
domination of German militarism 1
their national integrity and freedom.
The government of the United States
is determined to continue to assist
Rumania in tills struggle.
At the same time 1 wish to as
sure your majesty that the United
States will support Rumania after the
war to the best of its ability and that
in any final negotiations for peace it
will use its constant efforts to see to
it that the Integrity of Rumania as a
free and independent nation is ade
quately safe-guarded.”
Out of Gartollne
Under the spreading chestnut tree
a stubborn auto stands,and Smith, an
angry man is he frith trouble on his
hands.' He cusses softly to himself
and crawls beneath the car, and won
ders why it didn't bust before he got
so far. The carburetor seems to be
the cause of all his woe; he tightens
half a dozen bolts but still it doesn’t
go. And then he tries the steering
gears and. finds no trouble there, till
wet with perspiration, he quits in
sheer despair.'He squats beside the
road to give- his brain a chance to
cool, and ponders on his training in
the corespondence school, and then
he starts the job once more, until by
chance, it’s seen the cause of all the
trouble is he’s out of 'gasoline.—
Motor Mechanics.
SIBERIA READY DECLARE
INDEPENDENCE OK RUSSIA
LONDON. Dec. 13.— A dispatch
from Petrograd to the Daily Mail says
that Siberia is about to declare its
independence. Ministers already have
been appointed and are holding ses
sions in the governor’s palace at
Omsk. Considerable popular sympathy
is displayed for the movement and a
Siberian flag is flying in many places.
The dispatch says that as a result
of the elections to the constituent as
sembly in Petrograd, the Leninites
won six seats and constitutional demo
crats four, the social revolutionary
extremists two and the other parties
were not represented, owing to the
smallness of their polls. The corres
pondent adds that the social extrem
ists are almost indistinguishable from
the Leninites and consequently the
extremist policy will be supported by
a large majority.
NEW TUG LAUNCHED
FOR GRANBY CONSOLIDATED
The Anyox, a new tug and ore car
rier for the Granby Consolidated Cop
per Company was reeently launched at
Moran Bros, shipyards in Seattle, and
passed thru Ketchikan last week on
her way to Seward to rescue tpe barge
Barranouta, which went adrift in that
harbor recently. The Anyox will then
tow the barge Henry Vlllard south
with a load of ore from the mine here,
to the smelter at. Anyox. and will then
return and bring the barge Barra
couta over to Valdez for a load of ore.
The Anyox, which was built , for
the CoaatwiBe Barge . & Steamship
Company, ^ one of the best equipped
.Vessels sailing to the north, being el
ectrically heated and with every mod
ern conveniepee. r. .
The temperature at Gulkana has
moderated slightly in the past twelve
hours, as it is 68 below today.
* FISH
Fresh black cod, silver salmon,
halibut and kippered cod just re
ceived on this boat. Love-Whitley Co.
tf
■ ! " " '—
MANIA FOR BURIED TREASURE
Seekers of Wealth Always at Work on
8unkon Spanish Vessels Along
European Coast.
There have always lieen treasure- I
seekers diligently endeavoring to din-|
cover and bring to light the wealth j
hidden by their predecessors. Only a |
few years ago a princess of the royal |
blood of Britain was seeking for gold [
in the depths of the sen. She—It was )
the Princess Louise—had the right * to j
(lie hliiks of the vessels of ilie ill-fated j
Span Mi Armada, which went down off i
the Isle of Mull during their scared
at.d hurricane-driven Might round the !
British Isles. She had little more lick •
than her niieestorR. who had been
working at thill treasure-trove since !
the seventeenth century, for only a |
few old cannon and a small number of
coins were brought to the surface.
In the days when Drake sailed the i
seas a Spanisti galleon always mount j
plenty of gold to the British sailor, j
and romance and tradition have taken
nothing from their luster, so that
wreckers and treasure-hunters are
practically always at work at some |
one or other of the ancient Spanish j
wrecks that lie all round the enlists of
Bu rope.
It Is not generally known that when
(ftieeii Victoria died she left to the
Princess Beatrice her rights to the
gold In ihe shi|>s of the SpauJsh Ar
iiiiida lying lit the bottom of the Kug
llsl, ('liannel. How rich a trove that
is limy lie Judged from the fact that
longshoremen all along the south coast
make a practice of seeking for the
coins that a sou1-wester drives on to
the beach out of these same vessels. .
GOOD PROFIT IN GAR RIDE
After Paying Woman'* Far* Man Ex
tracts Her Last Quarter From
His Trousers’ Cuff.
•She boarded a trolley. All the seats
were oeeupled and she had to ataud.
When the conductor shouted, "Fares,
please!" she gave a sudden start and
dropped something. She began to look
on the Hoot*. The conductor kept on
saying, “Fares, please!” *
“I’ve dropped it,” said the young
woman, “I've dropped a quarter, and l
don't seem to he able to aee it.”
"I can't help that,” replied the con
ductor. “You'll have to pay your fare.”
“I haven't any more money.”
“Then you’ll have to get off at the
next corner.”
"I’ll send the money to the company
by mull. I have un appointment in 15
minutes, and if I have to walk I will
be frightfully late.”
A young man sitting In the seat In
front of the distressed damsel spoke
up:
“Pardon me. miss." Iip said, “may 1
pav your fare?"
“I'd l»e awfully obliged.” ahe replied.
So the fare was paid. The polite
young man wouldn't even give the girl
Ilia name and address ami soon left
the ear.
As the ear started again he whistled
to the eonduetor, and when he got that
functionary’s attention, ostentatiously
he extracted from the ••uff of his tmn
i sera the lost ".VeenI piece, held It Irl
iiinphuntly aloft and hastened, grin
ning. down a side street.—New York
Kvening Post.
Light From the Left Side.
The well-known fact that, when us
ing the eyes for any near work, the Il
lumination should come from the left
side rnther than the right Is often dis
regarded. Let anyone who considers
the matter of little hii|»ortaiice once
demonstrate to himself the difference
and he will never forget It. Take a
pencil and paper and try to write while
In such a position that the light will
fall from the right side. The shadow
of the hand or |>enrll or both Is throws
on the paper In such a way as partly
to cover the characters one Is 'makings
Now let the position of the writer bs
reversed so that the light falls on the
work from the left side. He will nor
tlCe that the shadows fall aWay front
the work he Is doing and leave the
field uuobscured. Tn making the
change he cannot help hut notice the
feeling of ease that Immediately la ex
perienced hy the eyes. Thla applies
to any other kind of near work In’
which the fingers work under the guid
ance of the eyes. This fact should
be remembered In planning school
rooms, workrooms, offices and any
places where steady close work Is to
he performed.
FOLKS say you
can’t buy fren’
ship. Shucks, a fel- ;
ler kin buy a pipe ^
an’ he kin buy a
|dog,-*-an? I reckon they’re
about the' best fren’s any
man ever had.
•'1 r> - ilrrar tie '
WHEN FLAMES FILL
THE FACTORY
despair Alls the owner who has
neglected to look after his In
surance. We handle the insur
ance of some very large con
cerns. We place it in the best
companies, pay the premiums
promptly and attend to renew
als. Let us do that for you.
It will not cost you anything
for our service.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
KK" Tony’s Place T
Orders to ANTON CARLSON, Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle 9 a. m.—
Dec. 2—S. S. Alameda
Dec. 8—S. S. Alaska
Dec. 16—S. 8. Victoria
Dec. 24—8. S. Alameda
Valdez to Seattle
Dee. 5—S. S. Victoria
Dec. 10—S. S. Alameda
Dec. 18—S. S. Alaska
Dec. 23—S. S. Victoria
Call at Ketcblkan, Juneau. Coroova, Kllamar, Port Llacum, Val
dez, Latonche, and Seward.
S. S. Alaska sailing from Seattle Dec. 8th connects with S. S. Dora
at Seward for Alaska Peninsula ports.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell. Juneau. Sheep
Creek. Treadwell. Dougina dkagway, Cordova. Ellamar. Valdes and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
, VALp&Z DOCK CO. Loral Agent
* •'“ • ** • i t . A ■*. . !* . A . £±m m l *
Phene So. 1. VALDEZ DOCK CO., Agent, Valdez Alaska.
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships Offer Frequent,
PERFECT SERVICE
Between All Points in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
I -
I .leave Seattle 10 a. m.—
Dec. 10—S. S. Adm. Evans
Dec 17
I Dec. 28—S. S. Adm. Evans
(for Kodiak)
t
From Valdez to Seattle—
Dec. 2—S. S. Adm. Evans
Dec. 20.—S. 8. Adm. Evans
Dec. 27
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Monday, Friday and Saturday for
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES
:
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
! IF YOUR TICKET READS “PACIFIC STEAMSHIP, COMPANY”
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST.
- •
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
AIL Kinds of Pastry for Sale
Cj'VKR YTH1KG fHK BK81 ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Valdez Transfer Co.
>J.A. M; DIERINGBR, Proprietor. .
Office on Valdez Dock, Next to Prospector
• ' • * » • Building*
General Truckingand.Freighting to all
Interior Points
AUTOS FOR HIRE,
' DAY OR NIGHT
No Coal Delivered Unless Paid in Advance
FOr Bade
At a bargain, a bard coal burner
and a small Cole’s hot blast heater.
Apply Mrs. Chas. Kraemer. St
Buy your groceries direct. Sake
fifteen to twenty-fire per cent. The
house that Bells direct to consumers.
Randall Grocery & Brokerage Co.,
Inc., 82 Marlon St.. Seattle Wn. tf
Subscribe tor the Prospector.
“j1 —
The Chief of Police at Anchorage,
anting under orders from the city
council, has forbidden the replacing,
of any flues or tbe building ot.nawjj
ones, with any materiel eaVd cemeht
or brick. Ten chimneys were reoently
iihprgroff -iirtbaf »Hy<-*s**ng a gale,
hn4 tbe olty became alarmed orer the
excellent prospects for Area
V.e-V. • ’ ’ •
New table linen, ronnd table sets
with napkins to match; also linen by
the yard. At E. Winter’s. tf
Housekeeper wanted at G. J.
Zlnns. tf
Fresh tafTy, chews and brlttles, at
Hunt's Candy Kitchen. tf
Toys! Toys! foys!
Of all descriptions at th Valdei
Drug -8tore> tf
, Lowney’s Box Candle* at Hunt's
Candy Kttchen. tf
Ansoo Films '. 1*1
.lUiltf standard make 9 f 'users
They are the standard. Ouy B. Oam