Hunt’s Superior Quality Fruits
—TTUNT’S products are recognised the coun
jd try over as the best that the market aff
ords—they are members of the Rice
_ World Readers—a splendid tribute to
their products—Hunt’s canned fruits are guar
anteed to contain nothing but the ripe full
flavored fruit and pure granulated cane sugar
syrup. The preparation and packing is done
by hand and without the use of any chemical
process.
WE HAVE HUNT’S PRODUCTS
Cherries - - Raspberries
Grapes - - Peaches
Loganberries - Strawberries
Apricots - - Pears
PRICED PER CAN 35c-3 #OR $1.00
Valdez Mercantile Co.
|£ y nr i strictly fresh Eggs, Butter, Fruit
il I W an<j Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
IB Keystone Produce Co.
E. G. AMES. Manager
Fresh Eggs, Butter, Fruit, Vegetables
Cor. Keystone Ave. and McKinley St. PHONE 44.
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SIX THOUSAND MEN
ON ALASKA PLACERS
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Alaska should be due for a great
season of mining development next
year. Much prospecting work has
been accomplished during the past
summer, due in a great measure to
the promise of early railroad trans
portation, the opening of the coal
fields, and the cheapening of fuel.
These activities are outlined by Al
fred H. Brooks, government geolo
gist, in charge of the division of Alas
ka mineral resources, in a recent re
r port.
The area of placer mining is be
lieved to have been extended by re
cent prospaaHng- Nearly six thousand
men are gaged in placer min
ing, and it fortas an important part of
the industry of the territory. Cheaper
fuel will stimulate the working of
lower grade gravels, and increase the
output of the gold.
Gold lode mining will also be st ul
ulated by this season’s prospecting.
Capitalists are taking much interest
in its possibilities, and there will be
large sums of mo.icy invested next
year in the Juneau, Valdez and the
South Central Alaska districts The
coming year should be a notable one,
not only in mining, but in every ma
terial activity.—Seattle P. I.
WHITE PASS COMPANY
BURNS FIVE-FINGERS COAL..
Shipping coal to Yukon as well as
to Newcastle is the height of foolish
ness, when both Yukon and Newcas
tle are long on the articles, is the pre
vailing opinion of the officials of the
White Pass railroad.
During the season just closing the
white Pass Company shipped some
thing like 600 tons of coal from Tan
talus, where it was mined by the Five
Fingers Coal Company, of which the
undaunted and unfettered George J.
Milton of-Saint Paul, is the leading
factor. After a fair and thorough
trial the railroad people decided the
Yukon coal Is vastly superior to the
imported article, hence its use.
In addition to shipping coaj to this
place for the use of the railroad, sev
eral thouwnd tons were shipped this
season to Dawson where its use is
becoming general and where it gives
excellent satisfaction among the min
ing operators. Mr. Milton did not
visit Yukon this year but will likely
arrive early next season. It required
a"dozen years for him to prove the
value of his product, but he has done
so to the satisfaction of both his pa
trons and his company. More than
that, the quality of the coal is im
proving as depth and drift are extend
ed.
KETCHIKAN WOMAN
MAKES BIG DISCOVEpY.
Dr. Anna Brown, who has been
working continuously on a cure for
pulmonary diseases, has come to the
conclusion that she has now discov
ered a cure for consumption. She
says she will take any chronic case
of pulmonary heamoptyrin and will
show good results without chavge to
demonstrate her cure.
She has named her discovery
“Cinerea.” This is used hypodermi
cally every 24 hours, also with the
! treatment of phisiotheropy. P”.
Brown has tried her cure on several
local people well known among som
of the physicians and people of the
town with startling -eftilts.-—Ketchi
kan Progressive.
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MINER PAYS BIG
i PRICE FOR MELON.
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In the balmy days of Dawson, a
story gained circulation that Swift
water Bill” Gates had, at one time,
purchased all the eggs in town, with
a view to gaining the affections of
a refractory maiden. And the story
went further to the effect that by get
ting a corner on the eggs that he
.gained his point. Whether or not his
'story was true, “Swiftwater Bill” had
nothing on Andy Lovik of the Circle
,hot springs district, as he recently
! cornered the watermelons of that dis
trict byjaying $80 for an eight pound
! melon.
The purchaser had struck It rich
but a short time before on Signora
creek and as his poke was fat he had
no objection to paying a high price.
By people of the hot springs country,
it is claimed that this is the highest
price ever paid for a melon, ten dol
lars a pound.
After making the purchase, Mr.
Lovlk treated his friends, and shortly
a'fterward left for the hills to secure
his winter’s supply of pieat.—Fair
banks News-Miner.
George Hobart has purchased the
home of Bob McIntosh on Front
street,_
The launch Shamrock, Capt. Tim
Marcum, returned from Port Wells
last night bringing nine passengers
from Sound points. He reports a fine
voyage. ,
Jake Hepflnger has announced th«.'.
he will open his barbershop tomor
row at noon, if the steamer reaches
Valdez tonight. Jake has a number
of chair coming on the ^Admiral Far
ragut for his new shop, which has
been named the Crystal Baths, and
has the shop all ready for the instal
lation of the chairs and mirrors.
MILLARD, BUNNELL AND
SULZER ARE MENTIONED
Politics are beginning to boil again
in Alaska.
The great'question with some of
the professional politicians, at least,
seems to be who can be groomed and
placed in the race with a view of de
feating Delegate Wickersham, should
the latter again decide to become a
candidate.
Some of the Fairbanks papers are
already announcing that Chas. E.
Bunnell, the democratic candidate in
opposition to Delegate Wickersham
the last election, who will again be
the candidate for the Democrats in
1916, and that this is the idea of L. T.
Erwin, United States marshal of the
Fourth division. It will be remember
ed that Mr. Bunnell was named judge
of the Fourth division. According
to the plan of those who claim to
speak for the Democrats in the Tana
na, Former Assistant District Attor
ney Gardner is to succeed Judge Bun
nell as judge when the latter enters
the race for delegate. Mr. Gardner,
a southerner, is said to be now in
Washington fixing up his fences for
returning to Alaska as a full-fledged
judge.
Hon. Chas. A. Sulzer of the First
Division, also has been mentioned for
the Democratic nomination. How
ever, it is just possible that both Mr.
Bunnell and Mr. Sulzer may have
something to say when the time
comes.
The principal concern of the Demo
crats and the anti-Wickersham peo
ple just now is to try and figure out
just what Mr. Wlckersham intends
doing. They have it doped out that
he purposes to run again, but they
are not certain whether he will run
as an independent, or will try for the
Republican nomination, or for the
Bull Moose party. '
While the Republicans are active
in organizing in every district save
the First Division, they do not seem
to have so far centered upon any can
didate. They seem to be In some
thing like the well known Macawber,
“just waiting for something to turn
up.”
It is certain that both the Demo
crats and the Republicans and possi
bly the Bull Moosers will hold terri
torial conventions at some place in
Alaska and go through the formula
of nominating a candidate. Mean
while the people at large will watch
the game with interest and will final
ly go to the polls and make their
choice, most likely, independent of
the program laid out by the party
men.
Still the same is as true of the ad
age that little drops of water wears
away the hardest stone, the constant
efforts and persistent grind of party
men to draw party lines will finally
succeed in cutting some ice in Alaska
politics. More especially should one
party or the other place in the field
an Alaskan which the people as a
whole want and will elect to office.
It may be said in passing that the
name of Hon. B. F. Millard, the well
known mining mafi, of Valdez, has
been mentioned also as a possible
candidate for delegate on the Repub
lican platform, and there are those
who state that the honorable gentle
man from the Third division, like
"Barkis,” would be willing, in case
the nomination is unanimous.—Ju
neau Dispatch.
Asking Too Much.
"If at the end of the first year of
yonr married life." said the bride’s
father, "you can convince me that you
have been a good husband and have
made my daughter happy, I will give
you $5,000.” •
| "Another of these people.” said the
groom when he was alone again, “who
' think a man will do anything for
money.” — Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele
graph.
Positive Proof.
“I can say this much for Deacon
Biowster. He takes his religion seri
ously.”
| ”Yes. When anybody puts a coun
terfeit quarter in the collection plate
be gets as mad as if it were a persona]
loss.”—Brooklyn Citizen.
Don’t forget that the Eagles are
going to turn loose Saturday evening
next at Eagle Hall and will spring
something which will make the chee
cbacos sit up and take notice.
Capt. Austin E. Lathrop will re
turn from Cordova on the Admiral
Parragut tonight and will remain un
til after the opening of his Empress
theatre, which is nearing completion.
Angus Chisholm and Prank Gus
taffson will leave on the Admiral
Parragut for the westward and will
take a fine dog team with them. They
will go to the Matanuska district to
look that district over, Gustaffson re
maining there and Chisholm coming
out via Nelchina to Copper Center.
It is reported that Jack Whalen
and Ike Westborg. whose friends
were concerned as to their safety, ure
located at Jack’s bay. Natives are
reported to have brought word to El
lamar that the men are working on
a property near the head of Jack’s
bay and unaware that their failure
to reach Ellamar was unsual.
INVISIBLE ICEBERGS.
‘onditiona Under Which They Cannot
Be Seen on Clear Nights.
In a recent communication to the
New York Tribune Abbott H. Thayer,
rhe artist, asserts that rnanV vessels
have been lost by collisions with Ice
bergs because under certain conditions
of sky and light they are Invisible. He
cites the fact that on the occasion of
the Titanic disaster, although the black
ship was clearly visible to survivors at
a distance of several miles, they could
not see tbe white bergs against which
they actually heard the wash of the
sea.
Mr. Thayer claims that on u clear,
starry night the bergs are so neurly
the same color as the sky that they are
totally invisible and that the same Is
the case under many conditions of
cloudiness, the only exception being
wbeu the side of the berg viewed Is In
such shadow that It shows black
against the sky. In other words, it Is
impossible to see white against white.
In answer to the criticism of those
who sjiy they never saw a berg ut
night that was the color of the sky
the answer is that this is very nutural.
because this is the very condition un
der which tbe berg is Invisible. Mr.
Thayer makes the suggestou that a
very simple way to avoid tbe danger
of colliding with an invisible berg
would be to use a searchlight. The re
flection would show up the berg very
plainly.
ROMANCE IN GEOGRAPHY.
Names That Speak of Achievement and
of Desperate Need.
Geography is a fascinating study.
The history of the human race is writ
ten in large characters on the earth's
surface for the seeing eye.
Most people know that Bike’s peak
commemorates the explorations of a
daring young officer early in the last
century. But how many know that in
the name of the Bill Williams river
lingers the only memorial to u famous
trapper and Indian fighter of Kit Car
son’s time, to whom the Rocky moun
tain country was an open book before
even Fremont “blazed the trail" to the
Pacific.
It is around Hudson straits that
names cry most loudly of achievement
and of desperate need. Fancy what
the Bay of God’s Mercy meant to the
man who first gave it that name! Or
the heart breaking effort indicated by
Terror point. Contrast Repulse bay and
Mistake bay with the peace implied
in Home bay and Cape Comfort.
It is difficult to estimate the exact
depth and breadth of the Irony that
found vent in Xavy Board inlet, while
Mary Jones bay fairly breathes a long
ing for the commonplace comforts and
safety of home. Resolution island and
Hope’s Advance bay speak sturdily
of the undimlnished courage of whal
ers or explorers In those barren waters.
—Quting.
The Building of Blenheim.
Blenheim palace was built out of the
tirst grant ever voted by parliament in
return for public services. But the
treasury proved so slow in doling out
the money for the building that the ar
chitect. Sir John Vanbrugh, tried to
extract an advance from the Duke of
Marlborough to pay the workmen when
I heir wages fell into arrear. Marlbor
ough refused to be bled. According to
Isaac Disraeli, the duke, “aware that if
he gave any order or suggested any
alteration he might be involved in the
expense of the building, was never to
be circumvented—never to be surprised
into a spontaneous emotion of pleasure
or disapprobation. Although friendly
with Vanbrugh, he never spoke to him
or to any one acting under his orders
about Blenheim.”—London Globe.
Wild Cinnamon.
Although the cultivation of cinnamon
on the plantations in French lndo-Chi
na is constantly increasing, most of the
product is obtained from a wild shrub
growing in the forest. When a native
discovers a cinnamon tree he must
make a declaration before the local ad
ministration. who cut down the tree
and authenticate its product. The prof
its accruing to the discoverer of a sin
gle tree sometimes reach a lurge Bum.
The variety most prized is the wild
royal cinnamon of Thanh-Uoa. which
is thought by the Chinese to possess a
high medicinal value.
Why Is It?
. If a young woman Is arrested for
stealing a bottle of milk and later ex
plains sbe did it to keep ber baby from
starving, no judge or jury will convict
ber and folks will flock to ber side of
fering assistance. Why is it there isn’t
any way to know the circumstances
until the poor girl is forced to steal
the milk?—St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Mean Thing.
Patience—I don’t think Will is at all
observing.
Patrice—You don’t?
“No, 1 don’t”
“Well, 1 do. Why, he said the other
night that you had twice as much col
or on one cheek as on the other.”—
Yonkers Statesman.
Quite Neoeaaary.
Victim — Ptomaine poisoning, eh ?
Well, I surely was a blame fool to eat
the stuff. Doctor—But. my dear sir.
you can’t establish yourself as a rec
ognized epicure without a touch of pto
maine now and then.—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Where the Day Wfnt.
“Where can the day have gone?”
exclaimed mamma, as she lighted the
evening lamp. “I think Its gone to
heaven, mamma.” answered wee Beth
sweetly.—Exchange.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES A TRAIN
Auto for Hire I)a.v or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 ,J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
JasjE. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
PEOSUPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDE5?, ALASKA
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fined Hotel io the Interior—Well Heated, Cleon Room.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 Chas. Fischer, Projir.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
DoingjlBusiness As Usual
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
► Telephone 66 ! ' Roujjh Dry lCc lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Woiks
PLLMBIXG, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, ripe and Kit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
I Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California j
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th calls Illamna aad Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knik
and Anchorajge.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Franclaco every Wedncaday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamera Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHAHD J. RING WO Oil, Mgr., Seattle! VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south—7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau. 8heep
Creek Treadwell, Douglas. Skagway, Cordova, EUamar, Valdes and La
touche. Explosives, S.%. Seward, on the 6 th; Latouche, on the 18th; 8. a
Cordova, SBth of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
p. B. TRACY, Gea’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK Oft, Local Agent.