Do You Need a Pipe?
W e Have Them in All Styles
and Sizes at
The Buffet
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 191/
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part 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
BANKERS
S. BLUM & CO. Valdez, and Cordova,
B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Merchants Cafe
Phone 63 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Propr.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Ho*e, Pipe and Fitting*
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
NOTHING TO CRITICIZE
in the suit we make for you.
Neither in the material, the
style or the tailoring will be
found the least excuse for fault
finding. We solicit an order for
one of our new model suits,
knowing as we do that it will
give such all ’round satisfaction
that we will be your regular
tailors thereafter.
BEN SIlVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Independent Steam Laundn
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66 I
I Foot Keystone Ave
I Rough Dry 11c lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—-FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms.Phone 35
Alaska Agricultural and
Industrial Fair
TO BE HELD AT
ANCHORAGE
ALASKA
September 3,4 and 5
$5,000 Paid in Prizes for Exhibits
Reduced Rates on all Steamers
All Alaska and Her
>
Friends are Invited
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A WONDERFUL SEARCHLIGHT.
The Meat Powerful la the World, It
Almeet Rivals the 8uit
It ts teu feet bigb. Its mirror has a
diameter of five feet, and It weighs
three tons. Its lieurn la as brilliant ns
the sun at 8 o'clock In the morning or 4
in the afternoon. New York latitude,
and you can read a newspaper by its
light thirty miles away. The heat of
its focused beam Is so -intense that it
will set paper afire at a distance of 2.*>n j
feet. It has a candle power of more
than one and a quarter billion.
These are a few astonishing facts In
the Popular Scieuce Monthly about the
Sperry searchlight, the Invention of
Elmer A. Sperry of Brooklyn, who Is
already known as the Inventor of the
airplane stabilizer and sbip gyroscope
bearing his name and the first electric
arc light.
One of the most powerful beacons
along the coast is the Sandy Hook
lighthouse. But the Sperry searchlight j
ts twenty-two times more brilliant than j
that light. Were the Sperry lamp sub- !
stituted foi the lighthouse beacon a
sbip passing out to sea could be bathed
in light until It disappeared below the
horizon. By swinging the light back
and forth across the sky it has been
made visible 150 miles away. For navy
use the Sperry lamp Illuminates a tar
get ten times more brilliantly than
au.v other projector devised.
OUR FIRST WATER WAGON.
A Prohibition Petition That 8aw the
Light Hero In 1681/
The water wagon started on Its Jour
ney through this country longer ago
than most persons realize. I offer yon
as a proof of this assertion a copy of
a quaint document that had Its birth
in the month of April in the year 1681.
says Girard In the Philadelphia Ledger.
This old document Is in the form of a
petition to a royal governor signed by
twelve men who were determined that
the brewers' big borses shouldn't run
over them and reads as follows:
"Whereas, wee. ye Inhabitants of ye
neu Seated Towne near ye falls of Del
aware (called Crewcorne), finding our
selves aggrieved by ye Indiana when
drunk, lnformeth that wee be and have
been in great danger of our lives, of
our houses burning, of our goods steal
ing and of otir Wives and Children af
frighting insomuch that wee are afear
ed to go about our Lawful affairs least
when we come home we flnde you and
our concerns damnified.
"These things considered, wee doe
humbly & Jointly desire that the selling
of brandy and strong liquors to ye In
dians may be wholly suppressed, when
if done wee hope wee shall live peace
ably."
A Bit of Human Nature
The other da.v a husky aud rather
rough looking driver was having trou
ble with his horse and, suddenly losing
his temper, started to beat him A
number of men rushed toward him
with the intention of stopping him
when his arms were suddenly arrested
in midair. The would be rescuers
paused, too. and looked. Standing
close by the man was a little girl, of
not more than four years—Just looking
—looking. Not a word was spoken, no
pen could describe the look on the lit
tle one’s fa<e. but the heavy driver
stopped his beating and spoke kindly
to his horse. Strangely, too. the horse
moved, and there was no trace of the
Incident except a flush underneath the
driver’s tan, a few damp eyes among
the spectators and a happy smile on
the little girl’s face. — Philadelphia
Press.
Raw Egga Kaep Longer Than Boilod.
Raw egga keep good much longer
than cooked eggs, even when these are
hard boiled. This was proved by Dr.
Leon Lindet. a member of the Paris
Conseil d'Hygiene. after many French
soldiers had reported that the hard
boiled eggs they received from home
had gone bad. while the raw eggs re
mained edible for weeks.
Dr. Lindet explains this fact by say
ing that the boiling makes the inner
membrane pervious to gases, liquids
and microbes, and the white of the egg
becomes an agglomeration of coagu
lated albumen and particles of a serum
that is an Ideal medium in which mi
crobes thrive.
Wild Carrot 8eed.
Seeds of the wild carrot are small
but very numerous and are covered
with weak bristles which catch on
wool, hair and clothing and distribute
the weed for considerable distances.
They frequently are harvested with
grass, clover and alfalfa seed and are
widely distributed by this means. As
found in clover seed, the wild carrot
seeds are usually without barbs, as
these are rubbed off in the clover huller.
Timid 8haep.
Sheep, when they become frightened,
always run to an elevation, because
their ancestors originally came from
the mountains. They always follow a
leader, because In the dangerous moun
tain passes their ancestors bad to go
In single file.
Th# Groat Myetery.
Are we made to tick and keep the
hours of this mortal sphere only?
When we are done here shall we be
run down forever, never to move
again? Or do we belong to the horol
ogy of the universe? — Henry Ward
Beecher.
Trouble and Joy.
Ion can’t keep company with Trouble
and then expect Joy to do his level beet
at pickin’ de banjo for you to dance de
•tars ter sleep — Atlanta Constitution.
In this world one must be a little
too kind to be kind enough—Mari
vaux.
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Steamship AdmTirfl Watson—Arriv
ed and sailed westward Sunday,
July 22.
Steamship Alaska—Arrived and sail
ed West Monday, July 30.
Steamship Northwestern — Sailed
from Valdez to Seattle, July 24.
Steamer Admiral Evans—Sailed to
westward from Valdez Sunday,
July 29.
Steamer Alameda—Sailed south from
Valdez, Sunday, July 29.
Steamer Admiral Farragut—Sailed
from Seattle for Valdez and North
ern ports, Monday, July 30.
Steamship Mariposa—Sailed from
Seattle for Valdez, Wednesday,
August 1.
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TIDKS IX)H Al*«l’ST
Wednesday, August 1.—
First high tide 11:26 a. m„ 7.0.
Second high tide 10:41 p. ra., 10.4.
First low tide 4:57 a. m., —1.0.
Second low tide 4:26 p. m., 2.8.
Thursday, August 2.—
First high tide 12:05 p. m., 7.7.
Second high tide 11:32 p. ra., 10.7.
First low tide 5:40 a. m., —1.5.
Second low tide 5:21 p. m., 2.1.
Friday, August 3.—
First high tide 12:42 p. m., 8.4.
First low tide 6:21 a. m., —1.8.
Second low tide 6:14 p. m., 1.4.
Saturday, August 4.—
First high tide 0:22 a. m„ 10:7.
Second high tide 1:20 p. m., 9.0.
First low tide 7:01 a. m., —1.8.
Second low tide 7:04 p. ra., 0.8.
Sunday, August 5.—
First high tide 1:11 a. m., 10.4.
Second high tide 1:59 p. m., 9.5.
First low tide 8:18 a. m., —0.7.
Second low tide 7:55 p. m., 0.5.
Monday, August 6.—
First high tide 2:00 a. m., 9.7.
Second high tide 2:40 p. m., 9.7.
First low tide 8:18 a. m., —0.7.
Second low tide 8:47 p. ra., 0.4.
Tuesday, August 7.—
First high tide 2:51 a. m., 8.8.
Second high tide 3:22 p. m., 9.7.
First low tide 8:56 a. m., 0.1.
Second low tide 9:43 p. m., 0.5.
When Id Seward Stop at tbe
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. Poor
SlRICTLV FIRST CLASS
Fourth Are. Seward. Alaska
Arctic Hotel
All Warm, Outside Rooms
Transient Trade Solicited
Rates 75c and Up
Special Rates by the Week or Month
Baths in Connection
PHONE 133 MRS. SYR1NC Prop.
KAMA QUEEN
Capt. Otto Elfstrom
Weekly trips to Port Wells
and all Sound Points.
FOR CHARTER FOR PAR
TIES OR TOWING
'or rates and sailing dates see
CAPT. OTTO ELFSTROM,
On Boat, Valdez Dock
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DONALDSON SCHEDULE
The following schedule for the har
bor boat "Lt. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Liscum Leave Valdez
1:15 p. m. 4:30 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:15 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:15 p. m. 4:30 p. m.
7:15 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice. „ ,
All official business between Val
dez and the Post should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.__ _
Q. R. KOEHLER,
1st. Lt. 14th Infantry, A. Q. M.
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PIS Tony's Place If
Orders to ANTON CARLSON, Manager.
WV ALASKA
\ a STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle 9 a. m.—
July 7—S. S. Mariposa
July 12—S. S. Northwestern
July 18—S. S. Alameda
July 23—S. S. Alaska
August 1—S. S. Mariposa
can at Ketcblkan, Juneau, Ska way, Cordova, Ellamar, Fort Lla
cum, Valdez, Latouche, Seward aid Anchorage,
Except—S. S. Northwestern and S. S. Alameda do not call at Skag
way Southbound.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Bheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdes and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
P. B. TRACY, Gcs’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamship, offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle 10 a. m.—
July 6—S. S. Adm. Farragut
July 14—S. S. Adm. Watson
July 22—S. S. Admiral Evans
July 30—S. S. Adm. Farragut
August 7—S. S. Adm. Watson
S. S. Admiral fcivans due vai-aez juiy nn ana a. a. rarragui Aug.
9 call at Kodiak.
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle .Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Ixjs Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF TOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
LOUIE S CAFE
Open Day and Night .McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROV1CH, Propr.
| For Sale at a Bargain-Road House
At DRY CREEK on Chitina-Fairbanks Trail
15 acres cleared ground, two fox cor
rals, good house and dog house. Good
auto road by premises. Mail, tri
weekly. Price includes all furniture
and fixtures. Price if sold £CAA A A
by August 15th. - . «PWU.UV
Address Nelson J. McCrary, c°Tiafkater
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
A«ts. for EQUITABLE Life Ins.
Public R«d Bid,. |Phone. 196
Vancouver Strike Settled
VANCOUVER, B. C., Aug. 1.—The
sailings will be resumed, after an in
strike of deck and fire room em
ployes of the Canadian Pacific, Grand
Trunk Pacific and other Canadian
steamers for an increase of 20 per
cent in wages has been ended by
concession of a smaller increase and
next Saturday the old schedule of
terruption of three weeks because of
the strike.
Munition Factory Burns
ZURICH, Aug. 1.—The munitions
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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
Valdez to Seattle—
July 5—S. S. Alameda
July 12—S. S. Alaska
July 20—S. S. Mariposa
July 24—S. S. Northwestern
July 28—S. S. Alameda
Valdez to Seattle—
July 11—S. 8. Adm. Evans
July 18—S. S. Adm. Farragut
July 26—S. S. Adm. Watson
August 3—S. S. Adm. Evans
Aug. 12—S. S. Adm. Farragut
factory of the HungarJ-xi .rou &
Steel Rolling mills, at Engelsfleld,
Budapest, was completely burned
Sunday, according to word received
here. The entire stock was runined.
The damage will exceed a million
crowns.
Wounded America i I' tertained
LONDON, Aug. 1'—Two hrudrcd
and fifty wounded A.ueri_ans, mem
bers of the British army and navy,
were entertained today 11 Holland
Park by the Red Cross committee for
American soldiers and sailors.
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