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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1016
ALASKA PROGRESS
J The report,of Manager J. L. Mc
Pherson, of the Alaska bureau of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce, indi
cate! a great advance In Alaska com
merce during the year 19J5, as well
as in the factors that induced it. ThlB
advance it not only due to govern
ment activity in railroad building but
to tbe doubling of the production of
the Juneau gold belt and the stimu
lation of copper mining through the
war demands for the metal.
Aside from railway development,
Alaska has a permanent asset in the
Juneau gold ores that will furnish a
basil of progress even if the terri •
lory were deprived of other elements
of prosperity. Here are mountains of
ore, sufficient to keep the mills busy
for the next hundred or more years.
Here the steady and increasing pro
duction of gold is consequent only
upon the installation of reduction
plants, and this work capital has un
dertaken on a huge scale.
Gold ore production for 1915 was
double that of the preceding year.
The Treadwell mines are now taking
out 9000 tons of ore a day. The Alas
ka-Gastineau Company is to expe'd
$2,500,000 this year in developing
Us plants and mines. To the noitb
and westward of Juneau mining dis
tricts are developing and will con
tribute steadily to the gold harvest
of the years to come. One copper
min! is shipping out $1,500,000
worth of the product a month.
These mines are increasing the in
dustrial payrolls, while the govern
ment railway construction is not only
drawing laborers to Alaska, but per
manent settlers and business men as
well. The white population of the
territory has increased about 4.000
daring the past year. Another twelve
months should add nearly 10,000
to the white population.
__ will be a more promising
element than ever in Seattle com
mercial life this year. The name of
the great territory will be upon the
lips of business men of shipping in
terests, of bankers, of laborers and
in the minds of hordes of sdttlei-s
seeking homes in the fertile valleys.
DRUNKEN SOLDIER TRIED
TO BURN HAINES JAIL.
J. W. Coombs, deputy marshal at
Haines, has written Marshal Bishop
of Juneau an account of the partial
burning of the jail there as follows:
Prank Craig, a soldier, was arrest
ed for being drunk and disorderly.
He tore a hole in the mattress and
set it on fire. It was discovered and
quickly put out. Craig was then
placed in the cell and the deputy
marshal told the guard to not leave
the building and to watch him close
ly. The guard was in the office when
he noticed smoke again. Craig had
gathered together excelsior and set it
on fire and the whole place was in
< flames. It was with difficulty that he
was rescued alive. The deputy said
$100 would probably cover the dam
age.
We have just received the 1916
Ferro catalogs of two and four-cy
cle engines. If you are contemplat
ing buying an engine ask for one be
fore ordering. Valdez Iron Works, t-tf
Otto Elfstrom, blacksmith at the
. Granite mine , is in town for a few
days.
-THE
EMPRESS
THURSDAY ONLY
PROGRAM
Paths News.
“The Enemies,” V. lu S. E.
Feature with Harry Morey and
Edith Storey.
George Ade Fable Comedy.
A Night of Revelry.
Instrumental Music.
-4,
One Show at S:10 Sharp.
Admission 25c and 10c.
WOULD LIKE SHARE
OF ALASKAN TRADE
San Francisco Merchants are Absorb
ing the Freight Charges on Or
ders to Seattle.
—
Alaska trade, which now amounts
to nearly $100,000,000 a year, has
attracted the attention of wholesale
houses of San Francisco to such an
extent that they have launched a de
termined campaign to get a slice of it.
Every effort is being made by the
commercial organizations of Califor
nia to institute direct steamship ser
vice with Alaskan ports and it is be
lieved by many Golden Gate mer
chants that this will be achieved this
season.
The succes of the project depends
upon the trade that can be secured
and a strong effort is being made to
build up a demand for California
products before a boat is put on the
run. To this end California mer
chants are offering to pay the freight
from San Francisco to Seattle on all
goods ordered to such time as a dir
ect service is started.
By absorbing the coastwise char
ges this gives them a chance to com
pete with Seattle on prices on all
caned goods, in which California ex
cels in quality. The brewing com
panies which were- forced out of
Washington state when prohibition
went into effect last January are also
doing everything possible to encour
age the establishment of a direct ser
vice betwen San Francisco and Alas
ka.
Putting on a direct boat to Los An
geles and San Francisco involves con
siderable difficulty at present owing
to the great demand for vessels of
every description. But the project
has been launched, and it is up to
Alaskans and California commercial
bodies to help. Markets should be
secured in California for Alaska pro
ducts, including fresh and salt fish.
Alaskan marble and mineral products
to provide freight for the return trip.
A through boat to San Francisco will
give an opportunity to ship smelting
ores direct to San Francisco smelters
in competition with the Tacoma
plant. »
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Judge W. H. Whittlesey, U. S. as
sistant district attorney, returned
from Seward on the Admiral WatsoD.
He made the trip to prosecute the
case of assault against Gus Holstrom,
who was bound over to appear be
fore the grand jury and placed un
der $1000 bonds. <
Pathe News and four good reels at
The Liberty tonight.
We have been handling the Ferro
engine for the past six years and
have derived less income through
them for repairs than any other make
of engine on the Bay. Valdez Iron
Works. ' w-tf.
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley’s •
• -
Furnished rooms at Mrs. osiand’s
Prices reasonable. *
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska wear. Guy F. Cameron,
Tailor. tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Kodak Supplies at the Valdes
Drug Company. - tf
Fancy Stationery at • the Valde?
Drug Store. *
A fine display of nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Valdez Drug company nave a fine
line of School Stationery* tf.
Panoramic views of Child’* and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdes and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug
Htore. tf
Yes, Tonight.
Five reels of solid amusement; a
Pathe Weekly News; Mabel’s Busy
Day, a comedy; Fear of His Past, two
reels; and Ethel Gains Consent. Visit
the Liberty tonight.
City Sliding Into River.
PANAMA; According to advices
received here from La Paz, capital of
Bolivia, a section of the city about
1600 yards long, is sliding into the
Choqueyapa river. The section com
prises mostly houses of the poor, al
though the museum of archaeology
is in it. The loss Is estimated at one
million.
-THE GOOD WIFE.
A Tiwiuri, Holding In Hor Hands tki
Destiny of Posterity.
Wlten a wornuu enters tbe marriage
relation ber sphere of influence is at
once extended, und ber horizon is no
longer bounded by the people and cir
cumstances of tbe moment.
She is building for posterity, in tbe
Joy and thoughtfulness which charac
terize her mind in the new relation
there Is a prophecy of unborn genera
tions. Her life is to color other lives; •
her nspirations are to fix to a great ex
tent tbe position and future of bus
band and family.
If she is cultured, pure and refined
these qualities will characterize tbe
home which she creates. The higher
the degree of her culture, her purity,
her refinement, tbe more will these
qualities characterize the home of.
which she is the center.
The personality that a woman takes
with her in her marriage is her real
dower. If ber dower can be reckoned
in numerals only, no matter how many
they be. wrecked Indeed will be her
husband, impoverished her children.
But if she possesses Industry, gen
tleness. self abnegation, purity and in
telligence. combined with capability,
she is in herself a treasure of treas
ures.—New York Weekly.
FAMOUS PLACE NAMES.
Why Should They Not Be Called Alike
All Over the World?
It Is perhaps too much to expect that
a universal meridian or universal time
will ever be established, still less that
we shall have universal money or a
universal secondary language. All
these things might be brought about
If we could only get rid ol' our preju
dices.
It is not, however, too much 10 hope
that the present confusion of place
names should be got rid of Why the
English and the French should per
sistently describe as Cologne and
Mnyence. cities which their own in
habitants never call anything but Kolu
and Mainz, it is difficult to understand,
and there is certainly no excuse for
our pronouncing the name of the Ba
varian capital as "Munich." as if in
scorn of the dwellers therein, who call
it. us nearly as English letters will
reproduce the sound. "Minchen." Why
should an Italian gratuitously misname
London “Londra;’’ We really ought
to know how our own capital should
be called.
As to Polish place names, also Prze
mysl and the like, only an internation
al commission could decide — London
Globe.
A Strict Dramatic Censor.
Vienna once possessed the strictest
dramatic censor ever knotgn in the
person of Franz Hoegelin, who held
that post in the Austrian capita) at
the beginning of the last century.
Hoegelin published a manual for the
guidance of censors. "A pair of lovers
should never be allowed to appear ou
the stage alone. They must always
be accompanied by a third person of
mature years.” Marriages out of one’s
class were also strictly forbidden by
Hoegelin on the stage, and be quotes
an instance of a play wbicb be re
fused to pass because the author made
the hero. Count Valdemar. marry a
gardener’s daughter. “Such misnlli- J
ances have unfortunately been known
to occur in real life, but that Is no
reason why they should be allowed on
the stage.” be said.
-i
The Hippopotamus.
In spite of Its clumsy build the hip
popotamus can trot fast. That is why
he is called “river horse." The hippo's
feet are kept far apart by the wide
body and make paths with a ridge
down the middle, recognizable at once.
Hippos swim very well, but go at tbelr
greatest speed when they can gallop
along the bottom in shallow water.
They can stay under water a long
time, and when they come to the sur
face they send little jets of spray
from their nostrils. The cow is de
voted to the calf. The young one
stands on her back as the mother
swims.
Cyrus and the Persian#.
The Persians of the time of Cyrus
were Zoroastrians. The Persian re
ligion was primitively monotbelstie.
and they allowed no idols or other ma
terial symbols of deity in their tem
ples. There was less enmity on the
part of the Jews against the Persians
than against the other great nations
with whom they came in contact, due
probably to the monotheism which
characterized the Persian religion. So
Cyrus, whatever else may be said of
him. was certainly not an idolator.—
Christian Herald.
Napkins.
Napkins became popular In France
sooner than In England. At one time
It was customary at great French din
ners to change the nnpkins at every
conrse. to |»erfume them with fosewn
fer and to have them folded a different
way for each guest.
---
Halcyon Day*.
A halcyon la a kingfisher, and "hal
cyon days" are so called because It
was supposed that the weather was
niways peaceful when the kingfisher
was breeding. •
Hardly.
Mrs. Kawler—r»u you consider Alice
very good looking? Mrs. Biunderby—
Oil. Alice Is pretty enough, but I
would not call her an Aduuls.—Boston
Transcript <
He who hna conquered doubt and
r*>ar ham conquered failure.—James Al
ien.
Nobody’s “Hard To Fit” in
Hart Schaffner & Marx
CLOTHES
STOUT MEN; tall slender
men; short stocky men; men
who think they are hard to fit;
lots of such men are going with
out the advantages of ready
clothes because they believe
they cannot be fitted.
Hart Schaffner & Marx designers clas
sify the human figure under twelve
types; and models are produced for
each type; men^and young men............
At $25 to $35 you can find clothes
here that will fit you; there’s not the
least doubt about it.
S. BLUM & CO.
This store is the home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Copyright Hart Schalfner Si Manr
R. W. Roberts of Anchorage, a
construction engineer with the gov
ernment railway, tells a tale of ter
rible sufferings borne by the Beau
Brummels of the mushroom Alaskan
town through the inability of late
arriving steamers to deliver the la
test fall and winter styles in clothes.
Mr. Roberts says that the only pri
vation endured by anybody is the
compulsory wearing of ill assorted
clothes and that, while there is plen
ty of clothes of a kind, the leaders of
fashion can see nothing but misery
ahead for the rest of the winter. It
is now nothing uncommon, says Mr.
Roberts, for a former best dresser
to slink about the streets in a ready
made suit that flaunts all the jarring
colors in the spectrum, due to the
fact that no coat or pair of trousers
on the store shelves match eacb
other.
TIDE TABLES FOR MARCH.
The table given below is for high
and low water in Valdez Bay, for
the momtb of March. 1916.
Wedpesday, March 8.
High, 2:34 am, 9.6; 3:14 pm, 7.3.
Low, 9:06 am, 0.2; 8:62 pmr 2.0.
Thursday, March ».
High, 3:06 am, 9.1; 3:59 pm, 6.5.
Low, 9:49 am, 0.8; 9:24 pm, 2.8.
Friday, March 10.
High. 3:42 am, 8.6; 4:63 pm, 6.7.
Low, 10:39 am, 1.4; 10:00 pm, 3.6.
Saturday, March 11.
High, 4t'26 am, 7.9; 6:23 pm, 6.1.
Low. 11:46 am, 2.0; 10:48 pm, 4.1.
Sunday, March 12.
High, 5:27 am, 7.4; 8:26 pm, 5,2.
Low, 1:32 pm, 2.2.
Monday, March 13.
High, 6:15 am, 7.2; 9:43 pm, 6.6.
Low, 0:08 am, 4.6; 2:69 pm, 2.0.
Tuesday, March 14.
High, 8:23 am, 7.3; 10:20 pm, 6.2.
Low. 2:18 am, 4.6; 3:64 pm, 1.6.
Wednesday, March 18.
High. 9:28 am, 7.7; 10:52 pm, 6.8.
Low. 3:56 am, 3.9; 4:31 pm, 1.2.
Thursday, March 10.
High, 10:18 am, 8.2; 11:16 pm, 7.6.
Low, 4:31 am, 3.1; 6:01 pm, 0.8.
Friday, March 17.
High, 11:01 am, 8.6.
Low, 4:69 am, 2.3; 6:27 pm, 0.6.
Saturday, March 18.
High, 11:40 pm, 8.1; 11:37 am 8.8.
Low, 5:34 am, 1.4; 5:62 pm, —0.6.
Sunday, March 19.
High, 0:04 am, 8.7; 12:16 pm, 8.9.
Low, 6:09 am,—0.7; 6:19 pm, —0.6
Monday, March 20.
High, 12:80 am, 9-3; 12:52 pm, 8.8.
Low, 6:44 am, 0.0; 8:47 pm, —0.86
Tuesday, March 21.
High, 12:67 am, 9.7; 1:31 pm, 8.6.
Low, 7:31 am, —0.5; 7:19 pm, 1.2.
Wednesday, March 22.
High, 1:28 am, 10.0; 2:12 pm, 8.0.
Low, 8:01 am, —O.f; 7:61 pm, 1.6.
Thursday, March 23.
High, 2:02 am, 10.0; 2:58 pm, 7.3.
Low, 8:45 am, —0.6; 8:28 pm, 2.1.
FViday, March 24.
High, 2:41 am, 9.8; 3:62 pm, 6.6.
Low, 9:36 am, —0.3; 9:07 pm, 2.8.
Saturday, March 23.
High, 3:28 am, 9.4; 4:59 pm, 6.0.
Low, 10:37 am, —0.3; 10:01 pm, 3.4
Sunday, March 20.
High, 4:37 am, 8.8; 6:34 pm, 6.7.
Low, 11:64 am. —0.7; 11:14 pm, 3.9
Monday, March 27.
High, 6:46 am, 8.4; 8:02 pm, 6.1.
Low, 1:26 pm, —0.8.
Tuesday, March 28.
High, 7:22 am, 8.2; 9:18 pm, 6.8.
Low, 1:02 am, 3.3; 2:45 pm, —0.6.
Wednesday, March 29.
High, 8:60 am, 8.4; 10:04 pm, 7.7.
Low, 2.48 am, 3.3; 3:42 pm, 0.4.
Thursday, March 80.
High, 9:67 am, 8.7; 10:44 pm, 8.5.
Low, 3:66 am, 2.2; 4:27 pm, —0.2.
Friday, Mini) 81.
High, 10:61 am, 9.0; 11:18 pm. 9.8.
Low, 4.48 am, 1.1; 6:06 pm, —0.2.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
■' ' - ;
General 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
ULLY CAFE
We Are Here to Serve,
You
FIRST DOOR ABOVE THE
BUFFET
TRY US .
Valdez Miners Union Ko. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary.
Valdes Alaska._
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PDOP.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect; otherwise a good many
of ^today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the1 idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with thfe dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National I-iiaMi
Waxhlngtoa. U. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Yiars in Vald«s>
PHONE 110
Office^ Rooms in Whaling
DR. GERMAN
PHONE i» THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store Oft
flee hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m.„ 1 •»
p. m. Sunday by appointment
All Work Guaranteed!.
E. C. DALTON, ML D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEOS
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez. rt farts
DONOHOE & Dj^ND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Oppoalte Court Howar
Phone 31 VALDEZ. AtASPKA
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITOBDD*
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY S-AT-LAW
Offlctl In Whaling BoHdinpc
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street opposite V. M. Store.
Valdes, AXufch
The Best Place in Valdex la
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, Light Room-Tie Hoaac al Candaak
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rater Bj tie Rwft
PHONE 133 MRS. STRQIC Page
Copper Rive^
Draying Co
Freighting and Passenger*
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, VaKtar
ED. WOOD, Proprietor