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In style, material and workmanship—that’s
what you should expect and what you will get,
when you buy
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For Discerning Men and Young Men,
$20 and Up.
Authoritative styles that are cut on lines
appreciated by good dressers. Various new
fabrics that will appeal to your good taste.
Quality workmanshipr-Satisfaction guaran
teed—Different from ordinary clothes in every
thing but price.
Your Spring Suit is now ready.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
(Incorporated.)
TRUE VALUES &
jBrnwmm doited Glofhis
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
I^guaranteed'
jj fOR AIL TIHf.
! “flmerican
Beauty'
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I Alaska Water, Light & Telephone Company
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
ra~.no DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone l» THE DENTIST
Offioe rooms over Owl Drug store. Offioe hour,
8 a. m„ to6p. m., 7 p, m„ to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
ir you want all tno newa all (ba
, time read the Dally Prospector.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
H. M. CARTER. President.
Granite Mine
CUAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
__Valdes. Alaska.
OVER es YEARS'
ABHraZl^EXPERIENCE
m
Trade Mark*
Designs '
"ttm Copyrights Ao.
Anyone sending a sketch and description may
qnlckly asoertaliT our opinion free whether an
Invention Is probably patentaWe. Communion,
tlons atrlotly coimdeiitial. HANDBOOK on Patents
sent free. Oldest annoy forseouruijepatenta.
Patents taken through Munn A Co. recelre
spado! notl», without charge. In the
Scientific Jtimrkan.
toUKSssfiv
Weekly News at ihe Orpheum to
night.
Chinese noodles and chop stiey at
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m. if
Blooded Dogs ror Sale.
Two airedale terrier puppies, breed
ing unsurpassed. Fine bead, ear, eye
and coat. Pedigrees furnished. Eight
champions in three generations. En
quire at Prospector. if
Notice of Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdez Electric
Company.
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the stoekh-.lers ot
the Valdez Electric Company, will bo
held at the offices of the company,
in ihe town of Valdez, Alaska, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915,
at the hour of 2 o’clock, in the after
noon of said day, for the purpose of
considering the question of increasing
the capital stock of said company,
from its present capitalization, name
ly twenty-five thousand dollars, di
vided into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each,
to the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be divided into
one hundred thousand snares of me
par value of one dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend its
articles of Incorporation, so that its
indebtedness may be increased to a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars, with full power to issue bonds
in payment of all of its indebted
ness, and to mortgage or otherwise
hypothecate its property or any part
thereof, for the purpose of securing
;such indebtedness. Also authorizing
the company to amend its articles of
incorporation, so that it may acquire
by purchase or otherwise water rights,
water power, and the lands incident
al thereto, and that it may reduce the
number of its directors from seven
to three.
And you are hereby notified to be
present at said meeting either in per
son, or by your regularly authorized
proxy or attorney in fact for the pur
pose of considering said questions.
This notice is hereby served on
you by publication thereof, in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper
published at Valdez, Alaska, which
is the principal place of business of
said company. Said notice will be
published in said newspaper for eight
consecutive weeks, beginning with the
issue of February 24th, 1915, and end
ing with the Issue of April 21st, 1915.
Witness our hands as directors of
said company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL,
OEO. J. LOVE.
i Directors.
HWUL-Timr h nturUdUfl.
Ha Didn’t Know Very Much, but Hia
Bluff Won the Appointment.
In one of the Japanese papers are
some reminiscences of the war with
Russia, and among them Is the follow
ing:
When peace was concluded between
Japan and Russia tbe study of the
Japanese language became something
like a craze among Russians. At Uar
bln. for Instance. Japanese were In
great demand as teachers of their
mother tongue. Many Japanese bar
hers and laundrytuen shut up their
shops and became Instructors of Japa
nese.
As In most cases the Instruction was
uot conducted on a systematic method,
many Russian students of Japanese
only succeeded In acquiring a sniatter
ing of the language.
Then one day a Japanese Interpreter
who taught Japanese to Russian rail
way men at Harbin received a letter
from one of his whilom pupils asking
for a certificate of his proficiency. As
a matter of fact, his knowledge of Jap
anese does not extend beyond what
may be called pidgin Japanese, but a
eertilicate was forwarded to him as
requested.
A few weeks later the Interpreter
was surprised to receive a letter from
the Russian Informing him that he had
been engaged by tbe government as
professor of Japanese at a monthly
salary of fiOO roubles.—Japanese Cbron
icle.
SEEK THE BRIGHT SPOTS.
Don’t Grouch In the Gloom, but Look
Up and Be an Optimist.
ITe tvho thinks the world Is full of
good people find kindly blessings Is
much richer than he who thinks the
contrary. Knob man’s Imagination
largely peoples the world for himself
Some live In a world peopled' with
princes of the royal blood; some In a
world of paupers and privation. You
have your choice.
Tills Is a big. busy world. It cares
precious little what you think of it or
what faults or troubles you find In it.
It Is a choice that concerns yourself
more than all others combined, wlieth
er yon grouch In the gloom, the com
panion of hateful goblins, or stride in
the sunshine, seeing smiles and catch
! ing shreds of song.
Men and women tn God’s Image were
not made ns whining, groveling beings
They were made to stand erect, men I
tally as well as physically: to labor
well and joyously; to take the gifts of
providence, whether they be joy or sor
row. and lienr them cheerfully and
with courage; to add ever something
to the world’s store of happiness. If it
be only a smile
Look up! See how flooded with sun
shine this beautiful world is when
faced with smiling eyes.
If you would win anything, do nny
thing, be anything, don’t whine.
Cliristian IJeraid.
A Tartar Courtship.
Among the Tebulinn Tartars a euri
ous mode of “popping the question’
exists flie Tebulinn bachelor in
search of a wife, having filled a brand
new pipe with fragrant tobaeeo.
stealthily enters the dwelling of tile
fair one upon whom- he lias bestowed
his affections, deposits the pipe iipi u
a conspicuous article of furniture and
retires on tiptoe to some convenient
biding place in the neighborhood, local
etiquette requiring that he should ex
| ecute tills strategic movement appar
| ently undetected by tlie damsel ot ins
choice or any other member of hot
i family. Presently tie returns without
j further affectation ot secrecy and looks
I into i lit' apartment in a casual sort ot
way. A single glance at the pipe lie
left behind him enables him to learn
the fate of his proposal. If it lias been
smoked lie goes forth an accepted and
exultant bridegroom: if not. the offer
of his hand and heart has been re
Jected
No Business Good Business.
”Yes." said Ibe quiet man. "business
has been good with me this week—or
bad—1 don’t know which yon would
call it l have been busier than the
company likes to have ma”
"What do you mean by that? Is
there an employer who does not like to
have his employees work? Could I get
a Job there? it seems to me that such
a position would suit my temperament
exactly."
“The company doesn’t care to hove
anything doing in my department it
would be glad to pay me my salary
and never have me do a stroke ot
work.”
“What an Ideal Job! What kind of a
place is it?’’
“1 am an adjuster of death claims
for a life Insurance company.”—New
York Press.
Sandy’* Advice.
At a time when the Scots had con
slderably less love for tbelr southern
neighbors than In these days a father,
hiking leave of his sou, said: "Sandy,
mu bairn, ye’re aboot tae gang np tne
London Tak’ a' tb siller ye can frae
the English- tn* everything ye can frae
them. But mind ye. Sandy, they’re a
braw fecbtin' people, so be cnrefu’ wl'
them Never fectit a bald mon, fer ye
canna catch bim by tb oulr."—Ar
gonaut
It Makes a Difference.
in Lever’s "Charles O’Malley” the
hero's boast while on hte way to a
dnel, “I can break the stem of a wine
glass at fifteen paces,” wan met by bis
friend and mentor with the comment,
"Tea. but the wineglass hasn’t a pistol
in Its hand.” •
Sensible men show tbetr sense by
saying much la few words.-Franklin.
imcfdv i' lifiifRr Tfommra:
What It Did For the Boy Physically
and Intellectually.
The manner in which the Athenians
brought up their children Is worth re
membering.
At seven years ot age tbe Athenian
Uid entered the palestra, which was
essentially a playground. All the first
und better half of the day was spent
in gymnastics, dancing, games and
play. In the afternoon there were
singing, some writing, some reading,
all in the open air, and then came a
long period of play again. Such was
the schooling of the Greek lad up to
the age of ten or eleven, and It did
not differ essentially up to the age of
sixteen, except in the severity of the
exercises.
And yet the world has not ceased to
marvel at the results ot the Greek
education. It produced the highest
type of man, physically and Intellectu
ally, that the world has ever seen,
which Galton says was as far in ad
vance of the modern Englishman ns
tile modern Englishman is In advance
of the native African.
In physical beauty, courage and pa
triotism, in philosophy, literature,
architecture and art, the Greeks have
been the unsurpassed models ot the
ages and are still the inspiration ot oni
schools today. lint they placed the
emphasis upon hygiene, exercise, games
and play, which are too mm h neg
lected in these days. - Kansas City
Star.
THE PLANET MERCURY.
It If Difficult to Weigh, and Its Orbit
Is Very Eccentric.
Though Mercury Is one of the small
est of the planets, it is perhaps the
most troublesome of all to the astron
omer.
It lies so close to tho sun that it is
seen hut seldom in comparison with
the other great planets. Its orbit is
very eccentric, and it experiences dis
turbances by the attraction of other
bodies in u way not yet fully under
stood.
A special difficulty has also been
found in the attempt to place Mercury
in the weighing scales. We can welch
tho whole earth, we can weigh the sun.
the moon and even Jupiter uud other
planets, but Mercury presents difficul
ties of a peculiar character. Le Ver
rier, however, succeeded in devising a
. method of weighing it.
1 lie demonstrated that our earth Is
attracted by- this planet, and he showed
how the amount of attraction may be
disclosed by observations of the sun.
so that from an examination of the
observations he made an approximate
determination of the mass of Mercury
Le Verrier's result Indicated that the
weight of the planet was about the fit'
teentli part of ttie weight of the earth
In other words, if our earth was placed
in a balance and fifteen globes, each
equal to Mercury, were laid in the
other the scales would hang evenly.
"Story of the Heavens.”
Spain’s Arbitration Court.
“The most unique and Interesting in
! stitution for the settlement of civil
; suits in Spain." writes Thomas W. I’nl
i mcr. Jr., in Case and Comment. “Is the
I arbitration court. All contentious or
: disputes before or after the commence
! meat of litigation, no matter bow far
j advanced, can he submitted to an arbi
tration tribunal by agreement of all
'the interested parties. The exceptions
to this are those suits’ levelling polit
ical and civil rights, etc., or those mat
j ters in which the stale is especially
! concerned The arbitrators, whose
I number must not exceed live, are Ian
i yers of twenty live or more years of
j age and In full enjoyment of ijlvjh
rights, in some instances the arbitra
tors may be laymen lamigables eonipo
nedorest. Appeal is made from ttic-ar
bitrnrion direct to the.territorial appeal
court. This method of deciding oinjips
has proved successful and Is employed
considerably."
Speculative Life Insurance.
A mania for speculative insurances
on tbe lives of public personages (ire
vailed In England during the eight
eenth centufy. Warren Hostings, tbe
pretender, the rebel lord or tbe onfor
tunate Admiral Byng a ns wet od equal
ly the purpose of speculation, and there
were also regular quotations oil tbe
lives of notorious highwaymen, Sir
Robert Walpole at one period of his
career. wbeD bis life was endangered
by popular ,tumults, was insured for
many thousands, and when George II.
fougbt at Dettingen 25 per cent was
paid against his return. Sncb specu
lative Insurances were, however, large
ly checked by tbe gambling act of
1774. wblcb made insurable interest a
necessary condition for a valid policy
Ha Knew.
The professor of tbe class Id English
history was telling his young men of
tbe impressionable age about the Eliza
bethan era when, suddenly turning to
one of the young men, who seemed to
be In a dream, with a farawny gaze,
be said;
“And how old was Elizabeth. Mr.
Case?”
“Eighteen Inst birthday.” came the
Instant reply.
The Largest Reptile.
The largest existent reptile Is the
man eating salt water crocodile of
southern Asia and Australia, which,
when full grown, measures thirty feet
In length from end of nose to tip of
tall. One man makes hardly more than
a mouthful for this fearsome creature.
■-«< ttit HMs H.10 l’"'"-'1’
Be—Didn’t It ever occur to yon that 1
was in love with yon? She—Certainly; ,
haven't yon ever noticed me laughing ]
to pyneir.T-Toneka Jwunni.
o' T. • .!•>
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
AWAKE
and on the job—day or night—buy
and fell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
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l9jaai^miip
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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 Val
dez, Alaska, on the titli day of Apr,!,
1915, will be open at the office of
the Town Treasurer, in Coppet
Block, in said Town, on the 1st day
of February, 1915, between the hours
of 2 and 4 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 elecLion, upon their ap
plication in person at his said office
within the office hours and between
tho 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.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of I.
D. Flynn, deceased.—Notice of settls
j ment of account.
I Notice, is hereby given that W. T.
| Scott, tlie administrator of the estu'e
[of 1. P. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented lor settlement, and til
led in the above entitled court, his
I lir.al account of the administration
! of said estate, and that Wednesday,
I the 24th day of February, 1915. at the
hour of two o'clock in the afternoon
of'said day, at the court room of said
I court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
I has been duly appointed by me, 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 Officio
Probate Judge, for the Recording
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date last publication February 2 4,
1916.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“baclF” 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
w,ith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
- (teller.
ADVERTISE IN THE
’ PROSPECTOR FOR RE
(I AULTS.
It you mutt all the uaw» all the
tuna, read the Prospector.