flunt’s Quality California
FRUITS
1915 Pack-Just Received
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The
Kind
That
Is
NOT
Lye
^'Peeled
The Finest Fruit Produced-Tree Ripen
ed, Retaining Orchard Flavor.
Peaches Raspberries
Pears Strawberries
Apricots Loganberries
Plums Blackberries
Grapes Cherries
HUNT FOR HUNT’S
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Valdez Mercantile Co
, EXCLUSIVE AGENTS
ARABIC EVIDENCE
SENT 10 BERLIN
r
l Ambassador Bernstorff Believes That
Sinking of Liner Can Be Satis
factorily Explained.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.—No new
developments are expected to occur
for several days in the controversy
between the State Department and
the German government regarding
the sinking of the liner Arabic by a
German submarine, causing the loss
of life of several American citizens.
Secretary Lansing stated today that
his department had dispatched to
Berlin the evidence gained from sur
vivors of the wreck showing that the
liner was sunk without warning and
that no action would be taken by
America until the German reply had
been received.
Count Bernstorff, the German am
bassador in Washington, held a long
conference with Secretary Lansing
today and stated to representatives
of the press that he was confident
that the sinking of the Arabic would
be explained to the complete satis
faction of the American people.
London Expects Balkan War.
LONDON, Sept. 16.—The British
war office believes that It Is only a
matter of short time before the Bal
kan states will enter the war with
Bulgaria, allied with the Teutons and
Turkey, and Greece and Rumania
fighting with the allies. The failure
of the British diplomatic service to
win Bulgaria to remain neutral is a
great disappointment to England as
Bulgaria’s entrance in to the strug
gle will permit of free access of Ger
man munition shipments being sent
to the Turks.
Military experts believe that Ger
many will throw her strength against
Rumania with the object of quickly
crushing her resistance and prevent
her from endangering the Teutonic
forces in southern Russia by rear at
tacks. _
MAY APOLOGIZE TO
MEXICAN GENERAL
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Sept. 16.
It is believed that Secretary Lansing,
of the State Department, will offer
General Navarret an apology for the
action of the Texas deputy sheriffs
who fired into Matamoras on the
Maxican side of the border. The
deputies were pursuing Mexican ban
dits who had attempted a raid into
Texas, but were driven back after
several of their number had been
wounded. The deputies halted when
they reached the international line,
but several of them fired after the
fleeing Mexicans.
The Mexican border towns have
been the scenes of wild orgies during
the day in celebration of the anniver
sary of Mexico’s independence.
Austrian Destroyers Sunk.
PARIS, Sept. 16.—Advices from
Rome state that two Austrian torpe
do boat destroyers which engaged an
Italian submarine in battle were sunk
by the undersea craft and went to
the bottom of the Adriatic with most
of their crews. The Italian subma
rines have been very active along the
coast of Austria and the destroyers
were evidently sent to check their ac
tivities but proved victims to the un
dersea fighter.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
WANTED—Mattress for single
bed. Must be in good condition. Ap
ply at this office. tf
Grover Frame left this morning for
the interior with a cargo of gasoline
and supplies for his auto stage line.
He will make the trip to Chitina and
return to Valdez before going to
Fairbanks where a number of pas
sengers are waiting to be brought to
the coast. Frame is preparing to op
erate «his stage between Chitina and
Fairbanks after the snow on the sum
mit becomes too deep for the ma
chines.
Found—Gold pin at olub rooms;
owner can have same by paying for
this ad and inquiring of Mrs. Whit
ley. •
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 68 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Beat of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE* TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chlitna.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFStEt*. Mgr.
Call and see our new line of Heat
ers, Cook Stoves and Ranges just re
ceived on fhe Farragut. Prices reas
onable. 0. C. Rudolph. k21
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland's
Prices reasonable. *
Love-Wliitley still sell ice. *
Rubber footwear to fit all at S.
Blum & Co. *
Valdez Weather Reports.
Valdez, Sept. 15, 1915.
Barometer pressure .29.803
Temperature 7 p. m.47
Maximum temperature .60
Minimum temperature .42
Mean temperature . 51
Precipitation .10
Cloudy, wind northeast 6 .miles per
hour; rained at night and from 2:40
p. m. to 7 p. m.
Subscribe or the Prospector.
Notice of Sale.
No. 727.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
J. M. Lathrop, Plaintiff, vs. Adam
Swan, Defendan*.
Under and by virtue of an order
of sale, and decree of foreclosure is
sued out of the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division,
on the 7th day of Septe mber, 1916,
in the above-entitled suit, wherein
J. M. Lathrop, tho above named
plaintiff, obtained a judgment and
decree against Adam Swan defen
dant in said suit, cn the 7th day of
September, 1916, recorded in Judg
ment Docket No. 2. page 260, I am
commanded to sell those certain
pieces or parcels of land, lying and
being in the town of Valdez, Record
ing Precinct of Valdez, Alaska, and
described as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at the point of intersec
tion of Sherman Street end Alaska
Avenue, in U. S. Survey No. 336;
thence in a westerly direction along
said Sherman Street fifty (60) feet;
thence at right angles in a northerly
direction sixty (60) feet; thence at
right angles in an easterly direction
fifty (60) feet; thence at right an
gles in a southerly direction sixty
(60) feet along said Alaska Avenue
to place of beginning Also Lot
Nine (9), Block Two (2); and
the easterly portion of Lot Thirty
six (36) Block .->>'venty-i Ight (78);
the said easterly portion of said Lot
36 being a tract of land fronting on
McKinley Street, Th'rty two (32)
feet in width, and One Hundred and
Fifty (160) feet in depth; subdivi
sions U. S. Survey No. 439, survey
ed by J. Frank Warner and F. W.
Williamson.
Notice is hereby given (hat on Sat
urday the 9th day of October, 1916,
at the hour of two o’clock in the aft
ernoon of said day, in front of the
court house at Valdez, Alaska, I will
in obedience to said order of sale
and decree of foreclosure, sell the
above described property or so much
thereof as may bo necessary to sat
isfy plaintiff’s judgment with inter
est thereon, together wHh attorney’s
tees and Costs to the highest and
best bidder for cash, in lawful mon
ey of the United States.
Dated this 8tU day of September,
1916.
F. R, BPENNEMAN,
U. S. Marshal for the Third Division
of the Territory of Alaska.
Date of first [fublicatlon, September
8, 1916.
Date of last publication, October 6.
1916. 8-15-22-29-6—5t.
BATTLE SCARRED JUNE.
lumm.r’i First Month Notabls For
Many Historic Conflicts.
The battle of Bunker Hill was fought
on June 17, 1775, one of many memor
able battles fought in the month of
June.
Waterloo, the declaration of war be
tween Greet Britain and the United
States in 1812, the Shannon-Chesa
peake fight In that war, the battle of
Naseby, the storming of the Mamelon
redoubts by the French In the Crimean
struggle, Marengo, Friedland, Raab,
Kolin, Plassey, the battle of Mon
mouth and the fight at Fort Moultrie
all were In June.
Many of the most famous struggles
of the war between the states took
place in June. The Kearsarge sank
the Alabama on June 19, 1864; Mem
phis fell on June 6, 1802; the seven
days before Richmond began on June
26, 1862; the battle of Cold Harbor
was fought from June 1 to 3, 1864;
Winchester was fought on June 13-16,
1863; Lynchburg on June 17-18, 1864;
Mechanlcsvllle on June 26, 1862;
Gaines’ Mill on the following day, and
the siege of Petersburg lasted from
June 16 to 80.
The massacre of Custer and his men
by the Indians on the Little Big Horn,
the greatest disaster that has befallen
United States cavalry In decades, also
took place In June—June 26. 1876, a
date that always will be kept as a day
of mourning by the Seventh cavalry.—
New York Herald.
WATERING THE LAWN.
A Task That, as a General Rule, Is Not
Properly Performed.
There are probably more mistakes
made in connection with the watering
of the lawn than in any other phase of
Its management.
The practice of sprinkling, as It is al
most universalis followed, is funda
mentally wrong—not that the sprinkler
does not furnish enough water to the
grass during the season, but that it
does not furnish it in properly distrib
uted quantities.
Sprinkling for a short period may ap
pear to wet the sod thoroughly, but in
reality the water does not penetrate
much below the surface. This encour
ages the formation of surface roots
and makes the grass less resistant to
the severe conditions of weather and
Usage.
Except in rare cases the lawn should
not be watered of teller than two or
three times a week. A thorough soak
ing is necessary and should be given in
the late afternoon or early morning.
The ordinary type of revolving spray
is quite satisfactory, but the amount of
water applied by It Is usually much
less than appears.
The point to be borne in mind is that
the ground should be thoroughly satu
rated at each application to at least
three inches in depth.—Kansas City
Journal.
British Julius Caesars.
Julius Caesar, who on one of the
closing days of August in 66 B. C.
landed on the Kentish coast, has had
many British namesakes, including a
great cricketer, but the best known is
Julius Caesar, master of the rolls un
der James X.. nbout whom Ixird Clar
endon in the first volume of his his
tory tells the amusing story. “Remem
ber Caesar." The unpopular Earl of
Portland sat up all night in a barri
caded house with his friends and re
tainers urmed to the teeth because
he found in his pocket a slip of paper
bidding him “ Remember Caesar,
which renlly had reference not to the
assassination of the Roman statesman,
but to some preferment promised to a
son of Sir Julius Caesar. The tomb
of Sir Julius Caesar, with a quaint
epitaph in legal phraseology, is among
the many curious monuments of St
Helen’s. Bishopsgate.—London Mail.
Watching Royalty Eat.
The Snxon court uppears to have
been the last to preserve the custom
of dining in public, initiated at Ver
sailles unddr the ancient regime. Lady
Clarendon notes id her Journal on Oct
1, 1844, when she and her husband
were traveling through Germany: "We
were invited to dine with the king and
queen of Saxony at their villa, near
Dresden. The dinner was handsome,
and what I liked best was to observe
that the galleries commanding a view
of the table had people quite of a com
mon order in them. I was told that
any one who chose was freely admit
ted.”—London Express.
On Being Up Betimes.
A maiden lady said to her little
nephew, “Now, Johnny, you go to bed
early and always'do so and you’ll be
rosy cheeked and handsome when you
grow up.”
Johnny thought over this a few min
utes, and then he observed, “Well,
aunty, you must have sat up a good
deal when you were young.”—Atlanta
Journal.
Hopeful.
Young Wife—John, do you think our
baby win ever be president? Young
Husband—Doubtful, my dear! If this
Invention of mine for freezing the
ocean so that submarines can’t come
to the top Is a success he'll be too rich
for the Job!—New "York Globe.
Sounded That Way.
Patience—I like to see a man act
and not talk.
Patrice—Oh. you mean to say you
like the pantomime actors beet—Yon
kers Statesman.
We acquire the virtues by doing tbe
acts. We become builders by building,
and so by doing right acts we become
righteous.—Aristotle.
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Shephard Building,
next Ponohce .& Dimond office.
i? a m to 0 a m
Lunch 12 m to 1 p m
0 to 7 p m
Arcade Cafe
OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M.
We Grew Our Own Vegetables
Private Table*
Jack Callln-.ProprUtor
THE
LIBERTY THEATRE
CONTINUOUS SHOW
YOU CAN ALWAYS DEPEND
ON SEEING A GOOD SHOW AT
THE LIBERTY.
MORE FEATURES TO
FOLLOW.
W ATCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Admission 25c Children 1 Oc
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel h the Interior—Well Rented, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
! Jas. E. Wilson, Freighter
| Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
| PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA
| CITY EXPRESS
► MEETS ALL BOATS AXI) NEVEIi MISSES V TKAIX
► Auto for Hire Day or Night.
) Buy anil Sell Anything.
► Phone 82 SPENAIU), Prop.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
' PREMBIXG, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATIX’G,
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Donated on Broadway VARDEZ, ARASKA
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 1 I RouKh Dry 1Cc lb
I VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
| Doing Business As[Usual
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S.
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, Sheep
Creek Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives, S. S, Seward, on the Sth; Latouche, on the 15th; 8. S.
Cordova, 2ffth of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
TRACY* Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO** Local Agent*
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Lina
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th call* Illamna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Franeteeo erery Wednei^y nnd Siindnjr. connectlng with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to chpnge schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr., Seattle I VALORS DOCK CO, Local ^Agt.
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