On the basis ot Security, and Service
we solicit pour account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I I TMOrD and Building
Puget Sound LiU JVllSlLiIx. Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south -7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Juneau. Sheep oreek Treadwell, Douglas
Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and Latouche. -Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward, Stir
s S Latouche. 15th: S S Cordova. 25th of each month-Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
F B. Tiacy, Gen’l Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at lO A. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer sailing 15th calls Iliamna and Kodiak-All sailings call at Knik Anchorage
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
ttiFht reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle. VALDEZ DOCK GO. Local Agt,
Notice of Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdez Electric
Company. ’ y <
Notice is hereby given that a Spec
ial meeting of the stockholders ot
the Valdez Electric Company, will be
held at the offices of the company,
in *he 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 tne
par value of one dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend Its
articles of incorporation, so that its
indebtedness may he 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.
sucn lnaeDieaness. aibu ttuvuuu*m6
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
preseat 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, 1916, and end
ing with tne issue of April 21st, 1916.
Witness our hands as directors of
said company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1916.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL,
OBO. J. LOVH,
Directors.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Mrs. M. F. Roberts, her heirs
and administrators and to all it may
concern: You are hereby notified that
I have expended during the past year,
1914, the sum of $66.66, (sixty-six dol
lars And sixty-six cents)' lawful money
of the United States in labor and im
provements upon your one-third inter
est in those mining claims lying and
being on Avery river, in the recording
precinct of Valdez, Alaska, which are
known as the Beauty Bird and Beauty
Bird No. 1, the' location notices of
said claims being of record in the
office of the commissioner, and rec
orded at Valdez, Alaska, pages num
bered 95, 96, in Book 10, Mining Rec
ords. in order to hold said claims
under the provisions of section 2324
of the Revis d Statutes of the Unit
ed States, concerning annual labor
on mining claims, being the amount
required to ho’d said lode claims for
the period ending December, 1914.
And unless within ninety days after
the completion of the publication of
this notice to-wit: within ninety days
after the 7th day of June, 1916, you
contribute your .proportion of such ex
penditure incurred in performing said
annual labor and improvements,
which is the sum of $66.66, your in
terest in said claims will become the
property of your co-partners, who have
made the required expenditure by the
terms of said section.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 8th
flay of March, 1915. i
JULIUS RONNING. j
Last publication June 7, 1915.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Complied from the official tide ta
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Pont of Valdez
and is Valdez time. Immediately fel-.
lowing the t'me of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths:
Saturday, March 13.
High tide 10:43 a. m., 12.2; 11:33
p. m., 11.3. j
Low tide 4:42 a. m.. 2.0; 5:22 p.
m., -0.5.
Sunday, March 14.
High tide 11:30 a. m., 12:3.
Low t’de 6:28 a. m., 1.2; 6:66 p.
-0.4.
s
COWED THE CHINESE.
The "Foreign Devil" Used a College
Yell as a Bottle Cry.
Oil hoard a launch on which 1 was
sailing up the Yangtze river were
about thirty Chinese soldiers of such a
ragaiimltiu appearance as to excite my
suspicions, hut fortunately without
their rifles. As evening of the first day
came on they crowded around the
small deck house and demanded of the
native agent to know what the ‘‘for
eign devil" was doing here. Now, I
had been cleaning and oiling the vari
ous parts of my sample machine gun.
during the day.
Before nightfall I drew the blinds of
tile deckhouse and, quickly assembling
(In- gun. slipped in a loaded belt, i
now told the agent, who was white
with fear, to toll these fellows that this
“foreign devil" “belong crazy” and also
“him lehi” (very fierce) and as a sort of
warning to “keep off the grass” I open
ed the door and let off a string of
about fifty shots into the air, at the
same time giving the Yale college yeii.
which was the handiest warcry I could
think of at the moment.
Whether it was the information im
parted by tile agent, Chen, the shots or
the Yale- cheer I cannot say. but all
hands crowded to the other end of the
launch and remained at a respectful
distance until Nanchang was reached,
to file great, amusement of the Chinese
captain and engineer, who. however,
had deemed it good policy to allow
file passengers to settle their own
disputes without interference. This
incident is pleasant to remember, but
at the time I was badly scared.—From
“Drumming Ucvoiutionary China,” by
Bartlett G. Yung, in World's Work.
FOR SALE—Six good work dogs,
well broke and good workers. Cheap.
Apply T. E. Dougherty. tf
Blooded Does 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. t.f
Notice of Forfeiture.
To G. A. Brown, his heirs and ad
ministrators and to all it may con
cern:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the years 1912,
1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun
dred dollars ($300.00), lawful money
of the United States, in labor and
improvements, upon your one-sixth
interest in those mining claims lying
and being on Mineral creek, in the
recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska,
which are known as the Monte Carlo
group consisting of the Monte Carlo,
Monte Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo No.
3, Monte Carlo No. 4, Monte Carlo
No. 5, Monte Carlo No. 6, the
location notices of said claims
being of record in the office of
the commissioner and recorder, at
Valdez. Alaska, pages numbered 322,
323, 325, 326, and 327, of Book 2 Min
ing Records, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, concerning annual
labor on mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode
claims for the period ending Decem
ber, 1914.
And unless within ninety days af
ter the completion of the publication
of this notice, to-wit: within ninety
days after the 6th day of May, 1915,
you contribute your proportion of
such expenditure incurred in perform
ing said annual labor and improve
ments, which is the sum of three
hundred dollars ($300.00), your inter
est in said claims will become the
property of your co-owners, who have
made the required expenditure, by the
terms of said sec*<on.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 4th
day of February, 1916.
MIJCE BARRETT.
JULIUS JUNGHOLM.
Last publication May 6, 1915.
Notice To Creditors.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the'
Territory of Alaska. Third Divis
ion. At Valdez. Ip Probate.
In the matter of the estate of W.
H. Blackwell, deceased.—Notice to
Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned has been regularly appoint
ed as the executrix of the estate of
W. H. Blackwell, deceased, and cred
itors and all other persons, having
claims against said estate, are here
by notified to exhibit the same to me,
together with the necessary proof
thereof, at my place of business at
Valdez, Alaska^wlthin six months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice, the same being the place for the
transaction of all business in connec
tion with said estate. Dated at Val
dez, Alaska, this 13th ddy of Febru
ary, 1916.
MRS, W. H. BLACKWELL,
Executrix of tbe estate of W. H.
Blackwell, deceased.
Date of first publication Feb. 16, 1916.
Date of last publtoatloa Mar oh 16,
UK.
VICTOR HUGO AT LIEGE.
Hi* First Impression of th* Busy City
as 8sen at Night.
Shortly after the Franco-Prnssian
war Victor Hugo, the French poet,
visited Belgium and subsequently
wrote of his Journey:
“The shades of evening drew near—
the wind ceased blowing; lights burned
dimly in neighboring houses; every
thing became half lost in the dusk. The
passengers said, 'We shall be in Liege
In an hour.’
“At that moment, at the foot ot the
hills, which loomed dark and scarcely
visible, two round balls ot lire slid
denly glared like the eyes of tigers.
By the roadside rose a frightful dark
slender tower, surmounted by a huge
dame that cast a sinister reflection
upon forest, rock uud ravine. Beyond,
hidden in the shadows, was a mouth—
a mouth of live coal which suddenly
opened and shut, and with hideous
roarings spouted forth a tongue of
Are. It was the lightiug of the fur
naces.
"After passing the spot called Fle
malle the sight was inexpressibly mag
nificent. All the valley seemed to be
in a state of conflagration, smoke is
suing from this place and flames aris
ing from that; in fact, we could imagine
that a hostile army had ravaged the
country, and that twenty districts
presented in the night and darkness
all the aspects and phases of devastat
ing conflagration—some Just catching
fire, some shrouded in smoke, others
swept or encircled by (lames.
“Tills aspect ot war Is caused tiy
peace—this terrifying similitude of de
struction is tlie effect of industry.”
ITALY’S NATIONAL GAME.
Morra Is Played With the Fingers and
Is Older Than Chess.
We are apt to look on marbles us tbe
most economical of games, but "mor
ra” Is perhaps the most economical
game in the world, for it demands
nothing but a pair of hands.
Tile players each throw out ttie right
hand, with a number of lingers extend
ed, Then each has to call "live.'
“three,” "eight,” or any number that
he considers equal to the number of tin
gers extended by himself and his op
ponent added together. In this lies the
test, for an old hand can divine by the
very turn of his opponent's lingers
how many he is going to extend.
Whenever a player guesses the right
total in any throw he counts it on his
left hand by folding in a Anger of that
band. It takes nice such correct
guesses by oue player to make a game.
This game is proscribed by law if
practiced In public; bence the devotees
betake' themselves to alleys and oy
ways. From the silence of these re
glons there comes tbe tell tale bowling
of tbe raucous players. As game sue
seeds game, and the wine they play
for is consumed, the play becomes
more Intense, the cries more hoarse
and loml. so that one would Imagine
they were dogs barking.
No game Is older than this—even
chess must yield the palm for antiqui
ty—and .vet It is ns popular and as
primitive today as when Arst played
on the banks of the Nile —Strand Mag
azlce.
The Piano’s Seven Octaves.
Pianos of standard size have a key
board of seven octaves and three notes
-fifty-two white keys There is a
reason for tills limit As it Is. the
keys at either end of the keyboard are
rarely used, and the tones that can
now be produced, from the lowest to
the highest, include all that have any
definite musical value to the human
ear If the compass of the keyboard
were extended the added keys would
produce sounds or noises without any
musical significance, it Is possible for
the human ear to perceive sounds over
a range of about eleven octaves, hut
tile production of musical sounds is
confined to the seven and one-third oc
taves. —Boston Herald.
A Shortened Visit.
"Did the little girl from next door
bave ft good time?” inquired tbe fond
mother.
'Tib not sure, mamma.” said the
wise child. “Her nurse said she could
6tay two hours, but 1 gave ber some
lessons on bow to behave when on a
visit, and 1 read to ber several chapters
from that dear little book you gave me
called ‘Punctilious Points For Polite
People,' aDd she went borne an bour
earlier.”—Clevland Plain Dealer.
A Strong Rsssmblanee.
“What a funny looking man that con
ductor is.” said Mrs. Jiggles on the
trolley.
“Yes.” said Jiggles. “I’ve been trying
to thluk who be looks like. His face
Is very familiar to me"
“Oh. I know who It is.” said Mrs.
Jiggles "It’s our goldfish."— Judge.
The Senses.
If you shade your eyes you weaken
your sens*. «r bearing If you sip a
glass or i-ohl water you will increase
for a short time your power of vision.
If you fill your mouth with water you
will greatly strengthen your sense or
smell.— Indianapolis News.
His Job.
“What Is your occupation?” asked
the judge of a witness.
“Same ole thing. Jcdge-prayin’ for
rain or shine as they 're needed an’ pre
dictin' the end o’ the world whenever
the signs p'lnt tbataway.”—Atlanta
Constitution.
Ths I inanity.
“How was be acquitted ?“
“Insanity.”
“Be doesn’t seem eraay.”
“He Isn't It wag'the-jury that was
ed.”—Kansas City Tlatea.
ROBBING THE COAL PILE.
ftmoke That Goes Up the Chimney la
Fuel Thrown Away.
For the benefit of any one who may
not see the analogy between a robbed
coal pile and a smoking chimney it
may be briefly and simply explained.
The visible part in smoke is nearly
all carbon, either as soot or cinder, and
carbon is the principal combustible
part of coal—1. e., the useful part, the
part capable of yielding heat. Carbon
completely burned forms an invisible
gas, carbon dioxide: therefore when
ever the gases from a stack show
black they contain carbon, which indi
cates that complete combustion lias
not taken place In the boiler furnace.
In other words, all of the available
heat in the coal lias not been realized.
It is the same as though the corre
sponding part of the coal fed into the
furnace had been thrown away, for.
although it has passed through the
furnace, it has been thrown away up
the stack beyond recovery. Is this,
then, so very different from robbing
the coal pile?
Tile owner who through ignorance
allows conditions to exist which are
not favorable to the most economical
operation of bis boiler furnaces, al
though he is unwittingly robbing him
self, is nevertheless stealing from his
own coal pile.—Power.
CURIOUS PIPEFISH.
«- _
The Males Have Pockets In Which
They Carry Their Young.
The kangaroo lias always seemed to
have the monopoly of that convenient
way of carrying its babies in a pouch,
hut it has been discovered that a fish
has the same useful receptacle, which
it uses for the same purpose. The pipe
fish. as it is called from the length of
its jaws,. 1ms a pocket on the under
side of its hod.v nearly half its length.
It is found in the male species only and
is tlie only part of its body which is
unprotected by large fiat plates, whi li
take the place of scales in its protective
armor.
If a pipefish is taken from the water
and its little ones shaken out of tie*
pouch back into the water they always
seem either unable or disinclined to
run away. But if the fattier is placed
in the water again all the small fish
immediately swim back into the pouch.
These curious little creatures have pre
hensile tails, which they use to hold on
to the seaweed to protect themselves
from being carried away by the tide.
The pipefish is similar to the small eel.
being about a foot in length and an
inch in thickness. But, unlike the cel.
it has a very long jaw and the peculiar
defensive armor already mentioned.—
New York Sun.
Facts Versus Fancies.
Richard Le Guideline was sympa
thizing with a young writer whose
book of poetry had been refused by
twelve publishers.
“Real lovers of poetry,” said Mr. I.e
Gallienne. "are unfortunately becom
ing rare. Too many people nowadays
are like the judge.
“This jtfdge was recommended by a
poetic friend to read Shelley. The
great mail of the law said he supposed
he ought to read a little poetry, and.
having heard so much of Shelley, lie
would try him.
“ ‘And what do you think of it V said
his friend to the judge after lie had
waded through a few pages of ‘F.pipsy
chiilion.’ ‘Isn't it beautiful?'
" ‘Well, well—oil. yes. 1 daresay it
is.’ said the judge, tint what I wain
to know is when are we going to got ai
the facts?’ Washington Star.
The Supreme Court.
The supreme court of the Fnited
States is supposed to be strictly non
political. free from all parties and
above all parties. It was designed by
the fathers of the constitution to act
as the “governor.” or “flywheel.” of
our system of government, maintain
ing justice and right in the midst of
the wrangling factions and clashing in
terests. According to the theory, the
supreme court is to know nothing but
the constitution and the laws that are
made in pursuance thereof and in ev
ery matter that is brought up before it
to hold the balance even, regardless of
everything else.—New York American.
A Golf Outrage.
The Earl of Wemyss was on a Fife
golf course on one occasion aeeomp
panied by an old caddie. His lordship
got his ball on one occasion so near the
hole that to piny it was. as it appeared
to him. superfluous. So he simply tip
ped it in with the toe of his boot.
The caddie revolted lnstanter, threw
down the clubs nnd looked horrified.
When he found words to speak it
was to say. “Hang it. qje lord, gowf’s
gowf!” __
Hsr Qoodnoss.
Brldey—My wife is a very good cook.
Wise—Get out! Her mother told me
she was Just taking her first lessons
when you married her. Brldey—Ex
actly. She was good enough not to
continue her lessons on me.—Philadel
phia Press.
Not to Blama.
“My dear, there’s too much caloric in
this soup.”
“There! I told the cook you would
rather have it seasoned with parsley.”
—Baltimore American.
Smartness.
When people who think they are
smart meet people whom they recog
nize as smarter than themselves they
?all them “disagreeable.” — Detroit
News.
The thoughts of his heart, these are
the wealth of a man—Burmese Bay-,
log.
Dougherty & Ferguson
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Summons By Publication
In llit- District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
.1. R. liced. plaintiff, vs. Eri Thomp
son and M. A. Ellis, defendants.—
No. S-49. Summons by Publication.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting: To Eri Thomp
son, the above named defendant: You
are hereby summoned to appear in
the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, in the Third Division, at
Valdez, within thirty days after the
completion of the publication of this
summons against you, to-wit: within
thirty days after the 19th day of Ap
ril, 1915. and answer the complaint
of the above named plaint ill, filed in
the clerk's office of the above entitled
court; and unless you so appearand
answer or otherwise plead, the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complain*,
to-wit: a decree subjecting to the
lien of certain judgments duly docket
ed in the above entitled court, in fa
vor of the plaintiff and the said de
fendant Eri Thompson, on the Cattle
Ax placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, and or
dering that the same be sold to satis
fy said judgments.
This summons is served on you by
publication thereof, pursuant to an
order duly made and entered by the
above entitled court, on the 8th day
of March, 1915, which publication was
directed to be made once a week for
six consecutive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, judge of said Court, this 8th
day of March, 1915.
(Seal) ARTHUR I.ANG,
Clerk of the District Court
By (’HAS. A. HAND, Deputy.
Date of first publication March 8,
1915.
Date of last publication April 19,
1915.
Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby given that a Gen
eral Municipal Election will be held
in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, on
the sixth day of April, 1915, for the
purpose of electing seven members of
the Common Council, who shall hold
office for the term of one year, and
until their successors are elected and
qualified: also one member of the
Valdez School Hoard who shall serve
as a director for a term of three
years and until his successor is elect
ed and qualified.
The Town Hall has been designat
ed as the polling place for said elec
tion.
Said election shall commence at 9
o’clock a. tn. and shall continue un
til 7 o’clock p. m. of the same day,
without closing the polls.
R. E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Publications March 8, 15, 22, 29.
somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“bac£” 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
w4ith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar..
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
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