Have you tried the new
Pocket Billiard Tables
at the
BUFFET
1894 CHAS.it. CRAWFORD 191/
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER '
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING
Building material of all kinds, and several gi ades of
wall board kept in stock at all times
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ AL ASKA
Phone 18
REFERENCES l s. BLUM * CO, VtkU*. *nd Cor^o.a,
BANKERS ( fL M. BEHRENDS, Judmu. AWak*.
Merchant’s Cafe
PtKNM 63 Of*KK DAY AND NIGHt «*•». Ft*cb«r, Propr.
WHEN YOU PUT OX
THE TOP COAT
we have tailored for you. your
first thought will he how com
fortably it fits. A look in the
glass will at once demonstrate
(its smartness, distinction and
individuality. And your satis
faction will be heightened by
the knowledge that you haven't
had to pay extravagantly for
such high class tailoring.
BEN SILVERMAN
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hoe, Pipe and Fitting*
Valdai Pock. Oppoalta Proapactof
OUR MACHINKRY
Is thoroughly up-to-date. It en
ables us to turn out perfect
work in a short time. This ma
chinery does more than wash
the articles sent to us. It prac
tically serilizes them too. Send
your things ehre this week as a
test. That will demonstrate the
superiority of our work. We al
so wash and clean carpets.
Phone 186.
INDEPENDENT
STJLA.M SUNDRY
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CIGARS AND BILLIARDS
Nicely FurnishediRpomj, ... ItK*®*.
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POOL AND BILLIARDS
PHONE 69 Me Kin)ey St, Valdez
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CHOPSTICKS ARE NOW PASSF
Chine** Inunitary Methods of Eatinfc
Affected by European and Ameri
can Influences.
Fancy yonrsclf n guest for the first
time at a Chinese dinner. In front of
yon. hh you sent yourself on your hack
les* chair, are a small plate, a spoon
for soups, ami a pair of chopsticks.
Of the Intricacies of the manipulation
of the latter nothing need here lie saiil:
It Is a matter of practice. Knell course
is brought on In a large dish and placed
In the center of the tahle. The service,
thin. Is simple; each person serves
himself, and the service Is direct.
You will, and so will everybody else
at that table, put your sticks into the
dish In the center, convey therefrom
food to your mouth. Insert the sticks
into your mouth as far as you choose
and return to the center dish for more.
Nathimiel I'fcfl’cr writes In World Out
look. Hy the time each guest hits had
three helpings it will require skillful
maneuvering to get a piece that has
not liceti touched over hy sticks that
have made at least two trips to at
least one other person's mouth.
The sanitary consequences are ob
vious. "As the chain Is as strong as
Its weakest link, so the health of that
eoinpany Is as g«a>d as that of Its sick
est gnest. And if you have been
brought np under the tutelage of occi
dental doctors and have an uncomfort
able knowledge of germs, your mind
dwells uncomfortably as you cut. on the
condition of your fellow-guests. If by
chance your vis-a-vis remarks in pass
ing that he has a had cold, your hun
ger may he appeased quite suddenly.
UtHe by little, however, this Is be
ing changed. Today In the homes of
many upper class Chinese, who have
been educated in Kuropc or America
or have come into contact with foreign
Influences, the sysl'ein of individual
dishes and Individual service Is com
ing more and more Into use.
THREE AND SEVEN ARE LUCKY
_
Mystic Numbers, According to Popular
Superstition, Bring Forth Good
and Bad Luck.
There is sniil to he luck in ihIiI num
bers. mill there arc prudent farmers'
wives who are eareful In put at) mill
number of eggs under a lieu for hatch
ing. Of course the fatal thirteen is
an exceptlou in the rule.
Three is - considered especially
lucky, hut there are supers!illull* of
hail Itx'k eolineeted with it. l-’or in
stance: Break one dish and you will
break three. Three limes a brides
maid. never a bride. There is a belief
In certain sections that when a tire
occurs there will he two others, mak
ing three inside of LM hours. It Is
said if a dream occurs three times in
succession It will come true. All cx
eeptlon to the rule that even nimiliers
are not lucky is the* coinliinii belief
(but tile finding of a four-leaved clov
er w ill bring good fort tine.
Seven Is one of the luckiest of num
bers. The seventh son Is considered
a natural healer, while the seventh
sou of a seventh *on has almost mi
ll mi • i-<l power to work wonders.
Keep a tiling seven years and you will
have a us# for it. If you are the sev
enth person having your fare rung up
after a street ear has started on its
trlfi you will have good luek all day.
It will bring good Im-k to walk over
seven rails on the railroad track with
out stepping olT.
You will have good luek for I lie year
the figures of which added up make
your age. Thus HI17 added up make*
eighteen.
Origin of the Greek Church.
Apart from theological discussion*,
such as those rising from the addttloif
of the- words, "and the sort.*’ In the
creed, the separation of the Ijatin and
Greek churches may he traced to the
I'ouudlug of Constantinople and the
political division of the Hoinau em
pire. according to a Bible student.
Iguutius. patriarch of Constantinople.
Imd been deposed, and was succeeded
hy Photlus, w ho suninioned a council
of ilie Hast in S67. and passed sen
tence of exconiiiiiinlcatlou^ou the bish
op of Rome. The churches became re
united towards the end of the ninth
century, and remained so until the
middle of the eleventh century, when
In 10.r»4 Michael Cerularius, patriarch
of the Bast, renewed the condemna
tion of the Latin .church, and was in
turn excommunicated hy Pope Leo
JX. Efforts toward reunion were
made from lime to time, and at Fer
rara (1439) the Greek prelate* signed
a decree of union, hul were forced
by the people und clergy to repudiate
It. Mince then the two communions
have remained separate.
Boa Constrictor May Ba Trained.
There are several varieties of hoa
constrictors, the best known being the
(ilholu or land boa constrictor.
This Is the smaller, und least vicious
of the tribe. It Is harmless and will
uot attack unless attacked, writes a
correspondent. In fact. If caught
young It may be tamed, and the na
tives of the Amazon valley frequently
keep them around their houses Insteud
of house cuts, us they keep the place
clear of rats, mice and other yermln.
and even of larger marauding animals.
You can buy these snakes In the mar
kata of Para, Mannos and other North
BrazUlan ports, where they are offered
for tmle In boxes, like chickens or rule
blts and tbe owner will haul them out
and demonstrate them to you.
The water boa constrictor la tba
largest known snake ' in exlstanoa,
(trowing to the length of thirty to fffty
foot 9f B mt*'* W*
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MUSI HAVE FOOD
TO WIN THE WAR
Grout. Britain'* Food Administrator
Solids Appeal for Help to Anieri
enn People—Must Save
The following cablegram was re
ceived from Fimd Administrator Roy
al A. Gunnison, by Administrator of
the Third Division Arthur Dang, and
is self-explanatory:
The United States Food Adminis
trator this morning releases the fol
lowing cablegram from Ix>rd Rhonda,
food controller of Great Britain:
“Unless you are atiie to send tlie
Allies at least seventy-live million
bushels of wheat over and above
what you have exported up to Jan
uary first, and in addition to the
total exportable surplus from Uan
ada, I CHnnot take the responsibil
ity of assuring the American people
that there will be enough food to
win tlie war. Imperative necessity
com|>ela me to cable you in tills
blunt way. No one knows better
than I that the American people,
regardless of national and Individ
ual sacrifice have so far refused
nothing that is needed for the war
but it now lies with Americans to
decide whether or not the Allies
In Knrope shall have bread enough
to hold out until the United States
is ready to throw its force into the
Held. I have not minced words be
cause I am convinced that the Am
erican people If they know the
truth will not hesitate to meet the
emergency.”
United States Food Administrator
Hoover’s reply was as follows:
••We will export every grain that
the American people save from the
normal consumption. We believe
our people will not fail to meet the
emergency."
Hoover points out further that we
must find 15000,000 additional bush
els for Belgian relief and 10,000,000
bushels for Cuba and neutral coun
tries, making a total of 100,000.000
bushels of wheat.
The Federal Food Administrator
for Alaska gave out the foiowing
statement this morning, directed par
ticularly to the housewives of Alas
ka :
••The plain, blunt statement of Lord
Hhonda. the British food controller,
brings every woman in every house
hold to the turning of the road. The
way of careless or thoughtless obser
vance or neglect of the Food Admin
istrator's appeal to save wheat and
other essential foods is the way of
least resistance, if we follow that way
we canot win the war, and the name
less horrors and suffering of women
and children in Flanders, Northern
France, Italy and Poland and Serbia
will be repeated in America. The des
truction wrought by Pelee and Vesuv
ius are a thousand times preferable
to the tortures administered in the
name of Prusslanlsm. This 75,000,
000 bushels of wheat must come from
the kitchens of our land: your own
kitchens. It will come only as you
women give to the problem of saving
wheat. Your thoughtful, earnest, pa
tient endeavor.
You may De wonting in me ncu
Cross, you may have sent a husband,
son or brother to the front, bought
Liberty Bonds with your savings—
those things are splendid; but you
haven't done enough yet. This is the
way of infinite care and painstaking;
this is your own special personal
problem. If all your time is occupied
by other war activities, discontinue
some now and turn your thoughts to
the saving of food in your kitchen. If
you are saving food now, save still
more food.
It does not matter what your neigh
bors or friends do; you are responsi
PRINCESS OF TECK
Prioccee Alexander of Teok, wife of
Queen Mary's brother, arfimlptnt
aeteao title* British wwn. wke W
fA#a#ed in war relief week., • , -1
fi' it Ji ■ - ■ r ■ ■ .
hie for your own kitchen and the food
you and your family eat. Your other
activities are nBless and pasted if you
don’t save food. Do you care for those
who have gone out to tight? Then
don't sacrifice them to satisfy your
family’s palate or that you may have
time for something elBe. Today and
until the end of the war this primar
ily important work is for us who stay
home.
IT IS YORK BROBEEM. MAKE IT
VOCES AND VOIR INDIVIDI'AE
WORK. WHETHER YOU WORK IN
THE KITCHEN OR SOME ONE
0
WORKS FOR YOU. YOUR GREAT
GRANDMOTHERS SACRIFICED EV
ERYTHING THAT OUR COUNTRY
MIGHT HE HORN, AND LIBERTY
EXIST. YOU ARE CALLED UPON TO
GIVE OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR
THOUGHTS TO THIS PROBLEM.
YOU ARE NOT ASKED TO SACRI
FICE MORE YOU HAVE NO HARD
SHIPS TO UNDERGO SURELY YOU
(’AN DO THIS.
BY SAVING WHEAT WE ARE
SAVING THE WORLD. AND THE
WORLD NEEDS WHEAT AND YOUR
EFFORT NOW AS NEVER BEFORE.
EF you’ll jest stop t’ aneHyze most
roubles you'll iind you can’t—
ih.;r ain’t nothin* t*
anerlyze. 1 alius curvy
a tin o’ VELVET in ray
hip pocket an* when I
SCO trouble cornin’—I
***
VELVET, the Smoothest Smoking Tobacco,
smoothes the day's cares.
WHEN FUMES FILL
THE FACTORY
despair fills 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 beet
companies, pay the premiums
promptly and attend to renew
ala.dLet us do that for you.
It will not cost you anything
for oAr service.
Valdez Real Estate Agency'
I'lione So. I. VALDEZ DOCK CO., Agent, Valdez Alaaka.
Oiir Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships Offer Frequent,
PERFECT SERVICE
Between All Points in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
Leave Seattle 10 a. m.—
Feb. 5.—S. S. Adm. Evans
(for Kodiak)
Feb. 1".—S. S. Spokane.
From Valdez to Seattle—
»
Feb. 18.- S. S. Ailm. Kvans
Feb. 27.- S. S. Spokane.
S. S. Curacao sails from Seattle Feb. 1st carrying explosives and
general freight.
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Monday, Friday and Saturday for
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
IF YOUR TICJ$T READS “PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY”
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Prom Seattle 9 a. m.—
Feb. 1.—S. S. Victoria
Feb. 8.-—S. S. Northwestern
Feb. 16.—S S. Alaska
Valdez to Seattle—
Jan. 25.—S. S. Northwestern
Feb. 1.—S. S. Alaska
Feb. 7.—S S Victoria
Call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova. Ellamar, Fort Liscum, Valdez,
Latouche and Seward, except B. S. Victoria which sails via “outside”
route- between Seattle and Cordova. »
S S. Northwestern Sailing from Seattle Feb. 8th connects with S. S.
Dora at Seward for Alaska Peninsula points.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau. Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, dkagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdee and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
VALDBC DOCK CO, Local Agent
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Valdez Transfer Co.
A. M. DIERINGER, Proprietor
Office on Valdez Dock, Next to Prospector
Building.
General Trucking and Freighting to all
I -I » * * .▼ .««('* .
Interior Pfiptf
AUTOS FOR HIRE,
DAY OR NIGHT
No GwIQeMvo^edljiitosPaklii) Advance