Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
February Clearance Offerings
Women’s
Underwear
Two piece woolen underwear,
broken lots, mostly small sizes,
50c and 75c garment.
Womens Hosiery
Unusual values at 15 cents.
Pumps and Slippers
Broken size lots of up to date
footwear at reduced prices;
Three-fifty, Four dollars and
Four twenty-five values,
at $2.75 pair.
Women’s
Sweater Coats
All-wool sweater coats, grey
and white—formerly sold for
five and six dollars,
now priced $1.00.
Red Cashmere
Seventy-five and Eighty-five
cent values, now 50 cents.
All One-twenty-five to Two
fifty corsets offered now at
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington* D. C.
_ 110 DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen vears id
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DE7V77ST
Office rooms over Oivl Drugstore. Office hours
9 a. m . to ftp. ftp, T p, in.,-to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work uuaranteed
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners ■ >
H. M. CARTER, President,
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdes. Alaska.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party of Alaska
Meets every Thursday at 8 p. m.
Next door to Senate Saloon.
Everybody Welcome. ..
A Stubborn Husband.
“My husband Is one of the most stub
born met) in the world.”
“He can't be any more stubborn than
mine.”
"Oil. yes: I'm sure he must be! Yes
terday I had an engagement to meet
him at 3 o'clock.”
"Yes Y”
"Well, it was nearly 4:30 when I got
there, and he won't admit yet that the
rest he got while he was waiting did
him good.”- Kansas City Star.
Made Them Go Pretty Far.
Willis—We I bought our bunk cashier
was a good business man because he
was always talking about making the
funds go as far as possible, units—
Did he do it? Willis-¥es: the last
trace the detectives got ot him be was
In South America.—Town Topics.
See Tod Winter for your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. m tf
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THE READING TABLE
There Is no light that makes night
reading so easy as does Electricity. An
Electric portable is a source of pleasure
in every home—as well as a means of
health. The entire body suffers if the
eyes become affected. Reading in im
proper light is one of the worst things
for the eyes. Get an Electric Portable
and read In comfort and peace.
Alaska Water, Light & Telephone Company
THEY LIKE PRISON LIFE.
A Class of Persons In Japan Who Try
to Break into Jail.
Irj Japan there are people who make
sham confessions in order to obtain a
period of tbe comparative warmth and
lomfort of a Japanese prison. The
JapiiD Mail says: “The police slang
of the capital has words to describe
and distinguish these persons. ‘Mesh!
kul,' or the rice criminal, will steal
some small article from a shop front
In such a way as to be seen doing it
He then makes a bolt of It, pursued by
the master of the shop, or some faith
ful kozo. but presently allows himself
to be caught and handed to the po
lice. He has to ‘do time' for his pre
tended theft but his rice Is secured
for a period, and when that period lias
elapsed he will allow himself to be
caught again.
‘‘The ‘unandou.’or‘eelbowl’criminal.
Is wilier than the one Just mentioned
He does not actually commit a crime,
such us will put him into the convict
side of the prison, but allows himself
to be found looking in suspicious
places, underneath the broad verandas
of a temple, or in the garden of a prl
vote house He gets into prison all
right, but he secures the more generous
treatment of the house of detention,
which is to the fare of the convict Jail
what a dish of eels is to a bowl ot
plain rice.
"The ‘kurutna' is a criminal who
makes a sham confession in order to
get a free railway ride. Itecently a
man gave himself up to the police in
Sendai as the perpetrator of the crime
He was brought to Tokyo and his story
Investigated. It was found to be a
pure fabrication."
HOW WOUNDS HEAL
Nature’s Processes Play a Largo Part
In the Operation.
Few people have any idea of the
wonderful process by which wounds
heal. Stitching, dressing, etc., are iui
portant operations, but none of them
can make good the damage or replace
the loss of tissue in a wound. This is
the work of our good friends in the
blood, the white corpuscles, the "scav
engers,’' so called because they destroy
disease germs.
When a wound Is made, a bone
broken, a nerve torn, etc., it Is chiefly
by these corpuscles finding their way
out of the blood vessels into the stir
rounding tissues that the injuries by j
bullet or bayonet are repaired. The
nnion of broken bones, nerves, skin
etc., is effected by the corpuscles uncl
ing their way into the coagulnted
blood which surrounds the injured
parts.
They throw out what are called
"processes," become fixed and join
each other. A new tissue is thus form-.
ed. which becomes endowed with blood
vessels. Fibers follow, and these serve ;
to keep the torn tissues of the wound
in what is surgically called “opposl
tion.”
in this tissue, in the case of a broken
bone, bone salts are deposited; where
nerves have been torn by a bullet nerve
fibers grow, and so on. These fibers
in the course of healing contrnct. and
it Is by that power of contraction that
the edges of a wound are brought to
gether and united.—Pearson's Weekly
Boys as They Eat.
! Jerome K Jerome in one of his nn
! consciously sentimental but conscious
( ly clever essays remarks:
i It Is amusing to see boys eat. when
j you have not got to pay for it Their
I idea of a square meal is a pound and
! a half of roast beef with live or sis
good sized potatoes (soapy ones pre
ferred. as being more substantial!
plenty of greens, and four thick slices
of Yorkshire pudding, followed by a
couple of currant dumplings, a few
green apples, a peu'orth of nuts, half
•a dozen jumbles and a bottle of ginger
beer. After that they play at horses
How they must despise us men. who
require to sit quiet for u couple of
hours after dining off a spoonful of
clear soup and the wing of a chicken!
An Explanation.
The chairman of the program com
mittee was embarrassed. After much
choking be said:
“I am very sorry, ladles and gentle
men. 1 am very sorry indeed, gentle
men and ladies—It gives me deep re
gret, ladies end gentlemen, to be com
pelled, gentlemen and ladies, to come
before you with on exeusion; but, la
dies and gentlemen, the lady who will
sing next is not here We suppose,
gentlemen and ladles, that she has
been providentially detained.” — New
York Post
Detail* of Elegance.
“Hiram," said Mrs. Corntossel at the
dinner party, “the table decorations
were elegant, weren't they?”
“Yes,” replied her husband as he
pushed his finger bowl away. “There's
only one little thing they forgot."
“What'S that?"
“They didn’t pat any goldfish tn the
little aquariums.”—Washington Star
Effects of Love.
Willie—Paw, does love make the
world go round? Paw—I guess It does
my son. I had a touch of the disease
Just before 1 got married and 1 have
been seasick ever since. Maw—Willie,
you go up In- the attic and stay there
until I call you.—Cincinnati Enquirer
On the 8afe Side.
Willie—When will the world come to
an qpd, mamma? Mother — Nobody
knows, dear. Willie—Hadn’t I best eat
my candy cane at once and be on the
safe side?—Chicago News.
No success to attained by a leap and
a bound, but by patient plodding and
many resolves.
TREE A GIGANTIC PUMP.
One Elm Pound to Raise 26C Barrels
of Water a Day.
Professor Pierce tells of a Washing
ton elm which possesses 7,000,000
leaves exposed, a foliage surface of
five acres, which gives off to the air
2C0 barrels of water every summer’s
day, and that this tree Is locuted near
paved streets and cement sidewalks.
The question arises, Where does this
vast amount of water come from? It
Is assumed that many city trees perish
from lack of water owing to water
tight pavement and water tight side
walks.
In answering this question it must
not be forgotten that the roots of any
tree, especially the elm tree, extend a
long distance, thus encroaching upon
the lawn soils adjacent, the sidewalks
and the streets.
It must also be remembered that
there are many subterranean springs
existing In cities and towns us well u«
on farms.
Notwithstanding these explanations
we wonder at the capacity of this big
tree to gather moisture to Its roots,
partly roofed over by city pavements.
It Illustrates the fact that there is
much yet to be learned about root
growth and tree growth generally.
After being told that one tree throws
into the air 200 barrels of water every
summer's day we may get some idea
of the reason for the coolness of the
air In the forest or beneath shade trees
growing in the field or upon our lawns.
Shade trees are Indeed more productive
of coolness on a summer’s day than
would be a gigantic fan. — Fruit
Grower.
ANCIENT “WIRELESS.”
An Old Roman Carrier Pigeon Station
Still Stands In France.
A few miles north of Marseilles and
within easy walk of the tram to Aix
en-Provence lies a typical Provencal
village that tourists usually miss. It
was founded hy the Romans during
their occupation of the south of
France and is built in accordance with
the customs of that time. The houses
appear to be perched on top of each
other, but on closer inspection are
found to be built on ledges ou a hill
side.
This bill is the most interesting fea
ture of the place. What appears as
a solitary crag Is in reality a castle,
the rooms, fortifications, etc., being cut
out of the solid rock and forming a
fortress practically Impregnable In
those days. At the side of the castle
is a round tower, about forty feet lu
height and seven feet In diameter.
The Interior of this tower, acted as
the “wireless station" in Roman times.
The interior consisted of a series of
pigeon lofts, from which the birds,
bearing messages, were sent direct to
Rome.
The whole of the Interior was con
structed of a very bard cement, which,
with the wear of ages, is now slowly
decaying, and only one perfect “loft"
now remains. There was accommoda
tion for about 250 pairs of birds, to
gether with an abundant water and
grain supply, the attendants being
quartered in the castle. —Wide World
Magazine.
The Long Bamboo.
An Englishman was once rallying a |
native of India upon his faculty in lv
lng. The native at once replied:
“Why, sahib, we are all more or less
liars In my country, and If one tells
a story another immediately caps It.
There were two young men of my
country who had a boasting match,
and one said. ‘My father is so rich and
has so inauy horses that his stable is
of such extent as to take a horse
eleven months to go from one end stall
to the other.’ ‘Sbabash. brother,' re
plied the second boaster, ‘that is very
good. My father has a bamboo so
long that he can sweep the clouds
away with It when they obscure the
sun in harvest time.’ ’Hi, hi!' ex
claimed the first ’That Is very won
derful, but, pray, brother, where does
your father keep such a long bum
boo?’ ‘Why, yon stupid.' was the an
swer, ‘In your father’s stable, to be
sure!’ ” _
Not Unnatural Inquiry.
Dorothy has a baby-brother who has
recently been 111, cutting his first teeth
The baldness of the baby’s bead had
caused Dorothy great anxiety. She
stood at the mother’s jtnee one day
gently patting the little bead. “Be
careful, Dorothy," said the mother.
"Yon know poor little brother Is 11L
He Is cutting bis teeth.” Dorothy pat
ted the bald head reflectively. “Mam
ma,” she said, “will it make him 111
when he cots his hair?”—Exchange.
Locating the Fire.
"Where was the lire in town last
night?”
“I think It must have been the li
brary." ..
“What makes you think that?"
“Well, I heard the smoke was Issu
ing In volumes.”—London Telegraph
Different 8uite.
Father—I see In this expense account
“Fourteen suits, $1,000.” You didn’t
pay that much for fourteen suits of
clothes. Son—No; two of ’em were
damage suits.—Exchange.
Vociferous Apparel.
“Dat’B a purty loud suit yer got on.
Weary.”
“Yes, It belonged ter a man dat was
deef.”—Boston Transcript
Horse and Giraffe.
It takes a good horse to ran down a
giraffe, and If the leant advantage la
permitted the wild creature the race la
loot
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
I
AWAKE
and on the job-day or night—buy
and sell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
Chas. Peppy
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Notice of Registration.
Notice is hereby given that the reg
istration books lor the registration
of voters at the municipal election to
be held in and for the Town of Val
dez, Alaska, on the tith day of April,
1915, will be open at the office of
the Town Treasurer, in Coppet
Block, in said Town, on the 1st clay
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 2Sth
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 election, upon their ap
plication in person at his said office
within the office hours and between
the 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.
BANDALE 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 settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that \Y. T.
Scott, the administrator of the estate
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and hi
ed in the above entitled court, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 21th day of February, 1915, at the
hour of two o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the court room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
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 24,
1915.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found lo
“bacK” 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
wflh the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
It you want all mo news all tke
time, read the Prospector.