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Price $3.50 to $5.00.
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms over VALDEZ
Valdez Drug Co.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m., to 61). m., 7 p, m., to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work nuaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office on Wall St. next Prospector office
Valdez, Alaska.
New Company’* Phone No. SO
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m.
DR. C. H. VANCE
the OSTEOPATH
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Kikrsville. Mo.
OFFICE HOURS—t to 12 a., 11.5 p. a., w ht
IfpiUMlk.
TREATMENTfS2.SO
Office end Residence Court St. PHONE 213
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F. BUTTERWORTH
jCivil Engineer end'
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdee, Alaska.
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Sweat Baths.
First-class sweat baths and mas
sage parlors at room 5, Montana, tf
Get a Skate On.
Go to the Valdez Rink; five-piece
orchestra every Sunday, Tuesday and
Friday. tf
Summons for Publication.
In Justice’s Court for Valdez Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
Frances Wilson, plaintiff, vs. Anna
Guenther, defendant.—Summons for
Publication.
To the defendant, Anna Guenther:
Take notice that you have been sued
in the above-named court by the
above-named plaintiff upon an ac
count for goods sold and delivered,
in the sum of $58.50; that personal
property belonging to you has been
attached to satisfy said claim; and
unless you appear and plead to plain
tiff’s complaint within thirty days af
ter completion of publication of this
summons, to-wit, within thirty days
after December 21, 1914, plaintiff will
take judgment for the sale of said
attached property to satisfy her claim
against you.
This publication is made pursuant
to an order of the court dated No
vember 9, 1914.
(Seal/* GEO. J. LOVE,
Commli&loner and Ex Officio Justice
of tlfe Peaee.
Firs# publioation November 9,1914.
Laat( publication December 14,1914.
Taxes Due.
Taxes for the Town of Valdez for
the year 1914 are now due and pay
able at my office, in the Valdez Elec
tric .Company office, in the Copper
block. Taxes will be delinquent on
Monday, December 7,1914, at 6 o’clock
p. m. and unless paid prior thereto,
a penalty of 10 per cent, will be add
ed to the amount and interest at the
rate of 12 per cent, per annum.
No interest will be allowed on town
warrants in payment of taxes after
November 1, 1914.
Office hours: 10 a. m. to 12 m.
and 2 p. m. to 4 p. m., except Sun
days. Dated this 4th day of Novem
ber, 1914.
E. G. AMES,
Town Treasurer.
Her Dainty Speech.
There was one young woman in the
box party at the theater who took no
part in the noisy clatter and giggle.
With her gaze fixed upon the stage
she watched the progress of the play,
indifferent to the gayety around her
except that her delicate, aristocratic,
finely chiseled features bore a look of
weariness and a scornful smile curled
her lips. At last, however, she turn
ed her head slowly and looked at the
other members of the party. Then she
spoke to the elderly matron sitting by
her side. "That chicken in the blue
kimono,” she said, “thinks she is the
whole custard!”—Argonaut.
Placing the Blame.
Wife—Everything you have you owe
to me. Husband—That’s what Dr.
Jones says. Wife—Who's Dr. Jones?
Husband—The stomach and nerve spe
cialist.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Greatness lies not in being strong,
but in the right using of strength.—
Henry Ward Beecher.
FOR SALE—One double bedstead,
one box spring mattress. Enquire
Prospector office.
Harvey’s Toggery Retiring From
Business.
We are closing out our entire stock
below cost. Fixtures for sale. tf
Nubone Corsets.
Try Mrs. St. Marie’s for one of
those Nubone sorsets. tf
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership.
Andy Marovich and Tony Kowes
have purchased the Interest of Matt
Raich In the Louie’s Cafe and will
hereafter conduct the business. The
transfer dates from November 10th.
All bills will be paid by the under
signed, to whom all accounts of the
firm are to be paid.
ANDY MAROVICH.
TONY KOWES.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Leaves Port Liscum. Leaves Valdez
8:15 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips of the launch
on the secoLd and fourth Fridays of
each msnth, these days being used
te clean boilers.
AN INDIAN MARATHON.
Remarkable Speed and Endurance of
a Noted Mohave Runner.
In the early days of Ehrenberg. Arlz.,
a man was frightfully burned by ker
osene. There was no physician and
no drug store in the town, and so a
noted Mohave runner who lived near
by was hastily engaged to run to Fort
Yuma, a government post directly
across the Colorado river from the
present town of Yuma.
The distance from Ehrenberg to Fort
Yuma, as the crow flies, is sixty miles.
By the shortest trail that the Indian
could take it was at least seventy-five
miles, and he had to’ swim the river
once each way. The Indian was to
get $10 for the trip and $10 addition
al if he returned in twenty-four hours.
He prepared quickly for the undertak
ing and disappeared down the trail.
Within twenty-four hours ho was
back in Ehrenberg, bringing with him
the packages of medicine for which he
had been sent. Each package bore the
labels of the Yuma dispensary. There
was no living being along the trail be
tween the two places from whom he
could have obtained any assistance
whatever. That Indian ran 150 miles
in less than twenty-four hours over a
barren, stony desert, interspersed with
deep, dry gulches and ravines, in and
out of which he was forced to climb,
and in addition ho swam the Colorado
river twice.
When he got his $20 he bought some
of his favorite food, crawled into the
shelter of some mesquite trees, ate and
slept alternately for two days and
then reappeared in perfect condition.—
From A. M. Welles’ “Reminiscent
Rumblings.”
A TRAGIC EXPERIMENT.
How a Husband Tried to Cur# Hi*
Wife’s Fear of Pythons.
Concerning pythons, the following is
a true story: A young lady in England
for a long time resisted her lover’s
entreaties to go out to India with him
ns his wife. She had a horror of the
wild animals she believed she might
encounter there, especially serpents.
At length, however, after he had issued
a sort of ultimatum, she consented to
accompany him. She did not, how
ever, leave her fears behind her and
lived in constant terror of some day
meeting what she so intensely feared.
Her husband did his best to laugh her
fears away, but without avail. Then
he resolved to try more drastic means.
A huge python was killed in the
neighborhood of his bungalow. With
out telling his wife anything about it
he ordered the reptile to be brought
into the drawing room and coiled up
as if asleep on the hearth rug. Then
he went out and called his wife, telling
her to go into the drawing room arid
that he would join her in a few min
utes. Soon after he heard a dreadful
scream. “That will cure her of her
fear of serpents,” he smiled to him
self and purposely delayed his entry
When at last he went into the drawing
room he saw his wife lying dead on
the floor, and coiled around her was
another huge python, the mate to the
one that lay dead on the hearth rug.—
St. James’ Gazette.
Jewish Flags.
The Zionists adopted a flag made up
of a white ground with a blue horizon
tal stripe on each side and the shield
of David in the center.
In reference to the direction from the
book of Numbers, “Every man of the
children of Israel shall pitch by his
own standard, with the ensign of their
father's house,” the Midrash explains
that tlie emblems and colors corre
sponded to the twelve precious stones
set in the breast plate of the high
priest. The colors for the different
tribes were as follows: Reuben, red;
Simeon, green; Levi, tricolor—white,
black aud red; Judah, sky blue; Issa
char, black; Zebulyn, white; Dan, blue:
Gad, gray: Naphtali, wine color; Asher,
pearl color; Ephraim and Mannsseh,
jet black; Benjamin, all the above col
ors combined.—Philadelphia Press.
The Pipe of War.
There is hardly a country in the world
where the pipe is not smoked in one
form or another. In many villages of
the northwest provinces of India are to
be found public hookahs for the use
and comfort of travelers. Every one
has heard of the North American’s
pipe of peace. General Biucher’s pipe
smoking was of a very different char
acter. He appointed a man to the post
of "pipe master.” whose duty it was
to fill a long clay pipe and band it to
the general before every engagement
Blucher would then enjoy a few puffs,
give back the pipe and gallop into the
firing line.
The Cleverest.
Willy—You see. It was this way.
They were all three so dead In love
with her and all so eligible that to set
tle the matter she agreed to marry the
one who should guess the Dearest to
her age. Arthur—And did she? Willy
—I don’t know. I know that she mar
ried the one who guessed the lowest.
Two Views.
•‘I put my reliance In the wisdom of
the plain people.” said Senator Sor
ghum.
“But suppose the plain people do not
happen to agree with you?”
“Then I refuse to be influenced by
the clamor of the thoughtless crowd."
—Washington Star.
Poor Papa!
"I am not at all certain.” said the
father, “that my daughter loves you
sufficiently to warrant me In Intrust
ing her to your keeping for life."
“Well." replied the young man. “per
haps you haven’t bad the same advan
tages for observing things that I have.*
MADE THE REPORTER BLUSH, j
When the House of Lords Adjourned
at His Suggestion.
There is a good Fleet street story,
says a writer in the London Daily Citi
zen, of how a reporter once adjourned
the house of lords. He had worked in
the gallery of the house of lords for
about a quarter of a century, and it
may be that familiarity had dimmed
bis sense of reverence. One day there
had been a stodgy little debate with a
dozen members in the house, and the
reporter, with his colleagues perched
in the gallery, was thoroughly sick of
the whole business. His feelings found
outlet in a muttered remark as some
noble lord on the cross benches rose to
continue the debate.
“Why don't you move the adjourn;
ment?” said the reporter to himself.
He said it louder than he intended,
and the words reached the noble lord
who had just risen, ne on his part
believed the words to be a private hint
addressed to him from the lord chan
cellor, and, feeling that he could not
disregard the suggestion, lie said, “My
lords, I move the adjournment of the
debate.”
Instantly the lord chancellor was on
his feet from the woolsack, and their
lordships’ house rose for the day.
Hardened as was the reporter, it is
stated that as lie went out he was
blushing at his achievement.
MAYOR OF BIRD LAND.
How the Beautiful Lizard Canary Got
Its Unique Name.
The lizard canary is one of the most
unique varieties in the cage bird world.
Its beautiful ground color, so nicely
ticked, and pretty little “cap” make it
a thing of beauty and a joy forever.
It is. however, the only variety that
moults out its plumage at the end of
the first season. By this it is meant
that, although the bird possesses so
beautiful a coat for the first year, the
plumage disappears altogether at the
second moult.
Thus it is a show bird for only one—
i. e., the first—season, and this is con
sidered a drawback to Its popularity.
On account of its wearing such gay
apparel for one year and then putting
it aside the lizard lias been aptly term
ed “mayor of Birdie Land.”
The little story connected with the
lizard and a mayor is well worth re
peating. It was at a well known cage
bird show being opened by Sir William
Treloar, then lord mayor of London,
that this celebrity in a few well chosen
words likened himself unto the lizard
canary, many grand specimens of
which were on view at the show. The
stately robes he then wore were only
for a season. Such is the case with
the lizard.—Boston Herald.
Mendelssohn Surprised Them.
The church of St. John's, Waterloo
road, has an interesting association
with Mendelssohn. The late R. J.
Horsley. R. A., tells in his reminis
cences how the great musician, while
staying with a friend on Denmark
hill—in the house where he wrote the
“Spring Song”—was induced to go to
St. John’s one Sunday morning and
give a recital on the organ. On reach
ing the organ loft Mendelssohn was
annoyed to find himself exposed to the
full view of the congregation and
vented his displeasure in a thunderous
improvisation which greatly startled
the worshipers, used as they were to
the “subdued" music then in vogue.
Not being in the secret, they were
still further surprised when the music
ceased and the eccentric performer
sprang up, clapped on his hat and
abruptly left the building.—Westmin
ster Gazette.
Treaties.
A treaty is a form of disagreement
between two countries reduced to lan
guage which enables each of them to
crawl out of it. It belongs in the
same family as the insurance policy
except that no one can understand an
insurance policy, whereas a treaty
reads as though it were perfectly plain
until something happens that makes
one of the parties to it wish to get
out of it. Treaties are used for vari
ous purposes—to promote typewriting
agencies, lawyers, diplomats and to
furnish material for editorial writers
to convey the impression that they
know something of what they are
writing about. The principal use of
treaties, however, is to bring on wars.
—Life.
Didn't Have to Aak.
Mrs. B. saw her little three-year-old
daughter come from the back door of
the house next door eating a cookie,
and when the little lady came Into the
bouse her mother turned to her and
said:
“Why, Elsie, you must not ask Mrs.
K. for cookies.’’
“I didn’t ask her, mother,” said Elsie;
“I know where she keeps them.”—De
lineator.
Ides of March.
In tbe calendar of old Rome the fif
teenth day of the months of March,
May. July and October and the thir
teenth day of the rest of the months
were known as ides. In old Roman
writings one hears of the "ides of
March," which Is a poetic way to ex
press the date.
Wild Potatoes.
Botanists are unable to discover
from what plant the aborigines of
America developed the potato, for It Is
aot found growing wild anywhere In
the world.
We mast learn to work with pa
tience. With tbe tasks appointed to
ns will be provided the power and also
tbe opportunity.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE Call You on Time for the boat
if We Handle Your Baggage.
We Buy and Sell Anything from
Dead Crabs to Live Bears.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
< 7 a m to 0 a m
MEALS j Lunch 1*J rn to 1 p rn
" 6 to 7 p rn
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
ARCADE CAFE
“We Never Close.**
Private Dining Room.
The Best of Everything. We Bake Our Own
Bread and Pastry. Bread for Sale.
Jack Callin - - Proprietor
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, Seattle"
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Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
"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
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
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