Men’s Mackinaw Coats
The handiest, most serviceable
coat now days is the mackinaw—the
all-around coat; suitable for town or
the trail.
Our Kenyon or Summit coats are
made Norfolk or plain belted styles,
with high shawl collar and the new
est in checks, plaids or plain colors.
Price From $6.50 to $9.00
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. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington* D. C.
P1„,.11# DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms in VAL.DEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone THE DENTIST
omoe rooms over Owl Drutr store. Offloe hours
9 a m.. to6p. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. ui. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. 89
HOURS—9 to 12 ». m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. a.
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phones. VALDEZ
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Off|ce Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdes, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
jCivil Engineer and'
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdes, Alaska.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
! Blooded Dogs for Sale.
| Two airedale terrier puppies, breed
ing unsurpassed. Pine head, ear, eye
and coat. Pedigrees furnished. Eight
champions in three generations. En
quire at Prospector. tf
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Notice To Pioneer Women.
All those desiring to become chart
er members of the Auxiliary of Pio
neers of Alaska must have their ap
plication filed with the secretary be
fore February 4, 1915. Auxiliary
meets every Thursday night at Pio
neer hall at 8 o’clock sharp.
MAE C. HARRINGTON.
Secretary and Treasurer.
For home cooked meals go to Mrs.
Matilda Olson’s on Hobart street.
Phone 219. Special Sunday dinner
served at 5 o’clock. Week days din
ner served at 6 p. m. tf
Subscribe for the Weekly Miner.
THE READING TABLE 1
There is no light that makes ni^ht
reading so easy ds 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 LOST THE PRIZE.
But Then the Contenders Were Only a
Lot of Sea Gulls.
Some campers at a northern lake
once put a big fish on a sloping rock
near the water’s edge to see what the
gulls would do.
A 'soaring scavenger soon spied it
and swooped down for a feast.
Seizing the fish in iiis talons the vo
racious bird flapped its great wings
and screamed greedily as he tried to
make off with his find.
But the fish was too heavy to be
lifted. The only result of repeated
attempts was that the fish began to
slide toward the water and soon fell
in with a splash.
Diving after it, the gull brought it
to the surface, und then began a curi
ous spectacle. Time after time the gull
hoisted the fish as high as his strength
would permit, only to weaken and let
the fish fall again. The noise attracted
other gulls and a battle ensued. First
one gull and then another would dive
for the lisli. lift it part way above the
water's surface and be set upon by
other gulls until the fish slipped back,
a sacrifice to jealousy and greed.
For almost an hour this struggle
lasted, ending only when all the gulls
were tired out. The prize was lost.
A fraction of the energy thus spent
in scrapping over an object too big
to bundle would have secured for each
gull an ample meal of smaller fish,
with which the hike abounded.
Or, a little co-operation, instead of
so much crazy competition, would
have lifted the fish to a safe place on
dry land, where all the gulls could
have feasted at their leisure.
But they were only gulls; hungry,
unthinking, gluttonous gulls.
Of course, men would have known
better. Yes?—Cleveland Press.
DIET AND DIGESTION.
Length of Time Different Foods Re
main In the Stomach.
Few people could make an accurate
guess as to the length of time different
foods remain in the stomach. The
popular ideas as to what are the most
digestible foods are all wrong, or near
ly so. In eating chicken, for instance,
one imagines that he is sure of a rapid
digestion, and yet chicken meat re
mains in the stomach, under normal
conditions, for four hours. Duck,
which is generally supposed to be
much more ditlicuit to digest than
chicken, remains for only two hours.
A hard boiled egg lasts for four
hours, which is much longer than the
average, whereas boiled fish remains
for only an hour and a half.
It is a very common mistake to sup
pose that well boiled beef Is very easily
digested, while as a matter of fact it
remains in the stomach for six hours,
which is longer than any other com
mon nrticle of food. Tripe, on the other
hand, remains for only one hour in
the stomach and is one of the easiest
of all foods to digest.
A period of one and a half hours is
required for apples, celery, cheese and
oysters, while twice this time is re
quired by rye bread, onions, sausage or
raw milk.—Boston Herald.
Something Suitable.
“When a statesman has something
to say, let him say it,” said a congress
man. "lint this continual getting up
and talking on every subject under the
sun just for the sake of getting one's
name in the papers—well, that sort of
thing gives statesmanship a bad name
"A deputation visited a jeweler’s.
“ ’We want to buy a solid silver cof
feepot,’ tile spokesman said.
“ ‘Yes, sir: yes, sir.’ And the jeweler
rubbed his hands.
“ ‘It’s for a senator.’
‘“In that case, sir,’ said the jeweler,
■you will want something with a long
spout.’ ’’—Chicago Herald.
The Riming Speller.
A correspondent mentions the difli
culty experienced by budding authors
in spelling words in which diptlithougs
“ei” and “ie” appear. An easy manner
to recall the order of precedence of the
vowels is contained in an ancient
rime:
“I” before "e”
Except after “c”
Or when sounded like "a"
In "neighbor" and "weigh."
—New York Sun.
A Horse Laugh.
Motorist (blocked by load of hay)—I
say, there, pull out and let me by.
Farmer—Oh, I dunno ez I’m in any
hurry. Motorist (angrily)—You seemed
In a hurry to let that other fellow's
carriage get past. Farmer—That’s
’cause his horse wuz eatln’ my hay.
There haln’t no danger o’ yew eatin’
It, I reckon.—Springfield Republican.
Happy Outlook.
Mother, to engaged daughter—I don’t
care if he is a millionaire. It’s really
perfectly outrageous for you to think
of spending your young life with that
old thing.
“Oh, that isn’t all I think of spend
ing, mother, dear.’’—Life.
Corroctad.
Teacher—Earl, did you whisper to
day? Earl — Yes; wunst Teacher
Clarence. should Earl have said
“wunst?” Clarence — No; he should
have said “twlcet"—Everybody's.
Continuous Performance.
Mrs. Crabshaw (to daughter in ham
mock) — Haven’t you got rested yet
from last night’s dancing? Marjorie—
Yes. ma, but I’m resting for tonight's
dance.—Puck.
All men that are ruined are ruined on
the side of their natural propensities)—
Burke.
OUR EARLY PATHFINDERS.
Pioneer Work of La Verendrye and
His Gallant Band.
The first white man to reach the
“western sea” by crossing the North
American continent was Sieur Pierre
Gaultier de Varennes de la Verendrye,
whose expedition left Montreal Juno 8,
1731. With half a hundred compan
ions, including his three young sons,
the daring Frenchman set out from
the fort at Montreal and plunged into
the wilderness, intent upon discovering
that narrow sea which was supposed
to separate America and China.
During the months and years that
followed La Verendrye and his gallant
boys triumphed over a multitude of
obstacles. Some of Ids men were
massacred by hostile Indians, others
fell victims to disease, exposure and
accident, and mutinies were frequent.
After many hardships Lake Winnipeg
was reached, but La Verendrye was
disappointed in finding it a large bodjj
of fresh water, instead of the fabler'
western sea.
After thirteen years of effort the
expedition was turned back by the
impenetrable mountain fastnesses.
But, although the main mission failed,
T.a Verendrye was the first white man
to reach the banks of the upper Mis
souri and Saskatchewan rivers and to
traverse what are now the prosperous
provinces of Manitoba and Saskatche
wan.
It was not until 1793 that Alexander
Mackenzie, a Scotchman, penetrated
the Bockies and reached the shores of
the Pacific.—New York World.
HEIGHT OF WAVES.
In Severe Storms the Crests May
Mount Fifty Feet.
It is only in the imagination of the
poets that waves rise "mountains high.’’
The exact altitude and length of waves
have been measured with scientific ac
curacy, and the record waves are care
fully recorded. Waves in shallow wa
ter are, as a rule, higher than those iu
open or deep water. The height of a
wave is commonly about one-fifteenth
its length.
Tile longest wave on record was
2,500 feet, measuring from crest to
crest, its period being about twen
ty-two seconds. Waves of extreme
length are seldom very high. A wave
2,500 feet in length, rising in deep wa
ter, will have a height of about fifty
feet
When a wave enters shallow water
its crest becomes considerably higher,
and one of a height of forty feet will
frequently rise to fifty feet. If it meets
resistance, it may be thrown up twice
this height.
In severe storms at sea waves rarely
reach a height of fifty feet The aver
age In such time has a period of about
ten seconds, which would indicate a
length of about 500 feet Waves with
a period of ten seconds have a length
of from 150 to 300 feet and a height
of thirty-three feet and form a very
high sea.—Exchange.
Porfirio Diaz’s Poetic Prophecy.
President Portirio Diaz, who ruled
over Mexico for more than a quarter
of a century as an absolute dictator,
believed that only such iron rule could
bring peace and progress to the half
civilized millions of that country. Sev
era! years ago. when ids power was
still unbroken, an American wiio was
on intimate terms with him ventured
to suggest that the Mexicans were
now prepared for a more liberal form
of government and hinted that his rule
Wits too severe. The stern old man
stiffened his gaunt figure and ran his
fingers through his locks, now white
with years.
“When these snows melt," he said
prophetically, “the mod will be deep
in Mexico.”—Youth's Companion.
An Infallible Sign.
Whenever Robert’s mother went
away on a visit the little fellow was so
badly spoiled by a doting father and
grandmother that upon her return it
took several applications of the rod to
mend his ways.
One day when she had been absent
for a week a neighbor asked Robert
when his mother was coming home.
“Oh, she’ll be back very soon now,”
he replied. “I’m beginning to get pret
ty bad.”—New York Post
A True Courtier.
Upon bis arrival at the court of Vi
enna a former French ambassador was
presented to the empress, who was
aware that the day before he had vis
ited the beautiful Countess X.
“Is it true,” she asked, “that the
Countess X. is the most lovely woman
in Europe?”
“I thought so yesterday, your maj
esty," replied the diplomat with a
graceful bow.
Concert Pitch.
She (at the ball game)—Why does
be make those motions with his arm
before he pitches the ball? He—Those
are signals to the catcher. The two
men work In concert She—Dear me!
Is that the “concert pitch” I’ve heard
about so often?—Boston Transcript
Explaining an Ancient Episode.
“George Washington did not hesitate
to tell the true story of how the cherry
tree got chopped."
“Yes,” replied the man who had testi
fied in an Investigation. “George was
pretty smart He knew how to get
immunity.”*—Washington Star.
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Paint Praise.
"Is the boy trustworthy?"
“I consider him so. I’d trust him as
far as I could see him. Of course I’m
mighty nearsighted.”—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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 PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
< 7 a m to 9 a m
MEALS] Lunch 12 in to 1 i» in
' 8 to 7 p m
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
Chas.Perry
MANAc,tro
_ Seattle
A Complete Services
'IN THE HEART OF THE CITY,
| l55Roomswitti bafh-50 S&mpleRooms
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Ter
ritory of Alaska, ss.:
I. Charles E. Davidson, Secretaiy
of the Territory of Alaska, do here
by certify that on this date there has
been filed in my office consent of
stockholders to dissolution of the
James E. Wilson Transportation
Company, a domestic corporation or
ganized under the laws of the Terri
tory of Alaska, and said corporation
is therefore dissolved.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
Great Seal of the Territory of Alas
ka, at Juneau, this 21st day of De
cember, 1914. (Seal.)
CHARLES E. DAVIDSON,
Secretary of Alaska.
Publications Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.
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 W. T.
Scott, the administrator ol the esta'e
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and til
ed in the above entitled court, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th 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 21,
1915.
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.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPEOTCR FOR RE
SULTS.
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