Practical and use
ful presents for
the whole fam
ily at the Big
Gift Store.
Remember
Thiee Shopping Days and then
CHRISTMAS
First Showing of
Knox Spring Hats
By Express on the last boat some twenty
different models were received in jKnox
Spring Hats. No two styles are alike,
and all sizes.
Valdez Mercantile Co.j_
The Store with the Christmas Spirit.!
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Keep the War Prices Down
Sonnie’s Midwinter
CASH SALE
Now Going On
BOOTS AND SHOES, 20 PER CENT OFF.
UNDERWEAR, 25 PER CENT OFF
MEDLICOTT, EXTRA HEAVY, $7.50 now .... $5.50
MACKINAWS, 12.00 & 10.00, now.8.50 & 6.50
HEAVY LOGGER SHIRTS, 7.50 now :... 6.00
HEAVY LOGGER SHIRTS, 7.00, now .... 5.50
HEAVY WOOL SOCKS .75, now ._.65
HEAVY WOOL SOCKS, .50 now ..45
HEAVY WOOL SOCKS, .40. now_ ' .25
CASHMERE SOCKS, 3 pr. for . 1.00
COTTON SOCKS, 3 pr. for ..25
HANDKERCHIEFS, .10 now ...05
SUSPENDERS, .50 now ...— .40
SUSPENDERS, .75 now ...65
NECKTIES, 1.00 now ...- . .75
NECKTIES, .75 now .--- .60
NECKTIES, .50 now ....— -40
OVERALLS, 20 PER CENT OFF
BLUE CHAMBRAY WORK SHIRTS .. .60
BLACK SATIN WORK SHIRT ..—.60
HEAVY MIXED WOOL WORK SHIRTS .. 1.00
BLUE FLANNEL TOP SHIRTS -- 1.00
TOWELS, .75 now _______ .60
TOWELS, .30 now .......... .20
BARBER TOWELS, DOZ. .85 now ......70
CURTAIN SCRIM, 2 YARDS FOR....:- .25
PURE EIDERDOWN QUILTS, 20.00 now - 12.50
SMOKING TOBACCO, per can or pkge. _....10
CHEWING TOBACCO, per cut ...10
TABLE OIL CLOTH, per yd.....-.-.25
SHELF OIL CLOTH, per yd, 3 for ----- .25
INLAID LINOLEUM, per yd .... 1.25
CANDY, per lb------- .25
LADIES HOSE, 25 PER CENT OFF
HAIRNETS, per pkge.-.----05
HAIRPINS, ASSORTED BOX .......10
HAIRPINS, in pkgs. 3 for.—.....05
SATIN AND TAFFETA RIBBONS, 25 PER CENT OFF.
TRUNKS, SUIT CASES AND VALISES, 25 PER CENT
LESS.
SONNIE’S CASH STORE
McKinley Street, near Keystone
KEYSTONE PRODUCE CO.
GROCERIES
Heinz 57 Varieties
A Large Assortment of Fancy Boxes
af Chocolates and Bon Bons
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keystone avenue. McKinley street.
WEALTHY AMERICAN TO
REBUILD FRENCH TOWN
PARIS. Dec. 21.—The inhabitants
of the little town of Dun-sur-Meuse
are oonrlnoeo that after all, there Is
a lot In a name. For thanks to the
fact that Its patronymic happens to
be the same as that of a wealthy and
generous American, the ravages
caused by the war will soon be made
good. The municipal council of Dun
sur-Meuse has met In Paris to he pre
sented to Its "godfather" who has
undertaken to rebuild the town.
SMALL ARMY PROVIDES FOR
LATE TRAVELING SOLDIERS
LONDON, Dec. 21.—There are now
2,600 persons engaged in the single
Job of looking out for soldiers who ar
rive In London late at night. Of
these only 1,000 are paid workers.
More than 7,000 of the total are wo
men. They have charge of 83 rest
houses for officers and men, operate
seven free buffets and drive the cars
that carry the men from the train to
the rest houses after the buses, trams
and underground trains have stopped
running.
The Moose will give a dance to
morrow evening.
SUNDAY DINNERS FEATURED
AT THE OLSON HOUSE
In this Issue of the Prospector will
be found the menu of the Olson
House, under the management of
Mrs. H. R. Miller. This popular eat
ing house will make a feature of five
o'clock Sunday dinners, cooked in
the best home style, and served en
famllle. Mrs. Miller is a splendid cook
and has a host of patrons in the city
who are taking advantage of the elab
orate Sunday specials.
Christmas Suggestions
Silk Petticoats, with Closflt jersey
tops. Silk bloomers, colors, flesh,
black and white. Kayser's silk hose.
E. Winter. tf
Have you joined the Hod Cross?
BURSTS WITH THE HEAT.
Sad Fate of tha Tarrashot Whan It
Entara Death Valley.
That most frightful of deserts. Heath
valley, in California, lies between two
iofty ranges, oue of which is called the
i 'unerul mountains
The higher levels of these mountains
ire rather densely forested, witli here
uid there little meadows and "parks”
matural clearings*, in which dwells a
c.traugo animal kuowu us the terrashot
So luaccess'hle are these Inhospitable
heights, however, that the creature,
rarely seen, has remained almost uu
kuowu.
Respecting its habits little cau be
snid. There is no reason for supposing
i hut it is dangerous to in.in Nobody
knows even whether it is carnivorous
or a plant feeder. H Ims a coffin shap
ed body, sis or seven feet long, with »
sort of shell running the whole length
>>f Its back.
Having, it is presumed, few nntural
enemies, the terrashot increases in
nuiuliers until II is seized witli uu im
pulse to migrute. |>ossihly because its
food supply no longer suffices. The
aulnmls then form long processions,
marching down into the desert in sin
gle die. with the evident Intention of
crossing the valley to the mountains on
tlie other side.
But uoue of them ever gets across.
As ttiey encounter the hot sands they
rapidly distend with the beat, and oue
after another they blow up with loud
reports, the places where this bsppens
being marked by deep, grave shaped
holes.—Philadelphia Record.
SUPS OF THE PEN.
Sven the Beat of Wrltoro at Tlmos
Nod Whilo They Work.
Mau.v lr not moat writers have had to
bewail tbe occasional treaklsbness of
the pen In putting down on paper some
thing very different from that Intended
by tta author.
Readers of Sir George Trevelyan’s
"Life of Macaulay” will recall the his
torian’s horror when too late be dis
covered that he bad written In tbe
Edinburgh Review that “it would be
unjust to estimate Goldsmith by The
Vicar of Wakefield' or Scott by The
Life of Napoleou' when he realty In
tended to say that It would be unjust
to estimate Goldsmith by his “History
of Greece." There was, too, an amus
ing slip of the pen perpetrated by tbe
grave Sir Archibald Alison In includ
ing Sir Peregrlue Pickle Instead of Sir
Peregrine Maitland among the pall
bearers at the Duke of Wellington’s
funeral
Another striking Instance of tbe pen
mechanically writing something not In
tended came under notice the other day
on the title page of a reprint of a once
famous book, Jane Porter’s “Scottish
Chiefs.” This edition, published some
years ago by a well known London
house, describes Miss Porter as “au
thor of ‘Pride and Prejudice.* ‘Sense
and Sensibility.' “ etc. Doubtless the
Christian name of “Jane” Induced the
slip. All remember and nearly all
Charlotte Bronte was one notable ex
ception—lore Jane Aueten; not so many
remember Jane Porter.—WeeCSahWter
Gasetta. _. . .*
EASY TO TRAIN SHEPHERDS
PupplN Soon Lum If Thoy Are Plmd
With Emm and tha Unto
Takan Away.
It la easy enough to train shepherd
dogs If they are taken aa pup
plea. When the aheep are lambing,
take a lamb away from Ita mother
«sA j>ut the puppies on the ewe. Keep
As < we tied up for a few days and
ass |mt the little pupplea nurse her;
Aaa It will not be long until ahe will
tM^* aa much of the pupa aa ahe does
"t her lamb.
Aa aoon as the pupa are old enough
to follow the aheep let them go with
the bunch and they will soon he tak
ing care of the aheep. The dogs will
soon learn to take them out of the
sheds In the morning and bring them
back at night. And If a strange dog
or wolf cornea around, one dog will
ray and fight while another will start
aheep for home. In tnmhtog time
’ keep the aheep close around thr
•h or camp, and seem to takr on
egree of Intelligence that Is mar
rg|Mis. They can aoon he taught the
"i.,ster*B calls or signals and will obey
promptly. It la essential that they
shall be fed by some sort of system
and It la well to hare them understand
that this la their reward. If one ha*
a good working dog. It Is surprising
how readily a young animal will learn
from the old one. But the masters do
not always have an old dog. nnd then
the trainer must play the dog himself
rind do a little running. Everyone
has his own whistles or words of com
mand, nnd n dog soon catches on.—Kx
ehnnge.
ARTISTS FAMOUS AS WRITERS
Several of the Meat Noted Novelist*
Deserted the Brush for Lit
erary Work.
Several artist* of note have been
known to desert the hru*h for the pen.
anil when they have died they have
left their mark behind them as lit
erary men, observes an exchange. Wil
liam de Morgan did thl* lie wrote
the longest set of novels since IMck
cn* anil Thackeray “censed firing.” nl
! though he was an old man when he
took to the pen. fleorge dn Matirler
j was an artist who turned author after
making a Kiirnpenn fame with the pen
cil as a satirist of society, lie sudden
ly startled the world with "Trilby.”
and set two continents comparing feet.
With hint novel-writing seemed his true
f'irte. hut he had sturted too late. He
only enjoyed his new fame a few years
Kven Thackeray tried art before he
found his true vocation, anti he Illus
trated several of his own books even
ihen. A very piquant story tells of
Thackeray calling on Charles Dickens
to see If he could get the eoiuiniHHlon
to illustrate one of his earlier novels
He had not written “Vanity Fair"
'hen i
A very distinguished artist-authoi
was Dante Oabrlel Rossetti, who was
supreme In both arts.
Progress.
Sending messages b> lightning, trav
cling at 40 miles to the hour, cross
ing In a week the ocean which the May
flower perilously breasted, in our
sumptuous vessels, framed of iron, lux
urious In appointment, propelled from
within, and gay with color as so many
swimming summer gardens—these ap
plauded achievement* do not tend of
necessity to the upbuilding of nobler
courage, to the development of a lu
minous moral wisdom, to the culture of
even philosophical refinement, or the
nurture of the temper of devout as
niratloo. On the other hand, do we
not sometimes feel that virtue among
is Is coming to he too much a mat
er of manners; that the intense sub
jective processes from which august
■haracter Is derived are In a measure
•elng superseded by the mechanical
-oj 'rlvances and the physical suc
sar s with which our noisy years re
ar ,d: aud that the grand and lovely
Mt-lts. which are present still, and in
hlch, whenever we touch them, we
find strange charm and Inspiration,
are fewer and lonelier than they were?
—Richard Sluter Storm.
Alphabet of tho Soul.
Gesture's part Id Oriental drama Is
aet forth in a recent Hindu volume,
which says that there is a fitting ges
ture to represent every emotion. The
gesture. In fact, Is described as a deaf
and dumb alphabet of the soul. There
are nine movements of the head, cor
responding to nine emotions, men
tioned by one authority, twenty-four
by another; twenty-eight movements
of the single hands, and twenty-four
(or twenty-six) of the double hands,
etc.; also "hands” denoting animals,
trees, oceans, and other things. For
example, a certain position of the
hands denotes a certain emperor,
caste, or planet. The translator says,
rather Blyly, that only a cultivated au
dience can appreciate Indian “actor's
*rt.”
The PltfO Food Habits.
We must all (says the Pall Mall
Gazette) make our apologies to the
pig, who has boot) grossly maligned In
regard to hffi food. Instead of being
ready to eafrMrtUjjfoe turns out to
be the most fastidious of animals. Ex
periments have been made In France
and Sweden which show this to be the
case, and In the latter country the
record tells us that out of 676 plants
the goat eats 448 and refuses 126; the
sheep out of 528 plants eats 887 and
refuses 141; out of 484 plants the cow
eats 276 and refuses 218; out of 474
plants tho horse eats 262 and refuses
m| and the plf out of 248 plants eats
if and refuses in.
Financial Reserve
There is hardly a day passes but most
of us are called upon to draw upon our re
serve, either physical, mental or financial.
Have you some in store?
This bank is a good place to start a fin
ancial reserve and it cannot help but be of
real service to you.
War Saving Stamps For Sale.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdez Dock Co „ PHONE HQ.
JOBBER IN
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MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS G1F1
A PRACTICAL ONE
Universal Electric Home Needs, Clean, con
venient, quick to do household services for
you.
A Percolator will bring new delight to the
whole family, every day in the year.
A New Electric Flatiron would be welcom
ed, to replace that old one, which has done its
duty.
Or an Electric "Toaster Stove would be ap
preciated, as it can be used for so many dif
ferent purposes.
A Portable Reading Lamp will bring the
light fust where it is wanted, and will be such
a comfort to those that work or study at night.
yours for a lighter, brighter,
WHITER CHRISTMAS
Prince William Sound Water,
Light, Power, Tel. Company
Christmas Suggestions
Something new in Corset Covers,
combination of lace and ribbon. Also
Crepe de Chine and Kayser silk cor
set covers, flesh and white. Women’s
Crepe de Chine and Jap silk combi
nation suits, flesh and white. E. Win
ters. **
Daily Weather Report
Dec. 20, 1917. Dec. 21, 1917
7:00 p. m. 7:00 a. m.
30.012 Barometer 30.176
6 Temperature 7
12 . Maximum 9
4 Minimum 4
8 Mean 6.6
8 in. Snow on ground 8 In.
Clear, strong N. Clear, strong N.
wind. Wind.
Christmas Suggestions
Some very pretty crepe collars,
plain linen and fancy handkerchiefs.
Dent’s kid gloves, black, white and
tan. E. Winter. *1
Valdes Fish Prices
Halibut .07 cents a pound. City
Dock; halibut .05 cents pound on
fishing grounds; black cod .01 1-8
cents.
O. W. LONG.
Valdes Iron Works. If yob haVU’t
anything else to do go fishing. tf
Just received all the latest popu
lar song* at O. O. Relake's. u r
Aaaoaacmuuat
Christmas gifts now on display at ,
the residence of Mrs. Graham. AH *
are Invited to call. Give your orders
early. Hours 10 a. m. to I p. m.
Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Depue.
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A complete line of nugget and Ivory
jewelry, watches, diamonds, etc., at
the Valdes Drug 8tore.
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants' Cafe. tf
Fox's snappy drinks for this cold
weather at Hunt's. tf *
CITY EXPRESS, Phone S3; ready
to transfe* that baggage for yon. tf.
Hot-Point Electric Heaters and
Cooking-Appliances at the Emporium.
Christmas goods coming on the neat
boat. tf
Use Rexall Hair Tonic and you wW
nee no other. Taldcn Drugstore. tf
Prices reasonable. •