Young Men Have
Ruled the World
At fifteen, Alexander Hamilton com
manded the attention of his country.
At nineteen, George Washington was
a Major. At twenty-tour, Bismarck was
Captain of King’s Cavalry. At twenty -
six, Mark Antony was the hero of Rome.
At twenty-eight, Napoleon had revolu
tionized Europe.
So throughout history “young blood” has
ruled, just as young hands have caught
and are holding the style reins of the
world today.
And the young man’s creed is expression
instead of repression, and our creed is to
give him clothes that express his buoy
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COSTS $20,000 A YEAR TO
SUPPORT 4-YEAR-OLD CHILD
NEW YORK, March 27.—Approx
imately $29,000 a year was expended
from November 13, 1912, to Decem
ber 31, 1915, for the support and
maintenance of John Jacob Astor, 4
year-old son of the late Col. John
Jacob Astor, who lost his life in the
Titanic disaster, according to an ac
counting filed here today by the
child’s mother, Mrs. William Dick.
Clothes and toys cost $5,570; phy
sician’s fees, $6,523; attorney’s fees,
$4,000; income tax, $2,170, while
Mrs. Dick said the baby’s share of
keeping up the Astor residence in
Fifth avenue amounted to the bal
ance. Mrs. Dick charged the baby
with one-third of the expense of main
taining the Astor home.
This Day In History'.
Feast Day of St. John of Egypt,
hermit; St. Rupert or Robert of Saltz
burg.
Ptolemy XII of Egypt, drowned in
the Nile 47 B. C.
Pope Clement III died in 1191.
Ponce de Leon rediscovered Flor
!
| ida and claimed it for Spain in 1513.
James I of England died in 1625.
Lord Baltimore planted first ool
[cny in Maryland at mouth of Potomac
i river in 1634.
i Old South Church at Boston turu
■ ed into an Episcopal church by Gov
| ernor Andros in 1687.
! Salmon Falls destroyed by Indians
Jin 1 690.
Peter the Great founded St. Peters
| burg in 1703.
I Congress authorized the constrin
[ tion of six frigates, instituting a na
jtional navy in 1794.
Creek Indians defeated by Jackson
[at Horseshoe Bend, Alabama, in 1S14.
i Invention of galvanized iron ex
plained in New York in 1829.
1 First Japanese embassy to the Uni
ted- States reached San Francisco in
1860.
BRINGS DETAILS OF
DEATH OF JOHN GRAY
Charles R. Crawford, who arrived
yliero last evening from Latouehe with
the body of John Gray, states that
Mr. Gray was taken ill at Port Nellie
Juan, soxu? days ago, but continued
working and refused to return to Val
dez for treatment, asserting that he
had had similar attacks before and
had succeeded in working them off.
Later he went to Knight Island with
Mr. Crawford to establish a camp
there for the crew which is to build
a wharf there. His illness still con
tinued, and despite all urging to go
to Latouehe and consult the physician
there, he refused. Several days ago,
one evening he collapsed, and Mr.
Crawford, despite his objections, took
him aboard a launch and started for
Latouehe with him. The launch got
off its course and they did not arrive
at Latouehe until 1 o’clock in the
morning, when Gray was taken to the
hotel and the doctor summoned. The
doctor pronounced the trouble uremic
poisoning, and immediately gave
treatment, but despite all efforts the
sick man gradually failed and passed
away about 4 o’clock the next after
noon.
A telegram sent to the mother and
brother of the deceased at Tacoma
asking what disposition should be
made of the body, was replied to by
the brother. Instructing that the re
mains be interred here. The deceas
ed was a member of the Odd Fellows,
Rebekahs and Eagles and a meeting
of a committee from these lodges will
be held this afternoon to make ar
rangements for the funeral.
Watson Due Cordova Tonight.
Advicps received this afternoon
state' that the steamer Admiral Wat
son is due to arrive at Cordova at 10
o’clock this evening, and will probably
reach here early tomorrow morning
Steamship Sailings
Alameda—Passed Juneau. north
bound. March 26.
Admiral Sampson—Sailed for Valdez
March 26.
Alaska—Sailed south from Valdez.
March 19.
Admiral Farragut—Sailed south from
Valdez. March 20.
Northwestern—Sailed west from Val
dez. March 23.
: Admiral Watson—Sailed from Seat
tle for Valdez March 19.
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DONALDSON SCHEDULE:
Lvs. Fort Liscum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 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.
7:0 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
ion the second and fourth Fridays of
{each month, these days being used to
dean boilers.
I
Daily Weather Keixirt.
March 26. 1917, 7:00 P. M.
| Barometric pressure .29.191
|Temperature .. 30
| Maximum temperature .35
'Minimum temperature.28
Mean temperature .31.5
i Snow on ground .2 4
Cloudy. 15 miles east wind.
March 27. 1917, 7:00 A. M.
Barometric pressure .29.454
Temperature .I*
Maximum temperature .31
Minimum temperature.10
j Mean tempeialure .20.5
'Snow on ground . 24
Clear, 5 mile east wind.
— Myrtle F\ Billings. Ohs.
Trail Weather Kejtort.
j Fairbanks—5 below, 11 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm.
I Salclta—5 above; 14 inches sno.",
clear, calm, trail good: 2 dog teams
! north 7 a. m.
Little Delia—Six mushers north 7
a. m.
Richardson— zero: 5 incites snow,
cloudy, windy, trail good.
McCarty—2 below; 6 inches of
isnow; windy, trail fair.
Donnelly—2 below; 12 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good, north
mail left Rapids 7:30 a. nt., 9 passen
gers; Sheldon’s cars stuck on cut-off
| his auto outfit coming to meet them.
McCallunt—10 below; snow 45 in.;
! storming. 60 mile north wind; trail
! drifted; stage north 1 p. m. yester
day; N. C. freight teams and Ahl
marks teams stormbound here.
Paxson’s—Zezo, 22 inches snow;
| windy, cloudy, trail drifted in places;
Tungsten mining company outfit
north; two mushers south 7 a m.
Hogan—6 above; 22 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail good.
Sour Dough —Stage south, one pas
senger; stage north no passengers;
| Anderson outfit north, six men; three
i double enders south, 3 men; one
• •iiusher north.
| Gulkana—10 above; 10 inches of
I snow; clear, calm, trail good, Capt
I Xolan south 7 a. m.; Charles south
j 6::*0 a. m.; Valdez Creek outfit with
ieine men, three horses; north 8 a. m.
X. C. team north 7 a. m.
Copper Center—10 above; 12 in.
snow; clear, calm, trail good; forty
head cattle north bound this morn
ing.
Tonsina—10 above; 12 inches of
snow; clear, calm; trail fair; no traf
lic.
Thompson Pass—6 above; 94 in.
of snow; clear, calm; trail closed; no
traffic.
Wortman—17 above; 45 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail bad. No traf
fic.
Masonic Meeting.
A special meeting of Valdez Lodge
No. 168, F. & A. M. will be held in
Masonic hall, Wednesday evening,
March 28, at 8 p. m. All members
are requested to be present. Work in
the second degree.
PATENT ISSUED FOR
FARTHEST NORTH CLAIM
Uncle Sam has granted a patent on
the farthest north coal mine on the
North American continent. The offi
cial notice of the grant of patent was
received yesterday at the office of
Chief of the Field Division C. E.
Arundell here. The mine is on the
shore of the Arctic ocean, at a point
north of Point Hope called Corwin
Bluff. The mine is 160 miles north
of the Arctic Circle, and is one of the
earliest developed coal deposits in
Alaska.
It was first utilized in 1849 and
later when the whalers found profit
able the trips along the north coast of
the Territory they always stopped
there for coal. The mine is accessi
ble from the shore, because the coal
veins outcrop on the side of the bluff |
The coal was mined extensively dur- J
ing the Nome stampede in 1899 and l
1900 and taken to Nome on barges.;
The United States revenue cutters!
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ '
Resources over $300,000.
Drafts sold on all Foreign Countries.
Wells Fargo Travellers checks tor sale
Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent.
DEPOSITARY FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
AND POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks *
AgU. for EQUITABLE Life Ins.
Public Reed Bldg. Phone. 196
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
JOBPER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and ,
LUMBER f *
Office, foot of Wall street.
Electrical Supplies
Only the best manufacturers are repre
sented in our stock. All electrical
supplies we sell are guaranteed
products.
Make your electrical purchases here
and have the assurance of absolute
satisfaction and quality.
«■
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Tele. Co.
Corwin and Thetis often have coaled
there.
The patent was issued on the E. L.
West coal claim to Charles MclntocA,
the present owner of the mine.
REASONABLE PRICES
PREVAIL IN TEXAS
DALLAS, Texas.—There is no dan
ger of food shortage in Texas. Altho
[rices for all commodities are high,
especially for grains and vegetables,
the advance is not due to an imme
diate shortage, except in the case of
fresh vegetables the early crop of
which was harmed by weather condi
tions. Grain men estimate that there
are in the hands of farmers, in ele
vators and in other storage in Texas
not less than 5,000,000 bushels of
wheat, or sufficient to feed the people
of this State until tke next crop is
produced. Good wheat in Dallas is
selling for $1.75 a bushel and high
latent flour brings from $4.55 to
$4.80 a barrel.
Since the start or the new German
submarine campaign the export of
wheat from Galveston has stopped
and elevators and freight yards there
are so congested with grain in stor
age and loaded cars that all railway
lines entering Galveston have declar
ed an embargo which has stopped the
inward movement of grain.
There is an abundance of sweet po
tatoes in Texas, but white potatoes
are scarce. Pumpkin yams bring $1
to 91-15 In Dallas, while white pota
toes bring $3 a bushel and are ad
\ ancing every day. Several thousand
carloads of yams are stored in pota
to warehouses in East Texas, particu
larly at Longview and other towns in
that section.
Eggs and poultry are more plenti
ful. Eggs retail at 30 cents per doz
en, and poultry from 12 cents to 20
cents per pound. Eggs are being
shipped out by the carload.
Remember your friends by sending
them a Panoramic View, a new lot
just received. Valdez Drug Co tf
TIDE TABLES FOR MARCH.
(Compiled for Valdez Bay.) -
Tuesday. March 27—
First High Tide 2:30 a. in.. 9.4.
Se'cond High Tide 3:32 p. iu.. 6.7.
First Low Tide 9:13 a. m.. —0.6.
Second Low Tide 8:54 p. m„ 2.2.
Wednesday. March 2»—
First High Tide 3:11 a. m.. 8.7.
Second High Tide 4:27 p. m., 6.0.
First Low Tide 10:02 a. m., 0.2.
Second Low Tide 9:36 p. m„ 2.9.
Thursday. March 29—
First High Tide 3:58 a. m.. 7.9. w
Second High Tide 5:40 p. m., 5.4.
First Low Tide 1:01 a. m., 0.9.
Second Low Tide 10:27 p. m.13.6.
Firday, March 30—
First High Tide 4:54 a. m., 7.2.
Second High Tide 7:14 p. m„ 6.3.
First Low Tide 12:18 p. m., 1.5.
Second Low Tide 11:47 p. m.. 3.9.
Saturday, March 31—
First High Tide 6:15 a. m., 6.8. jr
Second High Tide 8:35 p. m., 5.6.
First Low Tide i:48 p. m., 1.6.
Second Low Tide 7:05 p. m , 9.1.