THE EMPRESS
To-Night Only at 8 p. m.
THE SIERRA NEVADAS - PATHE SCENIC
WISHED ON MABLE - MABLE NOBMAND
A SWELL COMEDY
THE BOIS* OE BOULOGNE - PATHECOLOB
PLAYING THE GAME - THREE ACT COM
EDY DRAMA - LILLIAN WALKER
Evert Overton, Frank Currier, Eldridge
Another Change of Pictures for
Tomorrow Evening.
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
V/UiDRZ. ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
YOI'K KX.WT MIMSI UK
is necessary in order to have a
perfect til. We know how to
do the measuring, the cutting
nnd tlie putting together of
garments. Our made to meas
ure suits represent the liighe.t
degree of perfection at ip com
parable prices. Have us tailor
you one or two winter suits
You will then he ready for the
Holidays.
BEN SILVERMAN
THK T.ill.Olt
This Is What an Old Sourdough Says:
The name of Mr. George l>. Schofield, for ATTORNEY GEN
ERAL, was mentioned today in the presence of t'aptain Charles L.
Peabody who made the following statement:
“Yes, I know Mr. Schofield, anti regardless of Ids POLITICS
he is, in my opinion, more than an ATTORNEY, lie is a LAWYER
and an ORATOR.
Mr. Schofield is a man of very strong personality, resourceful,
reliable and capable and with his wonderful mental uhllity and his
rapacity for rapid thinking, I feel confident that the voting people
of ALASKA are making no mistake in selecting him for their
ATTORNEY GENERAL.” *
(Paid Advertisement)
MR. WORKINGMAN
JOHN RONAN WAS PRESIDENT OF THIS
ASSOCIATION. CAN YOU VOTE
FOR HIM?
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eMrti.-iln'il anoetation card abldh will entitle, hiw to
-doctor1* care end hospital treatment free, should he get hurt 01
tnour alokneea While in your ewploy or In the employ or any member
or our Association. He understand* that he Is to have nothing to do
with any unlonj rederatlon or any other agitators whatsoever, but
report dlrootiy to you lauedlately upon hi* arrival In Fairbanks
Mining District^ and he rurther understand* that should h* in any way
eiolata the conditions horein contained, he forfeits all hla elalu
on you ror eaplpyaent or to the receipt of an Association card.
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Attestation or Fairbanks Mining
Distrtat.
Good Clean Banka.
If yon go to the Pioneer Bunk
Hduee on Keystone avenue. Every
thing handy for housekeeping for
only M.60 per week. tf
Hot corn bread and baked new po
tatoes after 6 p. m. at the Aroade. tf
Location notices, noth quarts and
placer, at the Miner office.
French Prune Crop Failure.
SAN FKANCT8CO, Oct. The
prune crop of France Is almost a com
plete failure, according to cable ad
vices received here today by local
businessmen. The French prune crop
Is normally from 25,000 to 30,000
tons. This year It Is placed at only
1100 tons.
The Kalalla Queen arrived In port
last evening from I^andlock, Ellatnar
and Fldalgo, bringing several paase:,
gtfrs. ^
STORY OF AN ORNAMENT.
The Lavalllere and the French Beauty
Who Flret Were It.
Do yon know wbat a lavalllere taT
Vou have seen many neck ornaments
of more or less elaborate design sus
pended from chains that were thin or
massl ve, which were sold as laral
lieres. The traveler who knows hla
business will tell you that the large
and highly ornate ornament made of
hand wrought gold and studded with
many gems, suspended from a thick
chain and reposing on the bare skin
Just above the low cut bodice, Is a
“stomacher,’' whereas the ’’lavalllere”
Is light and delicate In construction. Is
set with not more than three stones
and Is on a slender chain.
The heavy ornament was formerly
worn on the front of the dress, the
entire front part of a bodice, which ex
tended down over the pit of the stom
ach, being called the stomacher. It
was an English mode, whereas the la
valllere came Into existence In France
In 1606, having been designed at the
suggestion of Louis XIV. as a gift to
Francolse Louise de la Baume la
Blanc, when she was made Duchess
de la Valliere. Of all the king’s favor
ites she was the most Interesting. She
became “queen of the petticoat court’’
when Louis was but twenty-eight
years old and when Colbert and Lou
vois were making the French treasury
and the French army the greatest and
most formidable powers In Europe. At
thirty she retired to a convent, where
she spent her declining years writing
that mournful essay, “Reflections on
the Pity of God.”—Exchange.
DUBLIN IS VERY ANCIENT.
It May Hava Been In Existence In the
Time of Ptolemy,
Do you know bow old Dublin la?
Probably not. Few cities tell their
correct age, but there is a rumor that
the Irish capital, the picturesque city
on the banks of the Llffey, at the en
trance to Dublin bay, Is much older
than she pretends to be. In fact. It
bus been asserted by some ungallant
sclioturs that she was already a buxom
girl when Ptolemy sat on the throne of
Egypt and that the fair city on the
western Islund was mentioned In the i
writings of that day. In later times,
say about 212 A. D., It already bad a
history. When the Danes came, some
UPO years later, the Celts had been at
peace so long that they fell victims to
the Invaders, but submission was no
part of their program.
The Inhabitants of the Island are Cel
tic to the very core, and never have
they liecome reconciled to the Idea of
sharing their bcuutiful country with
either Saxons, Danes, Teutons or Norse
At one time, when the city of Dublin
had become pretty thoroughly English
In Its feeling, the people of the hill
country came down aud massacred
most of the Inhabitants In the year
1170. Richard de Clare, known as Rich
ard Strougbow, the second earl of Pem
broke. crossed the Irish channel with
a great host aud cuptured the city. But
he became governor of the Island only
after he married the daughter of one
of the Celtic kings.—SL Louis Globe
LtmocraL
Imagination In Art.
Imagination Is an element by which
artists are able to Inflict their wares
upon the public. When Millet painted
two peasants In a potato patch with
bowed heads In an attitude suggesting
dally prayer he wisely named the pic
ture “The Angelus." That gave the
critic a bunch that a church bell In a
distant spire was pealing the hour of
prayer. Had be called that truly mag
nificent painting “Digging Potatoes"
the public's Imagination would not
have carried beyond the potato field,
and It might also have made a differ
ence of a few thousands of dollars In
the market value of the work. A well
chosen title for a picture or book la
what mayonnaise dressing Is to a
saladl—Cartoons Magazine.
Jewels of India.
For variety of precious stones no
country In the world can rival India.
Though she exports ahnually over £1,
500,000 worth of jewels, she still re
mains today, as centuries ago, the
storehouse for the nations. Diamonds,
rubles, sapphires, tourmaline, garnet
and many kinds of rare chalcedony are
mined throughout her many provinces.
The diamond Industry Is carried on
to a great extent In the central prov
Inces. Rubles are mined In upper Bur
ma and next to petroleum form the
most profitable of the mineral resources
of that state.
Woodbury the Cempsssr. '
Among obscurer composers of hymn
tunes that have tasted long Is Isaac
Baker WSudbury of Beverly, Msbs..
who began bis career as a blacksmith's
apprentice. He finally studied In Eu
rope and was an associate of the better
known musicians of the day. His
tuns called "SUoam," sung to Heber'a
"By Cool Blloam’s Shady Bill,” Is
known to most churchgoers.
His Futlls Attempt.
Mr. Scrapplngtou (In the midst of bla
reading)—Here Is an Item about a blast
ed fool who kissed bla wife 2,500 times
In one day. Mrs. Scrapplngton—Of
course he was a fool to think he could
deceive his wife that way. What doss
the account say be had been doing!—
Judge. _
Owe Reward.
"Wealth doesn't bring happiness."
"No," replied Miss Cayenne. "But It
doss help some toward Influencing oth
ers to put up with your grouchy aecen
trlclties."—Washington Mar.
Tbs May of life blooms ones and
never again.—Schiller.
►TRHT QUARTZ MINK IN
AIAMKA HOIJ) FOR liHI.WNI
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SEATTLE, Oct. S.—After search
ing diligently for more than twenty
years, Oeorge Cushing, prospector,
found the lost lead of the once fam
ous, now forgotten. Apollo mine on
Unga Island, Alaska, and sold Ills in
terest In the discovery for $30,000.
The Apollo was the first quart/
mine to be worked In Alaska. It was
opened by the Alaska Commercial
Company, which Immediately after
the cession of the territory to the
United States, established fur trading
posts at every accessible point. One
of the main branches was on Unga
Island. The Apollo mine produced
nearly $5,000,000 and then the lead
suddenly disappeared In a vault. Vlg
ilant search failed to reveal It again
Cushing, who had been on the isl
and seven years before the lead was
lost, could not understand how such
a large body of ore—the vein is more
than 200 feet wide—could break off
entirely and he searched assiduously
to rediscover It. Last spring his long
search proved successful. He picked
up the lead on the other side of the
mountain.
On Ills way to Seattle he met E. H.
Denting, a Bellingham cannery iiian
and capitalist, and Deming acting for
himself and Alex H. Bradford of Bel
lingham, and S. C. Scotton und J. E.
Sanducker of Chicago, optioned Cush
ing’s property for $30,000.
The discovery was lirst examined
by a mining engineer who roughly
estimated the amount of ore in sight
at 9,000,000 tons, running from 40c
to $14 per ton.
The Apollo mine was a big produc
er for more than 20 years. A 00
stamp mill, which Is still on the
ground, was kept busy for that time.
The tailings from the mine were run
into the bay. About two years ago
Otto W. Carlson, who made a for
tune at Nome and who for many years
was superintendent of the Alaska
Commercial Company at Utiga, con
ceived the Idea of • reclaiming these
tailings and treating the material by
the cyanide process, lie began the
installation of a plant last year, and
commenced operations last summer.
COMMISSIONER WANTS
SOLDIKItH WITHDRAWN
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—The with-'
drawal of American troops from Mex
ican soil is one of the indispensable
conditions upon which the commis
sioners cannot come to an agree
ment. Luis Cabrera, Mexican minis
ter of finance and a member of the
joint commission for the adjustment
of the border difficulties stated here
last night that Mexico would never
submit to having the United States
troops quartered on her people with
out a declaration of war as necessi
tated by international rules of war
fare.
Salmon Ship Arrive*.
PORTLAND, Oct. 6.- -The Reuce.
the last of the Alaska salmon fleet
for the present season, reached the
river yesterday from Chignik, mak
ing the passage In eight days. The
vessel flies the flag of the Columbia
River Packers' association uml has a
fleet mate, the St. Nicholas, which is
discharging her cargo at Astoria.
Best Sourdough hotcakes and best
coffee at the Arcade. tf
A Big Shipment.
Just received, a fresh Hue of Haas
Candles, the kind you like, at Levy &
Robb.' tf
LOST If the party who picked up
Ihe I ii in her with a dory the forepart
of Ihe week will return It to W. E.
Patton at Fort Llscum. he will he
suitably rewarded. W. E. Patton. 2t
Location notices, both quarts and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
flee.
Furnlsbed rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Don't fail to attend the grocery sale
at Blunt's.
Pioneer Bnnk House.
You can do your own cooking and
housekeeping at the Pioneer Bunk
house on Keystone Avenue. Price
$2.50 per week. If
Home nil'll are born poets hut nio.it
editors have poetry thrust upon them.
John I). Rockefeller can write a
check for a million and get II cashed
—that's money. Tennyson could
take a worthless piece of paper and
inscribe on it a poem that would
bring $50,000—that’s genius. A
woman will spend $50 for a hat
that's fashion. Wilson protested, to
Oerinuny against the submarine war
fare that's foolishness. Filling Hues,
doing cement work, bricklaying, etc.
— thul’s my business Bee BLAKE. If
K R W canned fruits and vegetables
at Blum's.
Pure Fresh Drugs at toe Valdez
Drug Store. tf
The best dinner at the Arcade
Cafe. tf
Prospector ads bring results.
S R W canned fruits and vegetables
at Blum's.
The N. & 8. leaves the Valdez dock
on regular sailing days. See adv.
Just received, u new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug
Company. tf
The Golden North, the House of
Comfort. tf
Don’t forget the Clearance Sale at
the Owl Drug Co.
Banquet Steel itanges, plain and
polished tops, at Mead's. tf
Auto given away free at the Owl
Drug Co.
Prospector ads. bring RESULTS.
Early or Late
Phone 48
Baggage Transferred
al a reasonable rate
Sonnie’s Express
Office at
SONNIE S NEW
& SECOND HAND STORE
Men’s Furnishings
Boys and Girls Attention!
Baby Ford Auto
Real Juvenile Auto Given Away
Absolutely Free
FREE
BIG
$50.00
VALUE
"DROP AROUND" and take a peek at this beauty
rr TAKES JUST A L1TLE HUSTLE TO WIN
Get your friends to patronize us and save the Votes for you
Don’t Forget To Turn
In All Your
AUTO TICKETS
By The Tenth.
OWL DRUG CO.
and CANDY KITCHEN
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Resources $250,000.
WE DO A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
DRAFTS BOUGHT AND SOLD ON ANY PAR I
OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent.
DEPOSITARY FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
[MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hose, Pipe and Fitting*
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone i!4
'■ST TONY’S PLACE”™
EVERYTHING
FIRS1 CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
Independent Steam Laundry
Hatitifaotion Guaranteed I I Font. Kinpiunc Av»
Telephone 66 I I Itouirli I»r> Fir lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS ClllSHOLM—FRANK GINTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle—
Sept. 20—S. S. Alaska.
Sept. :<0—S. S. Mariposa.
Oct. 5.— S. S. Northwestern.
Oct. 10—S. S. Alameda.
I'roni Valdt*/.*—
SP|il. l!ll.—S. S. \.n llmiv lci li.
Oil. I—S. S. Alainisl.l.
Ocl. <1—S. S. Alaska.
Oct. Ill—S. S. Marljaiaa.
Oct. l.*>—S. S. \iirtli«cs|«in.
Oct. l!ll—S. S. Mamisla.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau. Sheep
Creek, Treadwell. Douglas. Skagway, Cordova, Kllainar, Valdez and t.a
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice
P. B. TRACY. CJcn'l Agent VA1.DK/. DOCK CO., laical Agent
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line.
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
9AIMNO* FKOM SKATTI.K—
Oct. 1—9. 9. Admiral UalNon—
Anchofage aad way porta.
Oct. H—9. 9. Admiral Kvana— An
chorage and way porta.
Oct. 1ft—9. 9. Admiral Karragut—
Kodiak and Way Porta.
Oct. SCI—9. 9. Admiral Wataoa—
Anchorage and way porta.
Oct. 29—9. 9. Admiral Kvana—
Anchorage and way porta.
Nov. ft—9. 9. Admiral Karragut—
Anchorage and way porta.
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\ov. Ill—S. S. Atlmiral llianu.
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CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco oa the 5th of each month ami eurj ti%e *lnyt
thereafter, connecting with Steamers Isle ami Hart aril for
Southern California.
Right reserved to^ change schedule without notice.
A. J. HAINES, Manager, Seattle.
Valdez Dock Company, Local Agents.
Over the Top of the World
by Electric Power.
The "OLYMPIAN" and the “COLUMBIAN." the Mil
wuukee'n crack transcontinental trains are now hauled
over mountain barriers by electric power. Take these
smooth riding Al.L-STKKL trains and avoid the
smoke, soot and cinders Incident to steam travel.
J. C. Marts, Valid, Phaaa I A. E. Harris, T. P. A. Jaaaaa, Alaika.
Chicago, Milwaukee ft St. Paul Railway