* Men’s Mackinaw Coats
IMS
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. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
dentist
in both companies
Oflice Rooms in
Whaling Building.
Fourteen vears in
VALDEZ
DR. GERMAN
Phone |9 THE DENTIST
Offloe rooms over Ore l Drue store. Office hours
9 a. m., to6p. m.. 7 p, m..to9 p. ni. Sundays
by appointment All worlt euaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. 80
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.: 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. ni.
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdea. Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phones. VALDEZ
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
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Office Opposite Court House
Phone ^4 Valdex, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
jCivii Engineer and’
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mii/erei Surveyor
Bine Printing Veldes, Aleake.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
H. M. CARTER, President, .
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
_Valdes, Alaska.
True Sportsman.
The Cop—Resistin’ an orficer is the
charge, yer honor. lie struck straight
from the shoulder an’ hit me on the
knee.
The .Judge—What have you to say,
my lad?
The Boy—Well, sir, I fought fair,
anyhow. I might 'ave hurt him awful
if I’d ’ave hit him low.—Pittsburgh
Press.
THE READING TABLE
There is no light that makes night
reading so easy as 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.
OUR SON A VARIABLE STAR.
The More Spote It Has Upon It the
Mora Heat We Get.
Accurate Investigations carried on si
multaneously in various parts of the
world through a long series of years
have demonstrated that the sun does
not give out constantly the same
amount of beat, but the variation is so
great as to amount to 10 degrees on
the earth’s surfuce. In other words,
our sun is a variable star. It bus long
been known that other stars vary in
the amount of light they send forth,
notably Mira in the constellation of
Cetus, but it required the most refined
investigation with the most elaborate
checks to prove that this was the case
with the sun. One of the instruments
is so delicate that it can measure one
millionth part of a degree of heat.
It is found that the amount of heat
is connected with the spots on the sun.
and. curiously enough, more spots more
heat. Thus we have one factor in the
changes of terrestrial temperature, al
though It is only one. Our seasons are
caused by the inclination of the earth’s
equator to the ecliptic, and the heat is
greater in summer when the sun’s rays
fall most directly on the earth. But
as the amount of heat varies and as
the radiation, reflection, etc., also vary
we have a very complex system of
weather.
It is believed by the Smithsonian in
stitution that eventually we shall be
able, through knowledge od the sub
ject, to make much more accurate wea
ther predictions than at present and
for a much longer time in advance.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
ROLLING AN UMBRELLA.
This Expert Makes It a Rather Com
plicated Operation.
Few men can roll up an umbrella
nicely. Here Is tile method I was
taught. It is uot very pretty, hut it is
effective. You begin by folding up a
sheet of newspaper to form a little
pad; otherwise you are apt to spoil
your wail paper. Now for the rest
Hold the umbrella horizontally. Hold
the pad of paper against the wall,
press the end of the umbrella against
the paper and the handle of the urn
brella against your own body. This
leaves the hands free for the deli
cate task of rolling up the umbrella.
Find the button. Bring the fold with
the button on it to your left and let it
hang down. Then pull out each fold
and pass It over the first. Throw the
lot loosely around the umbrella with
out disturbing the creases of the folds.
Grip the tops of thd ribs with the right
hand. Put your left hand around the
other end and wind the umbrella
through the left hand with a screwing
motion.
Do not let go of the tops of the ribs
of the umbrella. When you have to
move the hand slide it around. If you
let go you will find that the ribs get
out of place, and then the folds of the
umbrella will follow suit. When the
umbrella is rolled up grip it tightly
until you have fastened it If you fail
in that detail you will get an unsightly
bulge in the center of the umbrella.—
London Globe.
Gloves of Varnish.
Skin varnish completely covering the
hands is used by some surgeons in
stead of rubber gloves during surgical
operations. So cleverly is the varnish
made that it cannot be washed off
with water or any liquid likely to be
met in the course of an operation; nor
can it bo scraped off except by scrap
iug off the skin itself, and yet it is
about as pliable as very thin rubber
The purpose in using it Instead of rub
ber gloves Is to preserve the sensitive
ness of the touch and make it easier to
handle materials such as catgut. The
varnish looks like honey. It is rubbed
on the hands after they have been
washed as thoroughly as possible, and
quickly dries. To remove It the hands
are washed in another chemical solu
tion.—Saturday Evening Post
Flint and Tinder.
If tempted to grumble overmuch at
the modern match, let us recall the
elaborate ritual necessary to procuring
a light until about a century ago. By
striking a flint with a piece of steel a
spark—if you were adept and lucky—
was thrown upon a piece of tinder,
which spark yon blew Into a flame.
Strips of wood dipped In sulpbur
were held in tbe flame, and your
match was lighted. The tinder, hav
ing fulfilled Its function, was extin
guished by a tin damper. Tbe match
sticks were either homemade or pur
chased in small bundles from gypsies.
—London Express.
Women ae 8oldiers.
"Henrietta,” said Meekton, “1 don’t
think women would ever care to be
soldiers.’’
“Why notr
“Soldiers' uniforms are so much
alike. No soldier can have the slight
est curiosity about what another sol
dier has on.”—Exchange.
Tommy’s Idea of Encouragement.
Mother—And you say the little girl
played the violin, Tommie? Tommie—
Tea, mamma.
“And did she get any encourage
ment?"
“No, mamma; nobody passed around
any batl”— Yonkers Statesman.
Russia’s Vast Forests.
Russia has 484,000.000 acres of for
est That Is to say, more than one
third of the whole country is covered
by trees, and there are four acres of
forest to every Inhabitant
Straightforwardness without tbs
rules of propriety becomes rudeness.
WINNING A DECORATION.
The Tradesman Got the Grand Cross
and King Peter the Reward.
An excellent story Is going the
rounds about King Peter of Servla.
A French tradesman who had umnss
ed a great fortune wanted very badly
to get hold of some decoration to wear
on bis breast, and after some financial
maneuvering he managed to secure a
Servian cross of something or other.
He was immensely proud of this cross,
and Instead of having it set with the
usual Inferior quality of brilliants he
had it set with diamonds of the first
water.
Soon afterward he visited Servla,
and, us in duty bound, he called on
King Peter to thank him for the order.
He wore, of course, his magnificent
cross, and King Peter, who knows
something about Jewels, immediately
fixed his eyes on it lie himself was
wearing the grand cross of the order
set with rather poor brilliants, and
the moment his visitor came within
rench he exclaimed: "But what is
this? I gave orders that you should
have the grand cross. The cross alone
is not worthy of you. Here, you shall
wear mine."
Before the other could protest Peter
had changed the cross for the grand
cross, substituting the inferior jewels
for the splendid diamonds on the
breast of the other! As a matter of
fact, of course, he had never heard of
his visitor before, the decoration hav
ing been arranged by his ministers.—
London Tatler.
SQUARE OF THE CIRCLE.
For All Ordinary Mechanical Work the
Formula 3.1416 Is Used.
The ratio of the length of the cir
cumference of a circle to its diameter,
sought during many thousands of
years, has never been discovered. It
has been known for decades of centu
ries, away back to the Aryans and to
the Egyptians—or rather to the non
Egyptian pyramid of Suphis builders—
that the circumference of a circle is
three and a fraction times longer than
its diameter.
This fraction has been sought by
computers in every great nation from
prehistoric times. Within modern
times it has been computed with accu
racy and by enormous labor in Germa
ny out to 63o decimal places with no
end—there is always a remainder to
be reckoned.
But all of this work was useless, be
cause high mathematics has shown
that the string of figures will never
come to an end in any finite number of
figures. And as these men cannot
think of infinity they made the sym
bol of infinity and stopped wasting
time many years ago.
The circumference of a circle is
3.141592G5 plus longer than its diame
ter. But in all ordinary mechanics, as
in factories, machine shops and the
like, the number 3.1416 is used. Thus
the difference between lengths of cir
cumferences of locomotive drivewheels
or any other made by using one or the
other of these values could not be de
tected mechanically without micromet
ric measurement. — New York Ameri
can.
Change of Doctors.
“Oh, yes.” she remarked in reply to
her incredulous friend’s question. ”1
changed doctors quite a long time ago.
before last Christmas, in fact.”
"But 1 thought you had such eoiifi
deuce ill Dr. Ileaiem?”
“Oh, so I diil But he’s getting so
frightfully old fashioned, you know;
doesn’t move with the times and that
sort of thing at all. Perhaps you re
member me telling you how terribly 1
felt the cold last winter?”
“Yes.”
“Well, I went to Dr. Healem about it
and he told me to wear flannel. Flan
nel, if you please!”
“Yes.”
“So I went to Dr. Nicely. He sug
gested sealskin!”—Tacoma Tribune.
Subways of Knowledge.
The following definitions taken from
school examination papers are exam
ples of those school mistakes where
one can see truces of the right idea
without definite form In the writer’s
brain:
“The base of a triangle is the side
which we don’t talk about”
“The subjunctive mood is used in a
doubtful manner.’’
“Rapids are pieces of water which
run with great force down the middle
of rivers.”
“Excommunication means that no
one is to speak to some one.’"—Chris
tian Register.
A Poor Placo.
"And you say you almost starved to
death in your last position?" said the
kind housewife. “What position was
itr
“1 was treasurer of a poets’ union,
mum,” replied the dusty wayfarer,
with a deep sigh.—Exchange.
Proof Positive.
Mrs. Gaddy—So you don’t believe me.
Mrs. Pert, when I tell you my nose is
kept to the grindstone? Mrs. Pert
No, I don’t, Mrs. Gaddy, for if it was
you couldn’t have time to keep poking
It In everybody else’a business.—Bait!
more American.
Waiting Up For Him.
“Oh, mamma, will you tell me a fairy
tale, please?"
“Oh, wait until your father come:,
home; he’ll tell us both one.”—Yon
kers Statesman.
The handset thing to leant la to know
oneself; the easiest to find fault with
the doings of other people.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE Call You on Time for*th^boat
if We Handle Your Baggage.
We Buy and^Sell Anything front
DeadJCrabs to Live Bears.
CITYf 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
c 7 si m to L) si rn
MEALS < Lunch 12 m to I i> m
' 6 to 7 p rn
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
stoHOTEL*
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" IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
1155 Rooms witii bath-50 SampleRooms
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Ter
ritory of AlasKa, ss.:
I, Charles E. Davidson, Secretary
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, 10, 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 of the estate
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and fil
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, tbo
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
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
If you want nil me newa all the
ttmo. read the Proepeotor.