—Something New
The Grocery Department has just received a
shipment of fancy Jams, Jellies and Preserves
that are made in Australia. They're twenty
varieties, absolutely pure and very choice,
trice a Can 35 cents.
—Something New
Two new numbers in womens’ underwear
for Spring wear.
A fine ribbed cotton A light weight union
union suit, low neck suit, low neck and
and sleeveless, ankle sleeveless, cuff knee,
length.
—Something New
Pure Maple Syrup ture Loganberry
made in the Adiron- Juice, comes in pint
dacks, comes in quart bottles, a tasty bever
cans. Price a can 75c. age. Try a bottle.
-Something New
An Automatic Knife Several new patterns
Sharpener made of 2 in inlaid Linoleum
tine corundum wheels just opened up. Rea
last a life time. 50c. sonable Pricings.
-Something New
The new Hump Hair New assortments of
Pin that “Locks the Brainard Armstrong
, „ .. ^ , . embroidery tlosses 8c
I<ocks”,assorted sizes crochet Sllks Many
a package ten cents. new colors.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
PHONE 44 Fresh Fruits—-Fresh Vegetables
AMOCAT CANNED GOODS
Washington Creamery Butter, Fresh Ranch Eggs and Cheese
HEINZ 57 VARIETIES
KEYSTONE PRODUCE CO.,E Xu,
Last Chance!
Offer Expiree March 31, 1917
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Admiral Watson Sails South.
The steamship Admiral Watson ar
rived in port shortly after 8 o’clock
this morning and sailed about an hour
later for the south. Her passengers
booked here were Ivan Donaldson for
Seattle, Rev. Father Fletcher, James
L,. Galen, Oak Olson, Chris Tjosevig
for Cordova
George Palmer, the mayor of
Knik, and pioneer merchant of that
section, was an outgoing passenger ou
the Admiral Watson.
Alameda Sails South.
The steamer Alameda came in from
the westward about 8 o’clock h’st
night and sailed south about two
hours later. Her passengers booked
from here were Sergt. H. W. Klibv
and wife and Peter Hanson for Seat
tle; Peter Randin, Henry Stotor. Sam
Erickson, M. J. Kearney and C. L.
Krause for Cordova.
Sergi. H. W. Kirby of the local ca
ble office, accompanied by Mrs. Kirby,
’.eft on the Alameda for Seattle.
| PACIFICISTS ALREADY
GETTING BUSY
| WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9.—
Senators and representatives began
receiving thousands of telegrams to
day from various peace federations of
the United States denouncing the ac
tion of the Senate in deferring to the
President in "any acts calculated to
bring us into war." It is announced
i that a delegation headed by Jane Ad
j clams of Chicago will seek an audience
1 with the President to protest against
! any steps being taken which is “con
templated towards bringing war be
I tween the United States and Ger
| many.”
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HOODS OX DHX'LIXK
OX CHICAGO MAItKKl
i CHICAGO. March 9.—Prices of j
[foodstuffs showed a further decline i
j in the Chicago market yesterday and I
! it is said there probably will be a
further reduction in some foodstuffs!
today. Eggs dropped 5 cents whole-1
I sale, to 32 cents; potatoes were quot-,
led at from 5 to 10 cents lower, and
a marked decrease in the price of
cabbage was also shown. Other staples
showed little change.
The first report of the police in
j their investigation of food stored here
showed more than 29,000,000 pounds
of meat in storage in two warehouses,
with a number of places not reported.
The report showed more than a half
million pounds of butter held here
and almost 4,000,000 pounds if pi.ul
itry‘ ___
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That New Insurance.
The Equitable’s offer to pay double
the amount of insurance in case of
death from accident under the double
Indemnity Policy inaugurated the
first of the year, is only another step
in this company’s progressive policy
in doing new things, and who are ai
' ways endeavoring to introduce im
provements and reforms for the ben
efit of its policy holders and the pub
lic. Let us explain the in sure.: ice to
you in detail.
2t ALASKA INVESTMENT CO. j
Joe Little, the well-known La
I touche mining mine is returning o.i j
the Alaska after spending the winter
I in Texas.
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To I’elision Kuhston's Widow
WASHINGTON. D. C„ March 9. — |
A hill granting a pension of $100 a
month to the widow of the late Major ;
i General Frederick Funston was pass-1
ed at the last session of the Senate, i
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Submarine in \ aide/. Harbor.
Might create a little excitement bur.
it would be as nothing compared to!
the feeling which will be experienced.
On the night of the 17th of Marth.
St. Patrick. Ball. One thing will hap
pen after another that night,
j Tickets on sale everywhere in Va!-j
dez. 2t !
- - .
$100 a Ton for Potatoes.
1 SEATTLE, March 9.—One liun-;
dred dollars a ton for seed potatoes j
is the price quoted to jobbers here by ‘
by farmers in the valleys between So- j
attle and Tacoma. Holdings are re-i
ported very scarce.
Webster's New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; cone in
and look it over. Valdez Drug >'o. if
—
A fresh lot of Haas' Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to $2
a box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
WANTED—Mill man's job as firs',
amalgamator. References to prove for
several years, handy with tools espc
cially wood work. Inquire at the
Prospector tor K. Lahz. k-2?
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HUGH RODMAN.
7 7'ft; I Iff! *"'■■ t
Mwnbtr of QoneraJ N*y«j
Bawd B»on * Roar Admiral,
<*.. lit ' »i liiiutfii'; Mu.rr;1 r.;: —
Steamship Sailings
Alameda—Sailed south from Valdez
March 8.
Admiral Watson—Sailed south from
Valdez March 9.
Admiral Evans—Passed Juneau Mar
7. bound for Valdez.
Northwestern—Sailed west from Val
dez, Feb. 28.
Admiral Farragut—Sailed south
from Valdez, Feb. 25.
Mariposa—Sailed south from Valdez
to Seattle, February 15.
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.tu.
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
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
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TI1»K TABLES FOR MARCH.
Compiled for Valdez Bay, by T .u
Prospector:
Friday. March 9—
First High Tide 0:34 a. m., 8.1.
Second High Tide 12:41 p. m., 8.3.
First Low Tide 6:36 a. m., 0.4.
Second Low Tide 6:47 p. m., 0.3.
Saturday, March 10—
First High Tide 0:58 a. m., 8.5.
Second High Tide 1:15 p. m., 8.1.
First Low Tide 7:08 a. m., 0.0.
Second Low Tide 7:12 p. m., 0.5.
Sunday, March 11—
First High Tide 1:25 a. m„ 8.7.
Second High Tide 1:49 p. m., 7.7.
First Low Tide 7:45 a. m., —0.2.
Second Low Tide 7:39 p. m„ 0.9.
Monday, March 12—
First High Tide 1:50 a. n>., 8.S.
Second High Tide 2:25 p. iu., 7.2
First Low Tide 8:16 a. ni., —0.3.
Second Low Tide 8:07 p. in., 1.4.
Tuesday, March 13—
First High Tide, 2:19 a. m.. 8.9.
Second High Tide 3:06 p. m., 6.5.
First Low Tide 8:56 a. m., — -0.1.
Second Low Tide 8:38 p. in., 1.9.
Wednesday, March 14—
First High Tide 2:54 a. m., 8.7.
Second High Tide 3:55 p. m., 5.9.
First Low Tide 9:44 a. m., 0.1.
Second Low Tide 9:16 p. m., 2.5.
Thursday. March 15—
; First Higli Tide 3:37 a. m., 8.5.
Second High Tide 5:03 p. in.. 5 3.
| First Low Tide 10:42 a. in., 0.5.
Secjnd Low Tide 10:05 p. m., 3.0.
Daily Weather Deport.
March S. 1917. 7 p. m.
| Barometric pressure .30.023
; Temperature .2S
I Maximum temperature.34
| Minimum temperature.23
| Mean temperature 28.5
! Snow on ground .32 in. ■
, Cloudy, calm.
March 9, 1917. 7 a. in. j
! Barometric pressure .29.945 j
| Temperature.27
] Maximum temperature .2S
Minimum temperature 26
Mean temperature.27
Snow on ground .32 ir.
! Cloudy, calm.
—Myrtle K. Billings, Ohs.
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Trail Weather Deport
Fairbanks—22 above, 11 inches of
snow, clear, calm. •*
Salcha—15 above, 10 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm, trail fair. Two
mushers north 2 p. m. yesterday.
Munsons—1 double ender two
men south 7 a. m.
Richardson—20 above, 30 inches
of snow, part cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Hills bare. Mail north 5 a. m. date.
McCarty—20 above, 5 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Donnelly—30 above, 7 inches of
snow, cloudy, south wind, trail fair.
Maxwell arrived last night, north
mail by 10 a. m. yesterday.
McCallum—21 above, snowing,
snow, 50 inches, cloudy, calm, trail
good. Stage south 1 p. ra. yesterday.
Road Commission south 6 a. m. date.
Paxsons—28 above, 20 inches of
snow, cloudy, snowing slightly, trail
good, stage south, 2 passengers, stage
north no passengers, N. C. freight
team north, A. R. C. teams south a.
m.
Hogan—23 above, 20 inches srow,
cloudy calm trail good. Sourdough
two dog teams south. Two freight
teams north.
Qulkana—22 above, pinches of |
snow, cloudy, calm, trail good. In
gram south 8 a. m.
Copper Center—20 above, snow 9
inches, clair, calm, trail good. South
mail out 7 a. m., two freighters north ,
and south 7 a. m.
Tonsina—12 above, snow 11 inches!
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell—21 above, 32 inches ofj
snow, cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam—25 above, cloudy,,
calm, 44 inches snow, trail open'
south. Rowbottom left north 8 a. m.!
with mail.
Thompson I’ass—23 above, snow j
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 SAVIN6S BANK.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
Agts. for EQUITABLE Life Ins.
Public: $££3, Reed Bid*. Phone. 196
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, toot 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.
88 inches, cloudy, calm, trail closed.
Wortman—24 above, 45 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm, trail bad. Cash
man and mustier arrived 5 p. m. yes
terday.
This Day In History.
Feast day of St. Pacian, St. Gregory
of Nyssa, St. Frances, widow; Si
Catherine af Bologna.
Joan of Arc announced her mission
to the King of France in 1429.
Amerigo Vespucci, explorer, born
in 1461.
Lewis Gouzaga, (St. Aloysius) born
in 1668.
Arthur. Lord Capel; James, Duke
of Hamilton; Henry Rich, Earl of
Holland, Snglish royalists, beheaded
in 1649.
Commodore Isaac Hull, U. S. navy,
born in 17731.
Revolutionary tribunal established
in France in 1793.
Bonaparte married Josephine Beau
harnais in 1796.
The Postmaster-General of the
United States became a cabinet officer
In 1829.
Rome had the first snowfall in l »0
years in 1834.
War between Mexico and France
ended in 1834.
General Scott landed at Vera Cruz
in 1847.
Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac
;n 1862.
Fred Nuhn was an arrival from
the Cliff mine yesterday afternoon
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Remember your friends by sending
them a Panoramic View, a new lot
just received. Valdez Drug Co tf
Try our satin-finish hard candies
in bulk at the Candy Kitchen. tf
K new line or neaters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
Miner Ads. bring KBSULTS.
Hot Point Irons and Electric Appli
ances have now arrived at the Empo
rium. gt
Men’s, Ladies' and Children’s Hose
came cn the last boat for the Empo
rium. St
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co ,
\ -
Hot drinks are in full swing at the
Candy Kitchen tf
Have you tried our Boston Mints
in bulk at the Candy Kitchen. tf
Por first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
Prospector ads bring results.