One of those beautiful
MEERSCHAUM PIPES
at the
BUFFET
would make a delightful Xmas gift.
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR ail BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of
wall board kept in stock at all times
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ ALASKA
. Phone 18
REFERENCES j s. BLUM A CO., Valdes, and Cordova,
RANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Amaau, Alaska.
Merchant’s Cafe
rbOM «8 OPEN DAT AND NIGHT Ch«. Fischer, Pro|>r.
TREAT YOUR8EIA-'
TO A NEW SUIT
or overcoat for Xmas. Come In
today and select the cloth from
our assortment of elegant and
exclusive fabrics from the very
best mills. The cost will not be
unreasonable. And our reputa
tion is a guarantee that the
style and tailoring will be irre
proachable.
BEN SILVERMAN
the tailor
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hoe, Pipe and Fitting*
Doch-OpporiU Pro*!»*c*or Ottletk. T*l*phon* 84
Independent Steam Laundry
StSl1 I STJXT.C r
Telephone 6« 1
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—fltANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS AND BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 3S
THE PINZON
TOBACCO AND CIGARS
r»a
POOL AND BILLIARDS
PHONE 69 Me Kinley St/ Valdez
HOTEL SEXTON
Seward ^Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The^traveling public’s
borne.
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European Plan.
HOTEL SEXTON
—mmmmmm
A complete line of fountain pens,
perfumes, stationery; etc., at the
Valdes Drug Store. Buy your Xmas
gifts there. tf
Notice to Pioneers
A joint initiation of officers of the
Pioneers of Alaska and the Ladies
Auxiliary will take, place on Friday
evening at their halL
All members are urged to be pres* i
eat.
J. O. SNYDER, Rec. See. J
Igloo No. 7. j
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PUDDLES. A CAT rlSHECMAN
Emulated Skill of Hla Muter, and En
joyed Diving in and Fetching
Out the Dogfish.
The English naturalist, Krancls
Auckland. once told a story of a flsh
•rnian of Portsmouth. England, whose
■at. Puddle*-, emulated in his peculiar
say the fishing skill of his master.
Quoting the fisherman. Mr. Buckland
<nid:
lie was the wnnderfullest water j
-at as ever come out of Portsmouth |
Harbor. was Puddles, lie used to go .
•»nf n-fishln' with me every night. Cold
nights he would 'it in my lap while 1
was 'h-fishln’ and poke Ids bead on*
every new anil then. <>r else I would j
wrap him tin In the sail and make hltn •
lie quiet. He’d lay down on tne when
I was asleep, and If anyone come he'd
swear a good one. and have the face
■iff 'em if they went to touch me. And
he'd never toneh a fish, not even a lit
tle teeny pout, if I didn't give It to
idltl. I was ddign'ed to take l.illl out !
:i-fis|iiu'. or else he'd stand tint I yowl
slid niarr till f went back and eatched
him by the poll nnd shied him Into the
boat, and then he was quite happy.
When It was fine he used to stick
up at the how of the boat and sit si
watchln’ the dogfish. They used to
come alongside by the thousands at m
time, and when they was thick all
nlmiit he'd dive In and fetch 'em out.
lammed In Ills mouth. Just as If they
was n parcel of rats. He looked ter
rible wild about the head when he
roine up out of the water with the fish
in Ids teeth.
I larnt him the water myself. One
day. when he was a kitten. I look him
down to the sea to wash him and
brush the fleas out of him. and In a
week he could swim after a feather
or a rnrk.—Youth’s Companion.
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GAMES OF SIAMESE KIDDIES
Oii-ls Play Keeping Houae, With Dried
Clay Dollies—Boys Jump Rope
and Roll Marbles.
When the Siamese folks get tip in
the morning they do not go to the
wnshstand to wash their faces, for I he
simple reason that Siamese houses call
boast no such article of furniture, says
an exchange.
So our little Siamese friend Jus!
runs down to the foot of ths ladder
for the, house Is built on posts—to a
large jar of water with a coconut
shell dipper. There she washes her
face liy throwing the water over her
hands and rubbing them over her face.
She needs no towel, for the water Is
left to dry. She does not brush her
teeth, for they are stained black by
chewing the betel nut. Her hair does
not retpilri combing, either, for It is
nil shaved except a little fuff on the
lop of the head, and that Is tied In si
little knot anil not very often combed.
After breakfast Is over, the children
go off and find some pleasant place In
which to play. The girls play at keep
ing. house and make dishes of day
dried In the sun. I.lltle images of clay
washed with lime are their only dolls.
The hoys of Slam are very foltd of
pltehlng coins, and spend much of their
time In this game. They piny leap
, frog and very often Jump the rope.
Now that so many foreigners are In
Slam, they have learned in play mar
bles, too.
As the streets in Slam are almost
all rivers and ennuis, the Siamese boys
anti girls early learn to row, and pad
dle their little boats almost as soon a*
they learn to swliu. which they d>
when they are only four or five years
old.
—
Old Lady’s Find.
Breathless wllli excitement during i
the cold weather, the old lady ap
peared at the window of the lost prop
erty office.
“I found something In the train," she
said.
“What la 1L ma'am?" Inquired the
clerk.
“I don’t know; It's a box with han
dles at each end. It may he a bomb,
an Infernal machine. Ketch a police
man.”
“Let me see It, ma'am." asked the
clerk.
"Certainly not; It may be a Jewel
case. It la made of metal and It’s
very heavy. Send for the station
master.” ahe said.
“Won't yon let me see It?"
“No, I will not. Trying to cheat an
old womau out of her reward. Rend
for the statlonmaster and a police-1
man.”
These two worthies having arrived,
the old lady showed her And to the
expectant crowd.
"Now,” she said, “what Is it?"
"That!” roared the statlonmaster.
“That thing? Why, It’s a foot-warm
er." 1
Naming Alaska.
The name Alaska Is an Kngllsh cor
ruption of perversion of Alayeksa, as
it was called by the aboriginal Inhab
itants of the Aleutian Islands, lying
to the westward, observes a geograph
ical magazine. When the Russians
first came to uue of the Aleutian
Islands, they were told that a vast
country lay to the eastward, and that
Its name was Alayeksa. The Aleuts 1
called their own Island Nagun Alay- 1
ekaa, meaning the land lying near
Alayeksa. By a process of Russia a- 1
Izlng and Anglicizing Alayeksa became
Alaska, and Nagun-Alnyekaa became 1
Unalaska. The original Aleutian word 1
Alayeksa meant “the great country,” 1
aa the Inhabitant* of scattered Islands ’
would naturally consider a vest con- '
tinentnl region of verted reeeurcte and 1
beautiful scenery ad Alayekm or Alas- *
In IMrutner proved, to be.
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FIRST ELECTION IN 1789
Gaorge Washington of Virginia, Ra
eslvlng Sixty-Nine Votes From Ten
States, Chosen President.
The first election for president of
the Hnlted States orrwrred In fhe
states which ratified the Constitution
on the first Wednesday of January. the
7th. 1789. Only ten of the thirteen
stillfs voted in that election. New
York, Rhode Island and North Caro
lina not voting. In five of the states,
viz.. Connecticut. Delaware. Georgia,
i New Jersey and South Carolina, the
[people did rmt vote, the presidential
electors being chosen by the state leg- 1
i Matures.
At that time the Constitution re
quired the presidential electors lo vole
for two persons, the one receiving the
majority to lie president und the one
receiving the next greatest number to
he vice president. There had been no
conventions held, no nominations
made and no platforms adopted. The
presidential electors were left without
instruction*. to vote as they pleased or
according to their own discretion.
The ten states which constituted the
first electoral rnllege had 73 votes,
rtr... Connecticut. 7; Delaware. 3; Geor
gia. Maryland. 8: Massachusetts.
10; New Hampshire, ft; New Jersey,
fi: Pennsylvania. 10; South Carolina.
7; Virginia. 12. On the first ballot,
eaeh of the 73 electors voting for two
persons, the vote resulted:
For George Washington of Virginia.
00: John Adams of Massaebnsetts. 34;
John Jay of New York. 9; Robert H.
Harrison of Maryland, 0; John Rot
ledge of South Carolina, fl; John Han
cock of Massachusetts. 4; George Clin
ton of New York. 3; Samuel Hunting
ton of Conneetlent. 2; John Milton of
Georgia. 2; Janies Armstrong of Geor
gia. 1; Ben in mi n Lincoln of Massa
chusetts. 1; Kdwitrd Telfair of Geor
gia. 1. This ballot made Washington
president and John Adams, the next
highest, vice president.
RARE POSIES IN THE ARCTIC
i -
Rich Blossoms Nature's Compensation
for Long Winter During Which
There le No Sunshine.
Tn the brief, bright, nighties* mm
‘nier the Arctic Is n paradise of flower*.
\ It would seem In he a compensation
of D&uie Nature for the long winter,
during which the sun never shows his
lolly face once, observe* a correspond
ent.
A great many of those plants have
of late years become familiar to gar
den lovers because they are much used
In rock gardens, and every flower lover
knows their delicacy of structure, their
brightness of color and their hardi
hood.
! Hut nothing can heat their original
I environment. These patches of yellow
and blue and rose and purple, cheek
by Jowl with great beds of snow or
some stranded and long unmelted berg,
look lovely. It Is the setting they were
made for.
Strangely enough when brought
south and coaxed to grow In our gar
dens. these Arctic and Alpine plants
lose both a part of their great vitality
and their lovely tint. They pine for
‘the Arctic like the Eskimo does,
j Nansen tells of delicate bluebells
'nodding tn the breexe. saxifrages with
1 large blossoms, pale yellow mountain
! poppies. white cloudberry flowers, and
blue forget-me-nots In countless mil
lions In the neighborhood of the north
pole. So It is not all desolation and
death. A flower seed is one of the
most difficult things In nature to kill,
(live It half a chance and It will show
.up smiling, and do Its “hit” In making
the world a brighter place to live In.
The Tuna Angler.
Southern California, and Santa Cata
lina Island In particular, has produced
two game Unites pre-eminent In the an
nuls of the world's sport, says the
American Angler. One Is the leaping
tuna; the other the swordfish. The
tuna is game for the well-conditioned
athlete. The ninii who takes a large
one with the rod must he an athlete.
He must he ready for a continuous
round of from one to four hours,
keyed up to the highest excitement,
ss If lie gives in and tries to rest the
tuna rests twice as fast.
To obtain the full enjoyment of tuna
angling the rod should be of 16 ounces,
the line No. 21 and the fish should not
weigh more tliHii 200 pounds.
—
Curing Elephant's Cold.
A circus man, caught in the act of
curing an elephant of a cold, was dared
to take his own medicine. He dedlne.ri
1 hut Invited the Interviewer to return
the next day and see the elephant
cured. And the next day, sure enough,
the elephant was rid of the cold. What
was the treatment? Nothing compli
cated at all. The keeper placed a
bucket of boiling hot,vinegar In a bag
and then tied the latter snugly about
tbe Indisposed animal’s trunk so that
he was compelled to Inhale the bene
ficial fumes whether he wished to or
not.
Children and Fairies.
To the children fairies stand for all
the wonderful and unpredictable possi
bilities of life, for all the magic of It,
Its charm of unexpectedness, says the
Atlantic Monthly. A child Is a bit pus
tied by the Inevitable; in the fairy
world It does not exist. In that world
he slips away from the world of grown
ups, with Its endless consequences re
morselessly bounding tbe gay, Irre
sponsible little child doings. He loves
tbe grownupe and It la net from them
that be wishes to qscape, but from
their world, their difficult, unyielding
weetd.
WHEN FLAMES FILL
THE FACTORY
despair fills the owner who has
neglected to look after his in
surance. We handle the Insur
ance of some very large con
cerns. We place it in the best
companies, pay the premiums
promptly and attend to renew
als. Let us do that for you.
It will not cost you anything
for our service.
Valdez Iteal Estate Agency
Pltwae No. I. VALDEZ DOCK CO., Agent, Valdez Alaska.
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships Offer Frequent,
PERFECT SERVICE
Between All Points in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
Leave Beattie IB a. m.— From Valdes to Beattie
Dee. IB—8. A Adm. Evans xiee. 2—S. S. Adm. Evans
Del 2»—8. 8. Adm. Evans 20.—S. S. Adm. Evans
(for Kodiak) 27
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Monday, Friday and Saturday for
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
IF YOUR TICKET READS “PACIFIC STEAMSHIP; COMPANY”
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST.
Valdez Transfer Co.
A. M. DIERINGER, Proprietor
Office on Valdez Dock, Next to Prospector
Building.
General Trucking and Freighting to all
Interior Points
AUTOS FOR HIRE,
DAY OR NIGHT
No Coal Delivered Unless Paid in Advance
MINISTERS AND COURTS
FIRED BY BOLSHEV1KI
PETROGRAD, Jan., 3.- Leon Trot
zky. the Bolshevik! foreign minister,
has issued a decree dismissing all
Russian ambassadors and their staffs
because they ignored the Bolshevikl
demand that they denounce the Ker
ensky government. .
“We have declared them deprived
of all further rights and pensions,”
Trotzky said.
The Bolsheviki has dispersed the
senate, the highest Russian court, and
all the other courts of Petrograd, in
keeping with the recent decree of the
people’s commissaries, substituting
new revolutionary tribunals. The on
ly opposition met was at the congress
of county Judges, who refused to be
dispersed. They were arrested.
The soldiers, peasants and work
men in each district, according to the
proclamation, name a permanent pres
went or tne court ana six jurors, tne
latter serving only one week. They
have full power to impose fines, im
prisonment and banishment. Each jur
or can cause an arrest in an emer
gency, but the entire court must ap
prove later. Any member can cause
a prisoner to be released. The Petro
grad advocates’ congress has decided
to ignore the law.
Announcement was made today
that revolutionary courts would be es
tablished throughout the country on
January 20 to assist in carrying on
the Btruggie of the Bolsheviki gov-*
eminent against counter-revolution
and to stop brigandage, sabotage Hnd
speculation.
Members of the courts will be revo
lutionaries chosen by local councils of
soldiers and workmen's delegates.
According to the announcement, the
courts will have free choice of means
of dealing with those who disobey the
orders of the revolutionaries. The
following punishments are suggested :
Pines, public disapprobation, re
fusal of state credit, compulsory lab
or, imprisonment. Every citizen of
good standing is entitled to the ser
vices of a public advocate. All cases
must first be submitted to an inves
tigating committee nominated by the
soldiers and workmen’s delegates.
ATTORNEY GENERAL
STARTS MUTTON CLUB
OLYMPIA, Jan. 3.— A day or two
ago State Commissioner of Agricul
ture Benson suggested that citizens
use sheep to graze their lawns instead
of using mowers. Attorney General
Tanner has acted on this suggestion.
He has purchased a masculine lamb
and arranged for pasturing it on the
land of' the Golf and Country Club,
and says he is going after every mem
ber of the club to do likewise. He be
lieves a good-sized herd will soon be
storing mutton on the club grounds.
WHEN Timothy Jlmson hex
a good crop, he's a* admin*
istration man, but when
crops is bad, lie’s agin'
the gov’ment. I say;
principles is one thing,
an* pocketbook another.
Both of *em*8 in right
when you smoke VEL
VELVET, the Smoothest Smoking Tobocoi.
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