STEAM HEATED, HOT AND COLD BATHS
popper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
pH0NE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
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ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain onr .tardard. Sold everywhere
GERMAN MEDALS GALORE
TO MARK VICTORIES
Germany has caused to be made a
wonderful series of medals to com
memorate her numerous victories
since the beginning of her present
war. She has allowed no incident to
be called unworthy of a medal. Well
known sculptors and medallists have
been engaged to design the medals,
and not only bronze and silver, but
even gold, has been used in their
manufacture. Many of them have
■ cost considerable sums of money to
■ issue, but in spite of their high
prices they , have commanded a very
large sale.
Some of the victories which have
been honored with medals are Lou
vain, Ypres, Maubege and Tirlemont.
The medal for Maubege marks the de
feat of the English cavalry brigade.
A satirical medal was struck for the
entry into the war of Japan. One of
the most interesting of all the col
lection is a silver medal with a por
trait of General von Gluk on the
face and bearing the inscription,
“Nach Paris, 1914.” This was made
in anticipation of the fall of Paris.
Another medal which was struck to
commemorate this same event bears
tbis inscription: “We Germans fear
only God—nothing else in the world.”
These last, must be given back to the
melting pot.
mi__n# tVia RmrUfill flfiftt.
off the coast of Chile and also the
sinking of the cruisers off the coast
of Holland both received silver and
bronze medals. The blockade of En
gland was awarded with a medal. It
la on this medal that the famous
phrase “Gott Strafe England” first
appeared. And still another medal
records the services of Count Zeppe
lin to his government. This medal
la of bronze and bears the head of
the count on one side and on the
other there is a design of a Zeppelin
In midair dropping bombs down upon
a fortified town.—Ex.
Weather Report.
Valdez, Jaa. 19, 1916.
BaroUvetrlc pressure .29.960
Temperdikira 7 p. m.— 8
Maximum . 26
Minimum temperature.— 8
Mean temperature . 9
Partly cloudy, strong gale, 60 miles
from northeast. Wires down to in
terior. No report.
Valdez Drug Company have a fine
tine of School Stationery. tf.
Subscribe for .he Prospector.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warn, U*ll Rooei-Tlie Hoax of Comfort
RATES 'REASONABLE
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Freighting and Passengers
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9D. WOOD. Proprietor
CERTIFICATE MUST
BEAU WAR STAMP
Persons Who Were Married During
Past Year are Warned to Cook
at Their Certificates.
Persons who were married during
the past year are invited to take a
look at their wedding certificates to
see if they are legally married. It
is claimed that marriages contracted
during the past year are not legal un
less there is a war revenue stamp at
tached to the wedding certificates.
The Juneau papers report that
dhch a practice has not been follow
ed there and it is believed that min
isters and others performing marriage
ceremonies in other parts of the ter
ritory have neglected to attach the
stamps, which according to the Ep
worth Herald, is technically guilty
of a violation of the revenue laws,
and if Uncle Sam got busy he might
punish them for the violations and
make the commissioners office pay
the amount due on the marriage cer
tificates for which no stamp have
been affixed.
While it is true the government
ought to instruct officers regarding
such matters it would be entirely
contrary to precedent for Uncle Sam
to employ business methods in deal
ing with the public. The “old gentle
man" takes a great deal for granted
The way he works the “struggling
newspaper men" for free advertising
Is nothing short of scandalous.
However under the caption, “Were
You Legally Married?” appears the
following in the Epworth Herald:
Persons married during the past
year are invited to take a glance at
their wedding certificates. Is there
a ten-cent revenue stamp adorning
the document, properly canceled
with the initials of the minister whc
performed the ceremony and the
date? If so, the wedding was per
formed according to due process ol
law, and all the requirements apper
taining thereunto were fulfilled. Ii
not, the clergyman officiating eithei
has not siuu.eil the provisions of the
war tax, or else he is dodging them
In either case he liable to a fine.
FORMER SEWARD MAN
MAKING A FORTUNE
George Wenlfler, who spent Iasi
winter in Seward is now taking oui
twenty thousand dollars a montt
from his quartz mine at Jarbridge
Nevada. Mr. Wenkler had the mine
when he was here. He had formed t
company but for various reasons Jar
bridge did not advance and delayi
were caused in the development
When he returned to the camp worl
was opened on the claim and it ii
now producing immensely. It is the
Buster mine. William Powers, wh<
was also in Jarbridge, received thi
word of Mr. Wenkler’s good fortune
—Seward Gateway.
Fancy Uutlonery at the Valdei
Drug Store. *
Panoramio views of Cklld'a and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdes Drug
store. ' tf
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
GOVERNOR URGES
MINING STATION
Growing Importance of Iiode Mining
in Alaska Treated Upon in Re
port of Governor Strong.
The development of the lode mines
of Southeastern and Southwestern
Alaska, according to the annual re
port of Gov. Strong, calls for the es
tablishment of a station a*, or near
Juneau, which is the center of a num
ber of great quartz mines.
To this station ores from all sec
tions of Alaska could be forwarded
for assay in order that miners and
prospectors could secur*-. reliable as
say reports on their ores. He recom
mends that these assays should be
made free of charge in order to en
courage prospectors.
Mining began in Alaska in 1880,
and since that time the territory liar
produced mineral wealth to the value
of $268,150,000. Of this amount
$244,156,000 has been in gold, $19,
800,000 in copper, $2,251,000 in <i!
ver, $370,000 in coal, and ‘be rest
in ton, lead, quicksilver, marble, gyp
sum, petToleum, etc.
l ne Bonanza copper mine 01 rvi 11
necott Mines company, and the Bent
son Bonanza and Ellamar copper
mines have been shipping steadily
during the past summer owing tr the
sharp advance in the price of c< r; or.
It is stated that the mines in the Cop
per river valley have been quipping
from $1,000,000 to $2,000,00'; »■« rill
of ore each month. Work hi-, been
resumed at the Midas mine, at Val
dez, and the Mt. Andrew mine near
Ketchikan. Many copper properfes
in the Prince William Sound liiirict
are approaching the stage of devel
opment when they will begin to add
to the wealth of mineral pro.iucP.on
of the territory. The report says thaj
two copper mines and five gold lode
mines were operated in the Prince
William Sound district during the
year 1914. These mines were the
Cliff, the Ramsay-Rutherford, the
Gold King and the Cameron-John
son, and several other properties on
a lesser scale. The completion of the
mill at the Granite mine, which has
been operated steadily during the
past year is noted.
The report of the governor ale
calls attention to the enormous wa
ter powers of the coast sections of
Alaska, and to their importance in
the treatment of ores, besides furn
ishing electric power for industries
and other purposes, and the wonder
ful possibilities in the manufacture
of electro-cbernical products.
There are sixteen lncorporat> t
towns in the territory: Chena, Cor
dova, Douglas, Eagle, Fairbanks,
Haines, Iditarod, Juneau, Ketchikan.
Nome, Petersburg, Seward, Skagwav
Tanana, Valdez and Wrangell.
oiuuo tiic puruimse ui me icmiury
in 1867 the products of its fisheries
have amounted to $254,000,000—
most equal to the total value of thi
mineral output during the same p
riod. The Governor is not of the
opinion that serious injury has ,re
suited from what he terms commer
: cial exploitation, yet believes that the
government should operate all hatch
eries and at the same time should ex
ercise a competent and careful regu
lation of the fishing industry.
There are five species of salmon in
the waters of Alaska, which' each year
come in from the sea in countless
numbers. These five species, in their
1 present order of commercial impor
tance, are red or sookeye, which is
most plentiful in western Alaska; the
humpback, which is takes more
largely in southeastern Alaska; the
chum or dog salmon, also taken more
especially in southeastern Alaska;
and the king or spring, and the coho
or silver salmon, which species are
widely distributed throughout Alaska
TAFT MENTIONED
TO SUCCEED LAMAK
WASHINGTON: President Wil
son is devoting considerable of hiB
time to the matter of the successor
of Justice Lamar whose death recent
ly leaves a vacancy on the supreme
court bench. While the president
has given no intimation of whom he
is" considering for the place, it is
known that ex-President William
Howard Taft is being strongly urged
for the position. That the presi
dent will not be governed by party
considerations in making the appoint
ment is assured, and the appoint
ment of Taft would be immensely
popular throughout the conntry, fqr
even the MlttOrest critics of Taft as
a president, admit that he has admir
able judicial qualities which make'
him an ideal choice for a position on
the highest court in the land.
Onr fresh candy arrived on this
last boat late for the holidays, 12 H
cents halt pound at the Emporium.
OFFICIALS AHE
ANXIOUS 10 HELP
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Marshal of Fourth Division Tells of
His Visit to Washington—Pros*
perity Coming Westward.
L. T. Erwin, United States marshal
of the Fourth Division, with head
quarters at Fairbanks, was a passen
ger on the Northwestern on her last
trip north to Cordova. When inter
viewed by a Juneau paper he admit
ted that he had been called to Wash
ington to explain certain matters
which had been charged against him.
He says that Secretary Lane and oth
er officials are intensely interested in
the development of Alaska and will
do all in their power to aid the coun
try.
“Business is on the mend in the
East,” said Mr. Erwin, “and .every
one looks for a prosperous season
during the present year. While there
is some opposition to the program
outlined by the administration for the
present session which is always the
case, the general impression prevails
that practically the whole of the pro
gram will be enacted into law.
"During the fifty trips I have taken
across the continent I have never
seen anything to equal the present
prosperity in the east. In New York,
when there is snow to shovel, they
pay double, 40 cents an hour. It was
necessary to advertise in the papers
for workers and out of 40,000 re
quired hut 15,000 workers respond
ed. 'f'hat was never the case before
as there have been always more men
than there was work.
"The railroav. stations are simply
blockaded with loaded cars which
cannot be moved fast enough to car
ry the freight, and the systems are
unable to get enough empties to be
gin to meet the demand.
“All throughout the east and in
Washington the entire public mind is
centered upon preparedness. How
ever, one is surprised at the intimate
knowledge of Alaskan affairB shown
by the different departmental heads
which look after territorial matters ”
KENNECOTT PROFITS
MILLION MONTHLY
Company Will Guard Against Rail
road Passing Into Hands Which
Might lie Unfriendly.
At a recent meeting of the Kenne
cott Copper stockholders to approve
the increase in the shares of the com
pany from 720,000 to 3,000,000,
President Steven Birch said:
•while our production and costs
are encouraging and satisfactoty, at
the same time we feel that it is ad
vantageous for the company to take
over the properties who known life is
much longer than is indicated by the
ore so far developed at the Kenne
cott and Beatson properties.
“In the case of the Utah Copper,
we know that the mine has a life of
over thirty years and the life of the
Braden is placed at the same figure.
The costs at the Utah are around 7
cents and the Braden engineers esti
mate the cost at that mine at about
7 cents.
“The Copper River & Northwest
ern railway is a necessity to the Ken
necott Copper Company. We depend
upon it for our.transportation and if
!the railroad passes into unfriendly
hands, freight rates could be increas
ed to exceed $2,000,000 a year.
“Transportation in the case of the
Kennecott company amounts to 2 1-4
’cents, out of a total cost since June
1 averaging 4.86 cents, so that It will
be seen that transportation repre
sents nearly half the cost of produc
ing copper at the mine.
"The earnings of the Alaska Steam
ship company and the railroad com
pany are now running at the rate of
about $1,000,000 a year. In addi
tion to Insuring favorable freight fa
cilities the mine will thhrefore have
a paying proposition.
"The earnir.gs of the Kennecott
Copper Corporation have averaged
$1,000,000 a month. In November
we produced 10,600,000 lbs. of cop
per and the cost was probably un
der 6 csnts p pqtiul."
"Olr, no; this ain't cold Weather*
You should have been here the win
ter of jumpty ump. It was really cold
then." And thus it goes. It’s pret
ty hard for a man to keep from com
mitting. manslaughter or mayhem.
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worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
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GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mar.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
i Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
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Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLIMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
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Admiral
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ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th call* Illnmnn and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knife
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday* connecting with
.Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr„ Seattlei VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
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t S. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
’ ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TH AND 80TH,
EVERY MONTH
P FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
P JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
P Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
a Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdez and La
st touche. Explosives, 8. 8. Seward, on tho 6th; Latou-he, on the 16th; S. S.
It Cordova, S6th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
J without holloa.
P P. B. TRACY, Gcal Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO, Local Agent.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
fair information and lit cratare write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdec, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE Sc ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.