Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Tpjjg morning’s boat brought us a nice
-line of the season’s fresh fruits and
vegetables, such as Oranges, Bananas, Let
tuce, cucumbers, Radishes, Parsnips, Bagoes,
Onions, Rhubarb, Asparagus, Tomatoes, etc.
Call up either phone No. 8.
Valdez Mercantile C0.1*
TRUE VALUES
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at lO A. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer sailing 15th calls Iliamna'andJKodiak-All sailings call at Knik Anchorage
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
itiplit reserved to change schedu.e without notice
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle. VALDEZ DOCK CO. Local Agt.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Plumbing. Steam and Hot Water Heating.
Motor Boat Supplies. Paints and Oils.
Pumps. Well-Points. Valves T Water. Steam and Suction
and Packing. ^\i Hose.
PIPE AND FITTINGS
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National UniTersitv
Washington, D. C.
n™.i.. DENTIST
ia both companies Fourteen vears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
?hone IS THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Druif store. Office hours
1 a. m.. to 6 p. m., 7 p, m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work uuaranteed
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
■ Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
LAUNCH
BRIGHTON
FOR
Port Wells and Way Ports
Leaves Valdez every Saturday Morning carry
ing Mail, Passengers and Freight. Calls at
Ellamar, Well* Bay, Golden, Hobo Bay, Port
age Bay, Esther Island. Special trips by ar
rangement.
SEE CAPT. STAMEY.
Arcade Cafe
Open untill 9 P. M.
Try Our Specials After 4 P. M.
Private Tattles
Jack Callin - - Proprietor
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
H. M. CARTER, President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdez, Alaska.
► When In Seward Stop at the
! COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP.
Si RICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward. Alaska
Mr. Sydney Laurence
The Studio—Keystone Ave.
Photographic Portraiture
Sittings by appointment
Developing. Printing. Enlarging
A. W„ L. & T. Co. Phone 217.
Mary Pickford “In the Bishop’s Car
riage,” by the Famous Players, at the
Orpheum Thursday. This feature is
a GO-cent production, but the Orpheum
will charge the usual rate of 2G cents.
This film is in Ave reels.
George Dooley has been re-elected
chief of police of Cordova.
Al. Blair was in town today from
Camp Comfort.
COPPER BOOM
HAS STARTED
Lake Superior Capacity Production
Is Needed To Fill Euro
pean Orders.
CALUMET, Mich., April 20—A con
servative estimate o£ the copjier pro
auction of the Lake Superior country
for March places the figure at 22,
900,000 pounds, almost a record and
an enormous increase over the output
for February or any other month
since the 1913 copper strike.
Copper is being rushed east largely
to meet enormous orders from Eu
rope on contracts made several weeks
ago at from 14 to 15 cents, although
sales for future delivery are now be
ing made be'ween 16*4 and 17 cents.
A sale of 2,000,000 pounds of Calu
met and Ilecla copper on a European
order, said to be from France, is re
ported this week.
Every company on the lake is bend
ing its energies to getting out a ca
pacity product. Favorable market
conditions are giving the companies
an opportunity to make up something
of the losses sustained through the
war in Europe.
CHICAGO HMD TO
SPEND_QOOO.OOO
CHICAGO, April 20.—The directors
of the Chicago & Northwestern rail
road announce that they will soon
be in the market for equipmment for
the road to the value of ?3,000,000.
New cars and tracks are badly need
ed, as the company were forced to
stop renewals two years ago when
the income of the railroad was curtail
ed by hard times and adverse legis
lation.
EMMS
NOW JN_THE HID
1 LEAVENWORTH, Kas., April 20
Mayor Roberts and fourteen other
Terre Haute city officials entered
Leavenworth federal prison today to
commence serving time for the stuff
ing of ballot boxes at the recent elec
tion. The men were immediately giv
en the regulation prison garb and
will be assigned to work such as they
are able to do.
Breaks Record for Long Fast.
WARSAW, Ind., April 20.—James
Robinson is gradually taking on
weight again. He lost 100 pounds in
fifty-seven days, and incidentally set
a new record for fasting in so doing.
Robinson’s troubles was that he had
no appetite. He simply couldn’t bear
the sight of food. Finally he was in
duced to take a glass of buttermilk,
and he gradually recovered. He had
dropped from 230 pounds to 130.
This upsets the theory of medical
science tjiat fifty-five (days is the
limit of a man’s endurance without
food.
Your Last Chance.
The Little Place has received, on
the Northwestern: Bottled Bock Beer
and will be sold as long as it lasts,
four quarts for $1.00. As the Rainier
brewery suspends operations next
January, it will be likely that nd
more real bock beer will be" brewed.
W. I. LEVY.
The Valdez school board holds its
regular meeting Thursday night. It
will be the last meeting of the old
hoard. The new board, consisting of
Mrs. White, Dr. Cockerille and Chas.
Ganty, will then take their seats.
_
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Subscribe for the Daily Prospector.
On ihe basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
The Old Time Custom of "Plowing at
the Horse's Tail.”
Animals seem to have no idea of ex
ercising to keep warm. They just turn
their backs to the wind and crouch,
but perhaps if one had only a limited
linouut of fuel it would bo better just
to keep a spark alive till the snap was
over than to burn it all out in a few
hours.
The first legislation against cruelty to
animals is said to hnve been an enact
ment passed in the days of Queen
Elizabeth prohibiting "plowing at the
horse’s tall.’’ as then practiced in Ire
land.
This custom consisted in lushing the
plow beam to the horse’s tail with a
bit of rope and then, while one man
held the plow, another walked back
ward before the animal, guiding it with
blows, of a stick. It seems ns though
this plan must have cocked the plow
so high into the air that the point
would take no hold on the soil. It
seems also as if only the most spirit
less of equities would have submitted
to the treatment, but that it was fre
quently done the act against It proves.
The cruelty of the practice needs no
demonstration; it could not have been
profitable, but was perhaps preferable
to starvation. Whether the English leg
islators were moved solely by pity of
the miserable beast or whether they
desired to make a market for English
plows and harness does not appear.—
From “A Fanner's Notebook.” by C.
E. D. Phelps.
JOHN LEGG’S PLAIN TALK.
Made In an Advertisement He Put In
the Paper In 1837.
Advertising in tlie Sun three-quarters
of a century ago was worded more pic
turesquely than It is now in some re
spects. No big type was used, but the
advertisements hit the mark without
its aid. It is to be doubted if some of
the advertisements which appeared
then could get into print now, for they
were outspoken to a degree which
would offend modern susceptibilities.
For example, here is an advertisement
which appeared in the Sun of May 20.
1837:
To Shoemakers—10 Kackmen Wanted.—
The subscriber gives the highest city
wages for good work and begs those
worthies who would filch him of his stuffs
not to visit him. It would be an agree
able surprise to him if John Kemp, Thom
as Pringle, Isaac Morgan and a few oth
ers would bring in the work they have so
long "forgotten” to return.
JOHN LEGG, 164 8th avenue.
The trade supplied cheap and good.
“Kackmen” seems to have gone out
of use completely. It Is not given in
any of the modern dictionaries, but one
of them has "cack, a baby’s shoe,”
which it calls shoemakers’ cant.
In the same number of the Sun T.
Baxter of 8 Fulton street advertised
that he wanted broken bottles, but he
did not state his use for them. There
are several advertisements for men to
go on whaling voyages.—New York
Sun.
Tho Fog Peril.
One of the great conquests of science
for human safety will be the discovery
of some effectual means of disclosing
to every ship at sea the approach and
position of any other vessel which may
come near in a fog. So far the fog
peril remains as deadly as it ever was.
In some respects the conditions change
for the worse. The growth of com
merce increases the number of ships
which traverse the seas. Every year
the water highways are more fully oc
cupied, and the tendency is toward a
1 higher average speed. Nothing can be
seen through a dense fog. Nothing can
be heard with sufficient distinctness
and certainty as to distance and direc
tion to meet the demands of safety.
Tlie best fog signals in use repeatedly
fail to avert terrible disasters.—Cleve
land Leader.
Real Thrift In Derbyshire.
An admirable thrift prevails at a
certain Sunday school in Derbyshire,
and this is effectually demonstrated ut
tlie annual tea party. The needless
expense of printing new tickets for
this festivity is avoided, says the Man
chester Guardian, by the simple ex
pedient of using the same year after
year. Those at present employed bear
the inscription:
Queen Victoria: Diamond Jubilee.
Admit one to tea.
Probably the majority of the young
revelers had not been born when tho
tickets were printed.
Symbolism In Japan.
When a child is born in Japan the
parents put up outside the house the
sign of a iish or a doll, according ns it
a boy or a girl. The Iish represents
a being who has to swim against the
stream and make his way in the
world. The doll stands for one who is
there to be petted and made much of.
Not Ideal.
“You and your wife never argue?”
“Never,” replied Mr. Meekton.
“What an ideal state!”
"Perhaps it isn’t so ideal. I some
times fancy Henrietta hasn't enough
respect for my opinions to bother
nbout arguing with me.”—Washington
Star.
Something Like That.
“Herr Schmidt is so fat that he can’t
get near enough to his counter to sell
goods.”
“H’m! Sort of a corporation in re
straint of trade.”—London Answers.
Might and Mane.
Tom Hood, the punster, once describ
ed the meeting of a man and a lion,
and in doing so he said, “The man ran
oil with all his might and the lion with
all his mana”
AVERTED THE DUEL
Valor Vanished With the Choice of
Weapons and Conditions.
Representative Borland of Missouri
gives an account of the challenge to a
duel which occurred in Louisiana, sup
posedly among the last challenges of
(hat environment in the state. The
affair was between a gentleman who
belonged to one of the oldest families
there and a sturdy blacksmith of Geor
gia, who had become a man of political
Influence.
The gentleman took offense at some
remarks of the Georgian an*sent him
a challenge. The powerful blacksmith
was nonplused.
“ ‘I know nothing about this dueling
business,’ said he, "and I positively will
not tight.’
“‘You must,’ urged his friend. Xo
gentleman can refuse.’
“ ‘I am not a gentleman.’ replied the
honest citizen of Georgia. ‘I’m only a
blacksmith.’
" ‘But you will be ruined if you do
not fight.’ continued his friends. ‘Y’ou
will have the choice of weapons, and
you can choose so as to give yourself
an equal ohnnee with your adversary.’
“The giant requested time In which
to consider the matter and ended by
accepting. He sent the following reply
to the Louisiana gentleman:
“ ‘I accept, and. in the exercise of my
privilege, I stipulate that the duel
shall take place In Lake Pontchartrain
in six feet of water, sledgehammers
to he used as weapons.’
“As his adversary was about five
feet eight inches in height and the
blacksmith was seven feet, the con
ceit of the latter so pleased the Louisl
ana gentleman that ho declared him
self satisfied, as he was one who
could appreciate a joke as well as
perpetrate one. and lie declared the
duel off.”—Exchange.
HIS DREAM MATERIALIZED.
Curious Incident In the Career of
Novelist S. R. Crockett.
One morning the postman brought to
S. It. Crockett, the novelist, a letter
from the editor of the St. James'
Gazette containing a small check as
payment for a contribution. Mr.
Crockett knew that nothing was due
to him. that he had been paid for all
articles, and—remarkable man—he did
the check up in an explanatory note
and returned it to the editor.
The next day back came the check
from the editor—remarkable man—
with a note saying it was due. The
St. James Gazette had published an
article from the pen of Mr. Crockett
which had not been paid for, hence
the check. Again Mr. Crockett—re
markable man—returned the check,
and still the remarkable editor refor
warded it, this time with the article
cut out of the columns of the St.
James’ Gazette.
Now comes the curious feature of
the incident. When Mr. Crockett
clapped his eyes on the article he was
astonished to find it one of his dreams
materialized. One night, going to bed
extra tired, he dreamed that a good
idea for a St. James’ Gazette column
had occurred to him, that he then and
there sat down, wrote it and posted it.
Next morning he remembered his
dream and made up his mind some day
to write the article exactly as he
dreamed he had written it, when, to
his astonishment, came article and
check from the newspaper. Few writ
ers earn checks while asleep.—I.ondon
Standard.
East Africa’s Big Game.
Big game of British East Africa, out
side of the three preserves of the col
ony. Is rapidly vanishing and, accord
ing to W. T. Ilornaday, “is absolutely
certain to disappear in nbout one
fourth the time that it took South Af
rica to accomplish the same result."
Mr. Ilornaday points out that the pres
ent legal bag limit is ruinously extrav
agant. For $‘230 any man may buy the
right to kill 300 head of hoofed and
horned animals of forty-four species,
not counting carnivorous animals that
may also he killed. Thus the richest
big game fauna of any one spot in the
world, which nature has been several
million years in developing and placing
there, seems likely to he wiped out by
man within the next fifteen years.— J
Chicago News.
Just an Oversight.
It was 9 o'clock in the morning in an
English town, and the roads were
blocked with snow. The maid, who
hud been given a week's notice, was
facing the last day of tier sojourn in
the bouse. She handed the usual cup
of tea to her mistress in bed and then
said sweetly. ''Oil, ma’am, when ye
asked me yesterday if we had every
thing in for tonight's party I forgot to
tell ye we are out of coal and the fur
nace is goin’ out."
This Earthly Stage.
“The sun.” rennjrked the kindly citi
zen, “shines for all.”
“And that’s what worries some
people,” averred the caustic citizen.
"They seem to think the sun ought to
be handled as a spot light.”—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
As He Saw It.
Wife—Ob. I saw the dearest little
hat todny.
Hub—That’s just like you—always
looking for the dearest instead of the
moderately priced.—Boston Transcript.
Temperamental.
"How is the star actress today?"
“I don’t know. The doctor’s in her
room now taking her temperament.”—
Baltimore American.
Too much is worse than want -Ger
man Proverb.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries receii ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
Chas. Peppy
. rsmyB^
Complete S&vides
j *IN THE'HEART OF THE CJTY r
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BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Euildirg, on Wall
Street, next to Road Ccn:mission
( 7 a ir* to (* :» in
MKALS j Lund. 12 in U' 1 i> m
‘ 6 m 7 i- in
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—Private Rooms for Patients
For Terms"and Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To G. A. Brown, his heirs and ad
ministrators and to all it may con
cern:
You are hereby notified that we
have expended during the years 1912,
1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun
dred dollars ($300.00), lawful money
of the United States, in labor and
improvements, upon your one-sixth
interest in those mining claims lying
and being on Mineral creek, in the
recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska,
which are known as the Monte Carlo
group consisting of the Monte Carlo,
Monte Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo No.
3, Monte Carlo No. 4, Monte Carlo
No. 5, MQOte Carlo No. 6, the
location notices of said claims
being of record in the office of
the commissioner and recorder, at
Valdez, Alaska, pages numbered 322,.
323, 325, 326, and 327, of Book 2 Min
ing Records, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of Sec
tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, concerning annual
labor on mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode
claims for the period ending Decem
ber, 1914.
And unless within ninety days af
ter the completion of the publication
of this notice, to-wit: within ninety
days after the 6th day of May, 1915,
you contribute your proportion of
such expenditure incurred in perform
ing said annual labor and improve
ments, which is the sum of three
hundred dollars ($300.00), your inter
est in said claims will become the
property of your co-owners, wlio have
made the required expenditure, by the
terms of said secMon.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 4th
day of February, 1915.
MIKE BARRETT.
JULIUS JUNGHOLM.
Last publication May 6. 1915.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Leaves Fort Liseum. Leaves Valdez
8:15 a. m, 9:15 a. m.
1:15 p. in. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. in.
1:15 p. in. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. in. 5:00 p. in.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p. in. 4:00 p. in.
7:00 p. in. 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips of the launch
•n the seeoi d and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used
to clean boil rs.
Somebody
With Money
always lias 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
vyith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.