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TIDE TABLES FOR VALDEZ.
Friday, January 19—
First High Tide, 8:09 a. m„ 8.9.
Second High Tide, 10:14 p. in., 5.8.
First Low Tide, 1:26 a. m., 3.6.
Second Low Tide, 3:40 p. m., 0.0.
Saturday, January 20—
First High Tide, 9:14 a. m., 9.5.
Second High Tide, 11:04 p. m., 6.4.
First Low Tide, 2:45 a. m., 3.5.
Second Low Tide, 4:34 p. m., —0.9.
Sunday, January 21—
First High Tide, 10:12 a. m., 10.1.
Second High Tide, 11:48 p. m., 7.1.
First Low Tide, 3:53 a. m., 3.0.
Second Low Tide, 5:22 p. m., —1.7.
Monday, January 22 —
First High Tide, 11:06 a. m., 10.7.
First Low Tide. 4:53 a. ni., 2.4.
Second Low Tide, 6:05 p. m., —2.2.
Tuesday, January 23—
First High Tide, 0.29 a. m.. 7.8.
Second High Tide, 11:57 a. in., 10 6.
First Low Tide, 5:47 a. m„ 1.7.
Second Low Tide, 6:47 p. m., -—2.4.
YVeanesday, January 24—
First High Tide, 1:09 a. m„ 8.4.
Second High Tide, 12:46 p. m., 10.7.
First Low Tide, 6:39 a. m., 1.1.
Second Low Tide, 7:27 p. m., —2.2.
Thursday. January 25—
First High Tide, 1:47 a. m., 8.9.
Second High Tide, 1:35 p. in., 10.2.
First Low Tide, .7:31 a. m., 0.7.
Second Low Tide, 8:05 p. m., —1.7.
Friday, January 26—
First High Tide, 2:27 a. m., 9.2.
Second High Tide, 2:25 p. m., 9.3.
First High Tide, 8:21 a. m., 0.6.
Second Low Tide, 8:4J p. m., —1.0.
Saturday, January 27—
Flrtl High Tide, 3:09 a. m„ 9.3.
Second High Tide, 3:16 p. m.', 8.2.
First Low Tide, 9:14 a. m„ 0.5.
Second Low Tide, 9:21 p. m., 0.0.
Sunday, January 28—
First High Tide, 3:50 a.*m„ 9.2.
Second High Tide, 4:10 p. m., 7.1.
First Low Tide, 10:11 a. m„ 0.7.
Second Low Tide, 10:10 p. m., 1.0.
Monday, Jan. 29—
First High Tide, 4:37 a. m.. 8.9.
Second High Tide, 5:15 p. m., 6.0.
First Low Tide, 11:16 a. m., 1.0.
Second Low Tide, 10:44 p. m., 2.0.
Tuesday, January 30—
First High Tide, 6:29 a. ni., 8.6.
Second High Tide, 6:39 p. m., 5.3.
First Low Tide, 12:34 p. m., 1.2.
Second Low Tide,, 11:35 p. m., 2:9.
Wednesday, January 91—
First High Tide, 6:30 a. m., 8.2.
Second High Tide, 8:23 p. m., 5.1.
First Low Tide, 2:03 p. m„ 1.2.
Measles Close Schools.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Jan. 20.—A* a
result of an epidemic of measles, not
cnly have the schools been closed for
an indefinite period by the order of'
City Health Officer Dr. Robert Kin
caid, but the moving picture theatres
and other public places have i:een
barred to young boys and girls.
CHEW MORE AVI) EAT
LESS, ITALIANS’ WAY
ROME: Instructions aiere approv
ed by the minister of agriculture to
day to the prefects of the depart
ments to Increase the food supply
cf the country by cultivation of pub
lic ground, Including the city parks,
j using forestry employes for the pur
' pose. The Nouva Antologia says all
I Italians should begin the new year
!by adopting the system of thorough
! mastication as an aid in solving the
food problem. The newspapers ave.
that this method already is being
tried in the schools.
Christian Science Society.
Pioneer Hall
Sunday service, 11 a. m., subject,
“Life."
Sunday School. 12:15.
Testimony meeting. Wednesday. 8
o. 111.
Heading room open to the punlie
Wednesday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 8.
Catholic Church.
Sunday Services, January 7, 1917.
Korly Mass at 8:30 a. m.
Mass and Benediction. 10:30 a. in.
—Fr. A. Fletcher. S. J.
First Congregational Church.
Rev. R. Remain Nicholls. pastor.
Sunday. January 21, 1917.
11 a. m., Worship and Sermon,
“Christ Our Model."
12 noon, Sunday School.
7:30 p. m. Song Service and Ser
mon, “The Unpardonable Sin—What
Is It. and How Committed.”
Offertory Trio—“Lead Me Gently
Home.” Miss Pearl Miller, Mrs.
Kramer, Mr. Nicholls.
Duet—“The Better Land." Mias
Miller and Mr. Nlchblls.
Thursday, prayer meeting and prac
tice of music.
Topic for Prayer Meeting—“What
Jesus Taught About Speech.”
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Don’t forget the Moose dance to
night. The usual good time is assur
ed. It
Food Dictator for Greece
LONDON: The Greek council of
ministers has approved a restriction
of the daily rations and the appoint
ment of a food dictator, says the Ex
change Telegraph company dispatch
from Athens today. Arrests of per
sons accused of sedition, which 'had
ceased Tot several days, have begun
again, says the dispatch.
Swiss War Loan
BERNE, Switzerland: The Swiss;
government is issuing a 4 1-2 per
cent loan of 100,000,000 franc, thirty
million francs of which will be used
in repaying the first war loan, of 5
per cent due on February 26.
Late Reports.
frdra the 8weepstake Mine, state the
mill should be grinding ore within 30
! (lays. We1 affer a small block of Ibis
Block at a lowfj^ure, which will per
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the investment. Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
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1 Louie’s Cafe Will be 'open for Busi
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the best. We solicit your patron
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Old-Fashioned Hoarhound lumps
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TOO BUSY TO EXT.
What Happened to the Men Who
Thought Only ef Making Money.
Once upon a time there was a man
too busy to eat
In tbe morning be swallowed a cup
ful of coffee and smeared balf a soft
boiled egg on bis mustache, where be
could lick It off on hla way downtown
In tbe cars.
▲t noon he allowed himself Ofteea
minutes for luncheon, and as It takes
the average waiter longer than that to
walk to the kitchen and back, tbe Of
teeu minutes was about all tbe nour
lsbmeut be got.
He usually got borne late for dlnuei
in tbe evening, because be bated to
tear bimself away from bis place of
business so long as there was the
slightest possibility of mu king another
nickel before be closed down bis desk
and when be did sit down to tbe tabic
he devoured the stock market reports
In tbe evening paper Instead of digging
into the fodder.
He couldn’t see any sense In wasting
his time on food while there was so
much money in the world that did not
belong to him.
At the age of forty be died of what
the doctors called acute indigestion
but I know better. It was Just plain
starvation.
Anyhow, be left hla family well pro
vlded for.
The moral la: Perhaps It was all for
the beat.—St. Loul8 Post-Dispatch.
LEGEND OF ABRAHAM.
Th» 8tory of the Waary Old Stranger
Pointa a Moral.
The patriarch Abraham sat at the
door of his tent It was evening, when
If any strangers passed by be asked
them to enter his tent Soon be saw
an old man approaching, bent and
weary with travel.
Abraham rose and asked the old man
Into his tent. He washed his feet,
gave him the best seat and bade bint
enter the tent The old man ate hi*
supper without offering a prayer of
thanks.
“Why don’t you worship God of
heaven?” asked Abraham.
“I worship fire only,” said the stran
ger. “I know no other God."
At that Abraham became angry and
drove the man out into the night.
Then God called Abraham and said.
“Where is the stranger that was in
ybur tent?”
"I thrust him out beenuse he did not
worship thee.” said Abraham.
Then God answered:
“I have suffered him these hundred
years, although he did not honor me
and eouhlst thou not endure him or?'*
night when he gave thee no trouble?"
Abraham was then ashamed of him
self, and he sent for the old man. in
vited him into his tent and’made him
rest there until morning.—Kansas City
! Times
The View From an Aeroplane.
It is a groat surprise to the uniniti
ated to see how uniform the surface
of the earth appears when viewed
from a great altitude. Although in
dividual objects are hard to identify
such things as rivers, lakes and rni1
roads are easily recognized by their
contour, direction or some slight indi
viduality or characteristic which can
readily be shown upon a map, espe
cially if the maps arc made or cor
rected by men who fly above the earth
and get an accurate and literal birds
eye view of its surface. Objects'which
seem to loom up with the greatest
clearness to one standing on the sur
face of the earth uppear very different
and quite insignificant when viewed
from above, while a patch of colored
soil which would not be noticed at all
by a person standing on the ground
Is a most valuable landmark to tbe
air sailor.
Dropping th# Aapirato.
The English derivatives from the
Latin “laeryma." writes a correspond
ent. are practically always spelt with
the “b" nowadays. In most modem
dictionaries tbe older and more accu
rate f otto'Is marked as obsolete. But
in the particular case of “lachryma
tory" there Is some warrant for tbe
“h." for the word Is directly derived
from Che low Latin “laChrymatoridm,''
which has tbe ub.” The la'Chfy trial to
rlum, a ftttfss vessel prettily 'but fnae
euratety supposed to contain tbe tears
of mouhters for tbe dead. W6a really
a receptacle for perfumes or ointments
“Lachrymatory.” used'as an adjective.
Is 'quite new and quite unnedemary
Why can't we be content With "lachry
mal?”— London Chronicle.
Why 'the Head of a Lien.
A custom there is lu most'parts or
Europe to adorn aqueducts, spouts and
’ cisterns with irons' beads, which,
though no iltatiddble ornament. Is of j
an Egyptian genealogy, who practiced
the same under a symbolical illation
For because'the sun being In Lleo. the !
flood of Nllus was at the full and wa
ter Iweame conveyed into every pan
they made tbe spoats of their aque
ducts through the head of a lion.—fllr
Thomas Browne. “Vulgar Errors.’'
Might Be Dene.
“A man should nerer talk about
what lie does not understand."
‘•Weil," replied senator ttsrghutn
"sometimes be can feet away with'It.
If he Is dead sure hta audience doesn't
understand It either." — Washington
Star.
• Altar a#'House.
It requires one ton of niudk rose pet
als to distill one pdund Of pare attai
nt rosee.
Not Idle.
Willie—Dad. what h Idle curiosity}
Oad—The busiest thing In the wond.
Wilde.
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Steamship Sailings
Spokane—Sailed south from Valdez,
Jan. 14,
Mariposa—Sails from Seattle for Val
dez Jan. 20.
Alameda—Due here from westward
morning of the 20th. Will go out
side from Cordova.
Admiral Watson—Sailed south fruin
Valdez, Jan. 4.— Struck on rocks
near Irish Cove, Fidalgo Bay.
TIDES FOR VALDEZ BAY.
Monday, Jan. 16—
First High Tide 4:22 a. m.. 7 9
Second High Tide 4:32 p. m., 6.0.
First Low Tide 10:48 a. in., 2.2.
Second Low Tide 10:23 p. ir... 2.1.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE:
Lvs. Fort Liacum Lvs. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS.
8:16 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
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.
Daily Weather Report.
July 19. 7 p. m.
Barometric pressure .29 899
Temperature .12
Maximum .24
Mean .16 J
Snow on ground .58
Clear and calm.
July 20, 7 a. ri.
Barometric pressure .....30.105
Temperature 7 p. m.— 2
Maximum .12
Minimum .— 4
Mean . 4
Snow on ground . 5S
Clear and Calm.
MYRTLE F. BILLING'*.
Meterological t bs
Signal Corps Report.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 20, 1917.
Fairbanks—25 below, 15 inches
snow, clear, calm.
Salcha—38 below, 18 inches snow,
clear, calm, trail good; N. C. south
3 p. m. yesterday; mail north 8:30
a. m.; two passengers.
Richardson—3 below, snow 7 in.;
clear, south wind, trail good.
McCarty—8 below, 8 inches snow;
clear, south wind, trail fair.
Donnelly—34 below; 25 inches of
snow; calm, clear, trail heavy; Ter
rill south this morning; south mail by
3 p. in. yesterday.
McCallum—27 below, snow 55 in.,
cloudy, iight winds, trail heavy, stag''
i orth noon yesterday.
Paxson—22 below. 20 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail heavy, \ C.
freighter north 6 a. m
Hogan—12 below; 40 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail heavy. Sour
dough—Stage south, 2 passengers
Gulkana—30 below, 2 Inches snow,
clear, calm, trail fair.
Copper Center—30 below, snow 5
inches; cloudy, calm, trail good;
stage north bound, 3 passengers, 6
a. m.
Tonsina—30 below, 12 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail bad.
Teikliell—21 below, clear, calm, I
22 inches snow, trail rough.
Beaver Dam—22 below, snow 36j
inches; clear, calm, trail heavy.
Summit—26 below, 66 inches ofj
snow; cloudy, calm, trail heavy aud]
drifted.
Wortman—2 below, 38 inches of
snow, part cloudy, trail bad.
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SERIOUS FLOODS IN
HOLLAND AND GERMANY J
’ I
LONDON, Jan. 20.—Serious floods]
are reported in Holland and Ger
many beeause of the sudden rise in
rivers.
Dutch newspapers report a seri
ous situation in the southern pari of
the province of Ltmbourg, where
many towns and villages have been
flooded and great damage has been
caused.
Heavy floods in Saxony involving
a number of villages near the Aus
trian border, are reported in an Am
sterdam dispatch to Reuter’s Tele
gram company. Barges on the River
Elbe containing thousands of tons
of coal have been sunk. The City of
Glauchau, on the ‘River Miilde. in j
Saxony, is trade* water. The City of
Boon is threatened and a catastro
phe is reported to have occurred at
Dieringhausen, near Cologne. The
town is completely isolated owing to
the destruction of the railway.
LOW—Bunch ttf 1»ys, tied with
piece of red tape. Finder please re
turn to T»foepeotor office. tf
You can hare jour picture taken
day or night by Jenner the Photog
rapher. tf
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Bread, rolls and pa*|ry of all kinds
fresh every day, fttr jlttH while they
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We wish to announce to our Patron3 that we
have opened our vault and that all of our
books and records and those entrusted to
our safe-keeping were found unharmed and
in perfect condition.
Our Bank is now open in our temporary quar*
ters around the corner of the Road Com
mission Office.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Just Received
A fine line of Watches, Gents and Ladies,
solid gold diamond mounted, gold filled, Laval
liers from $2.50 to $75.00; solid gold Cuff But
tons, Diamond Sets, Waldemar Sets, Diamonds,
mounted and looSe, also a full line of Nugget and
Ivory Jewelry.
Nugget, Ivory and Copper Glance Jewelry Made to
Order
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
JEWELRY DEPARTMENT
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street
Do It Electrically
Electrical helps make housekeeping easier. Few
people realize the number of electrical labor-saving
- devices that have found a place in the household.
The Electric Iron has become a household ne
cessity and ninety per cent of the families using elec
tric light also use an electric iron.
Other labor saving devices are the Vacuum
Cleaner that averages less than seven pounds in
weight. Then there is the washing machine for fam
ilies that do their own laundry, Electric Buffing mo
tbrs for polisfifag'ttieSilverware, ahd small electric
mbtots for rurfhing churns, ice cream freezers and
for numerous dither purposes.
Are your electrical appliances working satis
factory? If not notify the
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Ught & iPele. Co.
Cold -During the Night.
During the night the thermometer
at the federal observatory dropped to
4 degrees below zero and was 2 be
low at 7 o’clock this morning.
Masked Men Get *10,000
TARENTUM, Pa: Four masked
men held up an express wagon here
today, contalhinig the payroll of the
Flaccus Glass company of this city
and escaped with $10,000.
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Pictures and Panoramic Views
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Pure Fresh Drifts ai tie Valdes
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