STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONF. 7 FOR MEN ONLY
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLUMBING STOVES and RANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone^24^
APPEAR WITH CONFIDENCE
before the keenest critic of
style and class if the suit'you
wear is one of our tailoring.
The perfect fit, the exclusive
pattern of the cloth, the dis
tinctive individuality of style
will all proclaim your good
judgment and taste in selectj
ing us as your tailors. You
ought to see the new clothes
and style models.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
independent Steam Laundiy
V
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keymone Ave
Rouph Dry He lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
phone (S3 OPEN DAY AMt NIGHT ( has. Fischer, Propr.
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BLANCHE W. FREEMAN. Public
Stenographer. F. S. Commissioner’s
Office. kl
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Oan$y Kitchen. tf
A pretty line of colored crochet
cotton and stamped pillow slips at
the Needlecraft Shop. tf
Webster's New International Dic
tionary^ strictly up to date; come in
and look it over. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Goods coming on every boat for the
Emporium, open for business from 2
to 6 and 7 to p. m. tf
Ice cream every day, specials on
Sunday at Hunt's Candy Kitchen, tf
A fresh lot of Haas’ Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to $2
a box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1917
Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the World gives so much
at >o low a price.
"
The value and need of a newspaper
i:i the household was never greater!
than at the present time. The great j
war in Europe is now half-way into j
its third year, and whether peace be
at hand or afar oft' the events to fol
low will he world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice a Week World, T’le
Daily Prospector and The Weekly j
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 156 copies of
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for thir j
price. Can you afford to he without j
them.
The Thrice-a-Week World,
The /lally Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
AliL FOR #13.00 PER YEAR.
The Prospector and the Weekly
Miner are the only papers published
at Valdez, and are replete with local
and world news. The Miner makes a
specialty of Territorial News in con
densed form. The World is too well
known to our readers to dilate upon
:ts field of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
CENSORSHIP OK MAH.
KSTAIiMKHKI) AT YARD
BREMERTON. April 28. Censor
ship of mail from all the ships of the
navy has started this week and per
corial letters coming into Bremerton
troni the cruisers up and down the
('oast btar the mark "censored."
Where the writer has inadvertently
written the name of his ship a heavy
black blot is silent testimony that the
information has been frowned upon.
At Mare island it has been announc
ed that a censorship of personal mail
going out of the navy yard has been
established, and it is probable that
similar care is being excercised at all
stations. It is understood that more
strict orders than ever before issued
have gone into effect governing pub
licity about naval stations and ships.
Pictures by news services are now
passed by the censors before they are
given out and precautions of all kinds
are being taken to guard against in
formation getting to spies.
The yard tugs are the latest vessels
to feel the effects of military secrecy,
and the names of the small craft have
been painted out, so that there is lit
tle to distinguish a navy craft from
other small unarmed vessels about the
found.
Nin? "yeowomen” reported at the
nation from Eugene, Ore., to take
up stenographic work in yard offices.
This will make a total of twenty-one
women in the navy stationed here.
IDA SAID SAID SAID
FAILED TO PROVIDE
LOS ANGELES, April 28.—To
straighten out the queer complica
tions in tb» Said family, a divorce
suit was filed on behalf of Ida Said
lor a divorce from Nathan Said, who
was declared to be in an insane asy
lum in Oregon.
The suit was an aftermath of the
charge of contributing to the delin
quency of minor children now pend
ing in juvenile court. Mrs. Said came
to Los Angeles in company with Pearl
Said, her husband’s nephew, and their
ulieged relations led up to the juve
nile court charge.
The complaint, which was tiled by
William W. Clary, assistant public de
fender, charged Nathan Said with de
sertion and failure to provide in 1914,
before he was committed to the asy
lum.
Full line Koenig’s Chocolates at
Keystone Produce Co. tf
ARRAVOK FOR FORM ATION
MILITARY ORGANIZATION
At a meeting of the Ragles lodge
last night the matter of forming a
military company in Valdez was brol
up and discussed at length, tt was
decided that such an organization
should be formed here, and a commit
tee was appointed, consisting of T. G.
Quinn, Dr. J. A. Silverman and Wil
lard T. Scott, to draw up plans for tlie
formation of such an organization and
to arrange for instruction in military
tactics. As no provision is made for
the formation of a National Guard in
the territory, the organization will,
of course, have no standing as an or
ganized body with the government,
but it is believed that such a body is
necessary in every community at this
time, owing to the war with Germany,
and should he prepared to deal with
any emergency which may locally
arise therefrom.
WERE DETERMINED TO
ATTEND SCHOOL SESSION
Eight-year old Theodore and twelve
year old Edna Erickson, of Fort Lis
cum, children of Captain Erickson of
the Post launch Lieutenant Do li
aison, are eager students and daily
make the trip from the post to Val
dez for the purpose of attending
school. On Thursday afternoon Cap
tain Erickson Jestingly told the chil
|dren that Friday was boiler day, and
the launch would not run. therefore
if they wished to attend school that
day they would have to row over.
‘The little folks did not take it as a
: Jest, and desiring to get an earty start
they went down to the beach a little
after 6 o'clock Thursday evening, pro
cured a small skiff and started to row
,across, a distance of aboTit four miles.
I When the launch came over a little
after 8 o'clock the children were pick
ed up a short distance from the wharf
I here, having successfully made the
trip across.
ENTIRE FAMILY TO
FIGHT FOR COUNTRY
RUSHV1LI.E. Ind.. April 2S.—
Since A. L. Stewart, city engineer, has
offered his services as a civil engineer
to the national council of defense.
Mrs. Stewart, formerly a tele
graph operator, has written to Daniel
Willard, chairman of the transporta
tion and communication committee of
the council of defense, that she will
serve in the capacity of a telegrapher
if she is needed. Mr. and Mrs. Stew
art's only child. Simeon Stewart, who
is a student at Purdue university, ex
pects to enlist when a company is
formed there. Mrs. Stewart wrote the
following letter to Senator. Watson,
asking his assistance:
"Dear Mr. Watavm: Lon shall go if
accepted. I feel as though 1 might be
as useful to my country in my capa
city as he is in his. Consequently
1 have written Daniel Willard, chair
man of the transportation and com
munication, national council or' de
fense, offering my services because
of my ability and experience as a
telegrapher.
“1 was not a bit backward, either,
in telling him of a few other ways in
which 1 might render service in this
crisis.
“I want to go with the first and
stay until the last Prussian has his
due—what can you do for me?”
Copper Makes Decline.
NEW YORK. April 28.—The cop
per market is steadier with slight
decline in prices. Spot electrolytic is
merely nominal while second quarter
deliveries are quoted at front 30 to
■31 cents per pound, and later deliv
eries 25 to 28 cents.
Summons for Publication.
No. 838.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
H. E. ELLIS. Trustee, Plaintiff,
vs.
TALKITNA LUMBER COMPANY, a
Co-partnership, John Enlund, Elsie
Morse and T. Johnson, Defendants.
To the above-named defendants, Elsie
Morse and T. Johnson:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within thir
ty days after completion of pub
lication of this summons against you,
to-wit: within thirty days after May
5, 1917; and answer the complaint of
plaintiff, riled herein; and unless you
appear and answer or otherwise plead
to said complaint within said time
plaintiff will take judgment against
you for the sum of $3232.96, with in
terest, costs and expenses as provided
in two certain mortgages giyen to se
cure said debt; and for the foreclo
sure of said mortgages and sale of the
mortgaged property according to law.
This publication of summons is
made pursuant to an order duly made [
in the above-named court by the judge
thereof on March 23, 1917.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown, >
judge ot said court, and the seal there
if affixed, this 23rd day of .March,!
1817.
ARTHUR LANG,
(Seal) Clerk.
First publication March 24, 1917.
Last publication April 28, 1917
TRAINING TO BE A PAGE.
Strenuous Work For Youths ef the
Gorman Nobility.
One day. as I was sauntering through
the park of Castle lv . I noticed Man
fred. « ten-year-old boy. standing bull
upright under a tree. 1 wondered
what he was doing at the time, aud on
seeing the poor little fellow still there
when 1 returned some time later I ask
ed the reason.
"Why. he's going through his stand
ing drill." answered Ms sister. Freda,
"lie began with standing twenty min
ut s. Now lie is so far along lie can
stand utmost an hour uiid a half. Bui
he's got to reach two hours, lie's to
he a page, you know."
At Prussian court functions later 1
sometimes recalled this scene, for the
IniLs that are so picturesque in ti.eir
theatrically pretty costumes suiter tin*
chance of falling Into swoons while
standing at their posts behind the
chairs of tiie royal princesses, posts
at which It is their duty to stand up
right and motionless during the long
progress of courts, receptions, concerts,
and the like.
Muring an evening concert I saw on
one occasion four pnges faint and fall
In succession, their bodies I icing re
moved swiftly and unobtrusively by
lackeys hovering in the background,
while reserve pages stepped into the
vacant post.—Alida von Krockow in
New York Independent.
FOUR-IN-HAND TIES.
An Easy Way to Iron Them Aftar Thay
Hava Bean Washed.
It Is not an impossible task to wash
a four-in-hand lie. The difficulty comes
in ironing it in such a way that its
original shape will be restored, writes
Emile Parent in the Popular Science
Monthly.
To do this it is necessary to proceed
carefully. Start by placing tbe wide
end of the lie upon tile hoard witli the
seam up. then thrust in the huger and
take hold of the lining. Grasp the situ
cover in the other hand and pull it
back from over the lining for about
half of its length. Then with a hot
iron run over the lining to straighten
it out.
Cut a pi^e of stiff cardboard to lit
into the wide end of the tie and long
enough to reach to the narrow baud.
Slip this in between the lining and the
seam side of the outer layer. Then
turn the material back in proper shape,
dampen.a dean cloth, lay it over the
tie and iron in (lie usual way.
The cardboard form will prevent the
pres.ure of the iron from causing a
glossy mark to appear on the silk
front opposite the seam. When through
put tlie form aside for another time.
Strategy In Battle.
in one battle of the Husso-Japanesc
war a Hussion, eight gun battery took
position in a level held, a few hundred
v: i,!s in rear of a low ridge that ciaii
paid.v concealed it from all points in
tl, • Japanese lines. The battery com
mander conducted the lire from a high
rr ridge in rear of the battery. »>ne
Japanese infantry attack after anoth
er crumbled under the tire of the bat
tery. The Japanese artillery tried in
vu'ii to locate it. When their tire fell
s.micwlmt away from tht battery its
.ire hi value slow and irregular—to the
hostile artillery a sure sign of effect—
and they poured their heaviest lire on
the spot: when their tire fell near the
battery it increased its rate and the
Japanese sought to locate it elsewhere.
The ruse worked successfully through
a long slimmer day.—Major K. I>. Scott
in National Service Magazine.
Splinter* In th* Finger*.
When you yet a splinter in your fin
ger it is sometimes possible to yet at it
by pressing the point of a needle under
it. but unless you have deft fingers or
a pair of tweezers you may not be able
to pull it out even then. A new pen nib
is a very good substitute for a pair of
tweezers. Lay the nib over the splinter
so as to hide it. Then press down hard
enough to separate the nibs. If you
now let tbe pen down level with the
splinter and allow the nibs to dose
again they will take bold and you can
draw the splinter out Remember that
any metal thing that is to he applied
to a wound, such as a needle, penknife
or pen, should be passed lightly through
a flame first, so as to disinfect it. A
gas jet or a mutch will do.
Cossack Troubadour*.
The Cossacks, like the Spaniards,
have a class of troubadours, who. in
stead of walking from village to vil
lage. ride on horseback and give per
formances of music and song in front
of houses. They are treated with re
spect and rewarded generously, ac
cording to their talents. There are also
women troubadours among the Cos
sacks, aud their performances in the
pleasant surroundings of a gardou or
in a street scene are impressive.
Always Present.
•‘I suppose you don't believe in luck."
suggested the sympathetic friend to
the chronic loser.
“Ob, yes. 1 do!” responded that un
fortunate. “It is the quality which
enables other players to overcome m.v
skill.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Th* Limit.
“She loved him long.”
“That’s the way with women. They
never love us when we are short.”—
Baltimore American.
A Hank of Yarn.
In the west of England there is a
yarn men' ’re known as the "hank."
It ts 320 yards long.
Such help as we can give each other
in this world is a debt we owe each
other.—John Rnskin.
WHK\ A KIRK STARTS
the firemen's best eftor*5 are
given to putting it out as
quickly as possible. He aims
to save as much as he can. Rut
once a fire starts, damage end
loss commence. The only way
to offset that loss is to be wc-11
insured. Our policies cover
all losses from the very min
ute the damage by flame;!, wa
ter or smoke commences.
Valdez Real Kstate Agency
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ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle—
April 14.— S. S. Alameda.
April 22—S. S. Alaska.
April 2S — S. S. Mariposa.
May 4- S. S. Northwestern.
May 10—S. S. Alameda.
Valdez to Seattle—
April 2C—S. S. Northwestern.
April 27—S. S. Alameda.
May 2—S. S. Alaska.
May 7—S. S. Mariposa.
May 14—S. S. Northwestern.
CA1.L AT Ketchikan, .luueau, Cordova, Lila mar, Kt. Liscuin, Val
dez, Latouche, Seward and .Inrhora^e.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas. Skagway, Coruova, Ellatnar, Valdez and La
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P. R. TRACT, Uen'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ I.ocnl Agent
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL UNE)
Our I.arue Fleet of Magnificent Steamships otter Fre<|uent, PKK
FKCT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
I’Yiiiii Seattle, !> I*. >1.
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Apr. '.I S. S. Arlni. Watson
Apr. 17—S. S. Adm. Eva* **.
Apr. -’A S. S. Adm. Karra gut
May s. S. Adm. Wat ton
May 11 Adm. Evans
Valde/. to Seattle—
Apr. •>— S. S. Adnt. Evans
Apr. l;;—S. S. Adm. Kartasut
Apr. 21 —S. S. Adm. Watson
\I>1. 29—S. S. Adm. Evar s
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May IS—S. S. Adm. Watson
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1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
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 i S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
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Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
For Sale.
! Two-room house on City Dock, fur
nished. Built last fall. Cash $1!0U.
Must be taken immediately.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
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Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
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Pasteurized Products.
Pasteurizer Whipping Cream. Pas
teurized Sweet Milk and Pasteurized
|Buttermilk at Love-Whitley Co.'s. If
The articles you ordered have ar
rived at the Emporium. tf
A new line or neaters priced right
at Mead's. tf
Lowney's Box Candies at Huai's
Candy Kitchen. *f
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. .— •
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf