Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
February Clearance Offerings
Women’s
Underwear
Two piece woolen underwear,
broken lots, mostly small sizes,
50c and 75c garment.
Women’s Hosiery
Unusual values at 15 cents.
Pumps and Slippers
* Broken size lots of up to date
footwear at reduced prices;
Three-fifty, Four dollars and
Four twenty-five values,
at $2.75 pair.
Women’s
Sweater Coats
All-wool sweater coats, grey
and white—formerly sold for
five and six dollars,
now priced $1.00.
Red Cashmere
Seventy-five and Eighty-five
cent values, now 50 cents.
All One-twenty-five to Two
fifty corsets offered now at
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On the basis ot Security and service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL i
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Gfaduate of National University
Washington* D. C.
DENTIST
io both companies , Fourteen vears id
Mice Rooms iu' V ALDEa
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
PboneSd THE DENTIST
Office rooms over U»«l Drug store. Office hours .
9 a. m.. to 6 p^n.. 7 P. m.. to9 p. m. Sundays I
by appointment All work guaranteed |
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
Mew Company’* Phone No. 80
HOURS—0 to 12 a. ; 1 to 6 aad7 to9p. m.
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Ofllce Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdes, Alaska
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS A RITCHIE
Attorney* at Law
Office* In Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valde*. Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
J |Civil Engineer and[
^ U. S. Deputy Lend and
\ Mineral Surrey or
Blue Printing Valdez, Alaska.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
H. M. CARTER.
***1X1wts-aL
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party of Alaska
Meets every Saturday at 8 p. m.
Next door to Senate Saloon.
Everybody Welcome.
A Little on the Side.
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“Ah, yes,” saiil Senator Smugg, “I
got my start In life by clerking in a
humble grocery store at n salary of $3
per week, and I managed to save mon
ey on that.”
“But,” said the astute reporter, “that
of course, was before cash registers
were Invented.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
Imported Japanese baskets at Val
dez Drug Co. if
THE READING TABLE
There Is no light that makes night
reading so easy as does Electricity. An
Electric portable is a source of pleasure
in every home—as well as a means of
health. The entire body suffers If the
eyes become affected. Reading in im
proper light is one of the worst things
for the eyes. Get an Electric Portable
and read in comfort and peace.
Alaska Water, Light & Telephone Company
ARABIAN JUSTICE.
A Desert Problem the Cadi Had No
Trouble In 8olving.
Two Arabs stopped at an oasis to
have luncheon. One hnd three dates,
and the other bnd five, which they
were to eat together. Presently a
stranger came up and asked permis
sion to share their meal, which they
cheerfully granted. After all had
eaten the stranger thanked them for
the food they had given him, left eight
ducats nud rode away.
The Arab who had the three dates
said, “Here Is 8 ducats for eight
dates—1 ducat for each date; there
fore three ducats are mine.” But the
other Arab argued differently and con
tended that be should have seven du
cats and the first man one. The case
was referred to the cadi of the nearest
town, who upheld the second man’s
contention. This Is the way he reached
bis decision;
The three men divided eight dates
There were two and two-tliirds for
each, or eight-thirds. The first Arab
had three dates, so he contributed nine
thirds to the whole, but he ate eight
thirds himself, so he gave only one
third of a date to the stranger. The
second Arab contributed five dates, or
fifteen-thirds; he ate eight-thirds him
self and gave seven-thirds to the
stranger.
So reasoned the cadi, and he gave the
first Arab 1 ducat and the second 7
ducats.—Youth’s Companion.
TWO CROPS AT ONCE.
Tree Agriculture an Old Story on the
Island of Majorca.
Approximately nine-tenths of the
arable area of Majorca, one of the
Spanish islands in the Mediterranean,
Is planted out to crop yielding trees.
That make* one story agriculture.
Then beneath the trees grain is grown.
That makes the second story, which
may properly be likened to the cyclone
cellar.
For miles and miles in every direc
tion that beautiful island is covered
with continuous orchnrds of almonds,
olives, tigs and cnrobs, with occasional
grafted oak trees, the sweet acorns of
which are prized as highly as the
chcstu ut.
This tree agriculture is nothing new.
for many of these orchards are of un
known age. and some of them give <
evidence of having seen generations of t
men rise, dig awhile and die before
Columbus sailed past on his way from
Genoa to Gibraltar, and throughout all
the years that the white man has
striven in America these same old olive
and cnrob trees have been standing
there, banding down their harvests of
fruit and beaus to the men who raised
other crops at tbelr feet—crops of,
wheat, oats, barley, beans and peas.—
From "Two Story Farming,” by J. Rus \
sell Smith, in Century. ,
Make Appearances Count.
A good appearance Is always an en
tering wedge when a man seeks an
Interview, but all the clothes in a
king’s wardrobe won’t sell a bill of
goods. It takes huninn Intelligence to
do that Vanity sometimes leads a
fellow to bedeck his person like a Are
storied wedding cuke, und some men
do it, 1 suppose, because they believe
in the foolish aphorism that "clothes
make the man.” It's the other way
Man makes the clothes, and just as of
ten clothes unmake the man. Kino
feathers may make Bue birds, fine hats
or tine dusters, hut the best that Bue
dollies ever did was to make Bne look
ing men. No doctor ever prescribes
fur himself, and by the same token
you'll notice that the men who own
the clothes foundries don’t wear their
own styles—not publicly, at any rate
—Maurice Switzer in Leslie’s
Sawing the Wood.
It was only on rare occasions that
Mrs. Cutler, a kind faced old lady, ac
cepted Invitations to dine out Upon
repeated invitations of her friends, the
Joslins. however, she consented to at
tend a little informal dinner they were
giving, accompanied by her daughter.
Unfortunately Mrs. Cutler was quite
deaf and consequently could not enter
Into the general conversation. She
was engaged in cutting a piece of
steak when her daughter turned to her
und said:
“Mother, dear, why are you so
quiet?"
“I’m all right,” responded mother,
with a sunny smile. “While you talk,
Mabel, I say nothing and saw wood.”—
Buffalo Express.
Fully Explained.
The colored sexton of a wealthy
church had a very stylish mulatto wife
Finding bis domestic Income not quite
equal to his expenses, be decided to
apply for an Increase In salary. So be
wrote a letter to the committee In
charge with this explanation at the
close: “It’s mighty bard to keep a seal
skin wife on a muskrat salary.’’—New
York Sun._
Daoidad by Salt.
Legal disputes in Borneo are decld
ed In a curious manner. The two liti
gants are each given a lump of salt of
the same size to drop simultaneously
into water. Tbe one whose lump first
dissolves is deemed to be In tbe wrong
and loses bis case.
That Mada Him Tired.
Bobble—Don’t you feel tired. Mr. Bib
ble? Guest—No. Bobble. Why do you
ask? Bobble—’Cause pa said be met
you last nlgbt and you were carrying
an awful load.—Boston Transcript
God gave you that gifted tongue to
make known your true meaning to!
men and not to rattle it like a muffln
man’s bell.—Carlyle.
CURIOUS CLIFF HOUSES.
Queer Prehistoric Dwellings In Mesa
Verde National Park.
The Mesa Verde National park is sit
uated In southwestern Colorado and
may best be reached from Mancos
Within the park are many notable pre
historic ruins, the cliff dwellings com
prising a group of great importance to
the study of American archaeology.
The principal and most accessible ruins
are the Spruce Tree House, Cliff pal
ace, Balcony House and Tunnel nousc
Spruce Tree nouse Is located in Un
head of Spruce Tree canyon, a branch
of Navnjo canyon. It originally con
tained about 130 rooms, built of dressed
stone laid in adobe mortar, with the
outside tiers chinked with chips of
rock and broken pottery.
Cliff palace is located about two
miles east of Spruce Tree House, In a
left branch of Cliff canyon, and con
sists of a group of houses with ruins of
140 rooms, including twenty round
kivas or ceremonial rooms and a taper
ing loopholed tower forming a crescent
of about 100 yards from horn to horn,
which Is reputed to be one of the most
famous works of prehistoric man iu
existence.
Balcony House, n mile east of Cliff
palace. In Ituin canyon, contains about
twenty-five rooms, some of which are
in almost perfect condition.
Tunnel House, about two miles south
of Spruce Tree House, contains about
twenty rooms and two kivas, connected
by an elaborate system of underground
passages, and a burial ground of fi.000
square feet. In each of these villages
is an elaborate system of fortification,
with in some cases walls 2.3 feet thick
and twenty feet high, watebtowers
thirty feet high and blockhouses
pierced with small loopholes for ar
rows.
THE DRY BATTERY.
Its Many Uses and the Numerous Proc- *
esses In Its Making.
That common little object, the dry
cell, has played au important part In
the advancement of scientific research.
There are few articles manufactured
that are used in so many ways as the
dry battery, yet It is by no means a
recent discovery.
The automobile, motorboat, wireless
telegraphic apparatus. Christmas tree
festoons, electric toys and trains, elec
trie engines, local bell, telephone and
annunciator systems, miniature light
Ing equipments, medical batteries and
vibrators, electric alarm clocks, bur
glar alnrms, automatic door openers,
safe cracking devices nnd infernal ma
chines in their many forms, devices
for setting oft dynamite explosions in
excavations, the various testing out
fits and electric clock service, to say
nothing of the divers wuys that it is
used in scientific experiments, are a
few of the most obvious of its appll
cations.
In its manufacture there are about
as many processes as are necessary In
the making of a tungsten lamp, and
the machinery process that makes it
and compounds the ingredients that
go into It is wonderfully interesting
So exact is tile formula placed into
each shell that when completed a bat
tery will register up to a uniform am
perage- The highest known amperage
in the manufacture of a dry cell is
twenty-six.
The exact origin ot the dry battery
Is uncertain, many inventors having
claimed the honor.—New York World
Cheap Power.
Natural steam coming up through the
ground is a cheap power for running
an engine in the northern Tuscany
mountains. Lakes of hot water In the
vicinity of the steam holes contain
much boracic acid, and a mauufactur
ing company uses the natural steam to
run machinery for extracting the vain
able boracic acid from the lake water.
The only difficulty lu this pleasant
state of affairs is that the steam itself
is so highly charged with boracic acid
that it would injure the blades of a
turbine engine, so the steam is used to
heat up an ordinary boiler, and the
steam from the boiler Is then used in
the turblue. The steam is caused by
volcanic action and comes up through
blowholes at a considerable pressure. -
Saturday Evening Post
Just Run Into It.
Elements mix In a railroad station,
but that of humor predominates. The
other day a man entered the Grand
Central hurriedly. He afterward ex
plained be bad to meet a country
cousin coming In. He rushed over to n
friend wbo knew of bis errand.
“Am I late?” he asked.
“No; the train just ran Into the sta
tlon,” be was told.
“Ran into iti” he blurted. "Was any
body hurtT’—New York Tribune.
Conflicting.
“What’s the matter?” a colleague
asked of the advertising manager.
“Matter enough. The fools have
placed Mme. Soprano’s testimonial for
a cold cure on the same page with the
announcement that she bad a sore
throat and couldn’t sing.”—Topeka
Journal.
A Modern Pierrot.
“Franletn Bose, If you only knew
how 1 loved you! When 1 meet you on
Monday morning my heart wags with
Joy till Saturday evening like a lamb’s
tall.— FUegende Blatter.
Kept In the Dark.
Warden-Well, are you willing to
confess? Voice From the Dungeon
No. sir. l*tn as mncb In the dark as
ever.—Buffalo Express.
. No map who will not make an effort
for himself need apply fbr aid to hie
friends.—Demosthenes.
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Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE[Cal(You on Time for the boat
” if jWe Handle Your Baggage
WeJBuy and Sell Anything from
Dead’Crabs to Live Bears.
CITY EXPRESS
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Notice of Registration.
Notice is hereby given that the reg
istration books for the registration
of voters at the municipal election to
be held in and for the Town of Val
dez, Alaska, on the 6th day of April,
1915, will be open at (he office of
the Town Treasurer, in Coppe:
Block, in said Town, on the 1st day
of February, 1915, between the hours
of 2 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon
of said day, and will remain open for
such registration between like hours
on each and every day thereafter, ex
cept Sundays, until and including the
27th day of March, 1915; and on the
last two days on which such regis
tration may be made, viz:, the 26th
and 27th days of March, 1915, said
books will be open for such registra
tion between the hours of 1 and 6
o’clock in the afternoon of said days.
Town Treasurer E. G. Ames has
been named registrar, and will enter
in said registration books the names
of all persons, residents of the Town
of Valdez, who are qualified voters,
or who will be such voters at th»
date of said election, upon their ap
plication in person at his said office
within the office hours and between
the dates mentioned; and no voter
who does not personally appear and
register at said office between said
dates will be permitted to vote at
said election.
RANDALL E. ASHBY.
Town Clerk.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of 1.
D. Flynn, deceased.—Notice of settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that \V. T.
Scott, the administrator of the esta’e
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and fil
ed in the above entitled court, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th day of February, 1915, at the
hour of two o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the court room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by me, tbo
undersigned, as the Judge of said
court, as the time and place for the
settlement of said account, at which
time and place any and all persons
interested in said estate, may appear,
file exceptions in writing to the said
account or otherwise contest the al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this 23rd
day of December, 1914.
(Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex Officio
Probate Judge, for the Recording
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date last publication February 24,
1915.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospeot-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
\yith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
It you want all tne aewa all tfca
Una, read tbe Proapaatar.