Your Money's Worth
In style, material and workmanship—-that’s
what you should expect and what you will get,
when you buy
Irnjamttt (Eormt GUntljea
Made by ALFRED BENJAMIN-WASHINGTON CO., New York.
For Discerning Men and Young Men,
$20 and Up.
Authoritative styles that are cut on lines
appreciated by good dressers. Various new
fabrics that will appeal to your good taste.
Quality workmanshipr-Satisfaction guaran
teed--Different from ordinary clothes in every
thing but price.
Your Spring Suit is now ready.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
(Incorporated.)
TRUE VALUES
TWanmiCnttd (Dotes
On the basis ot Security and Service
. we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
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Alaska Water, Light & Telephone Company
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa and S. S. Alameda sail from Seattle
the 1st, 8th, 16th and 24th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 15th, 23rd and 30th for Cordova,
Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Juneau. Sheep creek Treadwell, Douglas
Cordova, Ellamar. Valdez and Latouohe. Explosives. S S Seward. S S Seward. 5th
S S Latouohe. 15th: S S Cordova. 25th of each month—Right reserved to change this
schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’l Agt* Valdes Dock Co., Local Agt.
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and | f TRADCD Budding
Puget Sound LUlVlDLlX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Aye
Telephone 00 , I I Roujrh Dry 10c lb.
“Didn’ Buff Jackson tell you dat
mule he traded to you is a pow’ful
kicker?” “He diddn’ ’zactly tell me,
but he tried to be honest. He th’ow
ed in two bottles of liniment an’ a
crutch widout no extry charge.”
Blooded D093 ror Sale.
Two airedale terrier puppies, breed
ing unsurpassed. Fine head, ear, eye
and coat. Pedigrees furnished. Eight
champions in three generations. En
quire at Prospector. tf
Notice of Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdez Electric
Company.
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the stockholders ot
the Valdez Electric Company, will be
held at the offices of the company,
in ‘he town of Valdez, Alaska, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915,
at the hour of 2 o’clock, in the after
noon of said day, for the purpose of
considering the question of increasing
the capital stock of said company,
from its present capitalization, name
ly twenty-five thousand dollars, di
vided into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each,
to the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be divided into
one hundred thousand shares of the
par value of one dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend Its
articles of incorporation, so that Its
indebtedness may be increased to a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars, wun iun power 10 issue douos
In payment of all of Its indebted
ness, and to mortgage or otherwise
hypothecate its property or any part
thereof, for the purpose of securing
such indebtedness. Also authorizing
the company to amend its articles of
Incorporation, so that it may acquire
by purchase or otherwise water rights,)
water power, and the lands incident
al thereto, and that It may reduce the
number of its directors from seven
to three.
And you are hereby notified to be
present at said meeting either in per
son, or by your regularly authorized
proxy or attorney in fact for the pur
pose of considering said questions.
This notice Is hereby served on
you by publication thereof, in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper
published at Valdez, Alaska, which
is the principal place of business of
said company. Said notice will be
published in said newspaper for eight
consecutive weeks, beginning with the
issue of February 24th, 1915, and end
ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915.
Witness our hands as directors of
said company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL,
GEO. J. LOVE,
; Directors.
ORIGIN OF “OLIVER TWIST"
Dickon* Got Hi* Principal Character*
From Cruikshank.
The true story of the origin of "OH
ver Twist" Is not generally known. It
Is this:
After the amazing success of the
“Pickwick Papers" Dickens was think
ing of following it up by a story of
Loudon life, with which he wns more
familiar than with English country
life, .lust about that time he happened
to visit tbe studio of George Cruik
shank and wns shown some drawings
the latter had made illustrating the
career of a Loudon thief. There was
a sketch of Eagin's den, with the Art
fill Dodger und Master Charley Dates,
pictures of Dili Sikes und his dog and
Nancy Sikes and, lastly, Pugin in Die
condemned cell.
Dickens was much struck by the pow
er of these character sketches, und the
result was that he changed the whole
plot ot "Oliver Twist." Instead of
taking him through spiritless adveu
tures in the country he introduced him
Into the thieves’ den in I^judou, show
ed up their life of sin, but brought his
hero through pure and uudeliled.
Thus it will be seen that George
Cruikshank, not Charles Dickens, was
the originator of tbe leading charac
ters that appear in "Oliver Twist.”—
Loudon Saturday Deview.
HAIR AND VITALITY.
The One Acts, In a Measure, as an In
dex of the Other.
In the course ot Its continuous
growth the Imir records the tide ot vi
tality as it rises and falls in the body.
When a hair is held up to the light it
may be seeu to lie smaller at some
places than at others. There may he a
space of one-eighth of an inch perhaps
where the hair is so thin as to appear
ready to break off.
Such spots Indicate an appreciable
loss of nourishment, a sleepless night
or an attack of auto intoxication. In
the last named cases the general vita 11
ty is interfered with, and the roots ol
the hair, not being developed, are not
as strong as otherwise.
The hair grows until the weight is
so great that it can no longer he sus
taiued by the root, and it drops out.
That is why hairs are ot different
lengths. Coarse hair. Having large
roots, will grow long. When the vital
tty is low all ovpr the body the roots
are imperfectly developed, and the hair'
Is likely to fall out. us in cases of ty
pbold fever.
Dandruff is a parasitic disease, and
the parasites get down around the root
of the hair, which becomes diseased.
That Is another reason why the hair
falls out.—Doston Herald.
Sand Hilla of Bergen.
Bergen is so called doubtless from
the sand hills which at this point ot
the coast of Holland are unusually con
spicuous and give the name of “Little
Switzerland" to the neighborhood.
These dunes are the scene ot very in
teresting experiments in dr planting,
with a view to keeping them station
ary and preserving the valuable laud
behind them from sand drift. This
slow afforestation at Bergen, on which
some thousands of pounds are spent
annually, was initiated by a very re
markable private association, tiie Neth
erlands Health society, which, starting
in a quiet way twenty tive years ago.
now employs from its headquarters in
Utrecht an army of workers and turns
over some £80.000 annually in its Ini
! provements.—London Standard.
[ The Lesson.
"WInzer put on his wife’s spats this
morning.”
“Why. the old ti'e must lie growing
polite.”
“You don't get me. He wore 'em
He wanted Ills, wife to see how ridic
ulous they looked ”
"Well!"
“Tile first man he met said. 'By .love.
Winzer. 1 never saw you so well dress
ed.‘ And the second riinn said. 'Why.
old chap, you're looking positively dis
tanggyl’ ”
“What did the old guy say?"
“He said, 'This will be a good lesson
to ray wife. It’s going to teacb her
that these extremes in fashion are
meant only for the favored few.’”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Key to the Dutch 8eaa.
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centn
ties the fame of Mlddlebnrg and Flush
ing, In Holland, extended all over Eu
rope. Tbe latter especially was so
important that it was called “the key
to the Dutch seas." The Emperor
Charles V. visited tbe city and spent
some days In tbe small adjoining town
of Zuytburg. It was there that in Sep
tember, 1556, he dated his act of ab
dication before sailing from Flushing
to Spain and retiring to tbe monastery
of St. Juste.
A Cate For Tact.
“There are ladles on tbe jury."
“They ought to favor a lady de
fendant."
“We shall have to be exceedingly
careful. 1 dou't think it would he
good policy for our fair client to dress
better than they do.’’—Kansas City
Journal.
Disappointing.
The young postmistress, says Ev
erybody’s Magaxlne, was reading a
postal card from the morning mail.
Finally she turned It over to ine n<l
dress.
“Huh." she said In a disappointed
tone, “this card Is for me!"
True liberty eonelste In the enjoy
ment of onr own rights and not la tbe
deetruction of tbe lights of others
Hi* Wife. |
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“You know, there’s more in this
world than money."
“If there is my wife hasn't thought
of It.”—St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Happy Thought.
Conductor—This is a ticklish piece of
business, it ought to be removed from
the track with little handling.
Section Hand—I have it! Run the
train over it and grind it to bits!—Wis
consin State Journal.
No Reason. :
I
Lawyer—I might get you off on the I
grounds of insanity, self defense, brain
storm, unwritten law, dual personali
ty, somnamlmlism
Prisoner—Hut hang it, I didn't do it!
Lawyer—I know you didn't, but no
jury would let you off just on that ac
count.—Washington Star.
Honeymoon Over.
Mrs. Justweil—OU. Jack, you haven't
eaten halt' of my biscuits. Iteally. we
have to throw away so many scraps
wo ought to kocp chickens.
Mr. Justwed—Chickens! You mean
ostriches.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Pleased.
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Wife—John, a fortune teller told me
today that I would have two husbands.
Husband—And what did she charge
you for that?
Wife—Well, she only charged me $1,
but I gave her $2.—Washington Star.
Main Point.
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Teacher—George Washington threw
a silver dollar across the Rappahan
nock.
Johnnie (sighing) — Well, probably
somebody's found it before now.—New
York Globe.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat, H
Fresh vegetables, fruitsT
and nuts. j
AWAKE
and on the job—day or night—buy
and sell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
Chas. Perry
l'™'3EATftr
si Complete Services
* IN THE HEART OF THE CITY,
1155Roomswith bafh-505ampleRooms
The Prospector office for job work,
Summons By Publication
In tile District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
J. I,. Reed, plaintiff, vs. Eri Thomp
son and M. A. Ellis, defendants.—
No. S-49. Summons by Publication.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting: To Eri Thomp
son, the above named defendant: You
are hereby summoned to appear in
the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, in the Third Division, at
Valdez, within thirty days after the
completion of the publication of this
summons against you, to-wit: within
thirty days after the 19th day of Ap
ril, 1915, and answer the complaint
of the above named plaintiff, filed in
the clerk's office of the above entitled
court: and unless you so appearand
answer or otherwise plead, the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complain*,
to-wit: a decree subjecting to the
lien of certain judgments duly docket
ed in the above entitled court, in fa
vor of the plaintiff and the said de
fendant Eri Thompson, on the Battle
Ax placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, and or
dering that the same be sold to satis
ty said judgments.
This summons is served on you by
publication thereof, pursuant to an
order duly made and entered by the
above entitled court, on the 8th day
of March, 1915, which publication was
direc ted to be made once a week foe
six consecutive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, judge of said Court, this Sth
dav of March. 1915.
(Seal) ART 11 Fit RANG.
Clerk of the District Court.
By CHAS. A. HAND. Deputy.
Date of first publication March 8.
1915.
Date of last publication April 19.
1915.
Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby given tiiat a Gen
eral Municipal Election will be hold
in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, on
the sixth day of April, 1915, for (he
purpose of electing seven members of
the Common Council, who shall hold
office for the term of one year, and
until their successors are elected and
qualified: also one member of the
Valdez School Board who shall serve
as a director for a term of three
years and until bis successor is elect
ed and qualified.
The Town Hall lias been designat
ed as the polling place for said elec
tion.
Said election shall commence at 9
o’clock a. m. and shall continue un
til 7 o’clock p. m. of the same day,
without closing the polls.
R. E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Publications March 8, 15. 22, 29.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“ijaclT” 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
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
nees to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
If you want all the newt all tko
tlrao. read the Prospector.