Various items of
merchandise in the dry
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ance.
Visit this store every time down town, it
will more than pay you.
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PETEK TALKS
All kinds of people to me say, “Oh,
Peter Tumbledown, why don't you
farm the modern way, like Smith or
Jones or Brown? Your methods, shift
less, vain and lax, the prudent far
mer scorns; your hogs are always
razorbacks, your beeves all run to
horns. Your cockleburs all go to seed,
your Russian thistles thrive, and ev
ery worthless, noxious weed you al
ways keep alive; but if you have a
patch of oats, its harvest you delay,
while your are hunting for the shotes
or mules that went astray. They talk
about your bonehead plays, in coun
try and in town; why don't you mend
vour foolish ways, oh, Peter Tumble
down?" Well, that's the very reason
why I do things wrong end to; 1 like
to catch the public eye. and raise a
howdydo. Farm Journal people see
my name whene’er they reail that
sheet, and while I play my present
game they’ll think of good old Pete.
But if I farmed like Smith or Brown,
those marvels of the age, there'd be
no news of Tumbledown upon Farm
Journal's page. So I'll continue rais
ing swine with noses two feet long:
and every crop and shrub and vine
I’ll see is planted wrong. I’ll keep on
raising roosters, too, while you are
raising hens, and thus be kept in
public view by divers trenchant pens.
—-By Walt Mason.
MAN WHO WEIGHS
800 1*01'N'US OIKS
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14.—"Baby
Jim" Simons, colored, said to be the
heaviest man in the world, died here
today. He weighed SOO pounds and
for years has been one of the sights
of circus side shows. He was J7 years
old and is survived hv a widow and
two small children The body will he
taken to the former home of Simons
in Texas.
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DONALDSON SCHEDULE
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The following schedule for the har
bor boat “LL C. V. Donaldson" will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays: - |
Lve. Fort Llscum Leave Valdez
8:15 a. m. »:46 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p m. 6:00 p m.
SATURDAY
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:15 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
11:15 p. m. 12:00 m. m.
There will be no trips of the boat 1
ou the 2nd and 4th Fridays of eacb
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of thi
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice. „ ,
All official luslness between Val
dez and the I'ost should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of Un
scheduled tripe and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
G. R. KOEHLER.
Capt. 14th Infantry, A. Q. M.
New Goods
Coffin's Codfish Chunks, Swedish
Sweet Toast. White and Rye Knocker
brod. Grant's Hygienic Crackers,
Pata-a-Cake and Teco Buckwheat, at
Love-Whitley co. • tf
Buy your groceries direct. Save
fifteen to twenty^flve per cent. The
house that sells direct to consumers.;
Randall Grocery & Brokerage Co., j
Inc., 82 Marlon St., Seattle Wn tf ]
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Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland ■
Prices reasonable 4
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at G O Relnke's. t«
ALASKA'S PRIDE
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Is the new Brew
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Has all the requirements,
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strength, nourishment, re
freshment and taste of beer
ut has no kick.
Olff flWf' 1i*Tf H»‘H
up by
ALASKA BEVERAGE &
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BOTTLING WORKS.
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PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY
c;r ti~ Tii^v Is
MILLION W6RTH j
Huge Quantity of Government Htorex
Go Up in Smoke—Fire Undoubt
edly Work of F.nemy
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 14.—
One million dollars Worth of army
supplies stored In a warehouse at the
barraoks here were burned today.In
a Are which- was undoubtedly jtho
-work of an alien enemy.
ENKMY CORSAIR. IS
S* BUSV ON BRAZIL COAST
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BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 14.— Brazil
ian papers received here today arc
Ailed with accounts of the movements
of a Oerman corsair off the Brazilian
coast a few weeks ago.' The newspap
ers assert that the.mysterious vqese:
was identiAed as a German and that
it unloaded an immense cargo of
'heavy cases at Cerqueira and Arma
cao. *• .
Several days later the steamer re
turned to Armacao with additional
cargo, which the newspaper account
says It Is believed she received from
a larger ship out of sight of land.
From Armacao the vessel proceeded
to Colour where another portion of
cargo was unloaded.
These ports are not guarded, and
it is asserted that the cargoes landed
were mysteriously smuggled away.
Later the German vessel was sighted
at San Pedro de Aldere, where two i
person are now under arrest as a re
sult of their relations with the crew.
They are charged with being spies.
The newspapers say the corsair dis
appeared as mysteriously as she came..
and Brazilians believe she brought
supplies for a submarine base.
KARKW'KIil, PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rudolph
were the guests of honor at a sur
prise party Saturday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. James Patter
son. The invaders carried various
eatables with them which were serv
ed about midnight. Music and games
occupied the following guests: Mes
dames Kenneth Rudolph. C. C. Ru
dolph, E. C. Keesler, C. R. Crawford,
James Patterson and Messrs. K. R.
Rudolph. C. C. Rudolph. E. C. Kees
ler, C., R. Crawford, James Patterson.
Rev. R. D. Nicholls, Otto ElfBtrom
and Eli Larson.
We have a fine line of post cards of
Valdez and Alaska. Valdez Drug Co.tf
WM. AUSTIN IN TOWN
FROM KKNAI RIVER
Win. Austin, the well known Val
dezan who has been at Kenai river
fishing and trapping the past winter
and fall, arrived in town on the last
boat from the westward, and will visit
with relatives a time before return
ing to his quarters on the peninsula.
Mr. Austin reports things booming
around the lake, altho it has been a
poor year for trapping. He states
moose are very plentiful and that it
is no trouble to get meat. Mr. Austin
brought in a number of prime mink
skins for sale to local buyers.
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Cigars, cigarettes, tobaccos ect. at
Valdez Drug Co.
OFFERS $50,000 FOR BUSH
CHICAGO, Jan.1: 14.—Charles' A.
Comlskey. owner of the White Sox,
has offered $50,000 for Joe Bush,
pitcher of the Boston Americans, ac
cording to H. H. Fi-azee, president of
the Boston Club.
BANDITS OUT *5,000
ST. PAUL, Mlnn.v Jan. 14/—Three
masked robbers today found the ca
shier alone in the First State Bank of
White Bear, a suburb, forced him at
the point of a pistol to open the'vault,
gathered up $6,000 in currency and
escaped in an .automobile. The ma
chine was intercepted as it approach
ed St. Paul by a carload of local po
lice, but wheeled about and shook off
is pursuers/
IXINDON STEEDS NOW
' UKG DON QUIXOTE’S
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LONDON, Jan. 14.—Underfeeding
and overwork are making London
horses undersized, droop legged and
ead. like Don Quixote’s Rozinante.
The ordinary pre-war ration of a draft
horse was 36 pounds or forage in
cluding 26 pounds of corn. The maxi
mum ratlon to'now 26 pounds, which
is the minimum a horse can work on,
according to horse authorities. The
worst of it is, say the authorities, is
that * great many horse are not even
petting the'minimum ration.
i| Send you stationary order to the
Prasppctor.. Good- workmanship Is
guarpntoed ami you* ordet* wilt be
InbrifOd at tke< promised thate. (
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I RlffUlM RATES CHEAPER
I V * .TH4N.«BCONIM7?;AH9 mail
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Postmaster-General Burleson Is get
ting ths book al| around on account
•( the zone, system -of second class
postal rates which he succeeded in
putting through Congress recently.
A writer in "The Public" shows that
a long haul of reading matter by mall
now costs more than the express
charges on the same haul of food
stuff. He writes:
"The Weekly-Farm-to-Table Bul
letin” of the Wells Fargo Express
Company shows that they will collect,
ship and deliver at my door an eight
pound salmon from Seattle, packed in
seven pounds of ice, a fifteen-pound
package, for a total charge, Including
the fish, of $2.00. Conference- with
Wells Fargo people discloses that
$1.00 of this is allowed for express
charge, or in other words, seven cents
a pound called for and collected and
delivered at my door.
The Post Office charges ten cents a
pound for the-advertising pages of a
magazine aioue—-and the department
alleges that this is their cost of handl
ing! And. mind you, magazines are
delivered to the Post Office free, and
in the bulk of cases also called for!
What is it. inefflciensy or bad account
ing? According to this the Post Office
charges 3 cents a pound more for in
ferior service. Further, the same
"Farm-to-Tahle Bulletin” of the Wells
Fargo Express will ship me eggs,
poultry, nuts, butter, apples, honey
and in fact all kinds of farm produce
from each zone marked out by the
Post Office Department, or new post
al law. at from 20 to 36 per cent
cheaper than the Post Office Depart
ment can deliver tremendously Im
portant periodicals. It is of course an
absurdity. It proves one of two things:
(A) That the Post Office Depart
ment has no accounting system wor
thy of that name and does not know
how much it costs to handle periodl-i
cals, or
(III That it handles them so in
efficiently that a more drastice reor- j
ganization of its methods should be i
demanded.
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I Steamship Alameda—Sailed south i
from Valdez, Saturday, Jan. 6.
Steamship Admiral Evans—Sailed |
south from Valdez, December 31. j
Steamship Alaska—Sailed south for
Seattle Jan. 11.
Steamship Victoria — Sailed north
from Seattle Thursday, Jan. 10.
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NOTICE
Owing to the increased expense of
operation, occasioned by application
of the Territorial eight hour law, it is
j necessary to Increase the price on de
j livery of coal, therefore the price of
i coal delivered will be as follows:
Bulk . $14.60 per ton
[Sacked (ton lots) . 18.00 per ton
Sacked, (half ton) . 9.50
Sacked, less than V6 ton 1.35 a sack
tf . VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
Salesmen Wanted
Does your trade use salesboards?
We invite correspondence from sales
men who are making their trade reg
ularly. The most remunerative side
Bne—no samples—no collections—
Commissions due as soon as order 1b
shipped. We want only flrst-claas men.
Enquiries to receive attention must
state line carried and hovr long, class
of trade called dn, territory end how
often covered. The K ft 8 Sales Com
pany. 164-56 Whiting Street. Chicago,
Illinois. M
A new line of Johnson's. Candy at
the Valdez Drug Co. tf
000,000 DAYS LOST BY
' STRIKES K SHIP PLANTS
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WASHINGTON, D. C.. Jan. 14.—
More than a half-million working
days—the equivalent of 20,000 work
ers for a solid month, have been lost
to the government's shipbuilding pro
gram through strikes and lockouts, R.
B. Stevens, of the shipping board, to
day told the senate investigating com
mittee.
A total of 536,992 working days
were lost, Mr. Stevens said. This sit
uation, however, is now much im
proved. On the Pacific coast the ship
ping board has put in a uniform wage
scale and is arranging a similar scale
in the East.
To make the shipbuilding program
a success the shipping board, Mr.
Stevens said, must double the num
ber of men engaged in shipbuilding
work. There are now employed in the
country’s yards, he said, about 150,-'
000. workers, > •
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If you did not join the Red Cross
during the big Christmas Membership
Drive, do not think-that it in now
too - late/ The membership books 'of
thO organtsatljamre opengt all times,
so- If yen hav|Q|Pjolned dp it how.
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Good ibow at the Km*resa Tuesday.
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THE GOVERNMENT
NEEDS YOUR P!
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This bank has been appointed by Secretary
McAdoo agent for the sale of War Savings
Stamps ana Thrift Stamps.
A small supply of each is now on hand for
distribution.
at $44^ each
The Saving Stamps sell duringthis month
and will be redeemed Jan. 1st 1923, for $5jOO
being interest at 4 per cent compounded
Quarterly. • • 4
The Thrift Stamps are for children and sell
at 25 cents cadi
Further particulars cheerfully furnished on
request. •
OUR SER VICES ARE FREE
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
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JOBBKK BS
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COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office Foot of Wall Street
Headquarters For
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Electrical Supplies
Only the best manufac
tures are represented in
our stock.
All electrical Supplies we
sell are guaranteed pro
ducts.
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ake your electrical pur
chases here and have the
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assurance of absolute satis
faction and quality.'
Prince William Sound Water,
Light, Power, Tel. Company
Cannery Sites
We have customers for select can
nery sites located In the Prince Wil
liam Sound District. It you have any
thing to offer send full particulars,
location, description, etc., to
BOND ft BABSON,
Field Dept.
32 Broadway,
New York City.
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1,000 BRICKLAYERS TO BE
DRAFTED-INTO SERVICE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 14.—
The new draft machinery was Invok
ed for the first time when Provost
Marshal General Crowder made pub
lic today Instructions to all governors
calling for the mobilisation of 1,000
bricklayers urgently needed by Gen.
Pershing %t once. ,
' LoCal boards are called upon to ex
amine duitettabaalres now being re
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turned and report as rapidly as possi
ble on the number of bricklayers df
draft age available for service. Only
white bricklayers will be taken, either*
by draft or by voluntary induction itf
to the military service through local
boards. They will be forwarded to the’
aviation section, signal corps, at Kel
ley Field, San Antonio, Tex. The pur
pose for which they are to be used in
France is not disclosed.
Tbe order is the first application of
the special occupational classification
provisions of the new draft regula
tions.
The bricklayers la any board's jur
isdiction will be assembled la order of
their draft nambes, relationship to
each other, but without regard to the
men in any other occupation.
Oea. Crowder’s letter to the gov
ernors indicates that similar calls for
ftkllled mdn In other trade# are to be
expected:’1 * ’ ' ' JlM ,r>
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