Hunt’s Superior Quality Fruits
UNT’S products are recognized the coun
try over as the best that the market aff
ords—they are members of the Rice
'_ World Readers—a splendid tribute to
their products—Hunt’s canned fruits are guar
anteed to contain nothing but the ripe full
flavored fruit and pure granulated cane sugar
syrup. The preparation and packing is done
by hand and without the use of any chemical
process.
WE HAVE HUNT’S PRODUCTS
Cherries - - Raspberries
Grapes - - Peaches
Loganberries, - Strawberries
Apricots - - Pears
PRICED PER CAN 35c--3 FOR #1.00
Valdez Mercantile Co.
y IIT ■ 8trictIy ^re8^ Egg*> Butter, Fruit
jy IOU m dllt anj Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
Bi Keystone Produce Co.
E. G. AMES, Manager
Fresh Eggs, Butter, Fruit, Vegetables
Cor. Keyttone Are. and McKinley St. PHONE 44.
REPORT OR IRE
VMJJEZ DISTRICT
Nearly Every Property In Valdez and
Port Wells Districts Visited and
Reported Upon in Survey.
The United States Geological sur
vey BulUun t)22, on the mineral re
sourijgjpu Alaska, compiled from in
vestigations made by geologists dur
ing the summer of 1914, has been re
ceived by the Prospector. The bulle
tin describes the distribution, geo
logic relations and characteristics of
the different districts in Alaska and
would be a valuable auu.uon to the
..orary of any one interested in min
ing.
The Port Valdez and Port Wells
districts, which were investigated and
reported upon by Bertrand L. John
son, is treated exhaustively as the ge
ologist was active in his investiga
tions and visited and reported upon
nearly every property in the district
The report shows that the mineral
resources of the Valdez district com
prise gold, silver and copper and that
nine mills were operating or in course
of construction when the properties
were investigated. During the sum
mer between 200 and 300 men were
employed in the mines and the value
of the total mineral production to
January 1, 1915, has been about
$900,000.
Bulletin 622-E has been issued and
a copy may be obtained free on ap
plication to the Director of the Geo
logical Survey, Washington, D. C.
Fine bags of game are being
brought to town and the meat shops
are offering rabbits, wild ducks and
geese in abundance.
Don’t forget the Eagles old-time
•98 Hallowe’en dance, Saturday, Oct.
30th. *
Suits pressed for 81-00 at Silver
roan’s, the tailor. Telephone 198. tf
Don’t forget the Eagles’ oldtime ’98
Hallowe’en dance, Saturday, October
30 th. t*
How does a ride to Camp Comfort
with a dance^and a dinner before re
turning strike you? Fresh killed
ehlckens and Alaska vegetables at
your command. For particulars see
CITY EXPRESS.
tf Phone 82.
ELIA WILL HUNT
FOR MISSING MEN
No News Received from Ike West
berg and Jack Whalen and
Search Will Be Made.
No news has been received from
Ike Westberg and Jack Whalen, who
left Valdez on October 15 for Ella
mar, in the launch Sampson, and it
is feared that they may be suffering
on some of the small islands and un
able to help themselves.
The launch Elvira returned from
Ellamar yesterday afternoon and re
ported that no news had reached El
lamar concerning the men and con
tradicting the report that the In
dians had seen Whalen and West
berg in Jack's bay.
Capt. Elfstrom of the Elvira, prof
fered his services to make a search
of the coast between Valdez and El
lamar on both sides of the bay, and
left this morning to begin the hunt
for the missing men. He is thor
oughly familiar with every small bay
between the Narrows and Ellamar,
and stated that if he failed to locate
the men he would also search the
coast of Glacier and other islands, as
it is believed that the Sampson’s
power may have failed her and that
she might be carried out of her
course a considerable distance before
the men could guide her to shore.
As an evidence of the manner in
which Alaskans are always ready to
help anyone believed to be in dis
tress, immediately after Capt. Elf
strom announced his intention ol
making the trip a number of miners
circulated among their friends and
raised $27 to pay for the gasoline
used on the trip.
Latest advices from Seward this
afternoon were to the effect that the
steamer Alameda was due to reach
there from Anchorage at 2 o’clock
this afternoon.
George Mead, who recently pur
chased the Archibald property oppo
site the Prospector office is building
an approach in order that teams may
reach his building' and will soon move
his sheet iron works to his new quar
ters.
WANTED—Capable woman for
general housework. Address Box 85,
City. tf
NORTHERN AFRICA.
Whirl One* the Ancient Romans Ruled
In Wealth and Splendor.
It Is not generally realized that dur
ing the early centuries of our era the
Roman proconsular province of Africa
rivaled Italy Itself In wealth and bril
liancy and that in what are now
Tunisia and Algeria there exist Roman
ruins that vie in number, splendor, and
state of preservation with those to be
found anywhere else.
The fall of Carthage in 140 B. C.
led the Romans to establish themselves
In North Africa, at first in a modest
settlement, the purpose of which was
to see that the Phoenician city was not
rebuilt. Ere long they themselves,
however, reoccupied the site and built
on It a city that became the third In
the empire. '
The gradual extensioh of their rule
was forced on the somewhat unwilling
Romans. To protect their settlement
against the predatory Phoenicians,
Libyans, and Berbers they found It
necessary to push their conquests along
the littoral to the west and the south,
Into the high plateaus between the Tell
Atlas and the Sahara Atlas, and even
well Into the desert Itself, till a good
part of what are now Tripoli, Tunisia,
Algeria and Morocco was ruled by
them.
The country was much more exten
sively cultivated and thickly populated
than at present, and for centuries was
the principal granary of Rome. After
lasting for nearly six centuries Roman
rule In North Africa was brought to
an end by the Invasion of the Vandals
from Spain and their capture of Car
thage In 439 A. D.—Argonaut.
DEEP BREATHING.
It Freshens Up the Whole System and
Kills That Tired Feeling.
Deep breathing does more than bene
fit the lungs. Physiologists tell us
that the great advantage is that it
gives the liver a healthy squeeze. All
organs in the abdominal cavity as well
as the liver are apt to get overcharged
with blood from careless habits of
sitting. A relaxed sitting position
causes the abdominal muscles to relax
so that blood runs into this part of the
body like water and it accumulates
like a stagnant pool.
The blood needed in the brain is
down in the liver. The condition pro
duced led the ancients to refer to a
man with the blues as a hypochondriac,
which means, literally, down under the
ribs. Today we speak of the condition
ns being down in the mouth because
the lines of the face are pulled down.
Melancholy is due to a congested
condition of the liver and other organs
deprivin the brain of blood necessary
to keep up the normal balance of ac
tivity. When one is tired or feels the
dejected feeling coming on, relief can
be obtained by lying on the floor with
a pillow under the middle of the back
and taking’s few long, deep breaths.
If the arms are thrown over the
head and a dozen deep breaths are
taken, a new spirit will come into the
brain. Sometimes this is done auto
matically, as when we throw up the
arms and straighten up after a crouch
ed position at a desk.—Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
Made a Difference.
Little Willie became slightly indis
posed, and when the family doctor was
called he prescribed some medicine in
powder form.
"Come, Willie,” said the fond moth
er, preparing one of the powders as
soon as the medicine arrived from the
drug store, “you must take this right
away so that you will be well.”
"No, I don’t want to take it,” whined
Willie, backing away from the dose.
“I don’t need no medicine.”
“Why, Willie." pleaded mother, gen
tly drawing the boy toward her, “you
never heard me complain about a little
powder, did you?”
“No, an’ neither would I,” was the
startling rejoinder of Willie, “if I could
just put it on my face, like you do, but
I have to swallow it.”—Philadelphia
Telegraph.
Curious Effects of Tea and Coffee.
A condition resembling true color
blindness sometimes follows the exces
sive use of coffee. It is probable that
tea also will produce this condition,
since both contain the same active
principle, although cases of tea color
blindness are comparatively rare. It
has been observed, however, that both
tea and coffee may affect the eyesight
and even cause actual blindness. Such
blindness is not usually complete, or
permanent, and if the use of the harm
ful beverage Is- discontinued, normal
sight will gradually return.—Exchange.
Between Girls.
“How can you be engaged to a man
who is sixty years old? He has, how
ever, given you some magnificent pres
ents.”
“That’s the point. A first love is ro
mantic, but a Inst love is very lavish.”
’—Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Good Curriculum.
“So your daughter Jane has returned
from college. Has the school a good
curriculum?"
“Oh, yes; Jane had a special suit
made fer It on’ exercised there every
day on the horizontal bars.”—Florida
Tlmes-Union.
A Warning.
Doctor— You’ve had a terrible shock.
Patient—It’s up to you to see that I
don’t have another when I get yonr
bill.—Baltimore American.
Which 8ide or Both?
Officer—Why have you only one spur
on? Private—If I get one side of the
horse to move, I get the other, don’t IT
—Every Week.
CASTLE OF DESPOND.
N Got Its Dismal Name From a Tragedy
Born of Love.
One of the finest French renaissance
buildings In France is the Castle of
Despond, famous In the legendary lore
•f the Toulousian country in which it
stands. Over the window of one of
the inner courtyards is sculptured in
the stone a head above the motto.
“Plus d’Espoir.” These were the last
words of Rose de Martial, whose story
has been sung by the poets of Tou
louse.
Rose de Martial was the daughter of
the house of Martial, to whom the cas
tie belonged, and she was courted by
the lord of Castelnat, whose manor she
could see from her window. But, al
though she was beautiful and tender
hearted, the lord jilted her, and she
fell into a melancholy. She sat every
day by the window, whence she could
see the fickle lord of Castelnat’s manor.
One morning he passed by In the
valley below. She sang to him, but
he never looked up. “Plus d’Espoir!”
she cried and threw herself out of the
window on to the flags below, where
she was killed. The manor of Martial
was known thenceforward as the Cas
tle of Despond.
The fine building was falling to ruins
when M. Fenallle bought it, and he
had it completely and skillfully restor
ed before making a gift of it to the na
tion.
DEEP SEA FISHES.
Some That Get Along With Only One
Meal or So a Year.
There are more than 50,000.000 square
miles covered by a depth of three miles
of sea, but even at this great depth—
where the pressure of the water above
would instantly crush a mau’s body to
pulp—there is a great world of life.
Many of the fish and other creatures
of the deep are blind.
They are, however, able to see by
means of the lights which they carry
themselves.
The “lamps” are little organs dotted
over the body, and with the light from
them, which is made in much the same
marvelous way as the glow worm’s,
they can use their bulging eyes to see
whnt is going on about them.
But even with the ready made light
ing apparatus and telescope eyes it is
a difficult business finding a dinner, so
the fish have jaws with an enormous
gape and a stomnch so elastic that
they can accommodate a larger fish
than these voracious eaters themselves.
When they have made such a cap
ture they retire for something like a
year's meditation to digest the meal,
two or three of which are sufficient to
last an nverago lifetime.—London An
swers.
First Straw Hata.
The first hat of straw to be worn in
the United States appeared in 1800.
Straw-had been used before to thatch
houses, but not the heads of civilized
citizens. It made comfortable bedding
for cattle and was stuffed in sacks to
increase the softness of the pine boards
used by men and women to sleep on.
But straw for the head? Never! It
might do for the tropical savages, but
not for the inhabitants of the great
zone in which the progressive nations
lived.
Previous to 1800 men had worn felt
and cloth hats. And it was not till
the time of Elizabeth that men began
to wear hats at all. in distinction from
caps and bonnets. The blossoming of
literature in the Elizabethan period
was contemporary with the building
of brims on head coverings and their
transmogrification into huts.—Philadel
phia Ledger.
A Prize Baby.
Little Minnie was having a birthday
party, and some of the little guests
were discussing the merits of the ba
bies in their homes.
“My little sister is only five months
old,” remarked Annie, “and she has
two teeth.”
“My ltitle sister,” said Nellie, “is
only six months old and she has
three.”
Minnie was silent for a moment, then
she burst forth:
“My little sister hasn’t got any teeth
yet, but when she does have some
they’re going to be gold ones!”—New
York Times.
Hia Mother’s Son.
At the annual prize day of a certain
school the head boy rose to give his
recitation.
“Friends, Romans, countrymen,” he
vociferated, “lend me your ears!”
“There,” commented the mother of
a defeated pupil sneeringly, “that’s
Mrs. Jones’ boy! He wouldn’t be his
mother's son if he didn’t want to bor
row something.”—Kansas City Star.
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
“The Brooklyn navy yard was estab
lished Feb. 23, 1801. when the first
land, twenty-three acres, was bought
from one John Jackson for $40,000.
The yard now comprises 144 acres and
has a waterfront of nearly three miles,
protected by a sea wall of granite.—
New York American.
How He Got His Clothes.
Mrs. Oldfam—Do you belong to many
clubs, Mr. Clymer? Mr. Clymer—Onl
a suit club, Mrs.* Oldfam. but we call
it a “coterie.”—Philadelphia Bulletin.
A Lien on a Tower.
Church—What do you suppose mndo
the Tower of Pisa lean so? Gotham—
Why, it was probably the heavy mort
gage on it—Yonkers Statesman.
The best way to get along wltb some
people is to get along without them.—
Chicago Journal.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES A TRAIN
Auto for Hir e Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Jas. E. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
PSOMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel io tie Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY j
Doing Business As Usual I
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 l I Roueb Dr-V 1Cc lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe.and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co. |
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PUGET SOUND Admiral PUGET SOUND
California LilI6 Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th calls Illamna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with £
Steamers Vale and Harvard toy Southern California. (
Right reserved to change schedule without notice $
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle) VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt. I
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STEAMSHIP CO. j
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: S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern ;
; sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th !
EVERY MON1H 1
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; proin Valdez aou«h-7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor- !
5 dova, Skagway, Juneau. Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle. !
‘ Regular freight service for'Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep i
! rv.eir Treadwell Douglas. Skagway, Cordova. Elllamar, Valdes and La- i
Einlosives; S Seward, on the 6th; .Latouche. on the 16th; S. S. i
, coMova. 25^h of each month—right reserved to ohange this schedule >
« without’notice. [
! r. B. TRACY, Oen’l Agent VALDBZ DOCK CO, Local Agent. •