ADMIRAL EVANS
COMES FROM SOUTH
Carried More than Thirty Women
and Children who Had Been
Passengers on Mariposa.
The steamer Admiral Evans reach
ed Valdez yesterday afternoon and
remained in port until nearly , mid -
night, having brought large ship
ments of freight for local merchants.
She also brought the passengers, mail
and express of the wrecked steamer
Mariposa.
The officers of the Admiral Evans
reported that a terrific storm was en
countered after leaving Juneau and
that the steamer did not call at Yak
utat or Katalla, fearing that she
would be unable to land. The storm
was one of the most severe experi
enced this season.
T. H. Mead, port engineer of the
Alaska Steamship company, was a
passenger on the Admiral Evans,
from Seattle, and was landed at the
scene of the wreck of the Mariposa,
near Bella Bella, B. C.
At Ketchikan the Admiral Evans
picked up sixty-three cabin and nine
steerage passengers of the Maripo
sa, destined for Juneau, Wrangell
and Southwestern Alaskan ports. The
passengers on the Evans for Valdez
were Mrs. M. Wathey and M. H. Hou
ser. The Valdez passengers who
were picked up at Ketchikan, having
been on the Mariposa, were Wm.
Glendenning and A. Cloture.
Many of the Mariposa’s passengers
picked up by the Evans were women
and children.
New Tonight.
A complete change of program to
night at the Liberty Theatre. The fol
lowing four reels will be run:
Behind the Veil.
The Plot that Failed.
In an Old Trunk.
All at Sea.
Also a new and complete well bal
anced program for Sunday night. j
The scholars of the Valdez schools ]
will have a vacation Monday, there
being no school on account of Alaska
Day.
Anchorage Telegraph Line Open.
SEWARD, Oct. 16.—The Seward
Anchorage telegraph line is now do
ing business and is proving a great
convenience in enabling merchants
and others in the new town to order
goods from Seward just before the
boats leave here. The Alaskan Engi
neering commission, under whose
charge the line was constructed has
established a rate for commercial
business which is meeting with no
criticism from the public as the rate
is regarded as very fair. The rate of
commercial messages is 50 cents per
ten words or less, and one-half cent
per word for press messages.
New Tonight.
A complete change of program at
the Liberty Theatre tonight. The
following four reels will be run:
Behind the Veil.
The Plot that Failed.
In an Old Trunk.
All at Sea.
Also a new and complete well bal
anced program for Sunday night
New Druggist In Town.
M. H. Hauser, who arrived yester
day afternoon on the steamer Admi
ral Evans, comes from Seattle to ac
cept a position with the Valdez Drug
company. He comes highly recom
mended by the wholesale drug house
of Stewart & Holmes, as a capable
and careful pharmacist.
Get-Together Dinner.
A public “Get-to-Gether” dinner
for men only only will be held In
the Congregational church next Fri
day evening at 6:30. Rev. J. F. Dun
stan, who is making the arrange
ments for the dinner announces that
an attractive program of toasts with
musical honors will be given and
after dinner speeches will be deliv
ered by prominent citizens. Tickets
50 cents, may be obtained at the
drug stores.
DON’T LET THEM FOOL YOU.—
I am still in the photo work and as
well, if not better fitted to do your
finishing work than ever. I have
merely moved my place up stairs in
the Cliff house, temporarily, which
I have been running for the past four
years, and have more photo goods in
stock than any other place In town.
Amateur finishing work can be left
with my son in the Candy Kitchen.
tf P. S. HUNT.
LOST—At Moose Hall, Saturday
evening, silk umbrella. Party who
took, same by mistake please return
to Mrs. A. E. Grigsby.
FRYE-BRUHN CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Fresh
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton,
Poultry, and Provisions.
Fresh Stock on Every Boat.
PHONE 29.
FREE
AT THE
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PINZON BAR
The following are the conditions
governing the gift of the Ford Au
tomobile advertised by the Pinson:
With each One Dollar purchase one
Coupon will be given entitling the
holder to one chance on the cat*—
absolutely free of charge. \
The car to be given during Christ
mas week.
Family trade solicited. All orders
delivered. Remember a Dollar pur
chase entitles you to cne Coupon.
* PHONE 69
BELIEVE VALDEZ
SOON SET RAILROAD
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Secretary Lane Reported to be Fav
orably Impressed with Impor
tance of Mines and Harbor.
Col. A. W. Swanlzt says Valdez
has a good chance to get a railroad
as a part of the government system,
within a short time. Col. Swanitz
recently had a long talk with Secre
tary Lane, in which ne pointed out
to the secretary the importance of a
line to develop the country between
the Copper river and the Susilna. a
very wide area with great mineral
possibilities.
Secretary Lane conceded the ulti
mate necessity of opening this great
region with a railroad and promised
to give the subject early attention.
Col. Swanitz viggested the advantage
of building the line from Valdez to
the junction of the Tonsina river with
the Copper. Several surveys have
been made of this route, one by Col.
Swanitz himself for the Valdez-Yu
kon railroad. The projected line is
64 miles long, and would strike the
Copper River & Northwestern at
Mile 80.
This was practically the route the
Copper River & Northwestern pro
jected and started to build from Val
dez before it moved to Cordova. It
| would avoid the fierce winds and
jdrifting snows of the Copper river
flats.
! Necessarily if the government is to
bund this line it would either have
to take over a part of the Copper:
river road or make a traffic arrange-'
ment with it to reach the interior
towards Fairbanks.
BREAK IN CABLE
HAS BEEN REPAIRED
Direct Communication with the Out
side Has been Restored and
Land Lines Working Well.
The cableship Burnside has repair
ed the break in the government cable
and communication w^th the States
direct has been resumed. The Bum
side found that tie cable had parted j
in two places, one of the breaks hav
ing occurred near the Junction of
the branch leading to Cordova. ’
During the time when the cable
was out of commission the Naval Ra
dio station a#t Whitshed was kept busy
handling the official business and as
much of the press service as pos
sible and as a result business has not
piled up in the local office as was for
merly the case before the wireless
station was established.
Press dispatches received by the
Prospector yesterday were brought
around via Dawson and necessitated
relaying several times. Owing to the
Dominion line being down near Ash
croft it was necessary to send mes
sages to Sitka over the cable, and
from Sitka to Juneau by wireless,
then from Juneau to Skagway by ca
ble. From Skagway the messages
were sent to Whitehorse over the
White Pass line, and from White
horse to Fort Egbert over the Domin
ion line via Dawson. From Fort Eg
bert the Signal Corps handled the
messages as the Alaskan land lines
are all working to perfection.
The Signal Corps operators at
Whitshed have rigged up an auxil
iary plant to replace the fine new
plant destroyed by the explosion and
fire last Thursday evening, and are
receiving and sending messages as
though nothing had happened.
BORN—Saturday, October 16, a
daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Kreamer. Dr. C. A. Winans was In
attendance. Mother and daughter
doing nicely. Doctor reports that
baby weighed eight pounds.
New Tonight.
A complete change of program to
night at the Liberty Theatre. The fol
lowing four reels will be run.
Behind the Veil.
The Plot that Failed.
In an Old Trunk.
All at Sea.
Also a new and complete well bal
anced program for Sunday night.
We receive wprk from as far west
as Unga and north as Copper Center.
If that isn’t a benefit to Valdez show
me what Is. Get busy and try to
work us to a finish; at least ..until
we holler enough. Valdez Iron
Works. Sat
YOU want
not the slight
est shadow of
a doubt when
YOU bring your
prescription to a drug
store — investigate the
Valdez Drug Co’s pre
scription department.
Weather Report.
Valdez, October 15, 1916.
Barometer pressure .29.196
Temperature 7 p. m.36
Maximum temperature .40
Minimum temperature .34
Mean temperature .37
Precipitation .1.16
Cloudy, light wind northeast 10
miles; rained at night and all day.
Interior Weather.
Fairbanks—8 above, 5 inches snow;
cloudy.
Salcha—15 above, 5 inches snow,
cloudy, calm.
Richardson—22 above, 6 inches of
snow, cloudy, light snow falling.
McCarty, 18 above, 5 inches snow,
cloudy, trail fair.
Donnelly, 16 above, 6 inches snow,
cloudy, trail heavy.
McCallum, 12 above, 2 inches of
snow, trail good.
Paxson, 5 above, 10 inches of snow,
cloudy, windy, trail heavy.
Hogan, 10 above, 10 inches snow,
cloudy, snowing.
Gulkana, 18 above, 5 inches snow,
cloudy, snowing.
Copper Center, 20 above, 5 inches
of snow, cloudy, calm, trail fair.
Tonsina, 21 above, 3 inches snow,
cloudy, blowing, trail drifting
Teikhell, 22 above, 6 inches snow,
cloudy, windy, snowing, trail soft.
Beaver Dam, 20 above, 4 inches of
snow, cloudy, trail heavy.
Wortman’s, 23 above, 5 inches of
snow, snowing, five feet deep on the
hills.
OPEN UNTIL » P.M.
We Grew Our Own Vegetables
Private Tables
Jack Callin» • Proprietor
THE
LIBERTY THEATRE
CONTINUOUS SHOW
YOU CAN ALWAYS DEPEND
ON SEEING A GOOD SHOW AT
THE LIBERTY.
MORE FEATURES TO
FOLLOW.
WATCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Admission25c Children lQc
TIDE TABLES FOB VALDEZ.
Predictions for high and low wateT
are taken from the official tide tables
prepared by the U. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. The time given for
high and low water is Valdez time,
and the figures immediately follow
ing the time, indicate the height of
the tide at Valdez. To find the depth
of water, add the tabular height to
the soundings given on the chart,
unless a minus (—) sign is used be
fore the height, in which case sub
tract it.
Saturday, October 16, 1915.
High, 7:23 a. m., 9.3; 6:34, p. m„
10.8.
Low, 12:31 a. m., 0.9; 12:26 p. m.,
4.2.
Sunday, October 17, 1918.
High, 8:30 a. m., 9.9; 8:04 p. m.,
10.8.
Low, 1:61 a. m„ 1.0; 2:13 p. m.,
3 6
Monday, October 18, 1915.
High, 9:18 a. m., 10.7; 9:16 p.
in., 11.0.
Low, 2:62 a. m., 1.0.; 3:21 p. m..
2.6.
High, 9:67 a. m., 11.4; 10:11 p. m.
11.2.
Low, 3:39 a. m., 1.0; 4:11 p. m.,
1.6.
Wednesday, October 26, 1915.
High, 10:30 a. m., 10.0; 10:68 p.
m., 11.2.
Low, 4:18 a. m., 1.1; 4:63 p. m.,
0.7.
Thursday, October 21, 1918.
High, 11:01, 12.6; 11:40, 11.2.
Low, 4:61 a. m., 1.4; 6:30 p. m.,
0.0.
Friday, October 22, 1915.
High, 11:29 a. m., 12.7; -.
Low, 6:22 a. m., 1.7; 6:04 p. m.,
—0.6.
The First Bank of Valdez
CAPITAL $25 000.
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4% PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
OUR STOCKHOLDERS ARE
S. BLUM JOHN LYONS
M. BLUM J. M. LATHROP
E. B. WHEAT W. M. WILSON
JAFET UNOEBERC x
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY.
The Pinzon
Cor. McKinley and Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA.
Finest Pool and Billiard Room
In Alaska.
El Belmont ( I A DC ) El Sidello
Admiration ( V> I VJI \ I VO ( Carabana
We handle only the Best
Cigars and Tobaccos.
Haas and Vogan Candies.
Free Auto Tickets
-AT
THE BUFFET
PHONE 7 VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street. / |
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The After-Hours
Salesman
MANY concerns lose money every night by not attract
ing the attention of the crowds on the streets in the
evening. On the other hand, many other concerns pros
per because they employ the after-hours salesman—Elec
tric Light. You can readily pick out these stores on the
busiest thoroughfares—their show windows pouring a
brilliant flood of light upward, outward and downward,
thereby adding an attraction to the goods displayed not
obtainable in any other way. Few people can resist a
glance at the beautiful effect—most people stop and ad
mire it. The proprietors of these shops are well versed
in all modern methods which make for success in devel
oping trade. They know that the lavish use of electric
light pays, and use Edison Mazda Lamps to obtain it at
a minimum cost.
Alaska Water, Light and
Telephone Company
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DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lvs. Port Llscum Lvs. Valdez
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m 10:30 p.m.
There will he no trip of the launch
on the second ana fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
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