The old location of
Schmidt’s Bakery
has wooden windows—If you should hear someone
say, Where’s The Bakery? just say:
He is a block further up that way—You will do two
favors at one time. Why? Because the customer:
and I both save money on every transaction.
Homemade Bread
Large size, 3 for 25c.
n> Homemade Doughnuts•
Best Eggs and Butter.
Ground floor entrance former P. O. building.
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ. ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
■mfe tablks pob march.
The table given belovr ib for high
and low water in Valdez Bay, for
the month of March. 1916
Monday. March 13.
High. 6:15 am, 7.2; 9:43 pm, 5.6
Tow. 0:08 aiu, 4.6: 2:59 pm, 2.0.
Tuesday, March 14.
High, 8:23 am, 7.3; 10:20 pm, 6.2.
low. 2:18 am. 4.5; 3:54 pm, l.,>.
Wednesday, March 15.
High, 9:28 am. 7.7: 10:52 pm, 6.8
Tow, 3:55 am, 3.9.; 4:31 pm, 1.2.
Thursday, March 16.
High, 10:18 am, 8.2; 11:16 pm, 7.5.
Low, 4:81 am, 3.1; 5:01 pm, 0.8
Friday, March 17.
High, 11:01 am, 8.5.
tow. 4:59 am, 2.3; 5:27 pm, 0.6
Saturday, March 18. *•
High, 11:40 pm, 8.1; 11:37 am 8.8.
low, 6:34 am, 1.4; 6:52 pm, —0.5.
Sunday, March 19.
High, 0:04 am, 8.7; 12?15 pm, 8.9.
Tow, 6:09 am, —0.7; 6:19 pm. —0.6
Monday, March 20.
High, 12:30 am, 9.3; 12:52 pm, 8.8.
Tow 6:44 am, 0.0; 8:47 pm, —0.8.
Tuesday, March 21.
High, 12:57 am, 9.7; 1:31 pm, 8.6.
Low, 7:31 am, —0.5; 7:19 pm, 1.2.
Wednesday, March 22.
High, 1:28 am, 10.0; 2:12 pm, 8.0.
Low, 8:01 am, —0.7; 7:51 pm, 1.6.
Thursday, Maw* 28.
High, 2:02 am, 10.0; 2:68 pm, 7.3.
Low, ,8:45 am, —0.6; 8:28 pm, 2.1.
Friday. March 24.
High, 2:41 am, 9.8; 3:62 pm, 6.6
Low, 9:36 am, —0.3; 9:07 pm, 2.8.
Saturday, March 25.
High, 3:28 am, 9.4; 4:69 pm, 6.0.
low, 10:37 am, —0.3; 10:01 pm, 3.4
Sunday, March 26.
High, 4:37 am, 8.8; 6:34 pm, 6.7.
Low, 11:54 am, —0.7; 11:14 pm, 3.9
Wmday, March 27.
High, SWdKm, 8.4; 8:02 pm. 6.1
low, l:w^pm, —0.8.
Tuesday, March 28.
High, 7:22 am, 8.2; 9:18 pm, 6.8.
low, 1:02 am, 3.3; 2:46 pm, —0.6.
Wednesday, March 29.
High, 8:50 am, 8.4; 10:04 pm, 7.7.
Tow, 2.48 am, 3.3; 3:42 pm, 0.4.
Thursday, March 80,
High, 9:67 am, 8.7; 10:44 pm, 8.6.
loyr, 3:66 am, 2.2; 4:27 pm, —0.2.
Friday, Maw* 81.
High, 10:61 am, 9.0; 11:18 pm, 9.3.
low, 4.48 am. 1.1; 5:06 pm —0.2.
he came here and we fixed up a little
battle for him, without getting too
near. When the battle was over he
said to me, ‘Bill, that’s a bully army
you’ve got; you can lick any army in
the world. Now, how in h—-was
1 to know that he was such a d
liar?’ ”—Army and Navy Journal.
MAGNITUDE OF AUASKA
SURPRISES EAST.
Have T-;a any idea of the extent of
the Alaska coast line? The shores of
the territory are washed by three
great oceans. These are the Arctic
ocean on the north, Bering sea on
the west and the Pacific on the south.
The Aleutian islands, off the Alaska
peninsula, are separated from each
other arid the mainland by a network
of rocky straits,' and much of the
southwestern and southeastern Alas
ka is made up of mountainous islands
that have rocks of all shapes ^nd
sizes. The islands are really the tops
of mountains half lost in the waters.
They rise in spires and cathedrals,
some of which are thousands of feet
above the water and others hidden
beneath it, lying there concealed and
ready to rip open the hulls of ships
as the icebergs ripped the Titanic.
The extent of the Alaska coast with
its windings, surpasses that of the
United States proper. It is greater
than that of all of our states on the
Pacific from Puget Sound to the Mex
ican boundary, added to that of our
state on tha Atlantic including the
Gulf. All told, it is more than 26,
500 miles long, or longer than the
distance around the world at the
equator, and, in proportion to its
length it has perhaps more dangers
than any coast \Jne on earth. Never
theless, not one-half of it has yet
been sounded by the coast survey ves
sels, and more than half of the gen
eral coast line is not marked by any
aids to navigation.—Christian Her
ald.
RESISTANCE VERSUS
NON-RESISTANCE.
There was no doubt in the minds
of the 300 persons present at the re
cent debate on the subject, “Resis
tance versus NoD-Resistance,” at the
City Club of Hartford, Conn., between
Rev. Dr. Rockwell Harmon Potter and
Compensation Commissiorier George
B. Chandler as to who was the win
ner. Dr. Potter’s claim was for “mor
al preparedness” and “spiritual re
sistance,” according to the report of
tho debate published by the Hartford
Times. Eut tho auditors applauded
loudest Commissioner Chandler’s ap
peal for universal military service.
As showing why Dr. Potter’s side lost
we cap do not better than quote the
following excerpt from his remarks:
“Who caused the war?” that is a
long Jjtory. Richard Harding Davia
went to Europe to find out—that was
his business as a reporter. He went
into Buckingham Palace and said:
“ ‘W>w George, on the level, as be
tweeu/Hwo friends, who caused this
rumpus?’
“’Ah—well—I don’t know; you
go and ask Nick.’
•* 'So' Davis went to Petrograd and
said, ‘Now, Nick, who was it?’ and
Nick said, 'I don’t know; you bettor
go and a jk Bill.’ So he went to Ber
lin, slapped Bill on the hack, and
said, ‘Rill, old chap, who was It?’
” ‘Ted^y.’
“ ‘Teddy?’
•• ‘Yes, after he got through being
President, he went to Africa to hunt
for a while, then he went to Stock
holm to get a peace prlza, and then
f
VALENTINE MAY ATTEND ,
PROGRESSIVE CONVENTION
Emery Valentine, of Juneau, a sup
porter of Delegate Wlckersbam and a
leader of the Progressives in that
city, has received advices from the
Progressive Republican National
Committee that Alaska has been al
lotted six delegates to the party Na
tional Convention to be held in Chi
cago in July. While It is very doubt
ful if the progressives will hold a
convention in the Territory this year,
Mr. Valentine states that he will
probably attend the convention.
ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN
TO RESIDENT OF SEWARD.
William Elliott, of Seward, is in
the hospital there under the care of
Dr. Romig, as the result of a fall,
which nearly cost him his life. A fe\:
Says ago he rolled over a bluff alight
ing on a snag, which penetrated his
body, narrowly missing a vital part.
Within the past six months Mr. El
liott has, besides the present accident,
sustained three broken ribs from
falling out of a chair and also had
bis nose broken by a falling tree.
Valdez Drug company nave a fin*
line of School Stationery. tf *
For Sale.
Launch 3-M, 67x12x3.6. Make us
in offer. T. J. Morris, by D. E. Mor
ris, Agent. Call Prospector office, tf
BRUTAL MURDERS
ARE UNPUNISHEL
_
More Than Two Dozen Alaskans Have
Disappeared or Been Murdered am
Slayers Kscape—Governor Advo
cates Money for Detective Force
In connection with nn article urg
ing the federal government to allow
the marshals of Alaska larger surm
of money in oi..or ihat the might im
mediately undertake the work of in
vesi.Bv-an when murders are report
ed the Juneau -.spatch prints the fol
lowing long list of persons who have
been muru._in the north without
anyone having been brought to jus
tice:
“Dutch” Marie Schmidt, on Koyu
kuk; Blueberry Kid suspected.
.John Homberg, on ivoyukuk; Blue
berry Kid suspected.
Fran'..'Adams, on Koyukuk; Blue
berry Kid suspected.
Mary George, quarter-ureed, and
her aunt and uncle, Hans George and
'oiikine Mary” George, murdered
near Wrangell; Blueberry Kid sus
pected.
-Brown and W. S. Slayton,
disappeared from Ketchikan; last
seen with Blueberry Kid.
. -Smith, mining engineer, A
,1. Whittington and Crocket of New
.York; taken for Juneau bound "for
Lifuya Bay by Blueberry Kid; never
•heard from..
Two men started down the river
with Blueberry Km; never hear from.
Two men taken up the Maloz Kach
et river on the Seal Pup by Blueberry
Kid; never beard from.
Mrs. Harp, of Ester Creek, bru
.aiiy murdered in Fairbanks; no ar
rests.
Mrs. Roe, roadhouse keeper of Ol
nesu, brutally murdered on the trail
• near Fairbanks; suspect by name of
Miller arrested, and held for trail.
Four murders on the Kantishna
River; only one arrest and conviction.
Louis Schoenberg, brutally mur
dered on the Chieana; bad flO.OOO;
one arrest; no evidence; no convic
tion.
- —— Anderson, shot In back on
Valdez trail near Chitina ; no arrest.
-Nelson, killed on Valdez trail;
shot in heao back; no arrest.
- Smith, murdered on Valdez
trail near Chitina roadhouse; shot in
back of head and in back; no arrest.
Unknown man on Valdez trail;
head smasheu , and robbed; never
identified; no arrest.
Another man lost on Valdez trail.
Captain Jas. Plunkett of Juneau
disappears; Edward Krause now held
in Federal ja... suspected; body not
found.
John Moe, of Juneau disappears;
Krause suspected; no body found.
Wm. Christie of Douglas disap
pears; last seen with Krause; body
not found.
Japanese cannery foreman disap
pears with money; last seen with
Krause; no body found.
Another man seen with KrauBe dis
appeared; no body found.
-Knickerbocker, of Jnneau dis
appears; Krause suspected.
Deputy United States Fish Com
missioner Irwin, accompanied by De
Costa and Clarke, leave Ketchikan on
inspection trip; never returned, bod
ies not found; evidence they were
murdered; Finlanders suspected.
Japanese girl with $5,000 murder
ed in Iditarod; no arrest.
Smith and partner, ’ prospectors,
on Chandler river; no arrests.
A fine display of nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
•Fancy stationery at me Valdez
Drug Store. •
Now that the :aw Is on and ptar
migan may be no longer shot, hun
ters are turning their attention to
rabbits, which they report to be
plentiful and in prime condition.
' , Jolt For the Hostosa.
"So glad to have you here.” mur
mured the hostess, who hadn't notices!
him before. “Yon have certainly heen
the life of the party all the evening.’'
“I can hardly believe that.”
“That Is due to your modesty."
“No; it Is due to the fact that I have
but this minute arrived.”—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Quick and Accurate.
“flow about your new stenographer?
Is she quick and accurate?”
“Yes. sir; she can powder her face,
arrange her bracelets and ilz her halt
quicker tbairnny stenographer I evei
had.. And do It accurately too."—
Pittsburgh Post.
Vory Different.
Brown—Did your wife cross ques
tion you when you gut home Inst
night? Jones—My cross wife ques
tioned me.—Stray Stories.
The lives of ninny nre mined by tbe
/fital error that the more one possesses
the mure oue enjoys.
CAMELS OF THE DESERT.
Their Peculiar Adaptability to Life In
the Sandy Wastes.
Tbe camel thrives only in desert
regions. And herein lies its useful
aess to man. for by its means alone Is
he enabled to cross barren tracts otb
erwise Impassable. This ability to live
without water and with little food for
long periods is due. to two natural res
ervolrs. Water is stored in special
pockets in the lining of the stomach,
while a large mass of fat Is stored on
the back, forming the characteristic
liump. though, according to popular be
lief. it Is here that tiie water is held. *
Though It will munuge to subsist for
long periods on the thorny scrub such
ns forms the only vegetation of desert
areas and with very little water, Jts
complacency in these matters may he
overtaxed, as was disastrously shown
during the lirst expedition to Khartum
Two other factors in the adaptability
of the camel to a desert life have to be
taken into account. These are the feet
and nostrils. The first named have but
two toes, protected by, very thick,
horny puds to resist the burning sand,
while the nostrils are long and slitlike
and can be closed at will, thereby en
abling the animal to survive the awful
sandstorms which so frequently en
danger the lives of travelers in these
Inhospitable regions.—St Paul Pioneer
Press
ATLAS AND HIS LOAD.
It Was the Heavens, Not the Earth,
the Titan of Mythology Upheld.
Strictly speaking, "atlas" is a mis
nomer for a map book, since it was
not the world, but the beaveus. that
the Atlas of mythology upheld. Mer
cator, the famous Dutch geographer,
who made globes for Emperor Charles
V. of Germany, was the first to use
the name in this connection, choosing
it us a convenient and in some sort an
appropriate title, because Atlas, the
demigod, figures with u world upon bis
shoulders as a frontispiece of some
early works on geography.
Atlas, It was said, made war witli
other Titans upon Zeus and, being
comiuored, was condemned to bear
heaven upon bis bead and hands. latt
er tradition represented him as a man
changed by means of Medusa's head
into a mountain, uiton which rested
heaven and all its stars.
In any case. Atlas was always asso
ciated with a heavy burden strongly
borne. Thus Shakespeare makes War
wick say to Gloucester, "Thou art no
Atlas for so great a weight.”
It is not difficult to see bow by ait
association of ideas this came to he
chosen as the name for a book of
maps which upholds and exhibits to
us the whole world.
An Eccentric Bishop.
Bishop Wilson of Calcutta had as
housekeeper a venerable lady who re
membered the duel between Sir Philip
Francis and Warren Hastings on Aug.
17, 1780. On entering tbe cathedral on
a Sunday morning, fully robed, lawn
sleeves and all, and passing the pew
where the old lady sat he would pause
and give her the “kiss of peace” before
all the congregation, and this although
be had met her at breakfast "
His sermons, too, were racy. Preach
ing against dishonesty, especially in
horseflesh, as one of the great English
failings In India, be went on. “Nor are
we, servants of the altar, free from
yielding to this temptation.” Pointing
to tbe occupant or tbe reading desk be
low him: ‘There is my dear and ven
erable brother, tbe archdeacon, down
there. He Is an instance of it He
once sold me a horse. It was unsound
*1 was a stranger, and be took me
In.’»
Golf Defined.
On the terrace of a country club a
group of nougolfers were taking tea.
A male nongolfer said thoughtfully:
“Golf might be defined as billiards
gone to grass." ' ’ •:
“Spleen on the green, I’d call it”
said a female nongolfer,
“Or the last flicker in the dying fire
of athletics.” sneered a young football
player.
“The misuse of land and language,”
suggested a tennis champion.
“No, no; you're all wrong.” said a
famous angler. “Golf Is simply a game
wherein the ball, Ilea badly and the
player well.”—Washington Post'
The Burglar’* Prayer.
Sir Herbert Klsley, speaking of the
castes of eastern Bengal at a meeting
of the Itoye Anthropological Institute,
said u curious system of religious wor
ship prevailed among a caste who were
profession:!! burglars. Tbey made a
space In the ground, and a man then
cut bis arm and prayed to one of tbe
earth gods that there might be a dark
night and that be might succeed In ob
taining great booty afid escaife cap
ture.—London Standard.
That Face!
“Look me straight in the face and
tell me you really rove me.” be said
warmly to tbe sweet young thing who
Stood lu front of him with downcast
eyes.
"Ob. I couldn't do that.” came from
tbe lips of the 'Clever girl.—Vouters
Statesman. j
■" 1 ' 11 I
The Cause. i v i
“What Is the cause or social unrest?" !
“Tbe desire.” replied Air.. Dustin 1
Stax, “of tbe workingman for leisure i
and of tbe leisurely man for some
thing to keep him busy.”—Washington ,
Star.
60 Thoughtful.
Tailor—How many pockets In your
trousers? <'usttimer—Only one. please.
My wife is n busy woman, ami I want
to s:t ve her time when she goes through 1
them.—Buffalo Courier.
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time-—Let us do the
worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave »
Telephone 66 I | Rough Dry 10c lb
Buy Alaska. Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our atandard. Sold everywhere
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone «S Cbas. Fischer. Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLDMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEA1ING,
Sheet Meta) Work, Mine Air Pi|R», Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils,
located on Valdez. Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One'road—one management—one service all the'way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
’ SAUdNUB FROM SEATTLE, 11:00 A. M.—
Monday, Mar;<5, Admiral Farragut for Seldovla and Way Ports.'
Wednesday, Mar. IS, Admiral Watson for Seward and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 19, Admiral Evans, 1or Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 26, Admiral Farragut, for Seldovla and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 2, Admiral Watson, for Seldovla and Way Ports.
Sunday, April », Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Snnday, April 10, Admiral Farragut for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 23, Admiral Watson, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 30, Admiral Evans, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Ira Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, eunovctfan with
Steamers Vale and Harvard for Southern California,
Klaht reserved to change schedule without noti.e
RICHARD J. II INC WOOD, .Mgr., Seattle) V AL.IJKZ. HOCK l'l)« I.nenl Agt.
\@\ ALASKA
_VZT: STEAMSHIP CO.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN BAIL FROM 8E
ATT LB THE 10TH, 20TH AND 80TH,
EVERY MONTH
PROM VALDEZ SOUTH—«TH, 18TH, 28TH, IT)It CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGKL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau. Sheep
Creakf^Tread well Douglas, Kkagway. Cordova, ICllamar, yaldes and La
touche Kxploslves, S. S. Seward, on the 6th; La to U” he, on the 16lh. S S.
Cordova. 26 th of each month-right reserved to change this schedulo
without notice.
p, n, TBACY, Oew*l Agent VALDK* DOCK CO, lets) Agent.