Do You Need a Pipe?
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We Have Them in All Styles
and Sizes at
The Buffet
rn CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 191?
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA—PHONE 18
REFERENCES j S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cord or a,
BANKERS i B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Merchant’s Cafe
Phone 68 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chna. Fischer, Propr.
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Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office._Telephone 84
Ol'R SUITINGS PORTRAIT
A GALAXY OF DESIGN
That carry exclusiveness so
much in demand. The tailoring
is faultless, the fit perfect, the
goods superb, the cost low. It
is needless to wear ill-fitting
garments when we will make
you a suit to your measure for
the same money. See our sam
ples.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
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Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66 I
I root Keytaone avc
Roujfh Dry 11c lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
‘ **' r‘ Phone 35
PORT WELLS MILL ]
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Orders taken for sized end 1
dressed lumber. ,
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SHELDON AUTO STAGE LINE
Through Service from Valdez to
Fairbanks and all Interior Points.
For further information call on or
address
THE AGENT, at the Prospector Off ice
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. Where U Thom peon?
Chief of Police,
Valdez, Alaska,
Kind sir:
1 am writing to you, asking you
for assistance in locating my husband
who left Seattle for Alaska June 28th
and I have never seen nor heard tell
of him since. The people on the boat
that he went up on said he got off
sick at Valdez and that is all I am
sble to find out.
I fear that he has either met with
foul play or is sick and out of his
head somewhere or has met with
something. I am almost frantic with
grief and worry for he has always
been a good husband and father and
is a man of good habits, sober and
honest. He is a man of intelligence
and stands high in his home town.
Now I will give you his description
as I last saw him. Name Walter B. or
Walter Ballinger Thompson, weight
over 200 pounds, height about 5 feet.
10 inches, broad shouldered, rather
dark complexion, very thick lips,
smooth shaven, greyish blue eyes, not
extra large and almost black hair.
Wore a dark blue suit, slate colored
soft hat, brown shoes and a light soft
shirt and tie.
If you can possibly help me in lo
cating him I shall feel very grateful
for I am his wife and we have two
small children age 2 and 4 years and
I have nothing to go on and am al
most heart-broken.
If you locate him let me know
what he is doing and what circum
stances he is in. If he is sick let me
know just what ails him and if he
needs help he will get it. He is also
a member in good standing of the
Masonic Lodge.
Thanking you most kindly in ad
vance for giving this attention, I am
Yours truly,
MRS. W. B. THOMPSON,
1028 Pleasant Ave.,
Bremerton, Wash.
V. s. WILL PROBE
MEN’S DISCHARGE
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 7.—
Charles T. Connell, United States
immigration inspector, Southern Cal
ifornia district, announced tonight he
had been asked by the department of
labor to act as conciliator in the con
troversy between the General Petrol
eum Company and the members of
the Lost Hills Local, Oil, and Gas
Workers’ Union. The union has pro
tested to President Wilson against
the alleged discharge by the General
Petroleum Company of employes be
cause of their union memberships.
Felix Chappellet, field manager of
the General Petroleum Company, an
nounced today that his company
would pay a minimum wage of $4 a
day, after September 1, in the Kern
county oil fields. He admitted that
a number of the employees of the
company had been discharged “be
cause of differences concerning the
union.” He said he had received ad
vices that there would be no strike
of union oil workers during the per
iod of the war.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
The following schedule for the har
bor boat “Lt. C. V. Donaldson" will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Llscum Leave Valdes
8:16 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 4:60 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 6:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:16 p. m. 4:30 p. m.
7:16 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will he no trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, those days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice. „ .
All official kaslnees between Val
des and the Post Amid bo arranged
tor transaction, where possible. w>
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum "and made only
when urgently needed.
O. R. KOEHLER,
1st. Lt. 14th Infantry. A. Q M
By GEORGE NEWLOVE, M. R. C.
SHAPE OF THE'hANDT r
The Reason Our Fingoro Are Net All
ef the Seme Length.
There in u<> known reason why our
Ungers should be of different lengths
today. In fact it Is thought by some
people that the hand would he stronger
if the Ungers were all of the same
length, says the Book of Wonders
Certainly, however, the hands would
not then be so beautiful and might not
tie so useful.
The human hand today Is |ierhai>s the
most versatile thing in the world. You
can do more things with the hand thnn
witli any other tiling in the world. The
probability is that the sha]>e of the
baud today and flu* length of the
Ungers arc the result of the different
tldiigs tlic human being lam culled upon
the hand to do during man's develop
ment up to the present time.
We must go hack to the time, how
ever, when man walked on fours, foi
that is probably the real explanation.
Originally man's lingers were of dif
ferent lengths because all four foods I
animals hail the same iss-ullarltles. Tim
shape and length of the toes and thelc
arrangement were the Ideal arrange
ment for giving the proper balance and
support lo the hody and in moving
aliout and In climbing produced thr
best toe hold.
WHERE THE MULE FAILS.
Hs Doesn’t Relish m Battle When the
Artillery Gets Active.
More nearly impervious to heat than
any of the other domestic animals, in
cluding his own ancestry, the mule has
played a prominent part In the de
velopment of our southern states. On
the sugar plantations and In the cot
ton fields he is without a peer.
His traditional endurance renders
him almost Invaluable to the quarter
master's de|*rtment of arm tea In the
field, but the experienced artillery ofll
cer uses horses Instead for handling
artillery in action.
A mule doesn’t enjoy a battle. He
doesn't relish Its excitement and Its
terror, that metamorphosis that changes
men alternately into poltroons and
demigods.
Under a sustained artillery fire a
horse becomes unusually docile. He
turns Instinctively to his master as to a
creature of higher power, and his very
terror renders him gentle.
Hut the mule displays no such faith
in humankind. In the turmoil of bat
tle he suddenly becomes arbiter of hts
own acts, and he either bolts or balks.
A mule disapproves all that he does not
understand, and It Is traditional that
he Is not amenable to reason.—Los An
geles Times.
No Wonder He Wouldn't 8ell.
Captain Amundsen told an amusing
story of one of his arctic expeditious.
Several of bis dogs having died. Cap
tain Amundsen asked one of the na
tives in bis best Eskimo If he would
sell him a few dogs. To his surprlae
the request was promptly refused. The
explorer and the Eskimo had a long
argument, the explorer pointing out
that he must get dogs somehow and
the Eskimo replying that they never
sold them.
“Nonsense!” Captain Amundsen ex
claimed. “I have often bought dogs."
The Eskimos seemed Immensely as
tonlsbed, and at the end of another ar
gument Captain Amundsen discovered
that luster d of using the Eskimo word
for “dogs” be hud been asking the man
to sell him some “children.”
Russia’s Parquetry Floors.
Most flooring put down In Russia Is
parquetry, and It Is generally oak.
Even in the unpretentious houses and
flat buildings this parquetry Is to be
found. In some cases, of course, the
finish la not so fine as In others, and
in ordinary buildings the designs are
not so elaborate. One of the most
noticeable features of a Russian houae
is that rags and carpets are used for
wall decorations instead of floor cover
logs. Floor polishing by professionals,
who come regularly once every week
or ten days, is considered a part of the
regular routine of running a boose.—
Detroit Free Press. ■ *•
Churchyard Yew Trass.
One reason given why very old yew
trees are so often fouqd in country
churchyards Is that originally these
trees were planted to supply tbe peas
ants with wood tor their bows, for In
lawless times it was soon discovered
that the only place where trees would
be safe from nightly marauders was
tbe churchyard, where tbe most hard
ened thief dared not venture between
darkness and dawn.—Ixmdon Mall.
The Chesterfield blend
has in it the highest-grade
Turkish tobacco that
grows. They Satisfy—
and yet they’re MILD.
WHEN FLAMES FILL
THE FACTORY
despair Alls the owner who has
neglected to look after his in
surance. We handle the Insur
ance of some very large con
cerns. We place it In the best
companies, pay the premiums
promptly and attend to renew
als. Let us do that for you.
It will not cost you anything
for our service.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
Tony’s Place
Orders to ANTON CARLSON, Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle 9 a. m.—
Aug. 27.—S. S. Northwestern
Sept. 2.—S. S. Alameda
Sept. 7.—S. S. Alaska
Sept. 13.—S. S. Mariposa
Sept. 19.—S. S. Northwestern
Valdez to Seattle—
Aug. 27.—S. S Alaska
Sept. 1.—S. S. Mariposa
Sept. 8.—S. S. Northwestern
Sept. 12.—S. S Alameda
Sept. 19.—S. S. Alaska
call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Ska way, Cordova, Ellamar, Fort Lls
cum, Valdez, Latouche, Seward aid Anchorage,
Except—S. S. Northwestern and S. S. Alaska do not call at
Skagway Southbound.
Regular freight service for. Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau. Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdes and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
”• B. TRACY, Gea’I Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO, Local Agent
Phone No. 1. VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Agent, Valdez Alaska.
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships Offer Frequent,
PERFECT SERVICE
Between All Points in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
Leave Seattle 10 a. m.—
Sept. 8.—S. S. Adm. Evans,
(for Kodiak.)
Sept. 16.—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Sept. 24.—S. S. Adm. Watson,
(for Kodiak)
Oct. 2.—S. S. Admiral Evans.
From Valdez to Seattle—
Aug. 27.—S. S. Adm. Evans.
Sept. 4.—S. S. Adm Farragut
Sept. 20.—S. S. Adm. Evans.
Sept. 28.—S. S. Adm. Farragut
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Monday, Friday and Saturday for
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES,
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
IF YOUR TICKET READS “PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY”
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST.
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
.EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
Take a look at our new line ol
postcards and pictures of the Canyon
etc. Valdez Drug Store. ^ tf
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If it isn’t an Eastman it isn’t a
Kodak. We carry a complete line of
Eastman Kodaks and supplies. Val
dez Drug Store. tf
A special on stationery at the Val
dez Drug Store. Box paper, worth
from 60c to $1.00 now 25c. tf
Anaco Films Will
lit any standard make ' o f camera.
They are the standard. Guy E. Cam
eron. t*
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
DAY OR NIGHT
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
. ■} . i .. - i • i . \t
less Paid for in Advance
KAMA QUEEN
Capt.£btto|Elfstrom
Weekly trips to Port Wells
and all Sound Points.
FOR CHARTER FOR PAR
TIES OR TOWING
'or rates and sailing dates see
CAPT. OTTO ELFSTROM,
On Boat, Valdes Dock
Candy Kitchsn
f E. W. HUNT—b Ow* Drag Star*.
| FOUNTAIN DRINKS
[ HOT-COLD
A nice line of carpenter tools at
Rudolph’s. tf
Lowney’s box Candles at Hunt's
Candy Kitchen. * tf
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