One of those beautiful
MEERSCHAUM PIPES
at the
BUFFET
would make a delightful Xmas gift.
199* CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911:
PIONEER CONTRACTOR lirt BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING ;;
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of ;;
wall board kept in stock at all times ;
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ ALASKA j;
Phone 18
REFERENCES I S. BLUM & CO, Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS j B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Merchant’s Cafe
Phone 08 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Cluui. Fincher, Propr.
I.KT US MEASURE YOU
for your new suit and let ua do
It now. The new fabrics tn serge,
worsted, thtbet, etc., are In and
we are prepared to cut them In
to suits of class and snap at a
very low rate considering the
quality of the cloth and the tail
oring. Do it now.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hoae, Pipe and Fitting*
Valdez Dock. Opposite Proapector Office. Telephone M
Independent Stan Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone <W ' I Roujfh Dry lie lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—PRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS AND BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 36
THE PINZON
S
v.. TOBACCO AND CIGARS
POOL AND BILLIARDS
PHONE 69 Me Kinley St, Valdez
HOTEL SEXTON
Seward 'Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The’traveling public’s
home.
European Plan.
HOTEL SEXTON
A complete line of fountain pens,
perfumes, stationery, etc., at the
Valdez Drug Store. Buy your Xmas
gifts there. „ tf
Rainer Cereal Beverage, non-ln
toxlcatlng at E. Hunt’s. tt
Xnu Ooo<£
and useful articles are now coming
on every boat, for the Emporium, tf
A nice line of carpenter tools at
ItnUojjVs tf
FOOD FOR THE AGED.
Soma Diat Ruiaa For Thoaa Who Aro
Advanced In Ysars.
Libraries have iieeu written on dleta
for business men and actresses, but .
little thought baa been given what aged j
jieople should put “Superintendents |
of homes for the aeed show absolute
Ignorance of the diet that senile'
changes necessitate.- writes L»r. 1. L |
Nastier hi the Medical Iteview of It*
views.
With , advancing age there' Ls less
strength and activity Kor these rea i
sons Hie auiouni of iissl should be dl I
miiiislied The loss of teeth in old age
Is nature's signal that an aged person '
should no longer <-if meat, the only
food that needs to la- thoroughly mas- !
Heated, “it is not n<* e-sary suddenly
to discontinue the usq of meat. There
should Ite a gradual reduction, und
only the light meat of young animal*
ami fowl should be taken."
There Is no definitely prescribed diet
for old age. but there are a few rules
tbs can lie followed' The total
a< mint of food must tie diminished i
|v must be thohitiglily cooked and tine ;
i» chopped Vegetables containing
(li^icli cellulose slioTtld la> freely used
Foods should lie given In a liquid, semi
liquid or mush form, und dry foods
should be avoided Foods should not |
be given at shorter Intervals than four
or tlve hours.
WASHING THE HANDS.
Hew to Get Them Clean After a Greasy
Job on the Motorcar.
Tlie following Is a practice long fa
miliar to railway engineers, who have
to mess around oil. and It should serve
equally well for their present day coad
jutors of the motor car:
Waqb the bauds In warm water,
using a aoft, free lathering soap. Work
up a good lather and then dip (lie An
gers Into a small dish of lubricating
oil. This will further emulsify with
the lather already on the bauds and
quickly cut the grime ami dirt, leaving
the hands clean and soft. I to not use
too much oil. aud always soup the
hands before applying I lie oil.
After using ibis mixture be sure to
let the wasblstwl drain and then rinse
it quickly, as the oil. If left. sei»iratc
fr<>m the soap And makes a gbsstli {
mess on the sides.
Another good way of cleaning tin
bauds after a dirty Job around the car
is to wash them In tuntentlne. rubbing
It well Into the skin and then wiping
off thoroughly on something that can
be thrown away. By doing this and
finishing with warm water aud plenty
of soap the bauds may lie cleansed of
all traces of the greasiest Job.— N%w
York Post.
The Road to Thrones.
In the year 1710 a girl called Marie
d'Ahbadle was hired as a servant In
an Inn at rterreAtte, France. She was
the daughter of peasants named Dom
Inique llabas and Marie d'Ahbadle
A Bearnals from the village of Boeilli.
whose name was Jean de St. Jean,
stayed in this inn. saw the pretty maid,
fell In love with her and on May 30.
1719. wedded her In the church at As
sat. They had several daughters, the
eldest of whom on Feb. 30. 1734, was
married at BoeiLb to Heuri Bernadotte.
physician, son of Jean Bernadotte, mas
ter tailor. Their son was Napoleon’s
marshal, Bernadotte, who became king
of Sweden and whose great-grandsons
are respectively King Gustave V. «f
Sweden and King Uuakou VII. of Nor
way.
Power of Eloquence.
A story Is told of the great Irfeii
orator, O'Counell. An attack Imd been
made upon him 4a the house of com
mons. When O'Connell arose to reply
his lofty brow was black with thun
der and his ana uplifted as if to strike.
Then, checking himself, he said. “But
the gentleman says he loves Ireland.”
Lowering hia tone to the rippling mur
mur of a summer brook, he continued,
"I hare no words of bitterness or re
proach for soy man who lores Ire
land.” The pathos in the fragmentary
utterance of the last word brought
tears to the eyes of many veterans of
tbs bouse.
People declare that they have seen a
Held of grass gradually change color
during a shower of rain, thousands of
mushrooms springing up before their
eyeai This is an optical Illusion caused
by the rain beating down tbe grass.
The mushrooms do not really spring
up during a single shower of rain.
They are there already, but bidden by
the grass, and when tbe rain beats
down the grass It exposes tbe bidden
mushrooms.—Ix>ndon Mall.
THE WHITE PLAGUE.
i <■■■■' -
' Tuberculosis Is Oftsn ths Result sf
Lack • f Nourishment.
While tntierculosis Is caused by s
well known germ, we often have a
| right to he suspicious of its coming
j from want of profier nourishment.
This would seem to he a forerunner of
' the frn-* disease of tuberculosis
i Tills want of nourishment is to be ac
1 counted for in several ways. The di
gestive system may be naturally weak
I — that is, horn weak. It may have boon
i strong in early life, hut abused lev tie !
) use of alcohol, eating rapidly when j
! physically or mentally tired or by |
1 gulping food without proper chewing,
i A plunge hath Just after eating will ■
! often arrest digestion. The drinking j
j of ice water during a meal or iced leu i
and coffee will reduce the temperature
of the stomach so that the natural
process of digestion is interfered with.
As a result, the fix*! is not properly
prepared for the organs to absorb It
Therefore It Is not tnken np by the
blood stream as tf travels through the
i system of arteries to build up the dlf
| ferent tissues of the body.
There are certain filings lliut nature
demands for building up heHltliy bodies.
We must have some nitrogen in the
form of meat or eggs or lieaDS. We
must have some fats, and we must
have some starches; otherwise the body
will he partly starved and disease
germs will thrive in the different tis
sues. This occurs more often In the
lungs than anywhere else, but there Is
hardly an organ In the body that will
not. under certain conditions, become
tuberculous. — I>r. Samuel (3. Dixon,
Health Couunisisoner of Pennsylvania
TO UTILIZE THE SUN’S HEAT.
—
Vlhy Not 8toro It In Oil In Summer
•nd Make It Work For Ui7
Of course water can be heated only
to the boillug temiierature. but there
are many liquids that can be heated to
• very much higher temperature than
this without boiling. I have taken a
tumbler of olive oil and lieated It by
means of a thin iron wire connected
with a voltaic battery. I placed in the
tumbler of oil a test tube filled with
water. In a short time the water was
ladling, but the oil remained perfectly
quiescent. If you store up hot oil In
stead of water you will have at your
command a source of heat able to do
all your cooking and even produce
steam |a>wer to work machinery.
We have plenty of heat going !•>
waste in Washington during the sum
mer time, for the sun's rays are very
powerful, and we do hot use the roofs
of our buildings except to keep off the
rain. What wide expanses of roof are
available In all our large cities for the
utilization of the sun’s rays! Simple
pities laid up on the roof and contain
ing oil or some other liquid would soon
become heated by the sun’a ruya. The
hot oil could be carried into an ia
'sulated tank and stored. You could
thns not only conserve and utilize the
beat that falls upon the tops of your
bouses, but eiTlet some cooling of the
houses themselves by the abstraction
of this beat.—Alexander Graham Hell
in National Geographic Magazine.
I
Am Audacious Schoolboy.
Tbe audacity of Warren Hastings as
a Westminster schoolboy In carving
bis name beneath the clock on the
western tower of the abbey pales be
fore tbe audacity of another Westmin
ster schoolboy, who secreted himself
Ln tbe abbey ln fultillinent of a wager
tbat he would sleep In the abbey, not
withstanding the report tbat the ghost
of Bradshaw, tbe president of the
court at the trial of Charles 1-. who lu
the time of the commonwealth occu
pied the deauery, haunted the building.
Be spent tbe night ln the abbey and
occupied bis time ln carving his name
on the coronation chair, which bears
to this day the following rudely cut In
scription: “L, Peter Abbott, slept ln
this chair.”—Dundee Advertiser.
The Call to Individuality.
No tnan thinks Ills own thoughts; no
man uses hi* own eyes; no man stands
upon his own feet; no man walks alone.
We go In flocks; we lean on others; we
fallow the multitudes blindly; we bend
our necks to the yoke of public opin
ion; we have no self reliance. The
only virtue we have is conformity. The
demand of the uge Is for men and wo
men of character who are self poised,
self rellaut. independent and self as
sertive Society follows customs and
routine. The redemption of the race
la in the originality of Individuals.—
Jacob Gould Schiirmau.
I
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JOIN THE RED CROSS.
TOBACCO, like fren’ship
and so forth, is
the better for bein’
mellowed by age.
VELVET Smoking Tobacco owes its “aged in the
wood” smoothness to more than two years’ curing.
WHEN I l,.\ME8 FILL
THE FACTORY
deeper fills the owner who has !
neglected to look after hia in- j
xurance. We handle the lnsur- i
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
S“1 Tony’s Place P6°SNE j
Orders to ANTON CARLSON, Manager. ;
i
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jALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle 9 a. m.— Valdez to Seattle—
Dec. 2—S. S. Alameda Dec. 5—S. S. Victoria
Dec. 8—8. 8. Alaska Dec. 10—S. 8. Alameda
Dec. 16—8. 8. Victoria Dec. 18—8. S. Alaska
Dec. 24—8. S. Alameda Dec. 23—8. 8. Victoria
Call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Coraova, Ellamar, Fort Llscum, Val
dez, Latouche, and Seward.
S. 8. Alaska sailing from Beattie Dec. 8th connects with S. S. Dora
at Seward for Alaska Peninsula ports.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau. Sheep
Cr**k» Treadwell. Douglaa Skagwar. Cordova. Ellamar, Valdes and La
touche. Explosives Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
VALORS DOCK CO, Local Agent
Phene No. I. 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.— From Valdes to Seattle—
Dec. 10 S. 8. Adm. Evans Dec. 2—S. S. Adm. Evans
Dec. 28—S. S. Adm. Evans I,ec' 20—s- s- Adm- Evans
(for Kodiak) Dec. 27
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 MAROV1CH. Propr.
Valdez Transfer Co.
A. M. DIERINGER, Proprietor
Office on Valdez Dock, Next to Prospector
Building.
General Trucking and Freighting to all
Interior Points ;
AUTOS FOR HIRE, 5
DAY OR NIGHT i
No Goal Delivered Unless Paid in Advance |
ROCKEFELLER HOME BURNED
BY INCENDIARY FIRE
CLEVELAND, Dec. 18.—John D.'
Rockefeller’s Forest Hill home was
destroyed by fire last night. It is be
lieved to be the work of Incendiaries.
XMAS PRESENTS FOR
SOLDIERS ARRIVE FRANCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 18.—
A Christmas present for each man in
the American army in France arrived
at a European port today, it was an
nounced by the war department.
Ford Production at Peak
DETROIT: On the 20th of Novem
ber the Ford Motor Co., struck the
highest point in its production, manu
facturing on that day S.000 oars, and
It Is expected that 80,000 cars will be
turned out this month. Any question
as to the effect of munitions manufac
ture upon the normal production Is
answered by comparing the produc
tion figures of three months of the
present fiscal year with those of last
year.
Year August September Oct( bsr
1917 62,719 09,989 ?* 327
1916 22,667 5 850 .■ 32S
The rumor that tho Ford Motor v’o.
is going to restrict or entirely ;■< >
passenger car productlo crois u;> .1
a new form each day, but execute
at the factory state that the 1 t i r.y
hopes to carry on all nocessm .- gov
ernment business without Interfer
ence with the passenger car produc
tion. It has more than done thto in
the past as shown by the above fig
ures.—Motor Age.