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VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
»_u. DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen vears in ,
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
e a.m., to6p. m., 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
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New Company’s Phone No. 59
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. u.
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorney* at Law
Office* In Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone Si VALDEZ
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
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F. BUTTERWORTH
JCivil Engineer and'
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdes, Alaska.
Copper River
Draying
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - • - Proprietor.
LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party of Alaska
Meets every Saturday at 8 p. m.
Next door to Senate Saloon.
Everybody Welcome.
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Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of I.
D. Flynn, deceased.—Notice of settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that W. T.
Scott, the administrator of the estate
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and fil
ed in the above entitled court, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th day of February, 1914, at the
hour of two o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the court room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by me, the
undersigned, as the Judge of said
court, as the time and place for the
settlement of said account, at which
time and place any and all persons
interested in said estate, may appear,
file exceptions in writing to the said
account or otherwise contest the al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23rd
day of December, 1914.
(Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex Officio
Probate Judge, tot the Recording
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date of last publication January
21, 1915.
This is a good time to return that
book you’ve read to the library at
Everyman’s Club. Library hours:
1 to 2 p. m. every day, Monday, Wed
nesday, Saturday 3 to 6 p. m., Tues
days and Fridays 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
Men’s Meeting.
There will be a meeting for men
in the “Sleem Memorial” on Sunday
evening at 8 o’clock. Mr. Chas. (1.
Ganty will give an address on “Some
Dreamers and Others.” The meeting
will be open for discussion and ail
men are cordially invited. Good sing
ing during evening. Christmastide is
a time of genial getting together and
we hope every man will consider this
a personal invitation to come.
EDWARD H. MOLONY.
Souvenirs.
Friend—Do you get more for a poem
now than you did twenty yearn ago?
Poet (sadly)—Yes. An I get older 1
ean’t defend myself so well.—Chicago
News. _
Poor Forgotten Woman.
Benham—Opportunity knocks once at
every man’s door.
Mrs. Benham—There you are—no
show for the poor woman 1—Chicago
News.
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"HEALTH AND WEDLOCKT
Conditions That Should Bs Studied Be
fore It le Too Late.
Marriage, from any point of view, is
of course a serious proposition, as it
may bless or wreck two human lives,
if not more. Not the least Important
of these points of view is that of the
health of both parties to the contract.
The health commissioner of Pennsyl
vania in an official bulletin gives the
following advice to those about to
marry:
“First, a man should not marry un
less into a family with a history of
reasonable longevity, free from hered
itary disease. He should not marry
a woman advanced in life, delicate,
feeble or afflicted with any inherited
deformity. The age most proper for
women in this climate is nineteen or
twenty years and for men twenty-four
or twenty-five years. Women of a
nervous temperament those who are
extremely irritable, hysterical, subject
to convulsions or to epilepsy from or
ganic disease, ought to avoid matri
mony.
"in this country marriages before
the ages of twenty-five and nineteen
respectively are contraindicated, be
cause. as a rule, previous to these pe
riods of life the body is not fully de
veloped, the different functions are not
perfect, and any offspring developed by
them in their immature condition must
be deficient in vital power.”
“CAMEL’S HAIR” BRUSHES.
The Very Best of Them Are Made From
Squirrels’ Tails,
It may sound rather strange, hut It
is nevertheless true that no brushes
are ever made of camel’s hair, yet
they are asked for daily and sold as
such.
There are very many kinds of hair
used in the making of "camel’s hair”
brushes, such us bear, fox, rabbit,
squirrel, etc., and, indeed, one au
thority states that over 150 sorts of
brushes are known as "camel’s hair”
brushes, but there is only one defini
tion accepted by the British board of
trade—i. e.. "camel’s hair" brushes
made from squirrel tails, these being
the best and most expensive.
Real camel’s hair is absolutely use
less for making brushes and resembles
soft tow of a yellow-brownish color.
The mane of a camel is the only part
which could be used, and possibly a
dozen brushes could be made from one
mane.
As a matter of fact, there are only
two specimens of brushes made from
the actual hair of a camel in existence.
The reason for the term “camel’s hair”
is the fact that a man named Camel
was the first one to make these finer
kinds of brushes, and they became
generally known as “real camel’s hair
brushes.’’—London Answers.
Rosabelle’* “Favah.”
Never was there a blacker daughter
of Africa than was Rosabelle Jackson
when, as a girl of but thirteen years,
she was taken into the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Deene. a childless couple
who purposed training Rosabelle into a
maid of all work. This they succeed
ed In doing, and so many admirable
traits of character were developed in
; Rosabelle that they became much at
tached to the girl, and her affection for
them was pronounced One day when
she was nearly thirty years old she
cnme to Mrs Deene to ask a "favah"
of somewhat startling character.
“I wants to ask jess one favah. Mis’
Deene.” she said. “Dis is de favah
If I do dies befo’ you' does 1 want de
favah ob havin' you put a tombstone
i ovab my grave an' have on it. ‘Rosa
belle Jackson, only chile of Mistah an'
Missus Abner Deene!" — New York
Post.
Bitter Lady Lytton.
In “Unpublished Letters of Lady
Bulwer Lytton to A. E. Cbalon. R. A.,”
the editor slips in the following when
referring to S. C. Hall’s impressions of
Lady Bulwer Lytton:
“Mrs. Hall was Irish, and Lady Lyt
ton had no partiality for her compa
triots. On one occasion her husband en
tertained Daniel O’Connell and other
Irish members at dinner, and S. C.
Hall relates. ‘The next day I saw Mrs.
Bulwer directing some arrangements In
the dining room, which she told me
she was fumigating in order to get rid
of the brogue.’ ’’
Tiger-like Cat.
Although he’s no bigger than an ordi
nary bouse cat. the dasyure of the
South American Jungles Is strong and
fierce. He has the temper of a tiger
pent up In a soft coated, speckled b^dy
of tomcat size. Good fighter that td is,
the dasyure never fights for his food,
for bis chief subsistence Is the ant and
other small Insects, but when attacked
by a man the latter very often getaYthe
worst of It—Wisconsin State Journal.
Selfish.
"So Jack Hansom has married Mlfb
Goldie.” I
“Yes. and t was mighty sorry to
see It.” ^
“Sorry? For her sake or his?"
"For mine; 1 wanted her.’’—Boston
Transcript
Truth and Fiction.
"Truth Is stranger than fiction."
“I don’t know,” replied Miss Cay
enne. “whether It Is stranger or only
scarcer."—Washington Star.
Of Course.
“Can you tell me which class of peo
ple lives the longest?”
"Why, centenarians, I believe.*—
Boston Transcript
▲ bold onset Is half the battle—
Garibaldi
END OF THE EARTH.
The Latest Figuring Puts It Only Two
Million Years Away.
Scientists tell us that life on the
earth began about 2.000,000 years ago.
It has generally been accepted that
life will last for 95,000,000 years.
Ninety-five million years Is a fairly
long time. None of us who are alive
today need worry about what will take
place 95,000.000 years hence. Even the
most altruistic can scarcely be Inspired
by love for an inconceivably remote
posterity.
But the French savants are alto
gether disturbing. Here comes one. M.
Verronet. who says that the earth will
permanently freeze within the next
2.000. 000 years and that life will van
ish. This Is bringing the tragedy near
er home. We would glady accept the
older reckoning.
Verronet places mankind of today
about midway between the beginning
and the end. He computes thnt in the
future life will exist as long as It has
already existed. He specifies only one
forty-eighth as long a life as those
who have studied In the past.
There Is only one consolation to bo
derived from the Verronet reckoning.
As far as the Influence of today Is con
cerned 2.000.000 years Is us good as
95.000. 000. In either event those who
are comfortably laboring today cannot
expect to be lovingly remembered
when the cataclysm of ice makes the
earth a barren wilderness.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
HIS TWO TENSE MOMENTS.
One Was a Ninth Inning and the Oth
er at a Dinner Table.
I heard a prominent Cambridge man
tell of the two most tense moments of
bis life yesterday. But the tension in
each case was different.
“I doubt if 1 ever shall forget either
occasion,” he said reflectively. “They
were big moments.
“The first was when I was in college.
I was captain of the baseball team
that year. We came to the end of the
ninth. We needed one run to tie the
score and another to win the game.
Two men were down and two on the
sacks when 1 came to bat. And for
once in my career I did it. 1 lined out
a three bagger, right over the railroad
track. When I felt it go—well, that
was one occasion.
“And the other.” He chuckled, but a
slow flush crept over his cheeks. “It
was thirty years ago. soon after I left
college. I went over to see a girl I
thought was pretty nice and to meet
her folks for the first time. I went on
a Sunday. All the men were away.
And they had duck for dinner.” He
stopped. “Ever carve a duck?” he
asked meaningly. “No. neither had l
before. Nor have 1 since.” Hia flush
deepened. “1 never even went to see
that girl again.” he added plaintively.—
Boston Journal.
Men and Oaks.
Once as 1 was botanizing under an
oak I found among a number of other
plants of similar height one that was
dark in color with tightly closed leaves
and a stalk that was very straight and
stiff. When I touched it, it said to me
in firm tones: "Let me alone, i am
not for your collection, like other plants
to which nature has given only a sin
gle year of life. I am a little oak.”
So it is with a man whose influence
is to last for hundreds of years. As a
child, as a youth, often even as a full
grown man—nay. his whole life long—
be goes about among his fellows, look
ing like them and seemingly as unim
portant But let him alone. lie will
not die. Time will come and bring
those who know how to value him.—
Schopenhauer.
View From Mount Rigi.
The mountain of the Kigi. in Switzer
land. commands a panorama of 400
miles in circumference, which includes
the lovely lake of Lucerne, and is un
surpassed for beauty. The Rigi was
known to only a few travelers In the
eighteenth century, but after the peace
of 1815 it became a resort for the curi
ous, the first dwelling having been
erected In 1814. Now many hotels are
in a flourishing condition, and it is
popular even in winter. There la a
little chapel, with Its walls covered
with votive tablets, for many have been
the victims in the ice gorges of this
lofty peak.
Pipefish.
The pipefish take care of their young
In a manner that is entirely peculiar.
The newly laid eggs are taken care of
by the male, which has a sort of fold
on each side of its body. Beneath
the "flaps" be keeps the eggs until the
young are batched and sufficiently
grown to take care of themselves.
While in the “flap" they are fed by the
mother, upon whom falls the duty of
foraging around for food.
No Postmortem Touoh.
"Loan me $5 until Thursday, old
man. If I live till then I’ll surely pay
you."
"All right. But if you succumb don’t
jiend anybody around to touch me for
the funeral expenses.”—Seattle Post-ln
telllgStwe^
One For the Witness.
Lawyer (flercelyi — Are you telling
the truth? Badgered Witness (wearily)
—As much of it as you will let me.—
Detroit Free Press.
Contradiotory.
This is the note the cook left: Dear
Madam—I am leaving, but beg to re
main. yours. Sarah Briggs.’’—Llppln
cott*s. _
The future belongs to him who
knows bow to wait—Russian Proverb.
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Dougherty & Ferguson
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if We Handle Your{ Baggage.
We Buy andJSell Anything from
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“We Never Close.’*
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