One of those beautiful
MEERSCHAUM PIPE*
at the
BUFFET
would make a delightful Xmas gift.
1994 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR ant BUILDER
OF ALASKA
can handle any glass of building
Building material ol 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 A CO, Valdes, and Cordova,
BANKERS | B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
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Merchant’s Cafe
Phone 68 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Che*. Fischer, Propr.
LET US MEASURE YOU
for your new suit and let us do
It now. The new fabrics In serge,
worsted, thlbet, etc., are In and
we are prepared to cut them In
to suits of class and snap at a
rery 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, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Veldes Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 84
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed |
Telephone At) '
| Foot Keymonc Ave
I Rough Dry 11c lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS AND BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 38^
THE PINZON
TOBACCO AND CIGARS
mgg
POOL AND BILLIARDS
PHONE 69 Me Klnley St, Valdez
HOTEL SEXTON
Seward 'Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
The'traveling public’s
borne.
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-in
toxlcatlng at B. Hint’s. tf
Xmas Goods
and useful articles are now ooming
on every boat, for the Emporium, tf
▲ ales lists of eaipeQtsr tools at
MudslpMa tt
H MEN LOST
Angus McDougall and E. E. McDoug
all Start for Cameron-Johnson
Mine and not Heard from
Word was received at the United j
States Commissioner's office here this,
morning that two well-known miners j
Angus McDonald and E. E. McDonald, |
were believed to be lost on Shoup1
Glacier or along the route to the
Cameron-Johnson Mine, about nine
miles back on the glacier. The two
men left Shoup Bay Thanksgiving
morning, en route for the Cameron
Johnson. At the time of their depar
ture the day was warm and calm, and
no trouble was anticipated in reach
ing the mine before dark. The mill
and lower camp of the mine stands at
an elevation of 2400 feet on the right
side of the glacier, about seven miles
back from the water by trail and four
miles in an air line from the head of
Shoup bay.
As nothing has been heard of the
men since their departure it Is fear
ed that some accident has happened
to them, and their friends have ap
plied to the commissioner’s office for
a searching party. Both men are old
timers here, of robust physique, and
used to the trail. It may be that they
are delayed at the mine by the heavy
winds of the past three weeks.
Angus McDonald, is about 40 years
of age and was formerly foreman for
the McIntosh mine, and at present
Is watchman at the Alaska-Standard.
E. E. McDonald, who is no relation
to Angus, has been employed as a
watchman at the Cameron-Johnson
since it closed down several months
ago.
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 Valdez
8:16 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAY
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 6:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:16 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
11:16 p.m. 12:00 m. m.
There will be no'trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these 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 business between Val
dez and the Post should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
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.
Capt. 14th Infantry, A. Q. M.
Dally Weather Report
Dec. 18, 1917. Dec. 19, 1917.
7:00 p. m. 7:00 a. m.
29.640 Barometer 29.686
0 Temperature 2
6 Maximum 4
—2 Minimum —2
1.6 Mean 1
Clear, strong N. Partly Cloudy
E. wind. Strong N. E. wind.
Myrtle F. Billings, Obs.
Will receive on Saturday’s boat,
something new in women and children
handkerchiefs, and other Xmas nov
elties. Walt for the boat before buy
ing. E. Winter. k24
Christmas •Suggestions
8ome very pretty fur sets for the
little girls. Baby’s crocheted silk
saps. Little kid shoes with pink and
blue trimmings. Sweaters, three-piece
larllng sets and leggings. E. Winter.
tf
SETTING UP WORK IN FRANCE
French Military txercieee Make Amer
ican Maneuver* Look Like Kin
dergarten, Say* Writer.
Every mu often tuc captain Hikes um
down Into a Held behind the mill and
mukeM us do French exercises. Believe
me. they urc some exercise! excluims ;
George i'attullo in tlie Saturday Even- j
ing I’ost. The old army selling up ex- i
ercises ure a joke beside them, uud .
these take ubout three weeks for u guy
to work up to because you can't stand
them straight through until you get .
hardened.
First you do the Indian walk, ull
bent over with your hands near touch
ing the ground. It tires your back ami
legs; but that is the way you'll have to
walk In the trenches, so why uot train
the muscles now?
Then you get down on your hands
and run like a bear, straight ahead
and sideways, for about u hundred
yards. And ufter that you put your
bands on the ground and leap like a
frog the same distance! When you
have done that you start off from u
mark lickety-spllt as hard us you can
leg It, and then down you flop like a
suck of meul uud keep right on going
at a cruwl, flat on your stomach, using
your elbows to do same. That is to
practice advance with rifle to attack.
You have to crawl over the ground on
your Mtomuch, pulling yourself with
your hands, too.
These exercises are to train the mus
cles you will need when you go up to
light the boche, because that Is the on
ly safe wsy to move around there. And
it ain’t so safe at that, neither!
CADDY WISE TO HIS JOB
Henry was a nice red-haired little
boy and the beat caddy at the club,
ao he was In great demand. Mrs. S.
had just .taken up golf that summer.
The first time she played she happened
to have Henry. He was so good that
the next morning when she went out
she asked for him ugaln. As they were
coming In on the ninth hole Henry
looked at her wistfully and asked her
If she were going to play the next
morning. If she were he suggested
that he wall for her.
So it got to be a habit for Mrs. S.
to play every morning and for Henry
to wait and caddy for her. One day
Mrs. S. said:
“You know, Henry, I don’t think It’s
fair to you or to the other golf players
for you to caddy for me every time, be
cause you are the best caddy up here,
everybody sayR. and I’m about the
worst player. Suppose we switch to
morrow and you go with a good play
er. Wouldn’t you like to do that?”
And Henry shook hls flery little
head. "Why. all the oth^r caddies Just
envy me caddyln” 'for you. cuz when
yon hit the hall It never goes out of
sight.”
Greatest Electric Kitchen.
The largest and best-equipped elec
tric kitchen In the world Is that of the
SlemenR-Schukert Werke at Slemens
stadt, near Berlin. Between noon nnd
2 p. m. every day three thousand per
sons are served from It In four relays.
Some of Its features described by
the Eleetrlcnl Experimenter are a cold
storage and refrigerating plant op
erated by electric compressors, elec
trically driven coffee grinders, knife
sharpeners, meat sllcers, vegetable
cutters and parers. The cooking uten
sils, all electric, range In capacity
from 50 liters to 400 liters. Many of
them have electrically heated oil be
tween the casings, making them like
double boilers.
All water Is heated by electricity
and all dish washing Is done by It. The
cost per capita per day Is one-half,
cent, and the cost for cooking alone
not more than one-third of a cent.
Bees Put Pupils to Flight.
Angry honey bees swarmed Into the
Washington school In Sutter county.
Cal., the other morning, putting to
flight the pupils and their teacher,
Miss Schellinger, according to word re
ceived by County Superintendent of
Schools Miss Lizzie Vagedes. Scream
ing with pain the children ran panic
stricken from the schoolroom, while
the teacher, who remained to see that
all her pupils reached safety, was fear
fully stung about the face, one eye be
ing closed as the result. In her report
to the county superintendent of
schools. Miss Schellinger says that the
bees, which hud made their home be
tween walls of, the school building
took complete possession of the school
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Have you joined the Red Cross?
WHEN FLAMES FILL
THE FACTORY
despair (ills the owner who has
neglected to look after hiB 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 Iteal Estate Agency
§§£*3 Tony’s Place 'SSE
Orders to ANTON CARLSON, Manner.
ALASKA
! STEAMSHIP CO.
j_
From 8eattl» 9 a. m.—
Dec. 2—8. 8. Alameda
Dec. 8—8. 8. Alaska
Dec. 16—8. 8. Victoria
Dec. 24—8. 8. Alameda
Valdez to Seattle—
Dec. 5—S. S. Victoria
Dec. 10—8. 8. Alameda
Dec. 18—8. 8. Alaska
Dec. 23—8. 8. Victoria
Call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Coraova, Kllamar, Fort Liscum, Val
dez, Latouche, and Seward.
S. S. Alaska sailing from Seattle Dec. 8th connects with S. S. Dora
at Seward for Alaska Peninsula ports.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau. Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglas Skagway, Cordova. Bllamar, Valdes and La
toucba Explosives Right reserved to ohange schedule without notice.
VALDEZ DUCK CO. Leeal Agent
****»»»«*Aass» a a a a a a a • • •
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 Beattie 10 a. m.—
Dec 10—8. 8. Adm. Evans
Dee 17
Dec. 28—8. 8. Adm. Evans
(for Kodiak)
Prom Vstdei to Beattie—
Dec. 2—S. S. Adm. Evans
Dec. 20.—S. 8. Adm. Evans
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.
LOUIE S CAFE
Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh thread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROVIOH, Propr.
Valdez Transfer Co.
A. M. DIERINGER, Proprietor
Office on Valdez Dock, Next to Prospector
Building.
General Tracking and Freighting to all
Interior Points
AUTOS FOR HIRE,
DAY OR NIGHT
No Coal Delivered Unless Paid in Advance
JOIN THE RED CROSS.
COAL ASSURED FOR
MUNITION CONCERN
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 19.—
To Insure a steady stream of muni
tions to the American army, the fuel
administration today gave direct or
ders to all the mines supplying the
Dupont powder plants to deliver de
mands in full. The operators were re
minded that the order is obligatory
and must be absolutely complied with.
FLEET TRANSFERRED
TO NEW OWNERS
8EATTLE: Title to 133 craft of the
North Paclfle fishing fleet was trans
ferred yesterday from the Northwest
Fisheries company and the Anacor
tes Fisheries company, two Seattl
Arms, to the Booth Fisheries com
pany of Chic^o, the parent concern
of both local corporations.
In addition, all the canneries, salt
erles and equipment of the subsidiary
companies were transferred. Despite
the move, there will be no ch.ir>ge In
the operations of the Seattle r : is.
The deal was the largest c .i.id
over recorded at the Seatt'e -i.s.oras
house. The vessels luclu 1 ships f
every type from the stear'nr A.
Carpenter and the full-rigged ships
St. Paul and A. J. Fuller to barges
and gas boats.
Christmas Suggestions
A nice line of Fancy Ribbons suit
able for bags and all kinds of fancy
work. E. Winter. tf