Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED BY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TERMS.
Dally Prospector.
By carrier, per month....$ 1.00
By mail, per annum. 10.00
The Weekly Miner.
By carrier, per month. *0c
By mail, per annum.$3.00
The Daily Prospector and YVeeklj
Miner, by carrier, to one address
per month .. ..$1.25
The Daily Prospector and Weekly
Miner by mail to one address
only per year... .$1—50
Business Office and Editorial
Rooms, Phone 152.
Advertising Rates on Application.
WEDNESDAY, JULY-10, 1013.
SAVING THE COUNTRY.
•Throughout tlfo country there
is going "ii a campaign for im
proved marketing, rural credit
'and co-operation,. Tiffs cam
paign is assuming the propor
tions of a political campaign
and even the changes in the tar
iff are being pushed into second
place. Saving the nation is by
no means a lost art, and the ora
tor advocating reforms is get
ting in his work. All this agi
tation, however, is constructive
and it will result in the proba
ble discovery of what the trou
blet is. There is as yet no very
definite information as to whe
ther the trouble should be laid
at the door of. the trusts,- the
middlemen or our antiquated
laws, Let us hope that the agi
tation, coupled with the work of
the new bureau of rural organi
zation, will bring results.
PROBLEM OF ILLITERACY.
Illiteracy in this country is a
far more serious problem than
most American people realize.
The facts have recently been,
brought out showing that in the
country districts the ratio of il
literacy is greater than if is in
the cities. What is to be done
about it is the problem that the
government is interested in just
now, and some valuable work is
being done at this lime. It does
not seem 1 ik<* the wise plan for
us to wait for a generation of
illiterates to die oil’. It is slated
that at the present time1 here are
5,515.0(10 illiterate persons over
the age of to years. This is a
mighty army, and while we are
thinking of an edueat imial test
for immigrants we might stop
'and consider that the propor
tion of ill it I'cat «-s horn of Ameri
can parents is almost live times
the proportion of illiterates horn
to foreign-horn parents.*. A spe
cial schooling system for grown
ups will have to ho the solution
of the problem without doubt.
In addition In this, the rural
schools will have to be made
more accessible and ellicient.
LOCAL ITEMS
William Finical lcl'l for Mon
tague Island.
Mi s. William Lear is coming to
Valdez on the Mariposa*
John Miller is working at
Blum’s slore.
Arnold King has a new wheel
and knows how to ride it.
Otis Grigsby is very sick suf
fering with whooping cough and
a complication of pneumonia.
Wallace Spiers is confined to
his bed with an attack of pneu
monia and whooping cough.
Angus McBride is spending
some time prospecting in the
hills about Valdez,
FOR SALE—"Quick Meal” oil
stove. Suitable for camp use.
Perfect order. Inquire Mrs.
Shepard.
Notice to Stockholders.
Notice is hereby given to the
stockholders of the Midas Cop
per company, that the regular
Annual meeting of the company
will be held on Wednesday, July
21, 1913, at the hour of 2 p. m„
at the office of the company, for
the purpose of electing officers
for the ensuing year.
MIDAS COPPER CO.,
A. E. GRIGSBY, Sec’y.
Valdez, Alaska, July 2, 1913.
Bring your job work to the
Prospector office.
a_
Subscribe for the Prospeotor.
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Crawford Building, opposite Tele
phone Exchange.
) 7 a m tb n a m
MEALS 5 12 m tb * |> m
> 6 to 7.P in
A Special Dinner Sundays at 5 o’clock
The Safe Keeping of Royal Jewels.
It is said that the jewels of the
Russian royal family, which are of
enormous value, are kept in the
Kremlin, where they are looked aft
er by a hundred and fifty officers
who have retired from the army.
The Italian crown jewels are
guarded in a subterranean chamber
on a little island in the Tiber.
The crown treasures of Austria
are in the custody of the Imperial
bank. The Austrian jewels are of
great value, but of those of Ger
many the same cannot be said. These
are also in the custody of a bank.
Most of the French state jewels
have been dispersed, but some of
great value are to be seen at the
Louvre. _
Origin of Attar of Roses.
The preparation of the famous
attar of roses seems to have been
discovered by accident. From India
we get the tradition. The favorite
Sultana of Sehanghir caused a bath
of rosewater to be prepared for her
use. » The burning sun of India
brought its might upon the bath
prepared in the royal garden and
soon globules of- oil were found
floating upon the fragrant water.
Deeming the bath impure and at
tempting to skim, off the film, the
attendants broke the globules, and
at once the garden was filled with
fragrance.
A Wrong Steer.
A mathematical professor had
been invited by a city friend to visit
him at his residence in a certain
square and had promised to do so.
Meeting him some time afterward,
the friend inquired of the professor
why he did not come to see him.
“I did come,” said the mathema
tician, “but there was some mistake.
You told me that you lived in a
square, and I found myself in a
parallelogram, so I went away
again.” _
Turned Down.
A pert young girl repulsed very
haughtily the proffered attentions
of a young man. He, wounded to
the quick, exclaimed:
“Ah, well, you’re as full of airs
as a hand organ.”
She tossed her head.
“Maybe I am,” she said, “but all
the same, I don’t go with a crank*
—Exchange.
NOTICE OF SEIZURE.
In the District Cuurf fur I lie
Territory of Alaska, Third Di
vision.
United Stales of America, Lib
elant, vs. one ship’s boat, her
tackle, appai'eJ, furniture and
equipment.
\\ imrcas a iiui‘1 oi inmi'iiiai ion
has been tiled in Ilia above conn
on Ilia lith day of July 1913, on
behalf of the United States again
st the above mentioned ship's
boat, her tackle, apparel, furni
ture and equipment; and where
as the substance of said libel of
information, is that the said
ship’s boat, her tackle, apparel,
furniture and equipment ivore
seized on the 25tli day of July,
1910, and turned over to the Unit
ed States Marshal who now holds
the same at the Port of Unalas
ka, Alaska, as forfeited to the
United States for the reason that
the same was then and there
found engaged in unlawfully kil
ling fur seals within the waters
of Alaska, and praying that the
said ship’s boat, her tackle, ap
parel, furniture and equipment
be condemned and sold for use of
the United States.
Now therefore, in pursuance
of the monition under the seal
of said Court to me. directed and
.delivered, I do hereby give public
notice to all persons claiming
the said ship’s boat, the tackle,
apparel, furniture and equipment
or in any manner interested
therein, that they be and appear
before the United States District
Court for the Territory of Alas
ka, Third Division, to be held at
Unalaska, in and for the said
Territory and Division, on the
18th day August 1913, at 10
o’clcok in the forenoon, of that
■day, provided the same shall be a
day of jurisdiction, otherwise on
the* next day of jurisdiction there
after, then and there to inter
pose their ■ claims and to make
their allegations in that behalf,
and that in event of their fail
ure so to do default and condem
nation will be ordered.
II. P. SULLIVAN.
United States Marshal for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Divi
sion .
GEORGE R. WjALKER.
Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service.
R A itFRY •■'^CONNECTION
OAnE.ni everything gqod
JACK CALLIN & CO.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry callfon me.
“QUICK ACTION”
it my motto.
Phone 82. J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
BARGAINS
ADLER will sell
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a bargain.
A Five-room house with ten
foot shed for less than lumber
cost.
LAUNCH VIKING
Leaves from Valdez dock for
SHOUP BAY
and way points at 10 a. m. Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop. ‘
S'lRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave Seward, Alaska
Schedule for the Donaldson.
Tlie following schedule for the
launch Lieut. C. V. Donaldson,
will ’take effect today (June 19).
All orders to the contrary are re
voked :
Daily, Saturday and Sunday ex
cepted.
Leave Fort Liscum at 8:15 a.
m. and 1:15 p. m.
Leave Valdez at 10 a. m. and
5:30 p. in.
* SPECIAL TRIPS.
Tuesday, leave Fort Liscum 5
p. in:, leave^Valdez 2:30 p. m.
Saturday, leave Fort Liscum
1:15 i). m. and 7 p. m.; leave Val
dez i p. m. and 10:30 p. m.
Sundays, such trips as may be
ordered.
There will be no trips for the
launch on the second and lourth
]-relays each month, these days
being used to clean toilers.
Special trips or cancelling of
abov 1 will be made without no
tice only to meet the exigencies
of the service. , „
By order of Lieut. Col. O Neil.
L. A. KUNZK1,
First Lieut. 30th Infantry, Quar
termaster.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. in. to 9 p. in.
Sundays and holidays 9 to 10
.. in. and 5 to 0 p. in.
The Order of Alaskan Moose
Postoffice Hours.
Week days 9 a. in. to 6 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 12 noon
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
, Valdez, Alaska, April 23, 1913.
To H. Muir, your heirs and ad
ministrators, and to all whom
it may concern:
You are hereby notified and
will take notice that 1, the sub
scriber, T. E. Dougherty, have
expended during the year A. D.,
1912, one hundred dollars ($100;
in labor and improvements upon
the “Minnie” lode mining claim.
Said claim is situated and lies in
the Valdez Recording Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, about six
miles from Shoup bay. The no
tice of location thereof is of rec
ord in Book 8 of Records, at page
370, in the office of the United
States Commissioner for'the Val
dez Recording Precinct at Val
dez, Alaska, to which book and
page reference is hereby made for
a more particular description of
said claim. Said expenditure was
made for the purpose of holding
possessory rignt and title to said
mining claim under the provis
ions of Section twenty-three hun
dred and twenty-four of the Re
vised Statutes of the United
States and the amendments there
to, providing for the annual la
bor upon mining claims, said
amount being the sum required
to hold said mining claim during
the period ending the thirty-first
day of December, 191*.
If you fail or refuse within
ninety days from the personal
service of this notice, if person
al service be had, or within ninoty
days after the publication of this
notice to contribute your propor
tion of such expenditure as a co
owner, your proportion, being in
the sum of eighteen dollars and
seventy-five cents ($18.75), your
interest in said claim will become
the property of the subscriber,
who is vour co-owner, and who
has made the expenditure and
improvements as above mention
ed pursuant to the provisions of
the said statute.
Dated Valdez, Alaska, April 23,
1913.
T. E. DOUGHERTY.
Date first pub. April 24, 1913.
Date last pub. July 20, 1913.
Shirts
YOU who like a light
weight Flannel
Shirt for about town
should know Viyella
Flannel-- Guaranteed
not to shrink—Your
money back if they
do.
$3.00 to $5.00
Arrow Collars
2 (or 25c.
Arrow
shirts
Are good shirts — they’ll
stand wear as well as wash
ing — and they come in so
many good patterns that
we are sure to be able to
please you.
$1 .50 and up
Shirts
WE ALSO recom
mend the Ore
gon Woollen Mills
Shirt for the man who
wants the best in heavy
or medium weight
Flannel for use in the
hills.
$2.50 to $4.00
Arrow Collars
2 for 25c.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all parts
of the interior. (General Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKiniey St. Valdez
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofing pitch, lime, ce
ment, piaster lath, shingles, builders'
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Agents for Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing, Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Points.}
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose .Valves,
IrOL °ipe, Fittings.
j «op Horn
'Oas.Pnur.mk
nil Hsronranmiis
. in tumwt orman»
138llibieWriiiC>m-505MiMtoiB
f IRONING WORRIES^
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TE- F.PHONE COMPANY.
Steam Heat ^ Electric Lights
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
Good tuc DiirrcT G ° °d
Goods inti Durrc.1 ®°°^s
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I T TIV/f DCD and Building
Puget Sound v/ lYlDJulX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Price. Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
Drugs and Druggist Sundries
PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS
Telephone Orders Solicited Free Delivery
We do a
general
Banking
Business
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
department
We Pay 4 Per Cent interest on lime Certificate of Deposit,
- /