STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 ' FOR MEN ONLY
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 24
appear with confidence
before tbe keenest critic of
style and class if the suit you
wear is one of our tailoring.
The perfect fit, the exclusive
pattern of the cloth, the dis
tinctive individuality of style
will all proclaim your good
judgment and taste in select
ing us as your tailors. You
ought to see the new clothes
and style models.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAIEOR
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed |
Telephone 66 I
Foot. Keystone Ave
Rousrb Dry 11c lb
THE SENATE
ANGl’S CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms.' Phone 35
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone <Il'KN DAY AX1) NIGHT Chas. FI«ciiei\ Pi“»pr.
Genuin^r Sweet Apple Cider at
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone S2: ready
to transfe, t..ai. ior you. tf
Complete line tf Buik Chceolates. .
Candy Kitchen. tf
A pretty line of colored crochet
cotton and stamped pillow slips at
the Xeedlecraft Shop. tf
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f Webster’s New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; come in
and look it over. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Goods coming on every boat for the j
Emporium, open for business from 2 ;
to € and 7 to 9 p. m. tf
Ice cream every day, specials on j
Sunday at Hunt's Candy Kitchen, tf;
A fresh lot of Haas’ Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to 52
a. box. Valdez Drug Cq. tf i
THE THRIGE-A-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IX 1017
Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. .No Other Xewspa
l>er in the World gives so much
f at low a price.
—
The value and need of a newspaper:
•:i the household was never greater1
tnan at the present time. The great;
war in Europe is now half-way info
its third year, and whether peace be
at hand or afar off the events to fol
low will he world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
ffers the Thrice a Week World, T'ie
Daily Prospector and The Weekly
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 156 copies of
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for this
price. Can you afford to be without
'hem.
Mhe Thrice-a»Week World,
■the Daily Prospector.
The WTeekly Miner.
ALL FOR 813.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly!
' Miner are the only papers published 1
at Valdez, and are replete with local j
and world news. The Miner makes a I
tpeeialty of Territorial News in con-!
clensed form. The World is too well;
known to our readers to dilate upon
:ts field of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
PARENTS EXI) AM. WHEN
SEVEN SONS ARE KIM.Kit
MUNICH.—Crazed by the loss of
their seven sons, the last one of whom
was killed on the western front re
cently. Franz Riegelmann. an aged
stonemason of Kempten. and his wife
have ended their lives. Their bodies
were discovered in a deep hole of a
mount.tin steam.
PAPERS IX VIENNA
COMMENT OX 1IHEAK
AMSTERDAM. April 27.—The rttp
ture of diplomatic relations between
Austria-Hungary and the United
States is declared by the Vienna pa
pers to be a logical consequence of
the state of war between the United
States and Germany. Austria-Hun
gary and Germany are one in all
things, the newspapers insist.
in general the rupture of friendly
relations wh;ch have lasted for more
than a century between Austria-Hun
gary and America is regretted by the
press of the Austrian capital, which
incidently expresses the view that the
Austro-Hungarian aide memoir which
followed the American inquiries re
garding Austria’s position on submar
ine warfare contained many hints l’>r
the maintenance of peace.
KliOI H TAKES ANOTHER
FORTY CENT .11 Ml* IN PRICE
PORTLAND, Ore.. \pril 27.—
Wheat went above the twr twenty
mark today, when 20.000 oushels of
May bluestem sold at $2.21 per bush
el. The price broke all Pacific rec
ords for spring wheat. Flour also
jumped 40 cents a barrel to $12. *0
retail. One week ago .‘lour retailed
at $11.20 per barrel.
KAISER'S PRESS AGENT
IN AMERICA INTERNED
NEW YORK, April 2 7.—Werner
Tisnter, described by the authorities
as chief aide to Dr. Carl A. Fuehr,
head of the German literary propa
gandists in this country, was arrested
by United States secret service men
yesterday and interned on Ellis isl
and.
Gilbert-Kotolf.
Charles Gilbert and Tessie KotolT
were united in marriage last evening
in the presence of a few intimate
triends. A The ceremony took place at
the office of the United States Com
missioner, Judge l.ove officiating.
IRELAND ENGAGED IN
PLOUGHING MATCH
DUBLIN, April 27.—All Ireland
appears to be engaged in one vast
ploughing match. Ploughs are being
drawn by every available type of ani
mal while n.en and women who never j
put their hands to a plough b-u'ore |
have learned to do the work ti the]
submarine emeigency. The lrUh de-[
partment of agriculture has thrown '
all its executive machinery into the]
effort to increase the tillage eno*
niously and has obtained a decie° ut - 1
der the defense of the realm act mak
ing a certain minimum percen' >ge of
extra tillage compulsory on every far
tiier in Ireland holding more than 10 j
acres of land
This novel law requires that oV v j
farmer must till at least 10 | er <eut
of the arable part of his holdings in j
addition to whatever amount he t’li-1
ed last year unless he is already cul
tivating 50 per cent of his land in
which case lie is not obliged to :lo
more. There are 350,000 holdings to
which this regulation applies, with an i
arable area of 14,500,000 acr^s.
The depa; tment's county commit-1
tees, which have for years been or-!
gauized in every country of Irelunu.1
have stoppetl all other work and put i
their experts and administrative s< rt's j
on the sole work of food production j
They have organized special commit-!
tees in every parish and are mohiliz-j
ing all the available supplies of seed, i
manure and implements. Machirtetvi
for saving labor is to he made to go ,
as far as possible by a system of local i
exchance.
Few people realize what a Iremeti-1
dous asset Ireland has been to Eng- j
land during the war as a reservoir of!
foodstutis.
Ireland h is been next to the United i
States in feeding England, but the ]
balance is somewhat disturbed ac Hie
present time, hut with Ireland In-;
creasing her output and the im ofsj
of food from that island in 191o. tlie I
latest figures available show a total
of 4 6,000.000 pounds.
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AVI UK SAYS HUBBY
B ARKS AT HKK UKK IMKi
OMAHA, Neb.—Conies now a wife
who lias sidetracked the threadbare
and stereotyped allegations for di
vorce entered the legal lists with a
unique complaint against her spouse.
Mrs. Ruth Ross asserts that her
husband. Geor> e Ross, "barks” at her
upon the slightest and most trivial ex
cuse. Vos sir' "harks” just like a dog.
She alleges that he displays thesei
canine-like proclivities at the slighl
. st provocation.
Reiss, who is the proprietor of a
grocery store, lias a violent temper, I
his wife further alleges, “and maligns
her and her relatives and speaks in a
scandalous manner of any one who
happens to be around.”
She asserts that these "paroxysms
ol violent temper” have aftected her
health
The wife sets forth that her “bark-j
ing hubby” has a $5,000 equity in a
house and has accumulated about \
$20,000 in the grocery business. Site I
wants suitable alimony and custody
of a minor daughter. Betty Ross.
Alameda Sails South.
|
The Alameda arrived in port from
tlu- westward about 7 o'clock this!
morning and sailed south about an 1
hour later. There were no passen
gers from this place for the south.
HIS LAST GOODBY.
French Soldier Leaving Hie Fam
ily to Go Back to the Trenches.
■ I
Here is a familiar seone in France. I
A soldier fal.lier lias returned Imine ■
from the liattle front to lie with Ills
loved ones for a few days. Then he
nunin leaves his wife and eliild to iro
Imek to the frenehes and |ierhu|is death
FOREST FIRES.
Thar# Ara Thraa Kinda, of Which tha
“Crown" Fira la tha Worst.
There are three kinds of forest fires
—the "surface tire," which mcrci} re...
In the leaves and ground litter; th„*
“ground Ore," that covers the under
brush of the dense forests, and the
“crown lire," the most dangerous and
terrifying of all. A crown fire is usu
ally caused when the ground or surface
tire reaches the top of a ridge or knoll,
and the increased draft carries the
blaze up-the trunks of the trees to the
tops of the “crowns.” It is the crown
fires which have wade the great forest
fires of history.
Surrounding the burning area by a
trench from which everything down to
the mineral sod lias been removed is the
only kind of tiye line which will stop
a ground lire, and it will ofien stop a
surface tire. For surface (ire “whip
ping” or using brush branches or water
soaked sacking to whip the burning
leaves at ilie edge of tho fire back into
the burned aren is most effective. Sand
as well as water is valuable iu lighting
this kind of lire loo.
There is only oue way to tight a
crown tire—that is. by "oncktiriiig"—
fighting fire wi:h tire. This method is
extremely dangerous, consisting of set
ting a counter tire far enough from the
main Iwdy of the original tire"so that
all inflammable material will be burn
ed by the time the fire reaches that
imint, and Mie tire will die from lack
of material to feed on. The backfire is
set fur enough from the main fire to
escaiie the draft which is fanning the
Idaze.-r-New York Times.
THEY WERE ALL INSANE. j
Evan the Expert Wltnees Himself Must
Have Been Pretty Mad.
Hr. Allen Melanie Hamilton. In his
•'Recollections of an Alienist.'' relates
the following incident which occurred
in an Italian murder trial in which lie I
appeared for the state:
The defense was based on the shape i
of the murderer’s head, and much tes- 1
tiuiony had beeu given by an antbro- I
pologist and crauiologist in regard to [
the shortness of the head of the man j
on trial.
So improbable was the testimony ol ;
rhe head ••expert" that L>r. Hamilton
during the noon recess, went to a hat- i
ter and secured several eonformateur
tracings, which lie gave to the district
attorney.
"Do-tor. extreme length of the head i
is also a stigma of insanity, is it not?"
ashed the district attorney.
The quack assented.
The district attorney showed him '
the tracings and asked his opinion of
them. The fellow examined them and ,
declared that the persons from whom
they were taken were undoubtedly in- i
sane. **
"Well." said Ills merciless cross ex- 1
examiner, "would it surprise you to 1
know that the lirst scries were taken ,
fr> in tlie heads of William H. Vainler- j
bilt and his sons and that the last is
from tin- head of hi* honor tlie judge 1
who presides in this case?"
It goes without saying that tlie wit- i
ness' "expert" testimony was jirumpt- ,
ly ruled ‘"it.
Sinister Goodwin Sand*.
Seven miles at sea from Broadstalrs. !
ilie seaside resort on tlie southeast
(.•oast of England, lie the Goodwin i
sands of sinister record in maritime
wreck annals and by tradition suppos |
ed once to have been an island, l.omea j
in the estate of Earl Goodwin, and to !
have been destroyed by the sea in tile |
eleventh century. Lanibarde. a skep 1
tieal English chronicler, however, dis \
pates this legend. a« he does also an ;
other which tells of the earl's choking j
himself with a morsel of bread be- j
cause lie bad said. "May this bread \
choke me if 1 caused my brother's j
death.'' when, in point of fact, be had j
procured it.
A lightship has been maintained on '
Goodwin sands since lTttfi. but marine
disasters still occur there, and some
times even in clear weather.—National
Geographic Society Bulletin.
v .
Clip Flower Stems Daily.
To keep cut flowers in good coudl
tiou dip the stems a little dail^jjF The
pores at the end of the stem are apt to
clog, and by clipping them it allows
the pores to reopen, and the flower will
he refreshed by the water it receives.
It must also be borne in mind that alt j
strings or bindings as well as wires •
should be removed so that there will j
he no obstruction in the way of the j
water reaching the blossom itself. If |
you value your cut flowers and desire I
to have them with you as long as pos- j
sible. under no condition allow the di
rect rays of the sun to shine on them, i
Feminine Power.
Miss Louise says what tickles her !
when she hears this pitHe alxmt the su
perior intelligence of the alleged lord
of crcntlou is that site knows she can
pick one blindfolded and make him ;
break bis fool neck trying to do some- !
thing he knows can’t be done if sbe'l! i
just brag on him a little.—Macon Tele j
graph._
What Ha Would Say.
"Would you say that woman ores |
there Is homely?”
“Well. I wouldn’t put it as bluntly I
as that. But 1 will say that if she ever j
marries everybody will accuse the man .
of taking her for her money.”—Detroit i
Free Press.
Good Idea.
Hub—1 bought a rubber plant yester
du.v. Wife—Oh. good! Then we'll be
able to get our tires cheaper, won't
we?—Buffalo Express.
The result tests the work.—George
Washington. [
WHEN A KIRK STARTS
the firemen's best effor's are
given to putting it out as
quickly as possible. He aims
to save as much as he can. But
once a tire starts, damage end
loss commence. The only way
to offset that loss is to oe well
insured. Our policies cover
all losses from the very min
ute the damage by flames, wa
ter or smoke commences.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
TONY’S PLACES*
EVERYTHING
FIRS1 CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Kroin Seattle—
April 14.— S. S. Alameda.
April 22— S. S. Alaska.
April 2S — S. S. Mariposa.
May 4—S. S. Northwestern.
May 10—S. S. Alameda.
Valdez to Seattle—
April 20—S. 8. Northwestern.
April 27—S. S. Alameda.
\lay 2—S. S. Alaska.
'.May T—S. S. Mariposa.
May 14—S. S. Northwestern.
CAIX AT Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Ellamar. Ft. IJseum, Val
dez, Lutourhe, Seward and Anchorage.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell. Douglas, Skaeway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyehe. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. TRACY, tien’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle, SI I*. M.
Apr. I S. S. Ailm.»Farracut
\|>r. :i—S. S. Adiu. Watson
Apr. 17—S. S. Adm. Eva's.
Apr. 25-— S. S. Adin. Farragut
May S. S. Adm. Wat -on
.May 11 — Adin. Fvars
Valdez to Seattle—
Apr. *>—S. S. Adm. Evans
Apr. 13—S. S. Adm. FarsaRiit
Apr. 21—S. S. Adm. Watson
Apl. 29—S. S. Adm. Evans
May S—S. S. Adm. Farratyut
May 15—S S. Adm. Watson
May 23—S. S. Adm Evans
S. S. Farragut sailing from Seattle April 25 calls at hodiaK.
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays tuid Saturdays for San Francisco,
ijos Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY REST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will tftke 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 I S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS \ B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alatka.
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
For Sale.
Two-room, house on City Dock, fur
nished. Built last fall. Cash $300.
Must he taken immediately.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO. j
Just received, a new line or Toilet j
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
—
Pasteurized Products.
Pasteurizer Whipping Cream, Pas- j
teurized Sweet Milk and Pasteurized i
Buttermilk at Love-Whitley Co.’s, tf |
The articles you ordered have ar
rived at the Emporium. tf
A new line or heaters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
Lowney's Box <’andies at Hunt's
Candy Kitchen. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s
Prices reasonable. *
Fresh candy at the Emporium. *t