(Insist on having this Bread—It*s ’the best. Phone 156
Krench, Whole Wheat, Rye, Mdk (Bread. .
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ. ALASKA
“ The House of Comfort ”
flHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN MOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP
SlRICTLV FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
Wdez Miners Union No. 188
'Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER, President,
Granite Mine.
OHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdez Alaska.
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Here are two facts about
the Remington which
every typewriter buyer
should know:
1. The 'Remington Column
Selector adds 25 per cent, to
the letter writing speed of the
typist. This if not a claim or
an estimate. It is a definite fact
—proved and established by any
number of comparative tests.
2. The Column Selector is a*
Remington feature exclusively.
No other machine faas it — or
anything like it.
Adds 25 per cent, to the speed
Adds nothing to the price
Oh, yes, other machine* have devices which look like it, with the five
keys, etc. It is easy for a salesman, who knows the supreme merit of
this Remington feature, to call them “column selector’’ keys. But there
is no other device on any other typewriter which can do what the Reming
ton Column Selector does.
The Remington Column Selector
is the only feature on any type
writer which permits instantane
ous setting of the carriage at any
desired point on the line.
Jt is the only feature which pro
vides this setting by either for
ward or backward movement.
It is the only feature which pro
vides true “express service” with
no stop-to-stop movement in
reaching any writing point. »
And these are the features which
make the 25 per cent, speed
gain.
Let us show you the real and
only Column Selector-*■ on the
Model 10 Remington.
REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY
V (Incorporated)
1111 3rd Ave., Seattle, Wash.
F. D. MIL-LARD, Agent and Supp|jes._copper Block. Valdes
TIDE TABLES FOB APBIL.
The following table is compiled for
high and low tides in Valdez Bay.
Tuesday, April 18.
High, 11:45 am, 10.0: 12:42 pm, 8.3.
Low, 6:25 am, 1.1; 6:14 pm, 1.7.
Wednesday, April 18.
High, 12:22 am, 10.4; 3:24 pm, 8.1.
Low, 7:05 am, 1.6; 6:49 pm, 2.0.
Thursday, April 20. '
High, 12:58 am, 10.5; 2:19 pm, 7.7.
Low, 7:49 am, 1.3; 7:30 pm, 2.3.
Friday, April 21.
High, 1:36 am, 10.4; 3:00 pm, 7.3.
Low, 8:36 am, 1.3; 8:10 pm, 2.7.
Saturday, April 22.
High,,2:25 am, 10.1; 3:67 pm, 6.8.
Low, 9:29 am, 0.8; 9:13 pm, 3.2.
Sunday, April 28.
High, 3:17 am, 9.4; 6:06 pm, 6.6.
Low, 10:29 am, 0.2; 19:07 pm, 3.6.
Monday, April 24. ,
High, 4:23 am, 8.7; 6:26 pm, 6.6.
Low, 11:39 am, 0.4.
Tuesday, April 25.
High, 6:44 am, 8.p; 7:40 pm, 7.1.
Low, 11:36 am, 3.8; 12:55 pm, 0.8.
Wednesday, April 20.
High, 7:17 am, 7.6; 8:38 pm, 7.7.
Low, 1:22 am, 3-4; 2:06 pm, 1.0.
Thursday, April 27.
High, 8:40 am, 7.6; 9:26 pm, 8.4.
Low, 2:47 am, 2.6; 3:00 pm, 1.2.
Friday, April 28.
High, 9:47 am, 7.7; 19:05 pm, 9.1.
Low, 3:46 am, 1.4; 3:47 pm, 1.3.
Saturday, April 28.
High, 10:42 am, 7.9; 10:40 pm, 9.6.
.Low, 4:36 am, 0.5; 4:28 pm, 1.6.
/ Sunday, April SO.
THigh, 11:29 am, 8.0; 11:13 pm, 9.9.
ijow, 5:18 am, 0.3; 5:04 pm, 1.7.
LOST—Fsaternity pin consisting
of an arrow and small chain, and
bearing the Greek characters Pty
Beta Phi. Finder please return to
Mrs". F. G. Davis.
Mrs. Raymond left for the Granite
mine this morning after spending
several days in town.
Panoramic news of Ohild’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdes and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdes Drag
store. **
GUGGENHEIMS ARE
OPTIONING GROUND
That Ed. Ostin, the Iditarod man
ager of the Guggenheims, who re
cently arrived in Fairbanks from the
outside, came to this city and went
to the Tolovana country for no oth
er purpose than to investigate cer
tain Livengood creek property' for
his people, is the word received from
Brooks during the past week, says
the Fairbanks Citizen. The ground
has already been optioned, Tom Me-.
Kinnon and Sam Godfrey having been
busy during the past winter securing
the contracts to purchase from the
owners of the properties, It is un
derstood that if these options are tak
en up the ground will be dredged.
The property under option includes
all of the creek claims on Livengood
creek from 2 below discovery to the
head of the stream. It is practically
all shallow ground, bedrock being
found everywhere not deeper than
thirty feet. And that it contains
values that win pay to areage nas
been demonstrated by the prospect
ing that has been done, and which
showed that' all of the ground con
tained “near pay.” Which means
that most of it will go about 75 cents
to the square foot of bedrock.
And the gold is found from grass
roots all the way to bedrock every
where on the claims. ' However, it
is not found anywhere in sufficient
quantities to pay for working the
ground by the methods usually em
ployed in interior Alaska.
It is understood that no cash pay
ment was made on any of the Liv
engood claims.
New Spring Coats just arrived on
the last boat at E. Winters.’ tf
A fine display of nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
ATPEKL MADE TO XTJUON MRS
Industrial Relations Commission
Sends‘Out Appeal to -the Unions to
AM in Carrying on the Work of the
Organization.
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Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the j
Industrial Relations Commission, has |
sent out the following letter to all lo- j
cal unions throughout the country, |
with the request that the letter be
brought to the .attention of the r,em
bers of the various labor organiza
tions. The letter sets forth the aims
of the £omniisc>uii and appeals for
funds to carry out the work so well
begun rend is as follows:
To All Unions of Every Craft and
Calling .in the United States:
After two years of intense investi
gation the United States Commis
sion on Industrial Relations sub
mitted their final report to Congress
and the American people. Labor,
both union and non-union, unani- j
mously endorsed this report and re-1
peatedly regret that under the law,
the Commission was not permanent. j
so that the work would be contin ual.
To comply with this widespread ;
anr' insistent demand, Mr. Frank P.
Walsh, Chairman of the Commission I
on Industrial Relations, secured the
consent and co-operation of the per
sons whose names are attached to j
this letter to form a voluntary com
mittee to continue the work b":gun i
by the Commission.
THE COMMITTEE'S WORK.
The Committee plans, as far as ;ts
resources will allow:
First, to continue its campaign to]
secure publication by Congress1 !■ >r
free distribution of as many copies of
the report of the Commission as are;
necessary to put one in the hands of;
every American citizen who wishes to j
learn the facts about labor conditions.'
We are now practically assured of;
success in securing the printing of j
100,000 copies of the report and 10,-;
000 copies of the testimony at a cost]
of $92,000, and will continue the'
campaign until every interested per-]
son is supplied.
- Second-, to support Union Labor i* ]
the extension of organization and in
its struggles to secure the establish
ment of true industrial democracy.
Third, to promote the enactment
of the legislation which has received
the endorsemnt of Organized Labor
to “unshackle labor,” to strike down
the arbitrary powers assumed by
courts and corporations, to abolish
private armies and arsenals, and to
pave the way for the fullest measure
of collective action.
Fourth, to. see that the truth is j
published regarding all important la-:
bor disputes. The Committee has on
its staff the men who made the Own
mission’s investigations a success,,
and has established a press service i
which reaches all the daily papers all,
the labor and radical papers and
many of the weeklies. The Com-.
mittee’s report on the strike" of the I
steel workers at Youngstown, which]
was widely published is the only]
source of accurate information re
garding that horrible occurrence.
NEED OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
This all costs money, but it is worth
more than it costs. The Committee
has already shown conclusively that
real results can be accomplished.
The only question is how extensive
and how speedy the results are to be.
This is absolutely a matter of money.
We have refrained from appealing
to the local unions until we were
sure that our plans and methods
were right. Through the generosity
of a number of labor organizations
and individuals we have carried on
the work up to the present time. We
are now ready to continue the work,
and if possible to extend it.
What we can accomplish during
the remainder of the year, which of
fers unprecedented opportunities for
labor, depends upon your response.
We therefore appeal to you to make
your contribution as generous as pos
sible.
Faithfully yours,
Frank P. Walsh, John B. Lennon,
James O’Connell, Austin B. Garret
son, John P. White, Agnes Nestor,
Frederick C. Howe, Charles D. Wil
liams, John Fitzpatrick, Helen Ma
rot, Amos Pinchot, Dante Barton.
Attest: BASIL M. MANLY,
Director.
P. S. Please make checks payable
to John B. Lennon, Treasurer and ad
dress all mall to Room S33 Southern
Building, Washington, D. C.
The Swedish Club will hold their
regular weekly dance this evening in
the rooms of the Athletic Club.
Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cooxers,
Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
the Emporium. 1*
UNDERSEA CRAFT.
Tin Strength and the Weaknese of the
Modern Submarine.
The chief advantages claimed for the
submarine include comparative invis
ibility when submerged, coupled with
immunity from gunfire while in that
condition. It carries a weapon against
which no adequate protection has been
found. It presents a small and difficult
•target when itself assailed by torpedo
attack. Other elements In its favor are
low cost, handiness, seaworthiness in
rough weather, comparative immunity
from floating mines as well as those
laid in very deep water and the possi
bilities of use ns a mine layer.
On the other hand, the submarine is
handicapped by many disadvantages
and limitations. Its radius of action 1b
small. Its speed is low. about 14 knots
on the surface and 10 knots submerged.
The periscope is useless during dark
ness, and to operate at ^hat time the
vessels must therefore come to the sur
face, thus rendering themselves very
vulnerable to the attacks of surface
craft Once the submarine's hull is
damnged by gunfire, ramming or oth
erwise, it is no longer able to submerge,
and its usefulness as a war vessel is
ended until repairs can be made.
When flying at an elevation of less
than 1,000 feet air craft can usually see
submarines operating near the surface.
—World’s Work.
SERPENT OF LERNAEA.
Scientific Basis For the Myth of the
Many Headed Monster.
A noted surgeon suggests that the
story of the many hearted serpent of
Lemaea, if a myth, is yet a myth with
an altogether scientific foundation. The
monster was credited with anywhere
from nine to 100 heads, and, according
to the legend, if one was cut off an
other immediately grew in its place.
Some averred that each head was re
placed by two.
The origin of this serpent, as well as
its acts and its final destruction by.
Hercules, are entirely fanciful, of
course, but some recent juggling In
biological laboratories seems to show
that the ancients may have got their
conceptions of its form and being from
what they bad actually seen. Profess
or T. II. Morgan, for instance, has cut
off the anterior end of an earthworm
and excised a piece of the central
nerve cord. This left the anterior
nerve ends, and a head grew from
each.
Dr. Van Dyune recently went much
further in the case of a marine plana
rian. actually developing six heads
upon the creature, each with its own
eyes and apparently normal in its
functions.—Exchange.
Spanish Court Customs.
There is no court in Europe more
tenacious of. its etiquette—which wa3
inaugurated several hundreds of yeurs
ago—than that of Spain. It is said that
King Ferdinand VII. once made a min
ister resign because he had accidental
ly touched his hand. One of the quaint
est ceremonies is the closing of the
royal palace gates at Madrid every
night Electric light has been in use
in the palace for quite a long while,
but nevertheless every evening at 11
o’clock the officiating gentleman in
waiting appears, accompanied by sev
eral servants, who carry ancient lan
terns, to demand a huge key from a
higher official to lock the doors of the
palace. This is all the more amusing
•as the huge key does not fit the mod
ern keyholes. The key is then return
ed to a third official, and every night
gentlemen in waiting have to patrol the
corridors of the palace, though suffi
cient guards are about, to watch over
the slumbers of their royal master.
Sir John Lubbock’s Ant.
In the biography of Sir John Lub
bock, later Lord Avebury, is an amus
ing story of the notice accorded to an
odd pet in the Lubbock family. One of
two illustrious queen ants, sovereign
of one of the colonies upon which Sir
John based bis famous studies of the
ways of the little creatures, attained
the venerable age of fourteen years and
then died. Several scientific journals
spoke of her decease, and the news
penetrated to France, where a distin
guished French journalist. In whose
mind, insufficiently acquainted with the
possibilities of English orthography,
ants and aunts were evidently confus
ed, ofTered profuse condolences to Sir
John “on the loss of his aged and val
ued relative.”
A Precious Document.
Since April 23. 1894, tbe original of
tbe Declaration of Independence haa
been kept in a steel safe in tbe library
of tbe state department. Washington.
It has been seriously damaged by
many reproductions and much han
dling. so that few of tbe signatures
can now be read. It is kept from tbe
light to try to preserve tbe vestiges of
ink that remain.
A Matter of the Future.
“When does the last train leave for
Dobbersvllle?" asked tbe old lady at
tbe ticket window.
“I don’t know, ma'am,” answered tbe
elderly ticket agent, “but 1 don’t sup
pose either of us will live long enough
to take it.”—Exchange.
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Man Eating Crocodiles.
Tbe largest reptile is tbe man eating
salt water crocodile of southern Asia
and Australig. It measures thirty feet
in length from end of nose to tip of
tail.
Tobacco Plant 8oads.
Tbe seeds of tbe tobacco plant are so
minute that, according to an estimate,
a thimbleful will furnish enough plants
for an acre of ground. ,
VALDEZ - and - ANCHORAGE
CITY EXPRESS
Meets all boats! On the job, day or night
We never sleep.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry I
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66 :
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Foot Keystone Ave <
Rouirh'Dry lCc lb |
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Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY I
•* (
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage j
Absentees Business Properly Handled t
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 601
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 26
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the*way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. EL HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line.
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE, 11:00 A. M.—
Monday, Mar. 5, Admiral Farragut for Seldovla and Way Porta.
Wednesday, Mar. 15, Admiral Watson for Seward and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 19, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 26, Admiral Farragut, for Seldovla and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 2, Admiral W'atson, for Seldovla and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 9, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 16, Admiral Farragut for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 23, Admiral Watson, for Anchorage and Way. Ports.
Sunday, April 80, Admiral Evans, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle te Saa Praadaeo every Wednesday aad Smatey, coaacetlns with
■taaaeera Yale aad Harvard far lam there Calif era la.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice •
RICHARD J. ROfOWOOD. Mgr. Seattle* VALORS DOCK CO. Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
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8. 8. ALAMEDA AND S. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, 80TH AND 80TH.
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 88TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Rinlir freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep'
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, BUamar. Valdes and La
touche. Bhtploeivea, 8. 8. (Seward, on the 6th; Latouche, on the 16th; 8. &
Cordova, 16th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notion.
P*. B. TRACT, Gent Ageat VALDU DOCK CO, lewi Agent.