This Glove
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All Right for
30 Days’ Wear.
You are absolutely pro
tected by the maculae
! later—it the glove isn t right it will be made
tight to your satisfaction. That really is the
most conclusive way of preying to you that
these glove* are made frran only bat skins,
carefully cut, sewed and fashioned to a per
fect fit. None but a good glove could be so
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SThey are made in Cane, Mocha, Chamois and
Glare (for men, women and children).
We recommend these gloves because they are
good and you arc eure to be satisfied.
Let us show them to you.
Price $1.75
Valdez ^Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
Steam Heat ' Electric Light.
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furni.hcd Room. AH Modern Convenience.
- THE BUFFET - "
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
^Native and I I TRADCD and Budding
Puget Sound LiUlVlDlUX Materia!
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
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Travel East
OVER THE
The Newest and Shortest Line to the East
Crossingahje Cascade Mountains, the Kittitas Valley, the Colum
bia River, &e ‘Bitter Root Mountains and Montana Canyon, trav
ersing a country of surpassing scenic grandeur, historical interest
and wonderful"development.
TWO FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAILY
“The Olympian” and “The Columbian”
The NEW ALL-STEEL TRAINS to
BUTTE, MILES CITY, SIOUX CITY,
MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL, MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO
For further information regarding fares, train service, resei-vations, etc.,
cal on or address
C. H. Kraemer, General Agent,
Alaska Steamship Co. and Alaska Coast S. S. Co.,. Valdez, Alaska
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
443 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C.
Second Ave. and Cherry St., Seattle
John Nelson, (he old soiir
dough, is in Valdez meeting old
friends. John, who has been liv
ing in the country for the past
few years, is greatly surprised at
the wonderful improvements
made in Valdez since he left here
and il is rumored that lie wauls
lo remain in Ihis live burg.
fine music at fagle Hall Sat
urday night by four-piece orches
tra. Don’t miss the dance.
If you want to sell or buy any
second-hand furniture, stoves,
etc., call up City Express. Tele
phone 82.
FOR RUNT—Two five-room
houses on Broadway. In first
class condition. % Enquire of
Charles Crawford at the Plain
ing Mill. tf.
CITATION TO SHOW CAUSE.
In the Probate Court, Valdez Pre
cinct, Third Judicial Division,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
I. D. Flynn, deceased_Citation
to Show Cause.
To Mabel M. Flynn and all
other heirs unknown, amd to all
persons interested in the above
entitled estate, greeting:
You and each of you are here
by cited and required to appear
before the judge of this court,
at the court room thereof, in the
Town of Valdez Alaska, on Tues
day, the 23rd day of December,
1913, at ten o’clock in the fore
noon of said day, then and there
to show cause, if any you have,
why W. T. Scott, the. adminis
trator of said estate, should not
be authorized by an order of this
court to- sell at publie sale dll the
property ' belonging to Said es
tate, the same'consisting of sun
dry personal effects and a one
third interest in and to lot 1 1-2,
in block 7, of the Town of Valdez,
Alaska:
And it is ordered that this ci
tation be served upon you by
publication thereof in the Valdez
Daily Prospector, a newspaper of
general circulation, printed and
published at Valdez, Alaska, for
a period of at least four succes
sive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Geo. J,
Love, United States Commission
er and ex Officio Probate Judge
in and for Valdez Precinct, Third.
Pudicial Division, Territory of
Alaska, with the seal of said
court affixed, this 21st day of Oc
tober, 1913.
(Seal) . GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and ex Of
ficio Probate Judge.
First pub. Oct. 21, 1913.
Last p lb. Nov. 18, 1913.
HIS SOLITARY JOKE.
8tonewall , Jackson Sprang, It an a
Military Institute Class.
Stonewall Jackson was a man of
gentle and kindly nature, but not
remarkable for the possession of a
sense of humor. Therefore there is
cherished and venerated at the Vir
ginia Military institute at Lexing
ton, where Jackson was professor of
physics for ten years before the
war between the stutes, the mem
ory of a single small pleasantry
perpetrated by him in the lecture
hall. It was in the early fifties, a
period when the electric telegraph,
still a commercial infant, was rapid
ly spreading throughout the coun
try.
“Can any of you gentlemen tell
me why a telegraphic message can
not be sent from Lexington to
Staunton?” Professor Jackson ask
ed his class one day, his face be
tokening entire gravity.
Staunton, it may be mentioned,
was and is a town about thirty miles
from Lexington.
“Because the mountains between
are full of iron ore deposits, and
they deflect the electric current,”
suggested one cadet.
“That is not the reason,” replied
Jackson.
“Because the air currents caused
by river and hill twist and turn the
electric current awry,” suggested
another.
Professor Jackson shook his
•bead.
“No, sir, that is not tlie reason.”
One cadet after another essayed
an explanation. All were mildly
rejected. At length a youth de
tecting a ghost of a smile behind
the solemn countenance of his pre
ceptor shot at a venture.
“I should say it is because there
is no electric wire between Lexing
ton and Staunton,” suggested the
young man.
“That is right, sir,” exclaimed
Jackson, smiling broadly. “We will
now proceed with the day’s lec
ture.”—New York Post.
Dean Swift Dies Again.
Iii the process of expansion press
telegrams often undergo a wonder
ful transformation, says Chambers’
Journal. Some years ago the first
three horses in the Lincoln handi
cap were Ob, Deal) Swift and Rose
ate Dawn. A press agency in Lon
don wired the result to an Aus
tralian paper as follows: “Lincoln
Ob Dean Swift Roseate Dawn.” The
subeditor who was in charge had
never heard of the Lincoln handi
cap, and for some time puzzled
vainly over the mysterious message..
Finally he came to the conclusion
that “Oh” must stand for obit, the
Latin word expressing a death no- j
tiee. lie accordingly turned out the :
following paragraph, which duly an- (
poarcd in print: “Wo deeply regret,
to announce the death at Lincoln of
the celebrated Dean Swift, the au
thor of that favorite hvmn, ‘The
Roseate Hues of Karlv Dawn.’ ”
Confessed Their Poverty.
Among all the relics that changed :
ownership in a Browning sale in !
London the only things that could
bear the name of jewelry were the
husband’s, not the wife’s—a ring
or two, sleeve links, studs and such
trifles. Mrs. Browning probably
never owned a jewel—a little cheap
gold brooch, hut nothing more. She
did not live to share her husband's
better prosperity, and her own hab
its as maid and. wife were frugal. A
passage in the letters records the
misgivings of the lovers, each of
whom supposed the other to be ac
customed to some degree of luxury.
At last Browning had the courage
to tell. Elizabeth that he was ex
tremely poor, and she, delighted,
told him that the whole dress she
was wearing cost something very
small in shillings.
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Coleridge’s Cloudiness.
There is in Mr. Ellis VarnoH's
reminiscences, “Wordsworth and
the Coleridges,” a very amusing
story of Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
whose thoughts were sometimes too
profound even for poets to follow.
Wordsworth and Samuel Hogers
had spent the evening with Cole
ridge, and as the two poets walked
away together Hogers remarked
cautiously:
“I did not altogether understand
the latter part of what Coleridge
said.”
“I didn’t understand any of it,”
Wordsworth hastily replied.
“No more did L!” exclaimed Hog
ers, with a sigh of relief.
Kaffirs' Courtship.
The Kaffirs are a very light
hearted people and do not worry
about the future. As soon as the
girls Uuv<5 finished their work they
may take up the igubu, which is
an elementary musical instrument,
consisting of a taut bow fixed to a
gourd,- and march across country
twanging the string with a little
piece of reed. The instrument, as
a rule, gives but one note, but to
the girl’s sweetheart such music is
"the food of love.”—World’s Work.
SPELLING TEST WORDS.
A List In Which Collegs Students
Made a Poor Showing.
The freshmen in a certain state
university did not cover themselves
with glory in a recent test, prob-'
ably because they were too far away
from the spelling books of their
younger days. Fifty words in every
day use—no trick words—were giv- j
en out to forty-six freshmen in the j
English composition classes, and the !
average grade of the papers turned !
in was only 55 per cent.
About half of these freshmen j
were just beginning their English !
work in the university; the others !
had had one semester of it. The I
latter group made slightly better j
grades than the beginners. Three
students tied for the highest mark j
with seven misspelled words each. ;
The worst record of the lot was !
thirty-six mistakes.
Of the fifty words in the list j
“consensus” proved the greatest j
stumbling block. Thirty-eight stu- ■
dents—all except eight—got it i
wrong, most of them beginning the j
second syllable with “c” instead :
of “s.”
JNext in order was renaissance, j
misspelled by thirty-six, followed by j
“diphtheria,” on which thirty-five i
tripped. “Rhythm,” the most mis- !
spelled word in a test at the Uni
versity of Virginia, got thirty-four
victims, being tied with “judgment,”
“supersede,” “indispensable” and
“hypocrisy.”
The easiest word proved to be
“receive,” which only one student
got twisted. “Separate,” the bug
bear of (lie average grade school
student, brought down only seven.
Here are t lie other words in the
list, with the number of times that
each was misspelled:
Innocuous, 32; kimono, 31; lus
cious, 30; chauffeur, 29; villain, 29;
dirigible, 27; occurrence, 27; in
oculate, 25; prerogative, 25; adviser,
25; embarrass, 21; accommodate,
23; aeronautics, 21; battalion, 21;
kerosene, 21 : privilege, 21; benefit
ed, 20; twelfth, 18; nickel, 17; pro
cedure, 10; occasionally, 15; de
velopment, 15; weird, 15; vacuum,
15; harass, 15; initiate, 15; indict
ment, 14; prophecy, 14; its (posses
sive of it), 13; lose, 12; vaccinate,
11; precede, 11; opportunity, 10;
laundered, 10; mirth, 9; discipline,
9; laboratory, 8; biplane, 8; appara
tus, G; advisory, 2.—Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Ancient Waterworks.
llozekiah, king of Judah, who
reigned in the years TIT to G8S
li. C., was a pioneer in construct
ing a system of waterworks, bring-:
ing water into the city of Jerusa
lem. In the holy hook we read:
“He made the poo! and conduit
and brought the water into the city,
stopping the upper part of Gihon.
and brought it-straight down to
the west side of the city of David.
And llezekiah prospered in all his
works.” From the “pools of Solo
mon,” near Bethlehem, water was
conveyed to Jerusalem, a distance
of six or seven miles, through a con
duit of cart horn pipe about te>'
inches in diameter. The pipe was
incased within two stones, hewn out
to fit it, then covered over with
rough stones cemented together.
How Rain Bores Holes.
When min lulls it does not actu
ally soak into the earth, but bores
its way in, forming tiny tubes.
These tubes arc so small that it
would be impossible to insert a
hair in one of them without burst
ing its walls. Sometimes the tubes
are bored down to a depth of four
or live feet. When the surface dries
the water evaporates from the tubes
just as it would from a pipe. If the
tube is twisted it takes longer for
the water to evaporate. If one takes
a rake and stirs the ground after
each rain lie breaks the tops of
the tubes, and the water will stand
in them for months.
Diet and Nationality.
Among modern nations the great
est eaters are t lie British, Ger
mans, French and Americans, the
ruling people of our civilization.
The diet of the Spaniards and the
Italians is notably less substantial
than that of the British and Ger
mans, just as their brains arc less
active and original. The Ameri
cans arc, on the average, the great
est eaters in the world. Said Car
lyle to Emerson, “The best thing 1
know of that country is that in it
a man can have meat for his labor.”
—Family Doctor.
Old, but a Good Walkar.
In 1851 an old Cornish fishwife
of eighty-four uamed Mary Calli
nack walked from Penzance to Lon
don to see the great exhibition in
Hyde park. The distance is nearly
300 miles. The old lady created a
sensation and was noticed by Queen
Victoria. She bad vowed to call on
the lord mayor before returning,
and she carried out her intention,
but of Gonrse was ?»ot permitted to
walk back home.
A. M. DJerinper
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking and Freight*
ing to all interior points
LIVERY aird FEED STABLE
STORAGE
Teaming of all kinds'
Positively no coal delivered
unless paid for in advance
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Phone 92 Fourteen yearsfin
Office in Whaling building VALDF7
Next to cable office
dr. german
"h7 9 THE DENTIST
upixiintniPiiL All work mutranterd
E. E. RITCHIE
I- A W Y K R
i*honk i#6 Valdez, Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
A TTORN E Y- A T- LAW
Offipps Wall .S'reet.
Phone 31 VALDEZ
MINING ENGINEER
F. BUTTERWORTH
]Civil Engineer and
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing |if,s. ,.,10n0.
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, alaska
Reports oh Mines
Patent Surtets
General Mining Engineering
Phone No. ids
Geo. f. white
The Assayer
Assaying and Ore Testing
CORRECT RESULTS
No More, No Less
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdez Lodge
No 168.
Free and Accepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
James H Patterson.,W. M
O. C. Reynolds. Sec*
VALDEZfLODGE NO. 6,1.0. 0. F
Meets every Monday at 8 p. m. in
ODD FELLOWS'HALL
Visiting Brothers especially invited
Wm. Thomas, n. a. P. S. Huf-.* p. i . "Stc
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet eery Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock In
Eagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. IS. MCNJECE. Arctic!Chief
Thursday, Oct. 30.
High tide 12:22 a. m„ 11:38 a. m.
Low tide 5:57 a. m., 6:52 p. m.
Friday, Oot. 31.
High tide j :09 a. in., 12:45 p. m.
Low tide 6:36 a. in., 7:38 p. in.
Saturday, Nov. 1.
High tide 1:56 a. ni., t :28 p. m.
Low tide 7:i2 a. in., 8:24 p. m.
Geo. Reinke, the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.