When your favorite pipe needs re
pairing send it to
The Buffet
* £
! IN CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 19171
PIONEER CONTRACTOR add WILDER
OF ALASKA
; CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
j Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any |
it part of Prince William sound.
E Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall ! [
‘ board kept in stock at all times.
[ OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA—PHONE 18 jj
REFERENCES j S. BLUM A CO, Valdez, and Cardoza,
BANKERS | B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Merchant’s Cafe
Phone 63 OPEN DAT AND NIGHT Chne. Flecher, Propr.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS end OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdes Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 2d
I.ET US MEASURE YOU
for your new suit and let us do
It now. The new fabrics in serge,
worsted, thibet, etc., are in and
we are prepared to cut them in
to suits of class and snap at a
very low ."ate considering the
quality of the cloth and the tail
oring. Do it now.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Independent Steam Laundry
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> Satisfaction Guaranteed |
| Telephone 6f> I
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Foot Keystone Ave J [
Rough Dry 11c lb , |
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THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35_
PORT WELLS MILL
AND
LUMBER COMPANY
Orders taken for sized and
dressed lumber.
THE PINZON VALDEZ, ALASKA
Going To Fairbanks?
Ask For the Sheldon Service
SHELDON AUTO STAGE LINE
\
Through Service from Valdez to
Fairbanks and all Interior Points.
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For further information call;on or
address
.THE AGENT, at the Prospector Office
SEATTLE TO PROVIDE
RED CROSS HOSPITAL
SEATTLE, Oct. 31.—Seattle has
been offered the privilege of provid
ing a Red Cross base hospital for the
United States army, and the offer has
been promptly accepted. The work of
raising the $50,000 required has been
undertaken by the organization of
Seattle girls recently formed for war
relief.
The offer came in a telegram from
Major C. H. Connor, U. S. A. director
of the bureau of medical relief of the
American Red Cross.
The Seattle girls have set for them
selves the task of providing a hospital
of five hundred beds with complete
equipment and full personnel to be
established at some point behind the
fighting lines in Europe. ~
PLACER MINING IS NOT
LUCRATIVE IN ALASKA
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31.—Alas
ka's placer mines, when they close
down for the winter, will not reopen
until after the war unless operating
expenses are reduced, according to a
statement here last night by F. S.
Hamill, a mining man from the Circle
City district, who is on his way East
to confer with financiers on the situa
tion.
Hamill said placer mining in Al
aska at present promised no profit.
AMERICAN TROOPERS
TAKEN BY MEXICANS
FABENS, Texas, Oct. 31.—Armed
Mexicans crossed the international
line shortly after noon yesterday, cap
tured Sergeant Michael Zabosky and
Private W. B. Vincent of a cavalry
command encamped here, who were
duck hunting near the line, and plac
ed them in an adobe house at Sara
toga, Mexico, five miles up the river
I from here.
Later the Americans leaped from
a window and escaped to the Ameri
can side with the Mexicans in close
pursuit. The Americans left their
shotguns behind. They had been hunt
ing on the San Elizario island, a
large tract of land which lies on the
south side of the Rio Grande, but
on the American side of the boun
dary.
The capture and escape of the two
soldiers followed a raid Tuesday af
ternoon on three American ranches
located on the island. Twelve horses
were taken from the ranches. Two of
the Mexican raiders were captured
by American army patrols.
■ Two of the large armed force has
been located opposite here near Guad
alupe, Mexico, but American officers
have been unable to learn whether
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; they are Mexican federal soldiers or
bandits although tbe two soldiers
said their captors wore the regula
tion army uniforms.
Reinforcements were hurried here
from Ysleta and San Elizario late
todnight and mounted patrols were
riding the river front in search of
the raiders who were reported to have
gone east down the river toward San
Juan.
PRESIDENT WRITES TO
GRANDMOTHER REVOLUTION
PETROGRAD, Oct. 31.—David R.
Francis, the American ambassador,
will deliver in person on Tuesday to
Madame Catherine Breshkovskaya,
"the grandmother of the revolution,"
a telegram from President Wilson.
The message, which is dated October
12, expresses the president’s confi
dence in the intelligence of Russia.
Frank So'tch ni
CHICAGO, Oct. 31.—Frank Gotch,
for years world’s champion wrestler,
is seriously ill in this city. Gotch, ac
companied by Mrs. Gotch, arrived
here yesterday on their way to Hot
Springs, Ark. He became suddenly
ill. It was said that he was suffering
from an obscure kidney ailment.
Seattle Fish Bulletin
SEATTLE, Oct. 31.—Seattle price
at noon October thirtieth; halibut
eighteen and three-fourths cents;
sable fish, six and one-fourth cents.
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BAN JOHNSON READY
TO SERVE IN FRANCK
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NE WYORK, Oct. 31.—Ban John
son, president of the American lea
gue and a member of the National
Baseball commission, admitted today
that he had volunteered for military
service in France. He said he had of
fered his services to the government,
but in what capacity he declined to
say, explaining that the offer had not
been definitely accepted.
REMINISCENCES
A Kiss
The kiss that she left on ni.v lips.
Like a dewdrop shall lingeringly
lie.
'Twas nectar she gave me to sip,
'Twas nectar I drank in her sigh.
From the monitfR she printed that
kiss
Nor reason nor rest has been mine.
My soul has been drunk with its kiss.
And swims in delirium divine.
—Chocolate Baby.
LA COLLETTE TRAITOR,
DECLARES GOVERNOR
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 31—Declar
ing that the conduct of United States
Senator LaFollette and his supporters
in congress was “nothing short of
treason." Gov. Richard L. Manning,
of South Carolina, in an address last
night before the delegates to the an
nual convention of the Brotherhood
of St. Andrew said the senator should
be tried on that charge and if a trial
justifies the death penalty no hesi
tation should be shown in carrying
it out. "If," he added, "a trial fails
to show sufficient cause for the ex
treme penalty these men should be
banished from the country forever.”
Accepts (.'all to Seattle
HELENA. Mont., Oct. 31.—Rev.
Francis R. Bateman, for twelve years
pastor of the St. Peters Protestant
Episcopal church. Helena, and chair
man of the standing committee of the
diocese of Montana, announced to
night that he has accepted a call to
St. Clements, Seattle, Wash. His suc
cessor here has not been named. Dr.
Bateman is a widely known pulpit
orator and one of the prominent
Knight Templars of the Northwest.
GERMANS TRYING TO BRING
CONFLICT SOUTH AMERICA
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 31.—There
is much concern among the people of
Argentina over disclosures of Ger
man intrigues to bring about a con
flict between Brazil, Argentina and
Uruguay. Senor Carlos Rodriguez
Larretta. the former Argentine min
ister of finance, declares in a publish
ed article today that a Von Luxburg
dispatch which has not yet been made
public refers to German intrigues in
Argentina and Southern Brazil. The
government is expected to take meas
ures to prevent a proposed neutrality
demonstration net Friday.
KETCHIKAN, Oct. 31.—Ketchikan
prices noon October twenty-ninth;
halibut thirteen and one-half cents;
sable fish three cents; red rock fish
one and one-half cents; pickled fish
no prices quoted.
Al. Grigsby was a passenger on tbe
steamer Alameda for Juneau.
The steamer Admiral Evans pass
ed Juneau last night, bound north,
and is expected to reach Valdez about
Friday.
The tide today reached a height of
11.4, but will recede from now on
until early Christmas.
The local Signal Corps has install
ed a large Fairbanks-Morse gasoline
engine with a large dynamo, for the
purpose of emergency in case any
thing goes wrong with the local ser
vice. The new engine will be able to
produce current for the lines to the
interior and will also light the local
buildings.
James Wilson’s freight teams left
Wortman this morning for Valdez.
The Chesterfield blend
bas in it the highest*grade'
Turkish tobacco that
grows. They Satisfy—
and yet they*re MILD•
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WHEN FLAMES FILL
THE FACTORY
despair Alls the owner who has
neglected to look after his In
surance. We handle the insur
ance of some very large con
cerns. We place It in the bet>t
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 Real Estate Agency
j|IS£“£ Tony’s Place eT |
;' Orders to ANTON CARLSON, Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO. ii
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From Seattle 9 a. m.—
Oct 2.—S. S. Alaska.
Oct.;8.—S. S. Mariposa
Oct. IS.—S. S. Alameda
Oct. 24.—S. S. Alaska
Valdez to Seattle—
Oct. 7.—S. S. Alameda
Oct. 13.—S. S. Alaska
Oct. 18.—S. S. Mariposa
Oct 26.—S. S. Alameda
Call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Ellamar, Fort Llscum, Val
dez, Latouche. Seward and Anchorage.
S. S. Alameda and S. S. Mariposa call at Skagway southbound.
Regular freight service (pr Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell. Douglas. Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar. Valdes and La
toucfaecBxploaiyea. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
P. a. TRACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO„ Local Agent
SttllSS I I isstt «***■» *--*--*--*- ..•
Phone 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 Seattle 10 a. m.—
Oft. 26—S. S. Adm. Evans,
(for Kodiak)
Nov. 5.—S. S. Spokane
Nov. 16—S. S Adm. Evans
No . 25.—S S. Spokane
(for K»Hliak)
from Valdez to Seattle—
Oct. 30 —S. S. Adm. Watson
Nov. 8.—S .S. Adm. Evans
,. ' Nov 1?—S S. Spokane
Nov. 28.—S. S. Adm. Evans
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 Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale.
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MAROV1CH, Propr.
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Take a look at our new line of
postcards and pictures of the Canyon
etc. Valdez Dm* Store. tf
If It Isn’t an Eastman It Isn’t n
Kodak. We carry a complete line of
Eastman Kodnka and supplies. Val
dez Drug Store. tf
A special on stationery at the Val
des Drug Store. Box paper, worth
from 60c to 91*00 now 26c. tf
Ajuoo Filins Will
Bt any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard. Ouy E. Cha
sron. tf
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building /
Telephone No. 60
General Trucking and Freighting j
to all Interior Points. j
AUTOS FOR HIRE:
DAT OR MIGHT
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Positively No Coal Delivered U»
lost Paid for in Advance <
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KAMA MEN
Capt. Otto Elfstrom
Weekly trips to Port Wells
and all Sound Points. j
t'OR CHARTER FOR PAR
TIES OR TOWING
'or rates and sailing dates see
CAPT. OTTO ELFSTROM,
On Boat, Valdes Dock
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Candy Kitchen
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FOUNTAIN URIN.CS
HOT- '0»JC
A ales line of earpnn* .* tools at
Rudolph's. tf
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