Five New Packard Models
Are Now IN Stock
HE Packard family has increased—Five
new models were received on the last
boat, besides filling in the broken sizes.
Packard shoes will give service and comfort, as
many men of Valdez can well testify.
Brief Description of the new additions:
An English last—lace- -velom calf, An nn
very nifty, price - uDiUU
A new button last with cord tip cap, An nn
velom calf, price - - OU.UU
- /K^cregco calf tan shoe, especially An nn
adapted for hard, street service, price uDiUU
A new lace shoe with the cord tip An nn
cap, very new, price - OQiUU
A wide, comfortable last, called toe- ar nn
fit, price * - - - - OOiUU
_ Valdez Mercantile Co.
Home of Alfred Benjamin Clothes.
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
VYaii Want 8trictly fresh e»8*» Butter> Fruil
1UII TT alii ancJ Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
CHMIDTS BAKERY
FOR GOOD THINGS TO EAT
Doughnuts what am—Cakes and Cookies.
Wiegels High Grade Candies.
Delicatessen and Lunch Goods—Bread 3 for 25p. Call 156
SWIFT DELIVERY
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in tke Inteijor—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 06 I
I Foot Keystone Ave <
I Rough Dry IGo lb *
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KIND NEW BREED OF
^ ALASKA PTARMIGAN
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brown of Bos
ton, who visited Alaska last fall as
representatives of the Museum of
Comparative Zoology of Harvard
University, for the purpose of study
ihg bird life on the BaranoS Islands,
reports that they have collected
about one thousand specimens of the
land and shore birds, and met with
approximately 150 species.
“One of the most interesting speci
mens I have found," said Brown, “is
a ptarmigan which is much larger
than those seen around Juneau. This
bird is of a very much darker hue
than the mainland bird in the sum
mer, but at this season is changing
his garb for the snow-white winter
plumage he affects. The ptarmigan,
by the way, is perhaps one of the
best examples of protective coloring
among birds, and as the season
changes he clothes himself in colors
that closely match those of the land
scape in which he makes his home.”
Alexander T. Marshall, for whom
advertisements were Inserted in Alas
ka newspapers by a Denver legal firm
as he is heir to an estate, has been
located in Atlin, B. C., where he is
engaged in mining.
UN8INKABLE BOAT WILL
CHANGE BOATBUIIJJING.
Picture a boat that is unslnkable,
capable of a speed of seventy-five
miles an hour, able to travel over Ice
or water equally well, and in a pinch
capable of logging off a few miles on
a sandy beach, and you will have a
conception of the boat which Edward
Mantell, of Hequiam, has designed.
Mr. Mantell received his patent from
Washington yesterday and now has
a working model of the new style
craft at the Frye hotel on exhibition.
The chief features of the new boat
Is the way the power is applied to
drive the hull through the water. The
working model rests principally on
two cylinders, each nearly as long as
the hull and parallel, to the hull. The
cylinders are hollow and carry a spi
ral flange running from stem to stern.
The cylinders are turned by the en
gine and the curved flange drives the
water like a worm gear and carries
the boat forward.
In the four-foot model .which Mr.
Mantell uses for demonstrating, the
cylinders are five inches in diameter,
and support the greater part of the
weight of the boat. The hull proper
is of little beam, but the superstruc
ture is built out over the cylinders,
giving a maximum carrying space.
The cylinders turn away from the
boat in order to throw out any drift
wood or wreckage, thus making it
impossible for a piece of wood to jam
between the hull and the cylinder
and stop the boat.
The non-sinkable feature is claim
ed by Mr. Mantell on the grounds
that the centrifugal force of the re
volving cylinders would force water
out of the air chamberst even though
they were punctured. He also de
clares that on reaching a speed of
fifty miles an hour the boat will plane
and just bury the flanges under the
surface, reducing friction.
By having the cylinders on each
side of the boat Mr. Mantell claims
that a boat so constructed could be
made to turn in its own length by
going ahead with one and reversing
on the other.
With his four-foot model Mr. Man
tell claims to have developed a
speed of two miles an hour ylth two
small motors of one-fortieth horse
power each.—Seattle P.-I.
SUMMONS.
No. 735
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
John Payne and Chas. Payne, co
partners, doing business under the
firm name of Payne Bros., Plain
tiffs, vs. Rambler Gold Mining Co.,
a Corporation, Pern L. Wagner,
Collin Murray, Judd M. Elliot, J.
Grant Elliot, John Grull and Ralph
Carson, Defendants.
The President of the. United States of
America, Greeting:
To the above-named defendants, Col
lin Murray, Judd M. Elliot, and J.
Grant Elliot.
You and each of you are hereby
required to appear in the District
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Third Division, within thirty days af
ter the completion of the publication
of this summons, to-wit, within thir
ty days after the 23d day of Decem
ber, 1915, and answer the complaint
of the above-named plaintiffs in the
above-entitled cause. The said cause
is an action wherein plaintiffs de
mand judgment against defendant
Rambler Gold Mining Company, a
corporation, above-named, for the
sum of eight hundred ninety-four
and 45-100 dollars, together with in
terest thereon at the rate of eight per
centum per annum from the 22d day
of January, 1915, also for the sum of
twenty-eight and 30-100 dollars
claimed by plaintiffs for preparing,
verifying and recording plaintiffs’
claim of lien on a certain mining
claim described in the complaint;
also for the further sum of two hun
dred fifty dollars as attorneys’ fees
for plaintiffs herein; and wherein
plaintiffs demand judgment against
all of the defendants above-nanftd, 1.
e., all of the defendants in this
cause, that said plaintiffs have a de
cree herein that all of the sums
above-named be a lien upon that cer
tain mining claim and premises and
any and all Improvements thereon,
known as “Tomboy No. 3” lode min
ing claim, situate near Pigot Bay, in
the Port Wells mining district, Val
dez recording precinct, Territory of
Alaska, and the notice of location of
which is of redord in Book 19 of Re
cords, at pages 144 and 146, of the
records of the said Valdez precinct,
at Valdez, Alaska, to which records
reference is hereby made; and where
in plaintiffs alBO demand from all of
the defendants herein their costs and
disbursements incurred in this action.
The order for the publication of
this summons was duty made and en
tered herein on the 10th day of No
vember, 1916.
And you and each of you are here
by notified thgt if you fail to appear
and answer said complaint as herein
required the said plaintiffs will take
judgment against you for their costs
and disbursements incurred in this
action and will apply to the court for
the relief demanded In said com
plaint, as hereinbefore Bet out.
The date of the first publication of
this summons is the 11th day of No
vember, 1916, and the date of the
last publication thereof is the 23rd
day of December, 1916.
Witness the Honorable Fred M.
Brown, Judge of said Court, and the
seal thereof, this 10th day of Novem
ber, in the year of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and fifteen,
and of our Independence the one
hundred fortieth.
(Official Seal) ARTHUR LANO,
Clerk.
By Chas. A. Hand, Deputy Clerk.
Donoboe ft Dlmond, Attorneys forj
the Plaintiffs.
First publication, Nov. 11, 1916.
Last publication, Dec. 23, 1916.
d-Th-7t 1
ANCIENT BAGDAD.
Its Ruinsd Mosques, Crumbling Walls
and Rieh Bazaars.
Squalor and ruin are tbe present
.’baracterlstlcs of ancient Bagdad, tbs
Mice beautiful city of "The Arabian
Nights.” Of its famous hundred
mosques only about thirty are now la
use. Several are so dilapidated that
their crumbling roofs and wails threat
en the lives of the devout who still
worship In them.
Tbe one splendid wall, built of the
handsome Arabian brick and extend
ing around the city a distance of five
miles, still stands, but it is broken in
many places. The four original gates
remain, and the oldest and finest one,
bearing the date of 1220, has not been
opened since the middle of the seven
teenth century.
The famous river Tigris, a muddy
stream flowing sluggishly during the
greater part of the year, divides Bag
dad into two parts, which are connect
ed by a rickety bridge of boats nearly
200 feet long. When*the snow melts
upon tbe Armenian mountains the Ti
gris rises, sometimes floods part of tbe
city and often carries away the bridge.
The bazaars of Bagdad* exhibit rich
merchandise of many kinds, including
Turkish and European products, both
modern and antique, and are the most
attractive part of the city.—New York
Tribune.
FATE OF A PIRATE CREW.
String* Case jf the Nancy Brig and a
Hungry Shark.
In the museum at Kingston. Jamaica,
there are some tattered ships’ papers,
brown with age and salt water, and a
small tin canister. These articles at
test the truth of the strangest pirate
story ever told.
In 1790 the crew of the Nancy brig
were apparently honest traders, but did
some piracy now and then on the side.
One day they found it necessary to go
into Kingston for supplies. Before do
ing so they naturally removed all
traces of their buccaneering trude.
Among other things they threw over
board this tin canister stuffed with pa
pers taken from ships they had sunk,
with comments written on the margin
by the pirute captain.
Later in the day a British frigate
was becalmed nenr the spot, and the
sailors spent their leisure catching
sharks. Presently they hauled up a
big fellow, cut him open and found the
tin case with the papers inside. These
were taken to the captain, who, as soon
as a breeze sprang up. sailed into
Kingston harbor, found the Nancy brig
there and had the crew tried, convict
ed and hanged in chains at Port Royal.
Beautiful Blue Lake.
Perhaps the most striking instance
to be seen in tbe whole world of the
wonderful apparent coloring of bodies
of water is tbe marvelously beautiful
Blue lake in Switzerland. Kncompass
ed on all sides by lofty mountains,
their lower ranges luxuriantly clothed
with verdure down to tbe edge of the
water and adorned with many fine for
est trees, while their higher acclivities
are garbed in n mantle of eternal snow,
tbe little lake, nestling in its deep bol
low basin, is quite startling in its sin
gular and strange beauty. Tbe water,
although really pure and colorless, ap
pears to be of a most Intense sky blue
And its transparency is so remarka
ble that a small coin dropped into the
water in the center of the lake can be
seen until it reaches tbe bottom, ap
parently more than a hundred feet be
neatb.
Finger Nails Show Health.
Our finger nails are made of a homy
material that is in some ways iike .ne
material that makes our skin. But it is
more like tbe material that makes our
hair. It is after all different from ei
ther of these and is more like bom
than any other part of our bodies. The
8)>eeial cells at the base of the nails
form the material for our nails and
therefore the health of our finger nails
depends on these cells. If you are not
in good health or if you do not take
good care of your skin your finger nails
will show that they ure not healthy
If your blood is out of order the cells
that make the finger nails will not do
their work properly and then little
white spots will appear on the nails.
So you see those little white spots are
a sign of bad health.—Kansas City
St#r.
Could Lift a Ton and a Half.
A Scotchman, said to be tbe lost of
tlie Stuarts, was possessed with an ex
traordinary strength, from which ctr
cumstance he got the byname of Jem
my Strength. Among other feats, be
could carry a twentjf-foar pounder can
non and bad been known to lift a cart
load of bay weigbiug a ton and a half
u[h)u his back. Many a time he took
up a jackass and. currying it on bis
shoulders, walked through the tollgate.
>' Handicapped.
“A rich womuu misses much in life.”
“As to how?”
“She can't run out to the bach fence
when she gets bold of a choice bit 'of
gossip. She has to get up a tea or
reception, and by that time the newa
is stale.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
He Meant Well. *
Niece—1 do think you are clever,
aunt to be able to argue with the pro
fessor about sociology. Aunt—I've only
been concealing my Ignorance, dear.
Professor Bilks (gallantly»—Oh, no.
Miss Knowles; quite the contrary, 1 as
sure you.—Boston Transcript
An Ominous Hint
"Sir. I want to ask you for jour
daughter's hand.”
“All right sonny. You’ll Ond it la
my pocket”—Baltimore American.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS AliL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES \ TRAIN
Auto for Hir e Day or Night.
\ Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
i Jas. E. Wilson, Freighter
I Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
[ PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA
UPPER T0NS1NA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 68 011 as. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
[Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
t _
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING.
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Kittinns, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Ia>cated on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th--EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th call* Illnmna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Aneliornge.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Stenniera Vale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr.. Seattle) VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th,24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez «cufh-7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau. Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek Treadwell. Douglas, Skagway. Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche. on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
p( g, TRACY. Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Loenl Agent.
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, Valdes, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.