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. Op£dsite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
FROM AXY VIEW POINT ..
our clothes show their superi
ority, In the material, in the
workmanship—every stitch set
with care—and in the /t and
hang oi the garment. Don’t
spend a lot of money but to re
gret it; let us tailor you this
time and forget the past. A
host of fetching designs to
choose from.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Rough Dry 11c lb
THE SENATE
ANGl'S CHJSHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
V FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Plume 03 ' OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chats. Fischer, Propr.
A remedy for infection!
of the urinary tract.
Paiuleaa. uon-poiaououa
and will not itricture.
Believe! in 1 to 5 daye.
MLB BY BBVMBIB.
Parcel Poll if deaired — Price tl, or 3 bottlaa (2.75.
TflB EVANS CHEMICAL CO., CINCINNATI. O.
GERMAN RATIONS MENACING
YOI'TH IN THEIR GROWTH
LONDON, May 29.—The new Ger
man ration ol' % -ounce of butter, 2%
ounces of meat, 11% ounces of po
tatoes and 6 6-7 ounces of bread per
(lay is so small as to barely nourish,
and is a menace to the growing youth
of both sexes.
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MAGNETIC POLE MOVES
PEN DI'LI'M WISE
The magnetic pole does not, as has,
generally believed, move in a circle;
around the geographic pole, but os
cillates exclusively on the Pacific j
Ocean side. This has just been prov
ed by Emile Belot, who has present-1
ed to the French Academis des Sci-;
!
ences a curve representing the mo-:
tion of the magnetic pole since the
year 1511.
The motion of the magnetic pole is
almost a spiral, hut its speed varies.
LAUNCH
PATHFINDER
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
Dying between, Valdez, Klla
mar, Kidalgo, Port Wells, Land
lock, Nellie Juan, Wells Bay,
and all Mound Points. Times of
sailing and terms upon appli
cation to Master.
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
VALDEZ, ALASKA .
from 1580 to 1765 it averaged 12
kilometers a year. For-the last 100
years it has averaged only S kilo
meters a year. M. Belot likens it to
the oscillation of a pendulum, which
slows up as it approaches the ends of
its swing. The period of its swing
is about 800 years.
FOR SALE—A bargain, one small
Victor Phonograph. Enquire Pros
pector. , tf
T^ON’T BE satisfied with a
■*7 tobacco you can get along
with. Find the tobacco you
can’t get along without. ^
"ITELVET is a nat
\ urally mild tobacco
—its mildness improved
by natural ageing. A
naturally good flavored
tobacco made smoother,
mellower by nature’s pa
tient ageing method. Try
it and see if Velvet isn’t
a the tobacco you
can’t do without.
LODGES COMBINE TO
HOLD MEMORIAL EXERCISES,
Will March to Cemetery to Decorate
Graven of the Departed
The various lodges of the town
have combined to hold Memorial Day |
excesses, and will gather at their'
respective halls at 9:30 tomorrow
morning, leaving at 10 o'clock In a1
body to march to the cemetery where ;
ceremonies appropriate to the day
will be held, and the graves of the
departed decorated. The Eagles. Pio
neers. Women's Auxiliary of the Pio-j
neers. Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and,
members of the Western Federation
I
of Miners will all participate, ant\ the
townspeople not members of these
lodges are invited to take part. The
Miners have secured headstones for
the graves of those of the members
who have passed on, and these will
be placed tomorrow.
Tomorrow being a legal holiday, it
will be observed by all the business
houses of the town, which will close!
at noon sharp. The Court House will!
also observe the day as a holiday, as
will the cable office and postoffice.
The Prospector will issue a paper
as usual, but will endeavor to get it|
out before noon and will close the
office for the afternoon.
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High frequency hot oil scalp treat-1
raent for falling hair and excessive i
dandrurf, at the Vanitie Shop. tf t
Stork for Sale
We have listed with us 5,000 j
shares of Shelikof Copper Mines stock
at 40c per share. Alaska Inv. Co. tf
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A pretty line of colored crochet
cotton and stamped pillow slips at
the Xeedlecraft Shop. tf
Try a high frequency violet ray
treatment for that tired feeling, at
the Vanity Shop. tf
Switches, transformations. Janes
Chignons. Dolly Carden Curls, and
Cluster Curls made up from your own
combings at the Vanitie Shop. tf
Hats—Men’s Women’s and Chil
dren's, from 25 cents up, at the Em-,
porium. * tf
A new lot of manufacturers' sam
ples arrived on the last boat. Men’s
and Bovs’ Shirts, Ladies' Cnderwear,
Petticoats, Skirts, Waists, Middies.
Auto Scarfs, each different and the
latest styles. First come gets best
choice. The Emporium. tf
Vor Sale.
1 complete sawmill outfit with plan
crs (Russell & Co.) 11-13. Nominal
h. p. 35. Indicated h. p. 77.
Circular saws and other materials
1 netv Willamette Donkey engine.
Engine 7 >4-10.
1 slightly tised Willamette Donkey
8 16-10.
2 slightly ysed Florry Donkey En
gines. 7-10. '
For further information write or
wire.
ALASKA ANTHRACITE RY. CO,
Per Geo. W. Nelson,
tf Katalla. Alaska.
Summer Weather Inside
This morning’s weather report
from the interior shows that real sum
mer weather prevails all the way from
the coast to Fairbanks. At 8 o’clock
this morning the thermometer at Me-;
Callum registered 47, the lowest at
any point. From the other stations
ranging from 54 to 70 the highest
was reported from Salcha. Fairbanks
reported a temperature of GO. Clear,
calm weather generally prevailed.
COUNCIL REQUESTS
OBSERVANCE OK DAY!
The City Council requests that the!
residents of Valdez observe as far asj
possible Memorial Day, and take part'
in such exercises appropriate to the:
day as may be held.
SUBMARINES CAUSE
STARVATION IN FRANCE
NEW YORK, May 29.—The Ger-|
man U-moat menace has made thej
food situation in Belgium and North
ern France one of extreme gravity,
the mortality among adults in the in
dustrial districts having multiplied
by three during March and April, ac
cording to Herbert C. Hoover. Mr.
Hoover said he would go immediate
ly to Washington and take charge of
the food control program.
“The food situation in Belgium
and Northern France requires every
effort we can make,’’; said Mr. Hoov
er, who does not intend to relinguish
his position as head of the Belgian
commission. "At present it is one of
extreme gravity on account of the IT
boat menace, which has increased:
alarmingly. Wheat and corn are need-'
ed badly and also pork and beef.
“The commission by March 1 had i
struggled to its feet again, after re-|
ceiving the knockout blow of the sub
marine decree of February 1, Since
March 1 we have lost live loaded
boats, but in March and April 60,0001
tons of foodstuffs were landed. But |
this 60,000 was 220,000 tons less!
than we actually required." 1
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LIFE OF THE WORLD.
Tradition* That It Will Last Only
6,000 Yaara.
There is a general mid widespread
notion, wlikb the curious investigator
will find scattered throughout l»oth
medieval and modern literature, that
the world will Inst (1.000 years from the
date of its creation. An inscription in
one of Martin Luther's books reads as
follows: "Elijah, I lie prophet, said that
the world hud existed 2,000 years be
fore the law was given (front Adam to
Mosesi. would exist 2.000 years under
the Mosaic law (from .Moses to Christ)
and 2.000 years under the Christian
dispensation, and then it would tie
burned.”
In the Etrurian account of the crea
tion thy Suidasi there Is a similar tra
dition, "The Creator spent 6,000 years
in creation, and 0.006 more are allotted
to the earth."
in the black letter edition of Foxe's
"Ai ts and Monuments'’ iic>32) there is
a whole sermon given with the 6.000
year limit of ttie earth's duration as a
text.
Some writers contend tlint the "six
days” referred to in Holy Writ really
mean 6,000 yenrs and that the "seventh
day” is a tyi>e of the coming millen
nium, or "Sabbath of a thousand
years."
The psalmist says, “For a thousand
years are in thy sight as yesterday"
vTsalm xc, 4). Pee also II l’eter iii, 8.
which is even more specific.
POISON GAS BEETLES.
Furnas With Which Bombardiers Kssp
Their Enemies at Bay.
Most people think that the use of
poison gas in warfare is A purely
human, or perhaps one should say in
human, idea. Yet the pinn has been
adopted by nature. Certain kinds of
beetles known ns bombardiers and
called by scientists Brachinus make
free use of (toisouous fumes to keep
their enemies at bay.
A typical species known as Braclii
uuh crepitans is largely attacked by
certain ground beetles. These ground
beetles are very active and can easily
overtake the bombardiers. .Just, as they
get within reach, however, a very
strange tiling happens. The bombar
dier has the power of ejecting a |iecul
inr liquid, which, when it comes into
contact with the atmosphere, hursts
into a sort of pale green flatne. This is
immediately followed by a kind of
smoke.
Now, tills smoke lias a remarkable
effect upon the pursuer. No sooner do
the fumes come into contact with tile
ground beetle than the creature is
blinded and stupefied. A strange pa
ralysis overtakes the Insect, and it
seems unable to move any farther,
c^uitea while elapses before the ground
beetle recovers. In the meantime the
bombardier makes good bis eseai»e.—
American Boy.
Fury of Sunstorms.
How can we, who ure bewildered
and appalled by the fury of our plan
et's cyclones and volcanic eruptions,
form a conception of the terrible en
ergy of natural oiieratious of the sun?
Newcomb suggested that if we call the
solar chromosphere an ocean of fire we
must remember that it is an ocean infi
nitely hotter than the fiercest furnace
and as deep us the Atlantic is broad.
If we call its movements hurricanes
we must remember that our hurricanes
blow only about a hundred miles an
hour, while those of the chromosphere
blow as far In a single second. There
are such hurricanes as, coming down
upon us from the north, would in thir
ty seconds after they had crossed the
St. Lawrence river be In the gulf of
.Mexico, carrying with them the whole
surface of the continent in a mass not
simply of ruin, but of glowing vai>or.
Sharpness of Madman.
In Sir William Butler's autobiogra
phy there is an amusing story about
six insane soldiers who escaped while
the corporal who had brought them on
board the troopship left at Dur
ban and who mingled with the 1,800
sane men on the decks. The problem
of the voyage was to And who were
the six madmen. By the time, the boat
reached Cape Town twenty-six men
were officially under observation, and
not one of the six was among them.
In the end the crazed half dozen were
identified as those who had taken an
especially eager part in the lunatic
bunt.
Books and Apples.
-A young lady In a library Job got
tired of fussing round iu stufTy al
coves. So she chucked it all and went
to raising apples. She never made
mouey hand over fist, as she expected,
but she always declared sbe bad won
out on the exchange. “I used to like
an occasional apple with my books,”
she declared, "but the present plau of
having a book now and then with my
apples is a heap better.” — Collier’s
Weekly.
Hard to Suit.
"This horn you sold me won’t make
any noise,” said the customer.
“Well, I thought you wanted it for
your grandson.” said the clerk.
“So I did.”
“Gracious! But you're a bard man
to please!”—Chicago News.
Soma Feat!
“All the while the cashier was burn
ing the candle at both ends.”
“And keeping it dark? Well, I de
lare!"—Boston Transcript
—
Her Economy.
"Hubby, dear. 1 saved $10 today."
“Buying wbat?’’—Louisville Courier
Journal.
Opposition Inflames the enthusiast,
never converts him.- Schiller.
WHEN A EIRE STARTS
the firemen’s best efforts are
given to putting it out as
quickly as possible. He aims
to save as much as he can. But
once a fire starts, damage and
loss commence. The only way .
to offset that loss is to be 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 PLACE™
EVERYTHING
F1RS1 CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle—
May 10—8. S. Alameda.
May 15 — 8. S. Alaska.
May 21—-S. S. Mariposa.
May 27—S. 8. Northwestern.
June 2—S. 8. Alameda.
Valdca to Seattle—
May 15—S. S. Northwestern.
May 20—S. S. Alameda
May 25—S. S. Alaska
May 31—S. S. Mariposa
June 0—S. S. Northwestern
< AUi AT Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Kllaniar, Ft. I.isrum, Val
dez, Latouche, Seward and Anchorage.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
P. B. TRACY, t.ea'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Local Agent
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our I.ai'Ke Fleet of Magnificent Steamships otter Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Ret ween all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle, !> 1*. >1.
May 11—S. S. Adm. Evans
May 19— S. S. Adm. Farragut
May 2S—S. S. Adm. Watson
June 4—S. S. Adm. Evans
June 12—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Valdez to Seattle—
May 15—S. S. Adm. Watson
May 2:5—S. S. Adm. Evans
May "1 — 3. S. Adm. Farragut
June 10—S. 3. Adm. Watson.
June 10—S. S. Adm. Evans
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los 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 BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 191/
PIONEER CONTRACTOR aiflOILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN fHANDLE | ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take 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 j S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaaka.
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Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
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A full and complete line of Cigars,
Cigarettes, Smoking Tobacco and
Pipes. Valdez Drug Co% tf
OLD PAPERS— Just the thing to
place under carpets, ten cents per
bundle of 100 at this office.
Genuine Sweet Apple Cider at
.Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. tf j
Anything in nugget and Prory Jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
A new line of beaters priced right,
at Mead's. tf
Lowney’s Box Candles at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
A fresh lot of Haas’ Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to $2
a box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Location notices, noth quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.