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In style, material and workmanship—that’s
what you should expect and what you will get,
when you buy
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Made by ALFRED BENJAMIN-WASHINGTON CO., New York.
For Discerning Men and Young Men,
$20 and Up.
Authoritative styles that are cut on lines
appreciated by good dressers. Various new
fabrics that will appeal to your good taste.
Quality workmanship:-Satisfaction guaran
teed—Different from ordinary clothes in every
thing but price. *
Your Spring Suit is now ready.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
(Incorporated.)
TRUE VALUES
On ihe basis ot Security and Service
we solicit uour account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
Alaska Water, Tight & Telephone Company
PROFESSIONAL
'fc m j__ m n - .— —
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
,to..11# DENTIST
ia both companies Fourteen vears In
Office Rooms In VALDEZ
Whaling Building. _
OR. GERMAN
Phono 19 THE DENTIST
Ofllce rooms over Otvl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. ns., to 6 p. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS A RITCHIE
* Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valde«, Alaska
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time read the Dally Prospector.
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Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - • Proprietor.
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Evans Passes Juneau.
JUNEAU, March 9.—The steamer
Admiral Evans, of the Admiral line,
passed Juneau at 7:30 this morning
bound for Valdez. The steamer car
ries a big crowd of passengers.
Blooded Dogs ror Sale.
Two airedale terrier puppies, breed
ing unsurpassed. Fine, bead, ear, eye
and coat. Pedigrees furnished. Eight
champions in three generations. En
quire at Prospector. tf
Notice of Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdez Electric
Company.
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the stockholders of
the Valdez Electric Company, will be
held at the offices of the company,
in ‘he towrn of Valdez, Alaska, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915,
at the hour of 2 o’clock, in the after
noon of said day, for the purpose of
considering the question of increasing
the capital stock of said company,
from its present capitalization, name
ly twenty-five thousand dollars, di
vided into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each,
to the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be divided Into
one hundred thousand snares of trie
par value of one dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend Its
articles of incorporation, so that its
indebtedness may be increased to a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars, with run power to issue Donas
In payment of all of Its Indebted
ness, and to mortgage or otherwise
hypothecate Its property or any part
thereof, for the purpose of securing
such indebtedness. Also authorizing
the company to amend its articles of
incorporation, so that it may acquire
by purchase or otherwise water rights,
water power, and the lands incident
al thereto, and that It may reduce the
number of its directors from seven
to three.
And you are hereby notified to be
present at said meeting either in per
son, or by your regularly authorized
proxy or attorney in fact for the pur
pose of considering said questions.
This notice is hereby served on
you by publication thereof, in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper
published at Valdez, Alaska, which
is the ■ principal place of business of
said company. Said notice will be
published in said newspaper for eight
consecutive weeks, beginning with the
issue of February 24th, 1916, and end
ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915.
Witness our hands as directors of
6aid company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL,
GEO. J. LOVE,
Directors.
DOGS IN ALASKA.
Carry Great l.oada Over Snow That
Would Not Hold a Man.
Dogs are surely the real thing for
“mushing” in the cold country. To my
mind they heat reindeer a mile. Most
of them weigh less than 100 pounds,
and they distribute their weight over
their four feet, so that they can trot
over a weak snow crust where a man
would sink out of sight by breaking
through the crust into the soft snow
below. On a good, level, smooth trail
ten dogs can trot along with a ton of
freight behind them, and 000 or 000
pounds is a fair load on poor trails.
A peculiar thing is that a twelve foot
sled, twenty-two to twenty-four inches
wide, with runners two and one-quar
ter inches wide, bearing a load of 000
to 800 pounds, will not sink through
a snow crust that will not bear a man.
This occurs because two runners two
and one-quarter inches wide and
twelve feet long give a large area of
bearing on the crust. This, coupled
with the motion that keeps the sled
passing over all the time, accounts for
tffb remarkable fact I am speaking of.
One of the greatest dangers in
“mushing” is encountering water un
der the snow on the river ice in very
cold weather or breaking through into
hollow places where the stream has
sunk away from under the ice. This is
the most dangerous of all, and often
when it happens a man is frozen to
death before he can get to shelter or
get up his tent and start a fire.—B. 8.
Ilodey in Albuquerque Herald. .
THE STUDY OF WORDS.
It’s a Helpful Scheme to Use Your Dic
tionary Every Day.
Writing an article. “Treasure In
Books,” in tire Woman's Home Com
panion. Laura Spencer I’ortor gives
the following excellent advice about
the advantages to be gained from the
study of words:
“The study of words—it may sound
to you a dry thing, yet I promise you
it is not; very far from it.
“And Ibis brings me to suggest that
the habit of one of the great writers of
studying carefully from a good diction
ary live words each day Is one from
which we might all of us get a good
deal of profit. Or take a good book of
synonyms, for instance, and learn from
it each day live words somewhat simi
lar, comparing and weighing carefully
the meanings and values of them.
“Notice the degrees of force iu the
following: To dislike, to hate, to loathe,
to detest, to abhor. Each note struck
is a little stronger, higher, we might
say, like nn ascending crescendo scale.
So to instruct, to tench, to educate, are
each quite different in meaning, with
a great nicety of difference. So, re
buke, reprimand, censure, blame, are
all of one color, but of bow different
shades of meaning. So, too, misfor
tune, calamity, disaster; so, weak,
feeble, decrepit, and what delicate dif
ference between fame and renown or
feminine and womanly and woman
ish.”
Kindness of the Boss.
Little Tommy, who was about knee
high to a half pint, was employed by a
busy broker. One afternoon the bro
ker was sitting at his desk trying to
collect his thoughts as well as some
coin when he suddenly looked up and
signaled Tommy to draw near.
“Tommy," said the boss, digging
down into his jeans, "here's a fifty
cent chunk of silver. Take it and bus
tie off to some vaudeville show.”
"Thank you very much, sir.” grate
fully responded Tommy, freezing fast
to the coin. "That's what i call being
some good to a poor kid."
“Don't think that I’m being good to
you,” was the quick rejoinder of the
boss. “I want you to learn a new
tune. I can’t stand the one you've
been whistling for two months any
longer."—Exchange.
Water Power.
Few would expect to find any con
nection between a modern hydroelec
tric plant nnd a prayer. The connec
tion is indeed remote, but not undis
eovernble. The first application of wa
ter power to mechauical purposes was
made by Buddhist priests wheu they
employed the energy of running
streams to the work of turning prayer
wheels. That, then, may be said to
constitute the origin of the application
of water power to perform man's la
bors, the foreshadowing of the great
industrial development now in progress
for the harnessing of the world’s wa
terfalls, rivers and streams.
8ure of Herself.
“Do you think," asked the widower,
“you could leurn to love my children
as you would If they were your own?”
“Oh. yes," replied the anxious maid
en. “I think 1 should care more for
them really than if they were my own.
because 1 shouldn’t have to worry so
much about them If they got hurt or
were sick.”—Chicago Itecord-Herald.
Not.
“Shall we marry, darling, or shall we
knot?” was the short and witty line an
ardent lover dispatched to the idol of
bis heart.
But. where the strangeness of the
matter comes In, the girl replied: “I
shall not. You may do ns you please.”
Malicious Hint.
“Can you tell me where 1 am most
likely to get a good collection of fairy
tales?”
“Ask any married man.”—Baltimore
American.
Rude Boy.
Mias Flirt—Jack told me last night
that I was bis very life. Her Brother
-Jack will soon find out how uncer
tain life ts.—Boston Transcript
RINGS OF AIR.
How to Blow Out a Lighted Candle
Twelve Feet Away.
The distance from which an average
man can blow out a candle rarely ex
ceeds three feet. If he Is an adept at
biowing smoke rings, however, a can
dle may be extinguished at twelve feet
Of course the smoke isn't necessary.
An ordinary air ring will do and hns
the added advantage of being invisible.
Simply pucker the mouth as you would
to blow a smoke ring and expel air in
a quick, sharp manner. It takes a
good deal of practice to do it.
An easier way to show the effect if
one is doubtful Is to place it sheet of
cloth or canvas over the open side of
a box otherwise closed, making a
small, round hole in another side.
Then tap in a sharp manner on the
canvas and Invisible air rings will be
produced. If the hole Is pointed at a
person's face and the rings are made
he will feel them as they strike his
face. Only a few trials are necessary
to extinguish a candle at twelve feet.
To render the rings visible it smudge
may he burned in the box, or a small
dish of ammonia may he placed side
by side with a small disli of hydro
chloric acid, the combined fumes of
these liquids making a dense smoke.
The explanation why one can put out
the candle at twelve feet is that the
energy of expulsion is conserved and
practically all retained in the smoke
ring, while a simple blowing has to
set in motion a whole stream of air
and is therefore wasteful. — Chicago
Uecord-IIeruld.
BOTH SIGNED THE NOTE.
A Financial Formality That Puzzled
Both Clay and Webster.
The men in official Washington seem
to have less of a halo about them than
in the good old days, when the tower
ing form of Webster or Ilenry Clay
would attract more attention on Penn
sylvania avenue than a brass band or
a tango dancer in 1014. In a hank the
other day I saw a note indorsed joint
ly by Ilenry Clay and Daniel Webster.
Tiie story is told that Clay asked Web
ster to indorse a note with him for
$500.
“All right,” said the studious and
thoughtful Webster, “I’ll do so, Clay,
if you’ll make it $1,000 and give me
half.” Clay agreed to the compact,
and the two set out for Hanker Itiggs.
| signed the note with due solemnity and
secured the proceeds. As they -swung
across the threshold out again on the
avenue and divided tlie money Web
ster in his ponderous voice remarked
to Clay, “Henry, why do you suppose
Mr. Higgs wanted our names on that
note?”
“It baffles me, Daniel.” responded
Clay. “Perhaps he desired some me
mento to hand down to posterity, for
I cannot at this moment conceive how
it is going to he paid for the present
generation.”
The canceled note is today a valued
souvenir, worth many times its face,
because of the illustrious signers.—.Toe
Mitchell Chappie in National Maga
zine.
Twain’s Rate.
Mark Twain wont to just one auto
mobile show in his life. lie went
! with a Detroit frieml. After he had
I been shown the cars and other sights
| tile friend said: "Come on over here.
| The greatest salesman in the automo
j bile business is working, and ! want
I you to hear him."
I They went to a place where the
j salesman was talking to a possible
| customer about the merits of his car.
lie was rattling outward so fast that
Twain gasped.
"Suites alive." said Twain in his
slowest drawl, "if my publishers ever
heard me talk us fast as that man
does they wouldn't pay me 30 cents a
word or even 2 cents. They'd make
me produce words about a hundred for
a nickel.’'—Saturday livening Post.
Scandal.
IIow is it that the evil which men
say spreads so widely and lasts so
long, while our good, kind words don’t
seem somehow to take root and beat
blossom? Is it that in the stony
hearts of mankind these pretty flowers
can’t find a place to grow? Certain it
is that scandal Is good brisk talk,
whereas praise of one’s neighbor is by
no means lively hearing. An acquaint
ance grilled, scored, deviled and serv
ed with mustard and cayenne pepper
excites the appetite, whereas a slice of
cold friend with currant jelly is but a
sickly, unrelishing meat.—Thackeray.
Well Acquainted.
An American girl was taking a Liv
erpool girl home to the States with her
and toward the end of the journey re
marked: “It is delightful to feel that
one is so near home. We ought to
sight Sandy Hook this afternoon.”
“Shall we?” exclaimed her friend.
“That will be nice. Don’t tell me which
one he is. I can always pick a Scots
man out of a crowd.”—Chief Steward.
Strong Presumption.
Lawyer—You say that the defendant
ran his automobile into the show win
dow of a millinery store: but that
doesn't show he was intoxicated, does
it? Officer—Well, no; but when I ar
rested him he was trying on the hats.'—
New York Globe.
A Hard Case.
"His wife earns her own money.”
“Indeed! I did not know she was
employed.”
“Oh, yes: hard at it all the time.”
“What does she do?"
“Works him to give up.”—New York
Journal. _
Walt is a hard word to the hungry.— I
German Proverb. 1
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
AWAKE
and on the job—day or night—buy
and sell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
11 Chas- Peppy
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The Prospector office for job work.
Summons By Publication
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
.1. R. Reed, plaintiff, vs. Eri Thomp
son and M. A. Ellis, defendants.—
No. S-49. Summons by Publication.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting: To Eri Thomp
son, the above named defendant: You
are hereby summoned to appear in
the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, in the Third Division, at
Valdez, within thirty days after the
completion of the publication of this
summons against you. to-wit: within
thirty days after the 19tli day of Ap
ril, 1915, and answer the complaint
of the above named plaintiff, filed in
the clerk’s office of the above entitled
court; and unless you so appearand
answer or otherwise plead, the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complain1,
to-wit' a decree subjecting to the
lien of certain judgments duly docket
ed in the above entiiled court, in fa
vor of the plaintiff and the said de
fendant Eri Thompson, on the Brittle
Ax placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet
Precinct, Territory of Ala ika, and or
dering that the same be sold to satis
fy said judgments.
This summons is served on you by
publication 1 hereof, pursuant to an
order duly made and entered by ttie
above entitled court, on the 8th day
of March. 1915, which publication was
directed to be made once a week for
six consecutive w eeks.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, judge of said Court, this Sth
day of March, 1915.
(Seal) ARTHI'R RANG,
Clerk of the District Court.
By CHAS A. HAND, Deputy.
Date of first publication March 8.
1915.
i Date of last publication April 19,
1915.
Notice of Election.
Notice is hereby given that a Gen
eral Municipal Election will he held
in the Town of Valdez. Alaska, on
the sixth day of April, 1915, for the
purpose of electing seven members of
the Common Council, who shall hold
office for the term of one year, and
until their successors are elected and
qualified; also one member of the
Valdez School Hoard who shall serve
as a director for a term of three
years and until his successor is elect
ed and qualified.
The Town Hall has been designat
ed as the polling place for said elec
tion.
Said election shall commence at 9
o’clock a. m. and shall continue un
til 7 o’clock p. m. of the same day,
without closing the polls.
R. E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Publications March 8, 15. 22, 29.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found lo
“Sadi*’ a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertis'lng has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
w;ith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
Gto'ltar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
It 70a want all tna newa all tfee
time, read tbe PrespaaMr.