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I BIG shipment of Fresh Fruits
,_and Vegetables—Your in
spection welcomed.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
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KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
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- Wvo Hundred Alaskan Huskies Will
Be Used in Italian Campaign
in the Alps.
NOME, Oct. 1.—Scotty Allan, the
noted dog driver, has arrived here
and will purchase two hundred train
ed Alaska huskies for service in the
Italian campaign in the Alps. Allan
is acting as purchasing agent for
Lieut. Haas, an officer in the French
army, who is acting for the Italian
government.
Allan believes he will have no
trouble ji> securing good dogs in this
section and is naying a good price
for the animals. The dogs will be
shipped on one of the first boats to
Seattle.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
R. E. Burns, who formerly oper
ated Joe Stanton’s auto, has received
a new Ford car on the Alameda this
morning and will leave tomorrow
morning for Copper Center with a
number of passengers.
MRS. E. WINTER
Will retrim or make your hats to
order. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sev
eral years’ experience before coming
to Valdez.
LADIES’ FURNISHING STORE,
i tf McKinley Street.
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Notice Board of Equalization.
Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council of the Town of Val
dez, Alaska, will meet as a Board of
Equalization to equalize the taxes of
the said town for the year 1915, on
each of the following dates, at the
City Hall in the Town of Valdez:
The first meeting of the Board will
be held on the second Monday in
October, and the Tuesday next fol
lowing, from eight to nine o’clock p.
m. on each of said days. The Board
will again sit on the Thursday fol
lowing the third Monday in October,
from eight to nine o'clock p. m. on
said day, and as much longer as may
be necessary to complete the business
brought before it.
The second Monday in October will
fall on the ilth day of that month
and the Tuesday next following the
second Monday in October will fall od
the twelfth of said month. The
Thursday next following the third.
Monday in October will fall on the
21st day of October, and the Board of
Equalization will remain in session
until all business before it is com
pleted.
The assessment roll is now open
for inspection at the office of the
Town Clerk at the City Hall, Valdez.
Alaska.
J. W. FRAME,
9-29-7t Town Clerk.
*
Notice is hereby given that the an
imal meeting of the stockholders of
tjfe Granite Gold Mining Company
will be held at the office of the com
pany in the Copper Block at Valdez,
Alaska, on the 21st day of October,
i 1916, at the hour of 2 o’clock p. m.
- A Board of Directors will be elect
ed fo? the ensuing year and Buch oth
er business transacted as may prop
erly come before said meeting.
The books of the Secretary will bo
closed from October 1st, 1916, until
the first day after said annual meet
ing, and no stock will be transferred
during this period.
B. F. MILLARD,
9-21-2 Ot President.
ALLIES BONDS WILL
BE SOLD TO PUBLIC
Bonds Carry 5 per Cent Interest and
Will Be Sold in Blocks as Low
as $100 Each.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.—The members
of the Anglo-French commission to
the United States to secure the huge
loan of $500,000,000 state that all
negotiations for placing the bonds
with American bankers have been
concluded and they will go to New
York en route home.
It is announced that under the new
arrangement whereby a syndicate of
New York bankers headed by J. P.
Morgan financed the loan, that the
bonds will carry 5 per cent interest
for 50 years. The bonds which are
unsecured by collateral, will be sold
to American investors at 98 cents and
to bankers from 96 to par. The bonds
will be sold in blocks as low as $100
in order to accommodate sympathiz
ers of the British and French in the
United States.
ALAMEDA MAIL CLERK’S
WORK IS APPRECIATED.
Postmaster Jefferson, and the citi
zens of Valdez generally, feel that
they owe a vote of thanks to Robert
T. Dempsey, mail clerk on the steam
er Alameda, which arrived in Valdez
early this morning. When the steam
er arrived it was believed that the
postofilce would be unable to distrib
ute the unusually heavy mail before
noon and that citizens would have to
wait until then for their letters. But
Mr. Dempsey had been thoughtful and
on the trip had sorted the Valdez
mail, putting all the letters for each
firm or business house into separate
bundles. When the big mail reach
ed the postoffice, Postmaster Jeffer
son and his assistants soon made
short work of its distribution and the
office was opened shortly after 10
o’clock.
The members of the Valdez Fire
department report that the sale of
tickets for their jitney dance, to be
given at Eagle Hall tomorrow nfght,
has been brisk and the attendance is
expected to be large. The price of
admission is only 50 cents and a jit
ney for each dance. The dance is be
ing given in a good cause and should
be liberally patronized by everybody.
Splendid music has been secured and
special pains have been taken to get
the floor into the best of order. The
dance committee has announced that
only the old familiar round dances
with an occasional square dance, will
be permitted, and raggers will have
to conform to the rule.
Toniglit.
“The Kangaroo” in five acts at the
Liberty Theatre.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Charles Quinton, the well known
tonsorial artist, was a passenger on
the Alameda from Seattle to Cordo
va, and will soon make a trip to Val
dez.
Among the passengers on the Ala
meda from Seattle to Juneau the
name of Capt. J. H. Cann, formerly
of Valdez appears. Mr. Cann is now
engaged in the hardware business in
Juneau.
Emel Anderson, of Landlock is in
town for a few days.
FOR RENT—Furnished house;
also baby crib and carriage for sale.
Apply Ray Larson. tf.
The City Dock is the busy dock
since we began to weld cast iron,
brass, bronze and aluminum. We
always did do machine work and
blacksmlthlng, and do it yet. Try us
and see for yourself. Valdez Iron
Works. Th
A QUEEN AND A STYLE
Handkerchief* Are Mad* Square Be
cause of a Royal Whim.
It Is not necessury to Insist on the
utility of the handkerchief, for no one
will contest It* but why should It be
eternally woven In the stereotyped
form of a square? The square may be
large, the square may be small, but
why square Instead of oval or oblong?
The unfortunate young Queen Marie
Antoinette Is responsible for the shape
of the handkerchief.
On Jan. 2, 1785, a royal command
was Issued that henceforth the regu
lated form of the handkerchief should
be In the form that we are so accus
tomed to see. Before this we are led
to believe that divers forms were used
—triangles, heart shaped, points of a
star, etc.
These Individual conceptions did not
please her majesty. She carried her
complaints to the pliable Louis XVL
It was her belief that the handkerchief
In the form of a square this more ele
gant
At the above date Louis had the fol
lowing decree Issued: “The length of
all handkerchiefs manufactured In the
kingdom shall be equal to their
breadth."
During all the changes of govern
ment In France, from the revolution
to the third republic, the law passed
under Louis XVI. is the only one that
has been Immovable, as far as things
to be worn are concerned. It has de
fied every change, and the rest of the
Christian world has In this respect
faithfully followed the wishes of
Queen Marie Antoinette.—New York
American.
CHARM OF VENICE
“The White Swan of Cities” It Was
Called by Longfellow.
Venice Is the mecca of tourists be
cause of its beauty and Its history. It
was the link connecting Rome and
Athens. It felt the Influence of Ara
bia and of Persia. It saved some of
the Greek masterpieces from oblivion.
Its architecture shows the effect of all
the ancient civilizations. Seated on Its
117 Islands, with cnnals for streets, it
has been renowned as—
The pleasant place of all festivity.
The revel of the earth, the masque of
Italy.
Longfellow called It the “white swan
of cities.” and other poets have cele
brated Its glories above those of any
other city of the world. Its political
history Is of entrancing Interest. It Is
saturated with romantic traditions.
The numerous churches, the bridges,
the tombs, the palaee of the doges, the
old library, the campanile and the
Academy of the Arts are among the
most attractive show places of Europe.
The masterpieces of those master art
ists of the sixteenth century. Titian.
Tintoretto. Giorgione, Bellini, Paolo
Veronese. Sansovino. Palladio and Da
ponte, have given city undying glory
In Venice the renaissance Is seen
at Its best and at its worst. Realism
and idealism have vied for mastery.
Perhaps In no other city of the world
is there preserved such a rich collec
tion of the styles of painting and archi
tecture of the different centuries.—SL
Louis Globe-Democrat.
English Mead.
A drink very little known In this
country is an old English mead, ac
cording to Farm and Home. It allows
any number of variations and to the
children is ns entertaining ns the cor
ner drug store with its soda fountain
The foundation is a sirup made of two
pounds of sugar, two ounces of tar
taric acid, half a cupful of flour, the
juice of one lemon and three pints of
water. Boll five minutes. When cool
stir in the beaten whites of three eggs,
and flavor with wintergreen. Bottle
cool. Use two tablespoonfuls of tills
in a glass nearly full of water. Foam
with a quarter of a teaspoonful of so
da. Instead of filling the glass full of
water you may add a tablespoonful of
any fresh or bottled fruit juices—
orange or lemon, chocolate, etc.
The Guild of Scriveners.
Little Is heard, as a general rule, of
the Guild of Scriveners. The company
consists entirely of members of the
legal profession,* the duty of the scrive
ner being “to make charters and deeds
concerning lands, tenements and In
heritances and all other writings which
by law are required to be sealed." No
notary can. it seems, practice within
ten miles of the Royal Exchange un
less he Is a member of the company.—
Pall Mall Gazette.
Accessorise.
"I’m going In for poetry.” lisped the
Bweet young thing.
“Deep, Intense, feeling poetry," thun
dered the man of letters. “Is only writ
ten m a garret."
“Yes, I’ve heard that So I’ve fitted
up a beautiful Turkish den In ours.”—
Philadelphia Ledger.
No 8uch Thing.
The Sophomore—1 wish you’d ex
plain this line: “They kept the noise
less tenor of their way.” What Is
meant by “noiseless tenor?” Profes
sor Qrouchmoro—A noiseless tenor Is
one who Is considerate enough to keep
silent—Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A Real Angel.
“Why do you always allude to Mrs.
Wombat as an angel?”
“8he Isn’t forever paying calls which
must be returned. Angels’ visits are
few.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Correct!
“Carl.” said the teacher, “can you
teQ me what an inebriate Is?”
“Yes.- ma’am.' replied Carl. “It la
an animal that does not have a back
bone.”—Judge
NEBRASKA IN THE LONG AGO.
What la Now a Dry Plain Waa Once
the Bed of a Great Sea.
South of Plutte river, opposite North
Bend, Neb., the bluffs ure conspicu
ous and consist of loess and glucial
drift, overlying the Benton shale. This
shale was formed when Nebraska wus
at the bottom of a sea. Evidence of
the former presence here of sea wuter
is found In the fosall shells of oysters
und other animals that live In salt wa
ter and the bones of such sea monsters
as the mosusaurus.
A comparison of these ancient condi
tions with those of the present day in
dicates the slow, continuous change
that is now and always has been in
progress. Where the tourist now trav
els comfortably over a dry plain these
monsters sported in the water of the
sea long ages ago. On the shores of
this ancient sea lived equally strange
beasts and birds of types that have
long been extinct, and over its water
sailed great flying dragons—the ptero
dactyls.
The animals of that day were strik
ingly different from those of the pres
ent The birds, unlike any now living,
had Jaws armed with teeth. The mon
arcbs of the air then were not in fact
birds but flying reptiles, whose fore
limbs had been modified into wings by
the enormous elongation of fingers be
tween which stretched thin membranes
like the wings of a bat. These flying
dragons. some of which had a stretch
of eighteen feet, were carnivorous.
They were animated engines of de
struction that somewhat forcibly sug
gest the modern war airplanes, of
which they were in a sense the proto
types.—Geological Survey Bulletin.
CORRECTED HIMSELF.
The Judge Mad* a Mistake and Was
Quick to Admit It.
It was an action against an Insur
ance company In a civil court to re
cover the value of a quartz mill that
had been burned. The defendant In
troduced the former foreman of the
mill, who testified that the plaintiff
had admitted to him that he had set
fire to the mill In order to get the
Insurance money.
The presiding Judge knew the wit
ness and had a very low opinion of
bis veracity. He also knew the plain
tiff to be an honorable and upright
man, wherefore he burst forth with
the remark. “Everybody knows that
to be a lie."
Whereupon the counsel for the In
surance company sprang to his feet In
a rage. “I object to the language of
the court." said he. “and I demand
that he be taken down and my objec
tion entered in the record.”
“Certainly. Colonel Brown.” said the
court. “You are quite right, and the
court was altogether wrong in making
such a remark. The court will en
deavor to correct the effects of its
inadvertence. Gentlemen of the Jury,
I instruct you that you must disregard
my remark. You are the exclusive
Judges of the evidence and of the
credibility of the witnesses, and it
must have no weight with you that 1
commented as I did upon the fact that
the witness told one of the most in
fernal lies that were ever uttered in a
courtroom.”—Case and Comment.
Placing His Kicks.
I do not wish to kick about this glad
and stalling earth, for I huve only
landed here by circumstance of birth
I find it quite a pleasant place. I’m
willing to remain. Please do not un
derstand me as desiring to complain,
and yet there are some changes I
should like to recommend—not as a
carping critic, but a calm. Impartial
friend.
The tropics are too beastly hot: the
frigid zones too cold. Too much ex
ertion is required to dig for iron and
gold. The continents are far too large;
the ocean’s full of salt The rocks and
mountains constitute a very grievous
fault. The scheme of raining water
from an accidental cloud Is wasteful,
undependable and should not be allow
ed.—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Unexpected.
“Before engaging rooms in your
douse.” said the bachelor, “I want to
know if there are any families with
crying babies staying here.”
“I’m afraid there is." replied the
landlady, “but we”—
"Well. 1 was just going to say,” con
tinued the other, “that if ther^ are l
want you to put me tn the room next
to theirs. I want to wake up In the
night and hear their trouble, so that 1
can congratulate myself again that I’m
not married.”—London Telegraph.
A Correct Diagnosis.
There was a sudden loud report, and
Wiggles brought bis car to a stand
still.
“Mercy!” cried Mrs. Wiggles. "What
was that? It sounded like a revolver.”
“It was.” said Wiggles wearily. “It
was our off bind wheel. It has stop
ped revolving.”—Pittsburgh Press.
Superior.
Tourist—You must get some busi
ness here, advertising "All the Com
forts of Home For One Dollar.” Ru
ral Landlord—We did until the fallow
opposite opened up with “None of the
Discomforts of Home For Two Dol
lars.”—Boston Journal.
Accounting For It.
“1 wonder why barbers are gener
ally such sociable men.”
“1 suppose It Is because they find It
so easy to scrape an acqualntance.”
Baltlmore American.
Be brief, for It Is with words as with
sunbeam*—the more they are condensed
the deeper they bum.—Holmes.
CITY EXPRESS
' MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES A TRAIN
Auto for Hire Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. 8PENARD, Prop.
Jas.jE. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fiaeit Hotel io tie laterior—Well Heated, Cleea Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 6* Chas. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Beat of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitinn.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Doing Business As Usual
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed | I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Roujfh Dry 10c lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
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 south-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, Valdes and La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche, on the 15th; S. S.
Cordova, 26th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
F. B. TRACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
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I Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
j PUGET SOUND Admiral PUGET SOUND
j California Lina Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sad from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th ealla Illamna and Kodiak—All Sailing eall at Knlk
aad Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wedneadny and Sunday, connecting with
St earn era Yale aad Harvard tor Soathera California.
Right reserved to change schedule Without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD. Mgr, Seattle) TALDB1 DOCK CO, Local Agt.