nCHMlDTS BAKERY
for good things to eat
kj Doughnuiswhat am—Cake* and Cookie*.
Wiegels High Grade Candie*.
Delicateuen and Lunch Good*—-Bread 3 for 25c..a ■ Call 1S0
SWIFT DELIVERY
Paget Sound Lumber Dealers Report
that Lumber Prices Have Ad
vanced and Mills Running.
TACOMA, Nov. 13.—The Union
Pacific Railroad company has placed
orders with Tacoma lumber firms for
fifty million feet of ties. The timber
is to be delivered at the earliest pos
sible date and signifies that the
company is preparirtjpto spend mil
lions of dollars in keeping its system
of tracks up to standard and in un
dertaking the construction of new
branches.
The price of lumber is ajhrancing
and mills are resuming op&Bations
after having been closed for months.
Lumber dealers predict a season of
* activity and state that thousands of
men will be given employment in the
lumber camps during the coming
rdk/’t'r.
Mrs. Lena Morrow Lewis, the So-1
eialist worker, has resigned from the |
editorship of the Juneau Sunday j
Post and will make a tour of the
Alaskan coast towns. She was a
passenger of the Northwestern this
morning for Anchorage, where she
will deliver a lecture before return
ing to Seward and Valdez to address
meetings. Mrs. Lewis stated that
she was still connected with the staff
of the Post as associate editor.
The Alaska Water. Light & Tele
phone company force of workmen
have been busy during the past few
days stringing the heavy cables car
rying the phone wires, in the dis
trict burned over in the July tire.
The new office building of the com
pany on the approach to the Valdez
dock is nearly ready for occupancy
and the cables are being connected
up there.
The launch B. F. M. will leave for
the Granite mine tomorrow morn
ing.
Siberian Pink Pack Heavy.
According to Oscar B. Knorring
who recently returned to Seattle aft
er having spent the season at one
of the Siberian salmon canneries, the
Kamschatkan canneries put up 150,
000 cases of fish of which output
120,000 were “Pinks,” or “Chums,”
ivl ^tailed in this country. Red sal
nion were few in number and only
JO.OOO’caaes were packed. The Rus
sian war department purchased the
most of the “Pinks" at $6 per case.
About 50,000 tons of salt salmon
were also prepared.—Pacific Fisher
man.
Mutual Pictures Kill Time.
Four new pictures including some
Mutuals at The Liberty Theatre to
night. Sunday night, Lillian Russell’s
first appearanca In Valdez. *
(
Stop! Look! Listen!
The Liberty Theatre presents for
tonight the funniest man in the mov
ies, CHAS. CHAPLIN. Next attrac
' tion, Sunday, Lillian Russell in
“Wildfire,” five acts.
Interior Weather.
Fairbanks, 25 above, 5 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm.
Salcha, 20 above, 9 inches snow;
windy, cloudy, trail fair.
Richardson, 19 above, 6 inches of
snow; strong wind, trail good.
McCarthy, 20 above, 9 inches of
snow; cloudy, windy, trail fair.
Donnelly, 12 above, 18 inches of
snow; cloudy, no wind, frail fair.
McCallum, 21 above, 36 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Paxson, 25 above, 9 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Hogan, 1 above, 18 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Gulkana, 20 above, 19 inches of
an<|w; cloudy, calm, traH bad.
popper Center, zero, 21 inches of
■now; clear, calm, trail fair.
Tonsina, 20 above, 13 Inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Teikhell, 24 above, 16 inches of
■now; cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam, 28 above; 80 inches
of snow; clear, calm, trail (heavy.
Wortman’s, 20 above, 18 inches of
\ snow; cloudy, calm, trail heavy.
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
JOINED THE ARMY
Has Enlisted ofr Service at the Front
and His Action May Cause Oth
ers to Follow Example.
LONDON, Nov. 13.—Winston S.
Churchill, former first lord of the
British admiralty and recently chan
cellor of the exchequer, has resigned
from his easy post and has enlisted
in the Oxford Yeomanry for service
at the front.
The enlistment of the statesman,
it is expected, will prove an inspiring
example to the young Britishers who
are holding back and are attempting
to get out of the country before the
conscription order goes into eff(<t.
•It is reported that conscription will
go into effect on December 1 and that
all aien^of military age wilt a« draft
ed unless they voluntarily offer their
services. The enlistment of the for
mer chancellor of the exchequer is
a challenge to his opponei ts in the
cabinet who fought conser'ntioa to
follow his example.
The British consuls in foreign
countries have published notices re
questing British subjects to register
in view of the present state of 1 he
war and the desirability of having as
complete a record as possible of all
British residents They are particu
larly requested to state what they are
prepared and qualified to do in case
of their services being required.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
E. I). Reiter, who is developing
a copper property in Fidalgo bay. re
turned from cordova on the North
western.
The Joymaker.
Charlie Chaplin, the gloom-killer,
at the Liberty Theatre tonight.
M. Jordan, an old timer in this dis
trict but who has lived in Fairbanks
for the past four years, returned to
Valdez yesterday.
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Gene Ames has some fine Cauli
flower and Hubbard Squash for
sale. tf
Ladies’ buttons made from your
own material, any size. Guy F.
Cameron. tf
Sumner Smith, federal mine in
spector, arrived on the steamer
Northwestern this morning.
Frame Your Pictures
At Hunt's for Christmas or your
home. Remember every day gets
busier from now until Christmas.
Samples and prices can be seen at
the Valdez Candy Kitchen. tf
_ *
The Joymaker.
Charlie Chaplin, the gloom-killer
at the Liberty Theatre tonight.
If you are going east travel via
Great Northern Ry. For rates see D.
F. Millard, Agent, Copper Block. tf
Senator B. F. Millard, who went to
the Granite Mine, Hobo Bay on the
steamer Admiral Evans, returned
from the mine last night on the
launch B. F. M.
Received on last boat, Wearing Ap
parel, articles of every day needs, at
Emporium. Open from 12 to 9 p.
m. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, tb» tailor. Telephone 198. tf
B. C. Wiltsey and his son, H. B.
Wiltsey, who .have been developing
their mining property in Eagluk bay,
are in Valdez.
Pictures developed at the Valde;
Drug Company. “ tf.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valde?
Drug Store. *
Fresh Oysters received on every
boat.—Frye-Bruhn Co. tf
Far good home-cooked meals trj
Mrs. M. Olson, on Robart Street. *
Kodak Supplies at tne Valde
Drug Company. tf
FIGHTING IN FANCY DRESS.
On* English Troop Uood to Bo Calls*
ths Golden Goldfinohos.
Dandles were much In evidence In
the Peninsular wur, and an officer of
the famous Light division has recorded
how some of the officers were “rigged
out In all the colors of the rainbow.
Some had gray braided coats, others
brown; some again liked blue, an* the
comical appearance of a number of In
fantry officers loaded with leather bot
toms to their pantnloons and huge
chains suspended from the side but
tons was amusing enough. * • *
The 'cut down' hat. exactly a span In
height, was another rage. This bur
lesque on a chapeau was usually top
ped by some extraordinary looking
feather!”
The Duke of Wellington, however,
never troubled about what his officers
were if only they brought their men In
tact Into the firing line with sixty
rounds of ammunition apiece, and one
of the chaplains, known as “the Fight
ing Pareon." always wore a red hussar
Jacket, while during the battle of Vit
toria General Plcton wore. Instead of
the usual .cocked hat, a round and very
old hat and curried “a huge white um
brella lined with green.”
But it Is doubtful If any regiment
has ever been dressed more strangely
than the old Portsea volunteers, who
In 1797 wore gold and scarlet cords,
golden rosettes, feathers, cockades,
white waistcoats, "gold wings" (to
quote the official description) and
"frilled skirts, largely figured.” Hence
their nickname, "The Golden Gold
finches.”—London Tlt-Blts.
NOBEL’S GREAT GIFT.
Yearly Prizes That Come From the
Fund Ho Left to Posterity.
Alfred B. Nobel, the Swedish sci
entist and inventor of dynamite, died
in 189(5, leaving his fortune, wbtcb was
estimated at $9,000,000, to the founding
of a fund of which the interest should
be yearly given as prizes to those per
sons who had during the year con
tributed most to "the good of bumnni
ty." The Interest is divided in five
equal shares, awarded as follows:
“One to the person who in the do
main of physics has made the most im
portant discovery or Invention, one to
the person who has made the most
important chemical discovery or iuven
tiou, one to the person who has made
the most important discovery In the do
main of medicine or physiology, one to
the person who in literature has pro
vided the most excellent work of an
idealistic tendency and one to the per
son who has worked most or best for
the fraternization of nations and the
abolition or reduction of standing
armies and the calling and propagat
tng of peace congresses."
The value of each prize Is, on an
average. $40,000. The awards for
physics and chemistry are given by
the Swedish Academy of Science, that
for physiological or medical work by
the Caroline institute (the faculty of
medicine In Stockholm), that for litera
ture by the Swedish Academy of Stock
holm and the peace prize by a commit
tee Of five persons elected by the Nor
wegian storthing.—Philadelphia Press.
The Seven Seas.
phrase "the seven seas” has
Deen current for some time—was so
current when Kipling universalized it
twenty years ago—to denote all the
great waters of the earth. Its use di
vides into seven parts the “tripartite
ocean (tile Atlantic, Pacific and Indian
oceans) as the north and south Atlan
tic. the north and south Pacific, the
Indian, the Arctic and the Antarctic
oceans. It is interesting to note that
Roman Italy had its "seven seas.” the
chain of salt lagoons about the mouth
of the Po. separated from the Adriatic
by strips of sand or embankments. The
(agoons were in ancient days much
more extensive than now. and the
“Septem Mares” afforded a continuous
means of internal navigation from Ra
venna to Altiuum.—New York Times.
Deep Sea Diving.
Diving with the aid of artificial mech
anism is at least 1.000 years older
than the Christian religion. Homer
compared the fall of Hector’s chari
oteer to the descent of an oyster diver.
Aristotle mentioned a diving apparatus,
and, while Alexander the Great had
no submarines, still he ordered divers
to destroy the underwater defenses of
Tyre. Later on Livy told about treas
ures being recovered from sunken
ships by divers. So It appears that our
old world has made but slight progress
Impenetrating the depths of the sea.
which in some places i3 six miles deep.
-Philadelphia Ledger.
^ Impudence.
Two-thirds of Jones’ makeup Is cu
riosity. the other third wit. A short
time ago be met his ueighbor proudly
displaying a valuable horse. “That Is
a flue horse you have there. Brown!'
he exclaimed cordially. “How much
did you give for him?"
“I gave my note.” was the crisp re
Joinder.
“Well, you got him cheap.” said
Jones.—Chicago News.
Not In Hie Lino.
Wife—A tramp at the back door who
has already eaten a piece of that pie
1 made yesterday wants to know tf you
can do anything for him. Husband-.
Tell binx, my dear, that I am a eomtnls
slon merchant, not a doctor.—Houston
Post " ■ _
Opportunities.
The wise man graaps small oppor
tunlrie* and makes them big. whin
the fool Hitsita an edHy>balr.and waits
'Wr gfhat’ export bnlttes to' cottM*’ lit*
way ^ PlttabnHth Chronicle-Telegraph
CATARACT OF THE EYE.
K May Coma at Any Tima of Life. and
Ita Goal la Blindnaas.
Cataract 1a an opacity of tbe crystal
line lens caused by interference wlttt
Ita nutrition. As the rays of light can
not penetrate this opaque matter it re
sults in blindness. A cataract may
chine at any time of life, but ia most
apt to come In old age, when senile
changes take place in ail parts of the
body.
A cataract may be caused by changes
ia the eye before birth. Children are
born with a cataract It may be
caused by changes during childhood,
by disease or Injury, by excessive and
persistent light and heat and by many
other causes. Glassblowen are sub
ject to it X ray workers, sufferers
from diabetes and many others. It
nlay be a primary disease or it may
bo secondary to other diseases.
It is often very successfully treated
by operation, particularly in the aged,
the lens or lens and its capsule being
ftinoved. The development of cataract
is sometimes very rapid, especially aft
er Injury, but In the aged It takes
place slowly, sometimes requiring
years before blindness results. The
operation Is not usually done until the
cataract Is mature or ripe. An earlier
operation frequently militates against
a successful result.—Philadelphia Rec
ord.
DEGREES OF COOKING.
What Is Meant by Rare, Medium and
Well Done Meat.
Perhaps a word may be said about
the degree of cooking, as indicated by
the words rare, medium and well done,
used in reference to the cooking of
meat
Some people Interpret ••rare" as mean
ing meat seared a little on the outside,
but with the whole interior raw. This
is far from a correct interpretation.
The albumen should be coagulated, the
fibers really cooked, but the juice may
be yet red or pink, in ••medium” there
is still some pink left in tbe meat
though the red color has left the juice,
while well done means no pink color
in either juice or fiber, but not the
stringy, overcooked, tasteless product
so often served as •‘well done" meat.
The quantity and kind of meat used
by any family depend upon its living
habits, its appreciation of food values
and the money available for food. The
excessive use of meat means an un
wise expenditure of money as well as
an unnecessary tax upon I be kidneys
and liver, but in any ease the prepara
tion of it is a most important factor.—
Woman’s World.
A Shot That Made Trouble.
An odd incident happened in the then
Danish West Indies in the last century
that nearly caused serious lnterustlon
al complications. An American marks
man, paying a visit to Chnrlovt.s Ainu
Ua, amused the governor by c.» exhibi
tion of bis skill wit it the rifle. Hitting
on tbe veranda of •> government
house, he said that he could cot with
a bullet the signal halyards on tbe
flagstaff of the fo-t end own: the Dan
ish standard to tbe ground. t* the
lines were almost invisible in dis
lance the governor whs whitug '*> t>ei
that he could not do It Th«* -to. rang
out. and the (lag fell. Presently h
horseman dashed up, Informing the
governor that some one had br*d or
the flag. There was great excitement
The governor, none ’oo popular, it
seems, with the military, rained hi-*
political future by admitting that the
affair was a joke In ehirb he con
nived. ESeport being «en* to Copen
hagen. bigjily cnbwwd, of eocene, by
the commandant, his excellency wan
summarily removed.
Danderonr.
The dandelion lo .in efficient plant,
it is most excelK'1 tly adapted to !t«
>»h of keeping Ove and spreading
itself over the face of the earth. i£r
cept in early spring iis leaves are too
bitter to be eaten by man or by ani
mals. They lie flat on the earth so
that grazing beast-- - ay tread 11 them
without killing the plant. The roots
take strong hold The length of file
elastic stem which bears up the blos
som is determined bv the height of the
other vegetation in which the dande
lion finds itself. >u a close cropped
lawn the dandelion's stem is stubby; in
tall grass it reaves up toward the
sun. Its seeds 1v lightly and far od
every breeze. The dandelion will raise
a series of seed crops extending up al
most to the first snowfall. — Detroit
News.
The Gypsies.
The origin of the people known as
gypsies remains largely a mystery.
Egypt India. Persia and Arabia have
in turn been pointed out as their origi
nal country, but there Is little definite
knowledge on the subject The weight
of evidence is in favor of their having
originated in India. They first appear
ed in Europe about 1400 and from the
Danube region spread all over the con
tinent appearing in England about
1520. _
Juvenile Loqjo.
“Colne, dear." said the mother of a
little four-year-6ld miss; “It is getting
late, and you should be upstairs in
bed"
“But. mamma." protested the little
one. “It won’t be any earlier np there
than it la down here.”—Exchange
Open to Any Offer.
Young Man-So Miss Ethel Is your
eldest sister. Who comes after her?
Jmall Brother—Nobody ain’t come yet,
but pa says t^e first fellow that cornea
can have her.—Stray Stories.
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The bSe that gets thO honey doesn't
loaf a round the 'Me*—Chicago Newa „
CITY EXPRESS
* MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES 4 TRAIN
Auto for Hir e Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Jas. E. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
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When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fiat ft Hotel io tlie laterior—WeD Heated, Cleat Room.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 Clms. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Doing Business As Usual
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Rough Dry 10c lb
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Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and fit
tings,' Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
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Admiral
Line
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Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th calls Illamna and Kodiak—All Sailing .call at Knik
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francl.ro every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamer. Yale 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.
Sj S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdes south— 7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangell, Ketchikan and Seattle.
RegutUr freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
P, B. TRACT, Gn’l Agent ' VALDRS DOCK CO, Local Agent.