The new store hours
Eight-thirty a.m. to
Five-thirty p.m.
Prompt and accur
ate deliveries.
A^ercantile
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
The following schedule for the har
bor boat “Lt. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Liscum Leave Valdez
8:15 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 4:0® p. m.
TUESDAY
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:16 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
11:15 p.m. 12:00 m. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
All official tusluess between Val
dez and the Post should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
G. R. KOEHLER.
Capt. 14 th Infantry. A. Q. M.
New Goods
Coffin's Codfish Chunks. Swedish
Sweet Toast, White and Rye Knocker
brod, Grant’s Hygienic Crackers,
T’ata-a-Cake and Teco Buckwheat, at
Love-Whitley co. tf
NOTICE
Owing,to the increased expense of
operation, occasioned by application
<>f the Territorial eight hour law, it is
necessary to increase the price on de
livery of coal, therefore the price of
coal delivered will he as follows:
Bulk .$14.50 per ton
Sacked (ton lots) . 18.00 per ton
Sacked, (half ton) .... 9.50 per ton
Sacked, less than V6 ton 1.35 a sack
tf VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
Toys! Toys! Toys!
Of all descriptions at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
Buy your groceries direct. Save
fifteen to twenty-five per cent. The
house that sells direct to consumers.
Randall Grocery & Brokerage Co.,
Inc., 82 Marion St., Seattle Wn. tf
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+ | + STEAMER SAILINGS * | 4
♦ ♦♦ + + + •!• + + + + + + + ♦
Steamship Alameda—Sailed south
from Valdez. Saturday, Jan. 5.
Steamship Admiral Evans—Sailed
south from Valdez, December 31.
Steamship Alaska—Sailed west from
Juheau Sunday. Jan. 6.
Cannery Sites
, We have customers for select can
nery sites located In the Prince Wil
liam Sound District. If you have any
thing to offer send full particulars,
location, description, etc., to
BOND & BABSON,
Field Dept.
32 Broadway,
New York City.
Fred Farnsworth and Carl Whit
more of Seward were Valdez passen-i
gers on the steamship Alameda. *
J. Mecham, of Anchorage, and
M. Kosgate of Talkeetna. were pas
sengers on the Alameda for the States,
where they will Join Col. Mear's en
gineering corps for service in France.
H. C. Gates, superintendent of the
traffic department of the A. E. C. at
Anchorage, succeeding Supt. McFar
land. was a passenger on the Alameda
for the States, where he will visit re
latives in the east for several months.
George Fawcett left on the Ala
meda for the States, where he will se
! cure employment.
I
| "Mother Hill" the well known old
i timer, and a resident of Valdez for
; many years, was a passenger on the
j steamship Alameda for the States, to
I visit relatives. She will return in the
| spring.
j 1‘hilip Bruce was an outgoing pas
| senger on the steamship Alameda. Mr.
Bruce was employed at the Granby.
James I.ankin and wife of Anchor
age, were thru passengers on the Ala
meda for the States. Mr. Lankin was
formerly agent for the Alaska Steam
hip Company at Anchorage.
.Splendid Trip West
The officers of the steamship Ala
meda report a splendid trip to the
westward, with very little snow and
:io wind to speak of.
Miss Doris Courtwright was a pas
senger on the steamship Alameda for
the States, and will make her home
in Seattle.
The Moose Band will practice to
night in Moose Hall.
Cap* Koehler returned from a
bunting trip to Galena Bay over Sun
day, with five mallards and a nice
goose.
MANY AUTOS ORDERED
FOR GOVERNMENT
Lieut. H. M. Faust of the local Sig
nal Corps division, has five autos or
dered for use on the trail by his de
partment the coming year. One will
be stationed in Fairbanks, three on
the trail at various points equidistant
and one in Valdez. This will greatly
facilitate the work of the department,
and will greatly cheapen its opera
tion, as horsefeed in the Interior costs
like ten dollar bills.
ALAMEDA ARRIVES LATE
SATURDAY EVENING
The steamship Alameda arrived
from the westward about 4:30 o’clock
Saturday evening and sailed south
two hour's later for Seattle. Those tak
ing passage on her from here were:
Frank McManus, Agnes Woodward,
Geo. Fawcett, Miss D. M. Courtwrght,
M. F. Collins, Rev. Fr. van der Pol,
Wm. Schauvellls, Wm. Smulling, Geo.
R. Hogq, David Miller, Jr., J. D. Craw
ford, Frank Winchester for Seattle:
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Harmon for Cor
dova.
Harry Crlbb of the Green Express
< Co., of Anchorage, was a passenger
to the States on the steamer Alame
da.
LOUIE’S CAFE
Open Dmj ami Night MeNJalejr Street, Below Cable Ottee
Fresh Bread. Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale
EVERYTHING THE BEST ANDY MABOVK3H.' Wftpf.
NEW YORK’S BURIED WEALTH
Million* of Dollars' Worth of Coppor,
Load and Other Products De
posited Beneath Streets.
Under the street* of New York city
are deposits of copper, lead and other
valuable products far exceeding In
quantity and value any mine yet dis
covered throughout the world. En
gineers and scientist* estimate the
amount of copper to be found In the
boroogh* of Manhattan and Bronx at
30.000,000 pound*, valued approximate
ly at *7,600.000. The lead Is estimated
at 60,000.000 pounds, worth something
like *4,800.000.
Thl* discovery was announced at the
electrical exposition at Orand Central
palitre. where the Consolidated Tele
graph and Electric Subway company
had a large exhibit showing a full-size
cross section of one of the city’s prin
cipal thoroughfares. In this mammoth
cross section of earth and rock the
veins of copper and of lead could be
easily traced. Of course, the veins of
copper nre tin* wires carrying the elec
tric current for lighting, heating, power
and communication to every nook and
corner of the great nietro|M>lis. while
the lend Is used to protect the cables.
The street cross section at the elee
trh,al exposition was 70 feet long by US
feet deep. It showed the location of
the street railway conduits and ratla.
electric service substutlon. distributing
station, conduits, splicing chambers
with flielr unique water draining sys
tems and other Interesting things that
lay beneath the streets of New York
and mark the advanced stage of Its
civilization. It took n crew of 20 men
a week to construct this interesting
exhibit.
CHIEF HARBOR OF MACEDONIA
Salonica, Built About 315 B. C„ Was
Named by Its Founder for
His Wife.
In tlie days when St. I’mil Addressed
his Kplstles to the Tlicssilntilnns Sa
hilden was not modern, for ii whs htiilt
illmtlt :tir. It. t ’. nil the site nf mu nlil
er eity culled Tlierine. says tl.o I .on
don tilnhi*.* and was naiiicd l*v its
founder after Ills wife, it sister of Alev
under the firent. It Inis always heci
:i plnee nf importance. ns it is the chief
Inirbor nf Mncedntiia. and miis a point
nil the ancient highway from Rome
I to the Kiist.
With ii fcM- fine huildings. like the
>M mosque which had heen In turn a
temple nf Venus and a Christian
church. It has always heen a collec
tion nf houses largely nf wood. anti,
therefore, highly inflammable In the
extreme continuous heat nf summer.
The eniitiagratlnn which recently
swept away the mala part nf It Is not
hy very many the first experience nf
the kind In IN history, one of the .
most meinorahle being the fire at the
beginning of September, 1800. which
did S4.00n.000 worth of damage.
Bidding for Trouble.
These women certainly do get away
with It.
Who would suspect the supreme j
court of New York having pronounced 1
views on the equality nf the. sexes?
Rut here Is .lustlee Onff. comments the ;
St. Raul News, who not only admits j
that a woman may practice law. hut In
sists that she Is Just like other lawyers. |
Mary 1.. I.llly rose to address the (
court. “Are you a member of the 1
bar?" queried flu* Justice.
“Yes. your honor." the lady replied. I
“Then you should remove your hat. i
like all other lawyers."
Tills little dialogue merely shows
that the court values the “woman’s pre
rogative" of changing her mind. Not
many years ago Or. Mary Walker was
In trouble with the courts hecuuse she
wanted to wear trousers, “like all other
doctors.” Now what would Justice
fJoff decide If Lawyer Lilly carried his
advice to a logical conclusion and
eame Into court In regular male attire,
“like all other lawyers?”
The Sound of Gun*.
Conflicting statements have been
iuiiiIp from time to time as to the dis
tance at which the guns can be heard.
On a still night, when an easterly
breeze Is prevailing, says a writer In
the Dundee Advertiser, I have heard
the dull thud quite distinctly In Sooth
London. It Is this disquieting sound,
not less than the din of an occasional
air raid, which gives Londoners an
Idea how near the conflict really la.
Now records are being prepared which
show'the extent of the distance St
which the guns arc heard. Scientists
nt University college declare they can
be distinguished nt a rnuge of 200
miles. This would Include places like
Warwick. Hnll. Cromer. Brighton and
Weymouth. Sound travels nt a rate
of about l.OT.O feet a second, so that
the sound of the guns In Flanders
reaches London about 12tt minutes
after the explosions occur.
The Soldier's Life.
Sergeant Finnegan was' all dresaed
up and looked It. He was stationed at
Fort Tllden—which is away among the
■and dunes on the far end of Rocka
way Point—and he was going to take
a day ofT, writes a camp correspondent.
“Good-by. fellers.” he shouted. “It’s
going to be a cold night. Me for a
warm bed at home tonight." And he
started on a run for the boat watting
at the pier.
Ha had got about 25 yards along
when ha heard: “Sergeant Finnegan."
The voice was the voice of his com
pany commander, and the sergeant
turned and went hack and stood at sa
lute. The captain spoke:
“Ton wltf distribute the underwear
this afternoon and bring over the
Moves which arrived at the barracks
thl*_ morning."
RED CROSS SUBSCRIPTIONS
SHOW PATRIOTIC SPIRIT
The sum realized from the Red
Cross drive here Christmas week
reached 93 cents per capita. Inasmuch
as Seattle is boasting over 20 cents
per capita, Valdes Is away ahead of
any of the cities on the coast.
Cold Weather In Ohio
Dr. J. A. Silverman received a let
ter from his mother in Cincinnati, O.,
this week In which instated that the
temperature in that city was —19,
and that great difficulty was experi
enced in keeping warm.
Seattle Fish Prices
SEATTLE, Jan. 7.—Seattle prices
at noon, January seventh; pickled
sable fish, twelve dollars a barrel;
pickled herring, eleven dollars a bar
rel. $
Call for Warrants
Notice is hereby given that I will
pay warrants up to and including war
rant No. 4G21.
E. G. AMES.
2t Town Treas.
Will 1/oave for France
(’apt. C. J. O'Brien, the popular
commander of the Alaska Steamship
Company's vessels, will leave for
France in the near future in command
of the steamship VVesthaven.
Mears (low: to France
Col. E. Mears. who has been a mem
ber of the Alaska Railway Commis
sion. since the inception of railroad
building, will leave Anchorage in
time to catch this trip of the Alaska,
and will pass thru here on his way to
the States. It is stated that Colonel
Mears will raise a force of engineers,
many of (hem from Aalaska. and af
ter training them, will go to France.
MnriiHisa Will lie liaised
Officials of the steamship Alameda
stated that the wrecked steamship
Mariposa would be raised in the
spring, provided she was not further
dismantled by winter gales. The ves
sel is resting easily on the reef, and
portions of her are visible at low tide.
Heavy southwest gales prevent work
on her this winter.
FORMER Y.\I.IIFZAN
GOES TO THE FRONT
Mrs. H. I*. Sullivan has received a
letter from her brother, Robert Smith,
a former resident of Valdez, dated at
Washington, D. C., in which he states
that he is now a member of the Twen
tieth Engineer Corps of the U. S.
Army, and at the time of writing was
on Ills way to the front, in France.
NEARLY EVERY ONE
JOINED RED (TtOKS
Dr. Silverman, chairman of the lo
cal Red Cross Chapter, reports that
practical)' every man, woman and
child in Valdez with but few excep
tions joined the Red Cross during the
Christinas drive. According to his es
timate 99 per cent of the population
are now members.
LIIIERTY 1AJAN PER CAPITA
HIGHEST IN TERRITORY
The per capita of subscriptions to
the recent Liberty Loan bond sale was
$53 for Valdez, the highest we have
yet any record ot in the territory. This
is counting the population at 1000,
and it is nearer 600 thru the winter
months.
Coal Company Changes Name
Manager Walter A. Gompertz an
nounces publicly that the name of
the “Matanuska Coal Company," un
der which his concern has been op
erating, has been' changed to the
"Chickaloon Coal Company,” to avoid
confusion with another company min
ing under the same name in the local
field.
NOME EDITOR 18 ,
ARRESTED I*X>r/ SEDITION
NOME, Jan. 7.—Earl Rogers, edi
tor of the Industrial Worker, a daily
paper owned by the United Mine
Workers and five of his associates
have been arrested for publishing al
leged seditious articles.
Parties who roamed the flats yes
terday in search of ptarmigan and
rabbits returned without having seen
even a track.
" •
The dance given at Moose Hall Sat
urday night by the members of tbe
order, was a great success.
Successful Housewarming
A large crowd attended the formal
opening of The Buffet Saturday ev
ening. A light lunch was served those
who attended, and Messrs. Cameron
and Surrhyne furalsl&f music for the
occasion.
. The temperature tell about teg de
grees last night along the trail at
many points, and the mercury now
stands at from zero to St. below.
Financial Reserve
There is hardly a day passes but most
of us are called upon to draw upon our re
serve, either physical, mental or financial.
Have you some in store?
This bank is a good place to start a fin
ancial reserve and it cannot help but be of
real service to you.
SAKK DKPOSIT BOXKft KOK HUNT
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office Foot of Wall Street
Headquarters For
Electrical Supplies
Only the best manufac
tures are represented in
our stock.
All electrical Supplies we
sell are guaranteed pro
ducts.
Make your electrical pur
chases here and have the
assurance of absolute satis
faction and quality.
Prince William Sound Water,
Light, Power, Tel. Company
Irving Cameron, eon of day Camer
on. left for the States on the Steamer
Alameda Saturday, and will make hla
home there.
L. P. Starr and wife of Seward were
through passengers to the 8tates on
the steamship Alameda Saturday. Mr.
Starr Is the Wells-Fargo man at Sew
ard.
“Mother White,” the well knowu
pioneer and roadhouse keeper of An
chorage, was a passenger on the
steamer Alameda for the States Satur
day
Bert Schaffer of Anchorage was a
passenger for the States on the Ala
meda. Mr. Schaffer was formerly a
Valdez resident.
Col C. S. Sapp, of the A. E. C., was
a thru passenger on the Alameda for
Seattle.
Salesmen Wanted
Does your trade use salesboardsT
We Invite correspondence from sales
men who are making their trade reg
ularly. The moat remunerative side
line,—no samples—ho collections—
Commissions dne as soon as order is
shipped. We want only flrsb-daas men.
Enquiries to reosive attention must
state Use carried and how long, class
I of trade called on, territory and how
often covered. The K ft S Sales Com
pany, 154-56 Whiting Street, Chicago,
Illinois. tf •
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at O. O. Retake’s. tf
A complete line of nugget and Ivory
jewelry, watches, diamonds, etc., at
the Valdes Drug Store.
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants' Cafe. tf
Second Call
We will accept Liberty Bonds for
stock In the Valdes Iron Works.
Majte your money earn 35 per cent
Instead of 4 per cent. tf
Ansco Fftnas Will
At any standard make e t camera.
They are the standard. Ouy R. Cam
eron. tf
CITY RXPRR88. Phone St; ready
to transfe. that baggage for you. tf
Use Resell Hair Teaie and you wtl
use a* ether. Valdes Drug Store, tf
rambled reams at Mrs Oetaad's.
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