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SATURDAY, AUGUST l<>, 1913.
DYNAMOS BETTER THAN
BOATS.
After hundreds of millions of
dollars have been spent by the
government in an. effort to make
some of the inland rivers naviga
ble, the discovery is being made
that the rivers carry a potential
value as power producers that
is in excess of any dreams of
their value as transportation
mediums. In most cases, it is
true, the power development is a
possibility that does not inter
fere with navigation, but it is
such a promising factor that
there is a growing disposition to
look out for it lirst and attend
to the navigation question when
needs demand it more strongly
tnan at present.
■ The recently constructed (lain
across I he Mississippi at Keo
kuk, la., built for a very small
percentage of the amount that
has been spent in trying to make
the river navigable above St.
Louis for more than a few
months each year, is estimated
to have available 300,000 horse
power and is already operating
the street railways in SI. Louis,
the power plants in a dozen cities
and turning tin* wheels of many
factories. The natural fall at
Keokuk is small hut the volume
of it produces a power, I he pos
sibilities of which are just being
realized.
Congress has had a special
prayin' hook printed. Congress
finally is coming to a realization
of one of its pressing needs.
St. .Louis has stood the wait
er’s strike pretty .Well, lull is now
greatly worried over the threat
that the bartenders are going to
walk out.
. _
President Wilson has appoint
ed L. K. Pinkham to he (ioveimor
of Hawaii. The initials are the
same, 1ml his lirst name is Ly
man. not Lydia.
We hesitate to accept at face
value the story that Mexican reb
els lore up the Bible of a Texas
man and used if for cigarette pa
per, at. least, we will not. accept
the story until the Texas man
explains his possession of a Bi
hln
Renal nr McOumber has pain led
a touching picture of the down
trodden farmer. The down-trod
den farmers in Senator McGum
ber’s country are'worried more
over I he Iffli models in automo
biles than they are about the
tariff problems I hat he is discus
sing.
At an archery meet al Le 'J’ar
quet, France, an Englishman
with the curious name of logo
Simon, drove an arrow from a
long bow 150 yards—a little more
than a quarter of a mile—break
ing a record that has stood for
more than a century. Gan you
imagine it? A quarter of a mile!
Shades of Robin llood, Friar Tuck
and all the rest of the famous
archers. It’s a leather jerkin to
a willow whistle they never did
so well. These aren’t such de
generate limes..
FOR SALE—One mandolin apd
case. Mrs. Frank G. Weber.
Just arrived, a line or latest
style waists at Harvey’s Toggery.
FOR SALE—AH my household
furniture. Mrs. Frank G. Weber.
Geo. Reinke. the watch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.
Don, the cleverest horse in the
world, the two-reel feature at the
Orpheum tonight.
One-half otr on trimmed milli
nery and 25 per cent discount on
suits at Harvey s Toggery.
SILK OF THE SPIDER.
One Produet, 8iz* For 8izo, la Tougher
Than Bar Iron.
From time to time the ingenuity
of the scientists has been exercised
with a view to devising some sub
stitute for the silkworm’s product,
to find some other insect that will
produce something very similar at a
lower cost.
It is an old idea that the spider
might be employed in this way in
substitution for the silkworm. The
problem has ever been how to ob
tain a sufficient quantity of the
spider thread and how to wind it
without breaking or tangling.
A Frenchman named Cachot har
nessed a spider to a machine of his
invention. This machine contained
tiny bobbins that revolved constant
ly. The thread was wound as the
spider spun it, not after it had been
made. The end of the web, which
was attached to the body of the
spider, was caught and fastened
firmly to a bobbin. Then the ma
chine was gently put in motion.
The spider, finding that its web
reeled away, apparently of its own
volition, naturally pulled in the op
posite direction to get away. But,
it is said, Cachot found to his
great delight that the spider did
not pull with sufficient force to
break the thread, but actually seem
ed to enjoy the process, maintaining
just sufficient tension to keep the
web in continual motion.
Many spiders, it is said, were tried
in this way, and at last a sufficient
quantity of their product was ob
tained to be woven into a fabric.
This, it is alleged, was superior to
natural silk in tenuity, elasticity
and tenacity.
It were superfluous to aua tnai
dresses of spider web are still be
yond the reach of any save the very
rich. A species of Madagascan spi
der is the only one that supplies
the right sort of thread. Size for
size, this spider’s thread is tougher
than bar iron.
The Frenchman who conducted
these interesting experiments states
that another advantage of the spi
der as a producer of silk is that,
having been emptied of its web, it
can be fed and petted back to con
dition, when it will submit to an
other reeling without showing ill
effects.—Harper’s Weekly.
Unfairly Treated.
In rebellion times in the Canadas
feeling ran high between the
French-Canadians and the Loyal
ists, and the outcome of the sus
picion and jealousy on both sides
was a crop of amusing stories, one
of which is here quoted from a book
by Mesdames Lizars, entitled “Hu
mors of ’37.” |
A county member of parliament
at the chateau one sultry evening,
seeing the-rest all busy at ice cream,
asked for some. He took a huge
spoonful, his first taste of such a
delicacy. With a feeling of rage at
what he thought an insult, or, at
the very least, neglect, he instantly
cried out to the waiter:
“You abominable rascal, had this
been lor an Englishman you would
have taken the chill off!”
In the Twilight of Life.
Who has not observed aged per
sons studiously making friends with
the young? Old women seek to win
the love ot children with sweet
things and tales of witchcraft. Old
men are seen craftily bartering
counsel for the friendship of youths,
giving gifts and bequeathing lega
cies to boot. We selfishly desire to
be remembered after we are gone.
We are not willing to drift away
alone upon those strange waters—
where there is not so much sound
as the friendly cry of a gull and
where wind and tide tend ever out
ward into the misty twilight—and
leave no tie of affection or kindly
remembrance behind.—From “Mon
oscripts,” by William Dillman.
Clsrical Luxury.
Bloomfield, bishop of England,
presided at a meeting of a debating
society where the students were all
deadly in earnest. One strong, in
dignant young gentleman inquired
oratorically: “What, sir, would the
Apostle Paul have said could he
have seen the life of luxury led by
out present race of prelates and
church dignitaries, riding in their
carriages and living in their pal
aces? What, sir, I repeat, wotild he
have said?”
“1 think,” said the bishop in a
meek, mild voice, “that he would
have said, ‘Things in the church
must be looking up.’ ”—St. James’
Gazette.
Returned the Advice.
A Scotchman with his dog was
passing a fish market when a lobster
tbrust its claw out of a basket and
grabbed the dog’s tail. The dog
went yelping down the street, and
the fishmonger cried to the Scotch
man, “Whistle for your dog!” The
Scotchman turned contemptuously
and replied, “Whussel for your lob
ster.”
Go to the
ARCADE
for quick, clean service. (
RAKTRY iNicoNNEcnoN
DAlUdR * everything good
JACK CALXJN & CO.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS
When in a hurry *ca!I on me.
“QUICK ACTION”
ia my motto.
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LAUNCH BRIGHTON
CAPT. STAMEY
Leave* once a week from
VALDEZ DOCK! for
PORT WELLS and
Way Porto.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
BARGAINS
*Ai51!ER will sell
A Bailey piano in first class
shape at a barga'n.
A Five-room house with ten
foot shed for less than lumber
cost.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, Prop.
SiRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave. Seward, Alaska
Hospital of the Good Samaritan.
For $6 we will give you a tic
ket entitling you to hospital ser
vice and care for any eight weeks
out of the year from date of your
ticket, when incapacitated by in
jury or sickness.
See VV. H. ZIEGLER.
They are all good live pictures
at the Orpheum toliight.
Bring your job work to the
Prospector office.
Cable Office Hours.
Week days 9 a. in. to 9 p. m.
Sundays and holidays 9 to fO
. m. and 5 to 6 p. m.
The Order of Alaskan Moose
NOTICE OF SEIZURE.
In the District Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Di
vision.
United States of America, Lib
elant, vs. one ship’s boat, her
tackle, apparel, furniture and
equipment.
Whereas a libel of information
bps been tiled in the above court
on the 14th day of July 1911. mi
behalf of the United States again
st the above mentioned ship's
boat, her tackle, apparel, furni
ture and equipment; and where
as the substance of said libel of
information, is that the said
ship’s boat, her tackle, apparel,
furniture and equipment were
seized on the 25th day of July,
1910, and turned over to the Unit
ed States Marshal who now holds
the same at tin Port of Unalas
ka, Alaska, as forfeited to the
United States for the reason that
the same was then and there
found engaged in unlawfully kil
ling fur seals within the waters
of Alaska, and praying that the
said ship’s boat, her tackle, ap
parel, furniture and equipment
be condemned and sold for use of
the United States. >■
Now therefore, in pursuance
of the monition under the seal
of said Court to me. directed and
delivered, 1 do hereby give public
notice to all persons claiming
the said ship’s boat, the tackle,
apparel, furniture and equipment
or in an^ manner interested
therein, that they be and appear
before the United States (District
Court for the Territory of Alas
ka, Third Division, to be held at
Unalaska, in and for the said
Territory and Division, on the
18th day August 1913, at 10
o’clcok in the forenoon of that
day, provided the same shall be a
day of jurisdiction, otherwise cn
the next day of jurisdiction there
after, then and there to inter
pose their- claims and to make
their allegations in that behalf,
and that in event of their fail
ure so to do default and condem
n(tion will be ordered.
H. P. SULLIVAN.
United States Marshal for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Divi
sion .
GEORGE R. WALKER.
Shushana Shoes
The shoe to land you at the new
diggings is the
HUNKIDORI
A new line just received that
will stand the wear
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and passengers to all parts
of the interior. lieneral Trucking
bid. Wood, - Proprietor
McKiniey St, Valdez
Chas. R. Crawford
Wall Street Phone 159
Plate glass, window glass, roofing and
building papers, roofingpitch, lime, ce
ment, plaster lath, shingles, builders*
hardware. Shop and job work of all kinds
Window*,Door*, Moulding, Finish
ing Lumber
Aient* for Fair bank*, Mone & Co.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works
Manufacturers of
YAKSHAW STOVES
Plumbing. Steam and Hot
Water Heating, Pumps and
Well Points,
Sheet Metal Work of Every
Description, Hose Valves,
Irci °ipe, Fittings.
H*up Hotel
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Cms. Pam, mm.
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mm pun or mart .
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IRONING WORRIESy
ALASKA WATER, LIGHT & TE- F.PHONE COMPANY.
Steam Heat Electric Lightil
THE COPPER BLOCK1
Finely Furnished Rooms All Modern Conveniences
i::.\ THE BUFFET
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and I f Til/ID CD and Building
Puget Sound Li U IVlDllilx Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL* Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
VALDEZ DRUG CO.
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Drugs and Druggist Sundries
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general
Banking
Business
Bank in
rear of
mercantile
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