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VALDEZ, ALASKA
“Hie House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER, PreaicW.
Granite mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdez Alaska.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
3ECRGE SEXTON. PROP
S *1 R r C T L Y FIRST CLASS
Pourth Ave, Seward, Alatka
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Frank Winchester and Joe Do
rn emzet:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that I have expended during
the year 1915. one hundred dollars
i*100.00) in labor and improve
ments upon the MAI DAA LODE
mining claim, situate on the north
aide of Shunp Bay, about one mile
-therefrom in the Valdez recording
) precinct. Territory of Alaska, the lo
"cation certificate of which is tound
-of Record in Book 15. at Page 300,
in the office of the United Mates
Commissioner and ex-officio Ret ord
er in and for the said Valdez Re
cording Precinct, at Valdez, Alaska,
in order to hold said clgim under the
laws of the United States and the
Territory of Alaska relating to the
annual labor upon mining claims, be
ing the amount required to hold said
lode mining claim for the period
ending on the 31st day of December
1915. And if. within ninety days
after the publication of this notice,
to-wit, within ninety days after the
10th dav of May, 1916, you or either
of you fail or refuse to contribute
■your proportion of such expenditure
as a co-owner, which amounts to
1hirfv-three dollars and thirty-three
cents ($33.33 ) for each of you, then
the interest or interests it) said claim
of the one or both you so failing or
refusing to contribute will become
the property of the subscriber, your
co-owner, who has made the expen
diture required by said laws.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, Febru
ary 16, 1916.
W. D. THOMPSON.
First publication Feb. 16. 193 6.
Last publication May 10. 193 6.
TIDE TABLES FOK APRIL.
The following table is compiled for
high and low tides in Valdez Bay.
Wednesday, April 12.
High. 7:35 am. 6.8; 9:18 pm, 6.6.
Low, 1:46 am. 4.3; 2:43 pm, 2.0.
Thursday, April 13.
High, 7:48 am. 7.0; 9:50 pm, 7.3.
Low, 3:04 am. 3.5; 3:26 pm, 1.8.
Friday, April 14.
High, 9:46 am. 7.4; 10:20 pm. S.0.
Low, 3:54 am, 2.6; 4:02 pm, 1.6.
Saturday, April 15.
High. 10:35 am, 7.8; 10:47 pm, 8.7.
Lm»'^<6';34 am. 1.5; 4:33 pm, 1.5.
J r Sunday, April 16.
High, 11:17 am. 8.1; 11:16 pm, 9.4.
Low, 5:09 am. 0.5: 5:05 pm, 1.5.
Monday,, April 17.
High. 11:59 £yn, 8.2._
Low, 5:46 am, 0.4; o:3o pm, 1.6.
Tuesday, April 18.
High, 11:45 am, 10.0; 12:42 pm, 8.3.
Low, 6:25 am, 1.1; 6:14 pm, 1.7.
Wednesday, April 19.
High, 12:22 am. 10.4; 3:24 pm, 8.1.
Low, 7:05 am, 1.5; 6:49 pm, 2.0.
Thursday, April 20.
High, 12:58 am, 10.5; 2:19 pm, 7.7.
Low, 7:49 am, 1.3; 7:30 pm, 2.3.
Friday, April 21.
High, 1:36 am, 10.4; 3:00 pm, 7.3.
Low, 8:36 am. 1.3; 8:10 pm, 2.7.
Saturday, April 22.
High, 2:25 am, 10.1; 3:57 pm, 6.8.
Low, 9:29 am, 0.8; 9:13 pm, 3.2.
Sunday, April 23.
High, 3:17 am, 9.4; 5:06. pm, 6.5.
Low, 10:29 am, 0.2; 10:07 pm, 3.6.
Monday, April 24.
High, 4:23 am, 8.7; 6:26 pm, 6.6.
Low, 11:39 am, 0.4.
' Tuesday, April 25.
High, 5:44 am, 8.0; 7:40 pm, 7.1.
Low, 11:35 am, 3.8; 12:55 pm, 0.8.
Wednesday, April 26.'«
High, 7:17 am,' 7.6; 8:38 pm, 7.7.
Low, 1:22 am, 3.4; 2:05 pm, 1.0.
Thursday, April 27.
High, 8:40 am, 7.6; 9:25 pm, 8.4.
Low, 2:47 am, 2.5; 3:00 pm, 1.2.
Friday, April 28.
High,*9:47 am, 7.7; 10:05'pra, 9.1. j
Low, 3:46 am, 1.4; 3:47 pm, 1.3.
Saturday, April 29.
High, 10:42 am, 7.9; 10:40 pm, 9.6.
Low, 4:36 am, 0.5; 4:28 pm, 1.5.
Sunday, April 30.
High,.11:29 am. 8.0; 11:13 pm, 9.9.
Low, 5:18 am, 0.3: 5:04 pm, 1.7.
JL4PI1) ADVANCE PRICE
\ OF RARE MINERALS
One of the most spectacular ad
vances in commodity prices occasion
ed by thenar has been in tungsten
both metal and ore. This lias been
due to the extraordinary demand for
tungsten steel—an essential constit
uent of making high speed tool steel.
The manufacturer of immense quan
tities of military material has requir
ed greatly increased quantites ot tool
steel, and consequently correspond
ing quantities of tungsten; hence the
advancg in price for it.
Before the war high speed lool
steel was worth about 75 cents per
pound, tungsten about 60 cents per
pound, and tungsten ore about $G
per unit. A present high speed tool
steel fetches about $3 per pound,
tungsten a per pound and
tungsten ore about $50 per u|it.
Even at the enhanced prices sup
j plies are scarce.
The fabulous price for tungsten
ore has stimulated prospecting for it
throughout North American and also
South America. This ore is not known
to occur in large deposits. The annual
•production of concentrated ore in the
United States previous to the war
was only about 1,400 tons. However,
thus ore has become so valuable that
the discovery of a deposit that af
fords a single carload is the finding
of a fortune. A ton of ore assaying'
60 per cent tungsten trioxide—the
standard commercial grade—at $50
per unit is worth $3,000; a carload
of 40 tons would be 120,000. So pre
cious is this ore that the assay offices
are being scoured for specimens.
Brokers do not sneer at trade in one
pound lots. The purchasing agent of
the Crucible Steel Company is very
grateful if somebody can give him
100 pounds—Engineering and Min
ing Journal.
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INJUNCTION HOLDS IN
THE PETERSBURG CASE
Judge R. W. Jennings refused to
dissolve the temporary injunction in
the Petersburg townsite case Satur
day afternoon, but continued it in ef
fect until further testimony could be
introduced showing th.e financial con
dition of the city. The city account
books were placed in charge of the
clerk of the court pending their ex
amination by an expert, and the in
troduction of further testimony.
The suit is one to declare certain
indebtedness contracted by the town
of Petersburg for a city light plant
void on account of its being in ex
cess of the anticipated revenues for
the year, and to prevent the payment
of certain warrants issued in pay
ment for the plant. „
The defense contended that the
city had not exceeded its legal limit
of indebtedness, and that the light
ing plant was obtained on a lease.
The plainun, the Petersburg Packing
Company, alleged that the lease so
called, was in effect a conditional sale
and offered as evidence to sustain the
position the high rentals stipulated.
A temporary restraining order was
issued to prevent the payment of the
warrants already issued on the con
tract or the issuance of any mere
warrants.
The hearing occupied some time at
the court house Saturday afternoon,
when the court continued the tempo
rary injunction as stated.
By stipulation- between the attor
neys in the case some of the testi
mony of the defendant was taken by
Mrs. C. D. Green, court stenbgrapher.
This was done in order to permit the
witnesses in the case to return to Pe
tersburg and be there at the election.
The interest of the Petersburg
Packing Company in the expenditure
of the town revenues was shown by
the introduction of the testimony to
prove that it paid much, more .than
half the taxes in the city.
•
, Stop that Infernal Racket
Show your wife how much you
love her and send that noisy old
pump to the Valdez Iron Works and
let them remove the peace disturber,
your neighbors will appreciate it. tf
FOR SALE:—My house and lot,
with barn and garage, on Hobart St.,
opposite Court House. Price $750.
J. A. Spenard. tf
Anything In the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
NORTHWESTERN GETS ;
AWAY FOR NORTH TODAY]
SEATTLE, April 1=.—riie steam
er Northwestern sailed this noon Tot ]
Southern -Alaska ports With a capac
ity cargo of freight and a full pas
senger list. The passengers for Val
dez are THollie Kussman. A. Dorgan,
W. Storey, J. Galvin, Wtn. Glenden
ning, Dudley G. Wooten and wi£c,
Mrs. E. Davis, A. Schome-ker, J. Berg
strom, Arthur Lang, for Valdez, and
L. Eddy and Nels Johansen for La
touche.
Alaska Readier Seattle. ,
SEATTLE. April 12.—The steamer
Alaska reached here this noon from
Southern Alaska ports. /
Parties finding a gold watch and
nugget chain on the Valdez dock will
confer a favor by leaving same at the
Prospector office.
The Valdez Gold Company receiv
ed a, large consignment of lumber on
the Watson lor their mine at Slioiip
Hay. It will be taken down as soon
as a barge can be secured.
Valdez Drug company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tr
Panoramic views of Child's and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug
store. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Owl Drug
Co. tf
A new line ol Jeweiry at the Owl
Drug Co. tf
Full line of Stationery at the Owl
Drug Co. tf
GREAT SALT LAKE.
its Water Is Saline Simply Because M
Has No Outlet.
Great Salt lake has no outlet The
Jordan river, which enters it from the
south, is the outlet of Utah lake. Bear
river, coming from the north, carries
the outflow from Bear lake. The wa
ters of Utah and Bear lakes and of
Jordan and Bear rivers are fresh, and
so is the water of Weber river, the
third great tributary of Great Salt
lake, hut the lake iuto which the three
rivers flow is saline. It is saline be
cause it has no outlet.
The fresli waters of the rivers con
tain some saline matter, but the quan
tity is too small to be discovered by
taste.
As stated by the chemist, in parts
per million, the quantity seems minute,
but when account is taken of the total
volume of water brought by the
streams to the lake in a year their bur
den of saline matter is found to be
ready great, amounting annually to
more than 500,000 tons.
Year by year and century by century
the water which they pour into the
lake is evaporated, but the dissolved
solids cannot escape in that way and
therefore remain.
They have accumulated until the
lake water is approximately saturated,
holding nearly us much mineral matter
as it can retain In solution. The lake
contains over 5,000,000,000 tons of com
mon salt and 900.000.000 tons of glau
ber salt (sodium sulphate) as well ns
other mlnerul matter.—New York Tele
gram.
ROMANCE OF THE BAHAMAS.
Life In Nassau Was Once a “Purple
Princely Thing.”
During the American war between
the states Nassnu of the Bahamas was
very much on the tongues of men, as
the devil-may-care emporium of contra
band cotton, whereby bangs many a
dashing sea story, some of which you
can still hear from the lips of the men
who took part in them.
The whole history of the Bahamas,
since Columbus made his first landfall
in the western seas on Watllng's is
innd, has been a fantastic record of
desperate opportunism. The prose of
“legitimate’' business has seldom dull
ed the edge of precarious prosperity on j
these derelict Islands, whose very ex
istence still seems at the grudging mer
cy of the sea.
* Buccaneering, wrecking and blockade
running—no more tedious employ than
these masculine professions occupied
the Bahamians for generations, and so
long as there were merchantmen to be
boarded or scuttled, rich cargoes to be |
harvested from the white fanged reefs
or cotton to be run to Wilmington at a
profit of $100,000 the trip Ufe In Nas
sau was a purple princely thing, and
even the shoeblacks In Bay street play
ed pitch and toss with gold.—Richard
Le Gallienne in Harper’s Magazine.
Burial Customs of tho Hittites. j
Although the tombs of the necropolis
had been rilled at an early date, a
great deal -that 48 new was learned
about the burial customs of the Hit
tltes. Graceful rases, simple In design
and undecorated, held the ashes of the
cremated body, together with any.trin
kets the person was wearing at the
time of death. A small vase about a
foot high was Inclosed In a footed ves-j
sel of cylindrical shape, which was!
beautifully decorated in patterns like!
those of Crete and Cyprus. Around the j
middle vessel were grouped various j
dishes containing burial gifts or oil,:
most of them plain, but some of beau-j
tlful shape and as thin as modern!
china, though unglazed. It can well be ;
seen that these two vessels would pro i
tect the adbes from dampuess from b» J
low, but as both were open at the top
there was a large cover, like an enor
mous bowl, Inverted over tbe other two
vessels.—Christian Herald.
£AST INDIAN IDOLS.
Seme That Are Guarded and Saluted
by British Troops.
In India a British guard of honor
presents arms to a stone tiger every
■day. The tiger is regarded by the na
tives as a god who drives away all
danger aud calamity, and once some
soldiers, in a spirit of mischief, over
threw the image from its resting place
and sent It rolling into the valley be
low.
So shocked and scandalized were the
natives that n revolt seemed imminent,
and Lord Comberiuerc quieted the out
raged natives by restoring tbe image
to its pedestal and ordering the regi
ment to salute it In full view of all.
Since tjjat time a Britisli troop has
kept watch over the tiger idol day by
day.
Another Indian idol which is watch
ed over by tbe British is the god
whose name is-Kink Kiak. equivalent
to “Lord of Lords." which is supposed
■to be asleep for <1.000 years and whose
awakening will be the end of all
things.
Hence the natives of the city of
Pegu, in Burma, are terribly afraid
that some one will arouse tbe god. so
tbe British government, to avert trou
ble. stationed a sentry there to prevent
this catastrophe.
Once a year a strange custom is ob
served in Cairo. A piece of carpet on
■which, according to tradition, Ma
homet once sat and which is the most
famous sacred relic of Islam, is car
ried through the streets, and the khe
dive aud his troops all receive it in re
view order and salute it as they pass.
The relic ts guarded most carefully
at ordinary times, and the officer in
charge of it each morning must sa
lute it with his sword raised, while
the bugler blows three blasts before it
—Exchange.
SENTRIES FOR CHURCHES.
A Custom Forced by Native Feuds In
the Melanesian Islands.
In the Melanesian islands the natives
carry on fends with a more relentless
hatred even than Jhe vendettistes of
Corsica. In 'hese islands Christianity
has been made, at least in outward
aspect, the religion of the people.
That it really does mean something
to the Melanesian is evidenced by the
reply l received from an intelligent old
chief when I asked him why he did not
become a Christian.
"I'm to be,” he said, “when 1 kill the
devil whp kill my boy five years ago."
So relentlessly are these feuds car
ried on that it Is the custom for a na
tive of wealth with a grievance against
another, but who finds it impossible or
inexpedient to kill his enemy and se
cure ids head himself, to hire a profes
sional murderer and pay him upon the
delivery of the head.
Often In the years that are just gone
indiscriminate killing went on with
such savage persistence that even dur
ing church service “pot shots” were
taken at marked worshipers through
the doors and windows.
The situation became so acute In one
village that the government was peti
tioned, and the response was the loan j
to the missionary of a rifle.
The missionary took tbe bint and |
armed one of his natives who stood j
guard outside the church during serv- !
ices.
And so it became tbe fnsbionson many
of the islands to add a sentry to the !
church rolls.—Cleveland Plain Dealer
_ i
How a Coat Fire Protects Itself. ■
A curious way in which a fire in the I
heart of a coal pile keeps itself from :
being put out is noted in a mining '
journal. Such fires often start in the j
interior of large piles of coal owing
to heat developed by slow oxidation. >
which is prevented by tbe size of the j
pile from escaping into tbe air. Such !
fires are difficult to put out owing to \
the fact that the burning mass turns
the coal around it into coke, which is i
nearly impervious to water. The pile i
may thus be thoroughly drenched with
out putting out the fire, which it never j
really reaches. The only way to deal j
with the situation is to drive into the !
pile a sharpened Iron pipe loug enough
to reach the burning coal and then to
couple a hose to the upper end and
turn on tbe water.
A Drbadful Mistake.
Glympe (in railway carriage)—This i
is a splendid book, a masterpiece. 1 I
recommend you to buy it Gumph— j
I wonder how it is selling. Glympe— |
It is selling in thousands. Can’t pub
lish it fast enough. I’m the publisher,
so 1 ought to know. Gumph—I’m so
glad to hear you say that, because 1 am
the author. Glympe isuddcnly col
lapses)—Well—er—er—that is, it may
sell fast But there are very serious
risks." (Swoons away.)—London Mall.
8ha Valued Her Mead.
Henry VIII. after the death of Jane
Seymour had Borne difficulty in getting
nnotber wife.' His first offer was to
the dowager Duchess of Milan, but her
answer is said to have been: “I have
only one head. If I bad two one
should certainly be at his service.”
Mis Feat.
"Tour friend had quite an acrobatic
promotion.”
“How’s that?”
“Went up over a lot of other peo
ple’s beads.”—Baltimore American.
8till on High.
The moon boasted.
“And yet when I left the earth all
the wiseacres said I would come down
like a stick,” she cried.—New York
Sun.
Josh Billings used to say that wheD
a man begins going downhill aH cre
ation seems greased for the occasion.
VALDEZ - and - ANCHORAGE
CITY EXPRESS
Meets all boats! On the job, day or night
We never sleep.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundiy
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone liij
Foot Keystone Ave
Routrh Dry ICc 11)
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose,' Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Deck. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephon 26
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the’way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line.
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE, 11:00 A. M.—
Monday, Mar. 5, Admiral Farragut for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Wednesday, Mar. 15, Admiral Watson for Seward and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 10, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 20, Admiral Farragut, for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 2, Admiral Watson, for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 9, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 16, Admiral Farragut for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 23, Admiral Watson, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 30, Admiral Bvans, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to 8aa Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday* coaaectlng with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Sonthern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr* Seattle: VALDEZ DOCK CO* Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, BOTH AND 80TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service tor Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, BUaznar, Valdes and La
touohe. Explosives, B. S, Seward, on the 8th; La touche, on the ISth; a S.
Cordova, 28th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
r. B. TRACT, Gea'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO* I .oral Agent.