Send an order to the
“BUFFET”
for a case of the famous
VALDEZ BREW
“The Best Ever.”
PHONE 7.
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR ail HOLDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of
wall board kept in stock at all times
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ ALASKA
Phone 18
REFERENCES I S. BLUM A CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS \ B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaaka.
Merchant’s Cafe
PhoM 08 OPKN DAY AND NIGHT Ch*». Klseher, Propr.
,11'HT AN ORDINARY
GOOD KIT
isn't sufficient for our standard
of tailoring. The garments must
fit perfectly at every point or it
is no sale with us. We would
like to show you our skill by
making that new suit for you.
Drop in and select the cloth and
leave the rest to us. Don't wor
ry about the cost. We don’t
break you or come anywhere
. near it.
BEN SILVERMAN
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS ant* OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hone, Pipe and FtttinS*
Valdes Dock. Oi>i>osUe Prospector Office. Telephone 2d
YOUR COLLARS WILL
KEKL FINK
around your neck if we launder
them. No rough edges or torn
button holes to aggravate you
and chafe your skin. Your shirts
too. will be Just stiff enough
and faultlessly Ironed. In short,
you’ll receive the greatest sat
isfaction for the least money.
Shall we call today?
INDEPENDENT
STEAM LAUNDRY
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS AND BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
THE PINZON
TOBACCO AND CIGARS
Mtefm
t^ticJ,^ChocoT3tCJ,
POOL AND BILLIARDS
PHONE 69 Me Kinley St, Valdez
XnM Goods
and useful articles are now coming
on ever? boat, tor the Emporium, tf
VaMea Mi Waa
UattMt .#T cents n peu4, OMjr
Dock; halibut .05 oenta pound on
fishing grounds; black cod .01 1-1
cents.
O. W. LONG.
Valdes Iron Worse. If you haunt
anything bles t* do gn tshfcw. if
ah, , i
AGRICULTURAL ANT OF TEXAS
Creatufe* Are Regular Farmers and
Their Hemes Are Marvels of
8kltl and Strength.
Texas has trillny varieties of the nnt
family. Out on the “Llano EstHrado."
or Staked Plain, they nre so numerous
that their hills look like the billows
of a rolling sea.
One of the most powerful und for
midable insects in the Southwest is the
agricultural ant of Texas, observes a
naturalist. These busy creatures are
regular farmers, and f elr homes are
marvels of architectural skill and
strength.
Think of a house from 12 to IS feet
high, built by a little ant. and which
is so strong and well sup|s>rted that
cattle and buffaloes cun walk over It
and yet not crush In this wonderful
dome.
It is said that If a horse, in pro
isirtlon to his slse. could leap as far
ns a tlea, that in one Jump he would
go dear around the world. Nov. If
a Ilian constructed a house according
to the same pro|«ortlon* of an aDt's
domicile. It would he more than a mile
high.
These agricultural nuts. next to a
lice, are the most Industrious crea
tures on earth. They sow, reap and
garner Just like farmers, and during
the warm season lay h,v sufficient store
for winter’s use.
WORK OF MOTHER NATURE
Formation of Cube* and Patterns, Per
fectly Symmetrical, Charaeter
ietic of Oem-Stonee.
The original geometrician was Moth
er Nature. Observe her work in the
making of crystals. Each kind of gem
stone crystallises on a certain iiattern
of Its own, perfectly symmetrical: It
Is the same way with metals when
they form crystals, says a writer.
If a cupful of salt and water be al
lowed to evaporate slowly in a cool
IiIhcc, the salt will take the form of
ever so many eulies, each one of them
perfect.
One miners I in crystallizing will In
variably take the shape of an octa
hedron. another of a dodecahedron.
Yet another will assume the form of
a multitude of cubes, perhaps half an
inch on an edge, with a chip accurate
ly cut off of each corner. It seems
like n Joke.
(Sold and silver crystallize as cubes.
A crystal of iron sulphide resembles
in shape a wild rose. Water has Its
own crystalline forms, like any other
inineriil. lee, of course. Is a kind of
rock—as much a rock as granite—but
Is remnrkahle for Its low melting
point. This Is lucky for us, because
this rock. In a molten condition, fur
nishes us with drink.
Homaoe Paid Jean of Arc.
Old and new were reunited whet.
Orleans and New Orleans met In the
fifteenth century hotel de vllle of the
city on the Loire at the heart of France
recently, says a l’arls correspondent
The bicentenary of the new world city
was the occasion of the United States
delegates' visit. Homage was paid to
Joan of Are. the champion of the me
dieval struggle for freedom. She was
the subject of French anil American
speeches, and (lowers and a bronze
palm lenf were laid at the foot of
her stntue. A pilgrimage, too. was
made to the fort of Tourelles, so fa
mous In the defense of the city by the
maid. The events of those far-gone
centuries served as a distant romantic
background to the present struggle. In
which the most recent figures to ap
pear on a crowded canvas are those
of the United States soldiers on the
Flanders front. Side by side with (he
mention of medieval names and events
were heard, in the old hulls of Orleans
those of President Wilson and the
battle of the Marne.
Just as Easy.
Two commercial travelers, while ou
a train on the Oregon Electric railway,
got Into an argument over the action
of the automatic brake.
"It’s the inllution of the tube that
stops the train.' ibs-lared the first trav
eler.
"Wrong, w l ong !” shouted the second.
"It’s the output of the exhaustion.”
So they wrangled for an hour. Then,
when the train arrived at the station
they agreed to submit the matter for
settlement to the motorman. That gen
tleman, leaning eondescendiugly from
the door of his car, listened with an
attentive frown to the two travelers'
statement of their argument. Then he
smiled, shook his head, and said:
"Well, gents, ye’re both wrong aboui
the working of the vacuum brake. Yet
It's very simple and easy to under
stand. When we wunt to stop the
train we Just turn this ’ere tap, aud
then we fill the pipe with vacuum.”
Coal Production in France.
Kecent figures of coul production in
France, an Industry of which the de
partment of the Loire, In the St.
Etienne consular district, Is an Im
portant producing center, with an an
nual output of over 3,000,000 tons,
show an Increase from 1,800,000 tons
In November, 1010, to 2,307,000 tons In
March. 1917. says the Scientific Ameri
can, uml a total Increaae In production
and Importation of from 8,400,000 tons
In January, 1917, to over 4,000,000
toDB In May. This gain was made pos
sible by a readjustment of mine work
ers and a closer study of transporta
tion problems. The movement of coal
by motor lorries, In addition to other
commodities by a fleet of heavy motor
trucks purchased and operated by the
city of 8L Etienne, la a recently Inau
gurated service which has aided dis
tribution and relief of congestion ma
terially.
ASKS COOPERATION
OF All A1ASKANS
_ !
KihiiI Administrator Itesires Hotels
and Kestauranta. as Well as Mine
Cook*, to Have Kood
A telegram received yesterday from
Food Administrator Uoyal A. Gunni
son of Juneau, by District Clerk Ar
thur Lang, is as follows:
"Please call a meeting of the pro-'
prietors of all hotels, restaurants, j
cafes, and boarding house, including
mine and cannery stewards of your)
city and vicinity, and ask them to
join the United States Food Admin-!
Istrator in an effort to conserve beef,
pork, mutton, fats, wheat and sugar
by immediately observing and until
further notice following the program
of a meatless Tuesday and one meat
less meal each day. including a pork
less Saturday, (meaning the use of
no pork, bacon, ham or lard) and a
wheatless Wednesday.
“The food administrator desires
these days heretofore indiscriminate
ly observed, to become territorially
uniform, conforming with the pro
gram In the United States, thus aid
ing the general public to conform
with the rules laid down.
“No bread, crackers, butter or sug
ar should be used on the table or
counter while the meal Is served, un
less the guest specialy requests more.
Eliminate butter and animal fats
from cooking. Serve only two lumps
of cube sugar with tea or coffee. Ask
them to watch and eliminate waste
in the kitchen. Ask the local bakers
to assist by refraining from baking
wheat bread for Wednesdays and gen
erally substitute war breads for
wheat. Ask the butchers to help also.
Ask the public to observe the pro
gram in their homes until further no
tice.
“AH public eating houses on the
Gastineau Channel are now members
of the United States food administra
tion and observe this program.”
■ I » ■ 1 ■ —
FT Eli ADMINISTRATION
BLAMED COAL SHORTAGE
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Jan. 17.—
Blame for shortage of coal In Ohio
was placed entirely on the fuel ad
mlniatratlon today by James B. Du
gan. inspector of the railway division
of the Oho utilities commission, in
testimony before the senate investi
gation committee.
State authorities last summer, ex
pecting difficulty in getting coal this
winter, he said, inaugurated a plan
of distribution that was meeting
needs until the fuel commission took
charge. Thousands of cars of coal
were jammed at lake ports when
there were few ships to carry it to
the Northwest under the plan of the
fuel administration, Dugan said.
Attorney General McAllister, of
Missouri, told the commttee he was
considering anti-trust suits against
some Missouri coal operators and
dealers. McAllister agreed with what
some other students of the situation
have testified, that the best remedy
was government control of mines.
"1 know of nothing short of that for
[relief," he said.
.AMPIjK UABOK Hl’PPLY;
yi'KSTION’ OF .AD.ri NT.MKNT
WASHINGTON. I). C.. Jan. 17.—
! "There is an ample supply of labor
both for the array anil for industry,
the problem is one of proper adjust
ment," Secretary Wilson said today
in discussing plans of the department
of justice for mobilizing workers. He
estimated that in the first year of the
war the army would take only about
three per cent ofthe country’s work
ers, less than the number unemployed
under normal conditions.
The secretary will announce, prob
ably tomorrow, an advisory commis
sion to assist him in handling mobil
ization problems, including one rep
resentative of the general public, two
of labor, two of commerce and indus
try and one economist or sociologist.
Mrs. Charles Kraemer left on the
steamship Victoria for Seattle, where
she will spend the sqmmer with her
parents during Mr. Kreamer’s absence
at Slate Creek.
The steamship Admiral Evans left
Juneau at 3 o’clock yesterday after
noon, and Is expected in Valdez to
morrow.
PETROGRAD FULL OF
DIRT, CHIMB AND DISORDER
LONDON Jan. 17.—The situation
in Petrograd is depicted in the most
gloomy colors by the correspondent
ot the Times, who in a telegram dat
ed Monday, says that such a state has
not existed for three hundred years.
Petrograd, he adds is full of dirt,
disorder and crime. Burglary, rob
bery, and -murder in the most audao
WHEN FLAMES FILL
THE FACTORY
despair fills the owner who has
neglected to look after his in
surance. We handle the insur
ance of some very large con
cerns. We place it in the best
companies, pay the premiums
promptly and attend to renew
als. Let us do that for you.
It will not cost you anythin*
for our service.
Valdez Heal Estate Agency
‘v --lbl- ^
I’hone Ho. 1. VALDEZ DOCK CO., Agent, Valdez Alaska.
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships Offer Frequent,
PERFECT SERVICE
Between All Points in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
Leave Seattle M a. n>.— From Valdez to Seattle—
Jan. 12.—8. S. Admiral Evans. jan 22--S. S. Admiral Evans
Jan. 20—8. 8. -
*v IO„h i_<s _
Jan. 30—8. S. Admiral Evans r*D 1 ” ”
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Monday, Friday and Saturday for
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
IF YOUR TICKET READS ’‘PACIFIC STEAMSHIP^COMPANY”
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Prom Seattle 9 a. m —
Jan. 10—S. S. Victoria
Jan. 16—S. S. Northwestern.
Jan. 24—8. 8. Alaska.
Valdez to Seattle—
Jan. 6—S. S. Alameda.
Jan. 11—S. S. Alaska.
Jan. 17— S. S Victoria.
Call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova. Ellamar, Fort I.lscum, Valdez,
baton che and Seward, except 8. 8. Victoria which sails via “outside"
route between Seattle and Cordova.
S. 8. Victoria, sailing from Seattle January 10th connects with
S. 8. Dora at Seward for Alaska Peninsula Ports.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell. Juneau. Sheep
Creek. Treadwell. Deuglaa rikagway. Cordova Ellamar, Valdes and La
touche. Explosives Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
VALDBZ DOCK CO. Local Agent
Valdez Transfer Co.
A. M. DIERINGER, Proprietor
Office on Valdez Dock, Next to Prospector
Building.
General Trucking and Freighting to all
Interior Points
AUTOS FOR HIRE,
DAY OR NIGHT
No Coal Delivered Unless Paid in Advance
ious forms prevail to an extent hither
to unknown and there is no police
or other authority to which to ap
peal.
The food situation is very critical,
he says, and starvation appears to he
staring the people in the face.
The wretched conditions of exist
ence have been aggravated by bllud
ing snowstorms drifted by violent
winds for three nights and days, with
the temperature at 14 degrees Fahr
enheit. The correspondent of the
times thus sums up the general posi
tion of the country:
"Russian affairs have become so
desperate that only the intervention
of the allies or the Germans can pre
vent a catastrophe. As this can no
longer bo expected from the allies,
the disheartened Russian looks to the
Germans to put an end to the awful
chaos in which the country is now in
volved."
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Second Call
We will accept Liberty Bonds for
stock in the Valdez Iron Works
Make your money earn 26 per cent
Instead of 4 per cent. tf
Th’ man that starts out
with a candle to f ina
a leak m th gas,
gets quick re
sults, but they
ain’t satisfac
tory!
VELVET, The Smoothest Smoking TV>b.
is the skuwb scfirirW result of move tbu
2 yean* coring of Kentucky “Buide