or style, fit and Material
i-—I --real tailored goods
TVear a “benjam in
hand-shaped fronts, set-up necks and
elegant backs; a piece of work any
tailor would be'proud of.
n
Suits and Overcoats, from $20 up.
P. S.—We are not the Sole Agents for
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
FINE CLOTHES
though we have'some real values in those suits, from
$18.00 to $25.00
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
Steam Heat Electric Light.
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furnithcd Room. All Modern Convenience.
S.V/. THE BUFFET s.v.t
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
INative and I I TIV/IDCD and Budding
Puget Sound L.UIV1JDEjIY Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
!“ OLYMPIAN”!
The Train of Luxury
TO
Butte, Miles City, Sioux City, Minneapolis,
and St. Paul, Milwaukee, Chicago
All Points East, via the
“MILWAUKEE”
Leaves Seattle Daily at 10.15 A.M.
“A TOUR DE LUXE” is an expression supremely fitting in con
nection with a trip to the East on this palatial all-steel transconti
cental train. It combines the enjoyment of rare scenic beagties
with the pleasure of a journey in absolute ease and comfort.
No Extra Fare on This Train
For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations,
etc., cat! on or address
C. H. Kramer, General A tent, Alaska Steamdiip Co. and Alaska Coast S. S. Co.
VALDEZ. ALASKA
City Ticket Office*. Chicago. Milwaukee 4 5t. Paul Railway. 443 Hasting* Si. West
VANCOUVER. B. C.
SECOND AVE. AND CHERRY BT„ SKATTLl
•, ■ . MS
Ding, Dong! Hear that gong.
City Express
Is Coming Along
We handle your baggage,
trunks and grips, by day or
night. We meet all ships.
THE PINZON CIGAR STORE
DICK’S PLACE
Fine Line of Cigars snd Tobacco:
Fruits. Nuts. Candies.
Card Room Soft Drinki of All Kikdt
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
— FOR==;i. ’
PORT WELLS and
Way Ports.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
_VALDEZJDOCK
I Notice to Creditors.
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, ex officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez Precinot, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Dav
id H. Sleem. deceased; A. J. Wendler,
administrator.—Notice to creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of David H. Sleem, deceased, to the
creditors of, and al't persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within six (6) months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice, to the said administrator, at the
office of C. E. Bunnell, at Valdez,
Alaska. the same being the place for
the transaction of the business of
said estate.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 24th
day of November, 1913.
A. J. WENDLER,
Administrator of the. estate of David
H. Sleem.
Date of first pub. November 25, ’13.
Date of last pub. December 26, ’13.
For Sale.
Two bowling alleys complete, pins
and balls, also automatic pinsetter.
Will sell on terms if desired. Also
moving picture machine in first-class
condition. Enquire
AL. WHITE & CO.
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prosf'ectdr.1
TALE OF A TIGHTWAD.
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Every Man Should Take to Heart the ;
Moral It Points.
We once knew a man who was too
stingy to take the newspnper In his !
home town nn<l always went over to
borrow hts neighbor’s paper.
One evening he sent his son over to |
borrow the paper, and while the son
was on the way he ran into a large
stand of bees, nnd in a few minutes bis
face looked like a summer squash.
Hearing the agonized cries of the
son. the father ran to his assistance
and in doing so ran into a barbed wire
fence, cutting a handful of flesh from
his anntomy and ruining a $4 pair of
trousers.
The old cow took advantage of the
hole in tile fence, got Into the cornfield
and killed herself eating green corn.
Hearing the racket, the stingy man's
wife run out of the house, upsetting a
four gallon churn full of cream into a
basket of kittens, drowning the whole
flock. She slipped on the crenm and
fell downstairs, breaking her leg nnd
a $19 set of false teeth. The baby,
left alone, crawled through the spilled
cream into the parlor and ruined a $40
parlor carpet. During the excitement
the daughter eloped with the hired;
man. taking the family savings bank j
with them.
The moral is that every man should |
be a subscriber to his home newspaper.
—Brooklyn Engle.
THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE, j
That Wa« the First Order Founded In j
This Country.
How many persons have ever heard ]
of the Order of the Golden Horseshoe, !
the first order founded In America? j
In 1724. when Virginia extended '
from the Atlantic Into the unknown i
west, few of her colonists had crossed
the Blue Itidge or the Allcghanies. So
full of dangers from savages nnd wild
beasts and so full of natural difficul
ties was the passage of these terrible!
heights that Governor Spotswood, set- .
ting out to discover a pass, looked on i
the expedition as so hazardous that he j
took with him a guard of "soldiers, ■
gentlemen and pioneers.” armed and
carrying provisions. These scaled the
pass with great hardships and perils
and returned after the governor had
cut the name of King George in the
rocks on the highest peak.
He then constituted the society, or
order, of the Golden Horseshoe. Each
man who had scaled this high pass was
made n member of it. and to each one
he presented a golden horseshoe. On
the side was inscribed in Latin, "So It |
Pleases Him to Cross Mountains.”
Any man thereafter who could prove :
that he had read with his own eyes the
name of the king on the height was en
titled to become a member of this or
der.—Chicago Uecord-IIerald.
Economical Hand Bag.
“I want you to see my lovely new
shopping bag,” sahl a certain lady to
a caller the other ufternoon. “My hus
band gave it to me for my birthday, j
and it's simply grand. And it’s so eco- j
nomicni! You see, you open this and j
there are two compartments, and you
open the compartment on this side and
there is a little pocket in that, and you i
open the little pocket and there is a j
cute little pocketbook for change, with
one side partitioned olf for street ear
tickets.”
“I see,” said the culler. “But why
do you call economical?"
“Why. it takes so long to open all
the things and get to your street car
tickets that by the time you do who
ever's with you has paid your fare.”— ,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Reported Verbatim.
Very few speakers are precise and
accurate enough to stand well in an
absolutely verbatim report. I have
come across a verbatim report of a
wonderful question addressed by Lord
Chief Justice Hyde to an accused per
son. writes “A Man of Kent" in the
British Weekly. If any reader can :
make head or tail of it I should like to
hear from him. Here is the question:
“You took a man in the dark by the
throat, that man that was guilty of I
such a thing, as when that you did j
let him go to call his companions to
bring the money, bring fellows to you
single: I would be glud to know wheth
er in this case they would nob have
knocked you on the head and killed
you.”
Running No Risk.
"What,” asks the maiden aunt, “go
ing to marry that Mr. Newwun? Why.
you hardly know the man, Imogene. In
the few days you have been acquaint
ed with him you cannot possibly have
learned anything of his family or ante
cedents or habits or personal circum
stances.”
“That is true. Aunt Keturah. But
you have always told me that no wom
an who knows anything about a man
will marry him.'’
A Genius.
“Oh. doctor. I feel so discouraged
whooping cough, measles, mumps and .
croup, one after the other, and now
my child is ill again!”
"Why. the boy’s a genius!"
"A genius?”
"Yes—infinite capacity for taking
pains, you know.”—London Tit-Bits.
Soft.
"Should a.man shave up or down?"
asked a youthful clerk, and the barber
replied with a grin:
"That depends. When 1 shave you.
for Instance. I always shave down."
Eneouragoment.
.lack—I am afraid that if I aak you
to be my wife yon will treat my pro
p<y<nl ns a Joke Molly—But all Jokao
are nut rejected, .lack.
FLOWERS AS FOOD.
In India the Natives Eat Bastia Tree
Blossoms Uncooked,
In these days one would hardly call
a dinner of rosebuds a feast, nor
should we be Inclined to accept an In
vitation to dine on the blossoms of the
pumpkin vine. Vet some Indians, like
the old Aztecs, used to esteem these
flowers, when properly prepared, a
great dainty.
So. in the same way, do nntives of
many parts of India depend for food
upon the blossoms of the bassia tree.
They do not need even to cook tlie
flowers, but make a good tneal of them
raw. These blossoms are described as
sweet and sickly in odor and taste.
They are sometimes dried in the sun.
when they are kept and sold in ba
zaars as a regular article of diet.
The trees are so highly esteemed that
the threat of cutting down their bassia
trees will generally bring an unruly
tribe to terms. Tills is perhaps not to
be wondered at when it is considered
that a single tree will yield from 200
to 400 pounds of flowers. The Parsecs
cook the flowers and also make sweet
meats of them.
"Nobody would be inclined to deny
that smoked tlsh and smoked meat are
agreeable varieties in our bill of fare,
but few, perhaps, would feel ready to
plead guilty to a taste for smoked flow
ers. And yet. when wo give to the
.clove its well earned place among fla
vorings we are making use of a
smoked flower bud. The buds grow on
a small evergreen and are plucked
from the ends of the branches before
they expand. Then they are dried in
the sun and smoked over a wood fire
to give them the brown color.—Phila
delphia Press.
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USELESS THINGS.
--— i
Ghosts of the Past That Were Formi
dable In Their Time.
"An enumeration of the useless,” j
says Richard Jeffries, “would almost be
an enumeration of everything hitherto
pursued.”
What a pile of junk the men of the
world labored to produce!
Heap up all the books that are of no
possible use. the contents of ancient
libraries, books of heraldries, theo
gonles and discarded sciences, books of
wrangling and tedious arguments the
world has willingly forgot, and the
myriads of chaff products that pour
like a ceaseless Niagara from the mod- i
ern press; heap them up into one'
mountain, and from its top you could
look down upon the Himalayas.
Think of the ruined cities of tlid ori- (
ent. tlie ghostly temples of Egypt;’the !
broken fragments of castles by the ;
Rhine and the Danube, the Coliseum,
the Golden House of Nero, the Garden '
of Hadrian at Tivoli! Think of the use- ;
less sciences men studied, the faded re
ligions they once believed, the inconse
quential wars of history, the reams of
antiquated law, the gold gathered to
gether only to be misspent! Think of
the useless passions, dreams, thoughts
and desires of men!
One is sometimes tempted to think
that we front the great questions of life,
love and death as freshly, with as lit
tle advantage from experience, as tin;
cave man.—Dr. Frank Crane in Wom
an's World.
No Promotion.
TUt* late Bishop Donne of Albany, a
strict conservative, had his own views
as to woman's place In the world. No
feminist this good Tory bishop, no ad
vocate of "newness" of any sort.
Bishop Donne believed in marriage
of the real old fashioned kind, and to
bridegrooms at weddings he used some
times to make a little speech.
‘‘My young friend." he would say to
the pale and nervous bridegroom, pat- '
ting him on the back, “you are now
embarking on a long, hazardous voy
age. and I bid you remember the Fin
nish proverb.
“For the Finnish sailors have a
proverb to this effect:
" 'The man who on the ship of matri
mony signs us mate will never get pro- ,
moted.’ "—New York Tribune.
Better Than a Clock.
“My father," said the small boy to
the lady who was calling on his moth- j
er. “is a great man. He knows what j
lime it is without even looking at ilia ;
watch.”
"What do you mean. Tommy?"
queried the visitor.
"Oh, when I holler out an' ask him
what time it is In the morning, he al
ways says it's time to get up. An' j
when I ask him what time it is in the
evenin', he alius says. 'Time to go to |
beil. Tommy.' Oh. 1 tell you my father
Is a great man!"—St. I.ouis Globe
Democrat- I
Her Foreboding*.
"Why are you worrying, dear?” he
asked after they had got things set- 1
tied in their cunning little bungalow
“I was just thinking that if you turn ■
out to be as great as I expect you to
be and we have any children, they will ,
have to take their places among the
Idle rich.”—Chicago Itecord-Herald.
Not All Blank. {
"How about this shooting?”
“My client’s mind is blank, judge :
That ought to be sufficient excuse t<>
get him off.” |
“I might consider it if the cartridges ,
bad been blank too.” —Kansas City
Journal.'
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Fear and Danger.
Nervous Old Lady (to deck band on i
steamboat)—Mr. Steamboatman. is |
there any fear of danger? Deck Hand |
(carelessly)-Plenty of fear, ma’am, but ;
not a bit of danger.
Anxiety never ye* successfully Bridg
ed over any cbaam.—Ruffinl.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
L. H. Carvey left today for Seat
tle.
Fresh eastern oysters at the Val
dez Cafe. tf
Al. Lund returned to Cordova on
the Northwestern. %
Fresh Seal shipped oysters on ev
ery boat for Frye-Bruhn Co.
Al. Grigsby has leased the Ingram
house on McKinley street.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man's, the tailor. Telephone 198.
Iiert Skinner was a passenger for
Cordova on the Northwestern.
FOIt RENT-—Horse ana cutler; see
Charley Johnson at the Alameda.
Mrs. Jack H. Ingram left today to
spend the winter in the states.
The prevailing fad is Parisian Ivory
Toilet Articles. A handsome line is
being shown at the Valdez Drug Co.’s
store.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith are outgoing
passengers on the Northwestern.
The Valdez Drug Co. has an elegant
stock of Hammered Brass' Ornaments.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Frame were out
going passengers on the Northwest
ern.
Tlie Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
lamps. Telephone 07.
Sandy Carson left today 10 spend
some of the Midas money in the Spir
it City.
Sails pressed for $1.W at Silver
man's. the tailor. Telephone IDS.
E. il. Wheat, vice-president of S.
Hlam A Co., left today for the states
to recover h:s health.
Beds, rooms and lodging at the Ala
meda. Charles Johnson, proprietor.
L. L. Middleeamp, superintendent
of the Ellamar mine, is a visitor in
Valdez today on business.
I Fresh Seal shipped oysters on cv
1 ery boat for Frye-Brulin Co.
Charley Day left on the Northwest
ern for California, where he will spend
the holidays with his mother.
Kiddies Christmas chairs and rock
ers at Rudolph's.
(leorge Huscb, represent ing the
Wells-Fargo Express company, was a
passenger to Juneau on the North
western.
See the exquisite Parisian Ivory
Toilet Articles at the Valdez Drug
Company's store.
Mrs. E. C. Dalton and her mother,
Mrs. Fuller, were outgoing passengers
for the states, where they will visit
relatives.
The Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
: lamps. Telephone 57.
Judge C. M. Frazer, of Cordova,
who has been in Valdez attending to
legal business, returned to his homo
on today's steamer.
We have cigars in Christmas pack
ages. Valdez Drug Store.
Frank Gustafson, one of the orig
inal stakers of the Gold King prop
erty, was an outgoing passenger on
the Northwestern.
S. Blunt it Co. are showing the
largest line ol' Xmnx goods in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ericksen ex
tend to the children of Valdez an in
vitation to a matinee at the Orpheutu
next Saturday afternoon.
A very complete line of Xmas Art
Leather Goods is shown at the Val
dez Drug Store.
Manager Wm. Finical, of the Cop
per River Lumber company, made a
shipment of 6,000 feet of lumber to
the Imperial mine, near the Cliff.
S. Blum & Co. are sole agents for
Hart Schaffner & Marx tine suits.
The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Con
gregational church will discontinue
holding- meetings until after the holi
days. Mrs. McGUvery, president.
Chinese Chop Suey and Noodles at
the Valdez Cafe, after 7 p. m. tf
J. A. Murphy, the Latouche min
ing operator, was a passenger on the
Northwestern for Seattle, where he
will finance his Passage canal prop
erty.
Sewing Macmne for Sale—Your
choice of a White or Singer machine;
both in first-clasp condition; drop
heads; for $20,00. Call at Mrs. St.
Marie’s. - ■ tf