Exceptional
Values
We are making some extraordinary low prices
on broken size and odd^ lot merchandise; such
as Men’s Six and Bight Dollar Sweater Coats
at $1.50; Three Fifty to Five Dollar Sweaters
at $1.00; Men’s Dollar Leather Mitts at 50c.;
Men’s Two Fifty Underwear at $1.50; also
many other excellent values. A visit to this
store will convince you.
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.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
Fbweino DENTIST
in both companies tourtten vears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
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Phone b THE DENT/STl
Office rooms over Oivl Druk store. Office hours
9 a. m.. tofipjn.. T p. m., to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appolntmlft All work kuaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. BO
HOURS—9 to 12 a. a.; 1 to 6 and7 to9p. m.
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaeka
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices In Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
)Civil Engineer and’
. U. S. Deputy Land and
’ ‘ Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdez, Alaska,
LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party of Alaska
Meets every Saturday at 8 p. m.
Next door to 8enate Saloon.
Everybody Welcome.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners {
H. M. CARTER, President.
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdes, Alaska.
Modesty.
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Subscribe for the Prospector.
1 THE READING TABLE
There is no light that m kes night
reading so easy as does Electricity. An
Electric portable is a source of pleasure
in every homo—as well as a means of
health. Tho entiro body suffers if tho
eyes become affected. Reading in im
proper light is one of tha worst things
for the eyes. Get an Electric Portable
and read in comfort and peace.
i
Alaska Water, Light Telephone & Company.
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AN ECCENTRIC RUSSIAN.
Zabarln Waa a Clavar Doctor, but Ha
Had Funny Ways.
Dr. Zabarln was one of tbe most fa
mous as be was also tbe most eccen
tric of physicians in Russia.
Even wben be was summoned to at
tend Czar Alexander IIL in bis last
illness Dr. Zabarln required the same
preparation for bis visit to tbe im
perial palace os to any of bis less ex
alted patients’ bomes—that is to say,
all dogs bad to be kept out of the
way, all clocks stopped and every door
thrown wide open.
Following a process of gradual un
dressing, he left bis furs in the ball,
bis overcoat in tbe next room, bis
rubbers in the third and, continuing,
arrived at tbe bedside in ordinary in
door costume. This was only one
phase of Dr. Zabarin's golden theory
that "you should take a rest before
you are tired." Accordingly be sat
down after walking every few yards
and every eight steps In going op
stairs.
From tbe patient’s relatives and ev
ery one else In tbe bouse be reqnired
absolute silence until he spoke to them,
when bis questions bad to be answer
ed by “Yes” or “No” and nothing
more. To the actual patient, how
ever, he was courtesy and considera
tion In tbe highest degree.
HENS IN WINTER.
They Stop Laying Egga Because The;
Acquire Too Much Fat.
That hens stop laying as« winter
progresses Is a fact known to every
fanner and chicken fancier; also, indi
rectly. to every housewife through the
rise in the price of eggs. The reason is
explained by the Itevue Sclentlflque,
which says that the egg producing or
gans degenerate through too much fat
This condition Is the consequence of
too great abundance of food during the
winter, coupled with lack of exercise,
due to the narrow limits of the ordi
nary chicken run.
The fat invades the liver and piles up
in the heart; the blood becomes slug
gish and the lungs do not take up
enough oxygen to insure combustion of
the fat
“The obvious remedy,” says the
Scientific American, “Is to give less
food to hens which stop laying.” Mr.
[ Brocbemin. in an article in L’Acclima
> tation, advises that starchy foods, such
[ as corn, rice and barley, be limited.
> while an abundance of such green food
J as cabbage, boiled clover, sorrel, etc..
> be given. Also the bens must be made
I to take exercise by giving them a large
> run and by mixing their food with
[ straw, etc., so that they will have to
> work for their food.
» ___
> '.
► Lawyers on Strike.
[ In 1789 John Scott earl of Cion
► mell, who was lord chief Justice of
t Ireland, made some insulting remarks
' from the bench to Mr. Haeket, a mem
1 ber of the bar, who was conducting
an argument before him. A general
meeting of the bar was called, a se
vere condemnation of his lordship’s
conduct voted with only one dls
sentient and an unprecedented resolu
tion passed that until his lordship pub
licly apologized no barrister would
either take a brief, appear in the
king's bench or sign any pleadings for
the court This strike experiment was
actually made. The judges sat but
no counsel appeared, no cause was
prepared, the attorneys all vanished,
and their lordships had the court all
to themselves. There was no aiterna
five, and next day Lord CUmmell pub
lished a very ample apology by adver
I tisetnent in the newspapers and mndo
it appear ns If written on the evening
of the offense and therefore volun
j tary.—London Law Times.
The Curse of Mexico.
Xochltl. tile beautiful Indian maiden
of 900 years ago. is responsible for tlie
Mexican nntionnl drink, pulque, pro
nounced poolkay. She was tlie first to
drink tbe sweet liquid from the ma
guey plant, cousin of the aloe, that
blooms once In 100 years. The drink In
Its fresh state Is quite harmless, but
tbe modern Mexicans have debased It
by fermentation, and It has now be
come the curse of Mexico. It appears
to have much tbe same effect as some
other national drinks, for It softens tbe
brain, ruins the digestion and paralyses
tbe nerves. So disastrous a hold has
pulque upon the poorer classes that
employers of labor avoid workers from
tbe maguey fields If tbey can get labor
elsewhere.—Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele
graph.
A Shocking 8tory.
“What’s the show?" asked tbe man
with a large bat and long dalr.
“ ‘Hamlet,’ ” replied tbe man In tbe
box office.
“Wbat's It like?"
“Well, a man murders bis stepfather
out of revenge for tbe murder of bis
own father. At tbe finish there ts a
mlxup with swords and poison and"—
“That’ll do. 1 guess I'll stroll ont
and see a cabaret I’m tired of these
crook plays.”—Washington Star.
Tho Bettor Way.
“8o you bare decided to forget all
fiarty grievances and forgive your eno
rnles?”
“Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum “li
Is better to let bygones be bygones
than take chances on being a mu
been.”—Washington Star.
On Thin loo.
Tbe moment a young fellow knowr
better wbat la right and wbat la wrong
than bis mother the lad la on thin tee.
-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Success la tbe product of tbe anm of
oar year* multiplied by oar good ac
tions
MOISTURE AND DUST.
Why Thia Rain Combination In tha Air
8howa a Rad 8un.
An old weather proverb runs, “A red
gun baa water In bia eye,” and tbe con
dition which gave rise to It la explain
ed by Professor YV. J. Humphreys of
tbe United States weather bureau in
a discussion of some useful weather
proverbs.
Tbe condition that most favors a red
mn la a great quantity of dust—espe
cially smoke particles—in a damp at
mosphere. Smoke alone in sufficient
quantity will produce this effect, but
It is Intensified by the presence of
moisture.
The blue and other short wave
length colors of sunlight are both scat
tered and absorbed to a greater extent
by a given amount of dust or other
substance, such as water vapor, than
is the red, and this effect becomes
more pronounced as the particles coa
lesce.
Hence when the atmosphere is heav
ily charged with dust particles that
have become moisture laden we see
the sun as a fiery ball.
It has been known that this dust has
much to do with rainfall, since it was
proved by the physicist Aitken years
ago that cloud particles, and therefore
rain, will not under ordinary conditions
form in a perfectly dust free atmos
phere, but will readily form about
dust motes of any kind in an atmo
sphere that is sufficiently damp. A red
sun, therefore, commonly Indicates the
presence of both of the essential rain
elements—that is, dust and moisture.—
Itoclcy Mountain News.
COURT TRIALS IN FRANCE.
Three Judges and Two Sets of Jurors
In Each Criminal Case.
Most interesting Indeed is it to watch
the trial of u criminal in Paris, espe
daily when defended by a woman.
French procedure Is quite different
from ours.
There are two sets of Jurors, who
must sit throughout the trial, so that
any mishap to any Juror in the group
selected to determine the facts is pre
vented from retarding the trial by the
Immediate substitution of one of the
jurors from the second group. Three
jndges always sit in all the assizes at
every trial.
The prosecuting attorney, beginning
with the words “1 accuse,” reads the
Indictment to the prisoner and does not
speak again. The presiding justice
does all the questioning, and there
seem to be no rules of evidence to re
strict his questions. The defending at
torney at the close of the trial ad
dresses the jury. He has the last word
before the judge’s charge.
A word here about the criminals of
France. I have never seen a worse
looking lot than those ‘‘Apaches.’’ 1
was told that they are the descendants
of criminals, and they looked it Com
paring them with our criminals, 1 was
led to stute that the United States had
no criminal class, and it will be our
own fault if we permit a criminal class
to exist.—Mary M. Lilly in Case and
Comment
The Blushing Tree.
The blushing tree gets its name from
the change of hue it assumes when
the rain falls ou It As the drops
drench the leaves, gradually bat un
mtstakably the green tint gives way to
pink. In a few minutes the green
fades from sight Only in a few half
hidden spots beneath broad branches
aud on its trunk is there a tinge of
green to be seen. After an hour or
more, when the shower is over, the
tree assumes its familiar green once
more. Certain tiny insects, and uot
the tree itself, change color These
peculiar parasites are possessed of the
power of chameleons. In the warm
sunshine they are greener than the
tree on which they live, but when the
chilly rain falls upon them they con
tract their tiny backs and become a
pretty pink in tint. Millions of these
change the entire appearance of the
tree nnd make It seem to be blushing
Anti-euffragistic.
Southerners are notoriously fond of
hot rolls, but they have a confection
called Sally Lunn which Is even more
highly prized among them. It Is not
the sort of thing one has every day. It
Is for special occasions.
“Oncle William," said the housewife
to tbe much spoiled old family servant
who presided over most of the domes
tic arrangements—“Unc’ William, don’t
you think it is about time for us to
have some Sally Lunn?”
“Nnw’m, Miss Ma’y. naw’m. Don’t
let’s have none er dnt I ain’t never
hud no fancy for dat female bread!”—
New York Post
Truth or Fiction?
"Ah. what a difference there Is,’’ re
marked tbe cynic wearily, “between
courtship and marriage! Courtship Is
made up of soft nothings—marriage of
hard facts."
And he broke tbe world's record for
a sigh.-New York Times.
Pointed Remarks.
Willie—Paw, what are pointed re
marks?
Paw—Tbe kind a man makes when
be steps on a tack, mj son.—Cincin
nati Enquirer.
In the Wee 8ma* Hour*.
She (at tbe top of tbe stain)—What’s
all tbat noise down there! Be (in tbe
ball)—I guess It must be tbe dawn
breaking, dearie.—Baltimore American.
Consistent.
“How devoted yonr husband la to
continued storiear
"Tee; be even begins tbe day wtth
a cereal.*—Baltimore American.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
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CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall ^
Street, next to Road Commission
! 7 a m to 9 a rn
Lunch 12 rn to 1 t> m
6 to 7 i» in
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
Chas. Perry
’Settle"
si Complete Services
' IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, T»,
ritory of Alaska, ss.:
I, Charles E. Davidson, Secretary
of the Territory of Alaska, do here
by certify that on this date there has
been filed in my office consent of
stockholders to dissolution of the
James E. Wilson Transportation
Company, a domestic corporation or
ganized under the laws of the Terri
tory of Alaska, and said corporation
is therefore dissolved.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed tlio
Great Seal of the Territory of Alas
ka. at Juneau, this 21st day of De
cember, 1914. (Seal.)
CHARLES E. DAVIDSON,
Secretary of Alaska.
Publications Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner's Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of I.
D. Flynn, deceased.—Notice of settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that W. T.
Scott, the administrator of he estate
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and til
ed in the above entitled court, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th day of February. 11)15, at the
hour of two o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the court room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez. Alaska,
has been duly appointed by me, the
undersigned, as the Judge of said
court, as the time and place for the
settlement of said account, at which
time and place any and all persons
interested in said estate, may appear,
file esceptions in writing to the said
account or otherwise contest the al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23rd
day of December, 1914.
(Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex Officio
Probate Judge, for the Recording
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date last publication February 21,
1915.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back" a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
wiith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
7 ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
It you want all tba nawa aB <ha
time, read fee Proapaator.