STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper lock Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
pH0NF 7 FOR MEN ONLY
HIGH TONED TAILORING
to high toned men. Gentlemen
who are the meat exacting in
the style and fit of their gar
ments swear by us. Our fab
rics are of the highest grade,
cut and fit by most skillful tai
lors and at the same prices
paid for inferior work.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
1891 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1917
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and 8UILOER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
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 j S. BLUM A CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Afar Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAFLY
Phone 03 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT ('has. Fischer, Propr.
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
Independent Steam Laundry 1
tiaListaction Guaranteed
Telephone 86
I Foot Keyatone Avu j
I Rough Dry lCc lb
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Location notices, noth quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Complete line of Balk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf
Anything m nugget and ivory Jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
RexaU! Rexall! Investigate Rex
all products at the Owl Drug Store. If
Valentines, three for five cents and
upward, at the Emporium. tf
The best of everything in box
Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen tf
Hot drinks are in full swing at the
Candy Kitchen tf
For nrst-class meals aid good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
.Subscribe for the Prospector.
Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker. Phone 131. tf
Pictures and Panoramic Views
make flue presents. Valdez Drag
Co. tf
Prospector ads bring results.
For Sale.
Lop-Cared Malamute Dog, 15 mos.
old, weight 103 lbs.; price f. o. b. Val
dez $75.00. Address, Box 232,
Douglas. Alaska. k3-l-17
BUY HIGH CLASS BONDS.
Tha Safaty Firat Idw In tha Invaat
mant af Monay.
The bond buyer never falls. Tha
speculator often does. The reason la
that the bond buyer Is an Investor
and the speculator a gambler. This Is
not to say that money Is not made In
speculatiou, f<»r the records prove to
the contrary.
No country in the world offers bet
ter or safer opportunities for invest
ment In well secured, first class negoti
able bonds — always commanding a
ready market—than the United States.
Bond sales aggregating vast amounts
occur daily on the Stock Exchange in
railway, industrial and public utility
obligations of ihe highest class. .Lead
ing bankers and financial institutions
are daily dealing in bonds equally
high class and gilt edged that are not
listed on the exchange. These include
farm mortgages, public utilities, in
dustrial and railroad obligations.
The great life insurance companies
and savings banks and trustees of
estates are all heavy purchasers of
securities of this character, for they
are not permitted to engage in specu
lation and are in most instances limit
ed very strictly to Investments of the
safest type.
The enormous transactions in these
securities have given to hankers and
brokers of the highest rank au estab
lished business and a large clientele,
and it is to the interest of dealers in
such securities to sell no other bonds
than those which are dependable.
Bonds of this character in most in
stances give a better yield than can lie
bad from the savings banks with
equal stability. And when these se
curities are recommended to the in
vestor by banks and bankers of un
questioned Integrity nothing better chu
be found for the person who seeks
safety first.—Leslie's Weekly.
DIRT KILLS OYSTERS.
The** Bivalve* Ar* th* Cl*an**t of All
Our Soa Food*.
The following facts about oysters arc
given by a member of a family that
bas been connected with the oyster
trade for 300 years:
The average oyster before suitable
for consumption Is between three and
four years of age. They are undoubt
edly the cleanest as well as the most
nutritions of fish, for it is a fact that if
anything In the way of dirt gets into
the shell of any oyster it immediately
dies.
The embryo oyster when it Is aboul
twelve months old is planted in the
most suitable waters. The young oys
ters are taken out tn flat bottomed
Imats, shoveled overboard in likely
ts and allowed to remuin there til!
they are sizable and ready for catch
ing. This is done by means of dredges,
which go over the oyster beds with a
large rake arrangement dragging from
ropes on ’.lie liottom of the sea, th.
oysters being tints forced from tbe be.l
into the large nets fastened to the In
side of the rake.
Tlie breeding powers of oysters arc
simply amazing, and it has been com
puted that 1,000 full grown parents
product1 4-40,000,000 embryos in tin*
course of a year, lint of these it is es
timated that only 421 individuals reach
maturity, for the mortality '. ■ enor
mous. millions being washed awav at.d
detoured by. hungry fishes.—Buffalo
Times.
Dutchess County.
Dutchess county in New York was
[ mimed for the Duchess of York when
I the colonial assembly in 10S3 divide j
I the province into twelve counties am.
-hires. There was also a Duke coun
1 ty. mimed in honor of the Duke of
j York, but that name lias since disap
peared. There has been a good deal
of discussion as to the presence ui
the “t" in the word, and it has been
I suggested that it lias been retained
j because of some association with the
1 Dutch settlers. But it should be re
membered that the English word
“duchess” was spelled with a “t“ and
a final “e” until the publication of Dr.
Johnson's dictionary. In 17.V>. standard
ized its present' spelling.—New York
Times.
Smart Saying*.
Lord Palmerston's reply to the illiter
ate member who asked him. “Are there
two hens in 'Oniton ?” is a specimen of
his rather boisterous chaff. “No. Only
one. That’s why heggs are so scarce
there."
Mr. Disraeli’s comment upon a por
trait of himself, “Is it not hideous—
and so like?" exhibited a discernment
not common with unflattered sitters.—
“Twenty Years In Parliament."
Between Girl*.
"She sits out on the front porch a
good deal, but she always has her nose
in a book.”
“She knows her bit. In addition to
getting a reputation for being literary,
she shows off to better advantage that
way. Her hair Is her good feature, not
her nose.”—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Jerusalem Artiehokes.
Jerusalem artichokes have no con
section either witlf-Jerusalem or art)
chokes, but are a kind of sunflower
The name “Jerusalem” is a corruption
of the Italian “girasole," derived from
a fancy that the flowers keep turning
to the sun.—London Chronicle.
What Did She Mean?
Saleswoman (to purchaser of widow •
bonnet)—Would you like to try it on
before the glass, madam? Customer
No, thank you, miss. It ain’t for me.
I wish it wus.—Stray Stories.
When the ship is sunk every on*
knows how she might have been
saved.
BASKETBALL GAME
ENDS IN SQUABBLE
The basketball game at Moose hall
last night between the Moose team
end a picked team from the Post and
Plnzon teams, ended in the picked
team marching from the floor, and
forfeiting the game to the Moose
team. Up to the time the disagree
ment arose owing to the alleged
coaching of the Moose team from tht
floor by Referee Keesier. the game
was an exceptionally clever one, both
sides playing for blood, and bringing
tnc audience to their feet with bril
liant team work. The Moose team
forged slowly ahead however, the,
score standing 17 to ten in their fav
or at the end of the first half. After j
ten minutes' play during the second !
hall a disagreement arose between |
I lie members of the picked team and i
Umpire Keesier, and the picked team j
refused to play longer. The score was
30 to 15 in the Moose team’s favor,1
| at this time, and both teams were
playing exceptionally swift ball.
The audience was greatly disap
pointed over the outcome of the game
I as it was one of the best ever played j
Ion the floor of the hall, and will prob
ably be the end of basketball, as it
.will be difficult to find another team
■ to play on anywhere near even terms
with the Moose.
I The game between the Whites and
(he Blues was an excellent one, the
i girls showing marked improvement
j since their last game, both in team
Iwork and shooting baskets. The
; bell found the score 21 to 11 in favos
! of the Blues.
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DRY NATION BY 11118
IS THE PREDICTION
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24.—
That the entire United States will be
voted dry by the end of 1917 was the
prediction made here today by the
Anti-Saloon League of America. The
claim is based on the following:
Pending dry legislation will be
passed at the present session of con
gress, as a result of the "undisputed
growth of public sentiment in favor
of it,” and the 139 new house of rep
resentative members will swell the
ranks of the 197 members of thj
house who favored the Hobson n t |
tional prohibition bill.
Many of them, it is pointed out, I
have been elected from states which j
haev been elected from states which
have recently gone dry or have de
clared their intention of so doing.
Virginia, Alabama, Iowa, Nebraska,
and Michigan have adopted prohibi
tion laws since the vote was taken in
congress on the Hobson constitution a'
amendment bill.
“It is reasonable to assume th.
movement will have all of the con
gressional votes of these states—a
gain of 15.”
BABY IK ANXIOUS
TO SERVE COUNTRY
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24.—Un
cle Sam s youngest volunteer has
come to the fore with an offer o
place his baby wireless plant an.!
preconscious talent at the disposal ol
the government if there is need.
Everett Twombly, aged S. of 270
Oakland avenue, Pasadena, in a let
ter received here by V. Ford Greaves.
United States radio inspector, say:
he has a wirless plant with a radius
of *>00 miies which iie will gladly
enroll in his country’s service.
Everett requests copies of the ar
my and navy codes that he may be
prepared.
Why not a V1CTROLA? We have
them from $15. up. Valdez Drug
Co. if
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THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
| OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1017
Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
| per in the World gives so much
at so low a price.
I
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The value and need of a newspaper
jin the household was never greater
ithan at the present time. Tho great
• war in Europe is now half-way Into
|it8 third year, and whether peace bo
at hand or afar off the events to fol
jlow will be world shaking.
'The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice a Week World, The
Daily Prospector and The Week’/
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 15$ copies or
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for thir
price. Can you afford to be without
them.
The Thrico-a-Week World,
The Daily Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
! ALlL FOB $13.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly
'Miner are the only papers published
at Valdez, and are replete with local
land world news. The Miner makes a
| specialty of Territorial News in con
densed form. The World Is too well
Iknown to our readers to dilate upon
; itB field of usefulness,
j SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a fire insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if Are does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresight is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
T TONY’S PLACE™
EVERYTHING
FI RSI CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Onr Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle to Valdez— From Valdez for Seattle—
Feb. 15—S. S. Adm. Farragut
For Seward Feb. 23—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Feb. 26—S., S. Adm. Watson.
For Kodiak Mar. 8—S. S. Adm. Watson
Mar. 2—S. S. Adm. Brans
Mar. 9—S. S. Adm. Farragut Mar. 10—S. S. Admiral Brans
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San FYanalsco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday*
San Franefsco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Hailing* from Seattle— ' Valdez to Seattle—
Feb. 1#—S. S. Alaska Feb. 16—9. S. Mariposa
Feb. 24—S. S. Northwestern Feb. 23—S. S. Alaska
Mar. 1—S. S. Mariposa Mar. 4—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. 8—S. 9. Alaska Mar. 8—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 16—S. S. Northwestern Mar. 16-—9. 9. Alaska
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell. Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Kllamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. II. TRACY, Oen’l Agent Y tl.Uk/. DOCK CO.. Local Agent
Make it a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to Elec
trification, you’ll enjoy the comfortable accommo
dations and you’ll like the little courtesies inci
dent to “Milwaukee” service.
J. C. Martin, Vtldez, Phone 1 A. E. Harrii, T. P. A. Jnnean, AJaaka.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
! Rexall! Rexall! Always gets first
call by discriminating buyers wh->
know that Rexall stands for superla
tive excellence. Owl Drug Store, ex
elusive agents. ft
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdes
Drug Store. tf
For fine Candies see our stock.'
Valdez Drug Co. tf
A new line of Beaters prloed right,'•
at Mead’B. tf
Jnst received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Oo.
*
Ju8t Received—th* latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Oo. tf
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CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe, t_at bae* iue for you. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
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LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Location notices, ootn quartz and
I placer, at the Miner offlf e.