About Store Service
THIS store believes that its success depends more
largely on the service it renders than anything
else. While a long way from perfection these things
we are striving for:
■Ljfi prompt accurate delivery system.
—To give merchandise at right prices.
To have the goods that people want.
An efficient staff of salesmen.
A most liberal general store policy.
It is on this basis we solicit your business—Both
Phones—Number Eight.
Extra
All fancy ribbons, includ
ing Roman stripes, Dres
dens, moires and change
ables. Regular values to $1.25 a
yard. Thursday your choice at One
Third Off.
Valdez Mercantile Co. i*
TRUE VALUES
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Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Puget Sound LUMBER Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right
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W. M. FINICAL, Mgr.
Patronize a Home Industry
Phone 18
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at lO A. M. on
Sth, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer tailing 15th calls lliamna'and;Kodiak--All sailings call at Knik Anchorage
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Hirtit reserved to change schedu.e without notioc
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle. VALDEZ DOCK CO. Local Agt.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
ill both companies
Office Rooms in
Whaling Building.
Fourteen years in
VALDEZ
DR. GERMAN
Phone_l9 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Orel Drug store. Office hour*
8 a.m.. to0p. m., 7 p. m.,to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorney* at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
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DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaeka
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LAUNCH
BRIGHTON
FOR
Port Wells andWay Ports
Leaves Valdez every Saturday Morning carry
ing Mail, Passengers and Freight. Calls at
Ellamar, Weils Bay, Golden, Hobo Bay, Port
age Bay, Esther Island. Special trips by ar
rangement.
SEE CAPT. STAMEY.
This is a good time to return that
book you’ve read to the library at
Everyman’s Club. Library hours:
1 to 2 p. m. every day, Monday, Wed
days and Fridays 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
REPUBLICANS WIN
CHICAGOjLECTION
CHICAGO, April 7.—William Hale
Thompson, the Republican nominee
for mayor of this city, defeated Rob
ert M. Swetzer in the election held
here yesterday and will succeed Car
ter Harrison, the present mayor, who
has held the office for six terms, but
failed to secure the nomination at the
primaries.
The women vote was a large factor
in yesterday’s election and they work
ed largely for Thompson.
The three Johnson brothers arrived
in Valdez last evening from Fair
banks.
"Dad” Ingram, who made a business
trip to Portland, In returning home
on the Alameda.
Joe Stanton, the mail contractor,
accompanied by his wife, are return
ing home on the Alameda, which left
Seattle last evening.
W. A. Root, of Seward, passed
through on the steamer Mariposa this
morning after a trip to the states.
Captain Peabody, who is develop
ing some promising mining property
on Portage bay, returned to the mine
this morning with a large shipment
of suppllies.
Mail Clerk Thwaites, of the Mari
posa, came up town this morning look
ing well pleased with the world. He
has taken unto himself a bride since
his last trip here and purposes bring
ing her to see Alaska when the sea
son gets a little further advanced.
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Notice of Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdez Electric
Company.
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the stockholders of
the Valdez Electric Company, will be
held at the offices of the company,
in ‘he town of Valdez, Alaska, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915,
at the hour of 2 o’clock, in the after
noon of said day, for the purpose of
considering the question of increasing
the capital stock of said company,
from its present capitalization, name
ly twenty-five thousand dollars, di
vided into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each,
to the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be divided into
one hundred thousand snares of ttie
par value of one dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend Its
articles of incorporation, so that its
indebtedness may be increased to a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars, with full power to issue bonds
in payment of all of its indebted
ness, and to mortgage or otherwise
hypothecate its property or any part
thereof, for the purpose of securing
such indebtedness. Also authorizing
the company to amend its articles of
incorporation, so that it may acquire
by purchase or otherwise water rights,
water power, and the lands incident
al thereto, and that it may reduce the
number of its directors from seven
to three.
And you are hereby notified to be
present at said meeting either in per
son, or by your regularly authorized
proxy or attorney in fact for the pur
pose of considering said questions.
This notice is hereby served on
you by publication thereof, in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper
published at Valdez, Alaska, which
is the principal place of business of
said company. Said notice will be
published in said newspaper for eight
consecutive weeks, beginning with the
issue of February 24th, 1915, and end
ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915.
Witness our hands as directors of
said company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL,
GEO. J. LOVE,
Directors.
CHas. Perry
s\Comp/efe Services.
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| l55Rooma with fefli-50 Sample Rooms
On the basis of Security and Service
we solicit your account.
4 WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
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VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
BARRIE’S LITTLE JOKE.
Ha Waa a Failure as a Presiding Officer
and He Knew It.
There Is only ono recorded instance
of Sir J. M. Barrie’s acting as chair
man of a public meeting. In the Cen
tury Magazine Mr. John D. Williams
told the story to the American public.
It was on the occasion of a Burns cele
bration.
Barrie took the chair as presiding of
ficer and then kept to it firmly.
Throughout the entire proceedings he
did not utter a single word, but re
mained as if glued to the horribly con
spicuous chair, loathing his predica
ment, but inwardly amused at the ex
pressions on the faces of all about him,
which made dismally clear the fact
that he was a failure as a presiding of
ficer.
When the meeting was almost half
finished Barrie took advantage of a
tulkative group in front of him and
quietly stole away before any one had
a chance to miss him. But the next
week a well known Saturday review
printed a satirical nrticle called “Mr.
Barrie In the Chair.” The thing was
simply withering in ils ironical account
of the dumb presiding officer who
eventually tied, leaving a meeting to
preside over itself. The greatest re
gret was naturally expressed by those
who had persuaded Barrie to come to
tln> Burns celebration, and among his
friends tremendous indignation was
felt and vented. But some day they
will know, if they have not already
found out, that the article was written
by Barrie himself!
NAVAL TORPEDOES.
Intricate Mechanism of These Awful
Engines of Destruction.
At the torpedo’s head Is an explosive
chamber which holds damp guncotton.
This Is fired by means of a rod which,
on contact with the walls of a ship, is
driven in upon a detonator. This fires
a primer, which in turn explodes the
guncotton.
The next chamber stores compressed
air to the pressure of 2,000 pounds to
the square inch. This is practically
the boiler room of the torpedo, for it
supplies the motive power to the four
cylinder engine which drives it through
tile water on its errand of destruction.
Next comes the wonderful gyroscopic
control of the air motor by which the
rudders are adjusted. This is where
the intricate mechanism of the torpe
do is so clearly demonstrated. Should
it rise or dip in the water this gyro
scope actuates a motor which in turn
operates rods related with the rud
ders and at once readjusts any deflec
tion from the course originally set
The motor mentioned is but a few
Inches in length, yet the power it ex
erts by means of compressed air is
such that the pressure of half an ounce
operated by the steering gear produces
a pull of ICO pounds on the rudders.
This terrible fish’s tail holds wheel
gearing for the driving of two pro
pellers and the manipulation of the
rudders. The propellers revolve in op
posite directions, thereby preventing
the torpedo describing a circle.—Lon
don Answers.
Women and the Old Olympic Games.
One rule of the original Olympic
games could not be followed nowadays
without provoking serious troubles.
Women were not allowed to be present
or even to lie anywhere in the district
when tile games were being celebrated
on pain of being hurled from a precipi
tous rock. Tills rule is believed to
have been defied only once, when the
offender was pardoned in consideration
of the fact that her father, brothers
and son had been victors in the games.
One particular priestess, however, was
not only exempt from this law, but
was accommodated with a special front
seat on an altar of white marble, and
women were allowed to enter chariots
for the races, though they might not
be present to see them win.
He Was She.
In a college for women where the
faculty consists chiefly of the gentler
sex a meeting of the academic council
was in progress. Here and there a
lone man sat surrounded by learned
ladies. An amendment had Just been
proposed.
“Where is the person who offers this
amendment?” inquired the president.
“Who is she?”
Whereupon Mr. Skeets, the popular
young professor of a favorite subject,
rose and replied deprecatingly, “I am
she.”—New York Post
Promotion.
“And what,” asked the cannibal
chieftain, in his kindest tones, “was
your business before you were cap
tured by my men?”
“1 was a newspaper man,” answered
the captive.
“An editor?”
“No; merely a subeditor.”
“Cheer up, young man! Shortly aft
er my chef has finished his perusal of
the cookery book you will be editor in
chef.”—London Answers.
Shopworn Goods Barred. j
“That’s a very handsome painting,"
said the visitor to the home of opu
lence. “Is It by one of the old mas
ters ?”
“I should say not,” responded Mrs.
Newrich indignantly. “Why, that pic
ture is in the very latest style.”—
Richmond Times Dispatch.
Cynioal.
When we hear a man suy that he
would rather have u clear conscience
than a million jiounds we ure remind
ed of what Davkl said all men were.—
London Standard. fA
—*
A kiss in time snves trouble.—Lon
don Standard.
BRAZIL AND ITS COLORS. '
Flag Day There Has Now Become the
Great National Festival.
In the republic of Brazil, where the
ruling language is Portuguese and a
welcoming hand is extended alike to
the European and the Asiatic immi
grant, great attention has been paid
for some years to the cultivation of a
spirit of patriotism.
The cult of the flag has become more
and more ardent in the hearts of
that people, aud the ‘‘feast of the flag”
each recurring November is celebrated
witli more and more pomp aud enthu
siasm all over tile immense empire and
on every Brazilian ship, wherever it
may be. In a country noted for its nu
merous saints’ days the celebration of
Flag day has become the time festal
day.
Commenting on this, Lo Bresil Eco
nomique of Rio Janeiro says: "Our
people are imaginative and simple. A
flag undulating in the breeze as it
passes by to the strains of martial
music, that the officers salute with the
sword and before which everybody un
covers, speaks more strongly to the
heart of the people than any dry his
toric date which presents nothing in
the concrete and which to the ignorant
recalls nothing of significance.”
The lesson of the flag is taught to all
the children of the schools in Brazil,
and on Flag day they gather in the pub
lic squares of file city and town and,
as in the United States, sing patriotic
hymns.—Indianapolis News.
COLLEGE HAZING.
It Was Called “Wrecking” In Carthage
In St. Augustine’s Time.
At most American colleges it is called
“hazing;” at West Point it is called
“crawling” and at English sehooBs
"fagging” is often applied. When St.
Augustine was a boy they called it
“wrecking.”
In a translation of his “Confessions,”
for which I am indebted to a learned
clerical friend, St. Augustine relates
what the boys did at the University of
Carthage:
“I would take no part in the wild do
ings of the ‘wreckers,’ a cruel and dev
ilish name, which was looked upon as
the stamp of the best set. I went about
with them, and of some of them I made
friends, yet I always disliked their
ways of going on their wreckings,
their wnnton attacks upon the shyness
of freshmen and the unprovoked af
fronts with which they carried on their
malignant amusement. Nothing could
be more like the conduct of devils, and
what name could be fitter for them
than ‘wreckers.’ ”
That sounds as if the Carthage soph
omore was fully as much endowed
with self importance as the American
sophomore. I may add that St. Augus
tine's criticism of “wrecking” is one
more ancient proof that "boys will be
boys.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
Labby’s Long Walk.
In “Bohemian Days In Fleet Street”
is this Labouchere incident, which hap
pened when he was in the diplomatic
service and was sent on a mission to
St. Petersburg;
Before starting he had a dispute with
the foreign office about his expenses.
The foreign office had its idea of the
scale; Labouchere had his. But the
oflice refused to reconsider its deci
sion. Labouchere took his leave, cross
ed the channel and was to all appear
ance lost. A week after the appoint
ed time he had not arrived at St.
Petersburg. A representative of the
foreign office was sent out on his
trail, lie was traced to Paris and from
thence to Vienna, where he was run
to earth. In reply to his discoverer he
coolly said, “The foreign office refused
to pay me my expenses, and I ni walk
ing to St. Petersburg."
Precocity.
Little Willie is really too precocious.
I met him the other day with his
school bag under his arm.
“Well, well.” said I. “and so you go
to school now, eh?"
“Sure, Mike!” said little Willie.
“Ain’t I over six?”
“And do you love your teacher?” I
asked.
“Aber nit!” said little Willie. “The
old hen's too old for me.”—Washington
Star.
Adam’s Apple.
The projection in the front of the
throat in men, denoting the position of
the thyroid cartilage, is styled “Adam’s
apple.” It develops rapidly usually
when the voice “breaks,” being com
paratively small in both children and
women. The name arose from the tra
dition that when Adam attempted to
swallow the apple in paradise it stuck
in his throat, giving rise to the swell
ing since seen in all his adult male de
scendants.
Quite a Difference.
First Comedian—What’s the differ
ence between a beautiful young girl
and a eodlisb? Second Comedian
Give it up. First Comedian—One has
a chance to become a fall bride and
the other to become a ball fried.—
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Connection.
Scott—I remember reading of a very
rich man who said he’d sooner be
poor. Mott—Yes, and probably you re
member reading somewhere that all
men are liars.—Boston Transcript.
Foolish.
It’s a foolish man what sits down
ter count his troubles, kaez dat only
gives ’em another chance ter swat him.
—Atlanta Constitution.
One pound of learning requires ten
pounds of common sense to apply it—
Persian Proverb.
Dougherty & Ferguson
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and on the job-—day or night—-buy
and sell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Mrs. M. F. Roberts, tier heirs
and administrators and 10 all it may
concern: You are hereby uotibed that.
I have expended during the past year,
1914, the sum of $66.66 (sixty-six dol
lars and sixty-six cents) lawful money
of the United States in labor and im
provements upon your ono-third inter
est in those mining claims lying and
being on Avery river, in the recording
precinct of Valdez. Alaska, which are
known as the Beauty Bird and Beauty
Bird No. 1, the location notices of
said claims being of record in the
office of the commissioner, and rec
orded at Valdez, Alaska, pages num
bered 95, 96, in Boolt 10, Mining Rec
ords, in order to hold said claims
under the provisions of section 2324
of the Revis d Statutes of the Unit
ed Slates, concerning annual labor
on mining claims, being the amount
required to lio’d said lode claims for
the period ending December, 1914.
And unless within ninety days after
the completion of the publication of
this notice to-wit: within ninety days
after the 7th day of June, 1915, you
contribute your proportion of such ex
penditure incurred in performing said
annual labor and improvements,
which is the sum of $66.66, your in
terest in said claims will become the
property of your co-partners, who have
made the required expenditure by the
terms of said section.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this 8th
day of March, 1915.
JULIUS RONNING.
Last publication June 7, 1915.
Summons By Publication
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
J. L. Reed, plaintiff, vs. Eri Thomp
son and M. A. Ellis, defendants.—
No. S-49. Summons by Publication.
The President of the United States
of America, greeting: To Eri Thomp
son, the above named defendant: You
are hereby summoned to appear in
the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, in the Third Division, at
Valdez, within thirty days after the
completion of the publication of this
summons against you, to-wit: within
thirty days after the 19th day of- Ap
ril, 1915, and answer the complaint
of the above named plaintiff, filed in
the clerk’s office of the above entitled
court: and unless you so appearand
answer or otherwise plead, the plain
tiff will apply to the court for tho
relief demanded in said complain*,
to-wit: a decree subjecting to tho
lien of certain judgments duly docket
ed in the above entitled court, in fa
vor of the plaintiff and the said de
fendant Eri Thompson, on the Battle
Ax placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet
Precinct. Territory of Alaska, and or
dering that the same be sold to satis
fy said judgments.
This summons is served on you by
publication thereof, pursuant to an
order duly made and entered by the
above entitled court, on the 8th day
of March, 1915, which publication was
directed to be made once a week for
six consecutive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, judge of said Court, this Sth
day of March, 1915.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG.
Clerk of the District Court.
By CIIAS. A. HAND, Deputy.
Date of first publication March 8,
1915.
Date of last publication April 19,
1915.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“bac£” 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
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.