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tSftor Quality, Bteati,Cakes, Cookie* and 'Pies
25 ’ Large Loaves for 2»Sc
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STEAM HEATED HOT AND OQUD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
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“The House of Comfort”*
PHONE 77 FOR MEN ONLY
When in Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEOSXSE SEXTON. P«OF.
S'lRlCTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourtk ,Ave, Seward, Alaefca
Valdez Mioers Union No. 188
Western Fedention of Miners
ROBERT SHATTER, Pruidsnt.
Granite' Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdez Alaska.
TIDE TABLES FOR APRIL.
The following table's compiled :for
Jiigh ahd low tides in Vaidez Bay.
1 Saturday, April 22.
High, 2:25 am. 10.1; 3:57 pm, 6.-S.
Low, 9:29 am, 6.8; 9:13 pm, 3.2.
Sunday April 23.
High, 3:17 am. 9.4; 5:06 pm, 6.5.
Low, 10:29 am, 0:2; 10:07 pm, *.€
)•. Monday, April 24.
4:23 am, 8:7; 6:26 pm, 6.6.
’Low, '11:39 am. tO/4.
Tuesday , April 25,
High, 5:44 am, 8.0; "7:40 pm, 7.1.
Low, .11:35 am. 3:8; 12:55 pm, 0.8.
Wednesday, April 26.
High. 7:17 am. 7 6; 8:38 pm, 7.7.
Low, 3:22 am. 3.4; 2:05 pm, 1.0.
Thursday, April 27.
. High, '8:40 am. 7.(1; '9:25 pm, 8.4. ■
r Low, :2:47 am, 2.5; 3:00 pm, 1.2.
Friday, April 28.
High, 6:47 am. 7.7; 10:05 pm, 9.1.
Low, 3:'46 am. 1.4: 3:47 pm. 1.3.
Saturday, April 29.
High, 10:42 am. 7.9; 10:40 pm, 9.6.
I4ow. 4: 36 am, 0.5; 4 :2« pm, 1.5.
Sunday, April 30.
High, 11:29 am. 8.0; 11:13 pm, 9.9.
Low, 5:18 am, 0.3; 5:04 pm, 1.7.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Juliet Steinmetz, Emmy Petersen
and Handy Petersen, Hein? of Pe
ter Steinmetz, Deceased, and Devi
sees Under His Will; and Charles
Newbill;
‘ You and each of you are notified
that the undersigned, co-owner with
you of the Big Queen and Little
Queen lode mining claims, situate
near the head of Landlock Bay, Val
dez Precinct, Territory of Alaska, has
performed the annual labor required
by law to hold eaid claims for the
year 1916; that said work was done
in the year 1915 and to the amount
of $100 on or for the benefit of each
of said claims. And you. Juliet
Steinmetz, Emmy Petersen and Man
dy Petersen, are notified that the
amount due from you for said annual
labor as owners of the interest of Pe
ter Steinmetz, deceased, which said ]
interest was an undivided one-third
of said claims, is $66.67. And you,!
Charles Newbill. are notified that the
amount due from you for said an
nual labdxas owner of an undivided
one-thi>clof said claims is $66.67.
And unless within ninety days aft
er completion of publication of this
notice you pay to your co-owner who
has performed said annuai labor, the
proportion thereof due from you as
aforesaid, your interest in said (Uims
will become the property of said co
owner.
g Dated, February 26, 3 916.
ROSS PADEN.
First publication February 26. 1916.
Last publication May 27, 1916. sat
HARRIS SINKS A HOLE
350 FEET IN DEPTH
Working below the mouth of Mvr
• tie creek, Vance Harris put a hole
down 250 feet and then did not reach
bedrock. As it took him seven min
utes to windlass his bucket to the sur
face, Mr. Harris decided to quit the
hole as the progress was too slow.
He expects to make arrangements to
have a drill complete the work of put
ting the hole down to bedrock—Fair
banks Times.
GETTING READY TO JOIN
SEWARD WITH ANCHORAGE
Preparations are now going on for
the establishment of a big camp at
Glacier Creek, a few miles beyond the
enJr'of the Alaska Northern railway,
says the Seward Gateway, and Al.
Chamberlain, the Seward councilman,
says that every indication points to
the certainty that thousands of men
will jfe employed as soon as possible
to ctfcnect 'up Seward and Anchorage
by rau. The work is being done di
rectly under Commissioner Mears but
it will be really tributary to Seward
as the Alaska Northern is now to be
fixed for the full distance so that di
rect rail connection will be establish
ed between that district and this city.
Mr. Chamberlain expresses the opin
ion that two thousand men will be
employed in that neighborhood.
Men. women’s and children’s wear- J
ipg apparel, household utensils and
articles of every day need, at the
Emporium. *
Anything in the jewelry line at
the Valdez Drug Co._ tf
Weather Report .
Valdez, April 21, 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.811
Temperature 7 p. ;n.37
Maximum temperature ..4 7
Minimum temperature .2S
;Mean temperature .37.5
Interior Weather.
Valdez. April 212, 1916.
Fairbanks. 18; cloudy, ■.calm.
.Salcha, 20; 2 inches of snow;
light north winds, cloudy.
Richardson, 23; snowing. -Windy.
McCarthy, 20; snowing; calm.
Donnelly. 20; light north winds;
)ig;ttt snow flurries.
McCallum. IS; 27 inches of snow;
high north winds, trail soft.
Pas son. 16; 29 inches of snow;
clear, north wind, trail poor.
Hogan. 37; clear, calm, trail hare
in spot*.
Gulkana, 27; snow in spots, clear,
calm, trail bare.
Copper Center, 40; clear, calm,
trail bare.
Tonsina, 3:5; no snow, clear, calm,
trail fair.
Teikheli, 3:2; 10 inches of snow;
clear, calm, trail bad.
Beaver Dam, 20; clear, calm, trail
solt.
Wortman’s 56; 5 inches snow;
clear, calm, trail soft and bare in
spots.
Suicide at I'nga.
A report has reached Seward that
an elderly German, whose name could
no! be ascertained; had taken his own
life at Unga a few days ago.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The Easter ball Monday night, giv
en by the Lady Pioneers, is sure to
be a big succtss. Don't miss it. 3t
Don't forget the Easter Ball Mon
day night in Eagle Hall. A splendid
time is assured. 3t
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
For good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart street. *
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
Valdez Drug Company has a fine
iine of School Stationery. tf
A fine display of nugget jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. tf
Are you particular about your
health? Then be particular about
your druggist. The Owl for yours.
Bristles in your teeth? Not if you
buy a guaranteed tooth brush at the
Owl. tf
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska wear. Guy F. Cameron,
Tailor. tf
-:—
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
An up-to-date line of cook stoveB
and ranges at Mead's. tf
J. H. Spaulding from Golden, is a
visitor in town on business..
WANTED—To rent, 5 room house
furnished; Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
The Seward Post says that a num
ber of dogs at that city have been af
flicted with an unknown malady caus
ing the death of more than a score of
the animals.
The waterfront is a scene of activ
ity these days as the owners of the
mosquito fleet are getting their ves
sels ready for the coming season.
FLEETEST OF ALL DOGS. |
—
GiyhMiodi Can Hun .as Fait at Car
rier Pigum Can Fly.
Comparatively few people realize of
what remarkable speed dogs are ca
pable. The wolf cuu run between fifty
and sixty miles In one night, and the
arctic fox can do quite as well. If not
better. Nansen met one of these foxes
on the iae at-a .point more than seven
ty miles northwest of the Sannikow
territory, which Is 480 miles from the
Asiatic coast. Eskimo and Siberian
dogs cam travel forty-five miles on the
ice in five hours, and there is one case
on record in which a team of Eskimo
dogs traveled six and one-half miles
in twenty-eight minutes.
English setters and pointers hunt at
the rate of eighteen to nineteen miles
an hour, .and they can maintain the
speed for at least two hours. Fox
hounds are extraordinarily swift, as is
proved by the fact that a dog of this
breed once bent a thoroughbred horse,
covering four miles In six and one
half minutes. Greyhounds are the
swiftest of all four footed creatures,
and their speed may be regarded as
equal to that of carrier pigeons. Eng
lish greyhounds which are carefully
selected and which are used for cours
ing are able to cover at full gallop a
space between eighteen and twenty
three yards every second. It is said
that a hare at its greatest speed never
goes faster than at the rate of eight
een yards a second. These Interest
ing statistics fully prove the right of
the greyhounds to rank as the swiftest
of the quadrupeds.—Springfield Repub
lican.
VIOLENT DEATHS.
One Indication Is the Immediate Set
ting kl ;of Bigor Mortis.
More than once the question of
whether a person has died a natural or
unnatural death turns upon something
grasped in the hand. The object is
held because the hand stiffens through
what Is known as rigor mortis (pro
nounced rye-gor mor-tis), a stiffening
of the muscles of the body after death.
Now. if a person dies naturally this
stiffening of the muscles does not take
place, as a rule, until two hours or
more after death, and then it comes 0,1
slowly. In cases of violent death, how
ever, rigor mortis sets in immediately.
It is through this that many a mur
derer has been caught and many a so
called aceidental death proved to be in
tentional.
One of the most remarkable effects of
this sudden stiffening after death ap
pears in the account of the charge of
Balaclava. Captain Nolan while riding
at the head of the noble six hundred
had his chest torn open by a Bussian
shell.
The arm he was waving in the air at
the moment remained high uplifted,
and he retained his seat on his horse,
which wheeled around and passed
some distance through the ranks before
the rider fell.
Portions of the hair and clothing of a
murderer have often been found In the
hands of the victim, while bodies re
covered from the water have brought
with them clutched In their fingers
weeds and mud from the bottom, show
ing that death occurred in the water
and not on lnnd.—London Answers.
Natural Age of Man.
The question as to what is the nat
ural age of man Is by no means set
tled. of course, but many are of the
opinion that the Frenchman Flourens
was not far out of the way in his esti
mate of the time a man should live.
Taking his observations from the
group tuammnlin, of the class vertehrn
ta. as having the closest resemblance
to mun and such species as are per
mitted to live the full term of their
natural lif$ under circumstances not
admitting of error or doubt. Flourens
found that their natural life extended
to about five times the period of their
lives from birth up to maturity. Ap
plying the rule thus obtained to hu
man life and taking the age at which
the body is fully matured to be twen
ty years, he concluded the natural
duration of the life of man to be 100
years.
Something 8aved.
"What success did yon have raising
chickens?”
“Very little. 8ome escaped, thieves
stole others and a large number died
of a mysterious disease.”
“That was tough luck.”
“However, I beat the jinx to the last
one.”
“How was that?"
“Before anything could happen to it
I had it killed and put in a pie.”—Bir
mingkum Age-Herald.
Curiosity.
Gladys—Why are you going to all
that trouble to open that letter so care
fully, Maud? Maud—Oh. I had a quar
rel with George and intended to send
his letter back unopened, but I just
thought 1 would see what he said be
fore I returned it
Never.
Mr. Willis—But why don’t you take
your bank book* in to have it bal
anced?
Mrs. Willis—I don’t want thn:
snoopy looking cashier to know how
much money I’ve got in there.—Pitts
burgh Press.
The Indispensable Bey.
Caller—How is your new office boy
getting along these days? Lawyer
Oh. fine! He's got things so mixed up
now that I couldn't get along without
him.—Boston Journal.
The temple of fame stands upon the
grave. The flame upon its altars is
kindled from the ashes of the dead.
Hazlitt
ENGLAND’S THRONE.
A* On* of tho H«ir» to It, the Germoil
Emperor Is Very Remote.
In answer to the question. “Was the
emperor of Germany ever considered
an heir to the English throne and did
Queen Victoria have a law passed to
exclude him from the succession?” the
Philadelphia Press says;
“The possibility of the German em
peror ever succeeding to the throne of
England is so very remote as to cause
little thought. There was more or less
talk on the subject at the time of the
marriage of the kaiser's mother to the
heir to the German throne in 1858, but
we are unable to find that any parlia
mentary action was taken even then.
"After King George come his five
sous and one daughter and their chil
dren, if any; then King George's sis
ter Louise. Duchess of Fife, her two
daughters tnd the son of the elder;
then Princess Victoria, then Queen
Maud of Norway and her son. making
thirteen at present living in the line of
succession. After that the succession
reverts to the descendants of the late
| ICing Edward's brother. Alfred, duke
of Edinburgh; Arthur, duke of Cou
naught. and Leopold, duke of Albany,
j As these all married and had numerous
! children and grandchildren, there is a
long line of heirs to the throne before
the succession would come to the de
scendants of the oldest sister of King
Edward, the late Empress Frederick ot
Germany, the first of which line is Em
peror "William.”
PITCHING IN BASEBALL
Lack of Control Will Render Uselese
All Other Ability.
“In my ten years' connection with
; the American league aB umpire I have
| seen the fact proved again and again
that control Is absolutely necessary to
! win success,” writes Billy Evans in St.
; Nicholas.
"The more one studies the different
! features of the art of pitching the
; more clearly does he see the value that
; control plays in the success of the
; pitcher.
“If the pitcher knows the weakness
| of the hatter and intends giving him a
! fast ball on the inside and then delib
; erately pitches to the opposite side his
I knowledge of the batter is of no use to
1 him. Lack of control has rendered bis
; knowledge useless.
i “If he knows the shortstop is to cov
! er and then pitches a ball to the batter
that makes it easy for him to hit
: through the position vacated by the
shortstop he nullifies the strength of
his infield. Lack of control is again
■ the cause.
j “If the .catcher signals for a waste
ball in order to be in a better positibn
to throw out a runner trying to steal
and instead he gets the ball right over
the plate, he is handicapping the
catcher. Lack of control is again the
cause.
“After all. most of the finer points
of pitching are based on ability to con
trol the ball.”
Stonehenge.
No Rooner had we set foot on the
first swell of plain than I became
aware of what looked like a herd of
elephants, half a mile ahead. They
did not move, and slowly It dawned
upon me that this was Stonehenge. A
few minutes later, seated within the
circles of those enormous stones. I was
asking myself the old questions that
so many travelers have asked. For
worship, at least, these rude masses
were erected; that seems fairly certain.
And to commemorate a battle, if one
may judge from the harrows that
crown the neighboring hillocks. Bell
gion and war—the two powers that
have charmed and ruled and tortured
the world. So mysterious is the whole
of life, alike moral and physical, that
the haunting wonder of Stonehenge
was neither Increased nor lessened by
what then I saw.—Scribner’s.
Many Species of Banana.
Tbe banana as a substitute' for tbe
potato would have one drawback. It
lias been found that those who live
mainly upon this article of diet soon
tend to become what is politely called
“tubby." The banana with which we
are all familiar is only one of many
useful species. Cochin China produces
u single fruit that is an ample meal for
three men, and in East Africa an in
toxicating drink is made from the na
tive banana.—London Chronicle.
The Reason.
“The first year of married life is al
ways tbe most troublesome. After a
couple passes that safely the great
danger of separation is over.”
“Why do you say that?”
“It usually takes a man a year to
learn the futility of arguing with his
wife’’—Detroit Free Press.
Tearing Sounds.
The ear can be trained to accustom
Itself to the sound of the tearing of
various materials. Tbe noise accom
panying the tearing of cotton is unlike
that of linen. The warp has its voice
and the filling quite another, the for
mer being shrill, while the latter is apt
to be dull.
Those Dear Girls.
Alice (Just engaged)—What do you
think Jack said to me last night? That
if he had to choose either me or $10,000
he wouldn't look at tbe money. Marie
—Dear, loyal fellow! Wouldn’t like to
risk tbe temptation. 1 suppose.—Boston
Transcript.
— i
Too Timid.
Green—Has fortune never knocked
at Brown’s door? White—Oh, yes, but
Brown didn't dare open it for fear
'twas a bill collector!—New York
American.
VALDEZ . and - ANCHORAGE .
CITY EXPRESS
Meets all boats! On the job, day or night
We never sleep.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY!
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage |
Absentees Business Properly Handled j
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66 I
Foot Keystone Ave
Roujfh Dry lCc lb
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND 7drniraT| PUGET SOUND
California Line. Alaska
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE, 11:00 A. M.—
Monday, Mar. 5, Admiral Farragut for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Wednesday, Mar. 15, Admiral Watson for Seward and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 19, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 26, Admiral Farragut, for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 2, Admiral Watson, for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 9, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and WTay Ports.
Sunday, April 16, Admiral Farragut for Anchorage and Way Ports. \
Sunday, April 23, Admiral Watson, for Anchorage and WTay Ports, i
Sunday, April 30, Admiral Evans, for Anchorage and Way Ports. I
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with j
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California. >
__ Right reserved to change schedule without notice i
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle) VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt. J
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. ALAMEDA AND S. S. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE IOTH, 20TH AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and -La
touche. Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche, on the 15th; S. &
Cordova, 35th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
V. B. TRACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent.
. .... «t
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the*way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.