steXm heated hot and cold baths
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
| “The House of Comfort”
PHONF. 7 FOR men only
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
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from any view point..
our clothes show their superi
ority. In the material, in the
workmanship—every stitch set
with care—and in the fit and
hang oi the garment. Don’t
spend a lot of money but to re
gret it; let us tailor you this
time and forget the past. A
host of fetching designs to
choose from.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 I I Rough Dry 11c lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHJSHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms.Phone 35
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Clias. Fischer, Propr.
_>
For Sale.
1 complete sawmill outfit with plan
ers (Russell di Co.) 11-13. Nominal
h. p. 35. Indicated h. p. 77.
Circular saws and other materials
1 new Willamette Donkey engine.
Engine 7!i-10.
1 slightly used Willamette Donkey
812-10.
2 slightly used Florry Donkey En
gines, 7-10.
For further information write o
wire
ALASKA ANTHRACITE RY. CO.
Per Geo. W. Nelson,
tf Katalla, Alaska.
A fresh lot of Haas’ Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to $2
a box. Valdez Drug Co. if
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Location notices, noth quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
A reaetd? for Isfcrtiona
« f tbc u r a Lt a r y tract.
laiiiltM. uou-poiaoBuua
aud will not tincture..
Believe* it J to ft day*.
_RrMJIMTS.
J’ari»-1 l'ttx it debited — Piic* fl, *y 2 tattlea t2.T5.
Prepared by
TME EVANS CHEMICAL CO., CINCINNATI. O
LAUNCH
PATHFINDER
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
Plying between, Valdez, Klla
mar, Fidalgo, Port Wells, Land
lock, Nellie Juan, Wells Bay,
and all Sound Points. Times of
sailing and terms u|K>n appli
cation to Master.
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Bring back the bloom of youth to
that sallow mottled skin, by having
the Parisian method for rejuvenating
complexion applied at the Vanitie
shop. tf
For tlrst-ciaBB meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try tbe Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
A full line of Nemo corsets, all sizes
at E. Winter's tf
I^EEPIN’ cool under fire shows
a good soldier — an’ good
tobacco. /f .
w&r
VELVET’S
smoothness— *
and coolness—is
largely the result
of its two years’
Natural Ageing.
I DOUBLE VALUE OF
THE COFFEE CROP
—
RIO I)E JAN1ERO, May 23.—Af
jter forty years of chemical research,
a way has been found to double the
already enormous value of the coffee
crop by manufacturing by-products
from the coffee berry husk.
One of the by-products—manita—
properly combined with nitrogren,
makes anexplosive of about the same
‘power of dynamite.or fulminate of
■mercury, and markets at about $10
| per kilogram.
The average coffee crop of the state
|of Sao Paula, Brazil, is ten million
(Sacks of 132 pounds each, represent
jing a value of more than $30,000,000.
iThis value is in coffee without the
by-products. Dr. Pedro Baptista de
Andrade, the chemist, already has be
gun manufacturing the by-products,
‘which he discovered. He proposes to
|produce 30.000,000 liters of alcohol,
‘360,000 kilograms of manita and 36.
|000 kilograms of cafeine. C'afeine is a
drug commanding the price of about
10 cents a gram. Alcohol is sold here
! at about 12 cents a liter.
1 Dr. Andrade's process is to treat by
idistillation process the coffee berry
!husk, which heretofore has been dis
carded as useless. Because of the
■ war-made demand for explosives and
alcohol, the new industry is expected
to jump quickly into prosperity.
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Wins Oregon Trapshoot
SALEM. Ore., May 23.—James W.
Seavey, of Portland, newly elected
president of the Oregon State Sports
men Association, won the Oregon
amateur trap shoot championship
yesterday, with 98 out of a possible
100. He will represent the state at the
grand American handicap in Chicago
in August. Frank Templeton, of Port
land, after tieing Henry Veatch of
Cottage Grove, and P. B. Dodele. of
Albany, for second place, won the
shoot-off after two trials.
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JEWS READY TO EIGHT
EOR STARS AND STRIPES
TACOMA, May 23.—The the Jews
of the United States are loyal and
willing to fight for this country was
the assertion made tonight by Rabbi
;Samuel Koch, of Seattle, before the
!public forum at the First Congrega
tional church, where he had been in
vited to speak on "The Jew and the
|World War.”
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iGOYERNMEXT FINISHES
CASE AGAINST GERMAN
NEW YORK. May 23.— Andrew De
Meloy testified today that Captain
I Franz Rintelen, of the German navy,
,told him in July. 1915, that David
Lamar and former Representative
Frank Buchanan and H. Robert Fow
ler had entered into a ^lan, financed
by Rintelen, to “compel or procure
strikes” in munition plants and that
it was represented to him that “with
in thirty days there would be hardly
a ton of munitions made in the Uni
ted States.”
[ At the conclusion of Meloy's testi
mony the government announced it
had completed its case.
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Plan Big Storage Reservoir
PORTLAND. Ore.. May 24.—Con
istruction of immense storage reser
voirs along the Deschutes river in
ICentral Oregon for the irrigation of
'approximately 100,000 waterless
! acres in Agency Plains was contract
jed for here yesterday by the North
Unit Irrigation district of Jefferson
county, Oregon, with a local con
struction firm. A $5,000,000 bond
issue will pay for the work. Several
new town sites will be laid out on
the land to be irrigated.
i The launch Pathfinder, Capt. Smith,
| returned last evening from westward
j sound points. Bringing several pas
sengers. She will leave again on Sat
urday for points on the sound as far
jwest as Port Nellie Juan.
Charles Wetzler left this morning
itor Mineral Creek to work on his i
'mining property.
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Old papers in bunches of 100 at j
'this office, only 10 cents. tf
j
j CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
;to transfe. t~ai. bag„i.0c tor you. tf
Window Shades with fixtures, ring
Sand cord, G5 cents at Emporium. We
have new goods and remount shade!
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rollers for 50 cents. tf ]
A full and complete line of Cigars,
Cigarettes, Smoking Tobacco and'
Pipes. Valdez Drug Co. tf j
Old papers in bunches of 100 at!
this office, only 10 cents. tf !
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Why. look old and care-worn? The;
famous Parisian method for rejuven
ating the complexion and hands will |
erase from 10 to 20 years. Remem- j
her a woman is as old as she looks.!
Method lully explained at the Vanitie;
Shop. tf'
Remember your friends by sending;
them a Panoramic View, a new lot |
just received. Valdez Drug Co. tf'
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"DUCKING” IN BATTLE.
Littl* Chinct For Dodging Modern
High Velocity Bullet*.
Although under the altered condi
tions of modern warfare both officers
and rneu taka all the cover they can
get, it is still considered "had form" to
duck when bullets are whistling or
shells screaming overhead.
This is a survival of the old Crimeau
days, when men were actually punished
for ducking bullets iu battle. That the
service tradition was not always strict
ly observed even then, however, is a|>
parent from a story told of a grizzled
old veteran who. on being remonstrat
ed with by a young corporal for indul
gence in this very practice, replied, "It’s
all very well for you, m'lad, but I’m a
family man," and continued to duck at
each report.
It is on record, too, that Na|>oleon
strougly objected to it, ami on one occa
sion he even went to the length of
publicly reprimanding one of his staff
officers for stooping over his horse’s
neck in order to avoid the bails be
heard whistling over his head.
General Gordon, no mean authority,
was of a different opinion, though.
Writing in bis journal, be says. "For
my part, I do not consider judicious
ducking to he a fault, for I remember
on two occasions seeing shells before
my eyes which certainly, bad I uot
bobbed, would have taken off my head.”
Needless to say, however. It woafyl
t>e impossible to dodge a modern high
velocity projectile in this free and easy
fashion. It cannot be seen, and by the
time it is beard the danger is past.—
London Mail.
COMFORT IN THE HOME.
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A Man’s Nation of How tho Rooms and
Things Should Look.
A young newly married man com
plained recently that be almost dread
ed taking a friend borne to dinner be
cause bis wife, erery time sbe expected
company, imagined It was necessary to
scrub tbe bouse from garret to cellar
and polish every bit of Silver on the
sideboard.
It made him uncomfortable all day
long to think of his wife giving herself
this wholly unnecessary trouble.
“Of course, a man likes to see his
home looking nice when he takes an
old cbum Into it—and of course the
chum does too," he said. “But I’d be
far happier if 1 could convince my wife
that a house can look tidy even if it
hasn't been gone over that very day.
“I like the books to look a little dis
orderly. You get the feeling that
they're being read all the time, and
that’s what books are for. And 1 like
tbe music on the piano to be a trifle
disarranged. It looks as if we really
sang the songs, and it gives a room
that cozy home feeling that a fellow
loves. What if the curtains aren’t just
even in every window? Things ought
to look as if they were touched and
were used and enjoyed. If the sofa
cushions are dented you know some
one has leaned against them. Isn't that
what they're for? But if th<$- stare at
you tn a prim row you’re a brave man
if you dare to put your back against
them—much less your tired head!
"And when a fellow comes home at
night he usually has a tired head!”—
Irish World.
Fly Killers.
One recommendation of the depart
ment of agriculture for getting rid of
flies is powdered hellebore. This when
sprinkled on tbe manure heaps in which
the flies lay their eggs destroys the
larvae and does not in any way spoil
the manure.
The Journal of the American Medical
Association says the hygienic labora
tory of the public health service has
found in salicylic acid an eminently
satisfactory agent for killing adult
flies. This, it says, is not an objec
tionable substance to handle, and the#e
is little danger of toxic effects from ac
cidental consumption of considerable
doses of it A 1 per cent solution of
salicylic acid should be sweetened and
left in shallow saucers where flies will
easily find it.
"Crossing the Bar.1'
Lord Tennyson's most noble death
song. “Crossing tbe Bar." is one of tbe
three greatest death songs ever writ
ten. and it comes to us as a sublime
prayer, a humble petition, a sacred be
lief of a great man. Tbe last lone man ;
on this terrestrial sphere will utter no
grander words when he sets sail to
seas unknown than those dropped as
faith's anchor by tbe silent man of the
yester age:
1 hops to see my Pilot (ace to face
When 1 have crossed the Liar.
Faithful Cook.
"Did you ever hear of a cook stay
ing with tbe same family as long as
twenty years?”*
"Oh, yes.”
“1 presume she was called a jewel?”
“She doubtless was considered one.
but tbe family called her 'mother.’
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Replacing a Meat Diet.
The people of the United States con- ,
sume fully twice us much meat per cap- !
ita as do the people of Europe. Dried
beans, peas and lentils may replace
meat in the diet to a large extent to I
the advantage of outdoor workers espe- .
cially.
Too Late.
Detective—So I’ve caught you in the
financial district, have I? Crook—Yes.
Bill, but 1 can't slip yon uothing I just
got away from a broker.—New York j
(•lobe.
Better Still.
Mary—Why don't you prefer Harold
to Tom? Harold is capable of big
leeds. Maude—Yes; but Tom owns
u*>uie.—Puck.
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WHEN A KIRK STARTS
the firemen’s best efforts are
given to putting it out as
quickly as possible. He aims
to save as much as he can. Hut
once a fire starts, damage pud
loss commence. The only way
to offset that loss is to be well
insured. Our policies cover
all losses from the very min
ute the damage by dames, wa
ter or smoke commences.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
TONY’S PLACE™
EVERYTHING
FIRST CLASS
LA A A A A A A A A A A - A . . . - . a . „ . ,
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
FVoin Seattle—
May It)—S. S. Alameda.
May 15— S. S. Alaska.
May 21—S. S. Mariposa.
May 27-—S. S. Northwestern.
June 2—S. S. Alameda.
Valdez to Seattle—
May 15—S. S. Northwestern.
May 20—S. S. Alameda
May 25—S. S. Alaska
May 31—S. S. Mariposa
June 6—S. S. Northwestern
« \ I Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Kllamar, Ft. IJscum, Val
ilex, I.atouche, Seward and Anchorage.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagwfty, Cordova, Ellamar. Valdez and La
«?^iLh^i,Fit,>i?8ive8' ^*Kht reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. THAU, Cen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO, I.ocnl Agent
LA_1^AAA^AA.A a * 8 * AAnnnna. ........ ... .
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our l arge Meet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE lie tween all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle, !) I*. >1.
May 11 — S. S. Adm. Evans
May lit—S. S. Adm. Farragut
May 2S—S. S. Adm. Watson
June 4—S. S. Adm. Evans
June 12—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Valdez to Seattle—
May 15—S. S. Adm. Watson
May 23—S. S. Adm. Evans
May 31—S. S. Adm. Farragut
June 10—S. S. Adm. Watson
June 10—S. S. Adm. Evans
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle .Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for Sail FYancisco,
lais Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San FYancisco 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
1191 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
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 severed grades of wall
boeurd kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA-PHONE 18
REFERENCES ( S. BLUM & CO., Valdes, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
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For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s. j
Prices reasonable. • j
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Fresh candy at the Emporium, tl'
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Complete line cf Bulk Chocolates.:
randy Kitchen. tt
Genuine Sweet Apple Cider at |
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. tl j
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Anything In nugget and ivory Jew-,
elry at Valder Drug Co.
Pasteurized Products.
Pasteurizer Whipping Cream, Pas
teurized Sweet Milk aud Pasteurized
Buttermilk at Love-Whitley Co.’s, tf
A new line ot healers priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
Lowney’s Box Candies at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
The articles you ordered have ar
rived at the Emporium. tf