■ “The Comfort”
Plfl)NE 7 A FOR MEN ONLY
YOU’LL SURELY BE
WELL SUITED
with the suit we make to your
measure. Made up in the clas
siest style, from ploth of ex
clusive pattern in the very
best of tailoring craftsmanship
it will be a suit that will car
ry individuality and distinction
in every line. Stop in and be
measured. You can afford to
at our prces.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
THE
Imported and Domestic
•^Wines, Liquors and Cigars
( Phone 69
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phase OS OPEN ALL NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Prepr.
f
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
the Prospector Office
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS 1
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 6f> I
| Foot Keyutone Ave
I Roujrh Dry ICo lb
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
COCKTAILS
Oyster Cocktails** Crab Cocktails
Shrimp CocktaileMMinced Clam Cock
tails, ready to sfWe, at Leve-Whit
ley's. - tf
■jt’s kTid gloves in black, white
ane^an would make ^ very nice
Clfristmaa present. At U Winter’s, tf
A new line of hand painted china.
Owl Drug Co. tf
Location n^lces. both quarts and
placer, for aale at the Prospector of
floe.
Notice O. E. 8.
There will be an important meet
ing the O. E. S. on Tuesday eve, Jau.
2. All members will please be pres
ent. Visitors welcome,
s&t H. COCKERILLE, Sec.
Two Hundred of the latest Colum
bia Phonograph Records just receiv
ed on the Alameda. Owl Drug Co. tf
Try the Cottage Damng Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
| Rocker. Phone 111. tf
The Owl Drag Store ean furnish
yo« with a 1117 Dairy. tf
l
LtOCrVD OF STa ViiCRmAR,
ia t\m - & m
Disoovsrsr of Amorioo.
The first discoverer of America, ac
cording to an old Irish tradition, was
St Brendan. Brendan lived in the
sixth century and. according to legend,
fitted out a vessel aud sailed westward
in the hope of discovering an Island
supposed to contain the paradise once
tenanted by Adam and Eve. He was
accompanied by fourteen monks, and
the ship was “victualed for seven
years."
After sailing forty days and forty
nights they came to an Island, where
they found “a hall with tables spread
with good meat and drink." They
then sailed on for a long time and
came to another Island, “wherein were
the whitest and greatest sheep they
ever saw." After stopping for a time
they proceeded with the voyage and
came to a third Island, called “the par
adise of birds.” After wandering
about for seven years from Island to
Island St Brendan and his monks re
turned to Ireland, where they aston
ished the natives by tales of the won
ders they had seen.
In spite of the wild and Improbable
features of this legend it was for cen
turies accepted as truth, and the Span
ish government sent out several expe
ditions in search of the Islands of St.
Brendan. The St Brendan legend
formed one of the causes which led to
the discoveries made by Columbus.
SPAN OF TWO LONG LINES.
They Connect the Era of the Zeppelin
With That of the 8edan Chair.
The late Henry Gassaway Davis,
once a vice presidential candidate, saw
and heard as a boy In Baltimore in
1828 the ceremonies at the official be
ginning of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road.
The personage of the occasion, the
driver of “the first spike.” as we should
sny nowadays, was the last surviving
signer of the Declaration of Independ
ence, the richest American of the eigh
teenth century, the great gentleman
and illustrious patriot, Charles Carroll
of Carrollton.
Born in 1737, Charles Carroll had yet
four years to live. Thus these two
lives are an nrch of nearly 180 years
between the American colonies of
George II.'s time and the third year
of Mr. Wilson's administration, when
Mr. Davis’ long life came to an end.
The year of his birth was 1823.
A mere two dozen of such lives ns
Carroll’s and Davis’, a dozen of their
united span of years, would take us
back to the first Punic wnr. Charles
Carroll and Henry Gassaway Davis,
who saw him. together take us from
the sedan chair i>erlod to that of the
Zeppelin.—New York Times.
Pigeons and a Doctor.
Tho carrier pigeon has been put to a
new use by a doctor in Scotland who
has a large and scattered practice.
When he goes on long rounds he car
ries a number of pigeons with him. If
he finds that some of his patients re
quire medicine at once he writes out
prescriptions and by means of his pi
geons forwards them to his surgery.
Here an assistant gets the messages,
prepares the prescriptions and dispatch
es the medicine.
If after visiting a patient the doctor
thinks he will be required later In the
day, he simply leaves a pigeon, which
Is employed to summon him if neces
sary. To this enterprising physician
the keeping of carrier pigeons means
a saving of time and expense and la
bor.
A Caller.
“Any one call while I was oot.
Katie?'
.“Yes. ma’am.”
Y“Who was It?'
“I don’t know, ma’am.”
“Didn’t you answer the bell?”
"Yes, ma'am.”
"What did she look like?”
“I didn’t see her, ma’am.”
“You answered the bell, but didn’t
see her?'
“Yes, ma’am.”
“Why, Katie, 1 don’t understand”—
“Well, ma’am,’ don’t blame me; blame
the telephone!”—Yonkers Statesman.
Nuggets by the Wayside.
We say that heaven is a place of
rest, and yet we're all the time worry
ing the angels with our troubles.
Try for contentment. Adam was the
only man that ever owned the earth,
and It caused him a sight o’ trouble.
The hill we’re on is always smaller
than the one we want to reach. That’s
why the keep a-going fellows are set
ting a hustling example In this rocky
old world.—Atlanta Constitution.
Shell Coated Trees.
Whole forests may be seen coated
with shelly substances on the conti
nent of New Holland. These Incrusta
tions are supposed to arise from de
compositions of shellfish, which, trans
ported by the winds, are deposited In
the form of dust on trees and plants.
Past the Danger Point.
“How is your husband getting along
with his riding lessons?”
“Very well, indeed. The children are
allowed to watch him now."—New
York Times.
Something Similar.
“Building a castle In the alr?“
“No: I am perfecting a new sort
of dirigible and making a few flights
of Imagination."—Louisville Courier
Journal.
Strenuous.
“He used to be a straight enough
young chap. What made him
crooked?" “Trying to make both ends
meet, I bedove.”—Exchange.
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Mariposa—Sailed from Seattle for
Valdez, Jan. 2.
Spokane—Sailed from Seattle for Val
dez, Jan. 2.
Alameda—Sailed west from Valdez,
January 2.
Admiral Watson—Sailed west from
Valdez Dec. 28.
Dally Weather Report.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 2, 1917.
Barometric pressure .29.601
Temperature 7 p. in. 7
Maximum temperature'.14
Minimum temperature . 4
Mean temperature . 9
Snow on ground .24 in.
Clear, northeast wind, 15 miles.
—Myrtle F. Billings, Obs.
Interior Trail Conditions.
Valdez, Alaska, Jan 3, 1917.
Fairbanks—47 below; 8 inches of
snow; clear, calm.
Salcna—No operator.
Richardson—47 below; 5 inches of
snow; foggy, calm, trail fine.
McCarty—60 below; 6 inches of
snow; foggy, calm, trail fair.
Donnelly—50 below; clear, calm,
trail bad; 7 Inches in snow; north
bound mail by 11:25.
McCallum—46 below; 37 inches
of snow; clear, calm, trail good; mail
south noon yesterday.
Paxson—46 below; 15 inches it
snow; clear north wind, trail heavy;
Bouth and north bound stages out st
6 a. m., four passengers south.
Hogan—30 below; 6 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail fair; no traf
fic.
Oulkana—55 below; 7 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail good, one dog
team south 7 a. m.; N. C. freight
team south 8 a. m.
Copper Center—52 below; 10 in.
of snow; cloudy, calm, trail good;
southbound mail out 6 a. m.; no pas
sengers.
Tonsina—53 below; clear, calm;
25 inches of snow.
Teikhell—45 below; clear, calm,
26 inches of snow; trail fair.
Beaver Dam—40 below; 40 inches
snow; clear, calm, trail drifted badly.
Thompson Pass—Unable to raise
| operators.
Wortman—25 below; 24 inches
snow; calm, trail drifted north and
south.
Notice to Subscribers.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Prospector printed about one hundred
extra copies of yesterday’s issue, con
taining the account of the big fire,
our supply was early exhausted, and
still the demand was not satisfied.
For the benefit of those who failed
to secure the number of copie3 they
desired, the story will be published
again in full Saturday night ir. the
Miner.
FOR SALE—A No. 16 I. X. L.
heater in good condition. Inquire of
Mrs. Arthur Lang. It
Alvah Eames, chief clerk of the
railway mail service, was a through
passenger on the Alameda last even
ing for the westward.
Levy & Ross are making arrang
ments to reopen their place of busi
r ess in the Gelineau building, fo
merly occupied by C. H. Voll. J. R.
| Gelineau is expected to arrive from
Latouche on the next boat, after
which the arrangements will be com
plete.
Watson Due in the Morning.
The steamship Admiral Watson
is scheduled to arrive here from the
westward at 10 o’clock tomorrow
morning.
School started this morning in the
lower grades after the Christmas va
cation. The higher grades will not
reopen until the return of Prof. Davis
and Miss Hon from Seward. They
are expected back on the next boat.
Skookum Apples, Jonathans and
Spitzenberg at Keystone Produce Co.
3t
J. D. Jefferson lost one of his Mon
golian pheasants yesterday during tne
fire. While moving the birds one of
the females stuck her head out of
the netting covering the cage and re
ceived an injury which necessiteu Mr.
Jefferson killing her.
Rad Tucon, James O’Brien an i Jas.
Adams returned last evening from
Wells bay, where they had a contract
to run a tunnel on the Wiltse coprer
property. They were unable to make
the head of the bay with their outfit
owing to the ice formed there during
the present period of extreme cold
weather.
LONDON, Jan. 3.—A Reuter dis
patch from Melbourne today says:
“It is stated that the commonwealtn
Is about to float another loan of £18,
000,000 on terms similar to those of
previous loans.”
Anything In nugget and Ivery Jew
elry at Valdes Drug Ce.
. .. i11
chriotmaa oa vd iiiai
have been the cause of mack
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having ub issue you
a Are insurance policy on your
home aftd 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
TONY’S PLACES*
EVERYTHING
F1RS1 CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Mi-nager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points In
Alaska and California
Leave Seattle
Dec. 20—S.S. Admiral Watson
Jan. 2—S. S. Spokane
For Seward.
Leave Valdez
Dec. 20—S. S. Spokane
Dec. 27—S.S. Admiral Watson
Jan. 9—S. S. Spokane.
For Cordova, Katalla, Yakutat,
Juneau, Ketchikan,
SEATTLE, TACOMA
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
Saa Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
Saa Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOV ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings from Seattle—
Not. 26—Northwestern.
Dec. 1—Mariposa.
Dec. 8—Alameda.
Dec. 16—Mariposa.
Dec. 24.—Alameda.
Sailings Valdez to Seattle—
I)cc. 4.—Northwestern.
Dec. 7.—Mariposa.
Dec. 15.—Alameda.
Dec. 23.—Mariposa.
Dec. 31.—Alameda.
-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, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
K. B. TRACY, Gent Agent VALDEZ 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, Valdez, Phone 1 A. E. Harris, T. P. A. Jnaeao, Alaska.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
Just Received — the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Special order, Cham Chowder 15c,
at the Arcade. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfer that baggage for you. tf
Your picture will please the folks
at home better than anything you can
send them. Jenner the photographer
tf
Pure Presh Drags at the Valdes
Drag Store. tf
BOOKBf Yes, we have them, suit
able for Xpaas presents; and Pyralla
[very, kand Minted. Valdes Drag
Do.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genet al Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un*
lees Paid for in Advance
* t
For soog komereopkeg meals try
■re. X. Oise*, m Hakert street •