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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1015
ASHA’S MARRIAGEABLE MEN.
Alaska, as a matrimonial bureau,
,kes good reading for the Eastern
igazines, but we of Alaska know
it the young woman who leaves a
9 of usefulness In the East to come
the great Northwest on the chance
cooking sourdough pancakes for
me masculine aspirant for Hymen's
;ose, runs a mighty good chance of
ing hungry. This is one of the
>ck jokes perpetrated upon the
mlnine public by the Eastern space
iter. The fact of the matter is that
If of our gay young bachelors, who
low the alfalfa to accumulate un
jir their chins while they hunt the
.,>lden nuggets, have come to Alaska
escape that very thing. Of course
ere are maijy young men In Alaska
ho would jump into matrimony as
•ey would fall into a stream,—un
•epared, and with a vague idea of
!:jw cold and chilly the water was.
o, Catharine, we would advise you
>■> put all thoughts aside-of snubbing
ime strapping young Alaskan to the
atrimonial hitching post, because
ley are shy, wonderfully shy, and
iser than the serpent. Many of them
dght dally at the river’s brink with
>ir.e coy, bashful damsel, but with
our $6.00 per hundred and a long
jld winter before them—well, we
lould say not!
Valdez has many young men who
ould support a wife in luxury—yea,
hree or four wives, but we have
een no mad rush to the matrimonial
ounter yet, and there are some
aighty winsome maidens in Valdez,
iut all the bachelors we are person
,lly acquainted with are storm-proof
,nd fire-tested. Nothing less than a
,:rass widow with a bad cough and
i paying claim could win those we
enow; and we suspect that the inte
rior is full of the same hard-hearted
dass.
But they are mighty fine men, and
f a girl did happen to trap one, we
would gamble that he would stand
without hitching the rest of his life.
At any rate, we would advise our in
quirer not to stampede to this matri
monial camp without a grubstake
Tor, as we have remarked before, we
have a mighty fine bunch of young
women in Valdez, and they appear to
need a steam drill to penetrate the
frozen hearts of some of our crusty
elors.
We would call the attention of our
outside readers to the weather report
published from day to day in the
columns of the Prospector. It will
be noticed that the weather has been
exceptionally fine up to the present
time, and that our coldest spell has
caused the mercury to drop to about
tour above. This temperature in
Alaska would be about the same as
25 to 30 above in the States, as the
humidity is much less here, and the
cold is not so penetrating or intense.
The old sourdough in Alaska will
run around with his coat off at a tem
perature so low that it would freeze
stock to death in the Middle States;
and he would not suffer with the cold
at that. So far about two feet of
snow has fallen, but the days are
bright and clear, and shoeing and
skiing make the days pleasurable for
our young people.
Check your hyphen at Ellis Island
—it will be returned to you when you
-go back—Boston Transcript.
If Mexico is not insolvent after all
that has happened what chance is
there for Europe to go broke?—In
dianapolis Star.
--THE
EMPRESS
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2 Show*--at 8 and 9:20,sharp
PROGRAM
THE MAN IN THE STREET,
Edison 8-act Drama Featuring
Gertrude McCoy, Marc Mc
Dermott and Duncan McRae.
PATHS WEEKLY NEWS
SELECT MUSIC
BEASTS OF THE JUNGLE,
Animal Feature Thursday.
Admission 25c and 10c.
WHO GO TO ALASKA?
Who go to Alaska? People of all
sorts and conditions. The investor,
who knows that in a new country
money is in demand at high rates of
interest, and is willing therefore, to
suffer the hardships a new country
Imposes; the prospector in search of
a fortune in mining, and the farmer
or ranchman seeking a homestead on
which to spend the rest of his life
and take advantage of the opportuni
ties a new country alway^s offers.
There are many of these agricultu
ral pursuits, because Alaska Is offer
ing perhaps the last of the greater
opportunities for the United States to
give away good farms. Nearly half
of the land in the Chugach national
forest in Alaska, to which the gov
ernment railroad Is to run has been
restored to the public domains by
President Wilson. This embraces an
area of nearly 6,000,000 acres, but
homesteaders are warned that the
chances of locating on the with
drawn land are not encouraging, as
it contains few agricultural areas.
The department of agriculture is
about to puu„sh a report on the ag
ricultural possibilities of Alaska. It
announces that the impression that
Alaska is a region of inhospitable
mountains, glaciers and snow with
out farming possibilities, while in
part true, overlooks the fact that
there are millions of acres of rela
tively low, smooth land and gentle
slopes in various parts of the coun
try which are typographically and
climatically suited to farming.—
Leslie's Weekly.
WILL SHIP SALT SALMON
ON ADMIRAL EVANS.
Anderson Bros. Saltery will ship
out 80 barrels of salt silver, salmon
on the Admiral Evans for the market
in Seattle. The salmon has been put
up in the past few weeks and repre
sents about one half of the sum
mer’s output of salmon, by this
company. One of the brothers, Lars,
will go out with the shipment and
dispose of same in the salmon mar
kets 1.-. ..,e. It has been reported
that salt salmon is worth about $25
in the states now. Whether that
amount represents the wholesale or
retail price is not known, but it Is
known that sail salmon is in great
demand at the present time, and at
a good price.—Gateway.
POWKIt GAS BOAT IS
BURNED AT SELDOVIA.
Seldovia: On October ^ the launch
Shark (19 tons 30 horsepower) ac
cidentally caught fire while Engineer
Carlson was cleaning a plugged feed
pipe. Carlson was seriously burned
about the face and arms. Every ef
fort was made to save the boat but
the fire was beyond control and the
boat is a total loss.
The value of the boat, including
equipment, fuel and cargo, was about
$2,500. The Shark was known as
one of the most reliable launches at
Anchorage thi- summer.
New Placer Strike.
Dawson: Quite a number of
prospectors are leaving here with
winter outfits for the Inew placer
strike on Rude and Dip creeks, 20
miles from Coffee creek landing on
the Yukon river below Selkirk. Al
ready 150 claims have been staked.
The discoverers are reported to have
got better than wages and believe
Rude and Dip may prove to be pay
ing streams. There is a good trail
from the Yukon river to the new
creeks. They flow into the Klotossin,
which is tributary to the Donjek and
White rivers.
Weather Report.
Valdez. Nov. 15, 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.160
Temperature 7 p. m.16
Maximum temperature .38
Minimum temperature .16
Mean temperature .26—
Cloudy, light wind northeast 10
miles.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Nov. 16, 9 a. m.
Fairbanks, 20 below, 5 inches of
snow; clear, windy.
Salcha, 10 below, 8 Inches snow;
clear, calm, trail fair.
Richardson, 3 below, 9 Inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail fair.
McCarthy, 6 below, 8 inohes snow;
cloudy, calm, trail bad.
Donnelly, 9 below, 10 inches of
snow; clear, calm, trail fair.
McCallum, 10 below, 36 Inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail bad.
Paxson, 6 below, 11 inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail fair.
flogan, 10 below, 14 inches snow;
calm, trail good.
Gulkana, 6 below, 12 Inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail good. t
Copper Center, 10 belew. 21 inches
snow; clear, calm, trail fair. I
Tonslna, 17 below, 13 inches' of
snow; cloudy, calm, trill fair. jfj
Telkhell, 4 below, 16 inches* of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail good.
Beaver Dam, 8 below, 36 lncihes of
s^ow; cloudy, calm, trail heavy/
! Summit, 8 above, 42 inches enow;
clear, calm, trail heavy.
Wortman’s, 10 above, 8 laches of
snow; clear, calm, trail good.
IiOCAl. BREVITIES.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Middlecaffip, of
EUamar, came up to Valdez yester
day in the EUamar company’s launch.
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Chas. McCallum, secretary of the
Valdez Miners' Union, returned from
a trip to Fidalgo and Landlock bays
on the launch Anieta.
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Fresh Oysters received on every
boat.—Frye-Bruhn Co. tf
E. D. Reiter, of the Alaska Copper
Corperation, Fidalgo Bay, returned
to Valdez last night on the launch
Anieta.
Far good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Received on last boat, Wearing Ap
parel, articles of every day needs, at
Emporium. Open from 12 to 9 p.
m. tf
Russell Herman has returned from
Seward where he went to accept a
position with the Alaska Drug com
pany.
Suits pressed for fl.00 at Silver
man’s, tbi tailor. Telephone 198. tf
Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
M. J. Callahan, who has been with
ihe Alaska Copper Corporation dur
ing the absence of Mr. Stahl in in
States, returned to Valdez last night
on the launch Anieta.
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Men’s, Women’s and Children’s
Wool Sweaters, Hoods and Hosiery,
Sheeting, Pillowcase Tubing, Outing
Fiannel 10c yard, at Emporium. tf
Dick Colvin who enjoys the dis
tinction of being one of the best tool
sharpeners fii Alaska, is employed in
the Fidalgo mine of the Alaska Cop
per corporation.
LOST—Lady’s watch and nugget
fob, between the Empress theatre and
Valdez Dock. Liberal reward for re
turn of same to Prospector office, tf
_ 1
Parties coming up from Fidalgo
and Landlock bays, state that the
Admiral Evans is expected to call
there to take shipments of copper ore
from the W. A Dickey mine at Land
lock and from the McIntosh mine at
Fidalgo.
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Sam McNeice, the contractor, who
has the contract for fixing the Kanitz
building for the Valdez postoffice, has
received word that the boxes and
hardwood fixtures are coming on the
first boat. He is working on the in
terior of the building and promises
that it will-be ready for occupancy
by the postoffice a few days after the
shipment arrives.
Christmas Is Coming.
And would it not be well to con
sider something in the line of photo
sundries for your friends. A trim
ming board for 4 0c or 60c; Brownie
Enlarger for $2.00 and up; Negative
Albums, Print Roller, Flash Sheet
Holder, Tripod or some of the many
other desirable things. I might have
just the thing you want. Those rela
tives and friends in the states appre
ciate pictures more than anything
else, especially if they are of Alaska.
Call at my place in the Cliff House,
tf P. S. HUNT.
TIMBER 18 RESERVED
FOR MILITARY ROAD.
Word has been received at Juneau
of the establishment of a timber res
ervation along the Military road be
tween Valdez and Fairbanks. This
reservation will occupy a stretch one
mile wide on each side of the road
for a distance of nine miles. The
purpose of the withdrawal is for the
construction, operation and mainte
nance of the military road, which is
built through it, and which will be
needed for the construction of
bridges and dikes. This is the first
timber reservation made in that sec
tion.
Henderson Dead.
The death occurred at the General
Hospital yesterday afternoon of Mrs.
Robert Henderson, wife of the discov
erer of the Klondike goldfields. Mm
Henderson left Dawson over two
months ago accompanied by her
daughter, Cassle, after twelve years
residence there, Intended to visit her
old home in Antigonish county, Nova
Scotlo. While in Vancouver she be
came ill and passed away yesterday.
Besides her husband she leaves a
daughter and three sons to mourn
her loss.
“I Didn’t Know You Had It!”
Said the customer, and yet we have over
5,000 VARIETIES
of merchandise on our shelves. We have
1,200 varieties of groceries; 2,600 kinds
of Hardware; and about 1,200 different
kinds of clothing.
We can’t put all this stuff in the window,
and it would take up too much space in
the Prospector, so
“If you don't see what you want ask for it ”
s. BUJ vi & co.
GOOD GOODS
CACHE CHEEK HAI)
OUTPUT OF $200,000
M. A. Ellis, one of the large oper
ators in the Cache Creek country, re
ports a very good summer just closed
and thinks that the output of the sea
son is nearly $200,000. Mr. Ellis
who has been in the mining game for
a good many years in Idaho and for
five years in ^i,asKa, thinks that
Cache Creek is equal to or surpasses
any mining camp this side of Fair
banks and is the best producer con
tiguous to Seward. He has at pres
ent two hydraulic plants ready for
operation in the spring, having but
recently installed them. A,,aough
this was practically a year of prepa
ration and installing machinery yet
Mr. Ellis took out $65,000 of the yel
low metal. He has the great,— —
in the future of the camp and expects
big things there for next year. Many
of the Cache creek operators and
miners remain there for the winter,
while other spend the winter on the
Cook Inlet or in Seward. The out
put for the past season was consid
erably cut down owing to the lack
of water.
Taxes Due.
Taxes for the Town of Valdez for
the year 1915 are now due and pay
able at my office at the corner of Key
stone avenue and McKinley street.
Taxes will be delinquent on Monday,
December 6th. 1915, at 6 o’clock p.
m., and unless paid prior thereto,
a penalty of 10 per cent will be added
to the amount and interest at the rate
of 12 per cent per annum.
Warrants issued by the present
Council will be accepted in payment
of taxes.
Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 12 m.
and 2 p. m. to 4 p. m„ except Sun
days.
Dated this 3d day of November,
1915. •?
E. G. AMES,
Town Treasurer.
Kill 11-1*8 _ -
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON. PROP
S'lRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Ave, Seward, Alaska
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdes
ED. WOOD, Proprietor j
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University.
WaMhinffton, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms in Whaling Building
DR. GERMAN
PHONE 19 THT. DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug Store. Of
fice hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., 7 to 9
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
All Work Guaranteed.
E. C. DALTON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Phone 42
Alaska Avenue Valdez, Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTOH.VEVS-AT-LAW
OlHec Opposite Court limine
Phone 31 VALDEZ. ALASKA
j JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORNEY S-AT-I.A W
OHIccm in Whaling lluildln.tr
Phone 101 VALDEZ. ALASKA
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 108
Free noil Accepted Mmou
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday in each month in McKinley
Hall. Visitors always welcome.
A. E. GRIGSBY, W. M.
ED. WOOD, Secretary.
Red Cross Hospital
Keystone and]Hobart Sts.
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS.
Private Rooms for Patients.
Phone 144 MRS. C. H WILCOX. Matron
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a good
idea, a good business ven
ture or a good mining pros
pect ; otherwise a good many
of today’s successful busi
ness enterprises would still
be mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the in
troductions of the man with
the idea, the man with a
prospect, or business to the
man with the dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
launc* Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MARCUM.
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Bay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company's Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay.
and Fidalgo, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
The Best Place in Valdez to
Stop at is the
Arctic Hotel
Warm, Light Rooms--The House of Comfort
RATES REASONABLE
BATH ROOM Special Rates By the Mull
PHONE 133 MRS SYR1NG. P«*>
Valdez Miners Union Ko. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER. President.
Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALl.UM, Secretary.
_ _ Valdez. Alaska
Dougherty & Ferpsos
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office In Pinzon Cigar Store
General Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds.
Positively No Coal Delivered
less Paid foe in Advance