Tennis Shoes
Those interested in gymnastics will be
glad to know that they* can itow be fitted
in tennis shoes at tbis store—both men’s •
and women’s sizes.
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-M. J. B. Coffee--beet by every teet.
New Patterns
The patterns for February at last arrived;
also the fashion sheets, the Delineator and
Butterick journals. Better look them up
early.
Hunt*8 Fruits are not lye pealed.
Men's Underwear
A new number in men’s underwear was
received on the last boat—two-piece, grey
wool, medium weight. Price a suit, $4.00
Fresh eggs that need no guarantee
Benjamin Suits
Benjamin Suits we know to be equal, and
in most instances ahead of any suit on the
market today. And you can find them
priced as low as $20-00.
Have you tried our new line of dried fruits?
I_X_L Heaters
Windy days show the need of good hea
ters—I X L are standing ever y test.
There’s a full line for your selection.
Swift*8 Premium hams and bacon
New Dishes
The Crockery Department has received
some additions—new dishes, plain white,
the Derwood pattern with gold band;
earthen tea pots, mixing bowls, crocks, etc.
A grocery department that's going ahead—
There's a reason.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
Agts. for EQUITABLE Life Ina.
Public £r"",'ph!, Reed Bldg. Phone. 196
Last Chance!
OffcrEjtpirac March 31. 1917
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^THEtOITirS(X)aPANIOPI^t^a*i
the Daily prospector
THE WEEK&^INER
THEtVbUTH»S COMPANION
McCALLS MACUilNt;
ALL FOR
$13.00 CASH itf AbVANCE
B. F. Watsoa is probably one o’
I
the best known steamship men on ‘he
roast of Alaska. During his connee
tion with the Admiral Dine he hat
visited every town on the coast, and
everywhere mad a host of friends.
who will regret to learn that he has
revered his connections with the line.
Bread, rolls and pastry of all kinds
fresh every day, for sale while they
last, at the Merchant’s Cafe. 1-D-lm
DECISION REVERSED
IN APPELLATE COl'KT
Friends of M. A. Ellis, prominent
Cache creek operator, were pleased
to receive the announcement recently
that he had won in the appellate
court in the suit brought by Attorney
J. L. Reed of Valdez on some old
labor liens.
Judge Brown rendered a decision
against Ellis which was reversed in
the higher court. This decision was
handed down 11 days ago, but Attor
neys Morford and Finnegan, repre
senting Ellis, were not advised.
The cases involved a claim for la
bor against placer claims which Ellis
now owns and operates. The miner
did the work for the previous owner
of the ground and neglected to put
in his claim at the time, although El
lis warned him to do so. Later when
the claims proved to be producers
the miner assigned his claim to AUor
|ney Reed, who endeavored to collect.
On losing in the lower court Ellis
commented bitterly on the way Mis
few Droducing operators in this dis
trict were harassed and declared be
would appeal although the proceeding
might cost more than the amount of
it he-judgment.—Seward Post.
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|SAIL SEVEN HUNDRED
MILES IN MOTOR BOA!
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NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—A voyage
of 700 miles in a motorboat from a
spot in the Atlantic ocean, where they
had abandoned their sinking ship, to
the coast of Morocco, was the experi
encc related by five of the crew of the
American schooner Rob Roy on their
arrival from Havana aboard the ship
Mexico.
According to the sailors the Rob
Roy sailed from Alciante, Spain, for
Havana, and on November 18 the
vessel ran into a heavy gale. She
sprung a leak and became waterlog
ged.
The vessel was abandoned on Nov
ember 20 and the captain and crew
took to a ihotorboat they had on
board. They steered east hoping to
pick up a passing ship or sight land.
After traveling 700 miles they
landed on the coast of Morocco, and
made their way to Mogador. where
they appealed to the American consul.
The men were sent to the Canary isl
ands where they boarded a steamer
for Havana.
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A Correction.
The item recently printed in Tin
Prospector to the effect that Hi Gilt,
formerly of this city, hut now a mem
ber of the telegraph and telephone
department of the Alaska Engineer
ing Commission at Anchorage, and
Miss Belle Qualley. also formcrlv or
this city, had been married at An
chorage, was an error according t>
the Anchorage Times of recent date.
Mr. Gill took unto himself a bride,
but the young lady was an employe
in the telephone exchange at Anchor
age by the name of Miss Lera Brueck
ner. The Prospector printed the orig
inal notice in good faith, but its in
formant was misinformed as to the
name of the bride
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Special Agent Investigating.
We have been informed that a spc- j
cial agent of the district court is mak-1
ing an investigation of the qualifica
tions of the liquor dealers for a li
cense renewal in July, it having been
reported that some of them are get
ting the money the easiest and quick
est way. Any such violations nay
subject the saloon keeper to an im
mediate revocation of his license. The
court evidently intends a str'ct en
forcement of the law on the liquor
question and the dealers will have no
one to blame but themselves if they
persist in allowing their places to be
the headquarters for the “stew bum"
element; continue to dispense their
goods to minors, and habitual drunk
ards, aud allow unfortunates to be re
lieved of their bank roll.—Cordova
Times.
Hans Christensen left yesterday
for the Interior with Lars Holland's
Road Commission crew to work on
the Tazlina bridge.
Sam Taylor left on the Mariposa
yesterday for Cordova, en route to
,the Interior.
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GIRL FOUND DMD IN BED;
LOVER HBI/D ON SUSPICION
LOS ANGELES Calif., Jan. 29.—
Miss Nellie Harvey of Exeter, Calif.,
was found.dead in bed here yesterday
and Harold J. Winter, a. motion pic
ture actor with, whom she has been
living, is held on suspicion. Winter
is a son of the former district attor
ney of that name in New York City.
Three Burned to DeUth.
PORTLAND; Jan. 20 —Three per
sons were burned'to death this morn
ing In a Are which destroyed a room
ing house here.
Mrs. L. V. Ray and daughter Pa
tricia of Seward were through pas
sengers on the Mariposa en route to
the States.
For the most eflicieut service and
satisfaction go to the 9t. Elias. 1*
Steamship Sailings
Mariposa—Sailed south from Valdez,
January 28.
Victoria—Sailed north from Seattle
Jan. 24, with freight only.
Admiral Evans—Sailed north fo
Valdez Jan. 25.
Alameda—Sailed south from Valdez,
January 20.
Alaska—Sails from Seattle f~r Val
dez, Jan. 26.
Alaska—Sailed from Seattle for Vsl
dez, Jan. 26.
Admiral Watson—Sails from Seattle
February 3.
Northwestern—Sails from Seattle for
Valdez, Feb. 1.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE:
Lvs. Fort Liscura Lts. Valdez
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS.
8:15 a.m. 9:45 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS.
1:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:0 p.m. 10:30 p.m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used to
clean boilers.
TIDE TABLES FOR VALDEZ.
Monday, Jan. 29—
First High Tide, 4:37 a. m„ 8.9.
Second High Tide, 5:15 p. m., 6.0.
First Low Tide, 11:16 a. m., 1.0.
Second Low Tide, 10:44 p. m., 2.0.
Tuesday, January 30—
First Hign Tide, 5:29 a. m., 8.6.
Second High Tide, 6:39 p. m., 5.3.
First Low Tide, 12:34 p. m., 1.2.
Second Low Tide, 11:35 p. m., 2.9.
Wednesday, January 31—
First High Tide, 6:30 a. m„ 8.2.
Second High Tide, 8:23 p. ni., 5.1.
First Low Tide, 2:03 p. m., 1.2.
Daily Weather R«|»ort
Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 28, 1917
Barometric pressure .30.389
Temperature at 7 p. m.10
Maximum temperature .15
Minimum temperature .10
Mean temperature .12.5
|Snow on ground .36 in
(’tear, 20 mile X. E. wind.
Valdez, Alaska. Jan. 29, 1917
Barometric pressure.30.313
Temperature at 7 a. m. 11
Maximum temperature .17
Minimum temperature . 5
Mean temperature . 13
Snow on ground .35 in.
Clear, 10 mile wind X. E.
— Myrtle F. Billings, Ohs.
IVall Weather Report
Fairbanks—46 below. 15 inches o'
snow, clear calm.
Salcha—56 belong 18 inches of
snow, clear calm, trail good.
Little Delta—Mall south 11 a. m. ]
yesterday Munson’s mail just arrived \
Richardson—44 below, 7 inches of
snow, clear calm, trail good.
McCarty—50 below, 8 inches of
snow, clair, calm, trail fair.
Donnelly—44 below. 25 inches e.*
snow, calm, clear, trail fair.
Rapids—Nothing to report.
McCallum—36 below, 55 Inches of
snow, storming, high north winds,
trail drifted, stage south 2:30 p. in.
yesterday.
Paxson—30 below, 20 inches of
snow, cloudy calm, trail heavy, north
stage 1 passenger, south stage. >
passengers, N. C. freight team north
6 a. m.
Hogan—30 below, 30 inches snow
clear calm, trail fair.
Sourdough—N. C. freight team no.
Gulkana—46 below, 6 inches of
snow, clair calm, trail fair.
Copper Center—46 below, 9 inches
of snow, cloudy calm, trail drifted.
Tonsina—44 below, 18 inches of
snow, clear calm, trail drifted. Row
bottom north with mail 8:30 a. m.
Teikhell—30 below, clear, north
winds, trail drifted 26 inches snow.
Beaver Dam-—18 below 36 inches
of snow, clear, high wind, trail drift
ed badly.
Thompson’s Pass—6 below, 68 in.
of snow, Storming, trail heavy and
drifted.
Wortman’s—12 below; 30 inches
of snow, clear, windy, trail drifted.
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ARE AFTER SCALE
OF MARSHAL AT NOME
In the Second division a big fight iu
being made quietly against U. S. Mar
shal E. B. Jordan, because, he threw
his support to Delegate Wicltershatn
during the campaign. He was ap
pointed to office agalnBt the protest ot
the Democrats and since taking office
bas shown no consideration for it but
has acted independently During the
campaign just closed he literally
took off his coat and worked for Del
egate Wickorsham, ;he Democrat?
claim, and it was through his influ- \
ence that Sulzer failed to come out
of that division as well as Bu. nell
did in 1914.
Valdez Miuc\ $3.00 per year
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Resources over $300,000.
Drafts sold on all Foreign Countries.
Wells Fargo Travellers checks tor sale
Safe Deposit Boxes For Rent.
DEPOSITARY FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
AND POST OFFICE SAVIN6S BANK.
Valdez Dock Co. n«ng mo. ■
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
Do It Electrically
Electrical helps make housekeeping easier. Few
people realize the number of electrical labor-saving
devices that have found a place in the household.
The Electric Iron has become a household ne
cessity and ninety per cent of the families using elec
tric light also use an electric iron.
Other labor saving devices are the Vacuum
Cleaner that averages less than seven pounds in
weight. Then there is the washing machine for fam
ilies that do their own laundry. Electric Buffing mo- *
tors for polishing the silverware, and small electric
motors for running churns, ice cream freezers and
for numerous other purposes.
Are your electrical appliances working satis
factory? If not notify the
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Tele. Co.
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LOCAL BREVITIES
In every line of manufactured ar
ticles there iB usually one maker who
sets the standard of excellence. The J
Rexall Products set such a standard
for the United States in Drugs, Per
fumes, Toilet Articles and in fact, for
every article which they manufacture.
The OWL DRUG CO., exclusive agenu
for Valdez. tf
Only a first-class drug store can
secure an agency for Rexall products.
The Owl Drug Store, exclusive agents
for Valdez. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Enlarging and copying photos and
▼lews at Jenners the Photographer, tf
For good home-cooxed meals try
Mrs. If. OUs, an Hobart street. *
Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good: home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker, Phono 1S1. tf
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants' Cate. tf
Location notices, both Quarts and
| placer, for sale at the Prospeotor of
fice.
_
j You can have your picture taken
day or night by Jenner the Photog
| rapher. tf
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Rexall Drugs! Absolutely pure. Owl
JDrug Store.
WANTED — Work by first-class
| baker. Good references! Advise
|“R,” Prospector. k30
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FOP RENT—Five room nouse on
Broadway, partially furnished, Mrs.
M. M. Hopkins. It
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1917 l
Practically a Daily at the l*rice
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the World gives so much
at so low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
in the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now half-way into
its third year, and whether peace be ^
at hand or afar off the events to fol
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice a Week World, The
Daily Prospector and The Weekly
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 166 copies or
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 62 copies of the Miner for thcV
price. Can you afford to be without
IUCIU.
The Thrlce-a-Week World,
The Dally Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
VI,L FOR HER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly
Miner are the only papers published
at Valdes, and are replete with local
and world news. The Miner makes a
specialty of Territorial News in con- ^
deused form. The World is too uelf'C
known to our’ readers to dilate upon
its Sold of usefulness. ,
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
Received by steamer Mariposa
fresh fruits and vegetables. Key
stone Produce Co. 1>
We have all outside rooms, wellf
lighted, and well ventilated at the
St. Elias. ?!
All kinds ef cocktails. At the
Candy Kituhea. tf