STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
^ VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR men only
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere
WANT APPROPRIATION
FOB THE TOIjOVANA
The residents of Brooks, Tolovana
district, havfe circulated a petition
-which will be sent to Delegate Wick
ersham, asking him to introduce a bill
in congress to secure an appropria
tion of $60,000 for the purpose of
Improving navigation on the Tolovana
river. The petition bears the signa
ture of every resident of the district
and has been endorsed by the Fair
banks Commercial club and other
commercial organizations. It is esti
mated that if the river navigation is
improved that supplies can be landed
in the new camp for less than one
half of the present cost, and would
make it possible to operate ground
that is now considered too low grade.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat.
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
Arcade Cafe
OPEN AUj NIGHT
We Serve Corona Coffee
HKEAD FOR SALE
Jack Callin - - Proprietor
s Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MARCUM
Sails for Port Wells, Portage
Hay, Granite Mine, Saturday
at 9:00 a. m.^Jrom the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For EiiaiDitr, "Landlock Bay,
and Fidalg%, every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Vai
dez Dock ^Company’s Dock.
For Bates, Apply on Boat.
Copper River
Draying Co
I
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts .of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valdes
- ED. WOOD. Proprietor
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.
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Sailed from Seattle for Vladivostok
with Million Dollar Cargo and
Narrowly Escaped.
The officers of the Admiral Farra
gut reported last night that the
freighter Seward, of the Alaska
Steamship company fleet, which left
Seattle last week en route for Vladi
vostok with a cargo valued at one
million dollars, is now at Latouche,
where she is undergoing repairs.
The freighter was chartered by the
Alaska Steamship company to Water
house & Co., of San Francisco, to
make a number of trips between Pu
get Sound and the Russian port in or
der to deliver war and railroad ma
terial which the Russian government
had purchased in the United States.
She was making her first trip and is
reported to have encountered one of
the worst storms ever known in the
north Pacific ocean. The extent of
the damages which the steamer sus
tained in her fight with the elements
is not known but it is reported that
three of her crew were washed over
board and lost. It is also reported
that part of her deck load was washed
away and that the vessel narrowly es
caped becoming a wreck.
The officers of the Admiral Farra
gut say that their wireless picked up
the distress call of the Seward while
coming up the coast between Juneau
and Yakutat but that they were un
able to locate the freighter and be
lieved her far out to sea. Before leav
ing Cordova yesterday afternoon they
learned that the Seward had reached
Latouche and would await the arrival
of the Victoria which was due there
last night.
WRONGED HUSBAND TAKES
ERRING WIFE HOME.
SALT LAKE, Jan. 27.—-Lee Hood,
the San Diego hotelkeeper, whose
wife eloped with a negro chauffeur
and surrendered herself to the police
here, left Salt Lake for home this
morning with the erring woman
whom he believes has not violated
her vows to him. The negro is held
by the police and it is reported that
the charge of white slavery may be
pressed against him. He asserts that
Mrs. Hood was infatuated with him
and compelled him to take Hood's
auto when they eloped.
Valdez Drug Company have a fine
tine of School Stationery. tf
Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cookers,
Rakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
ilhe Emporium. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
! Everybody come to the now fad
lance, the "Confiett! Dance,” given
by tho Eagles, February 14, 1916.
Watch the locals.
The Liberty Theatro re-opens Sun
day with one of the best programs
over shown in Valdez.
Nugget Jewelry made to order at
the Valdez Drug . CO., by G. O.
Uelnke- tf
WANTED: Experienced, wopnaty de
sires work as cook or maid. Refer
ences given. Address Prospector.
Panoramic views of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdes and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdes Drug
store. tf
LOST:—During the lire a large
blue woollen blanket disappeared.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of
the same, pleaae notify or return to
Mrs. E. Winter.
FIDALGO WHARF
WAS BLOWN DOWN
Wharf and Several Hundred Feet of
Approach Carried Away by
High Winds of Last Week.
Manager E. D. Reiter, of the Alas
ka Mines corporation, returned from
Fidalgo bay last night on the steamer
Admiral Farragut and reports that
the high wind which prevailed last
week destroyed the wharf and several
hundred feet of the approach of the
new structure which his company was
building to enable it to ship its ores.
The loss will be heavy as the wharf
was nearing completion and would
have been used to load one thousand
tons of ore on the Admiral Farragut
when she returned from the westward
Mr. Reiter says that the work of con
structing a new wharf will begin im
mediately that his mine will be ship
ping ore before the middle of next
month.
When the wharf went down It car
ried with it the piledriver outfit into
thirty-two feet of water. The machin-;
ery will, however, be recovered, as
workmen had succeeded in getting
lines on it and expected to bring it
into shallow water at low tide to
night. They believed that the ma
chinery escaped serious injury and
expected to begin work on the new
wharf before the end of the week.
MARY PICKFORD IN
“THE EAGLE’S MATE.’’
The Empress Circuit presents
the Paramount feature “The Eagle’s
Mate,” a vitally gripping drama of
the mountain country, abounding in
honest, exquisite and poignant thrills,
written by Anna Alice Chapiin, Mary
Pickford portrays the delightfully
fascinating character of little Ane
mone, a dainty slip of beauty, ador
ably girlish, tantelizingly wilful,
gloriously feminine. From her peace
ful little valley home, Anemone rises
to great heights, and in the stress of
that mounting, realizes the earnest
self-sacrifice for love, that later re
sults in the full accomplishment of
her womanhood.
The Mornes of Virginia are a law
less mountain clan, a strong, fierce
folk, scornful of any law save that
writ large in their own hearts. They
dwell on a nearly inaccessible peak,
called the Eagles’ Eyrie, and because
of their craggy abode and fierce nat
ures, are called the “Eagles.” Lancer,
so:i of the leader, has been sent to
college by Anemone’s aunt, Mrs.
Breckenridge, who is a Morne her
self, though Anemone, her petted and
cherished niece, is ignorant of this
fact, as are the rest of the towns
people. Lancer’s father is arrested
for moonshining, and Lancer shakes
off the shackles of civilization and
leads the clan to the rescue of his
father, joining the Mornes in their
lawless life in the Eyrie. Fisher
Morne, the brutal and uncouth coustn
of Lancer, falls in love with Anemone,
and being repulsed ■ by her, abducts
her and carries her off to the Eagles’
Eyrie. Lancer and Anemone have met
and have felt an irresistible attrac
tion for each other. When Anemone
finds Lancer at the Eyrie, she begs
him to save her ar.d send her back to
the valley. But with the w’ild daring
of his clan. Lancer tells her that he
intends to have her for himself, fights
Esher for her, and conquers. Ane
mone marries Lancer to save her aunt
from paying the immense ransome
Fisher would exact from her return,
but tells Lancer she hates him—and
finally convinces him that she does.
In anger. Lancer replies that he will
never speak a word qf love to her
until she asks him to, and they live
in the Eyrie as strangers. Fisher
shoots Lancer and lays the crime on
Anemone. The wounded Lancer de
mands that Anemone return in safely
to her aunt, declaring she is innocent.
Anemone learns that tho sheriff is
leading a posse up to the Eyrie to
attack the Morues, who have been
betrayed by tho traitor, Fisher, and
she returns to lead the clan against
the representative of the law, for she
has learned to love Lancer and now
longs to he herself considered an
“Eagle”. She reaches the clan in time
to warn them, and the baffled posse
returns. Anemone’s aunt, at the
crucial moment, loyal to the Mornes.
comes to the Eyrie, shows them thru
tho action of thb traitor, Fisher, the
folly of outlawry and its inevitable
end. Lancer, now the acknowledged
leader, through the sweet Influence
of the noble little Anemone, recog
nizes the truth of his aunt's words.
The Mornes promise no longer to re
bel against the state. Lancer and his
bride begin their honeymoon in the
Eyrie and Anemone is at last trolly
happy as the Eagle’s mate.
At the Empress theatre tonight,
Friday night, and Saturday night.
•ubeertbe for th* Prospector,
SLANDER AND THE LAW.
Making a Charge Orally and In Writing
Are Vastly Different.
Mach may be said which cannot be
written, observes William W. Brewton
in Case and Comment. Slander (in the
legal sensei is usunlly not actionable
per se, though contempt and peihaps
ridicule be caused of the person against
whom the words were uttered, unless
the accusation falsely Involves crime,
moral turpitude, disease, trade, basl
•:'."s, profession or other relation of
\ ,'!c.r importance.
To orally charge one with wife whip
ping. forgery of a receipt, having
burned a will, having taken something
some person has missed, petty deeds of
rascality, being addicted to the use of
drugs, with having spoken djsrcspect
fully of another, is not to be guilty of
slander.
It was held In an English case that
to express a suspicion that one has
committed some act Is not slanderous
per se. An Arkansas case has declared
that to declare that one’s reputation
for truth aud veracity Is bad and that
the speaker would not believe the per
son charged on oath is not slanderous
In Itself.
It has been held In Georgia. New
York, Louisiana and other states that
such ttrms as rogue, rascal or villain
are not in themselves actionable as
slander.
THE TEMPTER WON.
A Decoration That Was Accepted, but
That Held a Sting.
When the late Baron Xordenskjold
was at Ceylon on the way home from
his journey along the northern coast of
Siberia he received a telegram from the
Russian government asking-him wheth
er he would accept from the czar a eer
tain decoration as an appreciation of
his services to Russia.
For many days the famous explorer
wavered, as he was a member of Bjor
sternc Bjornson’s Anti-decoration club,
whose members were solemnly pledged
never to accept any decoration from
anybody.
Nordcnskjold, however, could not re
sist the temptation, so be replied to the
telegram in the affirmative. It is not
hard to Imagine his disappointment
when upon reaching home a friend of
Ills, a high official, told him the follow
ing:
“The Russian government was wen
aware of your antagonistic views In
regard to decorations and had there
fore placed in readiness 800,000 rubles
to he paid you In the event of your re
fusing to accept the insignia, but be
fore pitying that sum they wanted to
try your firmness. Russia is certainly
grateful to you for your failure to live
up to your pledge.”
The Fashion of the House.
A servant girl happened to be en
gaged at a farmhouse where the mis
tress was known to have a hasty tern
per. Ou the first Saturday night the
girl was at the farmhouse she was
told by the mistress to clean tlie boots
ready for Sunday. The mistress on
coining into the kitchen litter on saw
(hat the girl had cleaned iter own boots
first. So she took them up and threw
them into a tub of water that was
standing by and bounced out of the
kitchen. TW girl said nothing, hut
when site had cleaned the other boots
she threw them also into the water.
“Whatever possessed you to do that,
girl?" asked the mistress on coming
again in the kitchen.
The girl simply replied:
“Well, ma'am, please, ma’am, I
thought it wus the fashion of the
house, ma'am!"—Loudon Tit-Bits.
In Praise of the Eskimos.
Admiral l:. IS. I’cary in the narrative
describing his discovery of the north
pole devotes a very long chapter to the
Eskimos, with whom he has had inti
mate dealings for many years. He tells
ns that, though they are savages, they
are not savage; that, though they are
without government, they are not law
less; that, though they are uneducated,
they exhibit u remarkable degree of
intelligence. He assures us that they
have no religion, yet he describes them
as destitute of vice and ready to share
iheir last meal with the hungry. He
thinks It would be Impossible to Chris
tianize them, hut they already possess
the cardinal graces of faith, hope and
charity, for ••without them they could
never survive the six months' night
and the other rigors of their home."
Prompting the Prompter.
pike all artists. Sir Henry Irving
sometimes allowed the line he was to
speak evade his memory for the mo
ment. but so seldom his prompter
grew careless. One night Sir Henry
turned to the wings and said. “Pine,
please." The prompter was busy chat
ting. and Sir Henry repeated. "I.lue.
line!" There was a rustling of leaves,
and then n distressed voice murmured.
“Which line. Sir Henry?"
Egyptian Maxima.
An Egyptian papyrus which dates
back to about 4000 R. C. lms the foi
lowing Injunctions: “Calumnies should
never he repented." “fSnard thy speech
before all things, for a man's ruin ilea
In bis tongue.” The wise men of the
no* early learned good sense.
Nailed by the Eara.
Dating the prosecution of a London
east end shopkeeper for adulteration
recently the magistrate remarked tbut
In days gone by tradesmen convicted of
offenses similar to this were punished
by being nailed by the eara to their
awn doorposts. '
.. He that will not reason in a bigot,
he that ,cannot reason Is,a fpol, and he
that dares not reaaigb Ja aslave.—Bir
W. Drummond. .! •
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time—Let us do the
worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed |
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Roujrh Dry 10c lb
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Mur.
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 dins. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PIAMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATEIt HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils,
liocated on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phono 24
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TU AND 80TII,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18T1I, 28TII, FOR CORDOVA,
MUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
F. D. TIIACY, Gen'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO™ Local Agent.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
Sth, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Hulling lfttb cull* lliamnn nnd K oil Ink*—All Sailing call at lialk
mid Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Son Frnnclwo every Wednesday nn«l Sunday, connecting: with
Stcnnicra \ nle nod Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
men Ann J. ItlVfiWOOD, Mgr.. Seattle * VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE"
One road—one management—ene service all the wag
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
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For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdes, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RT.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
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