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TRUE VALUES
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we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
no.,.,10 DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen vears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST \
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m., to 6 p. m.. 7 p. m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M.O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. S9
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m.
JOHN. LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
C E. BUNNELL
ATTORN E Y-AT-L A W
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House 4
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska 4
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F. BUTTERWORTH
{Ciril Engineer and'
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surrey or
Blue Printing Valdes. Alaska.
Summons for Publication.
In Justice’s Court for Valdez Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
Frances Wilson, plaintiff, vs. Anna
Guenther, defendant.—Summons for
Publication.
To the defendant, Anna Guenther:
Take notice that you have been sued
in the above-named court by the
above-named plaintiff upon an ac
count for goods sold and delivered,
in the sum of ?58.50; that personal
property belonging to you has been
attached to satisfy said claim; and
unless you appear and plead to plain
tiff’s complaint within thirty days af
ter completion of publication of this
summons, to-wit, within thirty days
after December 21, 1914, plaintiff will
take judgment for the sale of said
attached property to satisfy her claim
against you.
This publication is made pursuant
to an order of the court dated No
vember 9, 1914.
(Seal) GEO. J. LOVE,
Commissioner and Ex Officio Justice
of the Peace.
First publication November 9,1914.
Last publication December 14.1914.
Extract From the Minutes. *
All were In favor of the motion.—St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Double Revenge.
"She married him because she
thought Helen wanted him.”
“And divorced him for the same rea
son.”—St Louis Globe-Democrat
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf
The most exquisite hand-painted
china ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Over a dozen varieties of apples to
pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co. tf
G. O. Keinke, tne watchmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
Remington ana Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Prescriptions careruliy compound
ed at Valdez Drug Co. tf
MUZZLED THE PRESS.
8ir Roger L’Estrange Was the Worst
Censor In History.
The severest press censor of which
English history bears record was Sir
Roger L’Estrange. This worthy was
appointed to the post In 1663. and he
threw himself whole heartedly Into his
duties. According to C. B. Roylance
Kent, “he suggested that the number
of master printers In London be reduc
ed from sixty to twenty, that printing
offices be subject to inspection and
have no back doors and that In addi
tion to the ordinary treasonable and
seditious publications culprits convict
ed of small Infractions of the law be
condemned to wear some visible badge
or mark of Ignominy, as a halter In
stead of a hatband, one stocking blue
and another red, a blue bonnet with a
red letter T or S upon it”
Rut L'Estrange went further. He
wns opposed to newspapers altogether,
because the reading of them “makes
the multitude too familiar with the
actions and counsels of their superiors,
too pragmatical and censorious and
gives them not only an Itch, but a kind
of right and license to be meddling
with the government." All newspaper
criticisms on the government were
rigorously suppressed during his cen
sorship. indeed, he succeeded so ef
fectively in muzzling the press that
“his majesty said several times he
wondered how it could be done.’’—
London Chronicle.
BOUNTIES FOR SOLDIERS.
Price* England Had to Pay In the Past
For Army Recruits.
At one time the system of offering
huge money bounties was quite a fea
ture of army recruiting in Great Brit
ain. Prior to the peninsular war, how
ever, the amount of the bounty had been
reduced considerably, but the wastage
in human material caused by that war
raised the bounty again, and from £13
to £10 was a common price right up to
“Waterloo year,” when it dropped to
7 guineas.
The stress of the Crimean campaign
also caused the war office authorities
to open wide their purses, and so we
find that in 1855 the price of a cavalry
man was £10. while an infantryman
received £2 less. All manner of ruses
were tried to tempt men to remain in
the service, and they were even offered
money for every spent shell (sixpence
for a large one and fourpence for a
small one) that they brought to the
commanding officer of artillery.
Even in recent years wnr has forced
us to offer ample money prizes to keep
military units up to strength, certain
reservists receiving £20 each for re
joining the colors in 1808. while soon
after the South African war the short
service men were tempted to remain
serving by the offer of from £10 to
£15 each —Dundee Advertiser.
Pulling Out Posts.
The trick of lifting oneself by one's
boot straps may uppear somewhat diffi
cult. but a machine has been built
which does that. It is intended to pull
out piles which have been driven In so
firmly by a pile driver that they cannot
be [allied up by ordinary means. The
machine is clamped to the top of the
pile, which it grips firmly and auto
matically. Steam is supplied through a
hose. Tlie steam lifts a heavy weight
in the machine and lets it drop sudden
ly. By an arrangement of levers the
force of the blow, instead of being
downward on the top of the pile. Is up
ward.
The main difficulty in pulling up a
pile is to get it started, but a quick se
ries of these blows soon starts the pile.
The machine keeps knocking it up until
it moves easily, when no more prog
ress can be made, and the pile must be
lifted out with ropes.—Saturday Even
ing Post
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Photo by American Press Association.
French Sailors at Rifle Practice
The sailors on the French men-of-war are regarded as among the best
marksmen In the world. While othera of the powers have been adding to the
numerical strength of their navies the French have been developing the
greatest efficiency In marksmanship not only with their cannon, but wltb
rifles in caae of land service
ST. GAUDENS’ GOLD COINS.
—
This Country Did Not Appreciate Their
Art, Says a Critic.
All the arts but one, says Layton
Crlppon In his book. "Clay and Fire,”
show degradation today, in many cases
degradation so great that they have
virtually ceased to exist We have not
only forgotten how to make beautiful
things, but we have even acquired an
instinctive dislike of beautiful things.
They seem to have become offensive to
us.
"There was recently one curious lit
tle instance to which I am tempted to
refer showing as It did that In our
present stage of degradation beauty Is
not only Ignored, but has actually be
come offensive, causes instinctive dis
like. The St Uaudens ten and five dol
lar gold pieces were undoubtedly the
noblest coins produced In nny country
in 200 years. Within a couple of
months the American public had howl
ed them out of circulation.
“The explanation was nfterward
made that the coins were disliked be
cause the relief was Inconveniently
high, but a reference to the files of the
New Fork or Chicago papers will con
vince anybody that the original outcry
was against the design and only the
design of these exquisite examples of
die cutting. But America has no mo
nopoly of this instinctive hatred of
beauty. It is exemplified in the van
dalism that is now common all over
Europe, the destruction of ancient and
glorious buildings, usually without val
id excuse.”
OXYGEN GAS.
The Value of Rev. Joseph Priestley's
Momentous Discovery.
Oxygen was discovered In the year
1774. Joseph Priestley, a dissenting
English clergyman who had turned
scientist, obtained the hitherto un
known gas by igniting mercuric oxide.
The oxygen he thus produced he called
"dephlogisticated nir.”
He and Benjamin Franklin had often
discussed the mysterious composition
of air and water. No one up to that
time had determined what element it
was in both which so invigorated the
physical energies of man. It is said
that Priestley made his actual dis
covery of the oxygen while experiment
ing in a brewery near his home in
England. He spent the last ten years
of his life in the United States, a
voluntary exile.
Today a monument stands In Eng
land to commemorate Priestley’s dis
covery. Were he alive, he could read
of thousands of lives saved by his
work. Oxygen is the only gas capable
of supporting respiration, and is re
peatedly used in the sick chamber to
pull a patient through a crisis. Hel
mets equipped with oxygen attach
ments enable the diver to go to ocean
depths, the aviator to ascend into rari
fied air, the fireman to stand In dense
smoke, and rescuers to descend into
gas filled mines. So wide are its uses
that some 4.000,000 cubic feet of this
gas are bottled in the United States
every year.—New York Post.
Clog Almanacs.
In early times in England the people
used what were called clog almanacs,
which remained in use till the begin
ning of the eighteenth century. An old
writer thus describes them:
"Thi3 almanac is usually a square
piece of wood containing three months
on each of the four edges. The num
ber of days in them are expressed by
notches, the first day by a notch with
a patulous stroke turned up from it
and every seventh by a large sized
notch. Over against many of the
notches are placed on the left hand
several murks or symbols denoting the
golden number or cycle of the moon.
The festivals are marked by symbols
of the several saints Issuing from the
notches.”
The Exception.
Oncle Zack, the stable man. enjoyed
local repute as a weather prophet. Miss
Cassie. coming down early one morn
ing, found Zack on the back porch.
“Is the rain going to last all day,
Zack?” she asked.
“Yessum, Ah reckin’ It is.”
“Why, Zack,” Miss Cassie said. “I
have always beard you say. ‘Rain be
fore 7. clear before 11/ Isn’t that
true?”
“Yessum. It’s strlckly true,” Oncle
Zack maintained stoutly, “Jes’ ’cepting
It doan’t apply to an all day rain,
ma’am.”—New York Post.
No Sightseer.
Little Bobby—Papa, did yon ever see
a cyclone carrying houses up in the air
and cows and horses and wagons up
side down? Papa—No, my son. Little
Bobby—Did you ever see a sea ser
pent? Papa—No, my son. Little Bob
by—1 sboald think it 'ud be tiresome to
live to your age and never see any
thing.—London Mall.
A Great Difference.
“You always advised against specu
lation?”
“Yes,” returned Mr. Dustin Stax.
“You never played the market your
self?"
“No, sir. I never played It: I work
ed it"—Washington Star.
Then She Couldn’t Talk.
“And what do yon think I’d look
best In, George?” Inquired the chatter
Ing wife at the recess of a three hour
talk on clothes.
“In a coma, darling,” replied George,
he having secured bis bat—New York
Press.
Plenty of Different*.
What la the difference between a
cloud and a whipped chi Id?--One pours
with rain and the other roan with
pain.—London Telegraph.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE Call You on Time for'the boat
if We Handle Your Baggage.
We Buy and Sell Anything from
Dead Crabs to Live Bears.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
S7 a m to 9 a rn
Lunch 12 in to 1 p m
6 to 7 p in
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
ARCADE CAFE
“We Never Close.’*
Private Dining Room.
The Best of Everything. We Bake" Our Own
Bread and Pastry.RBread for'Sale.
Jack Callin•-Proprietor
_
5. Perry
MANAqCR^
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”14 Complete Service^
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AND
When
You
Use
a
Western Electric
Washer and Wringer
Simply put in the clothes and
start the motor;—in I 0 to 15
minutes the clothes are washed
white and clean ready lo he
hung on the line without the
wear and tear of the wash
board.
Connect to any electric lamp
socket.
Costs only 2 cents an hour to
run.
Let us send one to your home
for 15 days' free trial?
Alaska Water, Light
& Telephone Go.
Somebody
With Money j
always has been found to
“back” a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
with tho idea, the man
with a prospect or busi- ;
ness to the man with the <
dollar.
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