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STEWART 4 SELBY, Proprietors
VALDES, ALASKA
Published Dally Except Sunday
Entered as Second-Class Mall Matter,
July 23, 1*12, at the postoffice of Valdes,
Alaska, under act of March 3. 137*.
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The Weekly Mlaer.
The Dally Prospector and Weekly
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only, per year-SUM
Businees Office and Editorial Rooms
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The Dally Prospector and Week
ly Miner, by carrier, to one ao
dresa, per month__$ LSI
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MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1816
PROSPECTOR ENLARGED.
Commencing today and continuing
as long as we receive the splendid
patronage now enjoyed from our citi
zens, the Prospector will be enlarged
four more columns, making twenty
eight columns Instead of twenty-four
as heretofore. The columns are also
two inches longer, giving our read
ers a much larger paper for the same
money.
We are endeavoring to give our
readers one of the best, if not the best,
papers In the Territory, and are using
every dollar received in patronage for
that purpose. The expenses of publi
cation have been quite heavy, and
the increasing cost of paper stock
makes a change to a larger paper
run the expenses up considerably, but
our subscription books show that the
people of Valdez appreciate our work
and render it possible for us to place
this city in the van in the newspaper
field.
We have made arrangements for a
larger and better qdws service, and
have added several hundred dollars
worth of equipment to our already
large plant. Valdez has the distinc
tion of being a live town, and the ap
pearance of our advertising columns
bears out the assertion.
VANCOUVER, B. C. went dry by a
vote of 8,805 for and 4,958 against;
and the vote outside Vancouver stood
6,275 for prohibition and 5,062
against. It was a decisive victory for
prohibition.
A POLL of the attendance at the
average prohibition meeting will show
that those present constitute about
one-half of one per cent of the tax
payers of a town, and generally the
more ardent they are on the matter
of prohibition the more anxious they
are to escape taxes. In the matter of
changing the laws producing revenues
for a city or in disbursing the same,
no one but taxpayers should be al
lowed to vote on the question. The
man who foots the bills should un
doubtedly be allowed to say how they
funds should be expended. The aver
age Irresponsible voter has no concep
tion of saving money or expending
it, and nine times out of ten his vote
is only used as a means of “getting
even” with some one.
IP ALASKA goes dry the result
may be directly attributed to the sa
loons themselves. The indifference
displayed by the average dispenser of
the cup that cheers is appalling when
you consider the far-reaching effect
it will have upon a community if his
business is confiscated and his taxes
lost to a community. The prohibi
tionists are working night and day to
carry the Territory dry, and are gain
ing converts rapidly. Many mer
chants right here in our own city are
in favor of a dry town, believing that
people will pay their bills better and
that their finances will be improved
under a dry regime. Unless those
who believe in the sale of liquor un
der muncipal regulations get active
and work for their belief they will
undoubtedly be greatly surprised at
the sentiment against the liquor traf
fic. The financial side of the ques
tion Is the greatest lever the saloon
men have, but they are as mute as a
clam when It comes to letting the
public know their claims.
THE new laws against the sale of
liquor in British Columbia are very
stringent. So much so that prohibi
tion will undoubtedly prohibit in that
country. The first offense against the
laws means from six to twelve months
In Jail with no no alternative of a
fine; the second ofTense means from
twelve to twenty-one months in Jail.
As a further precaution the govern
ment takes charge of the disbursing
of all liquors for sanctuary, medical
or mechanical purposes. In view of
the extremely heavy penalties the
man who Is accustomed to tilt one into
his system before breakfast will have
to do business with the bootlegger,
and the offense is not likely to be re
peated.
Booze Traffic Almost Fatal
ASTORIA, Oct. 2.—The liquor
traffic conducted by the schooner
Tramp outside the three-mile limit
nearly cost the lives of two fishermen
yesterday, when their boat was saved
trom destruction on the south jetty
by government lifesavers. Both men
were Intoxicated to a point of utter
helplessness, according to a report
made yesterday by Captain John
lund, of the lifesaving crew. The
coast guard crew reports that the
Tramp sailed south Tuesday.
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Big Gun Explodes.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Oct. 3.—
Yeoman Robert W. Cooper had his
right forearm fractured by the ex
plosion of a 12-inch gun on the bat
tleship Michigan during target prac
tice off the Virginia capes.
Mr. A. P. Davis desires to express
his thanks to the party who returned
his boat back to the city dock, and
states that he will make it right wit It
the party who so kindly returned it
if they will make themselves known.
No Meeting of O. K. 8.
There will be no meeting of the O.
E. S. on Tuesday, October 2. Regular
meeting on the 17th at 8 o’clock.
H. COCKERILLE, Sec.
New and Second Hand Furniture
at C. C. Rudolph’s. tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at tne Valdez
Drug Store. tf
Malted Milk, hot and cold, phos
phates of all kinds, and hot drinks
at Hunt’s.
Spring chickens for sale. See Mr.
Ulander. It
George WUson, who has been
spending the summer at his placer
claims on upper Lowe river, returned
to town-yesterday.
Jack Hathaway returned Saturday
afternoon from Slate Creek where he
has been working this summer.
The Next Producer.
A limited amount of Sweepstake
stock for sale at an attractive figure.
Alaska Inv. Co. 2t
Best Sourdough hotcakes and best
cofTee at the Arcade. tf
Carbureters, magnetos, batteries,
spark plugs and colls at Mead’s. tf
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
The best dinner at the Arcade
Cafe. tf
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
Smelter Advantages
Each citizen of Valdez would be materially benefited through the
erection and operation of the INDEPENDENT SMELTER AT
VALDEZ.
Primarily a large payroll would keep money in circulation.
Each mine and prospect could be operated advantageously to the
owners.
Hence the owners could command capital.
That means many more payrolls—work for industrious men and
plenty of money in circulation at Valdez.
Other industries would COME TO VALDEZ. New business es
tablished.
All of this means prosperous times.
Vacant houses would be occupied—new homes in Valdez.
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More houses would be built.
The POPULATION WOULD INCREASE.
There would be profitable employment for everyone.
A new spirit of optimism would prevail.
Geographically VALDEZ is located for the first place in Alaska.
We of Valdez can win first place and progress rapidly.
We need only to work together and we shall prosper together.
Let us develop a united community spirit in Valdez.
Let us work together for the best interests of Valdez and each
citizen of Valdez.
Those who have not yet written to me their views please do so.
I will set forth plans for progressive co-operation.
Cordially,
HENRY DERR REYNOLDS.
Postoffice Box 263, Valdez, Alaska.
RICH ORE SHOOT
OALEY-BENNET
REMARKABLE HHOWING IH MADE
Visitors to Property Report It One of
the Richest Ever Htruck in the
Sound Country—Ore Studded with
Eree Gold.
Arrivals from down the sound re
port the opening up of a rich pay
shoot on tho Daley-Bennett property
on Beetles hay which exceeds any
thing struck on this property, which
has gained a reputation for extremely
rich ore. Samples brought up from the
property by S. E. Pepper, who has an
option on the ground bear out the
assertion that the newly discovered
pay shoot is extremely rich, and dis
interested parties who have recently
visited the claims, state that it is
the richest ever found on the Sound.
The new ore shoot was cut in the
face of a 250-foot adit, run in on the
vein from the Betties hay side, and
taken in connection with the other
pay shoots previously encountered
doubt no longer remains that this
property will prove of the most pro
fitable mines in the sound country.
A visitor at the mine a few days ago
states that he saw one piece of the
ore weighing 150 pounds taken out
while he was there that was so filled
with the gold that the yellow sheen
of the metal was plainly visible at a
distance of about 100 feet. Other visi
tors to the property who have return
ed to town within the past few days
ute unanimous in the assertion that
the property has the richest showing
of any in the district, and that not
the slightest doubt exists that the
claims have graduated from a pros
pect Into a mine that will lie a big
producer. The vein is reported to
vary from three and a half to five
feet in width and is readily traceable
for a distance of more than five
thousand feet over the divide to the
Hummer bay side. At this latter
point some development work hus
been done, sufficient to demonstrate
that the ore body is continuous and
carries good values.
Development work on the property
is being carried on under contract
with the locators, who have still con
siderable work to do before complet
ing their contract. Mr. I’epper is
rather reticent in speaking of the re
markable showing made, but admits
that he is more than pleased, und ex
presses the confidence that the further
development work contemplated will
show results equally as good as those
heretofore produced.
John D. Rockefeller can write a
check for a million and get it cashed
—that's money. Tennyson could
take a worthless piece or paper and
inscribe on it a poem that would
bring $50,000—that's genius. A
woman will spend $50 for a hat—
that's fashion. Wilson protested to
Germany against the submarine war
fare— that’s foolishness. Filling flues,
doing cement work, bricklaying, etc.
—that's my business—See BLAKE, tf
Ham and Bud at the Empress. A
complete change of pictures tonight.
"The Man from Home” tomorrow
evening.
S & W canned fruits and vegetables
at Blum’s.
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
Prospector ads bring results.
S & W canned fruits and vegetables
at Blum’s.
Don’t fail to attend the grocery sale
at Blum’s.
When you want something good to
eat try the Merchants' Cafe, open all
night. tf
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
ROBERT SHAFFER, Preaidaat.
GrtniU Mfr»«
CHAS. McCALLUM. Secretary,
Valdes Alaska.
VALDEZ LODGE
NO 188
Free u< Aan|M !>■—a
Regular Communications first Wed
nesday In each month in McKinley
Hall. Vlsltora always welcome.
F. M BROWN. W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary.
LOUIE'S CAFE
Ererythiiig First cUu
Open Day and Night
ANDY MAROVICH, Prop.
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
OEORCE SEXTON, Ppop.
STRICTLY FIRST CLASS
Fonrth Ays, Seward. Alaska
May End Big League Career.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 2.—Napoleon
Lajoi is considering an offer which
wfll end his big league career and
make him a magnate and manager
in the Class AA minors If he accepts
it. The Salt Lake City ball club, In
the Pacific CAost league, has offered
Lajoi the place as playing manager,
with the option on a big block of
stock In the club. Lajoi is now In
Cleveland, his playing days for the
present season being over because of
a strained ligament on his leg.
INSECT TRAVELERS.
Maths, Butterflies and Beetles Make
Long Distance Journeys.
Mr. William Evans, a Scottish natu
ralist, who has made a lifelong study
of the fauna of Scotland, obtained
from a dozen Scottish lighthouses 241
species of Insects, which Include two
butterflies, 158 moths, eighteen caddis
flies and lacewlngs, forty dlptera, ten
beetles ' and a dozen other species.
Most of the specimens were males.
To reach the Isle of May, In the Firth
of Forth, where Mr. Evans collected
most of the Insects, many of the speci
mens must have flown across several
miles of sea.
In his records Mr. Evans calls atten
tion to several other extraordinary
flights of Insects.
Thus, the "painted lady," or thistle
butterfly (Pyramels cardul), has been
known to cross the Alps; the red ad
miral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) has
landed in numbers on the deck of a
vessel 600 miles from the coast of
England; the common white butter
flies cross the English channel In
clouds; the famous milkweed butterfly
(Danals arcblppus), abundant every
where in the United States, Is said to
make the 2,000 mile Journey from
California to the Hawaiian Islands,
and has gradually progressed by way
of the south sea islands as far as Aus
tralia.
A death’s head moth has boarded-a
steamer 200 miles off the Cape Verde
islands. Clouds of ladybirds miles In
extent, so that they resembled smoke
from a steamer, have been seen at sea.
A swarm of locusts that passed over
the Red sea In 1888 is said to have ex
tended over 2,000 square miles, and It
was estimated to weigh 42,850,000,000
tons!
SLOW ACTING NERVES.
Earthworm* and Clams In No Dangsr
of th* Strenuous Llf*.
The common earthworm has two
sorts of nerves.
One of these la a thread running
lengthwise of the body ^between the
pluces where head and tall would be
if tho creature had either. This nerve
has only one use—to carry the signal
to shorten up.
So when the worm, keeping under
ground by day, comes by night half
way out of Its hole and suspects,
though he cannot see, the early bird
looking for breakfast, whisk goes the
signal along the nerve thread, one end
of the body flattens out and locks fast
In the burrow, and the rest pulls Into
safety.
This sort of nerve carries a message
at the rate of a yard and a half a sec
ond, or about seventy times more slow
ly than our own do.
The other sort of nerve takes care of
the crawling. Signals along these
nerves travel only an Inch a second.
If our Inner telegrams were sent as
slowly. It would be a whole minute
from the time the pitcher th-*>w the
ball till the batter started to swing his
club at It
Yet, as the simpler creatures go, the
earthworm Is not especially sluggish.
The fresh water clam, for instance,
gets word from one part of Its body to
another at only half the earthworm’s
rate. So it is 2,400 times slower than
a man.—Edwin Tenney Brewster In St
Nicholas.
Photographs on Living Leave*.
A process of taking a photograph on
the leaf of a plant Is described In an
article by Dr. Hans Mollsch In Die
Umschau, a translation of which ap
pears In the Scientific American.
Briefly, the process la as follows:
Fasten a negative with strong con
trasts to a very smooth, thin, hairless
growing leaf, such as the Indian cress,
scarlet runner or nasturtium, and leave
It exposed to strong sunlight for sev
eral hours. Then cut the leaf from the
plant, steep It In boiling water for half
a minute, then Immerse It In warm 80
per cent alcohoL After a little time
the leaf, now white, Is Immersed In a
dilute tincture of iodine. The result Is
a positive photograph, often of surpris
ing sharpness.
Capable of Correotlng tha Dictionary.
It la futile to attempt to Instruct the
forward youth of this our day. One
who sat at lunch with us the other day
remarked In the course of a narrative,
“and then the poor fellow sat and
wrang his hands.”
“There is no such word as *wrang,’ ”
said we
“There wasn’t before 1 spoke per
haps," said he “but there Is now.”—
Philadelphia Ledger.
He Needed It.
—She—Do ycu really lore met—He (a
modest clerk, with still more modest
salary)—Yet, dear, with all my heart
She—Swear It to me by something
■acred, by something that you could
not possibly renounce. He—Well, then,
Matbllde, I swear It to you by my
sa! ary.—London Tit-Bits.
Orest Is Amsctesl People of means
may hear the world’s greatest voices
for $10; those to moderate circum
stance# may obtain phonographic rec
ords of the aame voices for tW
while the very poor can sea the same,
singers set In tbs movtos for a dims.—
Ufa.
Ne Flowers In 'Km.
Mrs. Platbush — She has no artistic
tastes.
Mrs. Bensonhurst—Why not?
“Just look at all those empty cans to
her backyard. Mot a flower to one of
’em!”—Yonkers Statesman.
Know the true value of time. Snatch,
seise and enjoy every momont of It—
Lord Chesterfield.
BIG CLEARANCE SALE
OF
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MEN’S AND YOUTHS’ SUITS
Men’s Suits, Regular Value up to $35.00,
sales price from $5.00 to $15.00
Young Men’s Suits, $12.50 values, sales
price $6.25.
Men’s Cravanetted Overcoats, $25.00
values, $7.50.
These goods are worth full value but are broken in sizes. If we
have your size you can get a bargain.
S. BLUM & COMPANY, Inc.
GOOD GOODS
PROFESSIONAL CAROS.
DR. S. WICKES MERRITT
Ofllrra over Valdes Drug < o.
Phone’IS McKinley Street
Contract Surgeon. U. S. Army
A. A. Surgeon,
U. S. Public Health Serv.
(Marine Hospital)
DR. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
Fourteen Years In Valdez.
PHONE 110
Office Rooms In Whaling Building
DONOHOE & D1MOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OtBee Opposite Court House
Phone H VALDEZ. ALASKA
JOHN LYONS R T RITCHIB
LYONS & RITCHIE
ATTORN BYS-AV-LAW
OBres la Whaling Building
Phone 1#1 VAI.DEZ. ALASKA
ASA C. BALDWIN
CIVIL ENGINEER
U. S. Mineral Surveyor
McKinley Street oypoeite V. M. Store.
Valdez, Alaska
Tonight only—“Ham and Bud”
comedy program at the Empress; a
complete change this evening. “The
Man from Horae” tomorrow evening.
The Golden North, the House of
Comfort. tf
Don't Torget the Clearance Sale at
the Owl Drug Co.
Banquet Steel nanges, plain and
polished tops, at Mead’s. tf
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
See our windows for Bargains at
the Owl Drug Co.
Malted Milk Chocolate at the Val
dez Candy Kitchen.
QUEEN OF SPAIN.
Latest Portrait of Viotoria,
Formerly an English Prinoess.
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Photo by American Proas Association.
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vor (AN Oh’IICK
your wife is a fire insurance
policy on your home. Imagine
her grief anil your remorse if
the home were destroyed and
you had no money to replace
it. No prudent man goes with
out insurance. Prove your pru
dence and afTecliou liy having
us insure you today.
Yahle/. Real Instate Agency
11’aid Advertisement)
For
Attorney General
of Alaska
GEORGE GRIGSBY
Election November 7.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING
McKinley Street, Valde2
ED. WOOD. Proprietor
Win. Schroeder. the well known
Slate Creek operator, arrived in the
city last evening.
Pioneer Hunk House.
You can do your own cooking and
housekeeping at the Pioneer Hunk
house on Keystone Avenue. Price
$2.60 per week. tf
Jack Miller, the well-know Slate
creek operator, was expected to leave
there today for Valdez.
Auto given away free at the Owl
Drug Co.
An up-to-date line of cook atoves
and ranges at Mead's. tf
HOMES to LEASE
We have houses in desirable locations and we
will have others later. We will rebuild or improve
to suit acceptable tenants, but will rent on yearly
lease only.
We want permanent tenants not transients.
terms moderate.
Apply to
CHARLES A. EBY
Manager Real Estate Department H. D. Reynolds
Company, Valdez, Alaska.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Cnmpany
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un*
less Paid for in Advance
LAUNCH N & S
l. ravra every Wednesday at 9 a.
m. from \ aldea Itoek for f-rlla
aar, l.aadloek. aad h'ldalao
l.ravra every Saturday al 9 a. an.
from V aldea Itoek for fedar Bay,
Wrlla Ray. l*orf Wrlla and f.rar
Ite Mlar.
PORTAGE BAY AND OTHER
POINTS BY CONTRACT
OWMftH AND MASTKH.|