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This Day In History.
Feast day of St. Julian, St. Finian
the Leper.
Alexander III. of Scotland killed by
a fall in 1286.
Edward II. defeated the barons at
Boroughbridge, England, in 1322.
Roger William* received second
baptism in 1639.
Boston authorities condemned the
church at Portsmouth, New Hamp
shire in 1640.
New Constitution adopted at Prov
idence,. Rhode Island, in 1641,
JameB Madison, President of the
United States born in 1751.
Gustavus III of Sweden wounded
by assassins in 1792.
United States Military Academy
founded at West Point in 1802.
Prussia declared war against Bona
parte in 1813.
First Provisional Confederate Con
gress closed in4861.
Governor Houston of Texas, refus
ad to swear allegiance to the Confed
eracy in 1862.
American and German warships
■wrecked in hurricane at Samoa in
■ 889.
University of St. Petersburg closed
iecanse of riots in 1902.
Revolutionists in St. Petersburg
nade a demonstration in 1902.
Remains of the battleship Maine
owed into the Gulf outside Havana
larbor and sunk In 1912.
An of the late's? Books, Magazines
nd News Papers received on each
oat. Valdez Drug Co. ti’
A new stock of Al Fruit Tablets
andy Kitchen tf
FUNERAL SERVICES OVER
THE LATE MRS. BOI SE
Funeral services were held yester
day afternoon in the Episcopal
church over the remains of the late
Sarah Howell Shaw Bouse. The many
friends of the deceased gathered to
pay their last tribute of respect to the
departed, and the church was filled
to overflowing. Many handsome floral
pieces decorated the Casket. The ser
vices were conducted by the Rev. G. J.
Zinn, during which the choir rendered
several appropriate selections, and the
congregation joining in singing two
hymns which in life bad been the fav
orites of the deceased. Arrangements
have been made to take the body to
St. Paul, Minnesota, where it will be
laid in the family plot beside that of
her husband.
WiU'on May Mediate.
NEW YORK, March 16.—From in
formation obtained this afternoon
from the headquarters of the railroad
trainmen, it is indicated that Presi
dent Lee, of the Brother hood of Rail
way Trainmen, will ask President
Wilson to mediate between the rail
oads and the men in an endeavor to
settle the difference between the men
md the railroads.
I
Germans Going to Mexico
NEW YORK, March 16.—Germans
here are receiving passports for Mex
ica at the rate of 100 a day. They
have been going in large numbers
over since the break of diplomatic
relations but a sudden hegira fol
lowed the Zimmerman expose.
CRUDE WIRELESS SYSTEM.
Long Used by an Indian Triba of tha
Amazon Vallay.
In these days of wireless telegraphy
it may he interesting to learn that ns
long ago as July. the Geograph
ical Journal recorded the discovery of
a wireless telegraphic apparatus In use
among the Catiuiuiiiaru, an Indian
tribe of the Amazon valley, in South
America.
The apparatus, called cambarysu.
consists of a hole in the ground about
half filled with coarse sniul; above this
layers of fine sand, fragments of woo.l
and bone and powdered mica fill it al
most to the surface of the ground
These materials are surrounded by a
case of hard palm wood, which ex
tends above the surface. The upper
part of the apparatus consists of layers
of hide, wood and hard rubber. Be
tween the upper layers and the lower
layers there is a hollow space. With a
club, much like the stick used to play
the bass drum, the native strikes tin
layer of rubber that forms the top o!
the instrument.
One of these instruments Is eon
cealed in each hamlet of the tribe. Tic
villages are not more than n mile apart
and nre placed In a direct north and
south line. Although a person stand
ins outside the building In which tin
apparatus is kept cannot hear a blow
of the stick on the rubber top, it Is
quite distinct in a similar building u
mile distant. When one of these in
struments is struck the neighboring
ones to the north and south echo tin
blow. The Indian stationed at each
one of the posts answers the slguni.
and by means of code messages a long
conversation can be carried on.
GREWSOME PRESENTS.
To Moko • Chinaman Happy Giv* Him
a Coffin ao a Gift.
A Chinese custom that seems particu
larly strange to occidental readers Is
described by Sir Alexander Hosle In
his account of a Journey through the
interior of China. “On the Trail of the
Opium Poppy.”
At the hamlut of Fenshlllng, thirteen
miles from Chlchlang Hslen, he says,
we |iassed Into l’a Hslen district. In
which the port of Chungking Is situ
ated. No one ever sees a coffin without
being Impressed by tbe slglit, and here
we saw them In the piece as well ii :
made up. Every house had a coffin or
two lying under Its eaves, some new. |
some old, and one's first surmise was j
that mortality In these parts must 1m j
great.
The cause was. of course, the nbun
dance of cypress, a wood that Is much
prized for coffin making, and It mils:
lie I'cmcnibored that in China a collii.
Is a very acc eptable present, especially
If made by your own family. Him
dreds of pounds are often s|ieiit on a
single coffin, and It is highly treasured
by the person for whom It has been
designed. To western ideas the pres
ent of n coffin by h son to a parent
would be somewhat suggestive, and the
daily sight of It at the house door
would la* decidedly annoying. In Chi
na l| is otherwise. A coffin Is one of j
the most valued of gifts.
An Early Street Cleaner.
“One day," Hon Franklin wrote in I
his Autobiography. “I found a poor. In
dustrlmis man who was willing to un
dertake keeping the pavement' clenn by I
sweeping it twice a week, carrying oil \
the dirt front before all the neighbors' I
doors for the sunt of (! pence per month j
■o be paid by each house. I then wrote
and printed a paper setting forth the
advantages to the neighborhood that
might be obtained by tills small ex
pause. 1 sent one of these palters to
each house and in a day or two wont*
trotted to see who would subscribe an
agreement to pay these sixpences. It
was unanimously signed and for a time
well executed. This raised a general
desire to have all the streets paved
and made the people more, willing to
submit to a tax for that purpose.”
Jewel* on an Idol.
The jewels of an Indian idol must be
worth stealing if many of those re
markably hideous Images possess such
valuable bead ornaments as one mady
for the idol Partbasatby, In the Tripli
eane temple in Madras. The ornament
Is worth some 50.000 rupees and is
made of sovereign gold studded with
diamonds, emeralds i and. rubles, the
largest emerald belpg .yaldedc gt ;J.0f>(it
rupees and i;be biggest ruby ,and: din ,
inond at 300 rupees apiece.
An Ounce ef Prevention.
For the third time In one afternoon
the lady found her new maid fast
asleep in the kitchen easy chair. .
"What, asleep again V" she said ,
‘When 1 engaged you you aald you
ivere never tired."
“I know I did,” the mahj. answered
‘but I should be if I didn’t aleep."
\ew York Times.
Didn’t Feer Comfortable.
So great was the indignation of th“>
American colonists in 1705 against the
stamp act that the Connecticut .aturap
officer rode into .Hartford on a while,
horse to deposit, his resignation, with
.a thousand armed farmers riding after,
him, and said he "felt like death on a
oale horse with all, hndes following
him.”
Hit Pet.
Harknr—Think I’ll try to sell old
.-ituftVm some pet dogs. Barker—Use
less job. All he thinks about is eating..,
Barker — Hasn't any four, legged
friends, eh? Barker—Only one, ami
that’s the dining room table.—Chicago
Vews.
The best and highest thing a man
•an do in a day is to sow a seed,
ybether it be in the shape of a word
act or an ueorn.
Steamship Sailings
Admiral Evans—Sailed south from
Valdez, March 15.
Alaska—Due Valdez from south this
evening.
Admiral Farragut—Due Valdez from
the south tonight.
Alameda—Sailed south from Vaidez
March 8.
Admiral Watson—Sailed south from
Valdez March 9.
BONAIiDWN SCHEDULE:
Lvs. Fort Liscum Lvs. 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.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:3# p.m. 5:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS.
1:15 p.m. 4:0# 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.
Daily Weather Ue|K>rt
Valdez, March 15. 1917.
Barometric pressure .30.008
Temperature at 7 p. m. .29
Maximum temperature .32
Minimum temperature .25
Mean temperature .28.5
Precipitation .02
Snow fall .1-2 inch
Snow on ground . 29 inches
Calm, cloudy, snowing.
Valdez, March 16, 1917.
Barometric pressure .29.946
Temperature at 7 a. m.30
Maximum temperature .30
Minimum temperature .29
Mean temperature 29.5
Precipitation .16
Snow fall .2.5 inches
Snow on ground .31 inches
Calm, cloudy, snowing.
—Myrtle F. Billings, Ohs.
Trail Weather Report
Fairbanks—21 above, 11 inches ol
snow, cloudy, calm.
Salcha—12 above, 12 inches snow,
cloudy, calm, trail good.
Munsons—Slater south 7 a. m.
Little Delta—Five mushers north
6 a. m.
Richardson—23 above, 5 inches of
snow, clear, calm, trail fair. Mail
north 5 a. m. 1 passenger.
McCarty-—20 above, 6 inches snow,
snowing, trail fair. Robson and Zag
laniczny south from Real's cache this
a. in
Donnelly- IS above, 10 inches of
snow, clear, calm, snowing ligh‘.
Rail good. Road Commission teams
south this a. m. North mail by 10:5t)
a. m. yesterday.
McCollum 10 above, 45 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm, trail good. Stages
:-oitt h noon yesterday. N. C. freighter
south 0 a. m. date.
Paxsons—20 above. 20 inches of]
snow, cloudy, snowing, trail drifted.
Sourdough—Freight team north.
Five men and ten horses north.
Gulkina—20 above, 10 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm, snowing, trail I
heavy.
Copper Center 20 above, 2 inche-i
of snow, cloudy, calm, light snow,
trail good. North mail 1 passenger,
N. C. freight team sonth 6 a. in.
stage north 7 a. m.
Tonsina—-20 aboxe, 14 inches of
snow, cloudy, calm, trail good.
Teikhell—2 above, snow 34 inches,
cloudy, calm, snowing, trail fair.
Beaver Dam—26 above, calm,
light snow falling, 26 inchep snow,
trail closed south, fair north.
Thompson Pass—24 above, snow
92 inches, snowin, trail closed.
Wortman—25 above, 50 Inches of
snow, snowing, clam, trail drifted.
_ _ _— |
THOMAS P. GORE.
Blind Senator From Oklahoma
Aeke to Investigate Wall Street.
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.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
A«ts. for EQUITABLE Life Ins.
Public; &SE3, Reed Bldg. Plow. 19«
Valdez Dock Co: phone no. t
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TIDE TABLES FOR MARCH.
(Compiled for Valdez Bay.)
Friday, March 16—
First High Tide 4:36 a. m., 8.2.
Second High Tide, 6:42 p. m., 5.1.
First Low Tide. 11:58 a. m., 0.7.
Second Low Tide, 11:17 p. m„ 0.6.
Saturday, March 17—
First High Tide, 5:54 a. m., 7.9.
Second High Tide 8:20 p. m., 5.4.
First Low Tide 1:28 p. m.. 0.6.
Sunday, March 18—
First High Tide 7:27 a. m., 8.0.
Second High Tide 9:24 p. m.. 6.2.
First Low Tide 0:56 a. m., 3.5.
Second Low Tide 2:47 p. m„ 0.2.
Monday, March 19—
First High Tide 8:49 a. m.. 8.4.
Second High Tide, 10:09 p. m.. 7.4.
First Low Tide 2:35 a. m., 2.8.
Second Low Tide 3:49 p. m., -0.3
Tuesday, March 20—
First High Tide 9:66 a. m.. 8.9.
Second High Tide 10:49 p. m.. 8.1.
First Low Tide 3:48 a. m., 1.8.
.Second Low Tide 4:32 p. m.. —0.6.
a Wednesday. March 21—
first High Tide 10:53 a. m„ 9.2.
Second High Tide, 11:27 p. m.. 9.0.
First Low Tide 4:45 a. m., 0.6.
.Second Low Tide 5:14 p. m., —0.8.
, Thursday, March ss—
^irst High Tide 11:42 a. m„ 9.4.
(First Low Tide 5:34 a. m., —0.4.
Second Low Tide 5:52 p. m., —0.7.
Friday, March 23—
First High Tide 0:04 a. m„ 9.7.
Second High Tide 12:30 p. m., 9.3.
First Low Tide 6:20 a. m. —1.2.
Second Low Tide 6:30 p. m.. —0.4.
Saturday, March 24—
First High Tide 0:40 a. m., 10.1.
Second High Tide 1:15 p. m., 8.9.
First Low Tide 7:04 a. m..—1.6.
Second Low Tide 7:05 p. m„ 0.1.
Sunday, March 25—
First High Tide 1:16 a. m„ 10.2.
Second High Tide 2:00 p. m., 8.3.
First Low Tide 7:46 a. m., —1.6.
Second Low Tide 7:41 p. m„ 0.7.
Monday; March 26—
First High Tide 1:53 a. m.. 9.9.
Second High Tide 3:05 p. m.. 7.6.
First Low Tide 8:29 a. m., —1.2.
Second Low Tide 8:17 p. m., 1.4.
Tuesday, March 27—
First High Tide 2:30 a. m.. 9.4.
Second High Tide 3:32 p. m.. 6.7.
First Low Tide 9:13 a. m„ —0.6.
Second Low Tide 8:54 p. ra.. 2.2.
Wednesday, March 28—
First High Tide 3:11 a. m.. 8.7.
Second High Tide 4:27 p. m.. 6.0.
First Low Tide 10:02 a. m.. 0.2.
Second Low Tide 9:35 p. m.. 2.9.
Thursday, March 29—
First High Tide 3:56 a. m.. 7.9.
Second High Tide 6:40 p. m., 5.4.
First Low Tide 1:01 a. m„ 0.9.
Second Low Tide 10:27 p. m., 3.5.
Firday, March 30—
First High Tide 4:54 a. m.. 7.2.
Second High Tide 7:14 p. in., 6.3.
First Low Tide 12:18 p. m.. 1.5.
Second Low Tide 11:47 p. m„ 3.9.
Saturday, March 31—
First High Tide 6:15 a. m., 6.8.
Second High Tide 8:35 p. m., 5.6.
First Low Tide 1:48 p. m., 1.6.