STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office._Telephone 24
THE NEW SEASON'S
CLOTHS
are now ready for your inspec
tion. We think you’ll agree
that never have you seen cirs
sier fabrics. Tailored in our
inimitable style in a suit *o
your measure, they will make
you as smartly dressed as any
man in town. No extravagant
prices.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 191?
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
WiH take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at‘all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA-PHONE 18
REFERENCES ' S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS | B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
I IRKSH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Pho»e 03 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chas. Fischer, P»“»|ir.
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms._Phone 35
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 86 I I Roujrh Dry lCc lb
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
LOCAL BREVITIES
A new stock ot A1 Fruit Tablets.
Candy Kitchen. tf
Location notices, notn quartz and
placer, at the Miner oflhe.
Complete line cf Bu»k Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland's.
Prices reasonable. *
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe. i„ar. baKh.ifee for you. tf
Anything m nugget and ivory jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
Zep|»> Admitted Failure
PARIS, March 8.—The Berlin
Kreuz Zeitung, according to a Geneva
dispatch to the Temps says that Chan
cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg counts
on the submarine to end the *,var
quickly.
‘ Every day badly employed," adds
the paper, ‘‘is lost for Germany and
gained for England, which perfects
her means of defense. We must has
ten our action. Five or six months
will suffice. May God grant that wi
do no! renew our deceptive experi
ences with Zeppelins."
The newspaper expresses the cor
viction that lesB than seven weeks of
submarine war will put "England out
of action.”
Valdez Miner, $3.00 per year.
MADE HIS WORKMEN RIVALS.
How Chariot M. Schwab 8purrtd Thtm
on to Groatar Effort*.
In telling how he Increased the efll- 1
clency of one of his departments
t'haries M. Schwab, the faun,us steel
man. says In the American Magazine:
"It was near the end of the day; In
a few minutes the night force would
come on duty. I turned to a workman
who was standing beside one of the
red mouthed furnaces and asked him
for a piece of chalk.
*• 'How malty heats has your shift
made today?’ 1 queried.
** 'Six.’ he replied.
“I chalked a big ’•’>' on the floor and
passed along with; ut another word.
When I he night shift t ame in they
saw the '<!’ and asked about it.
“ 'Tlte big boss was in here today,
snhl the day men. ‘lie asked us how
many heats we had made, and we told
him six. lie chalked It down.'
“The next morning I passed through
the same mill. I saw that the ‘O' hail
been rubbed out and a big ‘7’ written
instead. The night shift had an
non need Itself. That night I went
back. Tlte ‘7’ had been erased, and a
•10' swaggered In its place. The day
force recognized no superiors. Thus a
flue competition was started, mid It
went on until this mill, formerly th?
poorest producer, was turning out
more than any other mill In the plant.’’
STING OF THE HONEYBEE.
About tho Most Effective Infernal Ma
chine In Existence.
In proportion to its size, the sting of
the honeybee Is probably the most ef
fective infernal machine in existence.
The stinging apparatus Is smaller
than that of a rattlesnake, yet a single
sting has been known to Kill a man.
When we realize that it is almost in
visible and consider what it can do we
cannot fall to be astounded. It seems
the very quintessence of devilishness.
The honeybee’s sting is complicated
- so complicated that many words and
much ink have been used in discuss
ing its construction and use.
It is generally conceded that the
sting consists of a shaft of three parts,
the principal one being a sheath within
which move two burlted lancets. Like
the barbs of a fishhook, the lancets are
not easily extracted from the flesh into
which they have been driven. The
sheath anti the lancets combined form
a hollow tube through which the poi
son flows from the poison sac.
Two hairy, soft projections, evident
ly very sensitive, inform the bee when
she is in contact with a stingable ob
ject.—Popular Science Monthly.
Frohman'* Little Safe.
When Charles Frohman was trens
! urer with ITnverly’s minstrels lie con
ceived a novel stunt of arousing curi
osity in small towns. lie bought r.
small Iron safe, about three feet high,
and on it had painted in big letters.
■‘Treasurer, llaveriy's Mastodon Min
strels." Now actually there was little
need for this safe, but it was always
carried on the first load of baggage
that went to a hotel. It would be
placed in a conspicuous place, and then
Frohman, waiting until the proper mo
ment, would bustle up to it with an
air of groat importance, open it. put in
two or three $1<H* bills, close it and go
away. When the crowd had gone he
would slip back and get the money out
again. It proved a good advertising
stunt.—“Charles Frohman. Manager
and Man."
The White House.
A prize of $500 was offered in Wash
ington's administration for the best de
sign for a house to serve as a homo for
tile president in Washington. James
Hohan, an Irishman from South Caro
lina. was the successful competitor. His
sketch contained so many wings- ami
colonnades that the public was horri
fied, and frills and gingerbread decora
tions were eliminated. The result was
the two story White House as we know
it now. Washington laid the corner
stone df the building in 1792. It was
completed in 1799, the year of Wash
ington's death.
Liberty end Equality.
Liberty is never the fruit of philo
sophical deductions, but rather of ev
eryday experience and of the simple
ideas arising from facts.—Mira beau.
Liberty—I say it with a sigh, men
are perhaps not worthy of thee. Equal
ity—they desire thee, but they cannot
attain thee'.—Turgot.
John o’Groat’s to Land’s End,
The distance in English miles be
tween John o’Groat’s, at the extreme
north of England, to Land's End, in
the farthest south, is about 480 miles
as the crow llies. though by tire ordi
nary lines of travel, of course, the dis
tance is something more than that.
Cause of the Trouble.
Siteoialist — Your heart is acting
rather irregularly. Is there anything
worrying you? Patient—Not iiartieu
larly. Only just now when you put
your hand in your pocket I thought for
a moment you were going to give me
your hill.—Puck.
When He Remembers.
••Willie, don't you know that it is
wrong to fight?”
"Yes. ma. 1 know it’s wrong, but 1
never think of it that way unless the
fellow who tackles me is one I’m sure
1 can’t lick.”—Detroit Free Press.
Must Have Been In the Dark Age.
"IIow many years ago did lie live?"
“Who?”
"The man who said that two could
ive as cheaply ns one?”—Dbtrolt Free
Press.
He who is firm and resolute in wIP
aolds the world to himself.—Goethe
DAILY DOINGS OF
DISTGIGT COURT
- i
In the District Court this morning
j the grand jury was present for roll-!
call, but had no report to make.
In the case of William Tiobs vs.
Dudley McKinney an order was is
sued denying the motion ot the nlain j
tiff to strike defendant's answei
l In the case of Bray vs. Bray an or
der of default was issued.
! Court then adjourned until two
o’clock this afternoon.
ItVIfAX OIM’OSKO UKAXTIXli
IHIWKR TO THE PKKSIDKNT,
5 , i
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 9.—
W. J. Bryan, in a statement issued
here today announced he was opposed
to granting powers to the president,
such as Mr. Wilson requested of con
gress, he announced he would go im
mediately to Washington and use his
influence to have the request declined.,
After reading President Wilson's!
address to congress, Mr. Bryan can-;
celled five speaking engagements in ■
Florida and has since bfen in com
munication by telegraph with con
gressional friends in Washington. •
"Whatever power is conferred up- j
on the president, should I think," :.aid j
Mr. Bryan, “be so limited as not to
constitute a surrender of the power
of congress."
Mr. Bryan said he was of the opin
ion that it would be unwise to dele
gate to the president the authority j
asked for “no matter what confidence!
we have in the executive.”
MANY CHANGES. IN WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES ADVOCATED
LONDON, March 9.—Parliament
will be asked this winter to consider
a radical overhauling of the whole
agricultural system of weights and
measures in Great Britain. It is esti
mated that at present there are 400
different methods of sell;ng produce,
many places having their own purely
local standards weights and measures
for their local produce, liven in sucli
a simple matter as the weight of a
bushel ol oats or wheats there has re
cently been a series of disagreements
! between different government depart
ments which illustrates the national
lo.iius'on in matters concerned with
agricultural measures. The board of
agriculture recently sped lien that for
Ms purpose u bushels of oais should
weigh 42 pounds and a bushel of
oats should weigh 42 pounds and u
wheat weigh 63 pounds ' About
iho san e time, ;he war office announc
ed that as far as it was concerned a
bushel of oats would weigh 40 pounds.
Meanwhile, the official government
returns and estimates are based on
cats at 39 pounds to the bushel and
wheat at 60 pounds.
British Freighter Arrives
NEW YORK, March S.—The Por
tugese Prince, a freighter, British, ar
rived here today from Brest. The
British freight steamship Luciline
sailed today for Havre.
Ivan Donaldson, who hab been ein
1 ployed at the Ramsay-Rutherford for
; several months past, came into town
I yesterday and left today on the Ad
i miral Watson, for the Stales, where
he will go to Eugene, Ore . to attend
the University the spring semester.
We have a fresh line of Augustine
Kyer box candies at the Candy Kitcii
len. '
I _
THE THRIGE-A-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1917
Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the World gives so ranch
at 'so low a price.
\ The value and need of a newspaper!
in the household wae never greater1
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now half-way into;
its third year, and whether peace bn
at band or afar off the events to fol
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company I
offers the Thrice a Week World, Thi?j
Daily Prospector and The Weekly
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 15$ copies o'
the World, 813 copies of the Prospec
tor and 62 copies of the Miner for thir
price. Can you afford to be without
them.
The TTirice-a-Week World,
The Daily Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
*1.1, FOR (13.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly i
Miner are the only papers published i
at Valdez, and are replete with local ‘
and world news. The Miner makes 8 ]
specialty of Territorial News in eon-j
densed form. The World is too well;
known to our readers to dilate upor.
.ts field of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a fire insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if lire does come you will have
the ready means to toplace
your home. Foresight is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
TONY’S PLACE’S*
EVERYTHING
FIRS'! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
• (ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
Mar. 9—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Mar. 19—S. S. Adm. Watson,
for Seward
Mar. 26—S. S. Adm. Evans
for Kodlrtk.
Apr. 4—S. S. Adm. Farragut
for Seward
Apr. 9.—S. S. Adm. Witson,
for Auchorage.
From Valdez for Seattle—
Mar. 8—S. S. Adm. Watson.
Mar. 10—S. S. Adm. Evans
Mar. 17—S. S. Adm. Farra^ut
Mar. 27—S. S. Adm. Watson
Apr. 6—S. S. Adm. Evans
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU .ARE .ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
I ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings from Seattle—
Feb. 16--9. S. Alaska
Fob. 24—S. f?. Northwestern
Mar. 1—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 8-—S. S. Alaska
Mar. 16—S. S. Northwestern
Valdez to Beattie—
Feb. 15—S. S. Mariposa
Feb. --S. S. Alaska
Mar. 4—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. S—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 16—S. S. Alaska
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA. ELLA MAR. FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
tovche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
K. R. TRACY, Cien'l Agent VA1.DKZ DOCK CO., Cecal Agent
'FRISCO WARKHOl'SKS ARK
FULL OF PROVISIONS j
SAN FRANCISCO, March 9.—Po
tatoes. beans, onions and flour valued
at nearly five millions of dollars, were
found stored in six warehouses hen
yesterday by deputies of the sealers
of weights and measures. Most of
the vast supply was held by agents
tor foreign governments, however.
The discovery of this amount of
food was the result of the first day s
rurvey in the city’s campaign to re
duce the high cost of living. The
various foodstuffs stored located yes
terday were classed as follows: beans
235,000 sacks, potatoes 305,000
sacks, onions 14,000 sacks, flour 13
000 barrels.
JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT
TO BE MINED
SEATTLE, Wash., March 9.—Steel
nets and mines are to be spread
acrose the entrance of the Strait of
Juan de Fuca as a means of guarding
Puget Sound against attack from Ger
man submarines should possible hos
tilities ensue. A gate wide enough
to permit the largest steamers to pass
through will be open during the day
but at night this will be closed and
the mines will be operated from Fort
Worden.
The nets and mines are already at
Fort Worden having been used once
before, and will be lowered into the
water and stretched across the strait,
a distance of about six miles.
BRITISH PAPERS SAY
UNITED STATES NEAR WAR
LONDON, March 9.—Under the
heading, "Another Step for War,” the
Westminster Gazette today says:
“President Wilson advances one
step at a time closer to war, not rush
ing or whipping opinion, but allowing
full opportunity between each step
for opposition to develop and for cau
tious counsel to prevail if greater cau
tion is possible. Clearly across the
3,000 miles of sea the atmosphere
still is cool and unexplosive.”
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genet al 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
i
| The Pall Mall Gazette says that
peace between Germany and the Uni
ted States is hanging upon a thread
of technicality.
BI TTER NOW UP TO $1.00
PER ROLL IN SEATTLE
SEATTLE. March 9 —Butter took
an advance of 3 cents per pourd yes
terday. Jt now sells on the local mar
ket at 43 cents per pound wholesale
and retails at 9T>c to $1 for two pound
rolls. The rise is attributed to the
heavy shipments from the coast east.
All of the latest Books, Magazines
and News Papers received on each
boat. Valdez Drug Co. tf
FOUND-—That the subscription
price of the Modern Priscilla will be
advanced to $1.25 on March 25. Save
money by subscribing now. Mrs. L.
A. Depuy. representative. k-12
The best of everything in bo\
Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen tf
A full and complete line of Cigars,
Cigarettes. Smoking Tobacco and
Pipes. Valdez Drug t'o. tf