Fresh Vegetables and Fruits
GOOD NEWS for those looking for something
new in the vegetable line yesterday’s boat
brought new tomatoes, asparagus, rhubarb, cabbage,
cauliflower, celery, lettuce, oranges, onions and rad
ishes. Reasonable Prices.
New Seed Stock In “; b“ t
getting ready for the spring garden.
Lilly’s complete line of package seeds
arrived yesterday. Better get ready.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
true values
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Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Puget Sound LUMBER Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at lO A. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer failing 15th calif Iliamna'an<£Kodiak~AII tailing* call at Knik Anchorage
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday connecting with
Steamers Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Rivtit reserved to ohange schedu.e without notice
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle. VALDEZ DOCK CO. Local Agt.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National UniversitT
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over O'tl Drug store. Offioe hours
4s4 a. m.. to6p. m., 7 p, m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
JOHN LYONS EL EL RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys et Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
If you w^nt all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
4_ ,
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Conunitiion
S7 a hi to 9 a m
Lunch 12 m to I p m
6 to 7 p m
BOARD A ROOM SSOper Mo.
AWAKE
and on the job—day or night—buy
and lell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
This is a good time to return that
book you’ve read to the library at
Everyman’s Club. Library hours:
1 to 2 p. m. every day, Monday, Wed
days and Fridays 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
LOS ANGELES COP
GETS IN BAD
LOS ANGELES, April 8.—Chief of
Police Sebastian has been indicted
on a new count and is charged with
having contributed to the delinquency
of Edith Serki, the 16-year-old girl
of this city whose condition caused
an investigation. Mrs. Lillie Pratt is
charged with aiding the chief of po
lice to carry out his desires regarding
the girl and she also is indicted.
The trial of the two defendants will
take place in a few weeks and the
prosecutor insists that he has plenty
of evidence with which to secure a
conviction of the former head of the
police department.
$1,250,000 AN HOUR COST OF
SEA FIGHTER’S SHELLS
LONDON, April 8.—According to
a writer in the war budget, published
today, it would cost the Queen Eliz
abeth, Great Britain’s new super
dreadnought, which is working havoc
among the forts of the Dardanelles
£250,000 (about $1,250,000) if she
were to tight with all her guns at
full capacity for one hour.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
Notice of Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdez Electric
Company.
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the stockholders of
the Valdez Electric Company, will be
held at the offices of the company,
in ‘he town of Valdez, Alaska, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915,
at the hour of 2 o’clock, in the after
noon of said day, for the purpose of
considering the question of increasing
the capital stock of said company,
from its present capitalization, name
ly twenty-five thousand dollars, di
vided into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each,
to the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be divided into
one hundred thousand snares of tne
par value of one dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend its
articles of incorporation, so that Its
indebtedness may be increased to a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars, with full power to issue bonds
in payment of all of Its indebted
ness, and to mortgage or otherwise
hypothecate its property or any part
thereof, for the purpose of securing
such indebtedness. Also authorizing
the company to amend its articles of
incorporation, so that it may acquire
by purchase or otherwise water rights,
water power, and the lands incident
al thereto, and that It may reduce the
j number of its directors from seven
to three.
And you are nereDy notineo to De
present at said meeting either in per
son, or by your regularly authorized
proxy or attorney in fact for the pur
pose of considering said questions.
This notice is hereby served on
you by publication thereof, in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper
published at Valdez, Alaska, which
' is the principal place of business of
said company. Said notice will be
published in said newspaper for eight
consecutive weeks, beginning with the
issue of February 24th, 1915, and end
ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915.
Witness our hands as directors of
said company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE.
W. M. FINICAL,
GEO. J. LOVE,
Directors.
HAUGHTY SEMINOLES.
They Don’t Like White Men and Wieh
Only to Bo Let Alone.
Many people in the northern states
are unaware that there dwells in the
fastness of the Florida Everglades one
of the most interesting and picturesque
bands of American aborigines in the
United States, known as the Seminole
Indians, who are now ns separate and
distinct from the white race as when
Columbus first held mass on the shores
of Cuba. These ore the remnants of
the one time mighty nation of the
Seminoies, who defied the United
States government for more than half
a century and persistently refused col
onization.
While the numerous wars and forced
emigration have reduced their numbers
to a few hundred, their mode of living,
dispositions and customs are in many
respects the same us when the haughty
De Soto sailed into Tampa bay in 1539.
The Seminoies live to themselves,
nvoiding contact with the white race
as much as possible and seldom if
ever taking whites into their confi
dence, and on account of the almost
inaccessible nature of the country in
which they live little is known of their
intimate home life. Unlike the Indians
of the west, they persistently decline
any assistance from the government,
saying in response to offers for their
support, “We only wish to be let
alone.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
ELECTRIC SPARKS.
Simple Homemade Apparatus by Which
They May Be Produced.
The ordinary person either does not
understand or Is afraid of electricity
and could scarcely be persuaded to
manufacture it himself, and yet after
all a little electrical experiment at
home Is both amusing and instructive.
All that you have to do is to take a
glass, expose it to the fire so that it
shall be perfectly dry and place it up
side down upon the table.
Afterward take a tray, also perfectly
dry, and place it upon the glass in
such a way that It shall preserve its
equilibrium. Finally take a sheet of
paper slightly smaller than the tray,
heat it and rub it rapidly with a brush,
and it will become quickly electrified.
Then place It upon the tray.
An electrical machine will thus have
been constructed without any expense.
If the finger be brought near the tray
a spark will appear. This spark will
be so much the brighter and the series
of sparks will be so much the longer in
proportion as the glass and tray are
drier.
If. when the sparks are being drawn
from the tray, the room In which the
experiment is performed be darkened
these sparks will appear extremely
brilliant—Pearson’s Weekly.
Here’s a Tangle.
How easy it is to mix up the aver
age business man was demonstrated
the other day when the son of a local
.merchant leaned against his father’s
knee and innocently asked:
“Daddy, is today tomorrow?”
“No. my son. of course today isn’t
tomorrow,” answered the father.
“But you said it was,” continued the
son.
“When did 1 ever say today was to
morrow?”
“Yesterday,” answered the son.
“Well. It was; today was tomorrow
yesterday, but today is today, just as
yesterday was today yesterday, but is
yesterday today, and tomorrow will be
today tomorrow, which makes today
yesterday and tomorrow all at once.
Now run along and play,” and the fa
ther collapsed into his chair with a
sigh of relief.—Louisville Times.
Origin of "Hip, Hip, Hurrah!”
“Hip. hip, hurrah!” our modem yell
of delight, is said to have an ancient
origin. The word “hip” is supposed to
be composed of the initial letters of
the Latin phrase, “Hierosolyuia est
perdlta,” meaning “Jerusalem is de
stroyed,” the “i” in “hip” being sub
stituted for the “e” in “est” When
the German knights were persecuting
Jews in the middle ages they are said
to have run, shouting, “Hip, hip!” as
much as to say Jerusalem is destroyed.
“Hurrah” Is said to be from the Sla
vonic “hu-raj.” meaning “to paradise;”
hence “hip, hip. hurrah!” would mean
“Jerusalem is lost; we are on our way
to paradise.”—Indianapolis News.
Another Topsy.
Little Mary had heard it said that
sister Kate “belonged to her mother’s
people,” that baby brother was "his
father over again” nnd that “Albert
was a Brown.”
“Little Mary.” the relatives all said,
“doesn’t look like anybody."
She followed her mother about the
house one day with an anxious look.
“Mamma,” she finally burst forth,
"ain’t me people?”—Indianapolis News.
Coward.
“Before we were married you said
you would gladly dare anything for
me.”
“Well?"
“And now you stand there nnd ad
mit thnt you're afraid to ask your boss
for a raise.”—Detroit Free Press.
Another Job In Sight.
"Another good job is going to be
made in the office for somebody.”
“How do you know?”
“The boss’ daughter is going to be
married nnd he’ll have a son-in-law t»
place.”—Detroit Free Press.
A Mystery.
“It’s always been a puzzle to me.”
“What has?"
“Where the man who first said that
two could live as cheap as one got Ms
idea.”—Bxchange.
NOTICE OF SALE
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to an order of sale made by the
District Court of the Third Division, Territory of Alaska, on the 8t.h day
of March, 1915, and a resolution of the Common Council of the Town of
Valdez adopted on the 16th day of March, 1915, directing that notice there
of be given as provided by law and town ordinance:
The several tracts of land hereinafter described, constituting the cor
rected delinquent tax roll of the Town of Valdez for the year 1914, will
be sold at publilc auction at the Council Chamber of the said town, be
tween the hours of 2 p. m. and 4 p. in. on April 26th, 1915, commencing
at 2 p. m. on said day and continuing on the succeeding days between
the same hours until all of said property shall have been sold.
6 i </ j i f£ &
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OVVNKR. . * |2 || •=§ .iI|S ~«bi
S £ ■si •=5 -■= EPS 3^.2
_j ja _> .£% h> & I £ | g583
J. A. Crawford. 1 4 250 250 3.75 .37 $ .17 V;8
Gellineau & Bell. 9 4 150 150 2.25 .22] io 68
I, . L. Dillman. 6 5 200 50 250 3.75 .37 17 '68
Gellineau & Bell. 3 7 2,720 1,250 3,970 59.55 5.95 2.01 08
Mrs. E. P. Casliman.... 8'10 Sidewalk 23.33 ,7g V8
John Orchard . 2 13 50 .50 .75 .07 03. eg
John Orchard . 5 13 50 .50 .75 .07 03 Vs
Gellineau & Bell . 3 14 425 100 525 7.87 .78 .35 'fi8
Gellineau & Bell . 3 14 Sidewalk 23.33 ’7()
M. J. Jordan . 7 15 425 1 50 475 7.13 .71! '30 Vs
M. J. Jordan . 7 15 Sidewalk 23.33 | '70
Chas. Simonstad . 8 15 125 | 250 675 10.12 l.Olj '4. ' ‘2
Chas. Simonstad . 8 15 Sidewalk 23.33 | 7J
Frank O. Austin. 10 15 425 | 350 775 11.62 1.16 Vi '.V
Frank O. Austin. 10 15 Sidewalk 23.33 j V®
H. W. Arnold . 9 16| 325 | 150 475 7.12] .71! y.°
Mike Zliaroff .IV2 17 Sidewalk | 18.67i | "rV '/.*
J. T. Carroll .2>/a 17 150 | 150 2.25| .22j "10 ’®
J. T. Carroll .2Vz 17 Sidewalk | 11.66] | V y.®
J. T. Carroll . 3 17 75 | 100 175 2.63] .26] 'ji Vx
J. T. Carrol] . 3 17 Sidewalk 1 6.99; | ’
Gellineau & Bell . 10 18 150 | | 150 2.25] .22] \(n ’ !®
Gellineau & Bell . 10 18 Sidewalk ] 14.00] | V, y®
John Orchard . 11 19 75 I | 75 1.13; .11] 'grl '(L
Peter S. Erickson and • | | i j 1
Town of Valdez. 8 23 10 j | 10] .15] .01| fi8
Ludwig Christianson .. 6 24 Snow shoveling j 3.00| j g9, ',V
John Orchard . 11 26 125 125| 1.88! .18, '08 V„
Frye-Bruhn Co . 8 54 10 25 35] .52, .05] 'g2 68
C II. Hoffman . All 70 12o 120] 1.80] .18; 08 Vs
W. J. Shepard . 1 77 2,000 750 2,750] 41.25] 4.12| V90 '68
R. C. Force . 13 78 500 500] 7.50| ,75| 34 6g
John Cook . 36 78 350 250 600] 9.00] .90| 41 ',;8
It. C. Force. 6 79 250 250] 3.75 .37] i7 '68
It. C. Force. 7 79 250 25 275| 4.13 .41| ,i8 '68
R. C. Force. 8 79 250 250| 3.75 .37] 17 ‘(i8
C. C. Rudolph. 1] 81 250 500 750] 11.25 1.12| 52l '68
Unknown . 5| 81 100 250 350| 5.25 .52| 24| fi8
Unknown . 10] 81 16 2.50 750 912.50] 13.69 1.36] i'i2i 'f)8
Unknown . 17 81 225 150 375| 5.63 ,56| .251 68
R. McIntosh . 25 81 75 750 825| 12.38 1.23] ,56 68
C. C. Rudolph . 27 81 250 1,000 1,250| 18.75 1.87] .851 .68
Unknown . 1 83] 40 | | 40| .60] .06 o2| 68
Unknown . 11 84] 126 | | 1251 1.87 .18] .08 V>8
Unknown . 12 84j 100 | lOoj 1.50 .15] ,07| .68
C. C. Rudolph . 2 851 Sidewalk ] 28.00 ] .86] Vs
F. J. Hayes . 9 85 175 | 50] 225 3.37 .33] .12] .68
F. J. Hayes. 9 85 Sidewalk ] 22.87 | .691 .68
Kristop Lahz . 14 85 Sidewalk 23.33 | .70 .68
H. P. Paulson . 17 85 150 | 150| 300 4.50 ,45| .20 .68
H. P. Paulson . 17 85 Sidewalk ] 23.33 | .70 .68
F. J. Hayes. 27 85 125 j 25| 150 2.25] .22| .10 .68
Unknown . 1| 86 30 j | 30 .45j .04] .02 .68
Unknown. 5 86 50 j | 50 .75] .07| .04 .68
Unknown . 8 86 40 | J 40 .60| .06 ,03| .68
.Unknown . 12 86 3# I | 30 .45| .04] .02] .68
Unknown . 13 86 20 | | 20 ,30| .03] ,01| .68
Unknown . 6 87 50 | | 50 .75 .07] ,04| .68
Wm. Furness . 6 89 Sidewalk ] j 23.33 | .70] .68
Wm. Furness . 6 89 550 ] 25| 575 8.63 .86] .391 ,68
Anna S. O’Langan. 12 89 450 | 200| 650 9.75 .97] .451 68
Anna S. O’Langan. 12 89 Sidewalk | 22.26 | ,68| .68
W. J. Shepard . 6 90 100 | | 100 1.50 .15] .07 .68
P. Magnuson .W 8 90 12 | | 12 .18 .02] .01] .68
W. J. Shepard . 1 91 150 | 75] 225 3.37 ,33| .151 eg
Unknown . 7 91 50 I | 50 .75 .07| ,04 68
Unknown . 8 91 50 j 50] .07] .04 .68
Unknown . 9 91 50 j . 00 ,75j ,07| .04 68
Unknown . 14 91 112 300| 412 6.18] .61] .30 68
Unknown . 16 91 125 200] 325 4.87] .48] .22] 68
Unknown . 12 92 150 j 150 2.25| .22] io| 68
Unknown . 13 92 125 | 125 1.87] .18] .08] .68
Unknown . 8 93 200 100] 300 4.50] .45] .20] .'68
E. P. Cashnian . 21j 93 Sidewalk | 33.33| | 100 68
J. A. Crawford . 5 98 200 ] 200 3.00] .30] Vs
J. A. Crawford . 6 98 350 | 600 950| 14.25 1.421 63 68
Unknown . 1 99 125 | 125 1.87 .lSj .08 ^68
Unknown . 1 99 Sidewalk 23.33 | ,70| .68
Maud J. Walker . 14 99 Sidewalk 70.00 | 2.15 68
Unknown . 12 100 50 100 150 2.25 .22] .10 Vs
Unknown .12 lots 110 120 120 1.80 .18] .08 68
Unknown .12 lots 111 120 120 1.80 ,18| .08 68
J. A. Olson . 4] A 1,000 600 1,600 24.00 2.40] 1.10 68
C. H. M. Greenwald.... 6| B 800 150 950 14.25 1.42] .65 .68
A. Swan . 1] 1 ’Sidewalk 68.83 | 2.12 .68
•Von Gunther Addition.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
(Seal.) * Town Clerk of the Town of Valdez,
Territory of Alaska.
Date of first publication March 25, 1915.
Date of last publication April 15, 1915.
The Orpheum.
At the Orpheum tonight the follow
ing interesting program:
“Suzanne,” a captivating romance
with Barbara Tennant.
“A Man, a Girl, and Another Man,”
Bob Leonard and Hazel Buckham in
western drama.
“Sophie of the Films,” the first
chapter of a great serial comic story,
continued.
The Prospector office for job work.
Summons By Publication
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
J. L. Reed, plaintiff, vs. Eri Thomp
son and M. A. Ellis, defendants.—
No. S-49. Summons by Publication.
The President of the United State?
of America, greeting: To Eri Thomp
son, the above named defendant: You
are hereby summoned to appear in
the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, in the Third Division, at
Valdez, within thirty days after the
completion of the publication of this
summons against you, to-wit: within
thirty days after the 19th day of Ap
ril, 1915, and answer the complaint
of the above named plaintiff, filed in
the clerk’s office of the above entitled
court; and unless you so appearand
answer or otherwise plead, the plain
tiff will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in said complain4,
to-wit: a decree subjecting to the
lien of certain judgments duly docket
ed in the above entitled court, in fa
vor of the plaintiff and the said de
fendant Eri Thompson, on the Battle
Ax placer mining claim, in Cook Inlet
Precinct, Territory of Alaska, and or
dering that the same be sold to satis
fy said judgments.
This summons is served on you by
publication thereof, pursuant to an
order duly made and entered by the
above entitled court, on the 8th day
of March, 1915, which publication was
directed to be made once a week for
six consecutive weeks.
Witness the Honorable Fred. M.
Brown, judge of said Court, this 8th
day of March, 1915.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk of the District Court.
By CHAS. A. HAND, Deputy.
Date of first publication March 8,
1915.
Date of last publication April 19.
1915.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Mrs. M. F. Roberts, her heirs
and administrators and to all it may
concern: You are hereby notified that
I have expended during the past year,
1914, the sum of $66.66 (sixty-six dol
lars and sixty-six cents) lawful money
of the United States in labor and im
provements upon your one-third inter
est in those mining claims lying and
being on Avery river, in the recording
precinct of Valdez. Alaska, which are
known as the Beauty Bird and Beauty
Bird No. 1, the location notices of
said claims being of record in the
office of the commissioner, and rec
orded at Valdez, Alaska, pages num
bered 95, 96, in Book 10, Mining Rec
ords. in order to hold said claims
under the provisions of section 2324
of the Revis d Statutes of the Unit
ed States, concerning annual labor
on mining claims, being the amount
required to ho'd said lode claims for
the period ending December, 1914.
And unless within ninety days after
the completion of the publication of
this notice to-wit: within ninety days
after the 7th day of June, 1915, you
contribute your proportion of such ex
penditure incurred in performing said
annual labor and improvements,
which Is the sum of $66.66, your in
terest in said claims will become the
property of your co-partners, who have
made the required expenditure by the
terms of said section.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 8th
day of March, 1915.
JULIUS RONNING.
Last publication June 7, 1915.