Cleaning & Pressing
Alterations of allkinds-First class work guaranteed
Suits Sponged, and Pressed $1.00
Rugs cleaned like new, 50c and up.
J. D. CLARK, Panama Hotel. _Both^Phonea^lS^
Northern Real Estate Exchange
> * Wall Street—Phone 59
Collections Insurance Mining Investments
List Your Property With Us.
UPPER T0NS1NA ROAD HOUSE
Beat of Meals—Price* Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Msr.
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I I T1\/|DI7P and Building
Puget Sound JLi U iVlDHilv Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Headquarters tor Traveling Men.
Copper Block
VALDEZ
/ “The House of Comfort,”
For Men Only
Steam Heat. Hot Bath*
Arcade Cafe
Open untill 9 P. M.
Try Our Specials After 4 P. M.
Private Tables
Jack Callin _ Proprietor
LAUNCH
BRIGHTON
FOR
Port Wells and Way Ports
Leaves Valdez every Saturday Morning carry
ing Mail, Passengers and Freight. Calls at
Ellamar. Wells Bay, Golden. Hobo Bay, Port
age Bay, Esther Island. Special trips by ar
rangement.
SEE CAPT. STAMEY.
AWAKE
and on the job—day or night—buy
and sell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—Private Rooms for Patients
For Terms'and Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge
Mr. Sydney Laurence
The Studio-Keystone Ave.
Photographic Portraiture
Sittings by appointment
Developing.’Printing. Enlarging
A. W., L. & T. Co. Phone 217.
Fresh Koenigs, Augustine Kyer,
and Shull’s candies at Valdez Drug
Store. tt
TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER
$3,000 Captured by Ingram & Bush Sale in
the last Four Days—and more to come. We
have just Eight more days to do business.
LOOK OVER THIS LIST OF PRICES
CIGARS
Barretts ... per hundred, $8.00
Optimo - “ $8.50
Smoke Crafts “ “ $7.50
Marcia Rica Rantello - “ $6.50
^ CIGARETTES
Imperials - - 2 for 25c, now 3 for 25c
Omar - 20c, now 2 for 25c
All 25c Cigarettes - - Now 3 for, 50c
SMOKING TOBACCO
Lucky Strike, regular 25c, now 5 cans $1.00
Lucky Strike, roll cut, 2 for 25c,
.Now 3 for 25c
McHie Canadian Club, 2 for 25c
.Now 4 for 25c
Union Leader, 2 for 25c, now . 3 for 25c
Dills Best, 2 for 25c, now . 3 for 25c
Edgeworth, 2 for 25c, now . . 3 for 25c
Tuxedo, vacuum can, 25c, now . 2 for 25c
All 25c size cans, now ... 3 for 50c
Copenhagen Snuff, 10c, now 50c per rol
All Meerchaum and Briar Pipes 50c on the $1.00. All lines of
sundries one-qnarter off regular price. Turkish Pipe free with
every $5.00 purchase. If not satisfied with your bargain bring
it back and we will give you 10 per cent for your investment.
&
VALDEZ, ALASKA
All Store Fixtures for Sale
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
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THEY SAW THE LAKE FLY.
An African Phenomenon That Looked
Liku a Waterspout,
Crossing Victoria Nyanza, Messrs.
F. II. Mellaml and E. II. Cholmeley,
the anthers of “Through the Heart of
Africa,” saw a phenomenon which, al
though common on the lakes of central
Africa, seems rare enough.
The chief engineer on coming down
late to luncheon told us that he had
seen a waterspout near by. As we
had finished our meal we hurried up
on deck to get a glimpse of it. We
saw near the southern horizon a gray
smoke-like column arising from the
surface of the lake and expanding
Into what looked like a cloud above.
Thinking that it must be the engineer’s
waterspout, wo approached Captain
Gray and Mr. Akeley, who were also
Intently observing it. and asked them
if we were right in our conjecture.
"Waterspout!” said the skipper, with
a smile. “Flies."
“Files’?" we repeated and turned to
Mr. Akeley in the hope of getting from
him a more intelligible explanation.
“Quite true.” he said “Flies. You’ve
seen the lake fly before?"
“No,” we retorted, “we haven't, and
we didn’t know that It flew."
Assuring us that neither lie nor tile
skipper had any intention of deceiving
as, Mr. Akeley explained that he re
ferred to the insect known ns the “lake
fly” and not to any spasmodic fri
volity on the part of the waters of
Victoria Nyanza. The apparent water
spout was nothing more or less than
a huge cloud composed of myriads of
tiny flies. They sometimes rise from
the surface of the lake in such dense
columns as to obscure the light of the
sun like a pillar of smoke.
TRICKS OF LIGHT.
Why People Sometimes Feel Dull or
Uncomfortable at Table.
How few people realize that they
are actually suffering from snow blind
ness in miniature every time they
read or work over a white surface on
which a brilliant light shines directly.
Half tone paper, for instance, which is
the common medium for the majority
of books we rend, will throw a blind
ing glare into the eye of the reader if
the light strikes it at the wrong angle,
and it forms an excellent test for the
selection of proper lighting for a room
and for the placing of the lighting fix
tures, for lighting diffusion should be
such as to allow comfortable reading
from half tone paper in any position.
A dome hanging above a dining table
on which is white cloth causes the
light to reflect into the eyes of those
around the table at an angle that pro
duces muscular strain. This has a
peculiar effect upon the senses, and
drowsiness and mental inertia are apt
to result People are apt to complain
of a feeling of dullness at table or
that they have indigestion when it is,
in reality, the effect of the light,
A too brilliant light shining directly
Into the eye plays many curious psy
chological tricks. Deaf people, for in
stance. cannot hear so well if they
are facing a brilliantly lighted room,
and, ns for being able to see better by
a bright light than by a dim one. ex
actly the reverse is the case, for de
tail of objects become practically lost
to the eye when too much light enters
it.—Suburban Life Magazine.
Advice to Consumptives.
The only safe course for a person
suffering from consumption is to select
a good physician and be guided in all
things by that physician’s advice.
if a new cure is discovered during
your illness your doctor will know it.
If the cure is genuine he will know
that and be the first to insist on apply
ing the new remedy to your case. If
the so called cure is a fake his caution
will save you from wasting valuable
time and strength pursuing will-o’-the
wisps.
Meantime, while waiting on new
discoveries, he will keep you on the
commonplace but effective prescription
of rest, plentiful diet and all the fresh
air there is. This regime has cured
tens of thousands of cases of tuber
culosis and will cure hundreds of thou
sands more.—Chicago Journal.
The Psychological Moment.
Frances is only a little girl, i t she
has a quick mind and the gift of lan
guage that sometimes distinguishes
children who associate much with
their elders. The other day Frances
came home to her mother with cheeks
like roses and eyes like stars.
"Oh, mamma,” she exclaimed, hap
pily, “I’ve had the best luck this morn
ing! I got downtown just at the psy
chological moment!”
“Did you. dear?" was mother’s pleas
ed Inquiry. “And what happened?”
Said Frances solemnly: “1 saw a
parade.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
His Cleverness.
“Don’t be so lazy. There’s plenty of
room at the top, and you’re clever
enough to get there.”
“But,” replied the lazy genius, “think
how clever It is of me to find a place at
the bottom, where there isn’t so much
room.”
Such a 8tupld Man.
Fair Customer—I tell you that X wear
a No. 2. Clerk—But, madam, this shoe
that you Just took off Is a No. 4. Fair
Customer—Tes, 1 know, but it has
stretched horribly.—Boston Transcript
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Many Thara Who Could Do It.
"It is said that the devil never takes
a vacation."
"Well, lfhe doesn’t-it isn’t because
be can’t And anybody to ran tbe place
In W»abseace.*T-3ndg0'.ow‘.
He who follows two hares is sure to 1
catch neither.
TWO PRIZE ORATIONS.
All That Remain of the Many Works of
Elijah Kellogg.
Generation after generation of our
American schoolboys have declaimed
“Span»ieus to the Gladiators” or “Iteg
ulus to the Carthaginians” and prob
ably never stopped to wonder what
stenographer among the ancients took
down these celebrated remarks. As a
matter of fact, both were the work
of a New England clergyman, Elijah
Kellogg. •‘Spartacus” was written
while lie was a young theological
student at Andover in 1842 for the 1
rhetorical exercises of his class. “Itog
ulus” was written three years later
for a fellow student to speak In a prize
competition.
What college youth of these days
could write such forceful orations?
These have never been surpassed, and ■
in some schools It has become neces- ;
sary to bar them from the list at prize j
speaking competitions, so Invariably j
do they carry off the prizes.
Of all the work of Elijali Kellogg
these alone remain known. Yet lie
wrote thirty wholesome books for hoys,
some of them tales of the woods and
some of school, and was for years
an eloquent pastor at the Seaman's
church in Boston. lie might have he- i
come a Talmnge or a Beecher or a
Brooks and gained fame in a more
fashionable pulpit, but clung to the
life work he had chosen.—Detroit Free
Press.
CURIOUS ALASKAN BIRDS.
Male Ptarmigans Woo In Two Tongues
and Bully Their Mates.
The ptarmigan, an Alaskan bird, is
a wonderful imitator of man. if Bel
more Browne, who contributes an ar
ticle on Alaskan game to Outing, is to
he believed. To begin with, the author
finds that the ptarmigan is a linguist
of no mean ability. The male does his
wooing in mixed French and English:
“A pleasing side of their mating is
the habit of the males of uttering their
call while on the wing. They com
mence with a guttural cackle, which
they utter faster and faster until they
alight, when they end their song by
repeating slowly a call that sounds
like ged-up, ged-up, ged-up, ged-up or
parlez vous? parlez vous? parlez vous?
as they strut proudly about"
In addition to singing in two lan
guages, tlie ptarmigan conducts his
personal and domestic affairs in ap
proved fashion. Could not the follow
ing observation apply to human beings
as well as to this remarkable bird:.
“The males fight constantly, and the
hens seem to enjoy these battles and
sit nbout clucking among themselves.
“But once a hen has decided on a
mate she comes into her own share of
troubles and is beaten and bullied by
the mate she has promised to love and
obev.”
Inexpensive Monotony.
“When 1 got the order to design a
big wholesale house for a firm tliat has
stores in six cities I was elated,” said
an architect. “I’ll plan a building that
is bound to be satisfactory,” I said to
myself, “and then they will give me
the commission for those new stores
they expect to put up in those other
five cities. ;
“Well, I did turn out a splendid store, j
a store that was admired by everybody
in the wholesale trade. My patrons j
were pleased, too, but instead of giv
ing me an order for tlioso other build
ings they simply used the same plans
over again and built all their houses
alike. That’s what 1 call playing a
low down trick on a fellow.”—Phila
delphia Ledger.
One Kind of Fame.
Authorities who have in charge some
of England’s ancient treasures try to
discourage the habit of carving initials
on these relics. A fine of $15 was re
cently imposed on a man who had
chipped his name in letters six inches
high on one of the stones in the
“Druids’ Circle” near Keswick. Close
to the giant stoue globe at Swanage a
special slab is provided for the harm
less reception of the names of all who
are addicted to this self advertisement.
On popular Alpine summits it is cus
tomary for names to be left on cards
in emptied wine bottles.
Varying tha Old Story.
“I had him right up to the side of
the boat—a beauty—the biggest one I
ever hooked—was Just getting my
landing net under him—he gave a flop,
and”
“Yes. 1 know the rest. He gave a
floj>— broke his hold—and away he
wont, and”—
“He gave a flop—cleared the landing
net—and landed plumb in the boat”— ;
Browning's Magazine.
No Encouragement.
“Gerald, have I ever given you rea
to think I would marry you?”
“No, Gwendolen; you never have,
and if you dou’t want me to bother
you any more I won’t Just give me
my regular good night kiss and I’ll
go.”—Chicago Tribune.
Inquisitive.
Nell—I declare! That woman finds
out everything. I never knew nny one
bo Inquisitive. Belle—That’s right I
believe she would even pump an or
gan.—Philadelphia Record.
Well Tried.
Mrs. Exe—Did you try that new girl
you heard of. Mrs. Wye—Try herf
Why, she tried me beyond all endur
ance]—Boston Transcript
• i».» ‘a
Mtt Redbud* ft he wlU
Jews aaS'Wken Old! Miss Palisade
—There’s one consolation. Too will
soon know.—Pock.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
swHOT
11 AllUVr- Chas. Perry
A Complete Services
• IN THE HEART OF THE CITY.
|j55RoomswiJjibafJr505anip!eRooms
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen vears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN *
?hone ,9 THE dentist
O/Tce rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
a a. m., to 6 i>. m., 7 p, m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DONOHOE & D1MOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alatka
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
Somebody
With Money
always has been i'^und to
“bacli” a gootj, 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
vyith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
* ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Leaves Fort Liscum. Leaves Valdez
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 4.00 p. m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:10 p. in. 2M)0 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 6:00 p. m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p. m. 4 :00 p. m.
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p m.
There wHl be no trips of the launch
on the secoi d and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used
»o clean boil'rs.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdez
and Is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the t'me of high and low wa
ter is given tn6 height of the tide
Saturday, May 22.
High tide 5:21 . m„ 9.9; 7:00 p.
m„ 10.2.
Low tide 12:06 p. m., 1.3.
Sunday, May 23.
High tide 6:45 a. m„ 9.6; 7:47 p.
m., 10.9.
Low tide 1:02 a. m.. 3.0; 1:03 p.
m„ 1.6.
Monday, May 24.
High tide 8:08 a. m., 9.6; 8:30 p.
m.. Ilv7.
Low tide 2:14 a. m., 1.9; 1:49 p.
m., 1.8.