The old location of
Sdhmidt’s Bakery
has wooden windows—If you should hear someone
Where’s The Bakery? just say:
He is a block further up that way—You will do two
favors at one time. Why? Because the customer
and I both save money on every transaction.
Homemade Bread
Large size, 3 for 25c.
Homemade Doughnuts.
Best Eggs and Butter.
Ground floor entrance former P. O. building,
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VAIjPEZ, AI.AHKA
aThe Mouse of Comfort”
pHDNE 7 FOR MEN ONES
Call for Regular Democrat iclPri
marim.
The regular Democratic Territorial
<3©uvention having been called to
meet at Suneau, May 24, 1916, for
the Domination of a candidate for
Delegate to Congress from Alaska;
the nomination of a candidate for At
torney-General for Alaska; the elec
tion of Delegates to attend the Na
tional Democratic Convention, to be
held at 8t. Douis. Mo. June 14th,
1916, and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before
the convention:
Notioe is hereby given, that a pri
mary election will be held Tuesday,
March 21, for the purpose of electing
eleven (11) delegates from the town
of Valdes to attend the convention at
Juneau.
Polls will be op*?n at vaiaoz ».niy
Hall between the hours of 1 to <6
..o’clock p. m, .
Qualifications of Voters. The pro-1
posed voter must be a Democrat, and,
ft the voted at the election of Novem
ber, 1914, that he voted for the nomi
neee of the regular Democratic Par
ty; that he intends to support the
nominees of the Democratic Conven
tion to be held at Juneau, Alaska, on
the 24th day of May, 1916, at the
next regular election; that he has not
voted at any primary or taken part
fn any caucus of any other political
pqrty faring the year 1916, and, if
♦sJijpe.oKed voter is challenged, he
shallWe questioned by the Board of
Election of the primary or caucus at
which he proposes to vote as to his
qualifications as herein before set
■ out, and if the said Board of Election
Is satisfied that the proposed voter is
.qualified as herein stated, he shall be
permitted to vote, otherwise his vote
ahall he rejected!
Valdez, Alaska, March 15, 1916.
C. J. TODD,
Committeeman.
TIDE! TABLES FOB MAftfJH.
The table given below is for high
and low water in Valdez Bay. for
the month of March. 1916.
Saturday, March 18.
High, 11:40 pm. 8.1; 11:37 are 8.8.
Low, 6:34 am, 1.4; 5:62 pm, —0.6.
Suuday, March 19.
High, 0:04 am, 8.7; 12:15 pm, 8.9.
Low, 6:09 am. —0.7; 6:19 pm, —0.6
Monday, March 20.
High, 12:30 am, 9.3; 12:52 pm, 8.8.
Low, 6:44 am, 0.0; 8:47 pm, —0.8.
Tuesday, March 21.
High, 12:67 am, 9.7; 1:31 pm, 8.5.
Low, .7:31 am, —0.5; 7:19 pm, 1.2.
' Wednesday, March 22.
High, 1:28 am, 10.0; 2:12 pm, 8.0.
Low, 8:01 am, —0.7; 7:51 pm, 1.6.
Thursday, March 23.
High, 2:62 am, 10.0; 2:68 pm, 7.3..
Low, 8:45 am, —0.6; 8:28 pm, 2.1.
Friday, March 24.
High, 2:41 am, 9.8; 3:52 pm, 6.6.
Low, 9:36 am, —0.3; 9:07 pm, 2.8.
Saturday, March 28.
High, 3:28 am, 9.4; 4:69 pm, 6.0.
Low, 10:37 am, —0.3; 10:01 pm, 3.4
Snnday, March 20.
High, 4:37 am, 8.8; %:34 pm, 6.7.
\ Low, 11:54 am, —0.7; 11:14 pm, 3.9
/ Monday, March 27.
High, 5:46 am, 8.4; 8:02 pm, 6.1.
Low, 1:26 pm, —0.8.
Tuesday, March 28.
High, 7:22 am, 8.2; 9:18 pm, 6.8.
Low, 1:02 am, 3.3; 2:45 pm, —0.6.
Wednesday, March 29.
High, 8:50 am, 8.4; 10:04 pm, 7.7.
Low, 2.48 am, 3.3;- 3:42 pm, 0.4.
Thursday, March 30.
High, 9:57 am, 8.7; 10:44 pm, 8.5
Low, 3:66 am, 2.2; 4:27 pm, —0.2.
Friday, March 81.
High, 10:61 am, 9.0; 11:18 pin, 9.3
Low, 4.48 am. 1,1j 5:06 pm. —0.2.
Mrs. Esson, the mother of Charles
I’awlkes, who is In town from the
Granite mine, will move to town In'
about two weeks.
BIG CONTRACT IS
MAKE BOR, TKKS
All the tie timber on the McPher
son ranch has been taken over by
the Engineering Commission, and al
ready bids have b^en received for cut
ting them, says the Seward Gateway.
The number of ties, it is estimated,
which can be cut on the ranch will he
from forty thousand to sixty thou
sand, and 3Sr. McPherson receives five
cents a tie, which brings the money
to be received by him to about $2600.
The Alaska Transfer Company has
made the lowest bid for cutting the
ties on the ranch and delivering them
but the ■ contract has not yet been
signed. The total price for cutting
and delivering them will be over $20,
000. Thekbond to be put up by the
successful bidder is $5,000. The con
tract makes about half the total fig
ured on at the present time for the
supply of ties. J. D. Johnston is the
lowest bidder for the cutting of 339
piles.
Christian Science Society. -
.■Sunday service 3 p. nj.
Testimony meetings. Wednesday,
8 p. m.
Sunday school, 2 p. in.
Reading room with librarian in at
tendance, Wednesdays 2 to f> and 7
to 8 p. in. Pioneer Hall.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Juliet Steinmetz, Emmy Petersen
and Mandy Petersen, Heirs of Pe
ter Steinmetz, Deceased, and Devi
sees Under Hie Will; and Charles
Newbill:
You and each of you are notified
that the undersigned, co-owner with
you of the Big Queen and Little
Queen lode mining claims, situate
near the head of Landlock Bay, Val
dez'Precinct, Territory of Alaska, has
performed the annual labor required
by law to hold said claims for the
year 1916; that said work was done
in the year 1916 and to the amount
of $100 on or for the benefit of each
of said claims. And FOP, Juliet
Steinmetz, Emmy Petersen and Man
dy Petersen, are notified that the
amount due from you for said annual
labor as owners of the interest of Pe
ter Steinmetz, deceased, which said
interest was an' undivided one-third
of said claims, is $66.67. And you,
Cfaarlos Newbill, are notified that the
amount due from you for said an
nual labor as owner of an -undivided,
one-third,of said claims Is $66.67.
And unless within ninety days aft
er completion of publication of this
notice you pdy to your co-owner who
has performed said annual labor, the
proportion thereof due from you mi
aforesaid, your interest in seid claims
will become the oroperty of said co
owner.
Dated, February 26, 1916.
ROSS PADEN.
First publication February 26, 1916.
Last publication May 27, 1916. eat
Arcade Cafe
OPEN AIX NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
Heater.
BREAD, THREE I,OAVES, 25c
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Stop at is the
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I
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TESTS FDR HEARING.
Rigid Ordeat* For Candidate* For Our
Army and Navy.
The physical requirements of Amer
ican soldiers and sailors aw of a high
standard as compared with those oi
other countries. The test for hearing
for example, in our navy and army Is
mow severe than of auy other country
One of these tests for admission to
»ur Naval academy may lie taken as a
typical example of the thoroughness
with which the candidates' faculties
are tested. In this test the ticking of
a watch must he beard at forty inches
in quiet surrounding, and this ticking
must lie heard at that distance by each
ear separately. In addition to this. the
candidate will be rejected if thew is
the slightest suggestion of any dis
eased condition about any portion of
the ear.
In all the foreign navies, as well as
in our own. the severest tests of hear
ing are imposed upon the men who are
to undertake submarine service. In
this service even an officer will not he
accepted if the surgeon is able to find
any evidence that be has ever been af
flicted with ear trouble at any time.
Thus a slight inflammation of the ear
which occurred in childhood may dis
qualify the officer for submarine serv
ice. though his bearing may be so good
that he would he readily accepted in
any other branch of military service ~
Los Angeles Times
OLDEST AMERICAN STATUE.
Found Near Vera Cruz, It Was Made
Over Twenty Centuries Ago.
A small stone statue found near
Vera Cruz. Mexico, which has been in
the possession of the United States
National museum since 1003. has been
'identified as the oldest known dated
antiquity in America its ancient
Mayan glyphic inscriptions-show that
It was made 100 years before Christ,
which is thq oldest date authenticated
in the new world
This unique image was found in VJU'J
near the gulf of Mexico. 100 milts
southeast of Vera Cruz, and came to
the museum through U. K Ulbriclit
the next year, it is of hard grayish
; green stone, carved into a rounded
[conical form, six and one-lialf inches
i high and three and three-fourths inches
I in diameter
1 The upper part represents a bumiiu
| fiend with well defined features The
■ lowcr part of the face is covered with
i a mask, resembling the bill ol a duels,
j carved in relief and extending down
| over the chest like a beard. The bird
j itke form is further emphasized by,
! tiie wings, covering the sides of the
figure. Beneath the wings the outlines
of a bird’s feet and legs are engraved.
■ New Vork Times.
Ancient Use of a Kiss.
A Homan woman to the ancient time
was not allowed to drink wine except
it were simple raisin wipe. and. how
ever she might reiteb Strong drinks,
she could not indulge even by stealth
—first, because she was never intrust
ed with the key of the wine cellar and.
second, because she was obliged daily I
to greet with a kiss all her own as.well j
as her husband’s male representatives,
down even to second consins, and as
she knew not when or where she
might meet them she was forced to he
wary and alisuin altogether, for hud
she tasted but a drop the smell wonld
have betrayed her. So strict were the
old Romans in this respect that a cer
tain Ignatius Mercurins is said to have
slain his wife because he caught,her at
the wine cask—a punishment whi.-h
was not deemed excessive by Romulus,
who absolved the husband of the crime
of murder.
The Nice of Austria.
'The Nice of Austria” is the name
by which Gorizia, or Gpi'itz. is known
among its habitues, owing to its mild
climate. Curiously enough, the city
furnishes u link with the French Bour
bons, for in a Franciscan convent there
lie the remains of Charles X. of
France, the last of the Bourbons: of
the Duke of Angouleme. his sou. and
of the Due de Chambord, who died as
recently a? 1883. Gorizia. under Aus
trian rule, was the capital of the crown
land of Gorz Gradisea and first appears
in history toward the close of the
tenth century, when it was bestowed
on the church. It’is s'ill the scat of an
archbishop, and its special industry,
significantly, perhaps, has long been
the printing of Hebrew books for the
east—Lon’don Spectator.
Ingenious Rimes.
Sir Owen Seaman is to be cuugrnt-'
uiated on bis ingenuity in riming
"Bagdad" with "swag, dad.” but the
palm for audacity In riming must re
main with Browning, who matched
“ranunculus" with "Tommy make
room for your uncle os." or the seven
teenth century bard who wrote:
The Duke of fork a daughter had.
He gave the Prince of Orange her;
So now your majesty will see
I’ve found a rime for poringer.
-I^ondun Standard
Welcome at Times.
'T wish a doormat,” anuutmced Mrs.
De Style.
“Here Is u very nice pattern," said
the salesman, "with the word ‘Wei
come’ woven Into the liber”
“I see. 1 suppose that will do If you
can add the words ‘Tuesdays and Fri
days.’ Pittsburgh Post.
Preparedness.
■‘Dnrllncr. won’t you marry met 1
would die for you!”
“How sweet of yon! How much are
yon Insured for?”—Baltimore Ameri
can.
’TIs far better to love and he poor
than he rich with an empty heart.—
f.ewls Morris.
WHITE HOUSE LADIES*
They WWld Considerable Power, •• a
Rill*. "Under the Bom."
Only those who have given the sub
leet close consideration nnd have been
familiar with It personally can have
>ven a remote Idea of tbe |iower of tbe
women cor nected with the presidential
idirdnlstratlun. meaning tbe wives of
he president, tbe vice president and
t ie cabinet officers. This power of the
vomeu first began to be marked in
.’resident Andrew Jackson’s time, and
,t lias.continued almost unabated up to
be present bour. It is an unseen
.lower. It is not proclaimed from tbe
icusetops.
Ir takes some time for the wives of
the cabinet officers to reach a fair foot
Tig with tbe wives of tbe president
iini vice president and among them
selves. They cotpe from different sec
tions of the country and must accus
tom themselves> to a vastly different
environment. |he official life of Wash
ington. In a thousand little ways and
in as many big ways they can make or
mar, bhlp or hurt, hasten or retard the
policy df a presidential administration.
Thei' raised old hob in Jackson’s
time by attempting to boycott the wife
of o' cabinet officer. Mrs. Eaton, lint
Old nick017., though not a ladies’ man
himself, stood valiantly and gallantly
beside Mr ami Mrs Eaton and de
clared that tiie wives of his other cabi
net officers shouldn't rule bis adminis
tration—"S’o. not by the eternal!” Jack
son’s favorite phrase in negativing a
proposition.—Exchange
KEEPING CUT FLOWERS.
Methods by Which the Fading Process
May Be Delayed.
Koses. carnations and orchids have
been found to keep three times as long
if a small quantity of sugar be added
to the water, writes Mabel H. Wharton
of Oakland, Cal., to Popular Mechan
ics. A small lump of starch has also
been found beneficial- Other flowers
iiegin to bleed as soon as they are cut.
and (be precious sup running out of
the stem causes the cells to collapse
Immediately To prevent this the end
of the stein must be quickly closed,
and this is best done by searing in a
flame or by placing directly in hor
waier
The florists of California go so far as
to boil the stems of the brilliant poiu
setl.ias or Christmas flowers, for which
they are so famous. The stem is first
stuck through a large sheet of paper to
prevent the steam from rising directly
into the flower and injuring it
Carnations and chrysanthemums will
keep almost twice as long if placed in
fresh water daily, and a small pieee is
dipped from the ends of the stems
each time. While cutting this pieee off
keep the stem under water so that uo
air bubbles are allowed to enter the
stalk and thus retard the upward flow
of water. - .
If large headed flowers, such as
chrysanthemums or peonies, are to be
sent some distance insure their arriv
ing in good condition by wrapping each
blocaoro separately in waxed paper.
Where He Made His Money.
Years ago a gentleman settled in the
south of England and became very
popular in the neighborhood. The
county families could never discover
how lie had made bis money, but were
satisfied by bis solemn assurance that
It was not in trade. Nothing could ex
eeed the ordinary gravity of his de
meanor. which indeed caused him to
be placed on the commission of peace,
hut now and then, without auy appar
ent provocation, he would hurst into
such a laugh as no ofie ever beard be
fore except in one place. Where they
could have heard It puzzled the county
families for five and twenty years, hut
at last he was betrayed unconsciously
by his own grandchild, who. after a
visit to a traveling circus, innocently
exclaimed, “Why, grandpa laughs Just
like the clown!”—James Payn.
Waterproofing Matches.
A waterproof matchbox is good for
emergencies, but not for a smoker's
daily supply. 1 waterproof the matches
themselves by dipping them half length
in shellac varnish thinned with alco
hol and laying them out separately on
a newspaper to dry. Shellac Is better
than pa ratlin of collodion because It
(foes not wear off. and it is itself In
flammable, like sealing wax. Matches
so treated cab be left In water a long
time without spoiling.—Outing
Clever Fish Hawks.
Turks around the Bosporus amuse
themselves by playing-pitch aud catch
with the hungry flsb hawks. They
throw high in the air a lump of raw
meat, and the hawks pounce ii|x>n the
meat before it strikes the ground and
make away with it to the little ones.
r A Short Christmas.
“Christmas day is only three bonrs
long in the Finnish town of Torueu.'.
said a traveler. “I spent last Christ
was there. At sunrise 1 got up to see
my presents and to read my Chiistmss
Hall and night had fallen before 1 got
through breakfast"—Exchange
Cynical.
Some cheap people expect St Peter
to pass them through the pearly gates
because they once paid 50 cents for a
fifteen cent supper at a church social.
-Atlanta Journal.
Just Like Relatives.
“Are Belle and Barbara blood rela
lions?"
"Oh. no. It Is a purely platonic
grouch they have for each other.”—
Puck.
Pessimism.
Pessimism may be defined ns that
form of restricted mental vision that
causes men to anticipate evils that do
Dot happen.—Houston Post,
CITY EXPRESS
will guarantee that both you and your baggage will
reach the boat on time—Let us do the
worrying.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
.Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 6<i
Foot Koytuone Av«j
Rough Dry lCc lb
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone <13 ' Chas. Fischer. Pitipr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLUMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATEK HEATING,
Slicet Metal Work. Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves. Etc.
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone lit
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One"road—one management—one service all the’ way
through to Chicago. It's the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS. Freight and Passenger Agt.
Juneau, Alaska.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND Mnirail PUGET SOUND
California Linb. Alaska
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE, 11:00 A. M.—
Monday, Mar. 5, Admiral Farragut for Seldovia and Way Porte.
Wednesday, Mar. 15, Admiral Watson for Seward and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 19, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 20, Admiral Farragut, for Seldovia and Way Porte.
Sunday, April 2, Admiral Watson, for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 9, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 16, Admiral Farragut for Anchorage und Way Ports.
Sunday, April 23, Admiral Watson, for Anchorage and Way Porte.
Sunday, April 30, Admiral Evans, for Anchorage und Way Ports.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle ta San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Stcnaiera Vale nnd Harvard tor Soulliera Oallforala.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. HINUWOOU, Mgr., Scattlei VALDES DOCK CO* Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHW ESTERN SAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE iOTH, 90TH AND BOTH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8Til, I8TII, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WKANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell. Juneau. Sheep
Creek. Treadwell. Douglas, Skagway. Cordova, Eliamar. Valdes and La
touche. Explosives, 8. 8. Seward, on tlio B'h; Latouche. on the 16th: 8. S.
Cordova. 86th of each 'uiauih--rlirht reserved to change this schedule
without notice.
r. n. TRACT, Gen’l Agent VALUE* DOCK fft, Lneal Agent;