steam! HEATED H0T AND COLD BATHS
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*• 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 Fitting*
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office._ Telephone 24
IF THE LADIES ARE
LEFT TO JU1MJE
we are positive the suit will be
•*<
pronounced satisfactory. A 4
woman’s eyes detect any little ^
fault in n suit likely overlook- *
o<l by a man. But there'll be no 4
defects to detect in our cloth- jj
ing. We build them to fit you jj
and wear well. You nm«t *e 4
satisfied before we are. £
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR 4
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfautiyfl Guaranteed |
Telephone fid
I Foot Kejbioi)** A vo $
I Ronzrh Dry lie lb '*
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THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—PRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
I'RF.SII BREAD AXD PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 OPEN DAY AXD XKiHT (’Inis. Fischer, Pi>'«j.r.
S.US (.'<>TH *M RKCKl'lTS
ARE 117 I’KR CK.NT I N KIT
NEW YORK.. N. Y.. May 2.—Uncle
Sam's appeal lor men to stand behind
him in the somewhat tardy struggle
to be made to maintain the country’s
rights is daily causing thousands of
young men to step to the front and
offer their services for any enterprise
he shall lead.
The liiannood of New York is arous
ed, and each day gives increased evi
dence that this city will furnish more
than its share of volunteers for ser
vice through the approaching unset
tled times.
A canvass of the recruiting head
quarters in this city, however, estab
lishes one fact, and that is that only
about 3 per cent of those who apply
for enlistment can pass the required
tests and are accepted into the service.
f Renews Search for Owens
Airs. Georgia Bage, 2207 North Il
linois street, has started a new search
for her brother. Richard T. Owens,
who disappeared twenty-seven years
ago. Their mother, Mrs. Myron Ran
son, of Oonmeautville, Pa., has urg-j
ed the search be renewed. Owens was
a boy when he disappeared. He was
living with a family named Cole, at
Grand Haven, Mich. Owens returned
to Grand Haven in 1913. for a visit.,
but Mrs. Bage said she did not hear
pf his return until a year later, and
was unable to trace him. She said
she heard that he had been in the
mining industry in Alaska and else
where, and that he was a civil engi
ne'er. Mrs. Huge has sent appeals to «
number of cities asking the authori
ties and newspapers to assist her n
hnding her brother.
Professor is Ousted
TOLEDO, O.. May 1- Professoi
Pcott Nearing, dean of arts and sci
cnees in Toledo university, was dis
missed last night by the board of trus
tees as a result of Dr. Nearing’i
stand against militarism at the time
the United States was preparing t<
go to war with Germany.
H. E. Ellis came ud from the Clif
mine last evening for a short stay ir
town.
George Cook came up last evenirif
from the Cliff mine.
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates
Candy Kitchen. ti
New Records
Two hundred Columbia Phono
graph Records of the latest music
received on the last boat at the Owl
Good dance records.* tf
Location nonces, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
hce.
Webster’s New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date: cone in
and look it over. Valdez Drug <‘'o. tl
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They do what no
other cigarette
| ever did before:
they Satisfy—
! and yet they're
| MILD!
jaofcricK
GRANITE MINE
CLOSES DOWN
I*I,AN T<> INHTAli
NKW I’OU KH PLANT
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lnrrcased Post of Fuel Oil. Steel and
Supplies firings Profits of 0|H-ra
i
lion Down—Probably I 'sc Water
Power in Future.
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The Granite mine, one of the best
,1-nown gold quartz propositions oil
(Trince William Sound, has closed
^'own temporarily and most of the
' men employed there returned to town
■ last evening on the B. F. M.
| Superintendent W. K. Millard, when
seen by a Prospector representative
ithis morning, stated that the move
had been in contemplation for the
.past two months, hut that he had just
roc tired the consent of tlu* officials io
close down, there having been a sen
timent against it, hut that the con
stantly increasing cost of operation
under present conditions had convinc
ed them of the wisdom of the move.
;One of the principal reasons for stop
ping work at this time lias been the
i heavy increase in the cost of fuel oil,
; which has nearly doubled in the pa«t
few months. The plant is operated by
steam, end the cost of fuel oil has
reached such a. figure that almost any
other fuel would be cheaper, and Mr.
Millard figures that a saving of at
least $2,000 a month can be saved in
this item alone if the contemplated
changes are made. It is quite prob
able that a hydraulic power plant will
be installed, plenty of water for the
purpose being available for about
tight months of the yeur within a
short distance of the mine. This sav
ing alone would make a neat dividend
' c.n capital stock of the company. In
addition, the increased cost of steel,
provisions, etc., has cut into the prof
its until it became a question of oper
ating the mine for the mere operating
expenses.
Mr. Millard states that the mine is
in better condition at this time than at
. ny period since it was opened, and
with a greater amount of ore in
iglit. but in his opinion it would be
| extremely unbusinesslike to continue
operations at the small profit such
operations would yield. With a new
..owerplant anti other improvements
suggested the mine can be operated
even at the present high prices of sup
plies at a profit, and it is expected the
improvements will be made and the
mine re-opened in about three months.
The mill is still in operation, a con
: iderable quantity of ore being on
hand, but it is expected this will he
milled and a cleanup he made by the
’Oth. after which the mill will be
closed down until new machinery is
installed.
“STOP HOARDING FOOD”
CRY NWKKPING COIN TRY
CHICAGO. May 2.—“Stop hnard
i ing food.” This was the cry that
swept Chicago today as two new re
straints were thrown against the
■ steadily growing wave of household
, buying.
First—An investigation of reports
that speculators were cramming ware
houses in an effort to corner the mar
ket in certain foodstuffs was begun
by city officials.
Second—Thru it spresident, Mrs.
T. Varnett Morse, the Home Makers’
Guild instituted a nationwide move
ment to check hoarding of foods thru
appeals to the patriotism of women.
Despite the restraints thrown about
food hoarding by the quantity limita
tions established by grocers, buying
ly householders who feared further
advances reacnea a degree 01 niieii
sity which led grocers in many sec
tions of the city to institute what
amounted to the virtual disruption of
the retail grocery trade routine.
Deliveries in many instances were
stopped entirely or limited to certain
products. Quantity restrictions were
expanded until they covered almost
I every staple. In many instances tele
phone orders were received and in still
e thers telephones were left to ring un
answered.
Reports were received today that
grocers' shelves in many instances had
been swept clean of the very staples
the sales of which the grocers had;
• ought to limit—canned goods, sugar j
and Hoar.
Anything in nugget and ivory jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
i
Genuine Sweet Apple Cider at
’ hint's Candy Kitchen. tf
Switches, transformations. Janes.
Chignons, Dolly Varden Curls, and
i Cluster '’urls made up from your own
i combings at the Vanitie Shop. tf
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A fresh lot of Haas' Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to 52
' i box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
AT A CHINESE INN.
Tha Scan# In tha Intarior of tha Ona
Roomed Mud Hut.
The building was a long, one storied
mud Imt. with that !:■ d r»n f V.'< of
ten d. Behold wlmt the frontiersman
had created! Tlie long room was the ]
scene of homely Industry. Prom the '
center rafter hung a lag oil lamp, shed- \
ding Its rays over a patriarchal family |
as busy as u hive of bees. By the clay i
sSove sat the eraitd.cllicr ft eding the
lire with twigs at.d tending n brood of
children playing •11 a (lilt llo »»• pa-ked I
haul, swept clean. Prom one corner j
■ ante the merry w hir of grinding lniii- I
■tones as a blind folded donkey walked |
round and round, while a woman In i
led with a wonderful headdress gath
ered up the heaps of yellow comment i
that oozed from the gray stones. More .
women in red threw the bright iii'enl
high in the air. winnowing it of its
chaff: others leaned over clay mortars,
pounding condiments with stone pos
tics.
Men were hurrying here and there .
with firewood, cooking for the travel- j
ers. one end of the room was reserved j
for these wayfarers, hut the k'ang at i
the other end was divided into sec
tions. Prom ea h rafter over each sec- i
tion swung quaint little cradles, m
each cradle was a lit: !e hrown baity. |
each baby tended by a larger chiid j
Par away from tlie loud clamor of the
western world wc fell asleep in a clean i
inner room, to the soft sound of swing- |
ing cradles ami grinding millstones. -
Atlantic Monthly.
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ALGERIA A NEW FRANCE.
Result of • Century of Work Against |
African Savagery.
After a vast expenditure in lives ami
treasure France is beginning to reap
ils reward from I lie compiest of Al
geria. A Inn id red years ago the north
ern African country was the abode of
barbarism, and piracy was tIts.* princi
I mi I occupation of its iieople. The Unit
ed States was the first nation to revolt
against the payment of tribute to the
iley of Algiers for “protection" to emu
inerce, and after a brief hut thrillin'-’
conflict the buccaneer chieftain was |
brought to his knees.
In 1837 the French took tip the white |
man's burden in Algiers and after a !
struggle of thirty years subdued tin j
country. Under the monarchy and the j
second empire the government of Al j
gcria was based solely on force, hut the !
republic won the allegiance of the Al- ■
gcrinns by withdrawing the inilitarj ;
government from all tlu* sell led por
iious of the country, which have since i
been treated very much as if they were ;
a part of France, each department
sending one senator and two deputies
to the French chambers. Algerians, i
save for a few of the tribesmen ill the j
remote interior, art* now loyal French ■
men. regardless of color, race or re
ligion. Algeria also supplies vast <|uau- *
titles of foodstuffs and in* mis to i
France. New York World.
What Tipping Means.
Fourteen thousand six hundred pel
cent is a pretty high rate of rent! Hut
it's just what you pay wheu you hand
the cloakroom pirate a jitney foi
watching your hat for an hour. iHi.You
get UsV Well, it's just like this: When
you pay lO cents for the loan of a <!<>!
iar for a year you pay 1<> per cent. Hut
if you pay 10 cents for the loan of a
dollar for a day you pay 3t!5 times as
high a rate, or IS.tiftO per cent. It's just
the same way with your .$5 hat. When
you pay ft cents on it for an hour you
are paying the rate of $438 a year i
counting only twelve business hours a |
day. And this is at the rate of 1-4.(H)»»
per cent. Tell tlifs to the cloakroom
girl today nud get her ••comeback."
Hut don't blame us if she's a bit
su ippy.—Worcester Host.
Pirates and Staamahips.
It was the advent of the steamship
that finally gave the pirates their dentil
blow in Malaya. Every schoolboy
ought to know-the story of the first
steamer off Borneo. Some pirate ships
saw n steamer in the distance and. ob
serving the smoko from its funnels,
thought the ship was on tire and ihero
fore helpless. They gave ehase. but
they were amazed to see the strange
sea beast come up steadily against the
wind ami vomit tire from its guns. It
was generally agreed in indite pirate
circles that the white man had played
a mean trick ujioii a successful and
hunorable body of traders.
Safa.
Miss Eortyodd awoke in t lie middle I
of the night to find a burglar ransack- j
ing her effects. Miss Eortyodd did not j
scream, for she prided herself, among |
other tilings, upon her courage.
Pointing to the door with a dramatic ,
gesture, she exclaimed:
“Leave me at once!"
The burglar politely retreated si step •
and said, “1 hud no intention of taking 1
you."—New York Times.
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Relief.
"What's your opinion about votes for ■
women?"
“It’s a great proposition." replied Mr.
Mcckton. "It has smashed all the argu
ments Henrietta used to give tne about
tlie precious hours I spent talking poli- j
tics.”—Washington Star.
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Appearances.
“Is lie henpecked?"
"I think he must be. His wife is a
very sweet, delicate, nuoffensive. tact
ful woman, who never says ‘Boo!’ to
in outsider.”—Life.
The Kind.
"The gardener and the housekeeper I
have the same lint contrary cry.”
“What is that?”
“My flower Is out.”—Baltimore Amer- j
lean.
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■ WHKX A KIRK 8TART8 •
S the firemen's best efforts are- 5
) given to putting it out as *
quickly as possible, lie aims Z
to save as much as he can. But •
? once a fire starts, damage end J
loss commence. The onl> way ••
I to offset that loss is to he welS £■
* insured. Our policies cover •
» •
all losses from the very min J
ute the damage by flame.;, w.v *
ter or smoke commences 2
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Valdez Real Kstate Agency •
T1 TONY’S PLACES"
EVERYTHING
FIRS’! CLASS
» 4* A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A ••
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
J. JL M. A. A J. JL J.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
hum Seattle—
April 14. 8. S. Alameda.
April 22—S. 8. Alaska.
April 2.X S. S. Mariposa.
May 4- S. S. Northwestern.
May 10—8. S. Alameda.
Valdez to Seattle—
April 2C S. 8. Northwo.stesn
April 27- 8. 8. Alameda
May 2—8. S. Alaska.
May 7--S. S. Mariposa.
May 14— S. 8. Northwestern.
FALL AT Ketchikan, Juneau, <'ordova, Kllaiiiur, Ft. I.iscum, Val
dez, Latouche, Seward and Anchorage.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell. Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
P. K. THAfV. iifi'l Agent VAI.DKZ DOCK CO.. latent Ages*
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINK)
t)nr Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PFK
FKFT SKRVICE Between ail Points in
Alaska and California
l-'rom Seattle, 9 I*. M.
Apr. 1 S. S. Adm. Karra cut
\pr. !t- S. S. Adm. Watson
Apr. 17—S. S. Adm. Eva< s
Apr. 2.7 S. S. Adm. Karragut
May :i S. S. \dm. Wat son
May I 1 Adm. Evans
Val<!«“/. to Seattle—
Apr. •> -S. S. Adm. Evam.
Apr. 18—S. S. Adm. FarraKU!
Apr. 21-—S. S. Adm. Watson
\pl. 29—S. S. Adm. Evai s
May 8—S. S. Adm. Farrar-it
May 1 3—F. S. Adm. Watson
May 3.5-•• S. S. Adm Evans
S. S-. Farragut sailing from Seattle April 25 calls at Kodiak.
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle .Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Iais Angeles
San Francisco to Iais Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF VOI R TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY REST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone I VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valde/„ Alaska
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will 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 I S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS. Juneau, Alaska.
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office!
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For Sale.
Two-room house on City Dock, fur-j
nished. Built last fall. Cash $301). I
Must he taken immediately.
ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
Just received, ft new line or Toilet '
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Pasteurized Products.
Pasteurizer Whipping Cream, Pas- j
teamed Sweet Milk and Pasteurized (
Buttenrfllk at Love-Whitley Co.’s. . tfi
The articles you ordered have ar
rived at the Emporium. ti
K new line ol neaters priced right
at Mead’s. it
Lowney’s Box Candies at Hunt's
Candy Kitchen. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s
Prices reasonable. *
Fresh car.dy at the Emporium. tC