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WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
a-™ dentist
in both companies Fourteen vears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Orel Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to 6 p. m.. 7 i>. m.. to 9 p. m. bundais
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. 59
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9p. m.
DR. C. H. VANCE
the OSTEOPATH
Graduate American School of
Osteopathy. Kikraville. Mo.
OFFICE HOURS—0 to 12 a.. 1 toS*. a., srIf
UfoUsHl.
TREA.TMEN-nS2.SO
Office end Residence Court St. PHONE 203
JOHNILYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
G E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Offices Wall Street
Phone 31 VALDEZ
F. BUTTERWORTH
jCivil Engineer end’
U. S. Deputy Lend and
Mineral Surreyor
Bine Printing Valdes, Alaska.^
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
Suits pressed ror $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Imported Japanese baskets at Val
dez Drug Co. tf
See Tod Winter ror your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
Summons for Publication.
In Justice’s Court for Valdez Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
Frances Wilson, plaintiff, vs. Anna
Guenther, defendant.—Summons for
Publication.
To the defendant, Anna Guenther:
Take notice that you have been sued
in the above-named court by the
above-named plaintiff upon an ac
count for goods sold and delivered,
in the sum of $58.50; that personal
property belonging to you has been
attached to satisfy said claim; and
unless you appear and plead to plain
tiff’s complaint within thirty days af
ter completion of publication of this
summons, to-wit, within thirty days
after December 21, 1914, plaintiff will
take judgment for the sale of said
attached property to satisfy her claim
against you.
This- publication is made pursuant
to an order of the court dated No
vember 9, 1914.
(Seal) GEO. J. LOVE,
Commissioner and Ex Officio Justice
of the Peace.
First publication November 9,1914.
Last publication December 14,1914.
Taxes Due.
Taxes for the Town of Valdez for
the year 1914 are now due and pay
able at my office, in the Valdez Elec
tric Company office, in the Copper
block. Taxes will be delinquent on
Monday, December 7, 1914, at 6 o’clock
p. m.'and unless paid prior thereto,
a penalty of 10 per cent, will be add
ed to the amount and interest at the
rate of 12 per cent, per annum.
No interest will be allowed on town
warrants in payment of taxes after
November 1, 1914.
Office hours: 10 a. m. to 12 m.
and 2 p. m. to 4 p. m., except Sun
days. Dated this 4th day of Novem
ber, 1814.
E. Q. AMES,
• Town Treasurer.
Didn’t Have to Warn Him.
Employer — If that bore Smithers
comes in toll him I'm out—and don’t
be working or he’ll know you’re lying!
—Oregon Journal.
The Tie That Binds.
Miss Manchaser—You know the old
adage "Love laughs at locksmiths?"
Mr. Grouchmore—Yep. Getting In is
easy enough, but getting out Is no
Joke.—Chicago News.
How Did He Know?
Dad (meaningly)—Who is the laziest
boy in your class, Willie?
Willie—I don’t know.
Dad—I should think you would know.
Who is it sits idly in his seat and
watches the rest instead of working
himself?
Willie—The teacher.—6t Paul News.
WIT IN HISTORY.
A Brief Address and a Pithy Reply
That Won With Royalty.
Frederick the Great once granted a
hearing to a subject on condition that
he should cut hLs remarks very short.
“Let him say but two words,” said
the monarch.
“Very well,” agreed the subject, and
on entering the presence of Frederick
he held out a petition and uttered but
the two words:
“Sire, sign.”
The subject won his request.
King Henry VIII. wished to commis
sion a nobleman of his court to visit
Francis I.
It was at a moment when interna
tional relations were extremely shaky,
and the courtier showed no particular
desire to absent himself from his home
and country on so dangerous a mission.
“Do not be afraid,” said King Henry.
"If you lose your life In my service I
will avenge you a hundredfold. 1 will
take off the heads of all the Frenchmen
in my power.”
“Thank your majesty; your majesty
is most gracious.” said the courtier,
“but of all those heads which you take
off there may not be one which will fit
on my shoulders."
The witty reply resulted In the court
ier being excused from his dangerous
mission.
GEOGRAPHICAL PUZZLES.
Where Were Ultima Thule and the Lost
Atlantis Located?
A most puzzling geographic mystery
has come down from ancient times.
This is the old question as to the iden
tity of Ultima Thule. It was about 400
B. C. that Pytheas, a citizen of Mas
silia, sailed on his famous voyage. He
discovered Albion and then continued
I farther north until he reached a spot
i which he named Ultima Thule. What
this country was has never been deter
mined. It may have been Shetland or
Norway or Iceland.
Another ancient puzzle is that of At
lantis. it is commonly believed now
adays that this vanished continent did
once actually lie beyond the pillars of
Hercules, and there are theories unend
ing concerning it. Some regard the
Canary islands as fragmentary remains
of it, others think that the supposedly
lost land was really America; but. in
considering these speculations. It is
well to bear in mind the fact that the
first mention of the country was made
by Plato, and many scholars are sure
that the philosopher merely indulged in
an Imaginative flight. The solitary evi
dence that Atlantis ever existed Is his
reference to IL—Chicago Herald.
Origin of Humbug. '
It is not generally known that the
word “humbug.'- long so much in
vogue, is of Scottish origin. There
was in olden time a race called Bogue
or Boag of that ilk in Berwickshire.
A daughter of the family married a
son of Hume, of Hume, in process of
time, by default of male issue, the
Bogue estate devolved on one Geordie
Hume, who was called popularly
“Hume of the Bogue.’ or. rather. “Hum
o’ the Bug.”
He was inclined to the marvelous
and had a vast inclination to exalt
himself, his wife, family, brother and
all his ancestors on both sides. His
tales, however, did uot pass current,
and at last, when any one made an ex
traordinary statement in the Nearns.
the hearer would shrug up his shoul
ders and style it just “a hum o’ the
bug." This was shortened Into hum
bug. and the word soon spread over
the whole kingdom.—Philadelphia In
ouirer.
Clearing For Action.
When a warship is cleared for action
not only is everything movable on the
decks removed or made secure, but
every article made of wood is. as far
as practicable, thrown overboard.
Sofas, tables, chairs, pianos, all the
furnishings of oliicers’ quarters, in fact,
are hurriedly put over the side by the
bluejackets, and in a few minutes as
much as £1,000 worth of stuff is float
ing round the Dreadnought. At tbe
moment that a warship is preparing to
fire not a single soul is to be seen on
the decks. All tbe sailors are below
working the guns and getting the am
munition ready.—London Answers.
A Declining Art.
"Don't you want your boy. Josh, to
be a good speller?” asked the school
teacher.
"I dunno.” replied Fanner Corntos
seL "About all the notice a good speller
gets nowadays is bein’ called on occa
sionally to decide a bet.”—Washington
8 tar.
A Poor Remedy.
“I notice a man wbo bad a cold in
bis bead has committed suicide.”
“Poor fellow! Now what fool friend
could have advised him to try that
remedy?"-Philadelphia Ledger.
Very High.
"I Just got that doctor’s bill for that
fever of mine.”
“How was It?"
“It was a very high fever—higher
than I dreamed.’’
Unusual Sight.
Once we were young, and now we are
older, but never yet have we seen a
man’s wife going to his folks for ad
vice as to what she should buy.—-Gal
veston News
Classifying Man.
Men may be divided Into two classes
—those wbo regard whiskers as an or
nament and those who hold shaving aa
a sacred duty.—Atchison Globe.
Faith most become active through
works.—OL W. Wend to.
MUSIC AS A TONIC.
It Is Good Not Only For ths Body, but
For the Soul as Well.
To what are the beneficent effects of
music due? Darwin, who never rested
until he could explain a thing, if it
were explainable, could nevertheless
no more explain why musical tones in •
a certain order and rhythm afford
pleasure than we can account for the
pleasantness of certain odors and
tastes. "We know that sounds more
or less melodious are produced during
the season of courtship by many in
sects, spiders, fishes, amphibians and
birds.’'
After all. says the Journal of the
American Medical Association, we need
go no deeper for an adequate explana
tion than that Influences, such as mu
sic. which are agreeable are therefore
salutary, and music is agreeable be
cause its component tones are regular,
periodic vibrations, even auditory
waves, precisely so many to each note,
being in this regard unlike noises,
which are irregular, dissonant, conflict
ing vibrations. Sound waves impinge
on the hearing sense, whence the per
ception is conveyed to the brain.
The benignant influence or music
physically is by the transmission of its
influence from the cerebrum through
the sympathetic system, which directs
the various organs. Thus not only is
music physic for the soul, dissipating
mental depression, soothing psychic
perturbations, hut this influence may
also euhance nutrition, further diges
tion (as by the "liver music" of the
French) and restore organic equilib
rium. Indeed, the entire working of
the human mechanism, physical and
mental alike, may be lubricated by a
stream of music, which art and sci
ence should therefore have a place in
the medical armamentarium.
BADGES OF BRAVERY.
Rewards of Some European States For
Valor In Battle.
All the great powers of Europe have
some reward for conspicuous valor
and bravery on the field of battle, and,
although the plain bronze Victoria
cross is the youngest of such decora
tions. dating back only to the Crimean
war in 1836, it is the most valued pos
session in many a home in England to
day. The Austrian cross, on the other
hand, is the oldest
A similar reward in Germany is the
iron cross, instituted by King Frederick
William III. of Prussia in the year
1813.
Russia gives as a decoration to its
heroic soldiers the cross of St George,
which was founded by the famous Em
press Catherine II. in the year 17G9.
and. while the Victoria cross is of
bronze and the iron cross, as its name
Implies, of iron (which is edged with
silver), the Russian order is of gold
with a beautiful medallion of St.
George killing the dragon.
In Austria the cross is of gold and
was instituted in the year 1757 by the
Empress Maria Theresa soon after her
accession to the throne. It bears the
same inscription as the British Vic
toria cross, the British having in Eng
lish "For Valour" and the Austrian in
Latin rhe word “Portitudine.”
The Order of the Legion of Honor,
which is the reward in France, was in
stituted by the great Napoleon, and lie
decreed that every soldier who was
decorated with that honor should have
the additional distinction of being en
titled to receive a military salute from
officers, noncommissioned officers and
private soldiers.—London Tit-Bits.
A Prayer.
Purge out' of every heart lurking
grudge. Give us grace and strength to
forbear and to persevere. Offenders,
give u^. the grace to accept and to for
give offenders. Forgetful ourselves,
help us to bear cheerfully the forget
fulness of others. Give us courage
and gayety and a quiet mind. Spare
ns to our friends, soften us to our ene
mies.
Bless us. if it may be. in all our In
nocent endeavors. If it may not. give
as the strength to encounter that which
is to come, that we be brave in peril,
constant in tribulation, temperate in
wrath and in all changes of fortune
and down to the gates of death loyal
and loving one to another.—Robert
Louis Stevenson.
The Sleeping Top.
A spinning top "sleeps” in obedience
to a law of nature. The top at the pe
riod of its spinning called by boys
“sleeping” has the centrifugal and
gravitatlve forces acting upon it in a
nearly balanced degree. Obeying chief
ly the rotary force imparted to it by
the player, the top seems for a little
while, until that force is overcome by
gravity, to be in a state of compara
tive rest.
John’s Chance.
Wife—Now, John, my sister Belle ana
her steady are coming to call on us to
night. So you must act the part of an
ideally happy married man. She’s not
quite sure of him yet. John (savagely!
—Leave it to me! That lobster trim
med me in a horse trade once! Leave
it to me!—Boston <5 lobe.
Cured Her.
“I cured my wife of quarreling about
wanting her own way in everything.”
"How?”
"1 let her have it.”—Boston Tran
script
Wrong System.
“Bllggins doesn’t get on.’*
“No. He insists on figuring on the
high cost of living instead of on how
to get the price.”—Washington Star.
He that plants thorns most never as
pect to gather roses.—PUpoy.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE Call ^ou on Time for the boat
if We Handle Your Baggage.
We Buy and Sell Anything from
Dead Crabs to Live Bears.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
( 7 a m to H a rn
MEALS< Lunch 12 rn to 1 t> m
( 6 to 7 i> in
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
ARCADE CAFE
“We Never Close.**
Private Dining Room.
The Best of Everything. We Bake Our Own
Bread and Pastry. Bread for Sale.
Jack Callin - -_Proprietor
04 Complete Services
I * IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
I l55Baoms witii bath-50 SampleRooms
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When
You
Use
a
Western Eimtrk
Washer and Wringer
Simply put in the dollies ar.c!
start the motor;—in I 0 to
minutes the clothes arc washt d
white and clean ready o bo.
hung on the line wttiicvi l'.: •
wear and tear of the wash
board.
Connect to any electric lamp
socket.
Costs only 2 cents an hour to
run.
Let us send one to your home
for 15 days’ free trial?
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Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“back” a good 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
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
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