STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
t
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. Oppostte Prospector Office. Ta»e»>hone_g*^_
AVHKN WK FIT YOU
WITH A SUIT
We fit you at every point and
fashion the garments accord
ing to your own individual
proportions. The result is a
fit impossible to obtain in a
factory made clothing. And
as for style, there is a distinc
tion about our made-to-meas
ure apparel that cannot be ap
proached.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR <
i
til CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1917
PIONEER CONTRACTOR n< 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 ' S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
I FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone OPEN DAI AND NIGHT Chan. Fischer, Propr.
THE SENATE
\NGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms._Phone 35
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed { I F°°t keystone
Telephone 66 I I Romrb Dry 10c lb
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
JAICAL BREVITIES.
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Hot drinks are in full swing at the
Candy Kitchen It
Have you tried our Boston Mints
in bulk at the Candy Kitchen. tf
For flrst-clasr meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
Webster’s New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; come in
and look it over. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
The launch Pathfinder, Captain
Smith, returned late last night from
Fidalgo, Landlock and Ellamar,
bringing several passengers. Capt.
Smith reports a very rough trip be
tween Ellamar and Valdez.
A new line ot heaters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe* t_»i ba.A„„„c for you. tf
Anything in nugget and ivory Jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
The best of everything in box
Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen tf
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf
COUNTING HEADS.
The Firat Canaus Waa Taken by Moaaa
In tha Wildarnaaa.
There Is a record of a census iu China
as far back as the year 2042 B. C. an'
of one In Japan In the lust century l>e
fore Christ. Under the constitution of
Solon the citizens of Athens were di
vided and registered In four classes,
according to the amount of their tax
able property or Income. The Homan
census was burdened with more statis
ts s than any of these, however. It had
its origin under Si wins Tullius, sixth
king of Home, and was nn affair of
much solemnity. Every citizen bad to
appear upon the t'atupus Martins and
declare upon oath lbs name and dwell
ing and the value of his property under
the penalty of having his goods confis
cated.
The most undent statistical record of
a census Is found iu the Bible. The
census was taken by Moses in the wil
derness. and. as shown hy the first
chapter of Numbers, the enumeration
must ltave been very simple. “Take
ye.” said this account, "the sum of all
the congregations of the children of
Israel, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, with the nutn
t»er of tlieir names, every tnnie by
tlieir polls; from twenty years old and
upward, all that are ulde to go forth to
war in Israel; thou and Aaron shall
number them by tlieir armies.” This
census was an affair tlint must have
been soon over, lasting no longer than
a day, being merely a counting of tin
heads of the fighting men. The women
and children and cripples and the old
men were not Included; “neither were
the Levltes numbered among them.”
Those who did stand up to lie num
bered totaled fiOS.ri.VI.
FIFTH AVENUE THE JOYOUS.
Sparkle and Vivacity of New Yerk’e
Famous Thoroughfare.
Perhaps the chief Impression which
the metropolis makes Is of the vivacity
of its life. It is the completest expres
sion of our national Jole de vlvre. And
it Is pleasant to record that for the
most characteristic moment of tills
quality you would not cite Broadway
at night, lint Fifth avenue by day. The
sparkle of tills famous street is per
haps largely due to the New York cli
mate.
Climates are never perfect, hut
among file world's great cities the
American metropolis is singulurly for
tunate. it is flooded with sunlight, and
on its itest days the air lias a crisp and
foiiF quality. By a tacit understanding
ill dressed nnd sail people keep off
Fifth avenue. On a bright morning
Micro is no resisting tiie street's gay
• ti .'Mention. The most expensive shops
i .c world are close at hand, the best
- .auraufs near by. Brave men lounge
i tiic windows of exclusive dubs, and
'ah' women cut coupons at fashionable
'■auks. I.il'e seems indeed worth liv
ing. The whole town is gay. Even
children and nursemaids in the park
seem more engagingly dean and inno
cent and spirited than elsewhere, as if
they, too. felt the call of happiness.
it is worth while noting the dear
ness of much of New York's air. doing
justice to the dean and simple liveli
ness of much of its enjoyment, be
cause Its prominence as one of the
world's chief centers of dissipation anil
pleasure seeking lias done its reputa
tion bad service with many people of
virtue and good taste.—Harper’** Mag
azine.
Africa’s Gold Coast.
The Gold Coast Is a British colony
on the west coast of Africa. ItH cli
mate Is notoriously unhealthy, the
heat and moisture being excessive. The
coast is lined with unhealthy swamps
and shallow lakes, while the jieculiar
rock of the country is said to give off,
under the influence of the air and
moisture, large quantities of hydrogen
gas. The native towns are crowded
nnd dirty, intermittent fevers and oth
er diseases being always present.
These are peculiarly fatal to Euro
peans. though the natives do not suf
fer so much. The whole region is more
or less a gold producing country, but
at present llie value of the territory is
chiefly due to the profusion of vegeta
ble products supplied by the rich soil.
Shrub Perfume.
The perfume of commerce known as
•‘eassie." manufactured for the must
part hi France, Is found in abundance
in the Philippine islands in the Acacia
farnesiana. n shrub which grows on
hundreds of acres of land near Manila
and throughout the dry parts of the en
tire islands. This shrub has small
spiny leaves and produces a short
black pod. The flower from which the
essence is obtained is golden yellow.
No Help Needed.
Johnny ta small brother)—Mother,
juick. Send for the doctor! Mother
(anxiously) — Why —why—wliut's tile
mutter? Who is ill? Johnny—Mr.
Algernon is going to die—he said he
would if sister would not marry him.
and sister says she won't.—London Tel
egraph.
Quick Change.
“Here, you! What do you mean by
telling that red nt>sed old bachelor
friend of yours that marriage is all a
lottery ?“
"I was just about to assure him.
m'dear. thnt I won a prise.**—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
Flowers In Tibet.
The highest point ;t which tiowerln
plants have been found is In Tibet a
feet above the level of tile sea.
DISTRICT COURT!
I
In The case ot the United States v.->.
Otto Kanitz and Caroline Kanitz, thr-|
motion of defendants' attorneys for1
a change of venue to Juneau was de
nied yesterday afternoon. Motion <;r|
j the District Attorney that tiie case he
| tried at Cordova, was, upon tiie shov
ing made, granted and the trial of the
!(ase set for April 2, or as soon there
jpfter as possible. A motion to post
pone tbe trial of the case until May
1, owing to the absence of material
'witnesses who cannot be served hefor.
that date, was made by attorneys for
the defendants, and argument on this
motion was had this morning.
The trial jury was sworn in and
was dismissed until 10 o’clock this
! morning.
The grand jury returned not a tnic
bill in the case of the United States
vs. M. Scott, charged with the illegal
sale of liquor, and in the case ( f
Rafael Capello, charged with theft
from the person.
DOGS WEAR OUT MOCCASINS
ON A TRIP OVER TRAIL
SEATTLE, March 14—After mush
ing more than 1,100 miles with a dog
team from Nome to Cordova in an
effort to catch the steamship Maripo3«i
for the outside, Harry W. Bloomfield
arrived in Seattle at 2:30 o’clock this
morning on his way to California,
says the Times.
Bloomfield, who worked with a
dredging company in Nome had to
come out over the trail by Fairbanks,
after living in Alaska twelve years.
He is at the Frye Hotel.
"Two dozen moccasins were worn
out by my dogs. The weather was
always trom 40 to 60 degrees below
zero and half of the time I was fight
ing blizzards. I started out with 11
dogs but was forced to kill three of
them.’’
STORY LIKE THIS IS TOO
WILD FOR BELIEF
ST. PAUL—Scruples of conscience
prompted Senator H. W. Bonniwell to
turn back into the state treasury $20
j allowed him for mileage and attend
ance at the extra session of the legis
I lature late in October to enfranchise
I Minnesota guardsmen on the Mexican
| border. "It cost me $2.50 to travel
| trom Hutchinson to St. Paul and back
and one day’s time to give the sol
oiers their vote.” he said. ”1 didn't
feel right in taking the $20.”
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| JAPAN WILL ADD TO
HER CAPITAL SHIPS
! _
TOKYO, March 14.—According to
Japan's naval program she will have
seven battleships of the strength of
! I he Arizona. America’s largest fight
ling vessel, by 1923. The last Japa
nese warship of the line to be launch
ed was the H>uga, one of the most
1 powerful men of war in the world.
| The Hyuga is the first battleship of
! her class to be completed. She car
ries twelve 14-inch guns.
Operator Grossbard of Wortman,
who has been in town on leave for
a day or two, left this morning to
return to his station.
WANTED—Mill man’s job as first,
amalgamates References to prove for
several years, handy with tools espe
daily wood work. Inquire at the
Prospector for K. Lahz. k-22
THE THRICE-A-WEEKI EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1017
Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the World gives so much
at so low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
in the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now half-way into
its third year, and whether peace bo
at hand or afar off the events to fol
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice a Week World, The
Daily Prospector and The Week’/
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 166 copies of
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for this
price. Can you afford to be without
them. >
The Thrice-a-Week World,
The Daily Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
A1.L FOR 913.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly
Miner are the only papers published
at Valdez, and are replete with local
and world news. The Miner makes a
specialty of Territorial News in con
densed form. The World is too well
known to our readers to dilate upon
.ts field of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a fire insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if lire does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresigh* is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdes Heal Estate Agency
r1 TONY’S PLACE™
EVERYTHING
FIRS'! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
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Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PKK
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
Mar. 9—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Mar. 19—S. S. Adm. Watson,
for Seward
Mar. 26—S. S. Adm. Evans
for Kodiak.
Apr. 4—S. S. Adm. Farragut
for Seward
Apr. 9.—S. S. Adm. Watson,
for Anchorage.
From Valdez for Seattle—
Mar. 8—S. S. Adm. Watson.
Mar. 10—S. S. Adm. Evans
Mar. 17—S. S. Adm. Parra^ut
Mar. 27—S. S. Adm. Watson
Apr.' 6—S. S. Adm. Evane
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARK ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
V ft.. •»
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailing* from Seattle—
Feb. 16- 9. 9. Alaska
Feb. 24 -9. 9. Northwestern
Mar. 1— 9. S. Mariposa
Mar. S—S. S. Alaska
Mar. 16 -S. S. Northwestern
Valdez to Seattle—
Feb. 16—S. S. Mariposa
Feb. :i:>—S. S. Alaska
Mar. 4- -S. . S. Northwestern.
Mar. S— -S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 16—S. S. Alaska
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellaraar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
K. B. THACY. Geo’l Agent VA1.UE7, DOCK CO., Local Agent
COMPLAINS FASHION FILLS
(X)LLKGKK WITH POOR MINDS
MADISON, Wis., March 14.—Be
cause many students are sent to the
the University of Wisconsin for no
ether reason than that it is the fash
ion to go to college, Dean Scott H.
Goodnight said today, numbers of
students are dismissed at the end of
the semester.
“Men and women are too . often
sent to the University by families of
no cultural tradition because nowa
days everybody who can afford it
goes to college,” says the dean.
“It has been well said that fifty
years ago we went to college, but to
day we are sent to college. There are
many students in the university who
have read little before entering col
lege and do not know the facts which
come from general reading. They
come from families who have never
lead and who have not cultivated
tastes in cultural lines.”
HOB CONSULATE; GET
GERMAN SECRETS
JUAREZ, Mex.. March 14.— The
German consulate here was robbed
late last night and a number of im
portant official papers were reported
to have l «en taken from the files of
Consul Me Weber, who has been i:>
charge of consular and diplomatic af
fairs for the German government in
northern Mexico.
A typewriter and other office sup
plies also were taken. The office of
the American Smelting & Refining
company, across the hall from the
German consulate was robbed. Con
sul Weber is ill at his home.
Kinds Mine Off Florida
MIAMI, Fla., March 14.—Wha'
fishermen describe as a contact mine
was brought ashore at Long Key, 90
miles south of here. G. F. Dlmick,
an express messenger on the Florida
East Coast railroad said he saw the
supposed mine and that a fisherman
who found it first thought it was a
buoy.
! ALASKA SCHOOL BILL IS
NOW UP TO WILSON
.
In a telegram received at the Gov
ernor’s office March 3, 1917, Delegate
Wickersham stated that Congress had
just passed the Alaska school bill,
j reading as follows; "Be It enacted
by the Senate and House of Represen
tatives of the United States of Amer
ica in Congress assembled that the
Legislature of Alaska Is hereby em
powered to establish and maintain
schools for white and colored chil
dren and children of mixed blood wh.>
lead a civilized life in said Territory,
and to make appropriations ot Terri
torial funds for that purpose; and all
law’s or parts of laws in conflict with
this act are to that extent repealed. '
The bill went to the President for
his signature.
Miner Ms. bring RESULTS.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genetal Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
»
Remember your friends by sending
them a Panoramic View, a new lot
just received. Valdez Drug Co tf
Try our satin-finish hard candies
in bulk at the Candy Kitchen. tf