One of those beautiful
meerschaum pipes
’t ■ ; it ' . v. •
at the
BUFFET
would make a delightful Xmas gift.
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 191/
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OP ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING
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 A CO, ud Ctidwi,
•BANKERS \ B. M. BEHRENDS. Jmu. AU*» .
Merchant’s Cafe
PhoM 08 o^KN Bay Aim wkjBt ca*. ¥*&**, p»pr.
Treat yourself
TO A NEW SUIT
or overcoat for Xmas. Come In
today and select the cloth from
our assortment of elegant and
I exclusive fabrics from the very
1 best mills. The cost will not be
f unreasonable. And our reputa
tion is a guarantee that the
style and tailoring will be irre
proachable.
BEN SILVERMAN
L THE TAILOR
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Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Ho*e, Pipe and FlttittS*
Valdai Dock. Opposite Prospector Office._Telcphnsr a*
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed |
Telephone M '
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CIGARS AND BILLIARDS
Nicely FartiliilWsd Hbbin*.' ^^Phone 38_
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j PHONE 69 Me Kinley St, Valdez j
' HOTEL SEXTON
Seward 'Alaska
Geo. Sexton, Proprietor.
TheLtraveKng public’s
borne,
European flaa
HOTEL SEXTON
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▲ complete line of fountain pens,
perfumes, stationery, eta, at the
Valdes Drug Store. Buy your Xmas
gifts there. / tf
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Rainer Cereal Beverage, aou-ln
toxleating at B. Huut'a < tf
XHim deeds
and useful articled are aow —«-y
on .every boat, for Us Bntbhrtaai. tf
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8TEAMFR 8A1IJNG8
Admiral Evans—Sailed north from
Seattle, Dec. 15.
Steamship Alaska—Sailed sooth from
Valdez, Monday, Dec. 17.
Steamship Evans—Passed Juneau at
noon Thursday, December 20.
Steamship Victoria—Due In Cordovai
tomorrow morning.
DKCKMBKH TIDES
Friday, Dec. 21.—
First high tide 6:44 a. m., 8.7.
Second high tide 6:58 p. m., 6.8.
First low tide 12:07 p. m., 2.2.
Second low tide 11:63 p. m., 1.8.
Saturday, Dec. 22.—
First high tide 6:41 a. m„ 9.0.
Seoond high tide 7:30 p. m., 6.3.
First low tide 1:30 p. m.-t 1.6.
Sunday, Dec. 23.—
First high tide 7:40 a. m„ 9.4.
Second high tide 8:57 p. m., 6.3.
First low tide 0:64 a. m., 2.5.
Second low t(de 2:46 p. m., 0.8.
Monday, Dec. 24k-—
First high tide 8:36 a. m., 9.7.
Second high tide 10:07 p. m., 6.6.
First low tide 1:69 a. m., 2.9.
Second low tide 3:48 p. m., 0.1.
Tuesday, Dec. 26.—
First high tide 9:80 a. m„ 10.0.
Second high tide 11:03 p. m., 6.9.
First low tide 3:04 a m., 3.1.
Second low tide 4:40 p. m., —0.6.
Wednesday, Dec. 26.—
First high tide 10:19 a. m.. 10.2.
Second high tide 11:60 p. m., 7.2.
First low tide 4:02 a. m., 3.1.
Second low tide 6:27 p. ro., —1.0.
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OYSTERS
A nice lot of Fox’s Freeh Oyster
Cocktails just reeelved by the Love
Whltley Co. tf
Nick Meckem has a number of
traps out for lynx in the vicinity of j
Robe Lake, but reports Indifferent
success sd far.
Just received a new line of Pyra
In Ivory suitable for Christmas gifts
at the Veldec Drug Store. tf
The mercury has raised nearly thir
ty degrees inside and a cessation of
the prevailing wind is looked for soon.
The coldest spot on the trail today is
McCarty, which reports —61, and
the warmest is Wortman, which re
port zero. The temperature in Valdez
last night was four above.
Christinas Suggestions
A new line of Georgette Crepe and
stripe silk waist piece goods in serges,
taffeta and Crepe de Chine. E. Win
ter. tf
Contractor Crawford will start a
force of men on the new government
building as soon as tbe weather mod
erates a bit. Building a two story
building of the size of the new com
missary building in Alaska in the dead
of winter is some undertaking, but
Mr. Crawford is making good time on
the work, and had the present gales
abated would have had it ready ror
occupancy by now.
Will receive on Saturday’s boat,
something new in women and children
handkerchiefs, and other Xmas nov
elties. Wait for the boat before buy
ing. E. Winter. *24
His Honor. Mayor Patterson, who
is an indefatigable hunter, reports
tbat.be has a nice bunch of ptarmigan
staked out if some of his friends do
not jump his claim, which is'improb
able. A miner from the Shoup Bay
district reported seeing floeks of hun
dreds, showing tbe birds are slowly
coming back: -
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(briitau Suggestions
Some very pretty fur sets for tbe
little girls. Baby’s crocheted silk
cape. Uttle kid shoes with pink and
bine trimmings. Sweaters, three-piece
darling seta and leggings. B. Winter.
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JfffiF 6F AMERICAN HABITS
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reiephone Is a Day and Night Requi»
ita; Both a Commercial and So
cial Convenience.
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Not poker nor the movie nor good
nature nor detachable eufTs. Iiut the
telephone, should he ranked as the
chief of American habits. .lust about
Wl.OOOOOO telephone calls a day were
handled hy I tell telephone system
In 101ft. Thnt Is ifio calls n year for
every man, woman and child in the '
country—excepting those melilhers nl I
families who are inn young to he held j
up to receivers.
Like most hnhlta, we take the tele
phone for granted, notes the New York j
Tribune. Yet anybody beyond the ripe
age of thirty can remember very hand
ily when there was no sueli thing save
as a public curiosity. If you wnnted a
dot tor you ran down the street to
fetch him; or If you wnnted a mun for
luncheon you dropped a note the day
before. And. like nil the other Inven
tions which hnve speeded up onr menns '
of communication, the telephone has
done something more than merely enm
pn*ss life.: it hns changed the quality,
subtracting certain elements and add
ing others. You simply cannot be elab
orately courteous or Impressively dig
nified In n .world that knows the tele
phone. Those impressive Napoleons
who make It a rule not to speak over
the phone are following a sound In
stinct—ns are aim the very toplofty
princesses of society with a similar
edict.
It Ims also perceptibly reduced what
IIJAle was left of solitude. The great
odVellst or the great composer can af
ford a telephoneless hut or flat, and ho
gain enough pence and quiet to think.
Plain American* must hare the tele
phone at their el how day and night or
yo out of business—socially as well as
commercially.
‘VERY HARD TO PRONONCIATE’
English Language Bothered Edward
Livingston Trudeau, "The Pioneer
of Opera," Although American.
In St. Nicholas Mary H. Parktuan
tell* an Incident In the childhood of
Edward Livingston Trudeau, "The
Pioneer of the Opera."
"The small hoy who could scarcely
remember the time when he.did not
live In France and whose relatives
were all French dill not forget for a
moment that he was an American.
The toy boat* which he sailed In the
fountains of the Tulllerles all bore the
Stars and Stripes. All his favorite
playmates at the Lyc(e Bonaparte,
where he went to school, were hardy
American boys whose parent* were
living In Paris.
"During the years of the French
school the vague. Inner yearning for a
freer, more natural life found vent In
many pranks, ami covert rebellion not
only against the class routine, but
also, more openly, against tbe estab
lished order of things on the play
ground.
“When he returned to New York at
eighteen Edward could speak out
broken English, but be felt so truly
American that he wondered why his
cousin* laughed when he said, ‘Ze Eng
lish Is a very hard language to pro
nonetate.’ ”
Another Teet of Death.
A discovery of great value for test
ing with certainty whether a person Is
dead has been made by a professor of
physiology at t’hlcago university. As
described In the “Lancet,” It Is too
technical for the layman’s understand
ing, but a doctor explains that the test
Is made by crushing a piece of muscle
aud comparing It with a piece of un
crushed muscle. If the person Is alive
the crushed piece gives off more cari
bonk-^add gas than the uncrushed
piece, as a result of the stimulation
produced by the injury. The profesaor
claims that this test can be applied
within a few minutes, or at most with
in one or two hours of death. There
are, of course, other tests with which
every doctor is quite satisfied, but this
will be extremely valuable, as proving
local death of the tissues after general
death has occurred. There is life in
the tissues for some time .after death
and pr<»of of their death sets all
doubts at rest.
Used Proper Feed.
Humane Officer—I trust that you feed
your horses with punctuality. Driver
No, str: with hay sad eats.—Boston
Transcript.
That which starts upon stilts often
aids upon crutches.—Italian Proverb.
“They do the one thins
I’ve always Wished
a cigarette would do;
They Satisfy
-yet they’re Mild!”
WHriN FLAMES FILL
THE FACTORY j
despair dlls the owner who has j
neglected to look after his in- j
surance. We handle the Insur- I
ance of some very large con- J
earns. We place It In the beet !
companies, pay the premiums
promptly and attend to renew
als. Let us do (hat tor you
It will not cost you anything
for our service.
Valdez Real Fstate Agency
Tony's Place rSF
Orders to ANTON CARLSON, Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle 9 a. m.—
Dec. 2—S. S. Alameda
Dec. 8—S. 8. Alaska
Dec. 16—8. 8. Victoria
Dec. 24—8. 8. Alameda
Valdez to Seattle
Dee. 6—S. 8. Victoria
Dec. 10—8. 8. Alameda
Dec. 18—8. 8. Alaska
Dec. 23—8. 8. Victoria
Call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Corcrova, Ella roar, Fort LUcum, Val
dez, Latouche, and Seward.
S. S. Alaska sailing from Seattle Dec. 8th connects with S. S. Dora
at Seward for Alaska Peninsula ports.
Regular freight service for Ketchlkaa. Wrangell, Juneau. Sheep
Creek. Treadwell. Douglas dkagway. Cordova. K1 lamer. Valdes aad La
touche. Explosives Right reserved to change schedule without notice
vAldhz DOCK Oh, leul Agent
' Phone No. 1. VALDEZ DOCK CO., Agent, Valdes Alaska.
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships Offer Frequent,
PERFECT SERVICE
Between All Points in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
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Leave Beattie lO a. m.—
Dec. 10—S. 8. Adm. Evans
Dec 17
Dec. 28—8. 8. Adm. Evans
(for Kodiak)
From Valdez to Seattle ■
I>ec. 2—S. S. Adm. Evans
Dec. 20.—S. S. Adm. Evans
Dec. 27
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Monday, Friday and Saturday for
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
IF YOUR TICKET READS “PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY’*
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST.
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| LOUIE’S CAFE
| Open Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale
i aiVKUYTUlNG TUB BEB1 ANDY MAROVIGH, Propr.
Valdez Transfer Co.
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t A. M. DIERINGER, Proprietor
P Office on Valdez Dock, Next to Prospector
t Building.
p General Tracking and Freighting to all
j Interior Points
AUTOS FOR HIRE,
\ DAY OR NIGHT
No Goal Delivered Unless Paid in Advance
The Order of Alaska Moose will
give a dance In tbelr hall next Sat
urday evening.
Read Tills
Get your Xmas tree decorations at
Rudolph’s. tf
August Gravelle, a shift boss in the
Midas mine, is In the town to spend
Christmas.
COAL COSTS SIX DOLLARS
AT THE MINE MOUTH
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It Is stated here by traveling men
who are familiar with conditions at
Anchorage that the ooal now being
mined la costing ffe.SV at the mhle
mouth and la fit r*fy Interior guaUty.
It costa IS <ftdb't6'tafcini& ttdhwat
er- from the min*, and It Is retailed
•>, *4 . V •** • tit '
at |8.00 per ton in Anchorage. It is
stated that this would be a losing
proposition at this price were a rea
sonable charge for hauling and for de
livering be considered. The coal Is
getting better as the tunnel pene
trates the vein, but men who claim
to know state that Alaska coal can
never compete with Pacific Coast coal
on accpunt of the cost.
Walter Stewart, el. ctrician, is ov
erhauling the city’s electric fire bol.s
this week, getting them In shape.
Many of the bells l'"" ceased t> rin.T,
and the Are department is bavin;;
them repaired.
Christmas Suggos.ions
A nlop lipe of J'nocy Ribbons suit
able fdr bag's end alt kinds of faniy
work. B. Winter. ti
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