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Is Now In Session, j
Bread, Cookies and Doughnuts ]
That Your Mother Could Not Make j
Fresh Every Morning ]
Entrance ground floor, old P. O. building. j
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
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Dougherty.& Ferguson
GENERAL
Merchandise
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits, and
nuts.
Arcade Cafe
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Private Dining Room with Electric
Heater.
BREAD FOR SALE
Jack Cnllin - - Proprietor
m Shamrock
CAPT. TIM MARCUM
Sat% tor Port Wells, Portage
f lay, Granite Mine, Saturday
4t 9:00 a. m., from the Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Ellamar, Landlock Bay,
and Fid algo, ^every Wednes
day, 9:00 a. m., from Val
dez Dock Company’s Dock.
For Rates, Apply on Boat.
VALDEZ LODGE
no tea
Free aad Accepted Hunt
Regular Communications nrst wea
nesday In each month In McKinley
HalL Visitors always welcome._
F. M. BROWN, W. M.
ED WOOD, Secretary
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Juliet Steinmetz, Emmy Petersen
and Mandy Petersen, Heirs of Pe
ter Steinmetz, Deceased, and Devi
sees Under His Will; and Charles
Newblll:
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, 19LB; 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 you, Juliet
Btoinmetz, 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,
Charles Newblll, are notified that the
Amount due from you for said an
nual labor as owner of an undivided
one-third of Bald claims is $68.67.
And unless within ninety days aft
«r completion of publication of this
notice you pay to youir co-owner who
has performed said annual labor, the
proportion thereof due from you an
aforesaid, your interest in said claims
will become the property of said co
owner.
Dated, February 26, 1916.
ROSS PADEN.
First publication February 26, 1916.
Last publication May 27, 1916. sat
Panoramic views of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug
store. **
$500.00 REWARD.
A reward of One Hundred Dollars
will be paid for the arrest and con
viction of the person who on October
25, 1915, entered the lies Power
House and drew off t.he oil from the
generator bearings.
One Hundred Dollars will be paid
for the arrest and conviction of the
party who on February 12, 1916,
short-circuited the lies Power Lines
near the Granby Camp.
Three Hundred Dollars will be paid
for information leading to the con
viction "of the person who on the
night of February 19, 1916, smashed
a portion of the Isles’ flume and
threw the broken lumber into the
waterway causing great damage to
the pipe Una and interfering with the
business of this company.
All of these acts of vandalism
were committed by some one familixr
with hydro-electrics and with the in
tention of interrupting the power
service of this company.
Any person who can furnish the
above information should commun1
cate immediately with the Inter
Mountain Traction & Power Co., by
3t ALFRED B, ILES, Mgr.
Interior Weather
Fairbanks, —24; clear calm.
Salcba, —26; clear calm.
Richardson, —24; clear calm.
McCarty, —23; part cloudy calm.
Donnelly,—22; clear calm, trail
fair.
McCallum, —6; 4 6 inches of snow,
clear calm, trail fair.
Paxson, —18; 27 Inches of snow,
clear calm, trail good.
Hogan, —8; 26 inches of snow,
clear calm, trail good.
Gulkana, —19; 29 inches of snow,
clear calm, trail good.
Copper Center, —20; 16 inches of
snow, clear calm .trail good.
Tonsina, —21; 20 inches of snow,
clear calm, trail good.
Teikhell, —24; 48 inches of snow,
clear calm .trail drifted.
Beaver Dam, —2; 62 inches snow,
clear calm, trail drifted.
Wortman’s, 4; 66 inches of snow,
cloudy windy, trail closed north,
heavy south.
VAIiDKZ CARPENTER IS
INJURED AT SEWARD
Hugo Fels, the well known car
penter who lived In Valdez for years,
is a patient in the government hospi
tal at Seward suffering from injuries
received while working for the Alas
kan Engineering commission there. In
a letter received from him on the last
mall by a Valdez friend he says that
he lost seven teeth and nearly had an
eye put out in an accident but failed
to state how the injuries were receiv
ed. The commission is paying his
hospital expenses and has compro
mised a damage suit by paying him
$760.
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1^* ^4 Cotfjpk fe Servjc<L.s
IN THE filEAETOF TEE CITY*
| l35iWnt with frai h-3Q SampleRoonia
BIG INTERESTS
AFTER BRANDEIS
Are Bucking His Confirmation Be
cause of His Advocacy of Re
form Legislation.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 4.—
Interest was added to the investiga
tions of the sub-judiciary committee
of the Senate regarding the fitness of
Louis D. Brandeis to be confirmed to
the bench of the Supreme Court of
the United States, when a prominent
witness told the committee that it
was only the big business interests
which were fighting Brandeis.
The witness declared that the big
interests were bucking President
Wilson’s choice for the position be
cause of his advocacy of reform legis
lation and opposition to the trusts
which he had aided in prosecuting
while acting as special prosecutor for
the federal government.
During the hearings of the com
mittee hundreds of witnesses have
been examined and so great has been
the number of persons who have ex
pressed a desire to testify that the
time has been extended from week to
week.
HOW MYSTERY OP LOST
LETTERS WAS SOLVED.
A mystery was cleared up last
week whereby the good faith of an
accommodating man was establish
ed and several financial transactions
were straightened out.
Coming out of the Koyukuk last
September, Joe Oates of Tanana,
brought five letters to be delivered In
Ruby or posted here. All the letters
contained money and none of them
reached the parties for whom they
were intended. Recently jrfr. Oates
was requested to explain what he had
done with the letters. Last week he
sent word to the postoffice where and
how be had mailed the letters; and
on that hunch Clerk E. M. Reynolds
shoveled the snow away and opened
up the Rinser building, where the
office used to be. There in the old
letter box lay all the letters and all
the money.
Oates had passed through town in
the night and didn’t know the office
had been moved.—Ruby Record.
.5... THAT THEY HAVE
POUND TIN AT EKLUTNA
ANCHORAGE: Mandel and Pauly
are now driving a tunnel on what
they believe is a good tin lode in the
region of the Eklutna river. It is
said that they first found placer tin
which indicated the presence of the
lode and other people say the indica
tions are very good for the establish
ment of the tin raining industry in
that section.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The launch Shamrock returned to
Valdez last night from her trip to
Fldalgo and other points down the
Sound.
Sure Tonight.
A good show at the Liberty Thea
tre tonight. Visit the Liberty.
For Sale.
Launch 3-M, 67x12x3.6. Make us
an offer. T. J. Morris, by D. E. Mor
ris. Agent. Call Prospector office, tf
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osiand’s.
Prices reasonable. *
Pictures ieveiopefl »t the Valdes
Drug Company. tf.
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska wear. Guy F. Cameron,
Tailor. tf
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley’s
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
Kodak Supplies at pie Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
LADIES—Sanderson’s Cotton Root
Pills, safe and sure cure for all fe
male troubles and irregularities, price
$2.00; every box guaranteed. Dr. T
Pierce, Seattle, Wash. 6t
A fine display of nugget Jewelry a<
Valdez Drug Co. i ti
Valdez Drug company nave a On*
line of 8chtol Stationery. ttr
Hotpoint Electric Heaters, Cookers
Bakers, Percolators and Vacunr
Cleaners arrived on the last boat foi
the Emporium. tt
SMITHSON’S FORTUNE.
Thn Gift Which Founded s Great 8ci*
entire Ir.sbtuton.
The Smithsonian Instiltit ion at Wash
ington was created by act of congress
In 184(1 to carry out 'lie conditions of
the "III of James Smithson, an English
chemist and mineralogist, who be
queathed bis fortune to the United
States of America to found at Wash
ington under the name of the Smith
Kiiilan Institution an establishment for
•the Increase and diffusion of knowl
edge among men."
The will became operative at the
death of Its maker, which occurred at
Genoa in 1821). and the income of the
estate went to Smithson's nephew.
Henry James llungerfordL, until the
death of the latter on June 5. 1835.
The bequest of the1>roperty to the Unit
ed States thereupon became operative,
and in September. 1835. the state de
partment received not mention thereof.
On Dee. 17 President Jackson inform
ed con 'tress of the bequest, and on July
1. 1S3ti. the gift was accepted and the
president empowered to appoint an
agent to collect the money. Richard
Rush of Pennsylvania was Intrusted
with this duty, and in November he
brought the necessarily formal suit iu
the English court of chancery, where
the claim remained for two yeurs.
Upon the Oniil Interpretation of the
will Rush returned to America, bring
ing llie fund with him in English gold.
$508,318. It was lieartv eight years tie
fore congress decided on a plan of car
rying out the will of the testator.
The total endowment of the institu
tion is now nearly $1,000,000. and with
the support and co-operation of the
government it has become one of the
most important seientitie institutlous
hi the world.
PERSIAN PAINTINGS.
Oriantal Art That Embortiea the Es
sence of Romance.
No dramatic, uo passionate motive
ever so grips and possesses a Persiai)
artist as to absorb bis whole inmgiua
tion His sensuous love of beauty can
not resist tilling in the accessories of
Mie scene with just as much care and
intention in every detail as he de"ores
to the central figures.
In the great works of Chinese am*
Japanese painters, as in masters like
Rembrandt, accessories arc subdued or
suppressed, the color is limited, and
the figures which create the motive of
file design are so emphasized, so domi
nant in the eye that they seem to tran
scend Ihe limits of the framing space.
thuy geem alive with all the latent, en
ergies of actual men and women.
No Persian painting !mi>oses Itself
thus on the imagination. Everything
remains within the frame, inlaid as in
■ lustrous mosaic. The Persian method
has, it is true, its own compensation.
Just as in the early pictures of Ros
setti and Millais, everything is realized
with a dreamlike vision, and this is c.l
ways a real achievement for the
painter. The freshness and glory thus
brought to «be eye, as of a world
washed clean, with every object magic
ally distinct and burning with clear
color, make a vivid impression of
strangeness. Strangeness, remoteness
from the routine of every day—that is
tbc essence of romance, and no art in
the world is more steeped in romance
than the painting of Persia.—Laurence
Blnyun In Atlantic.
Forestalled.
One day Jones was rambling along
the boulevard when he was hailed by
his friend Smith. While talking Jones
noticed that Smith continually rubbed
the palm of his hand.
"What In the world Is the matter
with your hand?” he finally demand
ed. “Ton have heen rubbing and
scratching It ever since we stopped
here.”
"The palm itches like blazes.” an
swered Smith. “They say that it Is n
sure sign that yon are about to get
some money.”
“Dm!” thoughtfully returned Jones
as a great light suddenly dawned u|K>n
him. “Here is where you get wise to
the fact that there Is nothing in signs.
I haven’t a dollar to spare.”—Philadel
phia Telegraph.
Horae Sense.
In "Tod Sloane." by himself, the once
famous jockey says that a horse ex
ceeds even n dog In Intelligence and
that If a thoroughbred were small
enough to run about a house like a dog
and have the mime chances Instead of
being so much ulone surprising results
would follow. “Cnssedness"'ln horses,
he thinks, may he caused hy too much
inbreeding.' bringing about an extrnnr
dlnary temperament The-best jockey,
says Sloane. is the hoy with n nervous
Temperament "He Is quick and alert
to take in a situation and Incomes u
human ferret finding out things for
himself.'* -
Difficult
The adjntant was lecturing to the
subalterns of the battalion.
“In the field." he said. “It in now the
duty of un officer to make himself look
as much like a man as iHjssible."
Everybody langhed.
“That la. I meat:." lie explained, “as
much like a soldier as possible.”—Lon
don Mirror.
Helpful Hint.
Designing Widow — Speaking or
conundrums, can you fell me why the
letter “(1“ la like the marriage service*
F(IowIni.v—I'm no good ai conundrums
Whjrf Widow-Because “we" eim't lie
"rfed" without It—Xew Haven Begin
ter.
His Illustration. -
“Papa, what Is faith*"
“Well, my hoy. they say yonr baby
brother sleeps, hut I’ve never seen him
do It Vet If 1 believe be does—that's
faith.”—Ufa.
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 I
Telephone 66 '
I Foot Keystone Ave
I Rouirb Dry lCc lb
Buy Alaska Made Cigars 3
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna, -
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere «
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FItESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 Clias. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY!
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 601
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PIAMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEA1TNG,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves. Etc,
Motor Boat Supplies, Paints and Oils.
Ijocated on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
K
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-'ififormation aqfjl 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 Admiral PUGET SOUND |
California UlIB Alaska
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ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Stemaer Salilas 15th calls lllamaa aod Kodiak—All Sail Inc call at Knlk
and Anvhiirage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to Son Franelneo every Wedneeday nnd Sunday, connecting with
Steaauera Vale and Harvard for Southern California. ;i
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHAnO J. IIINGWOOU, Mgr., Seattlei VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt. [
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ALASKA I
STEAMSHIP CO.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM 8K
ATTLE THE IOTH, BOTH AND 30TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—8TH, 18TH, 28tH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATT1J3.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell. Douglas. SkagwBy, Cordova. Eliamar. Valdes and La- .
touche. Explosives, S. 8. Sewari on the 6th; Latourhe, on the 16th, 8. 8. <
Cordova. Ssth of each month—right reserved to change tbla schedule
without notice.
p. It. TRACY. Aral Ageat VA1.DRK DOCK CO.. IomI