Men’s Mackinaw Coats
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The handiest, most serviceable
coat now days is the mackinaw—the
all-around coat; suitable for town or
the trail.
Our Kenyon or Summit coats are
made Norfolk or plain belted styles,
with high shawl co|lar and the new
est in checks, plaids or plain colors.
Price From $6.50 to $9.00
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
P1„,.110 DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Panels THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to 6 p. m.. 7 p. m..to9 p. in. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company's Phone No. S9
HOURS—9 to 12 »■ m.; 1 to 6 «nd7 to9p. m.
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorney* at Law
Office* in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY- AT-L A W
Offices Wall Street
Phone si VALDEZ
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
■ /Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
’Civil Engineer and’
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdes, ^jlaska.
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Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, --- Proprietor.
LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party ot Alaska
Meets every Saturday at 8 p. m.
Next door to Senate Saloon.
Everybody Welcome.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of I.
D. Flynn, deceased.—Notice of settle
ment of account.
Notice Is hereby given that W. T.
Scott, the administrator of the estate
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement* and fil
ed in the above entitled court, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th day of February, 1914, at the
hour of two o’clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the court room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by me, the
undersigned, as the Judge of said
court, as the time and place for the
settlement of said account, at which
time and place any and all persons
interested in said estate, may appear,
file exceptions in writing to the said
account or otherwise contest the al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23rd
day of December, 1914.
(Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex Officio
Probate Judge, for the Recording
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date of last publication January
21, 1915.
This is a good time to return that
book you’ve read to the library at
Everyman's Club. Library hours:
1 to 2 p. m. every day, Monday, Wed
nesday, Saturday 3 to 5 p. m., Tues
days and Fridays 7:80 to 9:30 p. m.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Go to the Valdez Cafe Tor Lutefi.sk.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Over a dozen varieties of apples to
pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co. tf
See Tod Winter ror your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
Swell program tonight at the Or
pheum.
For home cooked meals go to Mrs.
Matilda Olson’s on Hobart street.
Phone 219. Special Sunday dinner
served at 5 o’clock. Week days din
ner served at 6 p. m. tf
Chinese noodles and chop suey at
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. in. tf
Imported Japanese baskets at Val
dez Drug Co. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man's the tailor. Telephone 198.
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Cooking apples 12 per box at the
Yakima Fruit Co. tf.
The tickets for the lecture by Rev.
Price on "With the Floating Court
to the Prlbilof Islands” are on sale
at the Valdez Drug Store. tf
Twenty-five pair of fine Richard
son's ladles’ skates at the rink. Come
and try them out. Open tonight.
Take a ride out the government
road on a moonlight night. The City
Express has a tandem rig for appoint
ments. Phone 82. Satisfaction guar
anteed. tf
A nice line of art pictures Just re
ceived from New York at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
The second dance of the Fort Ll3
cum Social Club will be given on
Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Fort Liscura.
Ladies will be admitted free, gentle
men 50 cents. All the people of Val
dez are Invited excepting such as are
not permitted to attend the Valdez
dances. Fine music by the Reinae
orchestra. k7
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
Easy to Keep.
Mrs. Randall—I’m out at social af
fairs so much my maids hardly know
me.
Mrs. Hitter—I often wondered why
they stayed so long.—Chicago News.
Fortunate.
Flatley—A common housefly has 5,000
eyes.
Mrs. Flatley—It’s a good thing he
can’t talk to the neighbors.
Good Idea.
gflAHGMSS
First Jeweler—Aren't you afraid to
leave those diamonds in a front win
dow at night?
Second Jeweler—Not with my scheme.
Just before I go home I put in a little
sign on them reading, “Anything In
This Window 10 Cents.”—Kansas City
Times.
Sure of Customers.
“Yes, he Is the craftiest upholsterer
in town.”
“in what way?”
“Why, he reads all the marriage no
tices in the papers and then goes
around to the bride's parents and asks
them if they want the parlor sofa up
holstered.”—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In a New Role.
Mrs. Morningcall — Your daughter
used to sing so beautifully. Does sba
still keep It up?
Mrs. Homebody—No, Indeed. She’s
given up singing entirely and gives
song Interpretations. — Kansas City
Star.
Case For the Courts.
Kind Old Man—Why do you cry, my
boy?
Johnny—I loaned one of the Smith
twin* a penny and "don't know which
one It waa.—Pittsburgh Preaa.
DIDN’T TAKE THE HOLE.
But That Was Probably Because the
Court 8aid They Shouldn’t.
An amusing Instance of legal sharp
practice Is set forth In the annals of
Westerly, It. I. It occurred a hundred
years ago, when, It seems, lawyers were
quite ns adroit at quibbling as certain
of t)i*lr successors are today.
A farmer of broken fortunes hired
for cultivation a piece of land, agree
ing to pay for the use thereof with a
certain proportion of the crop. lie
planted potatoes and had an unusual
degree of success. Being without a
storeroom, he obtained the consent of
a neighboring landholder and deposited
his share of the potatoes in what farm
ers call a potato hole—that is, an ex
cavation in the earth In which the po
tatoes are placed and covered with
earth and struw In the form of a pyra
mid.
Shortly afterward be had occasion to
go to Connecticut, and one of his cred
itors seized the opportunity to attach
the potato hole.
Upon this another creditor bestirred
himself and consulted a lawyer as to
what could be done to secure his claim.
The attorney was equal to the occasion.
He secured the Issuing of a second
writ, by which an attachment was lev
ied upon the potatoes In the potato hole,
the documents specifically setting forth
that the potato hole should be left upon
the land where it was found.
The warrant was promptly served,
and when the first creditor appeared
upon the scene he found the potato
hole, but not the potatoes.—Case and
Comment.
DEMORALIZED THE ENEMY.
An Unexpected Charge That Resulted
In Rout and Annihilation.
There have been many curious bits
of strategy in warfare, but none more
effective than the coup of the Tercei
rans when threatened by the Span
iards.
Early in the morning of the 25th day
of .Tilly, 1581, the inhabitants of the
village of St. Sebastian, Isle of Ter
ceira, one of the Azores or western
group, were alarmed at the sight of a
squadron, consisting of seven large
Spanish war galleons, anchored off the
little bay at Saiga, the operations for
landing a hostile force being actually
in progress.
Hastily summoning some companies
of militia and collecting behind a
neighboring knoll a large herd of semi
wild cattle from the neighboring pas
tures, the islanders quietly awaited
the massing of the Spaniards on the
beach.
When this had been accomplished,
the Terceirans advanced close up to
the foe, as if to the attack, when, sud
denly opening out into two long col
umns and leaving a wide, open space
between, the numerous cattle were
sent thundering down the center, goad
ed on by picadors on horseback. So un
usual and'unexpected a charge threw
the Spaniards into complete disorder,
and, being at once set upon by the is
landers, scarcely a man escaped to the
ships, several guns which had .been
landed falling as spoil to the conquer
ors.—Exchange.
The Test of Art.
Where the weakness of the artistic
life really lies is that it is often not
taken tip out of mere communicative
ness and happy excitement, as a child
tells a breathless tale, but as a device
for attracting the notice and earning
the applause of the world, and then it.
is on a par with all other self regard
ing activities. Hut if it is taken up
with a desire to give rather than to
receive as an irrepressible sharing of
delight it becomes not a solemn and
dignified affair, but just one of the
most beautiful and uncalculating im
pulses in the world.—A. C. Benson in
Century Magazine.
Strong Hack Saw Blades.
The layman watching a tiny hack
saw blade working its way through a
tough piece of steel is filled with won
der, for it seems like putting a tiny
boy to do the task of a. giant The
latest idea is that of making a saw
which has a soft flexible back with
hard tempered teeth. At a test of the
strength of this blade it was found
that it would support two men, repre
senting a total weight of 283 pounds,
without breaking.
Hiatrionic Requirements.
“There is no reason for mentioning
your name." said the eminent player.
“Ton are a press agent; not an actor."
“Believe me.” replied Mr. Boosting
ton, “a press agent has to be some ac
tor to convince a star that he believes
all the things he hammers out on the
typewriter."—Washington Star.
Between Friends.
Kittye—Even If I do use a little per
oxide my hair isn’t false like yours.
Kathryn—Even if my puffs are false
the color Is more constant than yours.—
Boston Globe.
Relationship.
“Wasn’t that insistent visitor you had
a first cousin or something?”
“Yes. until pa kicked him out. and
then he was a cousin once removed.—
Baltimore American.
Course of Wisdom.
Crawford—What do you do when a
woman asks your advice? Crabshaw—
Find out first what she has made up
her mind to do.—Judge.
Fashion Note.
“Swell gown your wife has, Mae; eat
Into a V,” said a friend.
“Oat Into a VI” growled Mae. “It
cot Into four Xs!"—Truth.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
117E)Call^You on Time for the boat
" if We Handle Your Baggage.
We Buy and^Sellf Anything from
Dead£Crabs to Live Bears.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone Si. | J. A. Spenard, Prop
BEST PLAGE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
5 7 a m to 9 a rn
Lunch 12 m to 1 i> rn
0 to 7 p in
BOARD Sc ROOM $50 per Mo.
ARCADE CAFE
"We Never Close.’*
Private Dining Room.
The Best of Everythin*. We Bake Our Own
Bread and Pastry. Bread for.Sale.
Jack Callin--_Proprietor
raV Chas. Perry
: ^Seattle*
^4 Complete Services.
»IN THE HEART OF THE CITY1'
1155 Rooms with bath‘505aJnpleRooms
When
You
Use
a
Western Electric
Washer and Wringer
Simply put in the cloih.es and
start the motor;—in I 0 to 15
minutes the clothes are washed
white and clean ready to he
hung on the line without ‘tie
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 J 5 days’ free trial ?
Alaska Water, Light
& Telephone Co.
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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