The People of Valdez Answer
What They’re Doing For The War.
Without a single murmur of complaint
everyone has been more than willing for
the fifty-fifty plan—An equal amount
of wheat substitutes for every pound of
wheat flour, also limiting sugar purchas
es to five pounds.
An Oatmeal Gingerbread Receipe By Mrs. Kramer.
Materials
34 cup New Orleans Molasses
1 cup boiling water
2 cups Rolled Oats
»4 cup flour
>4 cup shortening
1 egg
1 small teaspoon soda
2 tables|M>ons brown sugar
Ginger to taste
Directions
I'our hot water over Rolled Oats. I.et
stand while you stir shortening and sugar
together. Rub into flour and add molas
ses, yoke of egg and beat well. Add Rolled
Oats and white of egg beaten stiff.
Valdez Mercantile Company.
In every detail Valdez* leading Mercantile Establishment.
NOTICE
Owing to the increased expense of
operation, occasioned by application
of the Territorial eight hour law, it is
necessary to Increase the price on de
livery of coal, therefore the price of
eoal delivered will be as follows:
Hulk .$15.00 per ton
Sacked (ton lots) . 18.00 per ton
Saoked, (half ton) .... 9.50
Sacked, less than % ton 1.35 a sack
If VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
DONALDSON•THKDUIJ
The following schedule for the har
bor boat "Lt. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
coutrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Llscum Leave Valdez
8:15 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:15 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m,
7:15 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
11:15 p.m. 12:00 m. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet exigencies of the ser
vice.
All official Iruslness oetween Val
dez and the Post Bhould be arranged
tor trauBactton, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
lie made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
U. R. KOEHLER.
Capt. 14th Infantry, A. Q. M.
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Anything you want iu the line of
photography—Jenner can do It for
you. tf
Ansco PUtns WUl
lit any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard. Uuy E. Cam
eron. tf
Kodaks and kodak supplies at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe. tuat baggage for you. tf
Second Gall
We will accept Liberty Bonds for
stock in the Valdez Iron Works.
Make your money earn 25 per cent
Instead of 4 per cent. tf
ALASKA’S PRIDE
Is the new Brew
Has all the requirements,
strength, nourishment, re
freshment and taste of beer
but has no kick. -
Put up by
ALASKA BEVERAGE &
BOTTLING WORKS.
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY
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| Steamship Victoria Sailed north
' from Seattle. February 1. Will ar
rive about Thursday.
Steamship Alaska- -Sailed south from
Valdez. February 1. Arrives in
• Seattle 7th.
Steamship Admiral Evans Will sail
north front Seattle. February 5.
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4* Ol'R DAILY RECIPE *
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Half cup milk and water. 4 table
spoons sugar. 4 tablespoons fat, 1 M;
teaspoons salt. 4 cups boiled pota
toes (mashed). 8 cups flour, Vfe cake
compressed yeast. >4 cup warm wat
er.
The dough is soft at the second
handling but after baking produces a
I satisfactory loaf. This recipe makes
three loaves.
Communication
Mr. Editor: We have meatless and
wheatless days, and as I understand
our greatest danger of a shortage lies
in 'wheat, meat, fats and sugar. Why
could we not have a sweetless day?
We could use apples, bananas or some
sort of fruit that does not require
sugar.
We use, (two of us) just in our
breakfast coffee, 7 and 8 lumps of
sugar. One cube is almost the equiv
alent of a teaspoonful, so you can
figure yourself what one sugarless
day a week would mean at the end of
a year. I believe Americans are sweet
tempered enough anyhow to stand
one sweetless day a week. Suppose
we Alaskans set the example just to
prove that we’re sweet enough to do
J it and still keep our proverbial good
nature.
A SUBSCRIBER.
I
BARON MONCHEUR
■mow Manehwr, hud of tho Ml
giannriaalan to Uu llnltod ttatoo and
formar Belgian'minlator at WaaMng
[ MAKING A MAN OF THE BOY
Schoolmaster Has ths Croat Took la
Hand, and on Him Depends tho
Final Important Outcomo.
The sum of oil admonitions Is thot
the schoolboy must pay attention. That
Is precisely what he In doing, writes
S. M. Crothers. In the Atlantic. He Is
paying attention to a variety of things
that escape the adult mind. As he
wriggles on the bench In the school
room he pays attention to all that Is
going on. He attends to what Is going
on out-of-doors; he sees the weak
points of his fellow pupils against
whom he la planntog punitive expedi
tions; and he la delightfully conscious
of the Idiosyncrasies of the teacher.
Moreover, be Is a youthful nrttst and
his sketches from life give acute Joy
to hta contemporaries when thsy ars
furtively passed around.
But the schoolmaster says sternly:
“My boy, yon must learn to psy atten
tion ; that is to say. you must not pay
attention to so many things, hut you
must pay attention to one thing, name
ly the second declension."
Now the wninil declension Is the
least interesting thing In the mom.
hnt unless lie routines Ids attention to
it he will never learn it. Ktliication
: demands narrowing of attention In the
| ini crest of efficiency.
A man may. hy dint of application
rn a particular subject, heroine a stte
; cessful merchant or real estate man or
; chemist or overseer of the jmor. But
i In- cannot he ull these things at the
siinie time. He must make Ills choice.
Having In the presence of witnesses
taken hlntself for heller or for worse,
! he must. forsaking all others, cleave
’ to that alone. The consequence Is
; that hy the time lie l< forty lie lia«
j become one kind of a man and Is able
; to do one kind of work.
jHAS CHURCH BUILT ON PIER
I _
j Hfrancombe, Ennland. Possesses His
toric Edifice. Where the Sailors Of
fered Prayer Before Going to Sea.
Ilfnincomhe. Knglaud. has a ehiireh
on a pier. and Is the mily seaside
i place In the world that lia« such a
| illsiinetlon. Indeed, llfraneomhe would
not possess the honor were it no) for
I the fact that l.iinterin Hill forms a
i part of tile pier. Those who argue
about llie mu I ter are always silenced
hy 'lie plea that you have to go on the
| the (iter In order to enter rhe church,
observes a writer.*
The curious old building to be seen
on tlit* lop of the hill has Imd ninny
stmnge adventures. It is dedicated to
Si. Nicholas, the patron saint of sen
i faring folk, and In tlial connection It
Is interesting to learn tlial at one time
I the old ehureli was used as a light
house. In bygone days the sailors
. used to trudge up the hill to pray be
fore going to sea. mid many were the
regrets when the little edifice ceased
to hold Its services. It Is now used by
the pier authorities for storing pur
poses. hut llie day may conte when it
will In- restored, mid form one of many
' at tractive “sights" llfrnncoinhe til
ready iKissesses.
Volcanoes Are a Blessing.
For all their upheavals It would not
, pay Ontral America to get rid of her
volcanoes if she could, for these up
heavals have created the finest coffee
and sugar land in the world, notes a
1 correspondent. I’simlly there htc
long, premonitory warnings and the
annual deaths due to this cause are ;
uni cipial to the number of persons ;
killed yearly in automobile accidents j
around New York.
Neither words nor artist's brush i
could do Justice to the wonderful at- |
mospherlc effects of the mountain
i lands. The changing lights and col
ors, the purple mists, the vast white
| hanks of clouds, the cooling vapors
that assume the colors of the rainbow
nt dawn and sunset, the mirages that
throw mountain lakes and lofty peaks
In the high heavens, resting, apparent
ly. upon a base of blue ether, all
these cnn never he described or for
l gotten.
Laughing and Good Breeding.
Valuable ns n good laugh and a hap
py smile are for men and women In
every activity, there are and always
have been some stiffnecked, proper,
lolk who have been a llnlo suspicious
of the good breeding of a hearty laugh,
asserts an exchange. We have all
heard women of the old school of man
ners admit reluctantly that they “had
to laugh” at a play they went to see.
as If there were something too crude
lor well-bred folk in a hearty laugh, and
If you could but face the audience in
stead of the stage during Ihe perform
ance of a taking comedy you would see
here and there prim, projier folk pull
ing their faces straight the moment the
curtain goes down and the lights go
up for fear some one might think they
hud 80 far forgotten their manners as
•o share In the general laughter.
Seed Counter Serviceable.
When testing seeds, it is necessary
to count them and tlieu space them
evenly on moist sheets of blotting pa
per. A device has beeu developed
which does the work accurately and
quickly. It la used lu conjunction with
a vacuum pump operated by axertlug
•pressure on a foot pedal, and consists
of a metal contrivance bavin, a square,
Hat surface with 100 small perfora
tions. When this Is brought in eo«P
-act with a qugpttty of grain and a
partlui vacuum ' wrested, the auction
draws a kernel over each of the orl
Hces. By tv.*n placing the Instrument
ob a blotter end releasing the pres
sure. the seeds are deposited In regu
lar order on the sheet
Why worry about your
Valuables
Why not engage a box for them
in our fireproof vault where per
fect protection is assured?
Why not do it today? Tomorrow
may be too late.
Price $5^ $10. and,$ 15. per year
according to size.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
U. S. depositary for Postal Sa rings Funds
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
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JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office Foot of Wall Street
Headquarters For
Electrical Supplies
Only the best manufac
tures are represented in
our stock.
All electrical Supplies we
sell are guaranteed pro
ducts. ,
Make your electrical pur
chases here and have the
assurance of absolute satis
faction and quality.
Prince William Sound Water,
Light, Power, Tel. Company
STATISTICS ON BRAZIL
Brazil, almost as large as contln
jntal United States, having an area
>f 3,292,000 square miles, a popula
;lon of about 24,000,000, and a stand
ng army of 2,000,000 including men
lubject to draft. The United States
ias an area of 3,616.484 square miles
ind a population of 102,615,309. If
pressed, the United States could raise
in army of thirty or forty million,
provided she took every man who
:ould serve in the field irrespective of
ige up to 65. Brazil imported $132,
>63,984 worth of goods last year and
exported $41,202.37. The United
States imported $2,197,883,601 In
foods last year and exported $4,33,3,
585,865. Brazil’s exports were most
ly hides and wheat, while her imports
were largely machinery, Implements
ihd household fixtures. While her
irmy la a negligible quantity in the
war on account .of its lack of training
ind discipline, with capable officers
ihe should become one of the leading
powers on the western hemisphere.
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FOR SALS—Three National cash
registers and one four foot fireproof
safe. Inquire of the Prospector. kl2
Shorty Barnes is in town today
from the Qranby. He will return to
morrow.
Advertise In the Prospector.
Furnished rooms st Mrs osland's.
Prices reasonable. •
FURS MADE UP
Furs remodeled, also new skins
made up In all the latest styles. Prices
▼ery reasonable. Special attention J
paid to Alaska trade. All work guar
anteed. Mrs. B. Richmond, 306 Cham-«
ber of Commerce Bldg, Tacoma.
Wash. tf
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at O. O. Relnke's. tf
For flrst-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants* Cafe. tt
Cannery Sites
We have customers for select can
nery sites located in the Prince Wil
liam Sound District.' If you have any
thing to offer send full particulars,
location, description, etc., to
BOND A BABSON.
Field Dept. *
33 Broadway.
New Tork City.
A new line of Johnson’s dandy at
the Valdes Drug Co. tf ,