and Delicatessen
Ysu can’t go wrong
v^Len you eat Schmidt’s |
■KE i
WHOLE WHEAT
WOMAN MEAL
FRENCH .
BREAD
Fancy Coffee Cake— Home-Made DougJmuti
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STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALGGZ, ALASKA
"The House of Comfort”
I910NE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
When In Seward Stop at die
COLEMAN HOUSE
! GEORGE -SEXTON. P«OP
S'lRICTLY FIRST CLASS
fourth Ave, Seward, Alaeha
Valdez DHaeix Union No. 188
Weatern Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHATTER. President,
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALUUM, Secretary,
Valdez Alaska.
TIDE TABLES FOft APRIL.
The following .table is compiled f:or
high and low tides in Valdez Bej.
Thursday. April «.
High, 1:53 am, 9.5; 2:55 pm, 7.2.
Low, 8:37 am, 0.2; 8:15 pm, 2.7.
Friday, April 7.
High, 2:24 am, 9.0; 3:37 pm, 6 5.
Low,9:3'7■ am, 0.4;; 8:05 pm, 3.3.
Saturday, April 8.
High, 3:01 am. 8.5; 4:28 pm, j.9.
Low, 10.02 am, 1.0; 9:31 pm, 3.8.
Sunday, April 9.
High, 3:43 am, 7.8; 5s 41 pm, 5.5.
Lowfc 10:59 am, 1.6; 10:24 pm, 4.2.
7 Monday, April 10.
High, 4:39 am, 7.12; 7:21 pm, 5.5.
Low, 12:18 pm, 2.1.
Tuesday, April 11.
High, 5:59 am, 6.8; 8:34 pm, 6.6.
Low, 12:42 am, 4.3; 1:40 pm, —.
Wednesday, April 12.
High, 7:35 am, 6.8; 9:18 pm, 6.6.
Low, 1:46 am, 4.3; 2:43 pm, 2.0.
Thursday, April 13.
High, 7:48 am, 7.0; 9:50 pm, 7.3.
Low, 3:04 am, 3.5; 3:26 pm, 1.8.
Friday, April 14.
High, 9:46 am, 7.4; 10:20 pm, 8.0.
Low, 3:54 am, 2.6; 4:02 pm, 1.6.
Saturday. April 15.
High, 10:35 am, 7.8; 10:47 pm, 8.7.
Low, 4:34 am, 1.5; 4:33 pm, 1.5.
Sunday, April 16.
High, 11:17 am, 8.1; 11:16 pm, 9.4.
Low, 5:09 am, 0.5; 5:05 pm, 1.5.
Monday, April 17.
High, 11 :59 am, 8.2.
■Low, 5:46 am, 0.4; 5:35 pm, 1.6.
Tuesday, April 18.
High, 11:45 am, 10.0; 12l42 pm, 8.3.
Low, 6:25 am, 1.1; 6:14 pm, 1.7.
Wednesday, April 19.
High, 12:22 am, 10.4; 3:24 pm, 8.1.
Low, 7:05 am, 1.5; 6:49 pm, 2.0.
Thursday, April 20.
High, 12:58 am, 10.5; 2:19 pm, 7.7.
Low, 7:49 am, 1.3; 7:30 pm, 2.3.
Friday, April 21.
High, 1:36 am, 10.4; 3:00 pm, 7.3.
Low, 8:36 am, 1.3; 8:10 pm, 2.7.
Saturday, April 22.
High, 2:25 am, 10.1; 3:57 pm, 6.8.
Low, 9:29 am, 0.8; 9:13 pm, 3.2.
Sunday, April 23.
High, 3:17 am, 9.4; 5:06 pm, 6.5.
Low, 10:29 am, 0.2; 10:07 pm, 3.6.
Monday, April 24.
High, 4:23 am, 8.7; 6:26 pm, 6.6.
Low, 11:39 am, 0.4.
Tuesday, April 25.
High, 5:44 am, 8.0; 7:40 pm, 7.1.
Low, 11:35 am, 3.8; 12:55 pm, 0.8.
... JKVednesday, April 20.
Higi *17 am, 7.6; 8:38 pm, 7.7.
Low, r:22 am, 3.4; 2:05 pm, 1.0.
Thursday, April 27.
High, 8:40 am, 7.6; 9:25 pm, 8.4.
Low, 2:47 am, 2.5; 3:00 pm, 1.2.
Friday, April 28.
High, 9:47 am, 7.7; 10:05 pm, 9.1.
Low, 3:46 am, 1.4; 3:47 pm, 1.3.
Saturday, April 29.
High, 10:42 am, 7.9; 10:40 pm, 9.6.
Low, 4:36 am, 0.5; 4:28 pm, 1.5.
Sunday, April SO.
High, 11:29 am. 8.0; 11:13 pm, 9.9.
Low, 5:18 am, 0.3; 5:04 pm, 1.7.
LOCAL, BREVITIES
Panoramic views of Child’s and
Miles glaciers, Dawson, Valdez and
Wrangel on sale at the Valdez Drug
store. tf
List your for sale or rent property
with the Alaska Inv. Co, 2t
A nice assortment of evening
gowns and muiinery just received at
E. Winters. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Owl Drug
Co. tf
A new line of Jewelry at the Owl
Drug Co. tf
Pictures jeveioped at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
Pasteurized Whipping Cream and
pure Buttermilk at Love-Whitley’s.
if Full line of Stationery at the -Owl
D^ug Co. tf
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Anything in the jewelry line at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
New Spring Coats just arrived on
the last boat at E. Winters.’ tf
Kimonos, House-dresses, Aprons,
Caps and Wool Petticoats arrived on
the last boat for the Emporium, tf
N0MEITE5 VOTE
WILL HAVE E1TY LIGHT PLAST
'.i '
Aside from Election of City Officials
the Question of Bonding the City
for City Enterprises Is Also Left
50 the People.
NOME, April 5.—The'city election
here passed off quietly, little interest
being displayed in the result, as there
were no special issues at stake.
A. G. Blake was elected mayor by
a two to one majority over H. H. Mol
ler, his competitor for that office.
Out of ten candidates for the coun
cil the following were elected to that
body: H. Burgher, Charles Ross,
Charles Thompson, who are members
of the present council, and A. D. Po
teet, James McAllister and J. W.
Rose.
E. Grimm was elected to the posi
tion of city clerk. There were three
candidates for this position, but
Grimm won by a big majority.
Of the two candidates for the office
of city treasurer Phil Murphy was
elected, but his margin was a narrow
one.
Hugh O’Neill won the election for
city attorney over J. F. Hobbs, the
present incumbent, by a good major
ity, and R. L. Morris was chosen, out
of three candidates, for the school
board.
There were two women candidates
for city offices, Mrs. E. C. Buckmeis
ter for city clerk and Mrs. M. L. Sau
vain for the school board.
In addition to the election of the
city officials other matters were sub
mitted to the votes of the people. The
election of all city officials by popular
vote, the bonding of the city for the
purpose of establishing a city pump
ing and lighting plant, and the es
tablishment of a city coal yard were
voted upon, and all were carried by
a large majority coal yard.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Hotpomt Electric-Heaters, Cookers,
Bakers, Percolators and Vacuum
Cleaners arrived on the last boat for
tbe Emporium. tf
Far good nome-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
Fancy stationery at tne Valdez
Drug Store. •
Kodak Supplies at me' Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. •
A fine display of nugget Jewelry at
Valdez Drug Co. - tf
Valdez Drug company nave a fine
line of Schccl Stationery. tt.
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska wear. Guy F. Cameron,
Tailor. tl
FOR SALE: Seven-room house,
electric pump, bath, hot and cold wa
ter, piano. Terms. Mrs. Korth. eodt.f
William Brady came up from Ella
mar last evening and will spend sev
eral days in town.
Ed Wood came up from Shoup bay
this morning on a business trip.
.(
For Sale—Six-hole range, good
condition. Inquire D. F. Millard, tf
ciomm
VEHS9F GUI
GRAVEL LAYERS ARE RIOH
Surveyors la Zenana Field Discover
Gravels ly ing Between the Layers
of Coal <'ontain Gold in Paying
Quantities.
Some of lie federal surveyors now
in Juneau who ran survey lines for
the Nenanti and other coal fields in
the interior last summer discovered
the fact that the layers of gravel con
tain gold. This led to speculation
whether these gravel beds might not
be worked for the gold in them by
hydraulicing them and expecting the
coal at the same time.
So far as known the combination
of a gold and coal mine would be
opened for the first time, in case
this could be done with profit.
The coal at the bead of the Nenana
and along some of the other streams
which head in the Alaska range
where it has bfeen crosscut lies in
blankets or veins sometimes 30 feet
in thickness with layers between of
gravel and white sand. Miners in
washing the gravels on these streams
and sidestreams have made a practice
of using the-coal for thawing the
ground. Moreover, it is known that
immense deposits of gold-bearing
gravel line along the foothills of the
Alask^. range. On the table lands at
a higher altitude are miles and miles
of fine gravel which have never been
even prospected and where white
men have seldom visited.
With the building of the railroad
to the Tanana and a lower rate for
transporting heavy mining, machinery
and supplies it is believed that great J
Quantities of these gold-bearing grav-j
el* may be worked profitably. In j
the layers between the coal the gold, j
so far found, is mostly fine or flour
gold, but in other adjoining gravel
beds where prospecting has been car
ried on, the gold is found to be uni
form from the surface to bedrock.
Therefore, the working of many of!
the immense deposits would resolve
itself into a simple mathematical i
problem.
The possibility of gold-bearing lay-j
ers of gravel between coal veins again j
suggests what a wonderful country \
Alaska really is and how little resi-i
dents themselves may know about
the great natural resources that have
not even been touched.
Weather Report.
Valdez. April 5, 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.874
Temperature 7 p. m.34
Maximum temperature .40
Minimum temperature .24
Mean temperature.32
Precipitation .02
Cloudy, wind northeast 2 miles;
rained from 6 p. m. to 7 p. m.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Alaska, April 6, 1916.
Fairbanks, 42 above; clear, windy.
Salcha, 46; clear, high wind, trail i
soft.
Richardson, 42; 17 inches of snow
clpudy, calm, trail soft.
McCarthy, 44; 24 inches of snow;
clear, windy.
Donnelly, 40; clear, calm, strong
wind.
McCallum, 38; 41 inches of snow:
clear, calm, trail soft.
Paxson, % 32; 28 inches of snow;
overcast, calm, trail soft.
Hogan, 38; 18 inches of snow,
trail soft.
Gulkana, 31; 7 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail bare in spots.
Copper Center, 40; 3 inches of
snow; cloudy, calm, trail bare.
Tonsina, 32; 9 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail soft.
Teikhell, 40; 18 inches of snow;
cloudy, calm, trail very soft.
Beaver Dam, 36; 34‘inches snow;
cloudy, calm, trail very soft.
_ m
“DAD” INGRAM REPORTS
_ MIGHTY COLD TRIP
H. B. Ingram, better known as
“Dad” by his Valdez friends, is mak
ing a trip through the territory in the
interest of Portland business houses.
Dad arrived at Chatanika a, few days
ago from a trip to Circle City. He
came from Circle with the mail car
rier, and reports that the trip was a
mighty cold one. ,
After spending a few days in Fair
banks “Dad” will leave for Ruby and
Iditarod, and will visit all the'camps
in the interior except the Koyukuk,
and will go to Nome with the first
boat. He reports business good.
Farragut South Tomorrow.
The steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rived in Seward from Seldovia at 3
o'clock this morning, and left a short
time later. She will stop to load ore
on her way here, and is not expected
to sail from here until 10 o’clock to
morrow morning.
FUEL AND HEAT.
And Why « Blackened Stove Will Give
the Best Results.
The typical household operates on
the IhU or miss rule of thumb. Effec
tiveness Is secured either through hap
py chance or the coincidence of that
rule with some sound principle.
Why is the stove In the kitchen kept
black? The United States bureau of
standards asserts that not one woman
in ten knows. It says that the reason
Is that a blackened stove Is the hottest
of stoves. A nickel plated stove loses
half of its capacity for hotness. ^
Do you want your hot water pipes to
transfer beat wlthont loss? “Black
them bright and shining.” says the bu
reau. A bright pipe loses less beat
than one Insulated In thin asbestos.
Pans and pots kept bright stay hot
longer than those uot so. An ideal
kettle is black on the bottom to take
heat easily and bright on the sides to
keep heat long.
Fuels are too frequently used with
out understanding of their special fit
oesses for specific purposes. A coal
fire takes half an hour of coaxing to
proper enthusiasm for frying eggs.
Many furnaces work better on small
than an large coal, which also is more
expensive. The beating surfaces and
the fines of furnaces should be kept
clean. Soot insulates the source of
warmth, as If an asbestos mat were
put between the stove and the pot of
coffee.
PORTUGAL’S HOMER.
Camoens, Who Wrote "The Lusiad,”
Died In Abject Poverty.
"Tbe Lusiad” is one of tbe noblest
records ever written of national glory
and success.
Camoens, its gifted author, determin
ed to do for Portugal what Homer had
done for Greece. The great poem was
written in the sixteenth century, which
has I>een called the heroic age of Por
tugal. and its main feature is tbe
rounding of the Cape of Good Hope by
Vasco da Gama, while a most interest
ing episode is the crowning after death
of Inez de Castro as queen of Portugal.
"The Lusiad" took its name from
Lusius. who was said to have founded
Lisbon. Its author was born about
1520, and his career, which began bril
liantly. was blighted by the death of a
broken heart of the lady of his love,
for whose sake be was banished from
the land.
Camoens wrote “The Lusiad” in his
banishment and was recalled in 1571. I
losing on the way all his property ex
cept his poem, Pensioned at Grst by
the king, this great epic poet of Portu
gal died in great poverty and misery
In 1570. when his patron was also
dead.
Knowledge and Culture.
A great memory does not make a
philosopher any more thqn a diction
ary can be called a grammar. There
are men who embrace in their minds a
vast multitude of ideas, but with little
sensibility about their real relations to
ward each other. These may be anti
quarians, annalists, naturalists; they
may be learned in the law; they may
be versed in statistics; they are most
useful in their own place. I should
shrink from speaking disrespectfully
of them. Still, there is nothing in such
attainments to guarantee the absence
of narrowness of mind, if they are
nothing- more than well read men or
men of information they have not
what specially deserves the name of
culture of mind or fulfills the type of
libera) education.—Newman.
England’s First Almanac.
The first almanac printed in England
was the "Kalendar of Shepbardes,”
which appeared in 1497, just forty
I years after Gutenberg printed his first
almanac at Mentz. From that time on
ward nlmapacs were numerous, “omens
and prognostications” being added Id
most cases to the calendar Information.
One of the earliest specimens preserved
enjoys the title of “The Prognostyca
cyon of Master John Tybault, of the
influence of the moon, of peas and
warre and of sykenesses of the yere.
with the constellacions that be under
the planets and the revoluclons of
kynges and princes.”—London Mirror.
Melba's Name.
Mme. Melba’s name was Nellie
Mitchell until her marriage, when it
became Mrs. C. N. F. Armstrong. At
the time of her debut into opera she
decided to adopt a stage name, and
her intense loyalty to the. land of her
birth moved her to combine the first
four letters of Melbourne, her native
town, and the last letter of Victoria,
the reigning queen of that time, to
gether making Melba.—New York Tele
graph.
The Diamond.
While the diamond Is the hardest
substance known, it is also brittle and
may be fractured by a blow. But if
tt is placed between two hard steel
faces in a hydraulic press and a slowly
accelerating pressure applied the bard
steel will become indented.
Musical Hash.
New Boarder—What is the landlady's
daughter playing? Old Boarder —A
mixture of airs from a lot of old operas
—a sort of musical hash, you know.—
St Louis Post-Dtepatch.
No Excuse Whatever.
New York Man—Are you going to be
at home this evening? New York Girl
—Why should I? I feel perfectly well.
—Puck.
According to Rule.
"Did he die a natural death?”
“Yes, so I understand. Me was run
over In the streets of New York."—
Life.
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
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Rough Dry lCc lb
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen.
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 Cbas. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, AlaskaAve. Telephone No. 60
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLIMBIXG, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Sheet Metal Work, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fittings, Valves, Etc.
Motor Boat Snpplies, Paints and Oils.
Located on Valdez Dock, Opposite Prospector Office. Phone 24
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
"MILWAUKEE”
Onejroad—one management—one service all the*way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and 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 TSal] PUGET SOUND
California Line. Alaska
SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE, 11:00 A. M.—
Monday, Mar. 5, Admiral Farragut for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Wednesday, Mar. 15, Admiral Watson for Seward and Way Porte.
Sunday, March 19, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Porte.
Sunday, March 26, Admiral Farragut, for Seldovia and Way Porte.
Sunday, April 2, Admiral W'atson, for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 9, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 16, Admiral Farragut for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 23, Admiral Watson, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 30, Admiral Evans, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, eanneetlas with
Steamers Yale sad Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice '
RICHARD ■ J. RINGWOOD, Mgr* Seattle! VALDEZ DOCK CO* Decal Agt.
ALASKA
_STEAMSHIP CO.
8. 8. ALAMEDA AND 8. 8. NORTHWESTERN SAIL FROM SE>
ATTLE THE 10TH, 90 TH AND 80TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—STH, 18TH, 98TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGEL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE.
Regular freight eervice for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek. Treadwell. Douglaa Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdei and La
touche Explosives, 8. B. Seward, on the Sth; Latouche on the llth; & a
Cordova, 26th of each month—right reeerved to change this schedule/
without notice
W. B. TRACT, Gen'l Agent VALDES DOCK CO, Leeal