L STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ. ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONF, 7 / FOR men only
I' Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
| PLUMBING STOVES anckRANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hose, Pipe anti Fitting*
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office._ Telephone 24
IF THE LADIES ARE
LEFT TO JUDGE
we are positive the suit will be
pronounced satisfactory. A
woman’s eyes detect any little
fault in a suit likely overlook
ed by a man. But there'll be no
defects to detect in our cloth
ing. We build them to fit you
and wear well. You must * e
satisfied before we are.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone .Ave
Rouifh Drj- 11c lb
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
VIRFSH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
*>PKN DAY AND \I(>HT Dias. Kisr.lifr, Pi-tjir.
MAY <’M>SK ALL BIT 20
SALOONS IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO. May 5.—The Dry Fed
eration has asked .Mayor William Hale!
Thompson to refuse to re-issue saloon
icenses which expire May 1. the re
fusal to be effective for the duration
of the war. It is said that with the
exception of approximately about 20.
... all the saloons in the city will be ef
fected by the order it it is issued as
icenses expire on that date. The may
or has asked the corporation counsel
for a ruling as to the legality of such
a step. It is said that the saloons of
Chicago have a daily average income
of about $450,000.
CANADIANS D KM AND
IRISH HO.MK Kl'I.K
OTTAWA, May 5.—The Canadian
parliament will debate the Irish home
rule question. The subject was brot
forward yesterday by Senator (Morin,
A mr-nir for iLffeetUbk
• f ibe crilito
PailllrM. LOU-poiBOIluUB
Bud mill not Btrictcr*.
_ _ KbIimbb iu t to i Ctyt.
AOLA HI’ DKlfcbmm
?»rcrl Pul if UBM’MI- Prio |i. ,.r ^ botilts *2.7i.
Pnnn« ty
THE EVANS CHEMICAL CO.. CINCINNATI, a
who placed on the list of business a
resolution declaring that the time has
tome "when it is the duty of the Brit
ish parliament to concede to the Irisn
people the rights and powers of self
{'ovcniment."
A large mass meeting in which con
spicuous members of parliament par
ticipated. unanimously adopted a res
olution moved by Sir Wilfrid l.aurier.
leador of the Canadian liberal party,
and seconded by Sir W. C. Ewards,
which said that "with a view to
strengthening the hands of the Allies
it is essential without further delay
to confer upon Ireland the free insti
tutions long promised her.”
New Records
Two hundred Columbia Phono
graph Records of the latest music
received on the last boat at the Owl.
Good dance records. tf
Switches.' transformations. Janes
Chignons, Dolly Varden Curls, and
Cluster Curls made up from your own
combings at the Vanitie Shop. tf
Webster's Xew International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; come in
and look it over. Valdez Drug Co. tf
T}OME wasn’t
-**■ built in a
day, neither was
anything else
worth while. It
takes mo* //ion
/ivo years to
build a tin of
Velvet. ^
Velvet
isn't “the
smoothest
smoking to
bacco*' just be
cause we call it so.
It is the smoothest
smoking tpbacco be
cause of its two years*
mellowing ih wood
en hogsheads.
But don't take our word
for it. Try VELVET
and take your own.
AVAR AVIIX RESULT IN'
GOVERNMENT TOXTROIi
NEW YORK. May 5.- A. C. Bed
ford, president of the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey in an address
last night on "Mobilizing Industry for
War" declared that in modern war
fare "the man behind the gun” is still
important, but "the vital, all-conclu
sive factor now is the machine behind
• he mail.”
In asking the railroads to organize
themselves into an effective transcon
tinental system, "abandoning for the
moment individual and competittiv*
activities,” Mr. Baker asserted, "the
government had placed the burden ex
actly where it belonged."
"If under the stress of war, acting
under strict government supervision
and regulation, the railroads can in
co-operation and with competition
practically eliminated give to the
government and the public a greatly
improved service is it conceivable
that after the war the railroads
should be forced to continue the waste
and losses due to the unnecessary
competition practically forced by law
prior to the war?" he asked.
FLEET OF TRAINING SHU'S
TO SAIL GREAT LAKES
GREAT LAKES. 111.. May 3.— A
fleet of training ships shortly will be
sailing the Great Lakes. Capt. Moffet,
commandant of the United Etates na
val training station here, has planned
the mobilization of a number of fast
vessels mounting guns ranging from
one-pounders to six-inch pieces. The
fleet will serve to train recruits pass
ing thru the training stations here in
addition to protecting lake cities.
The steamer Eastlapd, which turn
ed over in the Chicago river in 1915.
with a loss o' 812 lives, and which is
now being rebuilt into a gunboat, will
be the flagship. Other vessels in the
fleet will be two of the Spanish gun
boats captured by Dewey at Manila
bay.
BRITAIN PRODIGALLY
HURLING BIG SHELLS
LONDON. May 5.—The ministry of
munitions announced today that the
British expenditure of shells of the
calibre of six inches and upwards dur
ing the first week of the offensive
that opened on April 9 was nearly
twice that of the first week of Som
me offensive last year, while the ex
penditure of such shells during the
second week was six and one-half
times that of the second week on the
Somme. The expenditure of gun am
munition during the second week ol
the Arras battle was the greatest in
the history of the world, it is stated.
Colder Inside.
The thermometer at McCallum reg
istered 15 above this morning, while
at Paxson. Hogan and Donnelly it
registered 20. 23 and 20 respectively.
Fairbanks reported 27 and the other
stations reported from 30 to 40.
Dan ltoss will be an outgoing pas
senger on the steamer Alaska and will
spend about two months in the
States.
Complete line cf Hulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tC
Genuine Sweet Apple Cider at
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. tf
Location notices, noth quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
A fresh lot of Haas' Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to $2
a box. Valdez Drug Co. tf
Summons for Publication.
No. 838.
In the District Court for the Terri
tory of Alaska, Third Division.
H. E. ELLIS, Trustee, Plaintiff,
vs.
TALK1TNA LUMBER COMPANY, a
Co-partnership, John Enlund, Elsie
Morse and T. Johnson, Defendants.
To the above-named defendants, Elsie
Morse and T. Johnson:
You are hereby required to appear
in the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division, within thir
ty days after completion of pub
lication of this summons against you,
to-wit: within thirty days after May
5, 1917; and answer the complaint of
plaintiff, tiled herein; and unless you
appear and answer or otherwise plead
to said complaint within said time
plaintiff will take judgment against
>ou for the sum ol' $3232.96, with in
terest, costs and expenses as provided
in two certain mortgages given to se
cure said debt; and for the foreclo
sure of said mortgages and sale of the
mortgaged property according to law.
This publication of summons is
made pursuant to an order duly made
in the above-named court by the judge
thereof cn March 23, 19"f7.
Witness the Hon. Fred M. Brown,
judge of said court, and the seal there
el affixed, this 23rd day of March,
1817.
ARTHUR LANG.
(Seal) Clerk.
First publication March 24. 1917.
Last publication April 28. 1917. ,
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COOKING POTATOES.
Willi That Coma* With Paring and
Soaking Befor* Boiling.
Paring nisi cooking is I lie most waste
ful inc.hod. and anbed to tails soi-ic
cooks soak the potnpjes in water after
they are pnrei. Starting to cook them
in cold water also adds to the amount
of wasi*-.
Twice as tmjcii nutritive matter is
lost if paring is done before boiling as
there is if it is done after boiling, not
figuring the waste in rutting away t*:o
potato. The juices of the potato con
tain M per ‘-cut: of the prop in and SI
per cent of the n>h, and these sub
stances are easily extracted when the
protect ion of the skin lias been re
moved.
A pared (iotato soaked from three to
live hours loses about three times as
much of-its uiueral matter and seven
times as much of its protein as one
that is pared and immediately cooked.
In the most wasteful method of cook
ing, paring, soaking and starting tn
eooi; in cold water the loss of protein
is 11 per cent and .‘“.ft per eent of ash.
When cooked with the skins on pota
toes not soaked and dropped Into boil
ing water lose only l.ti per cent of pro
tein Hiid only l.!» per eent of ash.
Baking and steaming are the most
economical methods of cooking potu
toes when fuel is considered. Potatoes
i':innot lie linked well in a slow oven.—
New York Sun.
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WHAT A GARDEN DID.
How On* Ambitious Girl Added to Her
Bank Account.
Eight year* ago a twelve-year-old
girl ill Cleveland started a little garden
for vegetables and flowers. Flowers
she sold that year brought her $1N.45.
It was a great sum. and she eotild
hardly wait until the next spring so
she could get at that gold mine of hers
again. The next year she almost dou
bled earnings. Ill the third year they
soared to If."ll.lit. Each year therf*
after saw money roll in in increasing
amounts. East year she came out with
S'JNo.ti.'!. She was a capitalist and
could talk with the calm sn|<eri«»rlty of
the elitss.
"I am able to buy all my school
hooks, clothe myself, spend some for
pleasure and still add to. my hank ac
count.”
A line young woman. At twenty we
can imagine tier. She lias no complaint
in tile world. Her garden is a pleas
ant place, friendly to self reliant young
people, remunerative for labor ami
pains, tilled with the sweet odor of
flowers. Sorrow may come to her some
day. luit never the sense of helpless
ness. The garden has taught her. as
school and her parents’ counsel eotild
not have, that always there is a wa\
by which the wolf can be kept from
the doorstep and by which despair 1
nistde an unknown quantity.—Toledo
Blade.
Battle of Dorking.
The battle of Dorking was tin imagi
nary battle. In ls71. at tlie close of
the Franco-Prussian war. Englishmen
were reminded by tin* quick work done
by Hermany over France of the possi
bilities of invasion, and Sir Heorge T.
<'In-spy wrote an interesting and in
structive narrative called “The Battle
of Dorking, or the Iteminisoenee of a
Volunteer,” in which he depicted the
imaginary scene of a great battle* on
English soil, which was won by the
Hermans. In short, the battle was the
product of a military man's imagina
tion, hut it was so well worked out
and so vividly described that us long
as Hie Herman armies were in France
the mention of the battle of Dorking
was enough to make an Englishman
shudder.
A Nautical Explanation.
A New York woman, recounting her
impressions of a trip abroad, said:
"One tiling at least I learned. That
was the meaning of ‘windward’ and
leeward.’ The captain of the liner 1
crossed on explained this difference to
me in a way that, if a little vulgar,
was yet unforgetable.
‘“Captain,' 1 said. ’I never can tell
the difference between tlie windward
and tbe leeward. Explain it to me. will
you’;’
•“Well, madam.’ said the gruff old
captain, ‘if 1 were to spit to tbe wind
ward and you were to stand to the lee
ward of me you would lie a fool.’ ”
How to Carry Water.
If,you want to carry a full pail of
water any distance without, spilling or
to carry water from one room to an
other in a flat disli or tray you should
always have something floating on it.
If it is drinking water a clean saucer
will do. and a flat piece of wood is
the best tiling for a pail. It is the lit
tle waves that arise from the water’s
lapping against tiie sides and then
rushing to the other side that makes
tliA water spill over. The floater stops
this.—New York Sun.
Helping Some.
Bill—I see that the theory that earth
quakes accelerate the movement of
glaciers has been proved by observa
tion in Alaska recently. «»i 11—Of
course. Why. I'll hot some earthquakes
would eveu make a chessplayer move.
—Yonkers Statesman.
I
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Explained.
•‘Pa. what's the difference between
'insurance' and 'assuranceY "
“Well, the la (ter is. what tlve agent
has. and the former is what he tries to
sell von.’’—Boston Transcript.
—
He Saw It.
“There was a terrible accident at our
house last night," said a wag. “As I was j
sitting in the dining room l happened to |
took out. and I saw the kitchen sin*.”
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Let us not burden our remembrance
villi a heaviness that's gone. i
WHEN A KIRK STARTS
the firemen’R best efforts are
given to putting it out as
quickly as possible. He aims
to save as much as he can. Hut
once a fire starts, damage end
loss commence. The only way
to offset that loss is to be well
insured. Our policies cover
nil losses front the v»t.v min
ute the damage by Maine.., w.i
ur or smoke-commences.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
7” TONY'S PLACE IBS*
EVERYTHING
FIRS'! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Kroin Seattle—
April 14,— S. s. Alameda.
‘ April .'2—S. S. Alaska.
April 28 —S. S. Mariposa.
May 4— S. S. .Northwestern.
May 10—S. S. Alameda.
Valdez to Seattle—
April 20-—S. 3. North western.
April 27—S. S. Alameda.
.May 2—S. S. Alaska.
.May 7—S. S. Mariposa.
May 14—S. S. Northwestern.
• AT Ketchikan, .)tineau, Cordova, Kllainar, Ft, I.iscum, Val
dez, l.atouche, Seward and Anchorage.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
K. B. THAI V. t.en'l Agent VV1.DKZ HOI K CO., I.ucnl Agent
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL IJ.NK)
Mur Larue I leet of Magnificent Steamships otter Frequent, PER*
FKCT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
Front Seattle, it I*. >1.
Apr. 1 S. S. Adni. Farracut
Apr. ;t s. S. Adni. Wat:mn
Apr. IT—ri. S. Adni. Eva'=
Apr. -'i • S. .S. Adni. Farragui
• May :l S. S. Adni. Wat am
May 1! Adni. Fvans
ValtMv. to Seattlo—
Apr. •»-—S. S. Adm. Evans
Apr. 13—S. S. Adm. KartaKtit
Apr. 21—S. S. Adm. Watson
\pi. 29—S. S. Adm. Evai s
May $—S. S. Adm. Earrau-it
May 15—S. S. Adm. Watson
May 25— S. S. Adm Evans
S. S. Farragut sailing front Seattle April 2a calls at Kodiak.
CALIFORNIA KOI IK
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
la»s Angeles
Sau Francisco to la>s Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
Sau Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
II YOl R TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOC ARE ASSI RED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone I VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR mil OttllOER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
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 9 S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS '( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
A new assortment of Sailor and
Sport Hats just received on today’s
boat at Mrs. Winter's. tf
Miner Ads. bring RESULTS.
Just received, a new Hue or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Ow! Drug Co
Pasteurized Product*.
Pasteurizer Whipping Cream. Pas
teurized Sweet Milk and Pasteurized
Buttermilk at Love-Whit ley Co.’s, tf
The articles you ordered have ar
rived at the Emporium. tf
A new line of heaters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
Lowney’s Box Candies at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
Fresh candy at tbe Emporium tf