Another choice
selection of fan
cy cookies and
cakes received
on Sunday’s boat
ercantile
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
The following schedule for the har
bor boat “Lt. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Liseum Leave Valdez
8:15 a. in. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. ns. 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, those 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 kusiness between Val
dez and the Post should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trlpq and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
G. R KOEHLER,
Capt. 14th Infantry, A. Q. M.
New Goods
Coffin’s Codfish Chunks, Swedish
Sweet Toast, White and Rye Knocker
brod, Grant’s Hygienic Crackers,
Pata-a-Cake and Teco Buckwheat, at
Eove-Whitley co. tf
MASTER COMEDY AT
EMPRESS THEATRE TUESDAY
Manager Owen Meals states that he
will present the famous master com
edy, “The House of Terrible Scan
dals" tomorrow night, with the best
Wallingford picture yet shown, “De
tective Hlackie,” and a llearst Patbe
News. Special music by the entirp
Moose Band will also be a feature.
The “House ot' Terrible Scandals” is
one of the greatest pictures ever,
shown in Valdez, featuring the duoj
of famous acrobats formerly with
Kingling Brothers, in hair-raising
comedy stunts far above the street in
their comedy fire department scenes
FOOD COXKKRVATIOX MKKTIXO j
A meeting of the food conservation j
committee will be held tonight at 8
o'clock at the office of Food Adminis- (
trator Arthur Lang. All members are;
requested to attend as important bus-,
iness is to be transacted.
LACK KINDS TO BUILD
BRIDGE ACROSS NIZINA
The Nizina bridge project is again
jeodardized. The appropriation made1
by the territorial legislature for $25,
000 was based on the assumption that
the bridge would not exceed 5,000
feet in length. When the survey was)
made by Jas. E. Wilson, road super
viser, it was found that the length of
the bridge slightly exceeded 6.200,
feet. This, with the increased cost of
material and labor, makes the total:
cost of construction, based on plans
and specifications of road supervisor,,
$40,000. Mr. Wilson at the request;
of the people of the territory adjacent
to the brdge, resolved to put $8,000
of the road fund, set aside for the
country surrounding McCarthy, into'
the bridge.
The Alaska Hoad Commission has
been asked to supply necessary addi
tional fund of $8,000.
The merchants and other people of
McCarthy ate sending Joseph H. Mur
ray to Juneau to take up the matter,
with the road commission. |
Cordova is materially interested in j
the building of the Nizina bridge and
our neighbors up the line hope that
our people will help to convince ai d
persuade the road commission of thei
urgent need of supplying the amount1
requested.—Cordova Times.
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
LOUIE’S CAFE
Open Dmy sad Night McKinley Street, Below Cable Office
Fresh Bread. Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale
dVBBXTHIHQ THE BEST ANDY MAROVICH, Propr.
BUY PORTO
HO COFFEE
Should Work Together to Increase
l*urchase« from New Insular
I’owifssions
WASHINGTON, O. C„ Jan. 21.—
(Special Correspondence.) We should
increase our purchases from our lit
tle possession, Porto Rico. The Porto
Rican legislature has Just appropriat
ed $20,000 to extend the market for
coffee and a commissioner will soon
open offices in New York City who
will encourage our consumption of
the Porto Rican berry. While he is ex
tolling the virtues of the insular cof
fee the Department of Commerce
could commeiidahly work in conjunc
tion with him hy boosting our coffee
trade with Porto Rico as n sound com-|
mercial policy, helpful to one of our
insular possessions.
At the time we took possession ofi
Porto Rico that island was exporting
10.000. 000 pounds of coffee annual
ly, and this trade grew until it reach-1
ed ita highest point In 1915, when1
51.000. 000 pounds of coffee, worth!
over $7,000,000 was sold in the mar
kets of the world. Spain, France. Bcl-|
gitini, and other European countriesi
are Porto Rico's best customers for
coffee, while the United States hast
been a relatively poor customer. Ini
1913 we took 774.000 pounds of the;
Porto Rican product, and during thcj
fiscal year 1917 we took 212.600)
pounds. Our largest purchase was in I
1915 when we took 4,160,000 pounds. |
The coffee importation of the Uni-,
ted States has grown wonderfully dur-:
i’ig the five-year period 1913-1917,;
from 863.000.000 pounds for the for
mer. to 1.320,000,000 pounds for the
latter year. Practically all coffee im
ported is consumed here. During this
period our purchases from Brazil have]
increased about 42 per cent, or from!
639.000. 000 to 907,000.000 pounds;,
from Colombia nearly 70 per cent, or!
from 90.000,000 to 150,000.0001
pounds: from Central American states;
nearly 300 per cent, or front 32,000,-1
000 to 127,000,000 pounds, and from1
Venezuela. 1913 to 1916, almost 50
per cent, or from 50,000,000 to 73,-j
000,000 pounds in 1916. Imports!
from Venezuela fell off considerably
last year. We have slighted the home
grown coffee and bought th6 foreign
product, and'that is not a wise trade
policy.
It Is not the policy of the Allies,;
particularly England and France,]
have adopted with respect to their j
colonial possessions. The plans of,
those two countries outlined at the!
Paris Pact in 1916, and which have
been in process of perfection since i
that time, contemplate, among other!
things, that the parent country shall]
supply its needs so far as possible:
from the product of its dependencies.!
This has particularly in view raw andi
semi-raw products. And, in turn, the1
parent country expects to enjoy first]
preference in the markets of its de-!
pendencies for manufactured goods.
Commerce of this sort will tighten the
bonds of friendship between the pow
er and her wards and it will go far
toward assuring control of certain
basic raw materials, a control which
will be of weighty consequence in the
trade competition which is to follow
the establishment of peace.
Our dependence on Brazil for the
bulk of our coffee has long been at
tended by exasperating conditions.
Valorization, restriction of acreage,
and other means of holding up price
have been practiced by the Brazilian
Government. Last season is said to
have been the record one in Brazil
ian coffee production, yet no one in
America will profit by It In the way of
cheaper coffee. The Brazilian Gov
ernment will attend to that. And as
we depend on Brazil for from 70 to
76 per cent of our consumption we
hesitate to act. It has been suggested
that a duty of 2 cents a pound on cof
fee would bring Brazil to time. In
cidentally it would produce $26,000,
000 of revenue without affecting the
price to the consumer. And it might
go far to encourage the use of Porto
Rican coffee in the United States. In
any event, it is to be hoped that the
efforts of Porto Rico's coffee booster
in New York will be successful in in
creasing the amount of coffee purchas
ed by us from one of our own family.
CURACAO SAILS FEB. I
A cable received today by the lo
cal steamship office states that the
steamship Curacoa will sail north
from Seattle about February 1 with
freight and explosives.
The steamship Admiral Evans was
unable to land her freight at Katala
this trip on account of a severe gale
raging. She carried 400 tons for the
tannery town It is reported.
Judge F. M. Brown is at present
visiting in California but will leave
for home some time next month.
8TEAMEB BALLINGS
I
| Steamship Northwestern—Sailed we6t
from Juneau, Monday, Jan. 21.
| Steamship Admiral Evans—Sailed
west from Valdez, Sunday. Jan. 20,
will return to Valdez about Jan. 28.
Steamship Alameda—Sailed south
from Valdes, Saturday, Jan. S.
Steamship Alaska—Sailed south for
Seattle Jan. 11.
; Steamship Victoria—Sailed south via
the outside passage to Seattle, Jan
uary 17.
Buy your groceries direct. Save
fifteen to twenty-live per cent. The
bouse that sells direct to consumers.
Randall Orocery & Brokerage Co.,
Inc., 82 Marlon St., Seattle Wn. tf
NOTICE
Owing to the increased expense of
operation, occasioned by application
of the Territorial Hyht hour law, it is
r.ecessar to increase the price on de
livery of coal, therefore the price of
coal delivered will he as follows:
Bulk .$14.50 per ton
Sacked (ton lots) . 18.00 per ton
Sacked, (half ton) .... 9 50
Sacked, less than Mt ton 1.35 a sack ]
tf VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
Furnished room* at Mrs Osland’a.
Prices reasonable *
FURS MADE UP
Furs remodeled, also new skins
made up in all the latest styles. Prices
very reasonable. Special attention
paid to Alaska trade. All work guar
anteed. Mrs. B. Richmond. 305 Cham- j
her of Commerce Bldg. Tacoma,
Wash. tf
Kodaks and kodak supplies at the'
Valdez Drug Co. tf
HIS OTHKR r<>l*l*KR
A dog was in the habit of going
daily to a baker’s skbp. His master
would give him a penny which he
would drop out of his mouth on the
counter, receiving in exchange a pen
ny hun.
One day the master said to the
baker. “1 should like to know how
much my dog really knows. Try him
with a half-penny bun tomorrow.”
When, the next day, the dog dropt
his penny and only a half-penny bun
was given to him, he sniffed at it,
turned it over and over with his
paw, then in a dignified manner
walked out of the shop, leaving the
bun.
In ten minutes lie returned accom
panied by a policeman.
CROWN PRINCE NEAR VERDUN
This photograph, which was found
,. taken prisoner by
the French, shows the crown prince,
who is standing In front and wearing
a cup, inspecting a detachment of
shock troops in the lines before V«n
dun. It is one of the very few pho
tographs of the crown prince to arrive
In this country In nw.ny months.
Toe Ha**/
Capt. Eiulllo Ttesnatl. tr.e Italian pi
lot of the wonderful twenty-fire pas
senger Cap"onl airplane, said at a
luncheon In Norfolk:
“Don’t. mistrust Italy. To' mistrust
Italy’s loyalty in this crisis is to be
like the Jealous husband.
“A Jealous husband slipped Into the
house In his usual quiet way one eve
ning and heard his wife at the tele
phone. To whom could abe be tele
phoning? He tiptoed Into the room,
and his blood frose In his reins with
Horror aa he heard her say:
“•I love you so I You're my own
baby boy.' Meet nte at midnight In the
same old pluce. Kiss me, sweet
heart—" /
The man rttsed up and seised her
by the throat!!
“•Who are you telephoning toT ho
roared in a jorozysm of rage and
grief. *
ghe answered with an Icy smile:
“ To my music dealer for the new
aongs he advertises in this morning's
paper.’"
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 Savings Funds
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
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.
t
Prince William Sound Water,
• • -
Light, Power, Tel. Company
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 21.—The Aus
trian ministry has resigned according
to a Vienna dispatch to the Berliner
Morgen post.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Morgan will
leave for the States on the steamship
Northwestern, for a few weeks visit,
their first trip out in seven years. Mr.
and Mrs. Morgan are staunch boost
ers for Alaska and state they, would
live nowhere else.
The four autos ordered by Lieut.
Faust of the Signal Corps will arrive
in a few days, says Agent Owen Meals.
They will be used at different points
on the trail.
The Prospector received word from
Mapor R. M. Nolan this boat, stating
he was at Camp Kearney. Cal.
Supt. John Emel will leave on the
Northwestern for the States, return
ing in March with his family.
Anything you want In the line of
photography—Jenner can do It for
you. M
Aaaeo films Will
fit any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard. Qay B. Cam*
It
Just received ell the latest popu
lar songs at O. O. Relake’s. tl
For flrst-claaa meals and good serr
Ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants' Cate. tf
Cannery Sites
We have customers for select can
nery sites located in the Prince Wll
j. Ham Sound District. If you hare any
thing to offer send full particulars,
location, description, etc., to
BOND & BABSON.
Field Dept.
32 Broadway,
New York City.
A new line of Johnson’s Candy at
the Valdes Drug Co. tf
Salesmen Wanted
Does your trade use salesboards?
We invite correspondence from sales
men who are making their trade reg
ularly. The most remunerative side
line—no samples—no collections—
Commissions due ss soon as order Is
shipped. We want only first-class men.
Enquiries to receive attention must
state Use carried and how long, class
of trade called on, territory and how
often covered. The K 4 8 Bales Com
pany. 154-51 Whiting Street. Chicago.
Illinois. *