What Goes Into The Well
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Comes Out In The Bucket
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AND it’s much the same in the buying of mer
chandise. Take Hunt Brothers canned fruit
line for instance. Hunt Brothers, from all can
ners was selected as members of the Rice Mer
chandise Readers—an acknowledgment of their
business integrity. Their canned fruits are not
lye peeled. All the original flavor of the fruit
is retained. They are put up under the most
sanitary conditions—The cost is, perhaps, a lit
tle more, but the product is well worth it.
Hunt’s fruits may be had in Apricots, Straw
berries, Raspberries, Peaches, Cherries Grapes,
Pears and loganberries.
Price, a Can, Thirty-five Cents.
Fresh Bread Every Day and It’s Mighty Good
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Valdez Mercantile Co.
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND| BUILDER
Dealer in . Age"t f0r„ . ^
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
MED WOMEN
FOOHOJIMEO
LARGE SUM OF MONEY MISSING
Bodies of Mrs. Wheeler and Miss
Swift Found with Heads Crushed
In—Robbery Undoubtedly Motive
for Double Murder.
_x .'Li-, April 6.—H. S. King,
a nephew o£ the victims, today found
the bodies of Mrs. Caroline Wheeler,
76 years of age, and Miss Kate Swift,
53 years of age, sisters, with their
heads'crushed in.
Robbery was undoubtedly the mo
tive for the murder, as three thou
sand dollars known to have been in
possession of the women, is missing.
There is no clue to the perpetrator of
the deed.
William Morgan left yesterday for
his mining property, on upper Lowe
River to make preparations for the
coming season’s work.
STEAMER WELLESLEY
BRINGS CARGO DYNAMITE
The steamer Wellesley came into
port last night shortly after ten
o’clock, and landed about fifteen tons
of powder for Valdez mercantile con
cerns and various mining companies.
She left early this morning for the
westward, and will go as far as Sel
dovia.
The Wellesley belongs to the Wel
lesley Company, of San Francisco,
and is under charter for six months
to the Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
She is a small steamer of about 700
tons.
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Interior Trip Cold One.
Anton Eide. who made the trip of
i inspection with Lieut. Mahaffey, of
the Road Commission, over the inte
rior country, has returned to his
home in Seward. Mr. Eide reports
extremely cold weather during a
large part of the trip. Lieut. Mehaf
fy went from Cordova to Juneau, and
is expected to return to Valdez on one
of the next boats.
The lies light service speaks for
Itself. Full voltage and twenty-four
hours service. We will contract with
you for either one or ten years, as we
are here to stay with your assistance.
For Sale—Flat top desk, can be seen
at Signal Corps storehouse. 3t
Alaska Investment Co.
Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks
Public Stenography Reed m Phone.
Accounting
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EVERYTHING vMs^ ANTON CARLSON,
F1RS1 CLASS HrVr Manager.
«PINZCN BAR
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Imported and Domestic
Wines, Liquors anil Cigars
Phone 69
BRAZIL REMAINS
STRICTLUEUTRAL
NOT TO SEIZE GERMAN VESSELS
Brazilian Minister to Germany De
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nies Report that Brazil Would
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Seize Interned German Merchant
Ships in its Ports.
BERLIN, April 6.—Baron Oscar
de Teffe, the Brazilian minister to
Germany, in an interview today de
nied the report that Brazil would
seize interned German ships in her
ports. He said “the Brazilian Govern
ment will not take any measures
which would violate the strict neu
trality which is being observed by
her. My Government is perfectly in
formed concerning the German situa
tion.'’
The Minister is also quoted as say
ing that the recent reports that it
was the Brazilian Government’s in
tention to follow Portugal’3 example
and seize German interned ships
must be accepted with the utmost re
jserve; that the President of Brazil,
Dr. Braz Periera Gomez is a man of
strong personality and of calm de
meanor and never treats passionately
or precipitately any political ques
tion and further would act only ac
cording to Brazil’s interests. The
President, the Minister added, had
ordered and maintained since the be
ginning of the war the strictest neu
trality, and even had insisted upon
the retirement of one of his secre
taries who had taken part in war
material transactions.
Notice Literary Society
There will be a social meeting of
the Young People’s Society Friday
evening at eight o’clock at Every
man's Clubhouse. Some new games
have been secured and an interesting
program has been arranged for the
evening. All are requested to be
there. The program is in charge of
Fred Fish, Ruth Selby and Jack Ro
seen, Fred Fish acting as chairman.
Library Open Fridays.
The response to the request for
volunteers to act as librarians at the
Everymans’ \_iub has been so liberal
{that the library will be kept open on
Fridays as well as the other days of
the week, from now on.
Served Under Col. Dodd.
Several of the men at Fort Liscum
have served under Col. Dodd, who is
among the detachments pursuing Vil
la. Among them are Private Lains
and Sergeant Fisher. They both
served under the doughty old war
rior, who is 64 years of age, and
speak highly of him as an officer.
J. D. McDougall, of the Valdez
Gold Co., came up from Shoup Bay
this morning.
BIG ENTERTAINMENT
III THE EMPRESS
CIVIC LEAGUE SHOW TONIGHT
Ladies of Municipal Body Will Pre
sent Feature Film and an Olio of
Great Attractiveness at Valdez
Favorite Play House.
PROGRAM.
Overture .Orchestra
Song, with Harp Accompaniment....
. Miss Rose Johnson
Recitation .Mrs. J. F. Dunstan
Illustrated Song Miss Blanche Fogg
Selections.-..Mandolin Orchestra
(16 pieces)
St. Elmo, Six Parts, Special Produc
tion.
SYNOPSIS.
A soul laid bare.
A, masterly analysis of the passions
and emottons of humanity.
That is what Augusta Evans has
given the world in “St. Elmo,” the
most popular play and novel ever
written in America.
In the screen version of this mod
ern classic, the producers have con
structed a film play In which all of
the dramatic intensity and realistic
characterization of the novel is skill
fully retained.
The outdoor settings were made in
southern California and the natural
beauty of the wonderful tropic adds
greatly to the effect of the picture
The members of the cast were se
lected without regard for expense, in
dividual ability being the only con
sideration and the result is a per
formance of unsurpassed artistry.
Briefly told the story is as fbllows:
St. Elmo, the high-strung, sensi
tive sciont of an aristocratic family,
discovers a clandestine love affair be
tween his fiance and his best friend,
Murray Hammond.
In a frenzy of rage he challenges
Hammond, kills him in a duel and
thereafter, his faith in humanity
shattered, he lives the life of a prof
ligate and scoundrel.
He outrages the feelings of his
family, insults his friends, and his
mad career of dissipation is carrying
him perilously near the verge of mad
ness.
Then fate intervenes.
He meets the woman who is des
tined to be his salvation.
A mere slip of a girl is Edna Earl
an innocent, unsullied by contact
with the world, but she does what the
pleadings of a mother, the adjuta
tions of a minister of the gospel have
been unauic to bring about.
Through her, St. Elmo renews his
trust in God and mankind, and his
moral and spiritual regeneration ful
ly occompiished, he finally wins he?
for his own. J
AT 8:00 P. M. SHARP
I Admission, vaults 50c; Children, 26c
Prospector Ads. Pay.
Yesterday we advertised a lost
watch and a found class pin. The
watch was returned to its delighted
owner.at 7 o’clock last night, and this
morning the owner of the class pin
called and got his property. Both
parties stated that they were aston
ished at the quick results obtained
by Prospector local advertising.
If you lose anything or find any
thing let the Prospector look after it
for you. You will get the reward, if
any is offered, and we will be doing a
service to the community.
Civic League Entertainment.
The entertainment for the benefit
of the Valdez Civic League will be
given in the Empress theatre this
evening. An excellent program has
been arranged, consisting of vocal
and instrumental selections, illustrat
ed song, and the great feature film,
St. Elmo, in six reels. The enter
tainment will commence promptly at
8 o’clock. The admission will be 50
cents for adults, 25 cents for chil
dren.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
Preaching and Practioa
Judge (to defendant)—Ignorance of
the law Is no Meuse. (To clerk) Just
look up that s'ttftute and see what It Is,
will you?—New York Globe.
We have the Facilities
For Properly Handling
Your Business. ’
We issue Drafts on all parts of the world
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
RESOURCES $250,000.
THE PINZON
Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’. Candy*
Varied Sweets Nut Chocolates
Glace Fruit French Mixed
Old Fashioned Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials
The Largest Stock of Candies in the North
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
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COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
We Are Agents For The
Dayton Electric House Pumps
Which have fewer parts, run more
easily and quietly, require less
attention and cc^st less per year of
service than any other pump on
the market.
And the
“Thor 5” Vacuum Cleaner
This is one of the finest household
cleaners ever made for the low
price at which it sells.
We stand back of both the above machines.
Alaska Water Light & Tel. Co.
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Warm Weather In Interior.
Today’s weather report shows a pe
culiar condition of affairs, the weath
er at Fairbanks being warmer than in
Valdez. At the Tanana metropolis
the thermometer stood at 42 above
zero, and 46 above at Salcha, while
at Valdez the official record was 34.
Only at Paxson, Gulkana and Ton
al n a was the weather colder than
DONALDSON1 SCHEDULE
Lvs. Fort Llscum Lvs. Valdes
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:16 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. 10:80 p:m.
There will be no trip of the launch
on the second ana foarth Frlday#&l
each month, these days being usil to
clean boilers. v
here, the thermometer standing at
32, 31 and 32 respectively at these
points. The snow Is going fast and
the trail is getting bare in places.
The marshal’s office proposes to
have the earliest garden in this city,
and to this end a number of men are
shoveling the snow off so that the
sun may get a chance at the ground.