or style, fit and Material
-real tailored goods
eU}earct(‘ffienjamin”
hand-shaped fronts, set up necks and
elegant backs; a piece of work any
tailor would be proud of.
Suits and Overcoats, from $20 up.
P. S.—We'are not the Sole Agents for
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
FINE CLOTHES
though we have'some Veal values in those suits, from
$18.00 to $25.00
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
Steam Heat Electric Light.
THE COPPER BLOCK
Finely Furni»hed Room. All Modern Convenience.
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Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
JNative and I I TIV AD CD and Budding
Puget Sound LiUlVlDlLlX Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right \V. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone U
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OVER THE
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The Newest and Shortest Line to the East
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Crossing the Cascade Mountains, the Kittitas Valley, the Colum
bia River, the Bitter Root Mountains and Montana Canyon, trav
ersing a country of surpassing scenic grandeur, historical interest
and wonderful development.
TWO FAST THROUGH TRAINS DAILY
"The Olympian” and "The Columbian”
The NEW ALL-STEEL TRAINS to
BUTTE, MILES CITY, SIOUX CITY.
MINNEAPOLIS. ST. PAUL. MILWAUKEE and CHICAGO
For further information regarding fares, train service, reservations, etc.,
cal on or address
C. H. Kraemer, General Agent,
Alaska Steamship Co. and Alaska Coast S. S. Co., Valdez, Alaska
City Ticket Offices, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
443 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. „C.
Second Are. and Cherry St., Seattle
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Ding, Dong! Hear that gong.
City Express
Is Coming Along
We handle your baggage,
trunks and grips, by day or
night. We meet ail ships.
THE PIHZOH CIGAR STORE
DICK’S PLACE
Fine Line of Cigars and Tobacco:
Fruits. Nuts. Candies,
Csril Room Soft Drinks of All Kinds
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
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PORT WELLS and
Way Porta.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
VALPEZ}DOCK
Notice to Creditors.
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court, ex officio Judge in Probate,
Valdez Precinct, Third Judicial Di
vision, Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Dav
id H. Sleem, deceased; A. J. Wendler,
administrator.—Notice to creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the un
dersigned, administrator of the estate
of David H. Sleem, deceased, to the
creditors of, and all persons having
claims against the said estate, to ex
hibit them, with the necessary
vouchers, within six (6) months af
ter the first publication of this no
tice, to the Said administrator, at the
office of C. E. Bunnell, at Valdez,
Alasica, the same being the place for
the transaction of the business of
Sflid 6fltftt6
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 24th
day of November, 1913.
A. J. WENDLER,
Administrator of the estate of David
H. Sleem.
Date of first pub. November 25, ’13.
Date of last pub. December 26, ’13.
For 8ale.
Two bowling alleys complete, pins
and balls, also automatic pinsetter.
Will sell on terms if desired. Also
moving picture machine in first-class
condition. Enquire
AL. WHITE & CO.
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
CIGAR J30XES.
There Is a Tremendous Trade In Those
Cedar Wood Receptacles.
Cigar boxes are a negligible quantity
to tbe average smoker who stands be
fore a tastily dressed showcase and
buys a "five cent straight” or a "three
for a quarter.” Few of even the most
inveterate smokers ever stop to think
of the number of these boxes used in
the United States during a year, or
from where they come.
Thirty millions is tbe total number
of boxes supplied to cigar manufactur
ers in the United States. Many mil
lions more enter the country (Hied with
foreign rolled cigars from Cuba, Porto
Rico and the- Philippines. Manufactur
ers declare that tbe boxes made from
Spanish cedar, a wood which is rarely
seen outside of Cuba, is the best for
packing the seductive weed.
Various woods have been tried, but
wherever used connoisseurs have pro
tested that even the finest of cigars
were spoiled by putting them in boxes
made from other wood than Spanish
cedar. This wood always retains the
flavor of a good cigar, and some assert
that it greatly improves the flavor.
The reason given is that the Spanish
cedar grows only in that soil which
produces the finest quality of what Is
known as Havana tobacco.—Washing
ton Star.
NO NEED TO NAME HER.
The Relative Who Never Abandons
One Afflicted With Insanity.
“It's a funny tbiug about a lunatic’s
relatives.” said the superintendent of
an Insane asylum. "There are reliable
statistics about the way a lunatics
relatives stand by him..
“The relative who stands by a lunatic
least, who stops visiting him in the
asylum first of all. is a brother. The
next relative to drop off is a wife.
That sounds hard, but it's true. Don’t
count on your wife if you are going to
become n lunatic. Next husbands drop
off. A little truer than wives hus
bands are. but only a little. Next fa
thers abandon the lunatic, next sisters.
"One relative never abandons him.
Till she dies, or he dies, slie cotnes
regulnrly on visiting day. bringing un
derwear and ties, cakes and tobacco
provided. of course, that the lunatic’s
n male. If it's a female this relative
Is equally faithful. And even though
as sometimes happens, the poor, mad
creature hates her. curses her, tries
to strike her when she visits him. she
still remains faithful. When her visits
cease they cease for only one reason
death.
"Nor do I need to tell you which rela
tive this one is.”—New York Tribune.
Origin of King’s Counsel.
King's counsel has the great Bacon
as the founder of the order. He had
no inclination to be mnde a “serJeant"
and persuaded Queen Elizabeth to ap
point him "queen’s counsel extraordi
nary.” James I. granted to Bacon a pat
ent. confirming his status as "one of
our counsel learned in the law.” as
K. C.’s are still officially designated.
An annual salary of £40 was originally
attached to the position and was re
ceived by all "silks” down to 1831,
when parliament abolished the salary,
together with the allowance for sta
tionery and bags. The receipt of a
salary by K. C.’s meant that they
had accepted an office of profit under
the crown and those who were mem
bers of parliament had to seek re-elec
tion.—London Tatler.
As Koreans Shop.
Shopping in Korea is a very grave
and solemn task and occupies the mas
ter of the bouse the greater part of
the day. In the market here he pur
chases his provisions, cooking utensils,
linen suits, lints, sandals, tobacco, and
the native drink, a liquor obtained
from fermented rice. Only one article
of tbe same kind Is purchased from a
single store. It would be an offense
against Korean etiquette to buy a
dozen at a time, as this would de
plete the stock too quickly and give
the shopkeeper tbe {-rouble and work
of restocking before ife was ready! it
will' therefore be seen that wholesale
orders are not welcomed in this odd
country: •‘little and often" appears to
be the Golden Rule in buying.—Wide
World Magazine.
Out For a Dicker.
The old fashioned farmer, who liked
nothing more than to dicker, bobs up
now and then to rub elbows with the
moderns. In a department store re
cently one of the old fashioned kiud
approached the clerk aud inquired:
"How much are you asking for rub
ber hoots today?"
Then, when he was told the price, he
looked wise and queried:
“And how much are you gettin'?"—
New York Globe.
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A Concession.
"My wife refused to recite the usual
speeches in the marriage ceremony,"
said the worrleo looking man.
"That showed originality."
"Yes. But It hasn't prevented her
from allowing the lawyer to use tho
customary phraseology in applying for
alimony."—Washington Star.
Rogular.
"Is your father a regular attendant
at church V'
"Yes. He gods ouce a year, whether
bethinks he needs it or not’*—Chicago
Record-Herald.
Well Trained.
"Bow long have .von been married?"
“So long that 1 can’t remember when
I had a will of my own.’’-Detroit Free
Press _
There Is nothing at alt In life ekcept
what wa put tbere.-Mme Swaleblaa.
PERSIAN OPIUM.
Turning the Poppy Juice Into Dried
Cakes For Export.
Persian opium Juice is sold iu largo j
copper vessels by the grower to the
merchant, in whose hands it undergoes
several processes in order to preserve
It from fermentation and decay. On
sunny, line, hot days the Persian cnrn
vnnseries, where opium dealers have
their magazines, present an interesting
picture. The Juice is brought out to
he prepared into .cakes for export.
On large wooden boards, two and a
half feet long and one and a half feet
broad, the sticky mass is spread out
with spade-like tools to permit the
water it contains to evaporate. Ex
perienced workers move from board to
board, turning over the layers every
now and then, that the heat and sun
may dry up the exposed surfaces and
render the opium lit for makiDg into
cakes. In favorable weather this proc
ess takes only an hour or so. and the
opium is ready for the next manipula
tion.
It is now scraped off and is rolled
Into stiff, dough-like lumps and handed
to a man who divides it into smaller
portions, weighing one pound each,
which he passes on to molders, by
whom they are pressed into the wood
en forms and then laid on a large
hoard for the final drying process.
When this is completed the cakes are
rolled up in red paper imported spe- |
dally from China. One hundred and j
forty-four are put in tin lined wooden |
cases are covered with strong hides |
and sacking. Two cases form a mule ;
load.—Christian Herald.
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BUSHY TAILED RATS.
They Will Steal Anything Bright That !
They Can Carry Away.
In the west and north as far as Had- ;
son hay a species of rat is found that
has a tail like the squirrel and is!
known as the bushy tailed rat. al
though more familiarly as the pack1
rat because of the curious trait it has '
of packing off with everything it can
get hold of and carry. One reuds a
great many things regarding the intel i
ligenee of rats, but from all accounts
these pack rats seem to be the clever j
est of the race.
Trappers and campers out tell in
numerable stories about them. They ,
will steal knives, forks, spoons, any !
thing, in fact, that is bright and porta j
ble, and will carry the stolen articles j
to their nests to play with or take
them somewhere and leave them in
place of other articles they steal. Dr.
Merriam, the naturalist, was told a
i story by a hunter which illustrated
this odd fancy of the pack rat.
The hunter had gone to sleep, leav
ing a knife sticking in a log. He was
awakened in the night by a noise
which he discovered by the light o(
tlie campfire was made by a couple of
pack rats sitting on the log in which
the hunter had left the knife. Thu
knife was gone and the rats were try
ing to put a stick about a foot long in
j its plnc-e. They were making an ef
l fort to get the stick to stand up in the
j crack, but not having the skill to in
! sert it properly it fell repeatedly, mak
; ing the odd sound which had disturbed
: and awakened the owner of the knife
I —New York Sun.
By Their Rib* You May Know Them.
Umbrellas sometimes speak louder
than words. The traveling English
man had become so cosmopolitan that
the umbrella mender could not tell his
customer was English until he opened
tlie umbrella. Then he said:
“English, I suppose? Anyhow, youi
umbrella Is. Umbrellas have a dis
tinct nationality, especially American
and English umbrellas. By their ribs
you may know them. American um
brellas are best provided with those
supports. If intended for a lady an
American umbrella has uine ribs, it
for a gentleman ten or even twelve, as
against eight ribs in English unibrel
las for either sex. Even this uumbei
represents a big cut in the anatomy of
an American umbrella, which former
ly contained twelve or fifteen ribs fot
a woman and as high as twenty for a
gentleman.”—New York Sun.
Beading His Fortune.
A negro, having won a dollar at a
crap game, decided to spend it on hav
ing his fortune told. The fortune
teller led him into a gloomy room with
dirty hangings and misty red lights.
She took his palm, traced it with a
dollar, spread out her cards and then
said:
"You are very fond of music; you
like chicken: you have won money at
craps, und you have been lu jail.”
The negro looked at her witli bulging
eyes and finally ejaculated:
“Slab goodness, lady—why, yo’ jest
read mail Inmost thoughts!”—Ex
change.
Two Storisd.
Elmer, aged sis. accompanied hit
father to the circus one afternoon
Among the inuny strange and bewil
dering things be snw was one mat
standing on the shoulders of another.
"Look, papa!” he exclaimed. "There't
a two story man!”—Chicago News.
To Make Suro.
Mrs. Younglove—If i wasn’t afraid
baby was sick 1 do believe 1 should
spank him. Younglove—Well, let’s
make sure. You begin spanking, and
I’ll go for the doctor.—raek.
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Mated.
"What do ybu think? Mayme’e af
finity la a shoemaker!"
"The very man to be a sole mat*.”
Halttmore American.
The Brat test or a truly great man Is
hie humility.—Reekie.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
John God bold 1 sat the Seattle hotel.
Fresh eastern oysters at the Val
dez Cafe. ' tf
Joe Little is in town from down the
sound.
Fresh Seal shipped oysters on ev
ery boat for Frye-Bruhn Co.
Robert Schafer came up from the
Cliff mine today.
Suits pressed for $100 at Silver
man’s, the tailor.- Telephone 198.
Charles Sharp came up from Fidal
go bay today.
FOR RENT—Horse anu cutter; see
Charley Johnson at the Alameda.
The trail from Valdez to Wort
mans is now in fine condition.
The Valdez urug Co. has an elegant
stock of Hammered Brass Ornaments.
Supt. Ray Millard, of the Cliff m!ne,
came to town today.
The Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
lamps. Telephone 57.
Nick Carter trapped 12 mink and 13
ermine at his Lowe river camp, five
miles from town.
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198.
H. Suessdorf and Louie Rosenthal
went shooting today and bagged 13
ptarmigan each.
Beds, roopis and lodging at the Ala
meda. Charles Johnson, proprietor.
Fine pictures at the Orpheum to
night. Last chance to see the K. B.
feature, "The Little Turncoat.”
Fresh Seal shipped oysters on ev
ery boat for Frye-Bruhn Co.
Don’t forget the free matinee at
the Orpheum to be given to the chil
dren by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Erickson.
Kiddies Christmas chairs and rock
ers at Rudolph’s.
Judge Smithy, of Copper Center,
left today to take command of the de
partment of justice at Copper Center.
See the exquisite Parisian Ivory
Toilet Articles at the Valdez Drug
Company's store.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Schmidt, of C;$j#p Comfort,
yesterday afternoon. Mr. Schmidt is
visiting with Ml. and Mrs. William
Schmidt.
The Valdez Electric Co. sells Mazda
lamps. Telephone aq.
Sewing Macntne ior " Sale—Your
choice of a White or Singer machine:
botli in first-class condition: drop
heads: for $2o.0u. Call at Mrs. St.
Marie’s. tf
We have cigars in Christmas pack
ages. Valdez Drug Store.
Kenneth Rudolph shot two ptarmi
gan this morning on McKinley street
near the Tillikum Club. A flock of
four alighted in the street. Two were
sent to bird heaven but the other two
were too fast for Kenny.
S. Blum Ai Co. are showing the
largest line of Xmax goods in town.
Don't forget the old-fashioneil
Moose dance Saturday night; ladies’
of the Moose in charge. Card tables
for those not dancing. Good music,
good eats, home-made ice cream. Ev
erybody turn out for a good time.
A very complete Jine of Xmas Art
Leather Goods is shown tit the Val
dez Drug Store.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Einkelstein, of
Cordova, have announced the engage
ment of their daughter, Rose, to Mr.
Howell Lewis. Miss Finkelstein is
well known in Valdez. Mr. Lewis is
employed in the Cordova store of S.
Blunt & Co.
S. Blum & Co. are sole agents for
Hart Schaffner & Marx tine suits.
Chinese Chop Suey and Noodles at
the Valdez Cafe, after 7 p. m. tf
Raw Meat in the Fine Arts.
The friend had dropped in to see
D’Auber, the great animal painter, put
the finishing touches on his latest
painting. He was mystified, however,
when D’Auber took some raw meat
and rubbed It vigorously over the
painted rabbit in the foreground.
“Why on earth did you do that?”
he asked.
"Why, you see,” explained D’Auber,
"Mrs. Millions is coming to see this
picture today. When she sees her pet
poodle smell that rabbit, and get ex
cited over it, she‘11 but it on the
spot.”