’ Practical and use
ful presents for .
the whole fam
ily at the Big
Gift Store.
Remember
FOUR DA YS AND THEN
CHRISTMAS
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First Showing of
Knox Spring Hats
By Express on the last boat some twenty
different models were received in Knox
Spring Hats. No two styles are alike,
and all sizes.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
r The Store with the Christmas Spirit. 5
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STEAMER SAILINGS
Admiral Evans—Sailed north from
Seattle, Dec. 15.
Steamship Alaska—Sailed south from
Valdez, Monday, Dec. 17.
JOIN THE RED CROSS.
DECEMBER TIDES
Wednesday, Dec. 19.—
First high tide 4:00 a. m., 8.2.
Second high tide 3:34 p. m., 8.6.
First low tide 9:36 a. m., 2.7.
Second low tide 10:08 p. m., 0.2.
Thursday, Dec. 20.—
First high tide 4:60 a. m., 8.4.
Second high tide 4:39 p. m., 7.6.
First low tide 10:46 a. m., 2.6.
Second low tide 10:67 p m., 1.0.
Friday, Dec. 21.—
First high tide 5:44 a. in., 8.7.
Second high tide 5:58 p. in.. 6.8.
First low tide 12:07 p. ni.. 2.2.
Second low tide 11:53 p. in., 1.8.
Saturday, Dec. 22.—
First high tide 6:41 a. ni., 9.0.
Second high tide 7:30 p. no., 6.3.
First low tide 1:30 p. m., 1.6.
Sunday, Dec. 23.—
First high tide 7:40 a. in., 9.4.
Second high tide 8:57 p. m., 6.3.
First low tide 0:54 a. m., 2.5.
Second low tide 2:46 p. m.. 0.8.
Monday, Dec. 24.—
First high tide 8:36 a. m., 9.7.
Second high tide 10:07 p. ni., 6.6.
First low tide 1:59 a. m.. 2.9.
Second low tide 3:48 p. m., 0.1.
Tuesday, Dec. 26.—
First high tide 9:30 a. ni., 10.0.
Second high tide 11:03 p. m., 6.9.
First low tide 3:04 a m., 3.1.
Second low tide 4:40 p. m., —0.6.
Wednesday. Dec. 26.—
First high tide 10:19 a. m.. 10.2.
Second high tide 11:50 p. m„ 7.2.
First low tide 4:02 a. no., 3.1.
Second low tide 5:27 p. m.. —1.0.
Just received & new line of Pyra
ln Ivory suitable for Christmas gifts
at the Valdez Drug Store. tf
OYSTERS
A nice lot of Fox’a Fresh Oyster
Cocktails just received by the Love
Whitley Co. f*
Have you joined the Red Cross?
Christmas Suggestions
Something new in Corset Covers,
combination of lace and ribbon. Also
Crepe de Chine and Kayser silk cor
set covers, flesh and white. Women’s
Crepe de Chine and Jap silk combi
nation suits, flesh and white. E. Win
ters. tf
JOIN THE RED CROSS.
To Reopen “Spy" Case
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. 19.—
The case of Count James Mtnotto,
son-in-law of Louis Swift, Chicago
packer, suspected of being an alien
anemy, was ordered re-opened today
by the bureau of immigration and was
referred back to Chicago for the tak
ing of additional testimony.
Have you joined the Red Cross?
Tl'RKS IMA)T TO TAKE
GOLD FROM Hl’XGARY
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 19.—Accord
ing to the Dokal Anzeiger's Buda Best
correspondent, the authorities of the
Hungarian capital have discovered a
conspiracy to smuggle gold to Turkey
by the Balkan train. Several million
crowns are reported to have been
found on their way from Hungary to
Oottoman territory.
Several arrests were made, the dis
patch adds, the prisoners Including
a high Turkish official, the manager
of a sleeping car company and Herr
Mattin. secretary of the Austro-Hun
gary embassy at Constantinople.
WAR WILL BE WORTH
EVERY CENT IT COSTS
WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 19.—
Vice President Marshall interprets
Germany's efforts to make a separate
peace with Russia as added evidence
that the kaiser realizes he faces ulti
mate defeat.
“I think it shows,” said the vice
president today, "that the kaiser is
getting It through his thick head that
we are going to win this war.”
The vice president declared his be
lief that the war will be worth what
it costs. If only in uniting American
citizens.
“The situation is clearing up rapid
ly and nicely.” he said. “The war
will be worth every cent it costs.”
Christmas Suggestions
A new line of Georgette Crepe and
stripe silk waist piece goods In serges,
taffeta and Crepe de Chine. E. Win
ter. • tf
KEYSTONE PRODUCE CO,
G R O C E R I E S
Heinz S7 Varieties
.j <rji.
A Large Assortment of Fancy Boxes,
af Chocolates and Bon Bons
KEYSTONE AVENUE. McKINMEY STBBET.
KAISER AGREED TO
PREVENT REVOLUTION
PETROGRAD, Dec. 19.—The Ger
man militarists did not listen out of
humanitarian motives or a feeling of
sympathy towards Russian to the pro
posal for an armistice, Leon Trotsky,
the Bolsheviki foreign commissary,
said in an address today to the Sol
diers’ and Workmens’ Delegates. Only
fear of the German proletariat Inspir
ed by the example of the Russian re
volutionists prompted them to accept
the overtures of Epsign Krylenko, the
Bolsheviki oommander-in-chief, he as
serted.
"If the German emperor and his
generals, their breasts covered with
ribbons for the slaughter they have
committed, had their way," Trotsky
declared, "The Russian revolution
would have died, applauded by the
bourgeois and by our present allies
The German emperor and his gener
als entered into negotiations with
Krylenko because the Russian revo
lutionists said to the nations of the
world: ‘For forty months you have
been ruining the lives of hundreds of
millions. Hunger is spreading wider
and wider.’
“The Russian revolution has point
ed a way out and this makes us for
get the want of military success. The
emperor has spoken to us as equal to
equal because he knows a revolution
of the German proletariat, a rebellion
of soldier and peasants, would be the
answer if he gave any other reply."
M. Trotsky declared the diplomats
of the world were destined to see the
greatness of the power of the Bolshe
viki, which had been recognized by
all peoples, adding:
“If the diplomats persist in their
refusal to recognize it they will be
swept away.”
Christmas Suggestions
Some very pretty crepe collars,
plain linen and fancy handkerchiefs.
Dent's kid gloves, black, white and
tan. E. Winter. tf
LOVE MAKES SOME CHANGE
Engaged Man Always Wishes to Have
His Fiancee Conventional, but
Never Freakish.
So long us he looks upon woman as
an amusing curiosity, man is rather
glad to have her wear queer garments
und do unconventional things for his
diversion, says Mary Margaret Mc
Bride in The Columbia Times.
“But just you wait until he falls in
love," she continues. “At once he be
comes a different creature. The prunes
und prisms of conventionality begin to
hedge him round, and before anybody
knows what has happened to him, he
Is laying down a whole category of
don'ts for the poor feminine thing who
is blessed with his lordly love. No
longer does it strike him us diffeerm.
“lie wishes her to lie eut from the
same cloth us all the rest of them, and
in- looks upon himself as a mistreated
individual if she isn’t. All of which is
merely another way of saying there
isn't any such animal as a modern
man.”
Old Apple Still Fresh.
Apples niuy come and tipiiles luuy
go. I»ut this one goes ou forever. This
limy he suid of un apple belonging In
George M. Iteade, of St. I’nill. Minn..
whieh lie picked from a tree in New
York in 1808.
Mr. tteade liveil on a farm in Cort
IhiiiI county, N. Y.. when a I>oy. One
day. Just for amusement, he climbed
one of his father’s apple trees, picked
the largest apple he could And and
stuck cloves in it. says an exchange.
It was merely an experiment, he
said. He had heard of |u-eservlng ap
ples by putting cloves In them, hut
thought It only a Joke.
He gave the apple to his mother, apd
when she died and some goods were
shipped to him In Minnesota, the apple
was found among them, sowed and still
fragrant from the spice.
“This apple.” Mr. Roade said, “has
been front New York to Iknkota, and
from Tennessee to Minnesota. It has
always been exposed to the air. It will
is as shiny and wholesome tooklng as
when T pulled It from the tree. Fifty
years old. It still Is fl* for sale.”
People Kept Ip Ignorance.
The western districts of the vilayet
of Monastlr and a large part of that
of Kossovo are Inhabited hy a race
wilder and more primitive than any
to be found In Europe—the Albanians
Very little Is known of this strange
and Interesting people, save that they
spenk an Indo-European tongue, but do
not belong to any of the recognised
gronps of the Arvan family. It Is
i rohuhle that they tire descended from
the ancient Illyrlnna. who were driven
westward hy the advancing waves of
Slavs. Their language, like the people
themselves. If/ wild and lawless, and
has practically no literature. Even
the popular songs are very few. The
Turktsh government has deliberately
kept them In a state of barbarism apd
Ignorance, and makes use of them to
overawe the neighboring peoples.
Christmas Suggestions
811k Petticoats, with Closflt Jersey
tops. Silk bloomers, colors, flesh,
black and white. Kayser’s silk hose
E. Winter. tf
Have you Joined the Red Cross?
! PERSIA'S RATIONAL QRIRK.
Sharbat la tha Popular Bavaraq^ In
That Thirsty Country.
The great beverage in Persia Is sher
bet. which la plentifully supplied and
of which there are many varieties,
from the bowl of water with a squeeze
of lemon to the clear, concentrated
Juice of any sort of fruit to wbicb wa
ter la added to dilute It.
The preparation of sherbet, which Is
done with the greatest care, la a very
Important point in so thirsty a country
aa Persia and one to which much time
Is devoted, it may be either expressed
from the Juice of fruit freshly gath
ered or from the preserved extract of
pomegranates, cherries or lemons, mix
ed with augar and submitted to a cer
tain degree of beat to preserve It for
winter consumption.
Another sherbet much drunk ia called
gqzangebben. It Is made from the
honey of the tamarisk trqe. This honey
Is not the work of the bee, but tbe
product of a small Insect or worm liv
ing in vast numbers under the leaves
of the shrub. During the months of
August and September the insects are
collected and the honey is preserved
When used for sherbet it is mixed with
vinegar, and, although uot so delicious
as that made from fruit, it makes an
excellent temperance beverage.
Only among the rich and fashionable
are glasses used. In all other enses
sherbet is served In china howls
and drunk from deep wooden spoons
carved in peur wood.
SOI niFRS’ UNIFORMS
They Ar« Not Khaki, but “Cotton O.
D." or “Wool O. O."
Id speaking of the uniforms worn by
the soldiers in the regular army and
the militia do n«t speak of them as
■ khaki. It Is Incorrect, says the Kan
sas City Star, because the soldiers do
not wear khaki, mid. besides, the sol
dlers are not at all partial to the word
The uniforms worn now are describ
ed hy the war department as “Cotton.
O. I).” or “Wool O. D.“ The “O. D."
means olive dral» and Is descriptive of
the color of the uniforms. Cotton uni
forms are worn In the summer and
wool In the winter.
Khaki Is a word of Hast Indian ori
gin. meaning dusty, and comes from j
tin* word kb-tk. meaning dusty. It is a '
clay or dust colored cloth, originally
coining from India. It was first worn j
by the native British troops and later I
hy all British trooi>x serving nbroad or
on campaign.
It was later adopted by the United
States government for both field and
colonial service because of its service j
able (piiilitics anil because it was sup ;
posed to make it harder for the eneni.v j
to detect soldiers. The color of the j
uniforms was supimsed to merge into
the color of the ground.
Khaki is lighter in color than ollv* !
drub, and the khaki cloth is said to he
sufierior to the cotton uniforms now be |
ing worn In the army.
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The Church of Gold. j
There Is no structure just like St |
Mark's, in Venice, in the world. It* |
bulb shaped domes and minaret-likc I
belfries remind the visitor of the ori i
eut. It seems more like a Moham
tuedan than a Christian temple. In the i
facade are scores of variously colons I
marble columns, each one a inonolite
ind all iiossessing an eventful history
Some are from I’phcsus. others from
Smyrna, others from Constantinople
and more than one even from Jcrilsu
lorn. St. Murk’s Is the treasure house
■»f Venice, a plnre of pride as well us j
prayer. The work of beautifying this I
old church was curried on for five ecu I
furies, and each generation tried to |
outdo all that hud preceded it. The !
walls and roof are so profusely covered
with mosaics and precious marbles that
it is easy to undestnnd why St Mark's
has been called the “Cburcb of Gold.”
Galilei and the Swinging Lamp.
The boy Galilei, sitting with hun
dreds of others in the Cathedral of
I'lsH on a Sunday morning, saw an at
tendant draw aside the heavy banging
lamp to light it and then let it swing •
Many other eyes saw the same thing,
but there was only that pulr In Galilei’s
bead which really observed what hap
pened. lie alone noticed that as the
swings of the huge lamp became small
er and smaller they always took the
same time He proved It by counting |
them with Ids pulse He had made a
great discovery, out of which grew the
pendulum clock aud the accurate meas
uremem of time.
Praise Per tha Growler*.
‘“The growlers." says a Georgia phi
losopher. “are the boys that keep the
world moving, for when folks are
growling all the time the world stops
to ask the reason and straightway finds
a remedy for the trouble. If the world
paid any attention to the optimists
things would be at a standstill. Tak
ing it for granted that everything's
O. K. is the end of progress.”—Atlanta
Constitution.
Distinguishing Marks.
“My dinner coat ueeda a button. Ju
lia. Please attend to It tonight-”
“But I can't t«U your dinner coet
from your breakfast jacket dear.”
“Wljy. the breakfast Jacket baa eggs
on It and the dinner coat gravy.”—
8t Louis Post-Digpatch.
“What la llficance of
the phrase the incident la closed T "
“It's a polite way,'** answered Sena
tor Sorghum, “of saying. ’What art
you going to do about ltr “—Washing
ton Star.
————
Everything gaeat la not always good,
but all good things are great-Demoe
’benes
Financial Reserve
There is hardly a day passes but most
of us are called upon to draw upon our re
serve, either physical, mental or financial.
Have you some in store?
This bank is a good place to start a fin
ancial reserve and it cannot help but be of
real service to you.
War Saving Stamps For Sale.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office Foot of Wall Street
MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFT
A PRACTICAL ONE
Universal Electric Honie Needs, Clean, con
venient, quick to do household services for
you.
A Percolator will bring new delight to the
whole family, every day in the year.
A New Electric Flatiron would be welcom
ed, to replace that old one, which has done its
duty.
Or an Electric Toaster Stove would be ap
preciated, as it can be used for so many dif
ferent purposes.
A Portable Reading Lamp will bring the
light just where it is wanted, and will be such
a comfort to those that work or study at night.
YOURS FOR A LIGHTER, BRIGHTER,
WHITER CHRISTMAS
Prince WUliam Sound Water,
Light, Power, Tel. Company
Valdez Pish Prices
Halibut .07 cents a pound, City
Dock; halibut .05 cents pound on
fishing grounds; black cod .01 1-2
cents.
G. W. LONG.
Valdez Iron Works. If you havn’t
anything else to do go fishing. tf
PISH
Fresh black cod, silver salmon,
halibut and kippered cod Just re
ceived on this boat. I.ove-Whltley Co.
tf
SOMH heating stoves at Mead’s. •
A complete line of nugget and Ivory
Jewelry, watches, diamonds, etc., at
the Valdes Drug Store.
n>r first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mar
chants’ Cafe. **
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at O. O. Ralnke’s. tf
AaioucinMnt
Christmas gifts now on display at
the residence of Mrs. Graham. All
are Invited to calL Give your orders
early. Hours 10 a. m. to kp. n.
Mrs Graham and Mrs. Depse.
k-deo-28
DO NOT forget that photo you In
tend sending home this Xmas. Jen- I
nor the Photographer will make them >
for you day or night. tf
. »
A new and complete line of ladles* I
and childrens’ underwear just reoalr
at E. Winter’s. tf j
Fox’s snappy drinks for this sold
weather at Hunt’s. tf
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A pretty line or colored crochet
cotton and stamped pillow slips at
the Need leer aft Shop. tf
At Mrs. Caprls' you will find knit
ted or crocheted caps m»s+ to or
der. tf )
CITY EXPRESS. Phone SS; ready
to transfe. tost baggage for you. tf
Hot-Point Electric Heaters and
Cooking-Appliances at the Emporium.
.Christmas goods coming on the »~t
»b©at. tf i
I
Use Resell H*lr Xnaw.and you wlH '
n0 v^ea JfrM Sore. tf
’ Furnished roossa at Mrs Oslaad’a
Prices reasonable. •