Clearance Sale of
And Children’s Underwear
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We’re dosing out without reserve,
our entire stocks of heavier weights
in* women’s and children’s under
wear. There are Union Suits and
Two Piece garments, sizes are bro
ken but the values are certainly
splendid. Savings run from fifteen
to fifty per cent.
Three New Hosiery Numbers
AJfibre silk in black, dou
ble heel and toe, good
weight, a pair 75c.
An assortment of fancy
I , silk {{hosiery, white with
stripes.' A pair $1.65.
A good weight njool hose
all sizes a pair 75c.
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VALDEZjMERCANTILE CO.
Jenner makes good pictures—thats
a fact. He uses brains and skill and
tact. Another truth to fill my rhyme,
they’re extra good this Christmas
time. The most appropriate Christmas
gift you can give to the beloved ones
outside. Jenner the Photographer, tf
Guilty of Manslaughter
BOZEMAN, Mont., Nov. 16.—Wil
liam O’Malley,"of Butte, was today
found guilty of manslaughter by a
jury in the district court. O’Malley
was tried on a charge of killing John
McNamee during a brawl in front of
a roadhouse near Butte early one
morning last spring. He was tried
first In Butte, the proceedings result
ing in,the disagreement of the jury.
Because of the young man’s high con
nections in Butte, a change of venue
for the seWnd trial was secured to
this county. O’Malley’s punishment
was left by the jury to the court. The
maximum penalty is ten years' im
prisonment.
The steamship Spokane will arrive
from the westward some time early
in the morning. *
When you want Blank Books, Ledgers:, Journals,
Office Fixtures of any Kind, or Typewriter Papers,
get OUR Prices. Our work is guaranteed to be the
best you can get, and at a very slight advance over
Outside prices.
A THROUGH TICKET
Via
Chicago, Miiwauke & St, Paul Ry.
WHY
By buying a through ticket you save from $10.00 to
$15.0(1 as against buying to Seattle and re-buying
there.
By buying over the C. M. & St. P. Ry. you are as
sured the comfort that comes from ridmg behind an
electric locomotive—the most powerful in all the
world— and that personal attention which is a fea
ture of “Milwadkee” service.
For tickets, berth reeerrations and other parti
culars consult your ne treat Steamship Agent.
A. P. CHAPMAN. Jr., J. F. BAHL,
Asst General Passenger Agent City Passenger Agent
Stuart Building, Becond and Cherry,
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WHALERS GET NO WAGES.
THe Crew Oividee a Third of the Pjpf
Mi After Cash Cruise.
The business prlmlpiee of American
whaling are often mentioned as an ex
cel lent example t>f industrial co-ope ra
tion.
A ahlp 1a atoclied aud equipi»ed by
the owners, and tin* profits of tbecniise
are distributed In the ratio of two
thirds to the capital luvested and one
third to labor. No member of the
crew receives wages or a guaranty of
any sort, but to each la allotted a cer
tain abare, termed the ’’lay.’' of the net
results.
In general, the captain’s lay ranges
from n fifteenth to an eighth, accord
ing to hia whaling record. % The mate
aud three lower officers, the four boat
steerers or harpooners, the cooper,
steward? cook, carpenter, seamen And
green hands receive proportionate
sbaree, and so down to the cabin boy,
whose lay la in the neighborhood of
oue two-hundredth, called the "long
lay.”
Tbua the profit of each individual de
(tends upon the success of the cruise.
Ships have sometimes failed to pay, for
their fitting out. Ou the other band,
the Ouward of New Bedford once re
turned with a catch worth at the pre
vailing prices $39o.QDt>. of which the
captain's lay was $40,000 and that of
the least member of the crew shorn
$2,000.—Argonaut.
FUTURE OF THE HUMAN FOOT.
Is Man Daatinad to Lose Hi* To** In
* th* Course of Tim*?
That the human race is slowly evolv
ing toward a condition of clubfooted
ness is suggested by Dr. Truman Abbe
of Washington In tbe Medical liecord.
Dr. Abbe |>olnts to tlie horse's hoof
and its evolution from tbe five total
foot of tbe prehistoric horse by tbe
dropping of one toe after auother and
the consolidation of the bones from
the knee down.
“When we look st the human skele
ton and compare the bone of tbe tibia
and fibula and tlie digits beyond each
of them." he continues, “it does not
take much Imagination to see suggest
ed in the slender fibula and the dimin
utive little toes nil early stage in the
reduction pruciss. whit h If carried
further would lead to a diminution of
the number of t->es on man's loot.*'
And be closes Ids article with these
words: “Wo come thus to the sugges
tion of clubfoot as a tendency toward
the dropping of the post-axial digit
group of the lower limb. And this
dropping of a digit group would seem
to be due to restricted development hi
tbe central nervous ay stem— a factor
that has been at work since before the
days of the five toed horse.”
Why You Eat Food.
Nine-tenths of <>ur food ts eaten to
supply heat and energy The amount
of heat au^l energy required by Indi
viduals Is reckoned In calories. The
most accurate way to determine lion
much food to buy for a family la to
figure bow many calories tbe mem tiers
require. Tables of food values with
directions for using them are published
by botfT national and state agricultural
departments. There are also simple
textbooks that explain clearly tbe use
fulness of reckoning by calorics
These books are readily understood
after a little study of them When one
knows approximately how many calo
ries each member of the family re
quires and how many calories certain
amounts of final contain, one can set
tle with definite figures the old ques
tion that used to l>e answered by
guesswork only ‘How much shall I
buy?"—Woman’s Home Companion.
High and Low Ground.
According to the measurements and
calculations made by tbe United States
geological survey. Delaware Is the low
est state, its elevation above aea level
averaging only sixty feet. Colorado is
tbe blgbeeL averaging 6,900 feet above
the aea, while Wyoming ia a close sec
ond. only 100 feet lower than Colora
do. In minimum elevation Florida and
Louisiana dispute second place after
Delaware, their average elevation be
ing 100 feet for each. Talcing thevUnlt
ed States as a whole, our country Ilea
slightly above the average elevation of
tha land of tbe globe.
' Tm Efficient.
“How la that efficiency expert mak
ing oat over In the place where yon
work?”
“He got the gate the very Brat day
he waa there.”
“What waa the matter? Waa he In
competent?”
“No; he waa too darned competent
Be discovered that the boaa was wast
ing half of oor time telling as things
that we knew better than be did."—
'Philadelphia Ledger.
Magnanimous.
Jack Ford—Did you aee that girl cat
me then? Frank Wilcox—I noticed she
didn’t bow. Jack Ford—And yet I ear
ed her Ufa! Frank Wilcox—How?
Jack Fold—We feere- engaged, and
finally aba said she’d rather die than
marry gee. ah 1 let bar off.—Exchange
If Useteaa. QuK.
• ■ "Oh, atop whining! Is whining goina
to mend matters?"
u-ft eoppoee not,*”
. "Than, If hot, whine not”—dan Fran
dooo Chronicle.
Only Newlywedo Happy.
yen think than an many
marriages? Cyme-Ail. am
that teak-- nlaea todays—
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Steamship Alameda—Sailed from Se
attle for Valdes, Saturday, Not. 10.
Steamship Mariposa—Sailed south
“from Valdez. Tuesday Not. 13.
Steamship Spokane—Sailed west from
Valdez, Wednesday, Nov. 14.
Steamship Alaska—-Will sail from Se
attle Not. 17.
Steamship Admiral Evans—Sailed
south from Valdez, Thursdoy, Nov
ember 8.
NOVEMBER TIDES
Thursday, Nov. 15—
First high tide 0:37 a. m., 7.8.
Second high tide 11:54 a. m., 10.5.
First low tide 5.45 a. m., 3.1
Second low tide 6:48 p. m., —0.8.
Friday, Nov. 16.—
First high tide 1:13 a. m„ 7.7.
Second high tide 12:29 p. m., 10.6.
First low tide 6:22 a. m., 3.2.
Second low tide 7:27 p. m.,—0.9.
Saturday, Nov. 17.—
First high tide 1:56 a. ni., 7.6.
Second low tide 1:08 p. m„ 10.5.
First low tide 7:00 a. m., 3.4.
Second low tide 8:13 p. m., —0.7.
Sunday, Nov. 18.—
First high tide 2:40 a. m., 7.4.
Second high tide 1:50 p. m., 10.1.
First low tide 7:43 a. m., 3.6.
Second low tide 8:53 p. m., —0.4.
DAY'S DOINGS OF
THE DISTRICT COURT
The case of Ludolph Henderson vs.
J. A. Fagerberg and H. M. Fagerberg,
which has occupied the attention of
the cou^t for the past two days, was
concluded this morning when Attor
neys Lyons & Kitcble and J. L. Reed
for the plaintiff and Donohoe & Dl
mond made their arguments to the
Jury. The Jury selected to try the
case is composed of Charles Swan
son, John E. Hughes, George Strix
ner, S. C. Wheeler. C. H. Wetxler, E.
C. Keesler, John Cook, E. A. Sweet,
K. E. Rudolph, C. B. Smith, John
Roseen and Adam Swan. This after
noon the court charged the jury, and
the latter retired to consider the tes
timony.
The action is to recover the sum
of $1,300 wages alleged to be due
the plaintiff for wages as packer, etc.,
the plaintiff alleging that he was hir
ed by the co-partnership, Fagerberg
Bros, while the contention of the de
fendants is that Henderson was em
ployed solely by J. A. Fagerberg, and
during the period mentioned was at
work solely for the latter, and that
H. M. Fagerberg had nothing to do
with Henderson’s employment.
Daily Weather Report
Nov. 14, 1917 Nov. 16, 1917.
7:00 p. m. 7:00 a. m.
29.504 Barometer 29.856
32 Temperature 29
33 Maximum 33
30 Minimum 28
31.5 Mean 30.5
.03 Precipitation .07
1.5 in. ' Snow (all ’ 3 In.
16 In. Snow on ground 19 In.
Cloudy calm. Cloudy, calm, snow
• Ing.
Myrtle F. Billings, Oba.
Trail Bulletin
Fairbnaks—5 above, part cloudy,
calm.
Salcha—2 above, cloudy, calm, 6
Inches snow, trail, (air. 2 N. C. teams
soutl^ yesterday p. m., 1 Sheldon auto
north yesterday a. m., 3 mall autos
Fresh killed home-grown chickens
(or Saturday, at Love-Whitley Co.
Send In your orders early. *
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Tho following schedule for tho har
bor boat "UTC. V. Donaldson" will
tako afoot today. All order* to tho
oontrary are revoked.
Monday. Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Ltaeun Leave Valdes
8:16 a. m. 8:41 a. a.
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAY '
BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1,1917
Banking hours of the First
Bank of Valdez will be
from 9 to 12 m. »
from 1 to 3 p.m.
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THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
VALDEZ, ALASKA.
Valdez Dock Co # phone no. 1 :
JOBBER IN
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COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
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The
Best of All
“I’ve been ad
miring your
wedding gifts
[' and am glad
that your
friends were
so thoughtful
as to ramem- c
berthe electri
cal devices.”
“ How I would have enjoyed them
twenty years ago. Anyhow it is
pleasant to feel that you’ll eryoy
them and you’ll find this
G-E Radiant Electric Grill
the best of all—so practical and convenient—I think I will
get one myself. ” If you are so disposed, give us a call.
P. W. S. W. P. L & T. Co.
north yesterday p. m.
Richardson—18 below, cloudy
calm, trail good. 7 inches snow.
McCarty—20 below, cloudy, calm,
trail good, Sheldon and 2 mall cars
arrived north yesterday p. m.
Donnelly—0 below, cloudy, snow
ing, trail drifted, snow 7 Inches Shel
dons ears south and north yesterday,
mail south and north yesterday, Mc
Nally arrived yesterday.
MoCallnms—12 above, snow 14
Inches, cloudy, south .wind, trail fair.
paxson—10 above, 0 Inches snow,
calm, part cloudy, trail fair.
Hogan—20 above, clear, calm, trail
good, snow 15 Inches, mall north 7
a. m. from Sourdough.
Qnlkana—20 above, 12 Inches of
snow, clear, south wjnd, trail fair,
N. C. team north 7 a. m.
Copper Center—20 above, windy,
part cloudy, trail fair, N. C. teams
north 7 a. m.
Copper taeC—er20
Copper Center—20 above, part
cloudy, windy, trail fair, 16 Inches
enow.
Tonsina—17 above, cloudy, calm,
It lnehse snow, trail bat. ..
TMfcbeil—17 above,, plenty. Otlm,
snow 27 Inches trail bad. ' '
5 Thompson Pass -10 above, cloudy.
calm, trail drifted, Wilson outfit south
6 a.m. date. •
Wortman—26 above, cloudy, calm,
24 inches snow, trail fair.
Saturday, November l?th, Grand
Masque Ball, given by the F. O. E. *
Fox’s snappy drinks for this cold
weather at Hunt’s. tf
A pretty line or colored crochet
cotton and stamped pillow slips at
the Needlecraft Shop. tf
At Mrs. Capris’ you will find knit
ted or crocheted caps made to or
der. tt
CITY EXPRE88, Phone 22; ready
to transfc. tuat bagsuav for yon. tf
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. v . tf
Use Retail Hair Tonic aad yen will
esc no other. Taldes On# Store, tf
. Famished rooms at Mrs Osiaad's.
Prices rcaaaamMe. ' e
to* received •&*» latest mo
Mr seas* tt O. O. MeMkcm. tf