STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDBZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
HIGH TONED TAILORING
to high toned men. Gentlemen
who are the meet exacting in
the style and fit of their gar
ments swear by us. Our fab
rics are of the highest grade,
cut and fit by most skillful tai
lors and at the same prices
paid for inferior work.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
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1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 191/
PIONEER CONTRACTOR art BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA-PHONE 18
REFERENCES ( S. BLUM A CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS { B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaaka.
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Propr.
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms.Phone 35
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Independent Steam laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
I Foot Keymone Ave
| Rough Dry 10c lb
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Location notices, both qn&rtz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Complete line of Balk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf
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, Anything in nugget and ivory jew
elry at Valdez Drag Co.
. Rexall! Rexall! Investigate Rex
*11 products at the Owl Drug Store, tf
Valentines, three for five cents and
upward, at the Emporium. tf
Ihe best of everything in box
Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen tf
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Hot drinks are in full swing at the
Candy Kitchen tf
for flrst-clasB meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
.Subscribe for the Prospector.
Try the Cottage Dining Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M.
Rucker. Phone 131. tf
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Pictures and Panoramic Views
make fine presents. Valdez Drug
Co. tf
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Prospector ads bring results.
For Sale.
Lop-Eared Malamute Dog, 16 mos.
old, weight 103 lbs.; price f. o. b. Val
dez $75.00. Address, Box 232,
Douglas, Alaska. k3-l-17
FREAK TREES.
H«vy Snowstorms Often Cauaa Saul
and Twiatad Trunks.
To the person who la not versed In
forest lore the grotesquely bent tree
trunks that are to be found In almost
all woods a.e mystifying, and wonder
la often aroused as to the cause.
Foresters will tell questioners that in
the case of trees In mountainous coun
try and other sections whore the snow
fall Is heavy the weight of snow Is re
sponsible In most Instances for the
queer twists they assume.
When a tree Is young the weight of
snow that falls on its branches often
bends the trunk over until It Is flat
tened to the ground. Sometimes it is
burled under six or eight feet of snow
and held In that position so long that
when warm weather comes the tree
falls to spring back into its normal po
sition.
The summer sun causes the tip of
the young tree to turn upward, and if
it mnnag^s to withstand the weight of
the snow of the next winter thnt por
tion of the tree will, as a general rule,
continue to grow in a normal way.
"Hairpin” bends and other odd shapes
result.
A curious tree stands on the top of
Tunnel hill, Johnstown, Pa., about four
miles from town. It is a sugar mapla
about 100 years old, which has pro
longed Its own life by grafting a
branch Into a much younger tree.—
Popular Science Monthly.
VAMPIRE BATS OF PERU.
That* Bloodsucking Animals Hava
Bulldog Heads.
On the morning after our arrival at
San Miguel bridge (Peru) the pack
mules nearly all showed blood blotches
on their withers and backs, where they
bad been attacked during the night by
vampire bats which had fed on their
blood. This bat, Desmodua rotundus.
Is plentifully distributed throughout
Peru In altitudes below 10,000 feet
It is one of the most highly special
ized species of existing bats. The lower
Jaw is decidedly undershot, and the
head, with Its short cropped ears and
broad muzzle, has a strikingly bulldog
appearance. The legs are well devel
oped and rather heavy, enabling the
animal to move fairly rapidly on the
ground, in which situation it is by no
means the shuffling, helpless creature
like many other bats. If molested when
thrown to the ground it will turn and
bite savagely.
The teeth are a highly modified cut
ting apparatus for making incisions Id
the skins of mammals and birds.
In habits they are sociable and are
commonly found living in caves or tun
nels, suspended from the celling in
dusters often of immense size.—Na
tional Geographic Magazine.
The Food of the Cod.
The cod has the reputation of being
as omnivorous as the goat, whose ap
petite for posters and old tin cans is
the subject of frequent jests. The va
ried nature of what the cod swallows
is not more remarkable than the enor
mous quantity. According to a writer
in the Scotsman, such articles as silver
brooches, clasp knives, books and rub
ber balls have been found in its stom
ach. One fisherman of Aberdeen has a
stone that weighs more than a pound,
taken from a cod that had swallowed
it for the sea anemones with which It
was covered. The same fisherman has
also found specimens of almost all the
stalk eyed crustaceans that frequent
the northern coast of Scotland and of
every kind of fish that a cod can mas
ter, including its own young. Cod have
been known to swallow partridges
guillemots and hares.
Alder Dye.
For the purpose of making dyes the
common alder appears to have been
unnoticed by the pioneers of this coun
try. who made use of so many barks
and roots. However, it was well
known to the Indians, who used It to
good efTect. It dyes a reddish color,
and down to a few years ago was em
ployed by natives of the northwest
Pacific coast in coloring their fish nets.
Alder dye, used for the same purpose,
is said to be the oldest recorded dye in
the world. It is mentipned in the
Kalevala of Finland, supposed to date
nearly 3,000 years ago.
Good Talker.
"You talk well on the subject In
which you are most Interested.” said
the impertinent girl.
"And what is that?” asked the man.
scenting a compliment.
“Yourself!” said the Impertinent girl
demurely.—London Answers.
Lots of Turns.
Johnnie—1 ain’t goln’ to school any
more. Just because I snickered a little
the teacher turned me over to the priu
clpal, and the principal turned me over
to pa. Mother—Was that all? Johnnie
—No: pa Just turned me over his knee
—American Boy.
The Eternal Feminine.
"Here I have to go and be bored to
death at that horrid Mrs. Jiggers* just
on account of my husband’s perver
slty.”
"Did he tell you you should go?”
“No; he told me I shouldn’t.”—Balti
more American.
Universal Language.
Blobbs—Do you think we shall ever
have a universal language? Slobbs
We have now, when money talks.—
Philadelphia Record.
Rubbing It In.
Bob—Perhaps we had better forget
one another? Bess—Oh, I couldn’t do
that. 1 have so few things to laugh
about!—Puck.
IF SHE EVER COMES TO
ALASKA, SHE'S LOST
WICHITA, Kan., Feb. 23.—The
police of Wichita, as upright a body
of night stick twiddlers a8 ever
thrived in a prohibition state, ner
vously are seeking Gertrude Smith,
wife of James of the ilk, who fled
her bed and board in the Smith man- \
!f-ion at Augusta, Kan., several days I
ego.
James wants her and the two
children she took with her to come
back home, and he has asked the
I
eagle-eyed pavement pounders to find
her. There is but little, he admit3,
to distinguish Gertrude from other
feminine Smiths except one of her
legs, on which in a moment of pride
she had tatooed the initial "G."i
James says he is certain that if the
good officers of the law will but ex
amine a few lady Smith's legs they
will run across a vagrena “G" and
Gertrude.
I Now, in Kansas, a great many in
novations in politics, law and even
police procedure are developed, but so
far no policemen not even the bachel
ors have volunteered to go alpha
bet seeking to find Gertrude and her
tatooed leg.
In his plea to the police James ne
glected to give the exact latitude and j
longitude of the initial. That's the
'most interesting topic of discussion
these quiet Wichita evenings around
I police headquarters.
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SODEHSTKOM EXPRESSES
SYMPATHY FOR VALDEZ
Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 6, 1917.
Editor Prospector: I certainly
; sympathize with the people of Valdez
| that were made homeless through the
big fire that swept the town the first
■of the new year.
j It is indeed very remarkable that
two fires should come that close to
gether. The destruction of personal
property must be considered im
mensely big.
i My sympathy goes still deeper, as
i the town lost one of their leading
business men and one of the mosi
■prominent merchants in Alaska, Mr
Sam Blum, who was looked upoi.
iboth among miners and others as a
great friend, and whose name will be
memorized both in Valdez and else
where for many years to come.
A. T. SODERSTROM.
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' COLDER TEMPERATURE
REPORTED FROM INSIDE
A general fall in temperature is re
ported from the interior stations, with
the exception of Hogan and Reave’
Dam. where a raise of 12 and 14 de
grees respectively was recorded. All
the other stations report a drop of
from 2 to 32 degrees since yesterday
l morning. The greatest drop was at
i Donnelly, 32 degrees to 18 below
'zero. McCarty is second with a droi
of 26 degrees to 14 below and Me
Callum and Gulkana next with 2<.
I degrees to 15 to 30 below respective
ly. Fairbanks reports a drop of 13
degrees to 19 below and the other
.stations report a drop of 2 to 5 de
| grees. All stations except Hogar
■ Beaver Dam and Wortman report be
1 low zero weather. The local weather
report also shows a slight drop. Dur
ing the 12 hours ending at 7 o’clock
■this morning the thermometer regis
tered a minimum temperature of 1
I above and a maximum of 36 above,
jthe latter figure being recorded at 7
■ o’clock.
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J. L. Steele, the well known min
j ing man, was a passenger for La
I touche and western points, on the
I steamship Alaska.
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THE THRIGE-A-WEEK EDITION
j OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
i IN 1917
Practically a Daily at the Price
i of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
| per in the World gives so much
at so low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
jin the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now half-way into
its third year, and whether peace be
at hand or afar off the events to fol
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice a Week World, The
Dally Prospector and The Weekly
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 158 copies of
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for thlr
: price. Can you afford to be without
them.
The Thrice-a-Week World,
The Dally Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
AUL FOR $18.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly
Miner are the only papers published
at Valdez, and are replete with local
and world news. The Miner makes e
specialty of Territorial News In con
densed form. The World is too well
known to our readers to dilate upon
;ts field of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a fire insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if fire docs come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresigh' is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
'S1 TONY’S PLACE”™
EVERYTHING <
FIRS! CLASS 1
ANTON CARLSON.
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Oar Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FBCfT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Beattie to Valdes—
Feb. 16—9. S. Adm. Farragut
For Seward
Feb. 26—S. S. Adm. Watson,
For Kodiak
Mar. 2—S. 9. Adm. Brans
Mor. 9—9. S. Adm. Farragut
FYom Valdez for Seattle—
Peb. 23—S. S. Adm. Parragut
Mar. 8—S. S. Adm. Watson
Mar. 10—S. S. Admiral Evana
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
loe Angeles
San Francisco to Ias Angeles, Dally Except Sunday
Saa Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY’ BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY' Valdez, Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailinjcfe from Seattle—
Feb. 10—8. S. Alaska
Feb. 24—9. 8. Northwestern
Mar. J — S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 8—8. 3. Alaska
Mar. 10—8. S. Northwestern
Valdez to Beattie—
Feb. 15—S. S. Mariposa
Feb. 23—S. S. Alaska
Mar. 4—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. 8—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 16—S. S. Alaska
-CALLING AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHB AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Hxplosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. TUACY, Gen’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Local Agent
Make it a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to Elec
trification, you’ll enjoy the comfortable accommo
dations and you’ll like the little .courtesies inci
dent to "Milwaukee” service.
J. C. Martin, Valia*, FUat 1 A. E. Harm, T. P. A. Jaaaaf, Alaska.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway
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Rexall! Rexall! Always gets firbt
call by discriminating buyers who
know that Rexall stands for superla
tive excellence. Owl Drug Store, ex
clusive agents. if
Pure Fresh DrugB at the Valdez
Drug Store. ✓ if I
Por fine Candies see our stock. |
Valdez Drug Oo. tf
A new line of Boaters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
Just received, a new line «r Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Just Received—th*- latest Popular'
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf j
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe. t^at baK*..,-*: for you. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland'a.
Prices reasonable. •,
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE.
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Location notices, ootn quartz and
placer, at the Miner office.