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LIBERTY THEATRE
LILLIANG1SH andALFRED PAGET imascene prom *
“ENOCH ARDEN”four part mvwm, masterpjctdrk
-a PRODUCED BV MAJESTIC
Annie Lee waited ten
years for the return of
Enoch Arden
But don't you wait another minute to see
our Mutual Masterpicture reproduction of
Lord Tennyson's beautiful poem. '
You will recall many scenes often pictured
in your mind's eye as you read the story. See
it actually before your eyes in the wonderful
four-part movie, “Enoch Arden.”
T TONY’S PLACE’S1*
everything
FIRS’! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
>, PIONEER WOMEN WILL
GIVE AX MASTER HALL
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Or
der of Alaska Pioneers aie planning
to give a grand Master ball pu Master
Monday, April 24, which promises to
surpass any event of the season. The
plans have already been arranged for
the affair, and the committee in
charge is now actively engaged In
making the necessary preparations
for giving the people of Valdez an
evening’^ entertainment which will
be long remembered. .
GOVERNOft OP BELGIUM }
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
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AMSTERDAM, March 25.—Advices!
received here from an authentic
source, state that General von Bis
sing, the German military governor
of the occupied portion of Belgium, is
seriously ill, with possible fatal ter
mination.
The Progressive whist party, which,
was to have taken place at the Lilly
Cafe last evening has been postponed
until next week. Owing to the fact
that the launch from Port Liscum
did not 'run yesterday, a number of
people from that place, who were in
tending to take part in. the playing
were disappointed and the party Cor
this reason was held over until next
week.
ARMENIAN REFUGEES
ARRIVE IN NEW YORK
NEW .YORK; March 35—Forty
five Armenian ref ugees, who had been
supported by the American Commit
tee for the relief of Armenians and
Syrians, at Port Said, since la?t. Sep
tember, arrived here on the' Italian
.Utifir America. The Armenians were
among the residents of five villages
located near the foot of Mount
Moses, and were driven from their
homes by the. Turks. They tell terri
ble storids of the atrocities perpetrat
ed upon their people by the Turks.
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Baseball Season Opens.
The baseball season opened in Val
dez this afternoon when an exciting
ranie was played on the beach, near
the wharf, between members of the
Junior League teams. It is reported
that another game will be played to
morrow afternoon. In which the lar
ger players will participate.
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Alaska Investment Co.
-Real Estate, Insurance, Mining Stocks -
Public Stenography Reed Building Accounting
* PINZCN BAR
Imported and Domestic
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Phone 69
PRICE OF FOOD
STILMNCREASES
TEUTONS PAY HIGHEST PRICE
Cost of Living In Vienna anil Beriii.
Practically Doubled.'Within Past
Year—Italy Suffers IiCast of the
s .
Nations Engaged in War.
.jHINGTON, 9. C., March 25—
Enormous Increase in food prices in
European countries, particularly those
of the Teutonic allies,‘Are.shown in
a comparative statement jtist issued
by the Department Of Labor’s bureau
of labor statistics. All food is cheap
er in fhp hliied countries than in Ger
many .ajid, Austria, but there have
been sharp raises in prices also in En
gland ai.v. France.
According to these figures Vienna
has suffered moat of all. Meat that
sold a year ago for 20 cents per
pound is now selling at 47 cents.
Many other foods have gone up in
proportion. Ereatl prices are not giv
en. In Eerlin beef prices rose front
22 cents to 35 cents; veal from 22
cents to 38 cents, and pork from 20
cents to 30 cents. Bacon is selling at
64 cents, thrice what it was a year
ago, and ham has risen to 58 cents.
Lard has doubled in price, and eggs
at 80 cents are twice as high as they
were a year ago.
Prices in Great Britain are given
as 44 per cent higher than a year ago.
The rise in France has been about
23 per cpnt. In Italy prices have
gone up very slowly for the past 12
months, meats alone haying shown
any appreciable increase in price, and
prices for all foodstuffs iA Italy are
lower than In any other of the Euro
pean countries.
Weather Report.
Valdez, March 24, 1916.
Barometric pressure .29.695
Temperature 7 p. m..31
Maximum temperature .41
Minimum temperature .28
Mean temperature ..34.5
Clear, light wind, northeast 10
miles.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, Alaska, March 25, 1916.
Fairbanks. —8: clear, calm.
Salcha. 3; clear, calm.
Richardson, —21; clear, calm.
McCarthy, —5; clear, calm.
Donnelly. IS: clear, trail heavy
south.
McCallura, -9; clear, calm.. trail
good.
Hogan, 18: clear, calm, trail soft.
Gulkana, 2; clear, calm, trail good.
Copper Center. 8; clear, calm, trail
good.
Torstna, 7; clear, calm, trail fair.
Teikhell, 9: clear, calm.
Beaver Dam. 7; clear, calm.
Summit. 114 inches of snow: clear,
calm, trail drifted.
Wortnian’s. 26; clear, calm, trail
fair.
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Congregational Church.
Rev. J. P. Dunstan. pastor.
Sunday services.
11:00, Devotional Service. Ser
mon. "A-Very Present Help." Chil
dren’s story. “Motor Cars.”
12:00 Sunday School.
7:30 Evangelistic Service. Address
“The Transfiguration of .Man." All
strangers cordially Invited.
Monday evening: Bible study cir
cle.
Wednesday Evening: Choir practice.
Thursday afternoon; Ladies Aid.
Thursday at 7:30: Prayer meet
ing
GEORGE REID.
Socialist Unionist Elected M> P
Por St. George's, England.
Photo by American Press Association.
WHERE DRUGGISTS FLOURISH.
How tho Business Is Run. In tho South
American Republic*.
Latin Americans are great believers
in medicines and. due to tlie scarcity
of physicians, are obliged to “doctor’*
themselves. Pharmacy is consequent
ly profitable. With the exception of
modern Europe, Canada and the Unit
ed States pharmacy is practiced in
other lands of the world much as it
was in the United -Slates seventy-five
or a hundred years ago. and this Is
particularly true of the republics to
the, south of*us.
The individual druggist makes bis
own pills, extracts, tinctures. Infusions
and pulverizes his own crude drugs.
Soda water fountains are few. The
usual rubber goods, toilet articles,
soaps, perfumes, instruments and sun
dries are carried.
Each druggist makes a line of his
own specialties which he pusties. In
addition to tb^ standard drug3 and
medicines, he also carries remedies
atid medicaments known only in his
immediate vicinity. They are mostly
of Indian origin, compounded from
roots, herbs or other ingredients, pro
duced only in the country where he
lives. These find a ready sale among
ail classes.
Superstitious ideas are prevalent,
mid these are frequently taken ndvan
tage of by the unscrupulous. One. phar
macist mmlc u fortune selling Indians.*
half c-astes, and whiles, for that mat
ter, too, ‘"pink-- love powders" and
“white love powders.” The white love
powder was pulverized sugar, while
the pink love powder was made of the
same material colored. Indians would
walk hundreds of miles to buy this
precious powder.—Leslie's Weekly.
THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
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It Is Said Jto Hava the Most Trying
Climate In the World.
The chief peculiarity about Kurua is
ttiat the natives believe the place
where they live is the exact site of the
garden of Eden.
, The climate of Kunva is aeknowl
edged to be the most trying in all the
worl'd. The heat is terrific in the sura
mer time. It is claimed that the Brit
ish government has a record of 159
degrees in the shade upon the bridge
of a boat anchored in the river at
Busreh, a little to the south.
The missionaries at Busreh tell of
nights whan the thermometer regis
ters not less than 125 degrees. British
sailors bound for the Persian gulf in
the summer time usually desert if they
can. Perhaps in Arizona the thermom
eter rises nearly as high, but there is
the dry air. while }n the Persian gulf
it is exceedingly moist
The Europeans at Busreh must pass
the days in underground chambers, or
serdaubs. while a native boy pulls a
huge fan, or punkah, suspended from
the ceiling to. keep the air in circu’a
tiou. The nights are spent on the
roof, for it is impossible to sleep be
low
ha the winter time the air seems ex
ceediogly cold, for the marshes are
filled with salt, and as the wind
sweeps over the plain the moist air is
peculiarly penetmting. Frequently
I he Arab, benumbed by flu cold, fails
from bis horse.—Christian fteratd
Where Plato Taught.
The famous academy of Pluto was In
a suburb of Athens, about a mile nortli
of Ihc DypIJuni gate. It :s said to have
belonged to the hero Acadcmus: hence
ihc name. It was surrounded with u
wall and adorned with walks, groves
and fountains. Plato possessed u small
estate in the neighborhood and for
some fifty years taught his “divine plii
lasophy" to young and old assembled
in the academy to listen to his wise
words. After Pinto’s death in :{48 B. C.
the academy lost much of Its fame, but
the beauty remained for centuries aft
er the great teacher was no tnore.
New York American.
The Margin of Leisure.
A broad margin of leisure Is as beau
tiful In a man’s life as in a book.
Haste makes waste no less In life than
in housekeeping. Keep, the time, ob
serve the hours of the universe, no.t «f
the cats. What are threescore years
and ten hurriedly and coarsely lived to
moments of divine leisure in which
your life is coincident with the life of
the universe? Wtf live too fast und
coarsely, just as we eat too fast and
fio not know the true savor of our food.
We consult our will and understanding
and the expectation of men. not our
genius.—Tiioreau.
Inducements to Matrimony.
There prevails In some parts of Brit
tany a curious marriage custom. On
certain fete days the marriageable
girls appear in red petticoats, with
white or-yellow borders around them.
Tile number of borders denotes the
portion the father is willing to give bis
duughfer. Each white band denotes
100 francs per annum; each yellow
band represents 1.000 francs a year
Volcano Made by Man.
At BrUle, France. Is the most re
markable volcano made by men. Orig
inally it waa a mass of coat, millions
of. tons. One day about a century ago
the .coal caught flje. and It has never
ceased burning- The summit of the
smoldering mass has a genuine crater.
Paradoxical^
“There was a runny thing about that
counterfeit note charge."
“Wbat was It V
“The grand jury' found a true bill in
Mie ease.”—Baltimore American.
The grandest 9,f all human senti
ments—what Is rJtyltV It Is that man
should forget lillraiiger before he lies
down to sleep.
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
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Making a Specialty of Haas & Sons’ Candy
We Have
Varied Sweets
Glace Fruit
Old Fashioned
Nut Chocolates
French Mixed
Chocolate Supreme
Home Made Specials
The Largest Stock of Candies in the Norths
Valdez Dock Co. phone no. ■
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, toot of Wall street.
We Are Agents For The
Dayton Electric House Pumq^
Which have fewer parts, ran more
easily and quietly, require less
attention and cost less per year of
service than any other pnmp on
the market.
And the
"Bor 5” Vacuum Cleaner
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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.
CHAE.PESBY
\A Comafefe Service.-'
1 IN TOE HEART OE THE CITY®
I l55Boom s with bath-50 SamploRboma
DONALDSON SCHEDULE
Lvs. Port LI scum Las. Valdes
8:15 a.m. 9:46 a.m.
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a.m 9:46 a.m.
1:15 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p.m. 4:00 p.afcJT
7:00 p.m. 10:30 ptaw
There will be no trip of the Iauneh
on the second and fourth Fridays of
each month, these dan being used to
clean boltofs.
George E. Dlsmukes and Mrs. Dls
rnukes of New Orleans, are visitors in
town, and are looking over the coun
try. Mr. Dtsmukes is a coal opera
tor and is likely to interest himself In
the Alaska coal Helds.
Kimonos, House-dressos, Aprons,
Caps and Woo! Petticoats arrived on
lie '«st boat for tho Emporium, tf
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Why Pay Rent? When between
two and three year’s rent will buy
yon a fine hope. See our bargains.
Alaska Inv. Co., Reed bldg 2t
These warm, sunshiny days are
bringing the householders into the
open, and the snow or the sidewalks
is rapidly disappearing before the at
tacks of tho snow shovel.