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Don’t Forget
the Bazaar and Dance to be given by
the Women’s Guild on Thanksgiving
night at Moose Hall. You can pur
the majority of your Xmas gifts there
and they will be sure to please. A fish
pond will also be In evidence. This
will be for children but the grown ups
will be permitted to try their luck if
they wish. tf
LAUNCH DELLA ARRIVED
IN PORT YESTERDAY
The launch Della, Capt. H. L. Rid
er, arrived in port last night from
Ellamar, Landlock, and Fidalgo. Mr.
and Mrs. Bryon Wilson, Grant Rem
ington, and Chas. Blum were Valdez
passengers. Capt. Rider reports a fine
trip both ways. The weather being
fine and the sea calm. The Della may
sail Tuesday for Ellamar and way
ports.
Grant Remington arrived in town
last evening on the launch Della from
Ellamar.
Charles Blum is a Valdez visitor
from down the sound, arriving last
/evening on the launch Della.
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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, Milwauke & St, Paul Ry.
WHY
By buying a through ticket you save from $10.00 to
$15.00 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 ridingbehind an
electric locomotive—the most powerful in a all the
world--1 and that personal attention which is a fea
ture of "Milwaukee” service.
For tickets, berth rsesrrattonsand other parti
culars consult your nearest Steamship Agent.
A. P. CHAPMAN. Jr- J. F. BAHL,
Aset General Passenger Agent ~ City Passenger Agent,
Styart Building, Second and Cherry,
fliittlt, Washington*
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VICTORIA MATED
FOB SEWARD TRIP
' Before being turned oVer to the
United 8tntee shipping board for fu
ture disposition, the Alaska Steamy
ship Company's liner Victoria, which
reached port from her last voyage to
Nome a few days ago, will make one
round-trip p&ssage to Southwestern
Alaska port for the purpose of reliev
ing the congestion of copper ore due
to the heavy salmon shipments moved
during recent months.
Upon discharging the S.000 tons
of copper Ore she brought on her re
cent voyage, the Victoria will be made
ready to sail Saturday noon for Sew
ard, Cordova, Valdes and Prince Wil
liam Sound points. Northbound she
will take a full cargo of supplies and
general merchandise, and will load
over 2,000 tons of copper ore for the
return. - %
While the coming voyage of the
Victoria will be tender the jurisdic
tion of the shipping board, the Alaska
Steamship Company Is commissioned
to operate the vessel on a percentage
basis. On her return from the North
the operating company will officially
turn the boat over to the. shipping
board, as the voyage will mark the
closing of the season as far as this
particular vfessel Is concerned. The
shipping board will probably arrive
at some conclusion as to. the future
use to which the big steamship will
be put.
Rumors current along the water
front are to tbe effect that she will
be placed on the Puget Sound-Calif
ornla run, but no confirmation of the
report Is to be had from the local rep
resentatives of the shipping board.
AMERICA NS ENJOY
LIKE IN TRENCHES
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE, Nov. 23.—The Ameri
cans are becoming experts rapidly
at patrol work.
Activity along the American sector
virtually is an open warfare which
is distinctly an American game.
A recent incident lnvblved five pri
vates who rushed out from their dug
outs as Germans entered the trench
The Americans fired so accurately that
the Germans were prevented from ad
vancing.
Many of the men are crack marks
men with both the revolver and rifle,
and are mastering the machine guns
and heavier artillery pieces in a way
that astonishes the French instruct
ors. ' ,
DETAILS ARE GIVEN
OF LOSS OF ST. DAVID
That the wreck of the barge St.
David and the resultant loss of the
cargo of copper ore on board was
due to carelessness, was the report
which reached Juneau yesterday.
The tug Daniel Kern with the crew
of the St. David on board loft Yaku
tat to pick up the barge, after the
tug Commodore arrived at that place
in tow of the Daniel Kelly. The
Commodore was forced to abandon
the barge, having lost her propeilor,
and the Kern was sent out to pick
her up.
On arriving at the wreck, the
captain of the Kern refused, accord
ing to the story told here, to allow
the regular crew of the St. David
to go Aboard the barge, but put a
crew aboard from among its own
men. Taking the barge in tow, they
went into Yakutat, but in coming to
an anchorage the tug struck a reef
and was rendered helpless.
The crew on the St. David at the
time endeavored to drop the anchors,'
but.were unable Jo do so. and the
barge drifted onto another reef. < She
was stripped by the crew of the tug
and barge, and in the storm which
occurred during the past few days,
broke entirely to pieces. /
An Admiralty case concerning the
matter la now being tried at Ketchi
kan.—Empire.
Guild Sato Thursday Not. II. tf
STEAMER SAILINGS
Steamship Admira 1 Evans—Sailed
from Seattle for Valdez, Wednes
day, Nov. 21.
Steamship Alaska—Passed Juneau
Nov. 20. Due in Valdez, November
23.
Steamship Alameda—Sailed south
from Valdez, Sunday afternoon,
Nov. 1 i.
Steamship Spokane—Sailed south
from Valdes, Friday,, Nov. 10.
Steamship Mariposa—Sailed south
from Valdez, Tuesday, Nov. 13.
NOVEMBER TIDES
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Friday. Nov. 23.—
First high tide 7:28 a. m., 8.7.
Second high tide 7:48 p. m., 7.3.
First low tide 0:40 a. m., 1.7.
Second low tide 1:53 p. m., 2.4.
Saturday, Nov. 24.—
First high tide'8:20 a. m., 9.4.
Second high tide 9:06 p. m., 7.4.
First low tide 1:42 a. m., 2.0.
Second low tide 3:^2 p. m„ 1.3.
Sunday, Nov. 26.—
First high tide 9:07 a. m., 10.1.
Second high tide 10:09 p. m„ 7.7.
First low tide 2:40 a. m., 2.3.
Second low tide 3:68 p. in., 0.2.
Monday, Nov. 26.—
First (light tide 9:62 a. m., 10.6.
Second high tide 11:03 p .m., 7.9.
First low tide 4:21 a. m., 2.6.
Second low tide 5:32 p. m., —1.02.
Notice
There will be no meeting of th-;
Eastern Stars tonight.
H. COCKERILLE,
k21 • " Secretary.
CHINA ENTERS ITS
PROTEST TO AMERICA
WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. 23.—
A formal protest against the new
agreement between the United States
and Japan, referring to the fact that
the United States concedes that Ja
pan has a special interest in China,
though it is barred from territorial
acquisition, has been filed by Woo
Che, Chinese minister, from instruc
tions from his government.
China is said to be awakening to
the importance of the agreement, as
touching her national life, especially
regarding the open door for which
Japan and the United States are both
pledged, and therefore has died a pro
test at Washington and at Toklo with
the Japanese government. She expects
that both the United States and Jap
an will formally reply that no sin
ister design on China Is contemplat
ed in the new agreement.
Victoria to Sail Nov. 27.
Word was received here yesterday
that the steamship Victoria will sail
from Seattle Nov. 27, for Prince Wil
liam Sound. She will take the out
side passage both going and coming,
touching only at Cordova, Valdez and
Seward. This will probably be her
last trip as-the government will place
her on a South Pacldc run.
Remember *
to buy your Xmas presents at the Ba
zaar to be given by the Women’s
Guild on the 29th of November at
Moose Hall. Candy, and many other
helpful suggestions for Xmas will
be found there. A dance will be given
after the sale. tf
Daily Weather deport
Nov. 22. 1*17 Nov. 23, 1917
7:00 p. m. 7:00 a. m.
29.734 Barometer 29.859
22 Temperature 30
31 ' Maximum 32
19 Minimum 22
25 - Mean 27
— Precipitation ( .04
— anow tali .5
17 Snow on ground 17.5
Cloudy, calm. Cloudy, snowing,
light snow during
night.
' , DONALDSON SCHEDULE "
The following schedule for tho bar*
bor boat "LtC. V. Donaldson” wdl
taka affect today. All orders to the
coatranr Are revoked..
Myday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
Lve. Fort Ltseum Leave Valdes
0:10 a. a. »;45 a. a.
1:15 p. a. 4:05 p. a.
., TUBSDAT
f: 15 p. a. ■ 1:00 p. a.
4:10 p. a. 5:00 p. a.
* >; SATURDAY
HI6 a.- 4:00 p. a.
7:15 gC a. 10:00 p» a.
11:10.,a. . 10:00 a. a.
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.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
VALDEZ, ALASKA.
Valdez Dock Co # PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN '
COAL, HAY
GRAIN arid
LUMBER
Office, toot of Wall street
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TU be back in a moment.”
Visitors—“Oh!—don’t bother
—we can’t stay long.”
Hostess—“Never mind —
just make yourselves
comfortable. I’ll be back
in a moment and surprise
you.”
! One Visit or—“She can’t sur
prise me. 1 have o* e of
those little electee disk
stoves myself. They be
come red hot in a minute
andv ou can cook any thing
at all o;i tho:n
in i\ surprising
ly short time/’
▼'* keep ti *!oc?c s’l
ilvl«srid i*e* ol 0-?,
Di«k Slave*. 'Tip
■r* tW teat of *:i/i
•a; ud coavoawace.
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light ft Telephone Co.
Myrtle F. Billings, Obs.
Trail Weather Report
Fairbanks—2 below, cloudy, calm,
6 inches snow.
Sal^h**—• below, cloudy, calm, (
Inches snow,. trail fair. ^ mall cars
bottom with mail south a. m. data, i
Beaver Dam—2 above, cloudy, j
calm, snow 40 inches, trail fair, Wll- i
son outfit relaying north.
Thompson Pass aero, cloudy,
calm, trail drifted, €4 inches snow,
Wortman—25 above, snowing, 30
inches snow, calm, trail heavy.
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weather at Hunt’s. ' tf
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cotton apd stepped, pillow slips at !
the Hcedlccraft Shop. tf |
At Mrs. Caprts’ you will find knit- !
tod or crocheted caps made to or- j
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lee at reasonable prices toy the Mar- i
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