Announcement
We have secured the agency for the
Quality Tailoring Co. of N. Y, Inc.
(Connected with the Alfred Benjamin-Washington Co.)
Correct Clothes,
and we are now in a position to take
your measure for “Made to Order ’
clothes; from Twenty-five dollars up.
Spring Samples nou) ready.
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
ph....no DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
^one 19 the dentist
Oft\ce rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m., to 6 p*jn.. 7 p, m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. SB
HOURS—9 to 12 a. a.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9p. a.
DONOHOE & D1MOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdes, Alaska
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorney* at Law
Office* in Whaling Building
•Phone 101 Valdes. Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
jCivil Engineer and'
U. S. Deputy Land and
^ Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdez, Ala*lea.
Valdez Miners Union No, 188
We• tern Federation of Miner*
1 -
H.M. CARTER. PreeMeot
Granite Mine.
QRA3. McCAlXl^SeereUn^
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez,
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party of Alaska
Meets every Saturday at 8 p. m.
Next door to Senate Saloon.
Everybody Welcome.
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' Comparisons.
Daughter— But Archie is remarkably
clever, papa!
Father—Clever? And drawing $15 a
week!
Daughter—True, papa; but think how
much less he’s worth!—Boston Globe.
G. O. Reinke, the watchmaker and
jeweler, Is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
f THE READING TABLE T
There Is no light that makes night \
reading so easy as does Electricity. An '
Electric portable Is a source of pleasure
in every home—as well as a means of
health. The entire body suffers if the
eyes become affected. Reading In Im
proper light is one of the worst things
for the eyes. Get an Electric Portable
and read in comfort and peace.
Alaska Water, light Telephone & Company
' WHALES IN THE HUDSON.
They Gave tha Dutoh Colonist* •
Scar* In the Winter of 1646.
In 1040 the colony of Rensselaers
wljk hnd n very liurd winter of It In
deed. On the 25th of November the
North river was closed and remained
frozen for four months. A very high
freshet followed, which destroyed a
number of houses In the vicinity, near
ly carried away the fort and Inflicted
considerable damage In the colony.
This, however, was not an unusual
thing to the colonists, who In Holland
had been uccustomed to equally hnrd
winters. Much worse was the appear
ance of a sea monster that they had
never seen In their native country.
“At the same time as the freshet,”
says Antonie de Hooges, secretary of
Itensselaerswljk, “there appeared be
fore us a certain flsh of considerable
size, snow white In color, round In the
body and blowing wnter out of his
head. What It portended God the Lord
only knew. At the same Instant this
flsh appeared we bad the first thunder
and lightning this year." The public
astonishment had scarcely subsided
when "another monster was seen, esti
mated at forty feet In length, of a
brown color, having fins In his back
and ejecting wnter In like manner high
in the air."
This flsh "which had first ascended
the river (the North river) stranded on
Ills return to sea on an Island some
forty miles from the mouth of the
river, near which place four others
grounded this year."
This Island goes since by the name of
Walvisch or Whale Island.—Gazette de
Hollande.
THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
Those Who Are and Are Not Eligible
to the House of Commons.
The British parliament consists of
the king (or queen regnant), the lords
spiritual and temporal and the com
mons. The crown virtually appoints
the lords spiritual, and the peerages of
the lords temporal have been created
by the crown, but the members of the
house of commons are elected.
Every male British subject of full
age und sound mind is eligible unless
he Is n peer, a member of the clergy of
the Roman Catholic church, the Church
of England or the Church of Scotland,
a Judicial officer, a holder of an office
under the crown which has been cre
ated since 1705 or a pensioner from the
crown.
A member of the house of commons
holds office until the dissolution of par
liament by proclamation under the
great seal. The king summons parlia
ment to meet and prescribes the time
and place of Its meeting, prorogues
and dissolves It and commands the
writ for the election of members to
the bouse of commons. The present
statute law exacts the meeting of par
liament once In three years, but the
annual voting of supplies has super
seded obsolete statutes.
In addition to the general elections
held after the dissolution of a parlia
ment. there are byelections, occurring
when a seat has become vacant by the
death of a member, by his succession
to the peerage or by his acceptance of
office under the crown.—New York
Times.
Mazzini Loved London’s Fogs.
What feature of London has the
strongest appeal for the foreigner?
Mazzini loved above all things else the
London fogs.
“When you look up,” he wrote, "tUe
eye loses Itself in a reddish, boll simp
i ed vault, which always gives me, 1
don't know why, an idea of tiie phos
phorescent light of the inferuo. The
whole city seems under a kind of spell
and reminds me of the witches’ scene
in 'Macbeth' or the Brocksbcrg or the
Witch of Endor. The passersb.v look
like ghosts. One feels almost a ghost
oneself.”
And years after he had left Loudon
for Italy he writes to a friend. “I think
very often under these radiant skies of
the London fogs and always regretful
ly.”—London Spectator.
Did Hi* Part.
A little bo; of live was Invited to a
children’s party. Tbe next day be
was giving an account of the fun and
said that each of the little vlsljors had
contributed either a song, a recitation
or music for the pleasure of the rest.
“Oh. poor little Jack!’ snid his moth
er. "How very unfortunate you could
do nothing!”
“Yes. I could, mother,” replied tbe
young hopeful. “I stood up and said
my prayers!”—San Francisco Star.
Ha Draw the Lins.
Officer—What’s the matter with that
soup you’re turning up your nose at?
Private—It’s full of sand und grit, sir
Officer—Now, look here, my man, did
you come to camp to grumble or to
serve your country? Private-Well, 1
did come to serve my country, sir, but
not to eat it—Brooklyn Eagle.
Altruism.
Willie—Paw. what is an altruist?
Paw—An altruist is a man who Is sat
isfied with the way the government is
run and the way the ball team is man
aged, my son.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Poor 3chiller.
MIstress-What? Broke one or my
china figures? The Ooetbe, 1 suppose
Gretchen—No, ma’am, ouiy the -Schil
ler.— FI legends Blatter.
Her LimiL
She—You must admit that a woman
generally gains her point He—Yes,
until she tries to sharpen a pencll.
Phtladelphia Record.
It la tbs wise bead tbat makes tbe
still tongue.—Lucas.
~~ A NOTE IN SCHOOL
Did You Ev«r, on the Sly, Either Slip
One or Receive One?
Did you ever get a note in school?—
from a boy?—from a big boy? I sup
pose there are other experiences In
life that are comparable to this, but
certainly there is nothing else at that
time which combines the same ele
ments—dramatic, embarrassing, grati
fying, triumphant, delicious, queer.
Not that there was anything in such a
note—the outside, as the missive first
came to view, was much more thrill
ing than the contents.
But the very sight of it—pencilled on
rough bluish scratch paper, and ragged
edged and rumpled—as it was flipped
across an intervening space or offered
slyly behind a geography or dropped
on the desk as the writer went up to
the A spelling class, gave a sensation
not to be duplicated In any later years.
The contents, 1 regret to say, were
insignificant, negligible. It is to be
hoped that the big boy learned more
about the art in time. But the mere
fact of getting such a note, of having
it written to yourself, of forecasting
the contents, of having the other girls
see you get It, all that in addition to
the exciting fear that the teacher
might see—once she made a girl rend
a note out loud!—filled the moment
with peculiar emotion.—Margaret Lynn
in Atlantic Monthly.
A FAMOUS REPLY.
The Cynical Comment Made by Swe
den’s Greatest Chancellor.
The career of Axel Oxenstjerna Is
a proud chapter in the history of Swe
den. in 1011 Oxenstjerna became the
chancellor of the Swedish empire, un
der Gustavus Adolphus, and much of
the glory thnt befell the reign of that
remarkable monarch was due to "the
masterly diplomatic ability, great cour
age, resource and moderation’’ of his
prime minister.
For in the days of Oxenstjerna Swe
den was one of the “powers” of Eu
rope, and the Swedish dominion for a
time extended over Prussian territory.
During the entire period of the Thirty
Years' war in Europe, Sweden, through
the instrumentality of her "mighty
man in peace,” maintained an enviable
place in the council of nations.
And when in 1048 negotiations for a
general continental agreement began
at Osnabruck the Swedish chancellor
appointed his own son, Johan, as the
Swedish representative. The son ex
pressed his distrust of his ability to
properly serve his country in so re
sponsible n capacity. To this natural
diffidence of youth the father made his
famous reply:
“Dost thou not know, my son, with
how little wisdom the world Is gov
erned?”
Jefferson and the Lawyers.
In the “Autobiography of Jefferson"
la this passage:
“I served with General Washington
in the legislature of Virginia before the
Revolution.” wrote Jefferson, “and dur
ing it with Dr. Franklin in congress. I
uever heard either of them speak ton
minutes at a time, nor to any but the
main point which was to decide the
question. They laid their shoulders to
the great points, knowing that the lit
tie ones would follow of themselves, it
tlie present congress errs in too much
talking, how can it he otherwise in a
body to which the people send ISO law
yers. whose trade it is to question ev
erythiug, yield nothing, talk by the
hour? That ISO lawyers should do
business together ought not to be ex
peeted.”
Language of Music.
The members of a church choir not a
hundred miles from Glasgow Cross are
responsible'for the following: “Allegro
moderate— a famous Italian composer
who wrote a large number of pieces;
poco crescendo—a little swell; loco—
at express speed (derived from locomo
tive); staccato—stick to the notes;
presto—turn over; interval—a short
pause for refreshments; con due pe
dale—with cold feet!" Not so long ago.
adds the Glasgow News, we beard a
young lady In raptures over what she
called Chopin’s “Because.” and It took
us some time to discover that she
meant Chopin’s "Berceuse.”
A Great Invention.
Mr. Edison Is apt to he rather crusty
with visitors to his wo. .trooms when
they ask too many questions.
One day a rather talkative Journalist
pointed at a model. “What’s that?” be
asked.
Mr. Edison, who was getting very
weary of the man’s endless questions,
replied blandly: “That, my dear sir. Is
a cradle that rocks by sound. You put
the baby In and the louder It bowls the
faster the cradle rocks 1”—Pearson's
Weekly.
Painfully Particular.
“If you refuse me this time,” he said,
“I shall never ask you to be my wife
again.”
“Oh, please,” replied the girl from
Boston, “try to use better English. 1
never have been your wife. Why should
you ask me to be your wife again?"—
Chicago Record-Herald.
Narrow Escape.
“Don’t you regret your youth?”
“Sometimes,” replied Mr. Growcher.
“And then agnln I’m kind o’ glad to get
away from the period of my existence
when my supreme ambition was to be
a good banjo player.'*—Washington
Star. _
Stopped There.
“Did you have your salary raised last
year?"
“No, but my hopes were raised sot- ,
era I times."—Boston Transcript
Dougherty & Ferguson
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Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
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" if We Handle Your Baggage
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CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
Chas. Peppy
■Seattle^
A Complete Services
* IN THE HEART OF THE CITY
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Notice of Registration.
Notice is hereby Riven that the rcg
istration books for tile registration
of voters at the municipal election lo
be held in and for the Town of Val
dez, Alaska, on the 6th day of Apr.l,
1915, will be open at the office of
the Town Treasurer, in Copper
Block, in said Town, on the 1st day
of February, 1915, between the hours
of 2 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon
of said day, and will remain open for
such registration between like hours
on each and every day thereafter, ex
cept Sundays, until and including the
27th day of March, 1915; and on the
last two days on which such regis
tration may be made, viz:, the 261 h
and 27th days of March, 1915, said
books will be open for such registra
tion between the hours of 1 and 6
o’clock in the afternoon of said days.
Town Treasurer E. G. Ames has
been named registrar, and will enter
in said registration books the names
of all persons, residents of the Town
of Valdez, who are qualified voters,
or who will be such voters at the
date of said election, upon their ap
plication in person at his said office
within the office hours and between
the dates mentioned; and no voter
who does not personally appear and
register at said office between said
dates will be permitted to vote at
said election.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner's Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of 1.
D. Flynn, deceased.— Notice of settle
! ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that W. T.
Scott, the administrator of the estate
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and fil
ed in the above entitled court, his
! final account of the administi tion
of said estate, and that Wednt day,
the 24th day of February, 1915, at the
hour of two o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the court room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by me, the
undersigned, as the Judge of said
court, as the time and place for the
settlement of said account, at which
time and place any and all persons
interested in said estate, may appear,
file exceptions in writing to th< said
account or otherwise contest the al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this 23rd
day of December, 1914.
(Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex Officio
Probate Judge, for the Recording
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date last publication February 2i,
1916.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
"back” a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
wjith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPEOTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
tt yon want all ffea naira a> tfea
ttnut road tba Proapaottr.