ERCHANDISING today re
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■ working order. Success is attain
V.
ed only by concentrated, consistent, con
tinuous effort, unswerving honesty, con
scientious service. These are the princi
ples which are being woven into the
fabric of the Valdez Mercantile organi
zation.
We solicit your patronage.
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VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Houses for Rent or Sale. Collections Made.
C. B. SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Wall Street.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th,(24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep creek Treadwell,
Douglas Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar. Valdez and Latouche. Explosives. S S Seward.
S S Seward. 5th* S S Latouche, 15th; S S Cordova. 25th of each montb-Right re
served to change this schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’];Agt- Valdez Dock Co., Local Agt
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and I I TMDCD and Budding
Puget Sound LUlVlDLlv Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
, GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. - KNUTE NAFSTED. Mgr.
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commi»»ion
57 a m to 9 a m
Lunch it m to 1 p m
6 to 7 p m
BOARD * ROOM B80 per Mo.
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—Private Rooms for Patient
For Terma'and Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge
Arcade Cafe
Open untill 9 P. M.
Try Our Special* After 4 P. M
Private Tables
Jack Callin - - Proprietor
AWAKE
and on the job—day or night—buy
and tell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
The Prospector office for job worjc.
Send The Prospector To Your Friends In The States
BRITISH RECAPTURE HILL 60
FRENCH REPORT MANY GAINS
PARIS REPORTS INDICATE THAT FRENCH HAVE MADE GAINS IN
NORTHERN FRANCE AT ARRAS AND IN THE CHAMPAGNE DIS
TRICT, WHILE CONSIDERABLE GAINS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE
FIGHTING IN BELGIUM, NEAR NIEUPORT—BRITISH DESTROYER
SUNK—RUSSIAN CARPATHIAN OFFENSIVE CONTINUES IN SPITE
OF GERMAN EFFORTS TO DIVERT IT—GERMANS CAPTURE LI
BAU, ON THE BALTIC SEA.
British Recapture Hill Sixty.
PARIS, May 10.—The British
troops have recaptured Hill 60, the
important strategic point southeast
of Ypres, in Belgium. Hill 60 has
been the battle ground since April
18th, when the British troops first
succeeded in taking the hill and hold
ing it for several weeks in spite of
the terrific bombardment and fre
quent infantry assaults to which they
were subjected until finally they were
forced to evacuate the trenches, which
were re-taken today and are now be
ing held in spite of the severe count
er assaults by the kaiser’s men. The
position is the key to the Ypres
fighting and if held by the British will
force the Germans to fall back. The
French and British have advanced
heavy siege artillery to support the
trenchmen on the hill.
French Report Gains,
PARIS, May 10—The French troops
have made considerable gains in the
Nieuport, Arras and Champagne dis
tricts. The fighting has been con
stant and desperate and the losses
inflicted on both sides have been
heavy. The French have advanced j
all along the line and now occupy
the German trenches.
Germans Successful In Ypres District.
While the British have succeeded
in regaining control of Hill 60 the
Germans are making some gains in
the Ypres region and the British are
throwing more reserves into the fight
in an effort to check the enemy.
Russian Carpathian Operations Con
tinue.
PETROGRAD. May 10.—The Rus
sian operations in the Carpathian
mountains continue in spire of the
strenuous efforts on the part of the
Austro-German forces to comae! the
Russians to divert their objective
from the invasion of Hungary.
British Lose Destroyer.
LONDON, May 10.—A British de
stroyer was sent to the bottom yes
terday as the result of a mine laid
by German boats in the Irish sea.
The crew escaped and were picked
up by trawlers.
Germans Capture Libau.
BERLIN, May 10.—The war office
announced yesterday the occupation
of the Russian Baltic city Libau,
which is now in the hands of the
German troops which have invaded
Russia. The Russians have failed so
far to make any effectual resislance
to tiie invading Germans.
2,640,000 Cripples for Two Years’
War.
LONDON, May 10.—Government
actuaries have estimated that if the
war continues for two years disabil
ity—that is, injuries which have re
sulted in permanent crippling—will
amount to 12 per cent. Calculating
upon a basis of an army of 2,000,000
men, Great Britain will have to face
as one of the first problems of peace
the care of 240,000 disabled men.
If the war continues for two years
the armies in Euurope will aggregate
at least 22,000,000 men, which means,
if the actuaries of the British gov
ernment have estimated correctly,
that the various belligerent countries
will have upon their hands 2,640,000
cripples.
Some authorities consider that an
allowance of 12 per cent, disability
among British troops in a war of
two years’ duration Is an outside es
timate; but in many parts of the
war area the hospital facilities are
not as adequate as those at the dis
posal of the British wounded, and in
these countries the disability will at
least total 12 per cent. Naval casual
ties have also not been included in
the above estimate; so if the war
should last two years at anything like
its present pace 2,640,000 is not an
overestimate of the disability which
will result.
In England already movements are
on foot for the disabled by active
measures of relief and by creating a
public sentiment which Vill make it
a national and an individual responsi
bility to deal promptly and generous
ly with those who have sacrificed
their efficiency in the service of their
country.
NEUVE CHAPELLE COST
EQUAL TO BOER WAR
LONON.—During the battle of
Neuve Chapelle in the month of
March as much ammunition was ex
pended as was used during the en
tire Boer war, according to a state
ment made in the House of Com
mons recently by Chancellor of the
Exchequer David-Lloyd George.
The Boer war lasted for two years
and nine months.
WASHINGTON.—An array officer
of high rank and an expert artillery
man, discussing the comment made
by David Lloyd-George, the British
Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the
amount of ammunition expended by
the British artillery during the Neuve
Chapelle battle, said:
‘The character of the fighting is
such that there is but one way to
gain an advantage, and that is to
gain a slight percentage of hits over
the other side in a steady artillery
fight.
“As a matter of fact there are but
two shots out of every hundred that
can be called hits. The side that
can make it three hills out of a
hundred is likely to win the battle.
The guns used at Neuve Chapelle
could dispose of 1,000 rounds a day,
and the whole line in that patricular
fight would use not less than 100,000
rounds a day.
"The larger problem is the ques
tion of which combatant has the
greater and more enduring resqurces
for producing and keeping up this
use of ammunition.
“Germany in this respect has vast
resources within her own domain.
Before the war she made ammunition
for the world. She furnished it to
both sides during the war between
Japan and Russia. Germany does not
care a rap for our ammunition, as
she has all she wants’ and can pro
duce what she will need indeflnite’y
In this respects It Is practically a
match between Germany and the Al
lies, plus this country.
“The Allies are now trying to cor
ner all the high explosives in the
world outside of Germany. They are
willing to buy all the world can pro
duce in ten years to come. And they
are paying nearly five times the price
for both the finished product and for
the raw material. There can be no
waste of ammunition. Economy, if
such a thing can be conceivable, in
the matter of ammunition, would pro
long the war and increase manyfold
the loss of life.”
The launch B. F. M. left yesterday
morning for the Granite mine.
Supt. W. R. Millard left for the
Granite mine yesterday morning.
The Fagerburg case is on trial in
'the district court.
• On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CCX
The Greatest' River.
The Amazon Is the world’s greatest
river. The Nile, Mississippi and Ganges
are mighty streams, but In length prob
ably and In breadth, depth, volume of
water and reach of clear sailing the
South American river leads them all.—
New York American.
• He Knew.
"Do you know where the little boys
i go who don’t put their Sunday school
money in the plate?”
“Yes’m; to the movies.” — Wiliams
Purple Cow. . _ j
Spring is here. Get your disinfect
ants at Valdez Drug Co. tf
A Human Lift Net.
"There Is some soul of goodness In
things evil would men observlngly dis
till It out.” How much evil marked
the daily lives of the actors in the fol
lowing episode is a matter of conjec
ture. but they were, says a New York
newspaper, denizens of what is called
the “underworld.”
A lodging house In one of the crowd
ed tenement districts in New York
caught tire. The lives of the Inmates
were endangered, and seven of them,
all women, were cut off by the flames.
They rushed to the windows and
shrieked for help.
Then, to quote the newspaper ac
count, “a crowd of Park row human
flotsam and jetsam and boys of the
neighborhood bunched themselves to
gether to break the force of the wo
men's fall and called to them to Jump.
The Jump was more than thirty feet,
but all the women made it safely.
“Only one of them needed attention,
but some of the men walked away
with heads cut by flying heels and
backs strained by the shock of the
falling bodies. When the reporter
spoke to them most of those who made
up this hufban life net said gruflly that
they had no names. When they were
asked where they'lived they would
only say, ‘Oh. round here.’ ”
How to Live One Hundred Years. I
Lo and behold, a physician comes for- ,
ward with the announcement that it Is
as easy ns falling off a log to live to be
a hundred years old. He says all you
have to do is to avoid alcoholic or malt
liquors, don’t smoke, go to bed at 10
p. m. and get up at 0 a. m., sleep sound
ly, don’t worry about making money
(we don’t—we worry about not making
it), do nothing to excess (don’t marry to
excess, of course—Mark Twain said I
that), the simple life all the time, don’t
get excited (we don’t over anything ex
cept elections or prizefights), eat only
when you feel inclined (or have the
price—this has no reference to news
paper men. who never eat a regular
meal). With the exception of the pa
rentheses this is really serious advice,
and you would do well to heed it if you
wish to make the century mark in life’s
little Marathon. However, as for us,
we wouldn’t swap one hour of a golden,
glittering time on pay day in joyous
Jacksonville for a whole century of
such a simple and uneventful existence
anywhere else.—rhil H. Armstrong in
Florida Tlmes-Union.
Napier’s One Word Dispatch.
Very few commanders have revealed
any sense of humor In their campaign
ing exploits, and it was reserved for
the witty Sir Charles Napier to be
come pre-eminent in this rare accom
plishment His crowning achievement
in the realms of humor was coincident
with his most brilliant feat of arms.
He was deputed to essay the con
quest of Scinde, and, after a series of
fine exploits in the face of Innumerable
difficulties, he accomplished his mis
sion But the authorities at home wait
ed anxiously for his dispatch announc
ing this momentous event The days
passed, and it added to the tension. At
last the long expected missive arrived
and it contained one word. “Peccavi!”
A man who knew Latin was sought
and he translated it “I have sinned
(Scinde)!”—London Mail.
Land of the Danes.
Denmark has almost abolished pau
perism and illiteracy among her people.
Only one in a thousand of her adult
population is unable to read and write.
The number of those dependent on
charity is extremely small and is less
ening each year in spite of a barren
soil and a villainous climate. The
whole land Is prosperous, and its pro
ductiveness is increasing year by year.
The community health is improving,
crime is exceedingly rare, and refine
ments of life as well as its necessaries
are growing more abundant and are
distributed in wider and wider circles.
—Chicago Journal.
What He Had Better Do.
Maepherson in talking to his minister
told the reverend gentleman that be
was going to take a trip to the holy
land.
"And whiles I’m there,” he said en
thusiastically, “I'll read the Ten Com
mandments alood frae the top of Mount
Sinai."
"Nae. Maepherson,” said the minister
gravely, "tak1 my advice. Dinna read
them alood. Bide at bame and keep
them."
Superfluous.
“I understand they have a curfew
law out there now?” be said.
•‘No,” his informant answered. “They
did have one, but they abandoned it”
“What was the matter?”
“Well, the bell rang at 9 o’clock,
and almost every one complained that
It woke him up.’*—Chicago News.
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After a Good Bargain.
“This suit will cost you $300 per
day."
“Do you find people willing to pay
such prices?”
“Plenty of them,”
“In that case what will you take for
the hotel?”—Judge.
Bad Experience.
“It la better to have left something
unsaid than, tq> have talked too much.”
observes a pbilokdpher, who has evi
dently been through a breach of prom
ise ault—Philadelphia Inqulnr.
Baorlfioe NHU
She - Would* J%; toff* yhome
flor me? He-rd leave a baseball game
Be Is oft the wisest' man who Is not
wise at all.—Wordsworth.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
Chas. Perry
SewtST
.A Complete Services
’'IN THE HEART OF THE CITY r
jl35feomswHJjbaflr50SampIeRboms
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
r,...,, dentist
in both companies Fourteen vears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 19 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drutt store. Office hours
} a. m., to B p. m , 7 p. m..to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work iruaranteed
:: DONOHOE & DIMOND
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!! attorneys-at-law
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| I Office Opposite Court House
;; Phone 34 Valdez, Alaeka
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“bacli” 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
with the idea, the man
with a prqspect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
The Prospector office for Job work.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Leaves Fort Liscum. Leaves Valdez
8:16 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:10 p. IQ. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAYS
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips of the launch
on the secoLd and fourth Fridays of
each month, tbese days being used
to clean boilers.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Survey. The time for high and
low water Is for the Port of Valdes
and Is Valdez time. Immediately fol
lowing the t'me of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths
Monday, May 10.
High tide 10:18 a. m., 10.2; 10:11
p. m„ 11.9.
Low tide 4:15 a. m., 0.8; 3:59 p.
m., 1-9
Tuesday, May 11.
High tide 11:03 a. m.. 10.3; 10:40
p. hi., 12.2.
Low tide 4:54 a. m„ 0.1; 4:33 p.
m., 2.3.