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when you buy
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For Discerning Men and Young Men,
$20 and Up.
Authoritative styles that are cut on lines
appreciated by good dressers. -Various new
fabrics that will appeal to your good taste.
Quality workmanship:--5atisfaction guaran
teed—Different from ordinary clothes in every
thing but price.
Your Spring Suit is now ready.
Valdez Mercantile Co.
(Incorporated.)
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
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we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
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Alaska Water, Light & Telephone Company
PROFESSIONAL
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Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both compnnie. ^“erTl'rU:’*
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
OR. GERMAN 1
Phone IB THE DENTIST
Offloe rooms over Owl Drug store. Offloe hour*
9 a. m., to 6 p. m., 7 p, m.. to 9 p. m. Sundays
# by appointment All work guaranteed
JOHN LYONS fc_ E. Kli vnlE
LYONS '& RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
DONOHOE & D1MOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaeka
It you want all tn* news all tba
tine read the Dally Prospector.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
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McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
H. M. CARTER, Prasidant.
Granite Mina
CHAS. McCALLUMjSaoratenp,^
OVER 66 YEARS'
6 EXPERIENCE
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trade marks
Designs
Copyrights Ac.
Anyone tending a Melon ana aetonpnon may
qntokly eecertntii onr opinion free whether an
Inyentlon la probably palentabla Communlca
tlontttrlotiy eontldentlal. HANDBOOK on Patent*
tent free. Cfiaett annoy for aecoripapatente.
Patent* taken through llunn &(x>. reoelye
•pteiai nutlet, without <**£«*, m the
Scientific American.
fflEMUBtiSlG
Hairy Bentley, the Fairbanks boy
who was shot last winter by J. I'.
Rose while the latter was display
ing a rifle, has entered suit against
Rose for $16,000 for injuries.
Blooded Doga ror Sale.
Two airedale terrier puppies, breed
ing unsurpassed. Fine bead, ear, eyu
and coat. Pedigrees furnished. Eight
champions in three generations. En
quire at Prospector. tf
Notice of .Special Meeting of the
Stockholders of the Valdez Electric
Company.
Notice is hereby given that a spec
ial meeting of the stockholders ot
the Valdez Electric Company, will be
held at the offices of the company,
in ‘he town of Valdez, Alaska, on
Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915,
at the hour of 2 o’clock, in the after
noon of said day, for the purpose of
considering the question of increasing
the capital stock of said company,
from its present capitalization, name
ly twenty-live thousand dollars, di
vided into twenty-five hundred shares
of the par value of ten dollars each,
to the sum of one hundred thousand
dollars, which shall be divided into
one hundred thousand snares of the
par value of one dollar each. Also
authorizing the company to amend Its
articles of incorporation, so that its
indebtedness may be increased to a
sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol
lars, with full power to issue bonds
in payment of all of its indebted
ness, ana 10 mortgage or ouierwise
hypothecate its property or any part
thereof, for the purpose of securing
:such indebtedness. Also authorizing
the company to amend its articles of
incorporation, so that it may acquire
by purchase or otherwise water rights,
water power, and the lands incident
al thereto, and that it may reduce the
number of its directors from seven
to three.
And you are hereby notified to be
present at said meeting either in per
son, or by your regularly authorized
proxy or attorney in fact for the pur
pose of considering said questions.
This notice is hereby served on
you by publication thereof, in the
Valdez Daily Prospector, a newspaper
published at Valdez, Alaska, whigji
is the priQCipal place of business of
said company. Said notice will be
published in said newspaper for eight
consecutive weeks, beginning with the
issue of February 24th, 1915, and end
ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915.
. Witness our hands as directors of
said company, this 23rd day of Feb
ruary, 1915.
F. M. BOYLE,
E. E. RITCHIE,
W. M. FINICAL,
GEO. J. LOVE.
Directors.
"MAUt lN AlWCmi/A."
It W» Our Slogan Whan Washington
Waa First Elsotad.
"Made In Aroericu" Is not a new slo
gan by at least a century and a quar
ter. Wbeu messengers of congress
were scurrying off to inform George
Washington that he had been elected
president of the United States and to
summon forth John Adams as the first
vice president "made in America” was
the Issue of chief importance.
There was then much more of an or
gauized campaign than is witnessed to
day. lu every large town there was a
society to encourage homemade goods.
That was when Philadelphia began
to spin Its lirst cotton. The people felt
so bitter against England that they re
fused to wear British fabrics. Beaus
drank beer of local brew and were clad
lu homespuns, while the belles of town
learned to run a spinning wheel.
A political candidate stood little show
of election unless he appeared in Arner
lean made clothes. Even Washington
himself was inaugurated president clad
in garments every one of which had
been the product of our native land
Admiring friends of Vice President
Adams could find no other gift so ap
propriate as rolls of homemade cloth.
It was America’s first notification to
Europe that in wearing apparel as well
ns in government it was able to walk
without file aid of a foreign crutch. -
Philadelphia Ledger.
WORK OF THE CRUISERS.
Varied Functions of the "Policemen of
the Fleet.”
The cruiser In time of war has to
perform perhaps more varied func
tions than tiny oilier clsas of warship
in tlie fleet.
It is her business to stop and flgli'
when the circumstances are, from her
point of view, favorable and also to
possess n high speed to enable her to
run away when the position is unfa
vorable.
The cruiser is admirably termed the
policeman of the fleet, for her capaci
ties of mobility and long passage milk
ing without replenishing her hunkers
are her chief attributes.
Although tlie introduction of wireless
telegraphy tins somewhat lessened the
responsibility placed upon the cruiser
for scouting work, she is still regarded
as the "eyes of ttie fleet."
For the object of scouting work there
is a special type of scouting cruiser in
existence.
The armored cruiser’s advent has al
most extended that class of ship to be
considered to come within the scope of
the battleship Indeed, In some cases
they are so perfectly equipped in ag
gressive policy as to be deemed com
potent enough to lie in the battle line
with the “capital ships.”—London An
swers.
Jupiter Warmer Than the Earth.
"The gigantic mass of Jupiter has a
much larger warmth than that of the
earth," says a scientific writer. "It Is
the result of the molecular movement
produced by the compression of the
strata and must be greater the more
powerful the masses and hence the
larger tile pressure of the strata Is
Jupiter surpasses the earth in point of
mass 307 times, and for this reason
the inner temperature or Individual
warmth of the planet is probah!) high
enough to evaporate the water upon
the surface ciuiekly, so that water va
por forms the principal substance o!
the atmosphere of Jupiter. Water va
por is an excellent reflector and read
ily accounts for the bright radiation of
light entitled by the planet"
Bible Reading.
Joseph S. Auerbach, author of "The
Bible and Modern Life.” asserts that
"a generation has grown up without
the benefit of Bible reading.
“Take away the words of Bible mem
ory and the phrases born ot Bible read
lug and Bible inspiration from Lin
coin's Gettysburg address." says Mr
Auerbach, after pointing out the value
of this training—"fourscore." "brought
forth.” "hallow," "perish from the
earth." etc.—"und much of the solemn
music tins died out forever from this
inspiring battle hymn of consecration
to the republic."
Her Chief Charm.
"I’m very much taken with the
young woman you Introduced me to
the other night”
"She’s a very attractive girl.’’
"It wasn't her looks 1 was think
Ing of."
“No? Her music, then?"
"No; her originality. She didn't tell
me that 1 reminded her of some one
she knows.”—Detroit Free Press.
Logie.
"You little girl is very pretty. Is she
the prettiest one you have?”
"Yes. she Is the prettiest of my da ugh
ters."
“How many have you?"
“This one only. But that doesn’t
make any difference. If you should
have many daughters the one with yon
is n I ways the prettiest”—Blanco y Ne
gro (Madrid*.
Raaaon For Speed.
Rankin - Beanbrough has bought
himself a 55.000 racing car. Pbyle
But he couldn’t afford one worth half
that amount Rankin—That’s wny he
bought It He wants something that
can go fast enough to keep away from
the collectors.—Puck.
Inconsistent.
"What on earth Is Dllca fretting so
about?”
"About the paper she baa to reed be
fore the Don't Worry club."—Baltimore
AroTtf a
NAMts ur uun cnnin.
It Was Called Ge by the Greeke and
Terra by the Latins.
Answering the question, “Who nam
ed our planet the earth? Why could
It not have had a romantic and beau
tiful name such as astronomers bave
given to the planets Jupiter, Venus,
Mars or Neptune? Our planet ulone
has the utilitarian, but not graceful
mu me the earth,” Udgur Lncien fairUIn
In the New York American says:
The good Anglo Saxon folk gave the
name eartlie to this, our world, and
the British dwindled tile word down
to earth. But la this not fully as ro
man tie as the name Ge, given to It by
the Greeks, and Terra by the Batins?
Ge is indeed commonplace, but Terra
is highly romantic.
Classic mythology tells that Terra
was one of the most ancient deities
and wife of Uranus and mother of
Oral mis, the Titans, Cyclopes, Giants.
Then, Hhen. Themis, Phoebe, Tethys
and Mnemosyne. And sbe Is the same
deity as Tellus. But Tellus was the
most ancient goddess after Chaos. In
later mythic ages she was called h.v
the exceedingly romantic names Cy
hole, Rhea. Vesta, Ceres. Titben, Bona
Dea, Proserpine and others. And when
sailing under the eupbonius titles she
passed through many very romantic
episodes. At times she got into ro
mantle difficulties when circulating
around with ottier goddesses and gods
POWER OF ELOQUENCE.
Financial Effect of Whitefield’s Sermon
on Sen Franklin.
Whltefleld made seven visits to Amer
ica. lie brought great blessings to our
land. Whittier wrote ot him tlins:
The flood of emotion, deep and strong
Troubled the land as It swept along.
But left a result of holier lives
In Philadelphia he preached with
such effectiveness that the dancing
rooms were discontinued, and the ball
and concert rooms were shut up "as in
consistent with the gospel.”
Benjamin Franklin tells that in Phil
adelphia 30.000 heard him with ease.
Ben was caught with tlie matchless
delivery of his sermons. "I happened
in a meeting in the course of which I
perceived,” writes he. "that he intend
ed to finish with a collection, and l
silently resolved that he would get
nothing from me. 1 had in my pocket
a handful of copper money, three 01
four silver dollars and five pistoles In
gold. As he preached I began to soften
and concluded to give the coppers; an
other stroke of his oratory made me
ashamed of that and determined me to
give the silver; and he finished so ad
mirabty that 1 emptied my pockets
wholly into the collection dish, gold
and all.’’-Christian Herald.
Spanish Boys' Game.
Spanish lads have a game which they
call “Hobbybull,” and It lias something
on the American kiddles' hobbyhorse,
according to those who have seen It.
The boys of Malaga and other Spanish
cities find an Immense amount ot ex
citement and amusement In mock en
counters with the hobbylmll. which is
merely a framework mounted on
wooden wheels and has a pair or horns
lashed to its forward end. Armed with
a scarlet cloth, one ot the hoys infurl
ates the hobbybull. while another op
eratos the "animal."
If tile matador has talent in the art
of taunting and teasing and the other
Ind is spirited the game may become
serious. Hoys in training to become
matadors practice regularly with tile
hobbybull and consider such play a
part of their training— I'hiladelphia
North American.
Qualities ot the Topaz
The name ot the precious stone in
serted in the ring ot Urges has not
been handed down to us. but it is prob
able that it was the topaz, whose won
dors Hhilostrates recounts in llie life
of Apollonius. An attribute ot the sun
and of tire, the uueients called It the
gold magnet, as It was credited with
the power of attracting that metal, in
dicating Its veins and discovering
the treasures. Hellodorns In his story
of Theagenes and Churtcles says that
the topaz saves from Ore all those who
wear It and that Obarides was pre
served by a topaz from tbe flery venge
ance of Arsaces. queen of Ethiopia.
This stone was one of the Hrst talis
mans that Theagenes possessed Id
Egypt. The topaz at present symbol
izes Christian virtues—faith. Justice,
temperance, gentleness, clemency.
Our Moral Codes.
Our moral codes were Invented not
to prepare men for heaven or for Cto
pla. They were Invented by men who
were none too good themselves to pro
tect themselves from "people who vyere
not much worse. There are great dir
ferences In human beings as to the
amount of knowledge and wisdom
which they possess, but there Is small
difference in regard to the amoiiur of
goodness or rascality that they mnni
feat—Mowry 8nben In Forum
A Suffering Case.
“Those detectives have Just arrested
as. osteopath as a felon ”
“That must have been a pa In to.
duty.”
“Why pnlnful?”
“Didn't It give them a bone felon on
their hands?"- Baltimore American.
Sura.
"Why do we always speak of tbe sil
very moon 7" asked the boob.
“On account of Its quarters and
halves, I suppose," replied the cheerful
Idiot.—Cincinnati Inquirer.
All human things of dearest value
hang on slender strings.—BdmOnd
Walter.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries receh ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
AWAKE
and on the job—day or night—buy
and sell anything.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
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Chas.Perry
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Notice of Registration.
Notice is hereby given that the reg
istration books for the registration
of voters at the municipal election to
be held in and for the Town of Val
dez. Alifska, on the (ith day of April,
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 2i!th
and 27th days of March, 1915, said
books will be open for such registra
tion between the hours of 1 and t;
o’clock in the afternoon of said days.
Town Treasurer E. G. Ames lias
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. «
111 the matter of the estate of 1.
It. Flynn,--deceased. Notice of settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that \V. T.
Scott, the administrator of the estate
of 1. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and til
ed in the above entitled court, his
filial account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th day of February, 1915, at the
hour of two o'clock til 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 the 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 2 4,
1915.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“bacit” 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. k
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
w,ith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
IX you want all the newa all the
time, read the Preapeeter.