FANCY BLANKETS
-UST in time for cooler weather—a nice
line of all-wool blankets in Scotch Plaids;
come grey and white, brown and white
and pink and white with neat border plaids
of pink or blue. Sizes 68x80 and 70x80 inches
with satin or taffeta bindings. Weight from
4 1-2 to 5 pounds.
Priced a pair, $9.00 to $10.00
Valdez Mercantile Co.
Vy iir i strictly fresh Eggs, Butter, Frui
IOU TT ftnl an<i Groceries, and appreciate
prompt deliveries, try
KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Fresh Oysters received on every
boat.—Frye-Bruhn Co. tf
Pure Fresh DrugB at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
The New York Journal Says
' Everyone should see “The Vice
Trust,” a fine film in six acts, ex
posing White Slavery. At the Lib
erty Theatre tonight.. 3t-13
r Get a can of Melba Peaches FREE
at S. Blum & Company’s store. tf.
Fresh cream and buttermilk always
on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
The Vice Trust.
Visit the Liberty Theatre Thursday
or Friday night and see that colossal
spectacle, "The Vice Trust,” in
which Governor Whitman, a candi
date for president of the United
States, appears as the district attor
ney. 3t-13
The City Dock is the busy dock
since we began to weld cast iron,
brass, bronze and aluminum. We
always did do machine work an^
biacksroithing, and do it yet. Try us
and sefe for yourself. -Valdez Iron
Work% ^ Tl1
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man's, the tailoi. Telephone 198. tf
Mrs. Merchant, Milliner.
Hats remodeled and made to or
der. At Emporium. tf
Governor Whitman
At the Liberty Theatre Thursday
and Friday nights only, in ‘"the Vice i
Trust,” in six acts; showing District
Attorney Whitman, who is now Gov
ernor of New York, and a candidate
for president of the United States, in
action against the Vice Trust. 3t-13
At Eagle Hall Tonight, line pic
tures and orchestra; admission 25
cents. It
ALASKA-GASTINEAU
MACHINERY LOST.
The machinery lost from the big
freighter Seward on her last trip up
the coast was consigned to the Alas
ka-Gastineau Mining company, of Ju
neau, and not the Alaska Engineer
ing commission as previously report
ed. The Seward was struck by an
unusually heavy swell while ofT Flat
tery, causing a chain holding a tube
mill and a consignment of pipe to
snap, and the heavy machinery roll
ed off into the sea. For a few min
utes the crew of the big flat-bottomed
freight carrier had an interesting
time, as it was feared that her deck
load of heavy timbers would also go
hy the board. She carried 1800 tons
Cf railroad rails and 40 tons of dyna
mite for Anchorage.
The Vice Trust
Visit the Liberty Theatre Thurs
day or Friday night and see that co
lossal spectacle, “The Vice Trust,”
in which Governor Whitman, a can
didate for president of the United
States appears as the district attor
ney. 3t-13
TO-NIGHT
liberty Theater
\
™"e “VICE TRUST”
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6,000 Feet of Film.6 Acts
Popular Prices
* *
Admission 25c. - - Children 10c.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The steamer Northwestern reached
Seward early this morning after dis
charging a cargo of freight at La
touche for the Beetson Mining com
pany.
FOR SALE:—Dresser, 6 chairs, 2
rockers, 2 high chairs, cupboard, ta
ble, kitchen queen, hot water tank,
pump, bath tlib, pillows, baby sled,
carriage, cheap type writer, $ 5; next
door to hospital. Mrs. Riffle. 13-7t
A number of Russians are report
ed as coming over the government
road from Fairbanks, the placer op
erations having closed down for the
season and rendering the miners idle.
The New York American Says
Everyone should see “The Vice
Trust,” a lesson proved by facts. Dr.
Parkhurst says "The Vice Trust is
the greatest lesson ever produced.
At the Liberty Theatre. 3t-13
LOST—At Moose Hall, Saturday
evening, silk umbrella. Party who
took same by mistake please return
to Mrs. A. E. Grigsby.
The local office of thd Signal Corps
has jk)t as yet received any advices
regarding the movements of the ca
bleship Burnside, which is believed to
be nearing the point where the gov
ernment cable is parted.
Fresh cream and buttermilk al
ways on hand at Love-Whitley’s. tf
If you are going east travel via
Great Northern Ry. For rates see D.
F. Millard, Agent, Copper Block. tf
Pictures developed at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf.
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Ft,r good home-cooked meals try
Mrs. M. Olson, on Hobart Street. *
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Valdez Drug Company nave a fine
line of School Stationery. tf
Don’t forget the Eagles’ oldtime ’98
Hallowe’en dance, Saturday, October
30th. tf
Wells-Pargo Money Orders and
Traveler’s checks are payable any
where in the United States or Cana
da. D. P. Millard, Copper Blk. tf
Kodak Supplies at the Valdez
Drug Company. tf
Don’t forget the Eagles old-time
’98 Hallowe’en dance, Saturday, Oct.
30th. •
HELP WANTED—Woman, all
round laundry worker, must be good
body ironer, to begin work about
Oct. 12. Independent Laundry, tf
Get a can of Melba Peaches FREE
at S. Blum & Co.’s. tf
Hot-point irons. Heaters, Cookers,
and Electric appliances; men’s and
women’s suits, overalls and aprons,
at Emporium. •
“Pure, fresh Milk, Cream, Butter
and Cheese. Phone 32.” tf
Fancy Stationery at the Valdez
Drug Store. *
Furnished rooms at Mrs. Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
The decision handed down by the
district court yesterday in the Cliff
mine case gives ^eorge C. Treat a
one-tenth interest in the property
and Edmund Smith and Logan Arch
ibald each a one-twentieth interest.
TJie original deal was made with H.
S. Ellis by Messrs. Smith and Treat.
Mr. Archibald later acquired an in
terest from Mr. Smith.
Special Meeting of Civic League.
Special meeting of the Valdez Civic
League Saturday afternoon, at 3:00
o’clock at Everyman’s Club House.
All members urged to attend. 2t
NATIVE SON OP GOLDEN
NORTH IS NATURAL SONGSTER
While in the States last winter,
Boh Crawford, son of R. M. Craw
ford, of Fairbanks, wrote words and
music for a number of northern songs
which are now being published in Se
attle, and which will be spread
broadcast throughout Alaska and the
Northwest. Bob is now with the sur
vey party on the Nenana river, but
his brother, Sam Crawford, is look
ing after the publication of his
songs.
Bob Crawford is a son of the north,
having been born north of ’53, dur
the early days of the rush to the
Klondike. Coming to Fairbanks
when but a small boy, he received
the greater part of his education in
this city. The songs come from his
pen appropriately, as he Was the first
president of the Native Sons and
Daughters _ of the Golden North.—
Fairbanks Times.
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The New York Journal Says
Everyone should see "The Vice
Trust,” a fine film in six acts, expos
ing White Slavery. At the Liberty
Theatre tonight. St-13
DO YOUR VERY BEST.
Be Earnest and Thorough and You Are
Bound to Succeed.
There Is a feature of Dickens' char
acter which cannot be too often or too
seriously Insisted upon, and thnt Is bis
Intense earnestness and thoroughness
In everything he did. He sold to me
more than once:
"My dear boy, do everything at your
best. If you do that neither I nor any
one else can find fault with you, even
If you fail. For myself, I can honestly
say that I have taken as great pains
with the smallest thing I ever did as
with the biggest”
In giving advice to a young author he
said on one occasion:
“If you want your public to believe
in what you write you must believe in
it yourself. When I am describing a
scene I can as distinctly see what’ I
am describing as I can see you now. So
real are my characters to me that on
one occasion I bad fixed upon the
course which one of them was to pur
sue. The character, however, got hold
of me and made me do exactly the op
posite to what 1 had intended, but I
was so sure that he was right and I
was wrong that I let him have his own
way.”
Whatever he did either In work or
at play he always gave of his very best
He bated slackness or half beartedness
In any shape or form.—Harper’s
Weekly.
ODDITIES OF VISION.
Peculiar Optical Effects and the Yellow
Spot In the Eye.
If one places a pinhead up close to
and directly in front of the eye the
head of the pin appears transparent
and things may be seen as easily
through it ns through a sheet of isin
glass, the head appearing simply as a
large round cloud. If it is placed some
what closer no pin or head can be
seen at all.
If one goes into a very dark room
and puts a lighted candle near the side
of one eye very pretty and peculiar ef
fects are observed. A tracery, form
ing a regular network, can be easily
detected, and this is merely the shadow
thrown by the candle on the retina of
the eye of the small capillary blood
vessels between the retina and the
cnndle.
If one looks to the side of a dim star
In the heavens the star appears a great
deal brighter than direct vision makes
it appear. This is because the light
in the direct view falls on what is
known as the “yellow spot" or point of
keenest vision. As this is not put di
rectly behind the front of the eye the
side glance is necessary. Some people
can see stars that way that they can
not perceive at all on direct vision.—
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
A Garrick Incident.
David Garrick, where speaking was
ooneerued, was the pride of London.
Members ol’ parliament envied him bis
powers. Burke envied him. There is
that instance in parliament when, dur
ing a heated debate, a member moved
that the gallery be cleared. This was
ordered to be done, and the strangers
withdrew, ail save Garrick. Still the
member objected. Then up spnke
Burke. Would it be fair to exclude
from their debate the master of elo
quence, the genius who taught them
the art of speaking? he demanded.
For himself he was proud to acknowl
edge his indebtedness to Garrick. Fox
followed in the same strain, and Town
shend. The house then voted that the
"stranger should remain.’’ And Gar
rick did not budge.—St. .Tames’ Gazette
Soho Square, London.
Soho Is perhaps the most curiously
derived place name in Loudon. Ac
cording to Samuel Pegge. the an
tiquary, Soho square, which has given
a name to the district, was first called
Monmouth square when the ill fated
Duke of Monmouth had a house there.
Upon the duke’s defeat and execution
in 1685 the square was ordered to be
called King's square, and a statue of
King Charles II. was set qp in the
middle of it. But the partisans of the
Duke of Monmouth, wishing to pre
serve a distant remembrance of their
leader, called it Soho square, from
•‘Soho!” a hunting cry adopted by the
duke as his watchword at the battle
where he was taken prisoner.—London
Saturday Review.
Justios.
A Sunday school teacher had been
telling her class of little boys about
crowns of glory and heavenly rewards
for good people.
‘‘Now. tell me,” she said at the close
of the lesson, "who will get the big
gest crown.”
There was a silence for a minute or
two. then a bright little chap piped
out:
“ 'Im wot’s got t’ biggest ’ead.”—Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Futility of Argument.
Plato defined man as “a two legged
animal without feathers.” Diogenes,
who beard this, plucked a cock. “This
is Plato’s man.” said he. But never
you think the old timer lacked a “come
back.” He added to bis original defi
nition the words. “With broad flat
nails.” Such ts the futility of argu
ment—Springfield Republican.
The One Advantage.
“Traded your motor boat for an aero
plane, eh? What’s the idea?”
“Well, there’s this about an aero
plane—even If the engine does break
down, you’re bound to land some
where.”—St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Passionate people always deny their
anger, and cowards often boast their
Ignorance of fear.
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CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND NEVER MISSES \ TRAIN
Auto for Hire Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. SPENARD, Prop.
Jas. E. Wilson, freighter
Large or Small! Deliveries Made
To Any ^Part|of[tlie£ Country.
PROMPT SERVICE GUARANTEED VALDEZ, ALASKA
When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finest Hotel in the Interior--Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
MERCHANT’S CAFE
*“ . FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Beat of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL. STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE NAFSTED. Msr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Doing Business As Usual
independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed ( I Foot Keystone Avt
Telephone 66 j ' Rouirh Dry lCc lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLLMBING, STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING,
Slieet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th calls lllamna and Kadiak—All Sailing enll nt Kntk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamers Yale and Hnrvard far Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr, Seattle! VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
I ' ' • . •,
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12tb, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
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From Valdez «outh-7tb, 13th, 19th, 36th add 3 lth for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
Regular freight aervloe for Ketchikan. Wrangell. Juneau. Sheep
Creek. Treadwell, Douglas. Skagway, Cordova. JUleranr. Valde* and La
touche. Explosives, 9. 9. Seward, on the 6th; Latouche, on the 16th; 878.
Cordova, 16th of each month—right reserved to change thle schedule
without notice. ,
9. B. TRACY, Gcn’l Agent VALDRZ DOCK CO. Local Agent.