The FirstBank of Valdez
CAPITAL $25,000.
AX PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
OUR STOCKHOLDERS ARE
S. BLUM JOHN LYONS
M. BLUM J. M. LATHROP
E. B. WHEAT W. M. WILSON
JAFET UNDEBERG
TERRITORIAL DEPOSITORY.
Valdez Dock Co. PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
and GRAIN
Office, foot of Wall street.
Valdez Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating.
Motor Boat Supplies. Paints and Oils.
Pumps, Well-Pointy, Valves
and Packing. I
Water. Steam and Suction
Hose.
__PIPE AND FITTINGS.
TO-NIGHT!
EVERYONE WELCOME
FREE DINNER
Will be served at 9:30 p.m.
Every Evening at
The Big Place
MENU
Meat, Potatoes, Beans, Bread,
and Coffee.
Do Not Hesitate. Welcome Means Welcome.
Al. White & Co
PROPRIETORS
Valdez Lodge
No 168,
Free and Aooepted Masons
Regular Communications first Wednesday in
each month in McKinley Hall Visitors always
welcome.
A. E- GRIGSBY. W. M.
C. C. Reynolds. Seo
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Norses—Private Rooms for Patients
For Terms'and Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge.
RED GROSS HOSPITAL
PRIVATE ROOMS.
Open to All Physicians
MISS JONES,
Hobart Street. Matron.
If you want all the news all the
time, read the Prospector.
ARCADE CAFE
“We Never Cloee."
Private Dining Room.
The Beet of Everythin*. We Bake Oar Own
Bread and Poetry. Bread for'Sale.
Jack Collin_•_•_Proprietor
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commiaaion
57 a m to 9 a m
Lunch It m to 1 p m
6 to 7 p m
BOARD A ROOM 980 per Mo.
Orpheum Photo Plays.
Tonight at the Orpheum something
extra Interesting In the two-part dra
ma, “From Father To Son,” featur
ing Robert Leonard and Betty Schade.
This drama Is one of the best put
out by the Rex company. “Misplaced
Love,” with Pearl White, Is a most
laughable melodrama.
Remington and Smith Premier type
writers for sale or rent at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
BIG U BRIDGE
Dynamite Found Beneath Internation
al Bridge—German Officer Ar
rested By American Police.
VANCEBORO. Me., Feb. 2.—An at
tempt was made today to destroy the
International bridge which crosses
the St. Croix river at this place, con
nexting Maine and New Brunswick.
The American officials guarding the
bridge and the Canadian custom offi
cers found a number of sticks of dy
namite under the piers of the bridge.
A German officer has been arrest
ed in this city because it is believ
ed he is connected with the plot to
destroy the structure. When search
ed by the police a complete map of
the bridge was found concealed up
on his person. The officer had been
acting in a manner that aroused the
suspicions of the American custom
officials and he was watched and the
cache of dynamite discovered and the
arrest followed.
While it is almost certain that sev
eral more are implicated in the plot
it is not expected that the German
officer will aid the police in finding
them and that he will take his punish
ment and keep his mouth shut. The
German will be tried by the Ameri
can courts. He will be charged with
plotting the destruction of property
Had he ventured across the line his
fate would have been sealed as he
would have been charged with being
a spy and probably hung.
GOV’T TO 1
MINING INDUSTRY
Bill Passes House To Establish Ten
Experimental Mining Stations
—One for Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The
House today passed the bill to estab
lish ten mining experimental stations
in the United States. One of the
stations is to be built in Alaska.
It is expected that as a result of
the scientific work of government in
vestigators and of the work done at
the proposed experimental stations
that the mining industry will receive
a great boom and the small and in
experienced miners and companies
will be able to secure the advice and
aid of experts familiar with condi
tions in the section of the country
they are operating in.
The work of operating the stations
will be In charge of the director of
mines. Just where the stations will
be located is not decided but most
of them will be in the west.
WOULD RECOVER ^
Government Give* Permission To C.
F. Stagger To Recover $200,000
From Russian Ship.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., Feb. 2.
—C. F. Stagger, of this city, has ob
tained a permit from the government
to endeavor to recover $200,000 in
gold which went to the bottom of the
ocean near Sitka sixty years ago
when the Russian ship Neva was
sunk.
Stagger will start work to recover
the gold in May and is confident that
he can get the gold. The location
of the old Russian ship is known to
him, it having been found some time
ago by fishermen.
Weather Report.
Valdez. Feb. 1, 1915.
Barometric pressure .29,024
Temperature at 7 p. m.|| 27
Maximum temperature . 37
Minimum temperature . 9
Mean temperature . 23
Partly cloudy, light wind northeast
12 miles.
Lloyd Fish is confined to his bet!
suffering with a severe cold.
Swell program tonight at the Or
CANADIAN GOV’T
PATS FOR KILLING
Ten Thousand Dollars Paid To Fam
ily of American Killed By Ca
nadian Patrol.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.—The State
Department announces that the Ca
nadian government has agreed to pay
to the family of the American hunt
er killed at Fort Erie near Nicarag
ua by the Canadian guards the sum
of $10,000, while the wounded Amer
ican will receive $5,000 because of
his injuries. The settlement was
agreed upon today and payment will
be made at once.
The two Americans were fired up
on Dec. 26 by Canadian guards. The
Americans were hunting and were
near the Canadian shore and were
called upon to halt, but tried to
make the American side of the riv
er. The corporal in charge of the
troops ordered his men to fire and
succeeded in killing one of the oc
cupants of the boat and wounding
the other. The incident led to con
siderable diplomatic communication
between the two governments and is
now closed by the payment of dam
ages to the family of the dead man
and also to the injured American.
Miss Agnes Orum and William Da
mon were married last Saturday night
by the Rev. Charles S. Price at the
parsonage of the Congregational
church. The couple have been resi
dents of Valdez for two years.
SNOW FROM ROOFS
BY USE OF A WIRE
Andy Dieringer has a new way of
clearing roofs of snow and is will
ing to contract for the removal of
the season’s accumulation at a rea
sonable price. Andy, who is big and
fat and growing fatter, does not like
to climb to the root and shovel so
he uses a wire, working it through
the snow from the peak to the
eaves and the entire accumulation of
snow goes in one grand slide. Some
of the skeptics believed it could not
be done and bet cigars, but they lost.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The most exquisite nand-palnted
china ever seen in Valdez at Valdez
Drug Co. tf
Beautiful hand-painted vases Just
received at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Suits pressed for 51.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Latest popular copyrights and clas
sics at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Imported Japanese baskets at Val
dez Drug Co. tf
Best Yakima netted gem spuds 20
lbs. for 50c at the Yakima Fruit Co.
See Tod Winter lor your watch and
jewelry repairing at E. Winter’s store.
All work guaranteed. tf
Chinese noodles and chop suey at
Valdez Cafe after 7 p. m. tf
Cooking apples $2 per box at the
Yakima Fruit Co. tf
Household furniture for sale. En
quire of Mrs. W. W. Harvey. tf
Prescriptions carerully compound
ed at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Large stock of cut glass and Paris
ian ivory at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Silver
man’s the tailor. Telephone 198.
Universal percolators and chafing
dishes at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Over a dozen varieties of apples to
pick from at the Yakima Fruit Co. tf
The big free dinner at the Big
Place tonight at 9:30. All are wel
come.
For home cooked meals go to Mrs.
Matilda Olson's on Hobart street.
Phone 219. Special Sunday dinner
served at 5 o’clock. Week days din
ner served at 6 p. m. tf
To demonstrate our electric heateis,
cookers, bakers and percolators, we
will serve coffee and toast, buns, cake
or doughnuts for 15 cents at the Em
porium. t.f
This is a good time to return that
book you’ve read to the library at
Everyman’s Club. Library hours:
1 to 2 p. m. every day, Monday, Wed
days and Fridays 7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
Subscribe for the Prospector.
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PRODUCERS and CONSUMERS EXCHANGE—Valdez
— ■■■ =ADAM SWAN, Momuh*.- , „
Inventors, Importer*, Manufacturers and producers:—We handle goods on
consignment and Cut-Out Go-Between Profits as direct Convey cm and
Distributors to the Users, Wearers and Cunsumers of Home Fun Wines.
Household Utensil*. Electric Appliances, Wearing apparel. Notion/^Sta
tionery, Jewelry, Cutlery, Novelties. Toilet Articles, Dainties, etc., etc.
VALDEZ ELECTRIC COMPANY
THE CONSUMERS* COMPANY_
Office in Copper Block, on Broadway
From Kiver to Kiver
When you buy a Box of* Applet from us we Guarantee
every apple from cover to cover.
We repack every box before delivery.
Remember: By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them.
Delivery. . Phones 55.
The Yakima Fruit Company
When in Ghitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Fineet Hotel in tbc Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooma.
Bar in Connection. Rates Reasonable
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Beat of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE.* - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitlna.
General Freighting. KNUTE!NAFSTED. Mar
List Your Houses with the
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Houses (or Rent or Sale. Collections Made.
C. B. SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Wall Street.
Chas. R. Crawford »•» »««<> i»
Plate Glass, Window Glass, Roofing and Building Papers, Roofing
Pitch, Lime, Cement, Plaster Lath, Shingles, Builders' Hard
ware, Shop and Job Work of sdl kinds.
Windows, Doors, Moulding, Finishing Lumber. fawbajIk^morse a co
Bargains! Bargains!
During the coming week Harvey’s
Toggery will offer exceptional bar
gains in ladles’ wearing apparel,
fancy goods, silks, and ribbons to
close out the balance of our stock.
Showcases, tables, adjustable form
and rugs included. tf
Blooded Dogs for Sale.
Two airedale terrier puppies, breed
ing unsurpassed. Fine head, ear, eye
and coat. Pedigrees furnished. Eight
champions in three generations. En
quire at Prospector. tf
Valdez Bank & Trust Co. Have Free
War Maps.
The Valdez Bank & Trust Co. have
a number of war maps of Europe
which they will be glad to give to
any who may care to have them.
They are the Rand, McNally maps
recently Issued by the bank as a sup
plement to the Valdez Miner.
Public Notice.
Notice is hereby given that we, the
locators and owners of certain min
eral claims known as Eldorado, El
dorado No. 1 and Eldorado No. 2, lo
cated on Eagluk bay, will not be re
sponsible for any debts contracted
against said claims, either for labor
or supplies of any nature. Notice to
the above effect was posted on the
ground on or about April 15, 1914.
CHRIS. PETERSON.
F. L. WHITE,
tf JOHN IRWIN.
G. O. Retake, the watchmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
A11 work guaranteed.
Notice to Valdez Women.
The Auxiliary of the Pioneers of
Alaska is composed of wives, moth
ers, sons and daughters of members
of the Order of Pioneers, or women
who came to Alaska before January
1, 1901, and all such persons are eli
gible to become members of the Aux
iliary. The charter has been extend
ed until the first Thursday in March.
Auxiliary meets every Thursday night
at Pioneer hall at 8 o’clock sharp.
Applications may be obtained front
secretary.
MAE C. HARRINGTON,
. Secretary and Treasurer.
Swell pictures and music at the
Orpheum tonight.
Only The Best
Smokers Can Now Enjoy
the Best
Juan De Fuca Cigars
U. S. Government Inspected.
Made In Bond
Ingram & Bush
SOLE AGENTS .
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP.
STRICTLY first class
Fourth Avt Seward, Alaska
A. M. Diertager
Valdez Transfer
Company
General Trucking anal Freight*
ing to all interior points
LIVERY and FEED STABLE
STORAGF
Teaming of all kindr
Positively do coal daHvaied
unless paid for Id advance
DONALDSON 8CHEDULE.
Leaves Port Llseum. Leaves Valdez
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p. m. 5 .'00 p. m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
There will be no tripe of the launch
on the second and fourth Frlddys of
eaeh month, these days being used
to dean boilers.