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STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
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Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA V
“The House of Comfort”
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PHONE 7 FOR MEN 0NLY
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLUMBING STOVES and RANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. ^Telephone_24^^
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FROM ANY VIEW POINT.. 4
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our clothes show their superi- *
ority. In the material, in the *
workmanship—every stitch set 4
with care—and in the fit and |
hang 01 the garment. Don't •*
spend a lot of money but to re- 4
gret it; let us tailor you this *
time and forget the past. A 4
host of fetching designs to 4
choose from. j
BEN SILVERMAN
1 THE TAIliOR 4
4.4,4.4.4. 4.4. 4.4. 4. 4.4 ■£* <••><•$• C- <• M
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Telephone 66
I Foot Keystone Ave j
I Roujrh Dry 11c lb |
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms._'_Phone 35
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
PIioiiP <i:J OPEN DAY AX'D NIGHT Clias. Fischer, Propr.
For Sale*.
1 complete sawmill outfit with plan- ^
ers (Russell & Co.) 11-13. Nominal
h. p. 35. Indicated h. p. 77.
Circular saws and other materials
1 new Willamette Donkey engine,
Engine 7 *-4-10.
1 slightly used Willamette Donkey
8 *£-10.
2 slightly used Florry Donkey En- i
gines, 7-10.
For further information write or
wire
' ALASKA ANTHRACITE RY. CO. I
Per Geo. W. Nelson,
tf Katalla, Alasau.1
A fresh lot of Haas' Candies receiv- j
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to $2
a box. Valdez Drug Co. if
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co
Location notices, both quartz and
placer,’ for sale at the Prqspector of'
fled.
OLD PAPERS—Just the thing to
place under carpets, ten cents per
bundle of 100 at this office.
Ladies’ Coats, Skirts, Middies,
Shirt Waists, Men’s Dress and Sport
Shirts ay the Emporium. tf
Switches, transtormations, Janes
Chignons, Dolly Varden Curls, and
Cluster Curls made up from your own
combings at the Vanltie Shop. tf
They do more
than please the taste—
20 for 10c
Chesterfield
CIGARETTES
fIMPORTED aii DOMESTIC tobaccos-BUM
LAUNCH
PATHFINDER
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
Plying between, Valdez, Klla
niar, hidalgo, Port Wells, Land
lock, Nellie Juan, Wells Bay,
and all Sound Points, ‘limes of
sailing and terms upon appli
cation to Master.
CAPT. BYRON SMITH
VALDKZ, ALASKA
Master Signal Electrician Robert
L. Patton, who has been Chief Oper
ator at the Cordova office for several
years past, was an arrival on the Alas
ka to take the position of chief oper
ator here.
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Charles Herron, proprietor of the
Anchorage Times, was a through pas
senger on the Alaska for Anchorage
after spending the winter in the
States.
S. A. Heruple and Mj;s. Heinple re
turned on the Alaska after spending
the winter in the States and Hawaii.
Rev. Father A. Fletcher returned
on the Alaska from a visit to Cordova.
VALDEZ TO HAVE I
NEW POSTOFFICE
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iPOSTMASTER GENERAL
SENDING AUTHORITY
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Delegate Sul/.er Wires Second Assist*
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ant Postmaster General is Portvard*
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log Authority to Postmaster to ask
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for Kids.
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j Postmaster Todd received a teie-1
grant from Delegate Sulzer this morn
ing stating that the Second Assistant
’Postmaster General had assured hint
itoday that Valdez would have per
manent Postoffice quarters immedi
iatelv, and that the official was send-;
|ing to Mr. Todd today full authority
to call for bids for permanent quar
ters together with full specification
,particulars, so that no delay which
‘might be occasioned by awaiting for
the action of the inspectors.
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OFFICER SAYS UTTLK
MEN BEST FOR ARMY
DETROIT. Mich., May 23.—Major
{Phelps, of the Army recruiting station
i who saw twenty-one year's active ser
vice in the cavalry, in a recent inter
Iview said, "My conception of the ideal
soldier is a man of 5 feet and 6 or 7
[inches, weighing about 150 pounds.
[This is the type of man who can stand
{the fatigue and grilling punishment of
;Iong hard duty. 1 prefer the recruit
[with 4 inches chest expansion to one
{with a tremendous lung capacity as
he has more proved stamnia.
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| "I have seen such a man ride twen
ty-four hours and not give out. He
lean go to sleep in the saddle,” con
tinued the major, lighting a fresh
! stogie, “I’ve done it myself many a
I time. I waked to find a trooper rid
!ing at my side holding my arm.
“What are you doing here?" I ask
led him.
“I was afraid the captain might fall
'and hurt himself,” he replied, but I
heard the rascal telling another man
afterward, “I didn't care if the old
man fell off, but he was the only one
who knew the wray back home, and
we'd have been in a h-ot' a fix if
he’d got hurt.”
•THK CIA K" AT THK
EMPRESS THURSDAY
The Empress circuit tomorrow ev
ening will show Blanche Sweet in a
pfetnrization of the thrilling master
piece “The Clue.”
“The Clue" as might be inferred
from the title, is a detective drama,
the central event of which is the mur
der of a Russian who has in his pos
session secret plans of the Japanese
coast defenses. At the time of the
murder the Russian and his elder
brother are both seeking to marry
rich American girls, having become
!intimately involvel in the domestic
lives of the families. Guy Bertram,
who is in love with Christine (the
; character played by Miss Sweet), and
who has one of the Russians as his
own rival, is incensed that the other
Russian should be paying attention
to his sister, Eve Bertram. Therefore
;he would apparently have motive for
!the slaying.
j The ultimate solution of the in
trigue is as unexpected as it is happy.
!The mystery which has become ap
parently impossible of explanation,
suddenly clears up in a twinkling and
'the expert detective sees that justice
is done.
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j The launch Shamrock. Capt. Tim
I Marcum, left yesterday for Ellamar
and Cordova with Gus Gillis, I. E.
; Fischer and two other traveling men.
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Old papers in bunches of 100 at
!this office, only 10 cents. tf
1 Try a high frequency violet ray!
| treatment for that tired feeling, at
the Vanity Shop. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe, tliat baggage for you. tf
Window Shades with fixtures, ring
'and cord. 65 cents at Emporium. We
'have newr goods and remount shade
rollers for 50 cents. tf
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A full and complete line o* Cigars,
Cigarettes, , Smoking Tobacco and
, Pipes. • Valdez Drug Co. tf
Old papers in bunches of 100 at
! tills office, only 10 cents. tf
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Why look old and careworn? The
famous Parisian method for rejuven
jating the complexion and hands will
erase from 10 to 20 years. Remem
i ber a woman is as old as she looks.
I Method fully explained at the Vunitie
Shop. tf
Remember your friends by sending
them a Panoramic View, a new lot
| just received, Valdez Drug Co. tf
THE HINDU DAY OF LIGHT.
A Festival That Turna India Into a
Sort of Fairyland.
There is one ila.v lu I he year which la
celebrated as a great festival by the
Hindus of India, and the natives are
even-allowed to gamble upon this oc
casion The great day is Devali—the
Day of Light— which is dedicated to
the Hindu god Ham in celebration of
his coronation.
From sunset onward on this day the
native bazaars throughout India re
semble fairyland, for outside the house
or shop of every true Hindu are placed
numerous little lamps of a very primi
tive construction. They consist merely
of small shallow, transparent howls,
about the size of a saltcellar, filled
with oil in which u wick isfloated.
The number of lamps varies with the
financial standing of the householder,
the wealthier natives displaying them
by the hundred According to the tra
dition. he who displays the greatest
number of lights will become exceed
ingly rich, fur on this night Laksbami.
the goddess of wealth, is supposed to
wander abroad and enter wherever
there are sufficient lights to catch her
fancy.
Another method or enticing the un
suspecting goddess.consists of placing
in a bowl filled with milk aud rice a
cluster of pretty flowers The Hindu
believes that to present a friend with
flowers Is to wish him or her happi
ness; hence the offering of flowers to
Lakshami.—Pearson’s Weekly.
MUSICAL TRAINING.
It Should Have a Placa In tha Educa
tion of Evary Child.
We shall make no real progress in
music in this country, says Bruno
Hubn. until we come to consider a
training in the rudiments of music as
an essential point in the education of
our children.
Too often patents excuse their re
missness on the ground that their chil
dren show no spontaneous desire to
study music. Because a child shows
no such desire to study reading, writ
ing and arithmetic do we for that rea
son permit him to neglect totally these
subjects? No normal child desires to
study auy subject, and a failure on the
part of a child to crave a musical edu
cation should uot be permitted to ex
empt him from such training.
In my opinion the average child
should begin to study music at tbe ugc
of eigbt or nine and for at least two
years devote an hour a day to the exer
cise of it.
After two years the child's prefer
1 euce and aptitude may safely Lie con
l suited in regard to further study. But
| in any event the two. years of study
1 have not been wasted, for he has al
ready learned something that will he
of use to him ail his life.
Musical training, especially in the
home, should have a place in the «*du
cation of every child.—Kxchauge.
Widowed Birds.
Tlie married life of most birds could i
lie taken for a model by members of
1 the human family. I'or instance, the ;
staid, dignified and homely baldheaded ,
eagle never mates but once and lives
with his one mute until lie or she dies. i
if left a widower—even a young wid- :
ower—tlie baldheaded eagle never
1 mates again. lie remains alone and
disconsolate in the nest of the rocky i
i crag or in the branches of u tall pine !
that formed his domicile while his
mate was alive. No other female eagle ,
I can tempt him to forsake his desolate ]
' life. With him once a widower, al
ways a widower. The golden wood- ■
| peckers live in a happy married state.
; mating but once, if the male dieB his ;
mate's grief is lasting, and she re- ;
i mains a widowed bird the rest of her i
! life.
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Thrift Maxims.
Nothing waste, nothing want.
Thrift is an antidote against anxiety
for the future , ■
Thrift dei^s with the present day
; and plans for the future days. ,
Thrift acquaints itself with true val
ues and keeps tub on expenditures.
Neither minute gains itor even small
losses are underrated by the thrifty.
To postpone to afternoon wbat
should be done in the morning is
! thriftlessness of management.
An Architectural Gam.
Claude Perrault was oue of tbe rare
geniuses who turned from the profes
sion of medicine to that of art. He J
was born in 1613, being the brother
of Charles Perrault. tbe noted barrister,
through whose influence be became ar
chitect of the Louvre in Paris. The j
colonnade of this building, which be i
erected, is regarded as one of the finest!
creations of its kltyl of tbe seventeenth i
century.
M irrora.
"The real object of mirrors,” said j
Mr. Pinkerton, “is to enable women to i
see themselves as others see them.”
"No," remarked his friend, Mr. Ankel
by; “I think they were invented so that
women could make themselves look as
they wanted others to see them!”— i
London Globe.
Improving.
’ “This critic describes your new book
as drool.”
“Guess 1 must be Improving. Be al ■
luded to my last book as utter rot"— '
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Similarity.
Contractor—Then you won't sell me .
a carload of bricks on credit? Dealer {
—No: me an' my bricks are very much
alike—we’re bard pressed for cash.— i
Boston Transcript
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Imagination causes more aches and
pains than all other ailments.—Bab
cock.
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WHEN A FIRE STARTS
the firemen’s best effor*3 are
given to putting it out as
quickly as possible. He aims
to save as much as he can. Hut
once a fire starts, damage end
loss commence. The only way
to offset that loss is to be well
insured. Our policies cover
ail losses from the very min
ute the damage by flames, wa
ter or smoke commences.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
TONY’S PLACE S1
EVERYTHING
FIRST CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle— Valilcz. to Seattle—
May 10—3. S. Alameda. May 15—S. S.,North western.
May 15—S. S. Alaska. May 20—S. S. Alameda
May-21 — 3. S. Mariposa. May 25—S. S. Alaska
May' 27—S. S. Northwestern. May 31—S. S. Mariposa
June 2—S. S. Alameda. June 6—S. S. Northwestern
FAl.li AT Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova, Kllainar, Ft. Use uni, Val
dez, l.atouehe, Seward and Anchorage.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau. Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. TRACY, tien’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent
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Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle, U P. >1. Valdez to Seattle—
May 11—S. S. Adm. Evans May 15—S. S. Adm. Watson
May 19- S. S. Adm. Farragut May 23—S. S. Adm. Evans
May 2$—S. S. Adm. Watson May 31—S. S. Adm. Farragut
June 4—-S. S. Adm. Evans June 10— S. S. Adm. Watson
June 12—S. S. Adm. Farragut June 1 <5—S. S. Adm. Evans
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
Sail Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday anti Saturdays.
IF FOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY REST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone I VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez. Alaska
114 CHAS. R. CRAWFORO 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA-PHONE 18
REFERENCES I S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS "( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. •
Fresh candy at the Emporium, tl
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates. ■
Candy Kitchen. tf j
Genuine Sweet Apple Cider at
Hunt's Candy Kitchen. tf j
Anything In nilgget and ivory Jew
elry at VjJdez Drug Co.
Pasteurized Products.
Pasteurizer Whipping Cream. Pas
teurized Sweet Milk and Pasteurized
Buttermilk at Love-Whltley Co.’s, tl
A new line or heaters priced right,
at Mead’s. if
Lowney's Box Candies at Hunt's
Candy Kitchen. tf
The articles you ordered have ar
rived at the Emporium. tf