fc STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ. ALASKA
"The House of Comfort”
PH0NF, 7 FOR MEN ONLY
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLUMBING STOVES and RANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hose, Pipe and Fitting*
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. _Telephone 24
THE NEW SEASON’S
CLOTHS
are now ready for your inspec
tion. We think you'll agree
that never have you seen clrs
sier fabrics. Tailored in oi.r
inimitable style in a suit to
your measure, they will make
you as smartly dressed as any
man in town. No extravagant
prices.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAIEOR
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1911
PIONEER CONTRACTOR ml BUHOER
OF ALASKA
8
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 j S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS ( B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau, Alaska.
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 OPEN DAI AND NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Propr.
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
Independent Steam Laundry
Hatisf action Gnaranteed
Telephone 06
Foot Keystone Ave
Rough Dry 10c lb
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
LOCAL BREVITIES
A new stock of A1 Fruit Tablets
< amly Kitchen. tf
Location notices, notn quartz and
placer, at the Miner offife.
Fresh canny at the Emporium. II
Pure Fresh Drugs at the 'Valdez
Drug Store. **
For fine Candies see eur stoak.
Valdez Drug Oo. tf
Candy Kitchen. t£
Complete line of Bulk Chocolates.
Anything in nugget and ivory Jew
elry at Valdez Drug Oo.
Admits Killing Mother.
LEXINGTON, Ky.. March 7.—Gil
bert Wheeler, the 35-year-old son of
Mrs. Anna Wheeler, wealthy member
of an artistocratic family, who was
killed here a day or two ago, was cap
tured and has confessed that he kill
ed his mother because she abused
him. He had recently been liberated
from an insane asylum at the request
< f his mother.
Socialists at War.
STOCKHOLM, March 7 —The rup
ture between the warring factions of
the socialist party which was fore
seen during the recent congress here,
has come to pass. Members of the
socialists have published an appeal
for the formation of a new socialist
party.
PAPER IN THE MAKING.
Wood Pulp la tha Baaia af Most ef the
Modern Product.
Two thousand years ago pai»er wna
made by hand In little cradles. The
word |>aper Is derived from papyrus, a
plant from the leaves of which a pulp
was made by pounding and macerat
ing in water Nowadays, of course,
improved machinery Is used to make
[taper, and in this one Item of manu
facture America leads the world.
Writing paper is made mostly from
tags, hut for praeti'-aiiy all other
grades wood pulp is the basis. The
wood used is spruce or poplar or hem
lock. Poplar is,used for tine book pa
pers and spruce pulp goes into news 1
paper, wail paper and hug paper.
The line wood pulp must, of course. j
he treated with a preparation contain
ing clay, dyes and other ingredients ,
anil called “stuff" before it finally he |
comes paper. Hut by a careful process
of tilling in the open spaces with clay i
and pressing through heavy steel rol- |
lers or mauglers. the wood pulp takes i
on the apiiearance and texture of pa- ;
per.
As the product conics front the pa- i
per machine it is wound off on a reel, j
making a large roll. A roll of news
paper will weigh almost a ton and is
often handled by a derrick, says the
.Philadelphia Ledger.
SONGS OF THE FELINES.
Why Lions and Tigara Can Roar and
Cata Pur and Mew.
One of the most interesting discov
eries made lately is that of Sir Rich
ard Owen that the lion roars, instead
of purring, simply because the hyoid
hone in bis throat is loose.
Ill the cat this bone Is stationary,
so that the cat purs and cannot roar
But in the lion and tiger the hyoid is
loose, and therefore even when call
ing to their mates the larger mem
bers of the cat family roar. The
roars of the Jaguar and leopard are like
■hoarse, barking coughs, an interval
of about one second separating the
expiratory efforts," says this observ
er. They may be easily reproduced
or imitated by sawing a piece of thin
board with a coarse toothed saw. The
cheetah, however, calls with a decided
mew, very much like that of the cat.
It. I. Pocock. nu|>crintendent of the
Ixmdou zoo. explains that those fell
dae. or cat family, that have an elas
tic ligament between the ccratohyal
and the upper elements of the suspeu
sorlnm—lion, tiger, leopard, jaguar—
roar, but never pur. while all the oth
er species of the felidae. with normal
ly constricted byoids. pur, but never
roar, and among these are the cheetah
and puma.—New York Sun.
Workshop Environment.
\Ve cannot ignore the influence or
surroundings upon the mental condi
tion and therefore upon the spirit and
efficiency of a working corps Attrac
tive buildings and pleasant surround
ings very distinctly make for a higher
tone and a better class of workers,
even if they do not show an immedi
ate increased productive efficiency,
which it is maintained they actually
do. And, whatever else may be said,
grass plots instead of cinder piles, or
i-usional trees instead of scrap heaps,
vines or shrubbery instead of unsight
ley fences or sheds, certainly tend to
make factory life less disagreeable
and more pleasant to those obliged to
live it and cannot fail to be, therefore,
worth while intrinsically.—O. M. Beck
er in Engineering Magazine.
A Window Washer’s View.
A window washer was called upon
one day to clean the windows of a
business concent on the nineteenth ,
floor of a skyscraper in lower Broad
way. The cleaner paused in wonder
tnent as he passed through the lines
of typewriter operators as they click
ed off their correspondence and went
to the window and fastened the two
straps dangling f;om his belt to hooks
at the side of the window frame. He
cast another surprised glance at the
men operating the typewriters, and as
he swung outward over the dizzy
height, bis weight sustained by the
slender straps, he muttered:
"It’s mighty odd how some people
do make their living in this world
anyway!”—.New York Telegram.
Worse and Worse.
A negro elevator man in a Broadway
office building was telling Bide Dud
ley. the New York theatrical writer,
that his landlord bad forced him out
of his home because be could not meet
an increased rental.
“So he dispossessed you?” said Dud
ley sympathetically.
“Wuss’n dat. boss,” said the darky:
“he disflatted me!” — Railroad Red
Book.
A Protest.
“What I want," said the restless per
son, “is an eight hour day."
“Why, you don't do more than two or
three hours' actual work any day.”
“That’s the trouble. If I don’t get
occupation enough to consume more
time it'll soon begin to look as if they
didn’t need me at all.”—Washington
Star.
Big One.
“I heard the bride and groom had a
serious falling out on their honeymoon
trip.”
“Goodness gracious! How did that
happen ?"
“Their automobile turned turtle.”
Baltimore American
The Cellar Stairs.
If the bottom cellar step be painted
white it will help to save many a fal!
in the dark.
The most unhappy man In the world
is he who is not patient in adrendtv.
NOT BE5EVERED
AUSTRIAN NOTE CONCILIATORY'
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Full Text of <'omniiintcution Is Re-'
l
celved and After Digesting I’resi-,
dent Announces Diplomatic Rel:-.-l
i
tions Will Be Maintained.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., March 7.—
Tlie full text of the Austrian note on
the submarine question was received
l>y President Wilson this afternoon.
The note is conciliatory in tone, and
after thoroughly digesting the sap:o
the President announced that diplo
matic relations with Austria would
not be severed unless the Austrian
submarines committed an overt act.
Officials here realize the difficult posi
tion occupied by Austria, which, de
sirous of maintaining friendly rela
tions with the United States is still
necessarily bound to respect the poli-!
cies of her allies. It is probable that'
further negotiations will be had withj
Austria on the submarine question. j
REPORTED STONE BUYS
FORTY-NINTH STAR i
It is reported that B. M. Stone, for
merly editor of the Seward Gateway,
has purchased from John Heckey the
Forty-Ninth Star of Anchorage, of
which John W. Frame has been the
editor and manager and that in the
future Mr. Stone will edit and pub
lish that paper. j
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CITY SENDS OUT TRUCKS
TO BRING IN FOODSTUFFS j
—
BALTIMORE, Md., March 7.— Fi' ;
teen five-ton trucks of the city do J
partments were sent out in the cou:
try surrounding Baltimore today to}
pether in farm products in an attempt j
by the city to help smash the corner I
in foodstuffs. Spot cash is to be paid I
to the farmers out of the city's con-j
tingent fund.
Mayor Pro3ton said that he expect- i
ed to cut 25 per cent off the costs to
the consumers.
GERMANS CLAIM POISON
PLACED IN SHIPMENTS;
BERLIN, Mar. 7.—“German news
papers," says the Overseas News Ag
ency. “state that according to relia
ble reports the British have tried to
induce neutrals to carry poisoned
food and wine, aboard ships headed
for the barred zone, hoping that the
U-boats would fill up their stor?
rooms from cargoes of such ships,
so that the submarine crews would
die of the poison.”
ARMY ESTIMATE CALLS
FOR 5,000,000 SOLDIERS |
LONDON. March 7.- The army es
timate issued today provides for an
army of 5,000,000 exclusive of India.
An additional navy estimate calls for
50,000 officers and men, bringing the
total of the navy personnel to 450.
000.
FOR RENT—Modern five-room ]
house, completely furnished, close in
Alaska Investment Co. 2t ,
We have a fresh line of Augustine j
Kyer box candles at the Candy Kitci;-;
en. tf ,
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION;
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD j
IN 1017
Practically a Daily at the Price j
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per Ik the World gives so eiech
at so low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper j
in the household was never greater1
than at the present time. The great;
war in Europe is now half-way into,
its third year, and whether peace bo
at hand or afar off the events to fol-:
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice a Week World, The;
Daily Prospector and The Week’./ j
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash!
in advance. You get 15$ copies of
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for this
price. Can you afford to be without
them.
The Thrice-J»-Week World,
The Dally Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
41.1, FOR $13.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly!
Miner are the only papers published
at Valdez, and are replete with local
and world news. The Miner makes a
specialty of Territorial News in cen- j
densed form. The World Is too well
known to our readers to dilate upon
its field of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW. j
OPKN KIRKS AND
CHRISTMAS GANDMvH
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue yon
a fire insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if fire does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresight js bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Heal K.state Agency
TONY’S PLACE™
EVERYTHING ANTON CARLSON,
FIRS! CLASS Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINK)
Our l^rge Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle to Valdez— Oom Valdez for Seattle—
Feb. 15—S. S. Adm. Farragut
For Seward Feb. 23—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Feb. 25—S. S. Adm. Watson,
For Kodiak Mar. 8—S. S. Adm. Watson
Mar. 2—S. S. Adm. Evans
Mar. 9—S. S. Adm. Farragut Mar. 10—S. S. Admiral Evans
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for Man Francisco,
Ion Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE AS8URKD THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
ALASKA
! STEAMSHIP CO.
Sailings from Seattle—
Feb. IS—S. S. Alaska
Feb. 24— S. S. Northwestern
Mar. 1—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 4i—S. S. Alaska
Mar. 16 — S. S. Northwestern
Valdez to Beattie—
Keb. 15—S. S. Mariposa
Feb. 2’— S. S. Alaska
Mar. 4—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. 8—S. 9. Mariposa
Mar. 16—S. S. Alaska
-CAUJKG AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHE AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau. Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. D. TRACV, tien'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent
SPUDS WORTH $2,500
SELLING FOR $0,000
GASTON, Oregon, March 7.— Far
mers in this district have discovered
that potatoes increase in value a;
the rate of $1 a mile as they travel
to the east. A car of 655 sacks stand
ing on the track here is worth $2,500.
When it reaches the New York mar
ket its value rises to $6,000. Farmers
last week received the highest price
yet paid for potatoes here, $3.25 a
hundredweight. Eighteen cars are on
route and leading and many groweis
are holding for higher prices.
Ladies' Aid Meets Tomorrow,
The Ladies' Aid of the Congrega
tional church will hold its regular
meeting in the lecture room of the
church tomorrow afternoon at 3:00
o’clock. Mrs. Elton Merrifield will
be hostess. Following the meeting
the Ladies’ Aid and the Women’s
Guild of the Episcopal church will
meet jointly in the lecture room of the
Congregational church for the purpose
of listening to an address by C. L.
Knauss, representative of the Cres
cent Manufacturing Company of Se
attle on the merits of Crescent Bak
ing Powder.
(’. J. l-angford Demi.
TACOMA, March 7.—C. J. Lang
ford, a former lawyer of Butte, Mon
tana, and Tacoma, and a member of
the Washington Sta.e legislature
tour years ago, died last week at Ash
land, Ore., where he went for his
health several months ago. He was
prominently identified with the pro
gressive party in the 1912 campaign
Private Fields of the Signal Corps
who has been stationed at Tonsina,
was an arrival on the Alameda. Hed
will be stationed at the local cable
office.
W. O Laughlin of Cordova, arrived
on the Alameda to attend the session
of the District court as a member of
the grand Jury'.
subscribe for the Prospector.
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genet al Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE,
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance
Capt. George E. Scott came up
from Cordova on the Alameda to al
tend the term of the District court
as a grand juror.
C. C. Keenan, shop superintendent
for the Copper River & Northwestern
Railway at Cordova was an arrival on
the Alameda. He is a member of the
grand jury.
POUND—That the subscription
price of the Modern Priscilla will be
advanced to $1.25 on March 25. Save
money by subscribing now. Mrs. L.
A. Depuy, representative. k-12t
The best of everything in bo*
Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen tf
Why not a V1CTROLA? We have
them from $15 up. Valdez Drug
Co. tf
Just Received—th« latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
CiTY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe. t_ai bag.,u0u for you. tf
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *