STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
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Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR men only
HIGH TONED TAILORING
to high toned men. Gentlemen
who are the meat exacting in
the style and fit of their gar
ments swear by us. Our fab
rics are of the highest grade,
cut and fit by most skillful tai
lors and at the same prices
paid for inferior work.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1917
PIONEER CONTRACTOR and RUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE any class of building.
Will lake 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
BANKERS
j S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordora,
{ B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alaaka.
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
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chas. Fischer, Propr.
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON s
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
Independent Steam laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Rough Dry lCc lb
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Location notices, both quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Complete line cf Bulk Chocolates.,
Candy Kitchen. tf j
Anything in nugget and ivory Jew
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
liexall! Rexall! Investigate Rex
all products at the Owl Drug Store, tf
Valentines, three for five cents and
upward, at the Emporium. tf
7 he best of everything in box
Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen tf
Hot drinks are in full swing at the
Candy Kitchen t*
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
iubscribe for the Prospector.
Try the Cottage Omlng Room for
good home-cooked meals. Mrs. M
Rucker, Phone 131. tf
Pictures and Panoramic Views
make fine presents. Valdez Drug
Co. tf
Prospector ads bring results.
For Sale.
Lop-Eared Malamute Dog, 16 mos
old, weight 103 lbs.; price f. o. b. Val
dez $76.00. Address, Box 232
Douglas, Alaska. k3-l-17
REBUKED THE DEAN.
The Theological Student Qot Hie Re
venge In » Few Word*.
Thirty years ago Alexander Schmidt
was dean of the university at Dorpat, .
in the Russian province of Livonia.
•‘The Bloodsmith.” as the students
called him because of his researches
concerning the circulation of the blood,
was noted for the severity of his dis
cipline. An amusing incident is told
of him by an army chaplain In the
Zeltung der 10. Armee:
A certain theological student once
wanted to get leave from the universi
ty to attend his sister’s wedding. The
dean refused the necessary' permission
on the ground that the reason was too
trivial. The student was greatly of
fended both because he wanted to go
to the wedding and because he sus
pected that Dr. Schmklt had not be
lieved that Ills excuse was a true one.
Accordingly lie was determined to get
some kind of revenge.
It chanced that on the day after the
affair he was rending St. rnul’s second
letter to Timothy when he suddenly
saw a very clever way to get satisfac
!ion. Laying down the Bible, he wrote
to the Dorpat newspaper and ordered
an advertisement inserted In large
type that Raid Rlmply. “T1 Tim. iv.
14-1 ?»n.”
Every reader of the paper, surprised
by that line, reached for his Bible and
looked up the verses. Imagine the
amusement of the university students
when they found that the passage was.
“Alexander, the coppersmith, did me
much evil; the Lord reward him nc
cording to his works; of whom be thou
i ware also."
BURNING THE LEAVES.
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A Foolish Waits of What Might Bs a
Valuabla Fertilizer.
Many tons of valuable fertilizer are
wasted every year through our practice
of raking the fallen leaves from lawns
and parks Into the street and burning
them. We destroy one of the best of
nature’s fertilizers, that on which she
relies for the renewal of the vegetable
Iminus In the soil.
All nature's protection Is removed In
the Interest of tidiness. Then we won
der why lawns must be so frequently
resodded and why grass seed ‘‘won’t
I catch.” The fallen leaves protect the
I roots of grass and shrubs from the
freezing and thawing of winter nnd.
deposited In a corner of the back yard
with n little earth thrown over them to
prevent their blowing away. In a year
or two are converted Into what the
forester call? “«lufT." an organic ma
ferial which makes the loam thHt
grows the farmer's best crops.
It Is an excellent top dressing for the
lawn uud enrichment for flowers and
shrubs nnd. mixed with a little ordinary
earth, a most desirable soil for filling
tlie window boxes and repotting plants,
something hard to get in town. It Is
invaluable to the amateur gardener
who utilizes his back yard, and yet it is
almost invariably wasted. We pay
thousands of dollars every year for
phosphates and nitrates and overlook
this valuable product of nature's labor
ntory.—Permit Free Press
Nature’s Monument to Washington.
Among the many monuments to ;
Washington is the one which every ,
visitor to the Cape Verde islands will
remember as one of the most colossal ,
and marvelous freaks of natural sculp- ,
ture in existence. Along the farther j
side of the harbor of San Vicente, the
principal town, rises a bold ridge of
dark gray volcanic ro -ks, the crest of
which forms an exact likeness of our
immortal George, seemingly lying face i
upward, as if in a peaceful sleep. The ;
hero's large, bold features, the back- '
ward wave of the hair, his massive
shoulders and even the frill of the shirt ,
front are all reproduced on a gigantic ;
scale with wonderful exactness. The :
strange monument, sharply outlined
against the deep blue of the tropical I
sky. is one of the first objects that I
meet one's eye In approaching the j
Island.
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Venus and Jupiter.
The “earth's twin sister.’* Venus, is
67,000.000 miles from the suu. It re
ceives more heat than we do. Very lit
tle is known of Venus, and so few
markings are seen that it is not known
whether Venus rotates on its axis once
in twenty-four hours or once in 225
days.
Jupiter, the giant of the sun’s fam
ily, is covered with a shell of clouds
which change so rapidly that condi
tions there can be interpreted only in
one way—that Jupiter is so large and
it has cooled so slowly that it is still
far too hot to support life.
Value of Knowledge.
Knowledge Is like the coin of ex
change. A man is justified, to a de
gree. in taking pride In its possession
If he himself worked over the gold of
It and tried to coin it or, at least, if
he came by it honestly, already tested
out. But when he did not do anything
of the kind, but just got It from some
passerby who threw it into his face
then what ground has he to boast of
it?—John Ruskin.
Abnormal Situation.
“It is a wonder the majority o.
stenographers Id business offices ar - \
feminine.”
“Why is it?”
“Because that is the only position I
left in which a woman will let herse': !
be dictated to.*'—Baltimore American. 1
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Classified.
Heiress—I want every one to know i
that our engagement is broken.
“All right. I’ll have it put in the \
papers under the heading ‘Business
Troubles.’ “—life.
RECOGNITION GIVEN
28 ACTS OK HEROISM
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 22.—At tta«J
thirteenth annual meeting of the Car
regie hero fund, held here recently,
twenty-three acts of heroism were
recognized. In eight cases silver med
als were awarded; in 15 cases bronze
mr-dals. Eleven of these heroes lost
their lives and the dependents of sev
en of these, pensions aggregating
$4,680 a year were granted; to the
dependents of one of these and o?
three others who lost their lives,
sums totaling $3,050. to be applied,
subject to the direction of the com-1
mission, in various ways were grant j
ed. In addition to these money:
grants, in one case $1,000 was appro j
priated for educational purposes, pay-1
ments to be made as needed and ap-1
proved, and in 10 cases awards aggre j
gating $5,250 were made for other!
worthy purposes. Payments in these;
cases will not be made until the ben ]
efleiaries plans for the use of the:
awards have been approved by the j
commission.
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PORTO RICANS ARE
AWAITING THEIR TURN j
SAN JUAN. Feb. 22.—Although j
the Porto Rican regiment on infantry]
has been almost doubled in the num-j
her of enlisted men since the passage'
of the army reorganization act by con- j
gress last July, there is again a wait-;
ing list. It had been a two battalion
organization, but now has the full reg
imental strength of 1300.
It has never been difficult to get
men to enlist' in the regiment and it
] is believed to be among the very few
bodies of organized soldfers any place
in the world that has maintained a
waiting list. The percentage of de
sertions has been the lowest of any
organization in the United States
army.
INSTANTLY KILLED AS
TRAIN HITS SPEEDER
EVERETT, Feb. 22.—Appropriat
ing a gasoline speeder to ride out to
a railway construction camp, William
Postelthwaite, aged 52, a laborer, was
instantly killed this evening when the
speeder on which he was riding was
struck by No. 2, Great Northern train,
a few miles from Everett.
Arthur Stokes, 22 years old, who
was riding with Postelthwaite, was
thrown from the machine and escap
ed unhurt. He was arrested by the
Everett police shortly after the acci
dent, but was released when it wa.;
shown that he had nothing to do with
taking the speeder, and was picked up
by Postelthwaite after it had beet:
stolen. Both men were employed at
the same camp.
PORTLAND HOUSE GETS
VANCOUVER, B. C., BONDS
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VANCOUVER. B. C., Feb. 22.—
The tender of the Lumberman’s Trust
Company of Portland, Oregon, for the
purchase of $1,700,000 worth of th«.
city of Vancouver 5.5 per cent bonds
at 98.51 was accepted by the city
(council yesterday afternoon, this be
ing the highest of five considered. The
bonds are issued against the arrears ]
of taxes for 1916.
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Why not a VICTROLA? We have
them from $15 up. Valdez Drug
Co. tf
, A number of the young people took
: advantage of the holiday to organize
:a snowshoe party and took a hike out
i the flat. They took a substantial
lunch along and remained out a ma
Ijor part of the day.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1017
! Practically a Daily at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per In the World gives so much
| at so low a price.
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! The value and need of a newspaper
in the household was never greater
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 Weekly
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 150 copies of
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miaer for this
price. Can you afford to be without
them.
The Thrice-a-Week World,
The Dally Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
AEL 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 s
specialty of Territorial News in con
densed form. The World Is too well
known to our readers to dilate upon
its fttjld of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
OPEN FIRE8 AND
CHRI8TMA8 CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a fire insurance policy on your
home and ite contents. Then
if lire does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresigh* is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
T TONY’S PLACE'S*
EVERYTHING
FIRS'! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINK)
Onr Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PKR- '
FKCT 8HRVIGE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle to Valdez—
Feb. 16—S. S. Adm. Farragut
For Seward
Feb. 26—S. S. Adm. Watson.
For Kodiak
Mar. 2—S. S. Adm. Brans
Mar. 9—S. S. Adm. Farragut
From Valdez for Seattle—
Feb. 23—S. S. Adm. Farragut
Mar. 8—S. S. Adm. Watson
Mar. 10—S. S. Admiral Evans
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Los Angeles
San FTanclsco fo Los Angeles, Dally Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone 1 VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez., Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Hailinj;* from Beattie—
Feb. 16—S. S. Alaska
Feb. 24—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. 1—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 8—S. 9. Alaska
Mar. 16—9. 9. Northwestern
Valdez to Seattle—
Keb. 15—S. S. Mariposa
Keb. 23—S.'S. Alaska
Mar. 4—S. S. Northwestern
Mar. 8—S. S. Mariposa
Mar. 1 6—S. S. Alaska
-GALLING AT
KETCHIKAN, JUNEAU, CORDOVA, ELLAMAR, FT. LISCUM,
VALDEZ, LATOUCHB AND SEWARD.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell. Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Kllamar, Valdes and La
toyche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. B. TRACY, (in'l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Local Agent
Make it a Smokeless, Dustless,
Gasless, Trip East This Year
In addition to the cleaner conditions due to Elec
trification, you’ll enjoy the comfortable accommo
dations and you’ll like the little courtesies inci
dent to “Milwaukee” service.
J. C. Martin, VaMet, Phene 1 A. L Harris, T. P. A. ioneae, Alaska.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Rexall! Rexall! Always gets flrbf.
call by discriminating buyers wh»'
know that Rexall stands tor superla
tive excellence. Owl Drug Store, ex
clusive agents. tt
Pure Fresh Drugs at the Valdez
Drug Store. tfj
For fine Candies see our stock, j
Valdez Drug Oo. tf
K new line or heaters priced right,
at Mead’s. tf
Just received, a new line or Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
Just Received—th* latest Popular
Sougs and Music. Valdez Drug Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe. t_nt bag . for you. tf
Furnished rooms at Urn Osland’s.
Prices reasonable. *
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Geneial 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
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Location notices, ootn quartz and
placer, at the Miner ofike.