'Men’s Mackinaw Coats
The handiest, most serviceable
coat now days is the mackinaw—the
all-around coat; suitable for town or
the trail.
Our Kenyon or Summit coats are
made Norfolk or plain belted styles,
with high shawl collar and the new
est in checks, plaids or plain colors.
Price From $6.50 to $9.00
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National Universitj
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies pourteen tears in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone 10 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Druti store. Office hours
9 a. m.. to6p. m.. 7 p, in., to 9 p. in. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DR. M. O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. 69
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9 p. m.
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
C. E. BUNNELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
•, Offices Wall Street
Phone 3i VALDEZ
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone J>4 Valdes, Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
jCivil Engineer ind[
U. S. Deputy Lend and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdes, Alaska.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners
H. M. CARTER, President.
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdez, Alaska.
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. If
Notice To Pioneer Women.
All those desiring to become chart
er members of the Auxiliary of Pio
neers of Alaska must have their ap
plication filed with the secretary be
fore February 4, 1915. Auxiliary
meets every Thursday night at Pio
neer hall at 8 o’clock sharp.
MAE C. HARRINGTON,
Secretary and Treasurer.
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
Subscribe for the Weekly Miner.
THE READING TABLE
There is no light that makes night
reading so easy as does Electricity. An
Electric portable is a source of pleasure
in every home—as well as a means of
health. The entire body suffers if the
eyes becoma affected. Reading in im
proper light is one of tho worst Things
for the eyes. Get an Electric Portable
and read in comfort and peace.
Alaska Water, Light Telephone & Company. I
WOMEN OF NIGERIA.
Their Lip* Are Plugged With Wooden
Disks So They Can't Eat Dog.
The women of northern Nigeria are
not prepossessing and In their scanty
attire, with tails of grass hanging from
their girdles, are sometimes really gro
tesque.
To add further to their beauty both
the upper and lower lips of these wom
en are pierced in order to admit a flat,
round disk of wood called the tichiak.
which is usually about the size of a
half dollar. The lips of the little girls
are pierced when they are seven or
eight years of age, nnd a piece of
wood inserted nnd worn for a time un
til a larger one takes its place, the
opening thus being gradually enlarged
until a full sized tichiak can be carried
without discomfort. The object of this
singularly discomforting adornment is
to prevent the women from eating
dogs, which are considered the greatest
delicacy by the men of the tribes.
Both sexes decorate their bodies with
regular designs. The chests and backs
of the little girls are scarified at a
very early age. When they arrive at
marriageable age the girls undergo a
further ordeal, for two sets of parallel
lines are cut both on the chest and the
back, and as soon as possible after
marriage the head lines are made.
These consist of a number of short cuts
across the forehead, extending from ear
to ear, and thirteen long, slanting lines
are cut on each cheek from ear to chin.
COACHES AND AUTOCARS.
How the Twentieth Century Is Linked
With the Eighteenth.
The nineteenth century has seen the
passing of the democracy of travel.
With the twentieth has come a return
to the aristocratic methods of the
eighteenth century, when a gentleman,
if he wished to tour the continent, did
so in his own couch. Friends in the
country inviting a lady of quality to
visit them wrote asking where horses
should meet her. She naturally came
in her own carriage. When Miss Edge
worth’s heroine Helen wished to pay
her debts her principal asset was her
traveling chaise.
in the youth of our own grandfa
thers the truly great, enshrined in au
aristocratic vehicle, refused to descend
from it even when on shipboard. The
opera singer Grisi crossed the channel
in her own coach, while her dutiful
husband stood on deck at the coach
window holding the harmless necessu
ry basin. The individual vehicle was
a hall mark of distinction.
There has been an interval when peo
ple were content to herd together in
railway trains, but it has already pass
ed away. We have returned to the
private, the special, the personal; in a
word, we have gone back to the eight
eenth century. Now, as then, a gentle
man travels in his own conveyance.—
Atlantic Monthly.
Cowboys.
A cowboy, to our modern minds,
means a man who herds cattle. Yet
the original "cowboys,” instead of
herding cattle, stole them. The name
seems drst to have been applied to a
band of horsemen, part soldiers anil
part bandits, who fought on the Brit
ish side during the Revolution. West
chester county, N. Y., was the scene of
their operations, and the most of them
were Tories. Because they drove away
many cattle on their raids they were
called cowboys. Opposed to the cow
boys in their raids through the section
of New York which lay between the
British and American lines were the
skinners, a somewhat similar baud of
marauders, who espoused the conti
cental cause.—American Boy.
Parental Severity.
The children of two centuries ago
fell on stern times, if one may believe
that the spirit of family life was ac
curately expressed by an excellent
mother of that dny who said, without
humorous intent, that her children
“loved her as sinners dread death."
There is little doubt that parental con
trol at that date was os rigorous as
this anecdote indicates. It is said that
when little Andrew Elliot, afterward
lieutenant governor of New York, ob
jected to boiled mutton bis father. Sir
Gilbert Elliot, frowned.
“Let Mr. Andrew have boiled mut
ton for breakfast,” commanded the
stern parent, “cold mutton for dinner
1 and cold mutton for supper till he has
learned to like it."
His Company.
Mark Twain, meeting Charles Guth
rie. a prominent British lawyer, in
Vienna asked him if he smoked.
“Sometimes when I am in bad com
pany,” was the reply.
After a pause came a second ques
tion. “You’re a lawyer, aren’t you,
Mr. Guthrie?"
. “1 am. Mr. Clemens.”
"Ah, then, Mr. Guthrie, you must be
a very heavy smokerl”
Fishbone In the Throat.
To remove a fishbone from the
throat swallow a raw Sgg and follow,
if possible, by eating plenty of rnnsh
ed potatoes. The egg will carry the
bone into the stomach, and the pota
toes will prevent it from doing any in
jury there;
Skeptical.
“I have dyspepsia, but you never
heard me growl about it.”
“Never growl about it? Well, then,
you haven’t got It”—Philadelphia Bul
letin. _
Filling the Autocrat.
Why should wives complain when
husbands read the morning paper at
the breakfast table since reading mak
etb a full man?—Little Rock Gasett*
AN INGENIOUS COOLI
How Ha Helped the Doctors During a
Cholera Epidemic.
Id a life ami death battle with a
cholera epidemic in Huuan province,
China, in which an American medical
missionary was the leading figure, one
of the most serious difficulties was met
successfully by one of the menial hos
pita) coolies.
Since every patient had to have from
one pint to several quarts of distilled
water with salt in it, the water could
not be distilled fast enough. For two
days the staff struggled along with
makeshifts while thinking up a plan to
build a still for little money without
the loss of time. This coolie solved
the problem. In one day and at a cost
of less than $2 be built a still which
later produced twenty gallons of dis
tilled water every twenty-four hours.
The still was simplicity itself. For
cooking food the Chinese use large,
flat, saucer-like pans made of iron.
With one of these above and another
below the coolie made a drum of gal
vanized iron with a hole in the side for
a trough. Into the lower pun hot wa
ter for boiling was poured. Under
neuth, a hot tire sent up a constant
steam vapor. The upper kettle was
kept cool by frequent changings of cold
water. The vapor from the lower ket
tle, condensed on the lower surface of
the cool upper kettle, dripped off into
the trough, and filled 1 Kittle nfter bot
tle with distilled water.—World’s Work.
THE WHITE FARM.
It Deserved Its Name, and It Cheaply
Advertised Itself.
During n vacation spent in the north
we were driven through a most pros
perous country, lined with beautiful
farmhouses.
Among others we passed a white
farm. The house was white, the barns
were white, the fences were white.
Milk white cows were grazing in the
fields, and snow white chickens were
running upon the lawn. A huge white
dog lay upon the grass, and a white
horse, with a white harness and white
carriage, was hitched to a white post
by a white strap. The wtiite graveled
drive was bordered with white rocks.
A white fountain threw up a white
spray, while white ducks floated upon
the water beneath.
Just as we drove by a lady dressed
in pure white, with white shoes, step
ped out of the door and seated herself
in a white hammock.
The w'hole effect was most striking
nnd was on excellent example of ad
vertisement without expense. The cost
would have been the same if no atten
tion had been paid to one color. There
was no need of giving a name to that
farm, it is known as the White farm
for miles around and is one of the
show places of the district.
The same idea, of course, could be
carried out with other shades.—i’ro
gressive Farmer.
Hear, Hearl
‘•Hear, hear!" is the house of corn
moos cheer, the member of parliament
being forbidden the use of any other
form of applause But “Hear, hear!"
in the house of commons may be made
to express a number of conflicting
emotions. Some of the varieties of
parliamentary cheering have been
noted by the late William White in
his “Inner Life of the House of Com
mons.” "There is.” he writes, "tin
defiant cheer, more like a yell than a
cheer. This is most commonly heard
from the conservative side of the
house. * » * Then there is the
cheer derisive, which is very expres
sive. and, again, the cheer confirma
tory. * * * There is also the ob
structive cheer. * * * and. lastly, there
is the genuine English, manly, approv
ing cheer.*' And “Hear, hear!" denotes
them all.
A Short Lived Club.
One of the most short lived clubs
ever formed was the Club des Laid
euses—club for ugly women—organized
by the Princess Pauline Metternicb.
who was an elegant woman, but so
ugly that she used to call berself “.a
white monkey.” Perhaps she felt lone
some. Anyhow, she tried to gather
some of the other women she knew
who were not blessed with good looks
into a club. But the club proved nn
popular and died a natural death. The
princess got back at her women ac
quaintances by remarking that if there
were any candor in them her club
would be overcrowded.
Saved the Admission Money.
Kutb came home from her first visit
to Sunday school, carrying a small
sack of caudy.
“Why, Kuth, where did you get the
candy?" asked the family, who had
gathered to hear her experiences.
Kutb looked up in surprise.
“1 bought it with the nickel you gave
me.” she said. “The minister met me
at the door and got me in tor noth
ing.”—Ladles’ Home Journal.
A Matter of Policy.
"Honesty Is the best policy.” mused
the business man.
“I’ve never beard of that company,”
began the Insurance man. wbo bad
been sparring for un opening, “but
now, I’ve got a policy here”— But
his victim had fled.—Buffalo Express.
Strategical Blunder.
“Pa. what is It they call a strategical
error?”
“That’s the kind of error your fa
ther makes, my boy. when your moth
er Is giving a party and be forgets to
enter the boose by the back door."—
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The man wbo waits for opportunity,
and when ha aeaa It takes It is not so
good a man aa ha who doea not wait,
bat makaa It
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE Call You on Time forrthe*boat
if We Handle Your Baggage.
We Buy andCSell Anything from
UeadJCraDs to Live &ears.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone ' J. A. Spenard, Prop
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Moved to Reed Building, on Wall
Street, next to Road Commission
!7 a in to 9 st m
Lunch 12 m to 1pm
6 to 7 li m
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Ter
ritory of AlasKtt, ss.:
I, Charles E. Davidson, Secretaiy
of the Territory of Alaska, do here
by certify that on this date there has
been filed in my office consent of
stockholders to dissolution of the
James E. Wilson Transportation
Company, a domestic corporation or
ganized under the laws of the Terri
tory of Alaska, and said corporation
is therefore dissolved.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
Great Seal of the Territory of Alas
ka. at Juneau, this 21st day of De
cember, 1914. (Seal.)
CHARLES E. DAVIDSON,
Secretary of Alaska.
Publications Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska. Third Division.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of 1.
D. Flynn, deceased.— Notice of settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that W. T.
Scott, the administrator of the estate
of I. 1). Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and fil
ed in the above entitled court, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th day of February, 1915, at the
hour of two o’clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the coif'l l room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska,
has been duly appointed by me, the
undersigned, as the Judge of said
court, as the time and place for the
settlement of said account, at which
time and place any and all persons
interested in said estate, may appear,
file exceptions in writing to the said
account or otherwise contest the al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 23rd
day of December, 1914.
(Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex Officio
Probate Judge, for the Recordin';
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date last publication February 2 4,
1915.
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
"back” a good plan, a
good idea, a good busi
ness venture' or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PR08PECTCR FOR RE
SULTS.
If jroa want all tna newa all tba
tlrao, read tbe Prospector.
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