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KING’S GROCERY
Phone 188
Bi Keystone Produce Co.
E. G. AMES, Manager
Fresh Eggs, Butter, Fruit, Vegetables
Cor. Keyetone Are. and McKinley St. PHONE 44.
“HOOTCH” MANUFACTURE
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
The recently appointed deputy
United States marshal at Kakutat, Al
bert E. Lacy, will leave on an early
boat for his post of duty. The un
lawful manufacturing of “hootch”
will be immediately investigated by
Mr. Lacy. It is claimed" that the na
tives are engaged in this illicit work
a great deal. Frequent reports have
come from that section of disturb
ances as a result of beverage produc
ed by the fermentation of chicken
wheat, apples, beans, prunes, yeast
and many other ingredients.
Birds Were Plentiful.
A^lunting party composed of
LiejRaregg of the cableship Burn
sidejlfleut. Kunzig of the Alaska
Road commission and Dr. Cutlif, of
the Burnside, made the trip out over
the government road yesterday to
Mile 24 and secured some good shoot
ing.
The Crystal Baths barber shop is
open and ready for “next.” Will be
pleased to serve all old customers
and new ones. Shop open Sundays to
12 noon. tf
GERMANY AND BULGARIA
HAD UNDERSTANDING
ROME, Oct. 29.—The Tribuna, a
paper in close touch with the official
circles, declares that the criticisms of
the British foreign oifice regarding
the alienation of Bulgaria by Ger
many is not justified as it has been
known since last May that Bulgaria
had made a secret treaty with Ger
many and that Bulgaria was restrain
ed from entering the war at that time
by declaring war on Serbia because
disease was epidemic in Serbia and
Bulgaria feared the result on her own
forces.
Alameda Goes Southward.
The steamer Alameda returned
from the westward about 2:30 this
morning and sailed for the south
ward shortly after with John Enlund,
and F. Burden as cabin passengers.
The steamer has a large number of
passengers who were en route to the
States from Anchorage and other
westward points.
"Pure, fresh Milk, Cream, Butter
and Cheese. Phone 32.” tf
Suits pressed for $1.00 at Siher
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198 tf
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PERILS OF BAD AIR.
Reduced Vitality, Lois of Appetite and
General Bad Health.
Air is bad when it is overheated,
when it contains an excess of moisture
and when it is chemically contaminat
ed. This is the conclusion of the New
York state commission on ventilation
as summarized by Professor C. K. A.
Winslow, chairman.
The first indictment against bad air
shows that an Increase in temperature
beyond the normal 70 degrees pro
duces serious derangement of the vaso
motor mechanism of the body, result
ing in a rise of temperature, increased
pulse and a lowered blood pressure,
with a corresponding decrease in effi
ciency. both physical and mental. In
addition to this, overheating conduces
to an undesirable congestion of the
mucous membranes of the nose, thus
possibly paving the way for colds, sore
throats and Attacks of various germ
diseases.
The work of the commission also
proves that chemical accumulations in
the air as a result of air stagnation
bring about a decreased appetite for
food, which, in turn, must bare an un
favorable effect on the entire body.
In the commission’s experiments the
people living in fresh air ate 4% to 13
per cent more than those living in stag
nant air.
“These experiments,” says Professor
Winslow, “Indicate that fresh air is
needed at all times and in all places.
While we have changed our ideas as
to what causes bad air, ventilation is
just as essential to remove heat pro
duced by human bodies as it was once
thought to be to remove the carbon
dioxide produced by human lungs, and
U is now proved also to be essential for
carrying away chemical products which
exert a measurable effect upon the ap
petite for food. People who live and
work in overheated and unventilated
rooms are reducing their vitality and
rendering themselves an easy prey to
all sorts of diseases.’’
WARRING ON RUST.
Problems With Which Iron and 8teel
Experts Are Wrestling.
This age of steel has roused a world
wide battle with rust, and more chem
ists and other experts are studying pos
sible weapons for this battle than are
busy on almost any other Industrial
problem. Concrete owes much of its
present growth to the difficulty of pro
tecting steel and iron against rust
Absolutely pure iron will not rust,
and fairly pure Iron will rust only
slowly. One way, therefore, is to im
prove the grade of iron, and manufac
turers now sell iron that is guaranteed
to withstand rust for considerable pe
riods. It is possible, though expensive,
to purify iron completely by electricity,
and electrolytic iron, as it is called,
may before long be common commer
cially.
Surface coats of protection are, how
ever. the favorite methods of today,
and many such coatings have appeared
lately. The latest one is a metal coat
that can be applied on an iron or steel
structure after it has been erected in
much the same way that paint is ap
plied. Finely powdered metals—such
as tin. lead or zinc, or all three in
proper proportion—are mixed In oil and
painted on the bridge or column or
other structure that needs protection.
Then the painted surface is heated by
a hand torch or in whatever way is
most convenient.
The oil burns away, and the pow
dered metal melts, but does not run.
As the metal cools it takes a tight grip
on the iron surface nnd forms a tin or
alloy coat, which stops rust.—Saturday
Evening Po^t
Selecting the Golf Ball.
The small heavy ball will go farther
than the lighter or larger ball for the
player who can hit it extremely hard
owing to its less resistance from the
air Because of its weight and small
size it can bore its way through the air
almost like a bullet. In the case of a
lady or a very light hitter I firmly be
lieve they will get much better results
with the large light ball since because
of its greater resiliency it will get the
maximum distance from a much lighter
blow So my advice would be for a
light hitter to use the light ball, the
average hitter the medium weight and
the hard hitter the heavy ball.—Outing.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Phi Beta Kappa are the names of
three letters of the Greek alphabet, the
initial letters of three Greek words,
Philosophla Biou Kubernetes, which
means “philosophy the guide of life.”
This is the uatae of the oldest of the
Greek letter college societies. Mem
bership is bestowed as an honor for
exceptionally good scholarship. The
society originated at William and Mary
college in 1776, but has extended to
many other colleges and universities.
There are about 17.000 names in the
catalogue. Members wear a gold
watch key as a badge, with emblem
and inscriptions.—Philadelphia Press.
They Help In a Way.
“Riches are not everything,” declar
ed bitterly the poor, but honest, suitor,
who had Just been rejected. “They
cannot insure happiness.”
"Perhaps not," replied the practical
maiden, “but they at least provide
means to pay the premiums on the pol
Icy!”—Richmond Times-Dlspatch.
Correct.
Jack—Yon say Jones is living above
his Income.
Bill—Yes; he gets his income from an
apartment house and lives on the top
floor!—New York Globe.
The nobleness of life depends on its
consistency, dearness of purpose, quiet
and ceaseless energy.—Rnskln.
CHINESE EDIBLE DOGS.
Thay Ara Fad Mainly Upon Daintily
Praparad Vagatabla Food.
English hon vivants have tested the
merits of tbe Chinese edible dog, and
they pronounce It very good dog in
deed.
The dog is destined from the begin
ning for the table. Like tbe edible rat
of tbe same country. It is fed mainly
upon vegetable food, which is often
delicately prepared-and specially de
vised. in order to give the dog’s flesh
a peculiar flavor and aroma. The re
sult is something quite different from
the flesh of the ordinary dog of the
western world.
Tbe genuine Chinese edible dog is
known by its bluish black tongue,
which is a peculiar mark of Its variety.
In Infancy and early youth the dog’s
tongue is red. and upon reaching ma
turity and tbe edible age it suddenly
becomes black, sometimes within two
weeks.
Another peculiarity of this dog is its
lack of the barking faculty. It is said
that the dog can bark, and on oc
casiohs does so, but these occasions
are rare.
Many experiments, most of them un
willing, were made with the flesh of
dogs during the Paris siege. New
foundlands and St Bernards were pre
ferred, under the mistaken impression
that they would prove more eatable
than other varieties. They proved to
be detestable in all cases.—Every
Week.
CORK TREES OF SPAIN.
How They Are Stripped of Their Bark
at Ten Year Intervals.
An important industry in Spain is
the cultivation of cork trees. This tree
is an oak which grows best In the poor
est soil. It cannot endure frost and
must have sea air and also some alti
tude. It is found all along the coast of
Spain, the northern coast of Africa and
the northern shores of the Mediterra
nean.
There are two bnrks, the outer of
which is stripped for use. The cork is
valuable according as it is soft and
velvety. When the sapling has reach
ed the age of ten years it is stripped of
its outer bark for two feet from the
ground. The tree will then be about
five inches in diameter and about six
feet up to the branches. This stripping
is worthless. The inner bark appears
blood red, and if it is split or injured
the tree dies.
When eight or ten years more have
elapsed the outer bark has again grown,
and then the tree is stripped four feet
from the roots. This stripping Is very
coarse and is used to make floats for
fish nets. Every ten years thereafter
the bark is stripped, each year two feet
higher up, until the tree is forty or
fifty years old, when it Is in its prime,
and may then be stripped every ten
years from the ground to the branches.
—Exchange.
Royal Kisses.
The kings and high officials of Eu
rope when they meet always embrace
and kiss each other, no matter what
their relations have been in the past or
may be in the immediate future. This
is a kiss of respect, it may be given
on the lips, the cheek, the brow or
the beard and Is nicely adjusted, ac
cording to the age and rank of the
giver. From this close personal con
tact it passes through many forms—
kissing the hand, parts of the cloth
ing and even the ground trodden upon,
according to the idea of respect or fear
inspiring the one w’ho performs the
act. The nations of the west have not
adopted this ancient custom as a form
of salutation, but have reserved it for
the more tender relationships of life.—
Christian Herald.
Dumas and His Porthos.
Dumas,, like Balzac, was fond of his
own creations. Among them all he
loved Porthos best. The great, strong,
vain hero was a child after his own
heart One afternoon, it is related, his
son found Dumas careworn, wretched,
overwhelmed. “What has happened to
you? Are you ill?’’ asked Dumas tils
“No,” replied Dumas pere. “Well,
what is it then?” “I am miserable.”
“Why?” “This morning I killed Por
thos—poor Porthos! Oh, what trouble
I have had to make up my mind to do
it! But there must be an end to all
things. Yet when I saw him sink be
neath the ruins, crying, ‘It is too heavy,
too heavy for me!’ I swear to you that
I cried!” And he wiped away a tear
with the sleeve of his dressing gown.
An Old Indian Drum.
The Sioux Indians formerly had a
conjurer’s drum, which they called wa
kanchanchaghn. It was used on reli
gious and ceremonial occasions, bad
two heads frequently decorated with
crude pictures of animals, and was
beaten with great vigor for the pur
pose of appeasing the wrath of their
offended deities or of contributing to
the recovery of the sick.
Africa.
Africa is the most elevated or all the
continents. It Is the “continent of
plateaus.” The great tableland In the
south has a mean altitude of over 3.500
feet. The wide tableland on the north
has an average elevation of about 1.300
feet
Impossible.
“Can’t you play tennis without malt
ing all that noise?”
“Why. how can you expect us to
play It without raising a racket?”—
Baltimore American.
Excluded.
Ascum—Well, well! I congratulate
you, old man. And how Is the baby
to be named? Popley—By my wife’s
people. It seems.—Exchange.
CITY EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND .NEVER MISSES \ TRAIN
Auto for Hire Day or Night.
Buy and Sell Anything.
Phone 82 J. A. 8PENARD, Prop.
Jas. E. Wilson, Freighter
Large or Small Deliveries Made
To Any Part of the Country.
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When in Chitina Stop at the
CHITINA HOTEL
Finett Hotel in tie Interior—Well Heated, Clean Rooms.
Bar irt Connection. Rates Reasonable
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 03 Chan. Fischer, Propr.
UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL. STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. KNUTE nafsted. M«r.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Doing Business As Usual
Independent Laundry Co.
Satisfaction Guaranteed
I Telephone 66
Foot Keystone Ave
Rouirh Dry lCc lb
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
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Sheet Metal Work, Metallic Roofing, Mine Air Pipe, Pipe and Fit
tings, Valves, Etc. Motor Boat Supplies.
Located on Broadway VALDEZ, ALASKA
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
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Admiral
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ALASKA
Steamers sail from Seattle at 9 P. M. on
5th, 15th, 25th—EVERY MONTH
Steamer Sailing 15th call* Ilinmna and Kodiak—All Sailing call at Knlk
and Anchorage.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Franelaeo every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamera Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RINGWOOD, Mgr., Seattle; VALDEZ DOCK CO.. I.ocal Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S/S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern •;
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th,24th and 20th
EVERY MONTH j
i
From Valdez south—7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor- !
'dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle. 3
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep 3
Creek Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar, Valdes and La- 4
touche Explosives, S. S. Seward, on the 5th; Latouche. on the 15th; S. S. 4
Cordova, 25th of each month—right reserved to change this schedule 4
without notice. H
p, B. TRACT, Qn’l Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO, Local Agent. 3