SCHMIDTS HIM 4 DELICATESSEN
For Quality, Bread, Cates, Cookie* and Pie*
3 Large Loaves for 2Sc
phone 1561Hot Gross Buns for Good Friday I 3-* ^
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, AflJASKA
"He House «f Comfort 99
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
' When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEORGE SEXTON, PROP
S'lRICTLV FIRST CLASS
Fourth Seward, Alaska
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
ROBERT SHAFFER. Presides*.
Granite Mine.
CHAS. McCALLUM, Secretary,
Valdez Alaska.
On the ~~
Remington
and Nowhere Else!
Here are two facts about
the Remington which
every typewriter buyer
should know:
1. The R mington Colainn
Selector adds 25 per cent, to
the letter writing spi ed of the
typist. This is not :< claim «r
an estimate. It is a dentate fact
*— proved u'.tc: estapiifniitd by any
number o* comparative tests.
2. The Column Selector is a
Remington feature exclusively.
No other machine has it—or j Adds 25 per cent, io the speed
anything Jib it. I Adds nothing to the price
Oh, ye?, other machines hnve devices which look like it, with the five
keys, it<\ It is easy for a sale, man, v.:o knows the- supreme merit of
this Remington feature, to call them “column selector’* keys. But there
is no other device on any other typewriter which can do what tltt Reming
ton Column Sdec;U>r does.
The Remington Column Selector
is the only feature on any type
writer which permit:; instantane
ous setting of the carriage at any
desired point on the line.
It is the only feature which pro
vides this setting by cither for
ward or backward movement.
It is the only feature which pro
vioestive “express service” w ith
no stop-to-stop movement in
reaching any writing point.
And these arc the features which
make the 25 per cent, speed
gain.
Let us show you the real and
only .Column Selector — on the
Model 10 Remington.
REMINGTON TYPEWRITER COMPANY
(Incorporated)
1111 3rrt Ave., Seattle, Wash.
F. D. MILLARD, Agent andSupplies--Copper Block. Valdez
TIDE TABLES FOB APRIL.
The following table Is compiled for
high and low tides in Valdez Cay.
Friday, April 21.
High, 1:36 am, 10.4; 3:00 pm, ..3.
Low, 8:36 am. 1.3; 8:10 pm, 2.7.
Saturday, April 22.
High, 2:25 am, 10.1: 3:57 pm, 6.S.
Low, 9:20 am, 0.8; 9:13 pm, 3.2.
Sunday, April 23.
High. 3:17 am, 9.4: 5:06 pm. 6.5.
Low, 10:29 am, 0.2; .10:07 pm, 3.6.
Monday, April 24.
High, 4:23 am. 8.7; 6:26 pm, 6.6.
Low, 11:39 am, 0.4.
Tuesday, April 25.
High, 5:44 am. S.0; 7:40 pm, 7.1.
Low. 11:35 am. 3.8; 12:55 pm, 0.8.
Wednesday, April 20.
High, 7:17 am, 7.6; S:3S pm, 7.7.
Low. 1:22 am. 3.4; 2:05 pm, 1.0.
Thursday, April 27.
. High, 8:40 am, 7.6; 9:25 pm, S.4.
Low, 2:47 am. 2.5; 3:00 pm, 1.2.
Friday, April 28.
High, 9:47 am, 7.7; 10:05 pm, 9.1.
Low, 3:46 am, 1.4: 3:47 pm, .1.3.
Saturday, April 20,
High, 10:42 am. 7.9: 10:40 pm, 9.6.
Low. 4:36 iyn. 0.5; 4:28 pm, 1.5.
Sunday, April 30.
High,'11:29 am. 8.0; 11:13 pm, 9.9.
Low, 5:18 am, 0.3j 5:04 pm, 1.7.
Holy Week Services.
The public is cordially invited to a
* peries of special evangelistic services
which will be held in the Congrega
tional Church at 7:30 each evening
during Holy Week.
f Rev. J. F. Dunstan toll speak upon
L the following subjects:
\ Friday, April 21, “The Blood of the
' Cross.”
Civic Club Meeting.
The regular meeting of the Valdez
Civic League will be held in the City
Hall Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Rev. Dunstan will give a short Easter
talk. Come and bring a friend.
MRS. E. C. DALTON, Sec.
Best Takima Gem Potatoes, Ruta
bagas, Parsnips and Carrots at Key
stone Produce Co. 2t
Weather Report.
Valdez, April 20, 1916.
Barometric Pressure .29.673
Temperature 7 p. m.40
Maximum temperature .4 6
Minimum temperature .22
Mean temperature .34
Partly cloudy, wind northeast fou”
miles.
Interior Weather.
Valdez, April 21. 1916.
Fairbanks, 20; clear, calm, snow
ing at Fairbanks.
Saicha, 20; snowing, trail soft.
Richardson, 22; cloudy, calm.
McCarthy. 20; cloudy, calm.
Donnelly, 22; light north wind;
snowing, trail fair.
McCallum, 22; clear, calm, trait
soft.
Paxson. 10; clear, light north
winds, trail poor.
Hoghn, 38; clear, calm, trail hare
in spots.
■ Gulkana, 26; clear, calm, trail
bare.
Copper Center, 40; clear, calm.
Tonsina, 35; clear, calm, trail fair.
Teikhell, 34; clear, calm, trail bad.
Beaver Dam, 32; clear, calm, trail
bad. ,
Wortman's, 45; clear, calm, trail
soft and bare in spots.
A. Micliter, who has bean employ
ed at Schmidt’s bakery, left on the
Evans this morning for Seattle.
J. J. Finnegan of Seward, was an
arrival on the Evans, to attend the
session of the district court.
Spring Samples in heavy weights,
for Alaska w$ar. Quy F. Cameron,
Tailor. tf
Just Received—the latest Popular
Songs and Music. Valdes Drug Co. tf
STORY OF DEATH j
OF
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PERISHED FOR WANT OF FOOD
Two Old-Tbners in North Starve to
Death—Help Was Fnavailing—
Wilson's Body Missing.
Deputy marshal John McCormack
[yesterday told the story of the death
of Jack Lahey and the loss of his
partner Tom Wilson. It was Jack
MaeCormack, then stationed at
iNulato to whom the native reported
the finding of the hody of Lahey
land it was Jack MacCorntack who
( traveled some 223 miles in an effort
to find the partner of the dead man.*
The Letter
1 There was a slip of paper on
| which was printed the awful con
dition that confronted the man. This
the deputy marshal wired to marshal
Erwin, and it first appeared in the
Times. But there is still another
letter, hitherto unpublished, that
bears silent, but conclusive testi
mony to the awful fate that overtook
the two prospectors and trappers.
The letter signed by both men is as
■ follows:
“November, 1915.
| “Mr. John Evans, Koyukuk Station.
"Please send us the following bill
of goods and we will pay you when
you come in in a few days from now.
We got froze in here and are out of
grub, starving almost now. We are
camped in a little cabin on the right
bank of the Koyukuk river, 3 miles
this side of Tom Dayton's cabin, on
winter portage trail where Olulum
cut wood last winter. We are too
I weak to travel now and there is
| no trail broke yet on the river or
j portage. We have been thirty days
irow without a mouthful to eat. 1
killed my dog and we ate him, so
| you can see we are up against it. If
we don't get grub soon we can't last
much longer. Rabbits and birds are
scarce. Hurry somebody out as soon
i?.s you can with grub. We are hungry.
ibbWEAOI EAOIN EAOIN cmfwycmf
|No natives or white men from here
!to the mouth of the river and lots of
I snow and open water now in places.
iSend out as quick as you can and we
won't forget you as a friend.
JACK LAHKV,
“TOM WILSON."
! This letter was found by Jack Mc
| Ccrmack. There was a list of good?
in the letter. On the envelope, writ
ten in a very feeble hand, much more
feeble than that of the address on the
envelope, or the writing in the letter
were the words:
“Nothing to eat now for over 30
days. Can't last much longer. Send
some one out quick with grub for us.
Rush out as quick as von possibly
cau. Jack. We are starving."
! And starve one of them did. He
starved to death in the cabin he de
scribed in the letter. Frozen in, too
weak when the opportunity came to
start out. Jack I.ahey died of starva
tion and probably exposure.
His partner, Tom Wilson, is lost.
He is dead. There seems to he hut
little doubt of that.
Fp from Xulato went Jack .Mac
Co; mack. He found a trace of the
footprints of Tom Wilson at the door
of the cabin in which lay the dead
body of Jack Lahey. For nine miles
he traced those footprints. But then
they became lost. Maybe he broke
through the ice or wandered off in
the brush to iie down and die. No one
knows now, and the chances are that
no one will ever know. A thorough
search was made by the deputy mar
jshal without result. Both are gone,
jdead. tlie story of the sufferings and
pain left to the imagination of those
| who have a chance to read the letters
they wrote.
It was months after the letter, the
appeal for help anil grub was written
that an Indian chanced by the lone
cabin of the two prospectors, and dis
covered the body of Lahey lying on
(lie bunk in the miserable cabin, froz
en stark and stiff, the staring eyes
looking toward the door, as if ex-'
pecting help to the last minute. Wil
son has never been found and prob
ably will never be found, as the
country is wild and the vegetation
I rank. There is no mystery about the
death of either one of the men. Both
were well knowfl on the lower river.
They were hardy men who knew Alas
ka and the terrible toll she takes on
those unprepared. They took a chance
and lost. Fate overtook them and
they coun, not help themselves.
A nice assortment ot evening
gowns and millinery just received at
E. Winters. . tf
Are you particular about your
health? Then be particular about
your druggist. The Owl for yours.
Bristles in your teeth? Not if you
buy a guaranteed tooth brush at the
Owl. , W
SECURE AGAINST BLOCKADE.
No Navy In tha World Big Enough to
Patrol All Our Seaports.
'Apropos of blockades the United
States occupies a unique position
among nations. A blockade of its sea
ports is absolutely impossible. There
are not ships enough in the world to
achieve it. Between Bangor, in Maine,
and Corpus Chrisli. in Texas, there are
forty ports connected by rail with the
vast network of iron rail which ex
tends over all parts of our country.
There arc forty ports where cotton
and wheat and cattle and canned and
salted foods could tie placed on ship
bonrd, and a foreign power could uo
more blockade all of them at once than
it could prevent the shad and the sal
mon from swimming up our rivers to
spawn.
in the event of war we would be im
mune from invasion except from Cana
da. Invasion of any great nation, or
nt least continued armed occupation of
the soil of any great nation which is
separated by an ocean from its adver
sary. ik practically an impossibility.
There might be some places where foes
could land, but there would tie no
place where they could re-embark. for
those who came would stay. A for
eign flag would never float over any in
ferior city.—Los Angeles Times.
STARTING A BRIDGE.
The Boy Who Was a Good Kiteflier
Camo in Handy.
Some years ago there died in Nebras
ka a man named Walsh, who as a boy
started a suspension bridge. When
Walsh was about ten years old the
tirst steps for the construction of the
suspension bridge at Niagara were tak
i en. The tirst thing necessary was the
stretching of a single wire across the
chasm. The engineer in charge had
thought of a way to get it across.
"What boy is the best kitetlier in
town?" be asked.
The Walsh boy was named as the
| best kiteflier in the town of Niagara
! Balls, and the engineer accordingly
asked that he be brought to him. He
was made to understand that lie must
fly his kite across the Niagara river.
He flew it across and allowed it to
come down on the other side. Men
were there to seize it. Then the en
gineer attached a wire to the string on
his side, and the men on the other side
•detached the kite and by means of the
string drew the wire across. By this,
in turn, a cable was drawn across, and
the bridge was wcjl begun.—Harper's.
Slander.
Slander. sir! You do not know what
you are disdaining. I have seen the
most respectable persons almost over
whelmed by it. * * * At first a light
sound, skimming the earth like a swal
low before the storm, very softly (pia
nissimo) it murmurs and purrs and
sows iu its course poisoned arrows. It
is on somebody's mouth, and softly,
softly (piano, piano) it glides slyly into
your ear The evil is done. It is born,
it creeps, it walks, and with growing
power (rinforzamlo) it goes from mouth
to mouth diabolically. Then, all of a
sudden—I can't tell you bow—you see
Slander straighten up. hiss, swell and
grow tall before your very eyes, it
springs, stretches its wings, whirls, en
velops. seizes, carries off: it flashes
lightning; it thunders and becomes a
hue and cry. a public crescendo, a uni
versal chorus of hatred and proscrip
tion. Who indeed could stop it?—Beau
marchais.
Fascinated.
The woman sitting opposite me in
my hotel dining room spoke French to
the waitress fluently, hut there was an
untidiness about her letter “r” that be
tokened English, and a wateriness
about her eye that I thought betokened
liquor. She was aged and—for all the
world—she was "Sairey Gamp." Site
ate her tripe flauntingly. And she ate
it voluptuously—not sectioning it with
knife or fork, but rolling it omelette
wise about her fork like an Italian with
macaroni, and 1 followed each mouth
ful with my hungry eyes and opened
my on u mouth slightly each time and
thrilled at her dexterity as when 1
watch a motorcar being lowered into
the open hatchway of a ship.—Howard
Copland in Yale Review.
Oddest Parasite In Creation.
The royal Bengal tiger is infested .
with one of the strangest creatures ,
that ever lived, it is said to be a fact ,
easily demonstrated or proved by one
who has access to a zoological collee- I
tion that the web of the toot of tigers i
of the above named species is inhabit- j
ed by a bloodsucking insect about the
size of a common flea which is a per- .
feet counterpart of a tiger in every j
particular, shape, claws, tail and stripes
included.
A Good Substitute.
She—Why (lo all the men flock
a round that foolish Miss SweetthingV
She hasn't a grain of sense. He—No.
but she has a sense of discretion. She
doesn't require any of her admirers to
display any more intelligence than she
possesses herself.—Richmond Tinres
Dispatch.
Donkey-like.
Redd—What kind of an engine have
you got in your new car? Greene—A
donkey engine. I guess. It’s awfully
stubborn.—Yonkers Statesman.
Has a Rival.
“funny you never hear Jlgga men
tion his golf any more.”
“Not at'all. His wife has taken up
the game.”—Buffalo Express.
To attempt to make everything em
phatic la to make nothing emphatic.—
Wbately.
VALDEZ - - and - ■ ANCHORAGE
CITY EXPRESS
Meets all boats! On the job, day or night
• We never sleep.
J. A. SPENARD, Proprietor Phone 82
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I
, Telephone 66 I
Foot Keystone Ave
Roujrh Dry 10c lb
Buy Alaska Made Cigars
ASK FOR W. R. King, Terminus, or Lavanna,
Made in Seward by union workmen. ,
We maintain our standard. Sold everywhere
MERCHANT’S CAFE
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 68 Chas. Fischer, Propr.
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Real Estate, Insurance, General Brokerage
Absentees Business Properly Handled
Treat Building, Alaska Ave. Telephone No. 60
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
®
When You Leave
For the Outside
take the
“MILWAUKEE”
One road—one management—one service all the*way
through to Chicago. It’s the Short Line to the East
over
THE NEW STEEL TRAIL
For information and literature write or ask
J. C. MARTIN, Agent, Valdez, Alaska.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST, PAUL RY.
A. E. HARRIS, Freight and Passenger Agt,
Juneau, Alaska.
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND PUGET SOUND
California Alaska
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SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE, 11:00 A. M.—
Monday, Mar. 3f Admiral Favragut for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Wednesday, Mar. 15, Admiral Watson for Seward and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 10, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, March 20, Admiral Farragut, for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 2, Admiral Watson, for Seldovia and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 11, Admiral Evans, for Kodiak and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 10, Admiral Farragut for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 23, Admiral Watson, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
Sunday, April 30, Admiral Evans, for Anchorage and Way Ports.
CALIFORNIA
Seattle to San Francisco every Wednesday and Sunday, connecting with
Steamer* Yale and Harvard for Southern California.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice
RICHARD J. RING WOOD, Mgr.. Seattle) VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agt.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. ALAMEDA AND S. 8. NORTHWESTERN BAIL FROM SE
ATTLE THE 10TH, 20TH AND 80TH,
EVERY MONTH
FROM VALDEZ SOUTH—STH, 18TH, 28TH, FOR CORDOVA,
JUNEAU, WRANGBL, KETCHIKAN AND SEATTLE
ht service tor Ketchikan, Wranrell. Juneau, Sheep
touoha &
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