MO DARNING I Think what a bWtsing
that means to you.
Because six pairs of Holeproof Hose tire
GUARANTEED against holes for six
months or new hose are furnished FREE
—promptly and cheerfully. i
And these soft snug-fitting hose cost
no more than ordinary hosiery!
Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc. ii
TRUE VALUES
....
• ' ;;
On ihe basis ot Security and Service i:
we solicit your account. i:
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY. |;
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO. |
Fol- Sale By
ALASKA WAtER LIGHT & TEL. CO.
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries received
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
MILK-MILK-MILK ij
Freah MUk and Cream
VALDEZ DAIRY !|
TaHykane aid ora to Phene 187
City Express
' Meetsfallfboats.
WE buy, rent, and *ell£honses, cab
in* furniture and everything el*e
/ Phone 82
H. O. SMITH
Expert Paiatw and Paperhaoger
First Class Work Guaranteed
RUDOLPH’S PAINT STORE.
*■" ’.ii , I »' ' i ■*
Cable Office Moure.
Week days 9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Sunday* and bolldaya 9 to 19 a. u.
and 6 to • y» bl
■ J-1\T*
■ f #
Administrator’s Notice.
In Probate Court for Valdez Precinct,
Territory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of Liz
zie Stropp, deceased.—Notice to Cred
itors.
Notice-is hereby given to all per
sons having claims against the estate
of Lizzie Stropp, deceased, to pre
sent the same, with the proper vouch
ers, to the administrator of said es
tate, at his office in the Whaling
Bui|ding, Valdeez, Alaska, within six
months from the date of this notice.
Dated May 4, 1914.
E. E. RITCHIE,
Administrator of the Estate of Lizzie
Stropp, deceased.
Stockholder* Meeting.
The annual stockholders meeting
of the Alaska Water, Light and Tel
ephone Company has been adjourned
to meet Monday, May 25th, at 8
oclock p. m. at the offices of the
company in Valdez, Alaska, at which
meeting a board of directors for the
ensuing year will be elected. Other
Important business will come before
the meeting. By order of the Board
of Directors.
ARTHUR LANG, Secretary.
Muslcl Music) Music!
All the latest popular music at the
Valdez Drug Store.
Notice of Sale of Real Property.
In the Commissioner's Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of I. D.
Flynn, deceased.—Notice of Sale of
Real Property. -
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of an order of the above en
titled court, made on the 30th day of
April, 1914, in the matter of the es
tate of I. D. Flynn, deceased, the un-1
dersigned, the administrator of said
estate, will sell at public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash, in lawful
money of the United States, and sub
ject to the confirmation by said court,
on Saturday, the 30th day of May,
1914, at 2 o'clock, in the afternoon
of said day, at the front door of the
court room of the above entitled court,
in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, all
the right, title and Interest of the
said I. D. Flynn, at the time of his
death, and all the right, title and in
terest, that the estate has by opera
tion of law or otherwise, acquired
other than or <ln addition to that of
the said I. D. Flynn, at the time of
his death, in and tb that certain piece
or parcel of land, namely an undi
vided one-third interest in and to lot
ltt in Block seven (7)1, in the said
town of Valdes, Alaska. Dated at
Valdez, Alaska, this 30th day of Ap
ril, 1914.
W. T. SCOTT,
Administrator of the Estate of I. D.
Flynn, deceased.
First publication April 30, 1914.
Last publication Mop 29,1914.
FISHING BOAT
' IS ATTACHED
1
U. S. Marshal Brenneman yester
day attached the fishing boat Colum
bia, owned by the Prince William
Sound Fishing company, of which
Jack Cann is president, on the com
plaint of Claud T. Johnson, , who
claims wages amounting to $800 is
due him for work done for the com
pany, which operates at Knikilik, on
Prince William Sound. C. M. Nich
olson. has been placed in charge of
the launch for the marshal’s office.
o-Q
LOCAL BREVITIES.
)—--d
Everything in furniture at Ru
dolph’s. tf
Glasses $1.00 and up. G. O. Reinke
at Valdez Drug Co. tf
Good special Saturday change bill
at the Orpheum this evening.
LOST—Man’s nugget chain. Liber
al reward if returned to owner. A.
T. DAVIS, at Fort Liseum.
Cook, hotel or otherwise. Address
P. Poupard, Valdez, P. o', general de
livery. k 18
G. O. Keinke, the watcnmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co. All
work guaranteed.
Special Saturday change of pictures
at the Orpheum tonight.
Suits pressed for $1.0 at Silver
man’s, the tailor. Telephone 198.
Have your watch repaired at the
Valdez Drug Co. by an experienced
workman. All work guaranteed and
promptly done tf
Emoprium open from 1 to !> p. m.
Don’t miss the opportunity to buy a
silk evening gown or fine underwear
at prices away below cost. First
I come, first served. tf
BASE BAIL SCORES1
Games played May 15, 191-1.
National League.
Cincinnati 4, Boston 2. Pitchers—
Y'ingling; Crutcher, Stand.
, Pittsburg 3, New York 5. Pitchers
—McQuillan. Harmon; Mathewson.
St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 3. Pitch
ers—Griner, Sallee; Jacobs; Marshal.
Chicago 5, Brooklyn 12. Pitchers
—Lavender, Zobel, Humphries; Ruck
er.
American League.
Washington 6, Chicago 3. Pitchers
—Engel, Shaw; Cieotte, Wolfang, Fa -
ber.
Boston 3, St. Louis 9. Pitchers—
Bedient, Wood; Wellman. '
New York 2, Detroit 4. Pitchers—
Caldwell; Dauss.
Philadelphia 6, Cleveland 3. Pitch
ers—Shawkey, Bush; Blanding, Gregg
Federal League.
Buffalo 0, Chicago 7. Pitchers—
Moran, Brown; Clemons, Hendrix.
Pittsburg 0, Kansas City 1. Pitch
ers—Dickson, Vernon; Herbert, and
Welsh.
Baltimore 2, Indianapolis 1. Pitch
ers—Suggs; Falkenberg.
Northwestern League.
Seattle 1, Tacoma 0. Pitchers—
Gipe; McGinnity.
Portland 3, Victoria 2. Pitchers—
Leonard; Steel .
Vancouver 5, Spokane 2. Pitchers
—Clark; Baker.
TEAM STANDING.
National League.
Per
• Games— Won Lost Cent
Pittsburg . 16 6 727
New York . 11 6 647
Brooklyn . 10 8 566
Philadelphia . 10 8 556
Cincinnati . 13 11 542
St. Louis . 11 15 423
Chicago . 10 14 417
Boston . 3 16 158
American League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Detroit . 20 7 741
Philadelphia . 12 8 600
Washington . 13 12 520
St. Louis . 12 12 600
New York . 10 11 476
Boston .9 12 429
Chicago ...». 10 16 386
Cleveland . 8 16 333
Federal League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Baltimore ..12 5 706
Chicago . 12 9 671
Brooklyn . 9 8 529
St. Louis . 11 , 10 524
Indianapolis . 10 10 500
Buffalo . 9 11 450
Kansas City. 9 12 429
Pittsburg . 8 15 348
Northwestern League.
Per
Games— Won Lost Cent
Vancouver . 31 S > 734
Seattle . 20 12 625
Spokane . 17 14 648
Tacoma . 14 16 467
Portland . .. 11 20 366
Victoria . 8 21 276
PRINCE KA.SURA'S
BRAIN HEAVY ONE
Comparison of That of Jap
anese Statesman and Others.
TOTAL WEIGHT 1,600 GRAMS
Brain of Average Man Weighs Fifty
Ounces—Imbeciles’ Brains Very
Heavy—Japanese Died of Cancer and
Willed His Body to Scientists For
Examination and Experiment.
Tokyo.—Dr. Xagayo's examination of
tlie body of the late Prince Katsura
discloses that the brain of that great
Japanese statesman, who died Oct. 10.
weighed slightly more than 1,000
grams. This is about 300 grams heav
ier than the brain of an average man.
The Katsura bruin weighed about 51.44
ounces. It was a little lighter than
that of Bismarck.
The examination by Dr. Nagayo
showed that Prihce Katsura died of
cancer, which had spread from his
stomach to ills liver. He was president
of a Japanese society devoted to the
PRINCE KATSURA.
study of cancer, and lie was dissected
In accordance with his own request.
The widow was present at the post
mortem. The surgeons addressed tin;
spirit of tiie dead prince before and
after the operation.
The brain weights of famous men
have been as follows:
Turgenieff, Russian novelist, seventy
one ounces.
Dr. Abercrombie, Scotch physician,
sixty-three ounces.
General B. F. Butler, American sol
dier, sixty-two ounces.
Thackeray, novelist; Cuvier, uutural
lst; Jeffreys, English judge, fifty-four
to fifty-eight anti six-tenths ounces.
Napoleon. Daniel Webster, Agassiz,
American naturalist, fifty to fifty-three
and six-tenths ounces.
Average man (estimated by Dr. Aus
tin Flint of New York in his “Physiol
ogy”). fifty and two-tenths ounces.
Average boy of seven, forty-five and
nine-tenths ounces.
Leon Gan^ietta, greut French states
man, forty and nine-tenths ounces.
Imbeciles’ brains may weigh over
seventy ounces. One such, a Russian,
had a brain of seventy-eight ounces.
BONDS OF RECLUSE FOUND.
Ara Contained In Small Safe In the
Rear of Pawnshop.
Fort Scott, Kan.—More than SCO,000
in government bonds and other se
curities was found in the small room
of a pawnshop In the negro district of
this city, where Thomas Lahey. a re
cluse, lived many years. Lahey drop
ped dead the other day.
He was known to own thirty-three
cheap dwellings and had no patience
with the talk of the high cost of living,
boasting that he was living on $1.50 a
week.
His brother, John Lahey of Anna..
Kan., retained a lawyer and together
they broke into the safe. Another
brother of Lahey lives somewhere in
California, and three sisters, whose
addresses are unknown, lived In Penn
sylvania when laRt heard from. Search
is now being made for a large amount
of gold Lahey is supposed to have I
hoarded.
LOST HORSE TURNS WILD.
% ■■ ■
Animal Aatray In tha Woods For
Months Shy as a Osar.
Isbpemlng, Mich.—Clarence Dnwson
and Bert Walker. Ishpemlng men. have
recovered & horse that had broken
away from them In the wilderness
twenty miles from the city early last
spring, when they were on A fishing
trip.
A homesteader saw the k&rae a few
day* ago and notified the owners. Tha
home waa as wild as a deer and
com led with difficulty.
The men had
tba animal again.
Mao defend by
ad many mOe* from
Valdez Electric
Company
Phone 57 cSp«b/'k
ARCADE CAFE
IS THE BEST PLACE TO EAT
n 1VCDV IN CONNECTION
DAIVC.IV I ^ EVERYTHING GOOD
PRIVATE DINING ROOM
JACK CALLIN & CO.
BEST PLACE TO EAT
MRS. ST. MARIE’S
Crawford Building, opposite Tele
phone Exchange.
S7 a m to 9 a m
Lunch IS m to 1 i> m
8 to 7 p m
BOARD & ROOM $50 per Mo.
LAUNCH BRIGHTON
FOR
PORT WELLS and
Way Ports.
FOR SPECIAL TRIPS SEE CAPT. STAMEY
_VALDEZ DOCK_
STEAM LAUNCH N & S
Leave* from Valdez dock for
SHOUP BAY
and way points at 10 a. m. Daily
W. J. CALLAGHAN.
THREE M
Powerful 5 Fait Commodious
Passengers, Freighting
and Towing.
bee CAPT. MORRIS, Valdez Dock.
HUGO FELS
Contractor and Builder
Day Work if Desired
Estimates Furnished
WORK GUARANTEED
CAMP VALDEZ No. 10
Meet every! Tuesday evening at 8 o'cloca in
Kagle Hall. All members are requested to
attend. T. tJ. QUINN. Arctic Chief
S. MCNIKCK. Secretary
Valdez Lodge
No 168,
rree ami Accepted Masons
Regular Communications tlrst Wednesday in
each month in McKinley Hsll Visitors always
welcome.
A. K. (IRK;SHY. W. M.
C. C. Reynolds. Sec
L. W. STORM. E. M.
Valdez, Alaska
Resorts on Mines
Patent Surveys
General Mining Engineering
Phone No. ioe
Local Valdez
SOCIALIST PARTY
Meets Thursdays at
8 o’clock at
the local quarters back of
Ingram & Bush’s Cigar Store