AT THE CHURCHES
Christian Science Society
Pioneer Hall
'Sunday Servloe 11 a. m.
Subject of lesson sermon, "Reali
ty.”
Sunday School 12:16.
Wednesday Evening Meetings at 8
o'clock.
Free reading room open Wednes
day from 2 until 6 and from 7 until
8 p. m.
All are welcome to attend the meet
ings and visit the reading room.
Episcopal Church
Sunday, Sept. 16. 1(917.
Rev. George John Zinn, minister
in charge.
Sunday school 12 noon.
Catholic Chnrch.
Mass 8:30 and 10:30 a. m.
Sunday School immediately follow
ing Mass.
Evening Services, 7:30.
—Rev. A. Fletcher, S. J.
First Conregational Church
Rev. R. Demain Nlcholls, pastor.
Sunday, September 30, 1917.
11 a. m. Worship with sermon—
“Living Near Sodom.”
12 noon. Sunday School.
8 p. m., Song Service and Sermon
—"The Larger Life of Citizenship.”
—the third of the series of address
on “Red Letter Days in Life "
Thursday afternoon, Ladies Aid.
Thursday 7:30 Prayer Meeting.
ALLEGED EMBEZZLER
IS RELEASED OX RAIL
SEATTLE, Sept. 29.—Charles E.
Couch, aged 35, who has been held
in the county jail since July 21 wait
ing a preliminary hearing on a charge
of embezzlement of sums aggregating
about $18,000 while he was assistant
cashier of the I'nion Trust Savings
Company, was released late Thursday
afternoon on a $5,000 bond.
The bond is signed by John F.
Dore, Charles Young, O. S. Williams,
S. T. Roberts, Richard Fleming, A.
H. Brant and Maud E. Couch, the ac
cused man’s wife, who holds property
in her own name.
In the complaint filed in superior
court on July 24 Couch was said to
have confessed to officers of the bank
that he had known a shortage exist
ed, but was afraid to tell for fear of
lcsing his job.
PERI' IX LINE WITH
THE EXITED STATES
LIMA, Peru., Sept. 29.—The cham
ber of deputies in secret session yes
terday unanimously approved a decla
ration by the foreign minister on
Peru's international policy. This sets
forth that Peru aims to have her for
eign policy work for Pan-American
solidarity founded upon the princi
ple of international justice proclaim
ed by the president of the United
States.
Do not forget the Moose Band hall
tonight in their hall. Best of music
and a good time insured all who at
tend.
U. S. Deputy Marshal S. O. Casler
returned yesterday morning from the
westward.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
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Phillip Saivadore, who escaped
from the Oregon County Jail on Aug
ust 7, and who came North, was ar
rested recently at Cr«lg, Alaska, by
Deputy Marshal C. D. Calhoun.
Kenneth Holden, one of the popu
lar employees of the Copper River &
Northwestern railway, was caught be
tween two cars recently and had two
of his ribs fractured.
John Muller, assistant cashier of
the First Bank of Cordova, who Is
a member of the Washington State
Coast Artillery Reserves, has receiv
ed notice to appear before the exam
ing board of that State for physical
examination.
A. S. Barnes, an old-time Alaskan
propector, arrived at Anchorage re
cently after spending nine months
prospecting In the Mt. McKinley sec
tion, a greater part of the time alone
except for the company of his faith
ful dog. He reports that he was un
able to uncover even “fair” prospects
in the many holes he sunk to bed
rock on various creeks.
It is reported that the Rainy Hol
low lode properties and the Porcupine
gold placer properties near Haines
that are being operated by Colonel
Stevenson under option, are turning
out beyond expectation. The Rainy
Hollow properties are said to show
values of $260 per ton in gold and
Copper, and the hydraulic plant of
Porcupine creek is said to be produc
ing about $1,000 per day.
The Iditarod Pioneer states that a
mysterious stampede started from
that place recently, but after a few
days the stampeders came hack witli
the statement that they had been on
a wild-goose chase. The stampede
grew out of a conversation in which
one man stated that he intended to
prospect Moose creek, and someone
took it for granted he had struck
something there.
Joseph Kit If. a Bavarian about 50
years of age, was arrested recently
at Ketchikan on the charge of using
insulting language in speaking of the
President and other government of
ficials. In a trial in the Commission
er's Court Ritle was acquitted.
According to the official registra
tion Skagway has 81 men subject to
military draft. Of these one holds a
government position and is exempt,
28 claim exemptions for various rea
sons, and 18 are aliens, leaving but
24 men claiming no exemption.
Captain Charles Watts, of Juneau,
who was believed to have been lost
recently while on a hunting trip on
the Glass Peninsula, and for whom
several parties were searching, was
found l\v one of the parties in the
meadows on the peninsula, weak from
exposure and hunger, and brought to
Juneau. He stated that he could hear
ihe shots fired by those seeking him,
but owing to the dense fog could not
locate the direction.
Use Rexall Hair Tonic and you will
use no other. Valdez Drug Store, tf
Do your bit, Sent. 25c to Dr. J. A.
Silverman for the purpose of furnish
ing the boys at the front with smokes.
Ice cream every day, specials on
Sunday at Hunt’s Candy Kitchen, tf
SAINT ELIAS HOTEL
MRS. FRANCESBCRUM.TMGR.
Rates made on Rooms by Week or
Month, Warm, Comfortable, Home-Like
Special Attention to" Transients.
THE P1NZ0N
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Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars,
Cigarettes, Tobaccos and
Smokers’ Sundries.
Finest Pool and Billiard Tables
in the North.
Card Rooms in connection.
PHONE 69 Me Kinley St, Valdez
DECLINE OF TUBERCULOSIS*
Only Poverty ar£ tnoorotation Will
Prevent Ita Extermination,
If tuberculosis shall continue to de
crease In this country at the sdine rate
as (n the past half < entury if will be
obliterated In another decade. iThfr Is
tbe opinion of Dr. ClcaveUuid floyd,
expressed at tbe Harvard hledlcal
school. There art twq conditions, how
ever, which wilUpreveut-tbe complete
obliteration of ttdp lung disease aVjtres
eut, and these am poverty and lack ef
hygienic surrounallgf.“
Dr. Floyd said that almost everybody
has ths germs of this disease In hi*
system, but tbst he Is sbls to resist
tbelr attack through living a healthy
life and through tbe protection of na
ture.
Inhalation and infection are tha two
common ways by which a person con
tracts tuberculosis. Children may gat
tbe germs In Impure milk, but outdoor
play prevents tbe spread. It often hap
pens, however, that when people go to
work In shops or Insanitary offices or
live In crowded rooms tha disease
shows Itself and gains a foothold. That
Is why so luuuy persona between the
ages of nineteen and thlrfy-IVo acquire
tuberculosis. Massachusetts, however,
Is making a determined resistance
against tbe disease, and good food,
fresh air and a good blood circulation
form a sure preventive. These should
be guaranteed to every chfld.—Boston
Transcript.
MANAGING A SNAKE.
How to Capture and Control Any Rep
tile Without Danger.
If you are quick and fearless you
may manage any snake ao long as you
are armed with a cane or a piece of
wood like a cane.
Push the snake around in any way
that you can In order to preveut him
from colling. When you bare him In
Just the right |>osltloti make a very
quick move and place your cane across
his neck Just behind hts bead. Then
you have him. He cannot get out of
control.
Now bond down and grasp tit* snake
In the place where your odtfe rests.
Just behind his head. With your left
hand put his body under your right
arm. No mattor how enraged the rep
tile may be lie can do no barm as long
as you hold him In this position. Ills
body is bold by your arm against your
side so he cannot coll around you or
around uny convenient object.
In handling snakes In the house It Is
essential to keep away from furniture
or anything which the snake could coll
about. They are very strong, and once
they get themselves wrapped uround
any object It is exceedingly difficult to
pry them loose. — Popular Science
Monthly.
Mock Suns of the Arctic.
The mock suns of the arctic regions
are somewhat similar to the mirages
of the desert. As the long winter night
of the polar region wanes once every
twenty-four hours n slight glow Is seen
at some point on the horizon. Often
accompanying this glow Is seen the
phenomenon of I lie mock suns. Sev
eral degrees up In the heavens as many
as five of these spectral orbs have been
seen at one time. Invariably they are
all connected in a geometric figure, the
suns seemingly bound together with
circles and arms of light. The expla
uation of the phenomenon is given by
physicists as refraction and reflection
of light from tin* real sun below the
horizon on the mists hi the upper at
mosphere.
Reviving Dying Trees;'*
A curious method of reHvlM> lan
gulshiug or dying trees was rfcorted
recently to the French A end Any of
Agriculture after being tested Access
fully in experimental gardens 'it Ail
tun, according to the Popular Mechan
ics Magazine. The earth was prst re
moved so as to lay bare the larger root
branches. In which longltudlnil silts
were then cut and kept open by wedges.
These cuts were well rubbed with lin
seed oil, and after awhile numerous
small roots appeared, forming a'sort of
fur, and the trees so treated rapidly
gained new life ami vigor. The method
was recommended for trial In tjie case
of languishing fruit trees.
Cooking Oatmoal.
In preparing oatmeal If doubli quan
tity lsr-cooked at one time, using half
for one morning and putting top other
half In a bowl, covering It wfw cold?
water. It will only be necessary to pAir
the water ofT and reheat for {be sec
ond morning. Covering it with water
prevents the hard crust from forming,
which always does If left dry, and
must be lifted off, thereby fusing
waste.—Philadelphia Record.
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Absent. .
“My wife Is undecided whether to
bny me a birtnday gift or spend the
money on a trip to her slster'A" said
skimpy Uttle Mr. Meek.
“Confidentially, 1 would a good deal
rattier have the Absent than tlm pres
ent.”—Life. , -
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Becoming. ‘
“Isn’t my new dress becoming to
me?” asked the delighted wife'.-*
“Yes,” replied the head of the estab
lishment. “and I suppose the bill for It
will soon be coming to me.” |
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Ineecte and Cropa.
An annual loss of crops from Insects
In the United States Is estimated at
$1,200,000,000. In view of this every
one dight to encourage a bigger force
or bird police. ,.
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Good Guess.
Blx—8ay, what’s the rest of that quo
tation beginning “Truth la mighty?”
Dix—“Scarce," I gueos.-Exchaug*
Steamship Admiral Watson—Sailed
from Seattle for Valdez and Alas
kan ports Tuesday, September 25.
Steamship Admiral Evans— Sailed
south from Valdez, Saturday, Sept.
11.
Steamship Alaska—Sailed south
fi;om Valdez, Friday, Sept. 21.
Steamship Mariposa—Sailed south
from Valdez, Saturday, September
22.
Steameshlp Admiral Farragut—Sail
ed south from Valdez to Seattle,
Sept. 28.
Steamship Alameda — Sailed from
....Valdez for Seattle, Friday, Sept.
14.
TIDES FOR SEPTEMBER
Saturday, Sept. 29.—
First high tide 10:56 a. m., 9.7.
Second high tide 11:16 p. m.. 9.9.
First low tide 4:42 a. m., 0.1.
Second low tide 5:06 p. m., 0.2.
Sunday. Sept. 30.—
First high tide. 11:33 a. m„ 10.5.
First low tide 5:22 a. m., 0.2.
Second low tide 5:52 p. m., —0.6.
FOR REN!—One 3-room furnish
ed house. Also 1 two-room furnished
cabin. See Rudolph. tf
FOR RENT—The Stanton house,
3 rooms, furnished, $15. Apply C. B.
Smith. tf
At Mrs. Caprls' you will find knit
ted or crocheted caps made to or
der. tf
Canada Floats Fourth laian
OTTAWA, Sept. 29.—Canada's
fourth domestic loan will be float
ed in November and probably will
be for $100,000,000, and at a rate i
which will net the subscribers nearly
6 per cent. I
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A nice line of Earthern Teapots;
at Rudolph’s. tf
Nick Meckeni is in town today from
liis property at Teikhell.
FOR SALE—800 shares of Sweep
stake stock for 10 cents per share.
Inquire Prospector office. tf
Snow is reported to be falling at
Paxson.
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at G. O. Relnke's. tf
Cloudy weather is reported at most
points on the trail.
A pretty line or colored 'crochet j
cotton and stamped pillow slips at
the Needlecraft Shop. tf
The trail Is reported good from
Wortman to the canyon.
FOR SALE—5000 shares or less of
Sweepstake Stock. Enquire Prospec
tor. k 05.
The Moose hand met for practice
in the hall last evening.
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
Corp. Rowbottom arrived in town
yesterday from out the trail.
WANTED—r ive cents per pound
will be paid lor clean, cotton rags at
the Prospector umce. u
Genuine Sweet Apple Cider at
Hunt’s Candy Kitchen. tf
Old papers lu bunches of 100 at
this, office* obty 10 cents. t(
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A new lot of manufacturer’s sam
ples of men’s and women’s wearing
apparel just received at the Empor
ium. tf
Odds and ends of wallpaper 3 & 4
rolls to the bundle, cheap at Ru
dolph’s. tf
Notice to Public
A new line of one-piece dresses
just received at E. Winters. tf
New Coats
Just received some
very nifty styles in
Winter Coats at
E. Winter's
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Without a Rudder
No one would wish to ride in a ship
without a rudder.
Cancelled checks are a rudder for |
your future guidance, and will enable
you to save and cut out many useless
expenditures.
Come in and let us tell yon how a
checking account with this bank will
help you.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
Valdez Dock Co. mohe wo. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office, foot of Wall street.
Motor. Coffee
Grinding g^^
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When The Sun Goes Down
Mr Merchant your show windows get in their best
work.
Night window shoppers are next day buyers.
Prince William Sound Water,
Power, Light & Telephone Co.
Valdez-Fairbanks Auto Service
CARRYING U. S. MAIL and EXPRESS
t
Passenger Service—Valdez-Fairbanks
25c Per Mile To All Interior Points
LEAVE VALDEZ 1st and 15th ot Each Month
SPECIAL TRIPS ON APPLICATION
Address: TVM. SCHMIDT, Valdez, Alaska
Phone 228
KEYSTONE PRODUCE Co.
HEINZ’S 57 VARIETIES
AMOCAT CANNED GOODS
Groceries, Butter, Eggs, Fruits,* Vegetables,
Cigars, Tobaccoes and Confectionary.
Keystone and McKinley Streets
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