* STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS
Copper Block Hotel
VALDEZ, ALASKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONF. 7 FOR MEN ONLY
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLUMBING STOVES and RANGES HEATING
MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valve*, Hole, Pipe and Fitting*
Valdez Dock. OppoeHe Proepector Office. Telephone 24
, AFTER THE D1NNER PARTY
and you stroll down the thor
ofare you’ll feel good all over
if you are clad in one of our
exceptional suits. The party
may have been a pleasant one.
but not so pleasing as the
knowledge that you are well
dressed in the latest fashion.
When we make your suit it’s
sure to please.
BEN SILVERMAN
THE TAILOR
1894 CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 191/
PIONEER CONTRACTOR BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING.
Will take contracts on wharves, bridges, fish traps in any
part of Prince William sound.
Building material of all kinds, and several grades of wall
board kept in stock at all times.
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ, ALASKA--PHONE 18
REFERENCES I S. BLUM & CO., Valdez, and Cordova,
BANKERS { B. M. BEHRENDS, Juneau, Alatka.
Independent Steam Laundry
• Jatisiaction Guaranteed I j £oot *ve
; Telephone 66 1 I Rou^h Dr>’ 1Cc lb
MERCHANT’S CAFE & BAKERY
FRESH BREAD AND PASTRY DAILY
Phone 63 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chas. Flsclier, Propr.
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms._Phone 35
Quartz and Placer
Location Notices
For Sale at
The Prospector Office
Grefcorieff-ljashakoff.
On Monday, at the residence of
Mrs. Wm. King, on Sherman Street,
Paul Gregorieff and Miss Okalene
Lashakoff, both of Ellamar, were
married by the Rev. R. D. Nicholls.
Fresh Razor Back Clams. Crabs,
Red Snappers, Codfish and Halibut at
rye-Bruhn's. ^27
Location notices, noth quartz and
placer, for sale at the Prospector of
fice.
Remember your friends by sending
them a Panoramic View, a new lot
just received. Valdez Drug Co. tf
A full and complete line of Cigars,
Cigarettes, Smoking Tobacco and
Pipes. Valdez Drug Co. tf
500 MOTOBOATS TO
ACT AS NAVY IWTROU
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Mar. 21.
Commander William A. Moffet, of
the United States navy leaves leaves
tonight for Chicago to begin a cam
paign to enroll 500 motorboats and
500 men in the naval reserve for use
in coast defense operations in the
event of war.
Webster’s New International Dic
tionary, strictly up to date; come in
and look It over. Valdez Drug Co. if
The best of everything in box
Chocolates at the Candy Kitchen tf
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
ENGLAND’S KING NEVER DIES.
__
The Law Simply Admits a Transfer of
Royal Authority.
It is a curious point of British law
that the king never dies, or, to put It
in another way. It would be useless for i
any barrister to argue that the ruler's
predecessors have really died, since
the utmost law will admit Is that there >
may be a “demise of the crown,’’ j
] meaning, of course, simply that there
| lias been a transfer of the royal au
thority from one person to another.
It is a maxim that “the king can do \
no wrong.” and under the law he would |
not be held personally responsible for
! any crime or "tort” that he chose to
! commit at any time. At any rate, we
; are assured by high constitutional an*
i thorities. the law should actually and
i literally he so construed an.l that the
! statutes hold that any injury Ids maj- |
lesty might inflict upon a subject must i
! be ascribed to the king’s advisers. One
; thing seems to lie certain, and that is I
I that his majesty can under no elreum
I stances whatever lie arrested. Nor.
moreover, could his goods he distrained
or taken in execution should he fail to
meet Ids liabilities.
A quaint feature of British law Is
that In theory the king is present at
the law court at every sitring, though
he might in |>oint of fact t-e actually
on the continent or elsewhere. It fol
lows, therefore, that it is impossible to
"nonsuit” 1dm ns plaintil” should he
not put In an appearance when his
case is called, since the law specifically
states that the king Is there. Ill a sim
ilar sense the king Is always construc
tively present in parliament, though he
lie. In fact, thousands of miles from Ids
shores.—Exchange.
THE SPILT PEARLS.
An Old Persian Fable of the Caliph and
Hie Faithful Slava.
The most beautiful of all Persian
'ables, perhaps. Is called “The Spilt
l'enrls” and relates how the couriers
of a certain caliph marveled at his
•holee of an Ethiopian slave for Ids
constant attendant and at the high
honors he bestowed on this fellow,
who had no sjieclal distinction of
Oeauty, strength or grace. Thereupon
the caliph told them that, though the
slave’s features were not fair, kind
ness beautified them.
Once, when a camel of the caliph’s
train tripped iu a narrow street, a cas
ket fell, broke, and rich pearls fell ev
erywhere. The caliph nodded to his at
tendant slaves to pick them up. saying
that they might have them for them
selves. and they all rushed to pick up
as many as they could.
One alone remained behind the ea
• llph. the Ethiopian, who did not move,
j Turning to him. the caliph asked him
j what he was doing, lingering there,
'and received tlie answer that his duty
was faithfully to guard his master,
and lie had sufficient reward In doing
that. So one could he called a faithful
servant who forgot his duty to his mas
ter for the sake of the gifts ids master
ga ve.
“Therefore.” said the caliph. “I keep
him at my side, for he lias shown him
self to be possessed of the brightest
jewel a man can possess, the jewel of
faithfulness.”—Argonaut.
Original Potato King.
John Pounds, an English cobbler,
was the original potato king. He cob
bled shoes for sailors in Portsmouth
and was grieved by the sight of the
ragged hoys who ran about the quays.
He set himself the task of rescuing
them. A hot i>otato was a wonderful
delicacy for these youngsters. John
Pounds set his bait. He offered hot
potatoes to hoys who would come to
him and be taught to read and write.
Often he was seen pursuing a boy
along the wharves holding out a potato
like a farmer trying to catch a colt
with a feeding of oats. Usually John
Pounds and the hot potatoes won. He
crowded his narrow workroom with his
charges. When he died It was reported
of him that he had suved 500 children
to useful citizenship.—Toledo Blade.
Oilcloth aa a Curo.
Pretty soon after the new arrival in
one of New York’s big hotels had been
assigned to his room he telephoned
down to the office for two strips of oil
cloth.
“Another one," said the clerk after
assuring the guest that the oilcloth
would be sent up Immediately. “He
is a sonnambullst, I suppose. We
keep strips of oilcloth in reserve for
fellows like him. They spread it ou
the floor at either side of the bed.
Stepping on cold oilcloth when he gets
om of bed is pretty likely to awaken
the most confirmed sleepwalker and
prevent nocturnal wandering.”
Mackerel For Nerve*.
Mackerel is an even better food for
the nervous than cod and some other
kinds of fish, because it contains a lar
ger percentage of the fat which the
nervous system requires. The food
value of mackerel Is: Water. 73.4 per
cent; protein. 18.3 per cent; fat, 7.1
per cent: ash. 1.2 per cent.—Chicago
Journal.
8omo Purchasol
Freddie— My pa is awful rich. 1
guess he’s rich enough to buy all Brook
line. Bobby—My pa’s a lot rlcher'n
that. I beard him tell ma this morning
lie was going to buy New York, New
Ilaven and Hartford.—Boston Tran
script
Cruel.
Jack—Thut horse knows as much as
I do. Belle—Well, don't tell anybody.
You may wuut to sell him some day.—
Philadelphia Bulletin.
No one ever houestly follows what
light he has without finding that the
light increases as be eoes forward.
DAILY DOINGS OF
DISTRICT GODOT
—
The motion for the return of cer-;
tain trunks, papers, etc., belonging j
to Otto Kait.lz, _ made by Attorney
Booker, for the accused, was argued j
in the District Court yesterday after
noon and the motion was granted I y J
the court.
In the case of the United States vs. i
Ed Sellers, the case was continued un
til 2 o'clock this afternoon, owing to
the illness of the defendant.
In the case of H. Kerr vs. the Gold
en Eagle Mining Company an order
was issued dismissing the case.
RETAIL PRICES OE
POTATOES FALLING
$30 TO $40 OFFERED WHOLESALE
I
One llig Concern Says It Will Clip 50
*
Cents Off Sack Tomorrow—Retail
ing at $3.00 Per Sack—New Spurts
In—Interest In Embargo.
SEATTLE, March 21.—Potatoes
are still falling in price in Northwest
ern Washington and tomorrow gro
cers will be retailing them at $3 per
sack. Today they are retailing at
$3.50 per sack. Representatives of
potato buyers state that $50 is now
the highest price being paid for po
tatoes. This is from $5 to $10 below
the best offerings of Saturday and $20
lower than the maximum last week.
Even this is not the lowest iigure,
however. One commission merchant
says $40 is the most he will pay and
others declare that they are not in
the market for spuds at this time.
Local dealers are interested in the
announcement made by the British
Columbia government that on next
Friday it will put into effect an em
bargo prohibiting the shipment of po
tatoes into the United States. The ef
fect which this will have on the mar
ket is doubtful. Some buyers believe
it will not sway the market cither
way because more than 1000 cars of
spuds have been exported from the
province this season and it is not
believed many more are available.
One of the features of the ocai
market is the cheapness of Florida
new potatoes which have just arrived
in this city as compared with Iasi
year's price. These are retailing at
two pounds for 25 cents as against 15
cents a pound last year. It iF esti
mated that the wholesale rate on
these potatoes is not more than six
cents in the central states and one
buyer states that if a big crop is rais
ed in Florida prices will be kept down.
Arrivals in the market today are
Imperial Valley head lettuce, retail
ing at 10 cents a head and rhubarb,
which retails at 10 cents a pound.
Soft wheat flour advanced 20 cents
a barrel last week. Hard wheat flour
made a similar increase.
Lowney’s Box Candies at Hunt’s
Candy Kitchen. H
Foreman William Trout came up
from the Alaska Gold Hill mine yes
terday afternoon.
THE THRICE-H-WEEK EDITION
OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
IN 1017
Practically a Dally at the Price
of a Weekly. No Other Newspa
per in the World gives so mncli
at so low a price.
The value and need of a newspaper
in the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now half-way into
its third year, and whether peace bo
at hand or afar off the events to fol
low will be world shaking.
The Prospector Publishing Company
offers the Thrice a Week World, The
Dally Prospector and The Weekly
Miner, one year for only $13.00 cash
in advance. You get 166 copies of
the World, 313 copies of the Prospec
tor and 52 copies of the Miner for this
price. Can you afford to be without
them.
The Thrice-a-Week World,
The Daily Prospector.
The Weekly Miner,
ALL FOR $18.00 PER YEAR
The Prospector and the Weekly
Miner are the only papers published
at Valdez, and are replete with local
and world news. The Miner makes a
specialty of Territorial News in con
densed form. The World is too well
known to our readers to dilate upon
its field of usefulness.
SEND IN YOUR ORDER NOW.
OPEN FIRES AND
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
have been the cause of much
loss both of life and property.
Protect yourself against the
latter by having us issue you
a fire insurance policy on your
home and its contents. Then
if Are does come you will have
the ready means to replace
your home. Foresigh* is bet
ter than regrets.
Valdez Real Estate Agency
T? TONY’S PLACE’S1
EVERYTHING
FIRS'! CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
Pacific Steamship Co.
(ADMIRAL LINE)
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships offer Frequent, PER
FECT SERVICE Between all Points in
Alaska and California
From Seattle — .....
Valdez to Seattle—
Mar. 19—S. S. Adm. Watson,
fQP Seward \Iar. 2i ■ S. S. Adm. W&tson
Mar. 26—S. S. Admiral Evans April 8—S. S. Adm. Evans.
for Anchorage and Kodiak . .
April 1—S. S. Adm. Farragut Apnl 12~S- S’ Adm' harragut
April 9—S. S. Adm. Watson. April 20—S. S. Adm. Watsor.
April 17 S. S. Adm. Evans, Apri, 2g_g g .vdm Evans
for Anchorage
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays for San Francisco,
Ix>s Angeles
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays.
IF YOUR TICKET READS PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY
YOU ARK ASSURED THE VERY BEST
For Full Particulars Address
Phone I VALDEZ DOCK COMPANY Valdez, Alaska
ALASKAi
STEAMSHIP CO. |
_ i
From Seattle— Valdez to Seattle —
March 23 — S. S. Alameda. March 24—R. S. Northwestern
March 30—S. S. Alaska. April 3—S. S. Alameda.
April 5—S. S. Mariposa. April 10—S. S. Alaska.
Apr. 11—S. S. Northwestern. April 15—S. S. Mariposa.
April 17—S. S. Alameda. April 21—S. S. Northwestern
('ALL AT Ketchikan, .luneau, Cordova, Klluniar, Ft. Liscuni, Val
dez, Latouche, Seward and Anchorage lieginning with Alameda Sail
ing March 23rd.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep
Creek, Treadwell, Douglas, Skagway, Cordova. Ellamar, Valdez and La
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
F. R. TRACY, Gea’I Agent VALDEZ DOCK CO.. Local Agent
CREW OF TRANSPORT
IS ON A STRIKE
NEW YORK, March 21.—The At
lantic transport liner Manchuria,
which was scheduled to sail for Lon
don today was held at her pier be
cause of a strike among the crew,
who demanded a “war bonus.” Of
ficials of the line made an offer of
a bonus of 5 per cent, but it was re
jected. Further negotiations are now
going on, and it is expected the ship
will sail tomorrow.
Macaroni Plant Collapses.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. March 21—
Ida Capolli, aged' 18 years, a book
keeper was caught in the falling i
wreckage and severely injured when
a three-story brick and frame tnaca
roni factory in South Ninth street col
lapsed today. For an hour and a
half the girl lay moaning beneath the
ruins while scores of firemen, encour
aged by 1,000 persons, tunneled their
way to her. Thirty-two men at work
in the second and third stories of the
place escaped with only slight bruises
Northwestern Due Cordova.
Advices received at the local cable!
office this afternoon states that the j
Northwestern is due to arrive in Cor- j
dova at 4:30 this afternoon.
i
O. E. Lambert. H. B. Wolking, j
Grover Hanneman of Cordova, who I
have been here for the past week as
members of the petit jury, were ex
cused from further attendance at
court yesterday and left on the Ad- <
miral Farragut for Cordova.
A new line of neaters priced right. j
at Mead’s. tf i
j
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A new stock of Al Fruit Tablets j
Candy Kitchen. tf j
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Fresh candy at the Emporium, tf
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Anything m nugget and ivory jew-'
elry at Valdez Drug Co.
Complete line tf Bulk Chocolates.
Candy Kitchen. tf,
All of the latest Books, Magazines
and News Papers received on each
boat. Valdez Drug Co. tf
A fresh lot of Haas’ Candies receiv
ed on last boat, from 50 cents to $2
a box. Valdez Drug Co. ' tf
Sweepstake Stock Wanted
Wish to purchase shares of Sweep -
stake Mining Stock,
tf ALASKA INVESTMENT CO.
We have a fresh line of Augustine
Kyer box candies at the Candy Kitch
en. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe. t~at. buggage for you. tf
WANTED—Mill man's job as first,
amalgamates References to prove for
several years, handy with tools espe
cially wood work. Inquire at the
Prospector for K. Lahz. k-2?
Try our satin-finish hard candies
in bulk at the Candy Kitchen. tf
Eresa King Salmon at Louie’s Cafe
today. 3t
A. M. DIERINGER
Valdez Transfer
Company
Office on Alaska Avenue, in
George C. Treat Building
Telephone No. 60
Genet al Trucking and Freighting
to all Interior Points.
LIVERY and FEED STABLE.
STORAGE.
Teaming of All Kinds
Positively No Coal Delivered Un
less Paid for in Advance