The People of Valdez Answer
What They’re Doing For The War.
Without a single murmur of complaint
everyone has been more than willing for
the fifty-fifty plan—An equal amount
of wheat substitutes for every pound of
wheat flour, also limiting sugar purchas
es to five pounds.
An Oatmeal Gingerbread Receipe By Mrs. Kramer.
Materials
% cup New Orleans Molasses
1 cup boiling water
2 cups Rolled Oats
cup flour
ii cup shortening
I egg
1 small teaspoon soda
2 tablespoons brown sugar
(linger to taste
Directions
Pour hot water over Rolled Oat*. Ijet
stand while you stir shortening and sugar
together. Rub into flour and add molas
ses, yolk of egg end beat well. Add Rolled
Oats and white of egg beaten stiff.
Valdez Mercantile Company.
In every detail Valdez* leading Mercantile Establishment.
NOTICE
Owing to the increased expense of
operation, occasioned by application
of the Territorial eight hour law', it is
necessary to increase the price on de
livery of coal, therefore the price of
coal delivered will be as follows:
Hulk .115.00 per ton
Sacked (ton lots) . 18.00 per ton
Sacked, (halftoni .... 0.50
Sacked, less than % ton 1.35 a sack
If VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
DONALDSON -rHFDCLB
The following schedule for the har
bor boat "Lt. C. V. Donaldson” will
take effect today. All orders to the
contrary are revoked.
Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays:
Lve. Fort Llscura Leave Valdez
8:16 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p m 6:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:15 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:15 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
11:15 p. m. 12:00 m. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each
month, these days being used to clean
boilers.
Special trips or cancelling of the
above will be made without notice
only to meet er'gencies of the ser
' vice.
All official tuslness oetween Val
dez and the Post should be arranged
for transaction, where possible, so
that advantage will be taken of the
scheduled trips and extra trips will
be made at a minimum and made only
when urgently needed.
U R. KOEHLEH,
Capt. 14th Infantry, A. Q. M.
Anything you want in the line of
photography—Jenner can dt> It for
you. tf
Ansco HI ms Will
lit any standard make o f camera.
They are the staudard. Guy E. Cam
eron. tf
Kodaks and kodak supplies at the
Valdez Drug Co. tf
CITY EXPRESS, Phone 82; ready
to transfe. taal baut.«h<, for you. tf
Second Call
We will accept Liberty Bonds for
stock in the Valdez Iron Works.
Make your money earn 25 per cent
instead of 4 per cent. tf
ALASKA’S PRIDE
Is the new Brew
Has all the requirements,
strength, nourishment, re
freshment and taste of beer
but has no kick.
Put tiprby^ *
ALASKA BEVERAGE &
BOTTLING WORKS.
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY
LOUIE’S CAFE
Opea Day and Night McKinley Street, Below Cable OBee
Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes,
All Kinds of Pastry for Sale
rfVHKVTHlNG THE BEST ANDY MAROV1CH, Propr.
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+ | + ♦IE
+ * STEAMER SAILINGS * j *
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Steamship Victoria - Sailed north
from Seattle, February 1. Will ar
rive about Thursday.
Steamship Alaska -Sailed south from
Valdez, February 1. Arrives in
Seattle 7th.
Steamship Admiral Evans— Will sail
north front Seattle, February 5.
FOR SALE Three National cash
registers and one four foot fireproof
safe. Inquire of the Prospector. kl2
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Oatmeal Yeast Itread
1 cup milk and water, 1 teaspoon
salt. 1 tablespoon fat, 1 teaspoon sug
ar. 1 cup rolled oats, 2 Vi cups wheat
flour, Vi cake compressed yeast, ’i
cup warm water.
Scald liquid and pour it over roll
ed oats, sugar, salt and fat. Let it
stand until luke warm, add yeast soft
ened in warm water, add flour and
knead. Let rise until double in hulk,
knead again and place in pan. When
light bake in moderate oven 45 to t>0
minutes.
FOR SALE—Three National cash
registers and one four foot fireproof
safe. Inquire of the Prospector. kl2
TRAIL REPORT
Fairbanks—24 above, clear, calm.
Salcha—65 below, clear, calm,
trail fair, 17 inches snow, one dog
team south yesterday.
Richardson—55 below, calm, hazy,
16 inches snow, trail heavy.
McCarty—45 below, clear, calm,
trail heavy, 16 inches snow.
Donnelly—66 below, clear, calm,
trail good.
McCallums—20 below, 46 inches
snow, heavy wind, trail drifted north
bound stage here.
Paxson—26 below, clear, calm, 46
inches snow, trail heavy, Road Com
mission freight team south 8 a. m.
Hogan—2 below, clear, calm, trail
fair, snow 31 Inches. One musher
north, McNally arrived 5 p. m. yes
terday.
Gulkana—20 below, 43 inches of
snow, clear, calm, trail fair. N. C.
freight team south 8 a. m.
Copper Center—20 below, clear,
calm, 30 inches snow, trail heavy.
Stages northbound 6:30 a. m. South
bound 6 a. m. date.
Tonalna—16 below, part cloudy,
calm. 43 Inches snow. Rutherford ar
rived station yesterday.
Telkhell—16 below, cloudy, calm,
snow 63 Inches, trail drifted. Rowbot
tom south with mail a. m.
. Beaver Dam—sero, clear, north
wind, 63 inches snow, trail drifted.
Thompson Pass—80 below, dondy,
storming, 78 inches snow, trail dos
ed.
Wortmaa—No one there.
Magle at a Siphon.
When ■ pipe shaped like the Inverted
letter U, In which the arms are of
equal length, la Oiled with water and
each end of the pipe la pnt Into a sepa
rata vessel fall of water “the down
ward pair or weight of the I'qald In
each of the two arms will balance the
other, and If the water is at the name
level In the two vessels It will remain
at that level In both vessels. Rut If the
level of the water In one vessel Is lowar
than In the other, since the two vessel*
ore connected with a pips full of wa
ter, the water will run down from the
higher level to the lower. This consti
tutes what la called a siphon. A siphon
Itself has no more magic about It than
a pencil has when It falla or than any
other similar phenomenon In nature,
yet some of the siphon's manifestations
seem to be not only magical, but al
most lacradlbla.—St. Nicholas.
"Mast Psrfsot Oda.”
One hundred years ago appeared what
Ryron called “the most perfect ode In
the language,” “The Rurtal of 8lr John
Moore." It waa tbe Newry Telegraph
which gave to the world this anony
mous poem of Iter. Charles Wolfe,
which won for Its author but a posthu
mous fame, for not until bis death In
1823 wus Us reul authorship made
known, though various had been tbe
guesses as to the writer That obscure
'•urate of Ballyclng must have felt
proud Indeed to tlnd among its putative
authors such |«n>ts a* Campbell mix
Ryron.—London Chronicle.
r a
Light of tha Firafly.
A scientist say- thul it temiioratun
approaching 2.00P degree* F. would I*'
necessary to make a light equivalent to
[that emitted by an ordinary firefly. The
| enormous waste of energy in all indus
trial methods of producing light is a
miller of common knowledge, apt! the
example of tbe firefly remain* uniml
luted by man.
Fountain Pan Teat*.
Fountain pens are tested by mi in
struuient called a micrometer If me
piece of the mechanism is out even t
six hundredth pull of an in< ti tbe nil
cmmeter rejects it us faulty
Tactful.
“I*o you thin!; Hint the lady who Is
moving In above yon is nice?"
“fill dear, yes Why -be le'fleet'
that baby had two t«s>t!i Itel'Tc she had
been i" tlie house two lemrs.-’
The iiilnutes saved by burry are a
useless as the pennies sa> ed by pars!
moiiy. C. Ft Neweoinli
Milton's Works.
Milton regarded llie "l'arailise He
gained" as Inlinitelv superior to tin
"I'nradi.se Lost’ and onee expressed
great surprise that any one should on
lertuin a contrary opinion He sain
that of all bis works the poem "On tin
Morning of Christ's Nativity" was his
best, ll was bis earliest, lining writ
ten in HEM). when be was twenty-om
years of age.
Domaatic Bliss.
“You are always reaching for some
thing you can't afford "
“You were not always of that opln
ion.”
"Oh. Is that so'?'
“I think so. At least you didn't sa'
that when 1 proposed. "-Houston Pus:
Too Sensitive.
"What is wrong between that yoilun
engaged couple?"
•He didn't like it because when to
i old her that he wop Id die for her sin
wanted to know bow much life lusur
nice be carried ” Itallimore American
There la one broad sky over all tin
world and. whether il be blue or cloudy
the same heaven beyond it Pickena.
Olive Oil.
When olive oil is good and fresh It Is
of a pale greenish yellow color, with
little taste or smell, except a sweet
nutty flavor. Surprising to say, olive
oil Is not made from the seed of the
olive, aa in the case of most vegetable
oils, but from the flesh or |>erlcarp of
the fruit.
Mending Hot Water Bottiaa.
To meud a hot water bottle use a
patch auch as used for auro tire*. They
can be had at any garage, -lust clean
around the puncture with gasoline,
then apply patch.
Our Troubles.
Gibbs—So you blame your present
troubles on the middleman. Dibba
Not exactly. 1 blame all our trouble*
on the flrat man.—Pulias New*.
Too Much of It.
“W»i the dinner cooked to suit you?"
“Yes. all but the bill Take It back
and have It boiled down."— St Louis
I 'ost-Dlspatch.
United State* and Rusela.
No nation, save the United State*.
Ie so economically self-sustaining or
p/.ssesses such n dearth of diversified
tcenery and manifold resources as
Russia ha*. From Arctic Archangel
to the sunny Crimea, from Teutonic
Poland*to the orientalized Pacific mari
time provinces—a gigantic expanse of
over eight and one-half million square
miles—endless beauty and evidence*
of Incalculable mineral and agrlcultu
ral wealth.
Never Had Sente Enough.
After Dr. Carl 8. Patton had been
preaching a few weeks at the First
Congregational church In Columbus,
having accepted the call to succeed
Dr. Washington Gladden In the pasto
rate, a woman member of the congre
gation cams up to him after the serv
ice one mondw and said: “Oh, Doctor
Patton, X do enjey your sermon*
I never had dKer enough to listen to
DtR'tor Gladden.”
Why worry about your
Valuables
Why not engage a box for them
in our fireproof vault where per
fect protection is assured?
Why not do it today? Tomorrow
may be too late.
. Price $5n 910. and 915* per year
according to size.
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
U. S. depositary for Postal Savings Funds
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
V" ^ JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Oflice Foot of Wall Street
Headquarters For
Electrical Supplies
Only the best manufac
tures are represented in
our stock.
All electrical Supplies we
sell are guaranteed pro
ducts.
Make your electrical pur
chases here and have the
assurance of absolute satis
faction and quality.
Prince William Sound Water,
Light, Power, Tel. Company
DAILY WEATHER REPORT
Feb. 5, 1918 Feb 6. 1918.
7:00 p. m. 7:0 0a. m.
29.299 Barometer 29.368
12 Temperature 11
14 Maximum 11
11 Minimum 10
12.5 Mean 11
Cloudy. N. wind Cloudy N. E. wind.
—Myrtle F. Billings. Obs.
FEBRUARY TIDE TABLES
First high tide 6:59 a. m., 7.6.
Second high tide 8:00 p. m.. 6.1.
First low tide 1:35 p. m., 1.5.
Wednesday, Feb. 6.-/
First high tide 7:12 a. m., 7.8.
Second high tide 9:31 p. m., 6.1.
First low tide 0:24. a. m, 3.6.
Second low tide 2:67 p. m., 0.#. ^ .
Thursday, Feb. V.—
First high tide 8:26 a. m. 8.2.
Second high tide 10:24 p. m.. 6.7.
First low tide 1:60 a. m., 3.6.
Second low tide 8:66 p. m., 0.1.
A number of craft are storm bound
In port waiting tor the gale to abate
to make trips down the sound with
freight and passengers.
FOR SALE—Three National cash
registers and one four foot fireproof
safe. Inquire of the Prospector. klS
Advertise in the Prospector.
Varnished rooms st Mrs Oslsnd’s.
Prices reasonable. •
FURS MADE UP
Furs remodeled, also new skins
made up in all the latest styles. Prices
very reasonable. Special attention
paid to Alaska trade. All work guar
anteed. Mrs. B. Richmond, 306 Cham
ber of Commerce Bldg, Tacoma.
Wash. tf
Just received all the latest popu
lar songs at O. O. Relnke’s. tf
For Orst-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tf
Cannery Sites
We have customers for select can
nery sites located In the Prince Wil
liam Sound District. It you have any
thing to offer send full particulars,
location, description, eta, to
BOND * BARSON,
Field Dept.
IS Broadway.
New York City.
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A new line of Johnson's Candy at
the Valdes Drag Co. tf