On the basis ot Security and Service
we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
Headquarters tor Traveling Men.
Copper Block
VALDEZ
“The House of Comfort,”
For Men Only
Steam Heat. Hot Baths
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OP
Native and I f TRADED and Buildin« „
Puget Sound L.UIVIDIL.IY Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
Arcade Cafe
Open untill 9 P. M.
Try Our Specials After 4 P. M.
Y> Private Tables
Jack Callin -_-_Proprietor
LAUNCH
BRIGHTON
FOR
Port Wells and Way Ports
Leaves Valdez every Saturday Morning carry
ing Mail, Passengers and Freight. Calls at
Ellamar, Wells Bay, Golden, Hobo Bay, Port
age Bay, Esther Island. Special trips by ar
rangement.
SEE CAPT. STAMEY.
Valdez Hospital
Largest and Best Equipped Hospital
in Southwestern Alaska.
Graduate Nurses—Private Rooms for Patients
For Terms'and Particulars Apply to
E. C. DALTON, M, D., Physician in Charge,
V ; (Official Publication)
REPORT OF THE FINANCIAL CON
DITION of nhe'Valdez Bank &
Trust Co., located at Valdez, Ter
ritory of Alaska, at the close of
business on the 3rd day of May,
1915. - • -
Resources.
Loans and discounts.$27,647.51
Overdrafts ..'. 3,916.45
Bonds, warrants and other
securities . 8,026.85
Banking house, furniture and
fixtures ..... 15,629.07
Due from banks....>. 263.66
Checks on other banks and
other cash items. 2,746.30
Cash on hand . 1,410.38
Expense 6,330.04
Total ..*.,.$65,970.26
Liabilities.
Capital stock paid in.$25,000.00
Undivided profits . 5,473.04
Due to banks .../.,.. 2,476.34
Deposits . 31,568.68
Certified checks . 300.00
Bills payable (including cer
tjtflcates of deposit) for
money borrowed . 1,152.20
Total ..i.$65,970.26
United States of America, Territory
of Alaska, Third Judicial Division, ss.
I, Edwin Eckern, cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the foregoing statement is true
to the best of my knowledge and be
lief. EDWIN ECKERN,
Cashier.
Correct attest:
, M. P. HENDRICKSON.
EDWIN ECKERN,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 15th day of May. 1916.
(SeaU JAMES PISH,
$ Notary Pph^'-Vj in and for the Terri
tory of Alaska. My commission ex
pires Sept. 18, 1915.
One of the newer mine rescue de
vices is an oxygen apparatus so light
* in weight that a man can carry sev
eral of them to where they may be
needed.
Sharpen it Up.
Percy Pinfeather—And I couldn’t get
a word In edgewise.
Polly Pickles—Perhaps your conver
sation was too dull.—Chicago Daily
News.
Indiscreet.
■ 1 " 1 * it
Mrs. Whax—I saw you and Mr. Big
mitt haying a dreadful quarrel. I
hope you didn't come to blows.
Mr. Whax—No, my dear, but I was
fool enough to stick around and talk
back till blows came to me.—Kansas
City Star.
Comparisons Are Odious.
The Soubrette—He says I look good
enough to eat
The Ingenue—So does a cheese.—
Washington Star.
Vanity.
I "Say, ma, I didn't look like him when J
1 was a kid, did IT"—Exchange.
LUSITANIA SUNK
WITH ONE SHOT
Commander of Submarine Says Fired
Only One Torpedo and That In
ternal Explosion Did Rest.
BERLIN, May 15.—The commander
of the German submarine which
sunk the British ship Lusitania re
ports to the admiralty that only one
torpedo was fired at the ship and
that the ship sunk as a result of an
internal explosion caused by the large
quantity of high explosive ammuni
tion which was on the ship but which
the submarine commander knew no
thing of and he had expected that
the ship would remain afloat long
enough to allow me passengers to
reach shore, which was only a few
miles distant from the scene of the
engagement.
The commander denies the stories
appearing in hostile press stating
that the members of the crew of the
submarine watched the drowning of
the non-combatants and sneered at
them as they went down.
RUSSIANS CHECK
BALTIC JVADERS
(Continued from page 1.)
wealth for an indefinite time. Be
sides suplying each Australian sol
dier on active service with a uni
form when he embarks on a troop
ship, the department has engaged to
supply him with a fresh uniform ev
ery three months while he is at the
front. At present the superintendent
of the army contracts, Captain J. C.
Ormiston, is requiring at once 1,112,
000 yards of flannel, besides 200,000
woolen undershirts and 220,400 pairs
of drawers of the same material.
German Mark Depreciates
PARIS, May 15.—A dispatch from
Geneva says the value of the German
mark continues to fall:
The Swiss postal authorities have
announced that after May 20 Ger
man postal orders will be cashed on
the basis of 110 centimes to the
mark, a depreciation of 12 per cent.
British Private’s Life In the Kaiser’s
Hands.
BERLIN, May 15.—The Supreme
Military court Las confirmed the sen
tence of death imposed on December
29 on William Lonsdale, of Leeds,
England, a private in the British
army, for striking a German non
commissioned officer at the military
prison camp at Doeberitz.
The verdict of the court is subject
to the approval of Emperor Wil'iam,
and the sentence possibly may be
commuted. Ronald B. Harvey, sec
ond secretary of the American Em
bassy, attended the session of the
court.
Laurence develops and prints ko
dak pictures. Work guaranteed, tf
A new line of Valdez and Alaska
pennants and pillow tops at the Val
dez Drug Co. tf
Administrator’s Notice.
In the Commissioner’s Court for Val
dez Precinct, Territory of Alaska,
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Liz
zie Stropp, deceased—Notice of Filing
of Final Account and of Hearing
Thereof.
Notice Is hereby given that E. E.
Ritchie, administrator of the estate
of Lizzie Stropp, deceased, has filed
his final account as such administra
tor, and asked for settlement of the
same; and that Tuesday, July 6,1915,
at 10 o’clock a. m., has been set by
order of court for the settlement of
said final account and bearing objeo
tlons to the same.
Dated May 4, 1915.
E. E. RITCHIE,
Administrator
First publication May 4, 1916.
Last publication May 35, 1915.
STANDING TIMBER.
Rule by Which to Figure Out Ite Con
tents In Board Feet.
The contents of trees In board feet
Is usually figured by Doyle's rule. This
rule Is to deduct four Inches from the
small diameter of the log for slab,
squaring one quarter of the remainder
and multiplying the results by the
length of the log in feet. For example,
to find the contents of a twelve foot
log twenty-four inches in diameter (In
side the bark) at the small end—24
inches minus 4 Inches equal 20 inches:
20 inches by V\ equal 5 Inches; 5 by f
by 12 equal 300 board feet.
Perhaps an easier wny to get at the
same result is to state the rule as fol
lows: From a sixteen foot log deduct,
four inches for slab and square the
remainder. For longer or shorter logs
the contents would be proportioned to
the length. In the above case it would
be worked out thus: 24 minus 4 equals
20, 20 by 20 equals 400, for a sixteen
foot log. But a twelve foot log Is
twelve-sixteenths or three-quarters as
long as a sixteen foot log; therefore
this log contains three-quarters of 400
board feet, or 300 board feet. If the
log were twenty feet long It would
contain one and one-quarter times 400
feet, or 000 feet.
A common way of estimating stand
ing timber is to estimate the length
and the top and bottom diameters and
apply Doyle’s rule, using the average
of both diameters and the whole
length of the tree.—Rural New Yorker.
BED OF THE THAMES.
It Often Yields to Dredgers Relics of
the Ancient Romans.
“Yes, sir," said the skipper of a
Thames dredger as he wiped his grimy
hands on the legs of his trousers,
"there are many worse Jobs than dredg
ing. It Is interesting and exciting work,
too, for one never knows what the
bucket scoops are going to pick up.
“Do we make any rich ‘captures?’
Occasionally we do, but of course we
bring up more mud than anything else.
But, personally, I believe that the bot
tom of the Thames is a small gold mine
in disguise, but one that it is impos
sible to ‘work.’ A ‘nugget’ is brought
up now and again, and a ‘nugget’ may
mean a gold watcli or coins.
“Some time back a bucket scoop
brought to the surface a small sack,
and this sack contained a number of
watches, mostly minus the cases. Evi
dently they had been thrown into the
river by thieves, who had no use for
them.
r,HUmnu bones are brought to light
at Infrequent intervals, and so are old
metal implements. Romnn coins are
fairly plentiful close by Billingsgate
and London bridge, and some of the
copper ones which have been recov
ered are as clean as new coins from the
mint Julius Caesar coins and weapons
have been found in the upper river and
some stone age implements down by
Hampton court.’’—London Answers.
Room For Improvement.
A certain estimable old gentleman is
at all times worth listening to, thougn
occasionally his grammar is scarcely
perfect. He was dining on oue occa
sion with the local squire, when, much
to the disgust of his worthy host, a
trifling error on the old gentleman's
part was pounced upon and loudly re
peated by the sou and heir of the
house. There was a painful silence,
broken at length by the host
"My son,” he remarked quietly to the
young fellow, “there are times, 1 ad
mit, when our old friend’s speech is a
little peculiar. At such times yon
might be of mutual assistance to eacn
other.”
“In what way, sir?” asked the son.
“Well,” was the severe rejoinder,
“you might give Mr. X. a lesson or
two in grammar, in return for which
I have no doubt he would assist you
to patch up the holes in your man
ners.”—London Tit-Bits.
The Plantagenets.
A flowering English shrub, the broom
plant, is called in French "plantage
nesta.” From it the kingly family or
Plantagenet took its name. It is said
to have been first used as a badge by
them because the Count of Anjou ban
himself scourged with its branches.
The name was taken by Henry II.,
king of England, In 1154, he being the
son of Geoffrey of Anjou, who wore in
bis helm a spray of the broom when be
started for the Holy Land. The best
known of the Plantagenets was Rich
ard I., king of England, called “the
Lion Heart.”
Very Queer.
“My husband has been out late everp
evening this week, attending lmpor
tant club meetings.”
“Yes, so has mine. They belong *c
the same club, you know.”
“Why, bow queer! My husband says
be hasn’t seen your husband 1n six
months I”—Cleveland Leader.
Phantom Bubble In Sapphire.
In the National museum at Washing
ton Is a sapphire weighing nine carats
that incloses a bubble which change*
of temperature cause to appear anG
disappear.
Dangerous.
“Sssh—this Is a gossipy place.”
“Sssh—why?"
"Sssh—even the rooms communlcaU
with one anotherl”— Harvard Lampoon
A Lao and a Lack.
“In India a lac of rupees la a foe
tune.”
“And in America a lack of dollars !r
a misfortune.”—Boston Transcript
Trust not too much In an enchanting
lace.—VergB.
NAVAL GUN VIBRATION.
Conditions on a Warahip When Heavy
Firing Is In Progress.,
The average civilian has a very
vague idea ns to the conditions inside
a turret on a war vessel while heavy
firing is going on.
The greatest force of the vibration
from the firing of a gun Is naturally
Just outside the muzzle, and that is
outside the turret. So terrific 1b this
vibration that if severe precautions
were not taken the deck under the
muzzle would be ripped to pieces,
sheet iron doors would be wrenched
from their hangings and skylights :
shattered. To guard against these ef
feets the deck under the gun muzzle is ,
re-enforced with steel plates about an I
Inch thick and skylights are taken off
and replaced with coverings of armor
plate.
Of course a very considerable roar !
and Jar are felt iDslde the turret. Men
who are looking for the refinement of
precaution recommend that gunners
wear shoes with rubber cushioned
soles nnd heels to lessen the Jar on the
deck.
The air vibration, due either to firing
In one's own or some other turret, lias
paused many cases of gun deafness.
To stuff the ears with cotton wool Is, j
of course, the commonest expedient
followed by men and officers alike. t
There Is also what Is called the Cheat- i
ham device, consisting of a mixture of
Clay and wool. It Is very flexible, can !
be molded to any ear and still allows j
Its wearer to hear orders.
Gun deafness may come Immediately
as a result of a ruptured ear drum or
gradually owing to an Injury to the
auditory nerve.—London Answers.
ANCIENT ROMAN THEATERS.
Augustus Made the Women Sit Apart
In the Highest Places.
When Rome was In her glory nnd
the theater most popular distinctions
between spectators long remained un
known. When distinctions were made
the best seats were not assigned to the
priests, for the drama had no such re
ligious significance for the Romnns ns
it had had for the Greeks, but were
set apart for the more aristocratic por
tion of the community.
The orchestra was by law set apart
for the senators. Later, perhaps after
07 B. C., the first fourteen rows back
of the orchestra were, by the law of
Roscius Otho, reserved at Rome for
the knights, says Art and Archaeology.
Similar arrangements obtained in Ro
man theaters outside of Rome, though
in a provincial town like Pompeii as
many as fourteen rows of seats can
hardly have been necessary for the
knights.
Augustus regulated the whole mat
ter afresh. He confirmed the special
privileges already granted to senators
and to knights. He relegated the low
est classes to the highest seats and
made the women sit apart, likewise in
the uppermost places. It is possible ,
that he was the spousor also for the !
more exact regulations laid down con- i
cerning places of honor for magls- ;
trates, priests, etc. !
The seats of highest honor were j
those on the tribunalia. Here the
editor and the emperor sat on the right 1
side. On the other tribunal the vestal
virgins had their places, and with them i
the empress.
The Immensity of Space.
A photographic plate exposed to the
heavens in a large telescope for any
considerable length of time shows noth- j
ing but a continuous blur of light, in- j
dicating that the photographic eye sees :
beyond the reach of human vision such
a multitude of suns that every part
of space is filled. One may gain some
Inkling of the immensity of space by
supposing the photographic plate ex
posed upon the remotest star It now
records and looking out still farther to
find the heavens still crowded with
millions and millions of suns, each
possibly having its own planets.
The Law of the Land.
The prisoner’s lawyer was making an i
Impassioned appeal to the Jury.
“It were better,” he thundered, "that
ninety-nine Innocent men escape than
that one guilty be punished.”
“I cannot allow that statement to go
to the Jury unchallenged," said the
learned Judge.
"Exception.” thundered the lawyer,
and the Jury promptly voted to acquit
the one guilty.—Philadelphia Ledger.
Tha Silent Drama.
“Father, 1 want to go on the stage.”
"Do not be too anxious to push your
self forward, my dear. Little girls
should be seen and not heard.”
“That fits In all right, dad. It Is In
the movies that I want to act’’—
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mathematical Marvel.
“Humble os I am," said a loud voiced
sprouter at a meeting, “I still remem
ber that I am a fraction of this mag
nificent country.”
“You are Indeed.” said a bystander,
“and a vulgar one at thnt”—Wisconsin
State Journal.
The Money Question.
"Wot do they mean, Jimmy, when
they say money talks?”
“I dunno unless It’s the wonderful
way It says goodby to yer.”—London
Tatler.
Asiatlo Russia.
Aelatlc Russia contains 18S rivers
with a total navigable length of 13,558
miles and four lakes that can be navi
gated for 707 miles.
Without health Ilfs 1s not life; It Is
only a state of languor and suffering—
an Image of daath.—Rahelata
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
awHOTEL1
^4 Comp/e/e ServidfH''
SIN THg HEART Of THEJCFIY ;
1155Roonis with bath-50 SampteRooms
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
rbMMiio dentist,
in both companies Fourteen years Id
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
hone ,9 THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
3 a. no., to 0 p. m.. 7 p, m.,to9 p. m. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorneys at Law
Offices in Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdes. Alaska
Somebody
With Money
always has been found to
“baclt” a good plan^, a
good idea, a gob"? busi
ness venture or a good
mining prospect-other
wise a good many of to
day’s successful business
enterprises would still be
mere dreams.
Advertising has brought
about a majority of the
introductions of the man
with the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
The Prospector office for job work.
DONALDSON SCHEDULE.
Leaves Fort Liscum. Leaves Valdes
8:15 a. m. 9:46 a. m.
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. aa.
TUESDAYS
8:15 a. m. 9:45 a. m.
i:Vj p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:30 p m. 5:00 p. m.
SATURDAYS
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
7:00 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
There will be no trips of the launch
on the secoi.d and fourth Fridays of
each month, these days being used
to clean boilers.
TIDE TABLES PORT OF VALDEZ.
Compiled from the official tide ta
bles issued by the Coast and Geodet
ic Surrey. The time for high and
low water is for the Port of Valdea
and is VaTffez time. Immediately fol
lowing the t'me of high and low wa
ter is given the height of the tide
in feet and tenths •
Saturday, May 15.
High tide 12:07 a. m., 12.5; 1:32 p.
m.. 10.7.
Low tide 7:02 a. m„ -0.9; 6:44 p.
m., 2.9.
8unday, May 16.
High tide 12:38 a. m., 12.4; 2:08 p.
m., 9.8.
Low tide 7:35 a. m., -0.8; 7:06 p.
m., 3.1.