Valdez Mercantile Co., Inc.
TRUE VALUES
February Clearance Offerings
Women’s
Underwear
Two piece woolen underwear,
broken lots, mostly small sizes,
50c and 75c garment.
Women’s Hosiery
Unusual values at 15 cents.
Pumps and Slippers
Broken size lots of up to date
footwear at reduced prices;
Three-fifty, Four dollars and
Four twenty-five values,
at $2.75 pair.
Women’s
Sweater Coats
All-wool sweater coats, grey
and white—formerly sold for
five and six dollars,
now priced $1.00.
Red Cashmere
Seventy-five and Eighty-five
cent values, now 50 cents.
All One-twenty-five to Two
fifty corsets offered now at
On ihe basis ot Security and Service
-we solicit your account.
WE DO A BANKING BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY.
VALDEZ BANK & TRUST CO.
PROFESSIONAL
Dr. H. COCKER1LLE
Graduate of National University
Washington, D. C.
DENTIST
in both companies Fourteen years in
Office Rooms in VALDEZ
Whaling Building.
DR. GERMAN
Phone iu THE DENTIST
Office rooms over Owl Drug store. Office hours
9 a. m., to 6 p^xn., 7 p. in . to 9 p. in. Sundays
by appointment All work guaranteed
Dfe.M.O. ADAMS
DENTIST
Office Over Valdez Drug Store.
New Company’s Phone No. 69
HOURS—9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 6 and 7 to 9p. m.
DONOHOE & DIMOND
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office Opposite Court House
Phone 34 Valdez, Alaska
JOHN LYONS E. E. RITCHIE
LYONS & RITCHIE
Attorney* at Law
Office* In Whaling Building
Phone lOl Valdez. Alaska
F. BUTTERWORTH
jCivil Engineer and'
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Blue Printing Valdez, Alaska.
VtfdezMiners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miner*
H. M. CARTER. Praaldenr,
d^|Mine
°RA». McCALLUM^Sy.
Copper River
Draying Co
Freighting and Passengers
to all parts of the Interior.
GENERAL TRUCKING.
McKinley Street, Valdez.
Ed. Wood, - - - Proprietor.
LOCAL VALDEZ
Socialist Party of Alaska
Meets every Saturday at 8 p. m.
Next door to Senate Saloon.
Everybody Welcome.
Well, Listen to That.
"Do you know how to make bread
rise without yeast?”
“No. IIow?”
•“Send it up in the dumbwaiter.”—
Pittsburgh Press.
G. O. Reinke, tne watchmaker and
jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug Co.
All work guaranteed.
THE READING TABLE I
There Is no light that makes night
reading so easy as does Electricity. An
Electric portable is a source of pleasure
in every home—as well as a means of
health. The entire body suffers if the
eyes become affeoted. Reading in im
proper light is one of the worst things
for the eyes. Get an Electric Portable
and read in comfort and peace.
Alaska Water, Light Telephone & Company
TRICK OF THE FUNNEL
Blow'ng Out a Light Through It la
Easy if You Know How.
To blow out a candle, using a funnel
to blow through, seems a ridiculously
easy thing to do. But ask any friend
of yours to try it and see what hap
pens. Ten to one he will try to blow
through the cup so as to force his
breath through the narrow neck of the
funnel. As this is not an easy thing
to do he will flatten mouth and nose
in his endeavors, while trying to force
his face Into the small cup. Then he
will reverse the funnel and blow into
tlie neck, nnd when he does not suc
ceed in extinguishing tlie light he will
blow harder nnd harder and finally
he will admit that he is beaten.
In blowing through the neck of the
funnel he has directed the funnel di
rectly at the light, so that the flame Is
exactly opposite to the place where the
neck of funnel joins the cup. You, on
taking the funnel from him. Incline the ,
funnel so that its upper edge Is on a
level with the light. You blow gently.
The light Is extinguished at the first
puff without nny of the desperate ef
fort which your friend put forth.
If you ponder a moment you will
realize why you succeeded and why
your friend failed. His breath on en
tering the cup or funnel spread in all
directions, and tlie tiny current of air
was dispersed upward and downward,
so that, ill* he neatly leveled the center
of tlie funnel nt the flame, no current
of air ever reached it.
You. on the contrary, hold the upper
wall of tlie funnel on a level with the
flame. The current of air started by
jour breath, on reaching the edge
of tlie wall, streamed onward in the
direction given It by the restraining
wall and on reaching the flame snuffed
it out.—Boston American.
BRINGING DOWN A PICTURE.
Henner Had a Way of Making the
Louvre Officials See the Light.
It is a pity that Henner is dead, no
had found an excellent means to force
the conservators at the Louvre to bring
down the pictures that be Judged had
been placed too high. He made use
of this method in the case of "Su
sanne au Bain” (“Susanna at the
Bath”) of Tintoretto.
Twenty years ago this masterpiece
was hung in the gallery four meters
from the floor. I
Henner was furious at this injustice, j
But he did not permit his anger to Ap
pear. He contented himself with com
ing from time to time in the morning
before the visitors were numerous in
the hails and in the most courteous
tone requesting the keepers to furnish
him a large double ladder.
The keepers referred the matter to
the conservators, saying that this lad-1
der was asked by M. nenner, and they,
were impressed with the necessity of
responding to the wish of the old mas-1
ter.
Then he placed the ladder before Su
zanua. mounted the steps slowly and.
when at the top, remained a quarter
of an hour absorbed in the contempla
tion of the marvelous painting.
He then descended as phlegmatically
and. with a tine smile, said in Ills Al
satian jargon: “Mere! pour I’ejclle. Jo
suis dres gontent!” (“Thanks for the
ladder. I ain much pleased!”)
He went through this maneuver half
n dozen times at intervals.
At last the conservators understood.
They had "Susanne au Bain" unhook
ed and gave it a place of honor in the
square salon, where it is now.—Cri da
I’aris.
Tax on Hats.
Not only have hats at various times
been subject to taxation, but have
even been made the subject of special
laws. Thus in Henry VII.’s reign none
was allowed to sell hats at a larger
price than 20 pence or caps for more
than 2s. 8d.
Some compensation, however, for
this interference with free trade could
be found in the fact that in 1571 on
Sundays and holidays every one above
seven years of age was required to
wear a cap of wool of English make
under penalty of 3 farthings’ flue for
every day’s neglect.—London Chroni
cle.
The Rabbit’s Danger Signal.
So long ns It sits still the ordinary
rabbit is almost indistinguishable in a
field of bracken, stubble or dry grass,
but us soon as it begins to run toward
its burrow the white patch on Its tail
betrays it. This white patch, which
at first seems like a failure of adapta
tion, has its special function—it acts
ns a danger signal to the young rabbits
and shows them the way by which
they can escape from the threatened
danger.—London Mail.
Farthest North Cities.
Dawson, the Yukon capital, and
Fairbanks, its near Alaskan neighbor,
ure, next to Hammerfest, In Norway,
the farthest north cities in the world,
and at the latitudes of sixty-three and
sixty-five have such comfortable appur
tenances as electric lights, dally news
papers and pipe organs.
Not Like Him.
The Vicar—I’m surprised at you.
Miggs. Why, look nt me. I can go
into tlie town without coming back in
toxicated. Miggs—Yesh, zur. But Ol
be so popular.—London Telegraph.
Too Vigorous.
“Why are you prejudiced against
golf? You never saw a game."
“No; but I once heard part of one.’V
.ludge. _
Prosperity doth best discover vice,
but adversity doth best discover virtue.
—Bacon.
OMENS IN BASEBALL
A Manager’s Method of Turning a Su
perstition to Account.
Writing ou baseball matters in the
New York Tribune. John J. McGrow
has this to say ubout the superstitions
of the players:
“1 recognize the superstitions of bali
players. For example, back in 1904,
when Bowermnn was with the team,
he came to me one day and said.
“‘As I came in today I saw a team
of white horses driving past the Polo
grounds. That’s a good sign. Watclt
me kill the ball this afternoon.'
“He did. The belief in Ills supersti
tion bad given him confidence. Bow
ertnan spread the tidings of the white
horses around the clubhouse. The next
day somebody else saw the white
horses, so the day after. By the end
of the week the entire team was hit
ting like a house on tire. They all be
lieved in the superstition, and It gave
them confidence. One day my short
stop, Dahlen, remarked:
“ ‘Funny those white horses always
happen to drive past the ball park
Just when we are coming into the
clubhouse. It’s certainly lucky.'
“1 beard him and couldn’t keep back
a smile. On the day Bowerman told
me he had seen the horses 1 made up
my mind that everybody else would
see them ns long as it helped their
batting. So 1 engaged a man to drive
past the Polo grounds every day. That
is a fact, and It shows the lengths to
which a manager will go to cater to
bull players’ superstitions.’’
DALTON’S EXPERIMENT.
Showing What a Genius Can Do With
Crude Apparatus.
The great English chemist Dalton
was a schoolteacher. He worked with
out a laboratory and with cnide ap
paratus, mostly made by himself from
simple materials. Here is an example
described In his own words:
"Took an ale glass of a conical fig
ure, two and a half inches in diameter
and three inches deep; filled It with
water that had been standing in the
room and consequently of the tempera
ture of the air nearly; put the bulb of
the thermometer to the bottom of the
glass, the scale being out of the water.
Then, having marked the temperature,
I put the redhot tip of the poker half
an inch deep in the water, holding It
there steadily for half a minute, and
as soon as it was withdrawn 1 dipped
the bulb of a sensible thermometer
into the water, when it rose in a few
seconds to ISO degrees.”
He then determined the temperature
of the water at the bottom after five
minutes, after twenty minutes and aft
er an hour and found that It rose grad
ually from 47 to 52 degrees. This sim
ple experiment proved that water has
the power to conduct heat, which had
been denied by no less an authority
| than Humford.—Youth’s Companion.
The Conscientious Chinese Child.
One of our missionaries, writing of
a little girl in the school under her
care, says: "Last night Wnh Noo fold
me she wanted to be ‘a whole Chris
tian,’ as she called it. So we had a
long talk and tried to think of all the
wrong we had done that day and con
fess it to each other. She counted
these wrongs on her Angel’s: 'I did
not brush my teeth as you told me to
do; I did not take off the lower sheet
on the bed when I made it up. and I
know I ought to always; I got angry
with one of the girls at school; I did
not use my soap when I took my bath;
i did not try to do my example in
multiplication: all the other girls did
theirs wrong, so 1 thought 1 would
too.'”—Cor. Christian Herald
Poetry and Punctuation.
In his poem "Narcissus" Robert
Bridges, the English poet laureate, lias
banished the comma entirely, so that
a procession of adjectives may be tak
en, at the reader's option, as separate
qualities or ns qualifying each other.
Thus one may call his hero "almighty
wondrous” or regard him as being
both. Mr. Bridges' principles of punc
tuation are not obvious. He loves the
exclamation mark, using it five times
in the twenty-eight lines of the poem,
and sprinkles dashes about with prod
igality. He adopts the colon and does
not slight the interrogntiou mark,
while using now and then a full stop.—
Chicago News.
A Lucky Escape.
“I owe my success iu life to politics.”
"I was not aware thnt you were a
politician."
“I’m not, but I thought^ I was once
and got myself nominated for an office
that, tf I had been elected, would have
paid me about $1,500 a year. I was so
badly beaten that 1 dropped politics
forever and took up the business that
has brought me a fortune. It makes
me shudder when I remember that if I
bad been elected I might now be afraid
of doing something that would deprive
me of the lodging bouse vote.”—Chi
cago Herald.
Reckless.
Mr. Supleigh - So, I’m not feeling
very well, yon know. I have tliuught
once or twice lately— Miss Keen
Good gracious: And then you wonder
why you nre feeling III. You really
should not do such reckless things.
Boston Transcript.
The Retort Courteoue.
Nell—That girl has a Unger In every
thing. Belle—Yes. she's had It in some
engagement rings you’d like to have.—
Baltimore American
God educates men by casting them
upon their own reeonrees.—Newell
Dwight -Bints. .'
Dougherty & Ferguson
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
The best groceries recen ed
on every boat,
Fresh vegetables, fruits
and nuts.
WE'Call You on Time for the boat
if We Handle Your Baggage
WeJBuy and Sell Anything from
Dead Crabs to Live Bears.
CITY EXPRESS
Phone 82. J. A. Spenard, Prop
_ Chas. Perry
’Seattle^
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Notice of Registration.
Notice is hereby given that the reg
istration books for the registration
of voters at tiie municipal election to
be held in and for the Town of Val
dez, Alaska, on tiie 6tli day of April,
1915, will be open at the office of
the Town Treasurer, in Coppe?
Block, in said Town, on tiie 1st day
of February, 1915, between the hours
of 2 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon
of said day, and will remain open for
such registration between like hours
on each and every day thereafter, ex
cept Sundays, until and including tiie
27th day of March, 1915; and on the
last two days on which such regis
tration may be made, viz:, tiie 26th
and 27th days of March, 1915, said
books will be open for such registra
tion between the hours of 1 and 6
o’clock in the afternoon of said days.
Town Treasurer E. G. Ames has
been named registrar, and will enter
in said registration books the names
of all persons, residents of the Town
of Valdez, who are qualified voters,
or who will be such voters at the
date of said election, upon their ap
plication in person at his said office
within the office hours and between
the dates mentioned; and no voter
1 who does not personally appear and
register at said office between said
dates will be permitted to vote at
! said election.
RANDALL E. ASHBY,
Town Clerk.
Notice of Settlement of Account.
In the Commissioner’s Court for the
Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
In I’robate.
In the matter of the estate of 1.
D. Flynn, deceased.- Notire of settle
ment of account.
Notice is hereby given that \V. T.
Scott, the administrator of the estate
of I. D. Flynn, deceased, has rendered
and presented for settlement, and fil
ed in the above entitled court, his
final account of the administration
of said estate, and that Wednesday,
the 24th day of February, 1915, at the
hour of two o'clock in the afternoon
of said day, at the court room of said
court, in the Town of Valdez. Alaska,
has been duly appointed by me, the
undersigned, as the Judge of said
court, as the time and place for the
settlement of said account, tit which
time and place any and all persons
interested in said estate, may appear,
file exceptions in writing to the said
account or otherwise contest (he al
lowance of the same.
Dated at Valdez. Alaska, this 23rd
day of December, 1914.
(Seal.) GEO. J. LOVE,
U. S. Commissioner and Ex Officio
Probate Judge, for the Itecordin?
Precinct of Valdez, Alaska.
Date of first publication December
24, 1914.
Date last publication February 21,
1915.
Somebody
With Money
always lias been found to
"back" a good plan, a
good idea, a good 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
\yith the idea, the man
with a prospect or busi
ness to the man with the
dollar.
ADVERTISE IN THE
PROSPECTOR FOR RE
SULTS.
If you want all the mvi aU Ua
tlao. read the PraapaaMr.