STETSON HATS
The Old Reliable
You know the hat—you’ve worn it tor years, in
town and on the trail. You will agree with us that
it has been the most satisfactory hat you have ever
worn. There are other makes-perhaps some of them
just as good—none bet
. ter, however. You don’t
have to take a chance—buy a STETSON
Price $5.00.
Our Grocery Sale Is Still on, With Plenty of Fresh
Stock to Supply Your Needs.
So Is Our Shoe Sale With a BUT.
We sold a lot of shoes at this sale, and no wonder. Never before
have shoes been sold in Valdes at these prices. BUT -Now our
sises are broken and our assortment much smaller, BUT---H you
can get a fit you get a bargain.
S. BLUM & CO.
GOOD GOODS
BUY TOWN LOTS NORTHERN
REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Valdez is not dead, only sleeping,
and it always wakes up in time to
go to work.
Buy when everyone else wants to
sell. If you buy when everyone wants
to buy you pay the top price.
Valdez has more mineral resources
close to it than any other town in
Alaska outside of Juneau.
Many gold and copper properties
are near Valdez awaiting only a little
labor or capital to develop them.
Valdez has had several “booms.” It
is soon to have another. Buy while
property is cheap.
Valdez will be on the map when
some other places are forgotten.
You can get 25 per cent, income
on property in Valdez at present
prices.
In the states if you get five per
cent, net out of rented property you
are ’ucky. In Valdez you can get
from 20 to 30 per cent, a year.
If you have any property to rent,
colections to be made, give your busi
ness to tiie Northern Real Estate
Exchange, located on Wall street,
phone 59. Live agents. Adv.
Notice of Forfeiture.
To Mrs. M. F.* Roberts, Her heirs
and administrators and to all It may
concern: You are hereby notified that
I have expended during the past year,
1914, the sum of $66.66 (sixty-six dol
lars and sixty-six cents) lawful money
of the United States in labor and im
provements upon your one-third inter:
est in those mining claims lying and
being on Avery river, in the recording
precinct' of Valdez. Alaska, Which are
known as the Beauty Bird and Beauty
Bird No. 1, the location notices of
said claims being of record in the
office of the commissioner, and rec
orded at Valdez, Alaska, pages num
bered 95, 96, in Book 10, Mining Rec
ords. in order to hold said claims
under the provisions of section 2324
of the Revls-d Statutes of the Unit
ed States, concerning annual labor
on mining claims, being the amount
required to ho'd said lode claims for
the period ending December, 1914.
And unless within ninety days after
the completion of the publication of
this notice to-wit: within ninety days
after the 7th day of June, 1915, you
contribute your proportion of such ex
penditure incurred in performing said
annual labor aqd improvements,
which is the sum of $66.66, your in
terest in said claims will become the
property of your co-partners, who haVe
made the required expenditure by the
terms of Bald section.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 8tb
day of March, 1915.
JULIUS RONNING.
Last publication June 7. 1915.
Your Last Chance.
The Little Place has received on
the Northwestern: Bottled Bock Beer
and will be sold as long as it lasts,
four quarts for $1.00. As the Rainier
brewery suspends operations next
January, it will be likely that nd
more real bock beer will be brewed.
W. 1. LEVY.
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i '
! Have you tried the Y. F. Co. brand
of eggs? If not do it now and note
the difference. The Yakima Fruit,
jCo. tf
Copper River Lumber Co., Inc.
ALL KINDS OF
Native and f ¥ TRjf DI?P and Building
Puget Sound IjUIVIDHiv Material
CONSTANTLY ON HAND
Prices Right W. M. FINICAL, Mgr. Phone 18
Patronize a Home Industry
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
S. S. Mariposa, S. S. Alameda and S. S. Northwestern
sail from Seattle the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th
EVERY MONTH
From Valdez south-7th, 13th, 19th, 25th and 31th for Cor
dova, Skagway, Juneau, Wrangall, Ketchikan and Seattle.
.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wrangell, Juneau, Sheep creek Treadwell.
Douglas Skagway, Cordova, Ellamar. Valdez and Latouche. Explosives. S S Seward.
S S Seward. 5th* S S Latouche. 15th; S S Cordova. 25th of each month—Right re
served to change thi9 schedule without notice.
F B. Tracy, Gen’IJAgt- Valdez Dock^Co., Local Agt
List Your Houses with the
VALDEZ REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Houses for Rent or Sale. Collections Made.
C. B. SMITH, Proprietor. Office on Wall Street.
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UPPER TONSINA ROAD HOUSE
Best of Meals—Prices Reasonable
GENERAL STORE. - TRADING POST.
Telephone connects with Chitina.
General Freighting. knute nafsted. Mar.
Valdez Miners Union No. 188
Western Federation of Miners"
H. M. CARTER. President.
s Granite Mine
CHAS. McCALLUM^Secretary.^
When In Seward Stop at the
COLEMAN HOUSE
GEOROI SEXTON. PROP.
ST R I CT LY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avi Siwaro. Aaarra
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Valdez, Alaska,. April 27, 1915.
STATION Vbove Below. Snow In. WEATHERCONDITIONS
Donnelly .36 Clear, south winds, trail bare.
McCaUum. 29 7 Clear. cttlm' trail fair
Paxson’s . 39 3 Clear, calm, trail muddy.
Hogan . 31 Clear, windy, trifil bare.
Gulkana . 27 Cloudy, calmim, trail bare.
Copper Center.35 Clear, calm, trail bare.
TQnslna, ... 35 Cloudy, windy, trail bare.
Yeikheli . 35 8 Cloudy, calm, trail muddy.
Beaver Dam. 30 36 Storming, trail soft
Wortman’s . 40 7 Cloudy, calm, trail sofL
Valdez Daily Prospector
PUBLISHED BY THE
Prospector Publishing Co.
TERMS.
Daily Prospector.
By carrier, per month...;.$1.00
By mail, per annum.10.00
The Weekly Miner.
By carrier, per month.40
By mail, per annum. 3.00
The Daily Prospector and Week
ly Miner by carrier to one ad
dress, per month... 1.26
The Daily Prospector and Week
ly Miner by mail to one ad
dress only, per year.12.50
Business Office and Editorial Rooms,
’Phone 152.
Advertising Rates on Application.
TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1915.
MERE MAN AGAIN THWARTED.
An Illinois court lias just been con
fronted by a truly curious problem.
It seems that a man who owned tv
horse and a cow, finding himself in
need of money—a somewhat common
discovery, nowadays—met the situa
tion by selling the cow. Thereupon
his wife objected vehemently, and be
gan some sort of an action against
him, declaring that he had deprived
herself and her children of their chief
means of subsistence. Her plea pre
vailed with the judge, and, he, exer
cising some power the exact nature
of which the reports at hand do not
disclose, ordered the man to cancel
the sale of the cow and to sel’ the
horse instead.
In explanation or justification of
this course the court said that it had
'■humanized the law' a little.” That
is, of course, a good thing to do, but,
with the horse sold, the earning abil
ities of the man at least might be so
seriously reduced that the last state
of the family might be worse than
the first, and on general principles
something might be said in favor of
letting a husband decide which of
the animals was worth, in a time of
financial stress, less to a family than
< the money that could be obtained
. for it.
That there are husbands and hus
bands, and that not all of them are
remarkable for soundness of judg
ment, must be admitted. Presumably
'/ in this case the husband was no great
- shakes, and weak as a domestic eco
nomist. So the action of the court
I indicates, but outside of circles dis
tinctly "feminist” doubts will linger
as to the invariable propriety of thus
transferring the deciding voice in a
matter of this kind from where it has
always been to where it never was.
If one only knew what the hus
aand purposed to do with the money.
MY TO USE
ALASKA COAL
—
SEATTLE, April 27.—It is estimat
fl by the Alaska engineering eom
lission that the United States navy
ill require 150,000 tons of Alaska
Dal annually. This coal will be
3ed at all navy yards and on all
te warships of i,he Navy Department.
Dmmercial steamers are expected to
:e 1.000.000 tons.
Choctaw Indians Meet.
[DURANT, Okla., April 27.—Choctaw
jibesmen gathered here today to con
fer tribal affairs. Uppermost on
ie slate was the question of the de
i’ed per capita payment which con
fess has cut off, and which some
pators wish distributed to Missis
pi Choctaws. The tribe holds
pse Indians ought to have none of
- national funds, as they are not
cially on the Choctaw rolls. Wheth
they will change chiefs at this
*e was another matter they wish
j to consider. Sale of tribal coal
I asphalt lands is another big prob
I Weather Report.
Valdez. April 26, 1915.
metric pressure.29,382
perature at 7 p. m. 35
imum temperature. 45
mum temperature . 30
a temperature . 371-2
dpitation .06
Judy, light wind southwest eight
s. Rained at night and 11 a. m.
m. to 3 p. m.
■ TABLE8 PORT OF VALDEZ,
mpiled from the official tide ta
lssued by the Coast and Geode t
lrvey. The time for high and
water Is for the Port of Valdez
s Valdez time. Immediately fol
g the t’me of high and low wa
i given the height of the tide
it and tenths:
Tuesday, April 27.
h tide 10; 39 a. m., 11.0; 10:38
12.8.
'tide 4:31 a. m., 0.3; 4:27 p.
Lit popular copyrights and claa:
l Valdez Drug Co. tf,
WOMAN MUSI PAY
Los Angeles Judge Orders Aged
Woman To Support Her Young
Husband Till Case Decided.
LOS ANGELES, April 27.—The
state court today ordered Mrs. Harry
Kraus, 60 years old, to pay her hus
band, who is only 39, $40 a month
alimony until the suit brought by the
aged woman for a divorce from her
husband is settled. The attorneys
for the husband insisted that as the
woman had all the money and had
supported her husband since her mar
riage and it was tinder those con
ditions that he agreed to marry her,
that she should pay the alimony
until the ease is settled. The court
decided that the conditions existing
prior to the application for a di
vorce should be continued until the
case is settled, as would have been
his decision had the woman beer
supported by the husband.
The decision caused much comment
in the city as it is the first time in
this county that a woman has been
forced to pay alimony to her hus
band.
OUTCOME OF BATTLE
STILL J DOUBT
(Continued from page 1.)
cupy the city of Julien, which they
have strongly entrenched and are
holding in spite of the severe artil
lery attack which has been directed
on the city and trenches, as the Brit
ish gunners have the exact range of
the trenches and are able to tear
them to pieces. The German batter
ies are endeavoring to silence the
British field pieces.
British Recapture Lizerne.
The troops have taken the city of
Lizerne after a desperate battle. This
city has been the scene of the hottest
fighting of the Ypres campaign and
the dead lie waist deep on the battle
field.
Live Torpedoes Afloat.
PARIS, April 27.—A communication
given out today by the French min
istry of marine declares that the Ger
mans again have violated The Hague
convention in their sea warfare. Ar
ticle 1 of the Eighth Hague conven
tion provides that torpedoes shall
carry an automatic attachment which
will cause them to sink if they do
not explode and thus cease to be a
menace to navigation. German tor
pedoes recently discovered in the
English Channel, the announcement
declares, although unexploded, were
still floating. An examination of them
showed that the submersion appli
ance had been tightly caulked, per
mitting them to float. This made
them into floating mines.
Watches Potato Supply.
BERLIN, April 27.—Regulations
have been adopted by the Federal
Council which are designed to insure
a supply of potatoes for the spring
and summer. An imperial commit
tee, under the control of the chan
cellor, has been appointed to con
serve the supply and see that it is
equalized in various parts of the em
pire. Owing to storage and other
difficulties potatoes will not be seiz
ed, but arrangements will be m'hdc
wtih owners to hold specified quan
tities for specified periods. Farmers
and others having a considerable sup
ply on hand will be permitted to
charge a stipulated sum for storage.
Potatoes obtained by municipalities
for needy citizens will be paid for
by the government.
Three Russians Escape.
GENEVA, April 27.—Two Russian
princes and a Russian count have es
caped from the Austrian detention
camp at Milowitz. The are Prince
Vladimir Jaswlll, Pftnee Mitchel Wu
kotci, and Count Tolstoi, son of the
deceased writer. They were not on
parole. It is believed that they have
been successful in reaching the Rus
sian lines. Count Tols*ol is 23 years
old. This is the second time he has
attempted to get away. A large re
ward has been offered for the capture
of these Russians.
Card of Thank*.
We are grateful to all our friends
who in any way contributed to the
benefit given in Moose hall for the
Ursuline Convent, end appreciate
their kind interest very much.
Very gratefully,
URSULINE NUNS.
Obstinate.
“Did the dentist drill your teeth?’’
“Yes, but lie can't make them act
right.”—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Not Ripe For It.
“Little girl, why don’t you wash the
baby’s face? Don’t you know that
cleanliness is next to godliness?”
“Maybe it is, mister, but this khl
ain't old enough to go to Sunday school
nohow.”—Wisconsin State Journal.
One on Uncle.
She—Hadn’t we best name baby aft
er my rich Uncle Jim?
He — Why, I don’t think the kid i
would care—until he got older!—Chi
cago News.
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Case of Necessity.
Would Be Suicide—Don’t pull me out,
I want to die.
Rescuer—And I want a medal. lou’ll
have to let your dylijg go until tomor
row.—Washington Star.
Hard to Do.
• . I
Tall Boarder—Last nlglit 1 saw your
new hoarder, the mngicinn. perform.
He produced rabbits, pigeons and ev
erything.
Landlady—This is the last day he’ll
get to produce his board.—Boston
Globe.
We Fear She Didn’t.
^enpeqw—Sere's, wWe a woipftn
scolded, her husband tor three hours
and died fctdm'shortness of breath,
i MV*. Hteipehue—I hope the poor dear
had said what she wanted to say.—
Washington Star.