TODAY IS WHEATLESS DAI'
Save Flour
More Corn Meal
Such is the moment’s earnest request of the Food
Administration. And remember the following state
ments are absolutely true, and to the point:
1. You can bake splendid bread with cornmeal.
2. Cornmeal as a breakfast food may well take
a good part of the place of whcaten breakfast foods.
3. And in saving wheat YOU HELP WIN THE
WAR.
(Kxcellent quality, perfectly
pure, without dust whatever.)
9-Pound Sack - - 80c
or if you wish a smaller package vve have
3-Pound Paper Sack, each - 30c
A^ercantile Co.
The food you miss in your measure today you’ll bless
in your leisure tomorrow! Stand by!
DONALDSON SCHEDUL*
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 Llscum Leave Valdez
8:16 a. m. 9:46 »• “•
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m.
TUESDAY
1:16 p. m. 2:00 p. m.
4:80 p. m. 6:00 p. m.
SATURDAY
1:16 p. m. 4:00 p. m,
7:16 p. m. 10:30 p. m.
11:15 p. m. 12:00 m. m.
There will be no trips of the boat
an 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 exigencies of the ser
vice. . ,, ,
All official tuslness between 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.
O. R. KOEHLER.
Capt. 14 th Infantry. A. Q. M.
New Goods
Coffin's Codfish Chunks, Swedish
Sweet Toast, White and Rye Knocker
1,rod, Grant's Hygienic Crackers,
Pata-a-Cake and Teco Buckwheat, at
Love-Whitley co. tf
NOTICE
Owing to the Increased expense of
operation, occasioned by application
of the Territorial eight hour law, lt is
necessary to increase the price on de
livery of coal, therefore the price of
•coal delivered will be as follows:
Bulk .$14.50 per ton
Sacked (ton lots) . 18.00 per ton
Sacked, (half ton) .... 9.&0 per ton
Sacked, less than % ton 1.35 a sack
If VALDEZ TRANSFER CO.
Buy your groceries direct. Save
fifteen to twenty-five per cent. The
house that sells direct to consumers.
Randall Grocery & Brokerage Co.,
Inc., 82 Marlon St., Seattle Wn. tf
STEAMER SAILINGS
* * * • * A .A. .A. ^
Steamship Alameda—Sailed south
from Valdez/TSaturday, Jan. 5.
Steamship Aumiral Evans—Sailed
south from Valdez, December 31.
Steamship Alaska—Sailed west from
Valdez Wednesday, Jan. 9.
WANTED—Girl for general house
work. Apply Mrs. T. J. Donohoe. 3t
Call for Warrants
Notice is hereby given that I will
pay warrants up to and including war
rant No. 4621.
E. G. AMES.
2t Town Treus.
Toys: Toys! Toys!
Of all descriptions at the Valdez
Drug Store. tf
Cannery Hites
We have customers for select can
nery sites located in the Prince Wil
liam Sound District. If you have any
thing to offer send full particulars,
location, description, etc., to
BOND & BABSON,
Field Dept.
32 Broadway,
New York City.
STEWARD TAYLOR ILL
Teddy Taylor, the popular steward
of the steamship Mariposa, is very ill
:ii California. Letters to his friends
in Seattle state that he is in bad shape
and probably never go to sea again.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lang enter
tained at dinner Tuesday evening in
honor of Fabian and Henry Miller
who left on the Alaska this afternoon
for Anchorage to return to their work
with the A. E.
TOM -RYAX .\D.IIIK1ED INSANE
Deputy Marshal N. E. Olilsson ar
rived in Seward recently with Tom
ltyan, a resident of Girdwood, and at
an inquiry held before Commissioner
Whittlesey yesterday Ryan was ad
judged insane and will be sent to the
Morningside sanitarium, near Port
land.
IT. S. Marshal P. R. Brenneman and
George Robbins, as guard, left on the
steamer Alaska for Seward and will
return on the same boat bringing
John Olson, convicted of bootlegging
at Seward, and Tom Ryan, an insane
prisoner.
The weather on the trail today has
moderated greatly and at many places
is now above zero. Copper Center Is
still the coldest place recorded, with
a temperature of 16 below, which is
a hot wave compared to previous rec
ords.
■ -
Rev. Pr. Van der Pol returned to
day from Cordova.
How much wheat did you use to
day?
Notice to Masons
Special meeting will be held Wed
nesday, Jan. 9. at 7 o’clock p. m.
Work in third degree. Visiting mem
bers Invited. *
kll C. C. REYNOLDS. Sec.
BARCELONA AN ACTIVE CITY
Moat Progrooolvo of Ml Spanish Mu
nicipalities and Center of the Rev
olutionary Movement.
The revolutionary movement In
Spain centers In the city of Barcelona.
The goal of the revolutionists Is a re
public, and republics stand for prog
ress. Of all Spanish cities Barcelona
Is the moat progressive, writes Nlksha.
For ten years the conservatives have
been looking askance at this great
modern shipping and manufacturing
center, so different from their sleepy
Inland strongholds, and from the peas
ant villages of the quiet hills, with po
litical Ideas of the last century.
Barcelona Is a great world city. It
Is outdistancing Marseilles as the
Commercial queen of the Mediterra
nean. -The Spaniard has often been
charged with a lack of business and
enterprise. Barcelona Is his answer.
Here his fsctorles rival those of Lan
cashire. his shipping that of Liverpool.
The great industrial suburbs, each a
city In itself, are reminiscent of the
l outlying cities thut clvster al>out
Manchester In the Industrial north of
KngVuid.
Yet Bfirceliitui remains characteris
tically Spanish. The city has taken
the ugliness, the bitter competitive
spirit of modern Industry, and. more
nearly than any other industrial cen
ter. Ims blended them with beauty and
Latin courtesy and g«*od nutnre. Bar
celona is Spain awakened, hut not
Spain transformed.
It is a sunny town, with a clear,
bracing air and a blue sky that the
smoke of u thousand chimneys never
hides. It tins plenty of parks and
tree shaded boulevards; even its poor
er quarters lack the sordidness of
the Anglo-Saxon slum. The flower
markets, the promenades, the cafes,
are thronged with loungers, not of the
leisure classes, but workmen in their
leisure time. The Spaniard has
learned to work without forgetting
how to Idle. And withal, the crowds
ure keen and wideawake, mightily In
terested in public affairs, and discuss
ing politics with the heat that is a
birthright In the Latin races. Barce
lona promises to remain at the fore
front of progressive Spain.
MUSKRATS ARE FOUND EDIBLE
Little Animals Sold and Eaten in
Many Cities as “Marsh Rabbits,”
According to Correspondents.
Newspaper correspondents advise
us. says the Peoria Journal, that last
full tlier appeared in the Washington.
New York and Boston markets inanv
barrels of plump little anlmuls, ail
dressed and skinned, which were sold
as “marsh rabbits."
It appears that for severuj weeks
the good people bought these animals,
cooked them according to the special
directions and served them at family
and party dinners as “rabbits”—not
realizing that this food was really
something vastly different from that
of the ordinary rabbit.
Then canie the announcement that
the “marsh rabbit" was nothing less
than the muskrat.
All of which goes to show that even
now the American people are not
averse to being fooled. In fact, they
like it. Barnum’s statement holds true
as it did when he displayed a sand
papered elephant as "the only sacred
white elephant in captivity."
We sometimes think that this is
becoming a “marsh rabbit age.”
Liberty Bail Bonds.
Thousands of bnuuers and posters,
and nobody knows how many circular
letters and newspaper advertisements,
have vied with one another In bringing
to public attention the excellent rea
sons why everybody should own Liber
ty bonds. Here is a reason which has
not been mentioned by any of the ban
ners. posters, or advertisements, ob
serves u New York exchange.
"Have you bought your Liberty
bond?" asked McCole’s friend as the
two mime through the tube on a crowd
ed subway train.
Met'ole replied proudly that he had
done so—with the bit of money he had
been able to scrape together.
“You see." he added. “I figured they
was good things to have. F*r Instance,
If you got arrested and neet'ed ball you
could use them and not lose the Inter
est."
Want No Vermin.
No man lx allowed to enter Germany
from Russia without being thoroughly
disinfected and purified. It is not dis
ease that the Germans are guarding
against, but something that to them Is
more terrorizing thun dlseuse—vermin.
Therefore, friend or foe, nobleman or
peasant, nobody. Is allowed to cross
the threshold of Germany without a
visit to one of the disinfecting stations
along the eastern frontier. Even one
of the emperor's sons bad to submit
to the disinfecting process and re
ceived, along with such of the Russian
Cossacks who merited it, a certificate
stating that “His Royal Hlgness Prince
Adelbert Is for the time being, free
from lice.”
Harvesting Kelp.
Before the war potash could be
bought for $40 a ton; since Its Impor
tation from Germany ceased It bas
risen to $460 a ton.
O. C. Hopkins, In The Forecast, de
scribes the harvesting of the gigantic
kelp of the Pacific, and says this yields
not only potash but ammonia and
Iodine, while the gas generated la the
process is used to help the distillation.
The United States department of ag
riculture Is harvesting the kelp with
Heating snendag-au ,'Waea.
BATTLE WITH PYTHON
IN NEGRO’S FOREST
MANILA. P. I..—Roy Barto. for
merly of the bureau of forestry, was
attacked last week by a large python
while he was cruising timber near
Cadis, Negros Occidental. Barto w-.s
walking along when the python seiz
ed him below the left knee and be
gan dragging him nearer. Before the
snake could throw a coll around him,
he managed to secure his bolo and
struck it a glancing blow whereupon
the python released his hold. Barto
then, cut a pole and for two hours
tried to kill the snake which repeated
ly charged him with Its head raised
two feet higher than Barto. Only by
his strength and agility did he avoid
these rushes. The python Anally re
treated into Its den and Barto then
secured a riAe and assistance. Upon
their arrival at the den, the snake
made another vicious charge and was
killed. The skin is 24 feet long and
two feet wide and Barto is being con
gratulated upon his narrow escape
for had he been but a few feet nearer
the snake's lVist attack might have
proven more effective.
Hoy Itarto is well known in Ketchi
kan and the clipping was sent by
Brown to the Miner for reproduction.
—Ketchikan Miner.
A delightful surprise was arranged
for Mrs. R. Ashby when a number of
her friends called to spend an infor
mal evening on Tuesday. Dancing and
cards formed the main enjoyment for
the evening.
At midnight coffee and cake was j
served to Mesdames R. Ashby, J. C. j
Martin, E. A. Wheat. H. T. Whitley,!
Chas Kraemer, E. W. Hunt. F. It.
Brenneman, H. C DeLine, and Misses
Kathryn Williams and Ruth Selby,
and Messrs. R. Ashby. J. 0. Martin, j
E. A. Wheat, (’has. Kraemer, E. W.
Hunt, F. Brenneman, John Bouse,
John Roseen, Russell Hermann, Fab
ian Miller, John Miller, Holly Ashby,;
Henry Miller and H. ('. DeLine.
Holly Ashby was a departing pas- \
senger on the Alaska for Seward.1
where he has a good position.
'
Martin Ellingson 'was an arrival
from the States on the steamship Al
aska.
1. E. Fisher, the Remington agent, i
who has been in town for the past few !
days on business connected with his|
company, left on the Alaska for Sew
ard and the westward.
I
BOMBS FOR AIRPLANE USE
Here are several of the latest air
plane bombs Invented by Americans
and accepted by our government.
They do not ^xplode except when strik
ing on their noses.
Cantonment Talk.
A hnttery on parade was being In
srccted by the sergeant major. In the
center of a wagon a driver la a “tub”
had a haversack, which was •‘.one too
clean. The following dln'.ogne took
place:
Sergeant Major—"Out of cells again.
Brown ?”
Brown—“Yes. sir."
Sergeant Major—'"That’s a very dir
ty haversack you have got."
Brown—“Yes, sir. I only got It from
the stores yesterday, and have not had
time to wash It."
Sergeant Major—“Oet It washed Im
mediately after parade and show It to
me.”
Just then the commanding office!
came on parade and the sergeant ma
jor called the battery to attention.
The commanding officer, riding along,
followed by the sergeant major, came
np to Driver Brown (who was of a
dark complexion).
Commanding Officer—“Have you had
a wash this morning. Brown!”
Driver Brown—“Yes, sir."
Commanding Officer (turning to the
sergeant)—“Do you think ha has
washed his face this morning, sergeant
major!” ..,
The sergeant major, not having
caught all thgjfptcnce, and thinking
the commanding officer was referring
to the haversack, blurted eat: “Ho,
Mr. It Is an entirely new one; he only
get It eat of stores last night”
Financial Reserve
There is hardly a day passes but most
of us are called upon to draw upon our re
serve, either physical, mental or financial.
Have you some in store?
This bank is a good place to start a fin
ancial reserve and it cannot help but be of
real service to you.
itAKK DKPOHIT BOXR8 FOR RMNT
THE FIRST BANK OF VALDEZ
VALDEZ, ALASKA
Valdez Dock Co . PHONE NO. 1
JOBBER IN
COAL, HAY
GRAIN and
LUMBER
Office 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
Mrs. Roy Fairbanks, of Anchorage,
is a returning passenger on the steam
ship Alaska. The steamship Alaska is
reported to have had one of the best
trips in her history, as the sea was
as smooth as glasB the entire trip be
tween Cape Spencer aud Hinchin
brook. aud the weather .very warm.
A. C. Hoodenpyle, formerly of An
chorage, arrived on the steamship Al
aska to take a position with S. Blum
& Co. Mr. Hoodenpyle is an old Al
askan.
ladies' Aid Meeting
The Ladies' Aid will meet Thursday
afternoon. Election of officers and oth
er business. All members are request
ed to be present. Mrs. McOllvray will
be the hostess. kll
Just received a new line of Pyra
ln Ivory suitable for Christmas gifts
at the Valdes Drug Store. tt
Salesmen Wanted
Does your trade use saleeboards?
We Invite correspondence from sales
men who are making their trade reg
ularly. The most remunerative side
line—no samples—no collections—
Commissions dae as soon as order Is
shipped. We want only ftrst-daas man.
Enquiries to receive attention mast
state line carried and how long. Mass
I “
of trade called on, territory and how
often covered. The K ft S Sales Com
pany, 164-S6 Whiting Street, Chicago,
Illinois. tf
Jut received all the latest popu
lar songs at a. O. Retake's. tf
A complete line of nugget and ivory
Jewelry, watches, diamonds, etc., at
the Valdes Drug Store.
For first-class meals and good serv
ice at reasonable prices try the Mer
chants’ Cafe. tt
Second Call
We will accept Liberty Bonds for
stock in the Valdes Iron Works.
Make your money earn 2S per cent
Instead of *4 per cent. tf
Ansco Films Will
fit any standard make o f camera.
They are the standard. Guy E. Cam
eron. tf
CITY EXPRE38. Phone 81; ready
to transfe. that baggage for yon. tf
Use Resell Hair Venn and yon will
us no other. Taldso Prig Store, tf
Pars Ml ad rooms at Mrs. Odasd’a