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PATflE NEWS- "Interesting Events
Latest and most advanced styles in bath
ing suits.
SHORTY'S TROUBLE SLEEP-f™. iw u
ventures of Shorty in 3 Acts.
CEO. AOE FABLE COMEDY
ESCAPE OF ARTHUR ABO SALVATION OF
HERBERT—Comedy.
Another Change of Pictures for
Tomorrow Evening.
STEAM HEATED HOT AND COLD BATHS j
Copper Block Hotel
VALDKZ, ALANKA
“The House of Comfort”
PHONE 7 FOR MEN ONLY
VOLK IvY.X’T M.'vtSliil’,
is necessary in order to have a.
perfect fit. We know how
do the measuring, the rutting
and the putting togeilier of
garments. Our made to> meas
ure suits represent the bighe.i
degree of perfection at incom
parable prices. Have as tailor
you one or two winter suits
You will then be ready for the
Holidays.
BEN SILVERMAN
TIIK TAIMHt
h PINZON BAR
Imported and Domestic
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Phone 69
(Paid Advertisement) I
MR. WORKINGMAN
JOHN RONAN WAS PRESIDENT OF THIS
ASSOCIATION. CAN YOU VOTE
FOR HIM?
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MINE OWNERS and OPERATORS
ASSOCIATION
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froa you (&.00 per ten hour day and board and'ltmk-he >uee free of
charge, also dh -association card which wllleniltle^nla to
dootor'e care and hospital treataent free.'should hej get hurt ot
inour slokness while In your eaploy or In the employ)! of}any member
of our Association. He understands that he la to nothing to do
with any union,; federation or any other agltatqrsjsluitsoever, but
report dlreotiy to you Immediately upon hia/arr'fealf In^Pairbanks
Mining District; and he further understands theft sbaiuld',ho In any way
violate the conditions herein contained, hejfoafetta^ all\bls olala
on you for eaployaent or to tha receipt or]an^daaoe?tfatlon^e*rt>
O'/fCfit t > /A£t’/r.O]/*s/ /_
/ Agent MlAe Omtrt tm« operator*
'Arooal*tloa.<or.;r*lrb*nk* Mining
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Good Clean Bunks.
If you go to the Pioneer Bunk
House on Keystone avenue. Every
thing handy for housekeeping for
onlv S2.6Q per week. tf
Hot corn bredd and baked new >o-1
tutoea after &' p. m. at the Arcade.* tf
Location nonces, Doth quarta and
placer, at the Miner office.
Tailed Mu la World DMA.
LANCASTER. Pa. fc»t **•—Df
George Kersey, tbe Mg death* of
Elizabethtown, who died a few day*
ago. was < feet 11 Inebee in stocking
feet and was esbIMted witb a etrens
when a young raan as the tallest man
in tbe world.
Auto giren away free at tbe Owl
Drag Co.
Best Soardoagh botcakes and bod
coffee at tbe Areade. tf
LEATHER FROM THE SEA.
The Product mt Shark, Sturgeon and
Angol Fish Skino.
(t la a curious fact that many aorta
of leather are got from sea crest urea,
some of which are very beautiful. The
skin of sbarks la a beautiful burnished
gray or bluish color. The surface re
sembles finely grained leather sloes It
shows many tiny prickles all set one
way. This property of shark skin ren
ders It especially valuable to the man
ufacturer of shagreen. Since the skin
la at once tough and easy to work It
can be used for many purposes where
decorative effects are desired.
In spite of It* lumpy armor the stur
geon furnishes a valuable and attrac
tive leather. It has been found that
when the bony plates are removed the
pntterns remain on the skin. Just as
the patterns of alligator scales remain
on alligator leather, a circumstance
that adds greatly to the value of the
product From the sturgeons that
abound on our Pacific coast and In tbs
great lakes we get a tough leather that
ts used for the making of laces to Join
leather belting for machinery. It Is
said that the lacing frequently out
wears the belting Itself.
There la fouDd In Turkish waters a
strikingly unattractive fish called the
angel flab, classed among the littoral
sharks. This fish yields an extremely
high quality of green leather, much es
teemed In the Ottoman dominions^
Kansas City Journal,
THE DARK HORSE.
How tho Nam# Was Applied to a Po
litical Poooibility.
A novel written by Disraeli, earl of
BeaconsOeld. entitled MTbe Young
Duke'' and published In 1831, contain
ed a description of a horse rate in
wblcb the following sentence occurred:
"A dark horse which bnd never been
thought of and which the cureless St.
Janies bad never even observed In the
list rushed past the grand stand In
sweeping triumph.”
This was only a horse race, but It
gsvp prominence to the fact that the
i.ice w;is won by a dark horse which
had not attracted any notice until he
curnc In u winner.
This may have been the origin of the
P* rase "ii dark horse.” which, as used
.American politics, means a person
a *t l<romlu«utly considered as a candi
date when a convention meets or dur
ing .Us earlier ballots, but who sudden
ly develops unexpected strength and
wins.
A nourtde case In point was tbut of
James A. Garfield In the Republican
national convention of 1880. On the
first ballot tor president be did not re
ceive a single vote, but he received ten
voles on the second.ballet, one vote on
the twentieth ballot, fifty votes on the
thirty-fifth ballot and was nominated
by on the thirty-sixth ballot—Phil
adelphia Press.
Foot offli* Fly.
Vou have seen a boy use what he
«nlls u “micker,” a roend, flat piece of
lentlicr, .which Is soaked in water and
.flattened against a stone so that all
(lie niolsfiire between^the atone and
rbe lent her Is pressed out fle picks
■ up a brick .with u string attached to
(lie leather. Since there lainoeir be
tween the leather and the'Stone the
atmosphere presses the leather ao
flrmly against the stone that the atone
can be picked up by the leather.
A fly has suckers on bis feet, the
Popular jSdence Monthly explains,
which act wry much on the same prln
As soon as he puts down a foot
he automatically squeezes the air out
between It and the surface upon which
he is walking. The atmosphere there
fore presses him against the celling or
walk
Knocked* Down.
Some years ago In a certain- county
court, which was not one of the beat
fltted up places, thnee auctioneers were
seated In a pewlike contrivance await
ing the Judge’s order to give evidence.
All at once there svas a terrible noise
in court, and a dense cloud of dost
flew up.
“What’s thatT asked?the Judge.
“Oh, lt’a nothing, your honor,” re
plied a ready and facetious lawyer.
“It's only three auctioneers gone off In
one lot”
The seat bad given wayv—Chicago
News. v
The First Steam Engines*
Tbe first known nse of eteem to* drive
e kind of steam engine was described
by Hero of Alexandria, probably In
the first or second century B. CL But'
tbe first real steam engines wen times
used at tbe end of tfao aotoatsenth <mM
In tbe early eighteenth centuries tor
pumping water out of mines. Mew*
cornea's engine was used In English
nines about ITU. **
Another Story. \
Glasgow antiquary recently ytat*
ed a ruined nestle end asked one of
the v* lagers If Be knew anything of
an old story about the building.
“Ays,** said tbe rustic, “there was
anlther acid story, but It fell down
long since."—London Telegraph.
One of Many.
“Then you think you won no' perma
nent place In her heart!"
"I’m Just a notch on her paraao! han
dle; that la all.”—Loutmrille Courier
Journal. __
gummed Up.
Snicker—Of what doea e shad cow
slat? Bocker—A backbone, a wtaB
I bone, a funny boos and then some
Js'ew York Times.
Tbs grsnd maxim nowadays le “tg
work, always to work and sdO te
oMk’>~tws mmnena.
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KpMaarfr to IreUad.
DUBLIN. Ireland, Oet. l.-PoUto
Might hue mad* It* appearance in
Ireland Two handreu and seventy
nh-dMneU of the eoar.try are affect
ed by IL Thia year preventatiye
■praying materials are more costly
than usual and leas easily procured
and this, together with wet weather
daring July. is believed to have ac
coasted for the rapid spread of the
disease. The Congested District*
board baa distributed 5*0 spraying
machines to the people of I he west
ern districts and it is hoped the dis
ease will soon be checked.
' KecHrn mm Offer.
SPOKANE, Oct. 6.—Tom Jones,
manager for the Jess Willard heavy
weight title bolder, announced to
night that be had received an offer
from Bntte, Mont., of *50.000 for a
12-round bout with Fred Fnltou of
Minnesota. either In December or
Jannary next. Jones said similar r»f
fer» had been received from t’olo
tado Springs and Minneapolis, but
no decision would lie reached until
after Willard's circus contract ex
pire* Nov. 1.
Dwtrh ••Profs.” Wanted.
THE HAGUE. Oct. 5.—Having
failed to recruit the staff of the pro
posed Flemish university at Ghi nl
among native professors. Germany
making every effort to persuade
young Dutch professors to take posts
in the new institution. The mod
tempting offers arc being made. Pros
pects are held out for salaries fa.
above those paid by the Belgian gov
ernment before the war, while it it.
represented to the desired candidate.,
that if the Belgian governniet.t re
turns and ousts them from their posts
their future will tie assured bv the
German government.
Harry Hoyt, with his Chevrolet ca\
left for his home at (lulkana this
morning.
Nets Jcpson left thix morning for
Beaver Dam.
A I Mg Hlilpim-nt.
Just received, a fresh line of Haas
Candiex, the kind you like, at I^ovy K
Rosa.' tf
Charles Lamb In British Museum.
The British museum reading room
waa a favorite resort of Charles Lamb
In the days following Ida retirement
from the East India House. “I am go
lng through a course of reading at the
museum,” he writes to Bernard Burton
In 1820, "the Garrick plays, out of part
of which I formed my ‘Specimens.’ I
have 2,000 to go through and In a few
weeks have dispatch’d the tythe of
’em. It Is a sort of office to me; hours
10 to 4, the same. It does me good.
Man must have regular occupation that
has been used to It” Mary Lamb ex
pressed her delight In her brother’s
fondness for the museum “as occupy
I lng bis time and keeping him from Ids
i walks, wbicb she seemed to think over
long." _
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His Modest Position.
“I don’t envy the men who manage
the big hotels in the cities,” gloomily
said the landlord of the Petunia tav
ern. uIt la as much as I can do to
make a bluff at keeping the peace be
twixt the little buuc^. of belli I’ve got.
Yeaterday ona of the two dining room
glrla said that the otter one’s best
feller bad two left fceL and la less
i than no time those two young Indies
had flew to It with ketchup bottles and
ao forth. Just lmagiue the sprltely
function there would be In a hotel with
700 employees, all battling with ketch
up bottleal”—Judge.
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LOST—If tk* party who picked up
the lmb*r with i dory the forepart
of the week will return it to W. K
Patton at Fort Lfaeam. he will be
unstably rewarded. W. E. Patton. 2»
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Location notices. both quartz and
placer, for ante at tha Prospector of j
Furnished rooms at Mrs Osland'a
Prices reasonable *
Don't fail to attend the grocery male
at Ilium's.
Pioneer Bank Bonne.
You can do your own cooking and
housekeeping at the Pioneer Buiik
house on Keystone Arenue. Price
$2.5* per week. if j
Home men are lx>rn poets but most
editors bare poetry thrust upon them.
John D. Rockefeller can write a
check for a million and get it cashed
—that's money. .Tennyson could
take a worthless piece of paper and ;
inscribe on it a poem that would ,
bring $r»«,000—that's genius. A
woman will spend ISO for a liat
that’s fashion. Wilson protested to
(iermany against the submarine war-1
fare—that's foolishness. Pilling flues ;
doing cement work, bricklaying, etc. I
—that's my business—Set BLAKE, tf
New and Second Hand Furniture
at C. C. Rudolph's. tf
S K W canned fruits and vegetables
at Blum's.
Pure Fresh Drugs at tne Valdez
Diug Store. tf
The best dinner at the Arcade
Cafe. tf
Prospector ads. bring RESULTS.
Prospector ads bring results.
S * W canned fruits and vegetables
at Blum's.
The N. * S. leaves the Valdez dock
on regular sailing days. See adv.
/
Just received, a new line of Toilet
Waters and Perfumes. Owl Drug Co.
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Kodak Supplies at the Valdez Drug
Company. tf
The Holden North, the House of
Comfort. tf
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Don’t forget (lie Clearance Sale at
the Owl Drug Co.
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Banquet Steel itanges, plain and
polished tops, at Mead's. tf
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Early or Late
Phone 48
Baggage Transferred
at a reasonable rate
Sonnie’s Express
Office at
SONNIE S NEW
& SECOND HAND STORE
Men’s Furnishings
Bovs and Girls Attention!
Baby Ford Auto j
Real Juvenile Auto Given Away j
Absolutely Free
t ______ <
FREE
BIG
$50.00
VALUE
«|I)RQP AROUND" and lake a peek at rtii» beauty
If TAKES JUST A LITLE HUSTLE TO WIN
(Got ywr friends to patronize us and save the Votes for yon
Don’t f orget To Turn
In All Your
AUTO TICKETS
By The Tenth.
O^WL DRUG CO.
and CANDY KITCHEN
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K Source* $250,000.
WE DO A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS.
DRAFTS BOUGHT AND SOLD ON ANY PART
OF THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.
Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent.
DEPOSITARY FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
plumbing STOVES and RANGES heating
(MOTOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 24
PHONE
65
TONY'S PLACE
SEATTLE
HOTEL
EVERYTHING
F1RS1 CLASS
ANTON CARLSON,
Manager.
CHAS. R. CRAWFORD
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Dealer in Agent for
Building Material. Machinery, Gas Engines
Independent Steam Laundry
Satisfaction Guaranteed I I Foot Keystone Ave
Telephone 66 1 I Roujfh Dry !*;«■ 11>
THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS, BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
I_4 Ak. SIC. A*.
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle—
Sept. 26—S. S. Alaska.
Sept, .'to—S. S. Mariposa.
Oct. B.— S. S. Northwestern.
Oct. to—S. S. Alameda.
I'rom Valilt /—
Sept. 2(1.—S. S. \<»rlliw<’st<*rn.
Oct. I—S. S. Alameda.
Orl. (i—S. S. Alaska.
Oct. lo—S. S. Mariposa.
Oct. Ir.—S. S. Nortlmcstci n.
Oct. 20—S. S. Ahtmoda.
Regular freight service for Ketchikan. Wiang-lt, .Inn. lu. Sheep
Creek, Trea.lwell, Douglas. Skagway, Cordova. Ellatnnr. Valdez and i-.t
touche. Explosives. Right reserved to change schedule without notice
F. B. TRACY, tin'l Agent V tl.DE/. DOCK CO.. I.oenl Agent
Pacific Alaska Navigation Co.
PUGET SOUND
California
Admiral
Line.
PUGET SOUND
Alaska
HAII.INO* KHOM SKATTLK—
Oct. 1—S. S. Admiral AA ntaou—
Anchorage aud nay porta.
Oct. M—S. S. Admiral Kvana-An
chorage and way porta.
Oct. IS— 0. S. Admiral Karragut—
Kodiak and AAay I'orta.
Oct. 22—S. S. Admiral AA ataou—
Anchorage and way porta.
Oct. 20—S. M. Admiral Kvana—
Anchorage and way porta.
Nov. 5—S. S. Admiral Karragut—
Anchorage and nay porta.
«i\n,iMis rumi \
OH. It—*. *. lilmiral Fiirrm&ut
Oft. Ill— *. *. \»ll»»lritl \\ iiImoii—
OH. "II—>. *. liliniriit
OH. «'7—*. *. \il»iilrnl I'firruiif.
\ov. .*1—*. *. \il»*i*rjil W;iIh4>ii.
Nov. Ill—*. *. \«liiilr»«l I'viiui..
Nov. 17—*. *• \«l«i»lml I-:iri auiti*
CALlhOKINIA
Seattle to Snn Franclaeo on the 5th of each month and ever? **ve «Im>h
thereafter, connecting with Steamer* >nl<* and Harvard tor
Southern t'allfornla.
Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
A. J. HAINES, Manager, Seattle.
Valdez Dock Company, Local Agents.
Over the Top of the World
by Electric Power.
The "OLYMPIAN” and the “COLl'MHIAN." the Mil
waukee's crack transcontinental trains are now hauled
over mountain barriers by electric power. Take these
* smooth riding ALL-STEEL trains and avoid the
smoke, soot and cinders incident to steam travel.
J. C. Marita, VaUat, Mmm 1 A. E. Harri., T. P. A. Ja«au, Ala»k».
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway