FOR SALE
THREE NATIONAL CASH REGISTERS
AND ONE FOUR-FOOT FIREPROOF
SAFE. Inquire at
Buffet
Phone 7
m CHAS. R. CRAWFORD 1S1J
PIONEER CONTRACTOR III BUILDER
OF ALASKA
CAN HANDLE ANY CLASS OF BUILDING
Building material of all kinds, and several gi ades of
wall board kept in stock at all times
OFFICE AND FACTORY, VALDEZ AL VSKA
Phone 18
REFERENCES J S. BLUM & CO, Valdes, and Cordo.a,
BANKERS | B. M. BEH RENDS, Juneau. Alaska.
Merchant’s Cafe
Phone 03 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Chne. Fischer, Propr.
AVHKN YOU PUT ON
THK TOP (XIAT
we have tailored for you, your
first thought will be how com
fortably it fits. A look in the
glass will at once demonstrate
its smartness, distinction and
individuality. And your satis
faction will be heightened by
the knowledge that you haven't
had to pay extravagantly for
such high class tailoring.
BEN SILVERMAN
Mead’s Sheet Metal Works
PLUMBING STOVES and RANGES HEATING |
MO TOR BOAT SUPPLIES, PAINTS and OILS
Mine Air Pipe, Valves, Hose, Pipe and Fittings
Valdez Dock. Opposite Prospector Office. Telephone 2d
OI K MACHINERY
Is thoroughly up-to-date. It en
ables us to turn out perfect
work in a short time. This ma
chinery does more than wash
the articles sent to us. It prac
tically serillzes them too. Send
your things ehre this week as a
test. That will demonstrate the
superiority of our work. We al
so wash and clean carpets.
Phone 166.
INDEPENDENT
STEAM LAUNDRY
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THE SENATE
ANGUS CHISHOLM—FRANK GUSTAFSON
CIGARS AND BILLIARDS
Nicely Furnished Rooms. Phone 35
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THE PINZON
TOBACCO AND CIGARS
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tZaMcj ^ChocofateJ*
POOL AND BILLIARDS
PHONE 69 Me Kinley St., Valdez
Xmu Gooos
ttQ(J a(«fu) articles are now coming
on every Dost, tor the Emporium, tt
. tnasTST
.07 cents s pound. City
Dock; halibut .05 cents pound on
fishing grounds; black cod .01 1*1
cents.
O. W. LONG.
Valdes Iron Worth,. If youharn’t
anything sine to dp «• «
I/eft <>n Admiral Sc.liley in October,
l!M«, Owner round thru I*. S. S.
Host and I mind Department
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Sin\*tl at nisi is the year old mys
tery of the black leather Iuik. Today
the hag. with its valuable contents, is
'on the way to its owner. K. Hautirelot
Hildebrand, sometime of Hendon, Hiv
, erponl, Chicago, San Diego. Has Ve
gas, X M , and last hut not least.
Bumble Bee. Ariz.
After months of fruitless search,
the UTitiring efforts of the lost and
found department of the Pacific
Steamship Company have been ri
warded. The bag has been expressed
to E. Hauncclot Hildebrand in Has
I Vegas, and Perry Ottosen. port stew
ard for the company in Seattle, in
charge of the lost and found depart
ment. has paused long enough in his
labor of locating other owners to
j breath a deep sigh of relief.
Perhaps the reason was that Cap
! tain W. Hong, of Cadegan Gardens,
Hondou. is with the Crusaders in dis
tant Jerusalem. At any rate, he nev
; er responded to an inquiry sent hint
' occasioned by a note in the black bag
which said that in case of accident to
B. Hauncclot Hildebrand to notify
Captain Hong of Cadegan Gardens.
There seemed to be enough letters,
mining claims, receipts for the sale
i of horses in carload lots, water right
grants and other legal and personal
I papers packed in the mysterious
i black bag to locate any person any
' where in the world, hut all except
one failed to divulge even the npproxi
' mate habitat of the illusive Mr. Hil
' debrand.
The last remaining clue, which
eventually proved that the owner of
the hag was an actuality and not a j
■figment of the overworked brain of!
Mr. Ottosen. was an engraved an-j
i nouncement of the marriage of E. i
; Hauncclot Hildebrand to the daugh
ter of Mrs. Robert Topharn Steele. :!!
! Princess Avenue, Hiverpool. England.
A letter of inquiry sent to Mrs. Rob
ert Topharn Stele finally brought a
reply, postmarked Has Vegas, from
Mrs. Hildebrand, who asked that the
black bag be sent to her husband at
that town, but the failure of Mr. Hil
debrand to make inquiry for his bag
still remains unexplained, although
it can he accounted for in a general
way.
Long experience of the Pacific
Steamship Company has proven that
a large proportion of travelers leave
valuable articles behind and are not
able to recall, even approximately,
where they left them. A report just
compiled by A It. Gardner, head of
tin Pacific Steamship Company’s
ci mmissarj department, on the sub
'"ii shows that during the year 49 1
arti les of value were left in state
p "ins by passengers. Of this number
i* y 1 ”9 were claimed by the own
er- and hi many instances the owners
liiol to bo run down as was Mr Hil
debrand.
According to Mr. Gardner, to a per
son not acquainted with the ins and
outs of a lost and found department
of a steamship or railroad company
or a large hotel, it is astonishing how
careless the traveling public is witli
regard to its valuables. The year's
gleanings inrluded numerous watches
the value of one being $500. A pas
senger on the Vale walked blissfully
ashore, leaving behind a wallet con
taining $XOO in cash. Incidentally, the
honest steward who found the wallet
and turned it over to the company re
ceived no reward from the owner
when lie finally claimed it.
Mr. Hildebrand left his bag on the
Admiral Schley iu October, 1916. For
several months it was held without
being opened, awaiting its owner to
claim it. Then its contents were ex
amined. their value ascertained, and
the world wide search for Mr. Hilde
brand was begun. Letters of inquiry
addressed to him at the Onwentsia
Polo Club, and Deer Patli Inn, Lake
Forest. III.. Coronada Country Club.
Coronada. Cal., and elsewhere failed
to reach him. Inquiries sent to the
secretary of the Arizona Cattle Grow- j
ers' Association at Phoenix, to the
postmaster at Humble Bee, Ariz., and
to various other persons in this coun-j
try and Kurope were equally futile. !
The lost and found department i
dung in its quest however to the very j
last address in the baffling black bag. i
The determination to find the owner ;
became an obsession with Mr. Otto
sen. He dreamed about it at night and
saw its many papers march across the I
foot of bis bed in tantalizing array.
No more, however, will it hang, tig-1
uratively speaking, about his neck,
for it is now on its way to E. Latince
lot Hildebrand.
PLENTY OF GOOD FRESH AIR
Ventilation Prepares One to Maintain
; Condition That Will Throw
Off Illnesses.
The- la>i generation feared cold,
fresh utr. in just about the proportion
that this present age courts It. Plenty
of good air gets one In a good condi
tion. m» that one is able to resist and
i throw off colds or other illnesses
! caused by germs, hut one should he
[ careful not to overexpose, observes a
physical culture expert.
Of course it Is not wise to sit In
draughts, though they are not so harm
ful as bud air. it is said that the
harm caused by one hour’s breathing
bud air cannot be undone by breathing
good air for the other twenty-three.
Kvery woman wants to feel that Iter '
house Is well ventilated. She does not
like to think tlml her family is being
poisoned by the air it breathes. There
SuouTS^be one or two windows alwayt
open, though there should he uu
draught. If only one window Is opened
ptlll It down from the top ns well at
up from the bottom. An open lire
place l« to-, excellent ventilator.
i'.'ijc to Success.
l»o not the trivial tusk tliai
you know y.,ur> to perform. Study
it weL H~ hi auher. all great achieve
ments at* v'-mposlte of many de
tails. tiny tug:-.-rs that make poxslhh
mltnlruble results. We all want m
succeed, I" get heyond the half-way
station; for we long to reach the City
of Success, hut it we neglect details,
the “little things" so essential to our
progress, we shall only tlud ourselves
where all drones and Indolent individ
uals eventually find themselves, side
tracked In the Land of Failure.—Ex
change.
War Saving Stamps
At The Bank.
A Call to
Every American!
“Isn’t there something that 1 can do to help end this War?"
Yes! And at the same time benefit yourself.
War Savings Stamps are a call to the thrift and patriotism of
every American—a challenge that must be met by every man, wom
au and child who shares the blessings of this free country, if we
are to carry on this war as a United people.
Begin now to buy them. Behind them are the entire resources
of the people and the Government of the United States.
For every $4.12 you put into War Savings Stamps you will get
back $5 on January 1, 1923—that is four per cent interest com
pounded quarterly. You can always get your money back when you
need It.
THRIFT STAMPS—Offer an easy means to put your smallest
savings in the service of your country. Begin to save with a 25c
Thrift Stamp. With it you will get a card with spaces for 16 stamps.
When you have filled the Thrift Card, you can exchange it for a $5
War Savings Stamp by adding 12c in January, 1918, or lc a month
after January.
A Country Worth Fighting for is
A Country Worth Saving for
Get War Savings Stamps and Thrift Stamps from your Post Of
fice, R. F. D. Carrier, any bank or other agents.
NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS COMMITTEE
DANIEL KELLEHER, State Director for Washington
WOMKN PI.IXGK IN
PI.1VK TO KH4WPK ATTACK
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WASHINGTON. I>. Peb.
Italian women in territory invaded ny
Austrian troops are being made the
victims of unspeakable atrocities.
Italian Deputy Gaspatottu. who has
been at the front since the opening
of hostilities, has informed the chain
her. a ’ordiog to ait officials table
gram from Home
Tin deputy told of 1-ttvmr wurne.
swim the J’iave River to escape the
attacks of soldiers and of hearing
the cries of women attacked on the
tanks of the tower f’iave.
Enemy units also have used Ital
ians as shields in advancing into tial -
tie. the deputy said, and the native
troops are forced to lire upon their
own brothers in order to save their
ctuit try
The Old r o| Alaskan Moose w li
hold (lit ir regular meeting t migh*
THAR’S three ways o’ doin’ things
—the right way, the wrong way,
an’ a n.ixlure o' both, an' dern
roe if the last ain’t wuss 'n
the second. Thar’s only
one right way to get smok
in’ tobacco satisfaction reg
’larly, an’ that’s t’ specify
VELVET, an’ adhere t* ^
specifications. J
VELVET, the Smoothest Smoking Tobacco.
nil1 Itravc Fire I .addles
Will do what they can but they
cannot save you from loss no
matter how quickly they put
out the fire. The only sure
protection against fire loss is a
policy in a good company such
as we represent. Let us issue
one to you today. You may
have a lire tonight. ‘You Never
Can Tell.”
C. B. SMITH
Valdez Real Fatale Agency
I'lione No. I. VAI.DEZ DOCK CO.. Agent, Valdez Alaska.
Our Large Fleet of Magnificent Steamships Offer Frequent,
PERFECT SERVICE
Between All Points in
ALASKA and CALIFORNIA
liTavo Seattle ltt a. m.—
Feb. 5. S. S. Ailm. Evans
(for Kodiak)
Feb. 1 7.-— S. S. Spokane.
hYom Valdez to Seattle—
Feb. 18.—S. S. Ad in. Evans
Feb. 27.— S. S. Spokane.
S. S. Curacao sails from Seattle Feb. 1st carrying explosives and
general freight
CALIFORNIA ROUTE
Leave Seattle Monday, Friday and Saturday for
SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES
San Francisco to Los Angeles, Daily Except Sunday
San Francisco to San Diego, Monday, Thursday and Saturday.
IF YOUR TICKET READS ‘PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY”
YOU ARE ASSURED THE VERY BEST.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
From Seattle 9 a. m.—
Feb. 1—8, S. Victoria
Feb. S.—S. 8. Northwestern
Feb. 16.—S 8. Alaska
Valdez to Seattle—
Jan. 25.—S. S. Northwestern
Feb. 1.—S. S. Alaska
Feb. 7.—S S Victoria
Call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Cordova. Kllamar, Fort Llscum, Valdez,
Latouche and Seward, except S. 8. Victoria which sails via "outside”
route between Seattle and Cordova.
S S. Northwestern Sailing from Seattle Feb. Sth connects with S. S.
Dora at Seward for Alaska Peninsula points. ^
Regular freight service for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau. Sheep 4
Creek, Treadwell. Douglas, Skagivay, Cordova. Klluntiar, Valdez and La- 4
touche. Explosives Right reserved to change schedule without notice.
VALDEZ DOCK CO., Local Agent 1
4-4-4. g l. l l l l
Valdez Transfer Co.
A. M. DIERINGER, Proprietor
Office on Valdez Dock, Next to Prospect jr
Building.
General Trucking and Freighting t» M
Interior Points
AUTOS FOR HIRE,
DAY OR NIGHT
No Coal Delivered Unless Paid in Advance
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